CHAPTER 3: Political Views and a New Beginning
"Sister! You cannot expect me to accept a near death 'coincidence' as but a mere accident!"
Celestia sighed, her sister was still as stubborn as usual. "Please Luna, you must understand the human meant no harm to you. It was just a simple accident with some very powerful magic involved. You must at least see th-."
"Do NOT give me that pathetic excuse again, I will not be treated such as would befit a common peasent! I, your sister nearly died at that humans hands and all you want to do." At this point she made a disgusted face and over exaggerated "Is make him feel WELCOME and HAPPY. Oh dear Twilight teach him our ways!"
Celestia finally was sick of this argument "ENOUGH! I've had enough of this argument, I sent you to the moon once I can do it again if it comes to it!" Silence immediately fell upon the room. Luna looked at her sister both astonished and terrified, Would she really send me back? After that thought Luna ran across the room,out the door and on her way slammed it shut!The princess looked at her bedroom door and realized the error in what she just said. "Luna." Celestia knew her sister was out of ear shot, too late to apologize. She felt hot tears start to well in her puffy eyes. As she opened her window and placed her head on the window sill, she started to cry.
Luna,now in her room decided to demolish some of the fine furniture "How DARE SHE! My own sister treateths me like the common rabble! She appreciates that fool Twilight Sparkle more than me!" Immediately an idea cracked into Lunas mind "If I made the human at fault for a crime he 'committed' then Twilight will look as though she taught him all the wrong things! Then Celestia will banish both of them and I will be back at my sisters side!" As she commenced to find a crime worthy of banishment in the castle archives. The sun was rising and the human was opening his eyes.
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As Robin looked up he saw a wooden roof, rather much styled like a real tree trunk. He didn't pay it much mind after the amazing dream he just had!What a funny dream last night! I sprained my ankle, fell from the sky, and met the ponies! Oh man that was a good one.Robin giggled a little to himself which turned into a startled gasp as a figure that appeared to be Twilight Sparkle, was hovering over him.
"Hello there!"
"AAH! Why would you just lean over someone like that? Who's half asleep?"
"I do that all the time, does that matter? Let me introduce myself." She took a step back so he could sit up and get a full view of her That does look like Twilight Sparkle one hundred percent on the dot, maybe the dream was true?
"My name is Twilight Sparkle." Robin rolled his eyes and shrugged OF COURSE it's Twilight Sparkle!
"Um, did I do something wrong?" Twilight noticed his rather vulgar shrug and eye roll.
"Well for one how could I possibly be here? This world is in a TV show!"
"Yeeeaahh I really don't know how to respond to that, it just well....Happens sometimes." She looked down and around a little avoiding his eye contact. Well, I am in the world of equestria OBVIOUSLY since Twilight Sparkles here! Maybe I should cut her some slack. Robin looked around the room And this does look like her house and I know for a fact my 'friends' aren't smart enough to pull of this amazing a prank, that is if they even knew I was a brony.
"Alright, sorry for acting like that. My names Robin, nice to meet you Twilight Sparkle." With that they politely shook hands (and hooves).
YES this is working already! That's another thing to scratch off the list. "Well would you like a tour around?"
"Well to be honest with you I've seen your house plenty of times in the show."
"But Mr.Robin that wasn't in real life. I have a feeling it will be much different in person than through a TV"
Robin, still surprised he was actually talking to Twilight Sparkle from his favorite show. Finally nodded and smiled. Something he hadn't done in a long time "I'd love to have a 'real' tour." And so within about an hour and a half Robin now knew every room, even all the little nooks and crannies. He was also introduced to Spike, who didn't have very much to say sense he really didn't know what to talk to a human about. After the tour had ended Twilight started to head for the door.
"Robin, don't you want to meet everybody else?"
Robin, still stunned and overjoyed at the fact of he was going to meet the rest of them. Just whispered "I'd like that, VERY much!"
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As the duo walked outside and headed for Sugar cube corner where Twilight knew her friends were getting a party ready for the newcomer. Ponies all over just gaped and awed at the human, his clothes looked almost regal! They had never seen a human before, so this was quite the major shocker! Most just gaped while others attempted talking only to stutter and fall short. Finally near the bakery where Pinkie Pie lived on sugar cube corner, they were about to enter when AppleJack came shooting out! Slamming the door behind her shut and leaning on the door with all her weight.
"OH I guess your the human, howdy-doo my names Applejack. Twilight I need to talk to you!" Applejack had raced through that sentence faster than was comprehensible as she grabbed Twilight and pulled her in the door.
"Uhm, you just stand out here for a bit mister?" Applejack gave him the confused look of 'I don't know your name please tell me it so I can finish my sentence'.
"Robin, the names Robin."
"Robin, good name I'll let you in, in a minute, need to talk to Twili-."
"A ROBIN!?"
"Oh, apple tarts!" As Applejack raced inside out came a cheery and excited little pony, searching the clouds for the cute little robin she was expecting. Robin from seeing the show enough knew this animal excited, yellow colored, pink maned pony was none other than the adorable Fluttershy.
"Why hello there." Robin gave her a friendly smile, responded to with a shy glance and absolute silence.
