I woke to something falling in my apartment. I still felt her in my bed with me, so I knew she was still here. I remembered that there was only one other roommate, and he was currently away with his parents for the week. Did he come back early?

I quietly got out of bed, being careful to not wake her. If it was Mike again, I was gonna kick his ass. I opened my door and saw nothing out of the ordinary. I went down the hallway and saw that some of my favorite books were on the ground.

I picked them up and put them back. It was still nighttime and I was thinking on going back to bed when something odd stuck out.

'Why did they fall in the first place?' I thought. No one likes these books much, and there weren't much of them here to begin with. So who could have done it.

*Tink*

Time froze, I could feel that it did. Reacting out of instinct, my skin hardened, and I felt something bounce off of the back of my head like a defective nerf bullet. I could hear something metallic land on the hardwood floor and I ducked behind the couch. Within the moonlight I saw what looked like a very large caliber bullet. Who the fuck is shooting me!

I was tackled by someone and landed on my stomach. Turning my head, I saw a gloved hand grab my neck, and slam my head to the ground, my head bouncing off the floor as I backhanded the assailant off of me with my enhanced strength. Pushing my hands together before separating them, a bo staff of cackling blue energy fizzled into existence as I brought down the edge into what I thought was his head. He dodged, even if barely and pulled out a gun. Time stopped again and I watched the bullet slowly move through the air.

I moved to the side and stabbed the now pointed side of the staff into his gut, keeping him in place and unable to fight back.

I watched as it tore through his protective armor like it was merely a suggestion, and into the soft parts of his chest where his fleshy bits began dissolving into a fine bright blue mist.

I wasn't gonna lie down and accept death, it will be them who will submit, and perish.

I looked over the charred body and saw a mark that was supposed to be fiction.

"Is that The Founda-

I woke up with a cold sweat. Was that me? How sadistic was I? I looked out the window and saw the morning sun beginning to rise. I remember being somewhat of an early bird and tried to move off of the couch when I felt something on me. I looked up and saw Twilight leaning on me, a very small bit of drool near her mouth.

Panic set in until I remembered what we were doing last night.

She had wanted to choose something similar to what I had minus the shields. She had also asked me where I got my armor, but I told her that I made the pieces with special equipment in my saddlebags. She seemed fairly skeptical about it, and I took my laptop out, as well as several important looking stuff that I had to materialize as I pulled them out. She asked a lot of questions, and in turn, I answered them to my best ability.

Her sketches of what she wanted her armor to look like was a bright violet color, and the visor being blue. I liked to her and said the only colors she could have now were red, golden, and black. She chose golden, after some thinking.

I slid out from under her and let her rest on he couch for now. I got my visor and put it on. It was 5:32 in the morning, and we had a few hours until I had to go to Canterlot for my meeting with the princesses. I decided breakfast would be a good idea, and to reciprocate Twilight's hospitality by making them food.

Using my imaginative power, I began making a very elaborate dishes for them, minus the meat based stuff. From scrambled eggs, to French toast, all the way to the potatoes. I didn't even bother to check the fridge. Why buy a fridge when you can make one for free?

I eventually finished just as Twilight came in. Along with a very sleepy dragon from upstairs.

"Morning guys" I said, finishing making myself a sandwich. Twilight saw all the food and her face darkened.

"Franz, did you use up all the groceries I just bought yesterday?" She said, her voice with an hint of an edge. I raised a brow, before I remembered.

"Oh, no. I just brought all of this when I went out this morning." I said. I was lying, I never left the house, let alone make all this in that short timeframe.

She didn't seem to notice my lie and went over to serve herself. Spike gave me a tired claw-hoof bump and sat down across from me.

"Twilight, do I have to go with you guys?" He asked, giving a yawn and stretching.

"Of course you do. I can't just leave you here alone. Besides, we can go over to you favorite donuts shop." She added. Spike quickly perked up and began eating his food. I chuckled silently and finished off the food on my plate.

"Well, come get me when we're leaving. I'm gonna finish designing you 'thing', okay?" I said, leaving the table and heading towards the living room. The nodded and let me go.

I sat on the couch and pulled out my laptop and began magically typing my password to get in. Once inside I levitated Twilight's picture of herself and took a picture of it with my phone. Connecting the device to the laptop via data transferable charging cable I accessed the photo and began drawing out her suit.

