The Standard and Normal Human: One : Meeting T.G.A.P. Trixie

The Standard and Normal Human8

When we got back to the wagon, I made my bed and fell asleep. I’d had one heck of an adventure during my time in their world...

I met a pony who I was once on opposite terms with...

I had met and outsmarted the devious diamond dogs...

I had helped Trixie to perform in several towns (Kind of) with my human swagger...

I witnessed the towns people run away in fear of me a numerous amount of times...

I met the Cutie Mark Crusader and, straight after this, was chased around town by them...

I rode a train for the first time and joined some senior colts in a game of poker...

I met Flim and Flam and learned more about their past...

I met a talking lion called curt who was from a small tribe including other talking lions...

I was... Imprisoned... But I did meet a large creature in a chicken suit...

Yeah, that last one kind of ruined it but you get what I mean. I had been through alot in the short time I was there, the stuff that happened felt like it was straight from the realm of fiction. I think I may have said this before, but I was either living the brony dream (Minus the captivity), Or I had descended into madness... At any rate my time there was coming to an end, the curtains to this play would have had to come down eventually...

“Nick...” Curt said as he probed me to wake up, “... Ok... How about this...” Next thing I heard was the loudest roar in my entire life, I leapt up from my bed screaming wondering what the heck that was.

“Gaaaaaaaa!” I screamed, quickly looking around I soon realised that it was only Curt and myself that were currently present in the room. “Curt! Dude!? C’mon! I nearly had a heart attack!”

“That was uh... Quite the reaction...” Curt replied, he was having a quiet snigger to himself. “But seriously, there waiting outside... We’re heading to Canterlot today so we need to say goodbye to everyone...”

“Oh right... It’s Friday...” I slowly realised, 5 days had passed rather quickly,  “Ok, I’m getting up...”

I was still dressed in the same clothes as the night before, I quite literally made my bed and just collapsed onto it. I don’t think anyone expected it to be honest, otherwise they might have asked me if I was ok... I got up, stretched and then walked through the curtains to get outside. They were all sitting outside, Flim and Flam must have moved their wagon because it was beside Trixie’s... Well it’s her parents technically but still, they were all just talking away so I kind of felt out of place as I approached them. They all sat on chairs, kind of in a circular position.

“Um, morning...” I uttered in a very unsure manner, looking at everyone just staring blankly at me. “What? Is something wrong?”

“It’s not morning...” Trixie stated very blandly, I looked up at the sky and the sun was at that 2pm angle... At least I think so anyway... “You were asleep for most of last night and the morning...”

“We didn’t want to disturb you” Flim added, “Plus I think you needed a bed after sitting in that cage for all those hours...”

“Yeah, that wasn’t very fun... Or comfortable...” I’ve slept on the floor before, it kills your back substantially. “So, we’re heading to Canterlot?”

“That’s correct” Trixie stated blandly again, her attitude had changed but I couldn’t figure out why. “When you’ve said goodbye to everyone we’ll be off...”

She walked off to the wagon and started packing her things up, not even looking at me as she did it. I took a seat and moved it closer to Flim and Flam, I needed some answers.

“Ok, I might be crazy but I’m not stupid... What’s wrong with Trix?” I asked with concern, it was really starting to worry me. I would see her moving things around, her face was emotionless. “She’s not acting the same as she used to...”

“I think she’s sad she has to say goodbye...” Flam informed me, I was pretty slow at first, I thought he was talking about himself.

“What? She can visit you guys anytime...” I uttered, not even thinking about what he had just said.

“You- ... You just said you’re not stupid...” Curt added, trying to shine some light on my confusion.

“That is correct, why are you restating that?” I asked curt, he rolled his eyes before paw-palming.

“Not us you nitwit! You!” Flam shouted, at least he clarified what he meant anyway. “You have to get home don’t you?”

“...Oh... Well this is true, I have work next week as well...” I added, it was the middle of summer so it would be back to working in the boiling hot bakery... Yay... “Well, this was inevitable, at least we can talk about it on the way to Canterlot...

Just then we heard commotion, voices and cheering in the background. From the sounds of it, whatever it was, it was getting closer. I quickly recapped what happened in my head the events that happened the day before, being kidnapped, imprisoned, seeing a giant chicken... Oh and I thought I saw Santa Claus in the distance... Yeah, if you're thinking what I was thinking then you know where this is going... The cheering only got louder, it was mainly the younger ones that did this however. I know this because I turned around and the older ponies were bowing with respect, it was pretty bizarre. I couldn’t see past them however, so I wasn’t sure what they were doing...

