FIVE MINUTES EARLIER
----------Fluttershy-------------
"So I told her; 'Lotus darling if it's really such a problem, just use your hooves! Celestia knows you send me to heaven with them every time I'm here!' "
Rarity's titters don't really reach you, nor does her...dirty story. The two of you have been enjoying some tea in your living room for the past twenty minutes. You finished tending to your animals just as Rarity finished brewing a pot of your favorite blend. Mr. Alien, er, Anonymous has been listening to Twilight teach him about Equestria up in the guest bedroom. Occasionally the odd thump, yell, or bang screams through your nerves.
He seemed like a nice human...though you haven't met any other humans. You still feel terrible about scaring him like that, you should know better than to use the stare so liberally...but you were just so afraid!
"Fluttershy are you alright dear? You are awfully quiet...er...well moreso than usual."
"Oh! Um...yes, I'm fine Rarity...but thank you for asking."
"Are you sure?"
"I...um...yes."
"Are you thinking about our...visitor?"
You let out a startled 'Eeep!' and hide behind your bangs.
"...um...maybe."
“I'll admit he’s of an interesting sort. He seems to be getting along with Twilight quite famously."
"They do seem alike..."
"He doesn't seem to have much sense in the way of fashion though, I mean honestly did you see those clothes? What a nightmare! Why, if I had my supplies I would-"
You zone out as Rarity goes off on another rant, this time about clothes. It’s not like you couldn't appreciate her craft, you were actually an accomplished seamstress in your own right. You just can't stop worrying about Mr. Anonymous...It’s just this feeling you have that something bad is going to-
You jump in fright as a loud knock comes from the door, stopping Rarity in mid-sentence.
"Goodness! I wonder who that could be, you don't usually get visitors do you dear?"
"N...n...no." You whimper.
"Calm yourself darling I'm sure it's just the mailmare." Rarity reassures you as she gets up from her seat to answer the door.
"Just a moment!~" She calls as she envelops the door in a white aura and undoes the various latches and locks. Living on the edge of Ponyville made you wary of break-ins. The door swings open and you gasp in shock. Standing in the doorway is none other than-
PRESENT TIME
-----------Anonymous------------
"-Princess Celestia? HERE?!" Twilight squees in joy. "Shes probably here to see the result of my experiment personally!"
"...Princess Celestia?"
The purple unicorn whirls around to you. "That's right! Equestria's population consists of three types of ponies, but its rulers, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, are alicorns! They have both wings and a horn and are the most powerful ponies alive!"
You gulp nervously.
"Oh this is going to be so awesome!" Twilight squeals before bounding past Fluttershy out the door.
...okay. You are going to meet their leader.
No pressure.
NOT HELPING.
You turn to Rainbro.
"Anything I should expect?"
She snorts and waves a hoof. "The princess is totally awesome dude. Shes the nicest pony in all of Equestria!"
"Darn tootin'." Applejack agrees. "Ah reckon there ain't a mean bone in her body!"
Celestial body...snrk.
Goddamn you BRAIN.
With no small amount of anxiety, you follow Rainbro and Applejack out the door-
Then you notice them; ass tattoos. What the fuck?
Come to think of it all of the little ponies had them.
"Hold up."
The two ponies turn back to you.
"I have to ask...what are those?" You gesture to their respective flanks.
"Oh! You mean our cutie marks?" Rainbro nods to the cloud and rainbow lightning bolt adorning her backside.
"...yeah?"
"Shoot they tell us what our special talent is! Fer example-" Applejack pokes her flank with a hoof. "Ah've got apples as mah cutie mark because growin' and harvestin' apples is mah special talent!"
Applejack grows apples. If I had sides I would be holding them.
It's taking all my willpower not to do the same, BRAIN.
"And MINE, which is AWESOME, means I am SUPER fast and good at contolling weather!"
"So they're like, your life's calling?"
"Ah guess ya could put it that way. Now c'mon! T'aint raht to keep royalty waitin'."
With that the two ponies leave you in the hallway and head downstairs.
...BRAIN?
Yeah?
You with me on this one?
You know it bro. Just take a minute to breathe and prepare yourself.
You do; in, and out. In, and out.
Just breathe, relax.
Rainbro and Applejack say shes nice...Twilight seems to worship the ground she walks on...this will be okay.
Your jimmies are stable. Thank God for that wonderful gorilla on your table.
Alright. You're ready.
Lets do this man.
With one last deep breath, you head downstairs.
You get about halfway down the stairs when you hear the conversation below.
"But Princess I don't understand!" you hear Twilight cry in a pleading tone. "He isn't dangerous, he's an intellectual! We just had an incredibly civil discussion about our respective worlds!"
