Metall Kant frowned at Peter. "That was horrible," the pony growled. "How are you supposed to be the seventh element of harmony, when, without the power of the Dream Realm to aid you, you can barely even hold a real sword? Machetes do not count, they're lightweight."

Peter blinked, stunned by what had just occurred. "I thought you said I would die for real if I failed..."

"I lied," Metall Kant huffed, "in an attempt to motivate you. Obviously, Love isn't enough to defeat these demons that will soon plague this world..."

Peter blinked in shock. "Wait...These things exist? But...They have human bodies! I thought they were just made by this Realm of Trials to fuck with my head...How do they exist as humans? And why?"

Metall Kant sighed. "If you are destined to one day fight them...Then I believe you deserve to know." Donning a foreboding expression, Metall Kant cautiously let go of the most precious information he knew. "You are not the first human in Equestria."

Peter gasped and stumbled back into the chair behind him. "What? But...Where are the other humans?"

"I said last," Metall Kant said. "I never alluded to any currently...living...humans."

Peter ran a hand through his hair. "Tell me more," he demanded.

"I cannot," Metall responded. "You must learn the rest on your own." A few moments of silence passed as Peter simply sat and took deep breaths in an attempt to calm himself and cope with what he had just been told.

"Well, are you ready to try again?" Metall Kant asked.

"No," Peter responded. "I can't even lift a sword, and I have a lot of shit to think about, and even more to ask Twilight...Just...Just send me back..."

Metall Kant sighed, and nodded. "Alright. While you're awake, be sure to have Rainbow Dash help you work out. You'll need it for the training I'm going to give you in your dreams."

With that, a fluffy, bright light accumulated beneath Peter, and he started to slowly drift back into the realm of consciousness.

I wrote this on my new LG Spectrum, so I had to keep it a bit short for the sake of my sanity...Btw, expect a few longer waiting times between each chapter, as I have a shitload of work to do this summer...I'm going into Junior year of highschool, and I'm going to be taking College classes.