//------------------------------// // Interview with an Alicorn // Story: The Legend of the 'Mon: The Three Forces // by NeotheTwilitUnicorn //------------------------------// AN: Well...here's Chapter Four: Interview with an Alicorn. I hope you enjoy it, and again, comment/upvote/favorite/something that'll let me know you read it. Please and thanks. Interview with an Alicorn (Alex's POV) I wake up this morning, finding myself next to Twilight Sparkle. I don't know exactly how I got up here, but I do know I slept well, and I think I ended up curled around her, as she is curled up around me. I hug her gently, knowing now that at the very least she has a heart. She might even care for me, but I certainly know that I care for her. She seems to be the pony version of Zen. Smart, an odd sense of humor, and kind and caring. If she was neither kind nor caring, she would have left me on the floor. I look over, off the end of the bed, and I notice the bed that Spike the Dragon occupied is empty. I look at the clock, and it reads 5:00. I get up, and then stretch. Spike pops in the room. "Oh look, the human is awake." "I see that the dragon is too." "I have a name you know." "I know this Spike, and I have a name as well." "Alex is your name, is it not?" "It is. Why are you awake before Twilight?" "Because I'm Twi's personal assistant. It is my job to help her out, and I usually end up just dusting the library in the mornings, and I end up getting up so early that if I wanted to, I could watch Celestia raise the sun." "You mean...she physically raises the sun? I thought the sun just rose on its own, as it does in my world." "Odd...But yes, she uses her Alicorn Gift to raise the sun." "This is quite interesting." "For me, and everypony else, it is quite normal." "I notice that you use the term 'everypony' as often as the actual ponies do, even though you are a dragon. Why?" "I have been around Twilight so long, it has become ingrained in to me. I swear, if was much more like a pony...I would be one." I laugh a little. "Indeed. So, what all books does this library have? Anything on the history of this place?" "Yeah. We have 'The History of Equestria' as well as 'Myths and Legends of Equestria'." "Could I borrow one of those? I'd like to learn about this place as much as I can before I go and talk to the Princess of the Day." "Sure. Follow me downstairs, and I'll show you where they are." He walks out of the room, and I follow right behind him, ducking under the doorframes. He climbs a short ladder, and pulls down a large, leather bound book. "This is..." "It is The Myths and Legends of Equestria." We turn, and see Twilight descending the stairs from her room upstairs. "I never took you as one who would want to research his surroundings. You seemed to be one of those 'jump, then look' people." "I prefer to gain knowledge as I can, so I can know what is going on around me." "I see..." She blushes almost imperceptibly, but I notice it, as I have had to notice tiny twitches in people before, and this is one of those little twitches. "Did I say something to offend you?" "No no...I was just surprised. You seem to be a human version of me." "No offense, but I don't live in a library. I do like to gain knowledge, I do wield magic, and I am a Triforce Bearer. As far as I know, that is what we share." She blushes a little more. "Yeah. Well, read up. We have a little over six and a half hours until midday, which is when Celestia wishes to see you." "Okay then." I sit down in a chair as I crack open the slightly dusty book. The first page read, 'To those about to read this, be warned. Most of these things are myths and legends, but some have been confirmed, and those that have are extremely dangerous.' The next page, 'Alicorns. These ponies carry characteristics of all three races of ponies, the strength and endurance of an earth pony, the horn and magic, plus the Alicorn Gift, of a unicorn, and the wings and streamlined shape of a pegasus. There are three known to ponykind, two of which are the Royal Sisters. See also, Luna, Celestia, Princesses.' I flip to the index at the back of the book, and find the page titled 'Celestia', which reads 'She has quite obviously been confirmed as real, and as such, should be treated with respect, lest she send you to the moon. She is the regent of the Sun, and general ruler of Equestria. She has no known relatives, though some ponies suspect that the Solar and Lunar Eclipses are caused by relatives of their's. As far as is known, each of the Royal Sisters has the ability to control both celestial spheres, but only Celestia has demonstrated this power, and ony during the 1,000 year banishment of Princess Luna. For more information, see Nightmare Moon.' I turn back to the index, finding and turning to the page entitled 'Nightmare Moon'. It reads, 'Nightmare Moon, also known as the Mare in the Moon, is the darker side of Princess Luna, and at one time cast all of Equestria in to night eternal. After a short period, her sister, Celestia, gathered the Elements of Harmony (see Harmonious Elements for more information) and used them to banish her in to the moon for one thousand years. During this time, Celestia repaired Equestria, returning