AN: Hello y wonderful readers of these words! Welcome to section number 10237032471047 of the internet. I would like to personally thank both Alex and Cdude1777 for being my editors and reviewing my papers to make sure their perfect. I have just one announcement to make this time, just let me get my announcers voice on *Ehem* (In loud, booming voice) Attention all artists and people of the drawing craft, I need your help. You may have noticed this story has no cover image, and is simply Cloudchaser with most of his face brutally slashed off. I need somepony to draw a title for this image, as well as a profile pic. If you do this, you will not only have eternal thanks and glory, but a character to be featured in many stories as long as your drawing is being used. You will also get exclusive early access to all my work before it is posted here. As well as advertisement for your profile or website of your choice on both my profile and in this story. So please, no really, please I beg of you. Contact me and send me some off your work so I can make sure you're not drawing stick figures. Goodbye!

-(Unknown) POV-

I stood in the tree overlooking the small wooden shack that the black pegasus had built. I had yet to find out his name, but I instantly knew he would be somepony I should know. I had been watching him for hours as he slaved over the building. I had noticed him leaving his house and heading towards the forest behind his house; curious at his intentions, I followed him to the forest where he found a small clearing. Here he had started to gather wood and stacking it in a pile. Then he started to nail them together, soon a room had taken shape from the pile of wood. Once he had finished he wiped his sweat from his brow and stood there for a moment before leaving. Once I was sure he was gone. I glided down from my perch and explored inside.

It was entirely empty aside from a single desk and stool. I pondered for a while at what this was for before deciding I didn't have enough information. I traced my steps back to his house and peered inside. I saw nopony at the time and tried the front door to find it locked. I took a moment to decide what to do next; I looked to my right to see that one window was open slightly. I wormed my way through and landed silently on the carpet. I crept through the living room silently with my ears sticking up, listening for anything inside the house. I snuck down a hallway with a couple doors each having a certain image on it. I stopped near one that had an image of a golden glove, and recognized it for the cutie mark of the stallion I was watching.

I opened the door and peered inside; empty as the artic wasteland. I snuck in and shut the door behind me. I glanced at a mirror to find a mare standing and looking right at me. I jumped before realizing it was just my reflection. A red mare with darker red hair, with bright green eyes, not too shabby build, big enough to be reckoned with in a fight, yet small enough to be stealthy and agile.

Suddenly, I heard a click of a door opening, footsteps and then another click.

"Hello anypony home!?" I heard a stallion shout. I obviously gave no reply to this, and waited to decide my next move.

I heard a sigh and then a small thud. I looked towards the window, but saw a group of ponies outside, they were just hanging around, but if they saw me jump out the window, they would most certainly question me. I looked at the ceiling to the disappointment that the air vent was too small for me to squeeze through. I would have to wait until the colt in the living room left, but he was currently silent, he could be anywhere in the house by now. That's when he started singing. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Who in their right mind sings, by themselves, from what it sounded like, the stallion had gone into the bathroom; allowing me time for my escape.

"This'll be easier than I thought." I thought to myself as I creaked open the door. The singing was louder now that the door was open. It really wasn't that good, horribly off pitch and he seemed to switch songs midway through other ones. I also heard water running from the bathroom that was down the hall. I would have to walk past it, I tiptoed as quietly as I could, using my wings to slightly lift me off the air so I would be even lighter on my feet. Right as I was about to pass the door the running water was coming from. It swung open, smacking me in the head and leaving me dazed and off balance. I looked over to see three turquois unicorns, standing over me. I fell over, swearing as I did so.

I heard him say something I couldn't comprehend, though it sounded a lot like "Are your turtles alight?" before I lost conscious.

-Cloud's POV-

Perfect, just perfect, first I have to deal with a dream being crumbled to dust in front of my eyes; then I just knocked out this mare that probably came from earth as well. Talk about a bad luck streak. It all started once everypony had left this morning…

-Flashback-

I waved goodbye to Lonestar, glad to be alone at last. I had always cherished these moments alone, even back on earth. It was always a holiday when I had the house to myself even for a few minutes. Now, I had so much more to think about. I needed to find out how to use this horn on top of my head, I figured a basic understanding would put me a league ahead over the other five. I briefly thought that that wasn't exactly a good way to put it, it was Equestria; a new start for me, a world where I could rewrite all my mistakes. I smiled at the prospect; maybe I would help teach the other unicorns how to use magic.

I came into my room, and looked at the bookshelf, searching for anything that could help me. Luckily, Celestia had thought of everything. I found a book that seemed to be a textbook on magic. I read that it was actually fairly common for unicorns my age to not learn magic until later, as some never bother, while others are born to parents of a different species. The book was actually written for an older audience for beginner's magic. I found a spell that involved simple telepathy, it said that just like a muscle, magic had to be exercised, preforming more complicated spells took more energy than others. Lifting heavier objects used more energy and so on.

