> Friendship, Love, and Shenanigans
>  by Lightning Spear
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> Just an (Extra)Ordinary Evening
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Have you ever experienced something that flipped your world upside-down? Yes? No? well, I guess I experienced that kind of event, a life changing one to be honest. But before I tell you that, let me introduce myself.

My name is Nathan "Nate" Hunt, I am twenty-two years old and I live in the good old U.S of A ; in San Francisco to be precise.

I am over six feet tall (180 centimeters) and I have a proportional muscular build; lean and not overly bulky as a result of martial-arts training instead of heavy-lifting. I have short-spiky black hair, brown eyes, fair skin, and a bit of facial hair (which is cool in my opinion). With scars here and there on my skin; due to various causes. And yes, I love physical activities and gaming.

I have a father; his name's Nicholas, a mother; her name's Anna, a younger brother; his name's Johnny , and a younger sister; her name's Cathy. Let me summarize them for you.

My dad is the chief of the house, he is tough as nails, very disciplined,possesses an excellent sense of leadership, and boy oh boy his temper is hotter than the sun itself when agitated. But despite being hotheaded, he is very disciplined and possesses an excellent sense of leadership as I mentioned earlier; which also runs in the family. He is nice, funny, and very strategical in his calm state. He taught me a lot of things, from life philosophies to handyman's work to...well, strategies. Good luck beating him in chess or strategy games, which I only did once, with heavy casualties on my side. So overall, tough as nails but also soft and warm at the same time.

My mom is the second in command, she is a strong woman, independent, caring, loving, and very disciplined. But unlike my dad, she is not a hothead. She loves plants and flowers; best mom in the world.

My brother is unique, he complains a lot, and frankly quite a pussy. But good at piano and cash management,so basically he acts like the family's cash adviser and Beethoven.

My sister, sweet and caring. But if you get between her and her ambitions, I guess that would be another story.

Me? I guess I am a multi-role and adaptive type of guy, put me anywhere and once I get used to what I am doing, I would be fine and happy. But yes, I am ill-tempered like my dad. But could be controlled.

My whole family runs a food franchise corporation with outlets across the country that's been around for seven years! Not bad at all if you ask me. Recently, I've been helping to design the outlets (with my father's supervision and approval of course) since I have a degree at architecture. So yeah, I am a young architect.

But despite being an American,I was not born in the USA. Here let me tell you...

I was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and I spent most of my childhood with my parents, younger brother, and younger sister there before moving back to the US; and as a result I am very fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia, although it's quite difficult to find somebody you can talk with the language here; so as a result my family and I sometimes communicate in Bahasa to keep us from getting rusty because mastering more than one language is a very valuable asset. It was nice to live in Indonesia, I loved everything, I made a lot of friends with various ethnics; and they have a lot of tasty meals there (I am not gonna list them for ya because simply saying Indonesian food makes me damn hungry.)

During my stay in Indonesia, I practiced a lot of martial arts such as Kyokushin Karate, Taekwondo, and Aikido. But among all of the aforementioned martial arts, I found my passion in Aikido and frankly I am good at it; combined with skills I learned from both Karate and Taekwondo (and personal improvisations) made me a unique martial-artist. Before me and my family returned to the U.S, I received my brown belt in Aikido.  

Quite an achievement for an Aikidoka. And I am still practicing until now.

Many people believe that Aikido is a martial art for peace-lovers. 

Technically speaking, yes. Because when you have practiced Aikido for a long time, you became more resistant to mocks, taunts, your own negative urges (anger, etc), and many more. So basically, you don't want any trouble but you can handle yourself when the situation calls for it.

Terms and conditions apply.

If you find yourself at a disadvantage, I suggest you haul your ass first. Only fight, when necessary.

The thing I really like about Aikido is that, we don't have any sort of written rules. But we do have one basic principle: whatever you do, just don't hurt your training partner. They are friends, not punching bags.

But in a real, life-threatening situation; that's another story. My personal damage-inflicted-in-a-fight record was when a thug tried to rob me and my mom.

I tried to negotiate and 'you don't want to do this' protocol. But things got out of hand, and the thug tried to stab my mom with his knife. So I caught his wrists, disarmed him, broke his hands, dislocated one of his shoulder, and cracked his rib-cage.

A lot of people and a police officer saw the whole thing. Based on the evidences, testimonies, and a long legal battle; the thug was found guilty, and I had to do social service  for two weeks in San Francisco, plus my family paid the fee for the man's medication due to my mom's own will.

"He did something terrible, yes. But we have to show him kindness. Or otherwise, would we be any better than him?" My mom once said. And you know what, she is right. 

But I am getting off the topic here.

Anyway, after my return to US soil, I enrolled in a private senior high school and after graduation, pursued my degree at architecture. And I just finished the last year of college and ready to be dropped into the world of professional works.

Unlike most teenagers, I spent the rest of my teenage years with no dates or affairs despite multiple confessions (not to brag here!!!) but I simply turned them down, because to me this kind of thing will just serve as a distraction I didn't have time to attend to. (But I have to admit, some girls who confessed to me were hotter than the sun. Which some didn't take very well after rejection.) Besides, I preferred to be friends where dramas were and still are a lot less frequent. 

Anyway, after you get a hold on my background; I think it's time to tell you my story...

I am Nathan "Nate" Hunt, this is my story...





The rays of the sun shone on one beautiful summer afternoon as I jogged home wearing my training pants and t-shirt from my dojo two miles (approximately 3 kilometers) from my place; my backpack containing my training uniform (gi) was tightly strapped on my back to prevent it from swaying to much during the run. Yeah, that's me; a guy who jogged when his own SUV and sport bike were available, but I was in no mood of driving that time. 

I quickened my pace as I felt the cool wind brushing against my face as I got closer to my house; remembering that all sort of college businesses were done, even the dojo was closed due to summer vacation. 

Yep, so summer was finally here. Although practicing by yourself ain't bad at all, but it would be much better to have someone to do it with you (Ambiguous, I know.)

I've been living at a peaceful suburban area in a two-story single-family detached house with my parents, brother, and sister (and my German Shepherd, Janet). Not large nor small by size, but it's enough for ten people, it has a large backyard with various plants from my mother's specification, an awesome interior design with a living room where my brother's piano is, four bedrooms with a large sized bed in each room, a kitchen by my mother's design, a gaming room by my own design which could also be doubled as a home theater, three bathrooms, a reading room, a garage, a mirrored exercise room for me to practice which I filled with a lot of martial-arts equipment , an attic, and a basement. Overall the best house a person around my age and or above could have expected. 

But this summer was special, my family were gone to the Netherlands for the whole summer since three days ago; visiting my distant relatives there. And they left me in charge of the house...awesome! I could play my PS4 all day long, especially Bloodborne, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, Mortal Kombat X, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt because I didn't really have the time to play on normal days. Catching up with the season 5 of Game of Thrones, eat pizzas, exercise, watch Red- I mean YouTube, and--

"Nate! wait up!" a familiar feminine voice called behind me. Heh, definitely Jenny's voice.

"Yeah dude! slow down!" a familiar masculine voice added. Definitely Michael's voice.

"Oh hey guys!" I replied with a cheery tone, stopping in my tracks as they jogged towards me. They were carrying grocery bags, filled with various goods. 

Meet Jennifer "Jenny" Moss and Michael "Mike" Harper. 

Jenny is twenty-one years old, she is five feet and eight inches tall (176 centimeters), long brown hair which she usually tied in a pony-tail, fair skin, green eyes, and an exquisite slim figure. Hotter than summer itself. She is also an Aikidoka but formerly a ballet dancer, which give her some handy advantages. And yeah, she got damn good at it. She has loving parents and a little brother, Mark. She is currently working with her parents as their secretary.

So don't mess with this chick, because this one is a red rose with lots of sharp thorns.

Mike is twenty years old, he is over six feet tall, short blonde hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and a bit chubby due to his laziness to do sports and training. Yep, also an Aikidoka. He is nerdy even somewhat genius,most people think he is a gay; which I definitely don't agree with (the dude masked his IP address to watch porn without someone breathing down his neck). 

He is gonna kill me if he found out I shared this top secret information with you.

He loves doing weird-ass handy-works but I have to admit; his ideas are creative and bat-shit crazy. He's got a dozen of flash-bangs of his own creation in his house which he uses to prank people (and me) and once canceled half of an entire school day by setting off the school's fire alarm; using a smoke bomb made of sugar and Potassium Nitrate to create an illusion of fire in the school.  He has loving parents and a little sister, Jessica. He is currently working as a vet.

So if you are the type of person who likes to think 'Oh, what  should I do today? I don't know let's make some weird shit, dang!' then you and Mike will be best buddies for eternity.

I have known them since I moved to San Francisco, seven years ago. We are neighbors (our houses are just footsteps away from each other), went to the same senior high school, same university, and went on family vacations together.I got their backs and they got mine. They are like my own brother and sister, my family. If anything happen to them, maybe I will put a bullet through my brain or something. 

Jenny got to me first, dropped her bag,and gave me a hug; which I returned "I thought you are at Santorini with your parents Jen." I replied as I let her go. Her sports bra coupled with her training pants matched each other; highlighting her slender figure.

"If you had paid more attention to your phone..." She pouted playfully. I took my cellphone from my pocket and saw there was an unread text message from her, telling me she canceled her departure with her parents. 

Before I could say anything...

"They are there for work, not vacation. Besides, I don't want to miss a single day where I can slam you to the ground." she replied with a smirk.

"You wish." I smirked back at her. "What about Mark?"

"He is staying at Pittsburgh with my cousins." she replied "So, yay home alone." 