"Hey come on, no need to be shy of me. My names Robin, I was the one Applejack was talking about, not a bird!"
"Oh...I'm sorry..I'll uh, just head inside" Fluttershy quickly rushed back inside, leaving Robin alone to the awe and surprised faces of passerby ponies.
"What do you mean the cakes been destroyed!? Was it Pinkie?"
"Well, no Twilight nothin like that."
"Then care to explain! We've got to make him happy and I don't think telling him I wasted his time coming here will help with that!"
"Well ya see, it's a funny story actually. The cake was just finished, it looked real nice Twilight especially covered in the icing design we picked out. But then some little imp thingy snuck in and destroyed it! Honest." Twilight stopped pacing and looked at Applejack, the only imps were in the ever free forest and didn't come out until midnight. Not in the middle of the day where everypony can see them! This thought train crashed though as they heard Rarity give a shriek and run out of the kitchen!
"It's back! That horrible ugly thing is back!"
Right behind Rarity came a short, blue bat winged creature that proceeded to zoom about smashing through the counter, ripping up pastries. Just ruining the place.
Robin heard the commotion and rushed inside! "Hey, is everything okay?" Immediately the imp stopped the mayhem and locked eyes with the human. A devilish smile started to spread on its face, between its fingers sparks arose and soon its hands were flaming, until between its palms it bore a large blue fireball.
"Robin! Get out of the way!" Twilight shouted but to no avail. Robin was transfixed he had never seen such an amazing feat of magic (or any magic in general). He only realized the danger he was in when the fireball was thrown right at him! Twilight immediately dashed out in front of it ready to take the blast to save him!
Time froze to Robin, Twilight was there in front of him ready to take the blast and save him. No,you've done enough Twilight, it's my turn to do something. The huge ball came ever closer,until finally it collided.
Silence reigned for a few minutes as the ash from the fireball cleared, Twilight thought for sure she was injured and slowly but reluctantly,opened an eye. Ready to see a broken hoof or severe burns all over her side. Oh please don't let it be as bad as I think it is! But instead of seeing pain and broken hooves she saw that Robin was now in front of her! HOW!? In such a short time span? How fast could he possibly be!? She glanced at his hands to see if they were burned sense they were crossed in front of his face. But instead of seeing burns she saw a most wonderous sight! In his right hand was a deep blue dagger, the blade only connected to the hilt by a magical stone between the hilt and the blade. In his other hand was a golden white long sword, the hilt and handle were adorned with jewels of many different colors and sizes!
As she glanced again about his person she saw no real proof of a burn, in fact he was unscathed! Before she could ask him how he did it he leaped into the air, dodging other blasts from the imp. He feigned left and right, jumped off counters with grace and ease, he'd appeared to be as acrobatic as the imp! Until finally within reach. His eyes closed and to Robin time slowed he had never moved this fast but it all came so natural. With this final, brief wonder in his mind the sword came down upon the imps head slicing the little devil in two! Before it fell to the ground it dissipated and burned into ash. Wisked away with the breeze from an open window.
"That was amazing! Thank you so much!" Mrs. Cake came running down the stairs absolutely jumping with joy! Her husband, Mr. Cake was right behind her.
"You did a good job there son! How can we repay you?" Mr. Cake then proceeded to look around the room "But a better question, how did that thing even get in here?" Robin looked at them then at the weapons in his hands. As he contemplated there question Fluttershy came out from under a desk
"Well...umm I did accept a few magical creatures for a time being to take care of for this circus. One of them was an imp, this morning it was gone. I guess that was the imp that went missing.
Twilight heard this and sighed "Fluttershy you should really think about caring for less powerful creatures, that could have been a lot worse!"
Pinkie pie, still distraught over the ruined cake butted in "Hey! Who cares? Were safe, he's safe" The 'he' was of course Robin "I think were okay but we need to make another cake right now! Or else the party will be ruined!" With that she dashed into the kitchen. already they heard pots, pans, stoves, she was already baking the next one!
Rainbow Dash flew over and helped Robin back to his feet, nudging him to the kitchen with everyone else.
"Come on! One cake won't do anybody any harm!"
"Well, I guess making ONE cake wouldn't be too bad."
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Luna inside the archive found several crimes perfect for banishment! Murder, deception, use of magic against other ponies. Oh so many different choices! She looked up at the shelf to find a rather odd book, it was small, lightly colored, and looked incredibly old. Older than most of the books on the shelves. The tittle read 'Diary of A Princess' Whats this? a pathetic little story book in the grand archive? As she flipped through it's pages she realized that it wasn't a story book, it in fact was her sister Celestias diary! By the moon! Why would she leave it out here for all to read? As she continued to flip through she found a page with the date of when she was banished. The diary page read like so.
"This is the final straw! My sister has gone too far, she has become a burden upon the entire equestrian kingdom! And now she wants to bring forth an eternal night? I am sick of her, she's always been jealous of me. But now she has gone over the edge! This has to end and it will, for Equestrias sake let this be the only painful choice I have to make for a thousand years." The rest of the page had small scribbles and a few dried water stains.
So....That is what she truly thinks of me? With this horrible thought lingering in her mind. Luna left the archive and went straight back to her chambers.