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// 3 - With great power... 
// Story: Ah! Magical Intervention At It's Best 
// by rey1119 
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                                 The princess was beyond furious, he could tell. but instead of impaling him like he thought she was she simply beckoned towards him and spoke quietly. 

"Follow me, we have much to discuss." She said seriously. The current event seems to have upset her, and she wasn't in the mood right now to talk or negotiate.

For a second he thought about making a break for it, he had wings now right? He quickly dismissed the idea, as she knew how to use her powers, and her wings far better than he did, and besides his wings were sore and aching and he didn't even know how to move them. 

"I wasn't planning on holding you in the cell for long, as princess it's my duty to make sure my citizens are safe, no one knew just what, or who you were, how powerful you were, and if you consider ponies prey or not, the only logical solution was to imprison you until we had more information." She explained, she had deciphered why he made the wish, not how, just why.Yet she spoke aggressively not allowing for any buts or whys.

After a while they came to a large conference room in a tall tower. Celestia and Rey were sitting opposite from each other at a large oval table, Celestia stared down Rey with a serious glare. "First things first Rey, I wish to inform you, that you might never return home, the magic that got you here is a highly unstable magic that even we cannot control, and by "we" I meant me, you, and my younger sister. How Twilight managed to open up such a path, is beyond me." She closed her eyes to think for a second, and continued her lecture. "Now, do you have any idea what powers you possess?" She asked. 

Rey simply shook his head, too frightened of the pony to say a word. 

Celestia Sighed, she could tell she was scaring the creature, which in the current situation could work to her advantage in helping him be neutralized as a threat, or could terrify him and make him rebel and try to destroy her, only time could tell.

"I raise and set the sun, every day.You can also do the same, but it is my duty, and I do not wish to see you meddling with the sun or moon without my or my sister's authority are we clear?"

Rey nodded his head silently, still too afraid of the large white pony to say anything that might shorten his future life span to about a minute.

She continued "Secondly, we are immortal as far as we know, anyone you meet besides me and my sister, you will outlive, are we clear?" 

He nodded his head again. The fear clear in his eyes, he started to break a cold sweat, she was talking about life and death now. he didn't like the direction this evening was going so far.

"I'm sorry am i frightening you? you haven't said a word since i freed you from your cell." She asked a concerned look on her face. She already knew the answer to this, but wanted to gauge his reaction. These few moments were fragile and could spell the difference between saving his life, or ending it.

He simply nodded, too ashamed to speak. He had no idea she wasn't trying to scare him, because it had the complete opposite effect. In fact, if Celestia weren't a giant white pony, he'd probably be in tears.

"I try not to get angry, but you have to understand, because of that wish, or whatever that was, you are now the fourth most powerful being here. I don't want you to think I a Bully , but i don't want you to think me a pushover and force me and my sister to obliterate you. I do hope you understand." 

Now more frightened than ever, he was shaking in his chair, his eyes wide and unblinking, he didn't notice his fear was making things nearby him slowly levitate in the air. 

"Calm down young one, nopony is going to hurt you, in fact you need to learn how to use your magic am I wrong? I'm a princess you see, and I don't have the time of the day to teach you to fly, let alone use magic, But I can send you to school, and hopefully..." She paused and smiled. "I have a better Idea, you shall live with my student, Twilight. She and her friends can teach you everything you need to know, and hey if you like it, you can move to ponyville since the odds of returning home are slim. So what do you say?"

Rey had calmed down and sat and thought, no longer afraid of becoming dust, but confused about how his life would be, and who was Twilight? He supposed that didn't really matter, what other choice did he have? "Yes, I suppose I could live with twilight for a while, and see how things go from there." He said. "But why would you send a stranger like me to live with your personal student?" He Inquired.

Celestia laughed at him for a short while, "She's the whole reason your here, and if you want to return home, you'll want to stick by her correct?" She asked. Rey simply nodded his head.

"Then its settled, I shall inform Twilight, and get you a ride, or would you like to be teleported?" She asked. 

"I think a calming ride to town would calm my nerves." He replied. Soon he was on a hot air balloon, headed to ponyville, wondering about how things will go, and who this Twilight character was, he was well on his way to where the goddesses prediction was to take him.