I...I still can’t believe it. Another human in Equestria...First Mason, then Carrie, and now, her. I’m starting to think I should’ve taken a look at that white room back at the white ship.
“Umm...Hello?” Huh? Oh right, the girl. She was staring at me and my friends with scared and shocking eyes.
“O-oh right, sorry, my name is Ren Loodan, and please don’t make fun of my name, it’s actually Estonian for hope.” I introduced myself before turning to the others. “And these are my friends, Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Kodi, Mason and Carrie Hunter.”
“Hi!” Pinkie appeared in front of the girl, who became surprised by how she appeared out of thin air and Pinkie talking. “I’m Pinkie Pie, and you must be another human like Rennie, Mason, and Carrie, right? Right? Right?!” Pinkie kept getting closed to her face, making her feel uncomfortable.
“Umm...yes?” The girl replied, still shocked by all this.
“Awesome! That means you’re new here to Ponyville! No wait! Better yet, Equestria! We gotta show you around and also have a ‘Welcome to Ponyville/Equestria” Party! Speaking of which, I haven’t done one for Mason and Carrie since Mr. Author forgot all about it!” Pinkie then turned to...wait, what is she looking at? And who is she talking about?
“Pinkie!” Twilight grabbed her with her aura, and settle her down on the ground. “You’re scaring her and I think she needs room to know what’s going on!” Twilight said sternly.
“Okie Dokie Lokie!” Pinkie replied happily, causing us all to sighed before turning back to the girl.
“W-wait, did that pony just said something?” She asked.
“Yeah, you get used to it. I mean, I’ve been here for like...four months, I guess. I don’t know, I forgot.” I shrugged with a smile.
“And we’ve been here for a month and a half.” Mason added with Carrie nodding in agreement.
“Wait...so from what happened earlier wasn’t a dream after all.” She said before chuckling nervously. “So I’m guess everything here is real, right?”
“Yeah, by the way, what’s your name? I don’t think you told us your name yet?” I asked.
“Oh right, my name is Kaede Ross.” She introduced herself. Kaede Ross? That’s a nice name. “And sorry if I was frightened by you guys, I was just surprised to see these colorful horses.”
“Actually, we’re ponies darling.” Rarity corrected her.
“O-oh, okay.” Kaede said, nodding a little.
“You know, for a human, she’s more surprise than when Mason and Carrie came here.” Kodi replied, surprising Kaede more.
“W-what? Did that dog just talk!?” Kaede asked in shock. I rubbed my head bashfully with a sweat-drop and replied “Yeah, his name is Kodiak and he’s my pet dog here in Equestria.”
“Equestria?”
“That’s the name of this world we’re in.” Mason replied, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
“Yeah, and it’s an amazing place!” Carrie replied with a smile.
“I see... “ Kaede said before smiling softly. “Wow, it feels like a dream, but it feels so real.” Kaede added.
“Hey, it’s okay, you’ll get used to it.” I said with a smile.
“So anyway, could you tell us what happened?” Twilight asked, much to Kaede’s confusion.
“Huh? What do you mean?” Kaede asked.
“She means why did you faint?” Mason specified, which Kaede finally understood.
“Oh...well, it just that I woke up in some chamber and tried to find my way out of some white room, until I found a door and got into what looks like an apartment. But the moment I exited out of the room, I saw this giant spaceship, and it turns out I was inside of it this whole time. Not only that, the moment I saw this town, I ran towards it to find some help until I saw all these ponies.” Kaede looked at Twilight and the others as she continued her story. “I was so surprised to see them all talking and when they all saw me and one of them trying to talk to me, I sorta...fainted.” Kaede chuckled nervously with a sweat-drop.
“Well at least we know that you came from that ship.” Applejack said, much to Kaede’s confusion.
“Huh? You know about that ship?” She asked.
“Yeah.” I nodded. “See, me, Mason, and Carrie woke up from that ship as well from these strange chambers, and found ourselves here in Equestria, and the strange part is that, we can’t remember how we ended up in there.” I explained, much to Kaede’s shock.
“What?! So you’re saying that we’re trapped here?” Kaede asked worriedly.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll help you all find a way back to your world.” Twilight assured.
“Yeah, you guys will be fine.” Spike added until his stomach began gurgling, before spitting out a letter with Princess Celestia’s seal on it.
“Whoa, how did that happen?” Carrie asked, picking up the letter.
“It’s a long story, but anyway, what’s the letter say?” I asked as Carrie handed the letter to Twilight, who opened it and started reading over it.
“Dear Twilight, tomorrow, I’ll be visiting Ponyville for a quick get-together for all the citizens of Ponyville, and I’ll be glad to see how you’re doing, along with your other friends. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
- Signed, Princess Celestia.
Twilight widened her eyes and gasped in shock. “Princess Celestia is coming here tomorrow! We gotta hurry! We need to set everything up and-”
“Twilight, calm down already!” Applejack said. Twilight began breathing in and out and soon calmed down.
“Sorry, but I’m just worried that Princess Celestia will be coming here to Ponyville tomorrow!” Twilight panicked.
“Who’s Princess Celestia?” Kaede asked.
“She’s the ruler of Equestria, along with her sister, Princess Luna. Trust me, she’s a very nice pony.” I explained with a smile until I was given a glare by Twilight.
“Ren! You need to realize that she’s one of the greatest magic users of all Equestria! One of the rulers of Equestria and has the power to move the sun!” Twilight exclaimed.
“Wait, she can move the sun?!” Mason asked in surprise. “B-but I thought….never mind.” Mason sighed. Guess they don’t know that, oops, I guess I should’ve told them that.
“Whoa...it sounds like she’s a god of this world!” Kaede exclaimed.
“A god?” Rainbow asked.
“A god is like a deity and people say that god could’ve create humankind and some people worships many god-like entities.” Kaede explained, which everyone understood.
“Wow, that’s quite amazing.” Fluttershy replied.
“Anyway, I think that’s enough.” Mason said, getting up from the wall before turning to Nurse Redheart. “Now Nurse Redheart, is she okay to stand up?”
“Well, she hasn’t sustained any injury and seems alright, so of course.” Nurse Redheart nodded.
“Good, now you can come with us if you want.” Mason replied, glancing at Kaede. “Come on, since you’re here, I guess you’re stuck here until we find a way back home.” Mason then took his leave, leaving us in surprise.
“Sorry for my big brother, he has trust issues with others.” Carrie said sadly.
“Oh no, it’s okay.” Kaede said, before getting out of the bed and put on her long socks that nearly reached to her knees, and put on her brown shoes on. “Although, I’m still confuse by all of this. I mean, talking ponies, magic, princesses, and other things. It’s like being a fairy tale.”
“Really?” Kodi asked, raising a brow.
“I guess so, but anyway, since you’re here, we can show you to Princess Celestia tomorrow at the get-together, I guess.” I said, rubbing my head.
“Okay.” Kaede nodded with a smile.
“By the way, be sure to arrive to the get together very early, got it?” Twilight reminded me with a raised brow.
“Don’t worry Twilight, we won’t.” I nodded with a smile.
“Yep, it would be nice to see Princess Celestia.” Kodi said, wagging his tail happily.
“I’m...still confuse with the talking dog.” Kaede said, sweat-dropping and smiling sheepishly.
“Yeah, you kinda get used to it.” I shrugged. “Now come on, let’s go home and tomorrow, I’ll introduce you all to Princess Celestia at the get-together. Trust me, she’s a very nice pony.” I said, exiting out of the hospital with my pet dog, and my two human friends.
“Whoa, so you stopped a civil war between buffaloes and ponies just earlier ago?” Kaede asked in wondered.
“Yep, and I think we have a few apple pies left, so you should have them for breakfast in the morning.” I replied, putting both my hands behind my head.
“Yeah, and besides, those buffaloes were kinda cute. I wished I could be a buffalo.” Carrie wondered.
“Well maybe there’s a spell for that.” I said, much to Carrie’s joy.
“R-really?”
“Well I think so, but I don’t think your brother would be appreciated that his own sister got transformed into a buffalo.” I replied, sweat-dropping, much to Carrie’s dismay.
“Yeah...I guess you’re right.” Carrie sighed.
“Well your brother is just looking after you because he cares about you.” Kaede assured.
“You know, you’re quite lucky that you have a brother, and I don’t have any since I was born.” Kodi said sadly. I smiled softly and scratched him by the ear, cheering him up a little.
“Yeah, but he sometimes overprotects me. I just wished that maybe he would appreciate me for once…” Carrie muttered sadly. Poor little girl, I kinda feel bad for her.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll realize that soon enough.” Kaede said as soon as we reached towards the home-ship. We entered inside and saw Mason leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
“You’re late.” Mason replied, glancing towards us.