"Not as athletic as you, you know that." Michael said, still panting as he gave me a bro-fist; which I returned. His sports t-shirt drenched in sweat  "Mom, dad, and Bobby's off to Scotland, whole summer. I guess we are all in the same boat as always." 

"Good to know I won't be alone this summer." I said, patting his shoulder. "Speaking of which, where were you guys this afternoon? didn't see you two at the dojo." 

"Well, we..." Michael said with a sheepish smile "come on man, it's summer!"

"You should take a day off Mr. Discipline." Jenny added; giving me a playful jab to the chest.

I chuckled and shook my head "Maybe you're right. By the way, the entire dojo's off for vacation; so it's just us this whole summer." I replied.

"But you know we won't let you go that easy, right Mike?" Jenny smirked.

"Fine." Michael groaned "Just light-training though, to keep us from getting rusty." 

"Yep." Jenny approved. 

"Alright, so...my place after this?" I asked. Jenny and Michael immediately stared at me "No, don't worry. No training, just you know...to chill out?" 

"Maybe not today Nate..." Jenny replied while picking up her grocery bag "I have to do some work to clear my schedule for the rest of the summer. Tomorrow it is then." she said with a smile.

"Alright." I smiled. "What about you Mike?" 

"Sure, but I gotta drop this at my house, take a shower, and--"

"Do what you have to do first. Take your time." I said while stretching up a bit "Besides, you two look like hell." 

"That's what we get for running up for two miles asshole." Mike said.

"You're welcome, bangsat(all Indonesian swearing , served in one word)." I smirked. "Come on..." 

Then we started jogging down through the unusually quiet suburbs, in fact...too quiet. One or two cars passed us by, two pedestrians were on sight, empty driveways...

Very quiet.

'The owners are definitely not at home.' I mused.

"Hey..." Jenny said between her breaths "Don't you think this is way too quiet than usual?"

"Yeah..." Michael said "Where is everybody?" 

"Maybe, they are off for vacation." I replied. "But still...way too quiet." Jenny and Mike nodded.

A few minutes later, we reached our houses. 

"Catch you guys later." Mike said as he entered his house. Jenny and I waved at him before entering our respective houses. I unlocked my door and entered my house and closed the door behind me, then all of a sudden; Janet (my German Shepherd in case you didn't notice) came running from the kitchen and jumped on me standing on her hind legs, her large size for a German Shepherd made her quite heavy. But nothing I can't handle. 

I patted her head as she got back on all fours and she yipped in delight. I went to the kitchen and filled her bowls with dog food and water which she immediately ate and drank.

'Damn she must be hungry.' I mused with a chuckle.

Then I headed to the basement,turned on the lights,put my training uniform along with my sweat-soaked t-shirt in the washing machine, set it, and turned it on (again, no pun intended).

Seeing all was set, I went to the first floor, grabbed a white sports t-shirt ,blue jeans, an underwear from my room and stepped into my bathroom for a shower.

I know some of you might be thinking "You don't say?!" but you can also fap in the bathroom right? right? no? oh well then...

I exhaled with relief as the cold water drenched my body, washing all sorts of soap and shampoo down the drain. I let the water drenched my body a couple more seconds before turning off the valve. I put my clothes on and went back to the living room.

"Now, just to wait for Mike..." I said, resting myself on my large soft light brown couch. Seeing me in the couch, Janet jumped up and snuggled next to me. Before I knew it, I fell asleep.

*Riiiiing*

The loud ringing of the bell snapped me out of my dreamworld. Still a bit drowsy, I walked to the kitchen and washed my face with cold water from the sink. I dried my face with a hand-towel and looked outside the window, it was dusk. The sun was no longer visible but it's seven rays were, coloring the sky with beautiful shades of yellow and orange. Seeing it's gonna be dark soon, I turned on the lights on my backyard and the lights I usually turn on at night

"Yo open up Taylor Lautner!" Mike's obvious voice could be heard from the other side of the door.

*Riiiiing*

"Ha-ha-ha! Another stereotype joke." I retorted as I walked to the door and opened it.  And there, stood my best friend Mike. Wearing a grey hoodie jacket and blue jeans with two bags of cheetos and a pack of soda in his arms. His casual gaming load-out.

"So, ready for some Advanced Warfare? n00b?" Mike taunted.

"Bring it on, n00b." I smirked.





"Run little rabbit! RUN!" Mike laughed maniacally as he rained down bullets from his Paladin gunship as I ran for my life between the narrow streets of the Terrace map. If it as not for the buildings in the map, I would be torn to shreds. I was with the Sentinel Task Force and Mike was with Atlas Corporation. No bots, just a classic one on one match. 

I kept on running throughout various locations on the map, hunting Mike's lousy ass down. Using my exo abilities to the fullest. As I was wearing the Light-class exo, I couldn't afford to take on heavy punishments; so speed and agility was my main defense. A Stinger M7 was in my disposal, along with my AE4 Widowmaker assault rifle; but using the Stinger while being riddled up with bullets won't be of any good.

The gaming room was like a real battlefield at that moment, if it was not for the room's soundproofing; the big ass stereo speakers would've caused the neighbors to call the cops and arrest us. If there were anyone left in the area.

It was then when I realized Mike's auto-cannons were overheated, so I took an aim with my Stinger and fired. The four missiles impacted the gunship; destroying it with a single shot.

"Shit!" he exclaimed.

"Oh I am coming for you now son!" I laughed while flashing him a nasty grin. After a couple more minutes of hunting him down, I found Mike perched on top of the balcony near the Poseidon Pool; with his XMG dual miniguns pointed at me. But before he could fire his weapon, I unloaded my AE4 on him; killing him.

"HAH! Randal Higgins would've been so proud of me." I said with pride as KillCam recording was played on the screen. (Randal Higgins is the KillCameraman from the DLC trailers in case you don't know). "This is the tenth time I kicked your ass today." 

"Luck!" he retorted, then he took out his cellphone and looked at the time "Oh shit, I gotta go. See you tomorrow man!" he said while giving me a bro-fist. 

"Alright, see you." I replied. Then he left the room, taking the empty cheetos bags and sodas with him. 

"Well, I guess I'll continue this some other time..." I said while turning off the PS4, my fifty inch ultra HD TV, the air conditioners, and all lights in the room before exiting. As I exited the room, I saw Janet fast asleep in front of my room; undisturbed by my presence. I smiled at the scene, took the stairs to ground floor, and headed towards my backyard. 

I slide open the windowed panel doors and stepped into my backyard, the cold night air swept through my body; ridding my drowsiness from the play and refreshing me. I looked up, and saw the moon and the stars high in the midnight blue night sky. Decorating the night with their ethereal, calming light.

"Damn, the night is beautiful as ever." I mused as I inhaled with admiration. I was walking back inside, when suddenly...

*BOOOM!* 

A burst of white light exploded before my eyes with a loud boom. I fell on one knee, clutching both of my ears as they were ringing very badly while also closing my eyes, trying to re-focus my disoriented vision; as if someone had thrown a flash-bang at me. Janet immediately ran down the stairs and got to my side, at first she nuzzled my left arm; in dog language, trying to ask whether I was okay but then she started growling.

As the ringing and and the disorientation subsided,I was about to shout out every profanity known to mankind for Mike and the entire suburb to listen to. 

"MICHAEL YOU SON OF A-- HOOOOLLLY SHIIIIITTT!"  But then, things got out of hand as I found four unconscious...mythical...horses, no. Ponies, too small to be horses.

"Okay, calm down. calm down." I calmed myself down, knocked some sense into myself and analyzed the situation.

'Four multicolored ponies with wings...and horns...pegasus...no...unicorns...no...ah damn it what's the name again?' I thought as I raked my brain of my childhood fairy tales.

'Alicorns...that's it!' I patted myself on the shoulder. Then, I knelt on one knee, taking a closer look at them. I saw their bodies going up and down in a steady pace; indicating they were all breathing.

"At least they are all still alive, don't wanna bury four Alicorn pony carcasses in my backyard." I thought. I told Janet to go back inside the house; which she complied with hesitation, and began my examination on them.

I examined the one laying the closest to me. This one has a pristine white coat, has a slim built, and multicolored mane similar to that of a rainbow. The largest of the four. 

"Slim built, seems pretty fast and agile." I thought as I continued my examination.

I turned my sights to another pony, laying near the white one. This one has a dark blue coat, also has a slim built, and her mane resembled the moonlit night sky itself; midnight blue with stars (at least to my perspective) decorating them. Smaller than the white one, but mid-sized among the four.

Then, I walked over carefully to the remaining two; making sure I didn't wake the other two I just inspected.

Again, I examined the one laying the closest to me. This one has a purple-- er, lavender coat, less slimmer built compared to the other two, and dark purple mane with a matching light purple streak. The smallest of the four.

Then, I moved to the last one...this one has a pink coat, also has a slim built, and multicolored mane. A bit smaller than the midnight blue one, but bigger than the lavender one; so, mid-sized.

The white, dark blue, and pink were all wearing...crowns...necklaces...and finely crafted exquisite horseshoes. While the purple one only wore a crown and no horseshoes.

"What are they? some sort of pony princesses or some shit?" I thought. 

I also noticed they have some sort of, marking. In their...flanks.

Based on my examination, I assumed they were all females because the way they were outfitted, long eyelashes, and feminine body-shapes; strongly resembled one.

I moved back to the white one and traced my hand gently on her coat, and felt silky soft sensation on my palms as my skin brushed against her fur. (hey I am not molesting her, I just wanna make sure I still have my sanity with me.)

"Stay away from my sister creature!" An extremely loud feminine voice pierced my eardrums, as if someone just screamed at my ears with a loud speaker.

