The Wedge was driving back to the ship, followed by Luna, Twilight and Fluttershy flying behind them and a magical sphere conjured by Starlight Glimmer that carried those who couldn't fly: Starlight herself, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Cyranus was galloping behind the vehicle, since Discord was on his seat. Queen Novo and Skystar weren't with them; apparently the hippogriff queen had decided it was time for her and her daughter to return to Mount Aris, lest her subjects thought something bad happened to their ruler. Neither was Neighsay, who chose to stay in Canterlot... or rather, Praeratus made him stay in the capital through mind manipulation. Some guards tried to go with them, but Praeratus forced them to the ground with telekinesis and said and made clear that he wouldn't let a bunch of defective clones get into his home.

When Celestia told him that they were not clones despite looking the same (their armor was enchanted to hide their identities, which Praeratus found stupid since they could just wear full body armor), the therawyrm replied that it wasn't just how they looked, but also how they acted and thought, more importantly, what they do... like accusing someone of helping a woman just to eat her later. And he was pretty sure that little zab didn't mean the literal eating.

Spike, however, was riding shotgun on Celestia's lap. Or rather, Celestia was hugging (and from time to time snuggling) the dragon while sitting him on her lap (and not realizing he was pressing his head on her well endowed chest, kinda like a makeshift headrest. Or maybe Celestia did, but didn't mind). Spike didn't actually want to go in the Wedge, but Celestia grabbed the boy to take him with her and literally refused to let him go: Twilight tried to pry him from her arms back in Canterlot and got an angry snort from Celestia for her troubles, which was rather surprising from her since she was, well, Princess Celestia, one of the nicest ponies in Equus. What made it even more disturbing was that she did that to her former pupil and current fellow princess Twilight Sparkle, who many thought was like a daughter to her.

And right behind them was the pod of the bioweapons, dragged by the Wedge with an enchanted chain provided by Celestia. One of the reasons he returned to Canterlot with Celestia was to recover the pod, which Celestia put on a warehouse couldn't use his psionics and drive at the same time (well, he could, but he didn't want to take chances with three civilians on board, specially since one of them was the ruler of the country he was on and his first 'friend' there, another was in need of medical attention, and the last a child), so he decided to simply tow it with the car. It was three times as big as the Wedge, but thanks to both modifications to the car and the strong yet light metal that made up the pod's structure, the car could drag it at normal speeds and only be slowed down a bit.

Praeratus looked at the happy alicorn and the slightly confused dragon, and smiled at the image. Seeing them like that made them look like mother and son... and made him wonder about something.

“So” Began the xeno-hunter. “, is he adopted?” He said while gesturing at Spike with his head.

“N-no I'm not!” Sputtered Spike in an alarmed tone. “And Celestia's not my mother! I do think of her as my mom sometimes, but so do most ponies!”

Celestia, on the other hand, laughed at Praeratus' question. The therawyrm, having never heard her laugh (or at least not like that that, his memory was a bit fuzzy) before, noted that hers was a beautiful sound.

“Technically, I AM your foster mother, since I did raise you when Twilight was still young.” Explained Celestia while stroking Spike's head. “Of course, since she was the one who hatched your egg I gave you to her when she became old enough.”

“She's more of an older sister though.” Replied Spike before looking at the beaten draconequus. “Praeratus, can I ask you something?”

“Shoot.”

“Shoot?”

Ah, right, he forgot, Equus' cannons were barely deserving of the name.

“Alien way of saying 'sure, ask me'.”

“Did you really have to be that rough with Discord?” He said while looking at Praeratus with a frown.

Praeratus sighed. He didn't know how actually old was Spike, but he doubted he was old enough to understand his reasoning.

“Spike, he did two things that could have landed him on prison if he were part of the Confederation: animal abuse and involuntary attempted sophontslaughter. With my car, which is also a gift from the military and belongs to a former soldier, which technically makes him getting inside attempted car theft.”

“Abuse? He just made him smaller.”

