Control of The Self

Princess Twilight was walking back to her library with her friends. The after party in Canterlot was a mighty celebration and one she appreciated fully. Looking back on it, it seemed as though it’s been planned for a while. Though Twilight expected such a thing since Celestia did send her the book in the first place.

“I can’t believe you’re a princess now! Oh! I can’t wait to dress you up with some of my bestest designs!!” Rarity said, getting giddy at the idea of it.

“Hold your horses their Rarity! She just became a princess, least we can do is let her get used to those new wings of hers.” Applejack said.

“Eh, I don’t know, it might be a bit before she can even learn how to glide,” Said Rainbow Dash, floating above head.

“Well! I can’t wait to throw a party when she does! Speaking of parties, we should throw a party in Ponyville to celebrate Twilight becoming a princess!” Pinkie Pie shouted out.

“Weren’t we at a party for that already?” Fluttershy said.

“Oh silly! That’s for Equestira! This is for Ponyville! I should probably start planning now!” Pinkie Pie said, pulling a planner out of nowhere and jotting down on it.

“Pinkie Pie, I would love nothing more than to go to another party, but I don’t think I’d be able to come,” Twilight said.

“Uggggh! Why not!” Pinkie Pie said, planner falling on the ground.

“Well, we just finished one party, and we still need to focus our attention on our new pony friend, remember?”

“Oh, good heavens, I completely forgot about him,” Rarity said, her eyes widening.

“Oh yea, that lil’ varmint. When is he gonna wake up again?” Applejack asked.

“Soon. At least that’s what the doctors told me,” Twilight said. Suddenly there was a gasp of shock. Pinkie Pie butted her head between Applejack and Twilight, a brilliant idea coming to mind.

“Wait! I have a brilliant idea! If the man thingy wakes up soon that means we can have a party for our new friend as well as a party for Twilight! Double the party, DOUBLE THE FUN!” Pinkie Pie said, excitement in her eyes.

“I’m sorry Pinkie, but it’d have to be a small party. Celestia said that she’d rather talk to him first before and I don’t want to overstimulate him. He’s been in a coma for a couple weeks, I wouldn’t want to throw him into a party head first,” Twilight said, scratching the back of her head.

“Oh come on!” Pinkie Pie said.

“Darling, I’m quite certain Twilight is more than willing to throw a party for new friend, but you’ll just have to wait a while,” Rarity said, trying to explain the situation to Pinkie Pie.

“Yeah, come on Pinkie, if you want to throw a party, it doesn’t have to be about those two,” Rainbow Dash said.

“But what would there be to celebrate, Dashie?! I can’t make a party unless there’s something to celebrate!”

“I learned how to crochet!” Spike said.

“Nobody cares about that Spike!” PInkie Pie blurted out. Spike looked down dejectedly.

“Pinkie Pie, we will have a party just not right now, we still need to focus on the thing and it could wake up any second. We’re just going to have to be vigilant and prepared for when that happens,” Twilight said. Right on cue, however, there is a pony doctor in a lab coat galloping towards the mares at top speed.

“Twilight!” The stallion said, calling out towards said pony. Twilight stopped her trotting and turned towards the pony doctor who had just gotten to them, panting and breathing rather harshly.

“Doctor Graymane?” Twilight said, confused to see the pony here.

“Hi... I… I came to… to tell you that…” The pony said, gasping every now and then for breath.

“Man, this guys needs to work on his stamina,” Rainbow Dash said. Doctor Graymane, after catching his breath fully, stood at attention.

“Sorry… I came to tell you that the creature is about to wake up!”

“Now?!” Twilight said, her wings spreading out in surprise.

“I… Yes, his vitals are rising. I thought you’d want to be there personally when he-” The doctor was cut off by a loud pop of magic.The spot Twilight previously occupied now empty.

“Consarnit! Come on girls, gotta make sure that monster thang don’t hurt Twilight!” Applejack said, galloping towards Ponyville general with incredible speed. Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Rainbow Dash following closely behind.

“But… I don’t think he’ll hurt anyone,” Fluttershy said.

“Uhhh, should we go with them?” Spike said.

“Oh uh… maybe we should?” Fluttershy said, spreading her wings apart and slowly following from a distance away.

“No! I meant the both us… And she’s gone…” Spike said, as he himself starts his slow trek towards the hospital.

“I’ll just… I’ll just… die here…” Doctor Graymane said, falling over onto his side from exhaustion.

The beeping of the machines was all that Matthew could hear. The constant tick of the heart monitor next to him was all that he could hear. Matthew slowly opened his eyes and looked around. All that greeted him were the white walls of the room he was in, accompanied by the fluorescent light bulbs above him. Matthew let out a groan as he started to slowly gain consciousness.

