Chapter 27. A Fresh Start.


Phantom sat in front of his book reading over the pages.

"How far are you rewriting?" Sansa asked.

"I will be rewriting from chapter 7. I liked how that chapter turned out but the rest is not how I want it." Phantom said.

With his pen in place the story began.

Matt eyes blinked a few times in confusion "You have grown since the last time I've seen you." He felt the girl pull away and he noticed those dark green eyes and that big old smile.

"A-Amber? W-What are you doing here?" He asked surprised to see her working here.

"I could ask you the same thing." She said chuckling "I work under Princess Celestia in helping out my fellow humans." She pulled up a chair and sat next to him "I see you got into some trouble."

He still couldn't believe seeing his old childhood friend, But one thing was different about her, She no longer had her blond hair, She now had red hair "The train I was on derailed and fell into the canyon and well... I had to save my owner from the train." He felt a sting of pain run through his arm.

"You saved your owner? That's new." She said sitting back "I take it he is kind?"

"She is, and so is her family." He said as Amber blinked.

"That's good, I hate for your owners to hurt you like last time." She said with a smile as she turned away from him and brought over and picked up a tray "Alright, I have some fish along with some potatoes and mac and cheese, and I've brought you a root beer but if memory serves me you like a Dr Fire." She said chuckling.

"Root beer will be fine Amber." He said looking at the food.

"Do you remember the time we stole pop from our owner and sneak up to the loft to watch the sunset?" Amber asked smiling.

Matt chuckled at the memory "Yeah, I remember. I had a can of Dr Fire and you had a can of coke if memory serves me right." He said with a smile.

"If you don't mind me asking, do you still have the marks on your back?" She asked. Matt just nodded "I knew I should have knocked that stallion's lights out." She said clutching her fist.

"Amber, you know better than anyone that if you would have hit him you would have ended up dead." He said "Besides, it didn't stop after I was sold."

"What!? You still got beaten?" She asked surprised.

"Yes, but this guy was worse than our last owner." The memories of the whip hitting his back over and over again as the rain fell down his back as the two other stallions dumped rum on his wounds making his back burn. Matt could feel the tears and fought them back as he fought the memories. He felt a hand touch his making him look at her.

"Do you mind if I look at your back?" She asked.

Matt nodded sitting up and he slid his shirt up allowing Amber to see the many scars on his back.

Her eyes widen as she looked at his back "D-Does it hurt?" She asked looking at him.

"No, I've lost all feeling in my back." He said looking at her.

Amber ran her fingers across the scars "You should have told someone about this." She said pulling her hand away as he lowered his shirt and sat back.

"It would have been hard when you're forced to work within the barn and not allowed to leave unless told to." He said looking away from her "But it got better when he sold me to an old mare and I got to have a break from work and got to paint again."

"You got to paint again? That's awesome! I remember when you use to draw with the crayons we stole from our owner, and your art work was a lot better than mine." She said giggling.

"I did try to teach you what I knew but you know, you fought me on everything." He said chuckling "I still have the scar from where you bit me." He felt Amber placed a hand on his scar that ran across his left eyes.

"I remember when you got this scar." She said removing her hand and looking down at the floor.

"You know it wasn't your fault, he was drun-" His words were cut off by Amber "It was my fault! If I didn't get caught stealing from him you wouldn't have jumped in front of me and gotten that scar across your face."

"Amber, I cared for in that hell hole, you and I stuck together through so much and when he caught you I couldn't let you go through with what I've been through." He said making her stare at him "I couldn't bare to see you harmed as you were the only friend I've ever had. I had a plan ready in case you were caught I would take the blame while you were spared."

Amber didn't know what to say, in all the years she had known him she didn't know he cared this much for her "You didn't have to do that."

"I did, it's what friends do for each other." He said with a grin.

There came a knock on the door making the two look to see a mare with a light orange coat standing there "I see you two are getting along." The mare said with a smile.

