> Into the Void
>  by Shadowflame38
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> Chapter 1-"Beginnings"
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“Into the Void”

Chapter 1
Beginning’s



*Beep*	*Beep*	*Beep…Beep*	*Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep*


You let out a heavy sigh as you reach over with your arm and furiously hit your alarm clock to silence that horrendous beeping noise. That menacing alarm clock, always waking you in the best part of your dreams, but then again you haven’t had a normal dream in almost two years.

When you fall asleep it simply seems you drift in an endless sea of nothing, no sounds, nothing around you, just nothing. The only time you seem to actually dream is when you are able to see her which hasn’t been for about a week. 

“You know its been awhile since ive seen her” you think to yourself, even though she is just a figment. 

But still at least you dream when you see her, and she does seem to know a lot of stuff that you don’t like she is older than she looks. Your mind stars to drift back to the first time you two met *Beep…Beeep…..Beeep.* 

“Fuck you alarm, if I could I would throw you against the wall” you say to yourself. 

You finally roll over and actually turn the alarm off instead of just slapping the snooze button. You roll out of bed and start your daily routine with a mandatory cup of coffee and some toast. Next you jump in the shower and get cleaned up, once your satisfied you head out your door and start your day. 

Just like another other day in electronic retail you arrive at your job and deal with moronic customers who couldn’t work there way out of a paper bag. 

“How do I do this?” and “What does this mean?” “I swear these people are fucking idiots, let me spend hundreds of dollars on a piece of technology and instead figuring it out myself or actually reading the FUCKING MANUAL THAT COMES WITH IT, ill just bother this guy” you think to yourself. 

So like every other day you put on a fake smile and trudge along just like any other day, but this isn’t just any other day. No, today is your 22nd birthday. You never cared for your birthday, after you grew up and started to figure out the world. Your birthday just turned into any other day, just meant your another year closer to dying. 

You finally clock out for the day and head home with some “Happy Birthday’s” from your coworkers, “yeah like you really mean it” you think to yourself. 

When you get home you grab your mail where you find two cards from your parents containing there “best wishes” and some extra spending money, you then jump on your computer and check your email. 

“Of course nothing but bills, as usual” you think to yourself.

After some everyday surfing and deciding whether you want to hop on your Xbox or not you decide its time to call it a night and make your way up to your bed. 

After finishing your nightly routine you hop into bed and continue to read a book you picked up online that talks about the origins of the Dead Space video game series. 

“God I wish they would make this into a game” you say out loud to no one but yourself. 

After reading for about an hour you decide its time to actually lay down and eventually fall asleep. You turn your light by your nightstand and your room is immediately bathed in complete darkness. You hear nothing but frogs outside chirping away, as you start to wind down from the day your mind starts to drift off to sleep. 

“I wonder if she will be there tonight” you say to yourself as your eyes close and your mind wanders.

“It is good to see you again” a familiar voice says. 

You open your eyes and take in your surroundings, like any other time you come here you really can’t see anything around you aside from a dark blue light coming from your companion. You turn to face her and reply with your usual greeting. 

“sup.” 

She giggles at you like every other time, your eyes drift up to where the blue light is coming from and the same question you have every time you see her pops into your mind, “how the hell does she do that and if this is my dream, why can‘t I do the same?”
She notices you staring at her and lets out a short giggle, that every time you hear you can’t help but smile to yourself. 

“I see after all these years you still question how I do this” she says. 

“Well after all these years I still don’t believe you say what you really are, and don’t even get me started on the whole magic thing” you say.

“Come now, I told you before a princess can’t lie, nor would she, especially to hide who she really is” she retorts. 

“See that’s another thing, you say you’re a princess but if that’s the case then why are you here and not in some fancy castle” you respond. 

Her face suddenly goes from a cheerful smile to one of pain, and she seems to slouch a little where she is sitting. 

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad, I know you don’t like to talk about that” you say in the most calming voice you can. 

“Still cant believe that a figment of my imagination can still make me feel that bad” you think to yourself. 

“No it’s alright, it’s nothing you did, its just whenever I think about what I did and how I got here I can’t blame anyone but myself” she says. 

You look upon her and notice a small tear fall from her face, you stand and walk over to her and embrace her in a hug. She seems to tense up at even your slightest touch but after a couple of seconds she relaxes into your embrace. 

“What are you doing? she Isn’t real” you think to yourself. 

But deep down you feel sorry for her and giving her a hug is the least you can do. 

“Thank you” you hear her say with a weak voice. 

You look down and notice her looking up at you, she has stopped crying and even has a small grin on her face. You stand up and reach out your hand. 

“Come on lets go for a walk you say, even if there isn’t anything here, at least we can do something to get our minds out of the gutter” you say. 

She seems to perk up a little more and graciously takes your hand with her hoof and you pull her up. 

“How the hell does she even do that” you think to yourself. 

You two start walking in, well to be honest you have no idea where or even what direction your heading in, but its better than just sitting there. After a minute of awkward silence, she decides to be the brave one. 

“Hey do you remember the first time we met?” she asks. 

“You know I was just thinking about that this morning actually, and how it had been awhile since we last got to talk” you respond. 

“Yes I do apologize for the amount of time since we last spoke, but I was not able to travel here safely, and I couldn’t risk her finding out about you” she says.

“Ahh, the mystery mare you never seems to want to tell me about, even on the night we first met you didn’t say much about her” you respond. 

“Goodness it seems like only yesterday when you rescued me from my solitude” she says. 

Even after two years you still don’t know how it happened or why, or if it was just some crazy ass dream. But ever since then you haven’t had normal dreams, and the only time you can even see anything is when she shows up. Nothing special happened that day or any day leading up to that night, all you remember was that you where exhausted from a particularly long day of work and when you finally got home and went to bed, you where asleep as soon as your head hit your pillow. 

You remember waking up in this place of nothingness, you where laying on your back like you had been dropped into this place. You opened your eyes which was a weird feeling in a dream, it felt like you where actually opening them, as if you were awake. 

You stand and take in your surroundings and the first thing that ran through your mind was. “Where the hell am I?” 

You seemed to be standing on a place where two different worlds come together, on your right was an area as far as you could see bathed in the most brilliant of white lights. And on your left was an area bathed in the blackest of nights as far as you could see. 

“What the hell is this place supposed to be, where light and dark meet?” was all you could think to yourself. 

“Hello” you yell out for what ever reason expecting an answer, but all you could hear was your yell echoing and eventually fading into the unknown. 

“Man this is one fucked up dream, why am I even here?” was all you could think about. 

Not wanting to trust your luck with either direction you decide just sit down and wait for this crazy dream to end. After a couple of minutes which actually felt like multiple minutes had gone by which was yet another odd feeling in this dream since in any other dream you could remember, time seemed to move incredibly fast. As you sit there trying to figure out why you were having this dream when suddenly you start to hear crying coming from afar. 

You immediately stand and spin around trying to make sure it wasn’t something coming for you in this dream like a creature from the Silent Hill video games. But as you stood there you noticed the crying wasn’t getting any louder nor was it getting quieter. 

“Whatever the hell it is, it isn’t moving” you say to yourself to try and calm your nerves a little. 

“Hello, is there anyone there?” you yell but get no response, only the faint sound of someone crying can be heard. 

You then close your eyes and try to concentrate on the sound trying to figure out what direction it’s coming from which really isn’t difficult since it’s the only thing you can even hear aside from your breathing. You then determine that its most likely coming from the left towards the vale of darkness. 

“Of course its coming from the creepy direction, just like in a video game its always the opposite direction you want to go.” “Well this is only a dream and I don’t have anything else to do, fuck it, guess I’ll go find whoever or whatever is crying” you say to yourself. 

You start heading in the direction of the crying towards the creepy darkness. The crying seems to become louder the more time passes meaning you where right in thinking whatever it is crying, is coming from this direction. But the closer you got to the crying, the darker it seemed to get, every so often you would look back towards the light side which seems to be fading into the distance the farther you go. Luckily this world seems flat which is a good thing, you can barely see anything around you even though there isn’t anything to look at, and the small amount of light you have is slowly fading the closer you get to whatever is crying. 

“Whoever or whatever this thing is better be worth me walking all this way, plus I can’t see a god damn thing, I swear if this was just my mind playing a trick on me and I was having a nightmare I was going to be so pissed.” you say to yourself. 

After a couple of more minutes the only light you can see is a thin line far off in the distance behind you. You start to regret your decision since it seems like you have been walking forever and have yet to find anything, plus it seems like the crying hasn’t gotten any louder in the past couple of minutes which only makes you regret your decision even more thinking it’s just your mind playing tricks on you. Then suddenly the small amount of light behind you disappears leaving you in complete isolating darkness. You start to get this sinking feeling like you are about to get attacked or are being watched by the darkness. 

“Fuck this I’m heading back I haven’t found anything the whole time I’ve been walking” you say out loud. 

You turn around and start heading back the way you came, “if I just keep heading in this direction I should start seeing the light again” you think. 

After minutes go by with no change in your surroundings you start to feel both regret and worry starting to settle in. 

“Alright fuck this time to wake up” you say. You close your eyes and try concentrating on trying to wake your body from this hellish nightmare, you try opening your eyes to hopefully the real world but to your surprise, your still here in the darkness. 

You close your eyes and try again but this time you notice the crying, it’s gotten louder than it was before. 

“Ok maybe I need to find whatever the hell is crying before I can wake up, yeah that’s it” you try to reason with yourself. 

Hoping once you do you can wake up from this hell. You start walking again and surprisingly the crying is growing louder and louder, and after a few minutes you stop and it seems like you should be able to see whatever the hell is making that noise. 

“Hello, is there anyone there?” you yell hoping for a response. 

Nothing, you take a couple more steps forward when suddenly you hit something. You can’t see anything but you reach your hand out and make contact with something but after your hand hit’s the hard surface you fell a sharp pain in your hand, like touching a blanket and getting shocked from the static. 

“Ow, what the hell was that” you say aloud. 

You can hear the crying, it’s the loudest its been this whole time, like whatever is doing it is right on the other side of this wall. You reach out and hit the wall with your foot, wasn’t a hard kick but when it made contact to your surprise the wall wasn’t actually a wall. It was a small dome that seemed to shimmer a dark blue when you made contact with it, and you could swear you saw something in the dome but as fast as it flashed blue, it was gone.

You kick the dome again, harder this time, and definitely notice something laying inside of it crying. 

“Maybe whatever the hell this thing is, is supposed to be in the barrier, but it sounds sincere like how people cry when they have lost someone precious to them.” you think.

“Fuck it, I feel I need to help whatever this is, and heck this is still a dream so if it tries to hurt me, ill just wake up” you say. 

So you reach out and touch it again, this time the shock doesn’t surprise you like before and doesn’t seem that bad, like one of those stupid joke things you put in your hand and then ask to shake someone’s hand and when they hit the button, it buzzes in their hand. 

You then notice that the dome seems to react to your touch and starts to shine a dark blue and the longer your hand stays there the brighter the light, you also notice the shocking become more painful and immediately let go. The light dims like before but doesn’t fully dissipate like its getting weaker and you can make out the figure of something inside. 

“Hey, whatever you are, can you hear me?” you yell but the whatever it is doesn’t respond. 

“It seems like its alive but it can’t hear me” you say.

“Maybe if I can keep my hand on the dome long enough it will disappear and I can figure out where I am and what it actually is" you think. 

You reach out one hand and make contact with the dome and like before it starts to glow that dark blue. 

“Fuck it” you yell, and put your other hand on the dome which begins to glow a more intense blue. 

You notice that whatever the hell is inside has finally noticed you. 

“It seems alive whatever it is, and its like its looking at me, but I still can’t make out what it is” you think. 

Then the dome begins to glow brightly and the shocking pain has intensified then when you originally started, seems like the dome has a mind of its own and the longer you keep your hands on it the brighter it shines and the more pain it causes. It also seems the brighter it gets the more of what’s inside you can see, then the light seems to intensify all at once and the pain starts to become unbearable. You keep your hands on the dome as long as you can until it moves from a shocking pain to feeling like someone is driving a knife through your hands, the sudden surge of pain overwhelms you all at once and you collapse on the ground just as the light around the dome shines an almost white color and then disappears. 

You lay there on the ground panting holding your hands up from the pain coursing through them, you think that if you could actually see them right now that they would be bleeding. 

“God damn it why does this hurt so much, I’m dreaming, I’m not supposed to feel anything” you say aloud. 

You then see a dark blue aura shoot at you from where the dome was and engulf your body,  you try to struggle free from whatever the hell this light is but you can’t move anything. You then see a similar light come from where the one now engulfing your body originated from and notice just what exactly was in that dome. 

“A unicorn? what the fuck, I must be dreaming” you say aloud. 

A loud crack is heard along with “SILANCE” in a female voice from the unicorn standing before you. 

“Did you just fucking talk” you yell. 

“I said SILANCE, thow dare show thyself after all these years” the unicorn screamed. 

“Whoa whoa whoa, I’m not whoever you say I am,  I have no idea who your talking about but its definitely not me, besides I freed you” you yell back with a  hint of fear in your voice. 

“Lies, thou are the only one who can enter such place, thou must be Nightmare Moon, and thou shall perish for thy sins” she screamed back. 

“Whoa hang on I don’t even know where I am, I was dreaming in this weird place when I suddenly heard you crying, so I followed the sound until it lead me here” you yelled back, “besides I don’t even know where here is, I was just trying to help” you say in a quitter voice. 

“Thou means to tell me thou entered this place through a dream?” she said in a less alert voice. 

“Yes I was dreaming and ended up in a place where both light and darkness met, I hear you crying and decided to try and find the source which led me to you, I don’t even know how I got here in the first place” you replied in the calmest voice you could muster.

“Ok fine, if thou are speaking the truth, then allow me to read thy mind for the answers I seek” she said as she slowly made her way towards where you were still being held to the ground. 

As she got close you started to get a better look at her, she was defiantly a unicorn but she wasn’t white, actually she was a very dark blue, and she had wings. When she was standing before you, you noticed her blue eyes and what looked like a white moon tattooed on her butt, she then leaned her head down towards yours and you felt the tip of her horn touch your forehead and saw a small blue light come from between your eyes. As soon as it appeared it was gone and she jumped back with a shocked look on her face. 

“Who and what are you” she asked, curiosity in her voice. 

“My name is Anon and I’m a human, who and what are you if you don‘t mind me asking” you replied. 

She seemed to let out a small sigh, “my name is Luna and as to what I am, I’m an alicorn of course.” she stated with a small amount of pride in her tone.

“Well Luna it’s nice to meet you, now could you please get whatever this thing is off me?” you asked. 

She hesitated for a moment but then you saw her horn glow a dark blue and whatever was surrounding you disappeared allowing you to move freely. You start to stand and notice Luna take a couple of steps back, you reach your full height.

“Don’t worry Luna I’m not going to hurt you, actually do you even know where we are?” you say.

“To be honest with you I don’t know where we are, all I know is that I have been trapped her for a very long time and the only pony that has ever been here is the one who imprisoned me here, Nightmare Moon” she answered. 

“Ok do you know how we can get out of this place?” you ask. 

“No, since you are here in a dream once you awake you should be able to leave but I can’t for reasons I do not wish to discuss” she answer with a hint of sadness at the end. 

“Ok well since neither of us are going anywhere anytime soon care to explain to me what an alicorn is, why you’re here, what you where doing trapped in that dome, and who this nightmare person is?” you asked sitting back down. 

She responded by sitting across from you. 

“Well as to why I’m am here I do not wish to discuss, as to why I was trapped in that dome, I was trapped in there by Nightmare Moon, an evil pony who wishes to reign darkness across all of Equestria, and as to what an alicorn is, it’s a special kind of pony who has the wings of a Pegasus, a magic horn of a unicorn, and the strength of an earth pony.” she states.

You really don’t believe a word she is saying but hey the more time you can pass the faster you can wake up and forget this crazy dream. 

“So you mean to tell me you can fly and use magic?” you asked. 

She let out a small giggle which was nice since it seemed that she was finally starting to loosen up. 

“Of course I can, where or how do you think I am making this light, with magic of course and as for my wings I can fly but not in this place for some reason” she responded while fluffing her wings. 

Now that she mentioned it, the area around them was lit up in a pale blue light instead of the normal darkness, and it was emanating from her horn. 

“Ok sure this is a dream so I guess magic can exist, I mean I am talking to a unicorn” you thought to yourself. 

“So you don’t believe in magic?” she asked with a hint of curiosity. 

“Are you reading my mind?” you asked, pure shock evident on your face. 

She let out another giggle which you thought sounded kind of cute. 

“Well I’m glad thou thinks thy giggle is cute” she responded with a wink. 

“Holy shit she really is reading my mind, how is that possible I mean we are in my dream and she is part of it so I guess that makes sense but” you thought. 

“Yes I am reading your mind but only out of caution for myself, you are a strange creature in an even stranger place, I didn’t know if you where hostile, my apologies” she said with a small amount of guilt. 

“No it’s ok I understand just was not expecting it is all” you said with a small smile on your face. 

“Thou knows what I am, but what are you?” She said in a very curious tone. 

“Well like I said, I’m a human from Austin Texas in the United States of America on Earth, you said you where from Equestria, where is that exactly I’ve never heard of such a place?” you reply. 

“Thou answered my question so I shall answer, I am from the country Equestria, Canterlot to be more precise on the eastern most continent on Earth as well” she stated. 

“Wait what, America is on the eastern most continent, if that’s the case then how the hell have I never heard of you, I mean where I come from we have pony’s but they don’t talk or fly” you stated in a surprised tone. 

“True I have never even heard of a place called Texas, nor have I ever heard of humans before, could it be our two worlds coincide on different magical planes?” she stated trailing off into a whisper towards the end. 

“How the hell does she know all of this, I have never even heard these words before, so how the hell is my subconscious making these places up?” you thought. 

“Still don’t believe this is a dream and that I’m not real?” she stated with a small grin. 

“Oh, come on that’s so not fair, I can’t read your mind” you reply in a sort of playful pout. “I told you I am only being cautious but I am starting to see that thou aren’t much of a threat” she states with a giggle. 

“Thanks I guess” you respond in a monotone fashion. 

The two of you spent the next couple of hours it seemed getting to know each other, you explaining more about earth and what you do on a daily bases. Surprisingly she was interested in almost everything you had to say, probably because you where the first person or pony she had contact with in supposedly over 900 years. You still didn’t believe in this whole situation especially the whole magic and her being a princess in this place called Equestria which you’ve never even heard of.

What felt like hours of you and Luna just talking seemed to come to an abrupt end, while Luna was explaining some of the cities in Equestria that she remembers you started to hear a very distance beeping noise that continued to grow louder and louder. 

“What is that Luna asked?” lifting her ear and caulking her head. 

“That sounds like my alarm clock going off” you simply responded. 

“Well if that is what it is then it seems like you are about to wake with how loud it is getting, it was nice to meet you Anon, maybe one day we can meet again” she said in a depressed voice. 

"Even though I still think this is just a dream, I’m glad I was able to help you and hope that maybe I can have it again so that we can talk more” you said with a hint of depression in your voice. 

“Perhaps we will meet again, but if we never do thank you for freeing me” she stated. 

At that point the beeping was very loud, all of a sudden your eyes feel incredibly heavy and you fall backwards and right before you hit the ground you feel a jolt and open your eyes to your bedroom ceiling with your alarm clocking ringing in your ears. 

That wasn’t the last time you saw Luna though and after that night you found yourself in that dark place alone every night but every so often Luna would appear in that place and the two of you would talk until it was time for you to awake. You also helped Luna with her speaking problem, she often spoke with we instead of I and thou instead of you, after about a year she finally adjusted to speaking more modern language. And over the years you started to see her more and more, after you first met her she only appeared once every month, a year later, two-three times a month. And now fast forward two year later, it seems you are seeing her once a week, whenever you ask her why you are able to see her more she just responds with. 

“Because the seal is weakening” in a worried tone but quickly changes the subject. 

Even though you still don’t truly  believe she or anything she says is real, you start to have this feeling that what she says is true. That she really is a princess and that she really is trapped in this place and for whatever reasons you or her can’t figure out, you are able to enter this place through your dreams when no one else can. 

“Anon… hey Anon are you ok” Luna asks looking up at you with a hint of worry in her voice. 

“Yeah I’m ok, just remembering the night we first met” you say while looking down with a smile. 

” Yes it seems like only yesterday we first met, even though I don’t know how or why but I’m glad we met” she responds with a smile.

“So am I” you state.

“Oh by the way Anon, Happy Birthday, I’m sorry I don’t have anything to give you but I promise, if I ever get out of here I’m going to throw you a big party not only for your birthday but also for everything you’ve done for me” she states with a happy grin. 

”You know Luna if this place is real and you really are trapped here and eventually get out I would love to meet you in person, and hopefully make this dream a reality” you respond with a happy grin of your own and say

But little did Anon and Luna know, there were already events in motion that would shake the very foundation for both Anon and Equestria’s future.





	
> Chapter 2-"Welcome to Equestria"
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Into the Void

Chapter 2
Welcome to Equestria


You climb in your car after a long day at work exhausted but happy the day is finally over. 

“I just want to go home and sleep, I’ve been exhausted the past couple of days” you say aloud.

It’s been about a week since your birthday and nothing has happened out of the ordinary in that time except the fact that Luna has been showing up every night. It’s not that you don’t like seeing her; on the contrary she is the only pers or pony that actually cares about you. 

Even though you still don’t believe in the whole magic thing you’re starting to wonder what really is going on. The stuff she says and talks about is just nothing you have ever even thought about yourself, so how could a dream know stuff that you don’t. 

“Regardless I hope somehow she’s there tonight” you say to yourself. 

On your drive home you start to recall the events that took place last night. Luna seemed really on edge, like she was worried about something the entire time the two of you were together. Every once in awhile you would catch her looking around like she was looking for something.

“Luna are you okay, you seem really worried about something?” you would ask her.

“Yes everything is fine do not worry” is what she would reply with dawning a fake smile that only made you worry even more. 

“Come on Luna I’ve known you for awhile now to know that you’re terrible at lying, seriously what’s up I want to help” you say with a concerned look on your face.

“It’s nothing that concerns you, do not worry” she replies.

You stop and stand their with your arms crossed as she continues to walk a couple of feet before she realizes you aren’t walking beside her and turns to face you. 

‘Seriously Luna come on talk to me, I want to help” you say walking closer to her. 

She only seems to tense up at that, you can see her eyes starting to get a glaze in the corners as she starts to tear up. Now you know something is definitely wrong. You’ve never seen Luna cry the whole time you’ve known her; she’s always been so strong and never really shown her emotions until now. As soon as you get close enough you embrace her in a hug as she starts to cry into your shoulder. 

“Come on Luna I can’t help if you don’t tell me what’s wrong” you say in a sincere voice. 

“Anon I….I…I’m never going to see you again after tonight” she says through tears.

You really weren’t expecting that, like she felt bad about missing something, or she was remembering events that took place before her banishment, but never being able to see her again was not on that list.

“Wait what do you mean I’m never going to see you again, Luna what’s going on.”

She pulls away from your shoulder and looks at you with her big blue eyes. Behind them you can see her struggling with the decision of whether she wants to tell you or not.

Luna never really talks about her past, took her almost a year to tell you that she’s in this place because she was banished by her sister but she never told you why exactly. Whenever you tried to ask her, she either ignored it or just simply told you it was complicated. 

“Luna come on, I want to know why I’m never going to see you again after tonight. I mean even though I don’t believe in this whole magic thing. I believe that you’re real and trapped here, and that something bad happened to put you here but, what’s changed? Is it something I did or said, if it is please tell me? I don‘t want to lose you” you say through teary eyes. 

You seemed to hit her hard with that statement because she collapses into your shoulder again, tears streaming down her cheeks. After a couple of minutes of you two just sitting there, you holding her while she cries, she seems to finally take a deep breath and relax a little. She pulls away from you, you can see redness in her eyes and some marks on her face from where tears have been falling. 

She shakes her head. “No it’s nothing you did Anon I promise, it’s just. If I tell you, you might never want to talk to me again”

You look at her with a concerned face. “What, why would you think that. Luna you are one of my only friends, even though I can only talk to you when I dream. I still love spending time with you, and nothing you say can change that.” 

She takes a deep breath. “Thank you Anon, you’re the first friend I’ve had in almost a thousand years, I’m glad I was able to meet you Anon. I only wish that we could have met in Equestria rather than this place.”

“Well if I had met you in any other place but here, you being a princess in all. I probably would have never had the chance to actually talk to you” you say with a small chuckle. 

She let’s out a small giggle. “Come now, as a princess of Equrstria it is my duty to hear out all of my subject.” she stats in a proud voice. 

Luna’s mood seems to drop after that though as she starts to remember events that took place in the distant past. 

Luna sighs. “Actually you’re probably right, I wasn’t the best princess. Actually I was a terrible one and it’s the reason my sister banished me from Equestria.”

You place your hand on her shoulder. “Come on Luna what could you have done that was so bad to warrant you getting banished? I mean you were a princess what did you do, start a war?”

She looks at you with sincere eyes. “In a way I did. Do you remember when we first meet and I mistook you as Nightmare Moon?

“Yeah, you told me she was the one that put you here. After that you only told me that she tried to plunge the land of Equestria into everlasting darkness. Anytime time I would ask you who she was after that you never wanted to talk about it. Wait you told me your sisters name was Celestia, so you got banished twice?” you say.

Luna takes a deep breath. “Yes my sister’s name is Celestia, and no I didn’t get banished twice. I…I.. am Nightmare Moon” 

“Wait what, no way you told me she was evil and tried to take over Equestria. So how could you possibly be this evil Nightmare Moon?” you say with a confused tone. 

“Well do you remember when I told you how Tia controlled the sun and I controlled the moon. Well I kind of became jealous that Tia and I’s subject where praising and playing during the day, but when night came and I rose the moon, all they did was sleep. I worked so hard to make my night beautiful aligning the stars and making the moon glow brightly, but it was all a waste for there was no one to appreciate my work” she stated with a saddened tone. 

Luna hung her head low ashamed. “My jealousy started to form into whispers in my mind pushing me further and further away from everyone I cared about. Telling me that my subjects wouldn‘t miss my night if there was never a sun to rise. Sometimes I would even seem lose control of myself and wake up in a completely different place with no memory of how I got there. Until one day when I was sleeping, Nightmare Moon came to me in a dream. She said that she knew of a way to make my subject appreciate my night, and all I had to do was accept her help and everything would be ok. At the time I wasn‘t thinking straight between the voices in my head telling me to do it, I accepted her offer and became Nightmare Moon”

“I had no control of my actions after that, Nightmare confronted my sister and tried to destroy her. But Tia was able to harness the power of the elements of harmony and with there help she was able to banish Nightmare to the moon. After that I woke up in this place with Nightmare standing over me. She said that even though Tia defeated her, she would return once the seal was broken and plunge Equestria into everlasting darkness. I tried to stop her but she had absorbed all of my magic at that point, she then trapped my in that force field you found me in. And that’s where I waited for centuries until you found me,” Luna stated as she turned away from you and began to cry again.

Man you really weren’t expecting that, Luna is sweet and kind and you could never see her hurting her own subject. You sit there in thought as the pieces begin to come together, the small bits of information you gathered over the past two years started to all make sense. But you didn’t care, Luna isn’t this Nightmare Moon.	 

You stand and walk around in front of her and kneel on know knee. She’s still sitting there crying with her eyes closed. You embrace her in a hug which is definitely not what she was expecting. She seems to tense up at your touch but immediately falls into your shoulder and begins to cry again. Seems like she has been keeping this all bottled up for years, she really needed to vent. 

You begin stroking her starry mane. “Luna listen I get that you made some mistakes in your past and if it’s any conciliation I would have loved to of seen one of your nights. But the past is the past and you can’t change what happened, all you can do is look ahead and try to make things right.”

Luna pulls away from you and looks at you with red eyes. “You don’t think I’m some sort of horrible monster. Even if I couldn’t control what I was doing I still allowed Nightmare Moon to become who she is, that’s my fault Anon.

You grab her shoulders. “No Luna, yeah you made a mistake but you weren’t yourself. Listen to me, you are not Nightmare Moon. You aren’t some herald of darkness, you are princess Luna of Equestria and one of the nicest peop, I mean pony’s I know. 

Luna wipes her eyes and lets of a small giggle. “I thought I was the only pony you know.”
You shrug with a smirk. “Well that’s beside the point.” 

You put a serious look on your face. “What I’m trying to say Luna, is you need to stop living in the past. You can’t change that; you can only change your future. Even if I never get to see you again after tonight I want you to know that I will always be your friend, even if you become Nightmare Moon again. Because no matter what, you will always be Luna somewhere in here” you say pointing at her chest. 

Luna grows a small smile and embraces you in a hug. “Thank you Anon, whatever happens after tonight know that I will never forget you.”

You sit there in a hug for another minute until you finally brake apart; you both sit there in silence for a minute or two until you decide to finally ask the question you’re dreading.

“So why am I never going to see you again after tonight” you ask with a saddened tone. 

Luna looks at you as if hoping you weren’t going to ask that question. “Well do you remember when I said Nightmare was controlling my body and that Tia managed to banish her to the moon? Well the spell she used could only contain Nightmare on the moon for 1,000 years, and tomorrow marks the thousandth day of the new moon. So tomorrow by this time Nightmare will be free and I can’t risk her finding and hurting you, if you are hurt or worse killed in this place. You’ll die back in your world.”

You look at her with a confused look. “Wait how would that work, wouldn’t I just wake up? I mean that’s how any other dream works.”

“Come on Anon you must have figured out by now this place isn’t a normal dream, haven’t you always wondered why you don’t wake up until you hear your alarm clock. You can’t just wake up from this place like a normal dream, only an outside influence can pull you out. It’s why I’m still trapped here and how Nightmare is still in control of my body” she states.

“Oh, I see. Well we might as well make the most with the small amount of time we have left” you say with a fake smile. 

