//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Discord's Escape // Story: Lessons Taught // by GhostyNotesy //------------------------------// A/N: Yeah, yeah. So uh, this is my first fan fiction posted on this site. (FIMfiction) I'd like to dedicate this event to Tailslover13 for inspiring me to start writing this. His writing is so friggen' unbelievable that it cures CANCER! ….Well, not that last part, but it IS unbelievable. Check him out when you get the chance if you haven't heard of him. Now, to the story! Lessons Taught Summary: Royce is a normal 17 year old young man; has friends, loving family and gets good grades at school. Everyone thinks he's pretty normal, but deep down his heart aches from what he has been put through in the past; losing his previous family, leaving friends and having his house burnt down. When a strange group of horses known, primarily as the Mane 6, two pony princesses, a dragon and a draconeequs suddenly appear in his living room, he starts to let go of the past and looks towards the future when they each teach him lessons about laughter, loyalty, honesty, generosity, kindness and magic. Chapter 1: Discord's Escape Celestia's sun slowly rose above the distant horizon, bathing all of Equestria in its golden glory. The small woodland creatures rose from a well enjoyed slumber, the older ones going to wake their young. A nearby town that went by Ponyville was doing the same thing. The ponies slowly got up and began their morning routine: eat breakfast, freshen up and start the day. This went on for almost everypony. Well, almost everypony. Down at the local library, there was a unicorn. She was a lavender purple pony with an even purple mane and tail. Adorned on her flank was her cutie mark; the symbol of the pony's special talent. Hers was a burst of violet light surrounded by a smaller white light. The unicorn was sitting on her bed, re-reading a book her mentor had just sent her the previous night. It was an almanac to teleportation. She used her magic to skim the pages, going to the page she had left off yesterday. It was page 67, chapter 5. There was a small scroll sitting near the crevice of the pages. Smiling, the unicorn levitated the parchment up towards her face, unfolding it and began to read. Dear Twilight Sparkle, My sister Luna and I cannot thank you and your brave friends enough for putting Discord back in his place. Even though this catastrophe only took place months ago, we could never forget what you, not to mention all of Ponyville and Canterlot had to go through during his first and last time of freedom from his stone imprisonment. So, as a reward for your efforts, I decided to send you this almanac. It's the Teleportation Guide for Powerful Unicorns. As the title states, the book will teach you how to, at will, teleport. I know that you have done this before, but as you have informed me, those times were when you're under pressure. We really do hope you enjoy this little guide. Your loving mentor and friend, Princess Celestia The lavender unicorn, known as Twilight Sparkle put the scroll down and was about to resume her studying, when a knock was heard from below her. Her face mimicked one of confusion. Strange, she pondered. Who else could be here at this hour? She rose from bed and began to head for her bedroom door. She began her descent downstairs when she heard a voice ring throughout the library. It was young and male. "I'll get it!" it said. Twilight continued her short trek down the stairs and saw a small light purple dragon with a light chartreuse underbelly. He had sap green spikes going the length to the tip of his tail, and bigger spikes on his head. He had small fangs and light lime ears. He bounded past Twilight Sparkle and headed towards the door. Twilight followed, and together they greeted four other ponies. One was an orange earth pony with freckles. She had a blonde mane and tail, both in pony-tail style. She also donned a brown Stetson hat. Her cutie mark was three red apples forming a triangle. The pony nodded. "Mornin' Twi'laight n' Spike. How y'all doin' this mornin'?" Twilight smiled and nodded back. "Pretty good, Applejack. We were about to eat some breakfast. How about you girls?" The unicorn turned her head towards the other three ponies; and earth pony, Pegasus and another unicorn. The Pegasus was butter yellow and had a long pink mane and tail. She had three blue and pink butterflies for her cutie mark. She smiled brightly, making a squee sound. "Why, I am doing fine, Twilight. We came here to- ." The Pegasus was interrupted when a pink earth pony with an even pinker mane and tail bounced past her. She was humming a random, off key tune and started to bounce around Applejack. This pony's mark were three balloons. Suddenly, the pony stopped in mid-air, defying the laws of physics and gravity. She sniffed the air and let a huge smile creep across her face. Faster than the speed of light, she galloped towards a nearby hallway. What followed later were the sounds of falling objects, food entering a mouth and gulping. This made Spike charge after her, yelling "Don't eat my pancakes!" Next to come in the doorway was the other unicorn. Her entire body was a