The Princess and I

Disclaimer: All My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters owned by Hasbro.

Inspired by Two Best Sisters Play -Here it is - I think the idea of Luna as a gamer and achievement whore is adorable and wanted to expand on it, adding my own flavours.

If people like this I may do more.

The Princess and I - Part 1

"Hit 'B', hit 'B'." I repeated for the millionth time.

"Shut up. it's hard you know." Luna said, smiling a bit sheepishly "It's easier for you, you have fingers."

"It's not hard. You just suck at this game. And you have magic." I dead-panned as I slurped the last of the milkshake through a straw and burped loudly and brushed some escaped food off my dressing down.

"Where do I go now?" she asked, ignoring my last comment.

"There. No not there, there." I said exasperated at the princess's ineptitude at video games and sighed.

"...Hello? Are you alive?" the character in the game shouted.

"Yeah..." Luna shouted back.

"You know he can't hear you right?" I asked, wearily and reaching down for some popcorn.

"Oh, can't he?" Luna asked, looking downhearted.

"Oh. My. God. You're getting upset at the dude not being able to hear you aren't you?" I looked at her as she blushed and hid her face in her long starry mane.

"No...?"

"My god you are as well."

"Shut up." she laughed and kicked me off the chair and dove into the warm spot I had created for myself.

"Oi! That's my chair, yours is over there!" I mumbled through a mouth full of food, clambering over the popcorn as I tried not to stick my foot in anything. Celestia would kill us if we spilt anything on the carpet. "Move." I grinned.

She stuck her tongue out cheekily and giggled "Make me."

"Have it your way then m'lady."

***

Perhaps I should start over. My name's Jack. Not exactly boyfriend of the dark princess of the night material, I know, but its my name and I ain't changing it for some uptight pony's views about royalty and royal names.

Since I ended up here in Equestria, I've met the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. This is the story of how we met, and how I came to be here.

***

My story begins in the spring of 2012: I was just minding my business, walking back from ASDA with an eight-pack of fruit shoot, listening to some old songs from Battlefield Vietnam, as I trekked the well beaten path home. Psyched about going to see The Avengers later on, when I spotted a certain telltale cloud of purple.

Well I'll be damned. I thought to myself This fruit shoot's finally making me hallucinate. Ah hell. I ignored it and just carried on walking. I got about a mile ahead of where I first saw it, then I spotted it again, this time my slight paranoia taking hold for a while.

"Seriously? I'm being followed by a purple cloud? Go to hell paranoia." I grumbled to myself and tried to pay no more attention to it, honest. But then I got to the crossroads which marks the entrance to the estate where I live and it was still following me.

I decided to sit and watch it and see if anyone else saw it. Of course they didn't. Now convinced the bottle of fruit shoot I had been tending was off or something, I walked to the green and sat down, still watching the cloud. Suddenly I felt quite a chill run down my spine. F this, I decided and hurried home.

As soon as I got home I did the usual thing: fruit shoot in fridge, play with dog and/or kittens whoever was in the kitchen, went upstairs and switched computer on, ready to conquer the known world in Civ 5 and opened up the RoosterTeeth website and listened to a podcast for an hour or two..

After about an hour of game-play and general nothingness I decided I'd play a tune on my guitar, I considered myself pretty good but nowhere near the level of pro I hoped to be one day, so I thought I'd get some practice in before I went to see the movie, but before I could get into the groove of it the dog started barking.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." I grumbled as I practically fell down the stairs from the damn cat weaving his way around my legs. "Whatchu shoutin' about shilly pooch?" I said as I stuck my head out the kitchen door and saw the dog jumping up at the purple cloud, this time it was only about a foot or so away from my head. So close I could touch it.

"Ooh." I gasped as I saw it and reached a hand out and prodded it. Then there was a flash of light and next thing I knew, I was upside down, hurtling towards the ground at god knows what speed.

"Agggh whadafu-" I grunted in surprise as I tumbled through the air, then I looked down. "Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!" I started shouting and flailing my arms around as the ground rushed up to meet me. Then I hit the trees and everything went black.

***

In Equestria there was a certain purple pony explaining something to her friends about her new spell around the game of spin the bottle in the early hours of the next morning at a slumber party.

"You see it could possibly bring something from another world into or world." she said enthusiastically to her five bored looking friends and made her horn light up in demonstration "And just like that, something would appear. she beamed.

