//------------------------------// // Entry 5 - Meeting More Royalty & the Mane 6 // Story: My Adventures in Equestria // by Lotus Moon //------------------------------// Dear Azure, I've been feeling depressed since yesterday. That incident in town just ruined my mood a little. So I'm going to spend the day in bed and just sulk. Interestingly, I hear gossip that despite her normal grace and composure, Princess Celestia had a bit of a cake addiction. Maybe I’ll get lucky she'll let me drown my sorrows in a large vanilla and chocolate cake at least at least that was the plan. As much as I would like to stay in bed, it seems Princesses Celestia and Luna have summoned me to the Throne Room. I shouldn't be rude and refuse to see them, even if I am feeling awful. They are being gracious hostesses and letting me stay in their home, the least I can do is come when I'm summoned. Though, better grab my camera. Through the camera The guards escorted to the throne room. When I entered, I bowed respectively. "Good morning Princess Celestia. Good morning Princess Luna" I mumble. "Princesses, who or what is that?" An unfamiliar voice asked. I looked up and saw that not only the Princesses were in the throne room, but six other ponies, along with a lizard of some sort. Scanning them over, I saw two Earth ponies (an orange one and a bright pink one), two Pegasi (a cyan one and yellow one), and two Unicorns (a purple one and white one). However, looking closer at the purple Unicorn, I started noticing the outlines of wings on her back. She was an Alicorn! "This, Princess Twilight, is the girl we was telling you all about earlier. She is a human very far away from home." Princess Celestia addressed the purple Princess. "A human? What's that?" The cyan Pegasus asked, flying over to me and inspecting me head to toe. "She looks nervous, and what's that thing in her hand?" "Maybe she’s nervous cause yur invadin' her personal space, Rainbow. Give the girl some air. The Princesses did say she's been through quite a lot." The orange Earth pony said. Her voice had a country direct to it. "I think she looks great! I bet she likes to party and pull pranks, and have lots of fun! Oh and we can throw her a well overdue party in the castle! A Welcome-To-Equestria-...um..what's her name again?" The pink Earth pony said. Her voice reminded me of a very hyper child who just consumed a metric ton of sugar. "Well why don't we ask her? She looks sweet...unless she's really dangerous!" The yellow Pegasus whimpered and hid behind her flowing pink mane. "Don't be silly. Aside from...whatever she's wearing...she seems like a reasonable creature" The white Unicorn said. She was wearing what looked like a feathery sun hat. "Girls, why don't we introduce ourselves to her first and stop practically insulting her to her face." The purple Princess called Twilight approached me. "Hello there, my name is Twilight Sparkle; the Princess of Friendship." She extended her hoof to me and I casually shook it. "And these are my friends." "Howdy, names Applejack." The orange-country pony said. "I'm Pinkie Pie and we're gonna be bestest friends" The pink hyper pony said, bouncing closer to me wearing a huge smile. "Hello, my name is Rarity, charmed I'm sure." The white Unicorn said, gently flipping her purple mane. "I-I'm..Fl-Fluttershy" The yellow Pegasus said, barely above a whisper. "And I'm Rainbow Dash, best flier to ever come out of Cloudsdale." The cyan Pegasus said, from her attitude, it seemed like she never really stopped flying and was a little proud of her abilities. "My name is Lotus. Lotus Moon." "Lotus, these ponies are not just ordinary ponies. They are also the Elements of Harmony who have protected Equestria from many dangers" Princess Luna informed me. "They're the six ponies who've protected Equestria?!" I stood surprised. I wasn't expecting to meet them so soon. I mean, it's barely been about two or three weeks since I landed in this world. "Yeah, we are. Got a problem?" Rainbow Dash asked, folding her forehooves. "What? Oh no problem at all. I'm just surprised to be meeting you. I haven't heard much about you...but now I'm was really interested in hearing about your adventures." "Oh, well we are pretty awesome. Especially me." Rainbow said, having an air of slight arrogance and pure confidence. "Well since you'd like to learn more about us, why don't we go into town and have some tea while we talk?" Rarity suggested. I shook my head quickly. "No...tea here would be fine." "She's right Rare. After what happened ta her yesterday, I don't think, she's in any kinda rush to go back into town yet." Applejack said. "We can go to the garden then." Fluttershy said. "Great idea Fluttershy. It's private and we can all get to know each other a little better." Twilight smiled "Come on, let's go." Rainbow Dash said, gently pushing me along as the rest trotted out to the castle garden. (hehe sorry about that, ran out of battery life. I'm back now ) Through the camera - post battery change Out in the garden, it was like a personal petting zoo, with dozens of exotic birds as well as many other animals. I had no idea one garden would hold so many animals. There were dozens of exotic birds and other animals. It was here that I got to earn more about these six heroic ponies, from their adventures to their personalities. Fluttershy could understand animals on a different level than the others, but her shyness was her most endearing quality. Rainbow Dash was a weather pony who was really good with clouds, she even bringing down a few clouds to act as a little lounging spot for herself. Rarity was a genius with fashion and the moment I told her some of the dresses I saw in town, she didn't hesitate to gush about how proud she was of them. Pinkie Pie was known as Ponyville's resident party planner pony and it really wasn't hard to see why. Applejack helped run her family farm and her cooking was on a way other level than mine (I may've had about almost a dozen of the apple fritters she brought with her, they're that good). And finally, Princess Twilight Sparkle used to be Princess Celestia's student and had a great amount of magic even before becoming an Alicorn. It was so interesting hearing about their adventures, from finding the Elements of Harmony and defeating Nightmare Moon to their latest endeavors. "...and that's when we defeated Tirek and restored every ponies Cutie Marks." Rainbow Dash finished up. "And balance to our world. It was hard and we've all been through a lot, but we got through it together." Twilight said. "Wow, so much rested on your shoulders. Though I can certainly see how all of you reflect your respective Elements of Harmony. It must've been really scary most of the time...especially for you Twilight. Holding the magic of three Alicorn Princesses as well as your own. How did you not explode?" "Tt wasn’t easy, there were times when I felt like I would explode and had maintain my concentration almost constantly. Don’t even get me started one when I tried moving the moon or the sun, it was less than pleasant experience. However, it was a dire situation and I was willing to do anything I could." Twilight smiled at me. "Now enough about us. Let's hear about you." "Oh? A-About me? Well it's nothing special. Aside from being human, I'm just an average person like any of you. With a family and problems of my own to take care of." "Oh don't be so modest, darling, we've told you everything. So now it's your turn" Rarity said, levitating a cup of tea to her lips. I was about to speak when something red and scaly swept in front of my face, causing me to nearly jump out of my seat. "Well isn't this a pleasant time and yet, no one invited ME here was an outdoor tea party. Here I thought we were all friends here." I looked around them before I looked up to see a strange creature in the shade of a tree above me. "And this interesting interesting creature you girls are talking to?" The creature came close to me, coming into the light. When I saw it, I screamed and passed out.