My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic-The Lost One. I own nothing in this story, except myself and OC's of my own.

Episode 2.

Five days had past after the fight with King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis and their forces, parts of Ponyville is let in ruin but all of the ponies are working hard to rebuild their beloved home, in the castle of Canterlot inside the infirmary lies Twilight Spark who was resting in a bed after receiving injures from the dark king Sombra, who was now dead from his fight with that hybrid who saved her.

She was reading one of her books she brought with her as she turns the pages she looked over her shoulder to see the shadowed figure of her savior right beside her, this strange creature who appeared out of nowhere had risked it's life to save not only her but her friends, family and all the pones in Ponyville. She sighed remembering what had happened days ago.

(Flashback.)

Princess Celestia walked up to the unconscious creature before, cautiously she tapped her hoof on it's crystalized horn. It felt solid like iron and somehow made a pinging noise when she tapped it. Rubbing her chin with her hoof her mind she began to ponder on how this creature suddenly came out of nowhere, never once in her life as a princess and daughter of an Alicorn king and queen had she or her family had seen such a creature like this hybrid before her. The hybrid looked like a fully grown stallion but much larger than any of them, it even towered over her and Sombra in his monster form. But it also has a striking resemblance of a dragon as well and the power it had was something she knew was a force to be reckoned with. Which made her wonder, is it friendly or dangerous? Did it come here to do harm to her ponies, but the most puzzling thing on her mind is why did the creature choose to save her subjects?

Princess Luna slowly walked next to her sister, she then gazed at the pony before her she was amazed by the strength and power of this hybrid, if it could defeat Sombra and Chrysalis with such ferocity, it could be stronger than both her and her sister put together. Maybe even more powerful than Nightmare Moon and Lord Tirek. Snapping out of her daze she then tapped on her sister, getting her attention. Celestia blinked her eyes a couple of times and then looked to Luna.

" Is there something wrong Tia?" Luna asked her sister. She smiled and shook her head. " No sister everything's fine."

Turning her gaze at her friends and her subjects, she spoke out with authority in her voice. " My beloved ponies, today we have suffered an attack from the Dark King Sombra and the Changeling Queen Chrysalis. Their attack may have brought ruin to this peaceful land, and surely they would've caused more strife throughout Equestria, but amidst the chaos a hero had been sent to us." She pointed at the sleeping hybrid behind her and continues. " This stranger had came and risked his life for us, and because of him and the Mane Six we have been giving a spark of hope for our future. And thus let us work together in rebuilding this peaceful land and move to a brighter future!"

After her speech all the ponies cheered for the Mane Six and the hybrid who saved them from a dark fate. Soon everypony began to rebuild and reconstruct their village, with the help of the royal pony guards Celestia came up to Twilight who was concerned for her former student who had suffered injures from Sombra.

" Twilight dear, are you ok?" She asks. The young princess weakly smiled at her fellow princess. " Yeah just really hurting right now." She told her right before she passed out from the wounds. This made them gasp a little worried that she might get worse if her wounds aren't treated.

" Twilight, Twilight wake up!" Velvet lightly shook her daughter with tearful eyes.

Celestia turned to one of her guards with a stern look. " I want you to bring Princess Twilight to the infirmary in the my castle understood?" The guars stood at attention and saluted to her. " Yes Princess Celestia, but what about the creature? What should we do with it?" " Him! Not it," The tone of her voice caught them off guard when they referred him as an animal.

Celestia went over to the sleeping giant, her gaze had soften when she heard the soft snoring from the savior of her subject. " I want him to be brought to the castle also, to have his wounds treated." This caught everypony off guard, Celestia was willing to bring a creature no pony ever seen before, who might be a potential threat to them to her castle? Cadance came up to her aunt with a worried expression.

" Are you even sure that's a good idea aunty? I mean you saw how this creature tore through Sombra's and Chrysalis' forces, even killed him right before our eyes!" Celestia smiled softly at her niece's concern for her and her subjects. " I know and I appreciate your concern Cadance, but we can not turn a blind eye to those in need of help, no matter what species they are, especially when this hybrid risked his life for us. He needs our help." With no room to argue Cadance respected her aunt's orders.

Shinning Armor ordered the Pegasus and Unicorn guards to try and lift the hybrid, emphasis on the 'try' part. Not only was his size troubling but his weight as well, the hybrid was incredibly heavy. He nearly weighed as much as a full grown manticore. With a few hours of struggling they managed to get the hybrid on a magical platform and carried him and Twilight of to the castle in Canterlot. After a few hours of surgery and magical healing Twilight was laying on a white bed being surrounded by her friends and family. A doctor came in the room with a clipboard and cleared his throat.

" Well this has been an eventful day, we repaired the damage done on her left foreleg and wing, while the healers used their magic to fix some of the wounds. I'd say Princess Twilight should make a speedy recovery, but I would like for her to remain her for some time and I require her to stay off her leg and not fly. But other than that she'll be fine." He said smiling at the group of ponies before him.

