"He means the best, I'm sure about that, Rarity." Twilight was saying as she looked to her friend. The white mare had not taken a very good first impression of Corvo. The yellow one seemed not to talk to much, so he didn't invade on her privacy to much. The three mares sat in high backed crystal chairs that did not look comfortable despite the fact they were cushioned.
"I would agree, darling. I'm sorry about that. I was just looking at what you were wearing. I truly am sorry." Rarity looked to the rather tall man with a face of apology.
"No need to be sorry. You have no idea what I put up with sometimes." He said, avoiding eye contact with her.
"Oh, honey, I can imagine." She brought a hoof up to her muzzle and chuckled a bit. Corvo let his eyes travel to Fluttershy, who sat across the map-like table to him. Her eyes caught his and she looked away quickly with a light blush forming on her cheeks. Ignoring this, he tuned out the voice of Rarity who seemed to be ranting at Twilight about clothes for a big ball in a place called Canterlot.
Being sure to stay quiet, Corvo slid out through the doors and back outside. As he did, he saw a small dragon trying to open the door with a stack of books in his hands. Moving out of the way quickly he let the dragon through.
"Oh! Thanks!" He smiled up at him and walked through, closing the door behind him. For the age he looked, the dragon seemed fairly mature.
'I must be hallucinating if I can tell things like that. Hasn't been the first time I thought that, though.' He thought to himself. The land he was in, called Equestria, seemed to have natural magic in it. Though they seemed not to have a limit to how much they could use, like Corvo.
When he looked up, he noticed a rather odd pony bouncing towards him. It was female, from what he could tell. Her mane and tail were a dark pink and her coat a lighter pink. Three balloons adorned her flank, one yellow, the other two blue. When she got closer to him, he could hear a rather cheery song being hummed. It seemed catchy enough. She stopped a few feet away from him and stopped bouncing. He mouth had dropped open a little and she stared at him.
"Uh, can I help you?" He asked, raising an eyebrow inquisitively. After an agonizing minute, she suddenly leaped into the air and gasped. Corvo took a step back and grabbed for his folding sword instinctively. After staying in the air for a solid five seconds, she dashed off at nearly impossible speeds. Especially for a normal pony.
He turned to look at the castle that loomed in the distance. It reminded him of when he could see the castle from the streets of Dunwall. He sighed in longing to be back to that lifestyle, where everything wasn't so colorful and cheery. He seemed to be the only thing that was dark and gloomy.
As he watched to sky, he found himself staring at a fast approaching blip. He squinted as best he could before he put his mask back on and used the built in zooming lens to get a better look. It was a chariot being pulled by four strong looking pegasi in golden armor. The one sitting in the chariot itself looked rather tall, and was the purest white he had ever seen. He mane and tail flowed like the alicorn from his dreams the previous night, and he found himself thinking that they were somehow related to one another.
It approached faster than he thought it would, and his eyes widened when he had to move out of the way quickly. The pegasi scoffed at him and mumbled between themselves. The white alicorn stepped out from the seat of the chariot, and so did a pegasus in all golden armor. He wore a sword attached to the right side of his armor. But what captivated Corvo's attention was how tall the white alicorn was in comparison to him. It looked to be female, and she was almost if not as tall as he.
"Hmm...." She seemed to have the same commanding presence as Emily's mother had when addressing subjects. He stood his ground and removed his mask.
"Forgive me. My mask has a zooming lens in it and I used it to see closer to your chariot." He told the regal alicorn. Her face relaxed a bit, and a smile found its way upon her lips.
"That is quite alright, sir. And who might you be?" She asked. Her gaze remained, but the guard to her right seemed to be disgusted despite his stone cold demeanor.
"My name is Corvo Attano." He slipped the mask back into his trench coat.
"Nice to meet you, Corvo. I am princess Celestia of Canterlot." She smiled. Corvo found himself slightly surprised to hear she was a princess.
"I am deeply sorry, princess. Forgive my rudeness." He placed his left arm behind him and his right hand across his chest, bowing to her.
"There is no need for apologies, my child. I am not angry." He thought he heard her giggle. He raised his eyebrows slightly. As he raised his head back up, he could see the disgust on the guards face clearly now. He ignored it completely and focused on the princess. He drew his eyebrows toward each other in thought as he tried to remember the name of Emily's mother. His mind became clouded and started to hurt as he thought about it.
'I need to find a way out of here as fast as I can. My memory is starting to fade.' He told himself, holding his head. He started to feel light-headed, and he fell backwards, fainting on the way down.