“Spike, Cyranus isn't just my pet, he's my friend, a friend that prevented me from making the biggest mistake of my life.”

He still remembered the moment when he put his hand on the terminal that controled the airlock, about to press the button that would open it and space him and out an end to his depression... only for Cyranus, a puppy of less than a month of age then, barging in the hall and yapping like one of those annoying toys children loved those days, fifty years before. After feeding the pup and letting him sleep on his lap, he vowed to always protect it from anything that it couldn't defend himself against... like the spawn of an animal orgy including mammals, reptiles and birds. Admitedly he knew Discord didn't hurt the gorgonops, and that he had the excuse of not wanting to be a living chew toy, but he did made him smaller, and that made Praeratus wonder about what could the alien do.

“Having said that, there's also the fact he entered my car and fired the machine gun attached to it. Celestia, Twilight, Queen Novo and Chancellor Neighsay could have died if not for a combination of sheer luck, not even knowing what a gun is from Discord's part, and me using a barrier to protect them.”

“But why didn't you punish him by screaming right on his face, glaring at him, slapping him or something else?” Asked Spike. “I mean, look at him! He looks like he went to a headbutting match with a rock and lost! A hard rock!”

“He has a point Praeratus.” Agreed Celestia. “Plus, the population of Equestria, maybe even all of Equus, might going to fear you for it.”

“They already fear me, remember? Just for being an alien that killed where others would had ran away AND die.”

“Yes, but now they'll fear you because you beat the Spirit of Chaos to a pulp without even trying.”

“By that name and the way you say it I assume Discord is very known for something.” Celestia had told him a bit about Discord back at the ship, but only that he was kind of insane, that he was a reformed villain and that he became one of her friends.

“He overthrew me and my sister over a thousand years and ago ruled Equestria with a chaotic fist until we turned him to stone with the Elements of Harmony. Two years before he escaped from his prison and wreaked chaos until the new Element Bearers, who you already know, turned him to stone again for half a year, after which he-”

“Wait-wait-wait, did you just say you turned Discord to stone?” Asked Praeratus in a bewildered tone.

“Yes. We didn't know what to do with him, and we didn't even think of killing him, so we petrified him. In the end it paid off... well, after a thousand years that's it.”

“What kind of chaos are we talking about?”

“Making chocolate rain, turning animals into beasts, force-drinking ponies glass instead of water...”

“And that didn't kill them?” He was pretty sure that drinking shards of glass would, if not kill them. at least gravely injure the inside of their throats.

“No, they literally drank it. In fact, Discord usually drinks the glasses instead of the milk or water they hold.”

Praeratus couldn't believe what he just heard. How, just how could a mostly-mammalian sophont drink liquid, hot glass without getting burns?

Praeratus put that aside, deciding to ask Discord after healing him, and asked something else.

“So, because I beat him ponies fear me?”

“Praeratus, Discord is powerful, very powerful, to the point some ponies think he's some kind of god of Chaos just like I'm a goddess of the Day, something we're obviously not, but you get the point.”

He did, because given what he could and what he already did he might be a god to those same ponies. By his own definition, gods didn't bleed, and he hadn't seen something that didn't bleed yet (machines didn't count, and plant aliens still bled, just not blood). Sure, Celestia could rise the sun (and by extension her sister the moon), and Discord was, according to the white alicorn, even more powerful, but the latter was at that moment probably regretting pissing off the former Centurion and the former actually died... although she didn't stay dead for long. He wondered what would the natives think of him when the truth finally came out and discovered that he could bring back the (recently) deceased.

“After a year I depetrified Discord, thinking that Twilight could reform him with Fluttershy's help to make sure he wouldn't wreak havoc again, and even then it took the return of another villain, Lord Tirek, who Discord saw as a friend until he betrayed him and absorbed his magic, to actually reform him.”

“And then you come and beat the living snot out of him.” Said Spike. “I wouldn't be surprised if the dragons overthrew Ember to make you their-”

“Spike, language.” Scolded Celestia in her signature soft tone.

