//------------------------------// // Actual Meeting With Royalty with even More Royalty // Story: Adventures Of An Animus Dragon // by Undertotem //------------------------------// "And that's basically what happened" Twilight said as she explained to Celestia what happened the day before. The rest of the Mane 6 and Spike also told her their thoughts and experiences about the dragon. "And you're telling me that the reason of his behavior was because of my connections to the sun?" Celestia said as she looks behind her to see a dragons head resting on her back, with his body around her. "I'm really sorry for what happened princess, put of all the things I expected for him to act infront of you, I never expected this kind of reaction." Twilight said as she looked slightly down. "It is fine Twilight, I would say that this experience seems unique in some way." She said as she put a hoof on her mouth and laughed slightly. "This is what I would call a change of pace, I would say that it has been a long time since I was at the receiveing end of a hu-" but before Celestia could finish, she felt another weight on her back. And this did not go unnoticed by Twilight as well. "PINKIE!!" Twilight said, and this caught the attention of the others as well, as they look around for the pink pony, only to find Pinkie Pie rested on top of Princess Celestia. "PINKIE!!!" They shouted, yelling at the pink pony telling her to get off the princess, except for Fluttershy who asked nicely and didn't yell. "What?! I was just agreeing with Starry here." She said as she points towards the head of the dragon, which was resting on Celestia's back as well. "And you're right Starry, she IS warm when you cuddle with her." The pink pony said. "I know right!?!? She's like really warm when you hug her and all." Stargazer said as his head springs up, shocking the others in the room except for Pinkie Pie. As he does so the color of his scales change into gold-yellow with a mix of rose-pink as he was really happy and joyful for hugging one of his favorite ponies. "Wait!? You weren't asleep this whole time!?!?" Twilight yelled at the golden-pink dragon as he smiled rather cheerfully. "Yeah! Couldn't you tell?" Both Pinkie and Stargazer said at the same time, then both looked each other, the former smiling cheerfully and the latter raising his 'brow' in slight confusion. "If I know one thing that remains constant with these ponies is that, you never question the things that Pinkie does" Stargazer thought as Pinkie Pie explains to the others how he was just faking his sleep. "......And the pattern shown when each color fades every time the blue the yellow the red and the green try to overlap each other like whenever you try to put sprinkles in a cup cake or a cake or a cup cake cake or a cake cup cake or....." Then Pinkie rambled on going farther from the actual explanation. The others were far more confused now due to Pinkies ramblings until a white hoof gently pressed itself to the pink pony's mouth stopping the long endless talk coming from the pink pony. "Thank you for telling us all this Pinkie Pie. I would like to hear more about it, but we are here to speak to you new dragon friend." Celestia said in a calm voice as she levitates the pink pony off her back and placing her with her friends. "Guards, please tell my sister to meet me at my private resting room, I will be speaking with them for a while. Raven please cancel all my appointments for today" Celestia said to her guards and her personal assistant. The guards went out to inform the lunar princess and the white unicorn mare with a brown mane and tail tied to a bun nod at Celestia as she starts to order the other guards to tell the other petitioners that the princess would be busy for the rest of the day. Celestia then turned around and moved forward to Twilight and her friends, with Spike. But nearly tripped on a tail as she momentarily forgot about the dragon that was around her. She quickly fixed her composure and quickly lit her horn and grasped the dragon that surrounded her with her magic and lifted him up. Stargazer was hoisted from the ground with a faint golden glow and placed between the group of the mane six. "So this is what it feels like to be carried with magic" Stargazer thought as he seemed to feel like he was loosing weight as he was lifted,and the same feeling appear in reverse as he was settled down. "Now that I could see you properly, I would like to ask you to stand still so we would be able to teleport safely to our destination" The Sun Princess said as she makes her horn glow with magic. "Uh... Hey Twilight. Is there any side effects to those who experience teleportation the first time?" Stargazer asked Twilight as the others