"Actually, we've know each other a very long time ago." Amber said.

"Oh?" The mare asked raising an eyebrow "So I take it you two were friends or... something else?"

This made the two blush "Just friends Sunset. Anyways, I thought you were helping Princess Luna out today?"

"I came to find you; I need help with getting tonight's dinner under way."

"Alright," Amber looked at Matt "I'll come by later and see you alright?"

"Sure, I'll be here." He felt her kiss his cheek and watch as she left.

Matt watched as the mare just stood their staring at him making him feel uncomfortable "It was Matt right?" He nodded "I'll make sure you're well taken care of around here." She said leaving him alone in the room with only his thoughts.

The memories of the night Amber was caught came flooding into his mind as he touched the scar on his left eye.

Celestia's sun was still high in the sky as the hot summer air made work out in the fields harder from many of the humans. Matt was helping out in the barn cleaning up and making sure there was not dirt on the floor.

Amber came walking into the barn with a basket of carrots as she placed them down "I hate summer." She said looking at Matt.

"Just be lucky it isn't winter." He said sweeping the floor.

"Cover for me, I'm going to go get a pop."

"Amber, I don't think that's a good idea." He said stopping what he was doing as he looked at her "Our owner is near the house."

"He'll never know! Just cover for me and I'll be right back." She said leaving Matt.

"She's going to get into trouble." He thought as he made his way towards barn door and watched as she snuck into the house.

He then notices his owner making his way back towards the house and he began to panic as Amber just walked out of the house and he stood right in front of her "Stealing from me now are we!?" The stallion yelled using his magic to grip Amber and dragged her back towards the barn slamming her into the door.

Matt watched in horror as he used his magic to pull the whip from his side and got ready to take aim.

In a quick move Matt jumped in front of her taking the whip to his left eye making him scream out in pain.

"Stupid human! stay out of this!" The stallion yelled.

With pain and blood leaking from his face he stood in front of his friend "N-No."

"You'll regret that boy!" Amber felt the magic be removed from her. She looked behind her to see Matt slammed into the barn door and the sound of the whip going off making her see her friend yell out in pain "Let this be a warning for you girl. Steal from me again and you'll end up like him.

Matt fell to his knees, his back stinging.

"You're an idiot you know that!" Amber nearly yelled as she got a better look at his eyes and notices it wasn't going to damage his eyes.

"I know." He said in a whisper as he felt dizzy.

"Let's get you inside and I'll find Sarah and have her take a look at your wounds." She said helping Matt his feet. The two made their way inside the barn and Amber sat Matt down on the bed "Try to stay awake; I don't need to worry about you dying now."

"I'll try Amber." He said with a faint smile.

Amber quickly took off running out of the barn and towards the fields.

Matt removed his hand from his eye and looked at the blood on his hand.

The memory ended. Matt looked at his hand then up towards the door as he knew if he could have changed anything about that day it would be to try and make her stay instead of going into the house. After that day she was sold three days later leaving him alone.

He looked at the food in front of him "You know you'll always be beaten, it may not come from your new owner but from those around you." He heard the voice say making him close his eyes fighting back the voice.

He heard the sound of hoof steps making him open his eyes to see Twilight's Captain standing there "I need to talk to you Human." She said closing the door behind her making Matt become afraid.


Celestia made her way towards the meeting room. Her mind was in deep thought as she tried to figure out why Twilight was attacked.

Her mind was interrupted as she heard her sister call out to her.

"Tia! Is it true? Did Twilight's train get attacked?" Luna asked.

"Yes and our own kind did it." Celestia said signing.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked confused.

"Three ponies were seen boarding the train and haven't been seen since. Whoever attacked our train is still out there waiting to harm one of us next." Celestia said "I need you to make sure your guards are ready and I want a search team out for these ponies."

"I shall begin the search right away." Luna said "Is there anything else I can do?"

