Only in my dreams

Celestia and Twilight walked out of the meeting room and down to the bottom floor. The other five elements of Harmony had gone a while ago, leaving Twilight and Celestia alone to talk. Rainbow Dash was the first to leave, saying that she had business to attend, followed by Rarity and Applejack, having work the needed to finish. Last, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy had to tend to her pets, Pinkie because... she was getting bored.

Twilight and Celestia stayed on the small castle. For a long time, they had chatted, talking until Luna’s moon once again took the skies. Several hours passed before passed before the two ran out of subjects to talk about.

They both pondered upon something else to talk about, but nothing came to either mind. The room was silent as Twilight and Celestia stood completely on silence. Having nothing, Twilight got to her hooves.

“Princess, with all due respect, it’s getting a bit late,” Twilight smiled at her, hoping Celestia would understand what she was hinting at.

“ Of course”  She said, almost as if she had read Twilight’s mind, “However, it’s a tad bit dark to travel, even for me,” Celestia moved to the closest window to look unto the night sky.

“Would you mind if I spent the night here?” she asked.

Twilight was dumbfounded. Her jaw dropped as she fully realized what Celestia had asked her. She was silent as Celestia stared at her.

“Well?” She asked.

“Of Course, Princess,” Twilight blushed in embarrassment, “ It would be an honor to have you as my guest,” Twilight giggled, not knowing what else to say.

“Thank you,” Celestia replied and gave Twilight a warm smile.

“Uh, let me show you my room.”

“Why your room?” Celestia asked.

Twilight looked shocked at the question, at the same time, her blush incremented on proportion,

“Hehe, it wouldn’t be right to put you in the guest room. My bed is much more comfortable. I think that it would much better suite you.”

“Oh Twilight, there is no need for such acts of kindness.”

“Princess! I insist!”

“Please,” Celestia responded, “I will be perfectly fine in the guest room.”

Twilight sighed in defeat. Not wanted to get into an argument with the Princess, she decided to let Celestia make her own decision. After all, it was the PRINCESS she was talking to and the last thing that anypony would ever want to do is anger her, even if it was over something so simple as a bed.

Twilight started to walk off in the direction of the staircase, looking back as she reached the foot, “This way.”

Celestia stood up to follow Twilight. Once caught up, Twilight stopped her, “Princess?”

“Yes?” She asked.

“I-I don’t mean to question you in any way, but what do you know about this… this thing that you want to bring here?”

Twilight felt her heart became heavy with fear. While she knew that Celestia wasn’t one to get angry at any general question, this did go as far as questioning her own decisions.

Celestia looked down at Twilight. Being right behind Twilight, she cast a shadow over her, making her look intimidating, even if her words brought only warm hearts.

“Come. We can discuss this in the guest room.”

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Celestia lay on the bed with Twilight at it’s hooves. Celestia’s gleaming white coat stood out in the dark purple room. Being of Twilight’s own design, she decided to choose a dark and firm color for the room ( which just so happened to be the natural color), while keeping it from being intimidating by adding in various furniture pieces to give it a more welcoming feel.

Light from the moon poured in from the window, mixing with the burning candles, sending shadows in every direction. The candles let off the sweet aroma of fresh strawberries on a warm summer day. The flame danced in place as a small gust of air came from below the doors, scattering the still shadows of the two ponies.

Twilight shivered as a chill caused by the gust, Celestia, however, was not phased as she rested above the chill night air. Nevertheless, the two continued with their conversation.

“I ask again Princess, what do we know about this thing?” Twilight asked.

Celestia looked off into nothing for a short second. “There are many things I do and do not fully understand at this point,” Celestia paused for a moment to think, “They're called humans.”

“Humans, humans,” She rolled the word around in her mouth, “And you say that this race doesn’t exist on our planet, correct?”

“Correct.”

Suddenly, there was small blast of white light as Twilight teleported a book down from her library into the room. Celestia instantly recognized the book as the same one that she had been looking at just before Twilight interrupted her short reading session.

