Of Beauty And Rage

"Princess, I swear. I have never seen anything like it, the magic he performed is far above anything I could pull off." Shining Armor's voice echoed in Seth's head as he slowly woke up.

"Yes, and I believe you. That's why I'm here to talk to him." He heard Celestia's voice. He sat up in the soft bed,and looked around and saw he was in a hospital room.

"Seth,you're awake." Shining said as he saw Seth sit up.

"Yeah,but shit. What happened? I feel like I have the worse hangover in the history of hangover...s" He said groggily.

"You were amazing,your magic was the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen." Shining said excitedly.

"What? I didn't do anything,I never reached you." Seth said.

"No,but your magic saved my life."

"I... I can't do magic." Seth said and looked at his hands,and the memories from earlier came flooding back into his head.

"I shouldn't do magic." He corrected himself.

"This is very peculiar,please come with me,Seth." Celestia said,and Seth didn't waste a second before getting off the bed and following the princess.

They walked out from the castle and into the gardens outside.

"Can you please show what you did?" Celestia asked with a curious look on her face.

"Well,I can try." Seth said and lifted his arm up like he had done earlier. He tried to focus all his strength and power into his arm,but nothing happened.

"Come on!" He said in irritation. But still nothing happened.

Celestia watched the human try to get the magic to work,and as she did she accidentally bit her tongue. At first she thought of how clumsy she could be,but then she noticed how his body had tensed at the very moment she bit herself.

"I wonder." She said quietly to herself. She used her magic to pick a apple from a tree nearby and flung the apple toward Shining Armor's head.

Seth felt time slow down as he saw the apple that headed for Shining's head. Out of pure instinct he moved his arm and fired a quick burst of electricity from his arm,which it the apple and made it explode before it reached Shining.

"How interesting." Celestia said aloud.

"Did you just throw an apple at me?" Shining Armor asked.

"Did you get any apple on you?" Celestia asked.

"No,but that was because Seth sa-... Ohh..." He said as he realized what she had tried.

"What?" Seth asked,completely oblivious to their wordless agreement.

"Seth,come with me." Celestia said and walked back into the castle.

"Yes,ma'am."

Celestia led Seth into the castle's library,where she immediately went to search for something. Seth however had no such interests and sat down in a chair and whistled on a song he used to listen to back home.

It took a few minutes,but eventually Celestia found what she was looking for and came back to Seth with a book levitating beside her.

"This is Starswirl the bearded's book about emotional and gathered magic.

"... So?"

"You see Starswirl believed that a pony could gain magical abilities by feeling the absolute climax of every emotion. For example;if you feel the purest of hate against somepony,you might get the ability to create and control fire around them. Or if you were to be the happiest pony alive you could gain the ability to teleport whenever you are happy." Celestia explained.

"How does that help me?" Seth asked.

"It doesn't,but his other theory does. See gathered magic is magical power you gain when you make friends. Most ponies only get a brighter mood,but you for example could be an exception. Starswhirl believed that when you make a friend you can get the a small fragment of their magical energy. And when that is a unicorn the energy might just be enough to give you actual magic to control. Though it wouldn't make you almighty." Celestia said.

"Okay,that kinda makes sense,I guess. But that doesn't explain why I couldn't use it on demand." Seth said.

"Yes,actually it does. You gain that special pony's magic. You befriended Shining Armor,a royal guard. So you will most likely only be able to use magic to protect others. Though if you were to befriend other unicorn the chance is that you will get more powerful magic." Celestia said.

Seth was astounded by the princess's lecture. It all sounded amazing. It made an awful lot of sense,but he still had a hard time believing it. He still felt like he would wake up at a hospital in America any second.

He looked at the mighty pony in front of him,when he suddenly realized something.

"Hey,is it only you and Luna who have both wings and a horn?" He asked.

"All royalty in Equestria are Alicorns,but no,there is one more;Princess Cadence. And while we're at this,I might as well tell you a lityle about what exactly we do. You might have seen my sister's and my cutie mark are the sun and the moon."

"Cutie mark?"

"The marks on our flank." Celestia said and gave him a 'you done?' Look.

"Anyway,a pony's cutie mark represents their special talent. My cutie mark is a sun,because I raise the sun. And my sister's is the moon,because she can raise the moon." Celestia explained.

"Oh... So you raise the sun?" Seth asked.

"Uhh,yes." Celestia said,dropping her royal way of speaking.

"That... That's cool." Seth said and nodded repeatedly.

Celestia got tired of his derpy behavior and left the library. Seth didn't feel like sitting their alone so he took his new knowledge and left as well. He walked through the castle,not entirely sure of where anything was. Though he soon encountered Luna as she walked alone through a poorly lit corridor.

"Princess Luna,what are you doing here all alone?" He asked.

"Why I'm not alone anymore,am I" She asked,seeming to struggle slightly with her speech.

Seth laughed slightly and smiled towards her. "I guess not"

He walked closer to the princess,and he noticed her looking up and down his body.