“Sorry.” I responded, rubbing my head and chuckling nervously.
“Don’t you have anything nice to say at least?” Kaede asked, irritated by his attitude, which he ignored.
“Anyway, while you walking back home, another room opened.” Mason said, showing us the stairs that lead us to his and Carrie’s room.
“Another room?” I asked in confusion.
“You mean like...it just appeared?” Kodi added.
“Yeah…” Mason said, heading upstairs. We looked at each other before following after him. We headed upstairs to Mason and Carrie’s room, but once we were inside of our room, I noticed a door next to their bunk bed.
“Huh? Is that where the next room is supposed to be?” I asked, which he nodded as we headed inside. Once we went headed inside of the new room, we became amazed to see the bedroom is like.
It was a gray room area where there was a bed with white sheets, gray and yellow pillows, a pink blanket and a window next to the bed on the left with blinds. Next was a closet filled with different clothes to the right of the room. It even had shelves and a desk next to the bed. On the shelves was a clock, and some books. There was a black and white striped carpet and the floor was soft, not hard tile like in my room, or Mason and Carrie’s room, but it was soft.
“Whoa, who’s room is this?” Kodi asked, looking around the place.
“It seems it must be her’s.” Mason pointed towards Kaede, who was surprised to hear this.
“M-mine? You mean…”
“You’ll be staying here until we can find out why we’re in those chambers and how can we get back to our world.” Mason replied before taking his leave. Sometimes, I can never read that guy.
“Well…” Kaede turned to me, Carrie, and Kodi with a soft smile. “Thanks for inviting me over. Although, I’m still confuse on all of this, but I know we can find a way back home if we ask Princess Celestia, right?”
“I’m sure she will.” I nodded before glancing away and muttering “If she does know a spell to bring us back.”
“What?”
“O-oh nothing, well goodnight Kaede.” I said, rubbing my head bashfully and sweat-dropping as we left the room, wishing Kaede goodnight.
“Okay, I’ll see you in the morning...I guess.” Kaede replied before we exited out of her new bedroom apparently.
“Wow, another human in Equestria, this is quite surprising.” Kodi said, still surprised by seeing...her.
“Yeah, just how many humans are in this ship asleep like us?” I asked, crossing my arms in deep thought.
“Yeah, I wonder that too…” Carrie agreed.
“Oh well, I guess we should head to sleep. We can figure this out tomorrow.” I said, rubbing my head bashfully. “So anyway, goodnight Carrie and tell your brother I said goodnight as well.”
“Okay, goodnight Ren!” Carrie said, waving goodnight to me as we headed downstairs to our room. Once we arrived back to our room, I went to take a quick shower, brushed my teeth, put on my PJ’s before going to bed.
“Well goodnight, Kodi.” I said, letting out a sigh on the soft and comfy bed.
“Goodnight Ren…” Kodi let out a yawn before sleeping on my legs. Oh well, it’s time to go to sleep and I’m quite excited to see Princess Celestia again because she’s a good friend. Besides, it be good to catch up with her.
The Next Day
Kaede’s POV
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...Uh….Huh? Where am I? I slowly opened my eyes to see myself in a gray room. How did I-
Oh right...what happened last night. So it wasn’t a dream, it was all real. I’m still confused by all this magic stuff, but then again, it’s like one of my fairy tales my dad used to read to me before...No, I gotta stay positive! So I still gotta used this and try not to freak out...like I did yesterday. Heh heh...oops.
Oh well, it’s time to get up at least. I got up from the bed, wearing a white shirt with a kitten on it and yellow pajama shorts and made my way towards the closet. Well, I guess I should wear the clothes I wore yesterday. After I put on my pink shirt, covering it with my purple sweater and pink skirt and brown shoes, I walked into the closet to see what kind of clothes are in there. Once I opened them, I found a bunch of clothes, which seemed to be my size. It’s strange really, how did whoever put us in this ship known my size? Huh? I noticed a small white kitty-backpack on the ground. Wait, I know that backpack! It’s mine! Wonder how it got here?
I grabbed my backpack and put it on and walked straight to a mirror, looking over at myself. Huh, it still fits, neat, I guess. Oh well, I think its time to head over. Ren and that purple horse-I mean pony, told me about some get-together event and meet up with a princess. I wonder if what Ren said is true? Will we get back home with her help? I guess I should ask him later.
Anyway, I left my room, deciding to take my bag with me as I walked into the two siblings room. I think they’re names were Mason and Carrie, right?
“Ren….Ren…..REN!” Huh? What was that? I raced downstairs and entered the apartment-like room, where Carrie was waiting at the front door.
“Huh? Oh hi Kaede.” Carrie waved at me.
“Oh hello Carrie, what’s going on? I could’ve sworn I heard some shouting.” I responded with a confused look.
“Oh, that was my brother, he apparently got up early and went to get ready. He even woke me up from my sleep and as soon as I got dressed, Mason went over and tried to wake up Ren.” Oh, so that’s what that yelling was.
“OW!” Huh? What was that? “What the heck was that for?!”
“We’re late! We need to go now!” Late? Does he mean the get-together? But...how?! Did we all overslept?!
“Oh crap-baskets!” I overheard Ren shouted. Five minutes later, he and his pet dog came running out and soon noticed us. He wore a blue sweater around and carried a megaphone behind his back. Wonder why he needs that? “Kaede? Carrie? You’re awake as well?”
“Of course, we were waiting for you.” Carrie reminded him, much to his shock.
“Oh right! The get-together!” Ren exclaimed with widened eyes.
“That’s right…” We turned to see Mason walking in with a serious expression. “And now we need to go.”
“Oh right! But where do we go?!” Kodi asked. You know, still confuse with the talking dog, but it’s kinda cute seeing him talk with that cute child voice.
“Well lucky for you, Twilight came to us last night while you were asleep and told me that the get-together would be held at Sugarcube Corner.” Mason explained, much to my relief.
“Oh...I see.” Ren nodded happily before becoming confuse. “Hey wait, Twilight came over?”
“Yeah, after you three went to sleep, I was investigating that white room in trying to learn more about the pods, but not until Twilight knocked on our door and came to remind us that the get-together is taking place at Sugarcube Corner.” Mason explained.
“Oh.” Ren said.
“Sugarcube Corner? Where’s that?” I asked.
“Oh, it’s this place where ponies go and eat candy and other sweets.” Carrie explained before licking her lips when she mention the candy and sweets. “Mmm, candy and sweets….”
“Well then, let’s go!” I replied, which we nodded in agreement and began running towards Ponyville. We kept running until I noticed a familiar yellow pegasus running past us.
“Fluttershy?” Ren called to her. Fluttershy? Oh that’s right, she’s one of the ponies that I’ve met at the hospital yesterday.
“Ren? Mason? Kodi? Carrie? And Kaede? What are you five doing here?” Fluttershy responded, surprised to see us running as well. “I thought you all were already at the get-together at Sugarcube Corner?”
“I accidentally overslept and we’re trying to get there as fast as we could!” Ren explained.
“So why are you late, um...Fluttershy?” Kaede asked.
“I was helping out one of my animal patients until Angel reminded me of the get-together held at Sugarcube Corner.” Fluttershy explained, causing Ren to sweat-drop upon hearing that name. Wonder what’s up with Ren? He seems quite...upset.
“Angel?” I asked.
“She’s Fluttershy pet bunny rabbit.” Ren said, letting out a sigh. I looked at Fluttershy with a soft smile, hearing that Fluttershy that she has a cute bunny. Ooh, they’re so adorable. I wished I could have one in my arms right now.
“Ahh, you got a bunny?” I asked sweetly, smiling happily at Fluttershy, which she nodded.
“Yeah, I will tell you more about him once we get to Sugarcube Corner!” Fluttershy assured as soon as we arrived to the main street. Finally, we saw Sugarcube Corner off a distance, much to our relief.
“Phew. Made it.” Fluttershy sighed happily.
“Tell me about it.” Kodi said happily as we were about to walk inside the building until it was blocked by a pair of wings. I looked over to see two ponies with wings wearing golden armor blocking our way. Are these some sort of guards?
“Halt!”
“Who goes there?”
“We came for the get-together.” Mason replied with a serious expression. “Princess Celestia and her faithful student invited us.” The guards looked at each other and nodded before lowering their wings. Huh, that work.
“Thank you.” Fluttershy nodded as we head inside. Once inside, I turned to Ren with a curious look.
“So what does this Princess Celestia looks like?” I asked him.