Princess Celestia smiled at the results and was very grateful that her fellow princess will be fine. " Thank you doctor, but what of the hybrid? How is he?" She asked concerned for the savior of Ponyville.

" Ah yes, our other patient. Well after finishing Twilight we were able to look over his wounds, but before we could operate something amazing happened!"

This left them dumbfounded just what was this 'amazing' thing that left him flabbergasted?

" Well can you tell us doctor?" Luna asked. The stallion went over to the other side of the room and pulled the curtain, revealing a sleeping Ira. The large hybrid was sleeping on his belly as his body had small bandages, but from what they could see the wound he had received from Sombra and Chrysalis are not there anymore. " When we got ready to close his wounds, they started to heal themselves at a phenomenal rate! Never in my life as a surgeon had I ever seen this kind of healing before!"

Everypony in the room felt their jaws dropped at this, a hybrid that had an accelerated healing ability was unheard of, unless they were magic users ponies never had that kind of ability before. Twilight looked at her sleeping savior and wondered just who or what he is and hopefully shine some light on this mystery.

(End flashback.)

Twilight continued to gaze at the shadowed figure of her savior, wondering who he is and where he came from. Then the door had opened and a nurse pony came in, she had brilliant sapphire blue eyes, light amaranthish gray mane and light gray coat. on her head was a nurse hat with the red cross, which is also her cutie mark. Her name was Nurse Redheart and she came in to check on Twilight. " Hello princess. Did you sleep well this morning?" She asked bringing in a tray of hot steaming porridge and a glass of apple juice.

Twilight smiled and set the book down on the desk near her. " I slept fine Nurse Redheart, and thank you for bringing me some food." " Not at all dear, it does my heart good to know that your all right." Twilight took a ship of her porridge when she and Redheart heard her savior snort. They turned their eyes at the curtain seeing his shadow, they saw him twitching for a moment and then settle down continuing his slumber. " That pony has been sleeping ever since we got him and you here princess, nothing we did seemed to wake him." Twilight placed her hoof under her chin, thinking about the hybrid.

" When you guys were trying to operate on him, what did you find on him?" Nurse Redheart took out a clip board and started going over the notes on the hybrid. " Well we did some x-rays on him, his anatomy is similar to that of a fully grown stallion, but he has remarkable characteristics of that of a dragon!" She said to her princess. " We took his blood sample hoping to see f he has any family or anything. All came back negative." This made Twilight look at her puzzled. Before she could ask more, the door opened again and soon her friends and family came in.

" Hello my little princess, how are you feeling?" Her father light asked. She smiled at her father. " I'm fine daddy thanks for asking." Nurse Redheart bowed at the three other princesses. " There's no need for that Redheart." Celestia said. " I assume you were going over Twilight about our 'guest' here?" Pointing at Ira who was still sleeping. " Yes your highness, the tests we got all came back negative." This made everypony raise their brow in question. " How so miss Redheart?" Applejack asked.

Flipping the notes on the clip board she read out to them. " Place of birth: unknown. Family: unknown. Age: unknown even his origin is unknown!" This shocked everypony in the room, a creature who appears from out of nowhere, who's origins are a complete and total mystery? That's unheard of nay impossible! " The only fact that we have on him, is that he is a 100% pony-dragon hybrid!"

While this was going on Apple Bloom along with her two best friends one was a Pegasus with a moderate cerise mane, light brilliant gamboge and grayish purple eyes, this young filly is Scootalo one of Apple Bloom's friends who is also the adoptive sister to Rainbow Dash. Next to her is a young Unicorn with pale, light grayish, harlequin eyes, grayish mulberry mane with pale light grayish rose streaks and a light gray coat. This was Sweetie Belle another friend of Applebloom, like her neither Sweetie Belle or Scootalo have any cutie marks, because of this they form a group called the " Cutie Mark Crusaders" who's goal is to find their cutie marks and special talents. Problem is all their efforts gets them into trouble.

The filly trio snuck by the rest of the ponies in the group, and went behind the curtain and to Sweetie's and Scootalo's shock and awe, the pony before them really is gigantic! Just like Applebloom told them. The young earth filly smiled and pointed to Ira. " Ya see? I told ya this guy was big, he's even bigger then Big Mac!" Both fillies slowly nodded still gaping at the monster of a pony. " Still it's hard to imagine that he took on both Chrysalis and Sombra and their forces at the same time!" Sweetie Belle said in total awe.