it to its former glory.' I close the book, satisfied for now, and I set it on a table next to me. "Hey Spike, keep this out for me, if you could. I'm nowhere near done learning about Equestria." "Sure thing. Also, are you going to eat?" "Yeah, what time is it?" "It's about 11:00." "WHAT?!" "Yeah." "I was reading for five and a half hours?" "Apparently so." "Wow...And I only read three different entries." "Interesting. You seemed to be poring over them, as if you were looking for something." "I just wanted to learn more about the Princess I am about to meet." I walk in to the kitchen, or what roughly resembles one. "What do you all have to eat?" "Well, we have gemstones for me, and various plants for Twilight, and anypony else that may want to get something to eat here." "Hmm...very well. What kind of fruit do you have?" "Apples mainly." "Okay then. That sounds wonderful. Where are they?" "Top row, far left." I go to the mentioned shelf, get a couple of apples, and bite in to one. "These apples are really good." "Well, that is to be expected, as they are from Sweet Apple Acres." "Sweet Apple Acres?" "It is the only apple farm in Ponyville, and it is run by the Apple family. Big Macintosh, Granny Smith, Applejack, and little Applebloom. In fact, Applejack should be stopping by shortly." "Oh? What for?" "She is actually coming over to drop off a few more apples for Twi, until her next batch gets in." "I did notice there were only two left once I got my pair of apples." "Oh good." We hear a knock at the door, followed by, "Twiligh'? Ya in here?" "One minute Applejack." Twilight opens the door without touching it, and I notice that her horn glowed. I mutter under my breath, "more magic. neat." Applejack walks in, and I immediately notice the orange coat, and the three apples for her cutie mark. "Hmm...something to do with the Apple family I assume." I then notice the cowboy hat on her head, and I laugh a bit to myself. "Nice." She drops a small basket of apples in front of Twilight. "Here ya go Twiligh'." She looks around, and her eyes rest on me. "Um Twiligh'? What is that thing?" "First, that 'thing' is a human, and a nice one at that. His name is Alex." "Ah see. Well then, howdy Alex." "You are Applejack I assume." "Ah most certainly am. It's a pleasure to meetcha." She extends a hoof. I grasp it in my hand, stooping down a bit to make eye contact, and shake it. "The pleasure is mine." "So, how didja get here Alex? One o' Twi's spells?" "More or less." "I take it you'll fill me in later." "I will, if you stop by here after I have finished my meeting with Princess Celestia." "Oh, you're meeting the Princess?" I nod. "I sure am." "Well, a word o' advice: Don't get on 'er bad side, otherwise, ya might not make it back here to tell me your story." "Oh my...I did read that about her. Well, I have not angered anyone...anypony yet." "Wow, not even here for a day, and you're already pickin' up our lingo." I laugh. "Indeed ah am. And it seems I am picking up an accent already as well." She blushes some. "Well, that is mighty interesting, but tell me about it later. You have an interview with an alicorn to prepare for." I nod again. "Thank you for dropping by Applejack, and I'm sure Alex would love to talk to you later, but for now, we need to get going soon." "It's mah pleasure Twiligh'. An' Alex, I'll be seeing you later." I nod. "See ya 'round Applejack." She waves as she walks back out. Twilight turns to me. "So, are you ready to meet the Regent of the Sun?" "As ready as I will ever be." She steps outside, and I do as well, momentarily blinded by the sunlight. I laugh, and say, "Gooooood morning Equestria!" Twilight laughs some, and then she looks in to the sky, and I do as well. We see a golden chariot descend from the clouds, and land in front of us, two armored pegasi driving it. "Well, here's our ride Alex. Hop in!" I do so, and laugh a bit. She joins me, and it is a bit crowded, so she ends up sitting on my lap. I smile, as fortune has smiled on me. I unconsciously run a hand through her mane as we fly, and she turns, looking at me. "Alex...what in the name of Celestia are you doing?!" I pull my hand away, blushing. "Oh, I'm sorry. I did not even realize I was doing it." She nods. "I could tell. You seemed to enjoy it though." I laugh nervously. "I did. Your mane is just so soft, it almost drew my hand to it...I'm sorry about that though." "Oh don't be. It is understandable, given your attraction to me." I blush deeply. "Um...what?" "What? You thought I could not tell you were attracted to me just because you are a human? Ha! I could almost smell the attraction." I blush even more, and sigh. "When they say you are the smart one, they mean it. How long ago did you figure it out?" "Once I woke up this morning." "Oh...oh my. Well, I can no longer deny it. I do feel an attraction to you, although it might just be that I look for someone to replace Zen...I do not know." "I see. We can talk further once you and Red have finished your interview with Celestia. Maybe she'll decide to not wipe your memories, and let you stay." "She was going to wipe our memories?!" "If you provided no good reason to stay, and keep the memories of what you have done here." "I