The giant stared at Celestia before mumbling under its breath about sleep deprivation and hallucination. Celestia cleared her throat to regain its fading attention. "Excuse me, I do not mean to-" the soft surface the white alicorn stood upon bounced lightly as the massive creature shifted and rolled around with its back to the Princess.
"Very well then, but I will have my answers soon enough." She trudged through the uneven but soft terrain with the heavy cloth constantly weighing her down from above until she finally broke through it all and into the light of her beloved sun. The Princess wasn't under its direct rays but they still lit up the cavernous area she was in.
There were adornments all along the wall written in earth pony script. They all seemed to promote something odd like 'The Horde Needs You!' or a man with a blue box. Ah Posters, of course, this must be what constitutes as this giant's room. It seemed quite tidy for a place that was heavily tailored for what she assumed was the beast's taste in whatever they were advocating. At least except for the desk with all sorts of papers on it and some sort of black contraption.
Celestia broke off from her observations when the giant mumbled incoherently and returned her thoughts to the situation at hand. She had to find out why she was here and if this creature had anything to do with it. She half galloped half trotted up the nearby pillow and launched off of it to glide onto what she believed was the shoulder and cleared her throat. It didn't so much as twitch in response.
"Excuse me, Sir Giant?"
Nothing.
"I'm sorry to bother but-"
"Shut up I'm sleeping, I'll deal with my hallucinations later."
Celestia was taken aback for a moment, not expecting such a response after years of respect and formality from her subjects. Her jaw tensed slightly as she spoke but kept the annoyance out of her voice. "I apologize but there are some questions I need answers to."
The creature showed no more responses to her verbal communication so Celestia thought that more drastic actions might be needed. She navigated the slope of the covers and used the occasional slack in them to her advantage until she promptly hopped off to land in front of the sleeping giant's face. It was lightly covered by a black mane and moved with each deep breath.
Celestia moved aside the mane to look upon the giant's face fully. It was much different from a pony's with its flat face, small nose and thin lips. It also had a scar on its jaw line, too small to be from actual battle but one couldn't be too sure with its jagged end. She cleared her throat once again. "I'm giving you one last chance." Its well defined brows came together in what the alicorn perceived as annoyance. "Good, I'm getting through. Gia-"
Her pegasus reflexes kicked in just as her mind registered her unscheduled flight. Her earth pony strength absorbed the shock her hooves took when she couldn't stop herself from slamming into the wall. She launched back off from it and reigned in her sudden fury. This creature obviously did not want to speak and she could understand. After all, despite being the living embodiment of the sun did not automatically make her a morning pony either.
She called upon her magic and teleported back upon the shoulder of the beast. She was hit with a sudden headache but forced herself past it; there were more important matters to deal with than her hampered magic.
She cast a critical eye over the head of the giant before jumping onto it with little care for decorum after her own harsh treatment. Celestia brushed aside the thick mane until she found what she was looking for. She took in a deep breath before speaking with such volume that would have made Luna proud.
"AWAKEN GIANT, WE DEMAND AN AUDIENCE WITH YOU!"
"GAAHHH WHAT THA HELL!?" Celestia jumped off its head just as it sat up, enraged at its rude awakening. "I swear to god I better have something planned today."
Celestia waved a hoof to grab the massive creature's attention. The irate being glared at the alicorn and Celestia spoke. "Now that I-"
"Shut up, we can sit down and chat after I get ready for a day I wanted to sleep away." With that rather rough blow off the giant got up from bed and stretched while she let out a loud yawn.
Celestia gritted her teeth in frustration for a brief moment and mentally screamed at the ornery creature but showed a mask of composure to it. She followed behind it on her wings as it walked through the halls of its home and finally entered a smaller place that was obviously the lavatory. She landed on the sink rim and watched the giant remove it's baggy second skin- oh Faust those are clothes! She quickly diverted her eyes in embarrassment and heard the water start to run. The giant was most definitely female.