“Sorry.” Apologized Spike before glancing at the road ahead and widening his eyes in awe. What he saw made him drop his jaw.

It was a huge, metallic hulk with wings, colored black and covered in carvings depicting alien monsters.

“Impressive, ain't it?” Smirked Praeratus when he saw Spike's reaction, but when he looked at Celestia he saw her sharing Spike's expression. “Why are you looking at it like that? Didn't you see the outside when we left?” He asked.

“No I didn't.” She simply said, still looking at the outside of the ship.

Praeratus got out of the Wedge, unchained the pod and lowered the hangar platform remotely, after which he deactivated the automated defenses as to not exterminate the rest of the group, which was at the moment staring in awe at the incredible piece of technology in front of them.

“Incredible...” Whispered Luna while looking up at the thing, wondering if Praeratus could give them a fly to space to see her stars up close (and not knowing that the closest star was at least a parsec away from Equus and didn't belong to her at all).

“Woah nelly...” Breathed Applejack.

“It's, well, a bit dark for my tastes, but it's still quite incredible.” Said Rarity while thinking that the ship would look better in a nice shade of white and without those horrid depiction of alien beasts covering the hull, and hoping that the psychic alien wasn't reading her mind. Fortunately for her, he wasn't.

“Look at the size of that thing!” Exclaimed Starlight while lowering the non-pegasi near the pod. “It has to be at least nearly half as big as the Castle of Friendship!”

“160 feet long, 90 feet wide counting the wings and 50 feet tall, to be specific.” Replied Praeratus. “And unlike your castle, my home can go to space.”

“Pff!” Huffed Rainbow Dash. “It may fly in space, but I doubt it can fly faster than me!”

“Girl, I doubt that you can even surpass the speed of sound.”

“I do! I even make Sonic Rainbooms when I break the barrier!”

“And? Equus' gravity is among the lightest I've seen, I bet a propeller plane flying straight could do that too; if you want to impress me, try to breach the sound barrier of Kharan. Besides, I've seen a couple animals that can reach supersonic speeds too.” Of course, he didn't say that those same animals, creatures evolved in gas giants that essentially were living jet aircraft, with rigid wings and even 'jets' instead of anuses; those things were also so specialized in flying in their native environment that they couldn't be moved to zoos or reserves, only observed from afar with drones.

“Plus” Continued the therawyrm while grabbing Discord from the car and locking it without turning to look at the girl. “, I think you only breach the speed barrier thanks to whatever magic you have. Hell, that magic is probably the real reason you can fly with those tiny wings.” Obviously this made the proud pegasus angry, but Praeratus didn't care; after all, he was just telling the truth.

“Not exactly, but close.” Twilight whispered to Starlight.

“Cool!” Exclaimed Spike while pointing at the snub fighter in the hangar/garage above him. “You have another, smaller ship inside your ship, like a stacking doll!”

“That, my little dragon, it's an F-54 Eagle snub fighter, most common interceptor of the Confederal Navy.” Smiled Praeratus. “It can't achieve Faster-Than-Light speed, and is nowhere as tough or armed as the ship, but it is much faster in realspace, and it's more difficult detecting it thanks to it's smaller frame.”

“Does it have rayguns?” Asked Luna, who was behind them and alongside her sister.

“Yeah, does it?” Repeated Spike with enthusiasm.

“Nope, but it does have coilguns, which basically are small automatic cannons that propel projectiles at hypersonic speed thanks to magnetic coils in the barrel that accelerate them as they advance. Not the best weapon to fight heavily armored ships, but it depletes shields much faster than laser and plasma weapons.”

“You guys still use projectiles for your spaceships?”

“Spike, laser beams and pulses and plasma bolts have a limited range, but metal slugs propelled at one percent the speed of light never stops moving in vacuum because there's no gravity slowing them down: once the gun fires the projectile, it keeps going through space 'till it hits a ship, or a shield, or a space monster, or a world, although the last one is definitely a bad thing since .”