Luna smiles back and just as she is about to say something you hear the noise you hoped would never come. 

You start to feel dizzy, you look over at Luna. “No I don’t want to go yet, please.”

“Good bye Anon and thank you, for everything,” she says with a smile. 

You reach out to grab Luna but just before you can you shoot up in your bed. You grab your alarm clock and smash it against the wall. 

You cup your face with your hands as tears start to swell in your eyes. “No that can’t be the last time I see here, she has to be there tonight when I go to sleep again. I don’t want to say goodbye.” 

Once you finally get home and jump on your computer and check the news for anything that went on today. You see there is an article about the lunar eclipse that is going to be taking place tonight, according to the article it’s going to be in full effect around midnight. Since you don’t have to work tomorrow you decide your going to stay awake and watch the eclipse so that you can ask Luna about it when you see her tonight. 

You look out the window and see the shadow creeping across the full moon. “I’m going to see her tonight no matter what.” 

You glance at your clock that reads 10:45 PM; you grab your sweatshirt and head out your back door to your small backyard. You look up and see the moon is almost halfway covered in a shadow, you find a soft piece of grass and lie down and look up at the moon as it’s slowly engulfed in darkness. 

You start to recall something Luna said. “Didn’t she say our worlds could be connected, maybe it’s the shadow is Nightmare Moon trying to escape.”

You glance at your watch and realize it’s only been about ten minutes, the soft patch of grass under you is starting to become more and more comfortable as the day’s events starting to catch up with you. 
Your eyes begin to close. “Screw it; still got an hour before it’s in full effect, I’ll close my eyes for just a minute.”

But no sooner are your eyes closed do you hear a familiar voice behind you. 

You turn to see someone you definitely weren‘t expecting standing before you. “Hello Anon, it’s nice to finally meet you”

Your eyes go wide and you start to back up. “Niiiightmmmare Mooon. How are you here, where‘s Luna?”

Nightmare lets out an evil laugh. “Why she’s right in front of you, don’t you recognize me? And as to how I‘m here, well I’m really not. This is my own little world; I created it and trapped Luna here. So I have all the power here that I do in the real world.”

Stood before you was most definitely not Luna. Luna was slightly shorter, had big bright blue eyes, and wore a small crown atop her heard. No the creature that stood before you was slightly taller than you, had big blue glowing eyes with cat irises and had what looked like a large purple helmet perfectly formed to her head. 

You stood even though your scared to what she could do to you, you still didn’t back down. “No your not Luna, she is kind and not terrifying to look at. Where is she, what have you done with her?”

Nightmare seemed offended by that because she took a step forward making a loud *Crack* with a scowl across her face. “You’re right I’m not Luna I am Nightmare Moon and if you insult me like that again, I will destroy you. Now bow before me human.” 

You take a step forward with a stern look on your face. “I’ll ask you again where’s Luna, what did you do with her. If you hurt her I swear I’ll.”

Nightmare cut’s you off mid sentence. “You’ll do what; you’re just some pathetic human with no magic. But I can see you aren’t going to heed my warning and since I still need to find Luna, I’m going to destroy you since you might become a problem in the future. 

You notice Nightmare’s horn begin to glow. “She’s right I’m just a human with no magic, what can I do. At least you know Luna is still safe for now, hopefully she can hide from Nightmare long enough for her to give up searching for her. 

A dark ball of magic shoots from Nightmare’s horn directly at you, you don’t even try to get out of the way. What’s the point; you close your eyes and wait for the inevitable pain. But right before the ball of energy can hit you, the real Luna jumps in front of you and deflects the blast away from you both. 

You open your eyes and see the real Luna standing in front of you. “Luna, what are you doing here you should be hiding.”

Luna turns to look at you with a smile. “No, I’m not going to stand by and watch somepony I love get hurt for something I did. Besides I still owe you that birthday party.” 

Nightmare laughs. “Oh Luna, I knew you wouldn’t be able to sit by and watch me destroy this human. Instead of running you jumped in to rescue him and now I have you both right where I want you.” 

Luna turns back to Nightmare. “No Nightmare, I wont let you hurt Anon. You’ve taken everything from me; I won’t let you take Anon away from me too. Anon stay behind me no matter what happens”

Nightmare charges her horn. “You insolent little brat, I gave you power and you waste it protecting this worthless human. So be it, if you want to be with him. You can be together in the afterlife.”

Nightmare continued to charge her horn as she became more and more angry. 

Luna turns to you. “Anon you need to get out of here; I can’t protect you against her. I have little to no magic here, the only way I was able to block that last shot was because it was very low power and I used all the energy I had. You need to go now, please.”

You walk up to Luna. “No Luna I’m not going anywhere, no matter where I go she will find me. And there is no way in hell I’m going to leave you here by yourself. I told you before were friends no matter the situation.” 

Luna smiles at you and turns back to face Nightmare. “I’m sorry Anon, for everything. We are probably about to be destroyed but I want you to know that you made me happy before the end.” 

Luna puts up a small force field in front of the two of you in hopes of stopping Nightmare.

Nightmare cackles. “You think that puny force field will stop me, if you two don’t want to run fine. I will smash clean through it and destroy you both with one blast.”

Just as Nightmare was about to unleash her spell a giant column of light with all the colors of the rainbow appears from the sky above the three of you. Luna and you both look completely surprised as the light hits Nightmare with full force, Nightmare screams in pain and jumps back out of the column of light. 

You turn to Luna. “Luna what’s going on, where did that light come from.”

Luna turns to you. “I have no idea Anon but I recognize that magic, it’s from the elements of harmony. Somehow Tia is using them against Nightmare, Anon hurry head towards the light it’s our only chance. 

You and Luna take off towards the column of light; once you reach the column Luna steps inside the light and begins to glow.

Nightmare screams from the shadows. “No you will not escape from this place. If I kill you than I will never have to worry about losing control”

Nightmare appears out of nowhere charging at Luna with her horn glowing a dark black. You yell to Luna but she can’t hear you and hasn’t noticed Nightmare charging her. Nightmare is getting closer and closer to Luna with her horn ready to stab Luna. You only see one option, just before Nightmare reaches Luna you jump into the column of light between Nightmare’s horn and Luna.

You look down at your chest and see a glowing blue horn protruding from the front. Nightmare has stabbed you clean through the back with her horn. You still can’t feel any pain but most likely because your body is still in shock and your brain hasn’t caught up yet. 

Nightmare wails. “No, you stupid human. I will not let you stop me from taking what is mine.” 

Nightmare rips her head back and pulls the horn out with it; you look down and see a large amount of blood escaping from where Nightmare’s horn once was. Just then you look up to see Luna standing before glowing a brilliant white light looking at you in pure shock. The pain finally reaches your brain but you can’t seem to scream, you can’t move anything and your body begins to fall forward.

Luna lunges forward and catches you before you hit the ground. “Anon no, why did you do that?” Luna begins to cry as she holds you.

Anon pulls his hand up to her cheek and wipes the tears away. “Don’t cry Luna, your safe. Now get out of here before she tries again.”

Nightmare charges Luna again. “Stupid human shouldn’t of got in the way, now he gets to die slowly and watch as I kill you too Luna!”

Nightmare charges at Luna with full force like before but right before she gets to the column of light, a giant ball of white energy surrounds her. 

‘No Nightmare you are the one who will suffer for what you did to Anon. Now DIE!!!” Luna shouts as the ball of energy shrinks all at once completely crushing Nightmare in a split second.

Luna looks down at Anon with tears in her eyes. “I’m so sorry Anon, this is all my fault. I wish none of this had ever happened than you wouldn’t have gotten hurt.”

Anon grabs Luna’s hoof. “Don’t be, if this had never happened I would have never met you. Don’t blame yourself for what happened, remember what I said don’t live in the past. Look forward to the future, and don’t dwell on stuff you can’t change.”

Luna begins to cry as the column of light begins to glow brighter. “Goodbye Anon.”

Anon smiles up to Luna. “Goodbye Luna.”

Just then there is a bight flash and Luna is left lying on what looks like a cobblestone platform with five little pony’s below her. There all standing there looking at Luna in pure shock, most likely because not many pony’s knew that Nightmare Moon was actually princess Luna. But Luna notices that they aren’t actually starring at her, but the being she is currently holding in front of her. 

Luna screams. “ANON!!!” Luna begins to panic trying to figure out what to do. “Ok he’s still breathing, help please someone I need a doctor.” Luna looks to the five little pony’s standing before her. “You the purple one, I sense you have a high level of magic do you know any healing spells.” 

Just then it seemed that all of the pain caught up with you at once and your eyes slowly begin to close until your world is shrouded in darkness. 

You wake up in what you can only hope is a bed; your eyes are covered with some kind of bandage so you can’t see anything. You try to move but you feel like you have been hit by a truck and quickly decide your better off not moving.

You lay there trying to recall past events. “Oh god what happened the last thing I remember was that really bright light, looking up at Luna and then everything went black. Oh god Luna, I hope she‘s ok. God where am I, am I in a hospital” 

You then hear what sounds like a door open from across the room. Someone enters the room and sounds like they are walking on tap shoes or really loud light heels. “Excuse me” you say.

The person seems to jump at your voice. “Oh, Mr. Anon you’re awake.”

“Mr. Anon, what’s up with that? Guess I am in a hospital.” You think to yourself. 

“My name is Twilight Sparkle Mr. Anon, do you need anything?”

“Twilight Sparkle, I mean that’s kind of a cool name but I’ve never heard that name before” you think to yourself. “Some water would be great, and also can you tell me why I’m blindfolded?”

Twilight walks closer to the bed. “Here open your mouth I have some water here for you. 

You swear you hear a jingling sound come out of nowhere but just pass it off as background noise. You open your mouth and a small gulp of water is poured in.

“Thank you” you say. “Know my second question, why am I blindfolded?”

Twilight seems to fumble with an answer. “To protect you, don’t worry your safe here in my library.”

You sit there, gears turning in your head until. “I’m sorry I must have misheard you, did you say library?”

“Yes you’re lying in my guest bedroom at my library right now, why is there a problem?” she asks nonchalantly.

“Great so while I was asleep someone snuck into my house and kidnapped me. Ok gota stay calm and try to figure out my surroundings” you thought.

You hear more tapping that seems to get closer until you feel something touch your forehead, like someone is checking your temperature. “Now Mr. Anon how are you feeling, any nausea or severe pain, to be honest I have no idea what you are so it‘s kind of hard to tell just by looking at you?”

You dawn a very confused look. “No aside from the aches and pains I feel fine, and what do you mean by. “What I am,” I’m a human being. What else could I possibly be? Also you can drop the Mr. just Anon is fine, unless you want me to start calling you Ms. Sparkle.”

Twilight lets off what sounds like a small giggle and walks away. “No that won’t be necessary, Anon it is then. I’m glad you’re doing well; you had everyone worried for a little while since we didn’t know how to treat your wound. But thanks to Princess Celestia it seems you are doing well. To be honest I thought you might be a hairless griffin but you don’t have a beak or any wings.”

“Is this some kind of joke, what’s going on? How could they not know how to treat their own kind, am I trapped in some loony bin?” You have so many questions running through your mind but only one stands out. “God I hope Luna is safe” you say under your breath.

Some how Twilight seems to hear you from across the room. “You mean Princess Luna, don’t worry she is safe. She and Princess Celestia are just in the other room trying to come up with a way to send you home.”

Then everything starts to dawn on you all at once, Twilight not knowing what you are. The *clip-clop* sound she makes whenever she moves in the room. Questions start running through your mind like a freight train, but one stands out. 

“Twilight, where exactly am I?” you say in a shaky tone.

Twilight starts to get a little worried; since it’s evident you are starting to put the pieces together. “You’re in Ponyville’s library, my home, in the land of Equestria.” 

That was something you where expecting, but not what you wanted to hear. “Please can I speak to Luna, I need to talk to her.”

“I will go see if she is available, please stay in bed while I go find her.” Twilight states as she exit’s the room and closes the door. 

You rip the blindfold from your eyes and the immediate blast of light blinds you for a moment. But as your vision begins to clear you start to make out your surroundings. Your bed is pushed up against the wall with a small nightstand next to you with a lamp on top. On the opposite side of the room is a bookshelf the entire length of the wall filled with books. The only thing else in the room is a small window above your bed open and filling the room with light and fresh air, and a door on the other end. 

You pull your covers up and realize your shirt is gone but you are still wearing your pants. You throw the covers off you and swing your legs out. Your feet make contact with the floor and you try to stand but you quickly crash down back onto the bed. You seem to have no strength all of a sudden. “What is going on” you say to yourself.

Little had you noticed but Luna had entered the room. “I believe I can answer that question, how are you doing Anon.”

You turn your head and standing before you was Luna, you check the room and see that everything is still there. You haven’t passed out again so you can only assume that everything around you is still real, including Luna. 

You dawn a bright smile. “Luna your ok, what happened to Nightmare Moon?” 

Luna walks over to you. “Do not worry, she’s gone, and never coming back. Thanks to you and your stupid move I was able to defeat her.”

You show a small smirk. “Hey I’m still standing aren’t I, besides I told you before? No one hurts my friends.”

Luna sits in front of you with a serious look. “No Anon that was reckless and stupid what you did. You could have gotten yourself killed. And you almost did, it’s only thanks to my sisters powerful healing magic that you are here. I almost lost you, and I‘m tired of losing the ones I care for.”

You reach out and draw Luna into a hug. “Luna its ok, I’m alive and well. If I hadn’t intervened when I did, we would both be dead right now. So I really am in Equestria aren‘t I, how is this even possible?” 

Luna pulls away from you with a smile. “Yes this is Equestria and to how you got here, my sister and I are still trying to figure that out. It seems that because we where both in the column of light, it decided to bring both of us instead of just me. The elements are a powerful and ancient magic with properties still unknown to both my sister and I.”

“But how was I pulled from my world it doesn’t make any sense, I mean the last thing I remember.” And then it seems to dawn on you. “Hey do you remember when you told me our worlds could very well be connected?”

Luna looks at you with a confused expression. “Yes Anon but that still doesn’t explain how you crossed from your plain into ours.”

“Well last night before I found you in the dream world, I remember that there was a lunar eclipse taking place. Maybe between the elements and the eclipse I was teleported here.” You state.

Luna seems to ponder for a moment. “You know that’s probably what did it; a lunar eclipse is very powerful magic. It’s not something even I can control; they are very rare like a meteor shower. This could very well help us figure out a way to send you back, it still might be awhile but at least we know where to start.”

Suddenly you and Luna hear a knock at the door. “Luna is it alright if I come in?” Someone says with the sweetest voice you’ve ever heard. 

Luna stands and reaches out her hoof to help you up from the bed. “Oh I almost forgot, my sister wishes to speak with you. Is it alright if she comes in?”

You grab Luna’s hoof and with her help pull yourself up. “Yes of course, I gota get used to the idea of being around pony’s. At least until you find a way to send me home.” 

Luna’s horn glows a dark purple, the door swings open and a pure white pony walks in. You notice immediately that she’s like Luna, slightly taller but dawning both wings and a horn. She also has a golden crown atop her head and a giant golden chest plate with a purple stone in the middle of it. She also has big bright purple eyes and a mane made of colors of the rainbow that seems to be moving even with no breeze. 

She walks toward Luna and you with a bright smile across her face. “It’s nice to finally meet you Anon, my name is Princess Celestia. Let me be the first to welcome you to the land of Equestria.”

You drop down to one knee. “It’s nice to meet you as well princess, thank you for saving my life by the way. Luna tells me that if it weren’t for you I would not be here today.”

Celestia reaches out a hoof and tucks it under Anon’s chin. “Please rise Anon, there is no reason for formalities. I should be thanking you, if it where not for your brave actions I would have never gotten Luna back.”

Luna looks at you with a playful irritated look. “Why didn’t you bow to me when we first met?”

You give her a smirk. “Because if you recall, you tried to destroy me when we first met because you thought I was Nightmare Moon. But if it will make you feel better.” You turn and kneel down in front of her with a grin; you grab her hoof and kiss it. “Please excuse my rudeness princess Luna.”

Luna draws back her hoof and turns away from you with pink cheeks. “That will do for know.” She states while trying to suppress a large smile. 

Celestia looks at you both with a grin. “Why Anon I do believe you made Luna blush.” She states with a slight giggle at the end. 

Luna’s face becomes a slightly darker pink. “Be quit sister, Anon did no such thing.”

Celestia stifles her laugh. “All right, Luna could you please leave the room for a moment. I wish to speak with Anon in private, if that’s all right with you Anon?”

You turn back to face Celestia. “That’s ok with me.”

Luna turns to Celestia. “Are you sure sister, you don’t want me to be here?”

Celestia gives a warm smile. “It’s all right Luna; I don’t believe Anon will try to hurt me. Besides I would like to get to know him a little more.”

Luna stands. “All right, if either of you need me. I will be right outside.”

Luna exit’s the room and closes the door behind her. Celestia turns and sits down across from you. “Now Anon I just have a couple of questions for you, but first can you tell me exactly what happened in that dream world. Luna has only told me small fractions; I would like to know more if you wouldn’t mind sharing?”

You sit back down on the bed. “Well I guess the best way to explain more is to start at the beginning. It all started two years ago when I woke up in that world.”
	 
	

> Chapter 3-"Now What Happens?"
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Into the Void

Chapter 3
Now What Happens?


As you sit there and explain the last two years of events to Celestia, she only sits there with a warm smile on her face. Not once does she interrupt you or even make a comment on anything, she just sits there taking in every detail. She then asks you some basic questions like what you are and where you’re from. After she is satisfied she starts asking about the night leading up to your’s and Luna’s arrival.

“I see so up until the night before your arrival, you had no idea who or what was really going on with Luna.” Celestia asks with a confused look.  “No, I was actually very shocked to see her the following night. She told me that even though I might end up in that place after Nightmare was able to escape. She didn’t want to risk Nightmare finding me, but obviously that didn’t happen.”

“I was so happy but also terrified to see Luna, even though she saved me from Nightmare I didn’t want to see her hurt because of me. Then that strange column of light came down and hurt Nightmare long enough for Luna to enter it and, actually what was that?” you ask.

Celestia stands and walks over to a small bookshelf on the wall, you notice her horn light up and hear that familiar jingling noise. “Like wind chimes” you say out loud. “I’m sorry” Celestia asks over her shoulder. “Nothing it’s just that I’ve noticed whenever you or Luna use magic there’s this jingling noise like wind chimes blowing in a breeze.” 

Celestia pulls a book from the shelf and walks back to where she was sitting. “Ah, I almost forgot that you came from a place that didn’t have magic. Yes that is the sound of unicorn magic being used; to be honest neither I nor Luna has any idea as to why that happens. It just simply does, after awhile you start to not even notice but I can imagine it’s strange to somepony hearing it for the first time.” She states with a smile. “Actually it sounds kind of cool, anyway what did you grab from the shelf?”

Celestia takes a seat next to you and opens the book still being levitated in her magic. “I’m sure Luna has told you about the elements of harmony?” She states flipping through the pages. “Yeah she said they are magical artifacts that hold immense power that neither of you can explain fully” you retort. “Precisely, the elements are six mystical and ancient jewels that harness the incredible power of friendship.” Celestia states while pointing to the page in the book with images of the jewels.

You look at the page and begin to read about how the elements are represented by six characteristics of friendship. Honesty, Kindness. Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and finally the element of Magic. “Wow this whole magic thing is cool, but it still doesn’t explain how me and Luna where set free from that place?” 

“To be honest Anon I do not know myself, as I stated the elements are an ancient magic that works in mysterious ways. Perhaps it knew that Luna was still in Nightmare somewhere and was able to pull her out of the darkness. Why you came I have no answer but I’m glad it did otherwise I would have never been able to thank you for saving my sister.” Celestia states levitating the book back to its original resting place on the shelf.

You stand and offer h\your hand to Celestia to help her stand; she takes it with a smile and stands beside you. You then embrace her in a hug which is something she really wasn’t expecting but graciously returns it, draping her massive wings around you. “Thank you so much for saving my life Celestia, I don’t know how I can repay you.” you state releasing the hug.

“Think nothing of it Anon but it wasn’t solely me who helped you. I was imprisoned by Nightmare as soon as she was set free and it wasn’t until Twilight and her friends harnessed the elements and freed you and Luna that I was able to help.” She stated as the two of you took your seats again. “Twilight, you mean the pony that was in here when I woke up. Oh well I’ll have to thank her and her friends as soon as I can.” You state with a smile. “I’m sure you will have your chance soon, a word of warning though. Twilight is a fantastic student and a wonderful friend but not to long ago she spent all of her time reading old books, she can sometimes be a little forward” Celestia replies. 

A small laugh escapes you. “Don’t worry Celestia, I’m sure I’ll be fine, she sounds like she’s a wonderful pers---pony and I look forward to formally meeting her. Actually I have one more question if you wouldn’t mind. What exactly happened after Luna and I arrived, the last thing I remember was a large amount of pain coming from my chest and looking up at Luna and then everything went black.” You state grabbing your chest. Celestia looks at you, concern evident on her face as she recalls your arrival.

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Luna’s Perspective

“You the purple one, I sense you have a high level of magic do you know any healing spells.” You state in a panicked tone. The five ponies stand there speechless unable to move out of shock and fear as to what the creature Luna is holding might be. “Please won’t somepony help me, Anon wake up, please wake up.” you state fighting back tears.

Just then the sun begins to rise and you hear a voice you have not heard in over 1,000 years. “Calm yourself sister.” Celestia states appearing in the old ruins with the rising sun. You look up to see Celestia standing above you and Anon. “Sister please help him, if it where not for his actions I would not be here now. Please sister, my magic is still too weak to cast healing spells.”

Celestia leans down and examines Anon; there is a large hole in his chest with a large amount of blood coming from the wound. She then leans her head towards Anon and places her horn against his forehead and closes her eyes. Her horn begins to glow a golden hue and flashes of the creatures memory start to surround her. You notices what Celestia is doing and grab her hoof breaking Celestia out of her trance. She turns and faces you. 

“Sister please he hasn’t much time; he will die without your help. I know he is an alien to you all but I promise you the he means no harm to anypony. Please sister trust me, I know after everything that has happened that might be hard. But please sister if not for him Nightmare would be standing here not me.” You state as tears start to pour down your face. 

“All right Luna I trust you, I was only being cautious but if you trust him. I will do everything I can to save him but he is badly wounded sister and not just from his wound but dark magic as well.” Celestia stands and closes her eyes, summoning a large amount of magic she turns and directs it towards Anon’s wound. You look down and see that Anon’s wound has stopped bleeding and is starting to close. After what seemed like forever the wound has finally closed and Celestia has ceased the spell. 

You lean your head down and hear Anon’s soft breathing as he sleeps peacefully against you. “Thank you so much sister, you saved his life.” You state beaming a large smile towards her which she kindly returns. You lie Anon down gently, stand, and immediately embrace Celestia in a large hug shedding tears of joy. “I’m so sorry sister, I missed you so much.” 
Celestia begins to shed tears of joy and returns the hug. “Luna I am so happy to see you again sister, I though this day would never come. Now who is this?” Releasing the hug and pointing a wing at Anon.  

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Back to Anon

“After that we brought you here to recover where you have been for the last 4 days. In that time we have announced Luna’s return and your arrival but have not allowed anypony to see you.” she states. “Wow so thanks to your healing magic I was able to make a full recovery, man I’m glad I ended up in this world then. If I had stayed in mine and if what Luna said was true about getting hurt in that place, I would have probably died and no one would have known until I didn’t show up for work or something.” You state with a smile, trying to stay optimistic. 

Your face then turns from a smile to a small frown, Celestia notices and a look of concern crosses her face. “Anon what’s the matter? You turn and face her. “It’s just everything that’s happened, I have so many questions and being in this new world. I don’t know anyo---anypony aside from you and Luna, I just don’t know what I’m going to do. I have no place to live, no money, no friends aside from you and Luna but you guys are the rulers of an entire land and have more important stuff to deal with then me. I don’t even know where to begin.” You state cupping your face in your hands trying to fight back tears forming in your eyes. 

Celestia’s heightened hearing notices a small gasp come from the other side of the door. 

Celestia reaches over and pulls your head up from your hands and looks you directly in the eyes. “Anon listen to me, how you came here is a mystery to us all but I promise you that you are not alone. I don’t know how things worked back where you came from but here you are never alone. Now as for where you are staying I have asked Twilight if it would be alright for you to stay here in Ponyville with her for as long as you need. Do not worry yourself with things like money right now; I want you to focus on getting settled and making friends. And as for me and Luna, if you ever want to talk please don’t hesitate to visit, I know Luna would love to see you since she is also in the same predicament as you. Before Luna was banished things where different so she’s almost as lost as you are now and doesn’t have any friends aside from you and I”

You dawn a small smile as Celestia’s words start to sink in and make you feel better inside. “Now I do apologies but Luna and I must return to Canterlot. After Luna’s return we have been busier than ever trying to integrate Luna back into her royal duties. I would still like to learn more about you Anon and more about where you come from but unfortunately I must bid you farewell for now. I hope that you will visit Luna and I in Canterlot soon so that I might show you around our wonderful city. Now let me fetch Twilight so that the two of you may formally be introduced. 

Celestia opens the door and leaves the room closing it behind her. You lie back on your bed and begin to comprehend all of the information that was just thrown at you. “Ok so I’m in a place called Equestria or should I say a small town in Equestria known as Ponyville. I am currently staying with Princess Celestia’s faithful student who lives in the town’s local library.  I may never see my home again and I’m the only human in existence here. Man what am I going to do I do.” Just then a knock is heard at the door breaking you out of your thought process. 

“Come in” you shout and in steps Celestia. Right behind her, was a completely purple unicorn with a dark purple mane with a pink streak in it. Her tail had the same pattern as her mane and her cutie mark was a bright purple star with tiny white stars surrounding it. She was shorter than Celestia and most likely went up to your chest, seems Luna and Celestia are the only two slightly taller than you. She noticed you staring and decided to be the brave one. “Uhh hi, my name is Twilight Sparkle. I know we sort of met earlier but you where blindfolded and I figured we could start over.” She states with a bright smile breaking you out of your trance. 

Twilight notices you starring at her again and lets of a slight giggle that sounded cute as hell. “Is everything ok, do I have something in my mane?” She asks. “Ahh no sorry it’s just I wasn’t expecting you to be purple. No offence it’s just the only two ponies I’ve seen up until now are Celestia who is pearl white and Luna who is a midnight blue or light black. I’ve seen ponies in my world those colors but can’t say I’ve ever seen a purple one.” You stand and walk over to Twilight and keel down to her level extending your hand. “My name is Anon, nice to meet you Ms. Sparkle…again.” She graciously extends her hoof and you both finally have a formal greeting. 

“Well it’s nice to meet you Anon please you can just call me Twilight, all my friends do.” She states retracting her hood. “Well Twilight it’s a pleasure, I want to thank you for allowing me to stay here with you. I have no other way to repay you so if you ever need anything, please don’t hesitate to just ask.” You say standing up.

“Well it seems you two will do fine becoming friends, now I’m sorry to say but I must be heading back to Canterlot. Anon remember what I said, everypony knows of your arrival but none have seen you yet. It might be hard at first but I promise you after a little time, the citizens of Equestria will begin to get used to you and you will have many new friends. Also if you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask Twilight, she knows how to contact Luna and I.” With that said Celestia turns to leave. 

Before Celestia made it through the door you remembered something. “Celestia wait, where’s Luna I was hoping to see her before the two of you left.” Celestia turns to you with a small frown. “I’m sorry Anon but Luna has already left for Canterlot it seems. If you would like I can deliver a message to her when I return.” A bit of depression hits you realizing you won’t get to see Luna for awhile. “All right just tell her that I’m always free if she wants to talk and that I hope to come visit her in Canterlot soon.”

Celestia leans forward and embraces you in a final hug before turning and exiting your room. Twilight approaches you with a smile. “All right well I guess the first thing to do is give you a tour of the library.” Twilight approaches the door and looks back to you nudging her head in a motion to follow her. “Wait Twilight, do you know where my shirt is? The one I was wearing when I got here, it probably has a big hole in it but I don’t want to go walking around half naked. I’ve been embarrassed the whole time since I woke up.”

Twilight turns to you and a small giggle escapes her. “Why would you feel embarrassed about walking around naked, in case you haven’t noticed Anon nopony wears clothes unless it’s a dress for a party or something equivalent. Didn’t you notice that the only thing Princess Celestia and Luna where wearing where there boots and their breastplates?” She states in a matter of fact way. “I understand that it might be different for you guys but where I come from; not wearing any clothes is illegal. Plus I don’t have fur like you guys do so unless I’m wearing something to cover myself I get really cold. I’m just glad that I still have my pants on even if they do smell horrible since I haven’t changed out of them in a couple of days.” 

Twilight levitates a small note pad and quill from a nearby bookshelf and quickly jots something down. “What’s that for?” you ask. “Oh this, sorry it’s just so fascinating to learn that your kind wear clothes all the time. The princess asked me to take notes on matters that she hadn’t previously discussed with you, I hope that’s ok.” She asks with a worried look and tone of voice like she had offended you. “No, no it’s ok, I don’t mind at all. I don’t blame you; tell you what I’ll make you a deal. I’ll answer any question you might have about my world if you can teach me more about yours so that I’m not completely lost, deal?’ 

Twilights eyes seemed to grow even bigger than they already where she. She starts jumping up and down with excitement. “Oh yes yes yes yes. I can’t wait to learn more about your world, I want to know everything. What’s it like, is it cold, is it hot, who controls the sun and the moon, who controls the weather.” You reach out your hand stop her mid rant. “Whoa Twilight calm down, I promise to answer all of your questions but first. Let’s finish with the tour of the house first, ok?”

