Invisible

You can understand why Shining Armour doesn’t trust you, you show up in his kingdom and pose a threat to his peop- ponies, if you are going to be stuck here for a while, you are going to have to learn their customs. “If you simply cause the smallest amount of trouble I will have you thrown into the dungeon and melt the key”

“I know you don’t trust me, I don’t expect you to, but I assure you, I will not cause any trouble, I’m only staying until I find a way home.” You really don’t want to piss of the captain of the military of Equestria, however you do not want to return to your miserable life just yet.

Celestia returns to the dining room and sits at the head of the table. “My apologies, now I do believe our food is here.” As if on cue, unicorns dressed in waiter uniforms arrive with plates of salads, fruits, and...hay? You then realize that you are dining with ponies.

The three of you thank the waiters as they set your food on the table and provide you with plates, it must be a homestyle dinner. You fill half your plate with salad and the other half with fruits, there appears to be apples, oranges, and several tropical fruits you don’t know the name to.

“Are you going to have any spiced hay?” Celestia asks you, but you cannot eat hay.

“Sorry, but humans can’t digest hay, we can eat fruit, vegetables, and meats.” You see disgust on Shining Armour’s face as you mention meat, but Celestia’s expression stays the same.

“You’re going to have a hard time finding meat in Equestria, but I do believe we have some meat left over from the Griffon King’s visit.” Griffons? First talking ponies, and now griffons. What other creatures live in this world: centaurs? Minotaurs? Dragons?

“No thank you, I do not wish to trouble you” That, and you are pretty sure Shining Armour would puke if he saw meat, judging by the look on his face.

“Speaking of humans, care to tell me about your race? I am ever so curious.” You are no expert on humans but you tell her as much as you can: origins, history, biology, how different nations were formed, a little about how your nation was formed, and several other notable facts about the human race. You talked for about an hour, all three of you finished your food well before you finished talking.

“Very intriguing, It is amazing how your people prosper without magic, what do you think Captain?”

“Yes, very amazing.” He emphasizes amazing in a sarcastic way, damn he must really hate you.

“Well, I think we can conclude this dinner, Shining Armour, you can take the rest of the night off, it has been a long day. Josh, please come with me, I would like to get to know you a bit better.” You don’t mind, Celestia has shown nothing but kindness this whole day, Shining on the other hand, you’re glad he’s gone.

Celestia leads you to a comfy living room not to far away from the dining room. There is not much to the room, on the back wall there is a bookcase filled with a books of many different colours and sizes, on the left wall there is very warm looking couch, and on the right wall there is a brick fireplace. You take a seat on the couch, instantly sinking in and Celestia sits next to you. You have no idea why she trusts you so much already.

“Celestia, I’d like to ask you something.”

“I’m all ears,” she kindly says.

“Why have you been so kind to me even though you barely know me” You know this is rude to ask, but you need to know.

“The question is: Why not? You have done nothing wrong and you are a guest in this kingdom.” She makes a good point, if only people in your world were like this. “ Now tell me a bit about yourself.”

“There’s really not much to tell.” What are you supposed to tell her, that you are an invisible shut in that has done nothing with his life. “ And anything that I have to tell is pretty depressing…” You really don’t want to trouble her with a sob story.

“I don’t care how depressing it is, I will even promise to keep it a secret.” There is nothing but sincerity in her voice, but you still don’t want her to pity you.

“I’ll think about it I guess.” You don’t know whether to tell her or not, you want to let it all out, but you do not want pity. To you, accepting pity is a sign of weakness.

“Maybe we can save this for another time, I don’t want to impose on you anymore.” A feeling of relief washes over your body, but you know you will have to tell her eventually. “anyway, It is almost time for me to set the sun, all of the castle’s ponies have been notified about you so feel free to explore the castle.” Set the sun, what does she mean by that? “Oh, and please meet me here at eight o’clock.” You look at the clock above the fireplace, it reads 6:00pm, so you have two hours explore.

You do not know where to go first, in fact, you have no idea what there is to do in this castle. You decide to do one of your favorite pass times, just walk.

After around forty-five minutes of walking, you realize that the castle is pretty damn confusing. Everywhere you go there seems to more and more branching hallways, it also doesn’t help that you don’t know the place. You eventually reach a door that with a sign reading “Garden” above it. You think it might be a good spot to relax. You are instantly blasted by the sweet scents of thousands of different flowers. The garden was huge and extremely well maintained, there were flowers arranged in rainbows, various types of trees from around the world, fountains made of what looked like gold. There were various ponies working on the garden, you had to appreciate their work. You swore you saw a kangaroo in your peripherals.

After walking around the garden for a little while, and proving that you did,in fact, see a kangaroo. You sit down on a bench under an acacia tree. The sound of fountains pouring water and birds singing puts you to sleep.

So far so good. You are a very good puppet, Josh. Now wake up.

“Wait, What?” you ask aloud.

“All I said was wake up, and didn’t I tell you to meet me back at the living room at eight?” You recognize the voice as Celestia’s.

“I must have dozed off, by the way, how did you find me here?” You realize it was a stupid question since she most likely knows the castle by heart.

“This is where many ponies go their first time in the castle, so it was the first place I looked, now come, theres somepony I would like you to meet.” You wonder who she wants you to meet, could it be the Prince? The King? Who knows?

Celestia gestures you to follow her. She brings you through various random hallways until you make it back to the living room. You made sure to memorize the path so you can return to the garden, you like it there.

“Sister, whom have you brought to met me?” a midnight blue unicorn with a dark flowing mane says. She had the same features as celestia besides the colour and the fact  that she was a bit shorter.

“Luna, this is Josh, he landed in a black box in the courtyard today, he has no idea how he is here.”

“It is a pleasure to meet you, Josh, I am Luna, Princess of the Night.” There is a slight hint of uncertainty in her voice, but you don’t blame her. “I don’t mean to be rude, but what are You?” You notice Celestia give her a glare.

You spend around an hour explainer to Luna what you explained to Celestia at dinner. She doesn’t seem nearly as interested as her sister was, but she was paying attention.

“You have my gained my interest in your people, Mr. Tristan, but I must open night court” You couldn’t tell if she was lying about her interest or not. “It has been a pleasure.”

“You must be tired, Josh, would you like me to show you to your quarters?” It’s true, you are very tired, so you take up Celestia’s offer. Your room was only three doors down from the living room. You don’t notice anything about the room except how comfortable the bed was. You must have been exhausted since it only took a few minutes to fall into a deep slumber.

You have done well, puppet.