Living with Lyra

Six hours have passed since Lyra had started her questioning. Six hours that Aden could of been spending back on earth, progressing in his line of work. Well he really doubted that he would actually be progress in being a steel mill worker, but he digresses.

At the beginning Aden thought that she was joking around with having nine thousand questions, but as time went on she proved herself to be telling the truth. Thankfully she didn't prod far into each question, each answer was just a simple yes or no. Only a few did Aden actually have to form a complete sentence in order to give an answer.

Through it all Aden had come up with his own little questions, but he decided to leave them be. Anymore time spent here could drive him insane. Aden was actually quite proud in himself that he hasn't tried to kill someone yet. All of this time spent with a talking pony could drive anyone insane. Nevertheless Lyra's questions finally stopped flowing and she had a satisfied smile upon her face. Seeing this Aden once again asked "Are we finally done?". With a soft nod Lyra jumped off the bed.

"Yes I believe these questions shall keep me occupied for a very long time. However there is one last thing that I need to do before I send you back." Lyra stated as Aden slowly got out of the bed and followed the pony out of the room.

"And that may be?" Aden questioned his voice lacking any sense of enjoyment.

Before he knew it Lyra turned around with a camera grasped in her magic. Two quick flashes and the camera disappeared, Lyra returning to her original position. "What hell was that for!" Aden retorted as he rubbed his eyes. The flash from the camera momentarily blinding him.

"To prove to everypony in Ponyville that I'm not crazy. I would of loved to show you in the flesh, but it seems that you don't want to stay any longer then you have to. I can fully understand, if I were transported to earth randomly I would want to get back as soon as possible as well." Regaining his bearings he gave her another warm smile. At least she wasn't completely heartless with her test subjects.

"Thanks for understanding my situation." Aden replied as he followed the unicorn down the stairs into the living room then down some more stairs. Before long Aden found himself in the basement of Lyra's house. As basements tend to be it was pretty chilly, Lyra on the other hand probably felt nothing her having fur and all.

Taking in his surroundings Aden took in every detail, which evidently wasn't much. The basement walls were made out of gray stone, the ceiling was wood and the floor was surprisingly still carpet. Other then that the room was completely bare, the only thing that lay in the confinements of the basement was a large Tesla coil looking thing. To you it looked sick as fuck, but to anyone else it would probably look ominous and menacing.

"Well here we are, the Interplanetary Propulsion Objective Device or the 'iPod' for short." Lyra claims with in the most serious voice she could muster. Aden on the other hand was trying his hardest to stifle his laugh. "This device has the capability to amplify my teleportation spell. All I need to do is give it a little magical energy to start and wala!"

Holding back his laughter successfully Aden stepped towards the machine. "Let's get this over with, I have a job to get back to." He claimed in a semi serious tone.

Nodding Lyra's horn started to glow again. Within seconds the device started to power up, lights all over the machine started to blink in and out of existence. It looked like something straight out of a Si-Fi film. "Just stand in front of the machine facing me and I'll send you back." Lyra claimed her eyes starting to glow white.

Following her orders Aden stepped in front of the machine and faced towards Lyra. He had one last thing to say to her before he vanished and he would wait until the last moment to say it. The sound of gears turning and electricity lashing out made themselves known. The sound gradually getting louder before a large white beam hit Aden in the chest.

No pain was felt as the light vanished. Opening his eyes Aden was surprised to see himself slowly fading away. Looking at his hands he could see straight threw them like foggy glass. "It will take about ten seconds before you dematerialize here and rematerialize back on earth." Lyra claimed powering down the machine.

Having this last second chance he spoke what was on his mind. "It was nice meeting you Lyra. My names Aden in case you were wondering. Thanks to you I can see now that ponies act the same way as us humans. When you find something new you don't question how it feels or how it thinks you just want to get information out of it. It's funny really, because I never had the chance to ask you any questions. I might as well of been an animal in a cage. But that's okay, because it was a pleasure being your tool Lyra." Aden claimed waving goodbye as he finally faded out of existence a small soft smile upon his face.

After his speech the room dimed down till all he could see was black. It was a bit harsh what Aden had said, but that was the whole point. It doesn't mater if you want answers or not if the being is sentient you should at least get to know them first. Learn what they're like by living with them not by pounding them with millions of questions. A lesson that he hoped he passed onto Lyra.

He, himself had acted nice towards Lyra after he found out she was sentient. That was after all the only reason he could say his speech without feeling guilty. To him Lyra was just like any other human being, in fact she was too much like a human being. He knew he would be fired from his job for the unexpected leave, and he would of stayed longer in this world, but if he was treated like some 'experiment' all the time he would rather go back to nothing.

As those thoughts flowed through his mind, the light returned to Aden. Colors and shapes started to pop into existence, or was it him that was popping in? Nevertheless the shapes and colors were not ones that he was familiar with. He did not remember his apartment having any colors of white or gold, and from the blurry shapes he would say he's in some sort of large room.

Time passes by and Aden slowly focuses on the area around him. He lay on his back staring into the marble ceiling above him. Stained glass adorned the walls each portraying a mural of some sort. Aden let out a large grunt in pain as a large headache came to him. Rolling over he found himself looking at a lush red carpet. If he had to guess he got teleported into a rich persons home.

Facing towards the ground Aden slowly got up to his knees, the pain from his injures proving to be nothing compared to the large headache he is experiencing. From this day on Aden would hate the concept of magic in every way.

