High up in the afternoon sky of Equestria, a carriage being pulled by four Pegasus Royal Guards was heading to Canterlot. Inside, sat a white Alicorn, Princess Celestia, a dark blue Alicorn, Princess Luna, and a human, Swift Blaze. Blaze was looking outside the window next to him. He saw the ground below passing by and other Pegasi were moving the clouds about. When he turned his head to the interior, the human noticed that something was on Princess Celestia's mind.
“Two pennies for your thoughts?” Blaze asked.
The white Alicorn replied, “What did you say?"
"It's a human metaphor. I asked what are you thinking about."
"Well, I've only told the ponies in Ponyville and our personal Royal Guard about you. The rest of Equestria still thinks humans are a myth. Do you think you can go to your pony form? I don't know how the high society ponies will react. You will only have to do it until we are inside the castle walls.”
“Sure. I can see where you are coming from. You don't want them running for the hills screaming monster," Blaze said with a chuckle.
"We don't see how this is a laughing matter," said Princess Luna.
"It's another human saying."
"Hmm, thou must teach us these 'sayings'. Maybe they will allow us to get in touch with the modern times."
"I don't think human verbiage will connect with the ponies here. It will just fly over their head."
"Oh! We know that one. Our sister has said it several times when she talks about her day in court."
Princess Celestia said, "Luna, I don't think Blaze is interested in what happens during the royal court proceedings."
"We shall see," said Blaze. "Have you informed your guards about me, at least? Or, do I get to mess with them if they try to stop me from going with you?”
“I knew I was forgetting something. It's a little late now. Blaze, stay close to us for now. That should tell them that you are with us.”
“But, if we do get separated, I'll try not to harm your guards if they attack first.”
Princess Celestia smiled and nodded her head. Princess Luna had a tiny smirk, her smile showing. If Blaze had to guess, she wanted to see how he will deal with the Royal Guard. The human transformed into his pony form and got comfortable for the rest of the ride.
The castle in Canterlot was now close. The Pegasus Guards began their descent toward the front courtyard. Once the carriage came to a stop, Blaze stepped out and helped the Alicorns out of the vehicle, all gentlecolt-like.
The red Earth pony turned around. He shook the back legs, one at a time, and felt relief from the cramps subsiding. When he finally looked at the castle, the size and style of it was truly impressive. The human in disguise was amazed by how beautiful everything looked.
Blaze then noticed that the Princesses were at the top of the steps and entering the big front doors. He was still at the bottom of the stairs, next to the carriage. Great, I got sidetracked from sightseeing. he thought. The stallion moved his flank to catch up.
The Royal Guards at the front door stopped him in his path. “Halt! State your name and business here for coming to the castle,”one guard said.
“My name is Swift Blaze. I'm not from Equestria. The Princesses have invited me to come and fill out some paperwork to become a citizen here,” the red stallion replied back with a friendly tone.
“Hmm, you must be an outsider. No one from Equestria would wear that odd clothing,” the other guard said.
“Actually, this does have a practical purpose. Now then, if you would excuse me, I need to catch back up with them.”
Blaze stepped forward, but the guards nudged him back down the steps.
“No can do, we don’t let any outsiders in without orders from the Princesses,” said the first guard.
"You can go back into Canterlot and fill out the citizen forms like everypony else," said the second guard.
Blaze, getting a little aggravated, replied, “Didn't you see that I came here on their carriage? I got sidetracked from looking at how big the castle is. Can't you just let me through?”
The first guard said, “No can do. I don’t trust you. So, go back to where ever you came from, freak.”
Blaze eye started to twitch as he thought, Oh that’s it. I am no longer responsible for my actions. Did my best, Princess. “What did you call me? he said in an angry tone.
“You heard me. Now, leave the grounds or we'll throw you into the dungeons.”
"How about I show you a magic trick instead?” The red stallion had taken a few steps back down the stairs.
“Huh? What in Equestria are you bucking about?” one guard said with a confused look on his face.
“For my first trick, I shall transform my form into a creature you have never seen.”
Blaze released the shadow transform jutsu and returned to his human body.
“It’s a monster! Get it!” a guard yelled. Both of them started to charge down the steps.
Blaze said, “For my next trick, I shall make you tackle your co-worker.”
