New Life in Equestria

by jkreader

Chapter 1 - Going to Ponyville (Rewritten)

Princess Luna kept her wing on me while she and Princess Celestia took me out of the starry place. We were going through another colored tunnel. When it ended, we were in a very big room. There was a red carpet, purple walls, a seat on top of some stairs at one end, and two very big doors at the other end. There were also some pictures in windows in the room too. I was amazed.

“Wow,” I said as looked around the room.

“Welcome to Equestria, Joshua,” Princess Celestia said to me. Princess Luna then took her wing off me.

“This is the throne room of Canterlot Castle, where Tia and I live,” Princess Luna said. I walked over to the window pictures. They had other ponies in them. One of them had two ponies with wings and horns flying around a strange looking animal that had a lot of different body parts.

“That is when Luna and I defeated Discord with the Elements of Harmony,” Princess Celestia said.

“Elements of Harmony?” I asked looking back at them, “What are those?”

“They are the most powerful known relics to pony kind, and they help keep harmony in balance here in Equestria,” Princess Luna said, “Most of these windows show when the Elements were used.” She then walked up to a picture where there were six ponies (two with horns, two with wings, and two normal) shooting light at one big, blue pony with a horn and wings. “This one for instance is when my sister’s faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, and her friends used the Elements to save me from the hatred and jealousy of Nightmare Moon.”

“That’s you?” I asked.

“Yes, when I let my anger and jealousy get the better of me,” Princess Luna replied.

I turned around and saw another window picture. It had a purple pony with wings and a horn, a gold crown on her head with a pink star gem in it.

“Who’s that?” I asked.

“That is my faithful student and newly crowned princess, Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic,” Princess Celestia said, “She became my student when she was just a filly, and she never ceased to amaze me over the years.”

“Wow,” I said again. Just then, I heard my stomach growling. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna looked at me.

“Hungry?” Princess Celestia asked. I looked up at her and nodded. “Come with us, we’ll have breakfast before I take you to Ponyville.”

The two of them led me to a room with a big table in it. When we sat down, they gave me a bowl of oatmeal to eat. It was really good. They also told me about Equestria, the different ponies that lived there, and how they ruled it. They told me that there were four different kinds of ponies: unicorns, pegasi, earth ponies, and alicorns, and they also told me about these things ponies get on their flanks called cutie marks. After we finished, Princess Celestia lifted me onto her back and walked to an open window.

“Farewell, Joshua,” Princess Luna said, “I’ll see you again soon.”

“Goodbye, Princess Luna,” I said waving to her.

“Alright, hold on, little one,” Princess Celestia said to me. I wrapped my arms around her neck and she started flying. I’ve flown on airplanes back on my world before, but never felt the wind blowing in my face before. It felt really nice and cool. After flying for a few minutes, I saw a town coming closer.

“Is that Ponyville?” I asked.

“It is,” Princess Celestia said. She then started slowing down and flying down to Ponyville. When we landed, there was a big tree in front of us. It had windows, a door, and a red sign with an open book painted on it. “This is the Golden Oaks Library. It’s where Twilight Sparkle lives.” She then got down on her knees to let me climb off her back. After I got off, she knocked on the door. When it opened, there was a purple and green dragon on the other side. He was a little taller than me, had green eyes, a green belly, and green spines on his head, back, and tail.

“Princess!” the dragon said bowing.

“Hello Spike,” Princess Celestia said, “It’s nice to see you again. Is Twilight in?”

“No,” the dragon said standing back up, “She had some shopping to do this morning, but she should be back pretty soon.” He then saw me standing next to her and his eyes got bigger. “Uh, Princess, is that a...human?”

“It is Spike,” Princess Celestia said putting a hoof on my shoulders, “His name is Joshua. Joshua, this is Spike, Twilight’s assistant.”

“Uh, hi Spike,” I said holding out a hand, “It’s nice to meet you.”

“Hey, Joshua,” Spike said taking my hand in his, “It’s nice to meet you too.” We shook hands with each other and then let go.

“Spike, may we come in,” Princess Celestia said, “I need to ask Twilight something regarding Joshua here.”

“Oh, sure, come on in,” Spike said opening the door more for us. After we walked in, I saw a lot of books in the walls, a table with a horse head on it, some windows high up, and some stairs on the other end of the room.

Wow, I thought, That’s a lot of books! Just then, I remembered something important.

“Uh, Spike,” I said, “Where’s the bathroom?”

“Upstairs, first door on the left,” he said pointing up the stairs.

“Thank you,” I said. I ran up the stairs and went through the door to see more stairs in front of me. I went up those stairs, but then I bumped into something and landed on my bottom.

“Ouch!” said a new voice. It was a girl’s voice.

“Sorry,” I said, “I need to…”

I stopped when I saw who I bumped into. It was a pony. Her fur was black, her mane and tail were purple, she had a horn and wings, a blue shield with a light blue crescent moon for a cutie mark, and was as tall as Spike, but what I was really looking at was her eyes. They looked like Spike’s eyes, and there was a little green were the white should be. We were staring at each other for a little bit, and then she held out a hoof to me. I took it in my hand and she helped pull me back onto my feet.

“Are you alright?” she asked me.

“My bottom hurts a little, but I’m okay,” I said. I then remembered why I was going upstairs. “Sorry, but I need to go to the bathroom.” I walked by her and found the bathroom. While in there, I was thinking about that black alicorn filly. Why did she have eyes like Spike’s?

Who was that? Was that a human? I thought they were myths.

“Hello, Nyx,” said a voice. I saw Princess Celestia in the room with Spike after I came down the stairs.

“Hi Princess,” I said.

“No need to call me that anymore,” she said, “Remember, you’re royalty now too since Twilight became a princess.”

“Oh, right,” I said, “Um, Celestia, I saw someone going upstairs to use the bathroom. Was that a human? I read they were myths.”

“Indeed it was,” she said nodding, “I brought him here. You see, he’s been through quite a lot recently, and needs someone to look after him.”

“Oh,” I said. I then heard footsteps on the stairs and turned around to see the human coming back down.

“Ah, there you are Joshua,” Celestia said, “Come on down and meet Twilight’s daughter.”

Was that his name? Joshua? That’s a nice name. I walked over to him and held out a hoof to him again.

“Hi,” I said, “My name is Nyx.”

He wrapped his hand around my hoof, somewhat nervously, and shook it.

“It’s nice to meet you, Nyx,” he said. After we finished shaking, Joshua looked at me in the eyes.

“Something wrong?” I asked tilting my head.

“Sorry,” he said, “I was just wondering why your eyes are like that?”

“That’s actually a long story,” I replied, “You wanna hear it?”

He nodded his head, walked back over to Princess Celestia and sat down. She then placed a wing over him. I sat down in front of them and began to tell my story.

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“Wow,” Joshua said after I finished, “That’s a very amazing story, Nyx.”

“Thanks,” I said. I then looked over to a clock and noticed it was getting close to noon. “I wonder where Twilight is. She should’ve been back by now.”

Just then the door opened, and we saw Twilight walk in.

“Spike! Nyx!” she said, “I’m back!”

Joshua looked at Twilight with widened eyes.

“Oh! Celestia!” Twilight said, “What are you doing here?”

“Hello, Twilight,” Celestia said. I noticed Joshua was standing behind one of her legs looking at Twilight. “The reason I’m here is because I have something to ask of you.” She then stepped to the side and showed Joshua off to her. “Twilight, this is Joshua.”