//------------------------------// // chapter 3: awakening // Story: Strange New World // by moltendaniel //------------------------------// "mmmm, please be quiet and let me sleep, I’m tired." Everyone turned their heads to the colt snuggled up next to Twilight with shock written all over their faces, even the alicorn sisters. after a few seconds the shock wore off and everyone was starting to calm down enough to try and talk to him until celestia cut them all off again. "Evidently he speaks Equestrian and it appears as though our voices are too loud" her voice was barely above a whisper now but loud enough for any listening to hear." And it is rather late so i think everypony should head home and try get some sleep. Twilight?" Twilight turned her head back to her mentor to see what she wanted, but before she could ask what Celestia wanted, she cut her off again. "Do you think my sister and i would be able to spend the night here with you and Spike? We wish to remain here in case he wakes up before everypony else and would like to be the first ones to speak with him." "Sure princess, but there is a slight problem with that" stated Twilght whilst getting a strange look from her mentor but before celestia could ask what the problem was, Twilight continued. "Remember what i said earlier, we only have 2 blankets, and with the little colt taking the couch currently we only have my bed and the guest bed which neither of them are large enough for either of you....sorry" "Do not worry Twilight, we shall sort the arrangements out in a moment, but before we do i think its time some ponies head home, wouldnt you agree?" "I couldnt agree more princess" exclaimed Twilight looking at the clock and realising how late it was. after she stopped looking at the clock she looked towards her friends and saw how tired they all looked. She couldnt blame them, it had been an exhausting day. As she was about to say goodnight to her friends, Celestia started speaking once more. "Now before you all leave, i have a favour to ask of you all. firstly, Rarity, would you mind if my sister accompanied you to your boutique to collect a blanket for herself, the foal and myself please?" "Of course princess, i usually keep a few spare for when i have the crusaders over, although they wont be what your used to in the palace...But im sure i could make a few really qui-" "They will do just fine Rarity, thank you for the offer though. Secondly, Applejack and Pinkie Pie, could you perhaps bring over some food tomorrow morning for all of us as i have a fealing we are going to be here talking for a while once he wakes up" "Okie dokie lokie", "Sure thin' princess, ill bring over some of the apple family's best apples" said Pinkie and Applejack as they were leaving the library. "Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, do you think you two could come over in the morning with the others as i would like everyone of you here to talk to him once he wakes up" "Sure thing princess" said Rainbow Dash rather excitedly; you could taste her excitement in the air. "Ok princess, ill have to let Angel know that im going to be...oh dear, Angel is going to be upset with me for being out so late. Im sorry girls but ive got to get back. I'll see you all in the morning after i've taken care of the animals". The moment fluttershy said that she zoomed off to her cottage. The speed in which she left would have made Rainbow Dash proud if she hadnt already left the moment she assured the princess that she would be there the next morning. "I will see you in a few minutes Luna, and Rarity, thank you for the use of your blankets. I will expect you here tomorow morning with everypony else ok?" Said Celestia turning to the dark alicorn and white unicorn that were slowly walking towards the door. As Luna and Rarity continued out the door after politely nodding back to Celestia, Twilight saw her mentors face turn from a stoic smile to more of a scowl than anything. Celestia turned around while her magic was shutting the door and after locking it to see only Twilight, Spike and the foal left in the library. Twilights face grew worried as to why her mentor was scowling and begin to think she had done something wrong. Her thoughts on the matter were immediately stopped when Celestia spoke to seemingly no one in the room. "It is rude to eavesdrop on others conversations and pretend to be asleep!" The moment those words left the mouth of her mentor Twilight felt a stiring next to her and understood that Celestia was talking to the foal. She moved when she noticed him trying to get up. "Well what would you do if you found yourself in a strange place and didnt know what the hell was going on?" Exclaimed the unamused foal that had stood up and turned to face Celestia. Before anyone could answer his question he began speaking again. "Also on a side note, when your doctors say "Hes unconcious, the only thing he will need is a local anesthetic as he wont wake up anytime by the looks of it" get them to fucking check that the person is actually uncon-" THWACK "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR" he exclaimed after seeing Celestia smack him on his head. "Young foals such as yourself should not be using atrocious language such as that even if it hasnt been used for nearly a milenia" shouted Celestia back at the foal standing on the couch. Both the princess and the foal bore scowls at one another until Celestia remembered what he had said and realised something....He was awake through the entire operation and even though he had a local anesthetic he probably had still felt a lot of pain from the whole thing. Her face changed from a scowl to a frown and then finally apologetic. "I am truly sorry that you were awake the entire time, and that i also didnt realise. I know the pain you must have felt was agonising but the only thing i can offer you is my sincere apology. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me" said Celestia with a look of regret plastered all over her face. "Meh, dont worry about it, you didnt know but i must ask you something private really quickly but i dont want the other two here knowing so could you let me whisper it to you please?" said the foal giving Celestia a pleading look. Twilight looked confused and didnt know what to make of the foals request, Spike just sat there still trying to take in the news of a pony from another dimension and Celestia simply nodded and brought her head close to the foal so he could ask her whatever it was he wanted to. THWACK "Thats for hitting me. now i forgive you" stated the foal with a look of accomplishment on his face. If it wasnt for the floor then Spike and Twilights jaws would have probably kept dropping forever at what they saw and Celestia looked slightly stunned and a small bit irked at what the foal just did. Twilight was about to reprimand the foal and give him a stirn talking to for what he did and Celestia was about to punish the little foal for it while Spike just stared at him until something got everyponies attention. They heard giggling coming from the door and everyone looked to see Luna rolling on the floor in a fit of giggles at what the foal had done to Celestia. Celestia scowled at her sister and shouted at her to stop laughing, Twilight had calmed down but still wanted to give the foal a stirn talking to while Spike and the foal both broke out into laughter. After everyone had calmed down all the while still lightly giggling every so often Luna decided to speak. "I am so sorry Tia but that was hilarious, I havent seen you act like that or anypony behave like that toward you since we ourselves were but foals". "I have a question for all of you. Celestia said that a young foal such as myself should'nt be using such language but i must know if your meaning of the word foal is similar to the meaning i know. I know it as a young pony or horse so im going to assume it is the same here?" Asked the dark foal with a huge grin still plastered on his face. After everyone in the room nodded he continued. "Well then first things first, how old do you think i am?" asked the foal. Twilight wanted to answer but she remembered that he was an alicorn and she knew from princess Celestia that alicorn foals grow quicker than normal ponies as they grow to be quite large so she decided not to answer. Celestia was the first to speak. "Well judging by your size i would say that you were abo-" celestia was cut off by the foal who looked unamused for some reason. "You know what, how about i just tell you my age. I dont want to know how old i am in this weird arse world. I'll tell you before you hit me again" stated the foal whilest glaring daggers at Celestia. "I am 19 nearly 20" after the foal had finished his sentance 4 jaws decided to have a race to see which one could reach the floor first. Needless to say it was a 4 way tie. "n-n-n-nineteen! But that cant be right. thats-thats-thats impossible, if you were that old then you should be near full maturity. it just doesnt make any sense" shouted Luna a minute after everyone had a jaw drop race. "Well perhaps Luna that in his world, their time flows faster or they have less time in a day and fewer days in the year, that could explain why he thinks he is ninete..." said Celestia before she stopped when she saw the foal looking at the clock on the wall. tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock... 10 seconds of staring at the clock the foal turned to Celestia and said "From looking at the clock your seconds are the same as mine, you have 60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour and im just going to ask 24 hours in a day?" Celestia and Luna nodded. "7 days in a week?" The alicorn princess nodded again. "52 weeks in a year?" They nodded once more. "Well then, by all accounts i am 19 nearly 20 on both worlds then. So now this brings me to my next question which will followed by a question about this bodies age and a whole lot of other things, but well cross that bridge when we get to it. Huh hmm" clearing his throat the alicorn prpared for his question "....WHY THE FUCK AM I A MUTANT PONY HORSE THING?" sorry it took so long to do guys but ive been busy with work, college and my annoying bi-polarism (i think its bi-polarism, im not sure) thats been making me change moods quicker than a pregnant woman and giving me major depression. i couldnt be bothered to get a proof reader or search for one so its all done myself and considering my education sucks (most schools in england suck(that and the fact i was removed from school alot)) it is probably very bad. i cant remember about the anesthetic thing is accurate or not so could someone please enlighten me about it. another things is my ability at using wordplay and using complex words which are massively long sucks so dont expect me to be very descriptive when...well, describing things. unles i get someone to edit chapters when ive done them so they look and sound better. if anyone is up to the task let me know. thanks again guys and any feedback good or bad is appreciated as this is my first ever attampt in my near 20 years of existence at trying to write fiction.