They continued the charge. Blaze hands shifted in different positions. This caused the area to be filled with smoke. Once it dissipated, an earth pony guard had pinned Blaze.
“Go get some guards so we can take this to the dungeon." The other earth pony nodded and headed inside. Blaze was fighting against the hold he was in.
“Get off me, you dolt! He performed some magic that caused me to look like him and him to look like me,” the Blaze lookalike said.
“Prove it.”
“Do you want me to go into detail about your date last week and of where I found you in the aftermath?”
He shook his head no and quickly got off his co-worker. The fake Blaze suddenly transformed back to his original body.
“Come on! We need to sound the alarm about the intruder! We need the Unicorn Guards to track him down as he has some sort of magic to make him look like a guard.”
They entered the castle and made their way to the courtroom where the Princess of the Sun spends most of the time. Mostly to hear whatever it was that ponies wished to complain about. They rounded the corner and almost bumped into Princess Celestia.
“Your Highness! There is a strange creature that can change its form running around the castle. We must get you to safety,” one guard said.
“That won't be necessary. Swift Blaze is my guest and will be staying in the castle for a while. I invited him here to fill the forms to give him citizenship.”
“You sure you can trust that creature? It performed something causing a guard to look like the creature and traded positions,” said the second guard.
“I'm sure he only did that so he would not deal damage to you directly. Did you provoke him somehow?”
The first guard replied, “I may have called him a freak. Mostly due to what he was wearing.”
“Then it's your fault for what happened. We don't treat any guest that way. You both are dismissed from duty for the day, without pay. Also, you can’t leave the barracks until tomorrow morning.”
Both guards lowered their heads and said, “Yes, Your Highness,” They turned around and left her sight. The Princess heard a whisper from one guard that said, "Thanks a lot, you dolt."
Princess Luna came around the corner and said, “Have thou found Swift Blaze? We heard that he was in the area from one of the guards.”
“I believe Blaze is closer than you think.” A puff a cloud formed around Princess Celestia and revealed Blaze in his human form.
“Blaze! Why was thou disguised as thy sister?” Princess Luna said with a shocked tone.
“I fell behind at the entrance and the guards wouldn't let me though. Stuff happened and caused them to chase after me. I needed something to cause them to stop.”
"Well, we should have told them when we walked by. Thy sister wanted to see what trickery you could have pulled off before getting captured," said the Princess of the Moon. With a smile, she added, "Looks like I won the bet as you were not captured by them."
“All of this for a little bet. I take it she didn't like the apple I threw through the peep portal very well."
"The apple in question impaled itself on thy sister's horn."
Blaze broke into full laughter after hearing that. Princess Luna joined in with a small chuckle. After a few minutes, the human had calmed down enough and said, "I think we should go see her now, before she sends more guards."
"Very well. Let’s go see thy sister.”
Blaze transformed back to a pony and followed the Alicorn through the halls. They stopped when the pair reached the big doors leading to the royal throne room. The Unicorn guards standing on either side used their magic to open the doors for them. Inside, Princess Celestia was sitting on the throne. She used her magic as a quill was moving about on some scrolls.
She looked up to see who entered and said, “Ah, Blaze, glad to see you were able to get in. How much trouble did you cause?”
“Nothing big, Your Highness. If you hear about two guards being dismissed by you and told to stay in the barracks tonight, just agree that you did,” said Blaze.
“Now why would they think I did that?” Princess Celestia said with a curious tone and a smirk on her face.
“Um, maybe because they were chasing me when I changed human and escaped into the castle.”
“Care to elaborate on what happened?”
Blaze told them what happened from when he exited the carriage to the point Princess Luna saw him looking like her sister. “I'm sorry for impersonating you. There are just certain words I don’t like being called. I can somewhat understand if they said that in my human form, as they’ve never see my species. But they shouldn’t have called me that for how I'm dressed.”
Princess Celestia was thinking about what Blaze said. Princess Luna had moved to stand beside her sister. The human remained at the bottom of the steps, waiting.
A couple minutes later, the white Alicorn said, “Thank you for being honest with me. Now then, shall we go over those things we discussed while at Twilight’s?”
Swift Blaze bowed and said, “Very well, Princess Celestia." He straightened back up before he continued with, "If you could please clear the room, except for you and Princess Luna, I shall go over it.”