“Oh, she’s a very nice pony, trust me. If you see a tall white pony with a horn and wings wearing a golden crown and has a rainbow mane and tail, then that’s her.” Ren replied, describing the details about her. Hmm, a tall white pony with wings and a horn and a golden crown on her head? That shouldn’t be too hard.
“You mean that pony over at the table?” Carrie pointed out. I looked over to see her and became amazed to see what she looked. Wow...she looked so beautiful as she was sitting down on a table, taking a bite of a cake. Ren grinned while Kodi started panting and wagging his tail and me, Mason, and Carrie stared at her in amazement and awe.
“Wow, she looks so amazing.” I commented.
“She’s look beautiful…” Carrie added.
“So that’s Princess Celestia. You weren’t kidding when you told me that she was that elegant, Ren.” Mason replied, causing me to chuckle a little.
“There you guys are!” We turned around to see the purple pony from before as she was walking towards us with a worried look on her face. Oh my, she seems too stress out. “What took you guys so long? She arrived fifteen minutes ago and she’s been wondering where you’ve been!”
“We had a little problem this morning…” Mason responded, giving Ren a glare, who just smiled sheepishly and shrugged.
“Sorry.” Ren replied as Twilight sighed.
“Well doesn’t matter, I’m just glad you all could make it.” Twilight said happily before turning to me. “Oh hey Kaede, glad you could show up as well.”
“Thanks Twilight, though I’m still confused with all this magic and stuff, but it’s very nice to be invited, even after I was invited here after I got out of the hospital.” I replied, smiling nervously and sweat-dropped.
“Yes, and sorry if I was late, Twilight.” Fluttershy said. “I had to finish taking care of a patient first.”
“Oh you mean that little devil behind that cotton fur?” Ren commented with a raised brow and a smirk. “No offense Flutters, but Angel is nothing like an ‘Angel’, for like the devil.” Really? Angel is that bad?
“Please don’t be angry Ren. Sure Angel may have his...perks, but he’s a very nice bunny.” Fluttershy assured with a soft smile.
“Oh! You and your tending loving care for little animals, Fluttershy.” Twilight replied, feeling worried again. “I just know Princess Celestia’s gonna love that about you! I mean-I hope she will, of course she will!”
“Wow, Twilight. I thought I was the one who got nervous at social gatherings.” Fluttershy commented.
“Yeah, you seem worry more than often.” Kodi said, tilting his head in confusion.
“I’m sorry.” Twilight apologized. “I just want the princess to approve my friends.”
“But she’s met us all before, even me and Kodi.” Ren reminded her.
“And read about you from my letters.” Twilight said. “But this is the first time she’s spean any real time with you, I want everypony to make a good impression. Besides, this will be the first time that she’ll meet both Carrie, Kaede, and Mason.”
“She does have a point.” Mason shrugged.
“Well I’m sure you have nothing to worry about.” Fluttershy replied happily. “It’s just a casual get-together, right?”
“Don’t touch me!” Huh? We turned to see that white pony with the horns, I think her name was Rarity as she was wearing a dress and tried to make it clean. Wait, so ponies here wear clothes? And they make them? Hmm, amazing…”Watch the dress. Careful! You might spill that on me.”
Rarity was then approached by a blue pony with a orange mane and tail, but the mane had a weird hairstyle that I kinda couldn’t call what it was. “Ooh, that looks delicious!” Rarity smelled the cupcakes until she widened her eyes and back away from it. “D-did it stain?! Keep it away from me!”
“I understand Rarity cares about her dresses very much, but that’s just ridiculous.” Ren commented with a sweat-drop.
“Or...perhaps not that casual.” Fluttershy amended.
“Whatever, let’s just go meet the princess.” Mason said as we walked over to the table. I felt nervous upon meeting this Princess Celestia. I’m just...slightly worried, but I must stay positive.
“Hey there Princess Celestia.” Ren waved at her casual, much to our surprise. Twilight growled as her horn suddenly glowed, and Ren was covered in some purple aura, causing him to bow down.
“Ren! Show some respect at least!” Twilight exclaimed. “We talked about this!”
“It’s quite alright Twilight.” The princess said softly, making Twilight smile sheepishly and let go of him with her magic. “It is nice to meet you once again, Ren.” She smiled happily to see him.
“Even me, Princess Celestia?” Kodi asked, wagging his tail happily. Princess Celestia smiled as she rubbed his chin, much to his joy. She then noticed us, which made her smile softly at us.
“And I take it these are the humans that awoken from the ship Ren came from?” She asked.
“Y-yes, well technically, before there were two more humans in Ren’s ship till after the Best Young Fliers Competition.” Twilight smiled sheepishly at her. Best Young Fliers Competition? What’s that? “And just yesterday, we found another one after our trip to Appleloosa.” Twilight pointed to me, as Princess Celestia turned us, and I was acting all nervous and shy.
“I see, it is an honor to finally meet you all.” She bowed to us with a soft smile. We did the same and smiled happily to finally meet her. I mean, I woke up here and I’m meeting a real live princess here with me? How amazing is that!
“It is nice to meet you, Princess Celestia.” Mason bowed to her. “My name is Mason Hunter, and this is my little sister, Carrie.” Mason looked down at his sister, who was hiding behind his brother’s back. Carrie shyfully came out and walked towards her.
“H-hello there Princess.” Carrie smiled at her.
“Hello there little one.” She replied with a smile. “Would you like to sit with me for a little brunch?”
“Would I?!” Carrie nodded as she happily sat on Princess Celestia’s lap, not that she mind. She then turned to me and and asked “And what is your name?”
“Oh, my name is Kaede Ross.” I introduced myself to her.
“Ahh, it is honor to meet you all.” She smiled softly at us. You know, Ren was right, she is quite nice. “You know, I could’ve sworn that Twilight told me that there was about three humans here.”
“Well funny story…” Twilight chuckled nervously. “See, after our trip to Appleloosa yesterday, a nurse from the Ponyville hospital told us that they found another human and we went over to check her out.” Twilight explained, glancing towards me.
“Oh, yes, I suddenly woken up and found myself here, and tried to find my surroundings, and when I came to this town, I fainted the moment a pony came towards me and spoke. Sorry…” I finished the story while chuckling nervously.
“Well, it’s good to meet another one of your kind.” Princess Celestia commented. “But then again, three more humans appearing in Equestria from that ship, this can’t be a coincidence…” It really can’t?
“You do raise a good point.” Mason nodded. “Just...how did we get inside of that ship and why?” I really wish so too. I mean, I can’t remember a single thing. Actually, there’s one thing I was suppose to say, if she knows how to take us back.
“Umm...Princess Celestia?” I called to her, gaining her attention. “I was wondering if-”
“Whoo-hoo! Cupcakes, and candies, and pie, oh my!” Huh? Was said that? We turned to see a pink pony bouncing around in joy.
“What’s up with her?” I asked, confused.
“Oh boy...I feel like Pinkie is having a sugar rush or something.” Ren commented while chuckling nervously. I looked at him in surprise, was he serious? I mean, I sometimes go on a sugar rush but not that crazy! She bounced around, dipping her head into a chocolate fountain and came out, only for her head covered in chocolate until it hardened, and then cracked with Pinkie munching on the pieces she got in her mouth. Wow, she must really love sweets that much, almost as I do!
As Carrie and Princess Celestia were about to eat their cupcakes, she zipped right in front of them.
“Ya gonna eat that?!” Pinkie asked, but chomped them both without waiting for their reply, but Princess Celestia didn’t mind as she just allowed Pinkie to eat her cupcake, but Carrie puffed her cheeks.
“Hey!” She protested.
Suddenly, one of the ponies gasp and grabbed Pinkie away by grabbing her tail. The same blue pony from before quickly served both Carrie and Princess Celestia another cupcake along with a cup of tea.
“A thousands pardons, your Majesty!” She apologized.
“That’s quite alright, Mrs. Cake, thank you.” Princess Celestia assured, calming the blue pony down before looking at Carrie. “Carrie, would you like to share this with me?”
“Yeah!” Carrie nodded happily as she took a little bite of the cupcake and shared it with Princess Celestia, who smiled at her as she took a nip of the treat and sipped up her tea, replacing the cup onto the saucer.
“Empty teacup at 4 o’clock!” The light blue pony shouted.
“Uh, I see it honeybun!” A yellow pony wearing a cupcake hat nodded as he quickly refilled the cup with more tea.
“Oh! Um...Thank you.” Celestia thanked.
“Not at all, your highness.”
As soon as Princess Celestia sipped her tea again, the yellow pony refilled it again.
“Thank you again.”
“But of course, your Majesty.”
She continued to sip, but every time she does, her cup keeps getting refilled by that yellow pony. Me, Ren, Kodi and Mason sweat-dropped at this scene.
