I awoke from my slumber when we touched down on some kind of plaza, surrounded by lots of little creatures in golden armor. I awoke the young ones and stepped out of the vehicle, inspecting the armor of the guards. Well... they were proably guards, with all the armor and spears...
They tried to look tough, standing proud and not even looking to me while I was observing them. I tried to make one laugh with my feathers but he managed to not even flinch.
"Oh... you are good at this! Keep up the good work, soldier!" I said to him while giggling to myself. They all looked so serious!
That's when the white one poked me and pointed towards the enormous building behind us. Seriously, How did I miss that? It was... how were they called? Ah, yes! It was a beautiful castle made of some kind of white stone with too many decorations for me to count. Ah, this brings me back memories... Castles were all the rage four thousand years ago back home. They kinda got demolished... by sieges... Oh well...
We walked at a slow pace, the white one trying to explain some of the statues and things as we passed near them. They were pretty, sure... but I felt a lush garden with many animals just at the other side of the castle, and that got my attention for sure. But the young ones had other things in mind.
We walked through many corridors, all of them with pretty decorations and with many of the little creatures carrying on with their lives. I noticed that there were way too much clothing on them. Whats up with that? Uniforms perhaps? That must leave their fur too itchy to be healthy...
As we continued our trip we passed through a marvelous corridor with beautifully made windows. They represented scenes in full color, probably historical ones, and that theory proved to be right when I saw the young ones in several of them. Ugh... this makes me remember about 'The Old Days' back home, where the squid people used to build shrines in my name and make sacrifices... those barbarians...
What it was surprising was that lavender and her friends appeared in a couple of them! They must be some kind of important figures for this world. I knew the pink one was someone important!
And thinking about these late friends of mine, the blue one didn't say a thing since we arrived. Was she angry with me?
"Are you... angry at me, young one? Did I upset you?" I said to her with the most miserable look I could put on my face. It worked way too well and she looked away, ashamed and not looking at me. The white one was in front of me in a instant, trying to apologize for something by her tone. I just nodded and made a small smile. I saw that some of the small guards looked at me concerned. Yes! I still got it! And my son tells me that I'm too old for the 'pouty face'. Amateurs!
We continued to walk and soon enough we arrived at a big room. And by big I mean it was unnecessarily tall and wide for such a tiny and long table. It looked like a dining room but it was just so... stupidly big! Why did they think this was a good idea? Such a waste of space.
They sat on a couple of big thrones, heavily decorated to resemble them, with different decorations on them. Whoa... They still have those? This seemed like a universal thing for castles. You build a castle? Then you put a throne in it! Gaudy things they are, I tell you... Where were the plants anyways? This place just looked so barren and dull without even a sad, potted plant.
Suddenly a little creature with funny hair over his mouth gave me... something. It was made of cellulose and had some drawings on it. So they knew how to write? That's fascinating! How do they do that? I never got the hang of...
What? By the sun and stars above... What was that!?
Their horns were glowing and somehow they got the papers to... float! How could this be? It was not possible!
I tried to find any kind of strings or even some hidden device... nothing! They were chuckling at me with a smile I knew too well. They knew something I don't and they thought it was funny. They are probably thinking they are smarter than me. Well...!
They are probably right, and I'm okay with that. I've never been smart, nor that I need to. I was happy and it was enough for me.
They gave me another cellulose thingy, this time with pictures of foods. Oh! It all looked tasty, so I just pointed everything on the menu. They looked aghast and speechless. I'm a big mare and I need my food!
"I want ALL of it. See? This; and this, and this one too... Get it? I want the food" I said to them, pointing again to all the pictures. They nodded and said something to the now identified waiter. How quaint.
The young ones talked among themselves when the big doors opened to give way to one of the small creatures. He wore some kind of black cloth on his chest, and another white one underneath. The young ones looked pretty nervous now. Well, they had a very good neutral face, but I knew better. You can't fool me... at least twice.
The little one seemed oblivious to my presence and sat almost side by side with me. I looked at him curiously.
His mane was groomed and he smelled sweet, like some kind of plant. His fur was also so clean that it was like looking at a snowy field. All and all, he looked like he loved to be clean, like that friend of the lavender one, the white one with gems on her rump. It was a trend to be sparkly clean or something?
That's when the doors opened again, and I saw my feast march towards me. My it smelled simply divine! As soon as the giant tray was floated to me I started to feast on the food. And by the sun! It was all so tasty! So many new flavors!
This was going to be great!
This was going to be horrible.
The new alicorn was gorging herself with the food with a speed that put Pinkie Pie to shame, trying to taste every food at once, making a mess all over the table. And to make things worse, Prince Blueblood just noticed the giant alicorn that was sitting at his side when he heard the loud, munching noises.