Twilight lets of a sheepish laugh and rubs that back of her head. “Ahh sorry about that. And as for your clothes, one of my best friends Rarity is already working on some new ones for you as we speak and should be done by tonight. You looked at Twilight with a look of shock. “Wait how is she already making me new clothes, I thought I was the only human here. How does she even know where to start?” Twilight giggles at your amazement. “Well after we brought you back here we removed your shirt because it was covered in blood and cleaned you up, she then took the old scrapes left of your shirt and some measurements  for the rest and just started with designs she already had for spike in your size.”

“Who’s Spike, I thought everyone here was a pony.” Twilight grew a large smile. “Oh no, there are many races that make up Equestria. There are not only ponies but griffins, manticore’s, Zebra’s and even dragons like Spike.” You stand there mouth agape after what Twilight just told you. “You mean to tell me you have a giant fire breathing dragon living with you, that’s so awesome. Where I’m from those are only in myths and legends like unicorns.” Twilight quickly jots another note down. “Well Spike is technically a baby dragon but still a dragon none the less and my number one assistant.” 

As if on cue a small purple lizard with a light green patch on his belly and green scales walks around the corner into the room carrying a stack of books. “Twilight where do you want these one, you’ve already read them four times. Do you want me to put them in here with the others or back in the main area?” Twilight laughs and takes the books from spike with her magic and sets them on the shelf. “Ahaha, Anon this is Spike, Spike this is Anon.” You look to spike who looks at you, you kneel down to his level and reach out your hand. “Hi Spike it’s nice to meet you, my name is Anon.” He hesitates for a moment but reaches his hand out and locks into a firm handshake with you. “Nice to meet you Anon, I’m Spike Twilights number one assistant.” He states in a proud tone. 

Spike then takes his leave and heads back down the hall to continue whatever it was he was doing. Twilight turns to you and nudges her head towards the hall for you follow her. You finally leave your room following Twilight as she shows you the different rooms of her home. 

Your room is at the end of the hall, across from your room is a bathroom complete with a shower that might be a little uncomfortable since it’s designed for ponies shorter than you but you’ll manage. You depart from Twilight for a moment while you relieve yourself in the newly discovered bathroom. Down the hall on your right is Twilights room and on the left is another guest room but is currently occupied by mountains of books. Once you reach the end of the hall you approach a small balcony with a staircase leading down towards a large open area with shelves lined with hundreds of books. The smell of old paper and ink fills the room giving it an old dusty smell to it, even though there isn’t a speck of dust on any of the shelves. To your right overlooking the sitting are is a small kitchen/dining room complete with a stove and fridge. Twilight leads you down the stairs to the large sitting room and in the center of the room is a large circular table with a large wooden statue of a unicorn head. On the opposite side of the staircase there is a large desk piled high with books, quills and scrolls. Under the stairs is a door that leads to the basement where Twilight keeps all her science equipment. Next to the door leading to the basement is another door that leads to a small bathroom and that’s pretty much it.

“It’s not much but its home.” Twilight states turning towards you. “Are you kidding this place is awesome, nicer than anything I’ve ever stayed in. Thanks again for all of this Twilight, I really appreciate it and wish I had someway to pay you back.” Twilight walks over to you and jumps up on her hind legs and embraces you in a hug. “Like I said before Anon think nothing of it. Were friends and friends help each other with anything. You’re more than welcome to stay here as long as you want.” 

Twilight’s nose suddenly scrunches up and she quickly jumps down on all fours holding her nose. “Ughh, I’m sorry Anon but you seriously need a shower.” Twilight looks to the clock notices the time, 4:35 pm. “Rarity said she would have your clothes ready by 4:00, why don’t I go see if there ready while you march back upstairs and take a shower.” You lift your arm up and almost gag at the smell, not taking a shower for a couple of days. You suddenly become embarrassed at the thought of being around both princess’s and smelling like a hobo. You start to head back up the stairs when you hear Twilight yell to you by the door. “Feel free to use the shampoo and soap in there. Towels are in the cabinet in there as well, I should be back in just a couple of minutes.” 

With that you hear the front door close. You make your way to the bathroom and close the door behind you. You grab a towel out of the cabinet and set it on the sick by the shower, and turn what you hope is the warm water tap on in the shower. After a couple of seconds the water gets to a comfortable temperature and you hop in. After about 10 minutes of just standing there letting the water fall on your shoulders Twilight knocks on the door. “Anon I have the clothes Rarity made for you; I’ll just set them here on the counter for whenever you’re done. Feel free to use the dresser in your room to store the extras” With that she closed the door and returned to the main area of the library. 

After cleaning yourself and scrubbing your hair about three times, you finally managed to get all the grease out and step out of the shower feeling refreshed. You look over and notice a large brown bag filled to the brim with clothes. You start pulling the clothes out, the first couple of items are three polo style shirts, one was black, one was a navy blue, and the last one was a dark purple. All the shirts had a three diamond crest on the left chest part. Next you pulled out five pairs of boxers all a different color. “How did she get the size for these, unless…. No Anon no way.” Next you pulled out five pairs of socks and finally three pairs of cargo pants. One tan, one brown, and one black pair. You tried on the blue shirt first, which fit perfectly. Next the boxers and socks which where also perfect. Finally you tried on the tan pants and like the others all fit perfectly. 

“Man I gota hand it to this Rarity, she managed to get my sizes perfectly on all my clothes with just scrapes and measurements. I have to find a way to make this up to her.” You father everything up, open the door, and make your way across the hall. You start putting anything extra away. You head back into the bathroom and find a hamper with another towel in it, so you throw the one you used in and grab your old nasty pants. After leaving everything the way you left it you head back to the main room of the library to find Twilight. She’s currently in the kitchen cooking dinner and notices you exit the hallway.

“Ahh Anon, wow those clothes look great on you Rarity seems to have done a great job.” She states walking over to you. “Yeah she did, everything fits perfectly. She even managed to get my boxers the right size, how did she do that anyway?” Twilight seems to get a little nervous at that question. “Oh well Rarity is the best in the business.” she finished with a fake smile. “Twilight is there something you want to tell me?’ You ask with a sly grin and raised eyebrow. “No nothing at all.” she returns to her cooking. “Yeah she’s definitely hiding something.” You think to yourself but let it go. 

Twilight steers the conversation in a different direction. “So Anon are you hungry?” Your stomach growling answers her question and elicits a slight giggle from her. “I’m starving I haven’t eaten since I got here.” Twilight turns to face you with a smile. “Well what would you like, I’m currently making some pasta with marinara sauce but I could make you some hay fries or a daisy sandwich if you like.” You let of a slight chuckle at her other suggestions. “Well here’s some info about me, I can’t eat flowers or hay. I can eat salad stuff like lettuce, tomatoes, pepper, etc… along with pasta and bread products. But flowers and hay is something my body just can’t digest. But if you have enough, I’d love some pasta.” As you finished you notice Twilight scribbling in her notepad. “Well that’s good to know, now I won’t make you some hay fries and wonder why you won’t eat them. And of course you can have some of this, I always make too much when I cook. I usually make a decent meal and have leftovers for a couple of nights. 

Soon Twilight finished straining out the noodles and everything was ready. Spike came up from the lounge area and took a seat next to me. Twilight hefted a decent portion of noodles and sauce onto three plates and levitated them over to the table. Dinner was quite even though I had loads of questions my mind couldn’t concentrate on anything but the food in front of me. After dinner spike wandered off to bed while you helped Twilight clean up from the best damn spaghetti you’ve ever eaten. 

You and Twilight then retreated to the sitting area where you both conversed back and forth about each others worlds for hours. Twilight jotting down everything you said in as much detail as she could. You guys covered history, culture, currency, government. You weren’t great when it came to stuff like that but you tried to remember as much as you could for Twilight. You found out that the currency exchange wasn’t all that different here except instead of dollars and change they use gold coins called bits with a face value ranging like the dollar bill. The best though was when Twilight asked about your fingers and how your able to move all ten individually. To be honest you didn’t know just something you can do. 

After about three hours, Twilight started yawning and of course yawning is contagious because about three seconds later you yawned as well. 

Twilight stood from her cushion and stretched. “Wow it really has gotten late; I guess we should head to bed. Tomorrow I’ll take you to meet my friends and show you around Ponyville.” You stood and stretched hearing a loud *POP* in your back. “That sounds great Twilight, I can’t wait to meet everyone, I just hope they like me.” Twilight walked over to you and put her hoof on your hand. “Don’t worry Anon my friends will love you. And remember everypony already know you’re here; it just might take them some time to adjust. But I guarantee once everypony gets to know you, you’ll all become great friends.” 

You both climb the stairs towards your rooms. You wish Twilight a good night and head towards your room. You close your door and lay down in bed. You start to think about everything that’s happened just in the past couple of days, and wonder what could happen tomorrow. As you start to think of possibilities your mind starts to wonder and soon after, you’re fast asleep. 
	

	

> Chapter 4-"Introductions"
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Into the Void

Chapter 4
Introductions


You open your eyes and take in your surroundings. You don’t notice anything from your room, or anything for that matter. You look up, down, left, and right and still nothing but darkness surrounds you. 

“Seriously why am I back here again, I thought the only reason I was here was because of some weird connection. So why am I awake in this dream world again.” you say aloud to yourself.

Suddenly you hear foo-hoof steps approaching. You look around but see or hear no one. Suddenly Luna appears out of nowhere and stops right in front of you. She looks tired, her mane is disheveled and messy and her eyes look bloodshot and droopy. You approach her with shock evident on your face. “Luna are you all right what’s the matter?”

Just as you are about to reach out and pull her into a hug she suddenly walks forward and fazes right through you. You stand there in shock at what just happened, you immediately spin around to chase after her and figure out exactly what’s going on but are immediately shocked at what you see. Before you now stands a set of very large old wooden doors, or at least what used to be a set of wooden doors. The left side has large holes all throughout it and the right sides top hinge is broken to the point where the other door is hanging half open and looks like it could snap off and fall at any time. 

Luna continues towards the door, she stops and here horn suddenly glows its dark blue color. Suddenly the left door glows the same color as her horn and opens. Luna stops her magic once the door is adequately open and continues on inside. “Luna wait” you yell chasing after her. You enter through the doorway but realize it’s so dark that you can’t see anything, suddenly Luna’s horn glows and a light starts to emit from the tip like the one she used when the two of you where trapped in the dream world. You reach out to grab Luna and try and get her attention but your hand only fazes through her body. 

“Ok seriously Luna what’s going on, this isn’t funny” you say but she has already started walking down what looks to be a long hallway. You take off down the hall after her; suddenly the hallway opens up into a great hall illuminated in a bluish light. 

You look around and notice the many passages branching off from this room, each leading to another part of wherever you are. There where holes in the ceiling, large columns of stone lay across the ground and smashed through large archways leading to other passages. “Man what happened to this place?” On the other side of the room is a small pedestal with two large thrones, one with a large moon engraving and the other a sun. Large banners line the ceiling, one side has multiple white banners with gold trim and a silhouette of a white alicorn and large sun. “Is that supposed to be Celestia?” On the other side are large blue banners with a darker blue trim and a dark blue alicorn with a large moon. “Hey is that supposed to be you Luna, on those banners?”

After marveling at your surroundings you notice it is starting to become darker and realize that Luna is on the other side of the room. Running after her to catch up you notice Luna has stopped just before the stairs leading up to the thrones. Approaching you realize Luna has sat down and is crying, tears falling from her eyes and landing on the floor in front of her. “I am so sorry sister, we worked so hard together on this castle with all of our friends. Now look at it, look what I did to our beautiful home. We where meant to rule in harmony and I destroyed everything out of nothing but jealousy. Perhaps I belong here; I don’t deserve my subjects love. They trusted me once and I destroyed that trust, how will I ever gain it back. I should just disappear, everypony would be better off without me around. Even my return has ruined someone I hold dears life, Anon I‘m so sorry I drug you from your home, from your life and now I might not be able to send you back. You where so kind and understanding and I‘ve ruined your life.” Luna states as she begins to cry again. 

You reach out to try and grab Luna but no luck. “Luna no, that’s not true. God why won’t you answer me, please Luna just talk to me.” 

……non……….ake….. P

“Luna please, you haven’t ruined my life I promise. Please just say somethiNG, ANYTHING!! You yell back tears starting to form in your eyes.

..Ano….. wak……up

You reach out to grab her again but suddenly start to feel yourself being dragged away by an invisible force. “LUNA, NO LUNA WAIT, LUNA!!” 

Anon…wake…up…

Suddenly your eyes spring open and you only catch a glimpse of something followed by a loud **Thud** before you jolt upwards in bed with sweat poring down your face. You look over and see Twilight laying on her backside look up at you with concern and a slight hint of fear. 

You jump out of bed. “Oh god, I’m so sorry Twilight. Are you ok?” You state reaching out your hand to help her up. She takes your hand and you pull her up and back onto all fours. 

“Am I ok, what about you Anon? You where yelling in your sleep, is everything ok.” She states concern evident on her face. 

“Yeah I’m ok, it’s just that was the first real dream I’ve had since I started seeing Luna in that dream place. But this felt different; it wasn’t like a normal dream. At first I thought I had awoken in that world again but when Luna showed up it was as if she couldn’t even see me, like I wasn’t there. And instead of just nothing like usual there where these old ruins that suddenly appeared once Luna appeared. Luna went in and I followed her thinking she was just ignoring me or something but I don’t know. It was like she couldn’t see or hear me and every time I tried to touch her, my hand just went right through her. It just felt oddly real but also fake at the same time, any ideas what it could mean?”

“Well to be honest Anon, I don’t know. It could just be a simple nightmare but it‘s hard to be sure. I’ve done some research on dreams before but nothing extensive, and you being a different species might make it even harder. I think we should send a letter to Princess Celestia and ask her about it, maybe she might know something.” She states with a concerned tone. 

“Are you sure we should, I’m sure Celestia has more important things to do than to worry about me and some nightmare I had. Besides is she even awake yet?” You ask looking at the clock on the wall and seeing that it’s only 6:00 AM.

Suddenly the room begins to brighten. Outside the sun is rising high above the land of Equestria signaling a new day. 

“She is now. Anon don’t worry, this is something that seems to be really bothering you. Besides Celestia and I are your friends and we care about you, and when a friends in need you don’t just sit back and watch, you act. Even if it’s the smallest thing you should still try to help in any way you can. Tell you what, I’ll go wake Spike up and prepare some breakfast for all of us while you go clean up. Then we can send the letter to Celestia and I’ll take you to meet all my friends, sound good?” Twilight states beaming a big smile. 

You reach out and pull an unsuspecting Twilight into a hug. “Thank you Twilight. Your right it’s probably nothing but just to be sure we might as well mention it to Celestia. You know you’re a great friend Twilight, I’ve only known you for about 24 hours and you’ve already given me a place to stay, clothes, and are treating me like we’ve been friends for years. You, Luna and Celestia are the first real friends I’ve had in pretty much my entire life, I can’t thank you all enough.” You say releasing her from the hug. 

“Your very welcome Anon and I promise after tonight your going to have many more friends. Now go get ready while I go wake up a grumpy dragon.” She states while heading for the door. 

You think about that for a moment until you remember that Spike is a baby dragon. “Yeah she wouldn’t be saying that if he was grown.” You grab some clean clothes out of your dresser and head for the bathroom, in the haul you hear Twilight yelling at Spike to get up from her room. 

“SPIKE IT’S TIME TO GET UP, I HAVE A LETTER THAT NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THE Princess” Twilight yells. 

“Awww come on Twilight, five more minutes” You hear Spike grown out. 

You only chuckle as you close the door to the bathroom behind you. You grab a fresh towel from the closet and after placing that and your clothes on the counter you hope in the shower. After you’re nice and clean you exit the bathroom after leaving it the same way it was when you went in. You enter your room and toss your dirty clothes in a small hamper Twilight has set up for you by your closet. Finally ready for the day you head out of your room and down the hall. You enter the large living area and see spike sitting at the table scribbling something on a scroll while Twilight uses her magic to cook something on the stove. You approach Spike and notice what he’s writing. 

“Twi--Light-- Spar--kle. There all done Twilight, want me to go ahead and send it?” Spike asks setting his quill down. 

“Just a moment Spike, we should wait for Anon so that he can look over it. I want to make sure we didn’t miss anything. So we’ll just wa- Oh Anon I didn’t see you come in.” Twilight states turning around and noticing you standing next to Spike. 

“Yeah sorry I didn’t want to interrupt you, morning Spike.” You say with a smile as the little dragon turns to notice your presence. 

“Morning Anon, hey I just finished writing the letter to Princess Celestia, I hope she can help. Are you ok, I heard you yelling in your sleep last night. “He asks with concern while handing you the letter. 

“Yeah don’t worry about it man, I should be ok. I’m sure it was just a nightmare but Twilight want’s to double check with Celestia just to be sure. Hopefully she knows what it might be and maybe even a way to stop it so I don’t keep waking you guys up, sorry about that by the way.” You state grabbing the back of your head. 

“Anon like I said, don’t worry about it. It‘s not your fault and neither me nor Spike blame you.” Twilight states turning towards you with Spike nodding his head in agreement. “So is there anything we should add to the letter before we send it?” She asks. 

You look down at the letter addressed to Princess Celestia and begin to read it to yourself.
Dear Princess Celestia

I am sure that this is nothing serious but I wanted to ask for your advice in the matter none the less. Last night Anon had a terrible nightmare to the point where I entered his room to find him yelling and screaming in his sleep. Once awake he informed me that he was having a dream much like his previous ones but this one was about Princess Luna. But instead of communicating with Princess Luna it seemed as if he was watching events take place that to him felt as real as if he was there.  Anon does not seem to make much of this but I fear this might be something more than just a nightmare. 

Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle

You finish reading the letter and hand it back to Spike. “No everything seems to be there, thanks again Twilight, and to you Spike for writing out the letter.”

“Think nothing of it Anon, Spike go ahead and send the letter.” Twilight states turning back towards the stove. 

Spike rolls the scroll up and holds it out in front of him. Suddenly he takes a deep breath and blows a green flame, incinerating the scroll. You stand there dumbfounded at what just happened. “Ahh Spike, why did you just burn the scroll, I thought you where going to send it to Celestia with like magic or something?” 

Twilight turns back to you and Spike levitating a plate and laughing at your comment. “No he didn’t burn the scroll, Celestia placed a spell on Spike that allows him to send letters and scrolls directly to her with that green flame. The flame is completely harmless and only Spike is allowed to do it.” Twilight states while sitting down at the table and placing the plate in the center.

Your eyes grow almost as big as Twilights as you see the greatest breakfast every before you. “Are those pancakes?” you state taking your seat between Twilight and Spike. 

Twilight and Spike giggles at your sudden excitement and with her magic Twilight dishes out two plate sized pancakes to each of you. “Hey Anon, want some syrup?” Spikes asks holding a mason jar full of the sticky syrup that makes pancakes even better than they already are. 

“Are you kidding, nothing makes them better.” You state with a huge grin while covering every clear part of your pancakes. “Twilight you want some syrup too?”

“Yes thank you Anon, go ahead and dig in. We have a busy day ahead of us, I’m going to introduce you to my friends and while doing that I’m going to give you a tour of Ponyville.” She states with a smile and using her magic to pour syrup over her pancakes. 

You grab your fork and start to dive into your breakfast. After about the third bite you realize that there is something else in the syrup. “Hey Twilight is this apple cinnamon syrup?” 

Twilight turns to you and a sudden look of shock and concern dawns on her. “Oh my gosh, I’m sorry I should have said something. Are you allergic to apples or cinnamon? Or maybe those two things are like daisy‘s and hay and they don‘t sit well with humans. Great Twilight just great only day two and you’ve already hurt Anon, great job way to go.”

You quickly reach over and grab her hoof in an attempt to break her tirade. “Twilight its ok. No I’m not allergic to apples or cinnamon or anything that I know of. Actually to tell you the truth this is the best syrup I’ve ever had and I was just simply wondering where it came from. I’m sorry for freaking you out.” You state retracting your hand and grabbing another bite of the delicious breakfast. 

Twilight’s starts to blush from embarrassment. “Hehe sorry, I was just worried that maybe you weren’t able to have that stuff. I should have asked before allowing you to drench your food in it. And as to your question, that’s homemade sweet apple acres apple cinnamon syrup. It’s famous for being one of the best syrups in Equestria. The farm is actually right her in Ponyville and run by one of my best friends, Applejack, and her family.” Twilight states using her magic to levitate another bite to her mouth. 

“Well I’d love to meet her and give my compliments for one of the best things I’ve ever eaten.” You state polishing off one of your pancakes. 

Twilight seems to notice something about you when you eat and gets a nervous look on her face. “He- hey Anon, can I ask you a question?” 

You look up and notice the look on her face and immediately drop your fork. “Yeah sure Twilight what’s wrong?”

Twilight begins to fidget in her seat in an attempt to word her question properly. “Well I noticed when you where eating, well to be more specific when you took a bite of your food, I noticed you have sharp teeth and I was wondering what    they   were    for?

It starts to dawn on you that pony’s are herbivores meaning they don’t eat meat. “All right Anon stay calm, I’m sure Twilight knows what this means but I’m sure she just wants to know where you stand on the subject.” You think to yourself contemplating how to word your answer. 

“Well instead of trying to dance around it, I might as well explain the whole thing which you’ll probably want to take notes for.” Twilight’s face seems to brighten with her smile at a chance to learn more about you. She levitates a quill and notepad over, ready to write. “Well basically humans are omnivores meaning that instead of just getting our nutrients and energy from plants and grains. We can also get our nutrients from meat as well.”

Twilight stops writing and looks up at you with both shock and horror evident on her face at the sound of you eating meat. “So, humans also eat other animals. Like cows and chickens, that’s horrible how could you do that? Do you eat ponies to?”

“No no Twilight, I would never eat a pony. I’m sorry to say that there are some humans who do that but I have never nor will I ever eat a pony for as long as I live. I would rather die first. But I will admit that I’ve eaten both beef and chicken before. I’m sorry Twilight but it’s just how humans have adapted over the centuries of living. Twilight listen to me, I promise you that I will never harm another animal unless it attacks me first and gives me no choice. Besides it’s not like humans have to eat meat to survive, we can get plenty of nutrients from stuff like rice, eggs, milk, etc… Don’t worry Twilight I’m not going to hurt anyone unless I can help it, you have my word.” You state resting a hand on her hoof. 

Twilight looks down at your hand and back up at you and a small smile appears on her face. “Well even though you can’t change your past, I believe you when you say you won’t hurt anypony. Thank you Anon, I’m sorry I brought this up in the middle of breakfast but I noticed them last night and wanted to make sure. If anypony asks about them don’t worry, you won’t have to defend yourself on your own.”

“Thanks Twilight, now lets finish eating so I can meet your friends.” you state beaming a smile. 

You Twilight and Spike finish your food and clean up the kitchen. You glance at the clock and notice its only 7:50. “So what time are we heading out?” You ask Twilight placing the last plate back in the cupboard. 

Twilight glances at the clock at back at you. “We can head out whenever you’re ready, just let me grab my saddlebag and we can go.”

“All right cool, let me go wash up.” You say heading down the hall towards the bathroom. After washing off your face and using one of Twilights brushes to flatten out your hair you head over to your room to grab one more thing before you go. You check by your bed, nothing. Under the bed, nothing. Inside the small wardrobe, nothing. “What the hell where are they” you say allowed looking in every possible place they could be. 

Twilight comes into your room with a puzzled look on her face. “Anon what’s the matter, did you lose something?” 

“Yeah Twilight, where are my shoes?” You state pulling yourself off the floor. 

Twilight seems to ponder for a moment. “Actually I don’t think you arrived with any shoes, the only thing you had on when we brought you to the library was your torn up shirt and pants. You had socks but like your shirt where destroyed for some reason. I’m sorry Anon.” 

“Nah it’s not your fault, those shoes where pretty much worn out anyway. But what am I going to do I can’t walk around barefoot all the time, especially when winter comes around. Wait you guys have winter right?”

Twilight giggles at your question. “Yes we have winter here, and I don’t know what we can do about getting you a pair of shoes. Hmmm maybe Rarity can make you a pair.”

“Rarity? Oh the one who made my clothes; yeah that’s a great Idea. Hey do you think we can go visit her first, I need to thank her for the clothes she made me. Still can’t believe she got them to fit perfectly on the first try with only measurements.” 

Twilight turns and starts to head for the door. “Well she is one of the best clothes maker’s in Equestria. Of course we can go see her, I’m sure she’s going to love the fact that you like them some much. Now come on let’s go meet everypony.”

You follow Twilight down the hall and stairs towards the front door. You notice Spike on the other side of the room sweeping the floor. “Hey Spike you coming too?” you ask pointing towards the door. 

“Nah I’m good, I gota stay here and get my chores done. Besides somepony has to watch the library in case our one customer a week shows up.” Spike states snickering at the end. 

You look over to Twilight who’s giving Spike the deadliest 1000 yard stare ever. “We’ll talk about this later Spike.” Twilight states through gritted teeth. 

Twilight opens the door and you follow her out. All you can hear is Spike laughing behind you as you close the door. 

You turn around from the door and are astonished at what you see. The area is so colorful; everything is vibrant and pops out like watching something in HD for the first time. All the buildings and setting makes you think of an old 1800’s style countryside. Looking around you notice that Twilights home is on the edge of town, ahead of you is a road leading down the middle of town, and to the left and right are roads that you assume stretch along the outside. You also notice the plethora of ponies going about their business; there are unicorns, and earth pony’s walking about and pegasi flying high in the sky. All the ponies sporting there own kind of cutie mark and different color coat, some are blue, red, yellow, green, and there’s even a gray Pegasus flying about. 

“Wow” is all you could say at the sight before you. 

“Are you ok Anon?” Twilight asks looking up at you with concern.

“Yeah I’m ok it’s just there’s a lot of ponies out here, up till now I’ve only seen you, Celestia, and Luna. So this is a bit of a shock to finally see all these ponies. 

“Are you ok, do you want to go back inside? You can take as much time as you need Anon, we don’t have to rush.” She states putting a hoof on your side. 

You look down to Twilight and smile. “Thanks Twilight, but I’ll be ok. I’m going to be living here from now on so I gotta get used to being around these ponies, especially if I’m going to be living here with you.”

Twilight returns your smile and sets her hoof back on the ground. “All right, but if we need to stop or if you simply want to go back don’t hesitate to say something. I’m sure it might be a little scary at first but I promise you that everypony is very nice.”

“All right, well shall we go.” you state holding your hand out motioning Twilight to lead the way. 

“Yeah let’s go.” She states starting to walk with you close beside her. 

You begin your walk down the center path. You notice some ponies stopping what there doing and starring in your direction, you simply dawn a happy grin and wave towards them. Some even wave back but most just watch you go by and then continue what they where doing. 

“Twilight is everything ok, I thought you said Princess Celestia told everyone I was here.” You state in a quit tone so only you and Twilight can hear. 

Twilight looks up at you. “Yes she did Anon, but this is the first anypony has seen you. They know of your arrival but none know what you look like. Don’t worry after they get to know you they’ll want nothing more than to be your friend.”

“If you say so.” You state continuing down the path and returning a few more waves. After a couple of minutes you notice a strange looking building in the distance. “Twilight, is that a giant gingerbread house?”

Twilight looks ahead and notices the building you’re talking about and starts to giggle. “Oh that’s Mr. and Mrs. Cakes bakery, Sugercube Corner. They make some of the best sweets in all of Equestria. It’s also where my friend Pinkie Pie lives and works and since it’s on our way to Rarity’s shop I figured we could go there first.” 

“All right cool. Man if there deserts are anything like there building design this is going to be my new favorite hangout place in Ponyville.” You state rubbing your stomach. 

You and Twilight approach the bakery, just before you get to the steps a pony comes bouncing out of the front door. “Wow, she is literally bouncing with every step, she isn’t even walking, literally bouncing the same exact height off the ground with every movement.” You think to yourself. 

The bouncing pony notices you and Twilight standing there looking at her and stops mid bounce eyes wide as if she just remembered something important. She sits there hovering at eye height with you not moving a muscle. While hovering there you notice she is bright pink earth pony with a cotton candy looking style mane and tail that is a slightly darker shade of pink, she also has three balloons as a cutie mark and smells like baked good. “How the hell is she literally hovering there without any movement, seriously that’s creepy.” You think. 

“Uhh hi.” you say. 

Suddenly the pink pony gasps and without touching the ground takes off like the roadrunner from those old cartoons leaving a small cloud of dust where she once stood. 

You look down at Twilight with a confused look. “What the hell was that?” 

“Ahehehe that was Pinkie Pie. She’s a little strange but she’ll do whatever it takes to bring a smile to anypony’s face. She’s also one of my best friends and the element of laughter.” Twilight states scratching the back of her head. “Well I’m sure you’ll get a chance to formally meet her later, come on let’s head over to Rarity’s shop.” 

You and Twilight continue down the path, a couple minutes later you come across a large park where there are tons of pony‘s some big and small walking around and playing. “This is Ponyville Park where fillies and adults come to play and just relax.” Twilight states as you continue your walk towards Rarity’s. 

Soon you come across a small fountain which you can only assume is the center of the park “WATCH OUT.” You look up and before you even have time to think about reacting, a Pegasus slams into you sending you both to the ground. 

You lay there on the ground coughing having the wind suddenly knocked out of you. You try to stand up but notice there is something slightly heavy on your chest. You look up and notice a cyan blue Pegasus with a rainbow colored gruff looking mane. The cyan colored pony finally picks her head up and shakes the dust kicked up from your tumble to the ground of her face. “Rainbow Dash what are you doing, why did you slam into Anon like that.” Twilight states standing next to the two of you with an irritated and worried look on her face. 

“What are you talking about Twilight, I didn’t run into anypony. Besides I’ve almost got a super cool new move down, luckily this soft piece of dirt I landed on broke my fall otherwise I would have probably injured something.” Rainbow states stretching her wings. 

“Your right Rainbow you didn’t land on anypony, you landed on Anon the human. Ughh get up, Anon are you ok. I’m sorry about her.” Twilight asks with a worried expression. 

