The memory cut short, and I was standing with Luna in the void. What had happened?

"Hey, why did the memory cut?" I asked her. She looked at me with a frown.

"It's because that is all the time we have for now. We have been here for the last few hours, and I am not certain that we will be alone once we wake. Certainly, we shall have another time for us to see from your point of view, to see just exactly what had happened between the two of you." She said, getting closer to me and giving me a quick nuzzle.

"I think that would be nice. Although, we will probably have to try this again for more details." I said, wrapping my arm around her.

"Yes, It would be wise to look for the more, finer, details. Art thou ready to awaken?" She asked, looking up at me. I looked slightly up at her, and nodded.

After a few seconds of her working her magic, we were whisked away and back to the bed. I saw that she was now laying on top of me, and was a little down under. She began to wake as well, and I gently moved her off of me.

"So what now?" I asked. She was quiet for a few seconds, slightly concerning me.

"We should avoid her for the time being. Who know what will happen when thou sees her, let alone say her name." She said, rolling over to me and nuzzling me.

"Yeah, it's almost like some sort of trigger." I muttered, half expecting her say something along a similar thought process. She nodded, and surprisingly climbed off the bed. I hopped off with her and went into the bathroom. I had suddenly realized that I needed to go and I was holding it in for a while. Maybe I could just imagine it to go away, then I wouldn't have the need to go.

"We shall see thou once night falls. Farewell, Dear." I heard her through the door.

"Okay. I'll see you tonight." I said, testing it out. Strangely enough, it didn't work, and I had to get creative.

So I just teleported the bad liquid into the toilet and made it flush automatically. It was weird see it happen, and even more so feeling it, but I got shrugged it off as something I can do.

I walked to the door and opened it, and saw a bunch of guards around my door. Walking through the doorway, I was immediately tackled by almost every single guard there, creating a dog pile and taking me by surprise.

"Sorry sir, but we were given orders to keep you under house arrest." Said one of the guards. I noticed that there were quite a few females here, and I was underneath quite a few of them, much to my sudden discomfort.

"Yeah, I figured as much." I said, getting up and pushing most of them off with little effort. They became a mass of limbs and bodies entangled with one another, trying to get off and over to me.

"As a prince, I would like to remove this house arrest and to let me roam freely. I need time to think, and I can't do that in my room." I said, using a more stern tone.

"I'm sorry sir, but this was given to us by decree of Princess Celestia. You will have to take this up to her." Said a female guard, who was now by my side and trying to block me off. I frowned at her, and she got somewhat worried.

"What about Luna?" I asked. They looked a bit nervous, and gave a subtle nod.

"You can try and talk with her, but you will have to send her a message through us." Said the same guard.

"Cool." I said slowly, walking backwards back into my room. They looked at me as I closed my door, watching them for any suspicion.

Once I closed the door, I knew that they were going to think that I was going to sneak out. But I'll surprise them, and stay here and play games on a console.

I smiled evilly, made an Xbox, and put in Halo: Combat Evolved Remastered and began playing.

For the next few hours on legendary.

I finally managed to beat the game, and after an estimated death of over 200 tries, (Fourteen actually) I went back to normal mode and finished it off there. I wasn't big on playing hardcore mode, I was slightly more of a Smash Ultimate player, like one of my family closer members.

I frowned, and tried to not remember about them. Any of them. I wasn't going to try and bring them back, even if I could. I figured it would be best to not bring them back, as to not introduce them to the new lifestyle I've adopted.

I deleted the console, and everything else that came with it. It was close to dinnertime, and I was wondering if I could head out and grab something to eat at the kitchen.

Getting up, I walked towards the door and opened it. There were a few new guards stationed around my room. There were probably the Night Guard, since they had the different armor set for it. They noticed me, and turned back to face me.

"Sorry, Your Highness, but we were instructed to inform you that dinner will be served within the next few minutes, and to keep you updated." She said. I was slightly surprised that they were female, but quickly processed it and threw it out.

"Oh. Cool." I said, looking to the other mare. Yup, they definitely have some sort of enchanted armor, because I couldn't tell the difference between them.

"Can I go to the bathroom? My room doesn't have one." I said. The one who initially spoke to me nodded.

"Of course, Your Highness." She said, moving aside to let me through. I nodded thankfully, but was stopped by the other mare, who had a small frown on her muzzle.