"A-aunty... what... who is this!?" Blueblood tried to say, absolutely terrified of the display.
"Ah... well Blue, this is... We don't know her name yet, but as you can see she is..." said Celestia while evading some food crumbs projected by their guest "...a princess" concluded Celestia. Blueblood looked at her with disgust.
"I think I am not hungry anymore. If you excuse me..." said Blueblood as he was ready to leave, only to find a massive wing to block his way. The green alicorn made some clicking noises and pointed to Blueblood's food with a frown.
"It would be wise to stay and eat your food, nephew. We have found her to be... quite persuasive" said Celestia with a calm smile, just eating as if nothing was wrong in the world. Luna just huffed and tried to eat as quickly as she was able without looking like the green alicorn.
"What? No! I refuse to play games with this dirty oaf! Good day!" exclaimed Blueblood while walking away. Sadly for him a long, strong leg pulled him in front of his food. The alicorn made again some of her odd noises while looking disappointed, pointing again to the food.
"No! I said... NO!" he yelled at her, moving out again. This time the green mare imprisoned him with a hug and sat behind him, pointing him towards the food. "Let me go, you filthy mare! What do you think you are doing? I am Prince Blueblood!" he yelled, at what the green alicorn just smiled calmly and ate her food at a slow pace, showing her impressive patience.
"I do think that she is a grabby fellow, don't you think so dear sister?" asked Celestia, amused by the display.
"I must admit that it looks funnier when we are not the ones being trapped between those steel prison bars of hers" stated Luna, trying to ignore their guest.
"Don't be like that Luna. She clearly means well" replied Celestia
"Aunties! Help me! This beast is not letting me go!" cried Blueblood, his body trapped between the legs of the enormous mare, his head the only part he could move... pointed towards his plate. The mare just made some clicking sounds, making some food crumbs to fall on Blueblood. "She is getting my coat dirty! Eugh!"
"Don't be such a crybaby nephew, and take it like a stallion. It's evident that she just wants you to eat your vegetables" replied Luna with a frown on her face.
"But I don't want to!" He cried, levitating his fork and trying to stab his captor on her legs "Unhoof me! Let me go!" He said with each stab. Both princesses were horrified.
"Nephew! Stop that!" yelled Celestia.
"No! I'll not stop until I am..." tried to say Blueblood, only to be interrupted by the green alicorn, who caught the fork in her mouth and... chewed it "...freed from... her?" concluded a scared Blueblood. The mare kept munching on the fork and ate it, making some clicking sounds and just resuming her food as it was nothing. Blueblood started to eat his food, looking terrified of the mare.
"That was... unexpected" said Celestia.
"I'll say, sister..." replied Luna, both pretty surprised about the eating habits of the new alicorn. "I hope she doesn't take that as a delicacy or we will have to buy more cutlery soon"
"I hope that too, Luna. I hope that too" replied Celestia, looking to her own fork with curiosity.
They ate in silence after that, Blueblood not even grumbling and the maids looking pale at the mess that was the dinner table. Celestia and Luna tried their best to ignore how the green alicorn ate, and without difficulty, food enough for four ponies.
"There! I finished! Can you let me go already, you stupid giant?" asked Blueblood, trying to not yell and make the crazy mare angry at him. The alicorn just smiled and patted him with the utmost care and kissed him on the cheek, placing him on the floor and pushing him towards the door. Blueblood sat stunned, looking towards the mare with a blush on his face. She just waved pleasantly and said something in her clicking language, gesturing to him to go out. He didn't move.
"Sister, I think she broke our nephew. Can we get another one?" asked Luna, this time amused by their guest. Celestia sighed.
"Can some guards just take Prince Blueblood to his lodgings, please?" asked Celestia, and soon four guards carried the petrified prince outside the dining hall.
"That went better than we expected..." said Luna, observing with just a hint of curiosity to the green mare.
"Indeed. It seems that she does like to mother other ponies... not caring for size or age" replied Celestia with a smile on her face.
"I do not find that amusing, Celestia. For being a pony so motherly she doesn't know a thing about eating properly. Just look at this mess..." said Luna, while looking at the dirty table... just to see the green alicorn lapping some food crumbs from the table. "Ugh... this is disgusting. I hope we have something about translation spells in our library..."
"I will look into that. Meanwhile we need to try to make her comfortable at the castle. I hope that, once the language barrier is solved, we can know more about this mare." said Celestia, chuckling a bit. "Maybe then we can teach her about table manners"
"A pony can dream..." replied Luna, closing her eyes. "...but we should keep her when we need to talk to our nephew"
Loud laughter could be heard from the halls of the castle, to the amusement and confusion of a green alicorn.
