Slam!
"Whaa!"
Thump!
"Oh you have GOT to be kidding me!"
Your second time falling off the couch and it once more involves Bon Bon. Darn mare, can't she ever exit the house more quietly? Getting up to your hooves with a groan, you shake off the sleep. It was a new day and that meant more studying of the alien!
Bon Bon probably won't be back until the afternoon, maybe sometime this evening. This gives you enough time to prepare for the rest of the week. You already know what it can eat and how much. You've still got to prove the humans harmless to you ponies, but how? Bonnie might have some ideas on that, since you can't think of anything right now.
It'll definitely be nice, having her around. She'll be a good counter point on things and can give off some suggestions. Plus, she'll be a good little assistant, doing anything you wanted! You chuckled at the thought, thinking of all the things you're gonna get her to do.
"Hehehehe…"
Clearing your throat from the silly thoughts appearing in your head, you went about starting another day with the alien. First things first, you feel really disgusting right now. And sweet Celestia you stink! When was the last time you had a nice hot bath? Thinking on it, it was probably the morning before finding the human… so almost two days now.
"Ewwww…"
Well, you can just sneak into Bonnie's room and use her bath! Surely she wouldn't mind. Digging through your possessions piled in the corner, you grab some soap, a big fluffy towel and a brush in your mouth before heading up to Bon Bon's room. Trying to enter Bon Bon's room, you see she locked the door. Why would she have a lock? Nopony owns any locks around the town! …Yours doesn't count its magic. Speaking of magic… A quick glow of your horn, and the door was now unlocked! Hot bath, here we-
Twang.
"Aaaah!"
And now you're in a net in the air. Bon Bon sure can set a good trap up. She must've set it up for the human last night, if it came in. No wait, she set these up to keep the human AND you out. Bonnie hated it when you went through her stuff, she really liked her privacy.
Still, the net is a bit overboard you thought. She must be more frightened of the alien than you think if she set up one of these. That's not gonna stop you from your bath! Your horn lights up and you cut a hole in the net. You lightly drop yourself through the hole-
Twang.
"Darn it Bonnie!"
She always had backups to everything. You kick your hooves in the netting, flinging you about as you screamed in anger. It didn't do anything to help the situation, but it felt really good. After a while, you calmed down, breathing hard from the flailing. It sure was tiresome work, yelling and bucking about. Looking around your friend's room, you can spot many, MANY more traps that are partially hidden. That's not including the ones that she actually took the time to hide around the place. She always liked being thorough in her work, you think.
…Maybe you can try showering in your room?
Shredding the net into little strips, just to show that thing who's boss, you plop onto the ground… Good, no more traps. You quickly leave, not wanting to set off any more. Unlocking your own door, you quietly open it. You hope the human doesn't wake up. You could see it's still sleeping, the aliens body turned away from you.
You'll just sneak in, take a quick bath, leave, and then yell at stupid Bon Bon for the stupid traps when she gets back! Locking the door, you silently move forward towards your bathroom. Just move lightly, and don't make a peep Lyra. You've done this before, getting by Bon Bon, so it shouldn't be too diff-
Thump.
"…Whyyyyyy?!" you groan out lying on the floor from tripping.
Why have you been so clumsy recently? Looking at where you tripped, you spot a little indention behind you on the floor. It was a pretty big one, hard to miss. And yet you missed it… Hey, wait a darn second! That's where you tripped yesterday!
A hateful glare is shot at the culprit responsible to tripping you up. You could totally feel the fear oozing from it, your menacing expression doing its job well. Ooh, you were so gonna make it regret tripping you by repairing it, thus ending its existence forever! Lighting your horn up for a simple reparation spell, you hear some noises beside you. Turning to the noise, you now see the alien is slung over to the side of the bed, looking at you.
…
Crap! You quickly turn off the glow in your horn, giving a light chuckle from being caught. Maybe it'll think it's just a trick on the eyes? Standing back up, you quickly snatch the items back in your mouth before staring at the alien. You blink at the alien. It blinks back in response.
You smile lightly at the human, which nearly drops your towel. The alien smiles back at you. Slowly, you move backwards from it towards your bathroom. Bumping into the door, you kick it open before entering. And then you slam it shut, locking it with magic. A sigh escapes your lips; you really hope it doesn't think too much on your magic. You wouldn't want to reveal too much and have it freak out.
Darn it Lyra, less thinking and more bath time!
After setting the bath and getting in, you could feel your muscles relaxing in the water. This felt so nice. The heat of the water melted into your body, further relaxing you. Oh yeah, just soak it all in Lyra.
"Hmm…"
You really wanted to enjoy this more, but you didn't want to keep the alien and you waiting on food that you sort of forgot about. You really hope the alien isn't upset about that. Scrubbing the icky dirt away, you could practically hear the muck on your body crying in agony. A splash from your tail slams water about, drowning their cries out. Their wails for mercy would remain unheard by your wicked aquamarine ears, which you totally knew mares all around were jealous of not having.
"Hehehehe."
