//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: And Here. We. Go! // Story: The One They Call Phoenix V2 // by Always Shipper6 //------------------------------// I watched as the princess of the sun waked into the house. "Princess Celestia!" Twilight said happily. "I'm surprised you got here this fast!" She ran up to her mentor, and Celestia started nuzzling Twilight's neck. "Well, as soon as I read your letter about this so called 'human' that you found, I had to see him for myself. So, I decided to let go of my royal duties for a bit and come see this human." She said, raising back up from nuzzling Twilight's neck. "And I'm guessing you are the human." Celestia said while walking over to me. Once she got close enough, she started staring me down. "U-Um, y-yes, that would be me." I was actually scared by Celestia. She had a calm facial expression yes, but once she get's pissed, she will bring down the suns wrath upon your ass. I began to mentally laugh inside my head. 'Ha, wrath...ass...I see what I did there.' "Well, you sure are a strange one. Your the first of your kind here you know that?" She said in a calm tone, which made me relax a little. "I figured as much, I don't see any other humans walking around here. The only thing closest to my species back on Earth were apes, and they still differed a lot. Even though scientists said we evolved from them, but I don't see how." I said, letting out a sigh of relief. "You what now? You say you evolved from apes? I mean we have apes here in Equestria, but there a big difference form you." Twilight said, curious as ever. "Would you mind telling me a bit more about where you came from?" She said, floating another notebook and quill from her purple bag on her side. "Sure, I don't mind. Be aware though, some of it won't be pretty." I spent the next few hours describing Earth. The wars, diseases, people, places, environment, and anything else I could think of. Let's just say at the end some were scared, some were intrigued, and some didn't really care. Celestia was wide eyed, and i was surprised to actually see an expression on her face. "T-that's awful." Fluttershy said. "Meh, it's easy to get used to." I calmly replied. "Easy, how do ya find all that easy ta get used to?" Applejack replied. "Simple really, humans constantly live through those kind of predicaments, so we're used to it." "Still, Ah wouldn't be able ta stand livin' there. Ah mean, Ah'm used to livin' here, and Ah guess You're used ta livin' there so, Ah, nevermind, Ah just confused mahself." Applejack said. I let out a laugh, and everyone else seemed to join in, even Applejack. "Okay, anymore questions?" I said looking across the room, no one said anything. "I take that as a no? Alright then, what to do next?" My stomach began to rumble. "Well, I guess he just decided for us. I hate to be asking, but does anyone have anything to eat?" "U-Um, would you like an apple?" Fluttershy said as she began waling into the kitchen. "Yes please, that would be nice." I said, then noticed that Pinkie was unnaturally quiet. "Hey Pinkie?" "Yea CJ?" She said, snapping out of whatever she was doing. "Why are you so quiet?" "Oh, I'm thinking of what to name your welcoming party." She said putting a hoof up to her chin. "Sorry-You-Got-Transported-From-Your-World-But-Welcome-To-Eaquestria-And-Ponyville? Or just, Welcome-To-Ponyville?" "I believe the second one would be best. The first seems a bit...long." I said thinking of seeing how low the sign would hang to the ground. "Okay!" She happily said. "Better start on it no-" "I don't believe that's a good idea Pinkie." Twilight interrupted. "But why Twilight? He's new here, and he needs to feel welcomed by everypony." She said, her mane deflating a little. "It's okay Pinkie, I feel welcomed already. I promise to let you give me one, but now now. Everypony needs to get to know me." I said. "Yes, like CJ said. Everypony needs to know him, we don't want another Zecora incident to happen now do we Pinkie?" Twilight said in a motherly like tone. "No, I felt bad for judging Zecora so fast just because she was different. Still, she had that creepy robe, and how she dug into the ground; it just made her look mysterious and evil." Said Pinkie. "When we got to know her though, she wasn't evil and mysterious. She was kind, caring, and somehow managed to rhyme every single time. I don't see how she does it either, maybe it's a zebra thing." Twilight said, pondering about the question she asked herself. "I know right, it's so weird. I want to learn how to do that!" Pinkie said, hopping around the room. "Here you go CJ." Fluttershy said as she floated in with the apple in hoof. "Oh, thanks Fluttershy." I said, taking a bite out of the apple. "Man, this is one good apple. Probably the best I've ever had!" I bit into it again. "I could live off of these things!" I really liked that apple. "Y-Your welcome CJ" She said, blushing while landing on the ground. "Ah hope you like that apple, came straight from Sweet Apple Acres." She said, making a proud stance. "Like it, I LOVE IT! It's the best apple I've ever eaten." I said while finishing up the apple. "Well, Ah'm glad you do like it." Now there was nothing else to do again. "Twilight, I must head back to Canterlot, it's almost time for the sun to set." Celestia said while her horn started glowing. "Okay, buy Princess." Twilight and the rest, including me, waved goodbye, and with that she teleported form the room. "Well, do you guys mind if I go outside and watch the moon come up?" I said while standing and stretching. "Just don't wander into town, ponies might be scared of you. We have to prepare them for you." Twilight said. 