//------------------------------// // Omake - Cause I just had to. // Story: The Princess and the Human // by Ausbrony //------------------------------// The sun was shining and the birds were singing. It was another perfect morning in Equestria. The great palace in the city of Canterlot was already buzzing with activity, with servants dashing here and there, making the Palace look as pristine as the day of its creation. Guards were rotating their shifts, relieving the weary night watch, so they could get some rest and prepare for the next night. The grand table in the dining hall was being laid out for a glorious feast, as the Monarch of the Sun, the Infallible Princess of the Day, the one with the Great White Flanks... Princess Celestia, walked into the room. Her refined hoofsteps sounded like pure crystal bells on the marble floor. Several ponies were already seated at the table, her exhausted younger sister, Princess Luna. Her beloved niece Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and her husband, Prince Consort Shining Armor. Celestia gave each of them a chipper morning greeting as she took a seat on her favourite cushion. Due to a recent and fantastical event, usual Court proceedings had been cancelled and the royal group engaged in idle chatter as they waited for their newest guest to make an appearance. Small talk was something that most ponies took for granted, yet these four individuals usually had little time for such a thing, so as mundane as it seemed, to them it was like Hearth's Warming. Once the great clock in the distance chimed ten times, the dining room door swung open as their unusual guest entered. While he only wore a simple buttoned white shirt and a pair of striped boxers, he strode in looking like a million bits. He winked to a cute maid pony as he took a seat next to Shining Armor and smiled widely at his new acquaintances. "Good morning everyone!" Kai grinned. "Good morning Kai," Celestia replied. She gave the human a warm smile as a maid poured him some coffee. "I do hope you're adjusting to Equestrian life-" Her sentence was cut off as the doors swung open once more, with much greater force this time. A frantic lavender Alicorn rushed in, her mane and tail were tussled and sticking out in places, and her wings looked like they could use a good preening. "Hah... S-sorry everypony. I had some... uh, research that took all night... and most of the morning..." she chuckled nervously as she sat down at the table, trying to straighten her mane. "So uh, yeah. Morning everypony!" "If you can still call it that," Shining retorted. He was a soldier and therefore used to rising before the sun and not sleeping until it had well and truly set. And while Twilight had never been much of a morning pony, this was still late for her. Shining looked at the human next to him and frowned. "The day is almost half over, just what have you been doing?" Kai leaned in close to Shining as he pulled out a pair of sunglasses and slipped them onto his face. Shining's expression suddenly changed from annoyance to one of great shock. "Your sister."