Discovered
By Bruhlookit
When Celestia had invited Elli to the Summer Sun Festival as her plus one he immediately thought ‘Damn, this crazy ass horse must be joking’; however there were two incorrect statement in the proceeding thoughts that went through his mind.
One: That Celestia was not a horse, and she had scolded him many times for calling her just that.
Two: She was indeed serious when she told him she would be bringing him to the Summer Sun Festival which took place in a small town called Ponyville.
Elli often scoffed at the ridiculous names that Celestia had let her people give the cities in her country. “Baaltimare, Las Pegisus, Appleloosah, Mianehattan, Poniville.” Elli says to himself, each city name with its own degree of sarcasm. The last name he spoke in fact bothered him the most. “Poniville, Poniville, Poniville.” Elli says to himself, gaining the attention of Celestia who stood beside him. The pair stood awaiting a pony drawn carriage to the town in question, leaving time for them to spend in solitude.
Celestia’s gaze slowly shifts down to Elli, who wore an odd frown. He continued to mutter the name of the town over and over again, but his pronunciation of the town’s name was what bothered the Solar Princess the most. ‘Pon-ee-ville?’ Celestia thinks to herself as she looks at the confused human standing beside her.
“Elli, my dear human.” She says in an attempt to gain his attention. However the man’s attention remained glued to the empty space in front of him, his focus on pronouncing the name of the town gaining his full attention.
“Poniville, it just doesn’t sound right” Elli says, furrowing his brow once more.
Celestia raises a hoof and places it on Elli’s shoulder, slightly startling him. “I think you mean Pone-E-ville” Celestia says, a small smirk on her face. The human looks to Celestia with an eyebrow raised in confusion, before looking front and center once more. “Pone….e...ville?” He says to himself, before looking to Celestia for confirmation. Celestia nods, with a smile on her face. ‘There may be hope for him yet!’ she thinks sarcastically.
Before Elli and Celestia knew it, a carriage had dropped from the sky and landed in front of them, the large passenger carriage was pulled by five royal pegasus guards clad in golden armor that covered most of their bodies. One lead pegasus however lead the four guards ponies in the back rows; to Elli he looked to be the leading figure of authority.
The lead pegasus unhitched himself from the carriage's main pull and approaches Celestia.
“Good evening Princess Celestia, Corporal Iron Wing reporting for duty.” The lead pegasus says, giving Celestia a salute. Elli looks at the pony with a tilted head, before turning to Celestia.
“What rank is this guy?” The Human asks, looking to Iron Wing than to Celestia once more.
Celestia looks down to Corporal Iron Wing, and gives a small nod. “Hello Corporal, i'm glad to have such a skilled pony escorting me to Ponyville this afternoon.” Celestia says, a warm smile on her face.
Elli looks to Celestia with a crooked frown, than to Iron Wing. “Salute, Corporal Irun Wing.” Elli says, mispronouncing the pegasus’ name. He than stands up straight and gives Iron Wing a mock two finger Salute. Celestia looks to Elli with a smile, knowing full and well that Iron Wing will interpret Elli’s gestures and words as nothing more than gutteral moans and grunts. The Corporal looks to Elli with a confused expression, sizing up the Human.
“And who- er what is this with you?” The Corporal asks, now looking to Celestia. In Response, Celestia pats Elli on the back with a hoof.
“Ah, this is a dear pet of mine Corporal. Nothing to worry about as far as your concern goes.” Celestia says. Elli stops and slowly turns to Celestia, the expression of ‘are you fucking kidding me, this shit again?’ on his face. Corporal Iron Wing’s gaze shifts to Elli as a few curious thoughts pass through his mind, than his attention snaps back to Celestia.
“Understood Princess.” Iron Wing says before returning to his position in front of the carriage.
Moving on, Elli and Celestia enter the Pegasus drawn carriage. They take their seats across from one another, eventually meeting eye to eye. Elli is the first to speak, leaning back in his seat and exhaling.
“So, the Corporal has to escort us huh?” He asks with a raised eyebrow, his eyes now resting on the Solar Princess before him.
Celestia clears her throat before speaking, her voice much more relaxed than when she’d spoken to the Corporal. “Yes, Corporal Iron Wing is a very respected officer of my ranks. I can trust he will do well in escorting us to the village below.” She says with a warm smile.
Elli crosses his arms, his brow furrowed. “Why do we need an escort? I can literally see the village below from here.” He says as the cart shakes, and begins its steady motion forward. What Elli didn’t expect was the sudden rise in altitude; which gave the effect of his stomach rising into his throat, almost making him vomit.
A worried expression crosses Celestia, before she realizes what exactly is happening to the Human sitting across from her. Motion sickness is common in earth ponies that had never taken flight in a Pegasus drawn carriage before; however Celestia had never taken into account whether or not her Human compatriot had ever flown before.
“Elli” Celestia begins, concern filling her every word. “Are you well? I hadn’t thought to ask if you’d be comfortable flying in a Pegasi carriage.”
Elli’s head hangs, his hands resting on his knees. One of his hands raises, holding a single finger up near what he called a ‘thumb’. “Give me a sec, Celestia” He says slightly dry-heaving.
Elli can feel his bowels moving along with the cart as it rocked back and forth, suspended in the air.
This forced Elli to do something he hadn't done in a very long time.
Elli looked up with a frown on his face, he could feel everything he’d eaten in the past two days rising through his throat. Every chunk and piece of food arose from his stomach with an awful taste. “Celestia, I'm so sor-” Before Elli could finish his apology, he whipped his head to the direction of the carriage’s open end. A torrent of vomit spews from Elli’s mouth to fly directly out of the open back of the carriage and over the open land of Equestria.
Celestia watched all of this happen before her eyes all in the time of ten glorious, revolting seconds. This scene usually would make any other pony reel backwards in disgust or even be offended by the sight, but Celestia on the other hand burst into a fit of laughter.
The carriage ride was a lengthy one at that, and the taste of vomit couldn't have stuck more in Elli’s mouth throughout the entire journey.