Rainbow suddenly realizes that the soft piece of dirt she’s supposedly on is slightly lumpier than usual. She suddenly turns her head and looks you directly in the eyes; her face goes from cyan blue to fire engine red in a split second. “Hi, um I’m glad your ok from your fall but would you mind getting off me so I can stand back up.” You say with a smile. 

Rainbow takes a second to realize where she was and in less than a second jumps off you and into the air. She lands next to you and extends a hoof to help you up. “Ahehe, sorry about. I didn’t mean to you know run into you like that.” She states as you take her hoof and stand back up on your own two feet. 

“It’s ok, no harm done. By the way my names Anon.” you state reaching out your hand.

Rainbow jumps into the air and hovers at eye level with you. She grasps your hand and gives a firm shake. “Names Rainbow Dash, fastest flier in Equestria.” She states in a proud tone. 

“Well Rainbow Dash it’s nice to meet you. So what was this trick you where working on before we suddenly met.” You state with a smirk. 

Rainbow rubs the back of her head nervously again. “Ahh yeah again sorry about that, I was working on a new trick for my Wonderbolts tryout and a strong gust of wind kicked up. You wana see the trick, it’s the least I could do after running into you.” Rainbow states with a glean in her eye. 

“Are you kidding, that sounds awesome.” You state excitedly. Rainbow immediately takes off high into the sky faster than anything you’ve ever seen before. She suddenly turns and starts her decent back towards you and Twilight at an alarming rate. Then at the last second she pulls up and a streak of rainbow follows her brushing just over your head. 

She lands back next to you and Twilight with a look of triumph on her face. “Haha I did it, I perfected my filly flash.” 

“Wow Rainbow that was amazing.” Twilight states mouth agape.

“Yeah that was awesome, you had me worried but when you pulled up that was so cool.” You state in a gitty tone. 

“Yeah I’m awesome I know. They don’t call me Rainbow and Dash for nothing. Anyway I gota go take care of a few stray clouds. It was nice meeting you Anon, see ya later Twilight.” Rainbow states taking off into the sky. 
“Sorry about that Anon, she’s always doing stuff like that. The first time I met her she slammed into me and then proceeded to destroy my mane. Took me almost a week to get all the knots out. That was Rainbow Dash one of my other best friends and also the element of loyalty. She may seem like everything is about her, but you won’t find a more loyal friend then Rainbow. You ok Anon?” She states looking you over.

“Yeah don’t worry Twilight, like I said I’m fine. I’m jus glad she didn’t get hurt; she probably would have broken something if she hit the ground instead of me. Man that move was awesome; hey what did she say she was practicing for? The Wonderbolts who are they anyway?” You ask turning to her. 

“The Wonderbolts are an elite flying squad of pegasi who perform amazing aerial acrobatics to crowds of thousands of ponies. There considered to be the best fliers in Equestria and its Rainbow’s dream to one day join them.” She responds. 

“Wow that sounds awesome, kind of like the Blue Angels back where I’m from. Man I’d love to see one of their shows one day.” You state as you and Twilight continue your walk towards Rarity’s shop. 

Twilight looks up at you. “What are the Blue Angels?” 

“Well there an elite group of pilots who perform daring stunts and tricks for crowds kind of like the Wonderbolts.” You state. 

Twilight dawns a confused look. “Wait how do they do that, I thought you said humans can’t fly. How could they perform those types of tricks without any wings?”

“They use these giant machines called airplanes. I don’t know exactly how they work but they essentially have these giant engines in them that spin propellers so fast that it can give the planes lift which in turn allows them to lift off of the ground. There are even ones that don’t use propellers like jet engines that produce so much force that it looks like they are flying with just fire shooting out the back. Like I said there’s way more technicality to it but I have no idea how it all works, I just wish there was a way to show you.”

“Ok so it’s not you humans that fly, it’s these machines. You just simply operate them. I see well yes I still have no idea how these machines work but it’s fascinating that your species has found a way to fly without wings.” She states scribbling something in a notebook. 

“Do you seriously carry a notebook around with you all the time?” you ask. 

Twilight looks up at you confused. “Of course I do. What if a situation arises like right now where I need to record something but have no means to do it? I could miss out on valuable information.” 

You hold your hands out in a defeated fashion. “All right, sorry I didn’t mean anything but I was simply curious. Anyway where are we now?” You ask as the two of you have stopped in front of a strange looking building. 

Twilight looks up from her notepad and sees that you have arrived. “Ahh were here. This is Carousel Boutique, Rarity’s home and place of business. 

You look the building over and notice the name definitely fit’s the building. The buildings structure is in the shape of an old carousel with a large bottom that gets skinner as it goes up ending at its highest point with a red flag. The middle section has a small balcony with two visible silhouettes of pony’s surrounding it like a carousel horse. You and Twilight approach the door when it suddenly opens and a yellow pony steps out. 

She is a cream yellow Pegasus with a bright pink mane and tail and has three small pink butterflies for her cutie mark. She turns towards you and Twilight and jumps at the sight of you letting out a small “Epp.”

“Oh I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare you. My names Anon.” You say kneeling down to her height with a smile and stretching out your hand.  

She only seems to back away from you out of sheer terror. Twilight walks up next to you. “Fluttershy it’s ok, this is Anon. Anon wouldn‘t hurt a fly I promise.” 

She seems to calm down a little bit and reach out and shakes your hand with her hoof. “My names Fluttershy.” She barely squeaks out. 

“It’s nice to meet you Fluttershy. Like Twilight said I promise I won’t hurt you.” You state with a smile in a calm voice. 

She lets go of your hand. “It was nice to meet, I gota go.” She immediately takes off down the path leading towards town. 

“Twilight am I really that terrifying. The way she was looking at me it was like I hurt her or something.” You say in a depressed tone. 

“Twilight turns to face you with a warm smile. “Don’t worry Anon, that was Fluttershy. Her name says everything about her. She’s the kindest pony you’ll ever meet but also one of the shyest. She was the same way when I first met her but she quickly became one of my best friends who also happens to be the element of kindness. Don’t worry she’ll come around, she just needs a little more time that’s all.”

“Well we where planning on meeting Rarity first but it seems we’ve managed to meet almost all of my friends except Rarity and Applejack. Are you ready to finally meet Rarity?” Twilight asks with a giggle. 

“Absolutely, lead the way.” You reply with a smile. 

Twilight turns and knocks on the door. “Come in.” You hear in a sing-song British style manner. 

Twilight opens the door and the two of you enter the Boutique eager to find out what could possibly happen next. 

> Chapter 5-"Introductions Part II"
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Into the Void

Chapter 5
Introductions Part II


As you enter the boutique the smell of perfumes hits you like a tidal wave. You close your eyes and take in the multiple fragrances but one stands out amongst the others. You start to take in your surroundings noticing the large frilly curtains adorning the ceilings around the room. To your left a few racks filled end to end with dresses of all shapes and sizes. To your right is an area with 3 large mirrors surrounding a raised platform. Next to the mirrors is a set of two small wooden swinging doors, most likely used for changing. On the opposite side of the room is a desk adorned with different pieces of fabric and a large mirror for working. Just to the right of the desk is a staircase leading up to the next floor.  

“Man Twilight it smells really nice in here, but there’s one fragrance that stands out that I just can’t put my finger on.” You state turning and closing the door behind you. 

“Tis nothing more than rosemary darling, my own special blend.” You hear from behind you.

You turn around and notice someone has come down the stairs to greet you and Twilight. She is a pearl white unicorn with a large well kept dark purple curly mane and tail. She also has bright blue eyes and her cutie mark is three blue diamonds that seem to shine with her white coat. 

She approaches you and Twilight. “Welcome to carousel boutique where everything is chic, unique and magnifique.”

“Hey Rarity, I’ve been showing Anon around Ponyville today and he insisted upon coming here first.” Twilight states beaming you and Rarity a smile. 

“Why I’m flattered that you would want to come here first darling. So this is our new guest, wonderful to meet you darling I am Rarity and welcome to my shop.” She states in a proud manner.  

You think of something you’ve always wanted to try ever since you’ve seen Titanic. You quickly kneel down and reach out and take Rarity’s hoof in your hand and kiss the top of it like a gentleman. “Wonderful to meet you Ms. Rarity, my name is Anon.” You state in a suave voice releasing her hoof and standing back up. 

Rarity’s face is practically glowing red and Twilight is trying to fight back giggles through the hoof covering her mouth. “Wwwell it is wonderful to finally meet you MMMr. Anon.”

Twilight can’t seem to take it anymore and bursts out laughing at the scene she just witnessed. “Anon what was that?” She asks still laughing. 

You start to laugh at yourself as the realization of what you just did starts to sink in. “I saw that in an old movie where most of the people in the movie have a British accent like Rarity here, and I don’t know its just something I wanted to try. Sorry if I freaked you out Rarity.” You state starting to calm yourself. 

“Think nothing of it darling it was quite humorous. Even if it was the most formal greeting I have ever received. Know what can I do for you on this fine morning.” She states with a beaming smile. 

You look over to Twilight who has finally stopped laughing. “Well Twilight here told me that you made these clothes for me, which by the way fit perfectly, and I just simply wanted to thank you. I don’t know how I’ll ever repay you but if there’s ever anything you need please don’t hesitate to ask.” 

Rarity looks you up and down and then starts to walk circles around you admiring her work. “Yes the clothes do seems to be fitting nicely, how is the length of the shirt and pants?”

“Great I still don’t know how you managed to get them perfect on the first time with just measurements.” You state as she stops just in front of you. 

“What ever do you mean darling, yes a lot of the work was done through measurements but it wasn’t just those. I used scrapes from your old clothing that you arrived in to help me design them. Why, didn’t Twilight tell you that she and Princess Celestia copied the clothes you arrived in so that I could make you new ones?” Rarity states looking to Twilight. 

You turn your head and notice Twilight has her back to you and Rarity and is making her way towards the door. You reach out and grab Twilight by the tail and she lets out an audible “Eep.” You turn her back around and look her straight in the eyes with a wicked smirk. “Now Twilight how was it you said Rarity was able to make my clothes. Ahh that’s right you said she just simply took measurements, so wana change your answer” You ask still looking at Twilight whose cheeks are a slightly darker shade of purple. 

Twilight starts to fidget where she is standing and looks away in embarrassment. “I’m so sorry Anon; I didn’t mean to lie to you. It’s just the Princess and I agreed that you where going to need new clothes since Princess Luna told us that you humans wear clothes all the time. But we didn’t know how to make you clothes so Rarity offered to try and make them but she didn’t know where to start so the Princess and I removed your original clothes and used a copying spell and gave Rarity the originals. I‘m sorry you probably hate me know and I don‘t blame you but we were only trying to help.” Twilight stated taking a deep breath.   

You reach out and grab Twilights face with your hand and turn it towards you so that you are face to face. “Twilight relax its ok, I was only kidding. To be honest I’m glad you did it. If you hadn’t, Rarity wouldn’t have been able to make these amazing clothes for me and I’d probably be walking around in those old nasty clothes right now. So thank you Twilight I appreciate it.” 

Twilight finally dawns a smile and turns to Rarity. “Rarity there is one more thing Anon needs, apparently he had a pair of shoes before he came here to Equestria but for some reason they didn’t come with him. Do you think you could make him a pair? I promise I’ll cover the cost what ever it might be.” 

Rarity puts a hoof to her chin in thought. “Hmm it might be difficult since his hoofs are different from ours.” Rarity puts her hoof up in triumph and dawns a determined look. “But in the name of fashion I must at least try. Nothing ventured nothing gained.” Rarity walks over to the desk on the other side of the room and opens one of the drawers. You hear a familiar jingling noise as Rarity’s horn starts to glow a light blue as she levitates what looks like a roll of measuring tape. “Now Anon if you could please step over here and take a seat so that I might measure your hoofs.” She states making her way over to the raised pedestal. 

“No Rarity it’s ok really I do.” You start to object but Twilight starts pushing you towards Rarity. 

“Anon you are going to let Rarity measure you so that she can make you shoes. Winter is right around the corner and from what you told me humans need protection from the cold. Now get over there.” She states in a somewhat harsh tone. 

“Twilight seriously its ok ill survive; besides Rarity has already done enough for me.” You state jumping to the side and running for the door. But just before you get there you are surrounded in a purple aura that stops you dead in your tracks. You are suddenly spun around to see a glaring Twilight. “No fair.” You state with a huff. 

Twilight lets off a small giggle that turns into a concerned look. “Anon what’s the matter, why won’t you let Rarity measure your hoofs?” She asks floating you over to the pedestal and setting you down in front of Rarity. 

You let of a small sigh. “It’s just you girls have already done so much for me. With you giving me food and a place to live, Rarity for the clothes, and of course for Celestia for saving my life. And what have I done. Nothing and I feel terrible not being able to pay you girls back.” 

Twilight walks over next to Rarity and they both exchange worried looks. “Anon its ok, were all friends and friends help each other when they are in need. Anon listen to me, none of us can say we know what you’re going through but I do know this, were all friends and none of us are expecting you or even asking you to pay us back.” Twilight states releasing her magic and placing a hoof on your knee. 

“She’s right darling no one asked us to help you. But like Twilight said, were all friends and friends help each other in dire times. Now please raise your hoof so that I might measure it and begin work on your shoes.” Rarity states beaming you a happy smile. 

You look between Twilight and Rarity and return there warm smiles with your own. You reach down and remove your dirty sock. “Thank you girls so much. Even though you don’t want it I’m still going to pay you back somehow.” You state lifting your foot so Rarity can examine it. You look over and notice her starring at it curiously. “Ahh Rarity everything ok?” 

“Yes Darling everything is fine. It’s just I have never seen a hoof quit like this before. When I made your socks I simply just copied the ones Twilight gave me but from the shape I was curious what it actually looked like.” She states as she uses her measuring tape to measure every angle of your foot and jot down notes on a nearby piece of paper. 

Twilight examines your foot as well and gets a curious look on her face. “Hey Anon I’ve been meaning to ask you. What are those small things on the end of your hoof?” She states recovering her own paper and quill from her saddlebag. 

You look over and giggle at Twilight. “Well it’s not actually called a hoof, it’s a foot. And those small things at the end of my foot are called toes. I have five on one foot and five on the other making a total of ten. Quit simply I don’t know why we have them, I know they help us walk and keep our balance but.” You suddenly stop as rarity brushes the tape across your foot making you tense up suddenly. 

Rarity removes the tape and looks at you with concern. “Oh I’m sorry darling did I hurt you?”

You laugh at her concern. “No no don’t worry you didn’t hurt me, its just my feet are kind of ticklish and you scraped the tape across them. Just caught me by surprise that’s all. “You look up and notice Twilight and Rarity giving each other dirty grins. “Everything all right girls?” You ask with a slight chuckle. You suddenly hear a jingling sound and notice that both the girls’ horns are glowing. You look behind them and notice two feathers being levitated your way and you start to realize what exactly they where thinking about. “No don’t you dare.” You yell but before you can move the feathers begin to tickle you non stop. “Rar Rar Rarrity Twi Twilight pppleassse stoop” You state through laughter. 

You lay on your back laughing flailing your arms around like crazy. Until your hand brushes up against something that might even the odds. You grab them and lift yourself back up into a sitting position. Even though the girls haven’t let up yet, you fight through the laughter and lean forward enough to get the feather under the girl’s legs. Suddenly the tickling stops and you look over and notice the girls standing there trying not to laugh as you continue to tickle there under arms with the feathers you found. Suddenly Twilight and Rarity break out into laughter as they fall down and you continue your tickling barrage to there under arms. 

“Yeah it was real funny when it was me but oh how the tables have turned.” You state with a devilish smile. 

“Anonnnn ppplease darliiiing stoooop this issss sssso non lllady llike.” Rarity states through her giggle fit. 

“Annnoon sstop I meaaaan iit, ohhhh yooou aare ssooo goooing tooo getttt iiiitttt.” Twilight states with tears in her eyes. 

Suddenly the door burst open and in runs Spike “Twili,” who immediately stops dead in his track. “Ahh what’s going on?” Spike asks noticing the girls on the ground trying to catch their breath after you stopped your tickling barrage. 

“Oh hey Spike, Rarity was measuring my feet so that she could make me some new shoes. While doing that she scraped the bottom of my foot which happens to be ticklish and they decided it would be funny to start tickling me. But I managed to get a hold of my own feathers and turned the tables on the girls.” You state standing up and offering the girls a hand to help them up.

Twilight and Rarity give you an evil glair but accept your help and pull themselves off the floor. “Well uh haha, anyway Spike what’s up.” Twilight asks through dark purple cheeks. 

Spike runs over to you and the girls and holds up a scroll that Twilight levitates out of his hand with her magic and begins to read. “This came for you Twilight just a little while ago. I’ve been all over Ponyville trying to find you until I remembered you said you where heading to Rarity’s.” Spike looks over to Rarity who is picking up the feathers on the floor and setting them back in there appropriate baskets. “Hi Rarity.” Spike says with a hint of bashfulness that even a kid could pick up on.  

“Well well well, Spike has a crush on Rarity.” You think to yourself noticing the way he looks at her. 

“Hello Spike how where you today darling. Actually I was just about to ask Twilight if you were free today, I have a couple of new designs I need help with if you don’t mind of course.” Rarity asks returning to the three of us after cleaning up the mess. 

“Anon this letter is for you from the Princess.” Twilight stats handing you the letter. 

You take the letter and begin reading it.

To My faithful Student Twilight Sparkle

I do hope Anon is fairing well and am troubled to hear that he has already experienced problems on his very first night in Equestria. Unfortunately I do not have the answer to whether or not it was a simple dream or something more and am unable to leave Canterlot. I would like to welcome Anon to Canterlot tomorrow so that we may discuss the issue further. I’m sure that between my sister and I we can figure out what exactly is going on. I will have a ticket prepared and ready tomorrow at the Ponyville train station for the 11:00 AM train to Canterlot for Anon. I look forward to showing Anon our fair city.

Sincerely,
Princess Celestia

You finish reading the letter and hand it back to Twilight. “Wow so the Princess doesn’t know if it’s more serious or not. Looks like I’m going to visit Canterlot sooner than I was expecting. Well at least I will get to see Luna again.” You state scratching the back of your head. 

Twilight takes the letter with her magic and places it in her saddlebag. Rarity looks to you with concern on her face. “Darling what ever is the matter?”

You look to her and give her a warm smile. “Don’t worry Rarity; I’m sure its nothing. Besides I’ve wanted to visit Canterlot since I got here, this just gives me an excuse to go.” 

Rarity looks between you and Twilight. “But obviously it’s not nothing if not even the Princess’s can explain what’s going on. Twilight what’s happened to Anon?” 

“Well Anon had quite the nightmare last night. I found him this morning yelling and screaming in his sleep and when I woke him up he seemed very distraught. Anon said he was fine but we both decided to send a letter to the Princess just to be safe but it seem she doesn’t know anymore than we do. But it seems that she is going to have Anon visit her in Canterlot so that she and Princess Luna can figure out if it was something more or a simple nightmare.” Twilight states turning to Rarity. 

You kneel down draw the girls into a hug. “Thanks for being so concerned girls but don’t worry I’ll be ok. So Rarity did you get all the measurements you needed?” You ask releasing them.

Rarity levitates her notes over and looks them over quickly. “Yes it seems I have everything I need. I will start working on them immediately and have them to you as soon as possible.” She states beaming a smile.

You return her smile. “Thanks Rarity I really appreciate it. Don’t go all out on them please just keep them simple.”

“Think nothing of it darling, what kind of element of Generosity would I be if I didn’t help my friends when they need me. Now I’m sorry to say but I have work to do. Spike would you be a dear and aid me?” Rarity states turning towards the stairs. 

Spike seemed to jump about a foot off the ground and ran after her. “Thanks again Rarity and I’ll see you later.” Twilight shouts after her as the two of you make your way to the door. Rarity turns around and simply winks at Twilight as she ascends the stairs, Spike hot on her heels. 

You and Twilight exit the boutique and realize it’s already noon. “Well now, how about we go get some lunch before we continue on with the tour?” Twilight asks looking up to you. 

“Yeah sure sounds good. Hey Twilight what was that about when we were leaving, Rarity just winked at you like she knew something. What’s going on?” You ask crossing your arms.

Twilight starts to walk off. “Oh nothing don’t worry about it, come on lets go get some lunch.” 

“Man she’s a terrible liar.” You say to yourself as you run to catch up to her. You know something is up but choose to ignore the issue. You and Twilight head towards the center of town. Along the way you pass by multiple shops, one of them made you laugh at what they sell. “Does that place seriously only sell quills and sofas?” You ask Twilight pointing at the shop.

“Yep I though it was absurd myself but ask yourself this. What happens when you move into a new residence and you need furniture for your place? Before this shop you had to buy from out of town and have it delivered which was very expensive. So why not open the only furniture store in town and capitalize on being the only seller around?” She states in a lecture type tone. 

You wrack your brain around what she just said. And she’s absolutely right. Even if it is absurd. You and Twilight continue on through town until you hear someone yelling. “Twilight, heya Twilight over here.” You hear from a distance in a southern style accent. 

Twilight looks around until she sees the pony yelling for her and motions for you to follow her over to what looks like an apple cart stand. Once you reach the stand you notice a bright orange pony with a Stetson cowboy hat manning the cart. Her mane and tail are a blonde color and both have a small red ribbon tied at the end. She has bright green eyes, freckles on her cheeks and her cutie mark is three red apples. “Well howdy Twilight what brings ya’ll into town?” The southern speaking pony asks noticing the two of you. 

“Hey AJ, me and Anon where just on our way to get some lunch. Wana tag along?” Twilight asks looking over the apples as a slight grumble leaves her belly. 

“Nah I gota stay here and sell a few more apples before I can head home and finish preparing for tonight.” AJ then looks over towards you and eyes you up and down. “Sure is a big fella ain’t he. Anyway names Applejack but you can call me AJ for short.” AJ states extending her hoof. 

You reach down and take hold of her hoof and give a firm handshake. “Nice to meet you AJ, my names Anon. You wouldn’t happen to be the Applejack Twilight told me about, the one that runs Sweet Apple Acres? Cause if so I gota say your farms apple cinnamon syrup is the best syrup I‘ve ever had hands down.” You state releasing the shake and standing back up. 

“The one and only. I’m glad you liked it, its one of our specialties. But of course none of it would be possible without our apples.” AJ grabs two apples with her tail and chucks one to you and one to Twilight. “Here take a bite out of that and tell me what ya think”

You look down at the bright red apple and can see your reflection in it. “Wow that was pretty cool how she tossed those apples. Man this does look good.” You think to yourself as you take a large bite out of the apple. Your eyes immediately shoot open as the sweet crispness and taste of the apple hit you. “Oh my god, this is the best apple I’ve ever had. It’s so fresh and full of flavor.” You state taking another bite. 

“Well thank you kindly, picked fresh from the tree this morning. If you think that’s good wait till you try our zap apple jam or homemade apple cider. You should come on by the farm some time, Ill whip you up some apple family traditional treats that‘ll blow you away.” AJ states with a harty grin.  

You and Twilight both finish off your apples and toss the cores in a near by trash can. “Well I can’t wait, if there supposedly better than those apples. I’ll have to taste it to believe it.” Twilight walks over to AJ and the two start whispering to each other. “Hey what are you two talking about?” You ask with crossed arms. 

Twilight turns around and walks back over to you. “Nothing that concerns you, don’t worry Anon. Now come on lets continue our tour. See ya later Applejack” She states walking past you. 

“Uh ok, thanks again for the apple AJ I’ll see you later.” You say turning and taking off after Twilight. 

“See yall later.” AJ yells back. 

“So that was Applejack huh, she seems really cool.” You say as you and Twilight begin your talk. 

“Yeah sorry for the whole “big fella” comment. She truly is the element of Honesty, some times a little to honest.” Twilight states looking at you with concern. 

You look down to Twilight and give her a smile. “Don’t worry Twilight I don’t mind, I mean I’m only slightly taller than you guys but I’m sure it’s strange seeing someone other than Princess Celestia and Luna taller than them.” 

You and Twilight continue your tour of Ponyville. You realize that the town isn’t really that big but it has everything you would need. Before long you realize it’s already 5:00 PM and the hunger staved off by the apples that AJ gave the two of you earlier has slowly been coming back. “Well that’s pretty much the whole town. But there is one more place I want to show you before we head home.” Twilight states walking ahead of you. 

“Yeah sure Twilight but do you think we could go get something to eat first, I’m starving?” You ask dragging your sore feet behind Twilight. Luckily all the roads in Ponyville are very flat and have minimal rocks otherwise you would have blisters the size of pancakes by now walking on nothing but your socks all day. 

“Yeah don’t worry they have food where were going, now come on the sooner we get there the sooner we can eat.” She states as the two of you continue your way out of town. 

Soon the sun has set behind the mountains and only Luna’s bright moon is shining high above Equestria. You and Twilight have been walking for about 20 minutes now and you’re starting to get kind of worried since there’s nothing surrounding you but giant trees and a white fence on either side of the road. “Twilight where are we going, are we walking down someone’s driveway?” you ask. 

Twilight turns to you but continue walking forward. “Don’t worry Anon were almost there.” 

Soon after the trees part and you stop and look in awe and what lies before you. Down a small hill is a giant red barn with an almost equal sized farm house next to it. Behind the house are rows upon rows of giant trees stretching for miles. Above you is a sign. “Sweet Apple Acres? Hey Twilight isn’t this Applejacks place?” You say but realize she’s already down the hill and heading for the barn. “Hey Twilight wait up.” You shout after her and run down the hill trying to catch up.

Twilight disappears behind the large barn doors which are only slightly open. You don’t see any lights on inside and are starting to worry about what actually is going on. You approach the door and try to look inside but can’t see anything. “Twilight seriously this isn’t funny anymore what’s going on.” You shout but get no reply. You enter the barn and take one step forward before the door slams shut behind you and its pitch black. 

Suddenly the light flick on and a loud “SURPRISE” is shouted at you. You jump back out of pure shock and almost fall down but if the sudden jump wasn’t enough to make you fall the bright pink ball slamming into you surely did. You look up and see Pinkie Pie sitting on your chest with the biggest smile on her face that almost seems creepy. 

“Hi I’m Pinkie Pie, I know we kind of met earlier but I didn’t get to introduce myself because I was so surprised when I saw you and realized that I had never seen you before and if I had never seen you before then that meant that I didn’t really know who you where and if I didn’t know who you where then it meant that I hadn’t thrown you one of my welcome to Ponyville parties so that you could meet everypony in Ponyville and make lots of new friends.” She states without ever pausing or taking a break. 

“Well it’s nice to meet you Pinkie Pie, I’m Anon. Now could you please get off of me?” You ask trying to reclaim the breath that was knocked out of you. 

Twilight runs over to you and uses her magic to pick Pinkie off of you. “Pinkie you over did it again. Anon are you ok, I’m sorry about her.” Twilight states offering her hoof to help you up. 

You finally get back on your feet and notice the other girls and spike making there way over to you. “Ahh don’t worry about it Twilight I’m ok, was more surprised than anything. What is all this anyway?”

“Why it’s your welcome to Ponyville party darling, Pinkie Pie throws one for every new resident that come to Ponyville to help them meet everypony in a fun and exciting element.” Rarity states flipping her mane. 

You look around and notice there is a couple of tables filled with food and drinks lining one wall and tables and chairs along the opposite side. On the opposite side of where you and the girls are standing is a small stage lined with speakers and what looks like a turntable and equipment. “You mean to tell me this party is for me?”

Rainbow jumps into the air and starts hovering at eye level with you. “Heck yeah it is, Pinkies parties are always the best. Plus we knew you weren’t going to get to meet everypony in Ponyville today so this was the next best thing.”

“Asides I told you I was going to treat yall to some true apple family food and this was a great way for you to be able to try everything.” Applejack states tipping her Stetson hat to you.

You look around and notice all the hard work everyone’s put into this party and you can’t help but start to tear up. You sit down on the ground trying to wipe away the tears before they fall. The girls all notice and crowd around you with concerned looks on their faces. “Anon what’s the matter do you not like the party?” Pinkie Pie asks. 

You look up at the girls and smile. “No it’s not that this is great and I can’t thank you all enough. It’s just no one’s ever done anything like this for me before and it’s just so surprising. I’ve only been in Equestria two days and I’ve only met all of you today and you’ve all made me feel like I’ve lived here for years. And you’ve given me a friendship that I would have never expected existed. Thank you all for accepting me even though I’m not one of you.” The girls all look to each other and back at you with warm smiles. 

Suddenly you hear a large amount of hoof steps and talking as almost all of Ponyville makes there way to the barn to join in on the party. You stand back up and head over to the door and look outside to see almost 100 ponies making there way down the path. The music kicks on which sounds like techno/club style music. “Here anon this is for you” You hear from behind you and turn to see Rarity levitating a box towards you. You open it to find a pair of black slip on shoes. You look up and see Rarity smiling at you in hopes that you like them. 

You take them out of the box and slip them on. “Perfect, there perfect Rarity but how it’s only been a couple of hours?” 

Rarity looks at you with a determined look. “Darling I am a master at my craft and no task is too difficult when it comes to Rarity and fashion. But I can’t take all the credit, Spike was a big help and without him I would not have been able to finish them by tonight.” 

You draw Rarity into a hug. “Thank you Rarity, really I appreciate all the clothes and shoes and like I said if you ever need any help at the boutique please don’t hesitate to ask.” You state releasing her. 

“Think nothing of it darling, now lets not keep everypony waiting.” She states gesturing for you to follow her as more and more ponies enter the barn. 

Suddenly the music dies down and Pinkie steps up on stage. “How’s everypony doing tonight?” Everypony replies with cheers and hollering. “Well I’m sure all of you know this but Ponyville has a new resident and even though he may not look like us, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t welcome him like any other pony. NOW LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!” Pinkie shouts with cheers from the crowd as the music starts to pick back up and everyone starts dancing to the beats. 