snow white, her stylish mane and tail completely dark purple. She batted her eyelashes a few times, adjusting to the light inside. Her mark consisted of three diamonds. She flipped her head back, flipping the mane as well. Smiling, she turned towards Twilight. "Why, good morning to you, Twilight Sparkle." "Good morning to you, Rarity. How's the business treating you?" Rarity trotted past her friend and sat down on the nearest pillow, Spike sagging since she did not ask him to be her cushion. Rarity sighed one of those 'I would rather not dwell on it.' kind of sighs. Twilight understood and turned towards the kitchen, noticing that the banging was getting louder and louder by the second. She took a few steps in the kitchens direction. "Spike? Pinkie Pie? What is going on in there?" The bangs and crashes instantly fell to silence. This made Twilight raise her eyebrow in suspicion. She opened her mouth again and was about to speak, but the pink pony and dragon walked out together. But Twilight did not expect to see pancakes crushed through the hooves of the pony, which was covered in pancake batter. Spike also came out a mess, with a bowl on top of his head. The library was completely silent. Then suddenly there was uproar of laughter. Everypony turned their heads to the libraries nearest corner to see a cyan Pegasus. Her mane and tail were both ruffled and the color of a rainbow. Her cutie mark happened to be a cloud with a rainbow bolt trailing behind. In her hooves was some sort of book, Daring Do and the Race against Time. Twilight Sparkle was shocked to find one of her best friends in her library. "Rainbow Dash, when and how did you get in here"? Twilight asked while levitating the bowl off of Spikes head. Rainbow Dash stopped laughing, still letting out a few giggles and turned towards the lavender unicorn. She put down the book, stood on her hind legs and pressed her forehooves against her back, stretching. "I just walked in here and grabbed a book. I told you that I was staying over for the night to catch up on Daring Do. You don't remember?" Twilight was about to speak when she stopped, remembering the past night. Yesterday… Rainbow Dash burst through the library door. She flew up to the D section, read a few spines of the books and finally, letting out an "Ah!" she picked out the newest Daring Do book. She propped herself against a cushion in a nearby corner. Twilight Sparkle was sitting in a nearby desk, studying a book her mentor, Princess Celestia had sent her. "Hey Twi, this book just came out, so I'm just gonna crash here for the night to read. That's cool, right?" Her friend only let out a grunt as a response. Today… Twilight Sparkle blushed. Everyone in the room chuckled. Pinkie Pie suddenly appeared over Twilight, standing on top of her head and peering deep into her eyes. "Silly pony. You can't just go around forgetting all the important stuff. You know what'll make your brain remember all you need? Some breakfast at the Sugarcube Corner! C'mon, everypony!" The pink pony bounded out the door, knocking over Applejack and the butter yellow Pegasus. She popped her head back in the doorway. "My treat!" Applejack grabbed the Pegasus' forehooves and brought her to a standing position. "You okay there, Fluttershy?" Applejack asked. The yellow Pegasus giggled. "It's alright. I am sure she did not mean to push me down." Fluttershy said, checking herself over before heading towards the door with the other following her. Spike sat on top of Twilight Sparkle; his claws delicately gripping the edges of her upper abdomen. The five ponies headed in the direction of the best bakery in town: Sugarcube Corner. The entire building was made to resemble an ice-cream sundae or gingerbread house (I don't know what it is, people! Work with me.) The group walked inside; where two ponies were serving others breakfast. The first one, yellow with an orange mane and apron noticed them first. "Oh, hello girls and Spike! Pinkie set up a table for you five right over there." The yellow pony directed a hoof to a large table near the window. Applejack nodded, tipping her hat. "Thank ya' kindly, Mr. Cake. And thanks to you too, Mrs. Cake." The blue pony with the pink frosting mane smiled in the group's direction and continued to do their work. Mr. Cake directed them to their seats. He walked off, but not before he told them Pinkie was already making them a breakfast. "But we didn't even get to order yet!" Dash protested. "Silly filly! Auntie Pinkie doesn't need to know what you like to eat! Anything she makes makes you all feel giddy inside anyways!" Pinkie had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and dropped trays of delicious looking food. There were eggs, cupcakes, pancakes, hay sandwiches and grass sandwiches, both with a little piece of candy on top. The mouths of everypony (and Spike) sitting at the table began to water, and soon the free breakfast as nothing more than a memory. Spike pat his belly and let out a belch. "Woo, boy. That was some delicious stuff! Any seconds?" he said, raising his claws and looking around the table greedily. When he found nothing else but crumbs, he sagged. Suddenly, however, his face scrunched up and his cheeks