"Wow Twilight, I said truth as in some special secret about a stallion or mare or something. Not as in explain something truthful." Rainbow Dash snorted.

Twilight Sparkle's face fell when she realized she misinterpreted the game again. "Oops." she mumbled turning as red as the apples of Sweet Apple Acres.

"Now listen here sugarcube, it's not that we don't like hearin' about your new spells or anythin'." Applejack shot a murderous look at the cyan pegasus opposite her. "It's just that sometimes we don't quite understand 's all." she smiled and put a leg around Twilight's back.

"W-well... um... I don't really mind." Fluttershy squeaked "I th-think its... um really... um.. f-fascinating." The timid, shy yellow and pink pegasus said quietly.

"Ah'm not sayin' it isn't though Twi." Applejack back-peddled. "Well... Ah-" she sputtered.

"What I think Applejack is trying to say is that while we do enjoy your... um... 'demonstrations' dear. Is that we could just do with Twilight letting her mane down once in a while, you know, less studying, more having a bash Twilight." the white, marshmallowy unicorn, Rarity interrupted the orange earth pony before she could embarrass herself or a rather red looking Twilight any more.

"Maybe I do need to let my mane down a bit." Twilight Sparkle giggled after a short while as she and her friends fell about the room laughing.

"Wanna go another round of spin the bottle anypony?" asked Rainbow dash after the laughter died down a bit.

"Sure Ah'm game." grinned Applejack "But, Pinkie Pie what're you starin' at? she asked when she noticed their pink friend staring out the window at something.

"Hmm?" she asked, twisting her neck a full 180 degrees round to see them all. "I was watching that silly looking purple cloud over the Everfree Forest. It looks like one of those chocolate rain filled clouds Discord had." she beamed, her neck twisting back the way it should be and continued to watch the cloud.

"What cloud?" Twilight asked, going over to the window Pinkie was looking out of. "Rainbow Dash are there meant to be any clouds in Ponyville tonight?"

"Not that I know of, although Derpy may have accidentally let a stray one loose. It shouldn't be purple though." Rainbow frowned. "Let me see."

"That cloud there." Pinkie pointed with a pink hoof at the purple cloud.

"What in tarnation is it?" asked Applejack, the rest of the gang gathered around the window now, watching the cloud of purpleyness.

"I do hope it's nothing scary." squeaked Fluttershy, hiding behind Applejack.

"It certainly doesn't look scary..." muttered Rarity "Perhaps we should go see it?" she ventured.

"Yeah. Spike get ready to send a letter to princess Celestia or Luna in case we need it." Twilight barked at the small purple and green dragon who was rubbing sleep from his eyes with his one free claw, the other claw clutching a cupcake he'd thieved when they weren't looking.

"Uhh I wasn't-" he started as he fumbled to hide the cupcake. "I mean I did sneak a taste but-"

"No time Spike. C'mon girls let's investigate."

Ooh, ooh should I get my detective hat again Twilight?" Pinkie Pie gazed at her with imploring eyes.

"Ah don't think that'll be necessary sugarcube." chuckled Applejack.

"Um... how about we um, you know, don't?" Fluttershy whispered and started shaking and gave a small "Eep." in protest as Rainbow dragged her out the door.

"Hey, look at the cloud now!" Twilight cried as the cloud started spinning rapidly and shot something out down to the forest below.

"C'mon!" they all shouted, except Fluttershy who just whimpered as Rainbow pulled her along and headed off towards where the thing it had spouted fell: a large gangly thing with four legs, waving its front legs wildly about it's head.

***

I don't know how long I was knocked out for, but I guessed it was a while since it was dark now.

"Ugh." I groaned and clutched my side. "I think I broke a rib... ugh or all of them." I muttered. "Now, where am I?" I wondered out loud at the strange forest around me, still clutching my side.

Suddenly I heard a low growl behind me and I slowly turned to face whatever had made the noise. "Ohhh dear." when I saw what it was: a large, salivating beastie with lots of sharp teeth and claws, plus a large stinger on it's tail in the back. "Manticore?" I asked, bewildered at my luck to end up in a world of magical creatures as it swung its stinger at me and I just managed to dive out the way.

it reared it's head and roared loudly in fury as it swung its tail again, this time swiping with it's claws too. "Ahhh." I cried as its pinky toe's claw got my arm, not too deep but still hurt. "Oh now you're fucking dead." I growled, my temper getting hold of me and threw a rock at it's face, hitting its forehead.

