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/ Equestria/ Story: New Land, New Customs, New Life...New Love?/ by StormHoof32/-/

It had been about fifteen minutes before I was able to somewhat calm down. It took me a bit to remember what she had asked me. I told her I was a human, my name was Alan, and that where I was from animals weren't supposed to talk. And of course, this "mare" had an answer for that.

"Sir, if I may, animals don't talk, but we aren't animals. I guess you could say we are sentient. What kind of animals do you have were you're from? Because I can definitely tell you, there has never been a human here, I would have known about it." Twilight esplained.

"Well, w-we have, rabbits, birds, deer, cows, horses, and fish." I replied.

"Wow, so where are you from exactly?" she asked. I could see the look on her face, she had a look of wonder. I almost freaked again when her horn, yes her horn, started glowing and a piece of paper, and a feather, which I'm guessing is a quill. I took me a minute to realize she was going to write it all down.

"I know you might not believe this, but I came here through a portal, a portal other humans like me helped to create. It was mainly supposed to take me to an alternate universe to our own. But something happened as I neared the end of the portal, see it's like this. The portal is like a long tunnel, but it breaks through the walls of the universe into other universes. We had one set and I was supposed to go to it, but near the end I panicked, and I think that changed the course of where I was going, and then I found myself here. Wherever here is." I explained.

I watched as she wrote my words down.

"Well if you want to know, you are in Equestria. I'm going to send this to Princess Celestia, along with a letter describing you." She explained.

"Wait a minute, Who's Princess Celestia?" I asked. She sounded important.

"Princess Celestia, is our Ruler. She's an Alicorn who controls the sun." she replied.

"What? Wait, but the sun is stationary, it can't be controlled." I explained.

"That's probably true in your world, but in ours, our sun and moon need to be raised by the Princesses. Luna and Celestia."

I realized there names, sounded a lot like Lunar and Celestial. Only without the L and R. It was interesting to say the least, but I still didn't understand how two beings were able to control such large Planetary Objects.

"But to control something so large, they'd have to be Gods, or Goddesses." I said.

"Well I guess you could say that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are goddesses." Twilight said before she called for someone named Spike. I started to freak out again. I was afraid Spike might be somebody who might be able to cause me considerable harm.

But I was put at ease when a little dragon came in. I had to admit, for a dragon it wasn't what I expected, It was actually kinda cute. Like a pet.

"What do you need Twi? Did that weird creature wake up yet?" He asked. Then he looked at me and kind of shrank back.

"Don't worry Spike, he won't hurt you. He's actually kind of friendly, once he stopped freaking out." she laughed, "I need you to send this letter to the Princess."

"Uh...yeah sure thing." He said, still obviously in doubt as to whether I was dangerous or not. He took the letter, now rolled up and sealed and breathed green fire on it. I reached to put it out but when I got up it was already gone.

"What? How?" I asked.

"Oh, sorry I guess I didn't explain much yet. Spike is my number one Assistant, and I know it probably looked weird but his breath, it's magical. It's how I'm able to send my letters to the Prin-" she explained, but she wasn't able to finish, because Spike had just burped up flames, revealing a letter rolled up and sealed, much .like the one Twilight had sent.

"Oh, that was fast. Spike you can go." she said as she unrolled the letter and began reading, Spike walking away turned and gave me what I expected was the evil eye.

"Hmm, It seems the Princess wants to meet with you. She said she'll send a chariot." Twilight explained.

"A chariot?" I asked.

"Yes, a chariot. You'll see."

I waited for about a good half an hour before we heard a knock on the door. In the time I was waiting, Twilight showed me around the tree we were in. Apparently it served as a Library for the village, which she also explained was called Ponyville.

She opened the door and I followed her out. Standing right in front of me was exactly as she said.

A chariot. With two pegasus, or pegasi attached to it. There was also a pony who stood next to the chariot. And I could tell from the armor they were wearing that they were definitely guards. Although their need for guards in such a peaceful place had escaped me.

"Sir please come with me." the guard said.

I stepped into the chariot and stood wondering how in the hell pegasi with such small wings could lift themselves let alone a chariot carrying a pony and a hundred and sixty pound human. They began flapping their wings and we took off, leaving me hanging on for dear life until we reached a certain height. I always hated flying, mainly because I was deathly afraid of heights.

It took us about a half an hour to reach what I saw was a castle, And a large one too. We landed on a large balcony where a much larger pony was waiting. This one had both a horn and wings, which to be honest, freaked me out more than the village ponies did. I could feel a vibe from this one. It felt powerful, and just looking at her, and I'm sure she was female, I could tell she was royal.

I walked forward and bowed, which I'm sure is proper in the presence of royalty.

"Rise, you need not bow to me human. For I am not your ruler. Not yet at least." She chuckled.

I was in awe. Even her voice had power to it, but it was soothing as well, almost like a mother calming her child. She was much less serious than the royalty of earth, that much I could tell, especially the way she spoke, it was with authority, but also humor as well. I knew right away that she seemed like she could be quite funny if she wanted to.

"Uh..." was all I could say.

"Please, follow me to my study, I wish to speak with you in private." she said. I followed her and I couldn't help but look around. Each of the windows seemed to show ponies who had done what looked like great deeds, and one of them reminded me of Twilight Sparkle, the mare from Ponyville.

We walked for another five minutes before reaching what I guess was her study. She opened the door and I followed her in, the door closing behind us.

"Now, I would like to know what you are, who you are, and everything you can tell me about where you're from." she asked.

"I'll explain as best I can, but first, um...are you by chance Princess Celestia?" I asked. I figured it was her, but I wanted to be sure.

"I am. Now please, explain?"

I spent the next three hours explaining myself, humans, our history and how I got to Equestria. She seemed particularly interested in the return device, which I showed her.

"Well that is quite the story, Alan. And I must say, you have had quite the life. How long exactly are you planning on staying here in Equestria?" she asked.

"Well it depends on if the return device works or not. Do mind if I get it back, I'd like to test it." I replied.

She handed it back to me, and like Andy had showed me, I pressed the button, only, nothing happened. I tried the other one and still nothing.

I was stuck here, with no way home.