“I get that she’s royal but at least let her relax.” Mason muttered.
“Tell me about it, good thing that I’m not a prince or king.” Ren sighed happily.
“Yeah, tell me about it…” Kodi nodded. I chuckled nervously as Carrie turned to Princess Celestia with a giggle.
“Does this always happens to you?” Carrie asked.
“Everywhere I go.” Princess Celestia replied with a wink and pretended to sip on her tea. Huh, is she…?
As the yellow pony poured more and became surprise to realize that he overfilled it.
“Gotcha!” Celestia smiled, with Carrie laughing, while the two pony bakers just smiled back sheepishly.
“Huh, who knew Celestia had a mischievous side to her.” Ren chuckled.
“And it seems like your sister is really enjoying herself, huh Mason?” I commented, nudging him a bit, and I could’ve sworn I saw him blushing underneath that red scarf of his.
“And what about you, dear, Fluttershy, Mason, and Kaede, was it?” Princess Celestia called us.
“Us? Oh yes, your Highness.” Fluttershy said nervously.
“I understand from Twilight Sparkle’s letters that you enjoy tending to the needs of woodland creatures, correct?” Princess Celestia asked Fluttershy, who became happy to hear about that subject.
“Oh yes, it’s true! I love nothing more than to help little animals in need.” Fluttershy explained.
“Oh, you’re an animal caretaker or something?” I asked, which she nodded.
“Yep! She’s also good with animals, like my big brother!” Carrie commented, much to Mason’s embarrassment.
“It’s not much, see, I’m a prodigy of the arts of Kendo, but I’m also what you may call an Animal Whisperer.” Mason explained as something came out of his scarf. Suddenly, two squirrels came out and stood on top of his head, causing Mason to smile softly.
“Ahh, they’re so cute!” I commented.
“Yes, this is Nate.” Mason pointed to the white squirrel. “And this is Madeline, or Maddie for short.” Mason pointed to the black squirrel.
“I see, and what about you Kaede?” Princess Celestia turned to me.
“Oh, I have a part time job as a waitress at a diner, but my real talent is making beautiful costumes.” I explained, surprising Twilight, Mason, Ren, Kodi, and Carrie. “Yeah, see I sorta have a hobby of sewing. Even my grades in Sewing class are all straight A’s. I can sew and make stuffed animals and costumes. I even once made costumes for a play back in middle school.”
“Wow, that’s amazing! You’re almost like Rarity!” Kodi exclaimed happily. Rarity? Does he mean that white unicorn wearing that dress?
“So wait, you work as a waitress for your part-time job? How old are you?” Ren asked.
“I’m 15 years old.” I replied, surprising Ren.
“Whoa, you’re 15? I’m 15 too! That’s sorta surprising! Weird, but amazing!” Ren said happily. Huh? So he’s 15 as well? Why do I have a feeling that’s weird that two 15 year old teens are in this world and inside of that ship?
“Well, that is very nice.” Princess Celestia commented. “As Princess, I care about all creatures, great and small.” Suddenly, we heard some sort of loud cough. Wow, it sounds like someone has a sore throat.
“What the heck was that?” Kodi asked. I was thinking the same thing too. I then noticed a bird cage nearby. What the? How did I not see that?
“Nothing means more to me than the well-being of all my subjects.” Princess Celestia added as something was hanging on the perch of the cage. Okay, what the? What is that?! Is it supposed to be bird, because birds kinda don’t have their feathers fallen off nor cough that much. “Ah, Philomena my pet, you’re awake. Do say hello to our gracious hosts.”
The bird started coughing a lot more, causing me to feel a little bad for it. Poor thing…
“Oh...my…” Fluttershy muttered in shock.
“What a weird bird.” Kodi said, causing Ren to glare at him.
“Kodi!”
“Sorry.” Kodi said as his ears started to droop. Ren turned back with a sheepish smile at the bird and said “Well...it’s quite a beautiful pet bird you got there, Celestia.” The bird coughed in front of him, with some of its feathers falling on top of Ren, blinking in surprise before shaking the feathers off of him.
“She’s quite the sight, eh?” Princess Celestia asked.
“Yeah, she is…” Mason asked, feeling worried and weirded out by it. Suddenly, one of those guard ponies with wings came over and whispered something to her ear, causing her to widened her eyes.
“Really?” She asked the guard, which he nodded. “Well, if I must.” Princess Celestia soon stood up and said “I’m so sorry everypony. I’m afraid that I have to cut the party short.”
“Aww…” Carrie said, disappointed that she have to go. “Do you have to?”
“Don’t worry.” Princess Celestia assured as she rubbed her on the head with her hoof. “It’s just that the mayor has requested an audience, royal duty calls! Though, I thank you all for a wonderful time. It’s been a joy getting to know you all better.”
“Bye, Princess. Until we meet again!” Carrie waved goodbye to her.
“Yeah, we’ll see you next time.” Ren said goodbye to her. Princess Celestia smiled at us before she walked out, her guards following after her. Everybody bowed their heads respectfully as she passed them by. Suddenly, I noticed Fluttershy immediately leaving with something in her hooves. Where is she going? And...wasn’t that the cage where the princesses’ pet bird was in? Curious, I started to follow after Fluttershy. Just what is she doing with Philomena?
I finally arrived to where Fluttershy was heading, and it seems to be some sort of cottage. Wonder if this is her home? I slowly opened the door to see Fluttershy settling Philomena down.
“Oh, you poor little thing. How did you get into such a condition?” Fluttershy as she placed Philomena onto her sofa. The bird started wobbling her head once it rested onto the cushion, but in a weird way that I can’t describe. “Don’t you worry, Philomena. I’ll nurse you back to health.”
“Fluttershy?” I called to her as she gasped and turned to see me.
“Kaede? What are you doing here?” She asked.
“I saw you take Philomena and followed after you. I was wondering why you do that?” I explained as Fluttershy let out a sigh and started to explain.
“Well, it’s just that when I saw Princess Celestia’s pet, I began to feel worried on why it wasn’t well, so I decided to take care of it.”
“But does she know you have Philomena?” I asked, raising a brow.
“Umm….” Fluttershy glanced away nervously, much to my surprise.
“Fluttershy! You can’t do that! What would Princess Celestia think when she finds out that Philomena is gone?!” I exclaimed.
“I’m sorry Kaede, but I had to do something to help Philomena! Would you leave your own pet to be sick like Philomena?” Fluttershy pointed towards Philomena, who started coughing again and losing some of its feathers. I began to feel bad and realized that she was right, we can’t just do nothing and let Philomena be like this. I can understand though why Princess Celestia can’t help Philomena right now since she’s a princess, she has so many royal duties.
I sighed and said “Okay Fluttershy, how about we help Philomena together?” Fluttershy smiled happily and hugged me.
“Oh thank you, thank you, thank you so much Kaede!” Fluttershy said, as I hugged her back.
“Hey, that’s what friends do, right?” I asked happily. “Besides, I’ll be more than happy to help.”
“Can I help?”
Me and Fluttershy turned around to see…”Carrie!” I exclaimed in shock as she was standing behind me with a soft smile. “What’re you doing here!?”
“I saw you leaving Kaede and I thought something was wrong and I wanted to cheer you up.” Carrie explained before noticing Philomena. “And I overheard you guys talking about Philomena and wanting to help her. That’s why I want to help as well!”
“Well okay, but does your brother know where you are?” I asked in concern. Carrie became startled and glanced away nervously. Oh no, please don’t tell me that she didn’t tell him?
“Well...no.” Carrie smiled sheepishly at us. I knew it.
“Oh Carrie, you shouldn’t wander off from him.” Fluttershy scolded her softly. “He must be looking for you right now!”
“She’s right, and I don’t want your brother to be worried about you.” I added.
“Please Kaede and Fluttershy!” Carrie plead. “I wanna help! I promise as soon as Philomena feels better! I’ll go find Mason before he finds me!”
“Well...Okay, I guess we could use more help.” I suggested with a soft smile before Philomena started wheezing again.
“Yay!” Carrie cheered.
“And we’ll help Philomena right up.” Fluttershy chuckled at Carrie’s excitement, and I did as well. “As favor to the princess who’s obviously too busy to care for her properly.”
Suddenly, Philomena let out another raspy cough. Me, Fluttershy, and Carrie let out sympathetic look at each other as Fluttershy helped the bird up. “I’m sure Princess Celestia will appreciate the favor we’re doing for her, at least.” I added.
Philomena just dizzily held her head before letting it wobble over again at a weird angle. Umm, I’m not sure birds are meant to do that.
“Umm, are birds supposed to bend their necks like that?” Carrie said, noticing it as well.