The Princess nodded and told her guards to leave the room and that they did not wish to be disturbed. Once they left and closed the doors, she used her magic as different waves whooshed over the space. “The room is secured,” she said.
“Thank you, Princess. As I said when we were at Twilight’s, I gained my abilities from my God from two cartoon shows I liked to watch. There is another series I like to watch.”
"So what is this third show you only want the rulers of Equestria knowing of?” Princess Luna asked.
“The only way you can truly believe me is if I show you. Luckily, you don’t have to go into my mind for this one.”
“How are you going to do it?” asked Princess Celestia. "You didn't bring anything to help you."
“By doing this.” Blaze moved his hands together and said, “ Summoning Jutsu!”
The human placed a hand on the ground. A puff of smoke appeared and revealed his backpack that he left at Twilight’s. As Blaze dug into the back for the iPad, a trail of smoke came into the throne room and changed back into a scroll in front of Princess Celestia. She opened it and read it out loud.
Dear Princess Celestia,
Something tragic has happened. Swift Blaze’s saddle has disappeared! He is going to be so mad at me as I was the last one with it. We need to send out the Royal Guard to find the culprit and retrieve it. Please don’t inform Blaze about this as I could not handle him being angry with me. I expect your swift response.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle
“I think you should write her a letter saying you used your jutsu to retrieve your bag,” Princess Celestia suggested.
“Yeah, seeing I'm the culprit that took it. Can I borrow a quill, ink, and a scroll?”
Princess Celestia used her magic and brought the items to the human. Also, she materialized a desk and chair for him. Blaze sat down and started writing.
Dear Twilight Sparkle,
There is no need to send out the Royal Guard. I'm the one who summoned my bag to me. I shall explain how when I'm back in Ponyville, tomorrow.
Your friend,
Swift Blaze
P.S. I would have not been mad at you for losing my bag. I would have gone after the culprit and made them wish they never done it.
Blaze rolled up the scroll and secured the seal around it. Holding it toward the Princesses, he said, "It's done, Princess. Would you mind sending it to her?”
Princess Celestia used her magic and the scroll disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The human got up from the desk and said, “Now then, back to the third show. Please, don’t do anything rash when I show you the first episodes of the series. I'll explain everything after I play them.”
The Princesses glided down from the thrown and landed on the other side of the table. Blaze set up his device. A couple of quick taps, then he rotated it around so they could see the screen. The episode was the first one for My Little Pony. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were shocked and confused about how their world is a cartoon show in the human’s world. After the second episode finished, Blaze stopped the player and closed up the iPad.
“Ok, let me first explain that I had no idea how the creator of this series, Lauren Faust, was able to capture events here. Plus the fact is: this was first shown just over two years ago in my time,” he said with a cautious tone.
Princess Celestia looked at the human with a stern face and a raised eyebrow. After thinking about what she just saw, she said, “So, you knew about us before we even met?”
In a calm voice, Blaze replied, “Yes, Your Highness. I fell in love with this world when I watched the episodes. I started to read stories that were made by the fans. They gave a lot more detail that the show could ever dream of showing off how wonderful your kingdom is. But, nowhere, those words were never close in the beauty.”
Princess Luna’s face remained stern. A very small hint of a smile appeared on Princess Celestia, before it too had the same voice. The blue Alicorn said, “Please, explain why thou chose to come here.”
“I picked this world as it has shown how good and peaceful a race can be without war and destruction. I got tired hearing in the news of everything bad happening. It has gotten to a point where I’m numb to it and don’t care.”
“When you found out about that, test, your God did, was this place your first choice?” asked Princess Celestia.
“I think the best way to answer that is explain more about the fans themselves. The males are called Bronies and the females are called Pegasisters. In the fandom, there are a bunch of us that dreamed to come to this world and leave Earth with the influence of greed and power behind. They have even gone as far as to write fanfictions about this.”
“Is that what you think we are? A fantasy world you humans created?” Celestia asked with a little anger in her tone.
“In the beginning, yes, I did think that way. But now, I realize that whatever I watched or read, the life here does its own thing. This world truly exists and I’m still in love with all of its inhabitants.” Blaze went down to one knee. “I will do anything to protect everypony here. You may scan my mind to prove I am telling the truth. I only wish to live here and be a loyal subject. If I’m lying, may lightning strike me.”