“Huh, they having a party?” I jested, still not knowing what was unfolding at the time. I looked forward and chilled out the best I could, it was rather strange then to see both Flim, Flam and Trixie bowing towards me... Oh and for Curt to be hiding behind me was rather weird too. “I know I’m great and everything guys but really, there’s no need to be- ... Wait, Curt... What are you doing-?”

As I asked him this I could see quite a large shadow emerging from behind, it made me laugh at first before I finally realised who it was... The horn, the wings, oh and the crown. Then I had to remember that I knew nothing, well that’s what I was pretending anyway... There was an eerie silence around me, I slowly stood up, sighed and turned around...

Princess Celestia was staring right at me along with the many other ponies that followed behind her, it was rather uncomfortable, especially with all of her royal guards following her. I decided to break the ice as calmly as possible, although thinking back I could have said something less casual...

“Why hello there!-” I began, I had a big smile on my face to try and show my friendly nature...

“Nick!” Trixie interrupted sharply, “Do you have Any idea who you're addressing?!”

“... Um, an Alicorn?” I replied, shrugging my shoulders as I said it. I could see Trixie’s face and knew I then had to explain how I knew what she was... Typical... “What? ... Oh right. From the world I come from it’s a mythical creature, it has the wings of a Pegasus, the horn of a unicorn and the body of a horse...”

Trixie face-hoofed before she was about to explain everything, Celestia was about to say something but I accidentally interrupted her.

“... Well it’s a pleasure to meet you!” I replied with that happy attitude of mine, I held out my hand for a handshake but didn’t really think about how it would work. The royal guards were about to jump me but the princess put up her hoof as a sign, they stopped dead in their tracks. Celestia stared at me for a while before meeting my hand with her hoof, I grasped it and lifted it up and down... It was... Pretty awkward...

“Nick! What are you doing?!” Trixie exclaimed, she was starting to panic. I think it was because I was addressing the princess so casually as well as using physical contact while doing so, it’s not like she was going to be all ‘Don’t touch me Peasant!’ Followed to a hoof to the face, now ‘That’ would have surprised me.

“What? This is how you greet people where I come from...” I replied, I didn’t see the big deal. “Is it not normal?”

“No!” She answered swiftly, “Especially if it’s a creature from another world”

Me and Trixie were now looking at each other, completely forgetting about the princess standing directly next to us. It was kind of funny, there was a silence while this was going on. That meant that everypony could hear us, I wasn’t even thinking about it at the time.

“Creature?” I said, looking rather confused why she would use that word. “I’m a human, I kind of thought we established this fact earlier...”

“That doesn’t change the fact that you’re addressing royalty so... Casually!” Trixie insisted, trying to make me understand the severity of the whole situation... One of which I really didn’t agree on...

“... Ok, so... How Do I act?” I asked Trixie, I crossed my arms I looked at Trixie. “C’mon, I’m all ears. Just tell me and I’ll do my best!” I was being serious, but I was still enjoying myself just a little bit too much... Trixie however didn’t see this and assumed the worst. Oh and by the way, Never Assume. Do you know why? Because you’ll make an ‘Ass’ out of ‘U’ and ‘Me’. My boss taught me that...

“Is this a joke?!” Trixie shouted again, she hadn't realised how serious I was until she looked back at me in the eyes. “... Fine... You need to bow to show respect, you also need to speak with respect and honesty!”

“Like this?” I began, what would follow however would have a certain ruler in tears. I bowed my head before tipping my hat, with a big grin on my head I said... “Why Hello there Old Bean! How are you on this fine and spon-differous day?”

“Spon- You’re not taking this seriously!” Trixie shouted at me, as for me I was laughing myself into a stupor.

“Oh fine... I’ll do it your way...” I replied, I turned back to Celestia, who was still trying to stop herself from giggling by the way, and presented myself as I should have done right from the start. I knelt down onto my knee, put my right arm across my chest, took of my hat and bowed my head. “Princess Celestia, it is an honour to meet you... Please forgive my ill manner, I was just trying to find something to laugh about as usual...”

Well this pretty much stunned everypony, especially Trixie. Princess Celestia smiled so I knew I wasn’t in some kind of trouble for acting like a total foal, she just looked at me and I could tell there was nothing but sincerity and fairness in her eyes... It was pretty weird...

“It is a pleasure to meet you young human, I’ve heard a lot about you and I can tell most of what my little ponies have said is true...” Celestia began to say, that smile made her look more innocent than she is... Afterall, she Is the Freaking ruler after all...