“I’ve never really paid much attention to this book, and it doesn’t say anything about humans, but there are some things in it that I think could be helpful.”

Celestia waited. A moment passed before anything was said.

“So Celestia, you never told me all you know about these humans,” Twilight stated, her concentration more on the book than in their conversation. She momentarily looked up at Celestia before returning her eyes to the book, “What are they like?”

Celestia took a moment to think about the various things she could tell Twilight. Most of what she knew was just general knowledge that wouldn’t spark much interest in anypony, but there were a few things that she could think of to sway Twilight’s opinion onto her side. Even if nothing was told about what humans were like, it would certainly interest Twilight, “Their entire society seems to be based around scientific discoveries.”

Twilight jerked her head up the instant Celestia finished her sentence, “What!?”

Celestia gave herself an imaginary pat on the back, “Yes. I have watch their world for years now, and they speak of things such as portable electricity and instant communications with other humans around their world like it is common knowledge!”

Twilight started thinking, while Celestia continued informing her of what little information came to her head, her face lit up like a light bulb. However, it didn’t last to long before a frown formed to her face, “Princess, I would love to study this humans world, but think of the possible effects it would have on them.”

“I don’t understand,” Celestia said.

“They live in a world made out of technology. Bringing one of them here would not only force them to change where they live, but it would also force it to adapt to a completely new lifestyle.”

It was true. Humans lived in a world made around technology and most of them weren't prepared in any way for a life that consisted of no advanced technologies at all. Jesse, however, was raised in a home in which he didn’t often get the pleasures of having their normal devices. “ Take my word for it, Twilight, he will not be a lack of devices.

“Oh... Ok...” Twilight said, not sure what Celestia meant.

Celestia felt relieved as Twilight hadn’t asked her why they were prepared for such an event. “ So you said you’re watching one specifically right? And that it’s a guy? ”

“ This is correct.”

Again, Twilight nodded her head as a response, “Tell me about him.”

Celestia thought over the various experiences Jesse had gone through in the past many years.

“His name is Jesse. I believe he’s ten years old now. Kind hearted, lies every now and then, but he’s still a good kid,” Celestia took a moment to think of anything else she could tell Twilight, “It’s hard for me to explain what he’s like, but I’m sure you would like him.”

Twilight simply nodded her head and went back to looking through the book, “AHA!” She yelled. “ I found something that might help us.”

Twilight levitated the book over to Celestia. She took it in her own magical grasp and stared at the page that Twilight had brought it to. The top of the pages was labeled, ‘Lions Tigers and more! Kings of the Animal kingdom.’

She looked over the page, only then noticing how worn the book was. She looked over the page, unsuccessfully looking for what Twilight had seen.

“ Second to last paragraph.” Twilight said, like she knew Celestia wouldn’t be able to find what she did.

Celestia turned her eyes to the final paragraph of the page and started reading.

‘ Lions , tigers, and many of the other natural preda--- have freely roamed their habitats, hunting --wn animals that ----times were larger than themselves. --nce, why we call them Kings. With no form of defen--, any animal can fall prey the the d--dly eyes of the pre---ory animals. Even we hum--- aren’t able to single handedly take one down without mod--- uses of ----arms and other modern wea----”

Celestia reread the paragraph a few times before finding what Twilight was looking at. It was just part of a word but she could see why Twilight would find interest in it.

Hum.

“ Where did you get this book?” Celestia asked.

Twilight shrugged her shoulders. “ It just appeared one day.  I figured somepony dropped it off and left it here. Whoever it was never came back so I put it in a shelf where it fit.”

Celestia nodded her head. “ Can I borrow this book?”

“ Of course!” Twilight gave Celestia a wide smile that stretched from ear to ear.

“ If you would excuse me, I have some reading that I would like to do.”

Twilight nodded at her and left the room, leaving Celestia to herself.