"Is something wrong?"

"No,nothing. It's just difficult to see in the dark." She said,even though she could see as if she was outside on a sunny day,though Seth didn't know that.

She didn't know why,but something about the human made her very curious. The other one,Tyler,had assaulted her with questions so she was forced to call for the guards to make sure he didn't touch her. But Seth was calm,he didn't seem like a extremely positive individual,but he was something special. That his usual cold expression so easily shifted to a warm and caring smile. She wanted to stare into his light blue eyes for all eternity,and it frightened her. She didn't know the man,yet she liked him so much. She had felt depressed when she walked alone in the castle,but he had come and brightened her day in a instant.

While she was lost in her thought Seth had walked closer to her,and was now only one meter away. He bent his legs slightly and leaned closer to her. He put a ha d underneath her cheeks and chin and brought her face to his. His warm welcoming eyes seemed to stare straight into her eyes. Her instincts told her to call for the guard,but she didn't want to. He slowly changed the position off his hand and scratched her behind her ear lightly.

"Luna,if you ever need anything,or just feel like talking. Please come see me,I promise You I will always be there for you." He said soothingly. She felt her heart rate increase,but it felt as if her heart had completely stopped as he gently pressed his lips against hers.

He put his hand back underneath her her chin. He took brought his head back and looked into her eyes again,his thumb gently stroking her snout. He smiled gently before planting a kiss on the tip of her nose before standing up straight again.

"Till next time." He said and bowed while backing away before walking into a side corridor.

"Ty!" Seth screamed hysterically as he barged into his friend's room,finding him sitting on bed with a small book in his hands.

"Seth,what's up?" Tyler asked casually.

"What's up? I just made out with the lunar goddess,that's what's up! I'm turning into a fucking pony fucker,man!" Seth said and fell onto Tyler's bed.

"You know,there's really nothing wrong with liking ponies. You got along well with Shining Armor,he's a pony. There isn't really a problem." Tyler said,before the weight of his friend's words struck him.

"Wait,you seriously? With Luna?" He asked and looked at Seth,who nodded into the blanket.

"Dude,tell me exactly what happened!" Tyler said excitedly.

"what?" Seth said i to the blankets. He sat up on the bed and looked at Tyler.

"Well,I really don't know what happened myself. I just saw her alone in a dark corridor. She looked so depressed so I really just wanted to go say hi. But shit happened and I... Accidentally pulled her into a kiss and she's gonna send the entire fucking guard force after my ass." Seth said.

"Didn't she resist?"

"Well,not really."

"Then I don't think she's gonna send anyone one you. But I would keep away from other mares if I was you." Tyler said and turned back to his book.

"... Really?"

Seth found their conversation very strange and decided to leave and headed to his own room,which was just thirty meters away.

Walked in without closing the door behind him. The room had become slightly dark as Celestia had begun to lower the sun.

He walked to the window and looked out. He looked straight out,the sun setting to his right and the moon rising to his left. Seth had always preferred the day's light. But now the moon seemed to shine brighter than ever,and he just couldn't take his eyes off of it.

For minutes he sat in silence and watched the moon rise onto the night sky,but he decided that it was time for him to get some sleep.

He pulled his black pants off and laid his hoodie and t-shirt at the base of the bed.

Strangely enough he had woken up in his normal clothes instead of his pilot suit after the crash,but he didn't care to bother.

He laid down underneath the blanket and closed his eyes,but something was off. It still felt as bright as day.

He got up and pulled the curtains in the way of the window,but it was still bright. Seth couldn't understand how.

He decided to just leave it and get into bed again. He took a deep breath,and the room seemed to get slightly darker,it wasn't as dark as he wanted,but it was dark enough.

Seth closed his eyes and he felt the world slowly fade away.

Though what he couldn't sense was that his door opened slightly more,and a certain Lunar princess entered his room.

She carefully walked towards his bed,and when she was just a few feet away Seth heard her. He slowly turned towards her and looked into her eyes.

"Oh,princess." He said with a tired yet surprised look,before his expression changed. He got a warm smile and his tired eyes looked at hers.

"Is something wrong?"

"Well,you said I could come whenever,and I felt really lonely. But if you mind I ca-..."

"No,no no." He interrupted her,still wearing his warm smile.

"Princess,I have a suggestion." He said slowly.

"What might that be?" She asked. Seth moved away from her,and made some space on the bed.

"Why don't you join me?" He asked. He could tell she nervous,but her eyes revealed that she was extremely eager to do as he said.

"Come on,I don't bite." He said with a laugh,and she slowly laid down on the bed,with her back towards him. He moved closer to her and pressed his chest against her back. He leaned his head closer to hers,and nibbled at her ear lightly.

"Well," he laughed gently. "Not all too much." He whispered,and the princess shuddered,before moving her head up until it rested on his shoulder. He gently put and arm around her and the two drifted to sleep,even though Luna was supposed to be awake until sun rise,she couldn't help but fall asleep in Seth's warm embrace.