Author's Notes:

Author's Note:

Okay...I'm currently trying to fix some of my mistakes. I can't fix all of them by myself but I can fix some. The "Edited" part means that I fixed some stuff. But I don't know if I managed to cover all of the problems.

I am looking for an editor, if you guys know one please let me know. And...if you guys can point out my mistakes please feel free, English is not my first language so I'm sorry about that.

As the soldier started to pull Arden again, he was forced to walk for quite a while before he heard the soldier start. "Princess Celestia. Before you stands the accused Arden Sila. Unicorn. Male. Unregistered cutie mark. Unknown talent. Supposedly born under the zodiac of Virgo. Age...supposedly 2000 years. No previous register in any of our archives." Arden got on his knees and bowed placing his head on the floor while the soldier said all that.

'Two thousand years? I think they might have misread my birth date. And why is my zodiac important?' Arden thought to himself.

"You can release the heavier restraints captain." A new voice spoke, her voice was calm and soothing, yet something about it made a chill go down Arden's spine. It was like a mother talking to her child, even if they sound calm their voices carry a lot of power.

'Wait...that Shining guy is a CAPTAIN?! Oh god...I hope I didn't do anything to piss him off.' Arden suddenly felt the chains around his neck and torso disappear and whatever was preventing him from speaking was gone.

"You may stand up little one." Arden followed the command with a bit of help from an unknown source as he stepped up to what he believed to be a witness stand. Suddenly the bag that was covering his head got lifted and light once again assaulted his eyes. After the initial impact, Arden saw in front of him various steps that led to a throne where a figure sat with her gaze fixed upon him.

The figure was a white-coated mare, much like the previous one she had wings and a horn. Her crown was way bigger than the other mare, her mane was green, pink and blue and it seemed to be moving in the wind...in a closed room. 'An ethereal mane? Cool. And...she looks familiar.' Her eyes were pink...and so bright. He got lost in them for a few moments before his head started to hurt again and something else caught his attention: her dress. The thing was fashioned similarly to the sky of a summer day; a bright blue sky with a few clouds and a brilliant shining sun. The thing was...

"It's moving..." he whispered to himself, the clouds on the dress were moving. Then Arden looked up at the wall behind her, the material looked like the one he saw when he fell through the hole. Several feet towards the ceiling he saw the golden sun symbol. The symbol was cracked in the shape of..."So that's what I hit. That explains the headache."

"Since you already finished taking in the sights..." The princess said making Arden jump a little in surprise. "Tell me: Why did you come here?"

"Straight to the point. I didn't come here from my own volition your majesty." Arden answered keeping his eyes fixed on the bottom stairs as if the princess was there and not on the top.

"Captain does this match with the memory check?" The captain nodded in agreement.

"What are you?"

"What I am or what I was?" Arden asked with a serious tone.

"Are you being a comedian?"

"No your majesty. I was a human living in another reality where none of your species existed." He answered keeping his expression neutral. "Now it would appear I am a male unicorn."

"Captain?" Shining once again supported Arden's assertion. "Why do you have this weapon on your person?" She said making the sheathed blade float in front of him.

"An unknown party forced the blade upon me before I got thrown at a portal. I do not own it nor do I know who made it."

"What do you recall after being swallowed by said portal?" Her voice was getting colder...maybe she did not find the fact Arden had so little answers to her questions amusing.

"I remember feeling my body being torn into pieces and burning as I rocketed through a tunnel. Eventually, the pain stopped right before I saw a golden sun in a white sky. Only that it was a wall...not a sky. I discovered that because I hit it and blacked out. After that, I do not know what happened."

"Captain..." Her voice got even colder before the soldier answered.

"The accused was unconscious after he hit the wall."

"Look, I do not know what happened but I have no ill intent towards you or any...pony? Here. The only thing I know about this place is that I'm not in my reality." Arden said this forcing himself to look her in the eyes. His head began to hurt again, but it was worse than before.

"That is yet to be seen. Now answer me: Who sent you here?" Arden could not hear her, a high pitched sound was muffling all the other sounds in the room. His head started to throb, the pain was way worse than the one he felt when he woke up and it was getting worse by the second. "Did you not hear me? Answer the question!"

'What is this sound?! Make it stop!'