Now I didn't want to do this, but I needed it to look believable. And so for about an hour I sat there and finished something akin to my armor, but with more storage capsules on them to help her get used to them. I then began adding her additional functions like her Data Pad and her own Disk Launcher. I made hers to be easily broken by another Disk Launcher, along with a different design from mine.

I then clicked save and watch as a short simulation of her armor slide back into her capsules. And got the final product.

(Why pay an artist if you can edit it for free? )

Afterwards I closed the laptop and checked the time. it was around 7:23, so I decided to open it back up and play some Minecraft. I had found a cave last time and wanted to get some ore.

"Franz, what are you doing?" Asked Twilight from behind. I panicked and shut the laptop quickly.

"Finishing your armor." I said blankly.

"Then why did I see blocks of grey?" She questioned. I just made pout. Hopefully this can work for me too!

"That's not gonna work on me. You're not Applejack's little sister." She said, putting a hoof in my face. I got annoyed and put the laptop back into my saddlebags. I was beginning to wonder what happened to my snacks in my bags since I didn't make them.

"Is it time to go yet?" I asked. I was starting to get the slightest bit nervous. She seemed to drop the subject.

"Yep! Oh, I can't wait to tell the Princesses the armor you designed!" She said. That sounds like a headache for later.

"Is Spike ready?" I asked, curious about the guy.

"Yes, he's upstairs getting the last of his things. He should be down in a minute." She said. And sure enough, down came Spike with a parchment. I'll never understand how they were able to write with paper like that, it's thicker, but must be a hassle.

"Spike, send Princess Celestia the letter that says we will be there as scheduled." She said. Spike opened the window and blew fire onto the scroll, turning it into dust and letting it fly off.

"Now? I asked. Twilight nodded and we left the Library, making sure to switch the sign from Open to Closed and locking the door. I made sure to bring all of my armor capsules. In case we somehow get into trouble.

We arrived at the Station without any interruptions, mostly because of the time, and I followed Twilight everywhere she went. But as it turns out, the Train Station wasn't as empty as I thought.

"Look! It's Prince Franz!"

"EEEEEEEEE!"

I was surrounded by mares within several seconds. Being completely blindsided, I almost activated my armor.

"How did you survive against Nightmare Moon?

"Uh."

"How long have you been in Ponyville? Is it your home?"

I figured it would be best if I stayed silent.

"Wow! I never heard of a male Alicorn. I thought they didn't exist!"

"How old are you?"

I decided to end this and catch their attention.

"Hey, how about giving me and my friends some space eh?" I said, trying to get their attention.

"Ooh, I just adore your accent! Where are you from?"

I saw Twilight on the outside of the swarm and making my way through.

"Do you have any siblings?"

"Are you in any way dating one of the other Princesses?"

"Classified." I said simply. This only served to fuel their questions further.

"Ooh, mysterious!" One said. I groaned internally.

"Twilight, can you go turn in the tickets for us?" I called over to her. I saw her have a smile. Even Spike thought this was funny.

"Were you injured when you fought Nightmare Moon?"

"Look everyone! Someone famous!" I yelled, catching their attention.

'No way in hell is this working'

All of the mares looked and ran over to some poor guy and began harassing him. It worked?

"Sorry dude." I said quietly to myself, watching him get hoisted up and inspected.

I went back over to Twilight and Spike and sighed.

"You seemed to have fun." Said Twilight with a smile. She was giggling and so was Spike.

"To be honest, I didn't think that was gonna work." I said, grateful the random guy had made the ultimate sacrifice..

'A small price to pay for salvation.' I thought, chuckling lightly.

"Well, that was a bit funny." I said, covering my inner joke with a followup line.

"You do seem to attract lots of attention. Especially from the mares." She said, poking me with her hoof. I snorted, smiling while doing so.

"So when will our train get here?" I asked.

"In about ten minutes. They should be a bit earlier today, since it's a weekday." She said.

"Nice."

We waited for the estimated time said by Twilight. And the train hadn't arrived yet. Are they doing a maintenance check?

"What's taking them so long? I thought they would be here by now." Whined Spike.

"Maybe they had something come up and are trying to fix it." I offered.

