I opened my eyes to find that I was in the same room I went to sleep in; I groggily got out of bed and grabbed my staff, as I looked at myself in the mirror to see if anything was out of place for the big day that was ahead of me.
When I looked into the mirror I found that I was in my normal attire and not my royal robes. I started to panic as I heard a knock on the door.
“Your Highness, the princesses are waiting for you in the dining hall,” I heard one of the guards say.
“Ok! Just a minute,” I yelled out as I looked around the room to find that my robes were on the other side of the bed…stupid me…but I also saw a cabinet which wasn't there before. As I opened it up I found that it had lots of water and lots of coke but what was weird was that the water was labelled cure potion and the coke, power potion…weren't they the items that were going to be used in ‘The Stick of Truth’?
As I opened and chugged down one of the colas I felt my powers (or magic as the sisters called it) seem to be restored, so in this world they actually work…cool.
As I changed my clothes I wondered how the cabinet got there and how my clothes changed while I was sleeping, a shiver went down my spine as I thought of creepy possibilities. After I was dressed I grabbed two of each potion then I grabbed the handle of the door and pushed it open to find that there were two guards stationed on either side of me.
“Follow us your highness,” they said with no emotion in their tone, jeez it sounded like they had no life. I followed the guards through different hallways, some had armour near the walls to show off as well but with all of this…I needed a bloody map of the place. We reached two large double doors that I guessed was the dining hall as the guards opened the doors with their magic.
“The princesses are through here my King,” I nodded at them, still thinking that calling me their King was a bit wrong as I walked into the dining room to find…so…much…food. I gaped at all the food on the table, this was supposed to be for three not fifteen pe-ponies! As I was still too shocked to move I saw Luna’s head lift up to look at me as she waved her hoof towards me.
“Ah Kyle! Over here, we were just about to eat!” she yelled happily towards me as I snapped myself back into reality, walking over to sit on one of the chairs next to the sisters (who were the only ones in the room). I grabbed some pancakes and toast, surprised at how ponies were able to make them due to their ‘medieval era’. And was Celestia eating a cake all by herself?
“How did you sleep last night your highness,” she asked in a playful tone as I stopped eating, my mouth turning into a frown.
“I slept very well Celestia but you don’t have to call me by royalty, we're friends right? And I don’t really like my friends…only friends to acknowledge me as royalty when they are as well,” I told her as the sisters nodded, bringing a smile to Luna’s face.
“Yes, I would like that dear Kyle for now that we are known as royalty, ponies won’t really talk to us as us, only as a ruler…so it is nice to have a friend who looks at us just like us and not a ruler that he knows nothing about,” she replied as Celestia spoke up.
“Yes, I agree with Luna on that remark Kyle. Now finish up your breakfast, we have a big day ahead,” she said in a motherly way which I gave a soft smile at and besides, if I am stuck here forever it would be a bit weird having a pony act like my adopted mother…but surprisingly I actually felt fine with it. It would be way better than the randomness that happens around home…my old home now.
“Kyle?” I heard Celestia ask me, snapping me out of thought as I looked towards her.
“You looked sad…is there something wrong?” they really do care about me…just like Stan. I shook my head.
“It’s nothing Celestia, just thinking about someone I had close to me,” her ears fell down and Luna gave me a look of worry, thinking that she might have resurfaced some memories of my old friends, which she did. I felt a tear go down my face…I usually never cried but knowing that I may never see my friends again made me feel empty inside.
“Oh Kyle…I’m so sorry if I reminded you of your friends before the war,” she said with guilt in her voice. I just waved her off, my face turning into a smile as I remembered that they are my new friends now and that they cared for me just like Stan did.
“It’s fine, let’s just get through the day,” I said as she nodded uncertainly and they both got up from their chairs and started to leave the room. As I left the room I took one look back at the room.
“Goodbye Stan.”
………
As I followed the sisters through the castle, we ended up in what I thought was the throne room due to there being two thrones, one on either side of a small bridge. They both turned to face me.
“Kyle, we are here to see what sort of magic you wield and how you use it, and by what we saw yesterday you were able to somehow summon your...passed elves…and use them to your advantage in a fight,” Luna said as I went to clarify.
“Yes that is correct but I technically didn't summon them. I used my magic to make my memories of the elven archers become real for a short time as they would fire of their arrows at my enemies, although it does take up a lot of my magic in using them,” I told her as Celestia nodded.
“Ah I see, using memories of what actions the elves did in the war to your advantage…very clever,” she mused –half to herself and half to me- as I smiled at the comment making me remember that my powers are actually real now.
“Let’s see…I can summon an elemental, call upon the winds to blow my enemies back, I can control the way plants can grow and as you saw what I did to discord...I can use my magic to hold any creature in a bubble shield -depending on how strong the creature is – the shield can be broken within time and I am able to cast up a defensive shield and able to project magic projectiles –as well as beams- from my staff,” I said, waiting for the knowledge to sink in. Then Celestia motioned her hoof to the open room.
“Would you care to show us?” I nodded my head as I walked to the middle of room as I began to focus.
“I summon the winds!” I yelled as I held my hand out, palm facing the two thrones. All of a sudden, strong gusts of wind started to blow fiercely from behind me as everything in front of me was blown back from the force of the wind.