The manticore stopped for a second and looked at me, my rock giving it pause to think What is this strange creature that throws things that hurt? and whimpered in submission after the second rock I threw hit its nose.

"That's better." I growled and sucked on the wound "Now go home." I commanded and it left with it's tail between it's legs. I heard a gasp behind me and turned to face the new creatures, still sucking the blood from my arm and clutching my ribs. There I saw six multicoloured ponies who looked very familiar.

"Huh." I managed to mumble before I collapsed.

***

The girls heard a loud roar as they entered the forest, making Fluttershy freeze on the spot and her friends had to forcefully push her forwards.

"Come on Fluttershy, we might need you to calm whatever it is that's making that noise." Twilight smiled and reassured her timid friend.

"I c-c-c-can't..." she stammered, paralysed with fear. "s-s-s-sorry tw-tw-Twilight." she sputtered through tears.

"Alright, fine. Rarity you stay here with her, make sure she's OK." she said after seeing the pegasus wasn't budging.

"Alright Twilight I will." the unicorn said, somewhat relieved she didn't have to mess her mane trudging through the dense forest, she had just been at a slumber party so it wasn't her best but still she saw no point in making things worse. Oh and she had to look after Fluttershy too.

"Rainbow, AJ, Pinkie, you're with me, c'mon!" she trotted off into the forest, towards the noise, which had subsided now.

"You got it boss." Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash saluted and followed her.

"What do y'all think that noise was?" Applejack whispered.

"Sounded like another manticore to me. Maybe it found that thing that fell out the cloud." Rainbow muttered, tripping over a gnarly root and splaying on the ground and turned bright red. Applejack stifled a laugh at her friend and rival as she picked herself up.

"Shut up." she grunted at the earth pony, scowling.

"Sorry RD, it's just mighty funny seein' you taken down a peg or two." Applejack chuckled and Pinkie Pie fell over from laughing too hard.

"Quiet you three. It's just up ahead I think." Twilight whisper-hissed at her bickering and giggling friends. Pinkie tried to sober up from laughing but she was having difficulty.

Then a large manticore came running through the trees at them, just managing to avoid them and trample them from existence.

"Ahh!" Twilight cried as the manticore's leathery wing knocked her over and sent her sprawling into the clearing in front of her.

"Twilight you OK?" Pinkie asked form the tree-line.

"Yeah, just didn't expect that at all." Twilight groaned and got to her hooves and looked in front of her and gave a small gasp. For there in front of her was a tall, pink skinned thing, that appeared to be sucking blood from it's own arm and clutching its side.

"Huh." it mumbled before it collapsed to the ground.

***

"Rarity, Fluttershy! Give us a hoof would you?" Rainbow called out to her two friend on the edge of the forest as they carried the alien out and into the moonlight.

"Eep." Fluttershy squealed as she saw the thing. "W-w-w-what is that?" she asked, poking her head out from behind Rarity, who also looked scared of the new thing.

"I don't know, but it made a manticore run off, tail between it's legs so I think it could be useful." Twilight huffed as she shifted it's weight on the backs of her, Pinkie Pie and Applejack.

"It d-d-did?" Fluttershy squeaked, her eyes nearly popping out of head in excitement of a new creature but also fear from it.

"Yeah, it must have used this." Rainbow Dash held up a small black thing with one reflective side in her mouth. "Any clue what it is anypony?"

Before she could get an answer the alien groaned and stretched, it's claw thing at the end of it's front leg went through Pinkie large fluffy pink mane and she giggled, making Fluttershy jump back a few steps. "Eep." she squealed again.

"Hnng." it mumbled "Nnng?" it made as its claw explored the inside of Pinkie's mane and tickled her head, it's face forming a frown of confusion with it's eyes shut.

"Tee hee that tickles." she giggled, and brushed the claw away.

It opened one eye and looked at the ponies on its left. Then it's other eye opened and observed the ponies on it's right.

"...Pink?..." it mumbled in a deep voice that sounded more like a croak and sent shivers run along their backs, before passing out again.

"Well it can speak. That's good right?" Rarity asked, looking at her friends.

"Oh boy we need to throw a party for it, is it a he or a she? Oh I don't know, ooh i hope it wakes up again so I can ask how it likes it's cake cut and baked-"

"First let's get it so the hospital, then we'll figure out what to do with it." Twilight interrupted he party obsessed pony before she could go any further. "Sorry Pinkie but this could be the discovery of a lifetime. That proves we aren't alone in the universe!" she started getting excited "Think of the scientific benefits..." she said more to herself than her friends.