Okay Lyra, enough playing around. Getting out of the bath, you use your magic to pull as much water off your body as possible. You'd use the gust spell for this, but you don't want to poof your mane out. That would look silly. You then take your towel and further dry yourself. There, now for some brushing. A few brush strokes to even out your fine mane and tail, and you're now ready for the day feeling absolutely awesome.
Stepping out of the bathroom with a light hum and a jump in your steps, you immediately halt your progression out the door. You totally forgot about the human! The alien sat there on the bed, staring at you. You smiled at human, waving at it; the human proceeded to imitate your actions. Trying to leave, you see Anunimuss is now staring at the towel laid across your back with soaps neatly bundled in them. The human raises a brow at that, looking back and forth from you to your bathroom, obviously trying to figure something out.
"~+Um, miss unicorn? Is there a…+~"
You see he immediately smacks his forehead after speaking to you. You're confused by the action.
"~+She can't understand you, remember?+~"
The human quickly starts moving its paws on its chest, as if it was scrubbing all over itself.
…
"Oh, you want to bathe too!"
The human just points back to the bathroom and the towel in your possession. Well, there was no harm in allowing that right? You now notice it's reeking just as strongly as you were. How did you not notice that before? You're not sure if it needs soap or if it even uses them, but it'll help with the horrid smell. How did you not notice the human reeked before? Undoing your towel, you take the bottled soap out and push it near the human's legs.
After grabbing the soap with its soft looking claws, it reals back from the bottle's image. What? It was just a mare with bubbly stuff in her fur. What was wrong with that? Anunimuss continues to stare for a while before slowly walking over to the bathroom and going inside, closing the door. Did the image somehow make it scared? It was just a picture, so that can't be right. Maybe if you remember to mention it to Bonnie she'll have an idea on it.
Well, the humans gonna need a towel to dry off and yours is wet. You better go get it a nice, dry, fluffy one. After digging around downstairs in your piled possessions, you find another towel. You immediately walk back upstairs with a smile. That bath sure put you in a good mood. Entering the room and locking the door, you go up to the bathrooms door. Sounds of continuous running water are heard inside. Guess he wanted a shower instead.
That makes sense to you; it was bipedal after all. So the human probably felt more comfortable standing up and showering. Opening the door, you walk inside the steamy room and place the towel on the counter. Looking on the ground, you see its garments strewn about; oh right, it wears clothes. It probably needs to since the fella doesn't seem to have any fur on him. But having dirty clothes risks the possibility of getting sick.
Quickly exiting the bathroom, you hop on downstairs and grab a hamper before returning upstairs to the bathroom. You see the human is now out of the shower, looking at the towel in a curious manner. When you came in, the alien immediately turns its head at you before hollering out and jumping back inside the tub. Anunimuss was stumbling about inside the bathtub, trying to cover himself for some reason. Welp, now you know the gender of the human. That was definitely a he, no doubt about that one bit. Not that you were… looking or anything.
…
You wonder why the human stumbled around like that. You wait a moment before realizing he must've been embarrassed being seen naked. But why should he feel that way? You were naked, and you certainly aren't embarrassed. Eh, you chalk it up to being a human behavior thing. You have to remember to write that down when you return downstairs. The human is waiting inside the tub, staring at you with a light flush on its face. You better leave before he starts yelling or forcing you to leave.
Snatching his disgusting clothing, you throw them in the hamper before leaving the bathroom. On a quick thought, you grab the blankets and take those as well. Thank Celestia for unicorn magic, you'll have these clean in a matter of minutes! It was just the preferred method cleaning by hoof, to get that nice smell and clean feel magic just can't accomplish.
You'll have to wash these in the kitchen sink, since you didn't want anypony wondering why you had such weird clothing items and raise suspicion. The blankets were first. It would give you time to inspect the aliens clothing real quick. A quick flash and the beddings start getting soaped up while being magically scrubbed. While that's being done, you take the human clothing out and lay them on the floor. You walk out for a second before coming back with your camera, taking pictures. Great, now with that done you can start inspecting them! A smell lingers on it, the body odor of an unclean human. It was so icky. Just ignore it Lyra, you can do it.
The top piece he was wearing before was shaped into a T. Other than that, there was nothing special about it. The bigger top piece was big and looked very warm to wear. It probably helped keep its heat with no fur. It had some strange textures on it, sort of like a cross-hatch pattern with different shades of blue. There were also these neat little pouches that were neatly sewn in.
You know Rarity would flip out seeing something like this. Maybe once you and the alien get to know one another, the two of you can make a small business on this? You notice a tag where the humans head would go. On it, you see some strange lines printed into it. Almost like it was there for a purpose…
Alien language!
You jump around, giggling with the thought of having found this completely by accident. This was so exciting! Running out to your desk, you write down exactly how it looks on a side scroll with the later thought on trying to translate it. This could help with the language barrier! After writing that down, you go back over to some more of its clothing. The small little bottom piece just reeked, so you left that alone.
"Ewwww…."
That was thrown over to the side joining the top pieces. The very big bottom piece looked muddy and worn out, but was very durable. It sort of looked like the top piece, but darker. It had additional pockets sewn into it. These humans must love holding things with them; you wonder what types of things would go in them. Wait a second here… there was something lumpy in there! Digging through the pocket, you find some strange materials in them.