"You're surprisingly modest for a figment of my imagination."
The voice made her jump lightly. "I'm sorry what?" She didn't dare turn around but the giant didn't answer back. She held up a wing to filter her vision as she turned around but slowly parted one with a hoof. She let out a sigh of relief upon not seeing the naked giant and instead a shower stall of fogged glass blurring her sight of the female.
It took about the same account of time Celestia allowed herself in the shower for the creature to come out and fortunately the alicorn was already turned away. There was some rustling behind her and soon enough it grabbed for a small white brush and a tube before applying the paste to the brush. Celestia saw that it was fully clothed and relaxed. With a little water running over it, she began to brush her teeth. It seemed to take a few tries for the giantess to get it into her mouth and used sloth-slow movements as her head seemed to have trouble staying up.
Celestia jumped out of the way just as a hand flew straight to the spot where she once was with a slap. The female coughed and wretched until the toothbrush feel into the sink with a loud clatter.
"Oh gods, I hate the morning." Celestia remained quiet as the sink was turned on and she washed the brush before reapplying the toothpaste. "Only I would be the lucky person to have death by toothbrush on my autopsy report. Hey, did you hear about what happened to Lenny? Apparently she was getting ready for a night out in the town but put a little too much gusto into brushing her teeth and choked on her toothbrush. I mean I know it's good hygiene and all but damn!" This time around she was much more careful but faster as well.
She rinsed and spat out the last of the toothpaste before leaving the bathroom in what Celestia assumed was its day clothes. They showed a fair amount of skin but its private areas were covered so she had no need to avert her eyes. Finally the giantess settled down at a table that suited its size and fiddled with some sort of device. Celestia landed close by and cleared her throat again to get its attention. With all this throat clearing she was surprised she didn't need to do something very unrefined.
The giantess sighed heavily but didn't spare the alicorn of the day a glance. "What?"
The many centuries of ruling gave her great patience for insults big and small, especially when one wanted to rule peacefully. "First and foremost I am Princess Celestia, one of the twin rulers of Equestria. May I have your name Giant?"
The female simply grunted.
~~~<L>~~~
I really don't want to be up right now, but noooo, insanity waits for no one if the Marker was anything to learn from. I wonder if-
"-your name Giant?"
Why couldn't I just have delusions of grandeur instead of schizophrenia or whatever? Did I even have anything planned today?
Lenny went through her phone and saw no new texts aside from the few happy birthdays she received. Nothing in her calendar either.
"Excuse me Giant, May I have your name?" The voice was getting annoying.
Lenny finally turned her head to look to the speaker. "So much for ignoring the problem." She glared at the supposedly fictional character in front of her. "Why are you here?" Yes this definitely looked like Celestia from the show, well as much as a two dimensional character could in three dimensional flesh and fur. But where was her crown and and all that other crap?
Celestia's jaw tightened almost imperceptibly. "I was hoping you could answer that."
She huffed and ran a hand through her damp hair. "Okay, I've gone insane and my brain is being an ass and making me see you instead of Flufflepuff."
"Who is- Oh nevermind. Why do you believe you have gone insane?"
"What do you mean why? Because you're not real. I mean this is pretty much every brony's dream to have a character come to life and actually interact with but one, no offense you're not my favorite. And second, I really l don't wasn't to get locked up in an asylum for seeing cute little ponies."
"I'm not some fictional being, I do truly exist I can assure you."
Lenny just rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to her phone hoping to just ignore whatever her hallucination really was. Oh hey Pacific Rim is out, maybe I can- HOLY GEEZUS MY FINGER! "What the hell! Why did you do that?" A little golden spark had leapt from Celestia’s horn to zap her finger and leave a small singe mark. She shook her hand fast as if that would force the pain out of her finger.
"Hallucinations can't inflict pain on their creator. Well physically at least. Now do you believe me?"
"Yes fine you get the benefit of the doubt, but I've seen fight club okay?"
