"So let me get this straight." Pinkie Pie sat in front of Glittermind, her full attention on the newly turned unicorn. "You are really a 'human' from another 'dimension' and are used to having only 'two' legs?"
"Yes." Glittermind answered the pink pony.
"And Discord 'pulled' you into this 'dimension'?"
"Again, yes."
"But in order to get home, you need to find your Cutie-mark?" Pinkie Pie looked incredulous.
"No, not a Cutie-mark, but a diamond shard that goes with this broken diamond…"
It was later in the day when Glittermind had managed to tell all her story. Having had her morning meal (it took a few minutes to explain few of the foreign, non-pony-used words that Glittermind used; such as breakfast and human fingers,), Glittermind followed the alicorn princess to another wing of the castle. There the ponies, pegasi and unicorns settled down to hear her story.
Glittermind – the human known as Jiru – shared her stories, from the space-battle with the evil known as Green Iron Wing, to getting lost in the space/time continuum, to dimension-hopping in search of adamant shards of her broken power-talisman; the Silver diamond and finally how she landed in the dimension of Equestria.
Using a hoof to slide her triangular brooch forward, she flipped it open with the tip of her hoof; showing half a diamond, its jagged edges coming down the middle as the left half was missing. Glittermind had been utterly relieved to find the half-jewel sitting on a bedside table in their guest room this morning. It was still a mystery as to how it got there and where it was before.
"AH!" Rarity pounced on the half-jewel; her eyes shining with delight. No pony blamed the design diva, as the half-diamond was still an impressive sight; being as large as Glimmer-It's hoof. (half tennis ball) "Such gloriousness, Glittermind, wherever were you hiding this the other day?"
"I really don't remember, Rarity-chan." Glittermind had to also explain the differences in her language, which delighted Twilight Sparkle to no end. "But I'm glad I found it. I would have been absolutely lost without it."
"Glittermind, I truly commend you for such bravery against odds such as those you have spoken of." Princess Celestia finally spoke up. The alicorn princess had listened patiently thorough the whole, question-ridden story.
"Thanks, Celestia-hime…Princess Celestia." Glittermind corrected herself after Twilight glared at her. It seemed the unicorn pupil of the princess disliked the suffix-based title. Being a guest in the 'Equestria' dimension, Glittermind – the human known as Jiru, Senshi XiN – had to play by pony rules.
Finally, looking around the lounging room; the party of ponies – Twilight Sparkle, Spike-dragon, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Color Jam, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Princess Celestia, Fluttershy, Butterpond, the mysterious filly, Glimmer-It, and the newly introduced Fairydust and her twin sister, Dragonfly – Glittermind saw varying looks of disbelief, awe and thoughtfulness.
"Sister, that is the wildest story I have ever heard!" Pinkie Pie burst out laughing, causing herself to topple over on the carpeted floor. "Traveling in a 'space-ship' and meeting 'aliens'!"
"But…it's true!" Glittermind was hurt that Pinkie Pie was laughing and calling her spoken story fraud. "I really am a human being, with two legs, and two arms and fingers and toes! I am a protector of the stars, and travel within galaxies."
"Sugarcube, forgive us if we don't right believe you and all that stuff you said." Applejack looked skeptical.
"A.J.'s right." Rainbow Dash nodded. "It's very hard to wrap our minds around all the stuff you talked about and just what a 'human' is."
"Would it help if I drew pictures of a human?" Glittermind asked.
"It might." Butterpond finished eating her eighteenth butter cookie. "Seeing pictures always helps me know what things look like."
Color Jam hopped up to her hooves and smiled. "I trust what you're saying, Glitter, but it IS awfully a lot to mentally digest. I vote we first figure out just what a 'human' is!"
"Yea, that sounds like a fine idea." Fairydust finally spoke up. She and her sister had been listening to Glittermind's story and now wanted to educate the other ponies on what she and her sister, Dragonfly, knew.
"Yes, some pony go get paper and crayons!" Dragonfly jumped in. She and her sister had already gone through the human-to-pony transition, but had an easier time with it since they came into Equestria on their own island. With the diplomatic help of Canterlot, the Mystic Isle ponies began quickly integrated as a pony, pegasus and/or other.
"I have them right here, sister." Fairydust informed her dragonfly-winged sister; pulling out a pad of paper and the common-use writing utensil of ponies.
"Hay, thanks…Fairydust was it?" Glittermind thanked the insect-winged ponies and trotted over to the pad of paper.
"Yes, I am Fairydust, and my sister here, is Dragonfly. We're from the nearby Mystic Isle in the ocean."