“Oh really?” I asked as I got back up from the ground, curious as to what fact she referred too... “And what would your little ponies have said about me?”

“Well, above all else...” Celestia started to say, my brain was thinking of all the grand things that might be said... I of course began to worry that it was something bad... “They said that you are... Strange...”

“... Oh of course...” I replied, Trixie was behind me laughing to herself quietly. “... Well I guess they are right about that...”

“I have several questions but this one is more important than any other...” Celestia began, she approached me to talk but I didn’t really take into consideration how big she was. A normal pony’s height is up to my waist, I’m around 5 foot 6 Inches, so a normal pony is about 3 foot tall? Anyway, I was slightly bigger- actually no, we were about the same size. Anyway, as she moved closer I instinctively I stepped back slightly to keep some distance. “How... Did you get here?”

“Um, wow! Where to begin...” I crossed my arms and scratched my chin, “Hmm, perhaps it would be best to talk about this in private no?”

I said this because of several reasons, the main one being that Trixie stole the parchment scroll... Thing... In the first place! I was pretty sure she didn’t want to admit ‘That’ little fact in front of everypony around us... So I decided to act first and save her the trouble, Celestia nodded and I led her to Trixie's wagon.

The ponies behind us wanted to know what was going on, but I didn’t want any disturbances... “Curt! Guard the door...” I asked, I was lucky he was so unsure as to what was going on that he complied without hesitation.

“I’m on it...” Curt replied, after we got inside I closed the curtains. I could hear a shuffling sound coming closer, well until a certain lion stopped that from happening... “They asked for some PRIVACY!” He shouted, this was followed by a short but loud roar, not unlike the one that woke me up that morning. This caused some screams but it effectively kept them away, the guards surrounded the wagon as well... Just to make sure that Celestia was ok...

“I guess I should ask about the lion after this as well, but first...” Celestia began, she magically moved the table and chairs around and put them opposite each other. She took a seat and pulled the other chairs out for us, “... Please start from the beginning...”

“Ok, I was about to leave the house when a strange purple thing appeared on the wall...” I started to explain, I won't repeat myself as I’ve already explained what happened at the beginning of this story, I can however summarize it...

1. Weird portal in home

2. Portal, on contact, pulled me through

3. I appeared in Appleloosa

4. I met Trixie and travelled places

5. Got myself kidnapped and imprisoned, met a lion and now I’m where I was explaining all this to Celestia...

It was quite the story, she was rather interested as well. She didn’t ignore anything, you say something and Celestia listens.

“So, that’s about it really... Anything else?” I asked, curious if I had missed anything she wanted to discuss.

“... Hm, when you arrived did you see anything out of the ordinary?” Celestia asked me, rather a silly question however.

“Um, yeah... Talking ponies... Well that and some kind of parchment, scroll thing-” I replied, but then I was interrupted by Celestia. In the words of Jar Jar Binks, ‘How Rude’.

“Wait! A scroll?” Celestia queried, her curiosity had taken over. “What kind of scroll?”

I looked towards Trixie, I knew that she would have to answer that one. The look she gave me said she didn’t want to say, but I knew that if we were to understand what was happening we needed to know... Heck, I didn’t even know at the time... In fact now I think about it, after I arrived that scroll vanished... Weird...

“Well... I might have... Um...” Trixie began, very unsure how to word it as carefully as possible.

“Yes child? Please! Speak!” Celestia urged her, clearly this was a pressing matter. “If you know anything please tell me!”

“I may have... Obtained... A special scroll... From Canterlot” Trixie informed Celestia, the room turned eerily quiet.

My first instinct was, ‘Oh snap! This is going to get awkward...’ And it was, I mean she sneaked in and took that scroll from right under her nose, not literally but still... Celestia’s face was as serious as ever, you ever do something to tick your parents off? Like swearing? Or not doing... Homework? Gah! You get what I mean, it was ‘That’ look. Heck if looks could kill, I’d have been dead 10 seconds prior... That’s how bad it was...

“... I’ll have to ask about that later, but for now I’ll simply ask what it looked like...” Celestia replied after some thought, Trixie’s punishment would occur after I left... So when I saw her again I made sure to ask her what happened...

“Well, it had written instructions...” Trixie began, explaining it as best she could. “It was written in such a strange manner, I think it even asked for a location... It asked for numbers...”