'This one isn't helping me in any way.' The princess thought to herself as heard the young stallion answer each one of her questions without even flinching. 'He passed through all of our defenses and knocked me out by hitting me with the sheathed blade when he fell on top of me. And above all else, he remained on top of me during the entire time I was out, so he stayed with me for about forty minutes...but according to his memory he really was out cold during the event. Which might explain why the only pain I felt upon waking up was the spot where he hit me on the head with the sword.' She thought to herself. Remembering the event made her feel embarrassed. She was the keeper of harmony and a fierce warrior, none of the guards could best her in magical or physical combat. Yet this little scrawny stallion caught her by surprise and knocked her out, and to rub salt on the wound he had no memory of the event meaning it was not intentional. The mighty ruler of Equestria was knocked out cold by a clumsy little stallion.

"That is yet to be seen. Now answer me: Who sent you here?" She asked while keeping her glare locked at him, the stallion didn't answer but his face changed from a composed expression to one of what looked like worry. 'Struck a nerve? Good, maybe I'll get some answers now. And maybe he isn't so innocent after all.'

However the accused did not answer. He just kept his expression and reached out to his head. "Did you not hear me? Answer the question!" She asked using the royal Canterlot voice, something she hadn't used in at least one hundred years.

"Urgh...AAAAARRRGGH!" The Stallion started to grunt and move his head around as if he seemed to be in pain. Shining Armor reached for his sword and prepared in case the accused tried something. What happened however caused all of the ponies to wince at it. "PAIN STOP!" He shouted before bashing his head against the witness stand, which was made out of stone, at full force. The stone stand broke at the point of impact, just as suddenly as he did that the accused raised his head with both of his eyes closed and showing a large cut on his forehead that was bleeding considerably. "Ooookay...pain stopped," he said with a drowsy and comical voice.

Then he opened his eyes, Celestia felt a chill when she saw his eyes. The black one was glowing just like hers when she used the royal Canterlot voice while the other...the other had its sclera turned crimson and his iris turned from a regular blue to a bright blue.

"What are you doing?!" She inquired while getting up and enveloping the stallion with her magic and freezing all of his body except for his mouth in place.

"W-what do you mean?" The stallion stuttered, this time he seemed to be really scared. Then he started to cry as he gazed upon Celestia.

"Why are you crying?!" She questioned making him sob even more. "WHY ARE YOU CRYING?!"

"WHY ARE YOU CRYING?!"

Arden couldn't help but cry even harder as he looked at the princess. Her entire body went dark, it had turned almost transparent and only a red light remained. From this light, Arden could hear another voice much like the princesses' voice.

"Why couldn't I save you, sister?! Why must I be alone and praised for hurting you?! Why? WHY?"

"WHY ARE YOU CRYING?!" The princess yelled again at him while he could still hear the other one.

"Why must I stay untouched by time while everypony around me ages and dies?! Why must I be alone?!"

"Y-you're *sob* crying..." Arden finally spoke to the enraged princess that was in front of him with a magical spear ready and pointed at his heart. He couldn't tell her expression due to the change in his vision the entire world was a bunch of different shades of red but her body had now disappeared and only the red light remained.

"I am not crying. What are you talking about?" He heard her.

"Y-you're...*sob* sad. A-and c-crying so much."

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

"YOU FEEL GUILTY FOR HURTING YOUR SISTER!" Arden yelled at her, the light backed away a bit.

"How...HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?!" Her voice shot at him, as Arden finally managed to stop crying before he spoke again.

"I..heard you...you're still going on about it. And...I'm sorry about your condition." The light backed away, even more, tripping on the steps and falling down and no more was heard from the voice. The grip that held Arden in place disappeared, however, he did not move since there was floating sword in front of his throat.

"DO. NOT. MOVE." It was Shining's voice. Arden turned his head towards the voice and saw another red light.

"Why does all of this have to happen right after I achieved my dream?! And right in front of Cadance and the princess! I'm going to be demoted and all my dreams are going down the hole."

"I'm sorry sir," Arden said, that made the blade tremble a little. "I did not mean to put your dreams at risk. I am so sorry." The sword trembled even more.

"What? H-how did you...?" The voice stuttered as it tried to keep the blade steady.

"STOP!"

"STOP!" The princess of love cried out in order to prevent the captain's attack on the prisoner's neck. "I think I know what is happening!" She proceeded to step to the front of the prisoner. She forced the stallion to look at her, he still had tears streaming out of his eyes. But as soon as he looked at her, a small simple smile formed on his face, more tears came but no sobbing.

"You are so happy...you love him so very much." He said with his voice still cracking due to his crying but it was slowly returning to its old self. "You carry and bring so much joy. I'm so happy for you." Cadance smiled back at the prisoner, in the end, he could really see it.

