I was waiting just outside of Town Hall. It gave me a bit of a chill from remembering where Nightmare Moon threw me out one of the windows on the higher levels.

I was waiting for Ditzy to come out and meet me. It was pretty nice waiting for someone to come out of a job. The excitement of seeing them arrive and that warm feeling spread across you chest and face. I loved it whenever that happened.

However, this time was different.

It was for another reason entirely. I was about to reveal to her my dark secret. That I wasn't a pony, and that I wasn't from their world. It was a different feeling altogether and I was dreading the moment she came out and spotted me.

"Hi Franz!" I heard a cherry voice call.

I turned and saw her with another additional mare. She had a similar layout like Blossom, but her coat was lighter than her mane and tail. I had seen her a few times. Once she saw me she quickly pulled Ditzy to the side. Wasn't this the pony who sold carrots?

"Ditzy! I didn't know this stallion was Prince Franz! How did you even manage to land a stallion like that!" She said, sounding shocked.

"I didn't! He walked into me and then offered to take me on a date. A date! Do you realize how much of an honor that is?!" She asked, adding fuel to the fire. Oh god, they told everyone, didn't they.

"Well, you certainly are one lucky mare. To have Royalty pick you out of all the mares in Equestria! Think of all the scandals! Especially if one of the other Princesses have eyes for him." She added. I'm starting to think I should stop them.

I slid up next to them. They didn't notice me yet.

"Oh, I know. I just hope that he doesn't come back. Last time I tried to date, that stallion came back and pummeled him." Said Ditzy. Wait, who?

I cleared my throat to get their attention. They both looked at me with wide eyes when they saw me there.

In an instant, the orange mare bowed and took a knee in front of me.

"Uhm, how much did you hear?" Asked Ditzy, a look of fear in her eyes.

"Not enough to be concerned." I said, flashing her a smile.

"You may rise." I said to the new mare. She did so and looked nervous. Now that I have them at full height, they were actually smaller than me by a few inches. Around five to six. Were they all like this? I now noticed that there was an awkward silence between us.

"S-so should we get going?" Asked Ditzy, getting a bit closer to me. She seems really nervous, and I would be to if I was picked by a royal member to go on a 'walk'

"Well, yes. But who is this? A friend?" I asked, glancing over to her. The mare in return looked somewhat jittery.

"I'm Carrot Top, Your Highness." She answered before Ditzy could.

"Oh, well, it's nice to meet you Carrot Top. I hope to see you again soon." I said, offering my hoof. She stared at it for a second before carefully grasping it and giving a light shake. I smiled and turned with Ditzy, who was standing close to me, but with enough breathing space.

"Now, lets go." I said to my company. She seemed way too tense, and needed to calm down a bit.

I heard Carrot Top say something encouraging under her breath. And I think she was happy for Ditzy. I should start off small and work my way up to the question. But first, lunch.

"So, where would you like to go?" I asked her. She seemed to be taken by surprise, but recomposed herself.

"W-well, I would like to go to Sugarcube Corner." She said, a bit nervously.

"Sure, lead the way." I said, bumping her shoulder with my own. She seemed to enjoy that, and she relaxed a bit, but not much.

As we made our way to Sugarcube Corner, I asked her some questions, and she would ask similar ones back.

"So, are you seeing anypony else?" She asked. I visibly cringed and frowned at that one, my wings readjusting themselves from the question.

"I'll take that as a yes." She said with a frown. She seemed to lose her look of happiness. I sighed and gave her the answer I had made since my dream last night.

"Well, it's kinda complicated right now." I said, giving her a truthful answer. She seemed to brighten a bit.

"How so?" She asked.

"Well, apparently I have some amnesia." I said. She looked shocked and frowned sadly.

"And not only that, but apparently I cheated on her with another mare." Ditzy then looked at me with fearfulness.

"But since I don't remember it happening, I can't fix it with her. I have no idea how to proceed or what to do." I said, getting bitter towards the end. She gave me a look of relief.

"But a thousand years later and I still don't know what I've done or how to keep going. I'm stuck in a big mess and I can't seem to find a way out." Ditzy scrunched her nose in confusion.

"Wait, who is this mare?" She asked suddenly.

"I don't know anymore. At first she seemed was nice and all, but then she began threatening me. We even got into a big fight that almost destroyed a castle." I said, my expressions getting more and more darker.

Ditzy then draped a wing over my back and pulled herself close to me.