"Yes, there is one more thing you can do, there is a human in the medical wing named Matthew, and he saved Applejack's life when the train was attacked. I want you to make sure he is okay and treated alright." Celestia noticed the shock expression on her face "Are you alright Luna?"

"Y-Yeah, just surprised a human would do such a thing." It was the truth Luna spoke but what surprised her the most was it's the human she had been watching for some time now.

"I am too." Celestia said making her way down the hall "I shall see you later Lulu."

Luna turned around and made her way towards the medical wing leaving Celestia with her thoughts once again.

She began to feel dizzy. She shook her head shaking off the dizziness as she looked at the band aid on her leg "I think I gave that human a little too much blood." She thought. She noticed she was now standing in front of the meeting room and sighed "Now to fight the council once again." The doors opened and Celestia felt she was walking face first into hell.


Matt watched as the Captain made her way towards his bed. His heart was pounding faster and faster and the heart monitor kept going higher and higher.

"Calm down human, if I was here to hurt you, you would have already been hurt." She said taking a seat next to his bed "Now, I want to ask you what you saw before everything went to hell."

"I feel asleep and awoke to find myself in a different seat."

"Same here, everypony reported the same thing before the train was attacked." She said "And you were placed in a lower car with Applejack, while the rest of us were in the car before yours."

Matt didn't know what she was going on about "What are you trying to get at miss?"

"It's Captain, and what I'm trying to say is, Applejack was meant to die on that train today. Her death would have sparked a war between rebel humans and ponies, but because they made a mistake placing you aboard the car with her, you saved her life and now this will make it harder for whoever attacked the train to attack again since now Celestia will be doubling her guards and protecting Twilight and her friends."

"And what does this have to do with me?" He asked.

"I don't trust your kind, but you have shown me you can be trusted." She said sighing "I need you to keep an eye out for anypony who might want to harm Twilight or her friends, and you'll report back to me."

"Y-You want me to help you?" He asked surprised.

"Yes, as much as I hate the idea of working with you, I need you in order to keep Twilight and her friends safe." She said a little angry.

Matt thought for a moment as she continued to stare at him "I'll do my best to help, whatever you need me to do, I shall." He said looking at her.

"Good, you will report to me if you see anypony out of place or if you hear anything strange." She said getting to her hoofs.

"Captain, may I ask you something?" Matt asked looking at her.

"Sure what is it?" She said looking at him.

"Why don't you trust my kind?" He asked curious.

She stood stirn and looked him dead in his eyes "Human's attacked my family and killed them, I was lucky to have survived." She said still standing stirn.

"I'm sorry for what happened to your family, no one should have to lose their family." He said feeling sadden knowing his own kind could do this "I'll do everything I can to help."

"Right now rest, I'll need to healed and rested up if your gonna help me." She said walking towards the door "I'll see you soon human."

As she left Matt looked out the window near him and saw the ponies outside the castle and his mind wondered to Applejack and her friends, he thought about them being harmed set anger flowing through his mind. Since he's been to Ponyville Applejack has been nothing but kind to him and so has her friend Rarity. Twilight even fought for him to ride on the train with them even though he could have rode with the other humans in the other car.

Whoever planned on hurting Applejack and her friends had another thing coming. As long as he remained on Applejack's farm, he would make sure no harm came to her.


Applejack looked outside the window as she waited to be able to go visit Matt. She was worried about the human after everything that happened to him. He nearly lost his life trying to save her even though he didn't know her all that much. Her mind was in deep thought over him. His artwork was something she liked after seeing what he could do with what he had, she was even happy to see him smile. Yet there was something that nagged at her mind, it was the scars on his back, she wanted to hurt the pony that would harm such a kind human. She may have only known him for a few days but she could see he was gentle and kind.

She blushed as she thought about seeing him smiled at her making her shake her head. She didn't know why she was blushing or feeling the way she does, she just fought feeling and heard a soft knock at the door.