“Fuck, what happened?” Matthew asked himself, struggling to put himself in an upright position. He lifted his arm up and grabbed at his head, felt like he had one too many drinks.

“Where am I?” He asked himself looking around for a sign of some sort. He soon stopped his searching when he looked down.

“Oh fuck…” Matthew said as he looked down at all the gauze he was wrapped in. Suddenly the memories started to come back to him. His little trip to that shithole neighborhood. The feeling of being crushed beneath a giant and the fear that penetrated him as he felt himself almost die.

“God I hope I’m not in some cult hospital or something… Would that make it Scientology or-” Suddenly, with a flash of white light, there was a purple horse in front of him.

“What the fuck...” Matthew said to himself, in a hushed whisper. The horse in front of him snapped its neck towards him and looked at him with such glee.

“You’re awake! I’ve been waiting so long to talk to you! I can’t believe you’re awake after all this time!” Twilight said, spreading her wings out and doing a little dance.

“You can speak?!” Matthew sputtered out, unable to understand what he was looking at. Twilight stopped her little dance and looked at Matthew with a confused look.

“Well… duh? Most ponies can speak basic… You can speak!” Twilight said as her eyes widened in surprise and happiness.

“What is going-” Matthew said but was cut off when the pony in front of her poofed a note and pencil into the room.

“Okay! Okay! So how do you know Equis? It’s a bit of a hard language to understand for most foreigners!” Twilight said, poofing a stool next to her so she can sit.

“I… what?” Matthew said, confusion still on his face.

“What are those thingies on your arm called? Those five little claw thingies?” Twilight said, seemingly ignoring the man’s imminent mental breakdown.

“Ex-Excuse me?” Matthew said, his voice starting to break down.

“Actually, let’s start off small, what are you exactly? Are you some half breed with diamond dogs?”

“Can you please-” Matthew said, being interrupted again as his heart rate seemed to skyrocket.

“Ohhhh that’d be an interesting theory! Do Diamond Dogs now how to use magic now, I should talk to Princess Celestia about that, that seems a little-”

“STOP!” Matthew screamed out, causing the room to fall into silence. Twilight held her pencil in place and Matthew simply stared at her with fear in his eyes. The silence didn’t last too long as two pony guards kicked the door open and barged in to see what was happening. When they saw Matthew, they simply looked at him in shock.

“... Let the princess’ know that he’s awake,” One guard said, the other guard took a second to register what the first guard said but soon bolted out of the room.

“What is this?” Matthew said, breathing out harshly.

“... Uh… This is a hospital…” Twilight said, still taken aback by his voice from before.

“NO! What is this! Why are you horses?! Why are you TALKING horses?!” Matthew screamed out.

“I… I don’t understand what you-”

“You shouldn’t be talking, you’re a fucking horse!” Matthew screamed out again, his mind being unable to accept what he was seeing.

“I’m- I’m not a horse, I’m a pony-”

“You have wings and a horn?! What’s happening, none of this makes sense!”

“Please stop! I can expla-”

“Is this that hell that cult cunt was talking about?!” Matthew said, looking around the room again.

“Cult? What? No! Just please-”

“Where the fuck are they?! I’m going to kill them if I ever-” Matthew stopped suddenly as he felt something holding his lips together, he looked down the best he could and saw a faint purple/pink cloud covering his mouth. He looked up to see Twilight sparkle's horn covered in the same cloudy material. Justa s Matthew was about to panic, Twilight spoke.

“Please! If you just calm down I’ll explain everything, okay?” Twilight said. Matthew didn’t blink, instead held eye contact with Twilight and slowly nodded.

“Okay, I’m going to let go now,” Twilight said and she slowly let go of Matthew’s mouth. Matthew kept true to his word and didn’t panic.

“Let’s start off small. My name is Twilight Sparkle, what’s your name?” Twilight asked.

“...Matth- Matthew.”

“That’s a pretty nice name… How are you feeling?”

“... Fine…”

“Okay, do you have any questions for me?”

“... Where am I?”

“You’re in Ponyville general. When I found you, you were on fire and I brought you to the closest hospital.”

“... You’re not a… cult are you?”

“Cult? No, I’m Twilight Sparkle, I’m a… Princess… now…” Twilight said, getting used to the title.

“Yeah, that doesn’t sound like a cult,” Matthew said with a sarcastic tone.

“I can assure you it’s not a cult.”

“... Yeah, to be fair you haven’t set me on fire,” Matthew said with a bitter tone as he started to remember back to him burning alive.