“Impressive,” I heard Luna comment at I looked back at her.
“That isn't all I can do with that move, if I put all of my focus into it I would have summoned the leaves of Eren,” The sisters raised their eyebrows as I put it into more detail. “The leaves of Eren are not your ordinary leaves as they would be able to pierce the thickest of armour, a good way to stop a group of enemies if they decide to attack me,” I finished as Luna nodded, storing the information into her head while Celestia gave me a look of intrigue.
“Now this is the summon elemental spell,” I said as I focused on creating an elemental.
As I focused my magic into my staff, the entire room flashed with a bright light. I opened my eyes to find a fire creature that stood on two legs and was about the size of Celestia, I turned to the sisters, showing them my elemental.
“This is my fire elemental, he is used to help me in battle but he can only be summoned for a short time otherwise it would start to drain my magic quickly,” I acknowledged to the sister who again, nodded their heads as I walked next to them.
I held out my hand and (surprisingly) a small rose bloomed from the palm of my hand. Keeping my shocked composure together I explained this to the sisters.
“As you already know, I can control nature and as you can see here I am able to bloom plants from the palm of my hand and I can evaporate trees just by touching them –if I allow it of course-. Finally I can control the way plants grow and command them in a way to help me. For example I am able to make them grow into a wall like so,” I raised my open hand upwards as a large column of branches shot up from the ground, separating the sisters and I. I put my hand on the branches as they disappeared.
As I looked down I saw that they made a large rectangular shape in the ground. I smiled sheepishly at Celestia and Luna, realising that I just ruined the floor of the throne room.
“Uhhh…oops?” I said as Celestia put a hoof around my neck.
“It’s fine Kyle, I will just ask the guards to pave the floor over again,” she said with a smile as Luna walked up to me, astonishment clearly written on her face.
“That was an impressive feat Kyle, your ability to control nature astonishes me,” she replied with a smile.
“Thanks Luna but my magic is also based on creativity,” I said as Celestia and Luna’s ears perked up at my comment.
“Creativity?” they both asked as I nodded in confirmation.
“Yes…what I mean is that my magic can be used to create objects if I imagine it hard enough,” I replied as I turned away from the sisters, smashing the top of my staff on the ground as I thought of Celestia’s looks and stature.
A bright flash of light illuminated the room as I looked up to find…Celestia just a few feet away from me, but she was different than the real Celestia as she didn’t have any royal attire on.
When I turned around I saw the magnificent sight of two regal princesses with their jaws wide open as I gave an innocent smile. Regaining her composure, Celestia walked towards the copy (which was looking around the room) and stopped a few feet away from it as its attention was focused on Celestia.
“Um…hello…me…” she asked, not too sure of herself as the scene was what others would call awkward.
The fake Celestia looked at her counterpart, her face turning into a smile as she lifted her hoof into the air. Confused by this Celestia lifted her hoof up as well, both hoofs touching as the fake started to fade away, her smile still on her face as she disappeared completely. They both turned back to me, clearly astonished at my power to create a perfect copy of Celestia.
“H-h-how did you do that?” Celestia stuttered her eyes wide with amazement and curiosity, Luna’s reaction was different.
“Kyle! How did you do that! That copy of my sister was amazing, perfect even!” I smiled at her enthusiasm, then I remembered the power potion. I reached into my pocket and grabbed the coke as I chugged it down in about five seconds. Suddenly I felt like I could take on the world as my magic was restored back to me, Luna gave me a weird look at the power crazy smile I may have made.
“Kyle? Are you ok,” she asked with concern as Celestia walked back over to us with the same face.
“Yea, I’m fine Luna. I just needed to take a power potion,” her look turned into a confused one.
“What’s a power potion?” she asked a bit dumbly, causing me to smile slightly.
“Well Luna, a power potion is used to quickly restore your magic as I always carry around 2 of each potion at all times. The other potion is a cure potion, it is able to cure any poison or any bleeding that you might have,” I told them as Celestia looked at me thoughtfully.
“Your kind astonishes me Kyle, potions that can fully restore your magic within seconds,” she mused to herself.
*CREAK*
The large double doors opened to reveal one of the guards who was running frantically towards us, stopping about a few feet in front of us.
“Your highness's, there is a creature that is causing trouble in the castle's foyer,” Luna and Celestias’ eyes widened in shock as I started to run out of the throne room and heading down to the foyer, the princesses in tow.
When we arrived at the stairs leading down to the foyer of the castle my eyes widened of who I saw.
“Sir I order you to lower your crossbow now or we will use force.”
“H-h-h-how about you suck my elven d-dick random pony for I am a level ten bard, y-y-you would be no m-ma…ma…ma-me-meh-me-meh-meh-meee…you would be no mehhhh…meh-mehh-“ Celestia and Luna had just caught up to me as they watched the sight unfold before them.
“-ma-ma-ma-meh…meh-me-me-meh-” Luna gave her sister an awkward glance as Celestia did the same as five minutes had gone by.
”-meh-ma-ma. Y-you would be no m-m-match for me!"
After Jimmy’s little talk the entire group of guards gave a sigh of relief as the sisters walked down the stairs with myself in between, to shocked to actually see my friend as I pushed through the guards.
“J-Jimmy!?”