Taking them out, you identify three alien items; one was flat and folded over, the second was a strange little gray rectangle with strong white noodles coming out of it, and the third was a cylindrical shaped item.
"Eeeeeh!" you squeal loudly, looking at the items.
Alien gear! What was their importance to the human? Did they do anything beneficial for its life? Did they make cool things cooler?! What did they do?! Oh, you had so many questions! Suddenly, you realize something. The human probably wouldn't appreciate you touching these. Also, you might injure them in the process of examining them. Well, that sucks. You really wanted to play with them!
…
You meant study, that's totally what you meant. You take some pictures of them; this'll have to do for now, until you get it to show you what they were. That left you with two more pieces. The first was really lumpy and hard. You saw they fit on the bottom of the human's legs. They looked just like boots and shoes, but a bit more… exotic looking. Rarity would totally have a spaz attack if she saw these. These were obviously not to be cleaned, if they were even remotely like your boots and shoes. Those go to the side. And that left the last item, a small pair of baggies that was inside the exotic shoes. They looked like stockings, but more like clothing. Okay, this one was really weird, what were they?
Shaking your head, you stop trying to think about them. You're getting distracted Lyra, you need to clean these clothes! You levitate all the clothing over to the sink before you started to magically clean them. Washy, washy; clean them all up! Then you blow dry them with a magical gust spell. That does the trick! So quick and easy to clean with magic! You levitate the clothing straight into the hamper… except for those two little baggie pieces. They look like they'd fit your hooves.
…You won't tell the alien, and he'll probably never find out. You slip them on to your front hooves without any trouble. They're quite snug on them. And they even dampen any sounds from your hooves! Ooh, they feel so nice. You have got to get Rarity to make more of these, well, whatever they are! Wish you had some for your back legs, and then you'd be super-duper comfortable! You wonder if you can get them in green.
…
You better take these off. Anunimuss is probably waiting on his clothing. Throwing his little leg things in the hamper, you quickly make it back up to the room. Once in the room, you hastily throw the beddings back onto the bed. You also put the human's items on the bed, lined up in a row so he wouldn't freak out. You wouldn't want him screaming and hollering for his devices.
You also shouldn't need to clean those beddings for a good while. Unless it did something gross on the bed, like marking its territory. Oh please don't have the human do that, that'd be really icky! Opening the bathroom door, you slowly turn your head around the entrance, making sure it wasn't upset with you coming in. The human was standing up, leaning his back against the wall, looking at you with a red face. Anunimuss was really struggling to hold the towel at mid-level on its body.
You should've thought of giving the fella a bigger towel. He appears to be very embarrassed at the moment. The human must not like being naked at all. Well that's silly; he wouldn't have that problem if he just tucked himself away in his sheath. Wait, do humans even have sheaths? You don't recall seeing one, but you weren't looking down there so… great, now you're red just thinking about that!
You shake your head away from those thoughts. The human didn't look very happy with nothing to wear but your itty bitty towel. He's probably very cold without any fur. You push the hamper to the human, allowing him to grab them as you sat down.
The two of you stare at one another in complete silence. The human looked very uncomfortable with you staring at him. He shakes the clothes bundled in his arms before pointing at you, then the door. Does he want privacy to change? He must be very shy, you think while grabbing the hamper and leaving.
You have nothing else to do now. Guess you'll return downstairs and get some food made up for the both of you before writing down what you noticed so far.
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It's been a few hours since you've fed the human. He seemed happy when you came up with more eggs and bread. He made a sandwich of them to hold the food and eat. You wonder if you should get the alien some utensils. For the most part you've left Anunimuss alone, only to check up every hour to keep an eye on him.
The human looked bored out of his mind, but there wasn't much you could do to help with that. Maybe you and Bon Bon can figure out how to keep him preoccupied in there later? You've been writing in your scrolls to better organize what was needed to send to the princess. Copies of the pictures you've taken have also been set aside.
Writing in your scrolls, they were the only thing that somehow got you to zone out and pass the time without too much notice. Before you knew it the entire afternoon was all but gone. You hear Bon Bon entering the house, announcing herself.
"Hey Lyra, just go-"
Splat.
You threw your lettuce and tomato sandwich at her face you were just eating.
"Why'd you set all those stupid traps up!"
…You could have asked nicely, but this felt much better. Bon Bon wipes the mess off her face before throwing it in the trash.
"Can you blame me? I'm still not entirely convinced that thing won't come out and start going crazy on us!"
"That's what we're here for Bonnie! To make sure that doesn't happen with its arrival here! And to study him, of course."
"Sure, fine. Just don't make me regret closing my stand to assist you here." She looks around at the room with a grimace. "Why haven't you picked up yet?"
You thought you did a pretty darn good job of piling everything into a corner. Guess Bonnie disagrees with that.
"I was busy writing my scrolls to do much else, that and having to shower in my room cause of you and your traps. And no, it didn't try anything to me when I went in. If anything, the human was very shy and embarrassed when I left it there to take his own shower."
You wave her over to your desk before presenting the pictures you had taken of its clothing and items. She looks them over before pausing at the items, a confused expression read on her face.
