//------------------------------// // Questions Answered (3) // Story: A New Life in Equestria // by Pone-Fictions //------------------------------// A cold wind blew against my face and chest, which made me shiver and woke me up from my sleep. A soft comfy bed was beneath me that kept my back warm, but there was no blanket over me. I searched around with my hands and legs to find the blanket but I couldn’t find it so I gave up and I quickly tried to recap what happened recently, but nothing popped up into my head, I thought again but something did came into my head, my hand covered with blood, being taken by someone to a big crystal castle, and met a princess called Twilight, but what were they? I thought again. Ponies! I quickly lifted my head and my body with my eyes still closed, I was tired and I didn’t want to get up, but yet I wanted the overflowing amount of questions I wanted to ask to be answered. I got off the bed and put my feet on a soft fuzzy carpet. I moved onto a cold marble like floor, it made me shiver and scrunch up my face for a moment. I stepped forward slowly with my arms in front of me but I heard light clopping on the floor outside which made me open my eyes. I was in a blue crystal room full of books and book shelves, it had two doors which were open with blue curtains that blew into the room from the cold wind, it was most probably a balcony. The walls were covered of photos of the same six ponies all packed together smiling at the photo in different positions and locations. Two pegasi ponies, one was yellow with a light pink mane and tail and the other was light blue with a rainbow coloured mane and tail. Two normal ponies, AppleJack, the orange one with a blonde mane and tail and a western hat, and a pink pony who had a darker pink mane and tail. And then two unicorns, well one unicorn who was white and had a purple mane and tail and Twilight the pegasus-unicorn princess who was purple and had a darker purple mane and tail. They all seemed to be females from the female looking features. I looked behind me to see a king sized bed that I laid on, it had a dark blue sheet and comfy purple pillows, and a purple duvet that was merely hanging off the left edge of the bed, which made me groan. I somehow didn’t feel the blanket that was right beside my legs. I looked up to see a open crystal door with a gold doorknob. But inside the open door was a yellow pony with light pink hair that was neatly combed to one side of her face. She also had two extended wings which looked delicate and looked like they wouldn’t be able to carry her at all. I looked at her and opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out except a medium pitched ‘uh’. The yellow pony looked at my general direction but didn't look at me directly, she was the yellow pegasus in the pictures. I looked at her and tried to make eye contact, but she just always looked away whenever she saw me looking at her. “So uhhh, what’s your name?” I asked the yellow pegasus trying to stir up a conversation “oh, my...?” she looked at the floor for a second before looking back up at my general direction “M-my name is Fluttershy” she squeaked quietly, I didn’t hear her and I raised my eyebrows “Uh, excuse me? I didn’t... hear you” “My, my name is Fluttershy” she said a bit louder “Fluttershy?” I questioned just in case I heard her wrong. She nodded slowly and made eye contact with me for a brief second before looking away again. Fluttershy, huh. What a cute name. "Um. Twilight... wants to see you... um, Flash will take you to her... I mean if you want to" she said quietly which I didn't reply to. I looked down to see I wore no clothing except my boxers that had left a small light red mark around my hip. But there was one thing that disturbed me, there were darker skin tone outlines on my entire body which looked quite cartoonish. I didn’t realize until now which freaked me out, I stroked my hand along my opposite arm. Nothing felt different at all. I shivered and looked back at Fluttershy who was looking at what seemed my chest and pelvis. I gave a slight cough and she looked away with a red face from what seemed like blushing. “S-sorry, it’s just I never saw a… um a human before and well… I um...” she said in a soothing voice trying to explain, but gave up halfway through “It’s fine, I would do the same if I was in your position” I said, I looked back down to continuing examining my new looking body. I looked closer at the hairs on my arm to see they stood out more from the last time I checked back on Earth. “Um, Fluttershy? Is there a mirror somewhere?” I questioned looking back up to see she was gone. I moved back onto to the fuzzy carpet and hopped back on the bed, I rolled towards the other side of the bed. I got to the other side and put my feet on the same fuzzy carpet on the other side of the bed, it was a huge purple carpet that the bed lay on. I walked towards the door and peeked my head out to see a big indoor balcony that overlooked a big room with a table that was stacked with papers and a pony sat there reading the papers, there was also a big purple star marking on the floor that I could see perfectly. There were staircases from both sides of the balcony leading down to the room, I walked down the stairs away from the bars because they were as high as my waist which just made me feel uncomfortable. I looked at pictures on the walls of pictures of Twilight with other ponies and animals, which most probably