"Um... I think it won't make it to the hospital." Fluttershy whispered "That cut on it's arm looks painful and its ribs seem to be broken." her courage raising when there was something hurt that she could help, whatever it was. "Maybe we could... um take him to my house?" she said, her courage fading as quickly as it had come.

"Sure Ah see no wrong in that right Twi?" Applejack said "Besides Ah don't think we'll make it to the hospital carryin' this here thing on our backs." she grunted and shifted it's weight again.

"Oh yeah, right. OK then we'll take it -him- to Fluttershy's." Twilight smiled, slightly dissapointed at the delay of figuring out what it is but didn't show it.

"I'll go tell Spike to send a letter to either one of the princesses and explain what happened. Rainbow, stop playing with it -his- little black box thing." she looked at Rainbow who was trying to gnaw away one edge of it.

"I wasn't doing anything." the blue pegasus lied hurriedly "But sure Twi, I'll take over for a bit." and with that she scooped up the creatures back legs and Twilight ran off to find Spike.

***

Before I collapsed I swear I saw four technicolour ponies from My Little Pony: Friendship is magic, but you probably wouldn't believe me. It's just a cartoon right? Well anyways, after passing out I felt something scoop me up and balance me on top of it's body or bodies. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a dark figure witch what I assumed were wings go over to where I had dropped my phone and pick it up in it's mouth.

"Why don't y'all just use yer magic?" I heard a familiar voice say and I racked my brains to remember who's voice that was.

"Because there's no way of knowing how it will react to magic." came another oh, so familiar voice that I couldn't quite place yet.

After a few minutes of being carried sub-consciously I fell asleep from sheer pain and dreamt about home and what everyone was doing. Ah crap i left the oven on, hope someone came in and turned it off. No sooner had i started to fall into deep sleep I heard voices brining me back: a small, timid "Eep." I heard first, then a giggling sound as I reached a hand out and explored the unknown, coming into contact with something not quite hair, similar, very similar in fact, but thicker and fluffier and then I felt it's scalp through it's almost-hair. I frowned as my hand explored this unfamiliar substance, still keeping my eyes firmly shut.

"Tee hee that tickles." I heard yet another familiar voice say and brushed my hand away. God where were these voices from? It was killing me not knowing where they were from.

Slowly I opened my left eye and observed the three ponies on my left, then my right eye opened slowly and looked at the three on my right and saw my hand sticking in the mane of one

"...Pink..." I managed to say before I slipped out of conciousness again, the pain in my side returning with a vengeance.

***

A day later i woke up in an unfamiliar bed. At least I don't recognize this one I thought to myself. Now where the heck am I? I looked around the room I was in, it was very green in here. The ceiling looked very low from where I was, being the tallest of my friend and standing at 6'3 at least.

"Oh y-y-you're aw-w-wake." I heard a timid, quiet voice from the foot of the bed and looked down and my eyes went wide. There at the foot of the bed was a pink-maned, yellow coated pegasus.

"F... Fluttershy?" I croaked. God my voice sounded awful, I need a drink I thought.

The pegasus shrank away from the bed and whispered "How d-do you kn-kn-know my n-name?"

"Because I-" interrupted by a coughing fit "-I know everything." I croaked again "Could I have some *cough* water please?"

"Of... Of c-course. Wait right here." the pegasus so elegantly glided over the floor towards the door.

I looked around the room I was in again. Nice house, very green looking.

Well. I'm in Equestria am I? i thought to myself ... Epiiic I fist pumped the air weakly. I was an avid fan of My Little Pony and couldn't believe my good fortune to be here. I beamed to myself.

As I sat up I felt a sharp pain in my side and looked down. Oh that didn't look good: a series of bandages were wrapped around my ribcage and a big red splodge was showing where it hurt most. my arm didn't look so bad, just a bandage wrapped around the cut. At least that one didn't have a big red mark.

I heard the door creak open and four ponies came trotting in: Fluttershy, carrying a tray with a glass of water on it, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, my phone still in her mouth and Applejack, her hat in her hoof.

"...Hi." I said and smiled after a few moments of them awkwardly looking at me.