"What are those?"
"I'm not sure; I figure I'll ask the human later on after we teach him our language."
"If that's even possible, you don't even know if it's possible."
"Hey! He learned my name! So I'm certain he can."
"Fine, fine." She looks over at the pictures once more. "Have you considered how to get the alien more clothing when these start wearing out? Or extra clothing for it to change into some new stuff?"
Your quill stops mid-word on the scroll. "I… may have not considered that."
Bon Bon nods her head at that before walking right beside you. "And that's what I'm here for, to assist you. You may be fairly adept to knowledge on foreign relations, aliens and other such things. But you can be pretty forgetful Lyra."
Thinking on that, you put the scroll you were just writing on aside before pulling out a new one. "Okay then, what do you think should be done soon, as in the next week or so?"
Bon Bon tilts her head down in thought for a moment before turning back to you. "Well, clothes are a must for this thing. So we'll probably need Rarity to make some. You have pictures, so that'll help making more."
"We don't have the bits yet but I can put that in the next scroll on what will be needed. Next week we'll talk to Rarity. And we're gonna have to convince her NOT to let Twilight know about the alien at all. It would be best if she doesn't meet it until the very last moment, after we convince everypony he's not harmful.
"Not convince but prove Lyra. Anyways, the next thing to do is probably to see what its diet will consist of in the future, along with health checks. Fluttershy's a good choice for that. She's good with animals, so it shouldn't be too hard to have her come over with the idea of meeting a new species. She might be scared on first contact, though, so we'll have to keep her fears in check. We can have her come over much sooner than we have to pay her, which we will for her help, it shouldn't be too hard for her to wait on it."
You're writing this stuff done at breakneck speed trying to get every word down. Clothes from Rarity, health check from Fluttershy.
"And that leaves us two with just about everything else. Language should be a priority to communicate with it. We'll also need to check on magical afflictions, and if it will be harmed when dealt with magic."
"Um… I may have transported it here with magic Bonnie," you say with a sheepish grin.
She slaps a hoof to her face before looking back at you. "You're so lucky the thing didn't explode from that!"
"Hehehe, yeah..."
"At least we don't have to worry about colds or diseases too much."
"And why's that?" you ask.
You see Bon Bons face turn white at an alarming rate. Her teeth were clenched hard as her body went stiff.
"You didn't use that darn spell on it?!"
"Spell?"
…
Your eyes widen immediately, understanding what she was talking about. That was supposed to be the first thing you did when you met an actual alien! It was a spell to check if any foreign bacteria or materials from an alien could harm anypony. That was the only reason you learned the stupid spell! Bon Bon's now hyperventilating, her body shaking in fear. You remember telling her what might happen if there was anything that could damage you ponies; it wasn't a very nice image.
"Look I can do it right now, just calm down Bonnie… okay?"
You really hated it when she lost her cool like this. It was very rare, and it only happened when things went out of her control or they couldn't be controlled like this. The only solution was to fix the problem quickly. You preferred stuffy, level-headed Bonnie; not the Bonnie standing here. This one could get very reckless.
"I'm coming up with you to make sure nothing's missed when you do it, you got that!"
"That's fine Bonnie. How should I go about this? He hasn't really seen magic as of yet, and we don't know what it will do to him internally.."
"As calmly as you can. If it reacts, I'll jump on its body and keep jumping until it's knocked out. And who the buck cares if it gets hurt at this point, I'm more worried about us right now!"
"But what if the spell hurts him or-"
"Look Lyra, I'm pretty sure if you don't dump magic into its head that… the alien should be perfectly fine. You did levitate it here so it's possible magic isn't that harmful. Besides, I could care less if it implodes on itself and the room is dyed red the moment you start your magic, so long as it doesn't hurt anypony from whatever it carries!"
Eeesh! Reckless Bonnie can be a scary Bonnie sometimes. As the two of you make it up the stairs to your room, Bon Bon quickly zips in her room for a second before coming back out.
"Are you wearing a lab coat?"
"Yes, it makes me feel much better about this situation right now."
"How'd you get a lab coat?"
She doesn't answer you. Bon Bon continues staring ahead at the door, waiting for you to unlock it. Just go with it Lyra, don't question where she gets this weird stuff. The two of you enter the doorway, entering a room you hoped isn't filled with bacterial death.
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Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored; you were so damn bored! The unicorn came back in the morning, apparently to take a bath. It felt like a good time to get one yourself, so you did your best to show you wanted one as well. She gave you a bottle of soap with a picture of what looked like a small horse playing in bubbles printed on it. How that was even possible?! The whole thing just blew you away. So they sold merchandise like this here?
That meant there was the possibility of an entire industry line making similar stuff. Did the unicorns run them? Later on, the unicorn came back in with the smallest fucking towel you'd ever seen. It looked more like a hand towel to you. And damn it all to hell, there was no shower curtain! She didn't look very embarrassed at seeing you there naked. You quickly covered yourself up with her tiny towel; you went tumbling all over the tub from your efforts.