…
Nothing happened.
After several minutes of both Alicorns looking at the human, they nodded their heads. The white mare used her wing to direct him to take a seat back behind the desk. He did so as they walked around to either side of Blaze.
“From what you said, the Summer Sun Celebration event was shown to you two years ago,” said Princess Celestia. She lower her head to his height, and closer. “Then, you may have more knowledge of any future events. Am I correct?”
He looked at her and said, “That’s correct, Your Highness. In the episode timeline, we were around sixty-five when I left my world.”
“Will thou share them?” Princess Luna said.
“This line of questioning actually reminds me about one. I’ll share this one, of what happened. Twilight was minding her own business when a flash appeared behind her. It was her future self came back in time to warn her about the future. The future one was a mess and could not deliver her message as the present Twilight was asking too many questions. Worried what might be happening soon, the entire town of Ponyville went into a frenzy of doing preventive maintenance from any disaster. Everything was made safe and nothing occurred. Twilight then stayed up several nights trying to spot the disaster that might be coming from the night sky. Nothing happens. What it turns out to be was that future Twilight was trying to warn her past self not to worry about the future. Do you still wish to know what might occur?”
“We see thy point.”
“I’ll help with some of the painful ones, so it will less tragic. The problem too is that I don’t know when they will occur. My knowledge is only of what the episode showed. I don’t even know if since I came here, will these events ever occur.”
Princess Celestia raised her head back to normal height. She said, “Thank you, Bob, for sharing this with us. I know it wasn’t easy as how it’s knowledge of possible events in our future. Seeing you wish to be a protector, I propose you join my Royal Guard to gain authority when disaster occurs. You will still have to go though the same basic training as any other new recruit.”
“Thank you, Princess. I must regret to decline the offer and allow me to explain. Your guards fight on the front lines and in the open. I feel what I’ve been learning won’t be effective in those situations. This style is more for small, counter mission, involving stealth. I’ll help when needed, but I can’t do it as a soldier.”
“Then allow me to propose a counter proposal. You offered to teach Taijutsu to some of my guards. But, you mentioned that you’ll need time to adjust it for a pony. How about you go through basic training in your pony form to learn how a pony can fight. Once done, I’ll hire you to be a drill sergeant to teach my guard in your style. Will you accept this one?”
“Let me think about it. I don’t want to rush into anything.”
“But of course. A lot has happened today.”
“Is there anything else you wish to know before we go and take care of those forms?”
“Yes, please show us the other weapons in your pack.”
“I figured you were going to ask that when I allowed you to scan my mind. May I have a couple targets and target dummies to demonstrate them?”
They obliged. Princess Luna used her magic and summoned them to one side of the room against a wall. The human went over to his pack and started to look through it.
The first thing Blaze pulled out were flat, metal objects with four sharp points on them. “Ok, these here are popular in the ninja world. They are called throwing stars. As you can see, they are small, easy to get them to spin as they fly towards your opponent, and can be deadly. Let me demonstrate on that target at medium range. Would you please get behind me?”
The Alicorns did so as Blaze moved into position and prepared himself. The human threw three of them, one at a time. The first one hit the outermost ring in the upper left corner. The second one punctured two rings from center, in the bottom right. The final one made bull’s eye.
“As you can see, they are very quiet. They are designed to either incapacitate your target, or kill them.”
“Interesting design,” said Princess Luna. “But we take it thou has more to show?”
Blaze nodded and went back to his bag. He brought out couple different knife weapons. “These are daggers and a hunting knife, or very short swords. They are easy to conceal and can also be thrown like the previous weapon.”
Princess Celestia said, “We are familiar with them. Most blades can be made by our blacksmiths.”
“I think I have one they haven’t seen before.” The human lifted a flap and pulled a sword with its sheaf out. He held onto that part with his arm stretched out to the Alicorns. “If you would, Your Highness, please draw out this sword and take a look at it.”
Princess Celestia’s horn lit up with her magic as she drew the blade out. The blade twirled in the air as they looked at the design.
“This blade is defective,” said Princess Luna. “The edge is on the wrong side. Why would thou have something like this?”
“The blade itself is that of a samurai style. A culture back on Earth had developed a method of folding the steel several times, sometimes up to twenty times. This allowed the metal to be stronger and hold a sharper edge.”