I read up on a telepathic spell and set a spoon on the table. Focusing on it, I tried to envision it lifting up, nothing happened, not even a small glow from my horn. I was disappointed, but not surprised; the book said that one of the hardest parts of magic is figuring out how to extract it from the horn. I tried to just focus on the spoon magically floating up, but that didn't work either. I pondered for a moment, before I gave in to the temptation. I cried out…

"Brisngr!*" Nothing

"Chaos control!*" Nada

"Kame… Hame… Ha!*" Zip.

I sighed in defeat. How was I supposed to get this to work?

Need help?

I heard the comforting voice of Celestia in my head. I shook my head.

"I've almost got this…" I said concentrating with all my might on the spoon.

Beads of sweat trickled down my forehead and I shook slightly as I stared intently at the spoon.

Cloud… Please…

"I've almost got it!" I cried out, eyes watering from all my effort, I saw the spoon shake slightly, I smiled and was given a new burst of strength as success was in sight. I concentrated so hard I felt like my head was going to explode. I soon got tunnel vision, as blackness started to close around my eyes. I felt slightly woozy, but still continued.

Cloud… breath

I realized I was holding my breath and quickly sucked in air, breaking my concentration. I cursed and stamped my foot.

Want help now?

"I nodded slowly."

Pick it up.

"Excuse me?"

Just imagine picking it up with your hands, but at a distance.

"You've got to be kidding me?"

Have you got any better ideas? Besides, I'm the one who made your body.

She had a point, so I stood a couple steps back and imagined picking it up. Quickly, the spoon was engulfed in a green aura, and was lifted a couple inches off the table. I imagined moving it towards me with my arm and the spoon quickly obeyed with minimal difficulty.

Pretty cool huh?

"This is amazing!" I said to her.

I'd be careful trying other spells though; you could end up killing yourself if I'm not there to remind you to breath.

"So no Chaos Control?"

Guess.

"Alright, alright, I gotcha" I said "How much do you think you can lift."

I'd try yourself, test and make sure that you can lift something and more before moving on to heavier objects.

I proceeded to practice for the next couple of hours; moving from a spoon to a small book, to a lamp, to a bigger book; so on and so forth. I found myself starting to struggle at two textbooks, and once I got to four, I was sweating bullets. I was happy with my abilities, and was willing to develop them. I walked outside on the front yard to get a breath of fresh air. I looked to find it about an hour until noon; I smiled and decided that I would go into town.

Then my stench hit me. I realized I had basically been working out for the past couple of hours; I walked back into the house and shut the door behind me. I couldn't help but sing to myself a little bit. I accidently knocked down a textbook on the way in, creating a large thumping sound. I was glad there was nopony in the house to hear that, as I sang a little bit more, going into the bathroom, finding a barrel of water and some soap. I sang as I gave myself a quick wash until I didn't smell so much like a landfill. I swung open the door and heard a large thump, and a force on the door.

I looked to see that I had left a textbook in the way of the door. I quickly picked that up before heading out the door and to town.

Retracing my steps to the library, I looked at the time to see it was now about noon. Most shopkeepers were shouting out their wares, bargaining prices and selling their goods. I couldn't help but buy an apple from Big Mac when I saw him. Just as I imagined it, the apple was one of the juiciest I had ever had. I tossed the core in a nearby trash can just as I stood before the grand library. I saw the famous purple unicorn through the window, and I couldn't help but take a minute to stare. She was the most beautiful pony I had ever seen. I felt like she was the closest I could get to my dream girl, she was smart, quick witted, and didn't care much for what others thought of her.

I smiled and took another step towards the library, at this angle I could see, a flash of orange in her bed. Curious I went closer, careful not to let either pony see me. This close, I recognized the pony in his bed, he had been in the house with me. His name was Solar or something like that. I didn't mean to listen in, or maybe I did, but I heard Solar's and Twilight's conversation very clearly…

"Therefore, it must be an amazing feat of strength to… are you even listening?" I heard Twilight say to Solar, who was obviously trying very hard to follow.

"I'm trying to, but it's a bit hard to follow" He said smoothly dodging the situation with a smile.

"Sorry, I forget I'm smarter than the average bear." Said Twilight smiling.

"It's alright, say, um, mind if I ask you something?" said Solar rubbing the back of his head.

There was no way…

"Yeah sure" replied Twilight.

Please tell me he's not going to…

"Um, are you free tomorrow?"

Oh Celestia no…

"Yes, in fact I am. Spikes going to Canterlot on royal business tomorrow, so I'll just be here cleaning up the library, why?" She said oblivious to what Solar was implying.

"Um, I was wondering if I could hang out with you tomorrow."

My heart dropped.

I watched as Twilight accepted, blissfully ignorant of the fact that Solar had effectively asked her out on a date. I felt as if someone had stomped on my heart right then and there. On one hand, I was glad that Solar had found his love in this world. On the other I hated his guts for stealing my girl, or mare. I didn't know at the time and I didn't care. Solar had just looked in my direction, I had moved out of the way and left the library behind me.