then listen to the small conversation. "Um, I think you would be able to experience mild nausea and motion sickness, but nothing to severe" She pondered putting a hoof on her chin. "Why is there a problem with-" But before she could continue, a bright flash of golden light surrounded the group and disappeared in the throne room, only to appear in Celestia's private quarters. "-that?" Twilight finished saying but then everyone heard a loud thump on the carpeted floor and looked at the source. Only to see a pure white dragon with small splotches of acid green scales, indicating sickness and shock, lying on the floor with his mouth fizzing with white bubbles, with eyes staring into the distance. Celestia was shocked with minor fear that she has done something to the dragon, although held an assumption in the back of her mind that the dragon might be faking it again. The rest of the group however, screamed in fright that quickly changed to concern to the fallen dragon, as they try to find out why the dragon fainted. The door was then was forcefully opened by an intruder. Hearing the screams of alarm, a dark blue alicorn rushed in with a glowing horn ready to defeat the intruder behind the door. "BEGONE VILE INTRUDER!!!!" Luna yelled as she breaks the door infront of her in order to save her sister from an intruder, only to stop when she sees the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, Twilight's assistant, and her sister, as well as another dragon that seemed to be knocked out and lying on the floor. "Sister! Are you alright? What has happened here!? And what is this intruding dragon doing in your private quarters?!?!" Luna questioned on as she steps forward towards her sister. But as she moves quickly, she failed to notice the body of a white dragon, so she proceeds to steps over the unconscious body. The body then jerked upwards due to the sudden heavy contact. The Bearers of the Elements and Spike quickly went towards the white dragon with even more concern than before. "Please little sister, I am fine. Do not worry about me, there is no intruder, but maybe we should worry more about our guest" Celestia said as she looked towards the still unconscious dragon who was being healed by the young alicorn. Luna then turned towards where her sister was looking only to see the same unconscious dragon, but even more pathetic looking due to the heavy stomping. After a bit of waiting, soon Stargazer has finally woken up from his pained peril, and Celestia has explained to her sister the situation while waiting for the dragon to wake up. Stargazer's body has recovered due to the magic casted from the three alicorns. "Oh, wow, my body feels refreshed. It felt like I was having the best sun time of my life." Stargazer said with a smile as he stretches his muscles, pop his bones, and spread his wings. He noticed that the Mane Six and Spike were surrounding him talking to each other, except for twilight who was talking to Luna. Fluttershy walked up to him and placed a hoof on his front talon. "Are you feeling okay?" She asked feeling concerned for the dragons health. "Don't worry, I feel fine, wait, no, I feel great! Although it felt like I blacked out for a second there after the bright flash of light. So what happened and where are we???" Stargazer said as he looked around the now smaller room, with a few bookcases, large pillows at the center of the room that surround a wooden round table with stuff on top of it, and a fireplace of some sort. "You are in my private quarters, or resting place if you prefer it like that. And as to what happened to you, I apologize for not giving you a warning. Most who experience teleportation for the first time usually receive nausea and headaches. The severity depends for each pony, or dragon in this instance." Celestia said, and as she talked she then sent a silent telepathic message between her and her sister, to which was also heard by Stargazer as he nods his head with his eyes closed as to not show any suspicion. Luna stepped forward towards the white and red dragon and spoke. "I apologize for trampling you a while ago sir Stargazer, I did not seem to notice your body when I approached Celestia in a hurry." Luna said as she bows a bit with her ears down, showing that she was sincere with her apology. "Huh" Stargazer said as he touches one part of his chest and felt a slight pain from putting pressure on said part. "Is that why my chest hurts?? Eh! Oh well, I forgive you Luna. I may look weak, but I did have some combat training with Tsunami, even if we didn't need it. Still my body is still strong." Stargazer said with a smirk on his face as some parts of his scales have splotches of rose-pink and violet, showing both his