"That's nice…" Glittermind focused on the pad of paper and crayon, trying to draw a picture, from her mind, of a human.
Princess Celestia, the Mane Six, and the Extra Five watched as the unicorn struggled with using the crayon. Seconds ticked by before Rarity stepped up and offered her assistance.
"Here, dear, you can use your horn like this…" The white horn of Rarity glowed blue as she used her magic to hold the crayon straight.
"Oh…duh, silly me." Glittermind blushed with embarrassment and looked at the giggling Fairydust. "Oh be quiet, you."
"Bite me." Fairydust quipped.
"Where and how hard?"
"…" The other ponies looked blankly at the two special ponies for a moment. Pinkie Pie cut the silence with a burst of laughter.
"Wow, you two are already bestest of friends!" She said. "You two just met and are already fighting like Rarity and Applejack!"
"Pinkie Pie!" The two mentioned ponies verbally objected to the statement.
"Sssshhh, Glittermind is trying to be smart and draw herself as a human." Fairydust nodded politely at the pink pony.
"Oh yea, I'm smarter than that, see!" Glittermind had used her unexplained unicorn powers to not only hold the crayon (telepathically) but to transfer the image of a female human onto the paper. "SEE! I told you I could do it."
Glittermind switched her telekinetic hold from crayon to paper- letting the crayon drop as the paper floated upward. On the paper was a rough sketch of a human body outline with very brief details on the body. The Mane Six crowded around the picture to get a closer looker. Butterpond and Color Jam sat back, giving odd looks at Fairydust. They weren't quite sure what to think of the sudden, sarcastic bond that Glittermind forged with the dragonfly-winged pony.
"SEE! I drewed the pretty picture too!" Glimmer-It held her picture up too, and shoved it into Celestia's face. "It is a galaxy and space ship!"
The Mane Six stepped back from Glittermind and looked adoringly at the language-learning filly. Princess Celestia eased the picture out of her face and smiled approvingly at the little pony.
"That is a nice spaceship, Glimmer-It, why don't you go show your new friends what a space ship looks like."
"Ok!" Glimmer-It shoved her picture into Twilight's face. "See! Spaceship!"
Being understanding enough to deal with young ponies such as Glimmer-It, Twilight stood and took the picture to the face; saying:
"Yes, that is a nice 'spaceship.'" The unicorn agreed.
"Ohohohoho! I wanna see next!" Pinkie Pie jumped up, wanting to see the filly's picture.
"Ok!" Glimmer-It allowed Pinkie Pie to view the spaceship picture; and Glittermind's human picture was left with and audience of Applejack.
"Wow, just wow." Applejack didn't know what to say. "Being a human sure would be weird with just two legs."
"Well, of course it would be, A.J." Color Jam finally managed to see the horn-drawn image. "I can't imagine how hard it would be walking on two legs all the time."
"Ah, yes, well…" Fluttershy opened her mouth to speak. "It's nothing like I've ever seen, I mean if that's what a human looks like."
"Ahem…" a guard at the door interrupted the pony gathering. "Your majesty, your duties for the day need to be attended to."
"Oh, yes, of course." Celestia unfolded her long white legs and stood up; turning to the ponies from Ponyville. "I am sorry I have to cut short this meeting, but I do have things to do in the castle…"
"Of course, Princess!" Twilight stepped up; taking leadership of the ponies. "We'll return to Ponyville and continue to talk with Glittermind and what a 'human' is."
"Tch, being a human looks boring." Rainbow Dash scoffed. "They don't have wings like me!"
"Imagine that, hhmmm." Dragonfly nudged the rainbow speedster. "Race ya to Ponyville."
"You are so ON!" Color Jam and Rainbow Dash jumped on the challenge.
"I'll finally beat you, Dashie, eat my dust." Color Jam took off like a shot and was gone; leaving a mixed-rainbow blur. Dragonfly had instantly followed, kicking up a dust-bunny cloud.
"AH!" Rainbow Dash was gone too, overriding Jam's rainbow with her own, properly colored spectrum.
"Those silly pegasi!" Pinkie Pie laughed as the remaining ponies trotted out of the lounge, and escorted to the castle exit by guards. "They'll never learn."
"I guess not." Butterpond agreed. "You coming, Fairydust, Glittermind?"
"Yea, coming."
"Me too." Fairydust smiled as she re-packed her traveling bag and lifted Shly onto her back. "I'm so excited to finally see Ponyville!"
"It'll be super-duper absolutely party-fun!" Pinkie Pie screamed at the top of her lungs. "PAR-TAY!"