"Just as I thought." The alicorn said before making her way to the captain and forcing him to lower his weapon and then proceeded towards her aunt that now had tears forming in her eyes but she seemed to refuse to let them flow. Once Celestia was back on her feet, Cadance turned back to the prisoner and ordered. "Close your eyes and focus on the color you are seeing. After ten seconds, open your eyes again." The prisoner obliged and closed his eyes, after ten seconds his eyes re-opened she saw his eyes slowly returning to normal. The left eye losing its crimson sclera and bright blue iris while the right eye lost its glow and returned to its black iris and white sclera. "Can you see us again?"

"Yes, thank you." The prisoner said lowering his head. "What happened to me?"

"I believe that you were looking straight into our hearts and listening to the emotions we keep inside. Or the emotion that is currently ruling it." She explained while keeping her calm smile. "I can do something similar, but my changes are less noticeable. Just a faint glow at the center of my pupils. Another difference is the fact I can only hear one emotion in other ponies hearts: love." Cadance said while walking back to her original position from before these events transpired: to the stallion's left side.

"But...I heard her sadness. I felt her sadness." The stallion stated looking back at the princess of the sun before turning back to the captain. "And the same happened with him. I felt his despair. His regret." Finally, he turned back to her and continued. "And I also felt your happiness."

"My guess is that you're more sensible than me. I am limited to seeing their hearts and listening to the heart I am focusing on. You can actually feel their emotions as intensely as their feel it, which could also explain how you could trigger a harmonious heart by yourself." She said with a bit of envy. After all, that was her talent. Having somepony else who could do the same thing as you but with more variety of outcomes was somewhat unpleasant. But the stallion didn't mean any harm and he seemed completely oblivious to what he had just done.

"I...see." He said before going down the stand and placing himself in front of the princess. Shining Armor tried to reach him but Cadance made a gesture to let the prisoner be. Once he was before the princess he reached to the blade that was presented as evidence. He drew the blade and presented it to the sun princess, the princess took the blade into her hands with a confused expression. The stallion turned his back to her, got on his knees, and lowered his head. "Let's end this judgment. You can end me if you so desire and then I'll have paid for these crimes."

'What is he doing?!' Cadance thought to herself when she heard the convict. The she saw a barely noticeable grin on the stallion's face. 'What is he up to?'

"What?" The sun princess said. "You were answering my questions truthfully. So far there isn't anything to convict you." Her voice had changed. Cadance could feel something was off. Celestia's voice after Cadance had explained what the convict probably had done appeared to have something else added to it. "You were fighting for your life up until now! You didn't mean to knock me out! You didn't mean to stay on top of my unconscious body! You didn't even mean to use your special ability on us!"

'That's...a bit scandalous Tia...' Cadance was processing the words she had just heard until she looked back at the prisoner. The she saw his smile grow bigger. 'He did this on purpose...'

"So that's what happened...heh," The convict smiled as he looked over his shoulder, he had a mischievous smile on his face. From Cadance's point of view, he was already aware of his chances of being declared guilty so he decided to be dramatic. And as a bonus, he actually got to hear what happened. "Well...right now I feel too tired to think straight. So I'll accept your choice." He said in a playful voice. "After al-?! Ouch!"

The princess hit him with her fist making him rub the spot after the blow. "That was your punishment for the crime of being a nuisance and poking around my heart! You're declared innocent of all the other charges. If you meet certain conditions. This is the end of your trial Arden Sila."

'That's it?' Candance thought to herself after hearing the verdict, but her brain lit up the moment she remembered the *certain conditions* part. 'What are you up to Tia?'

"That was your punishment for the crime of being a nuisance and poking around my heart! You're declared innocent of all the other charges. If you meet certain conditions. This is the end of your trial Arden Sila." Arden heard after feeling the princesses' hand hit him on the back of the head.

'Maybe I shouldn't have done that. I thought it would be theatrical and maybe get her to object judging me before she got through the rest of the trial...I didn't expect her to straight clear me of all charges. I guess it's a win for me! I get to keep my life. WHOOHOO!' The stallion thought to himself as he rubbed the sore spot where he got hit.

"Now as to the conditions for your record clearance..." Arden's mind stopped for a moment, the word *conditions* sent a chill down his spine. "...you will have to live at a specific location for the next four years." Arden gulped as a smile formed on the sun princess' face.

"W-what?" He stuttered turning to look at the sun princess.

"Yes little one," She said getting on eye level with him and her grin getting wider. "You are going to help me fix something." She got even closer focusing her glare straight at his eye. "You and that little eye are going to help me."

'Ok...I think I should have gone through the entire trial...I think I got in an even worse scenario than before.'

"Now we need to get you some decent travel clothes and we need to fill you in about our world Mr. Sila." She said with a giggle as she got up and started to leave.

"...I. Am. Screwed. Please...restart my judgment."