“Oh my!” Fluttershy gasp as she picked the up and added “We’d better get her to bed right away!”
Fluttershy quickly placed Philomena in a small bed. Wow, I’m surprised that bed even her size, wonder where she got that bed anyway? Carrie and I pulled a blanket as I said “There, nice and cozy.”
Fluttershy placed a thermometer into the bird’s beak, and they were surprised at how quickly its temperature flared, and not only that, she was turning red and sweaty. I gasped and quickly took the blanket off of her, Carrie placing an ice pack on Philomena’s head. We sighed happily but became shocked to see the temperature going down and her shivering, turning blue, and her pupils oddly looked like ice cubes. Fluttershy removed the ice pack and I placed the blanket back on, only for Philomena to heat up again. I removed the blanket as Carrie replaced the ice pack, and again, Philomena was shivering and turning blue. We kept doing this for a few times until the thermometer just burst, surprising me a little.
“I didn’t know that it was possible to be hot and cold that quickly.” Carrie asked, feeling surprised by how Philomena is doing that.
“Because they can’t.” I shook my head in disbelief.
“Kaede’s right.” Fluttershy nodded in agreement. “In fact, I’d say this is even worse than I thought. What she needs is some medicine, STAT!”
“You’re right Fluttershy, we should-” I was cut off as Philomena coughed and spat the thermometer out, and it landed on my face as I took it off and looked at the broken thermometer as it was covered in spit. “Probably hurry…” Eww, I think some of its spit got into my mouth.
Later
Soon, Fluttershy asked us to watch Philomena for a bit as she went prepared for something for it to eat. While we wait, me and Carrie felt something staring at us as we gazed at Philomena, who was staring right at us with its eyes, but it was quite disturbing and creepy, and I think Carrie noticed this too.
“I’m back!” Fluttershy came back with a bowl of soup in her hands, I-I mean hooves. Man, it so hard to call ponies like that when they talk like human beings.
“Oh, that’s a good idea Fluttershy!” Carrie smiled happily. “Mason always make soups for me when I get sick sometimes.” Carrie said.
“That’s very sweet for him to do something like that.” I chuckled. You know, she always talked about her brother, why doesn’t she talk about the rest of her and Mason’s family?
“Yep, homemade soup always a good remedy!” Fluttershy agreed as she blew on the soup to cool it off. She then placed it on the floor and nudged it towards Philomena. It gave the soup one looked and turned her beak up at it. “Come on now, you’re not gonna get better if you don’t cooperate.”
“She’s right Philomena…” I went over and grabbed a spoon, getting a spoonful of the soup in front of the bird. “Try it, it’s good.”
Philomena ignored me and turned her head away and crossed her teeny wings. Me, Carrie, and Fluttershy looked at each other with worried. Man, this bird is so stubborn.
“Here, let me try.” Carrie said as she picked up the bowl and said “Here comes the choo-choo train!” She tried getting Philomena to drink the soup, but it kept ignoring her and turned its head away. “Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga, woo-woo!”
This kept going on until Philomena’s body suddenly span as she’d been rotating her neck one way, and she fell face-first into the bowl, much to our surprise.
“Uh oh.” Carriem uttered.
“I have another idea! Wait with here you two, I’ll be right back!” Fluttershy flew out of the cottage, leaving me in wondered. I wonder what her plan would be? Philomena started coughing again, even if its face was still in the bowl. I just hope Philomena will be alright, it’s almost like its...dying.
Me and Carrie were keeping Philomena company, while we fed it with some birdseed which I found in the closet. While we wait, I decided to talk with Carrie.
“So Carrie, how long have you’ve been here in Equestria?” I asked curiously.
“I think about a month and a half or so.” Carrie replied, much to my surprise.
“No way, that’s crazy. You’ve been here for that long? What about Ren?”
“Well...I think he once said that he’s been here for three months or so, I don’t remember.” I widened my eyes to hear that Ren was here for months. I hope Princess Celestia does know a way to bring us back, because my step-family might be wondering where I am, if they even care about me for reals or if they miss to due to their work, as always….
“Look, Philomena!” Huh? Fluttershy came back, with a bird on her hoof. Wait, I think that’s a hummingbird, right? “I brought a fellow feathered friend to cheer you up.”
“Oh, he’s so cute!” Carrie smiled at the tiny bird.
“Yes, Hummingway here was sick one too but he let me help and got better in no time.” Fluttershy explained before nuzzling the bird. “Didn’t you boy?”
The hummingbird hummed happily before it flittered over to Philomena.
“Say hello to your new friend, Philomena!” I said, smiling softly at seeing the two about to bond with each other.
The hummingbird, or Hummingway since Fluttershy named it, nuzzled against Philomena’s neck. Philomena regarded the smaller one as Fluttershy said “Ah look, I think he likes you!”
Hummingway flittered into the air as Fluttershy started singing.
“Ahh, ah-ah-ah, ah!”
Hummingway repeated the tune perfectly, causing me and Carrie to clapped at their performance.
“Amazing!” I commented.
“It was beautiful!” Carrie added.
“Thank you Kaede and Carrie.” Fluttershy chuckled before turning to Philomena as she said “Now, your turn Philomena!” She walked towards Philomena and said “Go ahead, you can do it!” Huh? What’s wrong with Philomena now? I understand its like being stubborn but still…
“HACK!” Philomena vomited out the birdseed, right into our faces.
“Um...good try?” Fluttershy said nicely as Philomena started coughing again while Carrie went over and grabbed some towels for us.
After that session, we retreated to the bathroom with Fluttershy holding Philomena in a towel.
“I know what’ll help that tickle in your throat, a humidifier!”
“A what?” Carrie asked.
“A humidifier is something that helps increase the air inside of a room you’re in.” I answered for her, which she understood.
“Oh I see.” Carrie nodded as soon as Fluttershy turned it on. Soon, the humidifier started pumping in a lot of air, as I inhaled and sighed happily.
“That feels good! What about you girls?” I asked.
“I feel relaxed…” Carrie replied with a sigh of relief.
“Me too…” Fluttershy nodded before turning to Philomena. “What about you Philomena? Better?”
We turned to Philomena as it took a deep breath, and we smiled happily to see it enjoying itself, but until it wheezed out, and we groaned as some of its feathers got into our faces.
“Umm...Kaede, Fluttershy. She looked worse than before.” Carrie said, feeling worried for the bird.
“Don’t worry, I know lots more cures and remedies!” Fluttershy assured.
“Are you sure?” I asked in concern.
“Of course Kaede! We have to do something and fast!” Fluttershy exclaimed, making a nervous expression before coming up with something. “Alright, let’s try...Aromatherapy!” That might be a good idea, I mean, there’s no way Philomena will get worse from that, right?
Me and my big mouth….
Apparently, as soon as we set up the scented candles and incense around the lit fireplace, Carrie placed Philomena in the small bed from earlier, but the scents made it worse as Philomena was sneezing, and molted more!
We went over to the bathroom and tried to give Philomena a bath! “Warm baths are always relaxing!” I exclaimed as Fluttershy started cleaning her, but Philomena suddenly sucked up all the water, engorgin and looking very uncomfortable and loosing more of her feathers, much to our shock.
“Ointment?” Fluttershy suggested as she placed some of it on top of Philomena’s had...only for it to break out, and loose even more feathers.
“Oh my….” Carrie muttered, covering her mouth in shock. This doesn’t look good...
“Scalpel.”
“Scalpel.” Carrie handed her a scalpel to her.
“Surgical tape.”
“Surgical tape.” I handed her the tape.
“Feathers.”
“Feathers.” Me and Carrie said in unison as we gave her a basket filled with all the feathers Philomena molted. Fluttershy was working with a cute white bunny as she began sweating and dabbed her forehead. You know, Ren did told me just earlier when we were in the get-together that Fluttershy had a pet bunny name Angel, so maybe it’s him. But still, why did he get irritated when Fluttershy mention its name?
Suddenly, Fluttershy gasp and stepped back to see Philomena, but she was still the same, only with tape around her with the feathers on them. Philomena gasped, before having her head fall over again in a weird way.
“It didn’t work…” Carrie muttered sadly.
“Oh Philomena!” Fluttershy exclaimed, at the verge of tears. “I thought it would be easy to nurse you back to health! But I’ve tried everything I know! And now look at you, you’re worse than ever!” I felt bad for her as I patted her on the back and hugged her.
“Hey, it’s okay Fluttershy, don’t be sad.” I assured. “You just gotta be patient and we can find a solution to Philomena’s problem. Just calm down…” I then grabbed my backpack and took something out of it. It was a black cat with plain white eyes. I then showed it to Fluttershy and said “Whenever I feel upset or sad, I hold onto my stuffed animal, Coco, I always get right back up and try to find a solution to my problems. Here, hold him.”
