You feel the steady hum of the powerful engine rumble through you, its call to push the throttle forward at the front of your mind. You sit inside the small Cessna aircraft awaiting your turn to take to the skies. Even though your headset muffled outside noise, you still heard the heavy roar of the Boeing Seven Forty-Seven as it took off, leaving you next in line.
Minutes later, the magic phrase rang in your ears. "November Three-Three-Two, Tower. Wind estimated five at zero three zero, cleared for takeoff." You slowly slid the throttle forward, the wheels on your aircraft inching forward as you guided it through the turn onto the runway, the last step before taking to the skies.
"Tower, November Three-Three-Two, copy. Cleared for takeoff." Coming out of the turn in the center of the runway, you slammed the throttle forward, the rumbles turning into their own pitch of sound that sang like music to your ears. The sudden acceleration forced you to the back of your chair, a feeling you never thought would get old, and the aircraft zoomed forward, building acceleration towards that magical number.
Grasping the yoke, you began to pull on it, the wheels lifting off the ground as you began a steady climb. It was a beautiful day outside without a single cloud in the sky, so you could fly almost wherever you wanted; you had a good six hours of fuel on board, so there was no rush.
Slowly the land ebbed away into water as you flew south, putting you over the Gulf of Mexico. Reaching behind the seat, you pull out a small bag containing your camera, ready to take more photographs to add to your collection.
Minutes later, while looking through the viewfinder, the plane rocks as it hits a pocket of air. The turbulence jams the eyepiece against your face, causing you to let out a curse as you drop the camera into your lap to grab the yoke. The turbulence continues to occasionally buffet you, throwing your small aircraft all over the sky.
Fighting with the yoke, you point the plane's nose down, trying to get underneath this pocket of disturbed air. However, it seems Murphy wanted you to share in his misery, and a crack reaches your ears through the headset, something giving way underneath the buffeting wind. You jerk the yoke, getting no response as your plane continues its dive down.
You key up the radio, knowing it to be a pointless endeavor. "Mayday, mayday, mayday..." you continue to talk as you try every trick you know to bring the plane out of a dive. Without your steering though, you can't do much except look at the altimeter and pray.
Three thousand feet. The worst part about this is that you know there's nothing you can do to prevent it now, but there's still a good thirty seconds before you meet the water. The light blue of the sky gives way to the dark blue of the violent gulf, and its looming threat to consume you like it has so many before.
In the last few seconds before impact, a bright flash fills the interior, your camera flash going off. The aircraft hits, and everything goes black.
You jump up in bed, grabbing at your chest as your heart's beating threatens to rip itself from your chest. You don't dream often, but when you do the dreams are typically consumed by nightmares of your arrival, or of things from home you now miss.
Simply sitting in bed, you notice the moon looming on the horizon, mere minutes from setting. Letting out a small smile, you look over to your bed partner who is still asleep. She's gotten good at sleeping through your occasional nightmare, no need to wake her up early with your troubles after all.
Gently moving the flowing mane out of the way, you lovingly gaze upon her serene face. Celestia was one to always work and worry, almost never taking time for herself. To see her at such peace, such serenity... it was a rare moment that you always savored. A gentle sound of the door closing drew your focus to the hallway's entry, a cart filled with tea and breakfast sitting inside the room.
Satisfied that your heart wasn't going to remove itself today, your hand moves from your chest to reach out towards the cart. Ever so slowly, your eyes light up with a golden hue and the cart begins to inch itself forward, courtesy of the minor amount of levitation you could use.
When you had crossed through dimensions, you were in a pretty bad way. Apparently appearing in the midst of an open court session at Celestia's hooves, she had tried something desperate to save your life. Lucky for you it worked, and as a plus you even gained the ability to utilize a very small amount of magic. It wasn't enough for anything more than very basic manipulation, but at times like this as you lay in bed, it made all the difference.