"It's open." She said as the door opened. She smiled as she saw it was her good friend Rainbow Dash "Hey Dash, what brings ya by?"

"Twilight wanted me to tell you that you can go see Matt now." She said walking into the room "So I figured I'd wheel you over to him."

"Alright, but Ah could have easily walked." She said feeling Dash give her wheelchair a push.

"You're not supposed to be walking Aj, doctor's orders." She said making Applejack roll her eyes.

"Ah could still walk on my three good legs." Applejack said looking at her friend "But with ya girls around Ah won't be able ta do what Ah want." She chuckled looking back down the hall.

They stopped in front of the door to Matt's room as she noticed the door was cracked open.

Dash opened it and her eyes went wide "SOMEPONY HELP!" Dash yelled rushing inside the room making Applejack fly out of her chair and made her way into the room.

An Hour earlier.

Matt had his eyes closed relaxing in his bed as he could hear the faint noise of the heart monitor going off. He tried to relax, but his mind wouldn't let him. His mind kept going back towards the dream he had back on the train. He wanted to know if this dream was true or fake.

The sound of the heart monitor beeping stopped made Matt opened his eyes only to have his body ripped from the bed and slammed to the floor. Matt notices he was wrapped inside magic "I thought my little plan would work, but you had to save that stupid farm mare from dying." Matt heard the voice speak, he could feel the magic pulling his arm back, he then heard three snapped sounds making Matt scream out in pain only to have his scream muzzled by magic "You humans think you're so much better than us, but magic is what makes us much more powerful than you humans." Matt could feel the magic flow through his body, he could feel it going towards his rib cage as he could feel it snapping two rips "Now, I still have work to do and you my human friend will be too injured to help anypony, and since you'll be unable to work, you'll be sold back on the market." Then Matt felt his left leg twist and a snapping sound echoed through the room.

Matt was flung towards the wall hard cracking the wall. He looked at the hooded figure standing in front of him; he could see his attackers' eyes, those cold red eyes staring at him "T-Those eyes."

Matt was dropped to the ground as the hooded figure vanished into thin air "Remember human, interfere again, you'll die." Matt fell forwards as he noticed his blood was leaking from his side. He placed a hand over his wound to try and stop the bleeding but failed as the pain running through his body forced him to blackout.


"We need to fight these stupid human rebels before they attack again!" A stallion yelled.

"I agree! We cannot allow these humans to get away with this!" A mare yelled.

"Attacking these humans would be a mistake; if we attack the humans who are already enslaved will see their own kind fighting and will fight back." A stallion said "And besides, we don't need a war on our hoofs."

"I agree with Mister Swift, with war already on the brink with the Griffon kingdom, we wouldn't survive this." A mare said "But maybe if we send our own stallions in to try and reason with these humans maybe we can make a deal with them."

"You are stupid if you think these humans will talk with us Miss Sunflower, for all we know our stallions would be kill on sight."

The doors opened up making the four ponies inside to see Princess Celestia walking into the room "Good afternoon Princess, we are glad you could make it." Swift said with a cheerful smile.

"Kiss ass." The stallion said in a whisper.

"Knock it off Ink Heart." Celestia said making him tense up "I come with news, three stallions were seen boarding the train before the attack."

"How do we know these ponies didn't die in the attack?" Ink Heart asked.

"The only bodies recovered from the wreckage were of the humans, the ponies were never found." Celestia said taking a seat at the table "Meaning these rebels are being framed."

Ink Heart rolled his eyes "Framed? Princess Twilight was attack and you're saying three ponies set it all up?"

"Yes." Celestia said "The rebel humans have always attacked but never harmed anypony or their own kind, if anything this was an acted to warn me about the new laws I wish to pass."

"Then maybe you should heed their warning." Ink Heart said "I mean, if you are correct about this being a warning, then maybe to protect the princess, don't pass these laws."

"No, I will still try and pass these laws." She said standing tall.

"Then we shall discuss the passing of your new laws and make sure they still follow law your father created." Sunflower said.