“Asked?!” Celestia shouted, this clearly surprised her. “... I see, I think I know what happened now... That scroll was created by the very same creature me and my sister imprisoned many years ago... Before we did this however we had to find him...”

“Um, who are you talking about?” I asked with a puzzled face, hoping to bluff my actual knowledge of this world straight past the ruler like a champ... No! Like a Boss!

“Discord” Celestia replied, “He is truly a chaotic creature... He’s also known as a Draconequus...”

“Oh, a creature made up of other creatures?” I added, making it sound like I’ve heard of it before... Because I had... Fact! “... I guess his name makes sense now...”

Celestia looked at me, she was going to comment on what I had said but she held back. “Indeed, as I was saying earlier...  We had to find him and stop him... But he had left our world long before we even realised... In fact, he was in yours for many years... When we finally found him, we found the same scroll that you encountered in his possession...”

“Let me guess, he created it?” I asked Celestia, it would make sense. I mean what's more chaotic than having another creature from another world invading yours? It kind of reminded me of Dark Souls, except the scroll is the Cracked Red Eye Orb... Oh and I’m being dragged there... Wait a minute... “It makes sense, but it’s gone now so it’s not a problem... Right?”

“Unfortunately its not as simple as that...” Celestia informed me, I would soon realise how seriously this was going to affect me. “When somepony uses the scroll, it remembers the details used by burning them onto the back. Not only that... But it also returns to the creator...”

“... That’s why it was kept hidden...” Trixie added, now realising what on earth she had done.

“That’s correct...” Celestia replied, the mood was pretty bad. But she soon changed it back to normal, “We can’t do anything now so there’s no point worrying about it, if something happens we will know...”

“Well at least you’re thinking on the bright side” I added, for something that bad to happen I was impressed that she took it on the chin with such gusto. Then I slowly realised that I was kind of a target now, “Wait... The scroll remembers the details?”

“I’m afraid so...” Celestia informed me, “This means that you could be targeted by Discord himself...”

“But didn’t you capture him?” I quizzed Celestia, obviously she did because he was a statue in Ponyville. “How did he escape?”

“We encased him in stone... Over the hundreds of years that passed he didn’t escape it... However as time went on the spell began to weaken” Celestia began, “When he did finally break free I sent my own student to recapture him using the Elements of Harmony...”

“Um, I’m already lost but continue...” I said, I knew what she was talking about but again, I had to pretend that I knew nothing. I lied to Celestia, the ruler of Equestria... And I was pretty sure she knew it...

“Well” Celestia continued, “He was recaptured in the same way me and my sister did before. He was encased in stone, it was his prison for his crimes of chaos across Equestria...”

“... And he somehow got out again?” Trixie asked, she had kept quiet for a while now.

“Indeed, it was around the same time you arrived Human-” Celestia informed me, I did however interrupt her as all this formal stuff was getting old...

“I apologise for the interruption but please, just call me Nick... If that’s not a problem that is...” I asked, it was a simple question and I figured that she would be more than happy to oblige.

“Hmm, as you wish... Nick” Celestia replied, I took in the moment as best I could. In my head I was shouting this at the top of my lungs, ‘YES! SHE SAID MY NAME!!!’... T’was the greatest moment ever... “But yes, when you arrived that scroll returned to him... The scroll itself is magic so he must have used it to escape...”

“I see...” Trixie uttered, she really did mess up... Not that she knew what would happen but this was all too much for her to comprehend. She, not only stole from Celestia and summoned me, but she single-hoofedly (Is that even a word?) gave Discord an object of certain capabilities for which he used to escape from his own prison...

Yet another silence was filling the air, this was quickly extinguished by Curt roaring outside. This snapped me out of it and reminded me that there was other pressing issues going on...

“Oh yeah... I need to get home!” I suddenly added to the plate of issues. Yes.. A plate... No small portions either... “Any chance you can send me back?”

“Hmm, I can but we’ll have to get to Canterlot first” Celestia informed me, “I should be able to return you from there...”

“Ok! Sounds like a plan!” I replied happily, now I was one step closer to returning back to my world.

“We’ll have to leave immediately, say your farewells and meet me at my Sky carriage” Celestia told me, she got up from her seat, bowed, and then exited the wagon.

“Well, you get to go home now right?” Trixie said, her voice sounded upset... I knew she didn’t want me to go just yet, but at the time I really didn’t have much of a choice.