You guess it made sense why she wouldn't feel embarrassed. She did walk around naked like that all the time. It felt very embarrassing to even think of yourself doing the same thing. You'll keep wearing clothes instead. Of course she took those with her…
When she came back they were clean, that was nice of her. You tried smiling to show your appreciation but you were still too embarrassed to do much. You were glad she gave back your items as well. Your iPod was about dead, and the wallet was the only thing left to remind you of home with pictures. She came back with some food later on, leaving once you were finished eating. It looked like she needed to do something, work maybe? Do unicorns work?
You wouldn't have thought unicorns worked, except for the fact that you saw that bottle of soap. If things like that were around, maybe it was possible she worked? Or did she have others work for her, and she did other things for them? That bottle felt like it was made of really well polished wood, but it looked and felt just like plastic. It was a nice touch, you thought. It was really creepy that you could actually squeeze the thing like plastic, now things were just getting absurd.
It's been several hours since the unicorn had done anything with you. She popped in every now and then, but otherwise left you alone. Sitting around doing nothing sucked. You would have listened to music, but you didn't want to kill off the last of your battery if you could help it. So you just lied around, thinking of your current situation with the unicorn. After a few hours of doing absolutely nothing, the door clicked open with the unicorn Lyra coming in.
You sat up looking at her before noticing another unicorn coming in. No, wait. That wasn't a unicorn, there was no horn. So was it a small horse? Or maybe they grew horns, and this one hadn't done so yet? This one had a pale yellowish coat on her body with a very strange hairdo that was colored with different hard shades of purple. She looked very serious to you. The small horse was wearing what looked like a long white coat fit for her. Was she a horse scientist or something? She might be here to check up on you. Or maybe Lyra was also a scientist herself, and this was a coworker?
"~+Go ahead Lyra, do your spell.+~"
"~+Just hold on Bon Bon I need to do it slowly! I don't want the human to freak out.+~"
Something must have them worried from the sounds of their voices. The unicorn slowly walks up to you until she stood only a few inches away.
"~+Please don't be scared,+~" she spoke in a calm manner to you. You wish you could understand her.
She tilts her head down, pointing her horn in your direction. Oh dear god was she going to stab you?! You hold on to the bed tightly, hoping this wasn't the case. The other small horse just looked at you like she would jump you at any signs of movement.
Suddenly, Lyra's horn begins to glow in a greenish manner before turning white. There was pulsing a light coming out of it. The light jolts out and hits you square in the stomach where you were sitting. You felt this strange, tingly sensation. Was… was she purifying you?! You remember the stories about unicorns and how they could purify just about anything. Was this what she was doing to you?
The tingly sensation immediately spread out across your body from your stomach into the rest of your body. It felt very nice and relaxing. You close your eyes, trying to enjoy this strange sensation hitting you. The strange glow spread into every pore of your body. From your fingertips all the way to the top of your scalp, it hit everything with different sensations.
Some of it tried hitting your head, but it immediately contracted away once you started feeling pain. Yeah, you'd rather not feel that again. Her purification made your heart slow down and relaxed it to a calming lull. Your throat straightened out and allowed more air in. The muscles on your body felt like they were contracting quickly in small doses.
Your entire body felt like it was exploding with so many different sensations hitting it at once. As quickly as it came, it immediately went away in a flash. You slump over, breathing hard from being taken out of that so quickly. Just what was that? Opening your eyes, you see the unicorn standing below you. She was staring up at you with teary eyes and what looked like concern.
"~+Are you okay?+~" she spoke barely loud enough for you to hear.
You smile down at her not understanding what she said. Then, darkness.
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"Oomph!"
The human landed on top of you falling unconscious, probably from your spell. The spell must have tired him out, you thought.
"Lyra!"
Bon Bon immediately ran up to you, thinking you were in danger. You wave her away before levitating the human's body off of you and back onto the bed. "I'm fine Bonnie, the human just got tired and fell asleep, that's all."
"Sorry. It looked like it was attacking you," she said, looking very embarrassed at her reaction.
A smile spread on your face before a giggle slipped out. Silly Bonnie! She might be scared, but she'd always look out for her friends. Bon Bon just sighs to herself before dragging you back down the stairs, after you lock the door of course. Reaching downstairs, she quickly turns around to you. "Well, what did the spell say?"
"Silly, spells don't speak!"
She gives you a deadpan stare from your remark. You guess she wasn't in a joking mood right now.
"Fiiiine. The human is safe; his body has already adapted to our planet, which is very surprising. In fact, it looks like some of our magic is slowly being absorbed into him, which is helping his immune system."
Bon Bon seems to relax hearing that. She must've been really stressed out back there. "Not surprising, I guess. Everything here has magic in it, so it was only a matter of time before the alien absorbed some."
It's not like magic would've done much else. The human would never be able to cast spells or anything. The magic would just allow it to live in harmony alongside everything else.
"Okay. So with that out of the way, what should we do next?"
The two of you go back to your desk, holding the scrolls you've written down to read some suggestions.
"Rarity won't be included for a while, not until we get some bits. We should probably feed it and then go out to Fluttershy's shack to get her assessment on the alien."
"I suppose that sounds fine. I don't like the thought of too many ponies knowing about him, but I don't think Fluttershy would gossip."