Fluttershy took Coco and hugged him. Yeah, I made Coco back when I first went to Middle School and took that sewing class. Coco was like something I’ll always treasured. After Fluttershy was finished hugging Coco, she gave it back to me as she smiled softly at me.
“Thank you Kaede, I needed that.” Fluttershy replied happily. I held Coco and looked at Fluttershy with a smile. You know, it’s strange that I got here since yesterday, and I’ve already made a new friend...No, a bunch of new friends. Ren, Carrie, Mason, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Kodiak, and Fluttershy. Even if I’m not on Earth anymore, I guess it’s nice to make new friends here at least.
“Hi Fluttershy!” Huh? We turned around to see Twilight walking in, and not only her, but Ren, Kodi, and Mason walked in as well. Oh no…
“Carrie! There you are!” Mason said, running towards his sister and inspected her. “Are you okay? Did anything happened to you?”
“Mason, I’m fine!” Carrie whined.
“Hey Kaede, Fluttershy, we were wondering where you two ran off too…” Ren said, waving at me. “We’ve been looking for you guys until Kodi picked up a scent that drew us here.”
“Yep, you can always leave it to me and my nose.” Kodi said, grinning.
“Well anyway…” Twilight spoke up. “I wanted to thank you all for making such a good impression on the princess today-” Twilight stopped upon seeing Philomena, and at the current state it was in. “WHAT IS CELESTIA’S PET DOING HERE?!”
“Fluttershy took her to help her!” I explained.
“And we came here to help as well!” Carrie added.
“I couldn’t leave the poor thing there, she needed my help!” Fluttershy exclaimed.
“So wait, you just took Philomena without her permission?!” Ren asked, which Fluttershy nodded. “Oh boy…”
“Oh no...No no no no, this is bad!” Twilight exclaimed, getting all worried.
“Twilight, just calm down.” Mason said. “I’m sure she’ll understand what happened.”
“Understand? Understand?!” Twilight yelled, causing Mason and Ren to flinch before turning to Fluttershy. “How could you do this?!”
“How could I not do anything?”
“S-she doesn’t even belong to you!”
“I had to do something!”
“Without telling anypony, without asking permission?!”
“Should we stop this?” Kodi asked Ren.
“I...have no idea.” Ren shrugged until I noticed Philomena started coughing again, but it was worser from before.
“Um….girls?” I called out to them, but they continued their argument.
“I know you had good intentions, but you have got to return the Princess’s pet!” Twilight exclaimed. While they continued to argue, Philomena began coughing so much before falling off the table, which me and the others noticed.
“Oh no! Philomena!” Carrie exclaimed, grabbing both Twilight and Fluttershy’s attention. Carrie, Mason, Ren, and I ran over and went to help out Philomena. I helped out Philomena get back up until it gasped for a long breath until it froze in mid-inhale. Wait, is that even possible?
“Fluttershy, we gotta give Philomena back!” Mason exclaimed.
Fluttershy sighed as she said “You’re right...Okay, let’s-” Philomena then finished her gasp with a cough, making us all flinch. “Go…”
We all nodded as we headed out the door, luckily, Carrie brought a basket, which Twilight used to hide the bird before Kodi covered the basket with a lid he found.
“Okay, let’s get out of here and give Philomena back to Celestia.” Ren said as we walked towards the door with Mason carrying the basket.
“Ren’s right, and if we hurry…” Twilight said as she used her horn to opened the door. “We can put her back before anypony even realizes she’s missing.” But as soon as Twilight opened the door, we gasped to see the two guards from before, and they looked serious. Twilight made a nervous look while Ren smiled sheepishly at them.
“We were told we could find Twilight Sparkle here.” The first guard said.
“We regret to inform you, miss, that the royal pet has gone missing.” The second guard added.
“Really?! You don’t say.” Twilight replied with a nervous smile, until a hacking startled them.
“What was that?” The second guard asked.
“Oh that...uh…” Twilight couldn’t find the right words until…
“Sorry…” We turned to Carrie, who covered her mouth and just pretended to cough. Good thinking there Carrie! “My throat’s been a little dry today!”
“Well! We’d better take care of our little human friend here!” Twilight said as she pushed the guards out before saying “And you guards should be on your way if you’re gonna find the princess’s missing pet, Philomena was it? Thank you ever so much for keeping me in the loop, bye!”
She slammed the door in their faces, as we sighed in relief.
“That was too close there.” Ren sighed before turning to Carrie. “But that was some quick thinking there, Carrie.”
“Heh, I learn from the best.” Carrie smiled before turning to her brother, who smiled softly at her.
“Well thank you sis.” Mason nodded before noticing Fluttershy walking towards the door. “Huh? Fluttershy, where are you going?”
“Going to return Philomena, remember?”
“We can’t now!” Twilight exclaimed.
“But why not?” Carrie asked.
“You have no idea what the princess is gonna do if she finds you’re the one who took her pet, do you?”
“But Twilight…” I spoke up. “Princess Celestia seems like a nice pony and very understanding, so I’m sure she’ll understand why Fluttershy took Philomena.”
“Yeah, besides, what is Princess Celestia gonna do when she finds out Fluttershy took Philomena without her permission?” Ren asked with a smirk.
“I can imagine many things!” Twilight exclaimed. “She might banish her from Equestria! Or throw her in a dungeon! Or banish her and then throw her in a dungeon in a place that she banishes you to!” We all went silent for a sec until it was broken when Ren and Kodi started laughing at that possibility. Even I found it a bit funny.
“Really Twilight? Do you honestly think that’s ever gonna happen?!” Ren asked, trying to control his laughter.
“Yeah, she’s too nice to even do that at all!” Kodi added.
“Of course she would! Probably not, but still! Do you wanna take any chances?” Twilight asked, annoyed.
“Well, I’m still going!” Fluttershy said, walking toward the front door.
“B-but Fluttershy-” Twilight tried to stop her, but Fluttershy gave her a hard look.
“Twilight, all that really matters to me is that poor little Philomena here gets well.” Fluttershy said as Philomena stuck her head out of the basket and coughed.
“That’s very noble of you. I’ll write to you when you’re banished. Unless I’m banished to somewhere there’s no post office. Then you’ll have to write to me. Deal?”
“Twilight, please stop with this banishing stuff.” I said, glaring at her. “After I met Princess Celestia today, there’s no way she’ll do that! Even if I got here recently, I know she would never do that!”
“You’re right…” Twilight sighed. “Sorry, I was overreacting…”
“It’s okay.” I apologized, smiling softly at her.
“Anyway, we should probably return Philomena to Princess Celestia right now.” Mason reminded us.
“Okay, but can you help me give Philomena the rest of the soup?” Fluttershy asked. “Poor thing hasn’t eaten all day.”
“What? This soup over here?” Ren asked, sniffing it. “It smells good.”
“Fluttershy made that earlier, but Philomena didn’t want to eat it.” Carrie explained.
“Oh, she’ll eat it, alright.” Twilight said as she used her magic to swipe the bowl from Ren’s hand and looked over to the basket with an aggressive expression on her face as she opened the basket and looked at Philomena with an evil grin.
“Wait Twilight!” Mason tried calling her, but it was too late as Philomena widened her eyes upon seeing the bowl of soup presented right in front of her as she jumped out of the basket and ran off, screaming.
“Hey! Where are you going?!” Twilight asked as Philomena fled out of the cottage.
“It’s getting away!” Kodi exclaimed as we chased after it.
“No! Philomena! Come back!” Fluttershy cried out.
“Philomena, don’t run off!” I called out to her, but that bird just kept running away. We began following after Philomena as it headed straight for the park and ran towards a tree. As soon as we caught up to it, she began running around tree, leading us in circles. Ren suddenly stopped and attempted to grab Philomena, but instead, it jumped into the tree and looked down upon us.
“Dang it!” Ren exclaimed as he took out his Megaphone. Wait, what is he trying to do with it? Use it to get Philomena to listen to us? Because that bird is quite stubborn. “Paralyze!” Para-what? Suddenly, something shot out of the Megaphone as it shot towards Philomena, but Philomena ducked into the tree, dodging it before she jumped over us and continued running.
I looked over at Ren with shock to learn that his Megaphone just did...that!
“R-Ren! How on earth did you do that?!” I asked in shock.
“Oh that?” Ren asked before chuckling nervously. “See, it’s called the Megaphone Hacking Gun and I sorta find out back at the home-ship and it seems to have the power to shoot program codes or whatever to attack, stop, and control my enemies and objects or whatever.” I looked at him, jaw-dropping at him. That’s so amazing! I didn’t know there was something like that to even exist! Now I feel like almost everything that’s fictional is becoming real or something!