Put it this way, some people would trade their old life away in a heartbeat to live in this world, I simply couldn’t... Oh and before you think I’m going to say, ‘I couldn’t leave my family’ and all that jazz... Yes, those reasons come to mind, but the main one is this... I’m a technology freak... Let me explain, during a blackout in my town a while back I soon realised how much I depended on my electronics. My PS Vita was out of charge, PC was inoperable due to the blackout, my I-pod was dead... For me? That’s my own personal hell right there! And like I said from the very beginning of the story, Don’t judge me... Why? I could care less about those kinds of opinions... Even if they are mostly right...

“... Trixie-” I began to say, she was getting just teary eyed. She got up from her chair and started pacing around...

“I mean it’s what you’ve wanted to do all this time... To... Go home... Right?” Trixie struggled to say, she really was finding this difficult.

I sighed and got up from my seat, then I made my way to her.

“I mean its not like you're going to miss-” Trixie blubbered, I interrupted her with something very simple. It was a hug...

“Can you just shut up for a second? Please?” I asked her, trying hard not to breakdown myself. “Do you have ‘Any’ idea how happy I am that I met you?”

“... What?” Trixie replied, sobbing her eyes out.

“Do you want to know something?” I started, “When I first met you, I couldn’t stand you... Yet after these past few days of travelling with you I can honestly say that I’m happy I got to know you for who you are... You’re dedicated, admirable, and, above all else, your kind... But just uh, stop the third pony talking malarkey ok?”

“M-Malarkey?” Trixie questioned, now sustaining her emotions by herself. “I-is that another one of your human words?”

“Yeah... It sure is...” I uttered, a single tear rolled down my face. If it wasn’t for my ability to bury my own feelings, I would have probably been just as emotional as Trixie. “Besides, considering Discord has my location I doubt this will be the last time you see me...”

“R-Really?” Trixie questioned, she still didn’t understand what could actually happen.

“Yeah! In fact the next time I’m back in this world, I’ll make my first mission to visit you ok? I said happily, I stepped back and held out my hand. “That’s a promise ok?”

Trixie grabbed my hand and shook it with her hoof (How that’s even possible I’ll never know...) “Ok, I’ll take your word for it...” After that she hugged me, I think that made her just that little bit happier.

“I hope I’m not interrupting.” Curt said behind me, this was quite a shock at the time. I let go of Trixie and turned around to casually talk to Curt, I forgot to wipe my face though. “Hey, is something wrong?”

“What?!” I questioned, soon realising that that tear streak was still on my face I swiftly swiped it away. “Um, no... We’re all good back here!”

“Ok... If you say so...” Curt replied, “Oh, you two have a visitor outside...”

Me and Trixie looked at each other in confusion, then asked the same question at the same time.

“A visitor?”

We all exited the wagon through the curtains and a familiar face was standing just outside...

“Ah! It’s been a long time kid! How have things been?” It was Tray, he had just arrived in Trottingham. “I noticed the crowd surrounding the wagon, wasn’t that Princess Celestia?!”

“Yeah, in fact she’s just over there” I said, pointing into the distance with my finger. Celestia’s Sky Carriage was just sitting there, several guards were just outside.

“Well how about that... That must have been a real honour to meet her” Tray proposed, I guess when it happened it was pretty cool... Wait, cool isn’t the right word...

“Sure was, I’m about to head back with her to Canterlot... I’m just saying my farewells, Oh speaking of which!” I walked over to Tray, knelt down and patted him on the back. “Thanks Tray, I don’t know what I would have done if I didn’t listen to you...”

“No need to thank me Kid, It was a pleasure meeting you!” Tray replied, he then patted me on the back with his hoof... It hurt... A lot! I tried not to let it show but Tray wasn’t daft. “You ok?”

“Yeah... Peachy...” I answered, I stood up and stretched my back. “Right, I’d best be off... Still got two more colts to say goodbye to...”

I turned around and headed towards Flim and Flam, you see when Celestia approached me and Trixie they booked it back to their wagon. I think it was to give us some privacy, either way I needed to see them. Luckily for me they were just the other side of the wagon, talking about... Something...

“I’m telling you Brother! It’s the only way forward!” Flim told Flam, no idea what he was on about but it sounded important.

“Um, sorry to interrupt” I began, coughing as I did it. “I need to thank you guys for the meal the other day”

“It’s quite alright Nick, it’s not like you had any money with you in the first place...” Flam replied happily, I felt slightly guilty but he did have a point.

“Well, I’m heading back to my world today... I came to say goodbye” I told them, they looked at each other and tipped their hats to me.

“It’s been a pleasure, perhaps we’ll see eachother again right?” Flim asked me, I knew all too well that I would be dragged back at some point.