I clutched my ears again and stared at the source of the thundering voice. Janet came running from the house, got to my side, and started growling; her canine fangs ready to do some damage. Despite being normally tame and friendly, in situations like this however; that's a whole new story.

And there, in front of my eyes; the midnight blue Alicorn pony stood at attack position, her horn glowed with a dark blue aura. I stood like a stump in my position, filled with disbelief.

'Holy shit! It--she can talk?! and that blue aura, what kind of shit have I gotten my hands on?!' I thought as I knocked some sense into myself. I slowly backed away from the white Alicorn with my palms stretched out, showing I meant no harm.

'Well, fuck it! let's talk to this Alicorn. I am out of sanity anyway...'  I thought, bracing myself for all possibilities.

"Janet, stay." I said to her; and again she complied. Then I switched my attention, to the dark blue Alicorn "Whoa there lady, there's no need for--"

My instincts immediately took over my body as I saw a dark-blue spear-like energy flying towards me at a great speed. I quickly rolled away, the energy spear barely missed my dog and impacted an empty stone plant pot nearby; shattering it to pieces.

"Well then..." I chuckled and got into attack position with Janet by my side. The Alicorn stared at me with a taunting stare, one of those 'bring it on' kind of looks. But before any of us could do anything...

"Luna, what is going on here?" A motherly feminine voice interrupted us in the middle of the skirmish. Both me and the dark blue Alicorn immediately turned towards the source of the voice. The white Alicorn was already awake, rubbing her eyes with her right hoof.

'Luna,huh? nice name.'I thought with a small mental smile, since her name really matched her appearance.

"This...creaturewas touching you!" Luna replied with an agitated tone "So, I tried to chase it away."

"Yeah, by nearly blowing my head off!" I replied with an equally agitated tone, staring at the debris of the destroyed plant pot. "But she is right, I was touching you. And for that, I am sorry." I said towards the white Alicorn. "But I did it only to make sure you are real. Because meeting an Alicorn, a mythological creature here; is not an everyday sight." 

"I see you know what we are. But mythical? what part of Equestria are we in?" The white Alicorn asked again.

'Equestria? what kind of place is that? sounds like a place filled with horses to me. Uh, wait.' I mentally facepalmed.

Moments passed before I finally answered her question.

"Er, look...can we continue this conversation inside?" I asked while pointing at my house. "Where it's less chilly?" 

The white Alicorn and Luna looked at each other for a moment before nodding at each other and looking back at me.

"Agreed, but if you try to do something to us..." she said while staring at me right in my eyes "I am going to make you regret it." 

I nodded "And I assure you, I am not going to do such things." 

The two stared into my eyes once again, as if they were staring right into my soul. I know people said that eyes are the windows of the soul, but this sensation I felt; couldn't be described with words.

Moments later, they finally stopped their gazes and turned towards the other two. Suddenly, their horns glowed with golden and dark blue auras respectively and levitated the other two Alicorns, Luna was carrying the lavender one and the white Alicorn was carrying the pink one before walking back to me.

Janet growled at them, but I told her to stand down.

I opened the door for them and they entered the living room. I took a quick look to make sure nobody saw the whole ordeal, followed them in, and closed the door behind me.

"Please, make yourselves at home." I said while pointing at the largest couch in the living room, enough for four adults to sit in. They did as I tell them and took their seats, gently placing the lavender and pink Alicorns beside them. I sat in the couch where my father usually sits when interviewing new workers for the corporation with my dog standing guard beside me.

'The couch didn't break, way lighter than regular horses--er, ponies.' I thought.

"You know, I think we start this of in the wrong way." I said with a friendly tone, trying to break the ice between us. "My name is Nathan Hunt, but just call me Nate. " I said while holding out my hand to Luna, she stared at my hand and placed her right hoof on my hand and I gave her a quick handshake, so did the white one.

"Oh, and this is my dog; Janet." I said while pointing to one of my most faithful companion.

"My name is Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria and this is Princess Luna, also co-ruler of Equestria." The white Alicorn introduced herself and her sister. I nodded with a smile.

'Celestia, that's a nice name. Matching with her sister even.' I thought.

"A pleasure, Your Majesties." I said politely, trying not to agitate them.

"Actually Nate, you can call us by our names. We are not much for formalities." Celestia said with a soft smile.

'You did it son.' I said while giving myself a pat on the shoulder, knowing I warmed the situation up.

"So, back to the matter at hoof." Celestia said "What are you and where are we?" 

"For your first question, I am a Human male. Also known as Homo Sapiens." I told them.

"A Hyoo-man?" Luna tried to chant the word.

"Exactly." I said with an approving smile. "As for your second question, you are currently sitting in my house; my living room to be precise." I said. "However, I am afraid you are no longer in Equestria." 

"Are we still in Equus?" Luna asked.

"Equus? is that your planet?" I asked again. Luna and Celestia nodded.

"No, you are now on planet Earth." I informed them.

"So...technically, we are on an alien planet?" Celestia concluded.

"Technically, yes." I replied. 

'And there goes the answer for the question: Are we alone in the universe.' I thought.

"How did you get here in the first place?" I asked.

"I...don't remember." Celestia said while closing her eyes.

"Maybe you are just too tired to do so." I said.

"You are right." Celestia said "Do you mind if we continue this tomorrow morning?" she asked.

"Of course." I replied "You two should get some sleep." I said while getting up from my seat. 

"Nate, do you mind if we use your couch for tonight?" Celestia asked.

"Of course, now hold on a sec." Then I quickly ran up the stairs with Janet following suit. I grabbed two spare large quilt blankets for my guests downstairs.

I told Janet to stay in front of my room, and walked back downstairs with the blankets in my arms. "Here, in case you need them." I said with a smile. "If you need anything, just let me know." 

"Thank you Nate, for everything." Celestia said with a smile.

"You are welcome Princess." I said, then I walked back up the stairs before Luna's voice stopped me.

"Nathan." she said "Can we trust you?" 

"You have my word" I replied reassuringly. As I walked upstairs, I heard the sound of the blankets being unfolded.

I continued the walk to my bedroom, got into the bathroom, cleaned myself up before changing to my sleeping outfit. A simple black T-shirt and boxers.

Then I walked back into my bedroom and found Janet fast asleep in front of my door. I smiled at the sight and stepped into my bedroom.

I crawled to my bed and stared at the ceiling, realizing this summer vacation won't be so dull after all.
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I woke up in the morning as my biological clock snapped me out from my dreamworld. I checked my clock and the time showed it was five in the morning.

Yeah, I have a tendency to wake up early in the morning. Sometimes too early. 

I did several warm-ups before continuing with my routine twenty times of push-ups, sit-ups, and back-ups after getting out of bed. 

"And that was that..." I said quietly as I wiped off several beads of sweat from my forehead. I checked my clock again and the time showed it was half past five. 

Usually, during this time of the day me and Janet are gonna get ourselves running a lap or two in the neighborhood; but remembering I have four unique guests sleeping in my living room below, I decided to call it off.

I waited several minutes for my body to dry off from sweat, took a shower, and put on my clothes. Which consisted of a grey long sleeve t-shirt and blue jeans (along with the necessary components of course.). I looked outside of my bedroom's windows and it was still quite dark out there.

'Maybe, they are still asleep.' I thought. But I decided to go downstairs regardless. 

As I prepared to go downstairs, I heard chatters coming from my living room. I knelt down near the stairs' railings with Janet by my side so I can listen more carefully and quietly. I wanted to know where this conversation was going without raising any alarms. 

Besides, I am good at eavesdropping. 

"I think we are in Canterlot, it's alternate reality! The same one I visited not long ago!" A feminine voice spoke with excitement. Definitely not Celestia or Luna.

'Alternate reality Canterlot? what the eff?!' I thought. But I shrugged that aside and listened closely. 

"Maybe you are right, Twilight. Nate perfectly suits the description of the creatures you told me after your return...humans." Celestia said.

'So I am not the first human to them?'  I thought.

"And you are also right about them, they are kind and generous. I mean, he let us stay in his house and all." Another feminine voice replied.

'If they know what atrocities we are capable of doing...' I mentally sighed.

"Maybe you are right, Cadance." Celestia replied with a chuckle "But even if he is not as you expected, I am sure Luna has something to say to him."

'Two names acquired, Twilight and Cadance.' I noted mentally 'I just don't know which is who.' 

"Fine..." Luna's voice replied "But if he is not what niece Cadance expects him to be..."

"Don't be so negative auntie." 

"Now, all we have to do is to get to Canterlot High School; find Sunset Shimmer and my friends, get to the standing equine statue and use the portal I left open to go home!" 

'Time to intervene I guess...'

"I see all of you are awake." I said with a friendly tone as I walked down the stairs with Janet by my side. All Alicorns looked at my direction as I said that "Good morning." I greeted them with a smile as I got to my living room. I also noticed they have folded the blankets on the table.

"Good morning Nate." Celestia said with a smile "Nate, I would like to introduce Princess Cadance." she said while gesturing at the pink Alicorn and "Princess Twilight Sparkle." she said while gesturing at the lavender unicorn.

Cadance and Twilight stepped forward "I am Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, the Princess of Love and the Ruler of the Crystal Empire." she said with a smile; offering her right hoof which I gladly shook "But please, call me Cadance."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Cadance." I said with a smile before turning to Twilight.

"And I am Twilight Sparkle, bearer of the Element of Magic and the Princess of Friendship." she said while offering her right hoof; which again I gladly shook "But please, call me Twilight." 

"It's a pleasure to meet you Twilight." I said with a smile "Although I overheard your conversation and you seem to know who I am let me reintroduce myself, my name is Nathan Hunt; but please call me Nate." I said "And you are currently in my living room." 

