I shook my head as the feeling that the notebook was full of pictures went through my head. I remember going through this thing fully but why were pictures missing. Setting it aside I began to pace around the room as I tried to remember what was going on.

I was saved from the lab by Nightmare Moon and Eclipse.

They gave me a place to stay and they started to train me.

The fight I had with the guards.

Nightmare Moon came into my dream and told me a few things such as Daybreaker.

The lesson in creating my mental defenses.

Coming to the room with a chest full of journals and small spell books.

Me being attacked by a guard with the name Blood as a lesson.

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why did I feel like something was completely wrong here?! I grabbed my own head as I felt a small shiver as I turned around and raised an eyebrow. "since when was there a window in this room?" I asked out loud as I walked over to the window that was above my bed. My head was in pain as I began to think of when a window appeared in my memories only for there to be none. I shivered again as I closed the window and looked through the glass. Finding it was looking over most of the castle as I could see a very small town in the distance. The window was also in view of a few balcony's on several other towers as I closed the curtain before I shivered again.

Remembering there was a blanket under my bed I reached down and pulled it out... only for something to fall out of it as I looked confused. I picked it up to find it was a pocket watch when I opened it only for my head to hurt even more. I grabbed my head in pain, causing the watch to clatter onto the floor, as I fell onto the bed only for my head to hit something hard inside of my pillow. Confused I reached into the pillowcase and pulled out the notebook... before my mind went blank.

I finished writing inside of my journal in case something were to ever happen to my memories as there was a knock at the door. I quickly hid the journal inside of the pillow as I went over and opened it to find it was Eclipse. "hello Eclipse." she simply walked into the room and picked up the notebook in her magic.

"do you happen to know what happened to the pictures that were taken out of this?" she then asked showing where the first drawing I had carefully pulled out was.

"no. I went to look at them the next day when I woke up after asking you about them but found they were all delicately pulled out. I figured you came in and took them to study for some reason." I answered her as she narrowed her eyes but calmly laid the notebook back onto the table closed. "is there... something wrong?"

"I believe there is... and unfortunately I must fix it." she said as I started to walk over to my bed. "and I am sorry for what I must do." I was confused as I turned around.

"what do you mean by-" something collided with my face as I fell onto my bed with my hand on the spot where the journal was hidden away in the case. I was slowly blacking out as she walked over with saddened eyes.

"I am sorry Benjamin... but you cannot know of what has happened until I deem your mind fit." her horn lit up as my vision turned white.

My vision returned as I sat there in shock. I dropped the journal that was in my hands as I tried to think of why she did it. Memories flowed through my head all about the accusations my mind was making, the way they said their words, the pictures I had hidden away in a book. Everything! I clenched my fists before I quickly calmed myself down. "okay Benjamin... you cant go off on them... not yet anyway... if the person before you couldn't handle them with a few years of experience in this world then neither could you. Just need to bid your time and find out what the hell is going on..." I mumbled to myself as my eyes then suddenly widened as I then recognized that the room had been changed around. "the drawings!" I muttered as I quickly ran over to the bookshelf and pulled out the large history book. I opened it and was glad to find that they were all still there as I gave a sigh of relief before replacing where the book was as thoughts of how damn lucky I was to make the journal shortly before she came to the room.

I walked back and picked up the pocket watch and remembered why I had put it into the blanket. I felt a warm glow coming from it as I felt a burning sensation on the back of it. I quickly dropped it as the glow faded. I held my hand as a few reasons as to why it glowed popped into my head... before I picked it up again as it glowed a dark orange. It popped open as the hands began to turn rapidly before they both stopped on the number one... before a mist began to spew out of the watch and formed single words as I quickly caught them.

We have been betrayed by the one who calls us friend... memories sealed away to prevent another disaster... whatever you do... do not trust the one who calls herself friend...

the glow faded and went back into the pocket watch as it reset itself back to the current time. A glow under the bed caught my attention as I reached down and pulled out the book of techniques. Opening it I began to the entry that began to shift itself around.

Greeting's newly betrayed. By now your memories have most likely returned that was sealed away by that bitch of a pony Eclipse. The watch would have almost broken any hold over your memories that were sealed away no matter what they were. This entry will turn into a spell for those who use magic or for the one who is like me, who will sooner or later come to Equestria, to use. It will only reveal itself for a few moments before the entire page will revert back to what it was.

Hope and pray you survive unlike I did if you found this book.

Immediately the page turned into a passage about a technique known as the Hidden Power. I quickly grabbed a pen and started to do as it said as I wrote the symbols it told me to on my left arm before doing the same, albeit sloppily, on my right arm. It was a technique created to hide my own magical power from the surrounding wards should I will it. It was a work that no doubt took years to create and truly finish. He must have started making it when he first appeared in Equestria. Finishing what was happening I hoped and prayed as the passage disappeared before I flowed my power into my arm as I felt a burning sensation.