“But why is the edge of this blade on the back side?” asked Princess Celestia.
Blaze replied, “It’s because I had a company make a realistic replica from another anime. The character in that show was trained in a unique style called, ‘Flying Heaven Honorable Sword’. It uses super fast movements to take down opponents. If the character used a regular blade, no one could survive from the attacks. In the show, he joined the army at a young age. Once a new ruler came into power, he left and became a wandering samurai. To make sure he didn’t kill anyone in self defense, he used this Reverse Blade to mostly knock people out and break bones, if needed.”
“So, this blade can be used to subdue thy enemy, without having to take their life?” asked Princess Luna. “Pray tell, how this can be done?”
“I don’t have the same skill level from the show, but I do think I can demonstrate.” Blaze turned to Princess Celestia and said, “Would it be alright if you summoned the ponies who insulted me? I think they deserve a chance to redeem themselves. I'll promise not to injure them to need hospital attention. I will just disarm them, maybe bruise some of them limbs.”
“You sure you want to do this? The Royal Guard doesn’t hold back in duels like this,” said Princess Celestia in a concerned voice. “I know you have those ki and chakra to help you. I don’t feel that this is necessary. Can’t you do this with a clone instead?”
“I could, but that clone would know how I would fight and I would know his. That would be more of a battle of the mind to out think myself in tactics. I thought doing it against your guards would allow you get a better idea of how I stand against them. Plus, I can see how they do in a battle.”
“Ok, I’ll agree to this.”
The white Alicorn used her magic to teleport the two guards in question. Princess Luna had cleared the area for the duel match up. The Earth guard ponies looked around as they tried to figure out what was going on. They soon saw that they were in the throne room with both Princesses and the creature from before.
“Here’s what is going on, gentlecolts. I’ve convinced Princess Celestia to give you a chance to redeem yourselves. You are to engage, in battle, against me. The victor will be when the other side gives up. If you win, she will give you a bonus. If I win, you’ll just be able to go back to work, once you are well again. Do you accept the terms?”
“It is not really fair when he can somehow do magic spells,” one guard said as the other nodded.
“How about I promise not to use any chakra or ki ability to aid me in this duel, only my skills and knowledge. If I do, you may throw me into the dungeon for a week. Do you accept now, or do you want to go back to the training grounds for a week?”
The guards talked among themselves for a few minutes. Once done, the first guard said, “We’ll agree to the terms. Two on one and the first side to give up loses.” He turned to the human and said, “Prepare for a beating, you freak of nature.”
Blaze looked at Princess Celestia and said in his mind to her, See what I was talking about? Do you mind if I don’t hold back for calling me that again?
She replied, I can see how someone could get frustrated with that. Can you try to not break any bones?
A huge grin shown on the human face as he nodded to her. The guards were picking their weapons from a nearby rack. One went for a spear and had it connected to his armor. The other went to a sword and was holding it in his mouth. Blaze had secured his samurai sword to his belt.
Once both sides were ready, they entered a circle that appeared in the middle of the room. The human bowed to his opponents, without taking an eye off them. They looked confused at this gesture and just ready their weapons. Blaze pulled the sword out and held it in front of him. Celestia, with her magic, raised a gong and Luna used hers to bang the mallet into it.
The guards charged at the human as before. Blaze ran into them at a faster pace as he wasn’t wearing any armor. He dodged the spear with a twist of his body as he had his sword slam down on the shaft, causing it to snap. Against the guard with the sword being held with their mouth, the human took two whacks at it. The pony sword snapped into three pieces.
“You used your abilities!” shouted the guard with the spear.
The second spat the broke sword before he said, “Yeah! That’s the only way this could have happened!”
Blaze turned to the Princesses and asked, “Did you detect me using any chakra or ki?”
They both shook their heads no.
The guards were more angry at the human and charged again without their weapons. Blaze ran at them again. This time, targeting their armor. The Earth ponies tried to punch and kick him as he swung his sword. The human was hitting the armor plates, but the ponies hadn’t landed a hit.
Blaze jumped from out of the middle of them and landed on the edge of the arena. The guards turned to the human and were panting heavily. Their armor suddenly came off and broke into several pieces.
“Do you ponies give up, or are you thirsty for some more?” Blaze said calmly and not out of breath.