"We are all very thankful for you to take us in." Twilight said. 

"Oh, I almost forgot; this is my dog, Janet." I said while pointing at my German Shepherd companion.

"She is nice." Cadance said while patting my dog's head.

"She looks...well, intimidating. But she is nice." Twilight commented while doing the same.

"Believe it or not, she can tell whether you have bad intentions or not." I said, with that Janet stood on all fours and licked Cadance right in her face before doing the same to Twilight "She likes you." I chuckled.

At that moment, Luna stepped closer to me; only to be stopped by my dog's growling.

"Auntie...don't you have something to say?" Cadance said while staring at the Moon Princess.

"*sigh* I am sorry Nate, I know I did you wrong. But I did it to--" 

"Protect your sister, I understand. I would've done the same thing." I shook her hoof with a smile, which she returned. 

"It's nice to see all of you getting along." Celestia said with a smile "now, if you excuse me...I have to rise the sun."

'Rise the fucking what?!' I thought while trying to pull my jaw back up. However, before I could react...

"You can't! This planet is different than ours remember? Instead of magic, day and night on this planet is caused by its rotation." Twilight said.

'Even sunrise and sunset in Equus is controlled by magic. Equestria must be a place filled with happiness, wonder, and magic!' I thought sarcastically.

"Oh, right. When you have been doing the same activity for thousands of years, it's hard to not to do it for a single day." Celestia said with a sheepish smile.

"Nate," Twilight said "Can you tell us what city we are in?" 

"San Francisco, United States of America." I told her.

"W-wha? we are n-not in Canterlot?" Twilight stuttered.

"I am sorry to tell you this, but...you are not." I replied.

Suddenly, the air in the living room changed. The Princesses' moods took a drastic change from happy to anxious.

'Shit, must I be that blunt?' I thought as I mentally slapped myself. 

"A-are you sure? Canterlot High School must be nearby." Twilight stuttered again.

"Here, let me show you." I said while taking out my smartphone from my pocket. 

"What is that?" Cadance asked.

"This is a--"

"Cellphone." Twilight quickly replied. "Or smartphone for that matter. It's main function is for communication over long distances." 

"You seem to be very familiar to human technology, even our planet." I said as I typed 'Canterlot High School' in Google Maps.

"Yeah, I learned quite a lot during my time in alternate reality Canterlot." Twilight said with a smile.

"There, you see? no Canterlot High School." I said while showing them the search result on Google Maps, the screen displayed my house and the surrounding location with 'We could not find Canterlot High School.'  on the top left of the screen.

"Can we try teleportation?" Cadance asked.

"We could..." Twilight said while putting her hoof on her chin "But I wouldn't recommend it."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because we are in a different dimension and I can't calculate how far do we have to go, and if we try to do it; we are gonna be torn apart and lost between space and time." Twilight concluded. "The only being in Equestria with such power, is Discord." 

At that moment, Celestia clutched her head and leaned back to her seat.

"Are you alright Celestia?" I asked as I moved closer to her.

"Yes, I am fine Nate." Celestia said; but the way she said it was wrong. 

As if she was hiding something. 

"Then we have to find another way to return home." Celestia said.

"Do you think Discord know where we are now?" Luna asked.

"Well, we can only hope." Twilight said with a sigh "So...what do we do now?" 

*BEEEYYOOOWWLL* 

"Sorry, that was me..." Twilight said with a sheepish smile.

"Wow, I guess somebody is really hungry." I chuckled.

"I think all of us really need to eat." Luna chuckled.

"Okay then, wait a sec think I still have some fruits in the fridge." I said while walking towards the kitchen. I checked my food cupboard and drawer and found them still filled with food; thankfully I did the groceries before. 

I checked my fridge and found them filled with food, but...

no fruits.

'Shit, of course I forgot to buy them. Rice is out too.' I facepalmed. 'But, I have lots of eggs though and the vegetables are well-stocked. I could make an omelette for the five of us' 

"Um,girls...I know you are herbivores and all, but do you eat eggs? Because I am out of fruits." My kitchen is on the right side of my living room, so I just called them straight from the kitchen, convenient.

"Sure, as long as you don't put meat in there; we are okay with it." Cadance replied. 

I walked back to the kitchen and prepared all of the required materials for a decent omelette.

Frying pan, cooking oil, five eggs, sautéed onions, chopped mushrooms, chopped potatoes, chopped bell peppers, chopped leeks, garden peas, salt and pepper.

'Okay, all set.' I thought as I began cracking the eggs into a bowl and heating up the cooking oil.

Various thoughts and questions stirred in my head as I stirred the mixture of beaten eggs and vegetables in the bowl. I peeked over my shoulders and saw the Princesses looking at each other and nodding occasionally at each other; as if they were communicating.

'Must be telepathy or something like that...' I thought as I poured the mixture into the frying pan. Moments later, the wonderful scent of the omelette began to fill my nostrils; usually I would turn the kitchen blower on , but I wanted to see their reactions.

"What is that wonderful scent?" Cadance said while walking towards me with Luna, Cadance, and Twilight in tow.

"This, Princess Cadance is a boerenomelet  or a farmer's omelette." I explained as I flipped the omelette "Originating from the Netherlands, a country in the continent of Europe; this culinary masterpiece is a mixture of eggs and sautéed onions, chopped mushrooms, chopped potatoes, chopped bell peppers, chopped leeks, garden peas, salt and pepper." I told them "Although this dish has many variations, this is the one I prefer the most." seeing the omelette is ready to eat, I turned off the stove and served the omelette on a plate.

"You seem to know a lot about food and cooking." Celestia commented.

"Well, my family's got quite a history with food." I said while putting the dish on the granite kitchen table in front of them; who looked at the delicacy with watering mouths. While Celestia, Cadance, and Twilight managed to get a hold of themselves; a certain Moon Princess did it quite literally  "Er, Luna you got a little something on your mouth." 

Luna quickly wiped away her saliva and smiled sheepishly.

I took some more vegetables from the fridge; combined with and quickly made a bowl of salad for the five of us. Then, I took five dishes from the dish rack and shared the omelette and salad equally to each plate. I also filled five glasses of mineral water for us. Suddenly the plates and glasses were levitated with auras in four different colors;  purple, blue, light blue and, gold.

'If only I have magic powers like them.' I mentally joked as I picked my plate and glass from the table "Er, girls to dining table." 

Then we sat on the dining table and began to eat our meals. I took a slice of my omelette and tossed it to Janet, who immediately caught and ate it.

"Nate, this is delicious!" Cadance stated with a smile after eating a piece of omelette "Who taught you to make this?" 

"Well, my distant family from the Netherlands taught me to." I said with a smile "Do you like it?" 

"Are you kidding? This is one of the best omelette I've ever tasted in my life!" Twilight added. 

"You should be a chef one day." Celestia commented while putting a piece of the omelette with her magic-levitated fork.

"Well, for your information; I am an architect." I told her "My family's running a national-scale food corporation with selling outlets across the country." I said. 

"So, you help in the construction?" Luna asked while eating her salad. To my surprise, there was only half of the omelette remaining.

'How fast did she eat?' I thought.

"Yes, but I am not the only one who does it." I told her, shrugging my trivial thoughts aside "However, I also help in creating and experimenting with new recipes." 

"Oh, interesting." Luna said while levitating her glass to take a sip.

"Say, after we are done with breakfast; let me show you around. What do you say?" I said.

"Sure!" Twilight said with excitement.

Ten minutes later, we finished our breakfast and washed the dishes. Of course, the work was faster due to the assistance of magic.

"And that was that, thanks girls!" I said as I dried the water on my hands with a hand-towel. I received 'Your welcomes' in return. "Let the tour begin!" 

With that, I showed them around in the first floor; the Princesses also gave some remarks about the rooms I showed them at the first floor.

Twilight and Celestia loved the reading room the most as it contained tons of information for them to go through.

Cadance loved my backyard the most because of the various plants planted there and the 'romantic atmosphere' according to her.

Luna loved my training room the most when she laid her eyes on the punching bags and my collection of practice swords (bokken). 

Heh, not surprising; considering she tried to blow my head off last night.

I also showed how the bathroom and it's appliances works.

But they weren't so interested in my garage and basement. What a shame.

Then, I took them up to the second floor where I showed them the bedrooms, my gaming room (which ALL of them seemed to love after I explained how the PS4 and how the electronics works.), and then the attic (which they all loved because instead of a regular attic used for storage, my attic is used for relaxing and stargazing.)

A few moments later, we returned to the living room.

"That was definitely worth it." Luna said as she sat down on the couch.

"Thanks!" I said as I sat next to her.

"So, what do we do now?" Twilight asked with a wide smile.

"Well, I guess I have to get you girls settled in and--"

*RIIIIIING*

"Naaaate!" Jenny's voice echoed from the other side of the door "Come out and play!" 

"Oh shit!" 
> It Begins
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"Um, Nate? Is everything okay?" Luna asked, snapping me out of my trance when I heard Jenny's voice called from outside of the door.

"W-what?" I asked with a dumbfounded look on my face "Er, that will be *ahem* depending on the circumstances." 

"Why? It will be fun to meet your friends!" Twilight said with great optimism in her voice.

"Well, you see... I don't think my friends are ready to see you yet." I replied.

"Why not?" Cadance asked.

"Nate! Hurry the fuck up!" Michael's voice echoed from the other side of the door.

"I will explain everything later. But now, I need you to stay out of sight." I said.

With that, the Princesses' horns glowed with their signature auras and slowly but surely they became more and more translucent until finally became invisible.

