Moon's shadow

by Znegil


17 Curiosity

I woke up from a long slumber and the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was purple.

"Oh good, you are finally awake, I have so many questions to ask you.", Twilight announced happily towards me.

I shrieked back a bit.
"Wow, you're not losing any time. How long have you been waiting here?", I said before yawning.

Without warning she was right next to my face and looked into my mouth, using her hooves to prevent me from closing it.
"Yes, definitely carnivore... interesting arrangement."

"Twhilhight...", I used my fingers to poke her and to remind her what she was doing. She let go immediately.

I stared her down.
"I am not an experiment Twilight, ask me before you want something from me or I will get angry."

She averted her eyes and looked to the ground while blushing.
"I am so sorry. I get carried away sometimes when there are new things to learn. I have been a secluded bookworm all my life and made my first real friends only a few weeks ago."

I was surprised to hear that and felt a bit sorry for her, especially when I saw tears appear in her eyes.

"Hey, everything is fine," I said, "just take it easy and we can be friends too."

She looked up to me with a wry smile.
"Thanks, I will do my best to make my research like a normal conversation."

And she managed to do so. We talked for the next two hours about earth, plants, animals, human evolution, politics and much more. It was a fun conversation between friends, with little jokes in-between.

...

Twilight was silent for some minutes now. Normally she interrupted me all the time with different questions.

"Is everything alright?", I asked her.

Her eyes darted from side to side, she avoided looking at me.

"I... I have a favor to ask...", she finally spoke up.

I was curious.
"What is it?"

"Well... you are a totally new species to us, no one has ever seen your kind before. Soooo... I would like to draw you in detail, for the book I am going to write about your species."

"Why not, you can do that.", I answered, wondering why she made a big deal of this.

Her hoof scraped in circles on the floor before her.
"Well... I know you said that you are not comfortable without clothes..."

"You want to draw me nude?!", I asked a lot louder than I intended too.

She flinched.
"It is very important for science, please.", she begged using these big pony eyes to her advantage.

"Can't you just..."

"Please, it is normal for our race to be without clothes, it is nothing unusual for us.", she continued with eyes as big as saucers.

I knew I could not withstand this look much longer, so I decided to at least get something in return.

"Ok... you can do it, but I want something in return.", I announced slowly.

She jumped up and down in joy.
"Oh thank you, what is it that you want?"

"I don't want to be totally lost about what would feel good to somepony, so I want to know all about... the sensitive spots of an alicorn mare."

If we been outside at this moment, even the lightest breeze would have knocked Twilight over, and I would have never expected such a red face when you are covered in purple fur.

Twilight opened her mouth and closed it again.
"You...", she started. "I can't... I haven't..."

"Come on Twilight, if I come into a 'special situation' I want it to be a pleasant experience for her. I'm dealing here with wings and horns, body parts I never saw before. I'm afraid to hurt her in any way."

"I'm not experienced in this interactions as well...", she mumbled avoiding to look at me.

"But you told me how you love to read and learn things. I can't believe you never been interested in learning more about this topic. Please, help me to give her a good time."

She huffed.
"You will promise me to stand completely still as long as I want you to, so I can draw you."

I held my hand up.
"I promise."

A few more seconds passed.

"... okay... wings have a strong muscle connecting them to a pegasi body, it is known that..."

Twilight taught me all about wings, horns and a mare's body she knew. After a moment she lost her uptightness, and her joy of teaching took over. She tutored me for about half an hour. I was pretty sure I knew more about mares now than I ever knew about women.

The last illustration Twilight had projected before me using her magic faded away.

"Now it is your turn, get undressed.", she said while a sketchbook and pencils floated towards her.

I was hesitant, but we had a deal. So I undressed, stood nude before her and tried to act as casual about it as possible.

"Interesting, your ... private part does not retract inside your body like stallions do."

I looked to the ceiling.
"Yes, that's right, could you just go on with it to draw and not stare to much."

"How could I draw you without looking at you? Now stick out your arms to both sides and spread your legs a bit."

I did as I was told.

After about 10 minutes in that pose under the inspecting look of Twilight, while she was sketching me in detail, a blue pony princess stormed into the room... she never been the one to knock on doors.

"I thought about our date and we could...", she trailed off and stared at the situation.

I sighed, it was one of these days...

I tried to take down my hand to cover myself a bit but got yelled by Twilight to hold the pose immediately.

"Now this is interesting.", Luna said with a smirk.

Twilight faced Luna.
"I'll do a scientific study about his race."

"Do you mind if I attend for a moment?", Luna asked.

"Not at all.", Twilight said.

"A lot.", I mumbled under my breath not audible to them.

"I said don't move.", Twilight reminded me.

I was confused, I did not move a muscle, what did... oh, I felt something was moving.

"I have no control over it when Luna stares at me.", I answered red headed.

"Okay, I have to draw it in both conditions anyway.", Twilight said and moved closer for a better look.

"I think I leave now.", Luna said with a huge smile. "There is a funny story I want to share with Tia. I believe your book about humans will be a fascinating read, can you reserve a copy for me?"

"Of course princess, I will make you an individual copy as soon I will have finished it.", Twilight beamed and looked very proud.

Luna left the room giggling while Twilight continued sketching my body.