could talk too. She had an open smile in all of them and most of the time had the pictures taken in the same location. I looked back down the stairs to see an orange pony with shining gold armor that covered him completely except his face and legs. He had a crest on his helmet which was the same colour as his short cut tail, he had golden shoes on his hooves and also had a blue star on his chest plate. He looked up at me walking down the stairs and opened his mouth to say something. “Human?” he called in a gentle but manly voice “Uuuhhh Yeah?” I answered back “Princess Twilight has told me to call you down to her and her friends. She would like to speak with you” he addressed. I got down to the bottom of the stairs and looked down on him, he was only as high as my bottom rib. He looked up at me and his eyes widened, but he quickly turned around to face the door and coughed gently. “Follow me” I did so and I recognised two wings that relaxed on his armour covered back, he was a pegasus. “Soooo uhh, you must be Flash" "Yes. How do you know?" he asked "Oh uh, Fluttershy told me your gonna take me to Twilight" "Oh yeah. She just went not long ago to Twilight" "Oh. Do you know how long I have slept?” I asked “Oh I don’t know, I just came here not long ago back from Canterlot to do some royal training” he chatted “Canterlot?” I questioned not sure where or what it kind of place it was. “Oh the capital of Equestria! Equestria is the country we are in right now by the way” he snickered “Canterlot is the great city of the Princesses of the Night and Day!” he said in a proud and cheerful voice “Princesses of the Night and Day!?” I asked “Yes, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna” he said “Look! There is a picture of both of them right there!” He stopped and pointed his right hoof at three paintings that hang on one side of the wall. We walked up to the paintings and there were three ponies on the walls, one was white with a cyan, light green, light purple and a light pink mane and tail. A light pink one that had a purple, pink and yellow mane and tail and a dark blue one that had a lighter shade of her fur for her mane and tail. "By the way. The one on the left is Princess Celestia the one in the middle is Princess Cadence, and the last one is Princess Luna" “You said there were two, so why are there three here?” I asked “Oh because Cadance, is the Princess of Love and lives in The Crystal Palace not Canterlot, and Princess Twilight is…” “...Twilight?” I interrupted remembering the purple princess pony. “Yes Twilight the Princess of Magic” “So why isn’t there a painting of her?” I questioned a little bit confused “Oh because the Princess of the castle has paintings of the other princesses but not herself, don’t ask me why. I don’t know myself” “What about Queens?” “Oh Queens? We don’t have a Queen. Princess Celestia was suppose to be Queen a very very very long time ago but her sister, Luna was already angry enough that ponies slept during the night, so Celestia let is pass so she and Luna could be equal” “Oh wow” “Yeah I know, but I heard from Princess Twilight that you come from another world, tell me how it is like over there” he requested “There really is no point, I am going to meet Princess Twilight and her friends and they are going to ask me the same question right?. So can we wait till then?” I asked “Yes, of course” We quietly walked down corridors, big rooms and down many flights of stairs covered with guards and normal ponies who looked kinda posh who all eyed me. We finally got to a big purple double door with a big purple star that looked familiar to the star on floor back at the big room where I met Flash. Flash stood beside the right door and knocked “Princess Twilight! He is here” he said in a loud but calm voice. I heard clopping getting louder and louder on the other side of the door until it stopped right at the door. I purple magical glow surrounded both doors which hurt my eyes, I walked back slowly and the doors slowly opened revealing a blue light through the creek between both doors. The doors opened a bit faster revealing more of what was behind the doors, a purple pony with a pink glowing horn on her forehead and a gold crown. She had a dark purple mane and tail which had a pink and purple line going through the middle that was perfectly combed, Princess Twilight. The door opened more to reveal three other ponies standing beside Princess Twilight, one taller than the other. A taller pink pony stood to the right of Twilight with a purple, pink and yellow mane and tail. A even taller dark blue pony with a lighter shade of her fur colour for her mane and tail which shined and looked glittery stood to the left of Twilight. But the tallest out of all the ponies was a white one with a cyan, light green, light purple and a light pink mane and tail. All four of the ponies had long horns and wings, and golden crowns. They were the four Princesses! I kneeled down with my right leg up and my left leg on the floor, my right arm behind my back and the other arm at my my front. I had my head faced down for whatever reason they done that back on Earth, I only bowed down in school plays when I was younger, whenever I played a slave or someone in front of the 'Queen' in the plays. Multiple metallic clopping came my way and stopped right before me. "You may rise" came a calming voice above me. I slowly got up and lifted my head to look straight into the white princesses eyes, Princess