"I will never get used to that...real life active camouflage." I thought as I walked towards the door and opened it.

And there, in front of me; stood my long-time best friends, wearing that cheeky smile of theirs.

Jenny was wearing a long blue jeans, a white t-shirt, her red Nike running shoes, and finally her sunglasses. 

Michael was wearing a long brown jeans, a black t-shirt, and his blue and white Reebok running shoes.

They were also carrying backpacks on their backs which I assumed containing their sport wears.

"Hey guys." I replied weakly, masking my face with the best expression of a sick person I could muster.

"Nate? What's wrong?" Jenny asked, stepping forward "You don't look so good."

"Yeah man, you don't look so hot." Mike said.

"Yeah, actually...I don't think I can train with you guys today." I said "I feel so weak. Nothing bad really, I just need some sleep, and I'll be good as new." I said reassuringly.

"Are you sure? I can make you a bowl of chicken soup if you want." Jenny said with a hint of concern in her voice "Heck, I am gonna stay with you. I Don't want anything happen to you." 

Well there you have it, Jenny is the type of girl who is seemingly though as nails on the outside; but once you know her and have her trust; she is probably the sweetest and the most caring person you've ever met.

And her cooking are just...goddamn smashing.

"No, Jenny. I'll be fine." I said with a smile.

"Alright, just take it easy okay?" Jenny said, putting her hand on my shoulder.

I nodded with a smile.

"Hey if you need anything, call us okay?" Mike said, giving me a pat on my shoulder.

"Sure Mike." I said with a smile.

After saying our goodbyes, Jenny and Michael returned to their houses. I immediately went back inside my house and locked the door behind me.

"Okay, you girls can come out now." I said. 

"Your friends seems very nice." Celestia commented as she and the rest of the Princesses reappeared before me.

"I have to agree with my sister there." Luna added.

"Oh you have no idea how important they are to me." I said with a smile.

"But if they are that important to you, why did you lie to them?" Twilight asked. Cadance also nodded in approval.

"I don't know about Jenny, but it's just that Michael tends to...explode." I told them "His reaction may cause us more trouble than good if he is going to meet you girls unprepared."

"I see." Celestia said "We understand." The Princesses nodded in agreement.

"But could you perhaps tell us more about them?" Twilight asked in an almost begging tone.

"No problem." I smiled. 

Then, I started telling the Princesses about Jenny and Mike; their identities, backgrounds, how I met them for the first time, and practically things we've been through together. 

The Princesses seemed to be amused with my stories; specifically when it came to our ridiculous experiences. Especially after I told them of a certain experience where Mike decided to empty his bladder on a sleeping Grizzly Bear in the Yellowstone National Park, which resulted in me, Mike, and Jenny running for our lives.

The Princesses were laughing their flanks off, in a manner where you will hardly believe they were royals. However, I was not surprised...I assumed this was their own terms of expressing themselves. Running a country must be a hell of a demanding work for them. 

"Um, excuse me...girls?" I asked between their gaps of laughter. "May I ask you something?"

"Sure, Nate." Celestia said "Ask away." 

"How's it feel? To be a Princess I mean, running a country and that kind of stuff." I asked.

"Hmm, that would be rather difficult to explain..." Celestia said, putting a hoof on her chin "Aside from politics which definitely cause a lot of stress, we have to deal with strange and dangerous situations at certain times." She told me "Ranging from friendship problems to rampaging villains." 

"But at the end of the day, the Elements of Harmony always save the day." Twilight said with pride.

"Elements of Harmony?" I asked.

"The most powerful magical artifacts in Equestria." Twilight said "They are Loyalty, Kindness, Generosity, Honesty, Laughter, and Magic." She told me.

"A place of wonder and magic indeed." I thought sarcastically "Oh, I see...so basically you can cancel an apocalyptic event, planned by a dangerous rampaging villain by making friends with them?" I asked with an unconvinced tone. The Princesses nodded.

"You sound like you are quite unsure of this." Cadance said.

"*sigh* You see, in here...that's another different story." I told them "Here, when nations start to blame one another; they resort to diplomacy. That can work, yes, but when things do get better.... Accidents will happen, for example a bomb explode in one of those countries. Then everybody start blaming each other again, and before diplomacy could play it's part...boom! World War Three!" I said "So, yeah I am quite unsure." 

"World War Three?" Celestia asked "How many times has your world engulfed itself in war?"

"Two times. I definitely hope there would be no more world wars in the future." I told her "But I can't hide the fact that war, bloodshed, and violence are commonplace in human history." 

"I understand." Luna said "Me and my sister are not strangers to war, bloodshed, and violence...especially when you have been living for thousands of years." 

"Even I wasn't born yet." Cadance said.

Okay, I was dumbstruck by her statement.

"There were so many tyrant rulers who had tried to take over Equestria in the past, the war against the Griffins and Minotaurs just to name a few." Celestia said. "We always managed to stop them and now, we are at good terms with each other." 

"I see, now that's good." I said "Excuse me in case I didn't hear you correctly, but you said you lived for thousands of years?"

"Yes you are correct." Celestia smiled "Me and Luna are at least five thousand years old. Niece Cadance there is fifty years old, and Twilight is only twenty three years old."

"But do you all stop aging or something?" I asked them "Because to my point of view, you girls seem to be at least on your early to mid twenties." I stated.

"If you are just guessing, you are a good one." Cadance said with a smile "Unlike other ponies, we Alicorns stop aging at twenty five years old."

"And why the hell that sounds so familiar to me? Oh I remember, but that movie says that after people stops aging, they only have one year left to live."  I mused to myself as I remembered a certain movie I've watched.

"Nate, are you there?" Twilight said, waving her hoofs in front of my eyes.

"Oh yeah sorry, I spaced out a little." I replied with a sheepish chuckle "I have a lot to take in you know." I said while getting up from my seat. "So, lets get you girls settled in." I smiled.

"Lead the way Nate." Cadance said as we walked upstairs.





"So, is this room okay with you girls?" I asked as I stood outside of the guest room directly in front of my own. The guest room has the largest bed of all the beds in my house, enough to have four adults to sleep on and the third most well decorated bedroom aside from my parents' and my sister's.

"This is more than enough Nate." Celestia smiled "Thank you." The others nodded in approval.

"You are welcome, anything for my guests." I smiled "Oh, just for your information you can use the other bedroom downstairs in case if any of you want to have a private chamber." The Princesses nodded again; smiling.

"So, what do you girls want for lunch? It's already three p.m." I declared. 

3 p.m? Damn today just went so fast.

"I don't know, we are not really hungry." Luna said, earning nods from her companions.

"Yeah, me too actually." I said "Oh, lets have something light then. How about tomato and cheese sandwich?"

"That sounds good!" The girls said all together. I nodded and once again I headed towards the kitchen with the Princesses in tow.

Twenty minutes later, we sat on the dining table and finished our sandwiches. We took the plates back to the kitchen to wash them.

"So what do you girls wanna do now?" I asked as I dried my hands with a nearby hand towel "Come on, don't be shy. Make yourselves at home." I smiled.

"I think...we are going to take a nap." Celestia said with a yawn.

Shocking. 

But well, they looked tired. I guess they didn't really get much sleep last night.

"Okay then, you know the way right?" 

"Of course we know the way." Celestia smiled.

"Alright, see you girls later then." I said. 

With that, the girls smiled and went upstairs.

"Janet, inside the cage. Now." I said. Then, she instantly returned to her cage on the kitchen.

"Well that was that..." I thought as I heard the bedroom's door being shut "Housework, here I come." 





Two hours later... 

"So what do you think of Nate so far?" Celestia asked her closest friends with a half-sleepy voice. Still lying on on the large bed, the Princesses just woke up from their afternoon nap; chatting. "In my opinion, he is wise for a person of his age."

"He is very friendly and nice obviously." Twilight said immediately "I mean, come on. He treat us with great hospitality despite Princess Luna's attempt to 'blow his head off' last night, shared his food with us, he let us stay with him, and all of that stuff. He is also very intelligent." 

"Lulu? What do you think?" Celestia asked, only to caught her sister snickering with her eyes closed;she could've even sworn there was a slight blush on her face. "Lulu? are you using that farseeing ability of yours again?" Celestia asked; Luna didn't respond.

"Oh yes..." Luna trailed off with a seductive tone, until Celestia shook her from her trance "Wha-what?!" she retorted. But she was speechless as she knew she was caught red handed.

"Alright Luna." Celestia crossed her hoofs "What did you see?"

"You...don't want to know." Luna said, lowering her head to conceal her blushing face. A few moments later she regained her composure and spoke up "He is very strong willed and independent." she said "He is also handsome and robust."Luna said spontaneously.

This caused Celestia, Cadance, and Twilight to stare at them with a 'er, what?' kind of looks.

"What?" Luna asked "That's my opinion. He also seems very capable of combat, the way he dodged my attack last night, his physique is akin to that of our royal guard's, those swords in his training room...you get the idea Tia." she said.

"Okay..." Celestia said "What do you think Niece Cadance? Any thoughts on his emotion perhaps?" 

"Well, when I looked into his eyes...I can tell he is a caring, selfless, and a compassionate person. He will do anything to keep his friends and his loved ones out of harm's way. He also has a will of steel." Cadance explained "But despite his qualities, I can also tell he is a hothead and could be crushing if he is provoked. He has experienced a lot of things. And I have to say, a lot of them are quite unpleasant." She said "His scars explains a lot." 

"Do you think we should talk to him about that?" Luna asked.

"Maybe not now Lulu..." Celestia said "Once we know him better."

"Yes, once we know him better." Luna smiled.