Scootalo quietly went up to the hybrid's face, admiring the horn on his head. She had a certain feeling of doubt, not really believing this guy took on those monsters, and lived. She tilt her head two time as she gazed at the hybrid's face. Then a sudden mischievous idea came into her head and grinned, she then stuck her tongue out as if to make fun of the sleeping hybrid. Then what she did next shocked her friends, Scootalo rammed head first into the Ira's head twice. Sweetie Belle went over and stopped her friend in her tracks. " Scootalo what are you doing?" " Yeah are you nuts or something?" Both her friends asked wondering why in Equestria would she ram into the sleeping pony's head?!

" Pfft, come on guys, this guy can't be that bad can he? Besides he doesn't look so tough!" She then continued ramming into Ira's head a few times, while her friends silently prayed the others didn't hear this.

Ira was sleeping blissfully, for once in his life he had a peaceful sleep in years. Then suddenly something rammed his head, then it rammed into him again and again. Whatever it was that was ruining his peaceful sleep, is in for one hell of a surprise when he wakes up!

Scootalo was able to get a good running start, not knowing her hooves made enough noise for the others in the room to hear. " Hey what are you three doing? Your not supposed to be over there!" Both Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom paled at Nurse Redheart, they tried to get Scootalo to stop but as she made her way to her target the hybrid's left eye shot wide open, his pupil narrowed dangerously into a slit and glowing an angry red color. Both fillies lost their color at the glowing red eye Scootalo was closing in until she saw a glowing red eye staring right back at her. Realizing she had wakened the sleeping beast she skidded to a stop screaming at the top of her lungs, as she came ever so close the angry red eye.

Closing his eye shut Ira had let out a low but angry growl gazing right at the three frightened ponies. Nurse Redheart pulled the curtain back, and soon everypony lost their color and held their breath at the sight before them. The three fillies huddled together backing towards the wall, shaking at the sheer size of the monster before them. Ira slowly rose up his body slight ached but not so much, he raised his tail and slammed in down on a desk destroying it in the process. Ira glared down at the three fillies angry that they had disturbed his slumber, he turned his red gaze at the other ponies in the room freezing them with fear. Fluttershy was shaking on the ground, her hooves on her head in an attempt to hide. Spike was shaking behind Applejack's leg while some of them back away while the others tensed in case he might attack.

Turning back at the three fillies Ira slowly made his way to them. " You know. It's not wise to wake a body like that when he's sleeping peacefully for the first time in years." He spoke his deep growling voice send shivers down all of their spines. Scootalo was shaking the worst as the hybrid crept closer like a predator stalking it's prey. " You better have a good reason for doing that, so you better start telling me." Scootalo gulped a large lump in her throat, and tried to say something but her voice was stuck. " I...I uh well um." " SPEAK!" He growled which made her and everypony in the room freeze by the tone of his voice.

Gritting her teeth Rainbow went over and got in Ira's face glaring at him. " HEY! No pony talks that way to my sister bub!" She said with her forehead against his. " Then you should've taught her that it ain't wise to wake someone up when they're asleep, especially the way she woke me!" He snarled pushing his head futher making her back away. " Oh don't worry I'll make sure she won't do it again. Right Scootalo?" She asked with a stern tone in her voice. Scootalo shamefully hanged her head and nodded. Then Apple Bloom stood in front of her gazing up at Ira.

" Yeah it ain't her fault she woke ya up, but please don't be hard on her besides you remember me don'tcha?" She asked the hybrid. Ira tilted his head and raised a brow. " I saw you when Ponyville was under attack, you looked like you were gonna pass out." Then she gave her shy smile and waved her woof to prove her point. His eyes widened at this. She is that young filly he meet when he was fighting Sombra and Chrysalis. He gave a small smile and nodded lightly. " I remember, I did see you out there." He spoke with a soft voice this time. Apple Bloom let a big smile and nodded at the larger stallion, Ira looked at the other ponies in the room, until his eyes spotted Twilight which he also recognized her.

" You, you're that winged Unicorn I saved from that creature before." He said pointing his hoof at Twilight who smiled and nodded. " Yup that I am and thank you for saving my life." She thanked her hero. Ira gave a small smile and lowered his head. " No worries, I'd do it again anyway."

Celestia then walked up to Ira looking at him as he towered over her. " And I thank you stranger for saving my little ponies, if not for you who knows what kind of damages those foul beasts could've done." Ira let out a smile and bowed his head. " It is my pleasure milady."

The sun princess then cleared her throat." Now then I think some introductions are needed."

Ira stretched out his foreleg and bowed to her, wanting her to go first. " Lady's first."

She smiled and placed her hoof on her chest. " My name is Princess Celestia, princess of the sun and ruler of Equestria." Luna came next to her and spoke in her royal voice. " Greetings to thee thy warrior, I am Princess Luna princess of the moon and co-ruler of Equestria, and also the younger sister of Princess Celestia!"

Cadance and her husband then introduced themselves. " Hello my name is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, princess of love and ruler of the Crystal Empire. Just call me Cadance ok?" She winked at the hybrid letting out a friendly smile. " My name is Prince Shining Armor, husband to Cadance and co-ruler of the Crystal Empire." Shining Amor stretched his hoof out, and Ira shook it as best as he could. Then he slightly bowed. " Your majesties." He greeted before standing straight.

