“I presume this ‘shield’ is of your design princess twilight? Very useful indeed, but not necessary. I have come here on my own free will and mean no harm to anypony. I would bow but I seem to be a little ‘tied up’ at the moment. Please forgive my lack of mobility.” He gave her his best disarming smile he could manage.
Her eyes betrayed the small amount of shock when he called her by name using the proper amount of respect and the correct titles with just a hint of sarcasm at the end. He could clearly see she had no idea what to think of him. She probably thought he was going to put up a fight at being shielded and held in a forcefeild or try and cause some sort of trouble and when he did neither it stunned her.
“How do you know my name? For that matter I have been informed you know my first captain as well. But seeing as how nopony here knows who you are, I don’t see how that is possible.”
“It’s very simple your highness. We have meet before though you and I never actually spoke, you just have not seen me in this form. I have me…”
“You’re a CHANGELING!?” She shouted as he was yanked roughly across the room towards her “I thought we had run all the changelings out of equestrian and off the continent! How did we miss you?”
Before he could respond she blasted him with a spell that made his whole body tingle but had no other effect on him. He assumed it was her spell that removed all forms of concealing magic from one’s body so that the ponies’ true form would be seen.
“As you can see I am no changeling. I am an alicorn just like you. Though I hardly doubt that even Celestia or Luna knew of the existence, or even the possibility of a male alicorn being born into this world. Seeing as how nopony in Equestria has ever seen a male alicorn before. Until me that is anyway. Where have the two sisters gone anyway? After they had retired they just disappeared.”
Another round of shock and gasps ran through those in the room as he said this.
“Everypony please leave now. Rainbow Dash you stay here. We may have need of our powers and I want all of you close at hand. How long until the others arrive?”
“It shouldn’t be long now Twilight. I sent one of the guards to go tell them to meet here shortly after I encountered this one.”
“Good”
“If I may say something?” I ask.
“You may. But be careful what you say.”
“The Elements of harmony won’t be necessary. I came to Equestria in peace and I intend to reside or leave the same way. If I have to I will fight you to protect myself but I really do not want to have to do that.”
“Are you threatening me? Because if you are you WILL regret it! How do you know that we are still attached to the elements?” Twilight said with just a touch of anger in her voice.
“Of course not, besides how dangerous am I to anypony right now being hogtied a trussed up like this? It was simply a friendly warning not to threaten me or I will have to defend myself by any means necessary. I am more powerful than you know. I have 1,500 years of experience on you in the uses of magic. If I really wanted to I could remove both your magic blocking shield and this force field with minimal effort, but it would take a very hefty toll on you if I did so. As for the elements, that is a no brainer. Why else would you want the others here?”
“That’s none of your business. And what do you mean by hefty toll?” Twilight asked cautiously.
“Have you ever experience a spell rebound?” Twilight nodded “Yes, well it is basically the same affect only ten times worse because I would be forcing the spell to rebound not just having it happen. Depending on the difficulty and power of the spell it could kill you. Frankly I don’t want my first true encounter in Equestria to be the death of one of its rulers on my hands.”
“I see. Is there any safe way to prove what you say is true?”
“Yes there is but I can’t show you like this. If you would be so kind as to set me down and remove your spells I would be glade to show you while we wait for the other four.”
"Not gonna happen, you think I would just let you go free without knowing if you truly are not a threat to us? I think not.”
“Well at least can I please stand on my own? I am starting to cramp up from being held in this force field. I assure you I mean you no harm. If it would make you feel better you could blind me so I can’t see that way you don’t have to hold me in this field.”
At that moment the door opened and a tiny little purple dragon entered the room.