“Would… it be okay if I asked you a few questions, Matthew?” Twilight said, pulling up her notebook and pencil.

“... I don’t think I got a choice,” Twilight let out a small sigh at hearing that but persevered.

“How did you get here?”

“I… I don’t know where to start…”

“Just take your time,” Matthew sat there for a minute gathering his thoughts for a bit before letting out a sigh.

“I was going to a house to get some… food and inside was this cult thing.”

“Cult thing?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, it was… I don’t really know it’s just… I was forced into the middle of this… weird symbol thing and they started chanting.”

“Can you describe the symbol?”

“No, I don’t even know how I’d start with that.”

“Oh… Continue, please.”

“I wasn’t able to escape… and then… something must’ve happened cause the guy in charge got any and used… magic I guess to set me on fire.”

“Why would he do that?” Twilight said, genuine concern in her voice.

“I don’t know… But afterwards I fell through this hole in the ground and… I can’t tell you how long I was falling for…” Matthew said, unable to remember just how long that time was.

“Is that when you ended up here?”

“I don’t know, everything else kinda blacks out after a while.”

“Okay… I’m… so sorry that happened to you.”

“I guess the only thing I’m surprised about is the fact that I still have my legs.”

“Well, the damage wasn’t that bad, all things considering, but they should be fine now. Fully healed soon!” Twilight said with a smile on her face.

“... How long have I been here?”

“Uh a little over two weeks.”

“Two weeks?! That’s all?!”

“... Is that a problem?”

“No! It’s just… I’m pretty sure I would’ve been here for months if… fuck,” Matthew said, bringing his hand to his head.

“What’s the matter?”

“I don’t have health insurance, how the fuck am I going to pay this off…”

“... Health insurance?” Twilight said, raising an eyebrow.

“Yeah, you need it if…” Matthew said, before slowly stopping as he realized what he was saying.

“I’m not in America am I?” Matthew said, as realization was starting to set in.

“What’s an ‘America’? Is that the name of your country, sounds nice,” Twilight said with a smile on her face.

“... Yeah… I guess I’m not in my world either...” Matthew said, his voice trailing off again. Twilight stopped her writing and put down her notepad. She slowly reached a hoof out and laid it on Matthew’s still gauzed up hand.

“I know this is hard, but trust me, everything will work out! If I can decipher Starswirl the Bearded’s spell, I’m pretty sure I can figure out how to send you back home,” Twilight said with a smile.

“Starswirl… The Bearded? Matthew said, his brow rising high. Twilights eyes looked confused for a second before they slowly started to widen and a giant grin slithered its way onto her face.

“... Oh my gosh, I get to teach you everything!” Twilight said, clapping her hooves together, as she floated up her notepad again and started to write in it.

“Okay, so we’ll first start off with basic history and move onto mathematics and start with elementary chem-”

“I know this stuff already,” Matthew said, butting into Twilights speal. Twilight stopped to look up at Matthew.

“You do?”

“Well… maybe not the history part but I know about math, I majored in engineering.”

“Majored? What’s that mean?”

“Well… it means like… studied the hell out of it.”

“Oh! So you can make things!”

“... No, I uh… well… sorta… I just do the numbers and people can do the rest.”

“Fascinating!” Twilight said, writing down more into their book.

“I feel like you’re going to be writing down a lot of the stuff we’re gonna be talking about…”

“Oh most definitely! I have so much learn about your species! Your history, your art, your culture! Everything! I’m going to have so much fun-” Just then, five more ponies barged into the room. Some panting from their exertion and others with a grim look of determination on their eyes.

“Twilight are you alright?!” Applejack said, keeping her eye on the man the whole time.

“What? Why yes I’m fine,” Twilight sad.

“You left in an awful hurry. This wise guy didn’t do anything, did he?” Rainbow Dash said getting right in the man's face.

“... Get the fuck out of my face,” Matthew said, venom laced within his voice.

“Or what, wise guy!” Rainbow dash said, shoving her muzzle up against his nose. The two stared at each other for a few seconds, their gazes slowly hardening as anger started to get mixed in. Suddenly, Rainbow dash was pulled by by Twilight’s magic and forced to sit down.

“Rainbow Dash! He isn’t a threat!”

“We don’t know nothing about this guy! How can you be-”

“I’ve been talking to him already! He’s completely safe!”

“What if he’s just tryna trick you!”

“Why?! He’s lost and confused, he has no reason to trick anyone!”

“You’re far too trusting! I wouldn’t trust this thing to tell the truth as much as I trust it to-”

“I’ll shove my foot down your throat if you don’t knock it off!” Matthew said, cutting off Rainbow Dash.