“Oh I’m sure we will...” I replied, I bowed and waved them goodbye. Then I headed to Celestia’s Sky carriage, I was beginning to think she forgot about me... That's when I realised that there was one thing I had almost forgot to do...

Curt still needed to get home...

“Hey Curt!” I shouted, this got his attention. I waved to him and he knew what I was thinking straight away...

“We’re going to Canterlot right?” Curt asked, I could see how much he wanted to get back.

“That’s right... Well... That’s if Celestia allows you to travel with us-” I added, I hadn't even asked her about this proposal yet... However...

“That’s quite all right” Celestia interrupted, gracing us with her presen- Gah! I can’t do it, it just sounds too weird to say... “I would be more than happy to get you back home”

“I thank you kindly Princess, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen my tribe” Even in the company of royalty Curt was kind and courteous. Just uh, don’t say anything about his height... Seriously!

We all clambered into the Sky Carriage one by one, with a nod from Celestia the guards at the front were off! I looked out of the side window and we could see the land all around us, it went far and wide... Now I would like to point out that the scenery was a beautiful spectacle, but alas I wasn’t feeling so great. This is when I learned what it was like to fly for the first time... Yeah, guess how that went...

“Um Nick? Are you ok?” Curt asked me with caution, his worry was well placed as I went as white as a ghost.

“Ugh... I’ve never... Flown before... Plus I really... Really hate heights...” I struggled to say, I can’t begin to tell you how bad I was feeling at this point. My hands were shaking, stomach was churning, both my sight and balance were slightly off. I leaned onto the side so I didn’t have to worry about my balance anymore, not that it affected me anyway, I mean its not like I was walking around...

“Will you be alright for the remainder of the journey?” Celestia asked, she was concerned of the well being of her off-worldly visitor... Aka Me.

“Yeah... Just uh... Forgive the silence...” I replied, after that I fell asleep. I figured it was the best way to counter the sick feeling I got whilst in the air, it worked rather well.

Eventually I woke up to the discussion between Curt and Celestia, she had finally been informed about Curt and his endeavours in Equestria...

“-Finally I managed to get free from captivity” Curt was explaining to Celestia, “With the help of this human of course... Speaking of which...”

“Ugh, are we there yet?” I asked, praying that the trip wasn’t going to be much longer.

 “We’re just taking a detour...” Celestia informed me, “Curt claw would like to be dropped off just a couple of miles away from his tribe-”

“Please stop the Carriage, I can walk from here...” Curt swiftly interrupted, I looked out of the side window. It was a desert, no, a badlands. Ever played Borderlands? Fallout? It’s a desert land just as such, well, except for the river going straight through it... Oh and the forest in the distance, but even further than the jungle, past the fog and the thick grey clouds, you could some kind of structure. It was too far away to see with the human eye, go figure then that I would wind up there at some point...

“Very well... Stop the Carriage...” Celestia ordered, the guards didn’t even hesitate, not for a second.

We finally landed and when we did I was the first one to exit, I dived out of the door and kissed the ground. “Oh land... How I’ve missed you...” I chirped out loud, I didn’t care if they heard me, I was feeling so much better the second we landed.

“This is perfect, thank you very much Princess...” Curt thanked Celestia, he seemed almost excited. This allowed me to have a few more laughs before I bid him farewell...

“Oh? Do you have a certain someone waiting for you?” I asked with the face of curiosity, it was time to execute plan ‘Wind Curt up before I say bye bye’ “Perhaps a certain Lioness?”

“W-what are you implying?!” Curt snapped back at me, it was easy to tell this made him uncomfortable. His face went red, how that’s even possible so see with all that fur I’ll never know, but I could see it plain as day.

“You must miss your sweetheart no?” Oh I’m such a terrible person, heck if the tables were turned I’d act just as Curt... I wouldn’t even know what to say, or even how to say it...

“M-my S-s-sweetheart?-” Curt blabbered, but Celestia took it into her own interests to ruin my fun.

“Please stop, I think you’re embarrassing him...” Celestia informed me, giggling slightly to show she understood what was going on.

“Fine fine... Royally spoiling my fun...” I uttered, keeping that last part as quiet as possible. “I apologise Curt, just trying to make the most of it that's all...”

“... I suppose I understand what you mean, it may be the last time we see each other again...” Curt Realised, then took it upon himself to get some payback. “In that case-”

He pounced towards me, quicker than I could even react. “W-Wait! Gah!” I shouted as he tackled me to the ground, I think I deserved it.

