Earthling's Night In Equestria

A month later, the Mane Six were summoned into Canterlot Castle. According to Princess Celestia, the annual royal ball, Grand Galloping Gala will be held by tomorrow night. And unlike the previous 'awful' events, Celestia swore that the royal ball will be successful this time. And to make that happen, the Mane Six would have to pitch in this time so they could help her complete the preparations for tomorrow night.

"Alright, girls. We will have to work together for the best night ever!" exclaimed Twilight Sparkle. "Pinkie, you will do all the fancy food and stuff. Include your delicious cupcakes too."

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie Pie responded while bouncing up and down.

"Applejack, you prepare your best cider you ever make in your life."

"No problem, sugarcube," said Applejack.

"Rarity, you make the dresses."

"Certainly, darling. I always love to make the most beautiful dresses for the most important night. Ah, how wonderful it would be if I wear my own fabulous dress!" Rarity gleamed proudly while waving her hair like a celebrity.

"Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash. Both of you will decorate for the Galloping Gala. Some help from your animal friends would really be appreciated, Fluttershy."

"You bet," Fluttershy spoke calmly.

"Let's just hope it won't be awful this time!" Dash exclaimed.

"I will manage the rest of the preparations. The rest of you girls would do your jobs. All right, let's get to business!"

And so, they scurried off to their own tasks. Twilight walked up to Celestia to tell her about their jobs.

"Excellent work, my faithful student," said Celestia. "Now everything can be proceeded as plan."

"I sure do hope so, Princess Celestia," Twilight talked back. "Oh um, how is Kino?"

"Ah, he's doing just fine with my sister." Celestia smiled.

"R...really?"

"Of course she takes care of him very well. What kind of princess would ever mistreat somepony, or even a human?"

"Err..." Twilight was a bit unsure of Kino's current situation.

"Twilight, Luna is no longer Nightmare Moon, remember? You shouldn't worry about Kino. He's being a good boy here, and I think I'm gonna have him participate in the Gala, too."

"W..what?" Twilight reacted with surprise.

Celestia giggled. "Don't worry. Since he lives here now, he won't need a golden ticket. My sister can handle him prior to the event." She approached Twilight and gave her a warm hug. "You must have confidence that he is safe, alright? Have I told you the story about what happened when he first met my sister?"

"Err, no," Twilight shook her head.

"Hehe, alright then. I will tell you while your friends are busy with their jobs."

"Kino, let's go to Ponyville!" Princess Luna called out from the door of her room.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Just follow me."

I thought she wanted to take me to our usual afternoon walk. So I dressed myself up and went up her. She gave me a lovely smile as we were on the way to the entrance of the palace.

"You look cute today, dear," said Luna teasingly. I only blushed as soon as she held my shoulder with her wing, but I got used to her teasing attitude.

I would like to elaborate a bit about myself here. Every time me and Luna had our afternoon/evening walks, it was her habit to transform me into a fit, light-tone skinned stallion. She thought it would be 'fitting' for me around Equestria. My mane was the same as my short black hair, and so did my tail. I looked the same as the others generally. The only difference was I got no cutie mark. That was how most ponies would be able to recognize me as the first human in their world. Some even willing to take pictures of me, and I saw no harm to it. But Luna would often cover my face with her wing since she probably wanted to protect my privacy.

Now onward to my story.

This time, we took a train to Ponyville to sped up to our destination. I would not tell much detail about our walk, but I could perhaps begin with Luna taking me to a restaurant.

We sat opposite each other and ordered our food. While waiting for them, we drank up some kind of drink that looked and tasted very similar to a Pepsi drink. We never talked much until Luna placed her elbows onto the table and rested her chin on her hooves. Her eyes fixed at my direction as I asked for a refill and drank a bit more. I noticed where she was looking at and I began to feel nervous.

"W...what are you staring at, Luna?" I asked her as I tried my best not to blush.

"You, Kino. I have my eyes on you now," Luna answered with a sweet and seductive voice.

Throughout lunch, she just stared at me like how a girl would look at her crush, even while eating. I had to resist my laugh twice due to this. As I finished my food, I tried to drink normally, but with Luna looking at me with a smile on her lips, well, it's really hard to resist when a girl or a mare is staring right at you.

Luna lowered her eyes in a sexy way as she placed one of her hooves onto her cheek. At this point I could no longer held it and let my cheeks turned deep red. Oh, the power of a gracious mare's stare! She finally broke the awkward silence between us with her soft voice. "You look handsome in this form. Forgive me if I embarrass you, but my eyes just couldn't resist to plant their headquarters onto your face. It is such a nice spot to them."

Her words struck upon my heart like lightning. She laughed when I blushed again, and soon she put her hoof onto my hand.