“I’m not afraid to defend my friend from the likes of you, you monster!” Rainbow dash said, flying herself above Twilight.

“Enough!” Twilight said, shouting. Rainbow Dash was surprised by her outburst and pulled her attention away from Matthew.

“Sit down!” Twilight said, giving Rainbow Dash an angry look. Rainbow dash, slowly floated her way down and sat down on the floor.

“I know what I’m doing! If he’s dangerous, I’ll handle it okay! This is not what Celestia wanted! She wanted us to be his friends! Is this how you treat your friends?!” Rainbow Dash didn’t even have a word to say. She couldn’t make some subtle remark or anything, she just sat there and took it.

“I got to agree with Twilight here, sugarcube. The feller looks… well, angry right now. But he don’t know nothing about the place. Let’s just take it easy on him alright?” Applejack said. Rainbow Dash looked around the room and let out a sigh.

“I’m just worried, okay? I’m sorry,” Rainbow Dash said, looking down at the ground. Twilight's gaze softened and she approached Rainbow dash.

“And that’s okay, but please, let’s be calm about this,” Twilight said, putting a smile on her face. Rainbow dash smiled back.

“What did I walk into?” Spike said, as he was looking at the scene from the doorway.

“Oh, hi Spike! It’s nothing much just sorting out some things, where were you?” Twilight said, genuinely confused.

“I was walking all the way over here and I- Oh… you’re actually up,” Spike said drawing his attention away from Twilight and towards Matthew. Matthew looked at it confused for a quick second before opening his mouth.

“... Are you a goddamn dragon?” Matthew said.

“Uhh…. Yes?” Spike said, not sure how to respond to such a question. Matthew’s eyes made a noticeable twitch and he quickly breathed in through his nostrils.

“You know what… talking ponies is still the weirdest thing.”

“Uhh, right… Say Twilight, did you send a letter to the princess’ yet?” Spike asked, turning his gaze towards Twilight.

“What?” Twilight asked, not hearing Spike fully. Suddenly, they were interrupted when a small flash of light poofed into the room. When it went away, none other than Princess Celestia and Luna were there.

“Princes Celestia! Princess Luna!” Twilight exclaimed, surprised by their presence. Celestia stepped forward to greet her student.

“Hello Twilight, I see your friends are here as well, that’s good,” Celestia said as she slowly turned her head over to Matthew.

“Hello there, you have caused quite the commotion here,” Celestia said a smile present on her face as she talked to him.

“... You are… one tall pony…” Matthew said, amazed at the height difference between the two princess’ before him and the other ponies. Celestia let out small giggle, surprised by the man’s words.

“I get that a lot,” Celestia said as she turned her gaze over to the rest of the ponies in the room.

“Twilight, would you be a dear and step out of the room with the rest of your friends? Luna and I would like to speak to our guest in private,” Celestia said, causing Twilight to break out of her stupor.

“Uh- Right away princess’, let’s go girls, I’ll tell you all I’ve learned about Matthew,” Twilight said, exiting the door with the rest of her friends following behind her.

“Matthew? Interesting name, creature,” Luna said, looking his body up and down.

“... And you guys are… princess? Did I hear that right?” Matthew said.

“That’s correct, Matthew, I am Princess Celestia and that is my sister Princess Luna,” Celestia said.

“... Huh, It’s uh… nice to meet you,” Matthew said.

“It is a pleasure to meet you as well Matthew, we just have-”

“We can skip the pleasantries, Tia” Luna said, cutting off her sister. Celestia simply looked over to her sister and sighed.

“Fine, we’ll do it your way, Luna,” Celestis said, sitting on the ground. Luna strode forward towards the man in front of them.

“What are you?” Luna asked plane and simple.

“... What do you mean by that?” Matthew asked.

“Your species, what is it?”

“... Human… I’m a human,” Luna’s face held the same cold stare as it looked deep into Matthew’s eyes. Her facial expression not changing in the slightest.

“... Do you know who Discord is?”

“Luna, why would he know who that is?” Celestia asked.

“No reason, sister, I just wish to know,” Luna said, still not taking her eyes off of their guest.

“... What’s a Discord?” Matthew said, confusion clear on his face. Luna’s face seemed to calm down ever so slightly, but it was enough.

“Good, disregard the question.”

“... O… kay?”

“I have one last personal question, but that shall be all. Why can’t I access your dreams?”

“... What?” Celestia, hearing this, walked up to Matthew and took place next to Luna.

“You’ll have to forgive my sister’s forwardness. May I Luna,” Celestia said, glancing towards her sister. Luna side glanced over to Celestia before letting out a small scoff.