The four ponies wrote down on a piece of paper and placed them into a pile "Alright, you're new laws will be passed." Sunflower said "But we still must discuss what has happened to Princess Twilight."

"She is in good hoofs, I have already doubled her guards and along with her friends." Celestia said.

"With Princess Twilight under watch it's time we discuss the humans rebels." Ink Heart said "I saw we send forces in, they have been attack our forces for months now on sea and land."

"Only adding forces will spark the slave humans here to rebel as well." Sunflower said.

"We have enough forces to keep those humans under control." Ink Heart said.

"The human slaves will unite with their own kind if we start killing their kind, we are already on the threat of war Ink Heart, it's best we try and figure out how to speak with these humans without conflict." Celestia spoke up.

"There is no reasoning with humans Celestia, all they know is force." Ink Heart said.

"Force isn't the answer here." Sunflower said "Let's put this to a vote."

The council wrote down on paper and placed them in a pile "We will try the peaceful rout."

"This will be it for the meeting today, see you all next week." Sunflower said as she got up.

Celestia made her way out of the room and into the hall to be greeted by her sister "Why do you look so worried sister?" Celestia asked.

"I was informed the human that was brought in was attacked, he's in critical condition."

Celestia eyes widen.


Applejack sat by his bed side as she watched Matthew sleep. She couldn't figure out who would harm him. She vowed if she found the pony responsible for this attack on him they would pay for it.

The door cracked open making Applejack look to see a human girl with with red hair and green eyes peeked her head inside "Oh I'm sorry, I thought Matt would be alone."

"Ya can come in." Applejack said as the girl stepped into the room "How do ya know Matt?" Applejack asked.

"He's an old friend from the farm we lived at when we were kids." She said taking a seat next to her "I'm Amber, you must be his owner?"

"Ah'm not his owner, Ah'm more of somepony takin' care of him." Applejack said "Ah'm not a fan of ownin' humans."

"I'm glad you're taking care of him, he needs somepony like you in his life." Amber said "D-Do you know who did this?" Amber asked.

"No, Matt hasn't awoken yet to tell us anythin' so we are still in the dark on who attacked him." Applejack said looking back at Matt who was still sound asleep.

"I remember when we were kids he would always cover for me when I wasn't feeling good and work twice has hard to make it look like I did my work so I wouldn't get in trouble, he would pass out the moment he got back to the barn, I would always make sure when he woke up he had extra food so he would have enough energy for the day." Amber said slightly smiling at the memory.

"You two were close Ah take it?" Applejack asked.

"He was my best friend, we took care of each other whenever we could." Amber said "When I sold I was worried about him being left alone there, but seeing how your here for him now, I see he's got somepony who cares for him."

"Ah treat all with respect, Matt isn't a slave and deserves to be treated like a pony." Applejack said looking back at Amber "Just like how you should be treated."

Amber smiled "I am treated like that by Princess Luna and Princess Celestia."


Matt's mind was in a fog, he didn't know what was going on or why he was attacked by the red eyed stallion from his dream.

His childhood flooded into his mind as he stood in the middle of the barn he once called home.

"MATT! You won't believe what I found!" Matt turned around to see a young Amber rushing into the barn as he sat up in the bed to look at her.

"What did you find?" He asked.

"I remember this; this was the last day we got to see each other before she was sold." He thought as he watched his younger self talk with Amber.

"I found this old looking ring! It was in the dirt." She said.

He looked at the ring and chuckled "This looks old; maybe you should take it to Sarah."

"How's the back?" She asked taking a seat next to him as she looked at him.

"Still sore but I'll survive." He said giving her a warm smile.

"And the eye?"

"I can see now thanks to the swelling going down." He said chuckling trying to show her he wasn't in pain and to let her have a smile.

"That was a big fat lie." Matt thought touching his eye with the scare "It still hurt when I kept my eye open for too long, but I couldn't let her know that. She felt bad enough as it was."

