Humani Victoria

Chapter 11- Thy Princess Come

"Forgive your enemies, but ever forget their names"

                                    -John F. Kennedy

North Tower, Canterlot Castle, Equestria, Thursday 4th of April, 2:00pm, 2205 AC

"I don't know about this sister"

Celestia smiled as the letter disappeared into the magical slipstream via a a swirling wisp of Celestia's golden magic. The Sun Alicorn turned from the window where the letter had supposedly exited and back at her sister Luna

"I will be fine Lulu, we'll just head over, say hello, get to know him and then leave" The Moon Alicorn still looked uncertain, that resident fear of Humanity still hidden behind her eyes

"How do we know he won't attack me on sight? I know for a fact that I was a well known fighter among their ranks"

"Be that as it may your worries are unfounded. As I told you Jason came from a time long before the Alicorns, long before the fall of his race"

"An era of peace then?"

"Perhaps, he has not revealed much about the state of the world of his time, but I have read old Human texts that speak of great wars and conflicts around his estimated timeline, wether or not that is true. It is evident that he is hiding much from us"

"Not a surprise, they are known for deception"

"Luna, we are attempting to give him a chance, not criticize the actions of his ancestors.... Or descendants for that matter"

"Fine Tia.... But I will be keeping an eye on him"

"I expected nothing less"

Just Outside Goldenoaks Library, Ponyville, Equestria, Thursday 4th of April, 2:00pm, 2205 AC

"Who's Luna?"

"She's Princess Celestia's little sister! And the one who raises the moon! Don't tell me you haven't read anything about her!"

"I think I came across a few things, but I think they were folktales"

"It doesn't matter! What's important is that we be prepared to receive them!"

".....I don't get it, they're just coming over, what's there to do?"

"Ugh just... Come here!" The frustrated Unicorn slipped behind Jason and pushed him into the Library, poking his behind with her horn in a very uncomfortable manner

"Oi! Watch it!" Twilight ignored him and pushed the Human into the main room of the Library, closing the door behind them with her magic, with a final shove she sent Jason to the floor, him landing on his backside

"Now" the lavender mare said, sitting on her haunches in front of Jason "You need to learn the proper protocol when in the presence of the Royal Sisters"

"...Protocol"

"Yes, protocol. Now first you should now his to address them, I prefer just saying 'Princess' but you might want to make use of 'Your Majesty' or something similar"

"....why can't I just call them 'Celestia' and 'Luna'?"

"Because that's disrespectful!"

"How so? It's their names after all"

"Because it's just... Ugh!" Twilight buried her muzzle in her hooves in the most adorably frustrated way possible "Didn't you have royalty where your from?"

"We did, but in my time it was viewed as an outdated and archaic form of government"

"But it's... Ugh, whatever. Now where were we?"

For most of their hour time limit, Twilight taught Jason just about everything about being within fifty metres of royalty. Where to stand, what to say, how to breath, the entire time was a drain on Jason's patient and attention-span.

I take back anything bad I ever said about the American Revolution, you guys were right, monarchs are stupid

During that time, one by one, the rest of the Mane Six arrived in the Library. Each receiving the news in turn and each reacting how one would expect. Rarity became instantly anxious, yelling about not having enough time to pick an appropriate outfit. Fluttershy became anxious for another reason; the mere thought of the Princess being within fifty metres causing her stress. Rainbow Dash and Applejack simply shrugged it off and Pinkie Pie babbled on about planning a party.

With little testimony to the actual passing of time, they used that hour up. Twilight ushered them all outside to the main road where the Princesses were apparently going to arrive exactly. The Mane Six stood around and talked among themselves as Jason stared off into the distance at the physics defying castle attached to the mountain.

Suddenly Jason spotted movement, his trained hunter eyes locking onto the speck in the distance. It became bigger and bigger and more detail revealing itself until...

Is that a fucking chariot?