*knock* *knock* *knock*





So here I was, knocking on the Princesses' bedroom door after finishing my housework and practicing a little bit just to keep me sharp. 

"Just a minute!" Cadance's voice could be heard from the other side. 

A few moments later, the door swung open; revealing the four Princesses staring down at me with a somewhat sheepish smile and frazzled mane. They certainly just woke up.

"Oh sorry to interrupt, but I heard chatters from your room and I assumed that you are awake." I said.

"No it's okay Nate, we are awake. Why are you so sweaty?" Cadance asked.

"Well, I finished housework and practiced a little bit to keep me sharp."  I told her.

"May I ask you something?" Cadance asked again.

"Ookay? What is it?" I asked with a bit of hesitation, expecting some sort of serious question.

"Can we perhaps, take a bath?"

"Oh for the love of God." I thought "You don't have to ask for that Cadance, of course you can." I smiled "Besides, in my family; bathing is mandatory." I said as I took four towels from my wardrobe. They were white, dark blue, pink, and lavender.

"Here you girls go." I said as I handed them the towels.

"Hey these matches our coats!" Twilight stated.

"Er any problems with that?" I asked

"Oh no no, absolutely no problem." Twilight said with a sheepish smile.

"You girls know how to use the shower and bathroom appliances right?" I asked.

"Sure, just like how you showed us." Twilight said.

"Okay then, you girls go first." I smiled "Before you go, this may sound weird but..."

"You girls weren't using that invisibility spell to spy on me, right?" 

Suddenly, they became very nervous. Especially a certain Princess of the Night.

"Gotcha, Luna." I smirked "Er hahaha never mind girls! go ahead and do your thing!" I said as I went inside my room and shut the door. But I kept listening to see if I could catch somethig intresting.

"Well that was interesting." Twilight said.

With that, they entered the bathroom and shut the door.

"Might as well save the time and use my parents' bathroom." I thought as I grabbed my brown towel and headed towards my parents' bathroom.





Twenty minutes later, Third Person P.O.V

"Ah that bath surely was refreshing." Luna said as she and the rest of the Princesses walked out from the bathroom with steam coming out from the bathroom. 

"I agree Princess Luna!" Twilight said with a cheery tone. 

"By the way, where's Nate?" Cadance asked.

"Maybe, he is in his room?" Celestia suggested.

"I'll knock the door." Luna said while moving towards Nate's room and knocked the door.

"Come in!" Nate answered from the other side.

As Luna opened the door, her eyes widened on the sight before her. Nate was not wearing anything except for his black training pants, exposing his large but proportional muscular body and even more collection of scars: one on his chest, two on his shoulders, and even one on his stomach.

Despite the number of scars, Luna's cheeks began to burn with such heat that they began to turn red.

"Hey Luna." Nate smiled "What is it?" 

"I-I w-we er uhm *ahem* w-was just looking f-for you *nervous chuckle*" Luna stuttered with a sheepish smile. Her cheeks still covered in a deep shade of red, much to Nate's amusement.

"Well I am here." Nate said while putting on a simple grey camo t-shirt "What's up?" 

"Er uhm I-I was wondering i-if we could play y-your *ahem* PS4 f-for the rest of the evening?" Luna stuttered as she tried to search for an excuse to leave the room as she was flustered and blushing.

"Of course!" Nate said with a happy tone. With that Luna flashed a smile at Nate before quickly exiting the room.

"This is going to be an interesting evening after all." Nate smirked.
> Blackout
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

As I stepped out from my room, suddenly the lights of my house were no longer shining. Moments later, my house's emergency lights came to life.

"Um, Nate? what just happened?" Twilight asked.

"Blackout." I answered simply "They must be turning off the lights to save more energy. Besides, the entire suburb is practically empty." 

"Owh..." Twilight said.

"So...no PS4 tonight?" Luna asked.

"No PS4 tonight princess. Sorry." I said "But hey! We can do fun stuffs even without electricity!"

"Okay!" Cadance chirped.

"So, ladies-- er, mares first. What do you girls want to do?" I asked.

"Perhaps we could just chat I think?" Celestia suggested.

"Yeah, I agree with my auntie." Cadance said, Luna and Twilight also agreed.

"Alright then, let's just talk and see how this goes." I said as we went downstairs and sat on my living room.

"Um, Nate maybe this is a little bit late; but who are these humans?" Luna asked, pointing at my family picture with me, my dad, mom, brother, and sister with formal attires "Are they your family?" 

"Yeah, they are." I smiled and started introducing my family members to the Princesses. After approximately five minutes, I finished the introduction.

"Wow, you have such loving family members Nate." Twilight stated. I just smiled in return.

Suddenly my phone rang. 

"Oh, it's my mom!" I said as I slide my finger on the screen to answer the call.

"Halo Nathan, bagaimana kabarmu?" (Hello Nathan, how are you?)

"Halo ma, aku baik-baik aja. Ada apa ma? Oh iya ngomong-ngomong bagaimana keadaan di Belanda? ("Hey mom, I am fine. What is it? Oh by the way, how's it going there on the Netherlands?")

"Iya mama menelpon karena mama dengar di rumah mati lampu. Denger suara kamu mama yakin semuanya baik-baik. Disini semuanya baik. Tante Lucy dan Oom Ferdinand nyariin kamu, katanya pada rindu sama kamu." ("I called because I heard there's a blackout at our home. But hearing your voice, I am sure things are fine. Things are fine here. Aunt Lucy and Uncle Ferdinand were looking for you. They miss you they said.") 

"Owh hahaha, aku titip salam buat mereka. Oh ma, sekarang aku lagi sibuk nih; salah satu lampu emergensi kita rusak jadi sekarang aku sedang memperbaikinya." ("Send them my warmest regards. Oh mom, I am kinda busy right now; one of our emergency lights got damaged so I am repairing it as we speak.")

"Okay, I'll leave you to your work." My mom said with a friendly tone "You sound like your father." 

"Alright mom, like father like son." I said "Tell dad and the rest of the family I said hello,okay?" 

"I will, don't worry." My mom said "you take care of yourself okay?" 

"Don't worry mom. I will." I smiled "You too, okay?" 

"I will. Love you Nate." 

"Love you too mom." I smiled as I hung up the phone.

"Wow, what language was that?" Twilight asked "I've never heard that language before."

"That was Bahasa Indonesia, Twilight." I explained "It's the native language of Indonesia, the largest archipelago in South East Asia; the country where I was born." 

"Can you tell us more about your birthplace?" Luna asked. Strangely, she seemed to be eyeing me all the time. Her eyes were not filled with hatred, but...great curiosity. 

"Girls, lets just move to the reading room. I have a large world map for all of us to see." I said as I pointed towards my reading room.

"How large?" Twilight asked.

"Large enough." I smirked as we walked inside the reading room. 

As we got into the reading room, I pulled down my roll-up world map. Twilight seemed to observe the map into the very last detail, before giving a nod of approval.

"Yep, the map of the planet is the same like Canterlot High's." She said.

"So before we go any further, I want you girls to know where we are." I said while picking up a laser pointer and made a circle mark with its red beam at North America; specifically the USA, before moving the beam to San Francisco. 

After making sure they understand my explanations, I taught them a lot of history, how the country works, etc. The Princesses were very attentive and asked a lot of interesting questions, such as why people are killing each other endlessly; even though I told them the reasons like a million times already. But what the hell, in their world; a war could come to an end before it even started by simply apologizing. So, I just went with the flow.

After that, I told them all I knew about my birthplace; starting from giving them the general picture of Indonesia, my life back in Indonesia, and the most recent updates from my birthplace as my dad and I kept on watching the development of the country even after we left for America.

"And that, Your Majesties; concludes my presentation about pretty much everything I know." I said as I returned my books to their respective shelves. To my amazement I just realized I used eight books to aid me in my lecture.Twilight was finishing her notes with the writing kit I gave her. She noted my explanations in thirty sheets of white paper. 

"Please tell us more!" The Monarchs declared.

"Jeez, after two hours of lecture you girls are still curious like cats." I said with a playful smile; much to their amusement "I think that's enough lecture for tonight." Then me and the Princesses exited the room.

"So, when are we going to meet your friends?" Cadance asked as I took them to my backyard to get some fresh air. 

"I don't know about that..." I told her "but sooner or later they will have to know about you girls." I told her. However before any of us could react, someone knocked on my front door.

"Nate? You in here?" Jenny's voice echoed from the other side.

"Hide!" I told them.

"But--" 

"NOW!" 

With that, the Princesses turned invisible once more. Seeing all things set, I headed to the front door.

"There you are!" Jenny said "What took you so long?" At that time she was wearing a long-sleeved grey T-shirt and light blue jeans. Complete with her watch and running shoes; her casual style if you ask me.

"Toilet." I quickly answered "What are you doing here? What's up?"

"To check on you." she said "It's blackout and remembering your condition earlier today I don't want you to tumble down the stairs because no one can fetch you a glass of water." 

"That's very kind of you, but thank you; I am fine." I replied "By the way, where's Mike?" I asked, trying to change the topic of the conversation.

"He is asleep." Jenny snorted "I can't get to his cell. Why are you sweating?" 

"W-what?" I nervously asked "My shit was hard so it took more force to shit it out." I laughed nervously. Shit, that was sloppy. Of course she knew I was lying. My drowsiness from the previous two-hour lecture didn't do me any better.

"What's going on Nate? why are you acting so weird?" Jenny asked while walking pass me and into the house. Everything happened in an almost slow motion rate as Twilight de-cloaked in front of Jenny with a wide smile.

"Hey there! My name is Twilight Sparkle! The Princess of Friendship. You must be Jen--" she was cut off when Jenny collapsed on the floor with a dull thud.