"Not so fast. All bathrooms in the Canterlot Castle have private bathrooms. Including yours." She said, leaning in slightly at the end. I didn't like the way she spoke to me, but decided to not say anything.

"Well, the toilet is broken. And I need to go." I said, hoping she will fall for it. I imagined an anvil to fall on the one in the bathroom, and heard the loud sound of it breaking.

They looked startled, and rushed in while drawing their swords, while I made made a mad dash towards the R&D wing. I figured that the capsules would be there. They had to be, since that's where they keep all the high tech.

Right?

I made it to the R&D wing, and went inside. I saw the same stuff I did from last time, and didn't think much of it.

Making a beeline for the bathroom, I found the room that was magically sealed off, and knocked on it a few times. I was feeling for something that sounded hollow, and had to try a few times.

Once I found it, I made an Echo device, and drilled a small hole in the bottom of the wall, making sure to leave about a quarter inch of space so I don't alert the guards.

Pushing the device in, I made snow goggles, with a visor with a camera connected to the devise., and turned on the device.

I wasn't sure if they could hear it, but it was a light pulsing sound that resonated throughout the bathroom and into the other side of the room. I made sure to slowly turn up the frequency so that it wouldn't alarm them too quickly, and with it being nearly nighttime, I didn't have to worry about other guards for this, only when these guards get bored.

I thought about how I could get inside. Maybe I could teleport in and knock one out and question the other before putting them to sleep for a bit. Or I can phase through the doors and take them by surprise.

Another thing was to try and hypnotize them, and make them let me in so I can get my capsules, if they were there. I think they had to be there if them were gone when I woke up. I made sure to check the room before I left, and couldn't find them.

And where was most of the worlds most advanced technology?

In the R&D department, of course.

I made a plan and went for the phasing idea, and was ready to go, when the door lit up and opened.

I jumped to the ceiling, and stuck onto it like a spider. The guard, now identified as female, went into the stalls into the right. I heard the sound of her doing her business, and climbed my way into the now open doorway, where the other female guard had her eyes closed, seemingly resting them.

I spider-climbed into the elevator, and made a small device to monitor her and her friend, and make sure that they didn't try and sound the alarm. It was a sticky bomb, that would release a large amount of pink, non-lethal crystals that would trap anything at my activation.

I then let go and phased through the floor, effectively free falling down into the dark elevator shaft.

I kept falling and turned my Echo Location device back on.

I saw that the ground was coming in fast, and didn't have time to prepare myself as I hit the ground with a loud clang. Although, I was able to harden my body and let that take most of the damage.

Not to say that it didn't hurt, it did, but I could have landed much harder and with much more 'fatal' injuries, had I not done what I did.

Getting back up, I saw that the doors were still closed, and I just phased through them, leaving behind my gear and letting it disappear. I looked round and saw that it was dimly lit, and that my capsules were literately right there, sitting on a table.

I checked for anyone that could still be working late, and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

Walking right up, I grabbed them all with my magic and attached them to my body, feeling the light crawling across my fur and skin.

I then turned around, and saw Celestia, with Shining Armor and several guards, pointing their spears at me.

"Franz, I thought I had the guards assigned to you to tell you that you were under house arrest." She said, looking down at me like a child. I tilted my head.

"Is the entire castle not a house?" I asked, playing dumb. She must've caught on, and frowned.

"No, you weren't allowed to leave your room until my niece had left the castle and to her own home, which she has not yet done." She said, seeing my armor on my body.

"Well, they weren't very specific when they mentioned that. They just said I was under house arrest, not anything about my room." I said, silently counting the guards. Most of which were the ones that were gathered around my room when I first woke again.

"I made sure to tell them about that." She said.

"Are you grounding me? Are you seriously doing that right now?" I asked, getting annoyed at her, but didn't show it.

"I am not going to tolerate your disrespect towards me anymore. Either you obey the laws of the land and restrictions placed onto you, or you leave the country." She growled, taking me by surprise. I was hurt by that.

"Hey, that's not nice!" I said, pointing a hoof at her. She rolled her eyes and began walking towards me.

"Listen, I can't have you showing this amount of disregard and lack of respect. I have been lenient with you, but I an starting to believe that being a friend is no longer acceptable I will ask you this once.." She said, staring down at me. I was taken back by this. She didn't want to be my friend? I thought she wanted to be with me! I got pissed, and had enough of her shit.