see now...Well, I can provide one good reason." "Good. Hopefully she will listen." "I hope so as well." We quickly approach Canterlot, and I watch as we descend, and I admire the view. I see Red standing near where we are going to land, and he waves at me. I wave back as we land, and then Twilight and I get out of the chariot. "Hey there Red." "Hey Alex. I see you brought Twilight with you." "Well, she was my way to get up here in the first place." "Indeed." "Did you sleep well my friend?" "I did. Especially with Luna right outside on her balcony, watching over the ponies while they slept." "So you figured out she is the Regent of the Moon, as well as the Guardian Princess of the Night?" "Uh...no" "Then how?" "I saw her walk out there before I fell asleep." "Oh." "How do you know all that?" "I did some research before I came here. I needed to learn about the Princess we are about to meet." "I see." "Luckily, Twilight gave me a book with which I could study the subject matter I chose." "And that was?" "Myths and legends of Equestria, the Princesses among them." "Huh...I need to see if there is a copy here in the Canterlot Library." "The book's name is 'Myths and Legends of Equestria'. Rather appropriate, no?" "Quite." I see a couple of stallions approach wearing armor, so I take that they are guards. One of them speaks up. "Twiley? Is that you?" "Shining? What are you doing here?" "I was told by Princess Celestia to come get the humans. I did not know you would be accompanying them." "Well, Alex here was staying with me for the night, so I had to get him up here somehow." "Who's Alex?" I step forward, revealing myself from behind Red. "That would be me." "Hmm...Interesting. Well, I am Shining Armor, captain of the Royal Guard, as well as Twilight's big brother." "It is very nice to meet you Shining Armor. As Twilight introduced me, I am Alex. My friend is Red." I motion to Red with a hand. "Very interesting, Which one of you is the magic wielder?" "Did Twilight tell you?" "No, but I heard Princess Luna mention it." "Hmm. Well, that would be me." "Okay. Can I see some proof?" "Sure. Stand back please." He takes several steps back. I draw a small crossfyre glyph, and fling it at a nearby rock. It lets out a small burst of flames on the rock. Shining Armor nods. "Proof enough. Come with me, and Twiley, you can come with as well." We form a line of sorts behind him, and he leads us to a large room, where a larger alicorn is sitting in a large throne. I immediately recognize her as, "Princess Celestia." "Who are you human?" "I am Alex, the magic wielder." I seem to have taken magic wielder as a title, so I thought I'd put it in to distinguish myself from Red. "Well, as you know I am Princess Celestia, Regent of the Sun, and Guardian Princess of the Day." "No offense your highness, I know that as well as some of the history behind you." "Oh? How?" "Twilight Sparkle lent me a book that had myths and legends of Equestria in it, and it had you in it. Since I knew I was meeting you today, I decided to read up, and learn about the royal alicorn I was about to meet." "I see. That was rather wise of you, and courageous to just tell me like that." "Uh...thank you Princess." "You are rather welcome Alex. Who is the other human?" (Red's POV) "You are rather welcome Alex. Who is the other human?" The alicorn turns her head to me. I shake a little, impressed by her presence. "Uh...hi. I'm Red. I don't think I have a title as of yet." "Well, greetings Red. As you heard from myself and Alex, I am Princess Celestia. You two are probably both wondering why I requested that you be brought here. The answer is simple. I wish to learn about your home realm, as well as determine if either of you want to stay here in Equestria, and if so, if either of you are worthy of staying here." "Hmm...very well. What do you want to know...Princess?" "First, what is your special talent?" "You mean what I'm good at?" "Yes." "Until Alex here beat me, I was the Pokemon League Champion, but then he managed to beat me. Up to that point though, and in my mind anyway, I was a wonder when it came to training Pokemon." "Hmm...what is a Pokemon?" "This." I pull a Pokeball out of my case, and let the Pokemon inside out, a male Zangoose. "This is my partner Chris." Alex blinks slowly, and the painful memories of Zen come flooding back to him, knocking him to his knees as if a physical blow. He collapses in body, mind, emotion, and spirit, losing control, and lies on the floor, crying, mourning once more for Zen. I blink, finally noticing the pain this caused Alex, and I call Chris back, not realizing that he could cause something like that. I go to him, but he does not notice me. I turn back to the princess, sighing. "I'm sorry about that, I did not know that would cause him such emotional pain." "I see that." "That is just one of numerous different species of Pokemon...Any other questions?" "Yes. How do the sun and moon work in your world?" "Well, our home planet, which we call Earth, as you call your home planet here, orbits around the sun, and it seems to move, but in reality, it is we who are moving. And the moon orbits around us, and we always see the same side of the moon due to the fact