Suddenly you burst out with laughter as the sun raised, hooves seeking out your sides from behind. The cart stopped in its tracks, your focus broken as you turned to try and fend off Celestia's hooves. As you turned, a mouth met yours, the tickling turning into an embrace; one which you returned with pleasure.
Breaking off the kiss, you stared into Celestia's deep pools of magenta, the same ones that had been your first sight in Equestria. "Good morning, Sunshine." you say with warmth, tightly embracing her in a hug.
Celestia sighed, enjoying the contact and what little time of relaxation she could afford before the daily turmoil of the royal life. "Morning to you as well, love..." her gaze focused on the forgotten cart that had made half the journey to the bedside, a quick burst of magic bringing it the rest of the way.
Resting her head on your shoulder, you heard the tell-tale clinking of china signaling her pouring of tea. You take in a deep breath, the faintest aroma teasing your senses. "Earl Grey, Celestia?" she chuckles, confirming that you are correct again. "They must think that you really love that, that's... the sixth time this month?"
"If nothing else, my ponies love their consistency and doing what they know." Celestia chuckles as she raised a cup in front of your eyes, causing you to pull back from the hug and take the offered glass. Tea between the two of you has become something of a morning ritual, just a small part of the day that you can call yours and hers exclusively. Raising it to your lips, you take a sip, actually enjoying the taste that greets your taste buds.
The two of you simply enjoy each other's company in the bed, making short work of the teapot, for the next few minutes. Sadly, there's not much time to spare, and soon you're setting down the teacup onto the tray, Celestia's joining yours. You turn and meet her lips once more, this time with a quick, chaste kiss.
"Do you recall what today is, Celestia?" you ask as you hop out of bed, rummaging through your dresser for a clean set of clothes.
You can't help but laugh as you turn around and see her with a hoof underneath her chin, her brows creased as she attempts to nail down what you're hinting at. Her eyes widen, and you know she has it. "Five years already, isn't it?" you nod, pausing partway to the bathroom. "No matter when it is, time always seems to fly by." she says somewhat introspectively before getting up and walking to the bathroom with you.
"Joining me in the shower?" you suggestively ask, wriggling your eyebrows. Celestia cracks with laughter, sauntering up to you and kissing your cheek.
"I suppose I can, although we don't have time for any... games, sadly." you simply wrap an arm around her barrel for the very short walk to the shower, your clothes underneath your other arm. Dropping them off on the countertop as you enter the bathroom, you walk over to the shower and adjust the temperature.
Clouds, and their many uses... You'll never get over just how amazing it is. Celestia imbued you with a permanent spell that lets you walk on clouds, which is a very good thing as the shower was made of them. A simple turn of a knob, and Celestia and you had warm water with which to clean yourselves. Showering itself didn't take much time, between Celestia's magic and your hands the two of you made short work of getting clean.
Turning off the water, Celestia used a spell that was one of her favorites. Within seconds, you were warm and dry, as well as her. She walked out of the room as you donned your clothes, ready for a day of preparation for what would hopefully be a special night. Straightening your tee shirt, you walked out the bathroom and slipped on your shoes just as Celestia was putting on the last of her regalia.
"Well, I suppose it's time then. Have a good day, Sunshine." you say, smiling gently as you wrap your arms around Celestia's neck, inhaling in the scent of summer that seemed to accompany her mane.
Celestia returned your hug with a nuzzle, the soft coat brushing against your cheek. "And you too, love. I'll be ending court at noon, I believe I have a reservation at a spa courtesy of a secret admirer?" you pulled your arms back as she lifted her head, letting your lips meet for one last kiss.
Pulling back, you savor the memory of her lips on yours, a smile slipping onto your face as you walked alongside her as you both leave her room. Ignoring the presence of the guards that take up flanking positions around you two, you focus on walking Celestia to another session of Day Court.
