//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: The Tale of Adrian // by DarthMalentai //------------------------------// In the land of dreams, I just review what I have experienced within the last couple of minutes before that damnable blast of light hit me. ‘So, apparently I have appeared in Equestria, encountered what appeared to be Celestia and her… nephew? Blueblood is an ass. How was…oh that’s right.’ I end up talking to myself while going through basically everything over and over. ‘Was there a better way to handle the situation? No, that was truly the only way to do it with me being scared at that moment.’ I continue to basically go frame by frame segment right before I get hit by that light. ‘If there is something I can get from this, I am either unconscious, hopefully or…’ the thought being a little too much for me to contemplate or even think about. All of a sudden my surroundings start to get darker. ‘Damn this is starting to get unsettling,’ I reflect, remembering that the darkness usually holds things untold by the normal realms of the mind. If there was anything I didn’t want to relive, it would be the funeral for my mother. That memory was put under lock and only something powerful would make me want to ever make that time come back again. Of all memories, that would be the image I would want the least to resurface. As all of this is happening, the darkness starts to envelope me, I start to…hear? ‘Really?’ I ask myself, ‘ So I take it I didn’t die. That being the case I wonder why I didn’t die due to the pain.’ Wait, was there any pain? I hope that I don’t get yelled at for somehow instigating the event, even though it wasn’t I who started it nor ended it. ‘I still can’t believe that what I said caused such a callous reaction from Mr. Snobby. If anything a hit physically, but not magical punch to…my whole body, I guess? I do start to hear more and there is light. My initial thought is to get away from the light, but my body remains immobile. ‘If I die now I swear I will haunt that ass of a “prince” for the rest of his insignificant life.’ I swear vengeance and anything else during this slow, ponderous trip to the light. ‘I wonder if this is as fast as this ride goes?’ I questions as I start to become impatient. The source of the light becomes bigger by about twice its size from when I started this little climb. If there was anything else that could occupy my time than waiting to get to the light, I would have gladly taken it. Out of nowhere, I…wake up. I can’t feel my body that much. I try to move something and all I can get is numbness. That prickly feel felt very, very annoying to the extent that I just laid there as I felt warmth go through my body again. I start to realize how cold I was. ‘Wow…the coldness. It feels…nice.’ I thought to myself, remembering all the times of my bed back home and how cold my room was naturally. My reminiscing brings about more memories, both good and bad to their own respects. An image of my mother bundling me up for school, just to have me remove half of it and be fine. Later that week I stayed home due to a cold, though I loved the cold. Another memory surfaces, this one being the reports from the news. They reporter said that there was a pileup that had killed a dozen or so people when a semi ended up spinning out and jumped the median, and then crashing into another oncoming semi and together spun around a few times taking out some cars and a school bus that was too close to dodge the spiraling death. Many more memories appear, some very happy with mother and the rest of the family. A few being dark, mainly all my times I had considered the easy way out of life. My thoughts made me tune out enough that I hadn’t heard the doors to where ever I was open. The moment the door closed, I broke out of my memories and jumped a little. Well as much as a fully numb and prickly body would allow. I looked over to who it was and saw… a nurse? Wow I really need to remember that even in other dimensions or realities that there will always be some form of hospital. ‘She looks kind of scared of me; do I really look that threatening?’ I think to myself and then remember that she has probably never seen a human before. As I watch her, I take into consideration that if I did anything sudden that I would probably scare her, so all I do is just lay there looking at her. She gets closer, but slowly. The only reason I can see why is that she thinks I will try to run away or something, not that I can actually since I still feel quite numb all around. As she gets even closer I can start to hear what sounds to be breathing coming from her. ‘Poor dear, must be very frightened that she has to check on the strange creature from planet X’ I mentally scold myself for making fun of her. In her position I would most likely be having the same reaction. As she nears and starts to turn to head closer to my upper body, I could REALLY hear her breathing. I decide to end this stressful event for her, “Hi.” What happened next was…unexpected. As I greeted her, she hopped up at least 4 feet into the air, did a 180 turn, and just ran out of the room. Obviously this kind of hurt my feelings, but what can I say; I scared her just by saying a simple word. ‘Oh well, might as well rest for now and hope I can get feeling in my body when I come around next time.’ -Some time later- I start to feel the presence of something, or someone watching me. Not that I find it creepy but I swear I can feel breathing on my skin. ‘Who ever this is doesn’t really respect space or just thinks I will not mind having my personal space broken and shattered. I think I can…feel? I know I felt that there was something watching me but that was just a guess and decided to get up to investigate. ‘I really hope it isn’t Celestia right in front of my face,’ I thought and hoped against all hope it was just a nurse. I begin to open my eyes and notice that, besides it being sunny, there is in fact someone in front of my face, and cauing m. That someone had a dark bluecoat and black to blue flowing mane. ‘Luna?’ I realize. ‘I wonder how long she has been doing this?’ I start to wonder what exactly she is doing to begin with. “Ah, We see thou art awake. We wondered if thee would wake up from sleep soon,” She said. I basically just…well laid there and she was staring straight at me. If she was a few inches closer her nose would be in my left eye. “Uh… Yea, hi. Who are you?” I ask as innocently and unknowingly as possible. With that she backs up with a face of wonder, those eyes of hers dancing with what I could only guess to be thousands of questions. “We are Princess Luna, co-ruler to the lands of Equestria. Thou hast already met thy sister, Celestia,” she responds, “Thou has also met our vile nephew, Blueblood.” I nod and get the idea that both her and Celestia do not like Blueblood, and I just can’t possibly fathom why? “We have a question for thee? Can thee explain to Us why you are here?” She asks me. I, out of my sane mind, just look at her confused, complete with a ‘What?’ face. “Heh…I guess that I could do that, but I thought that you already know what happened?” I ask with a little bit more confusion as I still try to debate whether or not to tell her what happened. After a little bit more coaxing from Luna, I gave in and decided to tell her from my viewpoint of what happened. All the while, she is looking at me with a disappointed face and then remembers something; my name. “If We may ask, what is thou known by?” This took me out of the blue and I had realized that none of those who have seen me know who or what I am. I decide to reveal myself. “My name is Adrian, and I am a human,” I say, still quite hesitant at wanting to reveal anything, and being asked to reveal myself was definitely at the bottom of the list for things I was comfortable saying. All that Luna does is look at me, and I could see that she was on the verge of asking another question but all of a sudden the doors to what I had already guessed lead out of the hospital and to the rest of the castle, open. The pony that had entered the room made me a little happy but then again feel like I was trapped. Celestia walked in, and as expected from any form of royalty, she was flanked by some guards. ‘Man that armor looks fancy,’ I mentally comment. As Celestia comes closer, I see that she is at least calmed down from earlier. “Ah good to see the mysterious being has awoken at last. Now tell…” Luna cuts off, “His name is Adrian and he says that he is a ‘huemin’.” I look to Celestia as she nods her head in knowing. “I knew this being was a human, but not what his name was. Good to know that he told you.” I see her look to me expectantly. I have absolutely no idea what I should do at this point so I do the only thing I could do. I try to get up, and to my surprise I am able to sit upright. While the prickliness is still in my lower extremities , I could move them a little bit without that much discomfort. “Is it alright if I ask you a question, Celestia?” I ask. “Yes. What is your question? Wait… let me guess. It relates to your condition?” I nod my head to that. She continues, “You should be ok with in a day or two. I have already dealt with Bluebloods actions towards you. Next time be careful, he can be quite fragile.” She said while starting to grimace. I notice this and stay silent. “Well I say we leave you to your rest and we shall come pick you up then,” Celestia says, still holding a slight grimace. God I feel sorry for her dealing with Blueblood. “We will see you on ‘morrow, as well.” Luna adds in. I just nod to the both of them and get settled back in. I watch the both of them walk off and out the door. Shortly after I loose sight of them I see the doors close. “Why do I always screw up my life?” I ask myself as I settle back into the bed. I then realized something. When do I get food?