//------------------------------// // Lance's Explanation // Story: Eternal Love, Life, and Death // by Fiction Quill //------------------------------// It was once again a beautiful morning. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping and galloping could be heard outside as life went on its usual course. Wait galloping? This is 20th century. Where are all the - Oh that's right. Lance was transported to Equestria by the crazed psychopath Roman Reaper. Lance woke up from hearing all of the galloping remembering that he wasn't in his dimension anymore. Lance sighed, filled with mixed emotions. On one hand he was a bit happy and excited that he is able to meet Twilight Sparkle and the ponies of Equestria, but on the other hand he was also upset to be away from his real home. Not to mention he still hasn't gotten over Roy's death, plus he still has to catch Roman. Sadly that would have to wait until he has finished recovering. Lance just barely survived an explosion that caused Roman and him to be transported to Equestria. There still no way to tell if Roman is still alive or not, but he has a feeling that he still is. Lance sat up and stretched his arms. He didn't get a lot of sleep last night. He had too much on his mind with everything that has happened thus far. Lance decided to try to stand up, only to fall once again, but this time his shifted his weight so he would fall backwards on the bed. Obviously his leg wasn't doing any better but then it again it takes more than one night's rest to heal an injury like this. "Great! So I’m temporarily disabled until I am completely healed. I can't stand just sitting around! I need to exercise!" Just as Lance finished his ranting the door to the room open up with Spike walking through the doorway. "Sorry buddy but you need to rest. Your leg isn't going get any better if you keep trying to walk on it. Plus you still have some broken ribs." Lance sighed as he nodded. "I know, but I have never been the type to just sit around and do nothing, even if it’s just walking around. I can't stand sitting still. Is there any way you can have some crutches made for me so I can walk around without being on my injured leg?" Spike put a claw to his chin and started thinking. "I am sure we can have something arranged. Just be patient. I am sure Twilight can set you up with some crutches. You still don't need to push it though. Like I said you still have some broken ribs and those will take longer to heal than your leg. Probably longer than normal if you keep trying to push yourself." Lance nodded and smiled. There was something about Spike that reminded him of Roy. It felt comforting. Despite him being a baby dragon, Spike was almost exactly like Roy. "Alright Spike I’ll try not to push it." Spike nodded and beamed victoriously. "Good so what would you like for breakfast? Wait what does your species usually eat?" Lance began to elaborate. "Well I’m going to be honest, my species usually eats meat, but not all the time and we don't necessarily have to live off of it. Don't worry I won’t try to eat anybody here. I have more respect and self control than that, plus I don't like killing anything." Spike nodded and seemed un-phased by Lance's response. "Alright. Though we don't serve meat and from what you said it seems like your species can't digest grass of any kind. So how about some waffles?" Lance's stomached rumbled from Spike's words. Both Lance and Spike laughed. "I think we should take that as a yes." Lance chuckled as Spike nodded and went to prepare breakfast. Just as Spike left the room, Twilight entered. "How are you doing this morning Lance, any progress on recovery?" Lance sighed and shook his head. "Not much Twilight. I made an attempt to walk again this morning and it hurt just as much as it did last night." Twilight looked sadden by this. "Oh alright. Well if you aren't feeling up to answering our questions then I understand-" Lance put a finger to Twilight's muzzle to silence her. "Now hold on I never said I wasn't feeling up to answering your question. I can answer them. I just couldn't last night. I was an emotional wreck, but I am more composed and will be able to answer them. You can either bring the others in here or you can provide me with some crutches so I can walk around without walking on my bad leg. Preferably the latter." Lance chuckled as Twilight giggled. "Alright. I will need to take measurements to find out how tall you are then I can have them made right away. I will have Rarity take the measurements for me since I’m sure she will want to make you new outfits." Twilight giggled as she called Rarity in. "Yes darling. You called?" Twilight explained the situation to Rarity. Apparently they were already having a meeting in the throne room while Lance was still sleeping. "Should I lay down for you to take my measurements since I can’t stand up?" Rarity nodded. "Yes darling. It would make things ever so easier if you did. Since you are unable to stand, then lying down would be the next best