"Our garden, Celestia, seven tonight, okay? Please don't get caught up in paperwork!" you say, arriving at the doors that herald the start of her duties. She laughs, knowing full well that you are aware of her hatred of paperwork.
"Very well, I'll see you tonight, then. Be safe, love." she whispers before standing up tall and straight, putting Celestia up as the Princess of the Day comes out. You watch as she walks into the throne room, her very presence and posture all but demanding respect as she goes to open her court for yet another day.
You would love to stay and watch her at work, but today there are other more important plans to see to. All for preparation for tonight, this special evening that, if all goes well, will be forever remembered by you both. Whistling, you turn and start walking towards the castle's exit, ready to visit the first stop of many. Tonight will be one for the books.
Just a quick Q & A
Q: Oh my, why no details about "me?!" It's stupid!
A:You twit, that's the purpose of this 2nd person story. It's supposed to be you interjecting yourself as 'you.' Can't very well do that if 'you' are described!
Q: Why no name? Anon is a good one!
A: You're a moron. Anon is a crappy name, and this is not Fourchan. Plus, it implies male, which is something I'm avoiding.
Room for more silly/stupid things here later.
Celestia x Hominid... not new
This fic literally excised the tumor out of the left hemisphere of my brain.
Did you hear me? It cured cancer.
How is it you seem to be the ONLY ONE who can made a decent HiE fic?
Or, at least, one of the few who can?
Nice job on it, dude!
~Skeeter The Lurker
That was surprisingly good. And the cover art is satisfyingly hnnnngh.
Fave from me.
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Of course not. I wanted to try a 2nd person story, and I wanted to use Celestia, even if it the content itself might've been slightly overused.
3170093
Fuck yeah! Now, to find a cure for AIDS other than injecting large quantities of cash into the bloodstream.
3170115
Thanks as always, Skeeter.
3170159
Thanks Pearple. : )
3170197 Too bad IT SUCKS! NYEH-HEH-HAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!
This has my attention; plus I want to see the female version, don't think that has ever been done before. It's always nice to see some new shit on this site.
So, is the female point-of-view going to have a relationship with Rule 63 Celestia when you're done with the first part?
3170273
Pft. As if. Suck on these ... Might need that 3rd scenario for sex.
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Thanks, and glad to have it. All 2nd person stories love giving a name, gender, etc that to me breaks the immersion of it. I know it's not wrong to do so, but it's always bugged me.
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No, that'd be changing an integral part of the story. There will be a male and female version simply because with sex, for the obvious reasons you kinda have to have a gender for the protag. This way, if I do end up continuing it past those scenes, then I can keep it vague during non-sexual scenes.
Who doesn't like a good CelestiaxHuman fic.
It is enjoyable so far. And I am really curious towards the male/female perspective.
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I can say that, when it comes to the sex scenes (leaning towards writing them, will bump up the rating then) that they will not be copy/paste of one another. I'll be approaching each one with a fresh mind. After that, if I continue the story, it'll go back to being a non-specific POV again.
Well... ok I don't particularly like 2nd person fics, kind of see it as lazy writing and loathe Anon. But... you aren't using Anon and you are having the HiE be with Celestia which isn't all that common... gee I wonder why... So I'll keep an eye on this
3170655
I've come to value your opinion. Welcome aboard, and hopefully you like my attempt at this.
And it's because... *cough cough* Luna/Twilight/Dash's mai Waifu, not Celestia! *cough cough*
3170663
That is a very scary thought, someone values my opinion. And yeah that was what I thought, at least you aren't turning this into clop. Also... you know there are Celestia groups on this site.
3170684
Oh, yeah... Groups. Lemme rectify that, derp. I know I'm in one or two groups, but don't think any are Celestia-centric groups.
3170695
You need to get out more, I'm Admin and Founder of the largest Celestia centric group on the site, Protect Celestia, and this story was just added to our smaller, yet older, sister group Celestia is the Best Pony.