“Fine, go ahead,” Luna asid, turning her head away from the conversation.

“Thank you. My sister is able to enter into the dreams of ponies and see what’s going on in said dreams. The only reason she asked the question is because she can’t enter into your dream, which is a first for her. I am quite curious myself,” Celestia said looking at Matthew.

“I… Don’t know what to tell you, I don’t control my dreams… I didn’t even know people could enter my dreams…” Matthew said, thinking on the question hard. Luna turned her head sharply towards Matthew

“I can though. Not once in the hundreds of years I’ve been alive has anypony been able to block me out… What are you hiding?” Luna said, suspension in her voice. Matthew’s face suddenly showed a small tinge of fear as his mind knew exactly what she was talking about… His small little ability.

“I… I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Matthew said, looking away from Luna.

Luna was not having any of it. With a quick flurry of magic, she pulled Matthew’s head to look at her and stared down into his soul.

“Do not lie to me, human! What are you hiding!”

“Luna…”

“I will not hesitate to throw you into the pits of tartarus if I have to!”

“Luna.”

“Do not think you can fool me with your blatant lies-”

“Luna!” Celestia said, getting her sisters attention. Luna stopped her tirade on Matthew and turned towards her sister.

“We are here to talk to Matthew, not threaten him,” Celestia said, her royal mask still on. Luna looked back over to Matthew, the thick tension in the air weighing her down, before she let go of Matthew’s face entirely.

“Matthew, we’re not here to hurt you,” Celestia said, her voice calming Matthew down.

“Yeah, just make me shit my pants,” Matthew said, trying his best to control his breathing.

“Again, forgive my sister, she means well, she just has a certain way about it.”

“Yeah… real certain way,” Matthew said, shooting a dirty glance Luna’s way.

“Please, tell us the truth, we won’t be mad and we won’t hurt you. What is it that’s happening?” Celestia said. And while Matthew didn’t say anything initially, he was having a battle in his mind about it. He didn’t know whether or not he could trust these ponies. What if they started doing lab experiments on him? Hell, that was the reason he didn’t tell anyone back in his world and now he’s being confronted about something that he didn’t even realize he could do. But, he knew better, he wasn’t going to get away with this. Matthew let out a small sigh and looked up at Celestia.

“I… I have powers…” Matthew said with a shaky voice.

“Powers? How so?” Luna asked.

“... I… Can do things with my mind… I… I can pick up objects just by thinking it and-”

“That’s just magic,” Luna said, annoyance in her voice.

“No it’s not… I’ve seen what magic is by now, I don’t have… cloudy shit over my hands or… head when I do it.”

“Would you mind giving us a demonstration?” Celestia said, poofing a small ball out of no where. Matthew looked at it and let out sigh.

“I… I can’t… control it,” Matthew said, looking down in disappointment. Luna let out a small chuckle at that.

“You sound like a foal discovering their own magic!” Luna said, laughing out even more than before. Celestia looked over to her sister with a stern face.

“Luna, he is learning about his powers just like we learned how to move the sun and moon. Starswirl didn’t laugh at us for failing, and shouldn’t laugh at Matthew,” Celesetia said, still giving her sister a scornful look. Matthew on the other hand, just sat there and stared at Celestia’s words with great confusion clear on his face.

“... I’m sorry, what?” Matthew said, drawing the attention back to him.

“Hmm, I guess that’s a lot for you as well… My sister and I move the sun and the moon, respectively. I would tell you which one I raise, but I think you can gather that on your own,” Celestia said with a small grin.

“I’m sorry, are you saying that you move… the sun and the moon… because you can? Why?” Matthew asked.

“I’m quite certain Twilight is more than willing to explain that to you, but our time here is short as we both have duties of our own to attend to,” Celestia said.

“I… I’m so confused…” Matthew said, gripping his head. Luna turned her head at this.

“As am I, human, but I’m not complaining about it,” Luna said, looking away from Matthew again.

“Matthew, before Luna and I leave, I’d like to as you one last question. Will you harm any of our ponies?” Celestia asked, looking seriously at Matthew. Matthew in turn, looked up towards Celestia confused by her question.

“Harm them? Why would I harm them? I don’t… I’m not a violent person, I just… I don’t know what’s happening.”

“And it’s okay to be confused, but I’m going to need an answer, Matthew. Will you harm them?”

“... No… Not unless they do something first.”

“That is understandable, but please don’t resort to bloodshed,” Celestia asked, a small smile coming across her face due to Matthew’s answer.

“... Is that all?”

“Yes, that’s all of our questions, but I wouldn’t get too comfortable, Twilight and her friends are sure to have many more for you.”