'Why does she act like a mother all the time? I guess it's where she's used to being around Spike. Ha, she'd actually be a pretty good mother.' I thought while nodding and walked out the door, being careful not to hit my head on the way out. I laid down against the tree, the moon just now rising. Fluttershy's cottage not too far from where I'm sitting. I could see the glistening of the river that goes by her house in the moonlight, and hear as it flows past me. I closed my eyes, and felt the cool air flow through my hair. This was my element, this is my time of day. Night has always been my favorite time of day. To me, if you add night, rain, storms, and video games, or music, or all of them, then you'd have the perfect night for me. I opened my eyes to see a shadow fly through the night sky. It eventually grew larger and larger, until it flew past the tree I was under. It flew around, and I watched as a night blue pony with a moon for her cutie mark pass by me. 'Holy shit! It's Luna!' I kept the fangasms from happening again. She landed beside me and looked me over while I just kept staring at the night sky. "So, your the one my sister was telling me about. You sure are a strange one." She said, sitting down beside me. "I know right? One lone human who comes from a different world, or maybe even universe, appear here in Equestria? It is strange." I said, sighing at the end. "However, this place is so much better than my world. I'm kind of glad to be here. Also, I like the nights here. They are so much more...vibrant than the ones back on Earth." "Well, it's nice to know somepony appreciates our night. We've tried so long to do so, and to think. The first one was somepony who wasn't even form Equestria." She said, laughing a bit. "Well, at least it's nice to know there's somepony out there who likes it." She said, standing up beside me. I began to get the most random thought in my head. 'Okay, this is too tempting. I've read in multiple fanfics that their cutie marks are very sensitive. I know I may regret this, but I'm gonna try it.' I said as I slowly reached up and touched her cutie mark. She let out a moan, and began to blush. Then she gave me a death stare. "OH SHIT! I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SORRY." I said over and over. "How dare you....YOU DARE TOUCH MY ROYAL BACKSIDE! FOR THIS YOU PAY!" She said as she began to flare her horn. "Shit!" I stumbled as I tried to get up, but as soon as I did, I ran for my life. "GET BACK HERE!" Luna screamed as I ran towards the house. "HELP!" No help came, so I kept running. 'I wonder why she isn't flying yet.' A magic ball of fire hit the tree beside me. "SHIT!" I ran faster, until I heard the flapping of wings, and the sound of the ground behind me exploding. "FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!" I kept running, I ran past the house. "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEONE HELP ME!" No one answered still. Looks like I was out of luck. We kept running for a while until she eventually landed on me. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't know, and it was just too tempting." She began to flare her horn. "It just looked so beautiful that I couldn't help but touch it." I said, cowering now. She backed off of me. "Well, I guess I can let you off the hook this time." She said wile blushing. "But do this again, and there will be consequences." She gave me a death stare. "I'm sorry. I said, still cowering." I know, I'm a coward, but when you offend your favorite pony, you can't help but feel bad. "I feel bad about it now." I said, walking away. "Wait, it's okay. I mean, was I really that tempting?" She asked. I blushed a bit. "Yes." I plainly answer, still walking away. "Well then, I'll forgive you, so there's no need to feel bad." I perked up a bit. "Well, I'll still feel bad, and apologize occasionally, but eventually I'll forget it." "I guess that works. Still, I'm flattered you think about me that way." She said. 