Pushing through the pain he slowly got back up to his feet. Looking around he took in what he saw. The room was indeed large, in fact Aden thought that gargantuan was the correct term to use for a room like this. Massive marble pillars held the roof up as the red carpet that he once lay on ran through the middle of them.

The floor itself was made out of the pure white marble, polished so thoroughly that he could see his reflection. Whoever maintained this place had worked harder than anyone he had ever seen as the windows shined just the same. Letting the sunlight through but shattering it into a ray of colors before smashing into the marble floor.

Since the marble floor was so well polished the rainbow of colors bounced off of it and gave life to the room. Forget the people that maintained the room, who did this belong to? Aden pondered rubbing his head. While the spectacular light display was mesmerizing it didn't help Aden's headache in the slightest.

Turning to his left Aden laid eyes upon two large golden plated doors. He assumed they were plated gold for if they were made entirely out of gold it would of cost a fortune he thought no one on earth had.

"I wasn't expecting anymore guests today, but something tells me you really didn't have a choice to come." A comforting voice spoke out behind Aden. It was so comforting that he didn't even flinch at the sudden appearance. Turning around slowly Aden saw standing before him another pony.

Letting out a large sigh Aden rolled his eyes. "Great I'm still in pony land." He commented. As they both stood there he started to pick out some key features. This pony that stood before him was the same size as he was, including her horn that is. Along with her horn she also bore two white wings that matched her coat and if anything gave away her status it was the golden crown that lay up top her head.

It was then that the pony did something that Aden would of never thought. It laughed. "Oh my, I have never had a subject talk to me like that before. It is quite amusing to have somepony, or should I say someone so 'down to earth'. Furthermore I find your term 'pony land' quite charming."

It didn't take a genius to figure out that she was the queen, but even if Aden was in her country it didn't mean that she could freely tell him what to do let alone call him one of her subjects. "Maybe that's because I'm not one of your subjects." Aden replied, still rubbing his forehead from the pain.

"You really are a stubborn one aren't you, but where are my manners. My name is princess Celestia ruler of Equestria, or 'pony land' as you call it." The white mare claimed. "May I have the privilege of knowing your name?"

"Why not you're the first one to even care enough to ask it in this world." Aden stated causing the royal pony to wince. It was a subtle wince, if Aden would of not been looking for it he would of missed it entirely. "My name is Aden." He said performing a small bow, since this pony had gained his respect.

"So you have been on Equss longer?" The white Unicorn/Pegasus hybrid thing asked. Your simple answer is to slowly nod. "I take it that your visit was a forced event?" Celestia questions, to you it looked like she was sympathizing with you.

"Yeah, this unicorn named Lyra teleported me here. Ever since I have been trying to escape because neither of us spoke the same language....." Aden stopped right in his spot his memory playing back key things in this conversation. ...Or should I someone...down to earth... Aden's mind raced even further. How can she know the terms to use around me? How does she know English!?

"Ah I see, Lyra was always fascinated by your species. How she managed to get a hold of one of you is unknown to me." She claims pondering the topic further.

"She used this device she calls the Interplanetary Propulsion Objective Device to grab me, or iPod for short." Aden claims rolling his eyes.

Celestia just gives out a smirk. "I hope she realizes the irony in that statement."

"I know righ- Hay how the hell do you know about iPod's! Furthermore how do you know English!" Aden finally claimed, it was a question in his mind but he thought it was best not to question the princess. However now things were getting a bit weird.

" Tiedän paljon enemmän kuin luulet Aden." Celestia claimed in Finnish a language that did not suit her voice at all.

"Okay now that's just creepy" Aden commented. "I think the English language suites you better and that still doesn't explain how you know so much about my race!"

Aden watched as Celestia came up with a proper response. Her pastel colored mane flowing in the nonexistent breeze. "I myself have been to your home planet. I needed to make sure that our closet sentient neighbors weren't going to attack us anytime soon. I will say however that your 'ways' and ethics are much different then here on Equestria. It will take you a while to get used to the fact that we are mostly a peaceful race. Wars do not come by every day." She claimed giving Aden a stern look.

"Who said I wanted to stay? The whole reason I'm here is because Lyra was sending me back. I don't know how I ended up here instead of my apartment but I did. Looks like Lyra's machine is not ready for return missions." Aden replied.

"I suppose it would be in your best interest to return home after being taken from it. It also makes sense on my part to send you back as well seeing as the ponies would have an uproar if they saw you. I find it best that you would leave." She stated. He reasoning was backed up and there was no arguing with it. However he thought he might give the princess a heads up before he gets sent home.

"Before you send me back to earth, I feel that you should know that Lyra took a picture of me. So that uproar might actually happen." Aden admitted causing Celestia to smile catching Aden off guard.

"Who said I was sending you back? I for one do not have the magical ability to do so. It looks like your only hope is for Lyra to tune her machine correctly." She stated obviously lying with the way she was talking. "And I think it's a small blessing in its own. For now you get to see Equestria in a lighter light." She claimed as her horn glowed a gold color just like Lyra's.

"But... you... earth... before?" Was all Aden was allowed to say in his shocked state before Celestia's magic hit him in the chest causing Aden to dematerialize again.

With a smirk Celestia walked out of the throne room closing the double golden doors behind her. "Silly humans, don't judge a book by its cover."