Will she uh comunicate at somepoint?
5575251 Well there are some things that are just silly in the game. I mean... the game counts creatures as sapient once they 'discover fire'... but how can discover fire a bunch of fish? Or dolphins? And yet there IS a chance for them and evolve into sapient beings. That's the randomness that makes the game beautiful
I love it.
5575015 Don't worry, I understand. I would like to edit the whole story once it's completed though, so if you are interested by chance when it's finished you just send me a PM.
Other than that, I hope you keep enjoying the story even with its flaws
5575284 Soon, don't worry. They are just so used to every creature on their world to talk their language that the translation spells are not 'at hand' when they need them. When diplomats speak your language just fine you don't need something like that, and those useful spells end forgotten in a corner.
5575307 i look foward the hilarity of interaction that insues
I wonder how long you can drag out the communication barrier?
My god! This story is amazing! I love it!
And if you would, please get a proof-reader. I'm pretty sure other people have said that.
Ok, some grammar issues but overall not bad. It's definitely funny and heartwarming, though I am confused as to why she wouldn't understand equestrian magic... after all her son kept saying about how she uprooted countries and caused floods and stuff. And it's obvious she isn't tech based even if her son is, so she has to have a way to express her power. Unless you'll be having her be like the hulk in terms of physical strength? She is green enough.
Thus far this is a really fun little story, I enjoy fun stories!
I WANT TO PLAY THE GAME NOW!
ALSO IT NEEDS MORE DESU!
This shit is so very good.
This is a truly remarkable story. It's not often a story jumps straight to my favorites list, but this managed even before its polishing.
5575318 It's almost time for her to be heard by our equestrian heroines
5575325 Glad that you like the story! Sadly it's going to be polished after it's completion, right now I'll only fix anyting spotted by the readers. I want to make one chapter per day, so it would be hard to do so if I need to wait for editors to look at it and fix errors .
5575359 Magic, as understood by equestrians (and as I see for this story at least), is channeled through their horns as they think on what they want to do, using formulae and already known calculations to know how to channel the spell, and how much power they need in order to do what they want.
Gaia just 'wills it to happen', using her crushing power to bend her surroundings to her will. She can uproot a forest and move it to other landmass with ease, as well as just move entire cities from one place to another as she sees fit... but she doesn't know the word 'finesse'. The horns are a very reliable and natural focus point that makes magic easier, directing it towards what effect and thing you want, but Gaia on the other hand it's just too brute to do that just 'willing it'. Her minimal area of effect are several dozen square kilómeters, making any kind of precise magic impossible. Her powers are like her, to affect the environment on a global scale, not for such a menial thing as 'levitating a teacup'. Using power for such a thing is ludicrous to her, you have your limbs for that!
More please!
I must read more!
5575603 Ah, so she IS like the hulk. Except she has just as many muscles in her mind as on her body.
Also kinda wondering if she'll try and set her son up with one of the Princesses, you know how some moms like to meddle in their kids love lives. And if her son is as obsessed with science as Twilight is I can't help but think of all the checklis- cough- love they could share with each other. Though Tia and Luna would probably be a better match age wise.
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Does mean she will be able to communicate all sorts of mother-isms?
Celestia, you need to exercise more.
Luna, stop being a stick in the mud.
Twilight, why don't you have a special someone already?
Everyone, clean your plates. There are staring beings in the cosmos.
Will her son who teleported her there come by? After all they forget to give her translation machine or whatever it was?
This is great, i love it! Keep it up!
Gaia definitely should teach Blueblood 8 lessons or 100.
And I am eagerly awaiting the next chapter, as always.
She...she ate the fork yo.
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Ahhh, FimFic... once again it has let me down. Once of these days I'll they'll figure out a way to make reply notifications show up when the reply ends up on another page. Once of these days...
FimFIction failures aside, there were far fewer mistakes in this chapter than the previous one, so well done. Also, Gaia is fantastic. I love dense, brute force type characters. They make everything more interesting. Far, far too many people get caught up in the trappings of what is considered "proper", or what other people expect of them. throw in one character that subverts those expectations unapologetically with a smile on her face and life can only be improved for everyone involved.
5574726 I didn't even know that there was a system. Everytime I saw them they were just a case of my mind noticing 'some line-breaks.'
This story is adorable and truly fun XD
This line cranked me XDDDD
More please!
And wow, that next chapter came quick.
Why the sudden messy tense?
Did, did Blue Blood momentarily get gender bent?
little error
Nice chapter, liked how she can deal with anyone
5575657 She needs to know them before anything. She only wants the best for her son after all! But... he looks kinda lonely, playing with his space toys...
