A Bronie's Soul

"Wait here, I'll let the princesses know you're awake."

Silva had led me to a set of large oak doors. A large sun decorated the left door, while the right had a crescent moon.

'Throne room.' I thought, leaning against the wall to the side. I thought about what had happened to get me here, but found… nothing.

"Kid, wake up!" Silva said, waving her hand in front of my face. I shook my head slightly, focusing my full attention on the mare in front of me. "You spaced out. Come on, the princesses are eager to meet you."

We walked through the doors, Silva just ahead of me, into the throne room. Inside it was very spacious, most likely in order to accommodate the vast number of subjects attending councils, with two thrones at the far end. Behind each throne was a stained glass window, each depicting either Princess Celestia or Princess Luna.

Stood just a few paces in front of the thrones were four Alicorns who I recognised immediately. Princess Celestia, wearing an elegant white dress that reminded me of a roman toga. Princess Luna, wearing what looked like a midnight blue ball gown. Princess Cadence, who opted for a simple pink t-shirt and brown slacks. And last, but certainly not least, Princess Twilight Sparkle, wearing a purple turtleneck with black slacks.

"Brace yourself…" Silva whispered into my ear, before redirecting her attention towards the four princesses. "Your Majesty's, the pony you requested." She said, bowing and moving away to the door. I instantly dropped to my one knee, lowering my gaze to the floor as a sign of respect. I felt my ear twitch as a high-pitched squeel filled the room, followed by three simultaneous groans.

Before I knew it, my body was floating several feet above the ground as Princess Twilight poked and prodded me in several places, making me feel incredibly uncomfortable.

"Uh, not to be rude…" I began, wincing as the lavender princess poked the inside of my elbow. I took a deep breath, then snapped my wings open, causing the purple aura surrounding me to dissipate. "But can you PLEASE stop that!" Twilight recoiled, shocked, but then nodded meekly and stepped back. I sighed, folding my wings against my back again.

"Forgive her," Princess Celestia stated, stepping forward slightly. "She can be a bit… entusiastic about the unknown."

"Trust me, I know." I said, nodding slightly.  I looked up to see the skeptical looks of four princesses, then realised I'd said that out loud. "I-it's not what you think!!"

"Oh?" Princess Cadence asked, raising an eyebrow. "And what exactly is it?"

"Uh… kinda hard to explain considering I don't remember anything except what I know about this world. And music."

"You what!?" Luna exclaimed, shocked.

"Like  I said, I don't remember. Not even my name. Just music and Equestria."

"Well, what do you know of us?" Celestia asked.

"Sit down, this may take a while."

I proceeded to explain all I knew of the princesses, receiving a mixture of reactions from each of them. When I was done, they were all speechless.

"Wow…" Cadence said eventually.

"The knowledge you posses is amazing!" Twilight squealed, eliciting another groan from Luna. I, however, laughed slightly.

"I must say," Celestia added, frowning slightly. "The amount of thing you know of concerns me."

"But it also has its uses, sister." Luna said. "Perhaps he could help us."

I sat there awkwardly, waiting for whatever it was that was inevitably coming.

"Firstly, you need a name." Cadence said, smiling slightly. "We can go off of whatever your cutie mark is!"

"Uh… I'm used to the more 'equine' versions of you." I said, scratching the back of my neck. "Where are cutie marks on this anatomy?"

"On the right side of your neck." Twilight answered, moving my arm. "Here." She tapped a point on my neck, then frowned. "Oh dear…"

"What?" I asked, worried.

"You don't seem to have one." She replied, moving back to her seat.

Great. Just fan-bucking-tastic. I have no cutie mark, and no memories that could help except for… music…

"Do you perhaps have a guitar I could borrow?" I asked, a small smile forming on my lips.

"I'm sure we could borrow one from Discord, why?" Celestia replied, tilting he head to the side.

"Just a hunch!"

Just then, the doors burst open revealing a tall, mismatched creature holding an acoustic guitar in his left hand - which, along with the rest of his left arm, resembled an eagle's talon. His right arm looked like a lion's paw and his head looked more like ours, but with two horns growing out backwards; one blue and spiralling, the other white and like a stag's. His long, black, unkept mane was contrasted by the white streaks flowing through, which matched his heavy brows and beard. A bat wing and a blue pegasus wing sprouted from his back, with what looked like a dragon's tail swaying behind him.

What he wore was even stranger than his body. A pink polka dot shirt, covered by a brown blazer with the left arm blue and the right arm green, a pair of camouflaged jeans with the knees being bright yellow and a pair of converse; the left black and the right white. I could tell this was Discord.

"Did somebody say my name?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Yes, Discord. We were wondering if our new friend here could borrow your guitar?" Twilight answered, batting her eyelashes at him. Now that was something I never knew.

"Why of course, Twilight my dear!" The draconequus replied, smirking. "But only if he can solve my riddle without your help."

"Bring. It. On." I said, narrowing my eyes.

"Alright then, now I may not be deaf. But if you ask right, I will answer left."

"Ratiug ruoy esu I nac?" I asked, smiling smugly. Discord stumbled a bit, shocked, but eventually just hung his head in shame.

"Sure." He handed the guitar over and I rested it on my knee. "How?"

"If I ask right, meaning correctly, you'll answer the opposite: left. So if I ask left, or backwards, you'll give me a straight answer. Simple."

Discord just sighed and sat down, clearly wanting to hear what I was about to do. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and began playing.