Twilight then slowly got of her bed, with the help of Nurse Redheart and her mother. " My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle, daughter of Night Light and Twilight Velvet, sister to Shining Armor and princess of friendship. Once again thank you for saving my life before, I am forever in your debt stranger." She said before bowing to him as he bowed back at her. Then suddenly Pinkie zoomed right into Ira's face, clutching onto his horns. " HIYA!" She exclaimed startling him for a moment before raising his head up while the hyper active pony hanged from his horns. She dropped on the ground and got close to him. " Names Pinkie Pie! Party master extraordinaire! I'm an Earth Pony, I make the bestest parties and I've never seen any pony like you! This one time when Twilight came to Ponyville I was like 'GASP!' Then I had to go and make a welcoming party, cause I've never seen any new ponies before which means I should make a party just for them..." Pinkie continued her ranting about parties and such.

Ira raised a brow as she zoomed and bounced around the room, he looked at her friends who smiled sheepishly and shrugged their shoulders at her behavior. Deciding that she needs to stop, Ira raised his left hoof stretched out and caught her by the mouth, her cheeks puffed out and a clown horn was heard when he caught her. Still holding her Pinkie's hooves were back on the ground and Ira looked down at her. " A simple 'hello' will do Pinkie." She let out a muffled hello, and he removed his hoof from her smiling at her. " Good girl." He said patting her head. She giggled and went back with her friends.

Applejack came up next, letting out a laughter. " Sorry 'bout that, that's Pinkie for ya you'll get used to it." She stretched out her hoof and shook his. " Names Applejack there partner, like Pinkie I'm also an Earth Pony. My family and I run an apple orchard in Sweet Apple Acres, if you ever need anything just look us up." Ira smiled and nodded at the young pony. " My pleasure Applejack."

Then Rarity walked next to the farmer. " Well hello there darling. My name is Rarity as you can see I'm a unicorn as well as a fashion designer her in Equestria, and I must say that was a rather heroic thing you did back there. Facing those dreadful brutish beast, I've never seen anything like it." She said while slowly batting her eyelashes.

Ira raised a brow at her behavior, not surprised that she would do something like this. Back on his world many a woman would try and tempt him with their feminine whiles, mostly because he was something most women would dream of having a tall dark, strong and handsome man like him was something they would kill to have. Before he could replay back, Rainbow zoomed over and got up in his face. " Hey names Rainbow Dash, fastest Pegasus in all of Equrestia and soon to be a member of the Wonder Bolts!" She exclaims putting her hoof on her chest. She flies closer to him and gave a small smile. " Sorry about getting up in your face, and what Scoots did earlier." Ira only nodded as she went back to her friends.

Then Fluttershy timidly made her way to the towering hybrid before her, still scared of him because of his intimidating appearance. " H-h-hello. M..my name is...'GULP' F-f-f Fluttershy." She spoke softly to him, thankfully he heard her and nodded giving a small but kind smile.

Then Twilight's parents came up. " Hello there, my name is Night Light and this is my wife Twilight Velvet." Light said pointing to himself and his wife. " We can't can't thank you enough for saving our daughter, if anything were to happen to her, I don't even want to think about it." Velvet thanked the hybrid wiping a tear from her eye. Ira smiled and nodded. " It was nothing, I would save your daughter's life again and again, besides it's against my principles to stand by and do nothing. While lives are at stake." Ira spoke with pride in his voice.

" Now that we told you who we are, would you be so kind as to tell us who you are stranger?" Celestia politely asked him. The smile that Ira had had vanished quickly and gave a small but stern expression. Celestia took a step back from his gaze, and watched as he made his way to a nearby window. Ira peered through the window looking outside of this strange land that he came to. Instead of humans this place Equestria is ruled by sentient ponies, each one different from the other. On his old world he had to struggle to survive, barely made any friends but made a whole lot of enemies, seeing this place was completely new to him. Aside from facing those shadow and obsidian ponies and those changelings, along with their masters, this land seemed peaceful as if war itself hadn't even placed a figure on this land. There is no struggle, no violence or death and destruction the ponies here are happy and lively, helping one another. Laughing and playing with eachother. After facing the horrors of his world, this world in a sense put him...at ease.

Celestia, her sister and all of their friends watched as the hybrid looked out the window with a slight somber look. This got her curious about the stranger before her, it was like he was expecting something else, something horrible instead of a peaceful land of happiness and light, but what caught her attention is a long dark red scar going down his scalp all the way down past his brow and his lips on the left side of his face. " By the sun! How did he get such a scar, and how did we not notice it before?!" She had a slightly saddened expression when she saw his expression changed slightly.