He knew he shouldn't be explaining to a kid how weapons worked, but he couldn't resist explaining things to children that wanted to know those things. He simply loved children. Annoying adults? Punch to the face. Annoying elders? Scream to the face. Annoying teens? A weaker punch to the face.

But annoying children? He glared at them with his single eye, but nothing more. He simply lacked the heart to hurt them physically or mentally. It helped that Spike resembled a therawyrm boy.

Besides, it's not like he would even let the young dragon touch the control panel of the Eagle, or that Spike could actually open the thing, since it was finger-print locked just as the Wedge, something that regular interceptors lacked.

“Man, you're just like Twilight when it comes to things.” Laughed Spike. Said alicorn was too busy marveling at the spacecraft to hear him.

The xeno-hunter got on the platform with Discord on his arms and looked at Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

“Well, aren't you guys coming?” Asked Praeratus to the two girls. “C'mon, get on!”

The ponies did as he said, with Rainbow Dash leaning on Fluttershy. Before Praeratus raised the platform, he noticed that Celestia, instead of coming with the wounded, stayed behind with the others, still looking at the outside of the ship with Spike, something that bothered Praeratus.

“Celestia, don't you want to come inside with us?” Asked Praeratus in a concerned tone, bringing Celestia out of her trance.

“I think I'll stay outside with the others a bit, if you don't mind. I didn't have time to see your ship from the outside before. Plus, I don't think I have to, you're only going to heal Discord and Rainbow Dash”

“Sister, are you really alright?” Asked Luna, just as worried as the therawyrm, if not more so.

“Yes, I just want to be with my a bit.” Said the alabaster alicorn with a small smile that Praeratus thought made her look cute.

Cyranus, who until that moment had been digging on the ground for some reason, trotted towards Celestia and, to Celestia's embarrasment and Praeratus' annoyance, rubbed his head on her bosom. This was his way of asking people he liked to pet him, but usually he rubbed his head on their arms, not their chest, much less when he did that to women. Of course, until now Cyranus' list of people he liked was made up entirely of Praeratus' friends (mostly other bounty hunters, soldiers, retired military and superior officers).

That side, while the two millenials felt awkward and irritated about this situation respectively, the rest of the group had other thoughts.

Luna, Twilight and Pinkie Pie thought it was hilarious (althought Twilight tried ineffectively to hide it), Fluttershy and Rarity cooed at the scene, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Starlight sheepisly looked away with blushes on their faces, and Spike watched on in confusion.

“Well sister, it seems like you and Cyranus are getting along pretty well.” Said Luna with a smile.

Celestia gave a small, awkward laugh and petted the affection-seeking gorgonops, who grunted happily and rubbed his head again, this time against her open hand.

Praeratus didn't understand why did Celestia want to stay outside. In another occasion he would have probed her mind, but he had put her in his personal list of 'People Whose Mind I Won't Probe Unless Really Necessary', and Celestia appeared to be sincere in her intention. She probably wanted some alone time. Plus, from the way she was petting Cyranus, it was obvious the gorgornops liked her.

“Well, it looks fine to me. I'll let the main door open for you guys if something happens.” However, before he raised the platform, Celestia spoke again.

“Why did you cover your ship in those carvings?”

“Ah, those. That's my way to let people know I'm a xeno-hunter, like a sign board: each carving represents a monster I have killed on the job. As you can see, I'm pretty good at it.”

With that he lifted the platform to the ship , leaving Celestia alone with Spike, Cyranus and the girls on the summit of the mountain.

While the others spoke among themselves in excitement, Celestia walked around the ship with Spike at her right, Cyranus walking right behind them.

The reason why Celestia chose to stay out from the ship was simply: the relief-like carvings that covered the hull of the ship enticed her.

Most other ponies, like Fluttershy, would have been terrified at the sight of dozens, if not hundreds of carvings depicting nightmarish beasts of all types, including lupine monsters, leviathans, bird-like creatures, dragon-like abominations with fangs instead of lips and even beasts that resembled the 'demons, all of them terrifying, all of them horrifying.