It was, indeed, a chariot. A golden one to be exact, it soared through the sky by way of four winged armoured magical Ponies, and touched down a few metres in front of Jason. It was then that the Human noticed the chariots cargo; two Alicorns, as different as night and day (Insert comic relief drumroll here.) Jason recognized Celestia instantly as she and her companion exited the chariot, it was also at this point that the Human realized just how beautiful the white Alicorn was. Not in a attractive sense, rather in a way one admires a work of art, her shining coat, pleasant eyes, fluid rainbow mane, her graceful wings. Compared to the seven billion ugly apes in which Jason was a member, she was certainly an improvement.

Jason shifted his attention to the other Alicorn, his eyebrow raising of its own accord. She was darkly coloured, a dark blue coat and wings, here eyes were a light azure and her mane appeared to be its own galaxy, miniature stars swirled in the fluid mosaic of her hair, it was quite memorizing and Jason had to drag his eyes away.

Luna I presume?

The two Alicorns approached, Celestia in the lead ahead of her sister and walked up to Jason. Now at this point, Twilights lecture should have done its job and the Human should respectively bowed. Unfortunately for all protocol-buffs out there, Jason did the almost complete opposite.

When Celestia came up to him, Jason grinned and nodded his head as a mark of mutual respect.

"Good afternoon Celestia" behind him Twilight and Rarity came under the effect of molecular

programming that had run in their species for thousands of years, ever since the Tribal Era, and their hooves moved upon their own accord to meet with their face.

"Good afternoon to you too" the white Alicorn responded with a smile, taking Jason's break of protocol in stride. Celestia gestured to the dark Alicorn who was standing slightly behind her.

"And this is my little sister, Princess Luna, Alicorn of the Moon. Luna, this is Jason the Human" Jason put on his best smile and nodded towards the Moon Princess who in turn slowly approached the Human, her expression neutral but her stance defensive.

"A pleasure to meet you Princess Luna" the Princess didn't respond at first, rather she appeared to be searching the Humans face, what for was a mystery. But eventually she spoke.

"Well met... Sir Jason" the Human raised an eyebrow at the obligatory title, but shrugged it off as just odd word choice. After a moment or two of awkward silence Celestia cleared her throat.

"Perhaps we should move inside the Library?" Twilight, ever the lapdog, jumped at the suggestion.

"Of course Princess! Come inside!" In reverse act of just three minutes ago, Twilight ushered the group inside of the Library and into the main room, where she immediately activated her magic and placed sitting cushions in appropriate places. They all sat down and Celestia spoke up again.

"Now, I think we should just get to the point. I would like to officially welcome you to the realm of Equestria Jason" the Human nodded in response and gestured for the Princess to continue.

"That being said" Celestia went on "In your short time being here you have already generated a fair amount of interest" Jason raised an eyebrow.

"Interest?" He said.

"Yes, interest, you see it's not everyday that a member of an ancient and rare species just pops up in the middle of Equestria, and ever since Pinkie Pies party, rumours have spread as far as Canterlot and it's only an amount of time before the other realms hear of you as well."

"Should I expect trouble then?" Jason asked and Celestia shrugged slightly.

"We can't be sure, I doubt anypony will cause any real trouble to you but you might receive some whispers and gossip in your name."

"That's fine, nothing I'm not already used to."

"Glad to here it, now on to the second reason I'm here. Since you will be staying in my realm, you must stand with her laws and you will be held accountable if you break them." Jason nodded, it seemed reasonable enough. Celestia continued talking

"On a lighter note, how has you stay been, Jason?" The Human had to think about that for a moment. So far Equestria had proven friendly for the most part and had proven that it had plenty of adventurous opportunities.

"It's been good so far." Jason eventually said, Celestia leaned in a bit.

"Do you... Miss your home?" Again this constituted some deep thought for the Human. Before Equestria, Jason had lead a mostly average existence. He slept, ate, went to school, played video games. He had only a few friends that he barely hanged out with or even spoke to, he was an only child and his parents were divorced, he lived with his dad most of the time and couldn't say he missed the man all that much.