“This is for all the jokes!” Curt barked at me, “The ones relating to my stature being the main ones in question!”

Have you ever seen a young kid playing with a puppy? You know? The playful fumbling and all that jazz, it was basically like that for at least 5 or 10 minutes. It was nice, I’ve never had a pet, well a pet that lasted more than a month... All I ever had were goldfish, have you ever tried playing fetch with a fish? No? ... Neither have I... The only pets I’ve ever seen were the ones my grandparents and cousins had, I guess it was a pretty dull childhood... Thank god for technology and Mario right? That right there sums up my years, yeah, pretty dull and quiet... Just the way I like it...

“I’m going to miss you buddy, take care will ya?” I said to Curt, I was going to call him Red 13 but he wouldn’t understand the reference...

“And you too Nick the human, it’s been a pleasure...” Curt replied, he nodded to me and off he went into the distance. For such a small guy it really didn’t effect his speed...

“Now we can talk in private...” Celestia informed me, this con-puzzled me quite badly.

“Um, sorry?” I replied, unsure as to where this was going. “What about?”

“Your world... You’ve known about ours even before you arrived correct?” Celestia asked me, she knew something I didn’t...

“... Can we talk on the Carriage? This could be a very long conversation...” I added, I figured it would kill the travel time with something to do.

Celestia nodded and we got back onto the carriage, as it took off I began to feel sick again. But I wasn’t too worried about that, especially considering that this conversation could become quite controversial very quickly...

“Ok, let me begin... Your world is-” I began to say, but Celestia butted in on my explanation... This was for good reason however...

“A world of fiction?” She finished my sentence, “I’m afraid you're quite wrong about that...”

“Oh? Then please, do tell...” I jested, I leaned back and got comfy. “I’m all ears”

“Do you know of a human by the name of Faust?” Celestia asked me, well this threw me off straight away.

“Um, what? You mean the creator of the show?” I asked, at the time I was convinced that this was just a coincidence.

“The very same, for you see, she was the first human to be brought into this world...” Celestia informed me, well I didn’t see that coming...

“... W-what?!” I staggered, this was all getting to be just a bit too much for my brain to comprehend. “... So when she helped create the Generation 1 series in 1984... That was-”

“What she saw when she first arrived? That is correct...” This was blowing my mind, way more than realising who Trixie’s parents were. “Back then however the ponies of this land were always happy, content and smiling... Which was a problem when Griffons, Dragons and anything else which threatened us...”

“... That explains why in the present time the ponies have... Um, attitude? Sorry if that sounded bad but that's the only real way I can explain it...” I tried to say, what should I have said? They were more sassy, more ‘In your face?’ Meh, my explanation was way better anyway...

“In a way yes, we have changed much since then...” Celestia added, she had a good point. Heck, if I could stomach the earlier series I’d take a look but... Bah, they are way too ‘Cutesy’ for my taste... “Hang on... That means that she must have returned to this world on four separate occasions then correct?”

“Indeed” Celestia continued, “But to stop her from causing fear and shock to all the ponies I’ve tried to keep her hidden at Canterlot during those occasions, away from prying eyes... I did use some magic however so that she could observe the many different locations which have changed over the years, even the ponies as well...”

“... Why would you allow her to do that?” I asked, clearly I had missed something that only I would have not understood.

“Because she wanted to spread happiness in her own world, those ‘shows' that she created were for exactly that reason... She was inspired by this world and she did her best to recreate it in her own image... She did a remarkably good job...” Celestia informed me, it made sense actually...

“Hmm, I suppose I should ask how she got here in the first place... But considering I’ll be back at some point in the future I guess I can always ask that question next time right?”I asked, Celestia nodded and silence filled the carriage...

Around 5 minutes later I ended up falling asleep, I was woken up by one of the royal guards poking me in the face a while later.

“Gah! Ok ok, I’m up!” I shouted, Celestia was already gone.

“Follow me...” The guard ordered, this dude was wearing armour so I didn’t hesitate in following his orders... Would you have done? No? Yeah, didn’t think so...

He lead me out of the carriage and inside, now if you haven’t seen what Canterlot looks like just type it into Google... Seriously, do that right now... Heck it should come up with the Wiki for it...  Where I landed was very specific, ok you have the image on the screen right? Ok, top left you can see a very thin bridge leading to either the left or right. We went towards the left, the big part right? Yeah, that’s the one. It turned out that this was the place she stored otherworldly artefacts, including a familiar scroll on the pedestal...

