Curtis woke up on a nice soft bed. He was content and let out a small sigh and smiled. His eyes were still closed and he started to once again doze off.
Little did he know, he was being watched through a double sided mirror.
On the other side Celestia watched him with curiosity. Never before had she seen such a creature. Where did it come from? What is it? Why is it here? Is it dangerous?
All these questions ran through her head as she watched him sleep. Just then, her sister, Luna walked in through the double doors of the lab and sat down next to her sister. To think it was only a few minutes after the guards dragged Curtis in here after he crashed through her bedroom ceiling.
The floor was shiny and sterile and smelled a lot like chlorine and disinfectant; the walls were a dull white and the doors were reinforced with aluminium. The royal labs, as Celestia likes to call them, are found just beneath the castle, but right over the dungeons.
It was here that the scientists she hired worked hard to make life easier for her subjects. Any new invention that hit the public all started here. But this lab also houses new species that were found. It is here that they study them, to be sure they aren't a threat.
“Sister, it’s getting late,” Luna said to Celestia in a regal yet beautiful tone, “I think it best that you let the scientists do their work.”
“I know Luna,” Celestia sighed, “But I can’t help but feel sorry for this creature.”
“Why’s that sister?”, Luna asked confused.
“Luna,” Celestia said, “Never in Equestria have we seen a creature like this, and to think it has come from the sky. I feel that it may be the only one of it’s kind. Who knows what kind of pain it would feel if it ever found that out.”
She continued to stare through the glass, “ I've been here a long time to know, that all creatures, big or small; all desire companionship from others of the same kind. To think that this creature would never get that. It brings a tear to my eyes just thinking about it.”
“But what brought the creature here, and why?” Luna asked as she turned to face her sister.
“I don’t know Luna,” Celestia was still focused on the creature in the other room, “only time would tell.”
[*****]
Curtis woke once more, this time though he decided to get up. His bare feet hit the cold floor and he jumped. The contact had startled him. He shivered a little and noticed that he was naked.
“What the fuck?” Curtis said as he looked all around for his clothes. He couldn't find them and it was then he realized where he was. He was in some sort of lab or hospital. Gadgets and gizmos laid everywhere in the room. A counter with a bunch of beakers and test tubes was to his right, the bed he was just in was behind him. It was a nice bed too, though he couldn't stay here.
“Now I’m freaking out...” Was all he could say when suddenly the lights went on, and a pony with a red coloured mane walked in carrying a clipboard and a needle in the air by some sort of magic. She was white and had a small horn protruding from her forehead, and on her flank was a tattoo of a red cross. A name tag that read, “Nurse.B,Touch”.
Now normally Curtis wouldn't freak out, but seeing as he was in a strange place with a strange creature scared him half to death. He was frozen with fear and couldn't move to hide. It was then the pony started to talk to itself,
“Why would they want me to take this things blood sample? They know blood makes me squeamish.”
Who’s they? was all Curtis could process in his head. It was then that the pony noticed him. She gasped and dropped both the clipboard and the needle. The clipboard jumped a bit when it hit the floor but stayed near her, the needle on the other hand rolled across the room and directly at Curtis’ foot.
All the two could do was stare at eachother with their mouths open.
“Umm... I was just leaving.” Nurse.B.Touch said as she blushed and backed out of the room before turning and running away.
“Well, that could have gone better,” Curtis said to himself, “I hate to overstay my welcome so I might as well find a way out.”
Curtis, still stark naked ran out of the room and into the hall. He looked left and right and found a linen closet not to far from his room.
Not wanting to question the logic behind that, he ran to it and pushed the door open. Grabbing a white sheet, he draped it over himself like a toga. Now that he was covered up, he thought it might be a good idea to explore a bit.
The halls were empty, so trying to stay out of site was pretty much redundant at this point. He continued on his way when he heard some sounds coming from down the hall. A light shined out from the cracks of the door down the hall.
Curtis quietly crept up to it and peeked inside. There were his clothes, draped on an examination table. A laser hit them and then they vanished and appeared on a large screen.
“Well, there goes my clothes.” Curtis deadpanned. A couple scientist ponies wrote down notes quickly as they stared at the screen.
Not wanting to waste any time, he continued onwards till he came to a set of stairs going up.
“Please be the way out.” Curtis pleaded. He climbed the stairs upwards breathing a sigh of relief as he saw light ahead.
But his moment of joy was cut short when he just walked into the middle of the throne room. A trap door slammed behind him, making it look like there were no passage leading down. It was a nice well lit room with a red carpet that stretched all across the room. Pillars of marble stood erect from the ground to the ceiling and stained glass windows depicting various pictures of ponies were all across the walls.
At the end of this beautiful room was a throne. And on it sat a startled Celestia, a few royal guards were standing right beside her. They had their spears directed at Curtis, ready to impale him if he dared move.
But Celestia waved her wing and the spears went down. She got up and started walking towards Curtis. She had a look of seriousness etched on her face, as she stared him down.
Curtis was starting to get ticked off and he clenched his fist and grit his teeth in anger. Ignoring this, Celestia asked the first question.
“How did you get out of the labs? and why are you angry? Have I not tried to make your welcome comfortable?”
“COMFORTABLE MY ASS!!” Curtis shouted but he sighed and calmed down a bit as Celestia stopped dead in shock, though her expression never changed, “Why was I in a lab?”
Celestia sighed and spoke with a motherly tone, “I wasn't sure if you were dangerous or not, so I wanted to run some tests to see if it was safe to let you walk free.”
“MY CLOTHES WERE DISINTEGRATED AND I RAN NAKED THROUGH YOUR FUCKING HALLS IN MY BIRTHDAY SUITE BEFORE I FOUND A SHEET TO COVER MYSELF WITH!” Curtis shouted at the top of his lungs.
Celestia cocked an eyebrow, “I had no idea they would do that.”
“TO HELL YOU DID!” Curtis acted fast, and without thinking he ran up and punched Celestia hard in the face knocking her to the floor. “I HOPE YOU LIKE PAIN BITCH AS I’M ABOUT TO SERVE IT TO YOU RAW!”
This however angered the guards who quickly ran up and tackled him to the ground.
“Don’t let him near the princess! Take him to the dungeons!” One guard shouted.
Celestia got up quickly and tried to stop the guards, “Wait it wasn't his fault,”
“We’ll protect you your majesty!” another guard said. They started to chain Curtis up as Celestia tried in vain to stop them.
“I would have done the same if I was in his position!” Celestia once again shouted as she tried to undo the chains.
“Let me go you sons of bitches!” Curtis struggled in vain, “I’m not done sharing the magic of pain to your stupid ass monarch!”
Curtis was blind with rage, so he couldn't see Celestia trying to help him. A guard hit Curtis in the face with a hoof.
“STOP IT PLEASE!” Celestia was no pleading with the guards who were out of control, “LET HIM GO!”
Two more guards showed up to drag Celestia away from Curtis, she put a hoof forward as if to touch Curtis but the guards wouldn't let her get near him.
His words fell on deaf ears though, but he still continued to shout as he was dragged from the room, “I’LL KILL YOU BITCH! LET ME GO YA PANSIES!”
“I promise, I’ll find a way to get you out of this!” Celestia said as she was dragged further and further away from the commotion.