And, unless Praeratus was lying (something she doubted given what he knew about of him), all dead by his hand. Granted, he probably killed most of them with his wide array of weaponry and psionic powers, but she was certain the last moment of a few of those monsters' lives was a seven feet tall dragon-like warrior about to punch off their heads with nothing to stop him... or, glancing at Cyranus, the bear-sized pet of said warrior lunging at them with jaws open wide.

“It's a bit scary to think that Praeratus was able to fight all those monsters by himself.” Said Spike while pointing at a depiction of a giant bug, earning a growl from Cyranus. “Ok, by himself and with your help Cyranus.”

Celestia couldn't help but agree with the young dragon. On the one hand, it was proof that Praeratus was indeed powerful, having slayed many monsters from another galaxy. On the other, the fact that the demon he fought the previous day could have killed him showed just how powerful these creatures were.

“Just how many do you think are here?” Asked Starlight, noticing in disgust that one of the monsters, some kind of crocodilian monster with an elongonated body and horse, was depicted AFTER being killed with the brain cut open.

“I counted mentally and I think there are over sixty creatures.” Replied Twilight. “The 'Milky Way' galaxy must be really dangerous.

“Or maybe not. Praeratus said it himself, space is inmesurable.”

“Of course it's inmesurable!” Exclaimed Pinkie in her usual bubbly tone. “Space is big, REAAALLLY big! You just wont' believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly it is! I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to SPAAACEEE!” She then began singing about space. In another instance they would have joined in, but they weren't in the mood that day.

“I wonder what will Praeratus do when he inevitably sees Pinkie doing this in the future.” Said Rarity, who had been touching one of the wings.

“Either finally freak out, or compare it with something from his galaxy and dismiss it.” Replied Twilight.

“Ain it a bit strange that most of these critters look an awful lot like animals from Equus?” Wondered Applejack out loud and pointing at the engraving of one of the monster, a lupine one for its appearance. “Ah' mean, that one's basically a wolf with a skull for a head!”

“Yes, it is puzzling indeed.”

Before Celestia could give her opinion, a familiar chirping sound came from behind them.

“Philomena!” Exclaimed Celestia in joy when he saw her pet phoenix flying towards her.

But when the female phoenix got close enough to the ground, Cyranus lunged at her and would have eaten the bird if not for her reflexes. The gorgonops, not one to give up, began to chase Philomena around the ship. For some reason, the phoenix didn't think of flying upwards, but to be fairm, she was still an animal.

“Isn't it cute watching animals befriend each other?”

“Pinkie!”

“Cyranus, no!” Celestia screamed to Cyranus when he finally pinned down Philomena and about to crush her with his paws. “Let her go this instant!”

Cyranus just stared at her before getting looking back at the terrified bird. He sniffed her for a few seconds, snorted in what appeared to be acceptance and got off of Philomena, who promptly perched herself on Celestia's shoulder, never moving her frightened gaze from the beast that nearly killed her. And she had every reason for being terrified: as a phoenix, she simply didn't have natural predators (though mostly because most feared fire; some, like rocs, would have happily eaten her). Cyranus didn't kill to eat, he killed because he saw threats.

Celestia, having calmed down her phoenix, did something that surprised everypony present.

She began scolding the gorgonops as if he were an actual dog. She even tapped his head!

“That was not nice Cyranus, not nice at all! You can't just attack anypony that comes to your friends just because they...”

“Are you girls seeing what I'm seeing?” Whispered Starlight, awe in her voice at the scene unfolding in front of her.

“What, the actually-not-so-tall alicorn succesfully scolding a one-ton dog-bear-lizard-like alien animal like an actual dog?” Whispered Pinkie Pie. “Yes I do!” She happily exclaimed, making the others turn to her and see her with those crummy prank glasses with fake eyes.

“Pinkie!”

“What?”

The mares groaned in exasperation and turned back to watching.

“Look at him, he's ashamed and everything!” Remarked Luna

None realized that, before adopting an ashamed stance with head looking at the ground and tail inmobile, the gorgonops had been wagging his tail in a happy manner before.