"Are you sure? Because, I'll go tell Sarah and ask her to get you some more pain killers."

"Nah, I'll be fine Amber."

"Amber, you should be doing your chores, and Matt, you should be resting." A woman with blond hair and blue eyes said walking into the room.

"I finished already Sarah." Amber said looking at the women.

When Matt didn't speak Sarah made her way over towards the young man as she bent down "Let me guess, your back is hurting while you lay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I've tried laying on my stomach, I just can't rest." He said looking at her.

She sighed and stood "I'll see if I can find a pillow for that old cot."

"You don't have to do that Sarah, you already gave me your cot to rest on till my wounds heal." He said going to stand when he felt light headed and sat back down.

"It's alright Matt, we'll need you back to your old self if we're going to finish the harvest early." She said walking away "And besides, that old cot is starting to annoy me."

"If you don't want the cot, I'll take it." Amber said chuckling.

"If I did that, master would flip." She said digging around the trunks in the old barn.

"Why don't you show her the ring you found?" Matt whispered to Amber.

"Right." She made her way over towards Sarah "When I was outside I found this in the field."

Sarah looked at the ring and sighed "I haven't seen this type of ring in a long time." She said "My mother had one of these rings; they were a part of our culture."

"They were?" She looked at the ring in her hand.

"Yeah, my mother told me these rings bonded a man and women together." She said "But those were stories her mother told her." She said pulling a small ring out of her pocket "My mother said this was a part of our family long before we were enslaved."

"Wow." Amber said looking at the ring.

Matt heard every word as he sat there "She's lucky, she got to be with her mother." Matt thought looking over at the two "That's because she's not an ugly worthless human like you."

The older Matt sighed "I've always hated that voice, just glad he didn't come around as much back then."

The memory moved forwards as he saw he was sound asleep on the cot as he was on his side.

Then he saw Amber slowly moved towards him as she placed the small ring into his pocket and she kissed his cheek "I know you can't hear me, but know I care for you and one day we'll meet again and when we do, I'll want this ring back."

He watched as Amber made her way towards the barn door "Move human." The stallion said as she got onto the wagon.

"I remember finding her ring in my pocket... but I don't remember this at all." He thought as he watched the wagon leave "I wonder if she remembers giving me this ring?" He thought as he looked up at the moon. He remembered always looking up at the moon after Amber left "The mare in the moon, I remember hearing all kinds of story of the mare who lived in the moon, now we know who it really was." He chuckled "I still can't believe I use to chat with the moon."

Matt could feel his mind slowly starting to awake as pain ran through his body. He could hear two voices speaking and he could tell one was Applejack and the other was Amber.

"He really did that?" He heard Applejack ask.

"Yeah, jumped right off the roof into the hay and came out with only a few cuts." He could hear Amber chuckling "He always did stuff like that when we were little."

"That's because you dared me." He said making the two look at him as his had a small smile on his face. He went to get sit up when he felt pain rush through his body making him lay back down.

"Take it easy, you're still weak from what happened." Amber said.

"What happened anyways? Last thing I remember was being flung around the room and red eyes." He said trying to relax on the bed.

"We don't know, Ah was on my way ta come visit ya when Rainbow found ya on the ground injured. Ya really had me worried." She said making Matt blush.

"Sorry." He said to the two knowing he worried them both.

"Don't ya be sorry now Matt, it's not ya fault ya were attacked." Applejack said "The pony who did this had no right ta harm ya."

"Before you say anything Matt, I know for a fact this was an act of hate." Amber said speaking before Matt could "And you didn't deserve this."

He knew Amber was right. Yet "You did, you are a worthless human who has been beaten by others and have even been used for pleasure, you deserve everything you get! Expect it Matthew, you are worthless!" He heard the voice speak as he knew the words it spoke was true, he was worthless. He fought back the tears; he didn't want to have the two see him cry for some odd reason.