“Never!” shouted the first guard.
The second one said, “The Royal Guard never gives up. We would rather die than to give up.”
“Such courageous morals, but someone has to give up. Guess I’ll have to inflict pain now.”
They charged at each other one more time. The guards were going all out in trying to punch or kick the human. Some blows came close as Blaze felt his clothes get tugged here and there. He started to feel fatigue setting in. So, the human slammed his sword at different leg joints on their bodies.
The guards collapsed onto the floor in pain. They cried out in agony from it. Both were on their backs as the Earth ponies tried to cradle where the human’s blade had hit them.
The first guard shouted, “WE GIVE UP! WE GIVE UP!”
“WE DO! JUST DON”T HIT US ANYMORE!” shouted the other pony.”
Blaze sheathed his sword. Then he said, “Are you sorry for calling me a freak?
“WE’RE TRULY SORRY FOR CALLING YOU THAT! PLEASE MAKE THE PAIN STOP!” both said.
“I’ll accept your apology. Just remember to not call a pony names for how they dress.” The human turned around and said, “Princess Luna, would you mind taking them to a hospital? Tell the Doc that they should just need to pop their joints, back into place.”
“We don’t mind. We shall return shortly for your next demonstration,” the blue Alicorn said.
Her horn lit up with magic and teleported with the injured guards in tow. Princess Celestia walked up to Blaze as he placed the sword back into the backpack in its sheath.
“That was an entertaining show. May I ask, are these sword skills from another show from your world?” the white Alicorn asked.
“They are somewhat are,” said Blaze. He stood up and faced the Princess. “I trained while mimicking the samurai movements in the show back on Earth. It’s not perfect, but I’m up to the point I could defend myself with it. I did most of the practicing with a bamboo stick, just to avoid injury to myself. As you can imagine, if the sword edge was on the other side, I might have caused them to bleed when I struck their armor.”
“I’m pleased that you didn’t. Why did you do what you did? You could have finished the match sooner if you went for the injuries first.”
“Yes, I could have. I saw this as a comrade match instead of going against an enemy. Plus, like I said before, I wanted to see how a pony fights. So, I took away their weapons to force them to use their hooves. Then, their armor to see if it would work as it should, or was more for showing off. Finally, well, you know the rest.”
“You humans have definitely come a long ways from your medieval times, as you said. Putting strategy before a fight instead of charging in and see what happens.”
Blaze laughed a little bit after hearing that.
“What’s so funny?” asked Princess Celestia.
“Oh, it's not you, Princess. The second part of what you just said reminded me something from back home, of people who did that. They shout a name every time they do it.”
“And what name is this”
, said Swift Blaze in the best voice he could do.
The Princess of the Sun continued to look at the human as he laughed some more. “It’s probably for the best that I don’t know who this human is,” she said in a low voice to herself.
Once Blaze was able to compose himself again, he said, “As I said before, I would never cause harm to any of your subjects. I give them a chance to give up. This is so they can learn from their mistakes and maybe get back on the right path. I know these things as I’m human. My world had become a dark and dangerous to live in. I don’t plan to use these next weapons while here after showing them.”
Princess Luna teleported back into the throne room. “Sorry for our being gone longer than we planned,” she said. “The doctors and nurses had a hard time getting those guards to calm down long enough to inject something into them. So we summoned a small wooden hammer and knocked the ponies right out. We still find it odd that this method is no longer used.”
Princess Celestia said, “Sister, our medicine has improved so the old ways are no longer needed. It’s safer this way. You might have given them a concussion.”
“We did no such thing. We didn’t need to use the Royal Canterlot Voice.”
Blaze laughed quietly to himself as the Princesses talked to each other. He was getting the final demonstration ready. Once everything was in place, the human cleared his throat to get the Alicorns’ attention.
“Alright, these are the last weapons I have and are the most dangerous,” said Blaze. He pulled out a pair of handguns. “These are designed to either inflict serious damage or kill your opponent. I won’t be demonstrating this one because it’s too dangerous, as you have seen from my memory. I will explain, however, how they work.”
The human released the magazine from one and ejected the bullet that was in the gun. He explained how the blasting cap in the back ignites the powder inside to launch the projectile at super speeds. Then, he discussed how the guns worked, the purpose of the design and how it has been improved over the centuries.
