//------------------------------// // Celestial Solutions // Story: Broned // by xXQw3rtyXx //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie were already on the train to Canterlot. Fluttershy and Rainbowdash were consoling the local Ponyville residents, and assuring them that everything was fine, and Applejack was, making food for Eric. Twilight and the others trotted down the royal halls of the castle. "Celestia, we have matters of utmost urgency!" Twilight burst into the throne room, to find that Celestia wasn't even there. Instead, Luna sat in the throne. "Yes, Twilight? What's this matter of utmost urgency?" Luna asked. "Where's Celestia?" " Didn't she tell you, she has here own business to attend to, now what's the matter," "Like what, wait, never mind, do you know dark magic?" "Of course, I spent 2000 years trapped in the moon, what'd you expect I'd learn?" Twilight floated her a book written by Star Swirl the Bearded, titled Dark Magic: Section Humans. "Ahh, yes, humans, I've read about them, but they're just a myth, correct?" "We have one in Ponyville right now," Luna smirked, "You're not a child anymore, Twilight, now what's really going on?" "No, really, a human appeared in Ponyville this morning," "You're lying," "No, come and see," I'm wasn't a fan of veggies, more of a KFC and McDonalds addict, but I was really hungry. The food was gone in a matter of seconds, as Applejack stared at me in shock. "Not even I have an appetite like dat," "You'd be surprised what kind of appetite you have when your starving to hell," "I bet I would," It wasn't much to go on though, just a platter of lettuce and broccoli. "You guys have apples, right?" "Apples, apples? Of course I have apples, my family owns dozens of acres of apple trees," "Do you have any apples with you?" Without warning, an entire cart of food burst through the door, pushed by none other then Apple Bloom. "Jesus Christ!" I jumped. "Who?" Applejack asked, as they obviously didn't really know who god was. "Nevermind, so what do you have on there?" I stared, drooling at the cart of apple pastries, but I knew I would regret the question. "We got apple pies, apple fritters, apple turnovers, apple bagels, apple angles, apple crosses, apple on a stick, caramel apples, chocolate apples, apple tarts, apple cups, slappy apples, snappy apples, fished apples, laggy apples, zap apples, apple sauce, cabbage apples, and of course, apples. "My god," I gaped at the cart, the glorious, mouthwatering cart of deliciousness. "Can I.." "Of course, dig in!" Applejack and Apple Bloom didn't hesitate to start munching on the pies. I decided to take this slow, start from the apple fritters, then work my way up. But before I could even get within one yard of the cart, the door to the treehouse burst open once again, and in came Twilight, Dashie, Flutters, Rarity, Pinkie, and Luna. I expected the Sister of Equestria to be taller, turns out, I was just as tall as she, but in common courtesy, I still bowed in her presence. "No need for that," Luna approached me, obviously not afraid, "I've heard of your kind, from an old comrade of mine." "Starswirl the Bearded?" Luna looked at me, eyes widened in surprise, "Yes, how did you know? Only a few close friends of mine know that." "Lucky guess?" "Are really a human?" "Yessss," "Interesting, Twilight, may I speak with you?" Luna and Twilight converged in a corner of the treehouse, while the others just sat, obviously uncomfortable with the "yet another sentient being," situation. "Have I told you mares my name yet?" No answer, they just shuffled their hooves and found particular interest in their cutie marks. "Oook then, what about you, Pinkie?" Even though she's usually interested in everything, and I mean everything, she also did not answer. The indistinct whispering of Luna and Twilight wasn't the most intelligent thing that they've done. We could all hear them clearly. I didn't know whether human hearing was better than pony hearing, but I could make out every word they were saying. "You're confused. Twilight, it isn't dark magic, I actually have no idea what it is," "No, I'm pretty sure it's dark magic, why else would it be in a dark magic book?" "Well then, Starswirl the Bearded must've also been confused," "How can you tell?" "It's not that easy, but if you trance deep enough, you can find that there are no traces of shadow bonds on this human," "What if you're wrong? What if you tranced incorrectly, and what is a trance, anyway," "I'm certain that I did not trance incorrectly, and trancing is something you'll learn in the future," "But with the matter at hand, how are we to get this human back to his place of origin, the entire Equestria is going to freak out if they see him," "Don't worry Twilight, we'll think of something," And they broke, and came back to us. "So..., dark magic?" I shifted from leg to leg. "You heard?" Twilight looked to Luna. "We, all heard, dear," Applejack decided to speak up, seeing as to she's getting used to me, or something. It was just a matter of time. "Master, he is here," a deep voice grumbled. "Good," yet another deep voice, "get ready, for we will be victorious this time."