Celestia. She had beautiful pink eyes and her mane covered half of her left eye, which made her look cute. I was only 8 inches away from the Princess and I could see the warm fuzzy looking fur on her muzzle and little whiskers of hair stood out. She was slightly shorter than me but her horn was about 4 inches above my head. She had a slight smile that looked calming and soothing. I then looked at the other three princesses who stood beside her forming a semicircle. Princess Luna and Cadence looked at my entire body not having seen a human before but Twilight just looked at my face. I looked back Princess Celestia who still had a smile and kept on looking at me. "So... uh Hi..." was all I could manage before my brain went completely derp. "Hello... Let's introduce ourselves to this young man shall we? My name is Princess Celestia" she said bowing down before me "Princess Luna" said Luna and bowed down too "Princess Cadence" said Cadence and bowed down too "Princess Twilight" said Twilight and bowed down. They all raised and looked at me probably expecting me to tell them my name as well. "Brandon" I said and bowed down to the princesses "Brandon. You may rise" said Princess Celestia. I got up and looked at the princesses, they all turned to the doors and Celestia looked back at me "Follow us" she requested and I did so. I walked past the orange pegasus and he looked up at me. "You know how to make an appearance" he joked and walked in with me as the doors shut behind us. I asked and was asked thousands of questions by all of the princesses, about how Earth looks, how do humans live, what types of humans are there, how tall can humans get, all those type of questions. But when Cadence asked me what do we eat, I hesitated replying for some reason before answering the question "Meat and vegetables" I said before they all gasped "What? Did I say something wrong? I questioned not understanding why they were so shocked. "You said you eat meat" spoke up Cadence. "Yeah, I did, most humans eat meat" as I said that I remembered that horses and ponies ate hay back on Earth and a horse eating meat would just be so retarded, and a pony who could talk, think and be like a human would probably be disturbed by meat eating animals. I looked back up at the princesses to see their mixed expressions. Princess Celestia looked concerned but calm so did Princess Luna, but Princess Cadence and Princess Twilight had big frowns. "But you eat vegetables?" asked Twilight. "Yes of course" I replied "I don't have to eat meat that much" I added trying to make the situation better. "Hmmm, okay I think we have talked enough for today. I and Luna have some important business to attend to back in Canterlot, time has gone ahead of us so we must hurry" said Princess Celestia as she and Luna got up from the crystal chairs and moved towards the open doors. I think I might have just scared off the princesses because of the meat eating situation. "Wait" I got up from my chair and walked towards the two princesses who looked back at me and waited for whatever I wanted to say "I just wanted to ask if you have any ideas how I got from my world to here?" I asked just wanting to know any ideas of how I got here. Princess Celestia stayed silent for a second before opening her mouth. "No, I don't" she said, I nodded "We shall speak again when it is available in Canterlot, hopefully having some information about your arrival, but up until then. Have a great time Equestria!" cheerfully said Princess Celestia and left the room with Luna beside her. I looked back at Princess Cadence and Twilight who looked like they have calmed down after the meat eating situation. "So what now?" I asked walking back to my chair and sitting down. "Brandon, I would like to you to meet five of my great friends" Twilight said to me and looked at the open doors where a group of five colourful ponies stood. Two pegasi ponies, Fluttershy the yellow one with the light pink mane and tail and the other one was light blue with a rainbow coloured mane and tail. Two normal ponies, AppleJack, the orange one with a blonde mane and tail and a western hat, and a pink pony who had a darker pink mane and tail. And then one unicorn who was white and had a purple mane. They were the five ponies who were next to Twilight in the pictures back in the bedroom. "Howdy Brandon, you look way better than the last time I saw ya" greeted AppleJack "Yeah, and I feel way better than the last time we saw" I said "Well ain't that good?" "Yep" I said. Twilight walked beside me and exhaled lightly "Brandon these are Rarity, the element of Generosity" she pointed at the white unicorn who swayed her hair to the side "AppleJack, the element of Honesty. Fluttershy the element of Kindness. Pinkie Pie the element of Laughter" Twilight pointed at the pink normal pony which kept on hopping with a big smile which kinda creeped me out. "And Rainbow Dash, the element of Loyalty" she pointed at the the light blue pegasus with the rainbow mane and tail. "Yeah, I'm pretty loyal and awesome" said Rainbow Dash as she flew up did a flip about two metres from the ground and back down on all four hooves. I smiled slightly, show off. "And I Twilight, am the element of Magic. And together we are the elements of Harmony!" said Twilight smiling to her friends "Elements of Harmony? That sounds like something from a fantasy book" I said. I read a fair amount of books on Earth, most of them were fictional, but I was also interested