happiness and pride. Everyone, except for Twilight, Pinkie Pie and maybe Spike was shocked to hear that the white and red dragon simply say the name of their princess even before she introduced herself. "How did you know my name? I have not yet introduced myself to you or even heard my name mentioned by anyone?" Luna asked the dragon who was tilting his head to the side. "Um... Didn't your sister say your name when she was talking to me, I heard her say your name when she was talking to me." Stargazer said as he tapped his chin with one finger as he looks up. "Did you just-" Celestia was about to ask something but then a pink pony appeared on top of the white and red dragons head and spoke, cutting off what Celestia was going to say. "Read your mind!! That's what he did princess!!! He could also see the future and stuff, and that means he could tell me how many parties I would make in the future!!!" Pinkie Pie said with a huge smile on her face as the white and red dragon nod in approval. "You could read minds and see the future? I highly doubt it, pray tell and give me evidence that you could see the future or read minds Sir Stargazer." Luna said, not believing the abilities of the dragon. "Well, I would like to tell you the future, but that would ruin what is set for you so instead I would tell you about the past by reading your mind." Stargazer said, he then proceeded to put two fingers between his eyes and held his muzzle with the rest of his fingers. "I may know some things that were, some things that are, and some things that have not yet come to pass." He said as he then chuckled darkly and his scales change into black and red, but soon took a cheery smile with his scales back to their happy gold pink combination. "Hehehehe, I've always wanted to say that. Teehee!!!" He said as he balls up his talon and continues to lightly hit the top of his head and put out his tongue. "Well, since I don't want to tell the future because it would ruin it, I'll just say the past, and what better way to do that than plucking it out from your mind." Stargazer said but also thought, "This is practically cheating since I watch the show, and I'm not even that good at handling memories, more so thoughts. Well at least I already know what happened before." Luna looked skeptically at the dragon, as he says that he would just tell the past instead of the future. She could see that the dragons scales start to turn black, his forehead and the top of his tail turn dark blue with small dots of white imitating stars in the night sky. And what the dragon said shocked and scared her, for the dragon just mentioned her greatest life mistake like it was nothing. "Hmmm, corruption, ooo~, jealousy, ehe, Nightmare Moon. Really now.... A thousand year prison? Must be lonely up there. Well, what do I know, I just took it from your mind and all, it all happened right, because your sister-" but before he could continue further he was stopped by a loud yell from the moon princess. "THAT'S ENOUGH!!!" Luna yelled with teary eyes. "Aaahhh crap, bad time to get a minus rep, I should apologize now" Stargazer quickly thought and quickly apologized as well. "I'm..... sorry, I didn't mean it like that, I just wanted to prove myself. Would.... would you forgive me?" Stargazer asked as his scales turn in a mixture of dark purple, light blue, and blue gray as his head hung low and eyes looking up, as if pleading. The other mares and one baby dragon were giving Stargazer threatening looks because of his actions, but soon softened when the dark colored dragon began apologizing. Luna stepped towards the dragon and apologized. "I apologize as well Sir Stargazer for yelling, I was frustrated, I did not want to remember the past and the mistakes that I have made. And I accept your apology." Luna said with a small smile as she looked towards the dragon, who's scales are returning back to white and red. But she was surprised to see the dragon start to adopt her colors of dark blues, but instead of having a star like colors on his head and tail, the stars were shown underneath the wings. Just then Luna was then taken in the arms of the blue dragon as she was hugged and wrapped around by leathery wings. The others smiled at the wholesome sight and Celestia whispering to Twilight something. After a moment, Stargazer released Luna and smiled back at her and apologized again. "I'm sorry again for making you remember those bad times, I may not know the pain, but I do know loneliness." Stargazer said. "Also please don't call me sir, makes me feel old. I am seven years old after all." He said with a cheery smile but failed to notice the shocked silence in the room until Twilight yelled something. "Wait!? YOU'RE SEVEN YEARS OLD!?!?!?"