3170707
Thanks for pointing them out. Went through your profile to find the groups. : ) I'll have to look through for stories later
3170754
There are other groups but they are very small and not active. You're welcome and thanks for joining. Come on in and have fun, and take a look at the forum.
my interest....I cannot say how much there is...
... Huh.
Looks interesting, people tend to shy away from "cliche" human in equestria ones but i personally like those, anyway it's interesting to see a celestia love interest since luna is the most popular. Btw love the cover art, she just looks so happy and content
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Glad to hear. I'm going to try and get the next segment out tomorrow.
3170908
Hi?
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I wanted to use something familiar to most folks, and then change it up by doing what I'm striving to do with the 2nd person perspective. Right now it's just the plan for this one day 'in the life of' Depending on how I feel after that, I may start filling in more.
No sex please, there's enough of it on the internet as is.
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While some may argue it, I either want to do that, or something that requires a gender specific action that folks would like to read. It's up in the air, this is more of a personal experiment to see if I can pull off a 2nd person story without giving any specifics and keeping the reader immersed.
I like it so far, space. It's good to see a good writer experimenting and trying to improve.
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As always, Ultra, thanks. This has been on my mind for awhile, and it was interesting to write. It was nearly as easy as FeMale in a sense, but at the same time held to a higher standard.
Superb
3171057
Hi.
I'm not sure if I like this or not. I don't mean that like it's a bad thing. It has my interest. There certainly needs to be more 2nd person fics. As for the human/pony relationship, well... I don't know. You're a good writer, and I'll
stalkwatchfollowwait in an anticipation for the next good story and /or chapter from you and totally not do anything creepy at all.Good luck in writing!
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Thanks
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That's acceptable. Something like this, with as little content as I've provided, and the background of most stories within the same area... the track record isn't very good. Add to all of that the fact that I'm experimenting... yeah, I don't blame you for being on the fence still. Thanks for the words, I do plan on keeping with my somewhat ridiculous writing pace I've had since mid August, I'll see what may come out. Trying to update this plus another story tomorrow, as a matter of fact.
Thanks!
3171114
Not much to go on so far, but you've already managed to write something that is better than 99% of the crap you see out there, such is the state of HiE and particularly 2nd person stories.
Will keep an eye on this and see where it goes.
+5 bonus points, on my arbitrary scale of awesomeness.
with sexy results please
Holy shit, liked and faved! Looking forward to the next installment!
Second person, not clop, and well written. Did Christmas come early this year?
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Jaelommiss knows whats up
Could you at least include a link back to my art? I can't do much about people using it but credit would be nice.
http://geomancing.deviantart.com/art/Dignity-348194417
3172054
He added it, I think. Go to the image and hover over it, and it should have a "source" button appear at the bottom of the image. It should link directly to your art. Now if you're actually wanting him to credit you in the description as well, that's for him to answer.
(also, great artwork. ^_^)
Seventy five minutes?
I can't even think of a single sentence in seventy five minutes, not to mention the half-hour to write, the two hours of constant rereading due to the absolutely horrifying spelling/grammar that always infests my sentences and the varying amount of time that makes up me deciding whether or not I'll let anyone besides me myself and I read it.
And people like you pull off stuff like this in seventy five minutes, go "eh, good 'nuff" and post it.
Amazing.
Not bad for seventy five minutes. Not AMAZING, but not bad I GUESS.
See, I'm not usually a fan of these kinds of stories, not only because they're almost always an excuse to write porn without plot but also because they're always "Anon" and male. It's refreshing to find a fic like this that's neither, and left intentionally vague. It's good that you'll divide the porn part if it comes to that, since some people don't like it but others do so now you'll get to keep both audiences. Also this fic involves Celestia which is great because I'm the only person in the world who thinks she's best pony unironically. Sorry for the rant.
I'm liking how this is going so far. Can't wait for more!
It was nicely done for a 2nd person fic ^^ hope to see more soon.