“Ah, you have awakened!” Celestia said, she was quite happy to see me, “I have prepared your transport...”

“Um, isn’t that scroll-” I began to utter, but Celestia knew what I was going to say... Again, seriously you can't have a proper conversation when she’s answering everything before you even finish what you're saying...

“The same as Discords? Not quite...” Celestia informed me, “It’s used only to transport beings back to when they were originally from... So it should send you home correct?”

“Yeah that’s it... So what do I do?” I asked, I wasn't even sure how this was going to work...

“Nothing...” Celestia said, her horn glowed and the scroll began to float. She didn’t have to say anything, the next thing that happened was that I was being surrounded by a bright light. “It was a pleasure young human, take care in your world...”

I was a little preoccupied however, “Ugh... This feels... Weird...”

“That’s called magic, you humans aren't used to it in such a form are you?” Celestia asked with a smirk, I think she knew what I thought about magic...

“... How much do you know about me? It seems like you know what I’m thinking before I even say it...” I asked, it didn’t add up at all...

Celestia just giggled to herself, “Don’t worry, everything will make sense... In time...”

“In- What?” I began to say, she was speaking in riddles, or at least I thought so at the time. I slowly began to fade away, I looked at my hands and I was vanishing... No joke... “Oh and I have a lesson to pass onto your assistant in Ponyville...”

“Oh? Then please, go on...” Celestia replied, I was glad she gave me a chance before I vanished.

“During my time I’ve met a lot of people in my world, some I wish I hadn’t... But my point is this, no matter what or who they are, they should get a second chance no matter what... I gave Trixie that chance and I can honestly say I was glad I did....”

“Hmm, very well...” Celestia confirmed, I think she understood what I meant... Of course she did, she’s a supernatural being right? “It definitely sounds like a valuable lesson to be learnt...”

After that I began to glow... And then? Well... I can’t really remember... I woke up in my house on the floor, my head was killing me... Surrounded by the coats and jackets still lying on the floor I began to ponder what was even real anymore...

Did I seriously go where I thought I had?

Or was this all just some crazy dream?

Yeah, I could go on like that for a while. But the truth was this, as I got up from the floor I found the same backpack I had taken with me. I jested to myself and opened it up, then I found something that threw all my previous theory’s out the window, it was another letter... And a particular ball which belonged to Trixie...

“... No way...” I uttered, I thought I was mad... Well that’s true but not in the sense I was referring to, I then opened the letter and took a gander... It read...

Dear Nicholas The Standard and Normal Human, I hope that one day everything will be made clear, but for now all I can reveal is this... The rabbit hole is open, I cannot promise that you shall be safe from Discord... Even as the ruler of these lands I cannot protect you, however as I said before you left, ‘Everything will make sense in time’...  At any given moment you could be sent back into our world... And if that does happen, you may not be surrounded by the kind and happy ponies of Equestria... In fact, you may appear somewhere less tolerable than you can imagine... Please do not lose hope, I’m certain that you will be fine...

It was an honour meeting you, your lessons and morals shall be remembered

Princess Celestia

“... You know what? I don’t even know anymore-” I uttered to myself, but I was interrupted by the doorbell. I made my way to the kitchen and unlocked the door, to my surprise it was my best friend... He wasn’t very happy...

“Dude, what the hell!?” He barked, “Where were you Monday? We were supposed to hang out remember?”

“... Just- ... Where do I even start...” I asked myself, I placed my hand over my head and pondered to myself.

“Um, are you ok? Sorry if I snapped but we had that planned for months...” He replied, when it comes down to it we’re pretty much the same. “What’s happened?”

“Dude, you wouldn’t even believe me if I tried...” I told him, I was sure he’d call me crazy...

He walked in and closed the door behind him, took off his shoes and walked right past me straight into the living room, I followed suit and he was already on the sofa... “... Ok, try me... What happened?”

“I thought I was in a world of fiction, but it’s closer to reality than I thought...” I told him, his name is Muz by the way... Well it’s actually Josh but that’s his nickname... “You know MLP right?”

“I’ve heard of it yes... Wait, let me guess... You went to their world or something like that right? How much cider did you have Sunday night?” Muz jested and joked, my silence however answered his question for me. We understand each other, we’ve known eachother since we were kids. “... Your serious? ... Ok... Ok... I’m all ears... What happened?”

“Ok, this is going to sound a little weird... But... Ugh... How do I put it into words” I asked myself, Then I figured it out...

“Ok, to start off. Have you ever heard or Marmite?-