Chapter One: First Contacts and Making Deals
I had just gotten away from Canterlot High, nearly getting caught by one of the students. Riding the city bus back to school, I reviewed the data I had just gathered. The statue in front of their school had something definitely going on with it, I just couldn't tell what. With everything that had been happening there, I'm surprised that nothing had came up in the news. But then, something happened. I had just gotten back, heading inside when I witnessed it for myself. The fabric of time and space getting ripped apart, these white things appeared and a young man flew past them. The white things slowed him down, enough to land safely. He looked around as the rift sealed itself, unsure about something.
"Hell, this place is peaceful! I want to live here now, won't ever have to worry about those damn monsters anymore!" he said out loud before noticing me. I was dumbfounded, and apparently so was he.
"Um, well shit," he said. I could relate at least, being socially awkward myself. He seemed to be having trouble speaking to me, more unsure of what to say than anything else.
"Well, hello?" he asked. I waved back, noticing that he was heavily armed. He had to be my age, maybe a year older? The way he was dressed suggested he might be important, his face seemed to give off that he was soft of heart, but the scar over his right eye clearly proves otherwise. The arrows he carried had weird markings on the fletching, and his bow had a second arm on the top while being black with gold trimming. Then those things at his hips, no clue what it was but I had a feeling he might actually have been from the world of the anime "Attack on Titan" because those crossed wings were from it.
"Um, you wouldn't have happened to experienced some overly powerful anomaly, have you?" he asked me. Then I realized it, he was after the same thing I was. I told him that I have, I knew the location and even its source.
"Yes! Thank you so much, you're going to make my life so much easier!" he smiled happily, but then my magic detection meter started going off as he got closer.
"What's this thing for? Its giving off a strong reading for something Miss?" he started, but stopped when he tried to address me.
"Oh, my name is Twilight Sparkle," I told him.
"Torrez Lunarius, well met Ms. Sparkle. Now, what exactly about me is making this meter go off?" he asked.
"I'll explain that in a moment, but first come with me," I told him, and he listened. I just hope I wasn't making a mistake.
"Well, at least I'm not fighting for my life yet," I whispered to myself as the girl led me through what I guess to be her school. She looked nice enough, her fair complexion went well with her bun. I only just noticed her hair had a strip of lavender and a strip of lilac next to each other. She was in what I guess to be a school uniform, a purple vest, sky blue dress shirt, plaid skirt, dress shoes and socks matching the uniform colors. I thought that I would need to get ahold of something similar if I planned to stay long term. Then she ran into someone. She panicked and apologized to this Principle Cinch, but the old woman took an immediate interest in us.
"Headmaster, a pleasure," I bowed respectfully. Twilight quickly explained my reasoning for being there, but this woman had other plans apparently.
I looked at both of them, my brightest pupil and a strange and heavily armed man who simply bowed to me. I had both of them go into my office, as I needed to talk with Twilight and needed to get this young man out of here. I informed Twilight that I was expecting her to take part in school competition against Canterlot High school coming up in a week. The young man was clearly listening, as he showed some interest in the location of the other school. He joined us after he had somehow brew himself a cup of tea.
"And your presence, care to explain?" I asked him.
"I'm not going into full detail, but I am here for the reason of ensuring that a certain event does not repeat itself and ensure the safety of the Kingdom of Vale," he said after sipping his tea. He then offered his skills to aid us in our endeavor to win on one condition.
"I request your student here to assist me in my endeavour. I can assure her safety during our investigation if it happens to go south. You have my word on this," he stated. It surprised me, the request. He wanted Twilight's help in particular, and in exchange was willing to help us in anyway possible. I caved, but I would need to sort a few things out for his sake first. I let them both go, contacting Twilight's parents to sort out our foreign exchange student's temporary lodgings.