"No we'd have to worry about Rarity for that one, and I'm pretty sure we can convince her to be quiet if we say this is for the princess."
"I haven't talked to Flutters in such a long time! I still need to thank her for all her help back at the academy. She would be excited to see a new creature too!"
You both decide to go out to Fluttershy's cabin before it got dark. You make the human a quick meal and place it inside the room so he'll see it when he wakes up. With that done, the two of you exit the house, making your way to Fluttershy's shack.
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It didn't take long reaching Fluttershy's home... though you wish it wasn't under the stares of everypony in town along the way.
"Booooniiiee, why did you keep wearing the lab coat?"
"Because."
Stupid Bonnie…
Fluttershy's house was active with the movements of animals running about everywhere. It didn't take long to find the yellow pegasus feeding her animals.
"Hey Flutters!" you yell, waving a hoof at her.
She turns her head to the two of you, a small, shy smile spotting who it was. She quickly puts the food out to the animals in a graceful hurry before greeting you both.
"Um, hello Lyra… Bon Bon… how are you two doing today?"
She sounded just as quiet and shy as you remembered her. Wow, it's been a while since you've spoken to her hasn't it?
"Lyra and I was talking to one another, and thought you could help us with a problem we had."
"Oh?!" she exclaims, surprised to hear that. "We should talk in my house so you can tell me about your problems; it would be rude of me not to help a friend in need. Please, come in."
She doesn't give you time to reply as she turns around and enters her house, the two of you following behind. Her house smelled of animals and forestry everywhere. You could see animals scurrying about all over the place. Fluttershy was walking into what looked like her kitchen.
"Um, you two can sit on the couch while I bring out refreshments."
You and Bon Bon look at one another for a second before walking over to the couch. It felt surprisingly soft and not of stinky animal hair. Looking around, you watch the animals running around in and out of the home. It's pretty hectic, watching them zipping about the place. Does Fluttershy not get tired of all this?
You were so glad that bunny wasn't around. The two of you just didn't get along. You'd fling him into some food with magic. He'd get you back by dowsing you in water. The two of you just didn't like one another. He liked Bonnie though, and always made sure to be nice to her, especially when you were around. Stupid Angel, stupid Bonnie….
Fluttershy returns with a tray held in her mouth with three cups and a kettle of tea. She appeared as graceful as ever, though you knew she'd argue about that if it was brought up. After pouring the three of you tea, she sits herself down on a stool across the two of you. Hmm, raspberry flavor.
"Oh Fluttershy! I wanted to thank you from back before with your help on getting me to understand animals. It really helped me out getting my job and all."
"Oh! Um, well, I'm certain you would've gotten it even without my help…"
"Nonsense! You were a big help so don't sell yourself short on that, got it!"
She seemed very embarrassed hearing that. Guess she still has a major dose of the shy's in her. It wouldn't be Fluttershy without it. You clear your throat out to speak clearer.
"You're an awesome mare Flutters! Why, any stallion would definitely dig a gal like you!"
Her face turned very red along with her words sputtering out from what you said. What you said didn't really have anything to do with your visit, but it sure was fun seeing her turn red like that.
"So, um… you said you needed help with something?" she asks, trying to veer away from the compliments.
You nod at that before taking another sip of your tea; raspberry tea was so awesome tasting.
"Yeah, we both were discussing something that needed to be done and thought you could help us with it," Bon Bon says after taking a sip of tea.
"You can NOT tell anypony about it though!" you say roughly. "It needs to be kept quiet for the time being okay? It would be bad to have it known what was in our house."
Fluttershy looks a bit frightened at what you said, almost like what you needed done was dangerous. In a sense it was, but you doubt the human would attack her. Bon Bon turns and gives you a glare. You let out a nervous grin before going back to your drink.
"We just need to make sure nopony knows what we're doing until Princess Celestia can get more information on what is happening. Pretty much, we have a… new species in our home that needs some assessing. We thought if anypony could help with that it would be you."
Now you had her attention. If there was anything that would pull her into doing something, it would be animals in general.
"A new species! Oh that just sounds like fun to meet a new critter. The creature's not hurt or anything is it?"
"No, but we need to know more on what we should feed it and how to go about caring for it."
"Um… well you could just, let it live here and I would watch it for you?"
"No, it needs to stay in our house. The creature is still being studied and it's up to Lyra to get that out to the princess. And I don't think it would be very… happy about being treated like the animals here."
Fluttershy now looked confused. She probably thought it was a regular animal like those she had cared for.
"We can discuss what we know about, but if you agree to this we need to let you not talk about this to anypony on the creature. Especially Twilight, she is not to ever find out from you okay?"
"I'm… not sure why it needs to be kept secret, but if it's to help a creature in need, then I'll do my best to help."
"Glad to have your help Fluttershy" Bon Bon says with a smile. "We can discuss more on what we know back at our place. It really is best if nopony overhears what we have to say."
She really doesn't like not knowing what you wouldn't say to her, she looked very interested though. Finishing your tea, the two of you wait on Fluttershy to return her dishes before exiting her house. The animals all crowd around the yellow mare, making it difficult for her to leave.