“Look, we have no time right now!” Mason shouted before running after where Philomena ran off. “We need to get Philomena before it’s too late!”
“Oh right, sorry!” Ren apologized before turning to me. “Come on Kaede, let’s go!”
“Right!” I nodded as we chased after that crazy bird. Further into the park, we kept running until we ran past someone reading a newspaper on the bench. We stopped and walked towards him.
“Excuse us, have you seen a featherless bird running around here?” Carrie asked. Suddenly, the person, or pony, lowered the newspaper and pointed to the left. Wait, why does this bird look so familiar.
“Oh thank you!” Ren nodded as we ran straight where the bird was last seen...Wait a minute? That guy...that wasn’t a pony at all...and…
“Oh no…” I muttered as I looked back to see the one who gave us the directions dropped the newspaper and ran off, with the moustache falling off her beak. I skidded to a halt and whistled to the others, pointing out our mistake and we began chasing after it again.
“For a bird, she’s quite smart!” Kodi exclaimed as we went past two guards, wait, aren’t those the guards that asked us about Philomena? Oh well, doesn’t matter! What matters is getting that crazy bird!
As we ran through town, Philomena headed into one of the houses and fled into one. We followed her and tried to go in, until Philomena suddenly came out in one of the houses.
“How the?” Ren muttered as he ran straight to the house where Philomena was in, until she closed the door and somehow came out the other door. “Hey, that’s no fair!”
“Doesn’t matter! Catch it!” Twilight exclaimed as we began heading inside each of the houses, but that crazy bird kept getting away from our grasps. Soon, I came out of the houses and saw Philomena coming out next to me.
“Gotcha!” I exclaimed as I pounced at her, but she dodge and I ended up bumping into Mason.
“OW!” Me and Mason exclaimed in unison.
“Sorry!” I apologized.
“It’s okay…” Mason said as he became surprised for some reason. I blinked in confusion and turned around to see Philomena escaping.
“After her!” Carrie exclaimed as we got up and chased after Philomena. While we looked for her, Rainbow Dash suddenly appeared next to us and asked “What are you seven doing? Are you having a race? Oh, can I play?”
“Rainbow! This is no time for a race!” Ren exclaimed as continued to find that crazy bird. We soon arrived to what seems to be town’s square, where Twilight’s other friends were. Fluttershy picked up Pinkie Pie, who was chewing...on whatever she’s chewing.
“Excuse me!” Fluttershy said as she looked for Philomena.
“Hi!” Pinkie responded, spitting out a few pieces of food.
Ren quickly pointed his Hacking Gun at Rarity and shouted “Move!” A green beam was blasted into the Hacking Gun as it started levitating Rarity.
“I beg your pardon!” Rarity exclaimed as Ren looked underneath her in panic. “Put me down!”
“Sorry Rarity!” Ren apologized as he immediately put her back down, and the green aura surrounding her was gone.
“What in tarnation?!” Applejack exclaimed as Kodiak was sniffing underneath her, much to her surprise.
“Sorry, but we’ve gotta find-” Fluttershy tried explaining until she was interrupted.
“The princess’s pet bird!” We turned around to see the same two guards coming in, interrupting Fluttershy. We looked up to see Philomena sitting on top of the fountain. I covered my mouth in shock to see Philomena, who barely had any feathers left.
“Philomena! Please come down here!” Fluttershy demanded worriedly.
“Yeah, you can hurt yourself!” Carrie added, but at that moment, the last feather on Philomena fell off and began coughing, wheezing, and then let out a gasp, and fell down, fainting to death. We waited for a while as Kodi muttered “Awkward…” Well, I have to agree, this was both awkward and shocking until Philomena came back up, grabbing her neck in a gasp and fell over.
“She’s falling!” Mason exclaimed as both Ren and Fluttershy rushed over.
“I’ll catch her!” Fluttershy said.
“No, I got her!” Ren yelled, but before Philomena could fall to the ground, she burst….into ashes?! Ren and Fluttershy became shocked as the ashes fell lightly at Fluttershy’s hooves. I covered my mouth in shock to see what happened. How? How did a bird burst into flames?
Fluttershy then began crying as Ren comforted her. “It’s okay Flutters, don’t cry. We tried…” Ren told her, feeling depressed as well.
“What is going on here?” We turned around to see Princess Celestia walking towards us. We all bowed to her, but I noticed Fluttershy not bowing down as she sat down sadly. Princess Celestia looked over to Twilight and asked “Twilight?”
Twilight got out of her bowing position and said “Yes, your Majesty…” She responded with a sad tone on her voice. “There’s been a terrible accident.”
“It’s all my fault.” Fluttershy admitted sadly.
“No, Princess. Fluttershy didn’t know any better. It was my fault.” Twilight intervened.
“I’m the one who did it.”
“No, I did.” Ren admitted sadly. “I wasn’t able to save her. You were trying to help her.”
“No Ren, please don’t drag yourself into this!” Fluttershy exclaimed.
“No, it’s my fault!” Twilight said.
“But it’s my fault!” Fluttershy intervened.
“I told you girls, it’s my fault! I should’ve save Philomena but I fail…” Ren said sadly. I gripped on my stuffed cat as I gritted my teeth as I shouted “Stop please!” Everyone soon turned to me in shock as I walked towards Princess Celestia.
“No...it’s my fault.” I admitted, much to everyone’s shock.
“Kaede!” Fluttershy, Twilight, and Ren exclaimed in unison. I looked at Princess Celestia, who looked at me with concern and serious eyes.
“Princess Celestia, I’m the one who took your pet bird. I really was only trying to help the poor little thing since you were so always busy with your royal duties. Then I was gonna bring it back to you, honest.” I said as I gripped on Coco real hard as Princess Celestia then walked passed me and to the burnt ashes where Philomena was. “So, if you wanna punish me...I deserve it…”
“Kaede…” Ren muttered sadly. Princess Celestia looked over at me before she lowered her head and remained quiet for a moment until she spoke up.
“Oh, stop fooling around, Philomena. You’re scaring everypony.” Princess Celestia said, much to our confusion.
“What?” Kodi asked until the ashes started moving. What the heck?! Soon, the ashes blasted into the sky and spun around, causing us to gasp. The ashes soon formed into something so beautiful and amazing, causing us all to awe in its appearance.
“What in the actual heck?!” Mason and Ren exclaimed in shock.
“I-I don’t understand!” Fluttershy exclaimed. “What is that thing?”
“Y-yeah, what happened to Philomena?” Carrie asked in concern. The beautiful creature flew around before landing on Princess Celestia’s foreleg.
“This is Philomena.” Princess Celestia replied, much to my shock.
“W-what?!” I exclaimed.
“Yes, she’s quite the sight, as I said before. But nothing unusual for a phoenix. Isn’t that right, Philomena?”
Philomena released a proud answer. Whoa, that’s so amazing! And did she just say that Philomena was a phoenix?! That’s so amazing! My dad used to tell me stories about Phoenix’s and how majestic they are. I always thought that they were fictional but seeing one right now is so beautiful.
“A...A phoenix?!” Kodi asked in shock.
“That’s a new one on me.” Ren said, rubbing his head with a sweat-dropped.
“A phoenix is a majestic and magical bird.' Princess Celestia explained. “While it appears healthy and happy most of the time…” The phoenix rose from Princess Celestia's foreleg and began flying in the air. “…every so often it must renew itself by shedding all of its feathers and bursting into flame.' She lowered her head towards me, Carrie, and Fluttershy and whispered “Rather melodramatic, if you ask me.' She pulled away and continued her explanation on Phoenix's. “It then rises from the ashes, fresh as a daisy. All just a normal part of the life cycle of a phoenix. I'm afraid, mischievous little Philomena here took the occasion to have a little fun with you, Fluttershy, Kaede, and Carrie.” Philomena lowered her head in embarrassment. 'Say you're sorry, young lady.”
Philomena let out a squawk, implying that it was sorry.
“It’s okay Philomena, we forgive you.” I said, petting Philomena gently.
“Yeah, you’re so amazing! I never seen a phoenix before!” Carrie chuckled happily.
“So...aren’t you gonna banish Kaede? Or throw he in a dungeon? Or banish and then throw her in a dungeon in the place that you banish her to?” Fluttershy asked.
“Of course not, my little pony! Where on Earth would you get such an idea?” Princess Celestia asked while chuckling.
“Yeah, I wonder…” Mason said, glaring at the purple pony, who smiled sheepishly at her.