“Great…”

“But this has been an interesting conversion. I did enjoy or chat, but if you’ll excuse us we’ll be on our way, thank you for your time,” And just like that Celestia and Luna both disappeared with a pop of magic, leaving the room empty again. While the silence lasted, Matthew reflected back on what was happening. Magic was real, ponies talked and he’s in a whole different world. It was a lot for him to handle. A few minutes passed as he kept going back on his thoughts, he didn’t even realize the door opening and six ponies walking right in.

“Matthew?” Twilight said, seemingly getting his attention as he snapped his head towards them.

“Yeah?”

“Uh, how was your conversation with the princess’?”

“If those are princess’, I can’t wait to meet the king,” The mares in the room looked at each other in confusion before turning their attention back to Matthew.

“We don’t have a king, silly!” Pinkie Pie said, making a cute little snort.

“... Queen?”

“Nope, don’t got that one either,” Applejack said.

“... What kind of Diarchy is this?”

“Well… That’s a bit hard to explain, lot of history because of that,… But I can if you want me to!” Twilight said, enthusiasm in her voice.

“Go on.”

“Not so fast! Just to make sure that this whole thing is fair, I’m going to answer your question, but afterwards I want you to answer one of mine, deal?” Twilight said, extending her hoof out towards Matthew. While Twilight’s extended hoof is a common friendly gesture in Equestria, Matthew could only stare it, confused on what to do.

“... Uh… deal…” Matthew said extending his hand out and wrapping his fingers around her hoof and shaking it up and down. After their little hand shake, Twilight looked down at her hoof in wonder.

“Woooooow, that feels different.”

“So… back to the question?”

“Oh! Right… So, that all started almost a thousand years ago, right after Discord's defeat…”

“What in Tartarus was that?” Luna scoffed out as she and her sister appeared in Celestia’s room.

“What do you mean?” Celestia asked as she started taking off her regala.

“I'm sorry, did you miss the whole ‘I have powers’ thing?”

“Oh. No, I’m quite certain I heard it.”

“Then why are you being so courteous of it?! It’s quite obvious he’s lying!” It was quiet for a small while after that. Celestia was still calm and unhindered while Luna was angry and fuming. Celestia paused her nightly ritual and took a deep breath, trying to alleviate her emotions before continuing.

“I doubt that, but I wouldn’t blame him. Right now, he is confused, and he is simply a scared child who doesn't know what has happened to him. I wouldn't put it past him if he was lying. He was, after all, completely shocked by our mere presence,” Celestia said, taking off all of her regala and grabbing some makeup remover.

“You might have a point, but that still doesn’t explain why I can’t enter his dreams!” Luna said as Celestia started to make way to her bed.

“You heard him yourself, he has some sort of power. Now that I do not think he was lying about,” Celestia said, pulling the sheets down off her bed.

“What do you plan to do with him?” Luna asked, breaking Celestia's train of thought. Celestia stared off into the distance, unsure whether to give Luna her answer. Before it suddenly came out.

“I don’t know,” She said slowly.

“What do you mean you don't know.”

“It means that I don’t have a plan for him.”

“What? You couldn’t make a plan over the last two weeks?!”

“I have spent many nights awake, trying to figure out what to do with him once he wakes up… but I can’t seem to place him anywhere.”

“Well, what are we going to do?”

“For now, he’ll stay in Ponyville with Twilight and her friends. He can make many friends there, live a good life, maybe even find a mare to settle down with, and we can keep an eye on him. But whatever happens, happens, Luna.”

“Shouldn’t we send him back?”

“That… would be rather difficult…”

“We’ve opened portals to other dimensions before.”

“Yes, but we never targeted one.”

“Fair… but what about your student?”

“What about Twilight?”

“You think she is ready to take on this for you?”

“She has proved multiple times in the past that she is more than capable of taking care of herself and her friends. I am quite certain that she can befriend this creature. She is, after all, a princess now.”

“... Ohhhhh… I see now. You’re using this human to teach Twilight.”

“Precisely.”

“A rather bold move, seeing as we know nothing about him.”

“Yes, I agree, but Twilight needs to learn how to handle things like this… Regardless of how it ends, he’s going to teach her a valuable lesson either way,” Celestia said, finally getting into bed and getting comfy.

“Now, I’m going to sleep. I believe it is your turn now,” Celestia said as she started to lay down. Luna snuffed out a nearby candle with magic and looked at her sister.

“I’m going to try to enter his dreams again, I have a new theory that might work,” Luna said as she started to open the door.

“I hope it succeeds, sister. Goodnight,” Celestia said.