"Don't you fella's worry. I'll be back very soon."
"Yeah, yeah now let's go and get back to t-"
Thump.
"Whyyyyyyyyyyy?!" you cry out on the ground.
Turning your head, you notice your hooves had tripped on some string… along with a familiar looking bunny hopping away very quickly. You were so gonna get it next time, you'll tie it up by its ears to a tree for this!
"Lyra," Bonnie said in an annoyed tone. "Stop being so clumsy all the time! Now let's get moving."
You grumble to yourself before getting up and walking back out to Ponyville with the two. It was starting to get dark, which Fluttershy commented on. She couldn't stay too long but would be helpful coming by to check on it. The three of you arrive, entering your place; Fluttershy looks at the mess that was your pile of stuff over in the corner curiously before looking back to you.
"Yeah, the creature is in my room for the time being to keep him held there. I had to take my stuff out so he wouldn't go through them."
"Oh my!" she says in astonished quietness. Only Fluttershy could've pulled that off. "Is it really that dangerous?!"
"Not…exactly. See, the reason that this couldn't be discussed out in town is be-"
"Because it's an alien!" you yell out.
Bon Bon stares at you from the interruption, a glare shot at you. What? You really wanted to say that! Fluttershy gives off a small smile at you. She doesn't seem to believe you… Bonnie turns back to Fluttershy, doing her best to continue what she had to say.
"What Lyra just said is actually true. She found it in the Everfree and brought it back. She's been keeping it safe and studying it until we can teach it to talk to us."
"I even got Princess Celestia's approval on this if you want to see the scroll!"
You quickly levitated a scroll from the desk it was held in and unfurled it midair, shoving the thing in front of Fluttershy's face. She reels back quickly from the unexpected intrusion to her space. She settles down quickly enough and reads through your scroll, her eyes widening from it.
"So there's really an alien creature in your room!"
"Totally! And we're asking for your help to see to its health and diet. We can even get the princess to pay you for your help!"
"Um… I don't know, I thought that it… was an animal and…"
She slowly trails off looking very concerned about meeting the alien. You try to meet her sights, but she looks off to the side. Crud, how do you get this mare to help you out?!
…
"Fluttershy?" you say to her.
She keeps her head down but turns her eyes to you, her hair covering most of her head.
"We really need your help here Flutters. Taking him to the hospital would possibly endanger him until we can get him acclimated to our society. Nopony else in Ponyville has the expertise or skill that can match up to you!"
Fluttershy slowly begun turning red from your praising her; that mare could not take a compliment. Still, it was working, now for the kicker.
"If you don't help out, there's a very good chance he might die. You… you wouldn't just leave him like that, would you?"
It's not exactly likely he'd die, but it could happen. Most likely to happen would be his health would drop without a proper check-up over time. Still, that last bit seemed to work getting her to pick up her confidence on dealing with it. She takes a gulp of air before turning to you.
"… o-o … okay I can d-do my best and help it," she stuttered out with a shake in her body.
You smile at that before walking up to her and patting her side. "Well, just follow me so we can do this quickly. Bonnie, you should probably get rid of your traps…"
You said that last bit strangled out. Those traps are such a pain to get by. You walk up the stairs with Fluttershy taking small shaky steps. You stare down at her walking up. How in the hay did she make even that look graceful?! Whatever, not like you care… much.
The two of you walk inside the room where the alien was staying. Once inside, the two of you see that the human is sitting up once more on the bed, his back against the wall and looking in your direction. He still looked tired from your spell, but didn't seem upset at all. In fact he almost looked, happy? Anunimuss waves to you both before directly staring at Fluttershy; it looks like his stare is directed at her wings. Her eyes widen from the sight of the human sitting there.
"That's, um, a very big alien…"
To you ponies, that's true. His legs were barely reaching the end of the bed he was sitting on. You nudge Fluttershy in his direction, making her jolt from the contact with a jump.
"Heh, sorry. Anyways we need you to do your job, okay?"
She looks back to you in worry from what you said, then over to the alien. Maybe you shouldn't have said that. Swallowing a gulp of air, she shakily makes her way to the human. Standing in front of the alien, she does her best to lift her head up to look at him.
"Um… can you please sit up, Mr. Alien?" She waves her hoof up at it to the edge of the bed and waves it about. Looking at her actions, the human turns and sits up in front of her. Did he understand her?!
"We should probably start with what he should eat…"
"Yeah the alien ate some eggs and fruits, but not hay or flowers."
"Hmmm, please open your mouth Mr. Alien." She waves another hoof near her mouth pointing at it, then to the humans.
The human blinks at that before bending down to her and opening his mouth. She carefully looks inside and slowly looks at the teeth and mouth size. Ooh, you wish you'd brought up some paper for this! She continues along with the rest of her checkup, directing the human around for her. Ears, nose, eyes, soft claws, bottom hooves; it amazes you how she's able to communicate with him well enough to do this.
"Uh, wait a second Fluttershy," you say noticing what she was doing now. "The alien doesn't like his clothes off."
"W, well how am I supposed to check his body?"
"I dunno, but the guy doesn't have any fur at all on his body. And he feels embarrassed being naked."
