How does she know my name? Jackson thought. It didn’t make sense to him that this Princess knew him before she even met him.
“Hello Twilight Sparkle.” The Princess began, “And hello to you too Rainbow Dash.”
“Good afternoon Princess Celestia. Good afternoon Princess Luna.” They replied.
Luna nodded her head and smiled while Princess Celestia turned to look at Jackson. “Good afternoon to you Mr. Jackson.”
“Afternoon Ma’am.” Jackson replied.
The Princess let out a soft chuckle. “There’s no need for formality. But I bet you are wondering what has happened to you and how you got here.”
Jackson nodded his head. “Yes. I don’t know what’s going on. I was with my convoy before an explosion and then I saw a bright white light and then darkness and then I woke up here in this world. What’s going on? How did I become a pony? How-”
Princess Luna raised her hoof, cutting him off. “Don’t fret. All of thou questions will be answered once my sister here explains.”
“Thank you Luna.” Celestia said. “But before I begin explaining, tell us all that you can remember.”
Jackson started to get irritated at repeating his story yet again but he obeyed and began to retell his story to the two Princesses in much greater detail. He remembered much more now than he had before. While he was explaining everything, the two royal sisters watched him and listened very attentively. This was definitely something they haven’t encountered before.
There was a moment of silence before Celestia spoke. “We know about your world. We know much about it. In fact, your world has become so engulfed in hate and violence and war, we keep the secrets of its existence away from others. The last thing we would want is to have habits from the Earth realm to enter ours. It could destroy the peaceful world we built as we know it.
“I understand.” Jackson said. “But that still doesn’t make sense how things here are almost exactly like they are in my world.”
“In this mass universe lies several dimensions. Each one in order to keep in existence, they must coincide and live within another. Thus, making our worlds seem to be so similar. The big difference is on your world, the advanced race is humans and here, the advanced race is us ponies. We have the same languages. But not everything we do is the same.” Celestia explained.
“How did I end up here? I should be dead after standing next to that exploding humvee.” Jackson asked. He didn’t think she would know the answer but was taken aback by her response.
“It wasn’t your time.” She replied.
“By what do you mean?”
“Every living organism has their own destiny. Some of their destinies are to die and the spirits within them roam around endlessly. And others are to live on and to make a difference and to make things better for the sake of everyone.” She said.
“But how does that explain how I got here.” Jackson questioned.
“That I cannot answer. There are forces and magics that far surpass my sister and I’s own power.”
“How did I turn into a pony when I entered this world?” He asked.
“Your body was being transferred through the dimension between our worlds. Your spirit and brain was transferred from your human body, into a pony body. This is the body you would have as if you were born in this world.” Celestia replied.
Jackson sat thinking for a moment. But then he unfurled his wings. “Why was I transferred into a pegasus body? I could’ve been any kind of pony couldn’t I? Like a regular pony or a unicorn.”
“Thou were a warrior in your world correct?” Luna asked.
“Yes that’s right.”
“That is why you were transferred into a pegasus body.” Celestia said. “Back when the pony races first began, the pegasi were the vast and feared warriors. Since you were a soldier defending your land from invaders in your world, you became a pegasus. The wings were used to fly fast to any given point to defend territories.”
This was confusing to Jackson. He became a pegasus because the pegasi are warriors in this world. And he was a soldier in his country, so that’s how he became a pegasus. His brain and spirit were transferred into a pony body because of traveling through the spectrum. The sound of it all just seemed like a dream. Like it was something from a sci-fi movie.
“You called me by my rank: Sergeant. How do you know about our rank systems? He asked.
“Little is it known, but here we too use ranking systems similar to your world. And as I stated before, we know all about your world and ways. When you first arrived, I knew all about you do to our vast knowledge and magic sensing abilities.” She stated.
“Hmm, I guess that makes sense.” Jackson said.
Jackson had no more questions he could think of so he and the others just sat quietly before Celestia spoke again.
“Now I have a question for you. Do you have a family?” Celestia asked.
Jackson shook himself out of thought and brought himself back to reality. “Yes. I have a wife and newborn daughter. I miss them more than anything.” He allowed his head to lower.
The two Princesses had sympathy in their eyes as they knew he wouldn’t like what they must tell him; if he asked it.
“But isn’t there a way you could bring him back to his own world?” Rainbow Dash asked.
The two Princesses looked at each other wishing that she hadn’t asked.
“I’m sorry.” Celestia spoke. “But his human body was destroyed during the transfer of his brain and spirit. There’s absolutely no way that it can be recovered.”
Jackson plopped down on his haunches. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He was stuck here in this world forever. He unhooked and removed his helmet as tears began to flow down his cheeks and hit the floor. Rainbow and Twilight immediately sat by his side; trying to do anything they can do to comfort him.
Celestia sat up and walked to the grieving pegasus. “I’m truly sorry.”
Jackson looked up at her through tear filled eyes. “So…so your saying that I won’t be able to see my family again? And that I’m… stuck here?”
Luna stopped next to her sister. They exchanged glances before Luna nodded her head.
“Well there is one thing.” She began.
“What is it?” Jackson asked through sniffs.
“With mine and my sister’s power combined, it might be possible to transfer your family here.”
Jackson immediately perked up. “Really? Are you for real? But I thought you said that you can’t control who’s brought through the spectrum?”
All the Princess could do was smile. She couldn’t think of anything to say to him that would explain. Twilight caught onto what was being planned. “Never underestimate the power of the two greatest Alicorns in pony history!” She said, smiling. Jackson saw this reaction and smiled uncontrollably, wiping away the remainder of his tears.
“I might be able to see them again after all.”