"I may not know what you're going through, but know that I will always try and help. You can get through this." She said, looking into my eyes with a sad smile. I gave one back and we kept walking together, brushing against each other with out sides. She was pretty warm and fluffy, especially in her chest area, and I was now realizing I was too. It was just covered by my visor. Using my magic I lifted my visor and placed them on my head. I wasn't going to cover my heart anymore. I was gonna tackle this head on with my friends. My new friends.

As we made it to Sugarcube Corner we received many stares from all sorts of ponies along the way. Most of them probably didn't have anything better to do but gossip. entering the shop I saw what I assumed were the owners in the shop.

Turns out I was right, this was a sweets shop. And with Ditzy being so nice and 'sweet', it made sense that she go here. She almost belonged here.

"Oh, hey Derpy."

'Oh hell no."

I looked over to the fucker who said that. Sugarcube seemed mostly empty, with only a few ponies here and there. There was a stallion that almost met me on eye level. He looked kinda lanky and weak.

I felt Ditzy rub up my side. There has to be a reason as to why he called such an insulting name.

"Hiya Mr.Cake, Can I have the regular?" She said, unfazed by the name he called her. He nodded before noticing me.

"Oh! Your Majesty! Would you like some complementary samples of our special this week?" He said. Before I could answer, he disappeared and came back with a tray filled with a variety of baked goods on his back.

The one that caught my particular interest was a almost perfect chocolate muffin. I picked the muffin, moving it closer to my face and took a bite.

I hummed slightly as the perfect balance of chocolate moisture assaulted my mouth. Holy shit, this guy can make one killer muffin.

"This is pretty good." I lied. This gave me another reason to live. It was way too good, hell, I probably couldn't replicate this!

"Your Highness? May I ask you something?" He asked, looking between me and my companion.

"Sure, fire away." I asked.

"Why are you with Derpy?" He questioned. There wasn't any ill intent in his voice. So it must be her nickname or something. Still, I shouldn't call her that.

"We're on a date!" She exclaimed happily. I groaned internally. She still thinks that?

"Well, she was the first one I met when I arrived, so I decided to take her out on a walk. And to eat somewhere." I said, trying to make it not sound like a date. The real reason was that I needed someone to trust. And that somepony was Ditzy.

Mr. Cake seemed taken back. I didn't know what was going through his head right now, but it might now be good.

"Well, I wish the best to the two of you." He said, walking away and to the back of the counter.

"Thank you Mr.Cake. I think he wants to start a herd." She said. Now wait a minute!

I decided to wait to tell her the real reason I wanted to take her for a walk.

"Oh, who is the mystery mare?" Said a new voice. I looked behind myself and saw another mare. She was a bit chubby, and had a pink mane and tail that swirled and a blue coat. I didn't bother looking at her Cutie Mark, due to the fact that it would be awkward for us.

"Well, he didn't say who. But I think it's a unicorn." Said Ditzy.

"It's not my place to reveal her yet. She did just come back to Equestria and is trying to ease her way back in with her sister." I said, trying to make it sound legit.

"Oh, and where is she?" Asked the new pony, getting close to Mr.Cake. Is that Mrs.Cake then?

"Like I said, not my place."

"This was fun. I'll make sure to come by again later and buy some more stuff in the future." I said, nodding my head.

They looked a bit down, only to pop back up.

"We'll see you again, Prince Franz. Have a wonderful day." He said. I smiled and we both turned to leave. Once we made it outside I took the lead and headed towards the park. Hopefully where I could get some privacy with her. Dammit! Why do I make things sound weird!

Ditzy followed silently. She had draped her wing across my back and was leaning into my side. I was beginning to enjoy our little walk, even if it won't lead anywhere. I decided to check for reporters, and paparazzi. Thankfully there were none, but I wasn't sure how long that would last.

We had made it to the spot where I wanted to tell her. I had planned a mini speech that would lead me to tell her what I was exactly.

"Ditzy." I said, breaking away from her and looking straight into her eyes. She looked at me with reddened cheeks and sparkling eyes.

"I just want to thank you for being there when I first arrived in Ponyville. If it weren't for you, I would probably be lost still." If I thought hard enough, I could imagine her heartbeat getting faster.

"And you were the first pony I trusted. Even if I didn't think so in the first place. So I'm gonna tell you something I haven't told anypony since arriving." Her blush was getting bigger. What was she thinking. What was I doing!

"I..." I paused, suddenly finding it difficult to speak.

"I'm actually mmfh!" I was cut off as she suddenly pressed her lips against mine. Oh no. Oh no, oh no, oh no!

Unfortunately, it took me a second to realize what she was doing, and when I did I pushed her back. She seemed elated, and tried hugging me.

