Canterlot was beautiful, to say the least. Celestia and Jason had a spell on that made them look like normal ponies. Jason was dark blue in coat, pink and orange in the mane, and looked like a normal unicorn. He also had a notebook as a cutie mark. Celestia was a Pegasus with a pink coat, white mane, and a scroll as their cutie mark. Canterlot was beautiful. It was like a miniature New York, except clean and vibrant. There were shops, ponies, plant life, and restaurants. All things you’d expect to see in a city.
Celestia began, “I’m sure it’s nothing compared to your world, but-“
“It’s still amazing. Also clean, very clean compared to the cities I am used to.”
“Clean?” Celestia inquired, “Are the cities where you’re from not clean?”
*sigh* “There was a reason Lauren had a filter that only allowed the pure of heart into this world, ya know. Most people just don’t care, and the cities just get worse and worse. Also, I guess they are a lot bigger so it’s harder to maintain.”
“Ah. I see…”
“… I miss Lauren.”
“I do too.” Celestia agreed
Celestia stared out in the distance. There were ponies walking down the sidewalk, some stores and restaurants bustling with business, some ponies who were clearly tourists taking pictures, all that stuff.
“Let’s continue our trip.”
“Yeah, let’s get back to touring Canterlot.” Jason (Matt) agreed.
They wandered through the streets of Canterlot, Occasionally stopping to see the sights or look into store windows. Eventually they stopped at a small hat store. They decided to go inside. Soon enough, Jason (Matt) found a solid pink baseball cap.
Tia noticed him staring at the cap.
“Find something that caught your eye?”
“Yes.”
The hat itself looked like a standard baseball cap. No logo, and a hole for a horn to poke through. He didn’t know why, but he felt like getting it.
“Are you sure, dear brother?”
He placed the cap on his head and looked in the mirror. “Yes.”
Celestia giggled, “Oh, alright then, if you are sure.”
“I look great with this hat.” Jason declared
They purchased the hat and continued on their way. The two wandered through the streets of Canterlot for the next few hours. They made occasional stops at certain shops and browsed the wares. The two were enjoying themselves. They finally stopped at a small cafe for some tea.
“I do hope you are enjoying your stay so far.”
“I am most definitely enjoying my stay, Tia.”
The two sat there in silence, drinking tea. After a long pause, Jason broke the silence.
“So, how has life been over the years?”
Celestia stopped for a moment. She reflected on all her troubles, the nightmare moon incident, and having to banish Luna all those years ago. She also remembered the sweet times, between helping earth pony settlers create Ponyville, taking Twilight under her wing, helping Cadence ascent to allicornhood, and Luna’s return.
“I do not believe we can go over everything at this time.”
“Alright.”
They continued to drink tea in silence for a while.
Out of the corner of his eye, Jason caught glimpse of a very familiar purple mare and her friends.
Jason silently got Tia’s attention and pointed at Twilight and her friends.
“What is she doing here?” Jason whispered
“I am unsure, our appointments as scheduled for tomorrow.”
“Think we could eavesdrop in on their conversation?
“Brother, I am uncertain if that is a wise decision.”
“Relax Tia, I got an invisibility spell.”
Before Celestia could get another word in, Jason had already cast the spell on himself. Tia could only sigh in disappointment of her brother.
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“And yer’ sure Princess Celestia has a brother and ya didn’t jus’ dream it?” Applejack asked
“Yes, I am certain.”
“I dunno, Twi, seems kinda unbelievable.”
“Yeah! That’s what I said!” Rainbow dash exclaimed.
“I received a letter from Princess Celestia confirming that he exists and when we would meet to discuss about him.”
“Regardless, ya said yer visit to Canterlot was supposed’ to be tomorrow.”
“I know, but I feel like we need to start sooner. There is no official documentation of him, and yet Celestia recognized him as her brother. This means that there is too much information to collect in just one day, not to mention the other siblings that Matthew mentioned. Twilight declared, determined to ask as many questions as possible.
They looked at one another just to confirm they were all hearing this right.
“Hold up there, sugarcube, yer sayin’ that there are more of em’?”
“That’s what I want to find out, Applejack.” Twilight replied with a little venom in her voice.
“Alright, Twilight, I was just askin’”
“This becomes harder to believe with every word you speak, darling.” Rarity budded in.
“I know, it’s just… ugh, I want to get answers as soon as possible and get the whole story straight.”
Matt quickly and quietly rejoined Celestia at the cafe and took off his invisibility spell, making sure that the disguise spell was still on. Celestia gave him an inquisitive look.
“Twilight is heading towards the castle with the intention to interview you about me early.” Jason explained.
“Well I do believe that Twilight and her friends are going to have to wait. As of now, we are in the middle of drinking tea.”
“Agreed.”
The two sat in silence once again, drinking tea.
~To be continued