“As you can see, these are too dangerous for this world. If I knew I was going to come here, I would have never brought them.”
“We agree the last ones are very dangerous for pony kind to know about at this time,” said Princess Celestia. “We would like to thank you again for showing them to us and being honest about what they can do. Seeing that it’s dinner time, we would like to invite you to dinner with us. Our chef can make anything you desire.”
“Thank you, Your Highness, it would be an honor to eat with you. Let me just back these back up in their hidden locations and we can head to the dining room.”
“Very well, Blaze. If you please excuse us, we need to lower the sun and raise the moon.”
“Even knowing about this world, I am still amazed at that ability to do that.”
“Why is that?” Princess Luna asked.
“I can explain during dinner. I‘m starving from talking all day.”
The Princesses, both nodded. They walked to a side door that led to a balcony. Once in place, the Alicorns channeled their magic into their horns. Blaze looked out a nearby window and saw the sun was setting. On the opposite side, the moon was rising. Once they were done, the group made their way to the dining room.
Inside the new space, Blaze saw the longest table he had ever seen. Over fifty feet long with fancy decorations properly places. The Alicorns and human sat down at the opposite end of the table from where they entered. A waiter came out caring some menus. He handed two green ones to Princess Luna and Princess Celestia. Blaze, for some reason, was given a red one.
“Um, Princess, can you explain why my menu is a different color?” he asked.
Princess Celestia replied, “Oh, when we first met, you said you were an omnivore. Here at the castle, we get special guests from other nations that also eat meat. We keep them happy by supplying some of their favorite dishes from their lands.”
Blaze blinked his eyes that were wide open as his brain processed what he just heard. I can eat MEAT here? OH GOD! SWEET MEAT! A very big grin had appeared on his face. He looked at all the choices, trying not to drool. So many choices, he didn’t know what to try first.
As he looked, the human noticed the muscles in his legs felt sore before the memories from the clones arrived. Wow. Those clones sure did a number on them apple trees. Glad Applejack is happy with the work. Man, I wish I could stretch my legs to get rid of this cramp that’s forming. I must look weird sitting and fidgeting in this seat across from the Princesses. With his breathing a little harder, due to the new level of fatigue, Blaze wanted to satisfy it with more meat.
The waiter came back to get our orders. He started with the Princesses’ choices. Then, the pony came to the human.
Blaze said, “Let’s see, I will first have some Manticore Meatballs. Then, let’s go with some Bourbon Hydra. Finally, I’ll finish with the Spaghetti with chunks of Quarry Eel.”
All the ponies looked at him with strange looks. The waiter then just shuffled back to the kitchen to get the orders going.
Princess Luna then asked me, “Swift Blaze, why did thou order that much?”
“Well, I was just going to get one dish. While picking it out, if you hadn’t noticed, I was fidgeting in my chair and breathing a little harder. The clones I created to work on Sweet Apple Acres just finished for the day They released the jutsu, which in turn, I received all their memories and their body condition. The other reason is that all these dishes sound like they are very good.”
The head waiter and a few other Unicorn ponies came from the kitchen with the first course of the meal. Blaze looked at what the Princesses ordered, some sort of cream-like soup. He looked at his dish of three juicy meatballs. Using the silverware, the human cut a piece out of one and ate it.
His mouth exploded with flavor as his mind processed it. OH MY! MEAT SO JUICY AND IT JUST MELTS DOWN YOUR THROAT! Blaze dug into the rest of the dish, while doing his best to have some table manners. Once done, the staff came and collected the dirty dishes.
Princess Celestia said, “So, Blaze, you said earlier that you still couldn’t believe how my sister and I could raise and lower the sun and moon. What do you mean by that?”
Blaze wiped his mouth with a napkin to get rid of the sauce from the dish. He replied, “Well, back on Earth, it was founded centuries ago about the properties of gravity on massive objects.”
The human continued to talk about the solar system and the different planets that encircle the sun and how the moon encircles the planet Earth.
“What about the weather?” asked Princess Luna. “Did thy humans have a way to control it?”
He said no and explained the weather was like what is over the Everfree Forest. Blaze then added that scientists have developed methods to predict weather patterns to warn the humans when dangerous weather approaches.
“It is amazing how your species were able to last without any magic,” said the white Alicorn.
“We adapt to whatever condition, we are thrown at.”