puffed out. He put a hand over his mouth, but that gave no help. He opened his mouth, and out came green flames and a letter. He coughed, checked his tongue for paper cuts and reached for the letter. However, Pinkie Pie got to it first. "Ooooh, a letter from Princess Celestia! I wonder what it could be. I love surprises! I remember this one time, it was my birthday, and I was being a big-meanie-weeny all day that I totally forgot about it. So when I went to Applejack's farm, there was this HUUUUGE surprise for me, and—." Nopony bothered to listen to another one of Pinkie's party rants, so they all turned to the letter that Rarity had taken from the party pony. She held it up in front of her while the others gathered behind, save for Pinkie. At once, the five ponies and dragon let out a gasp. "Oh, NO! This is terrible!" "Of all the low down tricks I've heard before, this right here takes the cake!" "This is bad…this is really bad…" "That big. Dumb. MEANIE!" "!" "Uh oh." The letter bore terrible news, a type that Nopony had ever wanted to hear. The letter was from Princess Celestia herself, so her hoofwriting was expected to be superb. But from the way it was written, the note had supposedly been rushed, as if something dire was taking place, and the message needed to be sent at that exact instant. Celestia's letter was completely covered in a weird pink sticky substance that nopony could say at the moment. But nopony was concerned about the letters condition. No; they were more concerned about what it had said. Elements of Harmony, My sister Luna and I, as well as all of Canterlot need your assistance right now! I don't know when and I don't know how, but…Discord has broken free of his stone imprisonment. Please, get here as quickly as you can, for all of Canterlot are in ruins! Celestia Spike reached out a wrapped a claw around his sister's tail as Twilight galloped out of Sugarcube Corner, the remaining Elements not too far behind. Dash flew ahead, letting the others know that she would see them all in Canterlot. Before anypony could stop her she was already half a mile away, almost out of sight and definitely out of earshot. Canterlot Castle… Luna flew through the castle gardens, bucking and weaving away from the vines that, in vain, attempted to grab ahold of her. The ebony blue alicorn smirked as she managed to fly past a Venus fly-trap, her tail missing its mouth by millimeters. She was not paying attention to what was in front of her though. The Princess of the Night crashed in a bushel of vines, which started to tighten around her slim and sleek body. Luna struggled, but her efforts did nothing against the power of whatever was controlling the plants. Suddenly, the vines burst into complete nothingness. Luna fell towards the grassy surface, shakingly getting to her hoofs. She raised her gaze towards another alicorn; this one with a flowing rainbow mane and tail, taller and with a white coat. Luna smiled, showing gratitude. "My thanks, 'Tia." "No need to thank me, sister. Let us focus on the matter at hand and stop-." The alicorn was cut off when the ground started to shake. The two princesses stood there, wondering what their foe had planned. Luna shook her head widely, trying to locate the source of the chaos. There was a loud popping noise that was heard from behind, and the sisters turned around. But to their dismay, there stood their worst nightmare. He towered over the two alicorns. His coat was a reddish brown. But that wasn't what stood out about him. He had many different body parts that would belong to different types of animals. He had a pony head with a deer antler on the right side of his head and a goat horn on the left. He had a dark grey mane and mitch-matched eyes, the pupils being blood red and the liquid being light brilliant yellow. He also had grey eyebrows, snake tongue and a long, left fang. His right arm was one of a lion and his left claw resembled an eagles. His left leg was a goat leg, and his right was a lizards. The creature also had wings; his left a blue Pegasus wing and his right a purple Bat wing. He stood there, letting the princesses get a good look at him, then finally got in their faces and spoke. "Why, HELLO there, my little ponies. Did you miss this old draconeequs? I really do hope so, because just so you know: there's going to be a few changes around here. A few? Oh, who am I kidding? There's going to be LOTS of changes from now on. Hmhmhmhmhahahahaha! Mwuhahahahahahaha!" the monster known as Discord laughed. He snapped his fingers, and a cone materialized in a flash of light in his lion paw. He put the cone in Celestia's mane, and with a POP her rainbow mane came off with the cone. Luna stood there, horrified. Celestia was fuming. But Discord? He was enjoying the snow cone he just made for himself. As Discord finished his snack, he gave the white alicorn a smug look. Celestia, filled with rage, scraped the ground with a hoof; put her head down, horn pointing towards the spirit of disharmony. Her horn lit up, and she sent out a few bolts of energy. Discord, being the only living being to break the laws of physics and reality (besides a certain pink pony) on a daily basis, made holes appear in