Scaling Love

by Krokorokok

A talk with the royals (Or, Chapter 10: "SLEEPOVER!")

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Revealing a pure white fur coated Alicorn, who beheld such grace and beauty from just her looks alone. She was currently wearing a white dress, gold trimmed with a picture of the Equestrian sun on the sides. She was also wearing, what seems to be, her royal regalia which consisted of her golden tiara, a golden necklace. She went off the carriage, revealing that Luna came as well, wearing almost the same thing she wore when she visited Mike in his dream. Mike gulped, it was now or never.

Both Princesses walked towards the group, their royal guards standing beside them. They stopped just about a meter away, their faces now bearing a warm smile, especially Luna. Well....hers being more of a smirk. Then Princess Celestia coughed once before addressing herself formally towards the alien.

"Hello Micheal. I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister, Princess Luna. As what you already know, we are the co-rulers of Equestria" she spoke in a tone much like a mother addressing something important to her child. She continued, "Shall we head inside? I would like to discuss some things" she said, receiving a nod from the human. As the entire group entered the building, the two princesses spoke to their guards about something before the guards saluted, flying off into the distance. They entered a while later. Once inside, they saw that everyone was now seated. With that, they both took their seats, a huge grin now forming on their faces. This practically scared Mike, since he had no idea what they were going to do.

"Firstly, I would like to ask, is it true you slept with my daughter?" Celestia asked, rather bluntly, her grin still now disappearing. This caused the human and the dragoness to flush red, with Mike turning his head away and Barb yelling out " MOM!!". The rest of the gang, along with the 2 princesses, laughed. It was rather cute to see the two flush red.

"I am merely joking. Besides, it's a good opportunity for my daughter to go outdoors more often" Celestia said, still chuckling. Mike slapped his face before groaning in discomfort. Celestia chuckled once again befire speaking again, "Anyways, I would formally like to say 'Welcome to Equestria' dear Micheal" she said with a warm smile. Mike couldn't help but smile back. For a princess, she sure does know how to be a tease. "Besides! From what I have read from the letters my student gave me last night, you are getting along with everypony rather well and that you're not really a harmful being, as from what Barb noted in one of the letters" after saying this, her face now contorted into a more serious one, "But do keep in mind, if you DO end up hurting any of my precious ponies, especially my daughter, I WILL END YOU!" she said, fire could be seen flaring from her eyes, causing the human to stay rooted to his seat in fear.

"Y-y-yes ma-ma'am!" Mike stuttered, scared for his life. This lady is scary when she gets angry! Sheesh!

Once she said that, she went back to her usual regal posture, smiling at him as if nothing ever happened. After a brief silence, in which everyone took their moment to calm down, Luna decided to speak. "Well....We shall be asking you a couple of questions then" she said, receiving a nod from the human.

"Do tell us, how technologically advanced is your race?" she asked, making Mike muse for a while before replying.

"Well....In gaming wise, as far as I can tell, the consoles that you ponies have is almost the exact same replica as the ones back home, with a couple of adjustments. For the rest? I'm not quite sure. All I know is that you ponies have a magical cooling system that uses ice-crystals and that it's kind of like an air-conditioning unit back at home" Mike said.

"Alright then. How does is your world being run by? By princesses like us or something else?" Celestia asked this question this time round.

"Well, from where I come from, the place is democratic, meaning that we have to vote for a president to lead our country every once in a while" Mike said. The two princesses looked at each other with a slight surprise that could be found in their eyes before looking back at Mike, nodding in acknowledgement.

"Fair enough. Do tell, what is your species diet consist of?" Celestia asked, causing the human's eyes to widened.

'Oh crap....Well..might as well tell the truth. No point in lying' Mike thought to himself, sighing once before replying. "Well...We humans can eat a variety of things. Nuts, fruits, vegetables as well as.....meat" he said, causing everypony ,but the 2 princesses, Barb, Eris and Fluttershy, to gasp slightly. "WAIT! Let me explain, us humans need protein in our diet and a good source of it is in meat. Besides, we are omnivorous. We can live without meat. Although, there are some who are more enthusiastic of eating meat and nothing else" Mike said, explaining to the group.

"Well, that is not really too surprising. I can tell that you eat meat from your canines" Celestia said, nodding.

After this was said, silence entered the room. Few moments later, Mike decided to break it this time.

"So....Why are you here? I can tell you're not just here to meet me, correct?" he asked the solar princess.

Celestia nodded. "Well...It is true that we are not here to just meet you and see if you're not dangerous but because me and my sister decided to take a holiday for about 2 weeks" she replied, causing everypony to ask, "Holiday?", with her just nodding in reply. "Yes. You see, royal courts have taken a toll on our social lives, so we do not have a lot of time to mingle with other ponies. So, when I received a letter from my student saying that there is a new being in Ponyville, we took this opportunity to come here to Ponyville and take a long awaited holiday. For that, I would actually want to thank you. I haven't had a lot of time to discuss on how my student and my daughter have been doing" Celestia continued, thanking the human for just being present in Ponyville.