option." Lance nodded as Rarity put on her glasses and started to take Lance's measurements. Lance was about 5'11. Rarity copied the measurements down into a notepad and gave them to Twilight. "Thank you Rarity." Twilight said as Rarity smiled. "You are very welcome darling. While Twilight is having your crutches made I will make you some new garments to replace your torn up ones, besides those clothes you are wearing aren't very fashionable." Lance chuckled as he shook his head. "Alright Rarity but I need you to clean and repair these as well." Rarity looked at Lance confused. "Whatever for?" Lance lifts up his shirt that is laying on the floor and pulls out his badge and shows it to them. "Because this isn't just some outfit. It is my uniform. You see I’m an enforcer of the law in my dimension. Kind of like your royal guard here. It’s my job to keep the peace and protect the innocent. Much like a guards armor is a representation of them, this uniform is a representation of a police officer in my dimension. That way others will know who we are and can come to us if they ever need assistance. Of Course a royal guard’s main duty is to protect the princess, but police officers don't just protect our leader we protect ALL of the innocent people." Rarity and Twilight looked at Lance in awe and admiration. "My word darling. I had no idea! I apologize for insulting your uniform. I clearly did not see its own sense of fabulousness. I will thoroughly clean and fix your uniform right away Sir Lance!" Lance blushes and rubs the back of his head with his hand. "I mentioned this before and I will say it again. Please do not call me Sir or Mr. It really makes me feel uncomfortable. Just Lance." Rarity smiled and nodded. "Oh my apologies Lance. I will get these garments done straight away! Although... I don't exactly know how the design looks. Do you think you can draw a picture for me so I may know?" Lance smiled and nodded. "Sure thing Rarity." Rarity smiled as she dashed out of the room with his measurements. Twilight simply giggled. "Ah Rarity. What would we do without her? I am surprised to say though that you are almost like a guard. Though you do look like you could pass for one. I am guessing the situation you were in that sent you here was while you were protecting the innocent?" Lance rubbed the side of his arm. "Well sort of. I was on duty but I was actually trying to capture a criminal. I will tell you the story once the others are here, you might want to get Princess Celestia and Princess Luna too." Twilight looked at Lance with shock and amazement. "How do you know about the Princesses?!" Twilight was up in his face, her eyes filled with curiosity. He gently pushed her back a few inches from himself. "I will reveal everything when everypony has been gathered, also when you have kept your promise to get me some crutches." Twilight's ears folded back and she blushed. She obviously forgot about the crutches for a moment. Twilight nodded and got on her hooves and trotted to the Ponyville hospital. After a few hours Twilight arrives with Lances new crutches. Twilight levitates them over to Lance for him to try them out. Lance liked the results, in fact they were better than the ones made in his dimension. "Come on lance. Everypony is waiting for us in the throne room." Lance nodded as he walked with Twilight to the throne room. When they entered the throne room Lance saw Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Spike all sitting in their respective thrones, along with three more chairs. One was empty for him obviously. The other two chairs were being used by none other than the rulers of Equestria themselves Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Lance immediately did his best to bow his head in respect to the princesses. The Princesses gawked at the strange new creature in their land, but immediately shrugged it off and smiled as they gestured him and Twilight to come and sit. "Please come and sit you two." Celestia said as she smiled warmly. Lance had always wondered what it would feel like to be face to face with Celestia. It feels comforting. It’s almost as if he was sitting in front of his own mother. Lance and Twilight sat down next to each other as everypony focused their attention on Lance. "Twilight Sparkle has informed us that thou knows a lot of things about this land. Please tell us how it is you got here and how it is you know so much about this land and its inhabitants." Luna requested as she looked sternly at Lance as he nodded. Luna also had a somewhat motherly feel to her but more like a stern and strict mother; to be honest it felt more like your aunt was in front of you. Lance began to explain what he was, how he came to Equestria and how he had his knowledge of it. During his explanation all of the others just sat there with their jaws agape too shocked to utter a single word. Even after lance was finished with his explanation everypony continued to sit there looking dumbstruck. Lance didn't explain the full details of