Ira let out a sigh and said. " If you want to know my name, you all must earn my trust." This made everypony in the room confused, they brought him from Ponyville, healed his injuries somewhat and he says that they must earn his trust if they want to know his name? " But." This snapped their thoughts as he turned and faced them. " You may call me Ira Diablo." He said to them standing tall with pride.

" I see, well it is...nice to meet you. Ira Diablo." Celestia said slightly bowing to him and Ira did the same. " And it's nice to meet you yourself Princess Celesita." Raising on their hooves Celesita and the others went into the main hall of her castle to discuss what to do with Ira, he sighed as he went back to the window and stared through the glass. Nurse Redheart was still in the room gazing at the back of the hybrid and seeing his tail swishing back and forth. She cleared her throat and went over to his side. " Um... Is there anything I can get you? You must be hungry after all right?" She asked him with slight fear in her voice. Instead of facing her Ira nodded and said. " Just bring me whatever you have." The young nurse nodded and left the room to get food, leaving Ira alone with his troubled thoughts.

Inside the throne room of the castle Celesita and Luna sat on their thrones, pondering on the situation on Ira's stay in their kingdom. " Well. What do you think of him sister?" She asked Luna. The moon princess placed her hoof under her chin. " I'm not sure sister, I mean he did save us and stopped Sombra and Chrysalis from destroying everything. But...I'm not sure what to make of him." The sun princess was in agreement with her little sister if he did saved her ponies no doubt he'll want something in return. He family has faced others who would want something for doing her family a favor, and expected payment for their deeds.

Celesita turned to Twilight and asked. " What about you Twilight, what is you opinion on him?"

She opened her mouth to replay to her, but before she could say anything Pinkie zoomed over. " I think we should let him stay! I mean think of all the parties and fun things we could have, I'm already getting a party ready for him and by the time he gets out..." He ranting was cut off when Twilight put her hoof over the hyper pony's mouth. " Pinkie Pie now's not the time for that! We need to think about this, before letting him stay." She said with a stern expression.

Then Rainbow flew over them. " Ah c'mon Twi you need to lighten up. I mean sure the guy's big and scary and all that, but hey if anypony who could kick both Sombra and Chrysalis' tails their ok in my book!" The young Pegasus exclaimed crossing her forelegs while hovering. " Yeah well that may be Rainbow, but we still don't know his true intentions or if he could be a spy." Cadance said to the young flyer.

" She's right for all we know he could be trying to earn our trust, just so he can attack us with our backs turned!" Shinning Armor said smacking his hooves together.

" But he did save Twilight from being killed, doesn't that count for something?" Spike said while everypony in the room looked at him.

" Still." Celestia said getting their attention. " If we want to know about him, we just to need to ask him politely and hope that he may give us some answers.

Back in the recovery room Ira was eating the food that was brought to him while RedHeart stared at the amount of food he ate, what really surprised her was the fact that he had teeth like that of a dragon. She was snapped from her thoughts when she saw Ira grab a bowl of porridge and dranked it all in one gulp. After finishing the porridge Ira set the bowl down and drank a large cup of apple juice, taking a napkin and wiping his mouth. " Thank you for the food miss Redheart." The hybrid said to her while bowing his head. The poor pony only looked at the piles of dishes before her eyes and nodded albeit dumbly. " Y..your welcome." She said with a dazed voice.

Just then the door was opened and two unicorn guards came in and stared wide eyed at the piles of dishes. Redheart turns her eyes at the two guards with a raised brow. " Yes? Is there something you need?"

" We were told that the hybrid here, is to be brought to Princess Celestia, she and the others wish to have word with him." One of the guards spoke.

Turning her eyes back the hybrid Ira gazes at them with those blood red eyes, that seem to make them feel on edge as if those eyes had burned holes into their souls. After staring at them for a few seconds Ira slowly stood on all fours, twisting his neck around popping his joints, the sound alone made the ponies seem to grimace at the sound. " Well then, lets not keep the fare princess waiting shall we?" Ira said gesturing them to lead the way. The two guards then led Ira out of the room leaving Redheart alone with the pile of dishes.

After walking with the two guards, Ira was finally brought to two massive doors which had opened. And right in front of him were the princesses and their friends waiting for him. " Presenting the hybrid, as you requested your majesty." The unicorn guard spoke kneeling before her. Celestia smiled and gestures her guards to let him in. As Ira walked in the guard gave him a quick glance and said. " If you so much as harm any of them beast, you'll wish we had left you to rot!" Ira however was not intimidated by this and gave the unicorn guard a glare and a warning hiss showing his teeth. This made the guard quickened his pace as the hybrid came closer to the princess.

Once he stopped a few feet from them he bowed to her showing his respect. This made the sun princess smile at him, despite his fearsome appearance he somehow has a heart of gold. " You may rise Ira Diablo, there's no need for that." Standing on all fours Ira smiled at the Alicorn. " Thank you. I must say your castle is very beautiful princess." This made her giggle at him. " Please no need for formalities. Just call me Celestia." " And you can call me Ira."