“I guess I have some imagination.” Fluttershy said, smiling softly towards Twilight.
“Well besides that, Fluttershy, Kaede, and Carrie did do everything they could to try to take care of Philomena for you.” Twilight added.
“You’re right, I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions.” Fluttershy apologized. “Next time, I’ll ask before taking matters into my own hooves.”
“Should I send you a letter regarding that lesson, Princess?” Twilight asked. Lesson? Is Twilight a student to the Princess? Which means I’ve been friends with a student of the princess this whole time?!
“That’s quite alright, Twilight.” Princess Celestia assured as Philomena landed on her back. “I think I can remember.”
“And as for you, young lady!” Mason spoke up, giving Carrie a stern look. “You and I are gonna have a talk about wandering off without telling me where you’re going.”
“Yes big brother, sorry.” Carrie chuckled nervously while the guards brought Philomena’s cage. I then felt something in my hair as I looked up to see Philomena giving me one of her feathers. I smiled happily and looked at Philomena.
“Thank you Philomena! I hope we meet again!” I said, waving goodbye to her. Soon, I noticed Rainbow Dash giving one of the guards a look when she made a smirk. She flew up to Philomena, whispering something to her. Philomena nodded and landed on top of her cage but she reached down with her wings, tickling the guards’ noses. They struggled to stifle their laughs and hold their composure, but they let it out in life-cleansing laughter, Rainbow Dash and Philomena hi-fived each other by using their wings as Philomena squawked in success, and soon, we all joined in on the laughter. You know, maybe being in Equestria isn’t so bad after all. I sorta like this place.
After we finished up the laughter, Princess Celestia then turned to me, Ren, Mason, and Carrie. “Anyway, before I leave, I would like to speak with our human guest.”
“Oh...Okay.” Ren nodded as she led us somewhere, leaving behind our friends.
“So...how far have you enjoyed Equestria?” Princess Celestia asked. We were busy walking through the park as Ren looked at her with a smile.
“It’s been getting good lately, me, Twilight, Flutters, AJ, Rares, Dash, and Pinkie are actually enjoying ourselves.” Ren replied with a smile.
“I see.” Princess Celestia chuckled before turning to me, Mason, and Carrie. “And I take it you three are now enjoying Equestria as well?”
“Yeah, it’s so amazing here!” Carrie responded with a smile.
“It’s been quite confusing with me with all this magic, but I have to say, it’s quite peaceful here.” Mason replied.
“Yeah, and even if I woke up to this place just yesterday, I’m already loving Equestria.” I said, softly holding Coco.
“Oh hey, isn’t that stuff animal you said you made, Kaede?” Carrie asked.
“Yeah, like I said, it’s very precious to me, and it holds many memories to me.” I said as I sighed sadly, remembering the time I first made this with dad. I really miss him…
“I see, and I can understand how you feel Kaede.” Princess Celestia said, much to my confusion.
“R-really?” I asked, surprised to hear that from the Princess. Before then, she looked at the sky, smiling softly.
“You see, back then, I lost my sister for thousand of years, and I wasn’t the same back then.” She admitted sadly before turning to Ren. “But it wasn’t for Ren, Twilight, and their new friends, she wouldn’t have come back.”
I turned to Ren in shock and asked “Wow, did you really bring back her sister?”
“Yeah, even I was shocked to find out that Luna was Celestia’s sister at all, it was back when I first came to Equestria after waking up from that chamber.” Ren explained, rubbing his head bashfully.
“Wow, I want to meet Princess Luna! I know she’s gonna be awesome!” Carrie said, jumping for joy, making Mason smile softly at her.
“Perhaps maybe you’ll meet her one day…” Princess Celestia replied with a soft smile before saying “So anyway, is there anything you like to ask?”
“Actually, yes.” Mason said, turning to her with a serious expression. “Ren tells us that you’re trying to find a way to bring us back to our world, is that true?” Princess Celestia then formed a sad look.
“Yes, that is true, but I’m very busy with my royal duties, and I asked some of my guards to find a spell that might lead you all back to your world, but no luck.” She explained, much to our surprise. So...we’re really trapped here?
“Nothing? Nothing at all?” Mason asked in surprise, which she nodded. Mason darkened his face and gritted his teeth. “So that means….we’re trapped here in this world.”
“Hey big brother, don’t feel bad.” Carrie assured as she grabbed her brother’s hand and smiled happily at him and said “I know we can get out here if we keep believing in each other and hope that Princess Celestia would find a way to bring us back home to her.” I raised a brow at what she said. Her? What does she mean by that? I wonder...Maybe Mason's girlfriend or something?
I then noticed the small smile Mason made and said “Yeah...I guess you’re right.”
“Don’t worry guys, we’ll get back home, I just know it!” Ren added with determination.
“He’s right, I will do whatever I can to help you get you all back to your world.” Princess Celestia nodded before saying “But anyway, I received a letter from Twilight many months ago that you wished to go to the Grand Galloping Gala, correct?”
“Grand Galloping what?” I asked, confused by that name.
“It’s an event that takes place in some city called Canterlot and it’s supposed to the biggest party event, so says Pinkie.” Ren explained. Canterlot? Is that supposed to be a horse pun or something because I kinda don’t get it?
“That is true, and lucky for me…” Princess Celestia’s horn glowed as she took out three golden tickets and handed them to both Mason and his little sister. “I have two golden tickets, for you my beloved human friends and for your little dog friend, Ren.”
“Wow! Thank you so much Princess!” Carrie thanked.
"Yeah! Thanks! Kodiak is totally gonna love this!" Ren added with a smile.
“Yes, you’re too kind.” Mason nodded before putting his ticket in his pockets. Princess Celestia smiled before turning to me with a soft smile and said “Oh that’s right, you’re probably thinking that you wished to go to the Gala too, right?”
“Huh? O-oh, well...it does sound fun…” I said, glancing away nervously.
“Come on Kaede, it is gonna be fun! Trust me!” Ren said happily. I looked at him for a moment before smiling softly at him and nodded.
“Yeah, I guess you’re right. Alright, I’ll go.” I said, smiling softly.
“Very well, I’ll send a ticket to you the next time Twilight sends me another Friendship Report.” Huh? Friendship report? What does that mean? “Anyway, I should probably head back to Canterlot, until then, I’ll see you all later. Farewell, my human friends.”
“Bye Celestia!” Ren waved goodbye to her as she began flying away into the sky before she disappeared.
“Best wishes!” Carrie added, saying goodbye to the princess. I then looked over at my stuffed cat, Coco, and smiled softly. Well, even if I’m stuck here, at least I made new friends.
“Alright, you can come on out now.” Huh? Mason glared at the bushes, as it started moving as we saw Twilight, Kodi, and the rest of our friends coming out.
“Girls? Kodiak? Why were you all hiding in the bushes?” Ren asked, raising a brow before realizing it. “Wait a minute, were you all eavesdropping in our conversation?!”
“Yeah, sorry about that.” Twilight said, chuckling nervously.
“Yeah, we were curious on what was up, and so, we listened in the entire conversation.” Kodi admitted, smiling sheepishly at Ren. "But anyway, it's amazing that I'm going to the Gala as well! Yay!"
"Yeah, I'm surprised by that too." Ren said, scratching his neck, much to his joy and the tail wagging.
“Besides that, congratulations on getting more tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“Thanks?” Mason replied with a raised brow.
“So anyway, sorry about eavesdropping.” Rainbow Dash said, rubbing her head bashfully.
“Nah, it’s okay. We can understand if you were worried about us.” Ren said, smiling at them. He’s always so optimistic and determined, I sorta admired that.
“Well it’s getting late, we should probably head back home.” Applejack said, seeing the sun settling down. Oh wow, time sure flies.
“Yeah, I guess you're right…” Kodi agreed before letting out a yawn.
“Sounds like somebody’s tired.” Ren said as he picked up Kodi, who closed his eyes and began sleeping.
“Well, I guess we’ll see you all later, goodnight.” Twilight said as she and the others waved goodnight to us. We waved back at them as the sun finally settled down and the moon started rising.
“Come on everyone, time to head back to the home-ship.” Ren said, which we nodded as we began walking back to our home-ship.
“You know, you’re gonna love Equestria! I just know it, Kaede!” Carrie said as she was holding her brother’s arm and smiled at me.
“Yeah, trust us, you’re in for one heck of an adventure.” Ren added with a tooth-eating grin. I blinked in surprise before smiling happily as I gaze at Coco.
“Yeah, I guess you’re right.” Well, even if we’re stuck in this new world, I’m glad to make new friends. Yeah, I can handle whatever challenge comes to us. I know we can do it...Together.
To Be Continued