"Well howdy partner." perked up Applejack "Ah'm Applejack." as she stuck her hoof out in a friendly gesture, I extended my long arm and shook it, my fingers wrapping around the end of her hoof. "An' this is-"

"Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash I know." I said as I looked at them, their jaws dropping, Fluttershy nearly dropped the tray right there, poor thing and Rainbow struggled to keep the phone in her mouth.

"Here I got that." I said and reached out for the tray and took it from her gently and wincing at the sudden pain.

"How do you know our names?" demanded Rainbow.

"Because like I told Fluttershy. I know everything." I looked at her "And that's my phone." I reached over and took it from her mouth and wiped off some drool with my t-shirt.

"So that's what it is." Twilight said quietly "So how much do you know if you know everything?"

I sipped the water and turned to the lavender unicorn. "Well when I say everything I mean about you ponies."

"Alright then. Explain."

"Well... you, Twilight Sparkle, are the student and protégé of Princess Celestia and wilder of the most powerful Element: Magic. Your brother Shining Armour's also just married-"

"Wait a minute, my brothers not getting married!" Twilight interrupted.

"...That hasn't happened yet I take it?" I asked "Huh. Well it will, soon I think. I already know the outcome so I can't interfere with big events. That's how time travel works." I replied "I seem to have been brought here into your past." I explained when I saw the looks on their faces.

"So what brought you here anyway?" I could see Twilight was saving that question.

"Well I was minding my business, walking along, when I saw this purple cloud thing following me. I ignored it at first and went home as fast as possible. A few hours after I got home I went downstairs and saw it in the garden. I touched it and now I'm here."

"Purple cloud thingy? Like the one we saw over the Everfree?" Pinkie asked.

"Probably, the last thing I saw before blacking out was trees and sky. I'm taking it that was your doing Twi." I looked at the scarlet faced Twilight and smiled. "It's OK really, Earth sucks anyways."

She smiled and gestured for me to carry on with my knowledge of this place.

"Alright. You, Applejack." I turned to the earth pony "You are the element of honesty and work and live on Sweet Apple Acres with Granny Smith, Applebloom and Big Macintosh, the most dependable of ponies in Ponyville. You Rainbow Dash love flying and are in charge of weather around Ponyville. You are the Element of Loyalty and went to flight school with Fluttershy and Gilda." I growled at Gilda's name. "And you Fluttershy are the timid Element of Kindness with no heart too big and always willing to look after another animal, as long as it's not a big nasty dragon." This made her beam with pride as well as the other ponies jaws drop again in amazement. "I'm probably forgetting stuff at the minute though."

"B-b-but how?" Rainbow sputtered.

I tapped the side of my nose with a finger. "Magic. *Snort Snort*" I sipped the glass of water again and tried to find a signal on my phone and let the ponies sit in silence and take in what they just experienced.

"Of course there's no signal why would there be." I grumbled. When i saw Rainbow watching me work the phone I said "Would you like me to show you how it works?"

"What? No!" she cried defensively and rose into the air, after a shot from Applejack she subsided and went back down to earth "Well maybe a bit." she admitted with a guilty pleasure look in her eyes.

"Alright what you do is..." I explained how the phone worked. It's an iPhone in case anyone was wondering.

***

After I had talked about Earth and my life there for a while, during which Rarity and Pinkie Pie showed up and I told them what I knew about them too, Twilight's assistant Spike came running in huffing and puffing about a letter saying Princess Luna was coming to see the alien, seen as how her sister was asleep and she ruled the night.

"Well we'd better make sure your'e OK to talk to the princess partner." Applejack said.

"Sure. Why not." I grumbled, I was so tired but I'd try and make an effort.

"By the way what's your name?" Rarity asked. That's right I had forgot to introduce myself.

I cleared my throat. "Jack." I said simply.

"Just Jack?" Fluttershy asked, now fascinated with me.

"Eeyup." I confirmed and smiled at her, making her turn slightly pink in the face.

"Well now that I know your name we have to have a party!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie. I hung my head in shame, in my opinion Pinkie Pie was the most irritating one, now I regretted that after talking to her for a while.

"Sure I suppose." I said nervously and Twilight leaned in to whisper:

"Don't worry, I'll tell her to not be too rough with your ribs." she smiled.

"''Ppreciate it." I smiled back.

There came a knock at the door downstairs. "Oh- coming." Fluttershy called down.

"Woo, we can have lots of cake and muffins and more cake and party hats and balloons and I'll have to reload my party cannon!" Pinkie cried, bouncing around the bed in joy.