The hybrid sat down as the others gazed at him. " Now what is it you want Celestia?"

Clearing her throat Celesita started to ask the hybrid questions, like how he got to Ponyville, how did he know about the invasion that Sombra and Chrysalis caused, more importantly who are his parents.

" You wish to know all about me?" He asked them, which earned him some nods from them. He sighed. " Alright but I need all of you to come closer and join hooves." They did what he asked and prepared themselves for what he is about to tell them. " Remember what I'm about to show you all, maybe shocking but its best I show you then tell you." With that his horn glowed bright red and then all of them were shown his past life, his human self, the death of his family and the killing of his family's killers, the orphanage, the years going by, the anger and hatred building up, him leaving and living in the 'slums', the earthquake and endless wars, he had shown them everything that had happened to him. And finally showed them how he ended up in their world, and made his way to Ponyville.

Soon his horn had stopped glowing and Ira gazed at his stunned and somewhat horrified and saddened audience. Twilight had a saddened face with tears flowing from her eyes, Spike was trembling and hugged her leg for comfort, which she returned to her son-figure. Applejack had tears in her eyes, took her hat off and placed it over her hearts as a sign of respect for the hybrid. Fluttershy was sobbing into her hooves, at first she was afraid of Ira because of his appearance, but after seeing all the pain and sorrow the poor soul went through she couldn't help but feel sorry for him. All the friends he made and lost, all the pain and anguish it was horrible! She would make sure if he ever needed a friend to talk to, to help him of his troubles, she would lend him a hoof to help him.

Rarity had a shocked and horrified look she had never seen that kind of brutality and savagery in all her life, and yet this soul before her had been through what she can describe, as a never ending nightmare of carnage, destruction and death. Rarity swore to herself that she and her friends will guide this poor unfortunate soul, out of the darkness and into the light. Pinkie Pie was crying literal water falls, she blow her nose and continued to shed tears. In all of her life never had she seen a pony who had never had any kind of happiness, and only experience sadness and anger. " That poor, poor guy I can't believe he's been through all that, and never had any friends or any parties at all! That settles it I'm gonna throw the biggest and bestest party of all time for him, I'm gonna help him turn that frown upside down and out of his gloominess that's for sure!"

Rainbow Dash's jaw was hanging not knowing what to say to him, or say anything at all. The poor guy had been through so much pain she's surprised he didn't snapped! She had made a vow as the wielder of the Element of Loyalty, she will forever be by his side to back him up whenever he's in a jam! The Cutie Mark Crusaders were shedding tears for the poor hybrid, at first they thought he was a big and bad stallion, but after seeing what he's been through they plan to help him back on his hooves and become his friends for life!

Twilight's parents also shedded tears for the poor thing, even though he showed them that he originally wasn't a pony much less a hybrid in his old world. They felt dreadfully sorry for the poor thing, for him to lose his family had devastated the poor child they plan on helping him by showing their support for him. Shinning Armor looked at his wife who's tears flowed freely from her eyes, now she knew why she felt uneasy before. Ira had never experienced any kind of love at all, losing his family had made him into the creature before them, she had sensed his overwhelming anger and hatred for his kind he called " Humans" He was angry at himself for not saving his family, and hated his kind for he believed they had taken them from him. Cadance vowed to help the troubled soul find love and happiness and hopefully, free him of the bondage of his anger and hatred.

Celestia was shedding tears as she looked over to her sister who's face was saddened the worse. Seeing what he had been through, the carnage and death had made him into the monster they see before them, he had reminded Luna on how she had became Nightmare Moon, all the negative emotions, all the hatred and anger twisting her, corrupting her and turning her into a creature of darkness. Luna knew somehow she had found a kindred spirit in a way and she planned on helping this poor soul be rid of his nightmares, just as Celestia had planned on shining her light upon his darkness and free him of it's grasp.

" So now that you all know what I used to be, the things I've done and the pain I've been through. Are you still gonna welcome me with open arms?" Ira asked them.

This caught them off guard they felt that once he shown them his life, he feared they would never accept him in their land. " I understand if you don't want me here. So I guess I'll just take my leave then." With that Ira stood up and was about to walk out, until he felt something grabbing his leg. Looking down and to his surprise he saw Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootalo ad grabbed his leg, looking at him with those big sad teary eyes. " Don't go please don't leave just yet!" Sweeite pleaded with tears threatening to fall.

" Yeah just cause you showed us what ya did before, doesn't mean we hate ya." Apple Bloom told him.