his body, making the beams go through him without causing any harm whatsoever. Luna was next; levitating a nearby statue and throwing it at him. Discord raised his eagle claw, his talon lighting up and shooting a green blast, which made the statue explode. He held up an umbrella from nowhere, and the debris bounced off if it. He set it down and gave another mug look to the princesses. "Is that the best you've got? Lame." "You DARE mock the royal princesses? This battle will be your LAST!" The princess of the night roared, charging towards the spirit of disharmony. Discord grimaced and teleported to the left. "Oh, please. Do you really think you can stop me, alone, Princess Hothead?" Discord asked, putting on his trademark black hipster shades. He was about to snap his talons, imagining he would turn Luna' head into a hot-air balloon when a voice he recognized was heard from above. "Alone, no. But with friends, she can do anything!" The three immortals turned their gazes upward to see a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail accompanied by a hot air balloon. Both landed in front of Discord, and the latter's blood ran cold. Inside the balloon were the rest of the element bearers. Twilight Sparkle, the element of Friendship, Pinkie Pie, the element of Laughter, Rarity, the element of Generosity, Fluttershy, the element of Kindness, and Applejack, the element of Honesty stood together with Rainbow Dash, the element of Loyalty, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The purple dragon, Discord remembered his name being Spike climbed out the balloon, wished good luck to the others, and ran to hide behind a nearby statue. Discord was very worried that the ponies who had encased him in stone the first AND second time were in front of him, wearing the Elements of Harmony around their necks (and one on another's head) , but the draconeequs kept a straight face. Then, he smiled, raised his arms and spoke. "Marvelous, simply MARVELOUS. The entire gang is here. This is one big happy reunion! Oh, it's so sad that I could cry. Oh, boo hoo!" Discord made a box of tissues materialize, took one and blew his nose for dramatic effect. The ponies started to throw insults that could cut through solid rock, but they had no effect. Twilight, however, was not. She was gaping in horror at Celestia. Her mane was gone. "Princess! W-what…what happened to your MANE!" All the other ponies, save for Luna, and Spike turned to see what their leader was speaking of, and they all gasped. "My, word! Princess, you're BALD!" "Ohmygosh, Princess! Your mane, its…it's GONE!" "What did that big meanie weanie pranky pants Discord do to your head, Celestia?" "Discord, you low down varmit! Lookit' what you just did to the princess!" "Oh, no! Princess, are you okay?" Discord was rocking in a cloud hammock, eating some popcorn, watching as the ponies all surrounded Princess Celestia, questioned her. The white alicorn held up a hoof to make her subjects settle down. She gave the meanest look to Discord, who in return gave her a kissy face. She frowned, and then turned to the ponies once more. "My mane is of no concern right now. Let us focus on more important matters: putting that monster back in stone!" At the mention of Discord, everypony turned to face the draconeequs. He was taking a nap. That was their best chance to strike. The Mane 6 formed a single vertical line, Twilight Sparkle in the front. They focused their magical abilities in their elements, which started to glow. The wind picked up, and the sky turned grey a little. Each Element started to rise from the ground. Their eyes started to glow. They were too focused on channeling their energy that they didn't notice Discord wake up. He saw what was coming and rose from the hammock. The spirit yawned, scratched his behind, lifted a paw and fired a different ray. At that moment, however, the Elements of Harmony shot the famous rainbow ray that would diminish any known evil. The rainbow shot forward and was met with Discord's own beam, the color being yellow and red. The two forces of magic collided, which resulted in a blinding explosion. Everypony, dragon and draconeequs covered their eyes, for the light was too bright. They removed their forelegs and claw from their eyes, but had to put them back. The light was getting brighter and brighter by the second. They could feel the heat on their skin and scales. Soon, the light started to burn, and they all screamed in pain. But the screams seemed to become distant, as if they were disappearing. The light soon faded, and all that was left was a giant brown scorch mark on the ground and the hot air balloon. They had all disappeared. "Mom…yes, I know, Mom. No friends over. Yes, mom. No downloading inappropriate video games on James and Bryce's laptop. Don't worry, the house won't be a mess like the last time you guys went on a cruise. Okay. Yes. I love you, too. See you in two months." Royce Torres pressed the END button on his cell phone and put it back in his jeans pocket. He ran a hand over his messy blonde hair and sighed. Clicking his tongue, he walked over to his couch and grabbed his cousin's laptop. Royce put in the password and already saw that his