This did not seem to please Celestia. "Fine, as long as you acknowledge me we can actually begin to talk. You never did tell me your name."
"It’s Lenny." Damn it, there's no chance of ignoring the problem away now.
"Thank you, it is very nice to meet you Lenny. Now why was it so hard to believe I was real?"
"I said- you know what let me just show you." Lenny stuck her phone into her bra since there was plenty of room and held out her hand to Celestia. "Get on."
Celestia hesitated momentarily before climbing aboard. "Where are you taking me?"
Lenny let out a yawn before she answered. "My room. The internet is your friend." She carried Celestia with her fingers slightly curled to keep her from falling. It turned out to be a needed precaution when she nearly ran out into her mother.
She was a woman who wore her years heavily, face wrinkled, eyes glossed over and dark hair matted yet somehow thinning. Everything Lenny was afraid she would turn into if she turned to the drink as heavily as her mother did. She tried to get around the old woman but her arm was grabbed softly. "It's all in the fridge Meredith." The hand let go and she walked away from the woman who gave birth to her.
Finally she was in her room, her sanctuary of sorts and lowered her hand to the disorganized desk.
Celestia disembarked as gracefully as one would expect from any member of ruling nobility but she was looking at Lenny with concern. "I don't mean to pry but-"
"Let's leave it at the assumption that we don't get along." She shook her head softly and began to clear away all the papers she brought from work that just sat on the desk. "I swear sometimes I think assistant manager is just a glorified intern." Lenny plopped down onto the rolling chair and booted up her laptop after she finished moving the papers around. With a yawn she dug out her phone out of her bra and tossed it onto the desk in a loud clatter.
Celestia was still giving her a worried look.
"You can resort to puppy eyes if you want, I still won't tell you jack shit."
Celestia's brows came together in mild annoyance. "Must you use such.... coarse language?"
Lenny laughed softly. "Oh yeah that's right. I forgot you’re a princess and all that crap in Equestria. Not used to people swearing in your vicinity are you?" Her computer did its little musical number as it finished its startup sequences and her attention was divided for a moment as she logged into the laptop.
"Admittedly, no I am not."
"Well Princess, hate to break it to you but I'm not going to filter myself for your sake. You may be a ruler and all that where you come from but I pay attention to the person not the position."
"I'm strangely relieved to hear that."
Lenny glanced at the miniature diarch with an arched brow but didn't press the issue. She went straight to YouTube and clicked on the first MLP episode she came across.
Lenny relaxed and put her slender legs up on the desk. "If it looks like I'm asleep it's only because I am, so don't wake me up."
"But what if I have more questions?" Celestia couldn't look away from the intro that showed so many things of her world.
She shifted so she could touch and point to various things but paused. "Wait can you even read English?"
Celestia nodded. "if that's what you call it then yes I can. It's quite similar to earth pony script and tongue."
"Okay cool." She resumed pointing to various things. "That's a google search tab, left click it with the mouse and then type whatever your question is by using this keyboard. Got it?" The alicorn slowly nodded and Lenny leaned back into her seat. "Good."
~~~<C>~~~
"Who could that be?"
"I might even buy some cider and hold onto...."
"Opportunity, in our community - Ready Flim? - Ready Flam."
"Rarity, you've got a discerning eye. Help Granny Smith at the quality control station."
"I'm proud of you, Applejack."
"Ah didn't learn anythin'! Ah was right all along! If you...."
At least she had a full accounting of the events prior to that somewhat cheeky letter. She couldn’t help but let out a small giggle at the whole event now.
It died not too long after she let the facts sink in now, she was in some kind of alternate universe where her people where a child's story and the humans are reality instead of vice versa. If she were in an alternate universe, it would explain her weak almost non-existent link to her sun and weak flow of magic, but how much else could be explained away with that line of reasoning? More importantly could she use this apparent cataloguing of events from her world as a way to keep up with her precious student? Perhaps this Google already had the answer she seeks.
Celestia carefully moved the mouse over to the Google bar.....