that it is rotating and revolving at the same speed." "I see...This is very interesting. I have questions for Alex, but I think he needs some time right now." "I agree..." (Alex's POV) As I lie there, the memories of Zen flooding back to me, knocking me over, I try to comprehend why this happened. I just lie there longer, tears flowing from my eyes, as I mourn her once more. I look up, and see Twilight Sparkle standing over me. "Are you okay Alex?" "I will be in a moment or two." "Oh...what's wrong?" "I just remembered my dead love...and I am mourning her again." "I see...is there anything I can do to help?" "Just stay there for now, please?" "Why?" "I don't know, but you standing there as you are seems to comfort me." "Very well." I stay there, staring at the ceiling through the curtain of her mane, seeing her coat underneath. I smile, finally recovering more, enough to stand and speak normally. The emotional pain still rages inside of me, but it would take someone who knows me to figure that out. "Sorry about that Princess." "I heard. Now, I have a couple of questions for you." "And they would be?" "How did you get that wand thing?" "The Elemental Wand? I got it during my Hylian adventure." "Hylian adventure?" "Yes. It was the time where I was stuck in Hyrule with Link, the other human that Twilight saw when she first opened her portal to our realm. We had an adventure to save the ruler of his land, Princess Zelda. We succeeded, and many things followed. I brought only this thing with me, but it is versatile." "How so?" "Permission to use it?" "Of course." I draw the Wand, drawing a tiny little fyreorb glyph, and activate it, and a small ball of flame appears, and slowly floats toward a window. They all blink, and follow it, and note where it collides and explodes in a small flash of light. It hits and detonates over the image of a set of symbols, five, one red, pink, orange, purple and blue, all arranged around a pink-purple six-pointed star. The princesses blink again. "Hmm..." "Is something wrong Princess?" "No no...I am just interested as to where the orb hit and went off." "Why so your Highness?" "It landed on the window depicting the Elements of Harmony. It showed me a new part that I had not seen before. It was hidden in the star...it is three glowing yellow triangles that come together to form a larger triangle." "Oh..." I blink, realizing its significance. "That..That is the symbol of the Triforce, which Red, Twilight, and myself each bear a piece of..." "Hmm...Interesting." "I find it odd that it just now revealed itself." "Why?" "Well, I heard the Elements were responsible for purging Nightmare Moon from Princess Luna, and they did so without Red and myself." "Maybe it was because we did not know the Triforce as you call it existed." "Hmm...maybe." "Regardless, what I want to know, is what brought you here? And why do I think I've seen you before?" "Princess, I really do not know. I cannot explain that feeling or thought." "Hmm. I will have to look in to this." "Very well. Are there any other questions you have for Red or myself?" "Not at this moment. Thank you for coming. I will now talk with Princess Luna, and Twilight Sparkle to decide your fates." "Very well Princess." We bow, and then a guard stallion comes up and escorts us out, shutting the doors behind us. (Celestia's POV) "We have now heard from the two visitors. I need to know what you two think, as you were the ones to spend more time with them than this. Lulu, what say you?" "I say that they may as well stay. But, we must wipe their memories and give them pony bodies. We can leave a trail to their old memories if the need arises, but that is all. We cannot let them retain knowledge of what has transpired before this." "I agree, but first, I need input from you Twilight." "I agree with you both, Princesses, but I say we should at least leave them with some of their memories. That of two days prior to their coming here, and beyond...especially for Alex. It may be out of place, but I don't want him to remember the sorrow that his Zangoose's death caused him. He needs to focus on something...somepony else." "Very well. I move in favor of Twilight's solution. Twilight, please go bring them back in so we may begin. I watch as she goes to the doors, opening one with her magic, and motioning for the humans to rejoin them in the throne room. (Alex's POV) We are brought back in to the throne room at Twilight Sparkle's, and I presume the Princesses', bequest. I look around, and see they are all standing. "Either we did something right, or we are about to be killed and disposed of...here's hoping for the former." Red nods to me, and we swallow, stepping forward further, right in front of the Solar Princess when she raises a hoof. "Stop there humans." Her horn lights up, as do Luna's and Twilight's, and then she touches her horn to my head...and I pass out. AN: And so ends Chapter Four, Interview with an Alicorn. I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I get a bit more inspiration. Also, if anypony out there that reads this thing wants to either help with ideas, or just proofread, send me a message, along with any prior experience you might have. Please and thank you!