"Why should it feel embarrassed at that? I, well I mean we're not clothed."
"The alien, unlike us or other creatures from the looks of it, doesn't have a way to… well… hide himself like us down there."
It takes her a moment to realize what you meant; a red flushed face is her reaction to it. "Oh, oh my! Not even like a minotaur?"
"No fur on his body, no way to hide his stallionhood. I, well I didn't properly check if he had a sheath but he was hiding himself earlier. I don't think he would have one, otherwise he would have put it away and not care too much…"
Her ears are creeping up in red just thinking about this topic. You can feel yourself getting a bit flushed too.
"Um, I guess I can try and do some simple checks with its clothes on. But you really should get it fully checked out later."
Once again, she somehow orders him into complying with her into lying down. She continuously pushes her hooves all around his body, checking for anything that could be wrong. After finishing, the two of you exit the room returning back downstairs.
"Well, is he fine?"
"The… the checkup was still not very thorough, like a doctor pony could do it. You would need to keep checking back on him to make sure he's perfectly fine. He doesn't seem to be in any pain right now. His body seems to be in order, no broken bones or anything like that. He does have a bruise on his right flank though."
You recall the human hurrying to get inside the bath quickly; did he fall there and get that? Might've been how he got it.
"Oh, and he also looked very tired. You need to give it more rest whatever you're doing to… keep it up…"
Yeah, that one was the spell. She looked away from you after saying that. It almost like she was embarrassed at what she said… weird.
"Other than that, I suppose treat him more like a minotaur but without fur, or horns. He'll need daily showers, and his clothes will need to be cleaned at least every other day until he gets some new ones."
She pauses after saying, that looking away.
"So everything's good?" you ask trying to get back on track. She nods her head yes. "Okay then, what about food?"
"The um, alien. He has some canines in his mouth so he'll need some form of meat, or protein. You said you fed him eggs so, um, that should do just well for that. You also mentioned he ate apples so that would mean he can get food from different sources. Try and give him some other types of grains and maybe some vegetables. And for a being that size, he'll probably need somewhere around three meals a day like us but in larger portions like that of a minotaur. I'm, not sure how you'll afford that…"
"Oh don't worry about that. We already mentioned that the princess will help hoof the bill there. We'll send out to get you paid as well for a checkup every few days, okay?"
"Y-you want me to come back?!" She sounded frightened there. But she was doing so well before checking up on it.
"Well yeah. We're putting in a lot of trust that you would be able to help us out until we can officially get him a checkup at the doctors. Hay, we'll get it to talk to you when the alien can speak our language."
"Oh um, okay then. I really should be getting back to my animals. They're probably worried I'm not there… or something…"
That sounded more like a shoddy excuse to get away from the human. As she exits the door a thought quickly pops up in your head.
"Hey Flutters, just how did get him to do what you wanted? Did you have him understand you or something?"
She turns to you before looking off to the side.
"Well… I just did what I always do. Be polite and nice and to try to get the critter to understand what you need of it. He, he seemed to understand what I wanted with some hoof gestures I made."
"But wait, how did you get him to do them in the first place?"
"…I guess he was being polite back."
Fluttershy quickly exits with that. Hopefully whatever fear that was in her from the alien would go away soon if she was going to help you out long term. Sitting back at your desk, you quickly wrote up what seemed important to have written down from that day. You also plan out a new diet to try out for the human along with some simple ideas on getting it to learn your language.
You would need to put in Fluttershy's involvement and soon to be Rarity's. Oh Celestia, you hoped that mare will keep her mouth shut! There was still another five days left to deal with it before you needed to report back to the princess. You needed to have a nice tidy document along with some pictures for aid. You're happily writing down some thoughts on the human's behavior before front door opens, letting the cool air in. Bonnie walks in with a small bag of food stuffs in her saddle bags. Did she leave without you noticing?
"Lyra, have you been sitting there the entire time since I left?"
Apparently so. "I was writing down some more stuff on the alien from today, guess I lost track of time."
"Did you feed it dinner yet?!"
"What?" Looking out the window you see it's now nighttime. Your clock on the wall read off a little after eight.
"I forgot to feed the alien!" you cry out loudly.
You fling all your stuff around with magic to better emphasize how badly you felt about forgetting the human's meal. You personally flip your table over in a huff. The thing flips about before landing in a booming thud. Ooooooh that felt good! A scream of anger hollered out is thrown in; that's really important there, you mustn't forget that! With all the stuff cluttered about you think you got your point across.
"Quick Bonnie, to the kitchen!"
You trot off into said room, a groan let out from Bon Bon whom is following you. Fluttershy said to try some other food. Would he like a lettuce and tomato sandwich? You had all week to try and figure out a good diet for the human. You really hope he's not mad at you for forgetting to feed him. Meh, if the human looks angry, you'll just make it out like its Bon Bon's fault! Yes, she shall take the fall!
"Let's just hurry up with the meal Lyra."
Right, you needed to hurry and get that done so you could write more stuff down and then sleep. You needed to be rested for tomorrow morning. Hopefully, the next few days will go by smoothly trying to teach him.
~End Chapter Three~