'Wait, I have a chance with Luna? Wait, why am I going for a pony? Ah, fuck it. I'm the only human here, so what does it matter.' "Well, I must be going, I have court to hold tonight. So bye for now. Oh, I didn't even get your name." She said while blushing. "It's fine. It's CJ, well, that's not my actual name, but that's what people call me." "Okay then, CJ, I guess we will see each other soon." She flew off into the night sky. I walked back inside the house. Everyone was still awake, but seemed to be sleepy. "Hey, everyone okay?" This seemed to wake them up a bit. "Oh my, it's late. I still have orders to finish! I better get back!" Rarity said as she ran out of the door. Applejack was the next to leave, then Rainbow, then Pinkie, Twilight was the hesitant one to leave. "CJ, there's something different with your eyes." She said, looking straight at me. "Oh, you mean the red mixed in with my natural hazel. Yea, it always happens at night or when I'm in a dark room. It's always been weird like that, I think it's kind of cool though." It started happening after one day at school. My friends said they saw a glimmer of fire in my eyes, then they turned red. I didn't believe them until I got home and looked into a mirror, and there it was. My eyes had red streams running through them. I thought it was cool, but any time I would enter a dark room or something, my eyes would change, and people would call me a freak. I got used to it, but still, I think it's cool. "Well, but where are you going to stay? I guess since everypony had to leave, that leaves you staying at my library or here at Fluttershy's." I looked over to Fluttershy. "Is it okay if I stay here until I get my own place?" I didn't really want to go through town and risk being seen, so Twilight's was out of the question. Fluttershy blushed. "I-I guess it's fine. I mean, I don't have a spare bed, but you can use mine." She said. "Okay, I'll leave you two alone to figure this out. I need to get back to the library. See you guys later!" She waved as she walked out of the door, shutting it with her magic on the way out. "I'll be fine taking the couch, you can have the bed." I said, laying down on the couch. She nudged me off it somehow. "No, your taking the bed. The couch it too small for you. My bed may be small, but at least it's more comfortable than this." She said while pointing to the couch. "Now let me show you up to my room." I did as ordered, but I had a plan. One we got upstairs, we walked down a small hallway and entered a room on the left side. Inside was a neat looking room. It had one chest at the bottom of the bed, had green covers with a white pillow on it, and had animal houses everywhere. It was a very homey feeling, and was nice. I pulled down the covered and got in. "Goodnight Fluttershy." I said, pulling the covers up over my head; my legs hanging off the end of the bed. "Goodnight CJ, sweet dreams." She said as she walked out of the door. I heard her walk down the stairs, and then nothing. I waited for about half an hour, then got up. "Okay, I am not sleeping here. I said I'd sleep on the couch and that's where I'm sleeping." I said while slowly opening the door. Once I opened it without a sound, I slowly walked down the small stairs, trying not to make a sound. I hit one stair, and it creaked a bit. I stopped, and heard moving around downstairs, but she didn't seem to wake up as I light didn't come on. I sighed and began to move downstairs again. Once I reached the bottom, I looked through the living room, seeing her sleeping on the couch. God, she was freaking adorable to say the least. there was so much d'aww, I almost had a heart attack and instant diabetes. I quietly walked through the living room, trying not to wake Fluttershy up. I felt around with my feet, and not feeling anything in the vicinity I took a step forward; only to ram my shin into the coffee table. "MOTHER FU-!" I cover my mouth, covering my shout. Fluttershy began to stir, but thankfully didn't wake up. I let out a sigh of relief, and finally made it to the couch. I uncovered her carefully, and picked her up with care. She was light as a feather, so I carefully carried her back up into her room and laid her down on her bed. I laid her head on her pillow, and covered her up. As I walked out, I heard faint snoring, and god, I almost died of heart attack and diabetes again. I walked back down the stairs, carefully dodged the table this time, and laid down on the couch. It was okay I guess, but it could have been bigger. Still, I'm in a world full of ponies, so everything is going to be smaller. I just ignored the feeling of my legs hanging off the edge, and went to sleep. A/N: Okay, here you go..I know the thing with Luna was a bit weird, but I needed some filler until my writers block passed XD...plus, I always wanted to do that. In normal fanfics you see it happen to the mane 6 or some other random pony, not the rulers of Equestria. I thought that'd add a bit of randomness. Also, should I start my fanfic about my OC NightWing (the name is separate, but I like it to be one name in general.) I have a whole back story to him, but that's for the prologue. That is, if you guys want the fic. Hope you guys liked the chapter, and see you all next chapter =3 By the way, if you see any mistakes, point them out, and I will fix them to the best of my abilities.