"Hiya!" I saw a familiar pink pony suddenly pop up in front of me, I was already running, and crashed into her head on.

"Wow that was fun!" she yelled after he had finished rolling "My names Pinkie Pie!"

I saw that she had rolled on top of me; I would have thought that this was absolutely adorable. Unfortunately, I had way too many negative emotions bouncing around inside of me.

"I have to go…" I said wriggling out from under her.

"Hey wait up!" She said in her still cheery voice.

I realized that no matter what she would just follow me around, and I didn't want that right now. I mustered about as much sadness as I could and put it into one facial expression. I looked straight at her and said "I would love to talk to you later, but now I just need some time alone…"

Pinkie stopped bouncing and her hair seemed to deflate slightly. I turned away and dashed in the direction of my house.

Cloud…

"Not now Celestia!" I screamed at her in my thoughts.

Cloud this is extremely important…

"Get on with it."

It's extremely important that you let Solar have Twilight…

"What!"

Here me out. You have to prove yourself to her later.

"When!?"

You'll know, but if you try to take Twilight from Solar it could danger all of Equestria.

"How!? It's not like were important, I'm just a teenage boy who happens to be a brony, what's so special about me!"

The chaos that I was talking about, it's extremely important that you six are on the best of terms. You'll get your chance at my student I promise.

I paused for a little while before saying "Fine" and cutting the connection between us. I went up to my house and walked inside. I shouted if anyone was home, and got no reply. I sighed and sat down for a little bit. Thinking about what to do next, I decided that Equestria was my other chance. I didn't need a girl to have that. I sighed and looked at the table, its wood polished so brightly I saw my reflection. My face was tear stained. I cursed myself for letting myself cry over such a petty reason. I went to the bathroom to wash the tears from my face. By force of habit, since I was alone, I started to sing to myself. I went into the bathroom and washed my face until there was no evidence of a single tear. I couldn't help myself, I let out all my rage and threw the door open, furious at myself and at Solar, and at probably everypony else. I heard a thump and the door swung back then a curse along with another thump, when I walked outside I saw a barely conscious mare.

"Are you alright?" I asked her.

-End of Flashback-

I sat by her as she lay on my couch, an ice pack on her head. Suddenly, her eyes fluttered open. She gasped and tried to stand up, but I stopped her.

"It's best to stay lying down." I told her "Are you from earth?"

She looked at me quizzically, unwilling to speak just yet, so I comforted her.

"It's pretty obvious isn't it?" I said "You're in this house, and I heard you curse as you went down unconscious."

"Guess the game is up" she said "Sorry for acting a bit confused, but traveling between worlds then getting knocked unconscious can do that to you."

I chuckled "Just to be safe, and so that way I know you aren't just a burglar, how many continents are on earth?"

After a short pause, she answered "Seven, North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia."

"Glad to have you on the team!" I said smiling.

-Meta's POV-

I tapped my foot, er hoof, impatiently. I still wasn't used to being a pony. I've seen Dwarves, Goblins, Humans, even Goblins and Dragons, but I have to draw the line somewhere. Talking ponies, and if that's not crazy enough, I had to hand over my Shadowmourn, watched him draw some shadow's from it, before he handed it back to me and told me to wait before dissolving into shadows and leaving the room.

I had found out a little bit more about him though. His name was Thunderruner, and he seemed to be able to shape shift into anybody he pleases. Suddenly, I felt a chill, and I saw shadows drip in through the walls.

"Hello Meta." Said Thunderruner "Don't go over your head to worship the pony who has the key to your life in his hooves."

"Not killing you were you stand is my idea of respect" I snarled at him.

He shrugged "Fair enough, I'm no prideful moron, however, I do have a job for you then or would you prefer if I said quest?"

"Either way is fine" I said, curious "As long as you don't call in errands."

"We have a new enemy." He said turning away into the darkness that surrounded me. "I have prepared a small platoon for you to lead, she's a red pegasus with green eyes and a darker red mane named Enigma. I want you to find her and make sure I never hear from her again."

"What do I get in exchange?" I asked

"Instead of sleeping in this black void that I call my prison" started Thunderruner "I'll move you to my castle."

"Fair enough" I said raising my blade "This should be easy, how hard can a talking pony be in a fight…"

"Just walk straight behind you, and there should be a group of creatures waiting for you" he said "They will follow your command. Tell them to follow you, and then you'll see a source of light. Head to that, once you go through the light, you'll find yourself overlooking a town. Enigma will be there, be sure not to let anybody see you, and I want no casualties except for her. Got it?"

"Quest Accepted" I said smiling, this would be a piece of cake…

AN: Done, what's going to happen next, will Enigma fall to Meta? Find out next chapter! Quick message to Raity01. You're awesome for reading and reviewing, but when I say I'll post a chapter every week. I meant every week, so my deadline for next week is next Thursday, not Wednesday. Anyway, thanks for reading bye!