"Erm....Your welcome?" Mike said in more of a questioning tone.

Just then, Princess Celestia remembered something. "Oh! I almost forgot. Yes my dear student. I accept your proposal" she spoke to her beloved student with a smile, causing Twilight to grin.

"Oh goody! This is going to be a fun sleepover!" Twilight said out loud, causing everypony to stare at her, Mike being more concerned.

'Oh no...Not a sleepover' he thought to himself.

"Oh right! I forgot to ask you girls about the sleepover. So, what do you all have to say?" Twilight asked the group, Mike, with all his heart and mind, wished that they all couldn't come.

Too bad for him.

"What do I have to say? I say, COUNT ME IN!!" Pinkie yelled loudly, a really huge smile on her face.

"Eh? Miss bookworm is throwing a sleepover? I am completely shocked! But do count me in" Eris smiled.

"W-well....I g-guess I can come along" Fluttershy meekly spoke, still unsure if it was a good idea. Regardless, Twilight nodded and smiled.

"Alright! Hey Princess Luna! Did ya bring your consoles?" Rainbow Dash fist bumped the air before stopping to question the lunar princess.

Luna chuckled before using her magic to conjure a bag. She opened it to reveal different kind of consoles. "Oh trust me Rainbow Dash. I am more than prepared" she said with a smug grin. Rainbow Dash chuckled before giving a thumbs up.

"Hoowee! A sleepover ya say? Well count me in partner! Heck! Might as well throw in some cider into the mix" Applejack said with a grin.

"Sweet! Mom, you're going down!" Barb clenched her right claw into a fist, grinning at the solar princess, only to receive a slight giggle.

"Trust me sweetheart, I won't" she replied.

"Erm....Hello? I'm the only guy in this group! This is kinda awkward for me ya know" Mike said, cautiously looking at the group, only to receive a giggle from the solar deity and some wide open smiles from the rest.

"Don't worry Micheal. We'll try not to make it so. No promises though~" Celestia said in a teasing tone, causing the human to groan.

"Huzzah! The festivities tonight shall be most interesting!" Luna yelled loudly, her hands now raised in the air.

"Wait....It's only like....4 pm. What do we do now?" Barb asked, looking at her mother.

Celestia giggled. "Might as well go back to the library and get ready" she said, satisfying Barb's question.

"Well...I guess this is where we will split for now. I still need to go back to Miss Rarity's to get some formal clothes for me to wear" Mike said getting up from his seat, with Rarity following a moment later. Once they were up, they headed for the door. Just as Mike left the building he turned around to look at the 2 princesses one more time. "I bid thee farewell for now" Mike spoke in his gentlemanly voice, bowing to the deities, causing them to smile warmly from his actions. He smiled before leaving.


"Here you go! Some new, clean and suitable clothing!" Rarity yelled out from her work area. She stepped out from a door, revealing that she holding a bunch of sleeved shirts, pants as well as a scarf. It was really odd on how Rarity was able to create all the clothes she just made in a matter of hours. Mike was more pleased with the result.

"Thanks Rarity. Like I said earlier, I owe you one" Mike smiled and thanked unicorn, only to receive a light shove.

"Well then, as I said earlier, please don't wear any horrendous clothing then!" Rarity smiled before yawning. Mike noticed how tired she looked but even so, she did her job really well. "Well then, I guess it's time for us to head back" Rarity said, using her magic to pull a luggage from underneath her worktable. They left the room, flicking off the light switch and closing the door behind them. Once they were at the main room of the building, Rarity quickly went up to the nearby cabinet and pulled out a sleeping bag. She smiled back at Mike, turning the lights off and closing the door behind them, Rarity making sure she locked the door, before heading their way to the library.

They walk towards the Golden Oaks Library was rather uneventful, only talking about some not so interesting things such as if either one had a sibling, to each others surprise, they both did have at least a sibling. Rarity talked about her younger sister Sweetie Belle and on how she would go about with her friends on how to find their cutie marks (A picture of some sorts that tells a pony what their talent is. Mike found this really helpful since humans in general don't have it). Mike chuckled on how at one given time, Sweetie Belle accidentally tied herself to an apple tree in one of Applejacks apple orchard. Mike on the other hand talked about how his younger sister was kind of like Sweetie, kind, helpful and sometimes annoying to put up with. He told Rarity that she had a really nasty stage fright and almost fainted in front of her school when she was performing.

