Chapter Two - Meeting the Princesses *unedited*

Something told me this was going to be an interesting talk. As the two women approached something happened that made me blink a few times from their backs a glow started and began to grow. When the glow died down wings appeared from their size I could tell they wouldn’t have any problems flying with them. I took a look at the two chariots and saw each was pulled by two winged guards in roman-esk armor. The guards who brought the golden chariot also wore golden armor and had wings similar to the two now walking towards me and the two who brought the other chariot had onyx colored gear and more bat like wings.

The two women stop a few feet away and everyone around me knelt in a bow, while I didn’t bow I did lower my head a bit in respect, noting that I was just a little taller than the one in white. After a few moments the taller one chuckled and said. “Twilight you and your friends don’t need to bow right now. Not after all you have done for me and my sister.” “Sister is right Twilight. For all you have done not just for Celestia and myself but for all of Equestria.”  The second person who I knew was Princess Luna said. To this I could only chuckle a bit and when I did Celestia looked right at me and said. “Now then is this the person from your letter?”

“Yes he is. About ten minutes ago Rainbow saw a strange burst of light over this lake and when she came to investigate he was floating on his back in the middle of the lake. He had on a purple coat but we removed it so that it could dry better, its hanging on a branch over there near Spike.” As Twilight said all this she pointed to a tree a short ways off to her right where what looked like a young lanky dragon was lying with his back to the tree. He seemed to be taking a nap but I couldn’t be sure.

Looking back at the princesses I raised my head so they could see my face. Celestia had a slightly horrified look but I also seemed to be mixed with something I couldn’t quite place. Luna had a more thoughtful look. “Let me guess, tall, muscular…ugliest mug she’s seen in a while?” I said. “I wouldn’t say you’re that ugly…but it would be hard to miss you in a crowd.” Luna replied.

“Besides I wouldn’t call you ugly, more like…distinguished.” Rarity commented. “I was joking when I said that.” I deadpanned. At that Rarity got flustered and blushed a little. She was saying something but since she kept tripping over her words I couldn’t quite understand she was trying to say. “It’s fine. Sometimes my sense of humor can be weird.” Before anyone could say anything else everyone’s stomach began growling with mine being the loudest. “You know what why don’t we all go to the palace to get something to eat while we continue this conversation.” Luna said. “How are we going to get to…” I started but before I could finish the princesses had teleported everyone but the guards and the chariots to the castles large dining room.

“…the castle quickly since there are only two chariots.” I finish before looking around for a moment and then looked back at the princesses. “Couldn’t even let me finish my sentence could you?” I said in an annoyed voice. “Nope.” Was all Luna responded.  I chuckled and said “. I bet the guards hate it when you two do this.” At that Rainbow, Pinkie, Luna and Applejack chuckled at little bit. “I bet. Celly and my old caretakers hated when we did it when we were kids.” Luna said still chuckling.

“We got in so much trouble every time. Good times.” Celestia said with a look as if remembering a far off time. “It was worth it every time sister.” Luna said with a similar expression on her face.  My stomach growled again a bit louder this time when everyone looked at me, to which I just shrugged. “Haven’t had lunch yet today.” Was all I said as an explanation. “Well then I looks like the lunch buffet is ready.” Celestia said while looking at something behind me. When I turned around and saw many different kinds of foods lined up as if this was an all you can eat buffet. “I bet this comes in handy if you have a lot of guests.” I commented while walking over to grab a plate. A few minutes later we were all sitting at a round table with our food. To my surprise Rainbow and Luna had some slices of ham on their plates. Twilight saw the look and said. “I guess you didn’t expect us to eat meat right?”

“Yeah. I expected you guys to be herbivores.” I said while grabbing my own ham sandwich. Taking a bite I looked at my sandwich with shock it tasted amazing. Seeing the look on my face everyone laughed a bit. “What kind of ham is this?!” I asked. “I believe we have Crab-pig this month.” Celestia said before taking a bite of her apple. Before I could respond to that above the table was a flash of white light and a strange creature appeared. His body reminded me of and eastern style dragon, his right hand was more like a lions paw while his left was more akin to a bird’s talon. The right foot reminded me of a saters hoof, his left foot to my surprise reminded me of a Lizardsauru’s foot given it had red scales and sharp spikes around the knee. His tail looked like a green snake with a lion’s mane. On his bad were two wings one bat like and the other was more bird like and was a light blue shade.

“Discord what a…wonderful surprise. What brings you here?” it was obvious to me that Celestia was doing her best to be sincere but I could tell it was strained, I wondered what had happened that made her act like this. “Now Celestia I am here to say hello to our new guest…wait a minute!” After he said this Discord hot right in my face, it felt like he was staring straight into my soul before swiftly flying into the air and summoning confetti. “WE GOT ONE! WE FINALY GOT ONE!” Discord exclaimed with joy. “Got one? What the heck are you talking about?” Twilight asked I could tell that she like Celestia was not that happy with Discord being here.

“Why a Displaced my dear.” Discord said floating down and conjuring a chair for him to sit in. “Displaced?” I asked