They stared into each other's eyes for what felt like years. His eyes: unblinking, unafraid, and non-threatening. Princess Luna noticed his outstretched limb reaching close to her face. With a gentle touch, his hand touched her cheek.
An angel...
"So... beautiful..." he spoke slowly, in his deep, hoarse voice, with a small smile across his lips, he stroked her cheek with his thumb. With a sigh, his arm fell to his side, as he succumbed to sleep.
Princess Luna stood as still as a statue. She could still feel the warmth of the creature's paw on her face. She sat on her haunches, wide-eyed, and still uncertain what to make of the situation.
Just then, the studious Twilight Sparkle entered the room, holding a book with her magenta magic, "I think I know what he might be!" she announced with glee. Noticing the night princess not moving, Twilight went up to her, "Princess Luna?" She waved a hoof in front of the royal mare's face, getting no response. She turned her attention to the subject laying on the long bed. With nothing out of the ordinary, she returned her focus back to the midnight blue princess.
"He..." the stunned mare finally spoke, "said we were 'beautiful'."
"What?" asked the perplexed lavender unicorn, "You mean. . . he can speak in Equestrian?!"
"And he touched us," Princess Luna said, ignoring the unicorn's question, and placed her hoof on her left cheek where the creature's paw had once been.
"What is more important, Princess Luna is that we can communicate with him properly!" Twilight dropped her book and ran out the door to bring this exciting news to the others. She stopped in her tracks in front of the guards guarding the door and ran back into the room. The guards turn to look at each other, both shrugging their shoulders.
Twilight's horn glowed as she scanned the alien. Her nose wrinkled when she could not get any readings from the subject. It was as if her magic was being blocked by him. She noticed that his breathing was louder and had a faster rate, suggesting that instead of being unconscious, he was just sleeping. Rather than sharing her theory with Princess Luna in her stupor, Twilight decided to share them with her slumbering mentor.
Moments after Twilight Sparkle left the room, Princess Luna went back to lightly petting the alien's mane, "We bet thy hunger will awaken with thou." She got to her hooves and walked over to the door.
The guards snapped to attention when the princess opened the door.
"Have the chef prepare a meal for us and bring us a pitcher of water, with two glasses," she ordered the right guard. With a salute, the guard rushed to fulfill the princess' command.
Taps on the door awoke Celestia from her short rest. With a long yawn and stretch, she reluctantly rolled out of bed, slipping into her slippers. "Enter," she said groggily.
The door opened and Celestia recognized the lavender muzzle that poked through the crack. The rest of Twilight Sparkle entered while Celestia lit the torches in her room, casting away the darkness.
"I hope I am not disturbing you, Princess," Twilight bowed slightly, "but this is very important."
Princess Celestia smiled politely at her student, "I know you would not wake me up for anything less."
"The alien spoke!" Twilight blurted out, not able to contain her enthusiasm any longer, "And Princess Luna understood it! Which means, he somehow knows our language!"
"Incredible," Princess Celestia mused.
"Also," Twilight floated her book into Celestia's face, "I believe he evolved or is closely related to simians."
The pictures that Celestia had thrust into her face showed pictures of primates. "How so?" she asked, lowering the book with her soft yellow magic.
"Well, for one: he has comparable facial features and skull shape; two, shares a near identical dental construct; three, his hands and feet are similar in nature, with the exception of an opposable big toe; and four, he has the ability to walk bipedal but does it more efficiently than apes," she took in a large breath, "All of this leads me to believe that he evolved or is at least related to simians!" she beamed triumphantly.
"Well done, Twilight," the princess praised her star pupil, "I suppose we will know for sure when he awakens. He will no doubt, have questions for us as well.
"I can not wait for the ponies to learn of this discovery!" Twilight elated.
Celestia encased Twilight with her magic, "No, Twilight. The last thing we need is for the people to panic over this." She released the alicorn, "We have to be delicate about this."
Twilight saw the gravity in the princess' eyes, "Of course, Princess."
"Good," the princess smiled, "I will not keep this a secret from them, but if handled incorrectly, the people may get out of hand."
"You are right. They might think he will try to take over the world like the aliens in the movies."
"Exactly." The princess went to her desk and looked over the reports that arrived hours earlier. "Astronomers report at least four more meteorites in Equestria and one in the Griffon Kingdom." She saw the realization in the alicorn's eyes, "Exactly: there could be five more aliens in our world."
"And one may be in the talons of the Griffons. . ." Twilight speculated.
"I already have my guards retrieving two of the meteorites. Princess Cadance has retrieved one and is sending it here," Princess Celestia informed her student.
"What about the one in the Griffon Kingdom?" Twilight asked.
"We will wait for King Gallus to send a letter to us first. If he sends nothing, then I will send him a letter inquiring about the meteor," Princess Celestia stated.
"You said there were five," Twilight began, "What about the fifth one?"
Princess Celestia had a big grin, "Do you six feel like traveling to Yakyakistan?"