"Why thou art nervous, oh graceful one?" said Luna affectionately. "Am I not the one that takes care of thee? Thou shalt not be shy to me since thou has known me for many weeks, yet thou still do so. Art thou fall in love with me, my precious stallion?"

"Err..." I answered nervously. It was confirmed that I liked her as a friend and 'brother', but falling in love with her seemed to be over the border. I steered away from the subject by calling a waiter and asking for the bill, which he later came back with it and Luna paid for the both of us. We left the restaurant and went on to the city.

"Running away from the conversation, huh?" asked Luna. "Don't cover anything up from me. I know what you do, I know where you are whenever we are outside the castle" -- she moved her lips to his ear -- "and I know what you love."

I said nothing about her sentence, but it made me embarrass to hear her saying these kind of things. Luna surprised me by snuggling my face like a cat. She was being affectionate to me throughout our walk until we reached Rarity's shop, the Carousel Boutique.

"Why are we here?" I asked quizzically.

"I wanted to get something special for you, Kino," said Luna while grinning.

"Something special? Like what?"

"Oh you will see. Now come along, Kino." Luna walked inside with me with her wing still wrapped on my shoulder.

Rarity was busy making dresses, probably for the Galloping Gala tomorrow night. I was pretty confident that the Mane Six would come, but I did hope that it wouldn't be as bad as the previous events. As soon as Luna closed the door, Rarity turned her attention to us and happily greeted us. "Why hello there, Kino! Good afternoon, Your Highness. What can I do for you both?"

For your information, the Mane Six also knew my stallion form, and it wasn't a trouble to recognize me easily.

"Well, there is something I would like you to make for my cute 'brony' here," said Luna as she stroked my head with her wing. "Could you make a very handsome medieval-style ball suit?"

"A male ball suit? Why certainly, Your Highness. I actually have one which I kept in the cupboard, in case if somepony wants to buy it. Oh, my first customer to have my first male ball suit is a human! How exciting!" Rarity rushed up upstairs to her room.

I was taken aback at what Luna just asked. I looked at her in disbelieve and she looked at me back with a smirk.

"I decided," Luna continued "that you will join the royal ball tomorrow night" -- she struck a dancing pose while saying proudly -- "You shall dance with me. This is my special gift for you in return of your cooperation and kindness to me."

"W..what? Dance with you? Bu-"

"No buts. The deed shall be done." Luna wrapped her hooves around my neck. "And besides...I want our bond to strengthen, I wish to be closer to you. I'm sure you wish for the same right?"

I wasn't sure about this, but the look at her eyes told me that she was really begging me to dance with her, as her payback for my bond with her. I nodded, since I liked her more than heaven itself. I smiled on the inside. Luna cheered and gave me a lovely hug.

"Thank you, my sweet Kino," said Luna almost excitingly.

Rarity came back down with her first ball suit for stallions. It was very impressive, very medieval-like. Clad in bright colors, it looked similar to a noble's suit though. But I won't mind, since this clothing served its purpose for royal balls.

Rarity helped me dressed it up while holding a mirror, then, having done dressing, she held it up in front of me while smiling.

"You certainly look marvelous, darling. You look just like a prince!" Rarity complimented.

"Mm," I commented. "Isn't this a bit..too much?"

"Of course not, dear. I'm very sure that Princess Luna will be impressed."

I smiled. I actually like this outfit. "Thank you, Rarity."

"Aww you are welcome, Kino. I do hope you make a good impression on her. Tell me, do you love her?"

"As a friend, yes."

"No no, I mean, do you love her, as a lover?"

Well this was complicated. I was sure that getting Princess Luna as my girlfriend would be hard despite her behavior towards me. I told Rarity that it was hard for me to answer.

"It's alright," she said with a giggle. "I know you will have her someday. I just have the hunch that, she belongs to you. She clearly show her affections to you. You would see during the dance."

I responded with a warm smile. As soon as I took off the suit and put it into a paper bag, Luna paid the clothing to Rarity and left the shop with me.

The walk continued on as usual.

"I will see you tomorrow night, Kino," said Luna as she leaned her head onto mine while walking.

As the night of the Gala approaches, high class ponies came flooding the path to Canterlot Castle, the Mane Six being in the front. I watched from the balcony as they sang "Into The Gala" and soon made their way into the palace.

Princess Celestia stood in front of everypony as their voices became excited. She thanked her guest for coming, declaring the Gala to be the most successful night ever, and start the whole thing up.

"The Galloping Gala has been commenced!"

I wore my new ball suit, looking myself at the mirror in stallion form. Luna had transformed me earlier before the event so that I would have a heads up. Heh, I look like a noble, I thought as I chuckled myself. I was wondering about Luna's whereabouts. Perhaps she was dressing herself privately, or maybe she was already with her sister. Regardless, I left the room and joined in as I hear the guests cheered for the arrival of the first human in Equestria.