"Where am I?!" No answer. The golden pegasus heard nothing but the echo of his own voice. There was no light, and not a thing in sight. Suspicious, he carefully galloped forwards. Afar, he finally distinguished a pigment of light. he ran and ran towards it, but alas in vain. Yet, the further he went, the louder the voices. Finally, after quite some time, he jumped through a bright portal, and found himself leaning against a wall. He looked down around him, and paralyzed in astonishment upon seeing...hands, topped by five mid-size fingers in each. And they were no other than his own. But why did he know what a "hand" was? His right member bore a sword and his left member bore a shield. However, his eyesight was too blurry to recognize the emblem painted on the object. He felt pain, and slowly sought the source. In the end, the golden equine finally noticed the cause of his suffering; an arrow in his knee. No, these were not medieval times. There was a gun holstered onto his belt. What is this? Where am I? Are these my memories? the pegasus did not recognize anything, yet somehow, he knew everything he looked at. He knew what hands were and he even recognized the black weapon around his belt. Were these my memories? Suddenly, he felt this foreign body mutter out a name: Saevin. "Yes Horus?" The equine's host looked up. He saw a handsome young man, with long silver hair and an almost caramel-like tone to his skin. His cat like irises crossed the host's own, only he wasn't looking at this human; he was looking at Horus himself. "You shall awaken in time. I will be waiting..." Wait, screamed the pegasus! A purple unicorn's hoof slap brought him back to reality.

At the hands of Discord, the gold and silver alicorns had met their end. Eternally thankful, Ponyville mayor decided to erect a statue in honor of the nameless heroes. Pinkie however, too shy to admit it, knew the name of the golden pony. However, she was afraid of this world, as she saw it for what it really was. Gone were the days when she smiled endlessly. Gone was her optimistic vision of her world. She had seen too much already. It took her so long to crawl out of her misery as a child, yet it took less than a week for her to fall back into the abyss. The citizens and her friends noticed her behavioral change. But she was not alone. Celestia was left scarred by the death of her sister for more than two years now. She closed herself in, constrantly cried and deemed herself unworthy to continue being the ruler of Equestria. As she was about to flee, there was chatter in the court about Zecora, and how she found a pegasus with golden fur and a luxurious blue mane. That was the princess' ray of light; a rope she would grab, and pull herself out of the abyss. She commissioned guards to search all over Equestria, refusing to lose faith. Even if she remembered the hero as an alicorn, there was still a chance. Little did she know, it would not be up to the guards to find him, but for him to find her guards...

It was a warm summer evening. At Sweet Apple Acres, Applebloom was leaning on a sturdy, wooden fence watching her sister buck apples. After a long day of work, Applejack came back covered in sweat. The little filly helped her older sibling carry the fruits of her labor into the barn, where they would start making cider. Night had fallen by the time they were done. The earth pony tucked in her little sister, kissed her on the head, and quietly opened the barn door. Under the cover of dark, the mare galloped towards Carousel boutique. Applejack knocked three times. Rarity opened the door.

"Careful not to wake Sweetie Belle. I don't want her to know about this." The two mares quietly walked towards the basement. An oil lamp was lit.

"-Girls, Twilight said she found him.
-Um... Him?
-Yeah. Don't ya remember? Tha' stallion who saved our lives!
-Wait, you mean...
-Yes! Isn't it fabulous? Now girls, shall we rejoice in a bottle of champagne?
-No thanks. I...can't. Remember? Our scars?

Rarity put down the bottle and glasses. How could she forget? After the Elements of harmony were destroyed by Discord, the "mane 6" acquired a better, darker power. Her friends quietly walked out of her home. The night revealed her long kept secret. Slowly, but surely, her fur turned black.

"Are you okay?" said the purple unicorn. Horus straightened his jaw and assured her that he fine now, although his jaw might need wiring. She apologized for her rather violent move and introduced herself. The unicorn's name was Twilight Sparkle, and she came to the bakery after her friend Rarity found a trail of blood leading to the freezer door, located in the basement. "Don't worry, we found her Horus." The pegasus looked surprised at the pony. "I know you have been here before. Don't think you're the only one with great magical powers. Although, I sense something is still lacking." He struggled to stand on his hooves. "It's okay, you don't need to go see her. We're still in the process of thawing Pinkie out anyways..." He asked her when did they find him. She told him that a festival was going on, she came to check on Pinkie after rumors of a murder in the bakery. When she came inside, the place was turned upside down. Everything was destroyed; the chairs broken into pieces, the glass counter shattered to bits, and the curtains and wallpaper shredded into pieces. Judging by how everything seemed "flipped", the unicorn deduced that somepony was looking for something. She then caught eye of a blood trail leading to the basement. Following the path, she saw the unconscious stallion, along with a hoofprint of blood on the freezer door. She then immediately sought help from her friends. "..and then we carried you all the way here. I brewed some medicine and prepare some bandages. Believe it or not, these types of injuries happen really often to ponies like us. Looks like I forgot to introduce myself; I'm Twilight Sparkle. You are?" No answer. Horus sat there, on the bed, void of movement.

"-Here, lie down for a bit. I want to perform a subconscious memory exercise.
-What?
-Lie down, relax, and try to recall those lost memories of yours. Try to recall the last thing that happened before you lost your memories. Just close your eyes... And relax..."
He fell into a deep sleep.

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