"Yep, good job Twilight here's a medal for you." I said sarcastically as I carried an unconscious Jenny in my arms before setting her down on my couch.

"I was just trying to be nice!" Twilight retorted as the rest of the Princesses de-cloaked next to me.

"Give us some space." Celestia said and the Princesses backed away and came to my side. 

"She is still breathing, that's a good thing." I said as I elevated her legs, loosened her belt, unbuttoned her tight jeans, and gently tilted her head, lifting the chin (Not molesting her, standard procedure!).

Celestia's horn glowed with her signature golden aura and she placed her glowing horn on Jenny's forehead. Moments later the light disappeared and she pulled away "Now, she is sleeping." 

"Alright, thanks Celestia." I said while patting her shoulder.

"You are welcome." she smiled.

"So, what do we do now?" Cadance asked as she observed Jenny carefully "Is she going to be okay?"

"Now...we wait. Jenny's a tough lady, she will be okay." I said as I sat down on my other couch "You girls should go to bed, I will stay here with her if she wakes up." 

"If you don't mind, we'd like to stay here with you." Luna said.

"I owe her an apology and all of us owe her an explanation." Twilight said.

"If you girls say so, then go ahead." I smiled. 

After fetching some blankets, and covered Jenny with one; Luna sat beside me while Cadance, Celestia, and Twilight sat on the other couch. The cool temperature of the room made it very easy for us to fall asleep, and true; moments later the Princesses fell asleep. As I listened intently to the sound of their breaths, I realized all of them have very cute snores and soft breathing patterns. I smiled softly at the sight. 

I stood up and covered the other three Princesses with a large quilt before going back to my spot and unfolded a quilt over myself and Luna. As I gazed at the mare sleeping next to me, I realized this was my first time of sleeping with a lady; a princess for that matter. But as long as no intimate physical contacts were made, things should be fine right?

I stared at the ceiling, folding my arms in front of my chest, and let a combination of exhaustion and the room's cool temperature to whisk me away to my dreamland. As my eyes closed, I felt something soft and warm wrapping around my body; similar to a hug. I let the sensation continue as sleep was taking over my body and frankly because I enjoyed it. All that remained was a wonderful sensation of peace and tranquility of the night.
> Just Another Mornin' 
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I woke up the next morning and felt the same warm sensation from before still enveloping my body. I observed my body carefully and came to a great surprise when I saw a sleeping Luna snuggling on my chest; my cheeks were beet red at that time and my heart was pounding hard. I gently lifted her head, but this made her to bury her head deeper into my chest;my heart pounded even faster.

I also realized she smelled like jasmine. So good.

"Cute, but why?" I thought

But amid the insane amount of awkwardness, something sparked inside me. Deep within my soul. 

No, not a boner.

I gently stroked her fragrant ethereal mane and scratched her behind the ears, Luna sighed happily at my touch. However, I got lost in the moment; that I stirred her up from her sleep.

"Good morning Nathan." Luna greeted me, but when she realized her current position; Luna quickly pulled her head away.

"Oh my, I-I am so sorry Nate; I didn't mean to but last night I got cold so I--" I stopped her as I put my hand on her shoulder.

"That's okay Luna." I said reassuringly "However, I do feel that you have some other motive." I smirked. Her face immediately turned into a deep shade of red.

"Gotcha." 

"B-because I want to thank you personally." she said, looking into my eyes. Her cheeks were beet red. However, before either of us could react; another voice intervened.

"You lovebirds are so sweet." Cadance smirked. Twilight and Celestia were also watching with nasty smiles plastered on their faces. Thankfully, Jenny was still asleep; if not, she would definitely stir some fiasco with the Princesses. 

Despite her younger age, Jenny is far more mature than she looks. She could become overprotective sometimes, especially when it comes to me and my girl-friends.

"N-niece Cadance." Luna said while getting up from the couch "I-it's not what it looks like." she stuttered.

"Oh really auntie?" Cadance smirked "Because yesterday somepony said--Mmmff!" she was cut off when Luna magically spawned a chocolate bar and shoved it into her mouth.

"Mmmf auwntie! *incoherent speeches* " Cadance tried to protest, but as a chocolate bar was stuffed into her mouth; that was a difficult thing to do.

"Don't talk when your mouth's full." Luna smirked back.

However, our laughter came to a halt when I heard something clicked. Similar to that of a gun's hammer being cocked.

"Nathan, get over here. Now." Jenny said sternly while aiming a small-frame revolver towards the Princesses. How in St Peter's name could she had a gun with her?! How the hell could I missed this last night? Oh but you know what, fucking forget it. 

I must deal with this situation, fast.

"Whoa whoa whoa! What the hell are you doing?!" I shouted as I approached her carefully. 

"I am protecting you dumbass!" She exclaimed, still holding my new friends at gunpoint.

"They are not dangerous, in fact Celestia here used her magic to help you last night!" I retorted while pointing at the pure white alicorn princess "Now put the gun down." 

"They are not messing with your head aren't they?" Jenny asked.

"We will not do such a thing!" The Princesses exclaimed simultaneously.

"There, you see? I am normal." I told her.

"Prove it." Jenny said.

"You are a bitch." I said simply.

"Ookay." she said while putting the gun down and un-cocked it. After Jenny apologized to the Princesses, I introduced them to each other and started explaining how they got to my backyard. Jenny got along with the ponies quickly, but she seemed to have the most chemistry to Cadance.

Came to think of it, Jenny once had an older sister named Jessica but she passed away due to gang violence. The two were inseparable and Jenny was broken when her older sister died. But as time went by and with great support from her family and friends, she moved on. But this event traumatized her greatly; which made her fiercely protective to those she loved. 

Jessica and Cadance are very similar in almost every way. Maybe Jenny saw the great resemblance. 

"Actually, there is one thing I did not tell you." Celestia said

"What's that?" I asked.

"How we got here." She replied.

"Oh, yeah." I replied.

"Go on then." Jenny said "please tell us." 

"Well, it started out like this..." Celestia began.





It was a regular day at Canterlot Castle; guards were guarding their posts, castle maids were tending to the castle grounds...the daily routines. However, in the castle's throne room; something else was quite out of the ordinary. Discord, the reformed Spirit of Chaos was present at the throne room alongside Princesses Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight. With them, were also the element bearers and Prince Shining Armor with a platoon of guards under his command.

The Princesses had requested Discord's presence due to his knowledge in ancient magic of imbued-healing; in other words, turning a regular everyday object; such as a stone into a healing item. Despite this, Discord requested gemstones to be the vessels for his magic. For the esthetics he said. If this experiment succeeded, the Princesses planned to send the stones to Gryphonia in order to aid the some of disease-struck Griffins living in remote places there.

"A little to the left!" Discord signaled the Main Six as they moved the gemstones around the room.

"So tasty..." Spike muttered with his saliva dripping to the floor. 

"Calm down my little dragon, you will have your share." Discord said "alright, that will do." He signaled the ponies.

"This better work D." Rainbow said as she hovered back to Shining Armor's position with her friends in tow; save for Twilight, who remained with the Princesses to help channel and contain Discord's powers in case things went wrong. 

"Alright. Ready when you are." Twilight said.

Discord nodded and shot out a spectrum of lights with his fingertips at the stones. Seeing this, the Primcesses also concentrated their magics on the stones. 

"Whoa! Sparky!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed while bouncing up and down.

Suddenly, Discord's magic fused together with the Princesses'. Creating a large white explosion thought the room; causing everypony to cover their eyes. As the light disappeared everything seemed normal, the stones were imbued, but the Princesses were no longer there.

"Uh-oh..." Discord said nervously as all eyes fell on him.





"And that's how we got here." Celestia concluded "Even with our magics, we can't open our own way home. It have to be Discord and the rest of the Elements to do it for us." 

"So I guess, until then... We are stuck here." Luna frowned.

Me and Jenny were lost for words, we just stared at each other before regaining our composure to continue the conversation. Draconequus. Imbued stones. pony guards. Magic...our mind was F-ing blown.

"I know it's hard, to leave your home and friends behind." I said trying to break the ice "But what happened, happened. And I assure you, you girls can stay here for as long as you like." 

"You really mean that?" Twilight asked with an excited tone.

"Of course I do." I replied "Right Jen?"

"Yeah! Totally!" Jenny replied. 

Before we knew it, the Princesses tackled us to the ground; hugging and nuzzling us, thanking us repeatedly. The Princesses smelled really good, as if they got every scent of good-smelling flowers in the world. Maybe they used perfumes after taking their showers yesterday, but strangely I never had any kind of those perfumes. After five minutes, they pulled off. 

"Alright, now that's over." I said trying to act as casual as possible "why don't you girls go and take your showers while me and Jenny sort things out down here." 

"Okay!" The girls said before trotting up the stairs. 

Once I've heard the bathroom door being shut and locked, I turned towards Jenny.

"Now what?" She asked me.

"We prepare breakfast?" I suggested "Let's start with something healthy. How about oats and milk?" Jenny smiled in approval and went with me to the kitchen.

"At least power's back online." I said as my emergency lights were switched off and the lights were turned on. I immediately went to shut down all unnecessary electronic devices.

"So...I guess it's safe to say that you've been experiencing quite a vacation without me." Jenny said as we began to prepare the oatmeal. A large bag of oats and a large pack of powdered chocolate milk.

"Yep." I replied "So tell me, how does a girl who refuses to play Call of Duty actually has a taste for guns?" 

"My dad gave it to me." she replied "You know, since Jessica..." 

"Oh yeah...shit, I am sorry Jen." I said.

"That's alright Nate." she smiled "By the way, I haven't thanked you for helping me out last night." She said.