"Hey, I don't know what crawled in your tit and died, but I was just trying not to hurt her you know! I have a trigger word, which I can't control, and I don't take to kindly to people who think I'm dangerous because of something I had no control over! So go away and leave me alone!" I shouted back.

"Wait, hold up." I said suddenly.

Pulling up my visor, I saw that she, and her guards weren't actually there, and that this was just a illusion spell I had fallen for.

"Aw, damn it." I muttered, walking right through them and back to the elevator.

"Franz! You will not leave yet!" She screamed as I started flying away in the elevator shaft.

"Hasta la bye bye, daddy-o!" I shouted back, reaching the part where I phased through. It felt weird phasing, almost like you're being touched by everything all at once.

I saw the two guards, and discharged the small bomb, trapping them in the sticky crystals that would dissolve within a few minutes. Casually strolling by, I walked through the door and back to my room, where I would just play some Minecraft for a while.

And then I ran into someone, accidentally knocking them down in the process. I looked down and saw that it was a guard, and jump onto the ceiling, and stuck to it. He had shiny armor, so he must have been a new guy. He got up and looked around, and got scared and quickly walked away.

I snorted and made my way back to my room on the ceiling, which was pretty fun until I almost slipped a few times and fell, but I managed.

I noticed that most of the guards were panicking since I was nowhere to be found. I crawled back through a vent that was on the ceiling, and went back inside. I was beginning to think that this was a miracle that I hadn't run into Celestia or the other Alicorn with the trigger name.

I wasn't to comfortable testing out wither or not saying it aloud would activate it, or it was just tied to her specifically.

Making it back through the other side, I saw through the vent slits that Luna was on the bed. I was wondering what she was doing, when I saw her with two plates of food. It looked like it was a piece of large cake, and a large platter with an impressive sized milkshake. It made my mouth water, and I tapped at the metal vent. It was actually quite spacious in here.

She turned towards the vent and looked at it with confusion.

"Luna, what's up! Oh right. Me!" I said, popping off the metal and hopping through.

"Franz! How long were thou in there!" She asked, getting up and rushing to me.

"I wanted to sleep somewhere that was colder, and more private so I hopped into the vents." I said, flicking my tail to rid it of the small amount of dust that was on it.

"Ooh, food!" I said, and picked up Luna and put her on my back before making my way over to the bed. She looked surprised being on my back, and didn't resist or fight it.

"We brought thee something that thou has requested before. And I figured that now would be a good time to bring it, all things considered." She said, not noticing me already halfway done with the drink.

"This is really good, where did you get it?" I asked. She gave me a smile from my back and hugged me, while draping her wings over my sides.

"We made it for thou. We wanted to return the gift that thou gave us. The necklaces." She said. I noticed that the necklace was still on my chest, somehow surviving this long. This thing was pretty durable, I'll tell you that.

"Oh, well, thanks. Are you going to eat your cake this time, or am I going to have to eat it." I said, motioning to it.

"We are capable of eating too, Franz." She said. I snorted and lifted up my head to give her a quick peck.

"OW!"

Only for her horn to stab my eye.

"Franz?! Are you okay?" She asked, sliding off of me and checking my face. I had one of my hooves to my face, and was pressing into it out of instinctual pain.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." I said, looking at her with my one eye. She looked genuinely worried, and it made me feel warm inside.

"So, what are we going to do now?" I asked. She still looked worried about my eye, but was willing to change the subject.

"We are going to go through your memories, and see your battle with Discord through your point of view. Do you remember his laughter, and how it echoed throughout the small town?" She asked.

I thought about it for a second. It did seem to do that.

"Yeah. Why?" I asked.

"That is whenever he will teleport throughout our plane of reality, as we shall see in a moment. For now, we will enjoy our food, and dive into your memories." She said. hopping back on the couch and levitating her cake over to her.

"Alright..." I said, lowering my hoof and also getting up on the bed with her.

I decided that we should make some talk, but she had beaten me to it.

"What was thou really doing in the vents. I know that thou don't enjoy napping." She said, looking over me, and leaning into my side.

"Aah, you got me." I said, raising my arms in the air. Her eyes quickly flicked over to my drink, and I did too, not knowing she had stolen a peek at my crotch once I was distracted.

Bringing it over to me, I continued sipping it until I was satisfied. Luna was still there, looking at me with a smile, and I nodded at her, which meant that I really enjoyed the drink.

