When the next day came he was greeted with an early breakfast of pancakes and waffles and also actual real cake for Celestia for some kind of odd and bizarre strange and unusual and mysterious reason that he did not know of.
“How come she gets a piece of cake?” he said pointing his hoof at Celestia.
“Because it’s my birthday once more again,” she said, “And I gave her a piece of it since she has this strange obsession over it that we think is very odd and unusual, but we have decided that it’s better not to question it at all, ever.”
“That’s a very good and wise philosophy,” he said, “But can I have some?”
Galaxia looked at him, smiled, then laughed, and so did the children, and then he eventually decided to join along to make it less awkward.
“Yes, you can,” she said trying to contain her smile and laugh, “I don’t mind.”
“Thank you,” he said digging into the very delicious piece before him.
“You know that today is the day that you can explore the kingdom, right?” Cosmos asked him as if he could ever possibly forget it.
“Yes, I know that, how could I ever possibly forget it?”
“Well if you had short term memory loss….”
“No, we are not going into that deep territory by more movie references.”
“Alright then,” Cosmos said with a confused smile, “Very good then.”
“Say, before I begin or start the journey across the kingdom I just have one more last quick question, well two actually.”
“Yes, what are they?” Cosmos said.
“Firstly, do you have any kind of family pets? And secondly, what happened to Winter Frost and where is she now exactly?”
Once more again the mood and atmosphere seemed to drop and he could have once more again swore that he felt a cold chill in the air around him.
“I will answer your second question first, Winter Frost, well she went far away from us to go rule in her very own kingdom, and the last we heard of her she is doing quite well with the ice ponies that she rules and leads over, and we still miss her very much. And as for your first question, yes, we do have a family pet, her name is Philomena, and she is quite a sight to see indeed.”
And with that said a female phoenix flew into the room, “And here she is now finally joining us for breakfast, I didn’t want to show her to you yesterday since I had no idea how you would or could react and whether or not it would be good or bad or whether or not if you would possibly ever attack her out of fear.”
“That is quite a lovely and noble phoenix,” he said, “And before you ask how I know what she is, I have one of my own, come on Felicia, have no fear now.
These are friends here, you can come out of your hiding spot now.”
And with that said Felicia emerged from his cloak or ‘backpack’ and flew over to Philomena and then the two of them started to chat together.
“Amazing,” Cosmos said, “Finding just one phoenix is very rare, making one your friend, pet, or companion is much harder to do, how did you ever manage to do it and where did you find her exactly if I may ask you?”
“I found her towards the far west all alone with no family at all and abandoned, and I trained her through both magic and a natural bond, she both knew and sensed that I was immortal and that there was something very different and unusual and odd and strange about me, and I also have a spell that allows me to communicate with all animals, and one for her specifically too, do you wish for me to go on and elaborate all the details or shall we instead start the journey of the kingdom instead?” he said.
“Forgive me,” Cosmos said, “I was just shocked and surprised by your bird.”
“So was I,” he said, “But come, let us not delay, I am sure that you family can and will take very good care of my pet companion while I am gone?”
“We would treat her like she was one of our own,” Cosmos said, “King’s honor.”
“Well then now that’s settled I would like to begin the journey now,” he said.
“Of course,” Cosmos said, “But who would you like to go with?”
“Well if it didn’t bother you or your queen I would ask for Galaxia and you, but if it did I would suggest and highly recommend for the best loyal advisor that you have with you right now, but you know I don’t mind waiting another day or even a few more for me to see the kingdom with whom I want, so you know… whatever works out best for you and your very busy schedule, that’s fine.”
“Nonsense,” Cosmos said, “We shall have it your way and none other, but your wish shall be granted as if it were my own command, which technically and officially is, but it shall be done today since the whole entire kingdom will be celebrating my wife’s birthday, you can come with me and my family as we do our customary tour of the whole entire kingdom which by foot would take days, but since we have wings,” he said stretching his out, “It will only take a few hours, but as for you, I really hope that you have some kind of spell.”
“Are you kidding me?” he said floating on his chair and levitating every single object in the room, “Suspended levitation and adding wings to any pony is a breeze, besides, I am the father of the amniomorphic spell.”
Once more again they all had blank vacant expressions on their faces.
“OH COME ON!” he said, “NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF ME BEFORE?”
“I’m afraid that we can’t exactly say that we have,” the parents said.
“Of course you haven’t, why would you?” he said with a deep heavy sigh, “But when do we leave to explore the Kingdom exactly?”
“Right now,” Cosmos said, “Our subjects are waiting for us anxiously.”
And with that said they all left to explore the kingdom together.
He took him all across the lands as the crowds cheered and shouted at their queen, “This is very nice,” he said standing on a cloud that he had made so he would have an easier and faster mode of transportation, “How old is this kingdom anyways? I know you said your family ruled over it for many generations… but that is a very vague and general answer…”
“No pony knows for sure how old it really is, but it is really old.”
“Alright then, have it your way then,” and with that said the rest of the day went quite well as he explored the majestic and regal large vast wide kingdom.
After they and explored the kingdom together and went back to the castle he decided to do something important, “Happy Birthday Dear Queen,” he said to her. “Thank you very much,” she said with a slight almost blush.
“You’re welcome,” he said, and with that they laughed and went to bed.