I bit my lip to hold back the oncoming scream as the symbols disappeared into my skin leaving behind marks that would only be noticed if they were only a few inches away. I started to breathe heavily as I looked on my arms and flexed my hands slightly. I was betrayed so quickly into my stay here in this world. It pissed me off... the scars glowed the same color of my powers as I started to glow black... but I held back my power to prevent the room from being destroyed.

This at least now meant I could train myself in the room in secret. If I couldn't trust Eclipse and Nightmare Moon then I saw no damn reason why I should follow their rules. I would only work on my powers and wait to even be able to use magic. I would wait to truly judge them though as they must have their reasons to why I am truly here and why they tried to block away from my memories. Or maybe Eclipse just decided to block my memories as I doubt Nightmare Moon even knows about the vampony. I picked back up the pocket watch to find that it was morning. Well, not really morning but the night version of morning.

I put the pocket watch and hid it away in the blanket as I folded it back up and put it under the bed. I replaced where I hid the journal as well as put the notebook back to where it used to be. I then finally realized that I was wearing new clothes like my previous ones. I was wearing black jeans with a black and white checkered shirt that one would wear on a date.

I fixed my cuffs so they wouldn't be annoying as well as fixed my collar before I walked out of the room and towards the dining room. Soon I reached the dining room to find both Nightmare Moon and Eclipse already eating. "ah." Eclipse started with a smile on her face. Honestly couldn't tell if it was fake or not. " I see you have awakened. I believe you would have slept till the moon was at its highest point."

"I think I almost did, to be honest." I said with a small smile on my face. "but my internal clock told me it was time to wake up." I could use the fact she didn't know I had my memories back to my advantage. I could most likely snoop around more while being ignorant of what I was told before and she would think she might have locked away the wrong memories. Although how she locked them away and not knew where the journal, watch, or the drawings were I had no idea. Eclipse gave a small chuckle while Nightmare Moon rolled her eyes. "today is another day for my powers correct?" I asked recalling my memories.

"that is correct... I believe you read the book of techniques correct?" I nodded. "which would you wish to work on?"

"possibly the Material Creation one. It seems to be the most useful at the moment to me." she nodded. "I would need sand to be able to start working on it from what I was told." she nodded.

"then I will request a few guards to go and collect sand from a nearby lake," she responded as I gave my order to the maid who came for my order as we ate in silence. I couldn't help but just try and come up with possibilities that would cause her to be like this.

She was trying to control me that much was for certain. But for what? To be a weapon against Daybreaker? To use Daybreaker's own test subject against her? It was the many possibilities... but only one of them was the truth. "hey Eclipse." she looked over to me as Nightmare Moon's ears moved towards me. "do you have any idea what happened to the drawings in the notebook? I... fell like it used to be full of drawings but now a good bunch is missing. I can't seem to remember what they were either." Nightmare Moon's eyes then widened as they snapped over to her sister.

"one moment please..." Nightmare Moon snarled out as she rushed out of her chair and pulled a wide-eyed Eclipse out of her own chair as I stared in confusion. I decided to try out the body enhancements and willed my powers to be unnoticed as the symbols glowed on my arms. "not do it!" I then heard Nightmare Moon speak out in rage. "don't you remember what has happened to the others?!"

"of course I remember... but remember should he find out about your counterpart she would come for him... remember she thrives off of being remembered by those who are not us... should she return it would prove disastrous for us both!" I heard Eclipse counter. "you know what happened to the one before him!"

"and yet your the one who has told me to trust him more." I then heard Nightmare Moon snarl. "and what if he is listening in on us right now?!"

"there is a spell on him that alerts me whenever he uses his powers." I narrowed my eyes. "and he is not using them at the moment." thank god that the symbols work then. "sister... when I deem him ready I will remove his block and tell him of pictures... but only a part of the information! He could easily remember what I sealed away should he find the pictures or something related to them. I want to trust him sister... but I fear of what he would do."

"one week..."

"Pardon?" I then heard Eclipse ask in confusion.

"one week... that would be placed just two days before the elements arrive and we will tell him. The more we tell him the more he will trust us. The more he trusts us... then the more he will understand what we have lied to him about."

"since when have you trusted him, sister?" I then heard eclipse ask as I started to let my powers fade.

"since I accidentally saw some of his memories..." thankfully the glowing symbols disappeared as they walked back into the dining room. "apologies. I remembered something I needed to tell my sister in private." I simply gave a smile and waved it off as she gave a small grin. They both rejoined me at the table as my own food arrived. I quickly began to eat it as I could now feel the tension between the two. While I may have felt guilty of listening in on them it proved to be informational to me. I just had to come up with a convincing argument when she found I no longer had a block on my memories. I needed time and I needed a hell of a lot of it.