The Rising Shadow

Chapter 8

Welcome to canter lot castle

As soon as we landed we were in the castle in no time there were some guards and servants staring at me but I didn’t bother me I’d do the same. Just then my stomach growled it took me off guard but I looked at the princess and asked “do you have anything to eat around here”

The princess nodded “well we have hay, dandelion sandwiches and...” I held up my hand and stopped her in mid-sentence and then said “forget I even asked, now then are you hungry” i asked Celestia she thought a bit and answered back yes I then asked her where the kitchen was and she told me “ go down three hallways and make a left” she answered back and the dining room “right above the kitchen” I then said “ well then that makes things easy head to the dining room ill wip us up something nice” with a smile she agreed I then darted to the kitchen and got out everything I needed.

Since Dave died I needed to know how to fend for myself so I took up cooking. Being a New Yorker and all, gave me an idea just what to make. you would have a complete idiot not to like this it was a basic part of the diet in New York. Well that and pasta and hot dogs but I decided to stay away from that third option as it may offend every pony in the castle. As I began cooking some of the ponies in the kitchen were staring at me not in fear but wondering what I was doing. (granite cooking while suited up was not the easiest or cleanest ideas I’ve had)

As soon as I was done making the dough I began rolling it flat after that I asked one of the ponies that were gawking at me if they had any tomato paste/sauce he shook his head out of a trance and lead me to a pot of it I then asked if they had a soup spoon one of them gave it to me I began to spread the sauce around the dough after I was done I asked if they had any cheese they had some cheddar. Well it wasn’t mozzarella but it would have to do I began to shredded it and sprinkle it over the dough and evened out the cheese I then asked if they had an oven one of them pointed their hooves to it.

I then looked for a circular pan and placed the creation I had made on top of it. I then tossed it in the oven an waited for a bit, in the mix I then asked one of the chefs a female pony or mare to be correct to notify the princess that I would be just a few more minutes the mare nodded her head I told her she was in the dining room upstairs she nodded again and went out the door when the mare returned the creation was ready since it was hot I asked if I could have some help bring it in to the dining room with some plates as I thought logically it smelled good so I would guess that there were going to be more ponies wanting to try some.

two ponies stepped forward one a male (male because it looked a little more buff then the other pony who was the same one I asked to notify the princess) and the other female both were unicorns and had the power of telekinesis I didn’t ask so I grabbed a knife and carried it with me up to the dining area as I was approaching the front doors of the dining room I could hear voices basically “ my, my, my, what is that wonderful smell” and also Celestia's voice as well. I opened the doors and froze to find myself being stared at by seven ponies six of them I remembered from the crash landing the other one I had no idea who she was other than bearing a small resemblance to Celestia.

The six ponies looked like they were about to tackle me and tie to the floor when Celestia spoke up “now girls please stay seated that is no way to treat our guest” their eyes now off me and now were turned towards Celestia in shock. the blue Pegasus was the first to speak “ what do you mean he’s an alien he is here to invade us and take over equestria” I couldn’t help but giggle a little as Celestia did the same Celestia then spoke “now, now, how do you know this is true” the blue Pegasus went silent. To keep the food from getting cold I Interrupted. Excuse me I did promise you I make something to eat so let’s all eat and enjoy the meal (I gestured to the ponies that were carrying the essentials and they nodded and started setting the table) I asked the mare holding the food to place it on the center of the table she complied and did so I then took out my knife and put it beside the food I counted the amount of ponies present and counted myself I also asked the chefs that helped me bring it up if they wanted some. They shook their heads but they would like to see the recipe for it so they could try it I saw the logic in that because there wasn’t going to be enough for all of us just the ponies sitting at the table I asked for a pencil and paper and wrote it down they took it with them and closed the door I counted again to confirm before cutting 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and I made 9 the pie was large so it would be a fair sized slice to all I began putting one slice on each plate and carried each plate in hand, the six mares were still eye balling me, still as a threat but I didn’t care. I shrugged it off and started putting each plate in front of each pony I grabbed the last slice and sat down. the first pony to dig in was the pink one as she slammed her face into the food at ate it the the same way i fist ate spaghetti when i was little slurping it up and with a face covered with tomato sauce  the others didn’t know how to eat it so I showed them but first I took off my gloves and mask which really surprised them ( all but the pink one had their jaw drop) I grabbed the pie from underneath and took a bite out of it as an example all the others got the same idea and tried it that way. They all loved it especially the white unicorn with the purple mane. When all the ponies finished their slice they were amazed at how good it was but Celestia was the one to break the silence “ girls I believe you have someone to thank for the meal, (there was no hesitation when she said that) oh and by the shadow what do you call this dish?” I replied “pizza, it’s a common thing to eat where I’m from” Celestia then said “now that we are content I will show you to your room shadow” I nodded my head and followed her as well as the six other mares. Celestia lead me to a guest room and left me with the six mares.