"D-Ditzy! What are you doing!" I said, a bit peeved that she had kissed me. That was a huge breach of trust right there.

"W-what? What's wrong? Did I come on too strong? Oh, I'm so sorry! It's just that it's been so long since I've had a date and everything was so perfect and, and...." She trailed off. I was looking at her with a disappointed look.

She then dropped to the ground and started shivering. Oh great. All that's left is the paparazzi.

*click*

I shot a disk in their direction and heard them yelp in surprise, along with the shields activation hum.

"Get up, please." I said towards Ditzy. She looked up at me with remorse. Not that I didn't enjoy that kiss, she was pretty good, but it was uncalled for. And who kisses the other person on the first date!

"Y-you're not mad at me?" She said, tears forming at her eyes. I let out a sigh.

"No. Not really. I guess I just didn't want to clarify that this wasn't a date. So it's my fault for not telling you from the beginning." I said, turning to the sky. It was mostly clear with a few stray clouds. I did remember seeing Rainbow move them around like they were physical.

"So, I-I'm not in trouble?" She asked, starting to rise from the ground.

"Of course not. Just don't do that again." She let out a cute sigh of relief.

"Without my permission, of course." I said with a smirk. She gave me a mock glare and I laughed.

"C'mon. I have something to show you." I said, taking to the sky. She sniffed and followed me to a cloud. I than imagined more clouds around us. The only difference was that they were thicker and couldn't be eavesdropped on from the outside. So it looked like a really big cloud.

"What I was going to say, is that I'm actually not from here." I said. She seemed confused from my wording.

"So you're from Prance?" She said, guessing my origins.

"Nope." Why does everyone say that?

"Saddle Arabia?"

"Not really."

"The Griffon Kingdoms?"

"A little more dimensional." I said, giving her a hint.

"You're from an alternate timeline where there is a Dark Ruler who enslaved everypony and Alicorns are common, but you managed to escape somehow and arrive in a happy land with a elaborate backstory to your name *gasp* and now you're trying to recruit somepony to go with you on your adventures because that's how you role since you can travel between dimensions?" She said, not breaking eye contact. What?

"Uh, not exactly." I said. How had she managed to come up with something so packed as that?

"I'm from a world where everything your world does isn't achievable. We are called Humans, and we have a large advancement in technology, science, and slight space travel capabilities." I said. her face was expressionless for a second. I was starting to think that she was gonna have an aneurysm.

She then snorted before laughing. It was the truth. The hard truth, but I hadn't expected her to react this way.

"You mean your from the My Little Human show?" She said, pointing a hoof and laughing a bit more. Wait, My Little Human? Why does that seem vaguely familiar?

I was getting annoyed of being laughed at and decided to drop my disguise. Steam rolled off of me as a bright light shone from my body. Withing a few seconds I was back to my human form. It felt weird to be able to flex my hands again. Ditzy instantly stopped laughing and stared at my towering form. I was taller than her by almost a foot and half, measuring around six feet tall, give or take.

Then she squealed and launched herself at my face.

"Mmfh!" I cried, unable to break free from her fluffy chest.

"Eee! I can't believe your kind actually exists! You look so adorable! Are there more of your kind anywhere in Equestria?" She asked, climbing off of my face.

"Are you a super human? Ooh, hands!" She exclaimed, putting her head in my hand.

"Wait, you're not surprised? Or even scared?" I asked, completely perplexed that she had latched onto my face and was now begging for head pats.

"It was always my secret fantasy to meet an actual human from the show. I bet everypony will have a fit when they hear this." She said, nudging my hand with her hand.

"Well, I guess you're one of the lucky few then. Because you technically can't tell anypony about me." I said, removing my hand away from her head and standing back up.

"I also never guessed they were so tall too. How old are you?" She asked, ignoring me as she circled around. How old am I?

"Well, I don't have an accurate number, but I would like to think I'm at least twenty three." I said. Not counting the apparent 1000 years I've been gone.

She then poked my lower back and I flinched, swatting her hoof away.

"Hey! Watch it!" I said, rubbing my back.

"What's wrong? I thought that humans liked to be touched on their lower backs." She said, looking confused.

"Well I'm not from this worlds show's version on humanity. Where I come from, we don't like being touched except in one place." I said.

"And that is?" She asked.

"Well, our hearts spiritually, and out cores mentally, and or crotch physically on occasion, but that's manual!" I said, our conversation turning a bit weird on having to explain my version of being touched. I probably shouldn't have said that last one, because she blushed a bit. But her curiosity returned not a moment later.

