Vanquish

Celestia wasn't afraid to say that she was scared. Even though the creature wasn't attacking her, she still felt that it could do anytime it wished. If she was unprepared when it did...

"Ahem!"

Celestia was snapped out of her thoughts and saw that the creature was still pointing its weapon at her and said something. She cleared her throat.

"I'm sorry. I was lost in my own thoughts. What did you say?"

The creature snorted.. "I said that I'm a human. You asked me what I was, correct? Now it's my turn to ask the same question to you."

If anypony else would have talked to her like that with such bluntness, she would have been irritated. But, considering this was an unknown creature that she knew nothing about, she decided to just smile in response.

"Oh. Where are my manners? I'm Princess Celestia. I'm an alicorn, which is why I have both a horn and wings. I rule over this country, Equestria, with my sister, Princess Luna. Please tell me, where do you come from?"

The creature seemed sighed. "I come from a planet called "Earth". I already guessed that this isn't the same planet. Unless I somehow found a place on Earth where all of the population are talking horses."

Celestia frowned a bit at the word "horses", but she guessed that the creature probably hadn't seen anything like them before, so she let it slide.

"We are not horses, we are ponies. And no, this planet isn't called "Earth". It is called Equis."

Sam just sighed again. It wasn't hard to tell that he wasn't on Earth anymore, but he still had some hope, even if he knew it wasn't true. But when the "pony" known as "Princess Celestia" confirmed that this wasn't Earth, his face put on a sad expression just for a moment. Thankfully, Princess Celestia didn't see it as he had his helmet still over his head completely. "Can't show weakness to these things, otherwise, they might act upon it. This one seems friendly enough, but you can never be too sure. Especially with creatures that are seem close to humans intelligence wise..."

"Yeah, as I said, I guessed that this wasn't Earth. So, "Princess Celestia", what happens now? Believe it or not, even though to you, I might look like I want to hurt you, I really don't. I only hurt things that are attempting to hurt me and you do not look like you want to. And I assume if you did want to, you would have already tried. The only things that I've hurt so far on this planet are a few flying hors....ponies with armour on." He lowered his weapon a bit.

He noticed that Princess Celestia gasped when he mentioned hurting the ponies with armour on. "You said that they had armour on? Why did you hurt them?"

"Because they were trying to attack me. I imagine that it was because of me being something that they'd never seen before or something, but I still had to defend myself."

He looked at Celestia and saw a flash of anger in her eyes. He raised his weapon again and pointed it at her, just in case. He didn't want another angry pony trying to kill him.

Celestia waved her hoof at him. "Calm down. I am not going to hurt you. I admit, it has made me a tad bit mad to hear that you have hurt some of my royal guard, BUT, I know that you were only doing it in self defense and that you were probably just frightened. You said that you've never seen a pony before, correct?"

Sam nodded. "Well, we have ponies back on Earth, but they're nothing like you. They can't talk, they don't have horns or wings and they certainly don't have armour on. They are basically animals. But you...your eyes and the other ponies eyes that I have seen so far are disturbingly...human."

Celestia nodded as well. "Seen as you hurt them in self defense, I will not put charges against you. But, I hope that none of them have been killed by your actions. If they have, it might be a bit more...complicated."

Sam snorted at that. "I can't help if I killed them. I'm sorry if I did, but I only did it to protect myself. Anyway, when they were unconcious, I gave them a dose of my medical syringe. It stopped the bleeding, so they should be fine. So long as someone finds them."

Celestia shifted a bit closer to him, which made him raise his weapon more. She put her hooves up. "Relax. You should know by now that I am not going to hurt you. You said that you gave them a medical syringe? What was in it, exactly?"

Sam sighed, lowered his weapon a bit and nodded. "It has adrenaline in it. I don't know what the other stuff is that's in it, but what I do know is that it can save lives. It's a miracle that it stops someone bleeding to death if they're wounded."

He saw Celestia smile a bit at that.

"Thank you for at least trying to make sure that they wouldn't die from their wounds, even if you inflicted them yourself. And I understand that it was in self defense."

Celestia tapped her hoof against her head and gasped as if she had just remembered something important. "Oh my, where are my manners? I've told you my name, but I never asked for yours. What is your name and I'm guessing you're a male due to your voice and stature, yes?"

Sam nodded. "Yup. I'm a male human. My name is Sam Gideon, but just call me Sam."

Celestia smiled. "Thank you for telling me your name, Sam. Now, if you don't mind, could we continue this conversation at the castle where I stay with my sister? Do not worry. You will not be interrogated or anything, I only wish to get to know you more and ask you a few questions. You do not seem like you want to hurt anypony on purpose if you don't have to. Is that okay with you?"

Sam lowered his weapon and tapped his head in thought. "I still don't trust these "ponies", but what choice do I have? I can't radio Elena or Burns and I don't know what's on this planet. I wouldn't know where to go if I ran off or anything, anyway. Guess I have no choice..."

Sam nodded at Celestia. "I guess I have no choice. Thank you for being understanding and kind, considering that I hurt some of your guard ponies."

She smiled. "That is good. Thank you for cooperating. Shall we go?"

Sam nodded. "Lead on, Princess."

She nodded back at him, turned around and walked out of the old bedroom and Sam walked behind her.

He frowned inside his helmet. "Hope this doesn't go as bad as my last encounter with these ponies..."