Steam account was opened. Smiling, he clicked the Team Fortress 2 icon and waited. Sighing, he got up from the couch, setting his laptop aside and walked to the kitchen. As he poured a glass of water, he was screaming in his head. He just couldn't believe what was happening was really happening. His parents and brother left the house, leaving him in charge. Him! Royce freaking Torres, the 17 year old dude who couldn't be trusted with anything that contained value and who would lie about anything to get himself out of a pickle. What a bunch of sad sacks! He thought, giggling like a little boy. The giggles soon turned to laughter, and the laughter transformed into creepy cackling. He was laughing so hard, he didn't notice how he had dropped his water on his pants. Feeling the cold sensation of wetness on him, he slowly looked down and saw where the water had landed. He frowned. "Ah, crap. Gotta change." Royce went back to his living room and grabbed the laptop along with its charger. He uncomfortably walked up his steps to his room. Taking off his pants, he looked at his bathroom mirror and took a good look at himself. He had messy brown hair that ended up going skyward at the very tip. He had on a black short sleeved button up shirt. Royce smiled and put on his new pair of pants, along with his sneakers. He went back to his room and saw that the game he brought up was ready for playing. He took a seat and opened his friends list. Only three were online, but not playing. He opened up a chat-room and invited them. He waited for a good minute before each of his friends showed up. ([3L33T) hunt3r has joined the chat OcTAGonopU5 has joined the chat Brony'nI'mProud41 has joined the chat Ghost_22: Sup, you guys. (3L33T) hunt3r: Hey OcTAGonopU5: Yo' Brony'nI'mProud41: What's going on? Ghost_22: So my parents finally left the house 2 mahself. No what tht means? OcTAGonopS5: im guessing a party? Ghost_22: damn straight bro Brony'nI'mProud41: Hey can we come over? (3L33T) hunt3r: Yea, im like the best party thrower in the world u no Brony'nI'mProud41: Besides Pinkie Pie Ghost_22: Brony, sometimes I ask myself y I m even friends with u if u keep talkin about those dam ponies Ghost_22: Okay, later. I gotta play a game. Bored outta my mind. (3L33T) hunt3r: Ill join you l8r OcTAGonopU5: cya Brony'nI'mProud41: yeah, im gonna go play 2 Ghost_22 has left the chat Royce, known as Ghost_22 on the Steam Archives began to play his most favorite game in the world. He could play that game for hours. And that is exactly what he did. "Oh, sweet Celestia…what happened last night?" Rainbow Dash said as she and the other ponies rose from the cold floor. The elements of Harmony were scattered across the unknown room in front of them. Discord was nowhere to be found. Everypony turned to look at Princess Celestia and Luna, their worried faces showing a small tint of happiness now that Celestia's mane was back. The sun goddess turned her head to look at the strange room. There was a fancy couch in the corner in front of a large window that showed a beautiful sunny day. They were at the moment standing on a wooden surface. She looked to a corner and saw what looked to be a wooden chair. There was a gasp as Luna directed everypony and dragon to a weird looking contraption on a stool. It was shaped like a rectangle and it was black all around. The word Vizio was imprinted on the bottom of it. Underneath the rectangle were three more boxes. The first, well, ALL of them were rectangular. The first was silver and had yellow number on them. It had two arrows; the top pointing upward and the bottom pointing down. The yellow number read 4: 58. The second box was black and smaller than the rest. It was slim and sleek, and had the word PS3 on the top. Next to that box was a row of even smaller rectangles. They had very weird images, the ponies and dragon noted. One was of a strange creature looking towards the left, holding a metal blaster. Behind the man was what looked to be a burning plane in the sandy desert. Above the creature were the words Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. "Uncharted?" Twilight asked, picking up the box with her magic. Rarity picked up the PS3 with her magic, but found she could not hold it to her face, for the PS3 were attached to a few black strings. She tugged a little harder and the box came free. Rarity did not mind her magic's strength though, because the box smacked her right in the face. She yelped, losing focus, and the box fell to the wooden floor, making a huge CLANG! Everypony and dragon froze, staring at the box as if it was about to explode. When it didn't, they all sighed. "Wonder what this here thingamajig is?" Applejack asked, giving the PS3 a small nudge with her foreleg. The others nodded their heads in a negative response. Pinkie Pie picked the box up and started to purposely drop it over and over again on the floor. "Teehee! Look, girls. And Spike. The box doesn't break or explode! This thing must be invincible!" She yelled. Celestia politely put her foreleg on the party pony's head, giving her a silent negative approval. Pinkie Pie understood and put the box down. Fluttershy and Luna were both investigating the third