"Yeah!" Rainbow interjects. "And hes got a great sense of humor! Hes a total bro!"
"Hes...well...um...nice." Fluttershy mumbles. How you even heard her is beyond you.
A motherly sigh. "Be that as it may my loyal subjects, I happen to know much about humanity."
A wave of warmth flows through you as an older, honeyed female voice reaches your ears. It calls to mind images of beautiful sunrises, warm embraces...and fragments of a memory that even you do not understand. That all vanishes in a heartbeat when that motherly warm tone turns to imperious ice.
"Humans are savage. They kill without mercy or discrimination. They wage wars that claim millions of lives over things utterly inconsequential."
Hoofbeats. "I know I have said in the past that it's important to push yourself my faithful student, but bringing such a being here was incredibly irresponsible. Besides, how much do you truly know of this human? What of himself has he told you? What of his world has he mysteriously left...unclear?"
Silence. You feel ice water creeping through your veins.
Your bowl of jimmy-settling cereal shatters upon the metaphorical floor of your mind.
She knew. Whoever this Princess Celestia was she somehow knew. About your world, your species, its history. From the way she spoke, this world was your own's polar opposite; peaceful, understanding, tolerant. You weren't an alien, a visitor...to her you were an invader.
"Princess, ah hafta ask, how do ya know so much about these hyumins?"
"That...is something I cannot tell you. Not yet. There will be a time and a place for that but it is not now."
A huff. "Alraht, then answer this; how do ya know Anon is like other hyumins?"
"Applejack you of all ponies should understand the metaphor 'One bad apple spoils the bunch'. He carries with him the legacy of his world, its taint. We do not know what such an individual is capable of. I will NOT suffer such madness in Equestria...not again..."
Celestia's tone falters, but she regains herself. "But enough of this. Where is the human?"
...full retreat?
There's a window upstairs.
Shall we?
With the speed of Kenyans.
As quietly as possible you turn to head back upstairs-
*CREEAAAK*
"Anon?!" Twilight calls from downstairs.
Fuck everything. Just...just fuck everything.
The sound of hurried hoofbeats brings Twilight to the base of the stairs. She stares at you with a mixture of fear, confusion...and pity.
"...is it true?"
You turn back towards the bottom of the stairs, but you can't bring yourself to look at the little purple unicorn.
"Anonymous...please...is what the Princess says true?"
"Twilight? Is the human in the stairwell?" Celestia calls from out of view.
Your eyes clench shut as your head slumps forward in anguished affirmation.
Silence. "...yes Princess he is." Twilight answers, her tone dripping with disappointment.
"Bring him."
You look back to Twilight in desperation.
"Twilight...that's not me. It's true, what she said, all of it...but that's not me! You have to believe-"
"Human you will refrain from speaking to my faithful student, and come down here to face your judgement." Celestia interrupts with a voice that freezes your voice in your throat.
Twilight stares at you, eyes starting to brim with tears. She lets out a defeated sigh. "Please do as she asks Anonymous."
BRAIN?
Yeah.
Been nice knowing you.
We could still-
"And do not delude yourself with thoughts of escape. I have a contingent of pegusai guards stationed outside that can, and WILL catch you."
...yeah. It's been real bro. I know I've given you a lot of shit but...
Yeah...
You feel yourself automatically descend the stairs. Each step passes with the length of a lifetime.
Step.
You wonder things.
Step.
You wonder what could have been.
Step.
You wonder what will happen to you.
Step.
You wonder if, maybe, you'll be sent back to your own world.
Step.
You wonder if you will be killed.
Step.
You wonder what death feels like, if it will hurt, or if it will be quicker than falling asleep.
Step.
You wonder if there is truly an afterlife...and if your deeds will guide you to paradise or damnation.
Step.
And as you reach the last step...you wonder what the little purple pony before you thinks of you now...and also why that is important to you.
A moment of silence passes between you and Twilight before she steps back allowing you to exit the staircase. As you step forward, you see her turn toward something out of view about to speak, when her eyes go wide at a sudden bright light.
You step off the last stair and turn towards the illumination, and your vision goes blank as a high keening tone splits your ears.
And then everything goes to shit.
Your perception of the world around you inverts several times over upon itself.
You feel the novel sensation of your entire body being scrambled and then reconstituted.
Your entire being feels as though it is sucked through a winding, looping tube the width of a straw.
A loud crack, agony, and then nothingness.
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"What in tarnation just happened Twah?!" Applejack screams, shaking you violently.