"I guess so, I mean my life was pretty boring before I came here, not doing much. Here I can do anything, travel, learn, it's a bit of an improvement to be honest." The white Alicorn frowned at that.

"So you have no desire to return?" Jason shrugged.

"Does it matter if I do? We don't even know how I got here. Let alone how to get back."

"Tell you what, should I come across the reason you were brought into the future, or the means to return to your time. I shall contact you immediately." Jason nodded.

"Fair enough." Just as Celestia was about to say something else, Luna cut in.

"Tell Us Sir Jason" the dark Alicorn said a bit aggressively "What dost thou plan on doing in Our realm?" The Human in question raised an eyebrow at the tone and archaic speech pattern.

"Not sure yet" Jason said "I have a few things I'm going to be doing over the next few days, but nothing that's going to keep me busy for too long." A delicate, ladylike cough came from their left and Jason turned to Rarity who has so obviously wanted his attention.

"Yes Rarity?" He asked.

"Well..." The Unicorns said coyly "If your occupation is of interest the I must ask. Have you ever tried mercenary work Jason? It might suit you." It was clear now that there was some sort of invisible string attached to Jason's eyebrow, because it soared skyward upon its own accord.

"Mercenary work." He repeated, Rarity nodded.

"Of course. Despite appearances, Equestria is full of bandits, brigands, thieves, and rouge beasts. Some of which the Royal Guard are just too few or to thinly spread to address, so you might find profit in that particular industry. And from what Rainbow Dash has told us of your little adventure today, you are quite handy with a blade." Lowering his brow, Jason thought over for a moment.

"I'll look into it." He decided, before turning back to Luna "Well there's your answer, Luna" the Alicorn visibly flinched when the Human spoke her name, but was otherwise satisfied with the answer.

"Well then" Celestia spoke up before they could lapse into an awkward silence "I believe that is all there is. Jason, girls, Spike." The Alicorn winked at the Dragon and with that the royal duo left the library, and one by one the rest of the Mane Six bid farewell and left as well. Leaving Jason alone with a magical purple Unicorn and a small fire-breathing Godzilla baby.

The Human felt a weak bump on his knee and looked down to see an angry looking Twilight looking up at him, apparently she had just 'punched ' Jason.

"Yes Twilight?" Jason asked.

"Why didn't you bow?! Or address the Princesses properly?! Or... Anything?!" The Human shrugged and walked back over to where he had been sitting previously and crossing his legs on the cushion before answering.

"I treated them as I would anyone, I think that was pretty respectful all things considered."

"But it wasn't respectful enough! They're Princesses!" Again Jason shrugged, causing Twilight to groan in frustration.

"Your just so.... Ugh!" Whatever 'Ugh' meant, it clearly bothered the resident Godzilla baby, because he looked in-between the Human and his Unicorn mistress, mumbled something about going to bed and patted up the stairs. As he did so, Twilight slumped down onto the cushion next to Jason and levitated a book over to her, pretending to read it with a scowl on her face. Jason reached onto a nearby desk where he had left the book he had been reading recently (A Guide to Equestria and her surrounding realms) but before he could crack it open, Twilights voice interrupted him.

"Do you... Really not want to return home?" She slowly asked, gaining a sigh from the Human.

"I don't know, I didn't have much to live for before I came here. You have to understand that the world was not always as you know it, in my time life was bleak, dark, and unforgiving. This is definitely an improvement to that, besides, I don't have much to go back to." The Unicorn didn't respond but Jason grinned and tussled her mane.

"Don't work yourself up over me, I'm fine" Twilight attempted to glare at him but it was short lived.

"Its my job" she said "I mean we're friends right?" Jason didn't even hesitate.

"Yes my dear Twilight" he said with a smile "We are friends."