"That shouldn't be the case. If so then they would have been here. I think something got in the way of the train tracks and they had to stop to get it out of the way." Said Twilight.

"Oh, I didn't think of that." I said.

We waited for another 20 minutes before the train finally arrived at the station. And in that time there was a slight influx of ponies at the Train Station

"Tickets please." Said the guy in the uniform, holding a ticket clipper. We made our way and offered ours and made our way into the cart. I stopped next the guy and asked him a question.

"Excuse me sir, but what happened that took so long?" I asked, looking over his facial features.

"You need not to worry, Your Highness, we already took care of the problem." He said, continuing to clip the tickets of incoming ponies.

"What was the problem." I said, more firmly than I usually would.

He finished clipping the tickets and smiled.

"There was a slight problem with the wildlife. We had to move them off the tracks to keep the train going. You mustn't worry, Your Highness." He said. Something about how he said 'your highness' felt a bit off. I didn't question it as I made my way over to Twilight and Spike, who were sitting on a bench with a chess board.

I sat next to Spike and watched their game with slight boredom. I didn't have anything to do for what I think is a few hours, so I watched their game.

"..clink.."

"...."

"..clink.."

"..."

"..clink.."

"..."

"....clink."

"Checkmate." Said Twilight after about about half an hour. Spike had taken about half of Twilight's soldiers and Twilight had managed to capture Spike's king. I was impressed that the game didn't last longer and that he didn't give up. I sucked at Chess, and didn't like to play it very often. And when I did, I would go against an A.I. at the lowest difficulty. It wasn't much, but it made me feel better when I was having a bad day. That and playing the keyboard. But there were no keyboards, and even if there were, I would have no idea how to play them without either smashing the keyboard with hooves or transforming back into a human. So no playing keyboards it is then.

"Darn."

"Would you like to play, Franz?" Asked Twilight. I scrunched up my nose.

"Nah, I'm not very good at Chess." I answered back.

"I can teach you how to play. It's not that hard." She said, trying to usher me into playing.

"I know how to play, it's just that I'm not good going against other ponies." I said.

"Okay. If you change your mind, then I'll happily show you." She said.

"Cool." I said simply. I decided to stare out the window and let my mind relax. It wasn't a good idea, but I was bored. I could see Canterlot slowly coming in, and looked out for any wildlife the conductor had dealt with.

For the next hour I watched and saw nothing. I felt my eyes getting heavy for a bit. I then felt my head fall and I jerked myself back awake. I saw Twilight sleeping next to a passed out dragon. It was a bit adorable but I had the urge to take a leak.

Hopping off the couch I made my way to the bathroom. And not knowing where it was, I wandered aimlessly, but quickly. I saw the conductor and made my way over to him.

"Hey, me again, do you know where the bathrooms are?" I asked, grabbing his attention. He turned and smiled.

"Sure, down the isle and look right. It should be there. Hard to miss."

'Hit or miss'

"Thanks." I said before heading off. Sure enough, I saw the bathroom and went in to relieve myself.

'I guess they never miss, huh?' I thought as I managed to get it all in there this time. It was weird to see your junk slide out of you like that.

'Like a slip and slide from hell' I snorted in laughter as I remembered seeing that particular meme. Things were so much simpler back then. Now look at me, I'm disguised as a Alicorn being followed by the press. Should have taken the Elective Course back in collage. Is there a collage for ponies? I think there should be.

A large building materialized very rapidly, surprising the locals and scaring the children. Most of the natives didn't know what to think on the matter, but chalked it up to a very powerful being beyond their reach is attempting to communicate with them.

And whatever lost soul happened to be lost would find refuge inside, as there was air conditioning and a fully functional water system. Along with paper and supplies that could last a large group of people for a year.

We finally arrived and I was taken back by the sheer amount of white and gold color. Was that real gold? And how did the city even manage to stay on the cliff long enough for a city to be built on it!

I let that thought go and followed Twilight and Spike to the castle grounds. I saw some of the nobles watching me, and others who whispered or raised their nose up in a stuck up way.

"So, do you know anypony in Canterlot?" I asked Twilight. She smiled brightly.

"Of course I do, I grew up here. So I know some ponies who are willing to meet you. Maybe I can introduce you to my brother. He's captain of the royal guard and he's very skilled in shielding magic. Maybe you can show him something like that bubble shield you made when you protected me from Luna's corrupted form." She rambled.