in factual books with anything to do with war, or weaponry "Um Princess Twilight?" I asked "Yes Brandon" "Before I arrived in Equestria, I hit my head really badly that it caused me to pass out and a lot if blood come out, also in Equestria I had cuts and bruises on my feet. But I didn't feel any pain or numbness at all. And then when I was on the way here I was all dizzy and didn't feel well and then after I felt better and also all my blood, cuts and bruises were gone. Why?" I questioned giving Twilight a lot to answer. "Oh well..." Twilight closed her eyes and thought for a second before opening her eyes again and opened her mouth to speak "When you arrived here your brain and body was new to Equestria and here in Equestria we have Equestrian magic. And this Equestrian magic went in your body to make you part of Equestria, it's magic and happiness. And when it done that it encountered your cuts, bruises and blood which was powerless because your body wasn't fully united with the Equestrian magic so it easily overtook the negative feelings and completely removed it from your body for the time, so that's why you didn't feel any pain. And then it went to your brain but it takes some time for the short term effects to start taking effect so that's why you were dizzy and didn't feel well later. And when the dizziness stopped that means the magic successfully united you to Equestria. And then the reason you lost your bruises, cuts and blood was because Lyra the humanologist did a healing spell that did have a slight side effect of you collapsing as soon as you entered the castle" "Wow that's a lot of things at one time. And I collapsed!?" I asked astonished "Yeah, you did! You dropped like a ready apple from a tree" chuckled AppleJack "So that's why I woke up on a bed today?" "Yes. And Brandon, Princess Celestia gave me and my friends the honour to teach you about Equestria and to show the ways of a pony, if you want to blend in" said Twilight looking at her five friends. "I'm fine with that" I said "Oh and also, you are going to have sleep in one of our places for the time being. Even though a lot of the rooms in my castle need filling, I will let you decide where you want to sleep" "I'm fine with wherever I sleep, you guys can discuss who can have me to sleep at theirs" "Oh, well girls, who wants Brandon to sleep at their house?" asked Twilight, and they got me surprised me by a mile. All five ponies had their hooves stuck straight up, except of Fluttershy's which way lower than other ponies hooves. "I had my hoof up first" said Rainbow Dash with a big smirk on her face. "You didn't, Ah did, I had my hoof up before she even get to finish the sentence" protested AppleJack,which was replied by a 'no you didn't, I did' and kept repeating "Urgh! Girls stop fighting! We all know I had my hoof up first" said Rarity in a posh and cheeky sounding sounding voice. "Nononononono you didn't I DID!!!" shouted Pinkie coming from nowhere. All four ponies looked at each other with big frowns before they all argued with Fluttershy sitting in the middle of it all. "Um guys?" said Fluttershy, which none of the raging ponies took notice of. I opened my mouth to stop all of the ponies but Twilight put her hoof on my shoulder and shook her head slowly. "Let Fluttershy stop them" she convinced which I followed "Are they always like this?" I asked "Yeah, from time to time" replied Twilight "Uh guys? Maybe we shou-" Fluttershy tried to catch the ponies attention again but she was stopped by Rainbow Dash who raised her voice more than necessary. "GUYS!" exclaimed Fluttershy which finally got the arguing ponies to stop. "He can switch houses every now and then to a different ponies so we all have a fair share. I mean, if Brandon doesn't mind." "I don't mind and I think that is a simple but great idea" "And we need to decide what order it should go. Do you want the girls to decide Brandon?" Twilight joked "No thank you Princess Twilight" I chuckled "Okay so it goes, AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, uuuh, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, urm, Fluttershy and finally Princess Twilight. And I think I should stay four days in each ponies house so its long but not too long" "Yeah, that seems like a great choice, also refer to me as just Twilight" said Twilight which I nodded to. I completely forgot that Cadence was in the room with us and she stood next to Twilight, and then looked at me and smiled, and I returned one too. "So now that we have your stay all planned, now I think we can go and eat breakfast" said Twilight looking at me "I would love that, I'm hungry that I could eat a..." I hesitated before saying what I wanted to say "pancake island?" I said trying to make it as cheesy as possible "Ohhhh we are having pancakes for breakfast! Your a lucky ducky" said Pinkie still hopping about half a metre high from the ground. I smiled and looked at Twilight who gestured me to follow her and her friends. I got up from my chair and followed Twilight to the open doors where her friends stood there waiting. As I walked through the doors cool air hit my body like a hammer to a nail. I needed clothes before I froze to death, I would ask Twilight after breakfast, but for now I was hungry and wanted to get it over with. I looked ahead to see all the ponies were way ahead, and Flash was looking back at me waiting. I jogged towards them and followed them to get my first breakfast in this new world.