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// Chapter 4 
// Story: To Avert a War 
// by Malozi 
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	Korpwin was glad that the vast majority of his memories had returned, and less painfully as well. However, his skills with magic seemed to be locked.
Korpwin managed to count the days that he had spent in the prison of the castle, which had amounted to a week, and counting the day he met Discord, that meant he had eight minutes saved up to understand and talk with the princesses perfectly. Right now they should be able to understand him, and considering that they had been 'encouraging' him to start talking to them he decided it was a good idea to talk and let them know his predicament, but not use up the eight minutes. He didn't even know if they could still be saved up after he started using them. Discord hadn't said anything about how to use his time sparingly.
Still, he had to try something other than simply waiting around. The guards posted to keep watch over him were ready to fetch the princesses for him once he decided to 'cooperate' instead of stubbornly remaining silent. "Hey!" Korpwin shouted, getting one of the guard's attention. "I'm ready to start talking now... so... you know... get the princesses or something." One of the guards looked at another and nodded and then departed, for what reason Korpwin could only guess at and hope.
Korpwin was starting to grow impatient when the guard finally came back after thirty minutes... at least it felt that long. The guards led him out of his prison cell and guided him through the rest of the castle.
The darn thing was a maze at best, Korpwin was absolutely sure that he would've gotten lost countless times just trying to find the bathroom... or the kitchen... or anything else that required finding. For once he was glad for the presence of the guards.

It wasn't long until they managed to come to a room that was obviously some kind of throne room where he was left there. The guards said something to him which he could not understand except for the word 'princess' (he had learned to listen for that word carefully) and Luna. He remembered Luna was a princess, would that mean he would be meeting her and the other princess? That question was answered for him quickly enough when he saw Princess Luna herself emerge and sit on the single throne and beckon at him, saying a few words he could not understand. Korpwin took the hint though and walked towards the princess, a pony who seemed to be the embodiment of night itself.
Luna began to speak words that he unfortunately could not understand. But he knew he had to start talking in order to get her to understand his situation.
"Princess Luna. I'm sorry if I'm interrupting, and I probably am, but I needed to talk to you urgently. I can't understand a word you're saying but you can understand me. By the next day the situation will be reversed and I will be able to understand you perfectly and you can't understand me at all. I don't know why this has happened to me exactly but let me explain my situation as best I can." Korpwin then began his long talk about the things that transpired from the moment he had arrived in this strange new world.
Princess Luna listened as best as she could, at first looking at this strange creature, she believed that he called himself a human, and did not attempt to hide her confusion. The longer he kept talking she changed facial expressions, from confusion, surprise, understanding, and even boredom. This all changed right until he mentioned Discord. This seemed to excite her considerably considering the fact that she shouted, "Discord?!" Out loud.
"Yes, I just said that." Korpwin deadpanned.
"But what does he have to do with you being here? I wonder if he's responsible for bringing you here-"
"I can't understand you, princess, sorry. But as I was saying, Discord helped me out. Though to be honest I'm not sure if he helped me or cursed me since he's the one responsible for me being unable to understand you every other day. But he did make sure that at the start of every day I would have exactly one minute to speak to you and understand the language of everyone," Everypony. Luna mentally corrected. "Else. I have the choice to not use this minute and instead save it for later. The bad thing about that is that I don't know if I'm forced to use up all of the eight minutes I've saved up once I start using them. So I think it would be a good idea for us to work together and try to solve this problem."
Luna pondered the man's story for a good long while. Her train of thought was disrupted, however, when a guard entered the throne room.
"Princess Luna," He said. "There's been a development. Strange creatures have been appearing around the country, particularly Ponyville. There are also reports near Canterlot of two more creatures that resemble the prisoner lurking around Ponyville. However, they approached peacefully and requested an audience with whomever our leader is. How would you like to deal with this?"
Luna was quick to act. "Very good, soldier. I will depart at once to deal with this, contact the other princesses and let them know of the developments as soon as you can." She got up and prepared to leave the dumbfounded Korpwin to ponder what was going on around him.
"Um, excuse me? What's he talking about? Are- are we done here? What am I supposed to be doing? I'm confused." He said quickly. Luna stopped to reassure him, though he probably wouldn't be able to understand her anyway, that everything was alright. "Korpwin, everything is fine. I just need you to stay here, okay?"
"Okay, I partially understood that. I know that you want me to stay put. Fluttershy told me that plenty of times for me to get the message." Luna smiled and nodded and then left. Korpwin stood there and decided that he shouldn't just keep standing there since he was going to get bored soon. So he decided to sit down and meditate on the events that were unfolding in this world. When, or if, I ever get home I'll have quite the story to tell... someone. Ugh, this is not fun not being able to remember the most important things I need to remember! He thought angrily.
Princess Luna stopped by the guards and whispered into one of their ears. "I want guards posted with Korpwin, keep him safe."
The guard nodded.