After what seems like hours and way too many apple fritters later the party has died down with only you, the girls and the DJ remaining. You make your way over to the stage to introduce yourself to the DJ and notice all the equipment she has. “So howd you like the party?” She asks setting a track on the player and coming from behind the table. You notice she is all white like Rarity and has a solid black music note for a cute mark. Her mane is a mixture of lighter and darker blues along with her tail. She’s also wearing a large set of purple tinted glasses completely covering her eyes. 

“The party was great and the music was awesome. I never would have expected to hear that kind of music here in Equestria but I gota say it was awesome, reminds me a lot of dubstep from my world. Names Anon by the way.” You say kneeling down and reaching out your hand.

“Nice to meet you Anon, names Vinyl Scratch but everypony knows me as DJ Pon3. And as for the music it’s kind of new in Equestria but it’s slowly getting more and more popular, especially with the night life of Equestria and since I’ve started adapting it to my own style. You say you had music like it in your world? Man I would love to hear it.” 

“Well I wish I had my Ipod so I could play some for you but unfortunately I don’t think it made to Equestria with me. I had so many songs on it too that you would probably like, I love music. It‘s one of the few things where you can actually control what you hear. I used to hang out in my back lawn and just get lost in the melodies and beats but can‘t really do that anymore.” You say apologetically. 

“Ahh not a big deal. You know you remind me a lot of myself, you play any instruments?” Vinyl asks swapping out the track on the table for another she had. 

You chuckle at her question. “Me nah, I never had any talent for any of that. I’ve always loved the piano and have always wanted to try and learn how to play but never had anyone to help me learn in, I mean there were books but nothing beats actually sitting down with someone and having them show you.”

“Yeah same for me too, my sister was always the one with all the talent. She could pick up any instrument and learn how to play it perfectly in just a couple of days. But me I could never really get it like she could. I learned a lot over the years and with the help of my sister can play most stuff but not like she can. Anyway I gota get back to the table, it was nice meeting you Anon. Hey if you ever wana just hang out and listen to music stop by my club, its just outside of Ponyville.” She states standing up and walking back behind her table. 

“All right cool I’ll swing by sometime.” You say jumping off the stage and walking back over to the girls but stop when you realize someone is missing. You look around and spot her sitting over in the corner behind the other girls. You make your way over to her and when she realizes you heading her way she seems to hide herself behind her mane. You kneel down so you’re at eye level with her. “Hey Fluttershy you ok?”

“Yes I’m fine so how did you like the party?” She asks barely above a whisper. 

“It was a lot of fun; I can’t thank you and the rest of the girls enough for throwing it for me. Hey Fluttershy can I ask you a question?” You say in the calmest voice you could manage. 

“Um sure I guess.” She states with concern. 

“Did, did I do something wrong Fluttershy? I know we just met today and I’m sure I’m a bit of a shock but I want you to know that I would never hurt you or any pony for that matter. You don‘t have to be afraid of me, and if you don‘t want to be friends we don‘t have to be. I just wanted you to know you don‘t have to be afraid of me.” You say as you stand and turn to head back to the girls but suddenly are stopped by Fluttershy grabbing your hand. 

“I’m sorry; it’s just well you see, I’m not very good at making friends and meeting new people. I do want to be friends if that’s ok with you its just I’m sorry.” She states look up at you with teary eyes. 

You kneel back down. “Fluttershy its ok I don’t mind. I do want to be friends with you. I understand how hard it is to make friends; before I came to Equestria I never really had any friends. And now I’m friends with half the town. Don’t feel like you need to rush to become my friend in one day, take as much time as you need. Now you wana go see what the girls are talking about?” You ask pointing towards the girls sitting around a table a talking. 

Fluttershy nods and hops down from her chair and follows you over to the table. “So girls what are we all talking about over here?” you ask taking a seat between Twilight and Rainbow. 

All the girls seem to go quit all at once. “Oh you know just normal girl stuff.” Rainbow replies whistling a tune at the end of her remark. 

“Uh huh, you know you all really suck at lying. Man wish you guys had alcohol here, would make this way more fun. ” You say crossing your arms and leaning back in your chair. 

AJ jumps up from her seat. “Anon can you help me a sec, I need to grab somethin.” 

You stand and follow her over to a cellar door; she opens the door and heads down the stairs with you close behind. Suddenly you hear a light switch flick on and the room is illuminated revealing shelves stocked with jugs of different kinds of ciders including hard cider. Your mouth drops at a site you never would have expected to see in Equestria. “So this enough alcohol for ya?” Applejack asks with a smirk. 

“Wow you guys not only make regular apple cider but hard cider too, oh man I love you and your family AJ.” You state perusing the shelves. 

AJ follows behind. “Yeah we make hard cider, different rums, and even hard liquor. We sell this and more during the off season when we can’t grow apples. What do you say we crack open a few bottles and have some real fun?” AJ asks winking at you. 

“Don’t need to tell me twice, I gota see Twilight stumbling around.” You say grabbing a jug while AJ tosses a barrel of hard cider on her back. You both make your way back up the stairs and over to the girls. 

Rainbow jumps up from her seat and flies over to you and Anon. “Hey AJ where’d you two go?”

You place your jug on the table and take the barrel from AJ. “So girls what do you say we get the real party started.” You say with a sly grin. 

All the girls look at you, then each other, and back at you all dawning sly grins of there own. 
	 

> Chapter 6-"When Ponies Drink"
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Into the Void

Chapter 6
When Ponies Drink


You notice the sly grins returning your own and feel your question has been answered. You grab the cork to the bottle of rum which slides off with an audible **Thunk** noise. Your nostrils are immediately bombarded with the smell of alcohol and apples. You take a big whiff of the concoction and immediately regret it, between the burning hairs in your nose and the incredibly strong smell of pure alcohol you almost become light headed. 

“Hahahaha wow easy there partner. That’s pure home brewed apple family alcohol you just inhaled. That stuff’ll knock you out cold if you ain’t careful.” AJ states laughing as she walks back over to you and the girls with a tray of wooden mugs. 

“Jesus AJ what’s the concentration of this. I feel like I’ve already had a drink or two.” You state grabbing a mug. 

“About 80 proof, but that’s what makes it great. It packs a heck of a punch but wait till ya’ll taste it.” She states after handing a mug to the rest of the girls. 

Rainbow Dash fly’s over to you and slams her mug down on the table. “Would you two stop talking and pour the damn drinks already.” 

“Don’t get your feathers in a twist Rainbow, sides me and you still have a little score to settle.” AJ states cracking open the top of the barrel of hard cider. 

“Girls please, this party is for Anon. Can’t you settle this some other time?” Twilight states looking between AJ and Rainbow. 

“I agree, it is completely un-lady like to simply drown yourselves in alcohol just to see who the better drinker is.” Rarity states fluffing her mane. 

“Wait what’s this score you too have?” You ask while pouring yourself a mug full of the rum. 

“Rainbow here thinks she can beat me in a drinkin game. We tried to settle this once but ended up runnin outa alcohol and had to call it a draw.” AJ states filling her mug with the hard cider. 

“Oh come on AJ, we all know I woulda won if the bartender hadn’t cut us off.” Rainbow states filling her mug with the golden liquid. 

“Well then I suppose we should settle this for real this time.” AJ states glaring at Rainbow. 

“Well whatya waitn for, let’s do this.” Rainbow responds glaring back 7/14/14at AJ. 

You drag the barrel over to the nearby table and set up two chairs on either side. “Well if you girls really want to settle this here you go. Rainbow you sit on the left side and AJ you sit on the right. You girls go drink for drink, not getting up until one of you admits defeat. Last mare still conscious wins.” You state grabbing the girl’s drinks and setting them on there sides of the table. 

“Anon please don’t encourage them, this isn’t the time.” Twilight says standing up and walking over to you. 

“Oh come on Twilight, it’s just the eight of us here.” You lean in close to Twilight. “Besides it seems to me like neither of them are going to admit defeat until they both pass out. Plus it’ll be funny as hell listening to them yell at each other back and forth.” 

Twilight thinks this over for a moment and a smile slowly creeps across her face. “Well they do both have an incredibly active competitive side to them. Plus seeing them stumble is going to be quit funny.” She states stifling a giggle. 

You stand up and notice that AJ and Rainbow has already started their little competition and are slamming mug after mug back like they where water. You walk over to the stage to where Vinyl is still manning her table. “Hey Vinyl why not just put a couple of tracks on and come have a drink with us. Not fair for you to be up here by yourself.” 

“Sure why not I could go for a drink.” She states setting up a couple of tracks on low volume and hoping down from the small stage. 

You and Vinyl walk back over to the girls who have finished pouring each other drinks. “Hey you girls mind if Vinyl joins us?” 

“Not at all darling. Even though I prefer a nice glass of wine, it’s always nice to mix it up now and again.” Rarity states levitating you and Vinyl a mug full of rum. 

You grab your mug and take your seat at the table between Twilight and Vinyl. You raise your mug in a toast type fashion. “Here’s to you girls. Seriously you guys have made me feel more welcome here than I was back where I came from and I can’t thank you all enough. You’ve all done so much for me and what have I done nothing. So a toast to the best friends I’ve ever had.” You turn and face Rainbow and AJ. “This goes for you two girls.” But they are too focused on there competition to be paying attention. You and the other girls at the table bang your mugs together and you all take a heavy swig of the rum. 

You down almost half your mug before you come up for air. “Wow this stuff doesn’t even have the slightest taste of alcohol.” 

“That’s what makes it so yummy, you can drink and drink and drink until your about to pop.” Pinkie enthusiastically states finishing her entire mug and pouring a second. 

You finish off the rest of your mug and watch the girls do the same. You’re still not feeling anything yet but then again you’ve only had one drink and from past experiences you know it likes to creep up on you all at once. You stand up and start to make your way over to the jug, after about two steps it finally happens and you grab the table next to you. 

Twilight notices your fumble and a look of concern dawns her face. “Anon are okay?” 

“Yeah I’m good; just hit me all at once.” You state with a smile as you fill up your mug a second time. “Refills anyone.” You yell out as a plethora of mugs are slid in your direction. 

6 or 7 drinks later

You down your mug and slam it back on the table. Your head feels like an ocean constantly swaying back and forth. You look behind you and see Rainbow and AJ still going at it, they finished off one barrel and are almost half way done with their second. Neither one admitting defeat yet even though there drinking speed has slowed significantly. You turn your head back around and notice that most of the girls are just sitting there. “Hey you girls wana play a game?” You ask slurring the last word.

“OOH OOOH me me, I wana play a game, pick me.” Pinkie states in her over enthusiastic manner. 

“Sure why not sounds fun, wait what’s the game?” Twilight asks standing up and stumbling over to your side of the table. 

You stifle a giggle at seeing Twilight attempting to walk and only assume she doesn’t drink a lot. “It’s a simple game called beer pong but I guess here it could be called cider pong. Anyone have a ping pong ball?” You ask aloud and notice Pinkie reach under the table and somehow retrieve a ping pong ball from nowhere. She hands you the ball with a large grin. “How the hell di, never mind anyway what we do is we break up into two teams. We set up 10 full mugs of rum or cider on one end of the table in a bowling type manner. Next each team takes turns bouncing the ball across the table and try and land it in one of the mugs. If your team makes the shot your team gets a point and the next person on the opposite team that has to go drinks the entire mug of alcohol you scored in. The team with the most points wins. So you girls wana play?”

They all seem to think it over for a moment, most likely trying to wrap there heads around the game itself. All of the girls except Fluttershy and Rarity shake there heads yes. “Ahh come you guys it’ll be fun, sides we can’t play without you two since those two are still going at it.” You state pointing behind you to the table occupied by a completely smashed AJ and Rainbow. 

“No I refuse to play such a barbaric game. Even in my current state a lady must have restraint. “Rarity states fluffing her messy mane after she fell over backwards in her chair earlier. 

You are about to try and talk her into it but someone beats you to the punch. “What’s the matter Rarity, afraid your gona lose? Oh well guess the rest of us can just play if you and Fluttershy are just to chicken.” Twilight states with a sly grin. 

Rarity and Fluttershy both look at each other and dawn serious looks. Rarity turns to you and Twilight and slams her hoof on the table. “Oh it is ON!” 

“All right then Twilight, Vinyl and I vs. Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rarity then.” You state standing and filling the mugs with rum and cider and setting them up in the correct manner. You move everything else off the table and stand at the opposite end of the mugs. “Ok I’ll go first, then Rarity, Twilight, Fluttershy, Vinyl, and lastly Pinkie. First team to 6 wins, everyone ready.” All the girls nod in agreement. “Then let’s get started.”

About a 30 min. and a tie score later

The score tied up at five to five and since there was only 10 cups on the table you had to set up one final cup in the middle. Both teams have gone through all there members twice but no one has hit the final cup yet. Through out the game you managed to get one point for your team while Twilight and Vinyl picked up the slack each scoring two points. Your opponent however has mainly been Pinkie, scoring three points for her team which meant you had take three drinks. Rarity managed to get the other two where Fluttershy hasn’t been able to hit a single mug yet. Twilight is surprisingly good at this even after having to drink where Vinyl hasn’t had to take any and is probably your best shot at winning. All you have to do is survive unti **bloop. ** 

You look up and see the ball floating in the top of the mug. “Damn Pinkie you are just to.” But you notice it’s not Pinkie but Fluttershy who scores the winning point for her team. “Well well well, nice shot Fluttershy. Guess that’s it Fluttershy and her team win, Vinyl the last mug is yours.” 

Vinyl levitates the mug of rum over and downs the entire thing in one go. “Ahhh finally, was starting to sober up there for a minute.” 

You look over and see that Twilight has a look of defeat across her face. “What’s wrong Twilight?”

“It’s just, I really wanted to win. Fluttershy doesn’t make a single shot the entire game but finally makes the winning one. Humph.” Twilight states in a pouty manner. 

You reach out and wrap your arm around her shoulder. “Ahh come on Twilight we had fun didn’t we? Besides it‘s not all her fault, I only made one shot the entire game. Pinkie man she is way to good at this game especially it being her first time.” 

Twilight leans into you. “Yeah you’re right it is your fault.” She states closing her eyes. 

“Hey that’s not fair, I had to take three drinks while you only had to take one.” You state looking down at her but notice she seems to have passed out leaning up against you. 

You look around and notice Pinkie is sprawled out on a bail of hay in the corner snoring up a storm. Rarity passed out on the table with her head in her hoofs. Fluttershy is leaning back in her chair quietly sleeping. Vinyl crawled up on the stage and is sleeping on her back next to her quite instruments. AJ and Rainbow are passed out on the table each still holding a mug of cider but completely unconscious. Sleep starts to take you as the quite snores fill the once loud barn, your eyes begin to grow heavy and before you know it you drift off to sleep. 

You open your eyes knowing all too well where you are. This time it seems you’re already in the old ruins; you look around but don’t notice or see anything you recognize from the night before. You stand up and notice you where leaning up against an old book shelf filled with dusty old tomes and scrolls. Suddenly you hear hoof steps again and a faint blue glow can be seen from a doorway on the other side of the room. Luna emerges from what you can only assume is a hall and makes her way towards you. 

“Luna what are you doing her? What’s going on? Why did you ignore me last night?” You ask walking towards her. But like the night before she just ignores you, you reach out to try and get her attention and too your surprise your hand just phases right through her. “God damn it, not again. What’s going on, how is it that I’m here but Luna can’t see or hear me?” 

You suddenly notice it’s getting darker again and turn to see Luna exiting the room. You chase after her knowing even if you yell for her to wait she won’t hear you. You emerge in another long hallway, adorned on both sides of the passage are old suits of what you can only assume are pony armor. Like being in an old castle and seeing armor standing in decorative fashions. You continue to follow Luna down the hall until you both come to a large wooden door. Luna’s horn glows its midnight blue color and the door opens slightly. She steps through with you following close behind until you realize that you emerged into what looks like an old courtyard. There are old dead trees surrounding the courtyard and roots growing up the walls of the castle. In the center there is an old fountain with a half broken sculpture in the middle that looks like it used to be a crescent moon upside down with a sun and its rays surrounding it. 

You look over and notice Luna making her way to a small corner of the courtyard. You make your way over to her and notice her using her magic to clear vines and roots from something jutting out of the ground. As you get closer you notice the object is actually a tombstone once Luna has cleared away the old roots. You can’t read most of what’s inscribed on the tablet but there are a few pieces you can still make out on the old weathered stone. “Here lies Melvin the.” But you can’t make out the rest of what it once said. You hear quite sobs next to you and look over to notice Luna sitting on her haunches crying. “Luna who’s Melvin, was he your lover or something?” You ask but know she can’t hear you. 

“Oh Melvin, I’m so sorry. You where one of the first friends I ever had and I betrayed you. I know what I did is unforgettable but I want you to know how sorry I am. I just wish I could take it all back, even though Nightmare Moon is gone I still continue to ruin everypony’s life. Even one whom I care dearly for has lost his life because of me. That’s why I refuse to see him; to see how much I’ve hurt him would only make this more unbearable. That’s why I’ve decided to live here in the castle from now on; I destroyed this place long ago. It’s only proper that I live in such a place, far away from everypony so that I can’t hurt them anymore.” Luna stats as tears fall from her face. 

You walk over and try to embrace Luna in a hug but your arms only phase through her. “Luna please don’t think like that, you have no idea how much better my life is here. God I wish you could hear me, that way I could thank you. Luna please if you’re just ignoring me and using some spell that doesn’t allow me to touch you please stop, please Luna just answer me please.”  

Ano….wak….up

“No not again, I won’t leave until you answer me Luna. Luna please stop ignoring me and just listen to me.” You state in a panicked tone but suddenly feel your body go limp and fall backwards. Suddenly your eyes shoot open and you almost jump up again but are quickly stopped. You look to your right and notice Applejack standing next to you with a look of concern. “Oh hey AJ, did I wake you?”

“Don’t worry about me sugercube are you all right, I heard you mumbling in your sleep?” She states putting a hoof on your shoulder. 

“Yeah I’m ok just another dream. What happened last night? And why does my head feel like I got hit by a truck?” You state grabbing your head and looking around the barn. The rest of the girls are still sleeping away where they passed out last night. 

“I’d say we had a might too much cider, last thing I remember was seeing the bottom of my mug and before I knew it I was out like a light. I just woke up a couple a minutes ago myself. You sure your ok though, sounded like something was wrong?” She states gathering up the mugs and placing them on the table. 

“Yeah I’m okay, my head is pounding but nothing I don’t deserve after drinking that much. By the way thanks for that, I needed to kind of unwind after everything that happened. Plus that was the best alcohol I’ve ever had and man did it pack a punch. Also do you know what time it is?” You ask trying to get up until you remember Twilight sleeping beside you. 

“Well I’m glad yall had fun, and as for the time.” She states looking up at a clock by the door. “It’s about 7 AM why do ask?”

“Oh god it’s early. I still got a little time before I gota be at the train station. Speaking of time how are you up already AJ god you had more to drink than the rest of us?” You ask grabbing your head in pain. 

“Hahaha, it takes a lot more than a couple of drinks to keep me down. Sides I got a coupla years of practice. What yall doing at the station anyway?” She asks sitting back down next to you.

“I’m going to Canterlot today to speak with the Princess about my dreams I’ve had the last two nights. I thought it was nothing but after last night I don’t know. I gota be at the station by 11 to catch the train.” You state trying to think of anything but your pounding headache. 

“Ah see, well I’m glad you’re at least going to have it checked out. You seemed mighty worried about somthin while you where asleep. Now why don’t you take Twilight home. You might have to carry her since I doubt you’re going to be able to wake her up after last night. She doesn’t normally drink and I recken she’s gona need all day to recover. I’ll take care of the other girls before I start on my chores. Hope you had a good time and don’t hesitate to come back anytime Anon.” AJ states as she makes her way toward the door. 

“Hey AJ” You ask catching her before she exit’s the barn.

“Hmmm” Is all she retorts with turning to face you. 

“Thanks again for last night I really appreciate it, and for waking me up before I woke the rest of the girls up.” You state with a smile. 

“Don’t worry about a thing sugercube, I’m sure the Princess will have you fixed up and back in Ponyville lickity split. Now if you’ll excuse me I got things to attend to.” She states turning back and exiting the barn leaving you and the rest of the sleeping mares. 

You hold on to Twilight as you stand up and push your seat back, doing your best to try and not wake her or any of the girls up. After your finally on your feet you keep one hand behind her neck and put your other on her back just above her take and pick her up and place her head on your shoulder like a baby. She stifles a few grumbles and even moves her hooves and wraps them around your neck like a little kid but somehow doesn’t wake up in the process. Once you’re sure she’s secure you exit the barn and make your way towards the library, Twilight embraced in your arms. She’s actually really light from what you where expecting a pony to actually weight, luckily for you though since you’re starting to feel the hangover hit you. You continue your march towards town, once you finally reach the town you notice there aren’t a lot of ponies around but you decide to take the side road with little to no one on them to avoid waking Twilight. You pass by a few ponies that only seem to stare at you with concern but once they catch a whiff of the alcohol emanating from you, they only smile noticing the sleeping Twilight. 

You finally reach the library and quietly knock on the door, you hear Spike yell “Coming” from the other side of the door. A few seconds later the door opens and Spike is standing there trying to figure out the situation in front of him. He looks to you then to Twilight and back to you and is about to open his mouth until you place one of your fingers to your mouth in a shhh type manner. He steps aside and allows you to enter and quietly closes the library door behind you. You make your way up the stairs with Spike close behind and point towards Twilights room. Spike takes the hint and opens the door for you and makes his way over to the bed. You follow close behind and after Spike draws the covers back you gently lay Twilight down on the bed. She stifles a few grumbles and turns over so she is facing the wall. You pull the covers back up and follow Spike out of the room closing the door behind the two of you. “Sooo what exactly happened last night after I left?” Spike whispers. 

“I’ll tell you in a few minutes, I’m gona go get washed, I smell like a bar.” You state heading towards your room. After you grab some fresh clothes you make your way to the bathroom and disrobe. You set the shower to an acceptable temperature and climb in letting the water cascade down your head. After about a 20 minute shower you decide you better get out and make yourself some food. After getting dressed and cleaning up the bathroom you make your way back towards the kitchen. Emerging from the hallway you see Spike standing on a stool over the stove. You make your way over to him and notice he is frying up some eggs. 

Spike notices you standing next to him. “Hey Anon, figured you could use some breakfast, plus I’m starving. They should be ready in a minute; hey could you throw some bread in the toaster?” He asks flipping the eggs over. 

“You are the man or dragon Spike, you have no idea how much I need this right now.” You state making your way over to grab the bread and toss a couple pieces in the nearby toaster. 

“Well I figured after the way you looked when you got back. Hey you think I should go wake Twilight up?” He asks turning off the stove. 

“Nah man I’d let her sleep, she drank a lot last night. She’s most likely going to sleep all day so I’d let her be until she wakes up.” You state grabbing some plates from the cupboard.  

Spike could only giggle at knowing he has the entire day off or at least until Twilight wakes up to do whatever he wants. “Hey Anon can you bring the plates over here, the eggs are done.”

You grab the now toasted bread and throw it on the plate and make your way over to the stove. After you retrieve your eggs you and Spike sit down at the table as you recount what you remember from last night. Spikes favorite part was when Twilight called Rarity a chicken saying it was completely unlike her. After breakfast you help Spike clean up the kitchen, you look at the clock and realize you guys talked longer than you expected as it read 10:17 am. You head back to your room and pack up all the remaining clothes you have in the back pack that Rarity graciously made for you. You head back down the hall and notice Spike just hanging out in the library reading what looks like a comic book. “Hey Spike what are you reading?”

Spike look up from his book. “It’s the latest issue of the power ponies comic I read, I’m about halfway through it and it’s by far my favorite one yet.” He states with a smile. 

“Power ponies, what’s that.” You ask making you way over to where he is sitting. 

“It’s about six ponies, all with incredible powers, that ban together against evil villains that try to take over Maretropolis.” He states looking at you with a determined look. 

“Huh kinda sounds and even look like the power rangers from where I was from. It’s amazing how there are something that are almost identical but just have a different name. Anyway I gota head to the train station. Tell Twilight I’ll see her when I get back.” You say heading for the door. 

“You want me to go with you Anon?” He asks closing his book. 

“Nah its ok I still got some time before I have to be there. Besides you should stay here in case Twilight wakes up. Oh word of advice Spike, stick a trash can near Twilights bed.” You state exiting the library. To be honest you don’t remember exactly where the train station is, you only remember that it was somewhere near the park so you head that way in hopes of spotting it.

20 min. later

Yep its official, you’re lost. You have walked around the entire park and past by the center fountain about five times and still can’t find the station. Which seems almost impossible considering that this town isn’t very big. You where about to give up and head back to the library so you could ask Spike for directions when you heard someone. “Excuse me, but do you need help?” You hear come from behind you. 

You turn around and come face to face with a dark pink unicorn standing slightly taller than most with a light blue mane with green eyes and had three red hearts as a cutie mark. “Uhh yeah, sorry I’m trying to find the train station. Could you possibly help me?” 

She eyes you up and down a few times. “Yes of course follow me.” She states walking ahead and gesturing for you to follow her. “I’m Chrysie by the way.” 

“Oh I’m sorry where are my manners, my name is Anon. It’s nice to meet you Chrysie, thanks again I just hope I’m not late.” You reply scratching the back of your head. 

“It’s quit alright; it’s a pleasure to meet you Anon. I apologize and please don’t take this the wrong way but what exactly are you?” She asks looking at you with a curious face. 

“Oh I’m a human, I’ve only recently arrived in Equestria so it’s no surprise you haven’t heard of me. You state with a laugh.

Chrysie returns the laugh with her own. “Ahh now I see, I’ve heard of you but had no idea what you looked like. So where are you headed once you get to the station, if you don’t mind me asking that is?” 

“No not at all, it’s the least I could do after showing me the way. I’m on my way to Canterlot to visit the Princess; she’s going to help me with something. While I’m there Luna or sorry Princess Luna is going to show me around, at least I hope she will.” You state looking at the ground. 

Chrysie gets a sly grin on her face. “Have a crush on our beloved Princess do we?”

Your cheeks begin to turn slightly red. “Nnoo its just she was the first pony I met and I haven’t seen her since I got here.” 

Chrysie continues to give you the grin. “Uh huh, so you have feelings for the Princess. Don’t try to hide it; I can sense that you have feelings for her. Don’t worry I wont tell anypony, so have you told her yet?”

Your face continues to redden but you try not to show it. “Nno like I said I don’t have feelings for her. Anyway how could you sense something like that if it where true, which its not.” 

Chrysie laughs at your stammering. “Hah see there I knew it you do. Call it a sixth, I can tell when love is in the air. Think of it as smelling something tasty, just a gift of mine. Well anyway we have arrived at the station.” 

You look up and notice the two of you are standing by the stairs leading up to the platform. “Wow so I was this close the entire time? Anyway thank you so much Chrysie, I really appreciate it. The next time we bump into each other let me treat you to lunch or something.”

Chrysie waves at you as you make your way up the stairs. “I’ll hold you to that Anon. By the way I highly recommend letting her know how you feel, you’ll both feel a lot better after words.” 

“I told you it’s nothing, anyway I gota go see you later and thanks again.” You state rounding the corner of the platform and heading towards the ticket counter. You approach the counter and the pony manning it takes a double take looking at you. “Hello sir my name is Anon, I think there’s supposed to be a ticket here for me.?” 

The pony behind the counter stares for another moment until he seems to recall something. “Ahh yes it arrived just this morning. Here you are sir; the train is on the platform. Just give this ticket to the conductor and he will show you to your seat.” The pony states handing you the ticket.

“Thank you, appreciate the help.” You state taking the ticket and heading for the platform. You find the conductor standing near the train looking at what looks to be a pocket watch. “Excuse me, but could you help me find my seat?” You state holding out the ticket. The conductor looks up and like the pony behind the counter takes a double take. 

After a few seconds he takes the ticket and looks it over. “Ahh you must be the special passenger I was told was coming. Please right his way sir.” He states walking towards the front of the train and entering the forward coach. The sign above the door reads “First Class” and you make a mental note to thank the Princess once you arrive. He leads you to a small door and opens it. Inside you see a small sofa on the left side and a bed on the other, there’s even a door that leads to a small bathroom. “Here you are sir, the drink cart will come around about 10 min. after we leave the station and we should be arriving in Canterlot around 12:30 pm. If you need anything please don’t hesitate to ask me or any of the other staff.” 

“Thank you, and please you don’t have to call me sir, Anon is just fine.” You state setting your bag down on the bed and taking a seat on the sofa. 

“Oh well Anon it’s nice to meet you, like I said if you require anything please don’t hesitate to ask.” He states closing the door and making his way back towards the platform. 

After another couple of minutes you hear the conductor yell “All Aboard” and the train lets out a bellowing whistle. Next you hear the sound of grinding metal as the train departs from Ponyville station bound for Canterlot. You watch the beautiful Equestrian landscape pass by, between the mountains, rivers, forests and everything else it reminds you of something out of a movie. 

You also start to recall the conversation you had with Chrysie on your way to the station. Did you really have feeling for Luna? “I mean she’s really cool, and she seems to like me but could I really date a pony. I mean that’s unthinkable where I’m from, I just can’t see myself dating an animal but then again she isn’t just an animal. God this is all so confusing, I just don’t know.” You say to yourself as the landscape continues to pass by outside your window.    

	

> Chapter 7-"Why am I always in these Situations?" 
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Into the Void

Chapter 7
Why am I always in these Situations?


The question continues to run through your mind as to whether your feelings for Luna are true or not. Shortly before you begin to doze off you hear the train’s audible whistle. You move to the other side of your cabin and look ahead to one of the most amazing sites you’ve ever witnessed. You didn’t realize it but the entire time since the train left Ponyville it has been spiraling up a mountain towards the most magnificent city nestled in the mountain side. You could see what you can only assume is Canterlot castle where Princess Celestia and Luna both reside. The castle appears all white with large golden caps covering the tops of the multiple towers and buildings. Suddenly the train passes through a large gate and your view turns from lush green fields and mountains to large buildings and pony’s going to and from their daily business. 