(The weird white woman had finally shown some backbone after being nothing but a useless coward! That was good! Praeratus didn't really mind women with giant teats, but he did like those who were brave. Like her. When he realized this, Cyranus looked down in sorrow. He was just a pup when she was still alive, and just like like his friend, remembering her made him upset, which the ponies thought was shame.)

And just like that, Celestia scolded Cyranus for at least a few minutes, never realizing that the gorgonops wasn't actually ashamed of attacking Philomena, who got brave enough to perch on his head.

Just when Celestia was finishing scolding Cyranus, Praeratus, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Discord came out of the ship, with the cyan pegasus coming out first, flying and laughing like a maniac, clearly happy to have her wings back. Discord, on the other hand, was the last one to come out of the ship, and unlike his usual self he did so quietly, clearly unrerved by something. Only Celestia and Luna saw it, though, since the others were busy watching Rainbow make circles around Praeratus' ship.

“Girls, you won't believe what happened! There was this one huge coffin thingy, and when I got hooked to it there I felt a lot, and I mean A LOT, of inmesurable pain!” The casual manner she said the last part made the girls cringe. “After that, though, it was quite nice.”

“That's good I suppose.” Said Twilight.

“It also means you owe me an apology.” Also said Praeratus, who was leaning on the frontal landing gear, arms crossed and a frown adorning his face. “And I want it now.

Instantly Rainbow Dash' became sore. She didn't like to be remembered of that.

“Why can't Discord be the first?” He complained, pointing a hand at said draconequus, who was staring at Cyranus warily. The gorgornops, in turn, glared at him, but at least wasn't growling.

“Because he didn't attack ME, he only made Cyranus smaller. I never let those who mess with my friend get away scot free, but he didn't even hurt him.” He sighed, and his frown softened significantly. “Also, I think I went a bit overboard with his punishment, what with nearly crushing his head.” He frowned again, making Rainbow flinch in bear. “You, on the other hand, flied at me like an idiot who's also high and clearly wanted to hurt me, no matter if you would have crumpled by just crashing onto me. And no, Pinkie, I don't mean high as in 'flying high in the sky'.” Truth was that he doubted drugs didn't exist in Equus, but at the same time he doubted 'high' also meant under the influence of drugs there. “Plus, I don't think you even thinked twice about attacking me without thinking about the consequences.”

“You just said 'think' thrice in a same sentence.” Noted Celestia.

“And?”

“Nothing, I just wanted to point it out.”

“Fine, fine! I'm sorry for misjudging you, not thinking before acting and attacking like an idiot!” Blurted Rainbow Dash. “Are you happy now?”

“No.” Before Rainbow or the others could scream at him, he extended his open hand. “Grab it.” Rainbow Dash did so and Praeratus shook both hands. “NOW I forgive you.” He said, frown gone away and a slight smile of amusement on his lips. This caused the girls and Spike to smile, and Rainbow to sigh in relief, but then he turned to the draconequus and his frown returned, to Celestia's dismay. “Now, you touch my gorgonops again, I'll do THIS.” He grabbed a nearby boulder with telekinesis, turned it to ice, and then launched it at neckbreacking speeds to the sky. “Faxerunt?”

“What?” Asked Discord, puzzled by the foreign word.

“In my language, it means 'understoond'. Well, understood?” He repeated, earning a nod of acknowledment from the Spirit of Chaos. “Good.”

Just then, Spike yawned.

“Man, I'm tired.” Said the young dragon, making Celestia remember something.

“Oh, Luna, we forgot! It's time to end the day and bring the night!” With that she illuminated her horn. Inmediatly, a golden aura enveloped the Sun, lowering it; Luna did the same and rose the Moon, letting the group see the night sky.

Celestia looked at Praeratus, expecting to see a look of awe on his face. Maybe, just maybe, seeing in person the celestial bodies of Equus move thanks to magic would impress him.