"Oh yeah! He's crazy strong with his shields. Maybe the both of you can have a duel or something. Now that would be awesome!" Said Spike. A duel? They do those kind of things?

"I didn't know you guys did that." I said, giving a low whistle, which unintentionally made a mare look at me with confusion.

"Well, it's normally used to settle disputes in a very old fashioned way, but it can also be settled in, say, a game of chess." She said.

"Noted." I said, nodding as we walked. She really wants to play Chess.

I saw the castle grounds and we approached the gates, which had a pair of guards on either side of the gate.

"Hello kind sirs. We have a meeting with the Princesses." Said Twilight. They looked at her, their emotions stiff and suppressed. They nodded and opened the gate for us. Almost instantly, a new pair of guards showed up.

"We shall take you to the throne room, Your Highness." Said one of them, bowing in front of me. did they all look the same or is it just me?

"Okay." I said plainly.

Following behind Twilight, I saw many paintings of various ponies and other creatures. Some resembled Griffons and others looked like a Minotaur with armor. Along with stairs. I was gonna have some thicc thighs if I was gonna be climbing these stairs the whole time.

We also saw many rooms. Just rooms and rooms. Entire isles of just rooms. Who designed this castle?

I saw a line and assumed that it was the throne room. I was going to have to wait in a line.

"Apologies, Your Highness, but it looks like the Day court is full and you will have to return later. Again, Apologies." Said the same guard.

"It's no problem. We'll come back later." I said, now noticing the few looks from the Nobles in front of us.

"Prince Franz, why is your... visor blinking?" Asked the other guard. What?

Looking down I saw that it was indeed blinking.

"Hold on, I'll check." I said, putting them on. The familiar wrapping hugged my face.

Storage Units #2, #3, And #4 Nearby. Estimated Location: 1.35 Miles Deep, 200 Yards Away In Northeast Direction. Set Course To Units? Yes-No

I was surprised that there was this many all in one place. It was kinda relieving too.

"So? What's wrong?" Asked Twilight. I pulled down the visor and smiled.

"Nothing much. It was just showing me the layout it had made of the castle. Nothing to be too worried about." I said. I willed it to appear in the visor and it whirred and beeped twice.

"Okay then. Where is my bedroom?" Asked Twilight. Oh come on!

"I wouldn't know where that is because I haven't seen your room. I it automatically updates whenever I go into a new place. It just gave me a rundown on everything providing minimal detail." I said expertly. One of the other things I installed with the new armor ability. I wouldn't use it now, but on something that trapped me.

"Whoa, that's some useful stuff you got. Where did you even get it?" Asked Spike.

"I made them. It's a little easier if you have the know how for it." I said, tapping my visor.

"Really?! How! So that must mean you're super smart too! Like Twilight!" Said Spike. Said pony looked a bit flustered.

"Spike! I told you to not mention intelligence in an everyday conversation. You know how I feel about making others feel bad." She said, lowering her head a slight margin.

"Ah, don't worry Twilight. It's okay to be smart. Just don't rub it in people's faces." I said, throwing my hoof around her shoulders and taking a huge risk. Hopefully she didn't punch me, who knows how hard they can hit.

"I'm not gonna do that! Why would you say that!?" She said, breaking away from my hoof and glaring at me. I froze and flinched when she raised her hoof.

"AAH! Not that face!" I yelled, covering my face and catching the attention of every noble here.

"Maybe we should get to our rooms. I didn't take my morning cold shower." I said, trying to avoid the confused and somehow conflicted looks of the nobles.

"Why do you take cold showers?" Asked Twilight.

"It defines who I am!" I said, stomping the ground and puffing out my chest. They all looked at me before shaking their heads. Some of the female nobles cheeks reddened a bit when I puffed out my chest. What that a social thing I wasn't aware of?

"This way, Your Highness." Said one of the escort guards, who had taken the lead. We followed them and soon arrived at my bedroom and they dropped me off. Looking inside, I saw that it had a massive king sized bed and table along with a personal bathroom built right into the room. Hell, it even had a balcony! I wonder how much this would cost back home.

"Would you like anything, Your Highness?" Asked a female butler.