They didn't realize it that they were already near the library, up until Mike implanted himself onto the outside wall of the building, face first, staggering backwards. Once his dizziness faded, he opened the door and ushered Rarity to go inside, to which she gladly did. Once he entered, he found that the entire library section of the library was still the same. He then realized that the actual sleepover was upstairs as he heard a very loud "DOUBLE KILL!" as well as a "OH COME ON!!". The two looked at each other briefly before shrugging as they proceeded to head upstairs. The noises grew louder and louder up until they reached Twilight's room, which all the noise was at.

Mike opened the door, only to be greeted by a huge amount of confetti being shot at him, sending him across the corridor and into the wall at the opposite side. Pinkie poked her head out of the door, sheepishly smiling as she went and made her way to the barely standing human. "Oopsies. Sorry Mikey" she apologized, scratching the back of her head. Mike gave a weak thumbs up, indicating that "It's fine.....ow". Moments later, Mike was able to stand up again and with that, he made his way into the room that was now full of different things happening. On Twilight's bed was Princess Celestia, Barb, Rainbow Dash and Princess Luna, all four of which were using a laptop. This, utterly confused as well as amazed Mike. Confused him because, why did they still have the need to send letters if they already have laptops, therefore being able to send emails. Amazed him because he thought ponies didn't have this sort of technology, but he shouldn't be surprised since he remembered that the gaming consoles they have are almost the same exact replica back on earth.

"Oh! Hey Mike, Rarity. Glad you made it" Twilight said, now wearing a purple blouse with a dark purple skirt as well as wearing a pair of red spectacles.

As he left Rarity and Twilight to discuss on some matter, we made his way towards the four currently gaming mares. Luna sensed him approaching, looking up at him so as to greet him with a smile. "Ah! Micheal! Glad that you could join us in our festivity" Luna spoke to him. Celestia only let out a "Shhh!" before saying, "Less talking, more playing" she said, her focus completely on the game they were playing. Luna shrugged her shoulders before turning her attention back towards the game.

"So...What you girls playing?" Mike asked the three mares and the dragoness, receiving an answer from Rainbow.

"DotA. DotA 2 to be precise" she said, her eyes also on the screen.

This caused Mike's brain to stop functioning for but a brief moment, letting out a "What?!". Went to the closest screen, which was Celestia's, and watched the game, his eyes bulging out of it's sockets. He couldn't believe it. The game was almost the same, the names, like 'Moon Rider' and 'Stone Giant', the map, the concept, was almost the same, except for the characters. As he looked closer, he was shocked to see that the characters looked like some of the ponies he knows! Celestia was playing 'Gyrocopter', who seemed to be Pinkie Pie riding a....well....gyrocopter. He looked to Luna's screen, finding out that she was playing 'Moon Rider' and seemed to resemble Luna riding a black panther. 'Fucking badass' he thought to himself.

Barb looked at him with a face of utter confusion. "Uhhh....You alright buddy?" she asked him, receiving a nod.

"Ya, more than alright actually. Apparently you girls are also playing a game that I can actually play" he said, now gaining the attention of the four mares.

"What do you mean, 'actually play' ?" Rainbow asked him, one of her eye brows raised.

Mike sighed. "Nevermind about that" he replied. Luna seemed to be most interested. This human, being able to play a game that her sister cherishes? This ought to be interesting.

"Well...Let's see what you're made of then" Luna said. She then quit her current match, much to the other three's disapproval and handed him the laptop before taking another one from the same back she brought along.

"A 1v1. Up for the challange?" Luna asked him, to which he gladly accepted. Seeing that their match would end up in a loss, the rest of the three mares also quit the match, now putting their laptops aside so as to watch the two duke it out.

"All Pick!" the announcer yelled out, now showing a wide array of heroes. 'Skills are the same...This should be fine' he thought to himself before seeing that Luna had already picked her choice, 'Storm Spirit', which seemed to be modeled after Rainbow Dash herself. He sighed before typing out 'Invoker' the screen showing a portrait of an old unicorn stallion, with a long beard as well as three orbs circling him. Choosing that hero, he then pressed the 'Play', the match soon starting a few seconds later.


"Monster Kill!" the announcer yelled out, much to Mike's pleasure. Oh revenge. How it is so sweet. He was currently wrecking Luna, much to her disbelief.

"Give up?" he asked her, a smug look on his face. Luna hesitated for a while. She wanted to beat him in this game so badly but somehow, he was able to outsmart her every fight that broke between them. In the end, she sighed "I.....I yield. You are very good at this game I must say" Luna said, typing two lettings on the screen, "GG".

"Heh...Thanks. Although, I do have to say, you're not bad yourself" Mike smiled as the screen showed that he had won the match.


Author's Note

I got the concept from Yudhaikeledai from deviantart and the amazing custom dota 2 animation this person made. I was hesitating what kind of game Mike could play to wreck Luna, so I just stuck to this, since I love the game so much :pinkiesmile:

And if you didn't like it, well I'm sorry.

(Hope you enjoy!)

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