" You've been through so much, you hardly had any friend at all!" Scootalo exclaimed wiping tears from her eyes. The three fillies let go of his leg and stood together in their pose. " So it's up to us The Cutie Mark Crusaders, to help you become happy and together, we'll be you friends!" The three fillies said in unison. Bringing smiles from the other ponies in the room. Ira was speechless these three young fillies would become his friends, even though they only knew each other for five days after the invasion. Then Rainbow zoomed over next to they hybrid.

" Exactly! Just because you did some bad things here and there, doesn't mean we'll turn our backs on ya, heck if you ever need a friend I'm the girl you'll need by you side!" She said with her usual grin. " Besides anypony who can take on an army of monsters like that, is ok in my book." She lightly punches his shoulder.

" Indeed darling you've been through such misery, you need some friends to help you get back on your hooves, and move on to a brighter future!" Rarity said placing her hoof on Ira's shoulder letting out a smile.

" Yes siree! You look like you really could use a friend there buddy, and me and my friends will be there to help ya big guy!" Applejack said tilting her hat.

" EXACTLY! ONCE THIS IS OVER, I'M GONNA MAKE A HUGE ENORMOUS PARTY JUST FOR YOU! I PLAN TO TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN!" Pinkie Pie shouted with joy as confetti was falling out of nowhere and part horns were heard. This brought a smile on Ira's face, even though she's a strange pony she sure knows how to brighten things up.

" I also want to help you as well Ira." Fluttershy said as she walked to him and hugged him to comfort him. " At first I was a little scared of you, but after seeing the things you've been through, I wanna help you as best I can. So if you ever need a pony to talk to, or a shoulder to cry on I'll be there for you." She smiled at him and he smiled back. " Thanks." He said to her.

" As a token of gratitude I want to be your friend as well Ira, you saved my life and my friends and family, I am honored to be your friend." Twilight said bowing to the hybrid which he returned. Celesita was beaming with joy, feeling proud that the bearers of the Elements of Harmony have already decided to help this poor soul. She turned to her sister and her in-laws and asked. " Are there any objections against his stay?" They all shook their heads which was good enough for the princess. " Then on behalf of the Princesses of Equestria, I hereby welcome you Ira Diablo as a citizen of our land and as a friend. Welcome to your new home." Celesita said to him giving a motherly smile to him. For the first time in his life, Ira finally found a place he can truly call home.

A home where there is no war, no carnage or death and destruction. Sure it would take some getting used to but he's already liking the place, and to finally have friends was something he thought was all but impossible.

" I...I don't no what to say, thank you your highness."

With that Twilight and her friends had taken Ira with them to Ponyville to get things settled for their new guest. Upon arriving at Ponyville Ira and his new friends were seeing everypony finishing rebuilding the damage cause by the fight, they all turned to the mane six, the crusaders but most importantly Ira. All of the ponies had gathered around the hybrid praising him and thanking him for saving their lives. Fortunately Twilight and her friends had gotten themselves out of the crowd much to Ira's relief. " Man I never seen any of them ponies acting like that before, they must really like ya big guy." Applejack said wiping the sweat from her forehead.

" Maybe but it was getting to crowded, and I prefer to stick to the shadows." He said to them.

" Yeah from the look you had before, you looked really uncomfortable. You don't like being in the spot light huh?" Spike asked the hybrid which he shook his head at the young dragon.

Soon five of the Mane Six had to leave to prepare things for tonight, leaving Ira alone with Twilight and Spike. " Well as long as we're out here why don we show you around?" Twilight and spike then took Ira on a tour around Ponyville, showing him all of the amazing things and sites to see. To Ira this land was perfect to live in, but as peaceful this place is he preferred to live on his own. It's been like that for many years living in isolation, away from other people even though he has new friends he must find a place to call his own. As night came Twilight and Spike were entering the castle but before they could go in, Twilight saw Ira standing there at the edge of the stone stair gazing at the moon. " Even in this new world, the moon seems to be the same."

" Something on your mind?" Spiked asked him snapping Ira from his thoughts.

" No Spike, just gazing at the moon." The hybrid told him. " Before coming to this world of your, I have always enjoyed the night most of all the moon, to me it brings me a sensation of peace and calmness. As if a raging fire inside me is being put out, by the glow of the moon."

Both Twilight and Spike were awestrucked by his words, he really does enjoy the moon and for him to comment on something like that, made the both of them happy. " You know for a minute there you sound almost like a romantic type of guy, and I'm sure that a certain pony would appreciate the way you commented about the night and the moon." Twilight said with a sly smile.

Soon the threesome had entered the castle hall to the throne room, the moment they opened the door...

" SURPISE!"

A collection of shouts were heard, it turned out that all of the ponies in Ponyville had gathered into Twilight's castle, and at the top of the ceiling was a banner saying " WELCOME TO PONYVILE IRA!"

" What is all this?" Ira asked Twilight who in turn giggled at his flabbergasted expression. " Its a welcoming party for silly."