"Now, Jack, darling, what are we going to do with your mane?" Rarity asked as she bit her lip I could tell she was dying to do something with it.

"What about my hair?" I glared at her as she bit her lip even more, then laughed "Honestly I don't really care what you do just don't make it... frilly."

"Wa-ha-ha-ha." she laughed in excitement "Just as soon as you're up and about we'll have you down to the boutique and style that messy hair of yours. At least someponies are considerate of others." she glared at Rainbow Dash who was playing Doodlejump on my phone.

"Huh? What?" she looked up for a second before going back to the game and the other ponies, including me, laughed.

Suddenly a loud scream could be heard from downstairs. "Fluttershy." I growled and leapt out the bed, keeping as low as possible, to avoid banging my head again, and rushed downstairs. There I saw Fluttershy grovelling on the ground in front of a dark tall figure, the ponies behind me also started grovelling.

"Sorry, guys, the Princess startled me that's all." Fluttershy squeaked sheepishly. "And Jack! Your'e out of bed." she said and smiled at me.

"So I am." I grunted, the pain suddenly returning and doubling over.

"Ah. This is the alien of which your letter spoke about Twilight Sparkle?" the figure boomed. "I mean, is this the alien your letter spoke about?" she said again, only quieter this time and blushed.

"Why hello there Princess Luna, what a pleasant surprise. This is Jack, he's a visitor from the planet called Earth. He-"

The Princess held up a hoof. "Greetings visitor from Earth. I am Princess Luna, ruler of the night. State your business here immediately." she commanded me.

I was dumbstruck. I knew what she looked like from the show but I'd never thought I'd seen something to beautiful in reality. Did I have feelings for another species? Meh if Shepard could, And I suppose if the My Little Pony world exists I'm assuming that the Mass Effect world exists. Feck that means Reapers exist too... I trailed off in thought.

"Um... Jack?" Twilight prodded my leg.

"Hmm? What? Oh yeah." I cleared my throat, coming back to reality and bumped my head on the low ceiling again "My name is Jack and I'm here for... a holiday..." I bowed to the Princess, rubbing my poor head from the bump. Why was I here again? Oh yeah that purple cloud. Probably Twilight's doing. I'd have to ask her about that.

"A... holiday? What is a holiday?" the Princess asked as she motioned for everypony to stop grovelling and stand up, looking thoroughly confused at what I had said.

"You've never had a holiday?" I asked, as befuddled as she was.

"No. What is it?"

"Never? Never-ever?"

"No." she repeated "What is it?" her patience was wearing thin I could see.

"Well what isn't it? It's where one such as yourself would take time off from work and just go relax, sort of like going to the moon, but minus the banishment and not for a thousand years." I said.

All the ponies gasped. They had never mentioned Luna's banishment to her face let alone suggested she do it again. The six huddled behind me and wondered what she was going to do. I realized what I had said and attempted to backtrack "Well when I say that I meant-"

She held a hoof and silenced me instantly.

"I shall have to consult my sister about this... holiday idea. You, Jack The Alien, however, are to accompany me back to Canterlot castle immediately. You are to be placed under my authority until Celestia wakes up and then we shall see." and with that she turned and made for the night carriage parked at the foot of the hill Fluttershy's cottage was placed upon.

"B-but what about your bandages?" Fluttershy squeaked.

"Fear not Fluttershy the Kind. The Canterlot doctors will address all wounds." Luna said, without turning round and quite loudly, making the poor pegasus stumble.

"Well, then I should change them quickly. It looks nasty." she said pointing to my wound.

"Um... alrighty then. Uhh... sorry Rares, guess you won't get to play with my hair today after all." I said apologetically and watched, saddened as the fashionista's face fell "And Pinkie, hold that party will ya?" as I turned to Pinkie and watched as the pink mane deflate slightly while Fluttershy changed the bandages quickly.

"Okey-dokey-loki." she perked up, the hair returning to it's usual bouncy, fluffy self.

"RD. Can has phone back?" I asked and held my hand out for it.

"Sure. Stupid game said I got less than five hundred anyway." and hoofed it over. I laughed and ruffled her mane.

"See you guys around. I got a date with a Princess." I grinned and strode over to the carriage, pulled by two Night Guard and hopped in, next to Luna and waved goodbye to the six I left down below.

"You make friends quickly." the Princess's voice made me jump a bit, it was so unexpected and close, so close I could feel her breath on my neck as she spoke.