The train lets out another bellow of its whistle and slowly comes to a halt in front of a large train station. You hear the conductor holler from the platform. “Canterlot station, everyone for Canterlot station.” You stand up and make sure you have everything you brought with you before exiting your cabin and train car and onto the platform of the station. You notice ponies running to and from completely ignoring your very presence which you actually feel glad about. You toss your bag over your shoulder and start looking around for maybe a guard or someone who might be meeting you at the station. 

Sadly no one seems to looking for you. “Wow maybe Celestia forgot I was coming today. Well this sucks I have no idea where I’m even supposed to go or where I even am.” You say aloud to yourself. You notice one of the large towers from the castle in the distance overlooking the city. “Well I guess I can just make my way towards the castle and hope I can find my way.” You make sure everything is secure and begin your march through the city towards the castle. 

After about 10 minutes you realize that this city is way bigger than it looks from a distance. Since you’ve been here you must have passed a couple of hundred ponies, most not even noticing your presence. The few that did notice you only starred at you until you where far enough away to not be a bother to them.

After another couple of minutes you finally decide that you are in fact, completely lost. The buildings surrounding you are just tall enough to where you can’t see any parts of the castle. Finally you come to what you can only assume is the market center; the area has opened up significantly with ponies going to and from stalls that are outlining the entire area. In the center is a large fountain with a statue of what looks like Celestia standing tall over the ponies. You make your way towards the fountain in hopes of getting a glimpse of the castle, as you get closer you notice. 

“Hey I told you we would be back today for the money, now hand it over.” You look over and see what looks like two ponies harassing a pony running a cabbage stall. 

“Iiiii’m sorry bbbut I don’t hhave it, I haaaven’t sold enough to maake a ppproffit.” You hear the shop keep stutter out as the two ponies push him to the ground. 

You look around and notice some ponies looking over but no one seems to want to help the shop keep. “Christ where the hell are the guards.” You whisper to yourself. 

The pony talking to the shop keep starts laughing. “Hahaha, I don’t care if you’ve made a profit or not. Now pay up or something might just happen to your little stand here.” 

The stall owner crawls over to the guy and begins to beg. “Noo please sir, this is my life. If I lose this how will I feed my family, please if you coul.” But before he can finish his sentence the pony kicks the owner.

Finally you can’t take it anymore and decide that if no one else will help the poor pony than it’s up to you. You make your way over to the stall where the guy and his buddy are busy laughing at the stall owner. You notice the guy who’s been talking’s buddy walk over to the side of the cart. He looks as if he is about to kick it before you get his attention. “Hey asshole, what the hell is your problem picking on this poor guy?” You say aloud hearing small gasps from onlookers. The crook and his buddy dawn a shocked expression and look over at you. Seems there more surprised that someone even stood up to them rather than the fact that you’re a human and not a pony. 

The crook dawns a grin and begins to laugh. “Hahahaha. I’m sorry what was that?” He asks placing one of his hooves over his eyes. 

You stand about 10 feet from him and his buddy who has now come around and is now standing behind the lead guy. “You heard me, why don’t you and your boyfriend there leave that nice man alone.” The crook drops his other hoof back to the ground and you swear you see one of his eyes twitch. 

The crook starts to walk towards you and you realize he’s an earth pony that comes up to about your chest. “Listen pal, you obviously ain’t from around here so I’ll let you in on a little secret. The names Ballpin and that lug behind me’s name is Block and where from the local blood wing gang and no one, not even the guards dare stand against us. So why don’t you beat it before this becomes your last trip to Canterlot.” 

The crook is about two feet away from you at this point and is standing before you with a crooked smile. You notice his brown coat and black slicked back mane and tail, he has a ball pin hammer as a cutie mark which you can only assume is how he got his name. The guy behind him is about the same color only a little lighter with the same style mane and tail, his cutie mark looks like a block of some kind of ore. You turn your attention back to Ballpin. “Like I said, leave the shop keep alone. You have no reason to extort this poor man when he obviously doesn’t have your money.” 

Ballpin just simply laughs and turns around to face Block when suddenly he rears up and kicks you with both his back legs right in the stomach sending you flying back about five feet. “Hahaha, like I said kid not even the guards stand up to us and if you think some ugly thing like you is gona stand up to us.” He walks over to where you’re trying to regain all of the wind that was suddenly kicked out of you. “Than you got another thing comin.” 

Ballpin turns and walks back over to the stall and you finally make your way back to your feet. “Man some tough guy you are, you basically just sucker punched me. You barely even hurt me with that, mainly just knocked the wind out of me. Now how about we try this again, this time with out the cheap shots.” You state walking back over to him and his buddy, you don’t really know how to fight but hope that your ability to move easier than ponies will end up tiring him out to the point were you might have a chance.

Ballpin seems to snap at your remark and turns around to face you with an incredibly pissed look across his face. He charges at you and tries to kick you again, this time your ready for it and somehow dodge his attack. He tries again and again to kick you with all his might but only manages to hit air as you continue to dodge his kicks. After about the fifth miss you can tell Ballpin is getting tired, he’s standing in front of you breathing heavily with an insane look on his face. “Ahhhh I’ll kill you for making a fool out of me.” He charges at you again but before you can move to try and dodge Block sneaks up behind you and grabs you. You try to wiggle your way out but his strength is too much and you can’t seem to move at all. 

Suddenly Ballpin’s hoof collides with your head and sends you to the ground. “Hahaha stupid creature, that’ll teach you to fuck with us.” Suddenly you hear what sounds like a whistle; Ballpin and Block take off into the crowd of ponies. 

You’re laying face down unable to move from the immense amount of pain coming from your head, you turn your head ever so slightly and see what looks like someone standing next to you with golden shoes. “After them don’t let them slip way. And somepony hurry and take him to the medical wing he doesn’t look good. Hang on Anon were gona get you to a doctor.” Was the last thing you hear from him before you close your eyes and are enveloped in a world of darkness. 

You awaken in your dream again, this time in what look to be the throne room from the first night you ended up here. You stand up and realize that it’s not as dark as it normally is from the last two nights you ended up here. You look up and see the sun high in the sky through a crack in the ceiling penetrating the hazy clouds over head. Suddenly you hear what sounds like weeping coming from one of the halls. You stand there and think about it for a moment before you recognize the sounds of Luna crying in the distance. You take off running down the hall it’s coming from in hopes of finally being able to talk to Luna. After a couple of wrong turns and backtracking to were the crying is loudest you finally come to a room lined with book shelves. You recognize this room from the night before but notice there’s another door that wasn’t here last night. 

You make your way towards it and look inside to find Luna sitting on a small cushion looking over an old book. You make your way over towards her and sit next to her. “You can’t see me can you, god damn it I wish I knew why all of a sudden we keep ending up in this place but can’t see or hear each other. I wish I could just talk to you Luna, let you know I’m incredibly happy to be here.” You reach out your hand in an effort to see if for whatever reason you could get her attention. You press your hand on her shoulder and it seems to have the slightest amount of resistance before phasing through her. You look up and notice her look over at where your hand is as if she felt you. She stands up and seems to look around the room as if she is looking for something or someone. “Wow it almost felt like I touched her for a moment, Luna Luna can you hear me?” You shout but she still doesn’t seem to hear you. 

Luna sits back down on her cushion and opens the book she was reading. You look over and notice the page she was reading, the page is old and hard to see in the dimly lit room but you notice at the top of the page it starts with. “Dear diary, my name is Celestia.” But before you can read any more she turns the page. “Diary, we are Luna. What is this, is this yours and Celestia‘s diary or something Luna?” You sigh in contempt with the realization that she still can’t hear you. 

Luna suddenly slams the book and begins to cry. “Oh sister I wish things could go back to the way they used to be. I wish I could just go back in time and stop all of this from happening. If it wasn’t for my jealousy we would still be living in this castle, and Anon would be back in his world where he belongs. Away from all of this and having a normal life.” 

You look around and find it hard to believe what you are seeing. It looks like shadows moving around you and Luna but not in the sense of the sun setting. Actual shadows in the shape of clouds swirl around the two of you, slowly creeping there way towards you and Luna. “Luna god damn it look around you, Luna something creepy is going on.” Suddenly the shadows seem to lunge for the both of you. “LUNA!” You suddenly spring up right and look around you. You’re laying in a bed in a small room with a window to your left and a small door to your right. 

“I see you’re finally awake.” You hear from your immediate right and notice a bright pink pony sitting next to you. She has a purple, dark pink and yellow tail and mane that swirl at the ends. You notice that she not only has the horn of a unicorn but the wings of a pegasus as well. Her eyes seem to match her coat and her cutie mark is what appears to be a heart carved out of diamond. She’s also wearing a small golden crown and the same style golden shoes and neckles you noticed Celestia wearing the other day. “So how are you feeling?” She asks again in one of the sweetest voices you’ve ever heard. 

You grab your head and notice there’s isn’t any pain coming from where you got kicked. “No I’m ok, um where are we? How did I even get here? The last thing I remember was getting kicked in the face and then it’s all fuzzy after that.” 

The pink pony lets out a small giggle. “Well as to where you are you’re in Canterlot castle’s infirmary and as to how you got here, my fiancé brought you here. You see this whole thing is kind of my fault, I was supposed to meet you at the train station when you arrived and bring you back to the castle but I was preoccupied helping auntie Celestia with something until we both realized what time it was. Right when I was leaving the castle I received word from a guard that there was a fight breaking out in the market between a strange creature and some ponies from a local gang. So I sent Shining armor out to break up the fight and it seems the strange creature was actually you. It seems you managed to stop the thugs from destroying the owners stall but where injured in the process. After the guards dispersed the crowd they brought you back here to get healed. I’m terribly sorry this all happened, your first visit to Canterlot shouldn’t involve a trip to the hospital and it’s all my fault.” She states putting her head down in shame. 

You stand from your bed and make your way over to her; you grab her chin and bring it back up. “Hey don’t worry about it; it was my choice to stand up to those guys. Besides if I wasn’t there than those guys would have destroyed that ponies stall. Also I should be thanking you, if you hadn’t sent those guards out to break up the fight who knows what would have happened. Plus it’s not fitting for a Princess to look upset.” You state winking at her which seems to make her smile. “Now how about we start over, my name is Anon.” You state reaching out your hand. 

“My name Princess Mi Amore Cadenza but you can just call me Cadence for short. It’s nice to finally meet you Anon, I’ve heard so much about you from auntie Celestia.” She states reaching out her hoof to which you grab and shake. 

“Jeez Cadence we aren’t even married yet and your already cheating on me.” You hear a familiar pony say from behind you state in a playful tone. You turn around and notice a large white unicorn dawning purple armor with gold trim standing in the doorway. He has a dark blue mane and tail with a lighter blue streak running down the middle of it. He has light blue eyes and his cutie mark is a blue shield with three small blue starts above it and a purple star like Twilights cutie mark in the middle of the shield. “I see your finally back on your hooves, you took a pretty nasty kick to the head, glad to see you up and around so quickly.” The white unicorn says as he makes his way over to you and Cadence. 

“Oh come on Shining, he was only properly introducing himself.” Cadence states walking over and standing next to the unicorn. “This is Shining armor captain of the Canterlot royal guard and my soon to be husband, Shining this is.” Cadence was about to finish but Shining beat her too it.

“Anon the human, nice to meet you. I want to apologize on behalf of the royal guards of Canterlot. What happened today was a disgrace and shouldn’t of even happened in the first place. It sickens me to think that there are guards that let this happened and that the only one who would stand up for the stall owner was somepony who had just only arrived. Please if there’s anything I can do to repay this disgrace don’t hesitate to ask.” Shining states reaching out his hoof. 

You extend your hand and the two of you share a strong hand/hoof shake. “Likewise Shining, and don’t worry about what happened. Back where I’m from there are gangs out there that the police won’t even think about going after out of fear for their families. I’m sure it’s the same thing here, besides I should be thanking you. If not for you and your guards showing up when they did I probably wouldn’t be here right now. It’s my own fault for standing up to two of them and for pissing them off so much. So thanks for saving me.” 

Shining retracts his hoof and stands on all fours. “Well your welcome but like I said it shouldn’t ohave happened in the first place, I’m going to have a nice little chat with those guys as soon as I get out of here. Speaking of that I gota go, Cadence can you see to showing Anon around, I have things to attend to.” 

“Of course dear, I will see you later for dinner.” Cadence states planting a small kiss on Shining’s cheek to which he turns slightly red before turning and exiting the room. “So how about we go see auntie Celestia so that she knows your ok and then I can show you around the palace, properly this time.”

“Sounds good, but before we go is there a bathroom where I can clean myself up. I’ve got dust and dirt all over my face and I would hate for you to be seen with me like this.” You state standing up and scratching the back of your neck. Cadence only laughs at your remark and points to the door on the other side of the room. You walk over and enter the small bath and clean yourself up the best you can before returning to the small room. “All right I’m good whenever you are.” 

Cadence heads for the door and waves her hoof for you to follow. “So you’re an alicorn Princess to huh, I thought Celestia and Luna where the only two?” You ask following Cadence out of the room. 

“Well I wasn’t always a princess. You see I never knew my real parents and was raised by a loving earth pony couple in a small village north of here. Back then I was only a pegasus but I always felt that I had a special kind of magic inside of me that allowed me to help those who needed it most. As I grew older I realized my true talent was unlocking the love in people’s hearts and helping bring people together was my special talent. But there was one unicorn that lived on the outskirts of the village that resented and hated the idea of love. One day, with the help of an ancient charm, she cast a spell on the village that sapped all the ponies love and filled their hearts with hate. I decided that I was going to stop her and when I finally found her, the love that I carried for all overpowered her and released all the love she stole back to the village and to herself as well. The next thing I know I’m in a strange place where only Celestia and Luna can go, there I met the Princess who adopted me and raised me as her niece.” She states as the two of you exit the hospital into a small courtyard. 

“Wow that’s amazing, so you became an alicorn after the fact” You ask looking around at the multitude of statues and flowers around the courtyard. 

“Yes, auntie Celestia always told me that I am meant for something more but she simply won’t tell me. Oh speaking of that I have another reason to thank you.” She states looking at you with a glowing smile. 

You look at her with a confused expression. “Thank me, for what? I haven’t done anything but cause trouble and burden you all since I arrived here.” 

“Come now Anon, that’s not true in the slightest.” You hear from behind you. You turn around and notice Celestia standing before you with a warm smile. “I am glad to see that you are all right after what happened today. I’m terribly sorry that happened, it was not my intention to invite you here and for you to end up in the hospital not hours after your arrival.” 

You walk over and hug Celestia. “It’s not your fault don’t worry Celestia Iii mean Princess, sorry.” 

Celestia and Cadence both laugh at your remark. “Anon please, you can drop the Princess, simply Celestia is fine.” She states retracting from the hug. 

Cadence walks over to the two of you. “And you can just call me Cadence, no need for the Princess titles. Also I wanted to thank you for bringing Auntie Luna back. I was never able to meet her until she returned only recently.” 

You turn face the two of them. “Okay sounds good, um hey where is Luna anyway?” 

Celestia and Cadence both share a sad look. “She keeps herself locked in her room, since we returned from Ponyville she simply won’t come out. I’ve tried talking with her but she still blames herself for you coming to Equestria.” 

You dawn a saddened expression. “Oh, well can I see her; please I want her to know that I don’t blame her in the slightest. To be honest I’ve never been happier, where I came from my life was terrible. I had a lousy job, and little to no friends. But now I have tons of friends and people I mean ponies that actually care about me, I need to thank her for everything. She’s given me a fresh start and I can’t thank you and everyone else for making this all possible. Can I go see her, please? I need to talk to her, to make her understand that none of this is her fault.” 

Celestia and Cadence both share a smile. “Of course you can go see her; maybe talking to you will snap her out of this. Follow me.” Celestia states turning and heading for a door leading back into the castle with you and Cadence close behind. 

You take in the sites around you, your currently walking down a long hallway adorned with different paintings and flowers. After some twists and turns the three of you finally come to a large spiral stair case leading upwards. The three of you climb the stairs until you reach the top, before you is a large midnight blue door with two guards standing on either side of it. “Anon you may go inside, Cadence and I will stay out here and give the two of you some time to talk.” Celestia states with a warm smile. 

You approach the door and one of the guard’s horns glows and the door slightly opens. “Thanks” you say to the guard who opened the door as you step through. As soon as you’re through the door closes behind you and the room becomes pitch black. “Luna, are you in here, I can’t see anything.” You say aloud and hear what sounds like light shuffling from the other side of the room. 

“I told you I don’t want to be disturbed now leave at once.” You hear her say from the other side of the room. 

“Luna please its Anon we need to talk.” You say stepping forward.

“Anon, as in the human?” She asks confused.

“Yeah it’s me Anon, wait human Luna what’s going on you know who I am. Unless CELESTIA, CADENCE GET IN HERE QUICK!” You shout and just as soon as you finish your sentence the door bursts open with Celestia and Cadence standing there looking slightly terrifying. 

“Anon what’s the matter?” Celestia states approaching you. 

“Something’s not right, Luna would know who I am but the way she just asked about me wasn’t right.” You say looking in the direction of the voice. 

“Anon what are you talking about, it’s me, you just surprised me is all.” The voice states from the shadows. 

“Celestia can you light up the room.” You ask turning to her. She nods her head and suddenly her horn glows a golden hue as all the light in the room come on at once revealing a strange pony from the direction of the voice. You charge at the pony and tackle her to the ground. “You, I knew it wasn’t Luna, where is she what did you do to her.” Getting a good look at the pony you realize that she is a very strange looking pony. Her eyes are glowing slightly yellow and look almost like cat irises; she is a pale blue color and has dark purple armor sort of like Shining’s royal guard armor. You are suddenly thrown off of her and are now pinned under the pony holding a hoof to your throat. 

“How dare you attack me, I should end your life here and now for atta.” The evil looking pony started to say in a somewhat higher pitched voice but was immediately cut off.

“Stand down Night Blade.” You hear Celestia say from behind her.

“But he attacked me, why should he get away with attacking the captain on the night watch. Besides it’s his fault Princess Luna is so distraught right now.” The now named mare states still pinning you to the floor. 

“I said let him go, NOW!” Celestia shouts with a hint of anger evident. 

Night Blade finally releases you and you stand back up grabbing your chest. You finally get a good look at her and realize she’s a pegasus but instead of feathery wings she has dark blue bat like wings and a tail that matches. “Thanks Celestia. Now who are you and what did you do to Luna?” You shout glaring at Night Blade. 

“For your information I am Night Blade, captain of the night watch and as such I don’t have to tell you a damn thing, besides Princess Luna made me swear to tell nopony where she was going. And I’ll die before I tell you anything.” She states walking over to Celestia and bowing. “My apologies Princess, I should have never second questioned your order.” 

Celestia stomps her hoof on the ground and dawns an incredibly pissed off look. “We’ll deal with that matter later; now tell me where my sister is?” 

“I’m sorry Princess but I can’t tell you where she is, you know as captain of her night guard her word is absolute.” She states practically kissing the floor. 

“I don’t care about my sister’s order, I just got her back and now’s she’s gone again. So help me if you don’t tell me where she is I will banish you to Tartarus for the rest of your life.” Celestia states angrily. 

You start to get the memo to never piss Celestia off. “Celestia calm down, it’ll be ok.”

Celestia looks at you confused. “Anon how am I supposed to be calm at a time like this? I just got my sister back after I banished her to the moon for a thousand years and now the one pony who knows where she is won’t tell me where to find her. If I lose here again Anon, I don’t know what I’ll do.” She states as she begins to cry.

You walk over and wrap your arm around Celestia in a comforting manner. “It’s okay Celestia, I’m sure she’s fine. I’m worried about her just as much as you are. And don’t worry we aren’t going to stop until we find her.” Suddenly something starts to dawn on you. “Wait a second, Celestia do you remember the reason why I came here in the first place?” 

She looks at you confused. “Yes we where going to discuss your dreams but like I said in the letter my sister is better suited for helping you figure them out. Besides how could this help us at a time like this?” 

“Well like you said you don’t fully know what they could mean. But that first one wasn’t the only one I had, I had another one right before Cadence and I met up with you in the courtyard. Now I don’t know what they mean but all of them have something to do with Luna being in a strange place. So what if my dreams aren’t really dreams, what if they are showing me where Luna is, Night Blade how long ago did Luna take off?” You shout looking towards the guard. 

She gives you an evil glare. “About two days ago after her and Princess Celestia arrived back at the castle.” 

“Right when my dreams started happening, I don’t know how to explain this Celestia but I think I might have an idea of where Luna is. Did you and Luna ever grow up in an old castle or something? Ahhh it’s hard to remember details but I remember that the place was destroyed and it seemed like no one had been there for years. Also there was a courtyard that had a sun/moon statue on top of a fountain and I think I remember a tombstone with someone by the name of Melvin on it. Damn it I can’t remember anymore than that though, does it ring any bells?” You ask looking at Celestia with hope. 

Celestia ponders for a moment until it seems to dawn on her all at once. “Of course, Luna talked about trying to recover Star Swirl The Bearded’s old magical notes and books. He was the one that taught Luna and I how to use magic, he was one of the greatest unicorns to ever live but he sadly disappeared almost a thousand years ago. But before he vanished he created hundreds of spells, Luna must be trying to find one in hopes of trying to send you back. I brought some of his work to Canterlot and stored it in the royal archives but the rest of his work is still in our old castle deep in the Everfree forest. But how is it even possible that you are able to see her in your dreams, as far as I can tell you have no magic?” 

“Wait so you know where this place is, then let’s go get Luna back. I don’t care about any of that other stuff. I need her to know that I’m happy and that she doesn’t have to feel guilty for bringing me here. I don’t know why I can see her either but I’m glad I can since it will help save Luna. Celestia please tell me how to get there, let me go bring Luna back. It‘s the least I can do after everything you‘ve all done for me.” You state standing beside her with fire in your eyes. 

“Anon no, I can’t allow you to do this. I will send guards to retrieve her; the forest is much too dangerous for you especially by yourself.” Celestia states standing up and walking towards the door. 

“No Celestia you said it yourself she’s only doing all this for me, I need her to know it’s not her fault, and I have something else I need to tell her as well but she needs to hear it from me. And I don’t know if she’ll even return knowing I’m here. If what she said in my dreams is true she blames herself for everything and doesn’t even want to see me. So if I go to her she has no choice but to hear me out, please Celestia tell me how to get there.” You say chasing after her. 

Celestia turns to face you and is about to shoot you down again but someone comes to your rescue. “Auntie allow me to escort Anon to the old ruins, I know where they are and I know exactly what Anon wants to talk to Luna about. I feel that I’m the only one who can convince her it’s the truth.” She states winking at Celestia.

Celestia catches on to what Cadence is getting at and gives Anon a warm smile. “All right Anon, please stay close to Cadence and bring my sister back. Night Blade you will go with Anon and Cadence and protect them as if they where Luna, do I make myself clear.” She states glaring at the guard. 

“Yes your highness, consider it done.” Night Blade says sternly saluting Celestia. 

The four of you leave Luna’s tower and make your way down to another courtyard of the castle. There you see a chariot with two guards that look exactly like Night blade standing ready to pull it. “These guards will fly you to the castle, it will be much faster. I would go myself but I cannot leave Canterlot especially now. Please be safe and bring my sister home safely.” Celestia states as you, Cadence, and Night Blade all enter the chariot. 

As soon as the door to the chariot shuts the guards pulling it take off into a gallop and after a few flaps of there wings your airborne. You look down over the city of Canterlot noticing the hundreds of lights shining up at you. Behind you Celestia begins lowering the sun and a moment later raises the moon. The chariot banks left aimed towards Ponyville and eventually the Everfree forest. “Hold on Luna, I’m coming to bring you home.”
	

> Chapter 8-"Reliving the Past Part I"
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Into the Void

Chapter 8
Reliving the Past Part I


Minutes pass without a word said between the three of you. The only noise heard are the slight flapping sounds of the night guards pulling the chariot. "So how bad is this Everfree forest really?" You ask hoping what Celestia said about the forest was an over exaggeration. 

Nightblade looks at you as if you just asked the most stupid questions she's ever heard. "Are you serious, the forest is probably one of the most dangerous places in all of Equestria."

"What? How it’s just a forest. I mean yeah forests are dangerous but what makes it one of the worst places in Equestria?" You ask with a dumbfounded look on your face. 

Nightblade smacks her face with her hoof demonstrating a "you idiot" manner. "The forest is dangerous because nopony goes in there; the place is unnatural and doesn't require ponies to maintain it. For instance the weather, pegasus ponies control that so we can determine when there needs to be rain or sun. But the Everfree doesn't have that; all of the weather is controlled by itself somehow. Not even Princess Celestia knows how or why it does that. Also the place is filled with dangerous and hideous creatures, some that even eat ponies."

"So why the hell would the Princess's build there castle in such a dangerous place in the first place. I hope Luna’s okay, I could never forgive myself is something where to happen to her because of me." You state looking out the window as Ponyville passes under you.  

Cadence places a hoof on your shoulder and gives you a warm smile. "Don’t worry Anon, we’ll find Luna. I doubt anything has happened to her. But I know seeing you will help her understand the question circling the both of you.” 

“You better hope nothing happened to her, I still blame you for all of this Anon and I swear if there’s even a scratch on the Princess you will pay.” Nightblade states glaring daggers at you from the other side of the chariot. 

You look out the window and notice it’s suddenly gotten darker. You look down and notice the chariot has passed over Ponyville and the only sight below you now are hundreds of trees stretching for miles. The cart banks slightly to the right and begins descending into the tree line until you hear an audible **thud** as the cart touches down. 

Nightblade hops down from her seat and heads for the door. “Princess please remains here while the guards and I check the surroundings.” She exits the chariot with the two guards standing just outside saluting. “You two check the area; make sure there isn’t anything waiting to surprise us.” She yells as the two guards begin their search. 

You look out the window and notice what looks like a canyon splitting the castle away from the forest with only an old wooden bridge to get from one side to the other. “Was the castle built on a cliff?” You ask pointing to the canyon.

“Yes it gives the castle slight protection from creatures of the forest, that bridge is the only land access to the castle. Otherwise you need wings or you have to teleport to get across and since Alicorns can do both it seemed like a good idea.” Cadence states to you with a smile.

You were about to respond but Nightblade knocking on the door interrupted you. “Princess the immediate area is clear.” Cadence exits the chariot first with you close behind. You look up at the sprawling ruins of the abandon castle before you, knowing all too well that this is the place you recall Luna visiting in your dream. “Welcome to the ruins of the castle of the two sisters Anon.” Cadence states turning towards you.

“This place, it’s exactly like the ruins in my dream. Come on we need to go inside and try and find Luna.” You yell running for the door to the ruins. 

“Anon wait, don’t rush ahead. You don’t know what could be in there.” Cadence yells from behind you but you don’t slow down your pace, you came here to find Luna and you weren’t going to stop until you knew she was safe.

“Princess wait, damn it Anon, you two stay here guard the entrance to the ruins. I don’t want so much as a fly to enter, do you understand.” Nightblade yells to the guards who salute and take up there statue like posture on either side of the entrance. 

You quickly pass through the entrance and make your way down the long corridor trying to recall as much of your dream as you could. Soon you stop and come to a large open room at the end of the corridor; the large open area is hard to see with only the light of the full moon shining through the cracks in the ceiling. Cadence and Nightblade finally catch up to you and take in the sight before them. “Cadence do you know a light spell or something, I can’t see a damn thing.” You ask looking to Cadence who responds with a nod and a smile. She closes her eyes and lowers her head in concentration when suddenly the tip of her horn glows a pink color and rays of light shoot out from the glow. You look up and notice what looks like floating pink balls emanating light in the middle of the room. “Thank you.” 

You look around and get the sense of deva vu as your mind starts to connect your surroundings. On either side of the room are corridors on both the second and first floor branching off from the room. At the opposite end of the entrance you see two large thrones on raised platforms overlooking the large open room. “This is the throne room; I remember coming here on the first night of my dream.” You start making your way across the large room towards the thrones. You look down the corridors in hopes of possibly catching a glimpse of Luna but see nothing. Soon the thrones stand before, the one on the left was once white and has a large golden sun crest on it. “This must be Celestia’s throne.” You notice the other throne is a dark blue almost black color with a large white moon on it. “And this must be Luna’s, what happened here?” You ask approaching the thrones noticing the large black marks and chunks missing out of them. 

“Anon you know how Luna became Nightmare Moon correct?” Cadence asks with a sad expression. 

“Yeah she said it was because everyone was ignoring her and she became jealous, I know there’s more to it than that but that’s a simple way to look at it, What’s that got to do with why this castle is destroyed?” You state pointing to your surroundings.

“Because when Nightmare Moon first revealed herself, it was right here in this very room. You see Anon another reason for Luna’s jealousy was because of her sister, Princess Celestia. Ponies played and loved her sister for bringing forth the sun and a new day, but didn’t care at all about Luna when she brought forth the night. So part of Luna’s jealousy was towards her sister for being so loved, so when Nightmare Moon took Luna, she tried to destroy Celestia in hopes of never bringing forth the dawn again. Do you see now Anon, this place was once there home and when Luna became Nightmare Moon, Celestia and Nightmare battled for the very future of Equestria. That’s why this place is so destroyed, and why nopony lives here anymore, because of what happened in the past. After Celestia used the elements of harmony to banish Luna to the moon she couldn’t stand the sight of this place and decided to build her new home on the mountain where Canterlot now stands.” Cadence finishes with a saddened expression. “It’s a real shame too; this place was rather beautiful once.” 

You stand there stunned at everything Cadence just told you. You knew that Luna was once Nightmare Moon and you didn’t care about what here past held. But you never knew that part of her jealousy was towards her sister. “Well regardless of what happened in the past Luna still doesn’t deserve this. She still blames herself for everything that happened and that’s not fair in the slightest. We need to find her.” You state stepping down from the thrown platform.