5575661 She will probably use them that's for sure. She always speaks what she thinks and try to convince others to see her point, it's all for their own good
5575694 He will appear in future chapters. Still, he follows protocols about contacting an alien species and all that stuff, so he needs to work all the bureaucratic storm before being able to do anything. Also they traveled by more conventional means, they don't know how to teleport nor do they have the technology to do that.
5575725 and it was delicious
5575920 the second error was funny , thanks for spotting them! Fixed!
Well now we are falling into standard human in equestria kind of pace, as this chapter didn't have all that much plot development so this chapter was more focus on entertainment and lulz.
Well I really don't mind since you have such a charming delivery tho.
and I just love the fact Gaia keeps reminding us how much she likes pinkie
(She is my favorite pony too)
Also points for getting Blueblood in this story, I have being found of the character ever since I read The Best Night Ever.
I think you meant Bluebloods face, so his face.
5575920 EDIT: Alright you got it already.
~Leonzilla
I like this story. It interests me.
OOOKKeey! ... I have to say that not many story's render me speechless and amused at the same time!
Really enjoyed the way Gaia handeled the prince.
The only problem i have so far is the fact that she is oblivious to telekinesis. Seriously ???? How the heck did she create a planet then make life, "LIFE" out of nothing while borde no less. ... Ok, this maybe just me, but dose she have ultra high magical creative powers and the lesser forces are trivial and unimportant to the point that they are unknown ?
And as a final note, I am curios what will happen when her son comes along and how will others react! will she try to help him find a mate like eney good mother would ?
Until then, good luck and NEVER GIVE UP
I am still loving this story, you are doing a great job for a day by day update plan. The fork twist had me bust a gut.
I am still having trouble of really getting how tall gaia is though. I get that she is the tallest thing around but how tall is she compared to the average pony.
This amuses me
Its one great story and your update frequency just add to greatness of this.
Its cute and hilarious :D
This is example how you make GOOD overpowered Alicorn OC.
5576388 Technically it's not a OC because Gaia is mother nature, mother earth, spirit of earth, etc
5575999 This story is amazing and gaia is bestpony besides pinkie!
So I had an idea....lets ship Gaia with Discord! Won't that be fun? But wait there's more! Discord does not want to be shipped with Gaia. I thought it be funny. Especially when the same unwanted thing happens when Celestia and Luna meet Gaia's son....what's his name.....cause I don't think they've ever seen an Alicorn Stallion before.
5576309 Maybe the forces of nature simply bend to her very will, rendering such things as telekinesis simply unnecessary, so she either doesn't have it or she never learned it?
*cackles* Something tells me that somepony deliberately seated Gaia and Blueblood next to each. That's one of the funniest things I've read in a while.
SO CUTE!
FINALLY, SOMEBODY TRUMPS CELESTIA BEING MOTHERLY!
5576309 Glad that you are liking the story thus far! And it's not the levitation itself but the precision and how it's casted. She can levitate too, sure... but it would be all the ground in a several dozen square kilometer area. She is brute willpower. She just 'wills it', and it happens, no horn needed.
5576141 It's not quite a filler as it was needed, but yeah I know it didn't show anything new. Some chapters need to be like this though. I think that the reader needs this kind of chapter from time to time. Pouring lots of information each chapter just turns the story into a textbook or something like that, and that's not very fun to read
5576322 Nobody expected the fork! and yeah, I know it's hard to figure how different they are just by text and without any precise measures, but I'll try to clear that in the future.
5576681 I think I'll leave the ships to the reader's imagination. And her son has a name, it's just that since it's not been relevant enough why would I tell about his name or his looks? I will happen when he appears, but before that? It's just cramming unnecesary info for the readers... or that's what I think at least.
5577215 Well you do have a point in that if you where to devote a signification amount of time cramming information without any form of point or punchline you would water down the feels (lulz mostly in this case) produced by this chapter. I will give you that.
So yes I think is better if you pace yourself and give us the information at the right time.
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Just not too much okay, I'm trusting that you are getting somewhere.
~Leonzilla
This is awesome, and now I kind of want to try that game...
OMFG I JUST SAW THE MANE 6 IN A SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL!!!!!! QUICK, SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
There should be more of this.
MOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I NEEED IT NOOOOOOWWWW!!!!!
But seriously this is really good.
OMFG I JUST SAW PONIES IN A SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5575603 she would probably break the teacup and possibly turn it into a mini black hole, with all that power centered into a small area.
5577215 so I'm guessing since she's the Alicorn of nature, that she can just eat what ever the hell she want's because everything is just made from natural products.