"Yeah, it's fairly easy if you know what to talk about."

"They weren't scared of you at first?" she asked

"Oh of course they were, but I was unconscious for our first meeting." I grinned "I passed out from this:" and pointed to my bandages, the red splodge no longer there due to a new dressing by nurse Fluttershy.

"Hmm." the Princess said, deep in thought.

After a while of flying I asked "So where are we going  exactly?"

"Back to Canterlot Castle, you are in my care until my sister wakes up which she will then question you about your purpose and how you arrived here." she said sullenly.

"Well, you mind if I play some music? It helps make long journeys like this go faster." I asked tentatively.

"Not at all. Do you have any Tchaihoovesky? Or Beethoofen?" she asked, her ears pricking up. So she likes music? Interesting.

"No I don't have any of them." They sounded awfully like composers on Earth: Tchaikosvsky and Beethoven. Maybe our worlds aren't so different after all.

"Oh." Luna looked disheartened "What do you listen to on Earth?"

"Well, anything really, except hip hop or RnB. Hate them." I growled. I mostly listen to Rock and Roll and Heavy Metal. And when I say Heavy Metal i mean good metal, not screamo or thrash. Some thrash is good but now I'm rambling because I'm nervous and you are staring at me." I fell silent.

"Do you have a problem with me staring at you?" she asked

"Not at all." I sputtered, blusing and feeling hot headed. "How about we listen to some Ink Spots?" I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire. As the music played, I sat and watched her as she melted to the music.

*** Music ends

"That was wonderful." the Princess breathed. "There is still quite a ways to go, do you have another?" she asked, her big beautiful eyes staring into my very soul.

I could hear my heartbeat again. This only happened around girls I liked and this was no exception. As I stared into her eyes I felt I wanted to do nothing else but take her and kiss her, and it killed me that if I did I may go to jail. Or the Moon, take your pick.

"Of course m'lady." I finally said and I started playing some Elvis Presley for her and laughed as she tried to dance in her seat to it.

"You see this is rock and roll." I grinned "By the King himself." I said as I snapped my fingers in time to the music.

"A king of music?" she asked bewildered "Is there such a thing on Earth?"

"Well he wasn't an actual king, he's just called The King of Rock and Roll cos he perfected it. Sure other people came before him but he made it his own and birthed rock basically. I think."

"You aliens have strange ways." she chuckled as she went back to dancing to the music.

"Humans. We're called humans, or humies. Or earthlings. Or fleshy pink things, take your pick." I laughed.

*** Music ends

After she kept asking to hear more songs, and I happily obliged her, we arrived at the castle in no time at all. I noticed how she looked sad when the sun began to come up, and I swear saw a single tear and just wanted to hug her and whisper: 'It'll be alright.'.

We touched down on the landing platform and Luna began to descend off the carriage.

"Dawn is approaching, I must retire for the day. It has been wonderful listening to your 'Earth sounds' Jack The Alien." she smiled, sending a shiver down my back. "The guards will show you to your quarters where you can spend the night. Try and get some sleep."

"I'll try m'lady." I bowed as she left. Of course I didn't. The guards showed me to the guest chambers, with a ceiling that wasn't ridiculously low by the way, and it was nice enough but I couldn't sleep knowing that she was out there as well. But what would she want with a big old smelly human like me anyway? She deserved royalty, for she was royalty. Not some common farmers 'special buddy' -no offence to Applejack. Plus from what I gather she's immortal, same as Celestia. I'd just die out after about seventy years and break her heart.

"Sucks being mortal." I grumbled and splayed out on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

***

Luna thought about the alien as she got ready for the day sleep she went through everytime her sister took over. What was this feeling she felt in her stomach? She had enjoyed their talk and the music he played, even with the dirty looks one of the Night Guard -Sepulchre- had shot him. Once she and Sep had been an item, but she didn't really have feelings for him and ended their relationship sooner before something should happen. Since then Sep hadn't been able to look her in the eye whenever she visited the Night Guard barracks and his composition had become stonier than a regular Night Guards.

She thought about how Sep had felt for her and wondred if that was what she felt like for the alien. We are a Princess, we do not mate with commoners, or aliens she heard the Nightmare Moon part of her say in her head. Go away, I do not want to listen to your poisonous words today she thought back furiously as she climbed the stairs to her chambers.

When she reached her chambers, she suddenly felt like she wanted to be downstairs again. In the guest room.