Shortly after some silence, the head waiter came from the kitchen again with the next course. Salads were given to the Princesses and the human got his steak bits of Bourbon Hydra. They ate in silence. As before, the flavors from the dish brought a smile to Blaze’s face as he enjoyed it.
Once they finished, the staff collected the dish again. The human’s smile started to go away as he thought back to his home planet. He thought about all of his friends and family that he left behind. He had no picture, no voice, nor any video recording. The only thing he had were his memories that he could recall.
The Princesses looked at Blaze and saw the troublesome face he expressed. They guessed that talking about his world might have rekindled some memories. Even with all their power, only time can heal someone who lost so much.
Princess Celestia broke the silence when she said, “So, Blaze, is there anything you wish to know about us?”
The human looked up to her and replied, “Hmm, well, I know quite a bit from the show. How about you tell me what your earliest memory you have is.”
“Ok then. Let’s see,” she said as she rubbed her chin with a hoof. “Well, my earliest memory is of our parents, Father Time and Mother Nature. They told us how they created all you see of the world and the creatures. As they created everything, it did not feel like a family. After discussing between each other, our parents decided to create one they could love. They wanted the child to be a female. That way they can share the love of the world. Father Time wanted their child to be immortal as they were. That way they can love her for a very long time and not have the burden of losing her to age or to illness.”
“When they tried to decide on the form, Mother Nature looked at all the ones they created. Out of all them, three were the most beautiful. They were the Earth pony, Unicorn pony, and Pegasus pony. Neither of them could decide which form to go with, so they combined the three. Mother Nature was the one that came up with the name to call the creature, an Alicorn. It was more towards how unique and beautiful the child would be.”
“They loved her every day and cared for her. After a few years, they decided to make another one so they can play together. Years past and the sisters were growing up. They had fun playing with the other creatures of the world and those that adored them. The time came for Father Time and Mother Nature to move on. Not to die, but they felt it was time for their daughters to rule the land. It was a big ceremony as me and my sister were crowned as Princesses and co-rulers of Equestria. All the subjects bowed to us. That was over two thousand years ago.”
“That was beautiful. Let me just say that you both don’t look older than thirty.” Blaze said with a new smile showing.
“Thank you, Blaze. Glad to see thou is smiling again,” said Princess Luna.
“Umm, if you don’t want to answer this next question, I understand. Being an immortal, you realize that you’ll lose your friends when they die. How are you able to handle it?”
Princess Celestia thought about it before she replied with, “That is a difficult question to answer. But, I think you should know, seeing you’re going through something similar. It’s true that we’ve lost many friends over the centuries. At first, we sulked, wanting them back. Our younger friends did their best to cheer us back up. They said our subjects were worried about how sad we were. We soon realized how we were making our friends feel. We also remembered that those that died are not really gone. They’re in our memories. We cherish them of the happy times that we shared. Once a year, we take a leave of absence for a day to honor our friends that died and to recall the memories.”
“Thank you for sharing this with me. I realize now how I was acting around my new friends and making them feel. Would you mind if I join you on that day you honor your past friends?”
Princess Luna replied, “It would be our pleasure.”
The waiter staff came in with the last course for dinner. The Princesses received a vegetable stir fry and Blaze got his spaghetti. They again ate in silence. The human was enjoying another delicious meat they had cooked amazingly well.
Once the last course was done, the Alicorns and human left the dining room. The staff came out and began cleaning the room and dishes. Blaze was feeling better now that he told the Princesses everything.
Out in the main hall, Princess Celestia turned toward the human and said, “If you would excuse me, Blaze, I must retire to my room. As you know, it’s been a long day of learning and I’ll be needed to get up early to raise the sun.”
“But of course, Your Highness. Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite,” Blaze said with a chuckle.
“Bed Bugs! How in Equestria did they get into my bed!?” she screamed.
The human laughed at this and replied, “Sorry, Princess. It is a saying from my world we say to children when they are put to bed. What I was meaning was having sweet dreams and no nightmares.”
Princess Celestia blushed a little for the way she reacted. Princess Luna had a big smile on her face as she was laughing on the inside.
As the white Alicorn headed to her room, the dark blue Alicorn turned to the human and said, “Would thou like to see thy room”
“Lead the way, Princess of the Night.”