his confrontation with Roman nor had he mentioned Roman at all. Lance wanted to save that for last when all of the most shocking information was out of the way. “Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up! So you mean to tell us that in your dimension we are nothing but a fictional show meant to entertain people?!” Rainbow Dash bellowed in anger and frustration. Lance nodded. "I am afraid so Dash. How else would I be able to have all of the knowledge of your world?" Twilight and Pinkie Pie nodded "Makes sense to me." Twilight and Pinkie said in unison. Celestia nodded. "I agree. We don't know how his dimension works. We don't have any humans in Equestria and yet there is one now due to these unfortunate events. Maybe there is a way we can open a gateway where our worlds could meet." Lance shook his head in a frightened panic. "Trust me princess that would be a terrible idea. I may not be bad, but many in my dimension are. They would not hesitate to capture you and dissect you and find a way harness your magic for their own purposes." The others gasped with eyes filled with horror. "My goodness darling your world sounds dreadful and horrible!" Rarity said. Lance sighed and hung his head low. "Yeah, I know. My world is a cruel and horrible place and it will only continue to get worse." They all looked at Lance with sympathy. "We are sorry that you live in such a horrible place. I wish there was something we could do." Fluttershy said. Twilight began to tap her hoof on her chin as she was thinking. Until an idea struck her. "I know! You can live here with us in Equestria! From what you said about your dimension when you lived there you watch that show every day! You obviously love it and I’m sure you will enjoy living here! As long as the Princesses don't mind of course." Twilight turned to look at the Princesses as they looked at each other, smiled and nodded. "Yes. I am sure you would love it here Lance. We have no problem with it." Lance smiled, but then frowned as he shook his head. "The offer is very tempting and I appreciate it, but I have to refuse." The others frowned. "Why not sugercube?" Applejack questioned. Lance sighed. "Because I don't belong here. I wasn't born in this dimension. I belong back in my dimension with my friends and family. Not to mention me being here has endangered you all." Celestia looked puzzled. "How have you being here endangered us?" Lance sighed again. "I left out some details of how I arrived because I wanted it to be the last thing I mentioned. It’s the most important. Honestly at first I was going to keep it to myself but I need to let you know what’s going on in case of a major crisis. You see, I wasn't the only one transported here. Another person came with me and he is very dangerous. His name is Roman Reaper. He is a homicidal maniac that wants revenge on some people in my dimension. I do not know if he is still alive or not but if he is then he will cause a lot of bloodshed in this world." All of them gasped in horror and they had a look of fear in their eyes. "H-How awful. You mean he is going to kill other ponies?" Fluttershy said as she shrank in her seat with fear. "I am afraid so Fluttershy. That's why I need to find him and stop him before it’s too late." Celestia nodded. "I understand. But why does this keep you from living here. I said that maybe there is a way to open a gateway, whether it would be for our worlds to meet or to just simply send you back, but there is no guarantee. You may be stuck here forever. What will you do then?" Lance sighed. "Then I would simply adjust to life here. I would have no other option." Lance said. "We suggest thou adjusts to life in Equestria anyway. Even if we can send you back thou might be here for a long time. It would be in thy best interest to adjust to life here so it won't be as hard on you, then once we are able to send you back we will, unless thou changes their mind and decides to stay here." Luna said. Lance pondered for a moment and then nodded. "You’re right Luna. It would benefit me more to adjust in case I am stuck and if I’m not, I will just have to readjust to my older life style when I return home. That is if I am able to." Lance said as Celestia and Luna nodded. "Besides, I’m sure Twilight and her friends can use some protection in case Roman decides to show up here. Twilight, why don't you make him the first member of your royal guard? That way he can protect you and the citizens of Ponyville." Celestia suggested as Twilight sqeed in delight. "That's perfect! Lance has already had training being a police man in his dimension and he obviously loves to protect others so I am sure he would be more than happy to! Right?" Twilight exclaimed as she looked at Lance who had a big smile on his face. "I would be honored to be the first of Twilight's royal guard. I need to heal my wounds first before I can do anything though. Right now I’m about as useful as a swimsuit in a snowstorm." Everyone shared a good laugh as the meeting was coming to a close.