"Please that's what friends are--" I was cut off when she landed a kiss on my cheek. She pulled away and smiled teasingly "okay, that will do." I chuckled as I heated up a pot of water.

"So, what do you think about the Princesses?" I asked.

"Cadance is definitely the best, Twilight would be friends with Mike in no time, Celestia is our mother figure, and Luna...well, she definitely likes you." Jenny stated.

"So, I am having a royal crush now?" I smirked as I poured the boiling pot of water into the bowls.

"You wish." Jenny smirked back as wee took the bowls to the table "By the way--"

She was cut off by the ringing of my phone.

"It's Mike." I said as I answered the call.

"Meet me outside." Mike said before hanging up the phone.

"So, what did he say?" Jenny asked.

"He wants us to meet him outside." I told her "let's go."

As we exited the front door, we saw Mike holding a medium sized brown folder before telling us to go with him to his house.

"So, what's this fuss is all about?" Jenny asked as I closed the door behind us. 

"Go through those papers." Mike said "I know everything." 

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Your guests...that's right, the alicorns" He replied "Don't worry, I am keeping my mouth shut. On one condition..."

"Name your price." I said.

"Introduce me to the herd!" Mike said out loud.

Me and Jenny exchanged glances at each other before nodding "Alright, if you can keep that dick in your pants--" 

"Alright! Wonderful!" He cheered before I could even finish my sentence "Now, let's begin the lesson..." 

Then, Mike started his explanation. After explaining everything he knew about Equestria and its residents; a sudden revelation struck me like a bolt of lightning. Now I realized that the Princesses actually came from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic TV show, my sister kept on insisting me to watch the show; but I kept declining it due to various reasons. But primarily because I thought the show was built primarily for children and girls. As a result I knew almost nothing about the show. 

"So let me get this straight..." I said "Our new friends...basically jumped out from a cartoon?" 

"And basically we created them?" Jenny added.

"Yes and yes." Mike said "you two will be Jedi masters in no time." 

"Well I'll be damned." I said "I guess that multiverse theory seems legit." 

"We have to tell them...sooner or later, without freaking them out." Jenny sighed "somehow..."

"We will think about that later, right now we have to go back." I said "Mike, keep your distance while we talk to the Princesses." I said as me and Jenny walked out from his door.

"You got it boss." Mike said.

"I am gonna go and take what I need back at my house." Jenny said "See you later Nate." I nodded and she walked away. Once she entered her house, I turned back to Mike.

"Oh, one more thing; how did you--"

"Find out about the Princesses?" He cut me off "Well, I was standing outside when that explosion happened."

"Oh...right." I said, rubbing my chin.

"Well, don't you get Princesses to care for?" Mike asked while gesturing towards my house.

"Yeah, I better head back." I said while turning back "And Mike..."

"Yeah?" 

"Thank you." I smiled.

"No problem dude, just remember our deal." Mike said with a shit eating grin. I nodded and jogged back to my house.

"There you are!" Cadance said as she and the rest of the Princesses were seating at the dining table, eating their oatmeals. All princesses seemed to have cheery expressions, but Celestia seemed a little bit upset.

"Hey." I greeted them as I joined them.

"Where's Jenny?" Twilight asked after she swallowed.

"She's at her house, she will be back soon." I said as scooped some oatmeal with my spoon before eating it. 

"Ah, I see." Luna said "So, can we use the PS4 after this?" 

"Sure, power's back online and I know all of you are dying to play, so go ahead!" I smiled. 

Twilight, Luna, and Cadance smiled beautifuly; but Celestia only gave a weak smile. Just as I said that Jenny came in and joined us, sitting next to me. She was a white sports T-shirt and black training pants with white highlights along the feet. We quickly finished our meals, let Janet out from her cage, wrap things up downstairs before heading up to the second floor.

"Alright, I am gonna go and wash myself up." I said "Jen, why don't you show them the tutorial first?" 

"Yes sir!" she said enthusiastically, saluting "They will be experts in no time."

"Now get moving!" I said, returning her salute. I took my bath and put on my clothes as quickly as I can because I was too damn excited to see how the Princesses and Jenny were working things out; but as I stepped out from my bathroom. The phone rang.

"Hunt." 

"Nathan?" A somewhat familiar feminine voice with a thick British accent said from the other side. I might know this person but who was she? Then to avoid a possibly awkward conversation, I took the formalities.

"I am sorry, to whom am I speaking?" 

"Wha-? You don't remember me? It's me, Valery Hartman!"

And those memories hit me like a speeding bullet train...

"Oh Jesus, I am so sorry Val. It has been waaay too long, how are you?" 

"You are never going to change don't you Nate." Valery chuckled "I am fine, thank you."

"It's good to hear that. Anyway what's going on?" 

"I just arrived in town, lets meet up today!" she said enthusiastically "Its been so long since we hang out together." 

Oh how I wanted to see her. Remember when I first told you I never had any affairs back in high-school? Well, I lied. You'll see later. But despite that intense urge, I knew there were more important things to do at the moment. 

"I am so sorry Val, I am kinda busy right now. Um, maybe you can come over tomorrow?"

What the shit did I just say? 

"Er, me and Jenny could also meet you downtown." I added.

Please pick the alternative. 

"Nope! Lets meet at your place!" she chirped.

Well shit. 

"Ookay, tomorrow at lunch then. I will cook something nice!" I said. But my inner self kept on saying: "Wtf wtf wtf wtf?!" 

"Okay, I will see you tomorrow then. Bye!" she said before hanging up the phone. 

I immediately hung the phone up and started breathing in and out. Just like they said, in...out...in...out.

"Hey Nate, they are playing Witcher 3--hey, what's going on? You okay?" Jenny asked as she stepped out from my gaming room, closing the door behind her.

"Define okay." I told her "Remember Valery Hartman?"

"Of course! How can I forget her? That British girl, your first GF right?" 

"Well, she is here in San Francisco and will be coming over tomorrow." I told her.

"Oh really? That's great!" Jenny chirped "I miss her so much, we have a lot of things to talk about and--" she was silenced when I stared into her eyes, getting my meaning.

"Oh right. The princesses." 

"Exactly...we must come up with a plan soon. Don't want wrong outsiders to know about 'em." 

"Don't worry, we will sort this out; like we always do." Jenny said calmly. I smiled. "Hey, you might wanna check on Celestia...she said she needs time before comin' to play with us. She is kinda...upset." 

"Okay, I will check on her. You go and play with them okay? I will be there in a sec." I told her. Jenny nodded and once again she entered the gaming room.

I walked to the guest room and knocked the door. 

No response. 

I waited for a bit, before knocking again. But still, no response.

"Celestia?" I called her name as I slowly opened the door, when the door was completely opened I saw Celestia standing before the two windows the bedroom has, facing away from the door. Seemingly in a deep thought. 

Luckily the guest room was built at the back portion of the second floor, with windows facing to my backyard. And thus, giving us more privacy.

Basking in afternoon sun's golden rays, she appeared more majestic and celestial than before. Seeing this scene alone was enough to send shivers down my spine, not of fear; but of admiration.

Fragrant scent of flowers entered my nostrils as I approached her. The bedroom was in a very clean and tidy state, frankly I was surprised that they were able to maintain the room exceeding my family's standard. 

"Tell me Nate, have you ever been in a position where you feel so powerless that all you can do is watch?" Celestia asked with an enigmatic tone.

"Yeah...I've been there." I told her as I walked to her side "Every leader and older sibling have been there." It was then when I realized that tears have accumulated on her eyes. Before I could react, she stood on her hind legs and locked her front legs behind my neck before crying on my chest. 

I returned her hug and began stroking her multicolored ethereal mane "Hey, its okay...its okay." I whispered softly. 

"I-I-I am v-very w-w-worried about m-my s-subjects Nate! I-I s-shouldn't h-have l-let him d-do i-it!" she said while letting all of her emotions out. Powerful waves of emotion crashed onto me like I've never felt before, I wasn't able to say a word to her as I was also swept away by her emotions. 

Minutes later, when she managed to calm down until there was nothing but sobs I finally regained my composure to speak.

"Look, I wish I have an answer for you. But this is a problem beyond human understanding, we do not have any means of getting you back to Equestria." I said as I stroke her mane "Sometimes, there is nothing we can do but to watch and wait. It's not your fault or Discord's fault. In life, accidents happen and we can't expect everything to go as planned. Besides, look at the bright side; because of this accident you have a brand new world to explore!" I said trying to cheer her up.

"Are you always this optimistic, Nathan Hunt?" Celestia said with a small smile on her face, her eyes were red due to the tears but they were lively.

"Um, only on Thursdays or when there is a pretty lady involved. Or a pretty princess in your case." I smirked as I wiped away her tears "Now you go get some rest, okay? Crying like that must have drained you."

Celestia smiled and got on the bed as I walked towards the door, but before I managed to leave the room...

"Nate? Do you mind if you um...lie with me for a while?" Celestia asked.

"Whoa, this escalated quickly. Maybe it's time...." I thought with amusement. But again I shrugged those thoughts aside.

I got on the bed and lied beside her...but to my surprise, she rolled over to me and kissed my cheek before snuggling her head to my chest. I also wrapped my arms around her; we were practically cuddling. 

Soon, she dozed off and fell asleep.

I decided to stay there for a little while longer as I hate to ruin this perfectly comfortable sensation but I knew I gotta check on Jenny and the rest of the Princesses. Carefully, I took my arms off her and gently lifting her head before putting a pillow underneath. I walked to the door and carefully opened it only to be greeted by Jenny and the rest of the Princesses with nasty smiles plastered on their faces.

Great...more explaining to do.




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