'Holy shit! My own personal butler!?' I mentally screamed. She had a yellow coat, similar to Fluttershy's, and a brown mane and tail. She also wore a suit which looked like a maids outfit, just without the frills and lace undergarments.

"Yes, can you drop the formalities? I'm uh, Franz by the way." I said, offering my hoof. She looked like she was going to have a mini heart attack.

"O-of course Your Hi- Franz." She said, bowing lightly. Now I'm all for respect, but this was staring to get a bit annoying.

Since I could literately ask for anything, I began asking her some questions.

"So, uh..." I started, trailing off for her name. She noticed and replied.

"Madame Summer Springs, at your service." She said, taking another bow.

"Well, could you tell me where the armory is? I'm not gonna go there, just so I can avoid it." Drill Sergeants scare me, but if they aren't like the ones at home, maybe they could be tolerable?

"The armory is located near the bottom levels of the castle. Most of the time there are patrols that go around during the day and, now recently, the night throughout the castle." She said. Wow, information!

"When is the Day court gonna be open again? Do you just walk in or do you make an appointment?" I asked her. She smiled and gave me what I wanted.

"You normally would have to make an appointment, but since you're royalty, you can visit anytime you want." She said, a happy grin on her face.

"Okay, that's all. And thank you for answering my questions." I said politely. I now noticed that she was a Pegasus, and her wings were tucked tightly onto her sides.

"Anytime, Franz." She said, her cheeks tinting as she left for the door. I smiled nervously as she left. Mares are weird, maybe creepy.

'Just like Earth girls.' I thought. She stopped at the door and turned around to face me again.

"Oh, one more thing." She said, making a motion with her hoof. I was confused as to what it was before I realized it was a 'come here quietly' motion.

Making my way over to her, I turned my head to listen to her advice.

"There is another Prince here the castle. I just wanted to warn you that he is fairly stubborn when it comes to getting what he wants." She whispered into my ear. Another Prince? I thought those pack of crazy mares at the Train Station said there was no other Alicorn stallions.

"Maybe they lied.' I thought.

"What's his name?" I asked.

"Prince Blueblood. Some mares still idol him as the perfect stallion, but after meeting with him once, I hated him and what he tends to think. Damn pervert." She said, adding that last bit. She quickly saw her mistake and gasped, and bowed her head and nearly hit the floor from how fast she threw her head.

"I apologize! I promise to never say those things again!" She said, shivering as her voice became shaky. Holy Jesus, what did I do?

"Hey, uh, there there." I said, petting her back.

"I don't mind you expressing yourself, just remember to not bottle up your emotions, okay?" I said, trying to make her feel better.

She rose up, nodding her head and smiling.

"Thanks, for a second, I thought I was gonna lose my job. You're already better than him." She said. Her face went slightly wide eyed, before smiling and laughing nervously.

"Well, you can go now. I'll keep an eye out for this 'Blueblood' guy you talked about. Don't worry, I got this." I said, nudging her with my elbow.

She smiled and mouthed the words 'Thank You' before finally leaving. I think I left a good impression on my butler, unless they kinda change around and are tasked with different areas. Maybe that's what it is, and not a personal butler. Neat!

I took off my armor capsules and set them on the table near the bed and left to take a cold shower. After a minute of tinkering with the shower, I stepped in and slowly let my worries freeze away. And after a few minutes of shivering, I turned the water over to hot and let all my worries melt off. Once I finished I used a towel to dry myself off.

I had put on a new smell for my shampoo and soap. It was a sort of vanilla that wasn't too strong, but noticeable if one got close enough.

I then got a running start and flung myself onto the king sized bed, feeling myself sink in for a few seconds before pulling back up. Damn, this bed was comfy as hell. I lifted off my armor capsules with my magic and stared at them. Particularly the visor. I saw a pony that I was staring back.

'Who was I?'

I set the visor back on the table and rolled over to my side, closing my eyes for a few minutes. I thought I could hear the sound of someone talking, or maybe it was a memory type of thing. Who knows, I just need to sleep a bit. Maybe an hour or so. The Day court can wait. And it was still early. I got time,

Introduction of a past threat! Can any of you guess what It's based off of?

If there are any mistakes in this one, please tell me so I can fix them as soon as I can. I was having some trouble editing this one, but the others should be fine.

Edit: Did grammar corrections, and a bit more character consistency