Then Pinkie Pie zoomed over to him holding a plate with chocolate cake. " Yeah I've been preparing this party all day just for you, so I had everypony in Ponyville help out, like I said I plan on turning that frown upside down!" The hyper pony exclaimed with joy. Then the rest of the Mane Six had appeared. " This is the one thing Pinkie Pie is known for, she makes the best parties around here!" Applejack said drinking her applecider.

" Indeed darling there hasn't been a party that is nearly as incredible than Pinkie's." Rarity said.

" Yeah you need to cut loose and have some fun, this whole party is for you after all!" Rainbow exclaimed hovering in the air.

Ira was completely speechless, never once had anyone thrown a party for him since the wars and earthquakes he hardly felt any need for party at all, but to known that these ponies had welcomed him with open arms and thrown a party just for him, made him feel happy. Letting out a smile Ira looked at his new friends and said. " I...I don't know what to say, all my life I've been fighting for survival I hardly ever enjoyed things such as this. All I want to say is...thank you for doing this for me."

Everypony smiled and beamed with joy that they made the hybrid smiled, Pinkie had the biggest smile that almost slit her head in half, she finally made Ira smiled and said that he liked her part, which alone made her want to explode with joy. Grabbing a mike Pinkie took a deep breath and shouted. " ALRIGHT PONIES, LET GET THSI PARTY STARTED RIGHT!" Soon the castle was lively all the ponies were eating sweets, dancing playing games all of them were having a good time. Ira himself was having the greatest time of his life, he finally could settle down and relax and enjoy the party.

Soon the party was over and all the ponies had left the castle to turn in for the night, once the mess was cleaned up Twilight and her friends were having a sleep-over. As the girls did their thing Ira walked outside on the balcony, gazing once more at the face of the moon. Feeling like playing some music his horn was glowing and out of thin air, a small hole had appeared before him. Reaching in he grabbed his knife-flute which he stored inside the hole. Closing the hole he looked at the moon one last time.

Closing his eyes, taking a deep breath brining the flute close to his lips, Ira began to play it.

Twilight and her friends were laughing at Pinkie's silly jokes, when suddenly they heard what can be described as the most beautiful melody they ever heard. " My word where is that music coming from? It's sound so heavenly." Rarity said with a smile and her eyes closed. " Yeah I feel like a huge weight was removed from my shoulders!" Rainbow said. " C'mon lets go find out who's playing." Twilight said. Soon they had found where the music was coming from and what they saw made their jaws drop.

There before them was Ira playing his knife-flute but what he didn't know was a stream of light and magic swirling around him and in the air. Outside they can see the stars shining brighter than before, even the moon itself was brighter. The whole atmosphere was illuminated by this wonderful song, as the streams of light and magic flew across the night sky, carrying the melody through the air. Within the Canterlot castle Celestia had heard the beautiful music closed her eyes, feeling the pure peaceful song flow in her ears. " Oh my, such a beautiful song. Somehow I feel so at peace and in a state of pure bliss." She said to herself lightly humming to the song.

Luna however felt like she was in heaven the music in the air, had made her moon shine even brighter and filled her with so much peace, she started dancing to the music as the streams of magic and light swirled around her. To her no orchestra could be ever match up to this harmonious melody. " By the great spirit above, never have I felt this alive before. I feel as if the troubles of my past have been forgotten and left with peace. Whoever is playing this music, I wish to meet so that we may dance in the night sky." She said to herself wanting to meet this pony who plays this song.

Back at Ponyville Twilight and her friends had their eyes closed enjoying the beautiful music Ira was playing, soon all six of them had started to hum along with the song. Then the song was nearing it's end as Ira played it for a few more minutes than played the most beautiful ending of all. Finishing the flute Ira removed it and sighed deeply, feeling better now that he had played the flute.

He was about to turn in when he heard hooves clapping loudly. Looking over his shoulder Ira saw that he had an audience. The Mane Six were clapping at his performance as Pinkie whistled. Decided to humor them Ira bowed deeply to them. " I trust you all enjoyed the show?" He asked them.

" Enjoyed it? I LOVED IT!" Rarity exclaimed. " Where on earth did you learn to play such a beautiful music, it was so heavenly I felt like dancing and fall into it's embrace!"

Ira chuckled at the Unicorn, " I'm sure you did but I'll tell you about it in the morning. Let's all head for bed now ok?"

With that the Mane Six, Spike and Ira had went to bed and slept the night away, feeling a total state of bliss from the melody for tomorrow morning, their adventures will be something they will never forget for the rest of their lives.

Here you go, chapter 2 like I said sorry it took so long by next Friday I'll be working on two new chapters of Beast Wars Season 1, then I'll work on two chapters of Justice Avengers. Those two and the lost one will be the only stories I'll work on until summer comes, cause by then I will be working on a story series I came up with. It's called " DEAUS" That is the name I gave it, so be on the look out cause it will be in FictionPress. So until then see ya!