3171395
Lol, thanks. : )
3171537
Thank you
3171850
Christmas is so... arbitrary. Why limit yourself to something special only once a year?
3172054
PM sent, added your FIM/DA links in the actual description for now.
3172435
I was somewhat against a wall with another piece of writing, and then I remembered one of my projects that was sitting around ~500 words that I had been thinking about for awhile. Pulled it up, skimmed it, then started a new document. It just kinda... poured out. Last update I wrote for one story was 2.3k words, and that took me nearly 8 hours. It just kinda varies at times. As for your own writing, all I can say is that, if you enjoy it, keep doing it. I find it to be a very rewarding experience in and of itself, posting here is just that added cherry on an otherwise already delicious ice cream sunday.
Also, thank you. It sounds like you enjoyed it, and I'm glad for that. : )
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Pft. Not everyone can write at speeds that make international secretaries jealous, Pchn. Everyone else... I wish I could write at this girl's speed. So bloody fast!
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And that's part of the reasoning behind me trying it. If I were to write the porn, it'd be because I would have to make things gender specific, thus the cause for a split off before rejoining into one before a continuation, were it to come. This is the only time I'll be writing 2nd person, and so I'm experimenting rather liberally with it.
I know some people who also love her. Although, she does seem under-appreciated, I'll give you that.
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Thank you very much! So long as my mind is willing, I'll be writing the next segment in... 3 hours or so.
So... Not starting with how he got there or how they met/fell in love? Just kind of starting on page 63 of the script, so to speak?
Yeah... No offense to anyone, but this isn't really my thing. I probably won't come back to read the other installments. Probably.
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I'm experimenting. Why would I write thousands and thousands of words, or try to give some crappy, brief history in a thousand words, if that is not what I want to experiment with?
How he got there is somewhat covered in the flashback scene and there will be others scattered about, but I'm not going to really sit here and defend my reasons for covering what I did. I respect your opinion, and maybe I will see you in later updates. If not, then so be it. At least I can say that it's pretty obvious that they've been together for some time before you even open it. Can't please everyone though. Adios!
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It can't take you too long to write this if the chapters are so small.
In my opinion it's not too bad, covering how they met in flashbacks is...an interesting way to go about it, but I'm not going to complain if it results in some good old fashioned loving.
By the way. The title says' She may never let you go. Does this mean that Celestia is slightlyyyy possessive when it comes to her lover?
If so then I will bloody fav, thumb up and watch this bad boy
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I'm really bad at getting wrapped up in Slice of Life. I've got a concept within my mind of a sequence of events that would come about to their meeting, romance beginning, etc... That alone would take quite some time, and although I have been working with smaller and smaller chapters the more I write, it'd take a lot of exposition that would detract from what I want to play with here. That's the reason I might keep writing once I finish what this is supposed to cover.
As far as the flashbacks bit, there's another story, a Celestia x Human... think it's a 2nd POV story... that used flashbacks for the meeting/intro to Equestria. It's not a commonly used device, but if you look through my other stories one day, you'll see that I love flashbacks and dreams for scattering info. And for the quality, well... More concerned about what I'm playing with in regards to the POV than anything else.
Now, the title was sort of made up on the spot. I was thinking of Icarus at first, mostly because I decided to show the intro via aircraft. That phrase was then warped slightly to reflect Celestia as the sun, etc etc... As far as a possessive Celestia, perhaps, although nowhere near the level of insanity you love writing your characters... get the shivers thinking of just how jacked up some of the stuff you write is, no offense.
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Oh, you know about my stories?
I think the 2nd pov story you're on about is This Magic Moment. It's my favorite Celestia X Human story of all time
Keep up the good work my good man. I may just fav this yet
hoooo boy. Lets see how this ambiguous protagonist thing works... Until now it has roused my interest.
I have seen this done before, but I'd like to see your take.... Aaaaaaaaaand now I have to go reread Flanking Maneuvers....