“Goodnight, Tia,” Luna said closing the door as she left the room. Celestia chuckled lightly before she closed her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Woah with what, hold on, you mean to tell me that you guys built these super wagon things and they've broken the sound barrier?!" Rainbow Dash asked shock on her face at hearing that fact.

"Well, I didn't build it, others did, but yeah. Pretty insane stuff," Matthew said thinking back on the conversation.

"That's insane? You managed to get to the moon! I didn't think any amount of technology would ever be able to do that!" Twilight said, scribbling down more stuff into her notes.

"I mean… I wouldn't exactly call that our most defining moment," Matthew said thinking back on other darker parts of human history. Twilight stopped her writing and looked up at Matthew.

"Oh?! What would you say is the most innovative thing the… 'human' race has done!" Twilight said, her pencil on the page ready to write down whatever Matthew had to say.

"Hold on, hold on. I answered one of your questions. You gotta answer one mine."

"Oh… right?" Twilight said.with a small blush on her face.

"How many races are here exactly? Cause I was compared to a… Diamond Dog?"

"Oh… hmmm… well there's breezes, griffins, changelings, minotaurs, dragons, earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi… I guess Alicorn's count too and-"

"Stop… That’s … that's enough."

"Oh, sorry," Twilight said sheepishly.

"Definitely more diverse than my world, I'll give you that much."

"Oh really, how many species are there?"

"Well-"

"Darlings it's getting rather late, perhaps we can continue the conversation in the morning when Applejack and Spike aren't sleeping on a chair?" Rarity said, pointing to said pony who just so happened to be drooling on a chair as well as a small dragon who just so happened to be sleeping on the cow pony herself.

"Oh?! What time is it?" Twilight said, looking around for a clock.

"Late enough. I'm gonna be honest I was about to ask to go to sleep myself," Matthew said as he let out a small yawn.

"Oh uhh… guess I got cared away again," Twilight said as she scratched the back of her head out of embarrassment."

"Eh, don't worry about it egghead, I'll take Applejack back home while you get some shut eye yourself," Rainbow Dash said.as she hopped onto the floor and started to lift Applejack onto her back.

"I'm so sorry to have kept you here this long girls, I promise I won't do it again," Twilight said. Fluttershy perked her head up and looked over at Twilight.

"Oh don't be Twilight, I liked hearing about Matthew's world."

"And I can't wait until he's out of the hospital! Then I can throw four whole parties in one!" Pinkie Pie said as she hopped in the spot.

"Four? I thought it was two?" Twilight said.

"Well yes four, duh! There's you becoming a princess party, the get well party for Matty, the we discovered an alien party and then the welcome to Ponyville party! Four parties in one!" Pinkie Pie said with a wide grin of excitement.

"That's a lot Pinkie, you sure you can handle it?" Rainbow Dash asked with Applejack now on her back.

"I don't worry silly! Of course I can but that means I gotta start planning now! Which means I'm gonna need a full night worth of sleep! See ya guys later! So much to plan! So much glitter to put everywhere!" And just like that the enthusiastic party pony zoomed right out of the room without a second to lose.

"Well that's Pinkie for you," Rainbow Dash said as she herself started to walk out too.

"See ya, pride parade," Matthew said, while giving a small glare to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash gave one back with a look of confusion before looking at the other mares in the room.

"I'll see ya guys later. And Twilight, remember if you ever need me to knock someponies skull around let know."

"I… won't but thanks for coming Raimbow Dash."

"See ya," with that the Pegasus walked out the door.

"Darling. I seldom like to get into a pony's business but perhaps it'd be in your best interest to treat our little Dashie nicer?" Rarity said.

"Yeah, I'll start when she does," Matthew said, still giving the door a glare.

"Well, regardless I imagine Sweetie Belle is getting worried by now. I'll be on my way as well," Rarity said as she trotted towards the door, but before she left she turned around to look at Matthew one last time.

"But Matthew, when you do get out of the hospital, please feel free to stop by! I think I can find you something more fitting then those… rags you have."

"I will certainly keep that in mind."

"Good, I do love helping friends in need. Until then, goodnight!" Rarity said as she finally walked through the door.

"Carousel Boutique… has a nice ring to it," Matthew said as he looked over to Twilight.

"She works very hard to break into the fashion biz. I think she's getting there," Twilight said. Just as Matthew was about to respond, he saw a yellow Pegasus slowly sneaking their way to the door.

"Goodnight I guess?" Matthew said, causing the shy Pegasus to let out a small squawk.

"Uh. Ye-yes goodnight," Fluttershy said as she scurried out of the door.