Instead, she saw him inspecting the sky with his hand on his chin. He did look interested, but aside from that, nothing.

“That's it!?” Rainbow Dash unexpectedly yelled, startling everyone except Praeratus.

“What do you mean girl?”

“Everypony, and I mean everypony, is completely in awe when Princess Celestia raises or lowers the Sun, and yet you act as if it wasn't much different from watching a pony walk their dog on the street!”

“Well, I did tell him I did that I raise and lower the Sun before.” Said Celestia.

“Yeah, well, but we all do and yet we still think it's awesome.”

Praeratus shrugged. “It appears that you didn't hear me back in Canterlot, but the sun that orbits Equus is actually quite small.”

“What do you mean with 'quite small'?” Asked Fluttershy.

“Let's see how can I compare... Cyranus, soos!” He called to the gorgonops. Cyranus, knowing what the order meant, stood on two legs and used his tail as a weight to maintain a somewhat stance. In that posture he was over ten feet tall. “Now, Spike, could you stand next to Cyranus?”

“Where do you want me to stand?”

“Any side except the front.”

Spike did so and stood to Cyranus' left; after a few seconds of standing on two legs, the gorgonops dropped back on all fours.

“Good.” Praeratus looked at the assembled ponies and draconequus. “Did you guys see that?” He asked. “I wanted to see a relative size comparison.”

“Of what.”

“Instead of getting into a long explanation, I'll just say that Spike represents the Sun that orbits Equus, Twilight is Equus, and Cyranus is the smallest star type in the Milky Way.”

This 'revelation' made the girls, Spike and Discord gasp in shock (and drop their jaws to the ground in the case of Pinkie and Discord).

“The Sun is a star!?” Exclaimed Rarity.

'Yes Rarity, the Sun, which is obviously a star, IS a star.' Deadpanned Praeratus in his mind. “I would love to explain you more about the galaxy you live on, really, but it would take me hours, some of you would never get it even if I forced the information right onto your brains, it's already a bit late, and I'm pretty sure some of you would rather go to sleep than hear an old soldier ramble about the universe.”

“You're right Praeratus.” Agreed Celestia in her usual motherly tone, who then turned to the group. “Girls, you can sleep with us in the castle in the private room.”

“Erm, sister, wee, ehem, might have a little problem with that.” Said her sister in an awkward tone.

“Is there something wrong with the rooms?” Asked Celestia in a concerned tone

“Oh, no no no, it's not about the private habitations of the girls, it's about, well, yours.”

Celestia's head snapped towards her sister so fast only Praeratus (and Pinkie Pie) saw her move.

“What happened to my room?”

“Remember when Praeratus took out the Storm King with his 'magic'?” When Celestia nodded, she continued. “Well, I don't think you realized it then in the heat of the moment, but he was watching his lackeys try to pry open that thing” She signaled the breached pod behind them. “ in your tower.”

By the time Luna ended speaking, Celestia's eyes were already in their limit.

“My room...” He muttered in horror. “But that means I have nowhere to sleep! Unless...” She gave Luna a hopeful look. Her sister gagged and shook her head. She refused to let her sister sleep on her tower, not after that. Celestia promptly became sad again. “I have nowhere to sleep!”

Usually she wouldn't be so... childish, but she really wanted to return to her home, at least to sleep, and now she discovered her savior had destroyed it.

However, before Twilight could offer her to pass the night at the Castle of Friendship, Discord beat her to the punch.

“Are you sure?” Asked the draconequus while gesturing with his head at the ship above them and then at Praeratus. “I mean, it is his fault you have no bedroom.” He said while glaring at the therawyrm, who was quite willing to return it with is single eye.

Celestia realized what Discord was talking about and did something that neither Praeratus nor the natives expected her to do: she turnted to him with her hands in a position and a smile and look that was halfway between beseeching and, weirdly enough, alluring.

Praeratus sighed exasperatedly... again.

“Sure, why not?”

Well, another chapter for you guys! Another one full of speaking, but don't worry, next one will see Praeratus kicking ass!

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