rectangular box: it was white and grey on both ends. On the front were the letters and numbers Xbox360. Next to the Xbox were a larger row of smaller cases. Luna picked up the first one and read the title out loud. "Gears of War 3? What is this war this box speaks of? There have never been any wars, save for the Great Equestrian War, since Our banishment. Since I have returned We have not heard of any war with the name Gears in it. Do you know of this, sister?" Luna asked, setting the case back down and moving out of the way as Spike and Rainbow Dash started to shift through more of the cases. Celestia shook her head. "No, sister. I have not. It seems that from the strange contraptions, unusual titles and odd environment, I have concluded that we are not in Equestria anymore." The ponies were about to protest against this result when a new voice came from behind them. "Monica, Tabby and Freeway, what the heck did you…three…do." Everypony and dragon turned around and was met with a sight from sore eyes. In front of them was some sort of creature that resembled the one Twilight saw on the Uncharted case. He was taller, maybe a few inches taller than Celestia. He had a bunch of fur on top of his head and had a tan coat. Even though it probably wasn't a coat at all, they decided that it would be at the moment. He had on some sort of red top and a blue undergarment. He had nothing on his legs or on the bottom of its feet. He had long arms, and at the end of those arms were what looked like talons, but they were shorter are nebbish. His face was one of confusion and at the same time horror. For what seemed like forever, the creature, ponies and dragon just gaped at each other. Then the creature let out a scream. He turned around and ran. On instinct, the Mane 6, dragon and alicorns chased him. What is this? What is this? What is this? What is this? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS! That was the only thing Royce could think as he turned around from the aliens in his living room. His house was pretty big, so he had enough room to move around easily. He ran into his dining room, turning around for just one second, and then snapped his neck into place so fast it hurt. They were chasing him. He jumped on top of his table and hopped over one of the chairs. This was a terrible mistake, as he was now stuck in a corner. Royce whipped himself around and got in a defensive position as the aliens surrounded him. They resembled horses and were a different assortment of colors, but that didn't bother him at the moment. What got under his skin, however, was the fact that he was stuck in his own home, in a corner, surrounded by alien pastel colored horses and about to be either A: be dissected and used for research, B: used for sexual intercourse, and C: killed for the hell of it. He sat there, breathing hard and holding his fists out, ready to strike if any of the aliens tried anything funny. His breathing became ragged and pitched when the lavender one spoke. Her voice was soft, but seemed harmless. That didn't calm him down however. This only made him more scared. Horse, he thought to himself, can't talk. That's completely implausible! What the heck is goin' on here! He was too busy thinking about how impossible for equines to talk that he didn't hear what the pony had to say. She waved her foreleg in his face. "Did you hear me? I said hello." Royce snapped out of the zone and gazed at the pony. Her eyes were purple and bore right into his. He decided to play it off. "Yeah, I heard ya'. Didn't want to answer you, though, seeing as to how you just decided to invade my home and make me shit myself." The alien equine took a step back, shocked at how rude he was being. The orange horse with the Stetson hat and cyan horse with the rainbow hair walked up to the purple one. "Hey, you leave Twilight alone! She didn't do nothing to you!" the rainbow mane horse said. "Rainbow's right! Jus' cuz you's is afraid a' us don't mean you gotta try and be a sourpuss." The orange one agreed, taking a step towards Royce. Royce started to get tenser. "You stay back. All of you. Don't you come near me, or so help me God I will hurt you!" Of course Royce didn't mean these. He was just scared at the moment, even though he would die before admitting he was scared by a bunch of weird horses. The orange one got closer, a scowl on her face. "You tryin' to threaten us?" "If I said I was going to hurt you all, then yes. I AM THREATENING YOU! WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT?" Royce's voice rose to a certain degree. He didn't mean to shout, but this Texas pony was starting to scare him. The other realized that they weren't going to be able to calm this creature down, so they all huddled up. Seconds passed, and the group broke apart. The white unicorn/Pegasus thing nodded to the lavender unicorn, and the latter turned to Royce. She could see into his eyes and saw the fear in his eyes. She knew what it was like to be afraid, being in a new environment. She closed her eyes, and her horn started to glow. She mouthed a few words I'm sorry, and soon Royce's vision started to slur. He stumbled a bit, leaning against the wall before collapsing, sound asleep.