"So what kind did you come from?" She asked. I didn't have to think about it for very long.

"Tell me, what does your version of humans look like? What kind of feeling do they give?" I said, crossing my arms.

"Well, they seem to be mostly friendly. And the only time they actually do anything dangerous is when they go on adventures. But it works out in the end." She explained. Interesting.

"My world works the same way, except it rarely works in the end. There's a good chance that the plans you had will not be going as expected." I said, recalling my experience with day to day life.

"How did you get your powers? And how can you turn into a pony and use unicorn magic?" She asked.

"I don't exactly remember how I got these powers, but it looks like my imagination is the limit, along with other enhancements." I said, noticing my arms completely free of working scars.

"Ooh, what kind of enhancements?" She said, grinning at me.

"Oh shut up."

"I'll see you around Franz!" Said Ditzy. I was expecting things to go south with her, but it had gone better than I expected. Which would only mean that the next pony I reveal myself to will most likely take this the bad way.

"Please sir, I don't want to go to the dungeons! I promise I won't follow you anymore!" Said the stalker pony I had under me. I had taken the photos of Ditzy's kiss and burned them, much to his dismay, and now had him chained up with Titanium Cuffs.

"Later Ditzy!" I called back, watching her fly away back into town. We had a good chat. and we left on a higher note than I had expected. Once she was gone, I turned to the stalker guy. He had a fedora and tie, along with an rust orange coat and yellow mane and tail. And he looked pretty lean, which made sense since he would have to do a lot of running away to be able to get out of hairy situations. He also happened to be a Unicorn, which gave him a bonus to escaping.

But he wasn't prepared for Shielding Disks, or an Alicorn.

I turned to him and released him from his cuffs. He ha been trapped for the better part of a half hour and was a bit relieved to be free from his restraints.

"Now, onto more serious matters." I said, glaring at him. He whimpered as I got closer.

"Please Your Highness, I promise that I won't do this again, just let me go! I know about a pub that you can get all of the mares you wa-" I cut him off by shoving my hoof in his mouth.

"I will not allow you keep this up. I know this is your job, but could you at least find some other poor soul to annoy?" I asked, removing my hoof. He couldn't use his magic for another few minutes.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again!" He begged. Ugh, I hate it when people beg.

"Don't worry, I won't punish you. I'm feeling pretty good so I won't put you in jail." I said, not really caring at this point. I had gotten what I needed and didn't need to hurt anyone.

"Are you serious! Oh thank you Your Highness!" He said. I gave him the OK to go and he dashed away, taking all of his stuff with him. I caught sight of his Cutie Mark. It was a newspaper that was rolled up with a pen.

I sighed and began walking back to town. It was around three and I was getting a bit hungry. I created a ball of rice and began chowing down on it's dry, but tasteful contents.

I was gonna have to head over to Canterlot tomorrow and talk to Princess Celestia and Luna. I may not know what they'll say exactly, but I guess it's gonna be about the past and whatnot. I had hoped that they wouldn't prod at me like a science experiment. But I doubt that. I did date one of the Princesses, if not for a short while. I just hoped that I wouldn't screw things up at our second chance.

'Ah hell, I already fucked everything up already. And it's what? My second week in?' I scoffed. I was gonna get my ass handed to me like last time. Mostly because I didn't even know how to fight properly. If I was going to learn how to fight, I was gonna have to learn some form of combat. Maybe I can find one suited for a pony from my world? Maybe not.

I was close to town when I saw some piece of metal on the ground. It was a few feet off the trail and was hidden by some of the foliage. I guess have good eyes or something,

I walked over and picked it up with my magic. It looked charred and seemed to give a bit of soot when I poked it with my hoof. I guess that this was a meteor. But it didn't have any holes in it like a regular meteor would. I brought it close to my helmet and let it scan it. Another thing I had added the night before. My helmet beeped and I put it on.

Material: Nano-Titanium. Current State: Damaged, In Need Of Repair. Time Since Last Updated: 1002 Years Prior. Device: Storage Unit #1: Franz's Weapons Designs. Data Log #1: Access? Yes-No

I stared at the option to access my first weapons designs. Should I open it? I probably shouldn't in an open field like this. I Imagined it being fixed and watched as my current armor shot out and wrap around it in an attempt to fix it. Only for it to be consumed by my suit.

"...Hey!" I said as I got a new directive on my HUD.

New Directive: Locate And Secure Remaining Storage Units #2: Weapons Designs (Continued), #3: New Armor Designs, #4: Happy Times, And #5: The Other Bearers.

Bearers? Does it mean The Elements of Harmony?