"I...I don't-"
"What did the Princess do with Anon?!" Rainbow cries, shock etching her face.
"I don't kn-"
"Darling she- she wouldn't hurt him would sh-"
"I DON'T KNOW!" You wail. "It looked like teleportation but I. Don't. KNOW!!!"
You collapse onto your haunches, your hooves over your eyes. This was too much, too fast. The emotional whiplash was wreaking havoc with your mind. What happened? What went wrong? It was going so well! You trust the Princess implicitly, always have, always will. Yet...you cannot shake the feeling that this time she is wrong. They way he had looked at you, how he appeared to just...resign himself...there was no way he was some monstrous killer. He seemed...so much like yourself.
And now...now hes-
Your rapidly deteriorating train of thought is interrupted by Applejack wrapping her neck around your own. "Woah there sugarcube. Just calm down, ah'm sure this'll all git sorted out."
Fluttershy's nuzzling joins Applejack's hug. "Applejack is right Twilight. I'm sure the Princess will realize her mistake, and Anon will be just fine."
Rarity gently lays her head against your own. "Of that I have no doubt. He will be okay darling."
Rainbow's forelegs drape themselves around your group. "Yeah! He seems really cool! The Princess will totally give him a break."
"And when he gets back we can finally throw him that partay!" A pink ball of cotton concludes as it worms its way into the center of the group hug seemingly out of the floor itself.
"PINKIE?! Where did-...actually never-mind. Thank you girls..."
You sigh contently. Thank goodness for your friends. They really were your anchor, your port in any storm. Without them...you really don't know what you would-
"Ahem."
You all look towards the door. A guardsp0ny apparently let himself in at some point. "I take it her Highness has already taken the creature into custody. We-"
"He is NOT a 'creature'!" You yell with rage you did not know you had.
Breaking free of the group hug, you stomp over to the guard and stare him defiantly in the eye. He shrinks back slightly.
"He is a person! Not some, some monster! I may have only just met him, but I KNOW Anonymous isn't a threat! He deserves all the same respect and kindness a pony would receive!"
By this point the guard has backed up into the door frame, staring at you wide-eyed in fear.
"B-be that as it may Lady Sparkle, the Princess told me to inform you that you and your friends should return to the library. Her Highness will reconvene with you there once shes passed her judgement on the cr- Anonymous."
You glare unflinchingly at the guard for a few long seconds before releasing an exasperated sigh.
"Fine. Lets go girls."
You roughly shove past the stallion out of Fluttershy's cottage, and your friends follow suit.
"Wait!"
You whip back towards the guard. He trots over to you, a scroll in his mouth. You levitate it from his teeth.
"The Princess desires that you read this once you return to your home. It contains important information."
You nod curtly before turning back towards the road and making your way down the dusty path. You still don't understand any of this. But hopefully this scroll will remedy that...
NOOOO!! ANON!! DON'T BE DEAD!
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It's the format I choose to write in
I just realized there is a rating system for comments
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AH these cliff hangers are killing me
........more
ohmygosh what just happened like the fuck man cliff hanger really but i like the feel of it more i need more
This is awesome, keep it up man!
finish chapter 3 and chapter 4 appears
...I'm imagining chains in Anonymous' future. Be they good or bad, they're still chains.
1802646 Or maybe Dashies instead of -dashes-?
Well this a rather unfortunate, yet completely expected turn of events... I read to many HiE fics obviously...
Well as long as BRAIN is fine, this story is okay with me
Lets hope Anon doesn't have to live on the moon from now on....
Anon! NOOOOOOOO!!! Jimmy rustiling alert!
Shit.
SHIT.
SHIIIIIIT.
CELESTIA. WHY YOU SO ?!
Okay... okay... calm... calm...
Right, Anon, listen. Well, maybe listen? I'd need Pinkie Powers to really communicate with you, so I hope this gets through:
Keep. Your Shit. Calm.
Whatever you do, DO NOT PANIC. If you can pull of the Noble Samurai routine and face your death calmly, maybe Celestia will be impressed and let you go after a thorough philosophical grilling on the nature of existence. Just DON'T PANIC. We the commenters have your back, bro. You'll be okay.
FUCK ME,
HE DOOMED
DOOOOOMED
With the speed of Kenyans.
damn. you're already getting higher in my list of favorite authors, and it's only been two days or so since this story was put up on here...
I smell purple potion.
This is Past Sins all over for me again. Complete and total hatred for Celestia.
Calm down bro. It'll most likely turn out fine.
I still wanna kill her.