Something popped back into my mind, and realization quickly spread across my face.

"Oh, Luna. Remember how we said that we would go back to the old castle and look for stuff?" I asked. She thought for a second, and nodded.

"Yes, we remember. Why do you ask?" She questioned, looking at me expectantly.

I hoped off the bed and went under it, looking for the armor I had made for her. After a few minutes of looking, I realized that I had it in the drawer, with a note that said "Do NOT Open Until Trip!" and fished out the necklace, along with another small device. It was very similar to a sonic screwdriver, the one that the 10th doctor had, except it was a cuff that fit around a hoof, and activate with when willingly triggered. It would normally give off a blue light, but that could be customized given some time.

I then walked over to her and presented the objects. She looked at them with curiosity, and interest.

"What are these?" She asked.

"Armor and defense. Well, technically, the silver cuff is used for opening things, and the necklace is a suit of Vibranium metal. It's one of the strongest metals from my mind, and it can take the full force of a magic blast, I think. Not sure since I've never tried it out before." I explained, making it float over to her. She accepted it with her own magic, and inspected it thoroughly, taking in every detail.

"Well? Try it on." I encouraged.

"If thou says so." She said, placing it over her head and letting it rest on her neck. I should probably start labeling these armors, like how Tony Stark did when he made his Iron Man suits. I'll get to that later.

"It does look very appealing. How does it activate?" She asked. I grabbed a fork, and threw it at her with the blunt side, as to not stab her with it.

She flinched and the armor quickly folded over her already sleek form, adding a small bit of size to her height. She was now about three inches taller than me, should she measure herself with it. I looked into the two mini ports, where she could see through, and smiled. She looked... attractive, and I was starting to feel weird from that line of thought.

"Franz? What do all of these runes and text mean?" She asked, looking around with her helmet. I chuckled lightly, and smiled.

"That is just your HUD, or Heads Up Display. It's essentially something that shows you what you can't normally see without help or assistance. What do you see?" I asked. She looked at me and tilted her head to the side.

"Tis showing thou as a blue glowing dot, and me as a yellow triangle in the lower left part of my view. There is also an empty bar at the top, and there is a menu option on the right. How do I go into that?" She asked, turning her head all around in hopes to open it.

"You have to blink at it twice. I figured it out on the first few tries, and even now I still get slightly confused." I said, getting back on the bed.

"If we're going to the old castle, then we need to have as much protection as possibly. That includes armor for us." I said.

"Do not forget the Royal and Night Guards that will accompany us." She said. What?

"We have guards?" I asked. She nodded and tried to pull off the helmet, only to find that there was nowhere to take it off.

"Franz, how do I remove the suit?!" She asked, her voice starting to get slightly panicked.

"Visor: Off."I said. In an instant, her helmet folded off and slid back into the small capsules on her neck.

"Oh." She said simply. I smiled and nudged her side, which she leaned into, nearly making us fall off the bed. She didn't know it, but I had a small heart attack from the scare.

"Do you want me to link up with your suit? I think I can do it with all of them, should I have the chance. I can do it now if you want?" I asked, looking over to her. She looked shocked, and wrapped me in a hug, which I was caught off guard from.

"YES! Will it be similar to the soul bond we did? Or is it more... intimate?" She asked, giving me a shy look. I deadpanned and gave her an annoyed look. Another question popped back up, and the moment was perfect to ask it.

"What did happen to the bond we had? I thought we still had it." I asked. Her features relaxed, and she had a look of sadness.

"I believe that The Elements of Harmony are responsible for our lost connection. You are aware for how the link operates, correct?" She asked. I stared at her with a blank face, my mind drawing blanks.

"I take it you don't know." She said. She let out a quick breath and started a mini lecture.

"The Elements of Harmony are ancient magical artifacts, ones that are used as a shield for aiding with national threats and dangers. Normally, we would use them to blast the opponent with a powerful blast of Harmonic Magic. they cannot, however, be used by a single pony. They each represent an aspect of Harmony, which those mares from Ponyville represent." She stopped to take a breath.

"Me and my sister used them against a variety of beings. From a dark being who wanted to watch the world spin and teem with chaos, to more, personal, threats to the world." She said, trailing off slightly. She must be referring to herself and her alter ego, Nightmare Moon.

"And then what? What does it do?" I asked. Her face hardened slightly, as if trying to recall the memory of what they exactly did.