"I'm going to tell the doctor you're awake." Amber said getting up "It was nice speaking with you Applejack."

"It was nice speaking with you too Amber." She said with a smile

"I hope Amber didn't bother you?" He asked looking at her.

"She didn't bother me, in fact she told me a lot about ya." Applejack said chuckling.

Matt sighed "She always has to tell someone about the stupid stuff we did." He then chuckled.

"Ah'm glad ya alright, when Ah saw ya on the floor injured... Ah was so angry Ah wasn't here ta keep an eye on ya." She said fighting back the tears.

"Don't beat yourself up about this Applejack, they would have used their magic on you and harm you as well." He said placing his good hand on her hoof which was resting on the bed "But you're here now, you can keep an eye on me."

Applejack blushed as she felt his hand touch her hoof as the two remained silent. The two shared a smile with each other and both their cheeks started to heat up.

The door the room opened and Applejack pulled her hoof away as the two looked to see Princess Celestia walking into the room "I see you're finally up Matthew." Celestia said walking up to the bed "I know you just awoke but I need you to remember who attacked you so we can find them."

Matt laid there trying to remember everything "I-I just remember being flung around the room and him warning me to stay out of his way, then I-I saw his red eyes." Matt said feeling the memory flood back and he could feel tears starting to form and he fought them back.

"I'm sorry if this brought back the pain but that does help." Celestia said "I won't be asking you for anything else, so you can rest and take it easy." Celestia looked over at Applejack "I have ponies setting up a room for you and Matt to share, I feel you both need to be put under watch till Matthew's wounds have healed." She then looked back at Matthew "I won't let anypony else harm you Matt."

"I-I'm sorry if this is all a bother for you." Matt said feeling bad he caused all of this.

"No need to be sorry Matthew, this isn't your fault and I do not blame you for this." Celestia said "You don't need to worry, I said you'll be safe here and I'll make sure my words aren't false." Celestia looked at the two "I'll let you two be, I'll be by later to see you again." She said leaving the two alone.

Celestia closed the door behind her as the two guards by the door stood "Only those with the royal seal can enter this room." She said leaving the guards and headed down the hallway.

She stopped by a room and opened the door and saw a dragon sitting in the room placing some test tubes into a cabinet.

"May I speak with you for a moment Blaze?" Celestia asked stepping into the room.

"What is it princess?" Blaze asked looking at her.

"I need you to do me a favor." Celestia placed two vials of blood onto the table "I need you to see if these two blood types are related to each other."

Blaze picked up the vials of blood "Alright, anything I should know about them?"

"Just that this is between us." Celestia said "When you're done please come find me."

"Alright, should be a couple of hours." Blaze said moving from his chair "I'll see you seen then."

Celestia nodded "See you soon."


Twilight sat inside the dining room as Luna, Cadance all sat inside the room eating dinner.

"I heard what happened, I'm glad you and your friends made it out alright." Cadance said to Twilight as the two sat next to each other.

"I'm just glad Matt was there to save Applejack's life, or who knows what might have happened." She said looking at the food in front of her.

"I agree." Luna said lowering her tea.

"I've notices Aunt Tia has been quite busy lately." Cadance said looking over at Luna.

"She has, she's been trying to bypass the old laws and add some new laws allowing the humans a little bit more freedom." Luna said "But a few of them haven't gone as planned."

"What do you mean? I thought Celestia was the one that ordered the humans to be enslaved?" Twilight asked confused.

"Right, you do not know." Luna said sighing "The enslavement of the humans was by our father, he made the order to enslave them and put the blame on Celestia's shoulders." Twilight could see the rage in Luna's eyes as she spoke "She tried her hardest to free them but... the laws were made to where only a king can remove the laws and since we have no true power, we can only do what we can to try and help them the best we can."

"But soon the Crystal Empire is about become a new home for humans and allowing them to become free." Cadance said "Since my kingdom is on the border of Equestria, we can create a new kingdom where ponies and humans live in peace."