“Ok but where do we start looking, this place is huge. Princess Cadence can you sense Princess Luna anywhere?” Nightblade asks looking around at the many corridors. 

“I can’t sense her anywhere and I can’t tell if she is intentionally hiding herself or if it’s because of the magic surrounding this place.” Cadence states joining you and Nightblade at the bottom of the stairs.

“It doesn’t matter where she is or how long it takes to find her. We are going to find her.” You snap at the two with anger evident in your voice. 

You look towards them and see Cadence with a shocked expression and Nightblade dawning a pissed off look. “How dare you speak to Princ.” 

But she was cut off by Cadence. “Enough Nightblade, he meant nothing by it.” 

Nightblade dawns a shocked look, either because the she let you talk to Cadence like that or the fact that Princess Cadence was defending you. “Bbbut your Highness he has no right to.”

“I said enough.” Cadence snaps with a hint of anger which surprised even you.

“I’m sorry, it’s just this is all my fault and I can’t leave here without finding her. It’s the least I can do after all Luna has done for me.” You state in a softer tone taking a seat on the stairs behind you.

Cadence approaches you and sits next to you, you feel her drape her wing over your shoulder. “Anon please, you mustn’t blame yourself for this. Don’t worry we’ll find her; I believe in my heart that there is something important the two of you need to discuss and nothing will keep the two of you away. Now let’s just begin our search and hope that we can find some trace of Auntie Luna.” Cadence states in an overly confident manner. 

“Wait I remember something that might have been a library, I have no idea how to get there but I remember Luna spending some time there looking over old books.” You state standing up.

“Excellent, we can start there. I don’t know my way around this place any more than you so let’s just pick a corridor and start our search.” Cadence states making her way towards the nearest corridor. 

You’ve been wandering the different corridors for what seems like hours finding no trace of Luna. Every hallway seems to look the same. “This place is like a maze how are we ever going to find anything in this place, let alone Princess Luna.” 

The three of you soon come to a large busted down door leading outside. You continue through it until you arrive in what you can only assume was the castle’s inner courtyard you followed Luna too the other night. The area is covered in overgrown vines and weeds. You notice the large fountain in the center with the sun and moon statue above it. You suddenly remember why Luna came here in the first place and take off towards the far corner.

“Anon where are you going?” Cadence asks following behind you. 

“Luna came to this courtyard in my dream, it’s still kind of fuzzy but I remember there being something here she was looking at.” You reach the other side of the courtyard and see the stone tablet sticking out of the ground. “Here it is, she was looking at this tombstone in my dream, she didn’t say who it was for though or if she did I don’t remember.” 

“Melvin the Manticore, who was he?” Asks Nightblade examining the tablet. 

“Oh Melvin, he was one of Luna’s only friends back when she used to live here. I don’t know the full story but I remember that when they were building the castle, workers stole supplies from Melvin without asking. He then trapped them because he was angry and somehow Luna was able to communicate with him. After that they became good friends but you’ll have to ask her if you want to know more.” Cadence stated with sadness evident in her voice. 

“Well she’s definitely been here; there aren’t any vines or shrubbery around his grave. Let’s keep looking, at least we know she was here, let’s head back inside through that door and keep looking.” You state pointing to a door on the other side of the courtyard. 

You re-enter the castle and into yet another corridor. But this one however seems somewhat familiar, all along the corridor are suits of old pony armor standing at attention. “Wait a minute, I remember this hallway, at least I think it’s the same one. I think where close to the library.” You shout with excitement as you take off down the dark corridor.

“Anon please wait for us.” You hear Cadence shout after you as her and Nightblade try to keep up. 

You come to the end of the hall with a large wooden door before you. “I think it’s behind this door, here Nightblade help me open it.”

“I don’t take orders from you; unless the Princess asks me to aid you I will do nothing of the sort.” She states in a stern tone.

You feel something snap in the back of your mind and all of the anger that has been growing inside of you seems to come out all at once. You turn around and grab Nightblade by her chest plate and get right in her face which takes her by surprise. “Listen to me you fucking bitch, I have been taking your shit since the moment I met you and I’ve had it. Yes it’s my fault Luna came here and yes I’m sorry that it happened. But I’m trying to make up for it and I don’t need to keep getting shit from you. I’m not asking you to follow my orders as if I was a Princess giving them to you. But for Christ sake stop talking down to me like you’re so high and mighty, I’m trying my best here. I’ve only been in this world for two days and I’m sorry I’m not up to your standards. I may not be as strong as you or have wings but god damn it I’m going to try with everything I’ve got and no one, not even some stuck up guard is going to stop me. Now are you going to help me with this door or NOT!” You finish panting slightly. 

Nightblade simply looks at you with a shocked expression, like she can’t believe that you just stood up to her. Suddenly she starts laughing. “Well well, well, it seems like you’ve finally grown some balls there Anon. Nopony has ever stood up to me like that, I’m honestly shocked.” She suddenly uses her wings to propel herself forward in a split second, knocking you over with her standing above you, hoof on your chest. “Now you’re absolutely right about this whole situation being your fault there’s no doubt about that. But you’ve done nothing but try and make up for it since you found out Princess Luna came here because of you, and you’ve definitely got some guts. You’ve proven that you’re not just some weak whatever you are, you’ve got heart and I respect that.” She suddenly dawns a serious expression. “But if you ever touch me again, I swear you won’t remember what happens.” She states in a stern tone. She hops off of you and extends her hoof to help you up. 

After you get back on your feet you look over at Cadence who is simply smiling at the situation that just unfolded before her. An echo of “What” from you and Nightblade is the only thing uttered. You make your way back towards the door but before you can grab the handle to try and open it again, the door suddenly glows a pink color and opens. You turn around and notice Cadence’s horn glowing as she uses her magic to open the door. “And why didn’t you do that before?” You ask as she walks past you entering the room. 

“Because I was sick of listening to the two of you fight, I was wondering when one of you was going to pop and lash out at the other. Seems like you where the bigger pony, now let’s go.” She states ending with a slight giggle as the three of you enter the room. 

You look around and see the hundreds of books lining the shelves surrounding the room. “Finally we found it, but where’s Luna. LUNA! WHERE ARE YOU?” You shout in hopes that she might hear you. You look over and notice a small doorway leading into another room; you dash for the opening hoping she might be inside but find no one. “Damn it, where is she?” 

“Anon look” Cadence states standing by a table filled with open books. “These are all old notes and journals of Starswirl the Bearded, Luna was definitely here look at the subject on all of the pages.” 

You walk over and grab one of the open books and read the headline. “Time Travel, what could she possibly?” Suddenly the answer dawns on you as you recall what Luna was saying in your dreams. “She’s trying to return to the past.”

“But why would she want to do that, plus most of these spells are incomplete and incredibly dangerous.” Nightblade states setting a book back on the table. 

“She wants to try and change her past in hopes of never becoming Nightmare Moon. If she does that she believes everything will stay as it was in the past with her and Celestia living in this castle. If there’s no Nightmare Moon then there’s no fight and no banishment which means I won’t find Luna in that dream world and I’ll never come to Equestria.” You finish sadness evident in your voice. 

“Surely she wouldn’t try anything like that; Luna knows that these spells where extremely dangerous. And the dangers of trying to change ones past can be catastrophic; she wouldn’t dare try something like this.” Cadence states flipping through the pages of a journal.

“If everything you’ve ever known was suddenly taken away from you over something as simple as jealousy, would you try and change your past if you thought there might be a chance?” You ask Cadence who simply looks at you with a worried expression as the rationalized point you just made sinks in. “We need to find her before she makes a huge mistake.” Suddenly you hear what sounds like an organ begin to play throughout the castle. “What the hell is that, where is that coming from?” You yell to the others who are just as confused as you. “Maybe it’s Luna, let’s go find the organ.” You shout making your way towards the door. 

“No Anon wait, we don’t know what it could be. You stay here and wait to see if Luna comes back, Nightblade and I will go find out who is playing the organ. Perhaps you are right and it is Luna, but just to be safe remain here in case she returns.” Cadence closes and locks the door you entered through and makes her way towards the other door. “Come Nightblade lets go find the source of the playing, Anon remain here with the doors locked until our return.” She states exiting the room with Nightblade and closing the door behind them. 

“God I’m completely useless, I have no magic nor do I know how to fight. Even if I went with them I would probably only get in the way. I just wish I knew more about Luna and that I was stronger so that I could protect her from her past.” You look around at the old books not understanding most of what you are reading since most of it is about magic which you know little to nothing about. You enter the small room branching off of the library and notice there are less books lining the selves. There are small cushions in the middle of the room and a single window looking out over the courtyard. “This must be the sitting room I saw Luna in last night in my dream.” You say aloud taking a seat on the surprisingly still comfy cushion.
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Cadence’s perspective after you leave Anon

You and Nightblade begin your search for the source of the organ playing. The problem is that the long hallways are bouncing the sound everywhere so it’s hard to try and narrow the source down. You both come to the end of a corridor where there is a fork in the hallway branching off either left or right. “Do you have any ideas for narrowing our search?” 

“Yes hold on a moment.” Nightblade states sitting down and closing her eyes to concentrate on the sound. She suddenly perks up and points to the left hallway. “This way Princess the sound is far greater.” Nightblade states taking the lead with Cadence close behind. 

You notice the sound is indeed getting louder until the two of you come to a doorway. Inside you see what looks like an organ in the center of the room illuminated by the moonlight coming in through a small window in the ceiling. You can’t see much but you notice the silhouette of what looks like a pony sitting on a piano bench playing. You and Nightblade enter the room cautiously not knowing who the mystery pony might be. “You there, what are you doing here and why are you playing that organ?” Nightblade shouts startling the player who suddenly stops and rises from the organ. 

“Who dares speak to me in such a manner?” The mystery pony snarls.

“My name is Princess Cadence and this is the captain of the Royal Night guard, Nightblade. Now who are you and what are you doing here?” You ask in your stern Princess voice. 

The mystery pony laughs and turns around to face you and Nightblade, the moon seems to glow brighter revealing the organ player. “Come now is that anyway to speak to your Aunt, or you’re Princess in your case guard captain Nightblade?

“Auntie Luna, oh I’m so happy you’re okay, we’ve been looking everywhere for you.” You shout running up to Luna and embracing her in a hug. You notice that she is slightly dirty and looks incredibly tired as if she hasn’t slept in days. 

“PPPrincess I’m so sorry, please forgive my outburst I had no idea it was you.” Nightblade stutters bowing.

“Rise guard captain, I should have never made my presence a threatening one. Now Cadence what are you doing here? Luna asks releasing the hug and making her way towards Nightblade.

“The three of us came here to bring you home Aunt, please let us return home this is no place for anypony let alone a Princess.” You state following close behind. 

“Well I appreciate the thought but I cannot return to Canterlot until my business here is complete. Also how was it that you were able to locate where I was, Nightblade did you disobey my command and inform my sister of my whereabouts?” She states turning towards Nightblade with a stern expression. 

“No Princess of course not, Anon was the one that somehow knew where you were. Somehow he has been having these dreams that have been showing him, well, you Princess. He said it was like being in the dream world but without you able to see or hear him, he remembered this castle and said that he just had a feeling that what he was actually seeing was where you were.” Nightblade hastily states.

“If we hadn’t come along Anon would have tried to brave the Everfree forest by himself to make it here and find you Luna. He needs to talk to you and I believe you wish to speak with him as well.” You state with a smile. 

“Anon came here to find me. Regardless I simply can’t see him, not until I have a solution for trapping him here in Equestria. He simply doesn’t belong here and I owe him a way home for saving me from Nightmare Moon. Now I want you all to return to Canterlot and inform my sister that I am well and will return when I am finished.” Luna states making her way towards the door. 

“Auntie Luna please wait, you know as well as I do how Anon is able to see you in his dreams. I feel it even now Aunt, no matter how hard you try and hide it I can see it, the moment you heard Anon was here I felt it surge through you. We Alicorns have a stronger connection than any other creature when it comes to this and you know it’s the truth, you don’t have to be afraid Aunt I promise you, please just speak to Anon and you will understand.” You say in a pleading voice making Luna stop just before the door.

“Damn you Cadence your right, but I simply can’t act on these feelings knowing I’ve ruined his life like this.” She states turning towards you with teary eyes. 

“But you haven’t ruined his life Aunt, in fact according to him he couldn’t be happier to be here. And these feelings you have are not lies, Aunt and you must not keep them locked away. Please return to the library with us so that you might learn the truth for yourself.” You say making your way over to Luna.

“All right, I will return with you, to be quit honest I want to see him again anyway. Come let us return to him.” She states exiting the room with you and Nightblade close behind. 

Luna leads the way back towards the Library with you and Nightblade close behind. You finally reach the locked door to the library and proceed inside.  
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Back to Anon 

You hear the organ cease it’s playing and the room becomes eerily quit. “Maybe it was Luna and there on their way back.” You are about to stand up when suddenly a book resting on a small reading pedestal catches your eye, you grab the book and notice something strange about the page its open to. “Hearts desire spell, what the hell?” You notice the pages letters seem to melt away and change. “If it is answers you seek of a pony’s past, read this aloud in the presence of said pony to learn the truth.” 

Suddenly the pages begin to glow as bright light, you try and drop the book but it seems to be stuck to you. Suddenly the light becomes increasingly brighter; you shield your eyes in an attempt to block the light. You hear a soft “ANON!” before it seems the world around you becomes completely white. 

Suddenly the light disappears all at once; you open your eyes and take in your surroundings. You notice your still in the small room but it’s now morning it seems. “What the hell was that?” You then hear a sudden shriek of terror come from behind you. You turn around and see Luna standing before you but she seems different, her coat isn’t as dark and she seems slightly shorter. “Luna what’s?” 

But she cuts you of before you can finish and bolts out of the room but not before you get hit with the same holding spell she used on you when you first met her in the dream world and are now pinned to the floor. “Starswirl, Tia there’s something in here help!”

“What the hell is going on, why is Luna freaking out?” You suddenly hear multiple hoof steps approaching at a fast pace getting louder and louder. “Oh this so can’t be good.” 
> Chapter 9-"Reliving the Past Part II"
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Into the Void

Chapter 9
Reliving the Past Part II


As the sound of multiple ponies draws ever closer you start to slightly panic, trying to figure out what exactly happened. “Luna knows who I am so why did she freak out and run away, and why did she look different?” You remember reading what you thought was just a passage in a book and then there was a flash and boom you were here. “So what the hell was that spell? God damn it, if I could remember it I could probably try and figure out how I got here.” You look around the room and it looks exactly like it did before, except maybe a little cleaner, but the atmosphere seems slightly different. Suddenly the hoof steps stop, whoever was making them had just arrived. 

“Luna, Celestia, stay here.” You hear from what sounds like an older pony, suddenly you hear what sounds like the pony coming towards you and bells? You look towards the doorway when suddenly a gray pony with a somewhat long white beard, a blue cape with stars and a moon embroidered on it, and a large blue witch type hat matching the cape with a golden bell just at the tip. You try not to laugh as the pony approaches you and with every step he takes the bell atop his hat lets out a small **Ding Ding**. He stops just in front of you and seems to eye you up and down when suddenly he breaks out into a full blown belly laugh. 

That slight panic you were feeling before is suddenly growing as you realize this pony is laughing at you maniacally with you still pinned to the floor. The top of the ponies head just under the brim of his hat begins to glow and suddenly the holding spell vanishes and you are able to move freely. “What the hell is going on, first Luna freaks out and runs off pinning me to the floor, and then this crazy bearded pony comes in and starts laughing at me and then releases me?” You think to yourself as you hear what you can only assume are the rest of the ponies coming towards you. Seconds later Luna, Celestia, and a dark pink alicorn with light blue hair who you know you’ve seen but can’t seem to remember her name, appear in the doorway with shocked expressions. 

“Starswirl, what are you doing, why did you release him. For all we know he could attack and destroy us all any second?” Luna shouts looking between you and the bearded pony next to you. 

The bearded pony finally stops his laughter and takes a deep breath. “Come now Luna is that anyway to speak to your future lover?” 

“FUTURE WHAT?” Was all that was uttered between you, Luna, and Celestia with the mystery mare only smiling. 

“Woops probably shouldn’t of said that, this old mind just seems to say what it wishes sometimes.” Starswirl finishes with another laughing fit. 

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN FUTURE LOVER, WHO EVEN IS THIS, WHAT THE HAY IS GOING ON?” Luna shouts hoping someone will enlighten you and the rest on the situation. 

“Now everypony calm down, this is Anon and he happens to come from a time far into the future seeking answers to a question in his heart. Anon I know this must seem incredibly strange to you but you and I have actually met before.” Starswirl states looking to you with a smile. 

“I’m sorry but I don’t ever remember meeting you, to be honest I don’t even know where here is. One minute I was reading a book in this very room, then there was a bright light and suddenly Luna is screaming at me and pins me to the floor with her magic. Luna, Celestia do you really not remember me? Luna don’t you remember me sa.” You try to continue but are cut off by Starswirl.

“Anon stop, you can’t reveal anything to any of us do you understand, if you do you could cease to exist all together. I know this is all incredibly confusing but listen to me very carefully. The spell that brought you here was a spell that I created long ago, before your arrival in Equestria. This might be a bit of a shock to you Anon but that spell has actually brought you back in time, so none of the events that have happened in your past have actually happened yet, do you understand what I’m telling you, you cannot tell any living soul as to the events that will come to pass.” Starswirl finishes with a stern look and tone in his voice. 

“So you’re telling me that I’ve traveled through time? HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE, I DON’T HAVE MAGIC?” You yell still trying to wrap your brain around everything that has happened.

“Calm yourself Anon; it’s going to be all right. Everything happens for a reason and this was meant to happen. Now the spell that brought you here is one of my own, but fear not you can return to your own time as long as you play out the spell. Once the conditions of the spell play out you shale return to the exact moment you left.” Starswirl finishes with a smile. 

“Ok great so how do I get back home? What do I need to do?” You ask eager to return to your own time. 

“Anon the conditions to which you are able to return are your own; the spell brought you here so that you could answer the question that resides in your heart. Once that question has been answered you will be pulled back to your time, but until then you are stuck here.” Starswirl finishes turning back towards the others. 

“What the hell is that supposed to mean, I don’t know what you’re talking about, are you telling me I could be stuck here forever if I’m not able to do this? Wait a minute; it sounds to me like you know what it is I’m looking for?” You state with panic evident in your voice. 

Starswirl lets out a slight chuckle. “Come now Anon you make it sound like it’s impossible. Yes I know the answer to which you seek but I am not going to reveal it to you, that is something you must discover on your own. Now you can’t reveal us the details on how you arrived in Equestria but why don’t you tell those who don’t know you who or even what you are.” 

“Well since I’m going to be here for a while I might as well answer your questions. Wait a minute how is it that you and I have met Starswirl, I don’t ever remember meeting you, plus I think I’d remember meeting someone dressed as ridiculously as you.” You hear giggles echo through the other three in the room and receive a slight glare from the bearded pony. 

“I’ll have you know that this is a ceremonial robe worn by unicorn elders that not only enhances our magic but is actually quite comfortable and warm. And as to how we have met, who do you think wrote all those journals and books you found in the library. I have traveled through time on multiple occasions and the last time I was able to make the jump I actually met you in the far future. Unfortunately because these spells require so much magic and are still not completely finished there are some side effects. In fact I am only in my early 30’s but because I have traveled through time on multiple occasions, it has sped up my aging process to where I am now. You see Anon I know everything that you know and more, and I know how much everypony is going to need you, especially Princess Luna and Celestia. Now please sit and explain exactly who you are.” Starswirl finishes by levitating cushions under everypony and taking a seat.

You take your seat along with everyone else; suddenly the question you’ve been rattling around in your brain since you arrived here finally hits you with an answer. “Excuse me but are you a princess to?” You ask the dark pink mare sitting next to Luna and Celestia. 

The pink alicorn lets out a slight chuckle. “Oh Excuse me for my rudeness but my name is Chrysie, it’s a pleasure to meet you Anon. And no I am no princess; I am merely Celestia and Luna’s godmother.” 

The sudden name and appearance suddenly hits you. “Wait I know you, I .” You begin to state but are again cut off my Starswirl.

“Remember what I said Anon, you can’t reveal anything from your time no matter what it is.” Starswirl finishes 

You begin by telling them exactly what you are and where it was that you came from leaving out the whole saving Luna within the dream world part. Once finished you look up and see everyone starring back at you with slight confusion, well everyone except Starswirl that is. “I’m sorry I can’t explain more, there is so much I would love to tell you that might make the future better for you all but.” 

“Anon please, it is quit all right, as Starswirl stated before everything must happen for a reason, whether it’s in the future, past or present you mustn’t reveal things that could make you cease to exist here in Equestria. I’m am sure I speak for Luna and myself in wanting to know exactly how you arrived in Equestria, but we also don’t want to change events that have not come to pass yet.” Celestia states rising from her cushion.

Luna stands beside her sister and dawns a bright smile. ”Indeed Anon, as much as we would like to learn about what happens to us in the future. I would hate to see something awful happen to you in the process, besides it sounds to me like you play an important role for both Celestia and I where you come from and I would hate to interfere with destiny.” 

Starswirl places a hoof on your shoulder and smiles at you. “Precisely, now why don’t you and Luna take a tour of the castle while I, Celestia, and Chrysie shall return to the main hall and wait for our guests to arrive.” 

You look towards the others and notice a sly grin on Chrysie as she looks between you, Luna, and Celestia. You are about to ask what she’s smiling about but she turns and follows Celestia and Starswirl out of the small sitting room leaving only you and Luna standing there. “So you and I are to be future lovers, how is it that a princess of Equestria becomes swayed by such a strange creature?” Luna states walking around you and stopping right in front of you. 

“Welll, III...” You stop and take a deep breath. “To be honest with you where I’m from we aren’t together, I don’t even know how to respond to your question without revealing something that I shouldn’t.” It pains you to say this, especially knowing the answer you want to tell her but can’t, for the simple fact that she isn’t the Luna you know. 

Luna dawns a slightly disappointed expression. “I see well, let us commence with the tour of the castle.” She states exiting the room and motioning for you to follow. The first room you ended up in was the main library only this time it had a lot more books and was nice and clean. “This is where my sister and Starswirl like to geek out over old tomes and books about spells and blah blah blah….yawn.” She states followed up by the two of you laughing at the prospect of Celestia sitting here eyes glued to the pages of some random book.

You exited through another door and into a long hallway leading back to the main throne room. Exiting the hall you realized that you and Luna where on the second level overlooking Celestia and a group of ponies speaking to one another. “Ugh Celestia is giving her boring speech about how we finished the castle and how it will be a beacon of harmony throughout Equestria. 

You laugh at Luna’s remark and look out over the large room noticing three ponies, one was a unicorn, one was a pegasus, and the other you can only assume was an earth pony. “So who are they supposed to be?” 

“They are all emissaries for each of the pony races of Equestria. The unicorn is Clover the Clever and her name definitely fits her well, she was one of the few ponies to study under Starswirl alongside myself and Celestia. The Pegasus is Private Pansy; to be honest I really don’t know how she even made it into the pegasus weather brigade, being one of the highest strung ponies I have ever met. And lastly we have Smart Cookie, she doesn’t know a whole lot about much except farming but without her and the rest of the earth ponies all of Equestria would starve.” Luna let out a hushed giggle and looked to you with an evil grin. “Hey do you want to see some of the special additions I put into the design of the castle?” 

“What kind of special additions are we talking about?” You ask with a confused look.

“The kind that will allow us to scare the cutie mark’s right off of everypony.” She states in a slightly evil yet playful voice. 

You return her evil grin with one of your own. “Oh hell yeah, if I can even make Celestia flinch, I’ll be happy. Lead the way” 

Luna jumps up with you close behind and makes her way over to a painting. Her horn begins to glow and the painting moves to reveal a secret passage. “Come quickly, we must hurry after them.”  After a few moments of walking down the long corridor you come to a skinny hallway just big enough for the both of you to fit through. Low towards the ground you notice that there are a series of small holes every few feet along the wall. You kneel down and look through one and notice the hallway with all of the old pony armor lining both sides of the hallway. Off in the distance you hear the sound of Celestia and her envoy drawing closer towards you and Luna. You look over and see Luna peering through one of the holes and snickering to herself.

“Luna what are we supposed to do here?” You ask trying to figure out what exactly she’s giggling about. 

“Shhh, here look through this hole and watch.” She states pointing to the hole closest to the one she’s peering through. You look through and see Celestia pass by followed my Clover the Clever and Smart Cookie. Next you notice that Private Pansy is slightly behind looking at every piece of armor praying that it won’t move. Just as she is about to pass us Luna reaches her hoof through the hole and barely grazes Private Pansy’s leg which is all she needed to do because before your brain could even register that she had touched her, Pansy disappeared. 

You look up through the hole and see her completely defying gravity by attaching herself to the high ceiling with nothing but her hoofs. Suddenly it registers to you and you burst out into a hushed laughter, looking over you see that Luna is doing her best to keep herself quite knowing that if Celestia finds the two of you then your fun would be over. “Wow I gota hand it to her, the Private can certainly jump.” You state trying to calm yourself. 

“She certainly can, come we must move to the next area.” She states walking to the end of the hall and through another small passage with you close behind. Soon enough you come to a small room with a painting. Luna hops up on her bag legs and looks through the eye holes of the painting, on the other side you can hear Celestia talking to the group about something. Luna hopes down and turns to you. “All right I think I have an idea of how we can get Smart Cookie but I’m going to need your help.” 

You dawn an evil grin. “Of course just tell me what I need to do.” 

Luna giggles to herself knowing what’s about to happen. “All right, Smart Cookie is just on the other side of this wall, but what she doesn’t know is that this wall spins. So what I’m going to do is spin the wall around which will grab her and spin her along with it. What I need you to do is simply stand here in the dark and say something creepy or simply laugh, and then I will spin her around back with the rest of the group.” 

“Yeah I can do that come on lets hurry before they move on.” You state standing back against the wall. Luna walks over to the small passage way on the other side of the room, her horn begins to glow and the room is shrouded in an eerie darkness. Suddenly the wall spins and a pony is sitting before you. You put on the deepest creepiest voice you can manage. “HAHAHA welcome to my domain.” Suddenly the wall spins back before Smart Cookie can even process what just happened, the room becomes lighter again and all you can see is Luna lying on her back in a muffled giggling fit. You begin laughing yourself and join her in the small passageway. 

“Oh my, that was great, did you see the look on her face. It was priceless; I don’t think she was even able to register what was going on until she spun back around to the other side. Come let us hurry, we still need to get Clover the Clever before the tour is finished.” She states wiping the tears from her eyes and continuing down the passageway with you close behind. 

An hour has passed and neither you nor Luna have been able to successfully scare Clover the Clever. “Man I thought we had her with the mirror spell but just like every other time she just counters it. I guess this just proves that Starswirl trained her well.” Luna states in a defeated voice as the two of you make your way down another dimly lit corridor. Soon you and Luna emerge from the corridor through another wall painting and back into one of the main corridors of the castle. “I suppose we should continue with the tour from before.” 

“Ah come on Luna that was a lot of fun, I mean we even managed to get Private Pansy again with the whole moving of the painting eyes. Plus I still would love to see the rest of the castle.” You state walking ahead of her pointing down the hallway. 

Luna smiles and catches up to you. “Your right that was a great deal of fun, actually probably the most fun I’ve had in a very long time since nopony ever visits and Celestia is aware of almost every trick in the castle. Come let us continue the tour.” 

After a couple of twists and turns you and Luna come to a hallway leading back to the main throne room. You enter the room and hear the sound of Celestia speaking to the rest of the group coming from a small room. “Should we go and join them?” You ask pointing to the room.

“Yes I suppose we sh.” Luna stops herself and dawns an evil grin like before and rushes over to the door. 

You chase after her wondering what exactly she’s thinking. “Luna what up?” 

Luna begins to giggle to herself again and turns to you. “Do you see the chair that Clover the Clever is sitting in?”  You peer into the room and see Celestia sitting at one end of the table and opposite to her is the rest of her envoy with Clover the Clever sitting closest to the wall. You nod your head but still have no idea what she’s getting at. “Come quickly I will explain on the way.” Luna takes off running down one of the passages with you close behind until she stops in front of a large door.

Luna’s horn begins to glow and the door swings open revealing a dark room with a column of light coming in through a skylight revealing what looks to be an organ in the middle of the room. “Luna how is playing an organ have anything to do with Clover the Clever sitting in a chair?”

Luna giggles at your confusion and makes her way towards the organ. “Come now Anon do you really think I would just simply put an organ in the middle of the castle and not have a purpose for it. This organ has a special magical connection to the castle. You see I’m only one pony, meaning I can only scare one pony at a time. So in the event that we have a party I decided to make this organ that can active more of my traps throughout the castle from one location and produce a creepy vibe to boot. For instance that chair that Clover the Clever is sitting in just happens to be one of the chairs that can essentially throw anypony sitting in it out of the castle.” 

“Wow that is very evil genius of you, but how are you supposed to see your work to know that it was a success, I mean just seeing their face is what makes it worth it.” You ask making your way over to Luna.

“Ahhh here’s the best part, not only did I enchant the organ to work with my traps remotely but.” Luna’s horn begins to glow and suddenly like a T.V turning on, three images appear above the keys of the organ one showing Celestia and the group still present in the meeting room, one showing what looks to be another hallway, and the last showing a wall outside the castle. “I also enchanted decorative pieces in the locations so that I can not only see when to strike but to also see the pony’s reaction.” She states finishing with a giggle at her own cleverness.

“Wow, that is seriously awesome it’s like a security station that allows you to pull pranks on anybody unlucky enough to get caught. Remind me to never be anywhere in the castle alone.” You state looking over the beautiful organ upon the risen platform.