"I know you guys said she takes care of animals and shit, but there's no way she takes care of hundreds in a little cottage,"atthew said as Twilight slowly levitated a very sleepy dragon onto her back.

"Nope she takes care of every single one of them."

"... You know the shock value thing kinda goes away after a while."

"Is that good?"

"It has its perks," At that, Twilight let out a small giggle.

"Well, it's been nice talking to you! I can't wait to learn more about you and more of your culture tomorrow!"

"Yeah, I can't wait either," Matthew said as Twilight lit up her horn.

"Next time you come here can you try the door? I had enough existential crisis' today."

"I'll keep it in mind. Until then, goodnight Matthew!" Twilight said before going away in a small poof of magic.

"Goodnight Twilight," Matthew said. Waiting a bit before laying down in his bed about ready to pass out for the day.

That was until he heard something stretch. His eyes shot up and his head snapped right to where she heard the noise. In the corner of the room, the chair Applejack had been sleeping on with Spike seemed to be morphing and shifting it'd structure into something else.

Suddenly, after a flash of magic, in the spot of the chair, stood a rather tall amalgamation of creatures. A rather infamous draconquess.

"Oh that pony drools like a dog! I'm covered in it," Discord said as he shook himself like a dog, fake drool whipping off of him.

"What the fuck…" Matthew said, mouth agape at what he saw. Discord turned his attention towards Matthew and grinned.

"Why hello there Matthew! How are you this fine evening! … that shock value worn off yet? Discord said in a slight mocking tone.

"Who… are you…"

"My name is Discord, the ruler of chaos!" It is a pleasure to meet you!" Discord said as he bowed down towards Matthew.

"You're … hold up… you're supposed to be in a statue-"

"I know. I know. Stuck in a statue for a thousand years blah blah blah. They did forget to mention how I was released recently.

"... Are they stupid?" Discord laughed at hearing that.

"Don't let them hear you saying that! They wouldn't like that too much!"

"....I'm ….I'm sorry it's just… why are you here?"

"Oh that's a pretty good question! I thought I could have a little fun here especially since I have a new little toy!"

"... Toy?" Matthew asked as another Discord poked his head around Matthew's shoulder. Matthew let out a gasp of fear and turned his head over to his shoulder Discord.

"Why you my boy! I see your potential and it is rather intoxicating to look at!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"Your power of course! It's small now but I can see it growing in time!"

"What?!"

"Don't be surprised, you must have felt it too!"

"...Yeah it's getting stronger but I have no idea what I'm doing! I don't know how to control it! I barely know how to move an object!" Matthew said as he yelled at Discords face. Discord simply let out a small laugh and pulled his head away from Matthew, appearing on Matthew's shoulder with a small devil costume on. Matthew snapped his eyes down towards the little devil man.

"That's the beauty of it Matthew! I've decided that it'd be in my best interest to help you anyway I can!"

"Help? What do you mean by that"

"It means I'm going to teach you how to use that power of yours! Telekinesis ey? Who knows, there might be even more powers you haven't even tapped into yet! Isn't it exciting!"

"I… more?" Matthew said with shock in his voice.

"Yes my boy! And I'll teach you all of them on one condition."

"What?"

"When I ask for it, you will help me no matter the time of day, or night or wherever you are in the world."

"That's it?"

"That's it," The devil Discord said with a smile before he walked behind Matthew and materialized in front of Matthew back to his normal form.

"What's the catch?"

"That's the beauty of it, there is no catch! Just scratch my back and I'll scratch yours!"

"It… would be nice to finally control it…"

"Do we have a deal?" Discord said as he reached his hand forward. Matthew looked at Discords hand for a moment unsure if he should shake it or not. But then he thought back to all the mishaps he's had before. The only time it's ever been helpful was during that cult thing and he still didn't know what he did to get it to work the way it did.

It seemed like there really wasn't any other option, so Matthew extended his hand out and shared Discord's outstretched paw.

"Deal," Matthew said as Discord pulled his paw hand away.

"Excellent! Now make sure you get plenty of rest cause we won't be starting yet but Twilight is going to most definitely tire you out."

"When do we start then?"

"Oh I'd give it a couple weeks, but don't worry about that now. For now enjoy yourself! Soak in the rays and enjoy the town of Ponyville! I'll be catching you later Matthew!" Discord said, and with a snap of his fingers he was gone.

Matthew simply stared at the spot Discord was at? Should he tell anybody? He wasn't so sure. What if this Discord guy betrays him or something? What if he's forced into servitude for the rest of his life? These were all questions that plagued Matthew's mind.

But eventually, after an hour of repetitive thoughts, he slowly drifted to sleep.