"What!? You're going to free humans?" Twilight asked surprised.

"Yes, this is why the meeting was called. We're going to make it public tomorrow." Twilight could see the smile on Cadances face grow "All we need to make this happen is a fourth princess, and that's where you come in."

"Tomorrow we will act like we're in a big meeting and all four of us will sign the new human order for human freedom in the Crystal Empire." Luna said taking a sip of her tea.

"And only us four know about this?" Twilight asked.

"No, Shinning knows this as well, he's making sure everything is ready for this big day." Cadance said.

"I'm glad this is happening." Twilight said "Matt might be able to learn and be able to paint."

"He can paint?" Cadance asked surprised.

"Yeah, Applejack says he made a picture for Big Mac and she couldn't believe how detailed it was."

Luna smiled, she knew Matt had a knack for painting and was glad he was enjoying his time at Sweet Apple Acres.

"Maybe I could get him to paint me and Shinning." Cadance said giggling.

"From what Applejack told me, he doesn't need to see you, just tell him what you look like and he'll be able to get every detail right."

Cadance blinked "Really? That's amazing!"

"It will be hard for him to paint with his arm broken." Luna said cutting in "But maybe he'll be able to do other things till his arm has healed."

"Well, I'm planning on teaching him to read." That's when Cadance looked at her with shock "I know, It's ageist the law to teach a human how to read."

"I take it; it was Applejack who wanted this." Luna said "And you wish to help her out."

"Y-Yes, how did you know that?" Twilight asked rising an eyebrow as she tried to figure out how she knew this.

"From what you told me, he's a great painter, so his skills could be even better if he can read." She said knowing full well that wasn't the truth. How do you tell a pony you know his past and have been watching him since he's been born?

Twilight blinked "Anyways, what else are you teaching this human?" Cadance asked.

"Well, right now Applejack says he's getting the hang of reading after only one night of teaching, and if he can handle it, I'll teach him how to write." She said recalling what she had planned for the human.

"Well, he'll be able to do all those kinds of things if he moves to the Crystal Empire." Cadance said.

"I don't think he'll go for that, after what he's been through I don't think he'll be able to live as a free human without thinking somepony is going to harm him." Twilight said feeling sorry for the human.

"In time he'll heal, he'll know as long as he has friends around him he'll be safe." Luna said surprising the two princesses'. She stood "I must be going; I have a few things to do before I can go to sleep." She left the two alone to speak.


A hooded pony walked through the halls of an old castle. He came to an opening and inside was two throne chairs "Finally you showed up." Braeburn said walking

"I had to take care of something in Canterlot." The hooded pony said walking up to Braeburn "I killed the two stallions alone with make sure the human who saved Applejack knows to stay out of our way."

"My cousin's death needs to happen if I can take the farm, Big Mac can't handle the farm alone and then I can take the farm and grow my company." Braeburn said looking at the hooded pony.

"I understand that Braeburn, in order for our plan to work we do indeed need to take care of her, however right now she's under watch and we will need to wait." The hooded pony said "I have connections into the castle and we still can find out when the right time to strike." The hooded pony smiled "Soon enough we both will get what we want."


Matthew looked at Applejack who was sound asleep in her bed near by him and slightly smiled knowing she was safe. He looked away and looked around the room. He slowly felt his mind grow foggy as his eyes closed, his last thoughts were of Applejack's smile.

A red mist slowly surrounded Matthew's hand as it moved along his arm and soon his whole body started glowing.

The next morning Matthew awoke with his body feeling normal and his arm feeling normal as well. He blinked in shock as he found all his wounds have healed and his arm was fully healed as well.

He looked over at Applejack who was still sound asleep. His mind went into deep thought as he tried to figure out how this happened.

His eyes widen as he saw a red mist coming from his left hand and it faded away "W-What was that!?" His mind started racing, he didn't know what was going on with him.


To Be Continued.