Discussions About a Human

by FriendlyTwo3

At the Castle

The large crystal doors opened, and five ponies walked into Castle Sparkle. At the forefront of the small herd was the Princess of Friendship herself. The five ponies (and the napping baby dragon on Twilight’s back) had just returned from Canterlot, where they and the celestial princesses discussed the human. They were accompanied by a timid yellow pegasus, but she had returned to her cottage with Mr. Wolfe. Twilight wanted to look through her library to see if she could find something relating to humans, and perhaps take a journey to the Castle of the Two Sisters to poke through their knowledgeable library.

“Well that went well,” said Twilight lethargically, letting her head droop a bit. The meeting had gone colder than she would have liked, mostly due to high tension between a certain pony and the visitor.

“No offense t’the princess, but what was Luna’s problem?” said Applejack, looking at Twilight for her answer. The response was given by Rainbow Dash, however.

“The problem is that this thing appears out of nowhere, talks about these nuts-o weapons and military, and just expects us to take care of him!”

“She does have a point,” said Rarity hesitantly, “That story he told us about his people's wars was quite frightful. Especially the part about Hiro- Her- Hero-”

“Hiroshima,” said Twilight, “I agree with you. These humans could prove dangerous. But we have to remember- there’s only one of him. And he’s got no weapons. What could he do all on his own?”

“Uhh, bring them all here?” said Rainbow Dash, landing on the ground firmly.

“And how you suppose he’d do that?” asked Applejack, strutting up to the Pegasus.

“Maybe he’s got super- universe altering powers that can warp his whole planet here!” said Pinkie Pie, waving her two front hooves in front of her forehead mysteriously, “Maybe that’s how he got here in the first place!”

“Pinkie,” sighed Twilight, “If humans had matter altering powers, every Unicorn in Equestria would be able to pick up on it. Besides, Robert is an evolved great ape. Apes don’t evolve powers.”

“It’d be cool though,” muttered Pinkie. With a quick rub of her head, Twilight started off toward her library, which she had recently had put in.

“You girls can go do whatever. Join me if you want,” she said, and trotted toward her library. It was a short journey, and she arrived in just a few moments. She opened up her reference book and began skimming through it. As she looked through the list of the contents in the library, she heard a soft clopping sound coming toward her. Turning around, she saw Applejack trotting toward her.

“I was hoping somepony would come with me,” said Twilight, relieved she had a pony to converse with.

“The others headed on home,” said Applejack, fanning herself with her hat, “Plus, I know ya’ll wanted to talk about Robert.”

“You and Celestia were the only ones to call him by his name,” said Twilight, looking back at her book. “I’m a good judge of character. I don’t think he means any harm.”

“Well, you are the Princess of Friendship. Only natural.”

“I guess. I just don’t understand the hostility towards him. Rainbow I can understand, but Luna just seemed different. I know her, and she isn’t usually that untrustworthy.”

“She’s just lookin’ out fer her ponies, same as the rest of us,” said Applejack, nudging Twilight a bit, “He only showed up last night. Still a bit of a shock to all of us.” Twilight continued to look through the book, before she poked a spot on the page with her hoof.

“I think I found where to look.” Twilight nodded toward a spot on another level of the library. The two mares began walking toward it. “Do you think she’ll warm up to him?”

“We don’t know just yet what to warm up to. Give it time.”

“What did you think of him?”

“I thought he was a nice feller. Hopefully he calms down soon. Can’t have ‘im all shaky all’eh time.” Twilight came to a stop at the top of the stairs. She walked over to a wall of books and began skimming through them. Every few moments she would pull out a book, skim through the pages muttering the words “Bipedal. . . ape”, then put it back. This continued for a time until Twilight out a loud sigh.

“Nothin’?” Applejack asked, tilting her head.

“Nothing. All I can find is info about chimps and gorillas. It would help if he told me his scientific name.”

“Wanna go ask ‘im?”

“Normally I’d say yes, but I think Robert needs some sleep,” said Twilight, looking down at the floor, “I’m gonna keep browsing through here. You can head home if you want.” Normally Applejack would decline so she could stay with her friends. But she knew how Twilight got when she got stumped by something. Sometimes it’s best to leave her friend to her thoughts. So Applejack reluctantly agreed and made off for home.

Twilight continued to skim through textbook after textbook after novella after fairy tale.

“Come on, Robert,” she muttered to herself, “Give me something.”

Comments

[badninja]

Why did he talk about WW2? If I showed up in a land like this I would never mention this war just explain that we came from a technologically advanced place and try to tell about our world. Explain our sins slowly and with context. Dropping the atomic bomb is far to complicated to be explained in a single day.