"They remove any and all magical traces of external sources. Be it a curse, a spell, or even..." She trailed off, a grim look in her eyes.

"...Soul bonds?" I finished for her. She had a sadden look on her muzzle, and tears were starting to form. I panicked and did the only thing I knew how to do in situations like these.

Just be there for them.

She then wrapped me in a hug, and began choking on her sobs, trying her best to keep herself calm. I didn't know what she was so upset about, so I just sat there with her, and spoke only of reassuring thoughts into her ears.

After her near outburst, I looked into her eyes, and pressed my forehead against hers. She sniffed and smiled weakly with her trembling lips, and pushed her head into my fluffy chest. I held her close again, and wanted to ask what was wrong, but felt like I should wait until she explains it.

"We broke a soul bond." She muttered, slightly muffled through my fur.

"It's okay, we'll be fine. What happens when we break a... soul bond?" I asked, being careful about my wording. She clearly is distressed by this, and she didn't need me being too ignorant about it.

She was quiet for a moment, and finally brought her head up to make eye contact.

"It means we can't perform another bond once it's broken. It has disastrous effects on one's mental state when severed, and we broke it to save me." She said lowly, sounding ashamed.

"There's always other options, right? A way to repair the damage? Or maybe an alternate version of it?" I offered. She seemed only more depressed, and let out a long sigh.

"Nay. The only way to heal a broken bond is through adding another partner, and mending the bond by attaching ones soul with theirs. Think of it as a broken bone, and the third pony being the cast. Your bond will slowly begin to form back, and stronger than last time. But there is one issue." She said, looking over to me.

"Finding the right pony." I said. Luna sighed, and laid down on the bed. I deactivated her armor and watched as it slowly slid back into the necklace. I got down next to her and tries thinking on who could possibly fit the bill.

I couldn't count on Celestia, since she was kinda pissed at me right now.

I didn't want any of the girls to be a part of this, since they wouldn't be very interested to begin with.

I also didn't want to add Ditzy, since she already had a lot on her plate. I also didn't want to lose a friend with this idea.

So right now, it was just me and Luna, figuring out how to get the soul bond back without hurting the other.

Wait, what if we don't have to hurt each other! Yes! That's the answer!

"Luna, I think I have an idea, but your not going to like it though." I said with a nervous smile.

"We already don't." She joked lightly, wiping off the dried up tears she had.

"Well, it's the only one I have that doesn't involve adding other ponies into our group and forming a herd. It's kinda like a reset, if I may." I said, hopping off the bed and going to the bathroom. She got up and looked at me with a confused look.

I took off all my armor except one certain part.

"For Luna." I said, and activated my dagger into my skull, and everything went black.

I felt as though I was floating in water, but I could breath without any problem.

Looking around, I saw that I was in a white room, and there were six other figures in the room. Each had an aura surrounding them that kept my from seeing them. It looked like a black fire was consuming them, and was constantly moving.

Then, two of them seemingly looked at me, and I could see that it was Discord and another entity, being entirely glowing blue, was a medium sized female with a toned body and wavy blue hair, which seemed to flow like water. She was wearing robes, which could look a bit less old and torn. They both slowly faded into the room through the fire.

"Hello, Franz. Bearer of the Element: Imagination. I am Asheal, the Bearer of the Element: Harmony." She said in a soothing voice.

"And I'm Discord, but you already know what my Element is, right? I'll give you a hint." He then leaned in and put his claw to cover his mouth.

"It's the opposite of her!" He sneered, looking at her with annoyance. I wanted to punch him right then and there, make him pay for forcing a trigger word onto me.

"We don't do harm to other Elements in these halls. These are sacred, and we will respect them by not engaging in unpleasantries, Understood?" Asheal said, looking at me specifically.

"Yes." I said. I noticed that I was in my Human form, and panicked as I remember doing a suicide for hoped that I'll fix the bond.

"Wait, aren't I dead?" I asked, looking around. The other four weren't moving, and I'm guessing that they're the other Elements.

"What are you?" I asked suddenly. Asheal smiled, and put her hand on my forehead, as white light began to fill my vision.

"We are the two founders of seven. We are the originals. We are, Harmony, and Chaos." She said, and I fell back onto the bathroom floor, unconscious for the next few minutes.

Introduction of a new entity! I've yet to figure out how to draw her, and the deadline for this weeks official chapter was today.

I hoped you enjoyed!