I BUCKING HATE the Princess when this happens. If I was him I would walk straight up to Celestia, defiant, and tell her what humanity is really like. We are warriors, killers, protectors, healers, dangerous, cruel, kind, terrifying, wonderful, depression, happiness. I believe that Equestrians are born good but can become evil, while we are born with a spark of good and a seed of evil. I actually got really pissed when this happened 'cause I used to define humanity in the same way as Celestia did and then I discovered My Little Pony (it's cheesy but true) and suddenly my whole world changed slowly and surely.
So update damn it so I can smile again!
I like your story but what I hate in these fics is how unevenly humans seemed to be shown in our community. We are beings of neutrality. Who is she to judge our species. We have SURVIVED. Despite all the odds. Even the ponies would cry at the nobleness in the human heart. At the same time they would shudder at our rage. We are completely different from them who are they to judge us. grrr sorry that is how I feel whenever I hear in a fic that humans are evil. SOME humans are evil, MOST are neutral, and Some are good. We are balanced as a species and we have done more than them with less. If she wants to know how to get us riled there it was. I do know this. Human extremes go way beyond them. The good in us is greater and yes the evil is greater. I'm going to stop ranting now.
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Tyrant Celestia, WORST CELESTIA! Also, this is all I I cloud think about through the whole chapter:
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Man celestia is a real bitch in this story. Personally I would have ran for the window. Her guards wouldn't catch me if I did something really stupid but awsome.
That was a pretty fast upload, and the chapter is fantastic.
I must continue to request of you, best of sirs. In the coming days, may I have MOAR?
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Wow, I don't know why, but in ever fanfiction I've ever read where Celestia actually starts acting like an authority figure (especially when it makes ponies upset), I just get really pissed at her.
I must have issues with authority or something.
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I like it. Don't listen to the haters.
Is it just me or did no one catch that?
Future ???forshadowing??? WHO KNOWS!!
I really don't get why people have the urge to write in second person.
Me? I can't stand it... it's inelegant, inflexible, and completely distracting. It tries to put thoughts directly into your head. How does the story know how your mind works anyway?
Just a rant... and an opinion. Sue me. If anyone's curious no I didn't vote. Comments are comments, nothing more.
The Princess seems pretty out of character. I can't see her calling someone out for 'judgement' simply for being yanked to Equestria. I'd see her politely, but firmly explaining he can't stay, give him a minute to say goodbye, and then porting him back.
Why does Celestia seem to keep distrusting humans?
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This right here is why I always hated the phrase "One bad apple ruins the bunch." If we follow that ideal than we should obviously point out Nightmare Moon and think that all alicorns are power mad creatures that will do whatever is in their power to get their way. I'm certain that Celestia would be overjoyed with that assessment. Maybe we should look at King Sombra and go on about how all unicorns are bound to end up corrupted by their magic just because he was and enslave the rest of the pony races because of it.
I hate when this happens in stories because it will almost always end up with the accuser doing something in public that makes him/her look like the bad guy and it's up to the accused to make it all right again because the accuser had been blinded by a previous encounter with the race of the accused that left the bad impression.
I'd like to think that Celestia has some experience with things considering she's thousands of years old. Surely there is something in all that time that says "Maybe I should talk to this human and see if anything has changed since the last time I ran into them."
Im betting odds that the scroll... Will wipe their memories of the whole thing.
Somethings got Celestia spooked. I wonder what it is.
CELESTIA YOU BITCH!
im calling it twlight loves anonthat and celestia is a ignorant bich
1802668 IF one bad apple spoils the bunch then doesn't that make Celestia as bad a Nightmare Moon because she is an Alicorn like Luna was so by that logic she should be evil and still be evil because she had the Elements used on her.
Who would have throug Celestia was rasist?
I knew it, I love these fanfictions where Princess Celestia is ignorant, I mean, she totally just judged an entire species just because her "Theories" about humans.
NOOOOOO, I don't want to die at the hooves of my favorite Princess!
Anyhow when she started talking all that crap about Humanity, I probably would've gotten myself in trouble, I would've told her that Humanity is more powerful than she can possibly imagine and that with one savage strike, we could wipe Equestria from the face of the universe.
And if I got it my way, I would've fought back and said "Face your future..." as I curb-stomped her head.
OH yeah, and this was a great chapter, thank you for it.
Woah, for being such a gentle and understanding ruler Celestia is pretty narrowminded.
Need moar.
The Emperor demands more of the scaled down equine-xenos.
Let's see here...
Anon is forced here by a spell twilight used, then Celestia punishes him before he even did anything?
The universe really does hate everyone.
Damn
1803331 i did, after all her country uses words like everypony even when its filled with other races like griphons or dragons