The inside the portal was amazing, and trippy as fuck to Luke. Colors swirled around like what a person would see if they were on an acid trip. They blended, folded and wived over each other. Colors of red, pink, green, and maybe the rest of the color spectrum filled the portal vortex. It made him a little dizzy, so he closed his eyes.
Celestia looked back to him, and saw that the change was starting. The change from human to pony. First his skin changed from a pale skin color, to a grayish color. His hair grew longer into a gleaming bleach blond with strawberry colored highlights. Then his body started to shape, and she could tell he was in a bit of pain. His eyes squinted as a horn, and a pair of wings. Slowly his legs shifted upwards, and grew a few inches. For a moment he opened his eyes as beams of light shot out. When the light stopped shooting brightly out of his eyes, Celestia gasped, seeing a dark blue, and not what she had thought they would be. No, not the normal light sky-blue eyes, but almost twilight-blue in color. After a moment of breathing heavily a tail shot from his flank, and a cutie mark sat right in the center of it. Luke's cutie mark was a treble clef that was multicolored, from the bottom going up it was blue, yellow, orange, and red almost like a fire.
His mane grew longer, close to the lenth of Celestia's, and waved behind him as if a rough breeze blew into it. His hair moved like fire, the same chaotic nature that hid inside of his mind. Like how Kyle had made his first impressions on the princesses, it slightly disturbed her.
Slowly her body started to follow the same pattern, and finished right before they flew out of the portal.
Ponies gasped, and screamed as a nearly lifeless body shot out of the portal. This was Luke's body of course, and it nearly hit a small cluster of ponies that sat in the far back from the stage that was right in front of the town hall doors. In fact the stage was built into the town hall as an outside meeting area for celebrations that couldn't go on inside.
Luke's body was built like a tank, and like most rammed through a wall to a building close by. Celestia grimaced, and used her magic to pull Luke back, and repair the wall. She set his body on stage, and gave a light sigh.
"Mares, and gental stallions!" She called, gaining their attention. "I have searched far, to distant kingdoms in search for this prince! When he wakes shortly, I want you to know him as Prince Phoenix, he is from Neigherland!"
"You went to drink!?" Twilight asked, shocked at Celestia's lie. "Half the kingdom was worried about you!"
Celestia looked sheepishly at Twilight. "Sorry I worried you all." She said. "Thank fully we had Discord to conduct our day-to-night transitions. You should all thank him greatly."
Twilight walked angerly up to the princesses. "You left to find a drunk?" She asked. "And let Discord turn the sun and moon?"
"Twilight,first he is around your age, not old enough to drink. Second Discord is showing that he has changed, slightly, but not doing any evil magic beyond the element's control."
Twilight gave a huff. "Doesn't matter princess..."
Slowly Phoenix's body started to move, as he groaned in pain. He held his head for a moment, stopping when he noticed a foreign object on his forehead. His eyes snapped open, and his jaw dropped. He looked around for Celestia, and Luna, but only saw a group of ponies to his right. On his left were three horned pegasi with a small purple dragon next to them.
His head flashed from left to right, until he got what he thought was going on.
"So, ponies?" He asked looking at the horned pegasi. They nodded in response. "And I'm one too?" He asked some what in disbeleif. Again they nodded, and the white one walked slowly over to him.
"You look different from us, very different." She said.
"Is this the world you said you were taking me too?"
She nodded. "Yes, and this is my old student Twilight Sparkle." Celestia said, pointing to the purple horned pegasus.
Phoenix stood up, wobbled for a moment, then got his bearings before he started to walk forward. He walked up to Twilight, stopping only a few inches away from her. He smiled, and held out his left hoof.
"Pleased to meet you Twilight."
Twilight was taken back for a moment, never after when she moved here did a pony say "Pleased to meet you." She took a deep breath in, and smiled. "And to you Prince Phoenix. Might I say you look very nice."
Phoenix blushed for a moment, taken in by the complement he had NEVER received before now. They shook hooves, and Phoenix turned towards the crowd.
"I am blessed to be in all of your's presence! I hope we can become friends." He said bowing.
Celestia walked over, setting her hoof on Phoenix's shoulder with a slight laugh.
"You're already feeling what this world has on your body, and mind Phoenix. You'll get used to the magic soon, and when you do we'll start your training." She said. "Twilight, if you could, would you take him to a place where he can meet your friends? He needs to meet his teachers after all."
Twilight nodded. "Right away princess." She said. "Come on Phoenix, we'll go to my place. GIRLS!" She called.
Right away five other ponies started to walk up to Twilight. Respectfully they all bowed towards Phoenix, and one with rainbow colored mane started to talk.
"Don't know why we need to teach you, but I think you'll be a quick learner. I don't like having my naps schedule messed up." She said in a light raspy voice.
"Says the mascot of the LGBT group..." Phoenix said under his breath. "Should we get going?"
"Yes, you should." Celestia said. "You all may leave now, continue on with your day!"
After a short walk to a large tree, Phoenix nearly cried when he saw the aura that pulsed around it. It was one he knew, but never expected to see again. He stopped, refusing to move, and the six ponies looked at his with confusion. Twilight moved close to him.
"Everything alright?"
Phoenix rubbed his eyes, wiping away any visible tears. "What makes you think that?" He asked. "After all, my brother is a tree..."
A orange pony with a ten gallon hat snorted, trying to hide a laugh. "Um, Prince Phoenix, I'm start'n to think your a bit crazy. This tree has been here way before Ponyville settlers were here."
"How old is it then?" He asked.
"Six hundred years old." Twilight said. "It's known as the tree of wisdom. Mostly due to the fact it has over two thousand books in it, and it used to bear fruit that gave knowledge. It stopped when Celestia banished Luna to the moon for one thousand years. No pony knows why it stopped."
"Brother, if you can hear me, I am sorry, so sorry." Phoenix said. "Where I'm from, the elements we control are what we are born into when we die by unnatural means. Looks like he became a tree...He always like those."
Twilight started to understand what he was saying, and gave a weak smile. "Do you think he'll forgive?"
"Wisdom comes from the earth. It is the oldest thing to have a collected mind, linked with every living thing that dwells on its surface. I'm sure he's had time to think about what he's done."
"What do you mean by that?" She asked.
Phoenix shook his head. "Never mind, come on let's go inside." He siad, walking into the tree house.
Twilight looked at her friends with confuse, as they did in return. "I think he's crazy..." Rainbow Dash said.
"Crazy or not, he knows something far beyond what we understand. Maybe it's why Celestia, and Luna were gone for so long."