Luna giggles at your comment and takes her seat on the small bench and looks over the keys. “Now let’s see just how clever you are Clover after this.” Luna places her hooves on two sets of keys and the organ comes alive playing an eerie note that rings throughout the castle. Suddenly on the image looking over the group of ponies you see them all look up in fear, well everyone except Celestia who dawns an incredibly irritated look. You suddenly see Clover the Clever’s chair spin around and throw her towards the near wall which opens and closes as she passes through it, next you see her in the hallway that actually has what appears to be a slide leading down as she plummets to the bottom you see her start to lose her cool. Finally she disappears only to reappear on the image of the outside wall where the wall spins around and shoots her out on to her backside with her just sitting there completely stiff still reeling from everything that just happened. 

Clover the Clever suddenly jumps up and dawns a pist off look knowing all too well that you and Luna had finally gotten her. This only makes it funnier as you and Luna burst into laughter. “Man Luna that was amazing, how did you even come up with something like that?” You ask trying to calm yourself but failing. 

“To be quit honest I don’t know, this stuff just comes to me, the hardest part is figuring out how to actually make it work.” She states through bated breaths. 

You look over the keys on the organ and notice that one has a picture of a sun engraved on it. “Hey what does this one do.” you state pressing the key.

Luna looks over and sees you pressing the key you mentioned. “No not that one.” She yells but it’s too late, the note of the key rings out throughout the castle and you suddenly see Celestia’s chair do the same as Clover the Clever’s did. Celestia is thrown through the wall and down the slide ending up next to Clover the Clever who immediately runs over to Celestia to make sure that she is unharmed. You and Luna look at each other then back at the image of Celestia sitting on the ground with the most shocked expression on her face. Suddenly you and Luna fall over backwards and onto the floor laughing.  

“We got her, we actually got her. I never thought it would be possible especially when she knows about that trick and yet we still managed to get her as well. This has to be the best day ever.” Luna shouts through her giggle fit. 

“Yes, my plan was to just make Celestia flinch but that expression of, “what just happened” was way better than I was hoping for.” You state trying to calm yourself but failing as the pain of laughter is starting to hurt slightly. 

“LUNA, ANON!!! WHERE ARE YOU” You hear Celestia shout ringing throughout the castle. You and Luna look at each other with an “oh shit” expression. 

Luna jumps up and runs towards and wall that she immediately opens with her magic. “Come on hurry we need to get out of here.” She shouts waving for you to follow. You both enter the small corridor and after a few moments come across a painting of Luna. She uses her magic to move the painting and you both enter a large open room. To your left you see two large dark blue wardrobes with a large bed with dark blue sheets in the middle. Across from you are two large book shelves filled with books and trinkets and in the middle a set of open doors leading to a balcony. To your right is small door leading into what you can only assume is a bathroom and a large set of dark blue doors with a crescent moon on either side leading to the rest of the castle. Looking up you realize that the ceiling is a mirror image of the night sky and the dim light in the room is coming from the stars shining. 

“Um Luna, why are we in your bedroom?” You ask slightly nervous all of a sudden.

“Well it is the last place Celestia would think to look for us, besides mine and Celestia’s rooms are the last stops on our tour of the castle. Why do you not like my room?” She asks you with s playful pouty expression. 

“No it’s very beautiful and matches who you are perfectly. You know Luna there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you since I arrived.” You state walking towards the shelves of books and looking over the many titles. 

“Oh and what might that be?” She asks making her way over to you. 

“I simply just wanted to say thank you. You’ve been nothing but kind to me since I arrived, well aside from the whole pinning me to the floor thing.” You say turning to face her. 

“Oh yeah sorry about that, but why are you thanking me?” She asks dawning a confused look. 

“Oh come on, a strange creature that you have never seen or even heard of suddenly appears before you and you find out from some crazy old pony that your destined to be together and you’ve been nothing but kind to me.” You state with a “duh” expression. 

“Come now Anon, you can’t judge a pony by their appearance and yes I was startled when you suddenly appeared before me and that whole destined to be together thing did kind of throw me for a loop. But I’m starting to see how a pony like me could fall for a uhh, what did you say you were again?” She responds with a shameful expression having forgotten what you were.  

You chuckle at her response. “A human and what do you mean a pony like you. Luna you’re amazing, your one of the kindest peo, err pony’s I have ever met. You’re fun to be around, beautiful, and above all an awesome friend.” 

Luna’s cheeks suddenly turn a pink color at your comment. “You think I’m beautiful? I mean, it just seems like everypony just sees me as Celestia’s younger sister. And I understand that, I mean she’s a couple years older than me but it seems like everypony respects her more than me.”

You reach out and grab Luna and draw her into a hug surprising her. “Don’t ever doubt yourself Luna, just because Celestia is your older sister doesn’t mean that you don’t matter. Your still a Princess of Equestria and don’t ever forget that no matter what anybody tells you.” 

Luna releases the hug and smiles at you. “Thanks Anon” She states planting a kiss on your cheek immediately jumping back and giggling. You rub the side of your cheek as it starts to turn bright red at the realization of what just happened. 

“Well well, it seems our dear Princess has found somepony she likes.” A strange voice comes from behind you. You turn around and almost pass out at what stands before you. Almost two feet taller than you stands a lion with large pointy ears and a large red mane with giant bat like wings and the tail of a scorpion. 

“Ahh Melvin, where have you been all day.” Luna asks walking over next to you.

The large creature reaches out his paw in a shaking manner. “Melvin the Manticore, and who might you be?” 

The sudden appearance of the creature and the fact that he can talk and that Luna knows him finally sinks in and you reach out your small hand to shake his paw. “Anon the human, nice to meet you.” You state still slightly nervous.

“Anon this is, wait you can understand him?” Luna asks dumbfounded.

“Yeah why, he can clearly talk.” You state releasing his paw.

“Well how about that, seems I can finally have a conversation with somepony else other than you Luna, not that I don’t mind it.” Melvin states with a chuckle.

“But how, nopony else has been able to communicate with Melvin other than me and even I don’t understand why I can but.” Luna continues to ponder the question while Melvin chuckles at her rambling.

“Come now Luna, haven’t you learned that even though something is unexplainable, it doesn’t make it any less true. Besides we must hurry to the dining hall before your sister begins to worry about where you are.” Melvin states making his way towards the door. 

“Your right, well like you said at least you can talk to somepony else now. Anyway come Anon hopefully Celestia has calmed down enough where she will allow us to dine with her.” Luna states following Melvin towards the door. 

“Luna, what did you do this time?” Melvin asks rolling his eyes.

“Well it seems that our new guest enjoys playing pranks as much as I do, so while touring the castle we had a little fun with Celestia’s envoy.” Luan states giggling at the end.

“Ok so why would Celestia be angry enough with you to not allow you to dine with her?” He asks with curiosity.

You finally catch up to them and follow them out of the room. “Well you see, Luna and I were at the organ when.”

> Chapter 10-"Reliving the Past Part III"
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Into the Void

Chapter 10
Reliving the Past Part III


As the three of you make your way towards the dining hall you continue to go over the day’s events with random chuckling confirming its success. After making your way down a long flight of spiraling stairs you come to a small corridor, straight ahead of you is another set of spiraling stairs and to your right is a long hallway with multiple doors. “Where does that lead?” You ask pointing towards the other stair case.

Luna and Melvin turn to you. “That’s Celestia tower, you see the two of us designed this castle from scratch and with the help of magic we were able to make the home we always wanted. And ever since we were small fillies we’ve wanted to live in our very own castle, so when we designed our bedrooms we figured why not put them high above the rest of the castle in large towers. We didn’t see it when we were up in my room but there is actually a large balcony that connects both mine and Celestia’s tower. The view is amazing; remind me to show you after dinner.” Luna states making her way over to you with a smile.

“Awesome, I still haven’t had the chance to watch the sunset with youuuuu I mean yeah I bet the view is amazing.” You say sheepishly grabbing the back of your head.

Luna simply smiles at the idea and lightly chuckles at your embarrassment. “Yes the view is quit lovely, now shall we make our way to the dining hall before everypony starts to worry?” 

Luna turns and starts making her way down the hall followed by you and Melvin. Melvin jabs you in the arm lightly as you continue to make your way to dinner. “You know Anon you don’t have to hide your feelings from Luna, she already knows you have feelings for her and will gladly return them. Take it from an old fool like myself; don’t let petty things like thoughts of rejection or “what if” questions cross your mind. If there is somepony you like at least make your feelings known and if they say no than who cares, at least you proved it to yourself that you had the guts to try and fail rather than never try at all. Besides I don’t think Luna would reject you, actually I think the only reason that she hasn’t asked you already is simply because she is unsure if you are ready.”

You let out a deep but quite sigh. “I know Melvin and its true I do love Luna and as horrible as this might sounds she isn’t the Luna I know. I don’t know if you know of my circumstances about how I arrived here but as far as Starswirl is concerned I traveled back in time. And apparently once I answer a question in my heart I’ll be able to return to my own time, and since I don’t know what that question is I might discover the truth any minute and be sent back. I couldn’t bear the thought of leading Luna on and then suddenly vanishing, she would be heart broken.”

Melvin pats you on the shoulder. “I understand your concern Anon and respect your judgment in the situation. But I’ve known Luna long enough to know that when it comes to any circumstance she has all the angles figured out and understands that not every situation has a good and bad outcome. And that sometimes you need to look closer and find the truth you seek.  I’m sure Luna understands that you could vanish at any moment and it seems to me that she doesn’t care, she likes you Anon and wants to spend time with you.” 

You get to the end of the hall and turn left down another when suddenly Luna stops in front of you. “Luna what’s wrong?” You ask going to her right looking down the hall. At the end of it you see Celestia standing there with an irritated look on her face.

“Anon when I tell you too, turn and run as fast as you can.” Luna states just above a whisper. 

Celestia dawns an almost creepy smile and slowly makes her way towards you. “Luna, Anon how was your tour of the castle?”

“It was quit lovely actually sister, how was your meeting with the representatives? Follow my lead.” Luna says quietly slowly starting to back up.

Celestia continues to walk towards you. “It was quit lovely actually, I showed them around the many corridors and finally ended up in the sitting area for some tea, it was quit relaxing. But there is one thing I would like to discuss with you?”

“Oh and what might that be?” Luna asks with the two of you continuing to back down the hall. 

Celestia stops and places a hoof to her chin. “Oh it’s nothing to pressing.” Celestia dawns an evil grin and looks your way. “WHERE IS THAT PIANO?” She shouts taking off into the air and heading straight for you and Luna.

“RUN!!!” Is all Luna could say as the two of you turn and take off down the hall. You look back after a few seconds and realize that there’s no outrunning Celestia when she’s flying. 

“She’s gaining on us there’s no way we can outrun her like this.” You state turning the corner and continuing to run down another hall with Celestia gaining closer every second. 

Luna looks behind her and sees her sister shortening the distance between the two of you. “Your right we only have one option, how do you feel about flying?” 

You look at Luna with a quizzical expression. “Fly, I can’t fly how wou?” You start to ask but are suddenly picked up by Luna’s magic and placed on her back. “Luna no I’m too big for you and I’m gona fall off” You yell.

Luna turns and looks at you with a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry Anon, I promise I won’t drop you, now hang on.” Suddenly Luna turns towards an open window and gallops towards it. You look down just in time to see the floor of the castle disappear beneath you. You immediately shut your eyes and lunge forward trying to grasp anything you can. Finally your arms latch on to something and you hold on with dear life. “Anon it’s all right you can open your eyes.” You hear Luna say in the most sincere voice. 

You open your eyes and the sight before you is almost breathtaking. Below you can see what you assume is the Everfree forest stretching for miles. You look up and see millions of stars and the moon high in the sky glowing bright over the land of Equestria. “Wow this is amazing.”

“It is quite beautiful isn’t it; I’ve always rather enjoyed the night. There’s just something so peaceful about it, so calming, like it’s a part of me. How are you faring Anon?” Luna states with the **whoosh** **whoosh** noise of her wings flapping the only sound you can hear. 

“I think I’m okay, I’m not a big fan of heights but gota say that I’ve never felt safer than right now, here with you in the glow of the moonlight.” You say turning red having realized what you just said. 

Luna dawns a large grin as her heart skips a beat at the statement. “As I said I would never allow anything to happen to you. But if you feel comfortable, would you mind loosening your grip, it is quit difficult to fly like this.” 

You look down and realize that you still have a death grip on Luna’s neck. “Oh sorry, like I said heights really aren’t my thing and everything happened so fast I just, sorry. How are you able to carry me anyway, I’m as tall as you?” 

Luna chuckles at your remark. “Don’t be sorry it’s quit all right and the reason I’m able to carry you is due to a spell Starswirl taught me that makes anything on my back as light as a feather and I don’t blame you, but it was the only way I could think of to get away from my sister.” 

“Who says you got away from me?” Celestia states looking down on you and Luna.

“How the, how long have you been flying above us, when how?” You say trying to wrap your brain around the fact that you didn’t hear or see Celestia catch up to you. 

Celestia chuckles to herself. “Oh I’ve been here for quit sometime, but didn’t want to interrupt your conversation. It was just so sweet to hear the two of you go back and forth, why Lulu it was just so touching.” 

Luna lets of a surprised gasp. “How dare you sister, we promised to never use those names again.” She states angrily while you chuckle quietly to yourself. 

Celestia bursts out laughing while continuing to fly above you. “Ooops”

You almost break into laughter with her for how flustered Luna just got over a simple nickname when suddenly something comes to mind. “Come now Tia it’s not nice to poke fun at others.” 

Luna bursts out laughing and Celestia stops and dawns a serious look and you swear you see her eye twitch. “What how did, ohhhhh you’ll pay for that.” Celestia shouts angrily as she makes a beeline for you and Luna.

“Oh shit, here she comes Luna go.” You say looking back and noticing how fast Celestia is closing the distance between the two of you. 

Luna begins to beat her wings faster and you both start flying at an incredible speed despite carrying you on her back. “You can’t outrun me Luna; even without Anon you know I would still catch you!” Celestia shouts closing the distance.

Luna banks and makes her way back towards the castle. “She’s right, Celestia is just as fast as I am and carrying you I doubt we’ll be able to outrun her.” 

You look around and notice the waterfall flowing down from the back of the castle into a large river below. “Head down there maybe we can hid in the waterfall.”

Luna notices what you mean and heads that way with a heated Celestia not far behind. As you get closer to the falls the shadow of the mountain gives you some slight camouflage as you try and blend into the shadows. As you fly down the falls you notice a small outcropping of rocks at the base of the falls, you point to the spot and Luna nods in agreement. Luna touches down on the rocks and you dismount her and simply wait quietly for Celestia to pass by. Suddenly she appears just in front of the two of you on the other side of the flowing water hovering in place. 

An idea quickly forms in your mind and you remember something that Luna once told you. “Hey Luna can you hear me?” You think hoping that she is.

Luna turns to you and looks at you with a quizzical expression. “Yes I can, how did you know I could read your thoughts?”

A devilish grin dawns your face. “Something you told me you could do in the past, or the future whatever. You told me that you and Celestia could cast a spell on somebody that would allow you to read their thoughts and since I haven’t spent any time with Celestia I guessed that you might have cast that spell. Anyway don’t you think Celestia is a bit hot headed right now, don’t you think she could use a little cooling off?”

“Gahh where did you two go, when I find you Luna so help me.” Celestia states growing agitated at not being able to find us.

Luna thinks for a moment until the realization of what you where insinuating hit her. “Yes your right she could use a little cooling off, on the count of three then.”

1….2….3 Suddenly you and Luna burst through the water fall surprising the hell out of Celestia who turns around just in time to get tackled out of the air. The three of you all go crashing into the cool stream. You’re the first to surface followed closely by Luna and finally Celestia who is still dawning a “what the fuck just happened” look. You and Luna look at each other and burst out laughing while Celestia tries to put the pieces together as to what just happened. Celestia dawns an incredibly pist off look and glares at you and Luna. “What on earth where you two thinking, what if one of us had gotten hurt?” 

You notice that Celestia is frazzled about what just happened and her mane certainly shows it being completely soaked and disheveled. “Sorry Celestia, Luna and I just thought you needed to cool off.” 

“Yes, it seemed that you were being quit hot headed a few moments ago and thanks to Anon you seemed to have calmed down.” Luna states making her way towards you.

Celestia still irritated by what just happened starts to calm down and slightly chuckles at the entire situation that just unfolded before her. “Oh I see so it’s Anon's fault that I am now soaked is it?” 

You smile proudly, “well I can’t tak.”

“Yes” Luna quickly interrupts you.

You look to Luna with mouth agape, “traitor.” You pull your arms together and large wave of water crashing against Luna’s face. 

She looks to you with a grin. “Oh it is ON!” She states using her wings to splash you back. As the two of you continue to splash each other back and forth completely forgetting about another pony that is present. Celestia uses this to her advantage and with her magic takes control of the flow of the waterfall and directs it at you and Luna. Suddenly the two of you are completely engulfed in a large wave of water, after a few seconds the water recedes and you and Luna are left standing there looking at each other with dumfounded expressions. 

You look over and see Celestia chuckling to herself in the water having just completely drenched you and Luna. “Oh my, it seems I might have over done it, I am so sorry.” She states continuing to chuckle to herself. You and Luna look at each other and dawn devilish smiles. Celestia opens her eyes and notices the two of you making their way towards her. “Oh the two of you think you can take me do you? Well bring it on!” 

After about another ten minutes of splashing and tackling each other into the water the three of you finally decide it’s time to head back to the castle. “Hop on Anon it will be much quicker to fly back” Luna says kneeling down so you can climb on.” 

You hop on and secure yourself just behind her wings. “Ready when you are.” Luna takes off into a gallop and with a few beat of her wings the two of you are air born with Celestia flying right next to you. After a minute of flying the three of you land in the courtyard and you hop off Luna. 

“Where have the three of you been all this time? We were starting to worry.” You hear a familiar voice ask from behind you.

You turn and notice Chrysie standing there looking the three of you over. “We just went out for a little while; it’s kind of a long story.” You state scratching the back of your head. 

Chrysie starts to giggle at the sight of the three of you. “It’s certainly a story I wish to hear, know why don’t the three of you go get cleaned up, and then meet the rest of us in the dining hall.” 

The three of you look at each and starting laughing. Celestia and Luna’s hair is a complete mess and all three of you are dirty from the constant thrashing in the water. “Come, let us go and clean ourselves up and then have some dinner, I don’t know about the two of you but I’m starving.” Celestia states making her way towards the nearest door. 

The three of you reenter the castle and after a few twists and turns you end up back in the corridor that leads to Celestia and Luna’s bedrooms. Celestia makes her way towards one of the doors and uses her magic to open it. The three of you enter and you’re stunned at the sight before you, probably the biggest bath you have ever seen, bigger than most in ground swimming pools at least. “Wow”

“This is Celestia and I’s personal bath, the water is kept at a constant warm temperature thanks to magic and is full of different herbs to help you relax. This is probably one of our favorite rooms in the entire castle.” Luna states making her way over to a large counter on the far side of the room. 

“Well I’ll just wait outside for when the two of you are done.” You state turning towards the door when suddenly it slams shut in front of you. 

“Nonsense Anon you can simply bathe with us, it will take far less time for all of us to get clean at once.” Celestia states using her magic to work a shower to clean the dirt off of her hooves.  

“Yeah uhh no, I don’t have a bathing suit and there’s no way I’m getting in there naked.” You state trying to open the door but to no avail.

Luna makes her way back over to you. “You do realize we don’t wear clothes right Anon? I mean aside from our shoes and chest piece.”

The idea of wearing clothes finally dawns on you, you’ve already explained why you wear clothes once but completely forgot that was to a different Luna and Celestia. “You see unlike ponies I have no way to conceal my privates or stay warm. Yes I understand that ponies walk around naked but you can hide your privates and you have your fur to keep you warm. But humans don’t have either of those, if I walked around naked all the time it would basically be me flashing everyone all the time and in the winter I would end up freezing to death. Plus where I’m from it’s socially wrong to walk around in the nude.” 

“Anon we’re sorry we didn’t know this was such an awkward situation for you but we promise you that we don’t mind. Also I noticed that you didn’t have another pair of clothes with you when you came so if you take those ones off I can use a spell to clean them for you. If you can’t undress in front of us there is a curtain over there along with some towels, simply strip off your clothes and wrap yourself in one.” Celestia states pointing to a corner of the room that has a small curtain hanging down. 

“Thanks, I’m sorry to be such a pain especially when you make the completely valid point about everyone being naked but it’s just something I need to adjust too.” You say making your way over to the curtain and drawing it closed. 

“Do not worry Anon, remember we don’t know at all what it’s like where you came from so please do not hesitate to speak up if we do something wrong.” Luna states rinsing off her hoofs with the shower Celestia used. 

You strip down to your birthday suit and grab one of the ridiculously large towels and wrap it around your waste almost twice. You grab your nasty clothes that you have been in for almost two days and head back into the open bath. Suddenly the clothes in your hand dawn a golden yellow glow and levitate over to Celestia. She closes her eyes and her horn begins to glow, suddenly your clothes shine a bright white light and as sudden as it appeared it was gone leaving your clothes sparkling clean. “Thanks Celestia I appreciate it.” You state making your way over to her to grab your clothes when they suddenly vanish. 

Celestia chuckles at your agape mouth while stepping into the warm bath. “Do not worry Anon, your clothes are unharmed. But if you want them back you need to wash your body first, no sense putting clean clothes on when your body is filthy. Now come let us clean ourselves up and then I shall return your clothes.” 

“But ugh that is so not fair.” You state crossing your arms and eliciting a chuckle from both Celestia and Luna. 

“You might as well give up and enjoy the bath Anon, there’s no arguing with my sister.” Luna states stepping into the bath. 

“Man this is so unfair” You head over to the steps and start to make your way in. The bath is the perfect temperature and after a few steps you’re in up to your chest. You feel the warm water begin to work away the unknown aches you had in your back, you dive under, the warm water on your face feels like heaven. You come back to the surface with a relaxed smile on your face when you suddenly realize the sounds of chuckling in front of you. You open your eyes and see Luna and Celestia looking at you with smiles. “What?” you ask.

“Oh nothing, it just seems that your enjoying yourself despite all the complaining you where doing a few moments ago.” Celestia states with a chuckle. 

Your face begins to turn red at the realization that she’s completely right. “Yeah yeah, you got me this feels awesome, is there any soap around?” 

Luna points in your direction. “It’s right behind you, use whatever you like.” 

You turn around and notice the couple of bottles of different shampoo resting on the side of the tub. You make your way over and start looking over the different types, after popping the cape of each one to try and figure out what each one actually was you finally decide on one that smells like strawberries and start lathering yourself up. After you finish adding the soap and rinsing yourself off you finally conclude that you are the cleanest you’re going to get. Noticing that it has become quite you turn and around and notice Luna and Celestia looking at you. “What?’

“What are those things at the end of your arm?” Luna asks pointing to your hand.

“What you mean my hand; well yeah uhh what do you want to know?” You ask dumfounded that there asking about it.

Luna makes her way over to your side of the tub. “Well how does it work, I mean it seems to work almost like a hoof but it has those small extremities.”

You hold your hand out in front of you and wiggle your fingers. “Well the small nubs are called fingers and they allow me to pick stuff up and many other things, why are you asking me this all of a sudden?” 

“Are they soft?” Celestia asks joining her sister.

“Yeah they are where is this coming from why are you interested in them all of a sudden, you had all day to ask me about them why now?” You ask starting to get a little worried. 

Luna and Celestia look at each other with guilty faces and Luna turns back to you. “We were wondering if you wouldn’t mind helping us apply the shampoo to our manes. You see it’s quit difficult and unpleasant with hooves and since the reason our manes are so disheveled is mostly because of you we were hoping you would make it up to us by helping us?”

“You want me to help to wash your hair, yeah why not. All you had to do was ask and by the way it isn’t entirely my fault that your manes are messed up.” You state with a smile. 

“We know that’s why we said it wasn’t entirely your fault.” Celestia states with a giggle. 

“All right so what kind of shampoo do the two of you want?” You ask turning to the bottles behind you. 

“I would like midnight breeze please.” Luna states turning around.
“And I would like sunrise bliss.” Celestia states joining her sister. 

You grab both of the shampoos and make your way over to the two sisters. You squirt some midnight breeze into your hand and begin to lather it into Luna’s mane eliciting a few “that feels wonderful” from her as. You continue to work on her mane until your satisfied that the entirety of it is lathered with shampoo and rinse off your hands. “All right your all set Luna, Celestia your turn.” Luna dunks her head under the water rinsing off the soap as you work on lathering Celestia’s mane. “All right you’re all done to Celestia.” You state rinsing off your hands as she cleans the soap from her mane. You turn back around after placing the bottles back on the side of the tub and notice how much better their manes look.

“Ahh much better thank you Anon, that was wonderful.” Celestia states making her way towards the stairs. 

“Yes thank you, that felt amazing perhaps you could give me a message sometime with those magical hands of your?” Luna states following her sister out of the tub. 

“No problem I figured it was the least I could do after causing all the trouble today.” You state making your way over to the side of the tub. You grab the side and hoist yourself out and back onto your feet. You hear a squee come from behind you and you turn around to see both Luna and Celestia starring at you with hooves over their mouths, “what?” You ask until you realize where there starring, the thought begins to cross your mind and is confirmed when you look over and see your towel floating on the surface of the water in the tub. You quickly cover yourself with your hands and jump behind the curtain. “You saw nothing, where are my clothes?” 

You hear Celestia and Luna chuckling to each other before Celestia speaks up. “Look behind you.” You turn around and notice your clothes hanging on a hook all nice and clean. 

“Seriously, my clothes where here the entire time?” You state in an irritated voice. 

“Naturally, but how else where we going to get you to give us a head message?” You hear Luna state with a giggle.

“Well if you had simply asked I might have been inclined to give you a normal message but I don’t know now.” You say grabbing your clothes and dressing yourself. You hear an irritated grown come from the sisters realizing you were right. Finally fully dressed and feeling fresh as a daisy you draw back the curtain and see Luna and Celestia waiting for you by the door.  

The three of you exit the bath and make your way towards the dining hall. After a few minutes the three of you enter through a large door into the dining room. In the middle of the room is a large table big enough for eight ponies, behind the table on the far wall is a large fireplace, to your right is a large window overlooking the forest and to your left is a small door with a pony entering through it pushing a cart full of food. Chrysie, Starswirl, and Melvin are all sitting at the large table talking amongst themselves. “My goodness where have the three of you been, we’ve been waiting almost an hour?” Starswirl asks pointing to the large clock above the fireplace. 

“Come now Starswirl; allow them to all be seated before you start drilling them with questions.” Chrysie states winking at the three of you trying to hush the old pony. 

The three of you make your way over to the table; you take your seat in the middle with Celestia sitting to your left and Luna sitting to your right. “Know Anon how was your day; I assume Luna and Celestia have been showing you around the castle?” 

“Yes, the castle and the area surrounding it are really cool, I particularly like the waterfall.” You state as the events of the night begin to replay in your mind eliciting a small chuckle from you, Luna and Celestia. 

“I see well I’m glad you are starting to adjust, know let’s see what the chefs have prepared for us tonight shall we.” Starswirl uses his magic to lift the covers off of the many serving plates in the middle of the table. The first thing you see that you recognize is spaghetti, there’s also a large salad, some kind of sandwich with what looks like flowers and some large rolls. “Well this looks amazing as always, now don’t be shy everypony dig in.” 

Finally realizing just how hungry you are you grab a decently sized portion of spaghetti and one of the large rolls and begin digging in. After you polish off your spaghetti you make yourself a salad and realize it’s the best tasting one you’ve ever had and after Starswirl explained that the vegetables are all fresh from today and that the dressing is completely natural, you can deduct why. After dinner everyone moved to a small sitting area down the hall with large couches and sofa’s. There you go over the day’s events starting with the pranking of Celestia’s guests and ending with the late night swim. Starswirl found the pranking of his friends particularly funny. After about a half an hour Luna succumbed to the day’s events and the warm food in her stomach and collapsed onto your shoulder. 

“It seems somepony had a fun day.” Starswirl says pointing to Luna sleeping peacefully on your shoulder with a large smile on her face. “Why don’t you take her on up to bed Anon.”

“I also brought up a pillow and blanket and placed them on Luna’s sofa in her room, I figured you would be more comfortable in there than in some random guest room on the other side of the castle.” Stated Chrysie with a smile. 

“Thank You,” you say in a whisper. You stand up still holding Luna up with your arms moving her as little as possible. Once you rise to your feet you reach down and carefully pick Luna up in a cradle like fashion, her legs are curled up close to her body and her head is nestled just under your neck. After you secure one hand behind her neck and the other just above her butt you make your way back to her room. After a couple of minutes you reach the bottom of the stairs leading up to her room and sigh. “It’s a good thing you’re so light or I would have to wake you up.” 

Suddenly you hear strange noise; you look down and notice its Luna quietly snoring in your arms. “But you look so damn cute right now it would be a crime to wake you up.” Another adjustment to make sure your grip is still strong and you start your accent. After about five minutes of climbing you finally reach the top and push open her door. You enter the dimly lit room and close the large door behind you. You wait a few seconds to allow your eyes to adjust so that you don’t trip over anything and send Luna flying out of your arms and onto the floor. Satisfied that you can see you make your way over to her bureau and take off her shoes and chest piece and place them neatly on top. 

After you make your way over to her bed and draw back the covers, you lay her down as gently as possible and slowly cover her up. After she’s all tucked in you turn to try and find the sofa when you suddenly hear “Anon” whispered. You turn around see that Luna is still asleep but is mumbling something. You smile and turn back around and spot the sofa on the other side of the room, you make your way over and take off your shoes. You grab the pillow and blanket and lay down on the incredible soft sofa. “God this thing is bigger and comfier than any bed I’ve ever owned. Man I’ve only been here one day and seems like it’s been a week, and I’m no closer to finding out what I’m supposed to learn. Maybe tomorrow will bring more answers; at least I hope it will.” You lay there pondering what could possibly be the question you need answered until the day’s events finally catch up with you and you drift off to sleep.