"What is this thing I feel?" she mumbled to her pet bat, Darkwing and walked to the window and looked down. She could see the dawn slowly approaching and the guest rooms lit window. "I could fly down there..." she mumbled again, then shook her head. "No. We are a Princess, we have royal duties to perform." Like sleeping during the eventful days Nightmare Moon whispered.

Luna levitated her crown off and dropped it on the floor, then slowly crawled into bed and thought. What was it he called it? Rock and Roll? It was nice. Better, if not just as good, than Beethoofen any time and slowly she drifted off to sleep, the beat of 'The King' filling her head.

***

No sooner had I actually managed to drift off to sleep there came a knock at the door. I rolled out the bed, still in my clothes, from the day before.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." I grumbled and opened the door and there stood Princess Celestia, to which I bowed instantly, almost falling over I bowed so low. "P-p-p-princess Celestia w-what a s-s-surprise." I stuttered, I've never spoken to royalty before so I panicked and just grovelled.

"It is not you who should bow my friend." Celestia smiled as I glanced up nervously into her warm kind face. "it is I who should bow to you."

"Huh?" I said as she bowed, the ponies behind her jaws dropped, as did mine. "Huh?!"

"I have been told that you are a visitor from another world by my faithful student Twilight Sparkle, say hello Twilight, I believe you two have met." and she stepped aside to reveal the six ponies from before.

"Oh. Hey pony people." I smiled at them recovering from my slight breakdown.

"We decided seen as how you couldn't have a party in Ponyville, we'd bring you one here. SURPRISE!" Pinkie blurted out, carrying what seemed to be party supplies, giving me a small heart attack.

"Heh, thanks Pinkie. So I suppose you want to know how I came here?" I asked Celestia.

"In due time of course. But right now, I believe a welcome party is acceptable." she smiled at Pinkie, who looked like she was about to burst.

"Oh boy here we go." muttered Rainbow Dash and facehoofed. The other ponies took a few steps back as Pinkie exploded with excitement.

"Oh boy this is gonna be great, we're gonna have so much fun!" she beamed.

"Sure we are Pinks." I said still thinking about Luna.

"Perhaps I shall see if Luna would like to join us." Celestia gave a small smile as she said so, almost as if she was reading my thoughts.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea Princess." Twilight said enthusiastically "Doesn't it Jack?"

"Uhh..." I went blank. "Y-yeah. Great." I tried to say with enthusiasm but all that came out was a small squeak.

Celestia laughed "I'm sure she'll be pleased to see you Jack The Alien." her eyes staring into me. Can Celestia read thought? I wondered. Hope not.

"Please, just Jack thanks." I sputtered, still a bit flustered.

"But first let's get you out of those dreadful clothes." Rarity said from the back. "Into something a bit more formal. Oh grow up Rainbow Dash." she said to the cyan pegasus who was giggling like mad.

"hey it's none of my business if you two wanna be together." she giggled, making both me and Rarity blush.

***

Luna was tossing and turning in her sleep. Her dreams filled with thoughts of the alien and his wonderful music.

Just as she woke up she heard a knock at the door.

"It's open." she called sleepily.

"Greeting sister, I hope I wasn't disturbing your sleep." Princess Celestia swung open the doors.

"Not at all Celly." Luna smiled at her big sister.

"I trust you took care of the alien?"

"He is in the guest bedroom downstairs." Luna looked out the window down to the guest room with wilful eyes.

Celestia smiled at her sisters behaviour. "You wish to court him." she said plainly.

"I do not!" cried Luna immediately turning scarlet.

"Luna. I've known you for millennia, I think I can sense my sisters emotions." Celestia smirked.

"Well. Maybe I do. But you mustn't tell him. Please." Luna looked at her big sister with imploring eyes.

Celestia laughed "I won't then, little sister. But if you really feel this way you should tell him yourself. One of Twilight Sparkle's friends -Pinkie Pie- is throwing a welcome party for Jack, the 'alien'. You should come, it would be good for you to get out of this stuffy room and meet some new friends."

Luna pondered this for a while. It would be nice to get out and have some fun, she'd learnt all about that last Nightmare Night and enjoyed it.

"Maybe I will Celly. Thanks." she smiled at her big, motherly sister.

"See you tomorrow at 8:00 PM then. Try and get some sleep."

Celestia closed the doors on her way out and left Luna with her thoughts again.

A party. Yeah. That would be great. she thought and drifted off to sleep.