I idly wondered if these were, in fact, related to The Elements of Harmony, and if they weren't, then something bad might come up that would need me to be prepared. I just hoped that there wasn't some underlying adventure I would have to go on. That would be pretty sucky.

I walked back into town with a new plan. I didn't think that the other storage units will be in any better shape than the one I found. And I didn't even know where they were either.

When I get back to the Library, I'm gonna figure out what exactly is in the Unit. Hopefully I won't have to hack into my own device. I didn't even know how to get the CPU kicked up!

I put that in the back of my mind for now. I had to rest for tomorrow, even though it was the afternoon.

I made it back with little to no interruption and went onto the couch. I saw that my saddlebags were still tucked underneath, untouched by Twilight or Spike, or anyone else for that matter.

"Twilight! Are you home?!" I asked.

"Yes! Where were you!" I heard from upstairs almost instantly.

I thought I heard the faint sound of magic, before I was blinded by a flash of purple light from the center of the room.

I yelped as I saw Twilight there with a frown. Why was she so worried about me? I'm a grown ass man! Well, partially, but I'm older than her by at least 1000 years!

"I was worried about you since you disappeared after you talked to Applejack. I thought that you were off on another adventure or something." She said, remembering the armor capsules I had on my body.

"Well if thats what you're worried about then I won't stop you. But it is a bit flattering though." I said with a smirk. I watched her cheek begin to burn a bit. Maybe I should cool it with the flirting, if that's what I'm doing. Am I flirting?

"Well, at least Spike has the decency to tell me before he goes anywhere." She said.

"What does he have to do with this?" I asked, getting genuinely a bit confused.

"I don't know! It's just the fact that he is a baby dragon and you're a adult stallion. I don't know which is more childish sometimes." She said.

'Is she challenging me?'

"Hey! I don't know what you're getting at, but I'll have you know that I am totally capable of making my own decisions." I said, getting a bit more confident. She let out a groan, and put her hoof against the base of her horn.

"I'm sorry, Franz. It's just that, when you disappeared I got worried about what would happen if you had gotten hurt by the paparazzi. Or if you had hurt them somehow." Oh, I kind of did.

She then opened her hooves in a 'I want a hug' motion. I kind of didn't want to, since she had hurt my pride.

But since when did I have any pride to begin with?

I went close and gave her a hug. It wasn't special, but I held my breath in case that damn musky smell was on her. That was something I wanted to avoid now.

We broke the hug and I went back to the couch. I looked under and pulled out my saddlebags. I pulled out the picture of Lord Frarquad and smiled at it. I heard Twilight coming over to my side, and I quickly hid the picture.

Unfortunately, she saw me hide it.

"Franz? What's that?" She asked, getting closer.

I immediately made the photo catch fire and watched the ashes fall to the ground.

"Nothing now." I said, laying on my side and resting for a bit. She frowned, but thankfully let it go. I wasn't liking the frowns I was getting. And if I couldn't fix them, then what's the point of being here?

I didn't know what had come over me, but I had the urge to make Twilight a set of armor similar to mine. Only without the weapons and shields. Maybe a Data Pad.

After she left back upstairs I took a nap and when I woke I saw that it was 5:53 in the afternoon, according to my visor.

I saw Twilight at her desk with a notebook and a thick pencil. I got up and she saw me. I was curious at what she was doing, but a bit sleepy from my nap. I decided to go to the fridge and get a snack. I felt worse now that I remembered that she had to get groceries all by herself, which made me want to make her armor even more.

'I'll make it a surprise.' I thought.

I started making a sandwich and saw that there wasn't any meat. Instead, there seemed to be some alfalfa and hay. There was no way I was trying alfalfa again. I liked to keep my food inside. So I went with some imagined meat and put the slices of turkey in and began adding the rest of the ingredients for my sandwich.

'Never mind on the surprise. I'll just tell her and she can design her own armor. I'll just add some quirks and additions.

I got some soda and made my way back to the couch.

I caught a glimpse of her work and saw that she was drawing my visor. It looked like she was doing so for a while too with all of the detail she put into it.

"Hey, Twilight." I said, grabbing her attention.

"Yeah?" She asked, turning to face me. I gave pause for a second, not sure how to tell her.

"How would you like some of you own armor like mine?" I asked. She stared at me for a second, before squealing and launching herself at me, knocking down her chair in the process. I watched her latch onto me and give me a giant bear hug, almost popping by back.

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! I accept your offer!" She said. I smiled as she let me go and cleared my throat.

"Well, what version would you like?" I asked. I think we were going to have a long night talking about this

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