The walk through town proved to be fairly uneventful. Apparently the ponies of Ponyville were to jaded by the regular schedules of disaster and mayhem to even blink twice at a never before seen creature walking straight through the market. Of course I'm sure that having Applejack and Rarity at my sides didn't hurt either.

Either way the walk to Golden Oaks Library was a very pleasant one, almost suspiciously so. Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting some kind of horrible monster to suddenly show up and attack, but still...

We were just about to knock on the door of the library when my paranoia proved true and I was tackled by a pink blur that started shouting in my face as soon as we were on the ground.

“OhmygoshI'veneverseenyouinPonyvillebefore,InfactI'veneverseenanythinglikeyoubeforeandI'vepartiedwitheverythingandohmygoshIhavetothrowyouawelcometoponyvillecreatureI'veneverseenbeforeparty!”
Almost as suddenly as she appeared Pinkie Pie was gone, and there was no indication of where she had gone. Applejack and Rarity rushed to help me up, both of them trying to apologize at once.

“I'm terribly sorry, we should-”

“Ah swear I thought she was at work, if Ah'd known-”

“Please don't be mad at her, she's just excited to-”

“Consarnit, we told her to stop doing-”

“Stop!”

Applejack and Rarity both looked at me rather sheepishly as I stood in front of the door panting, though after a few seconds Rarity began to speak again.

“I'm sorry dear, we didn't mean to get so boisterous in our apologies, it's just that Pinkie took us off guard and we didn't want her enthusiasm to give you a bad impression of her.”

Applejack just sighed and nodded her head, “Really, we are right sorry 'bout that.”

I shook my head, “It's fine, really. She was just excited. Now, I think we should probably go ahead and talk to Twilight now?”

“Yes! I mean yes, please come in.”

All three of us turned to face the now open door to Golden Oaks where Twilight was standing with a wide grin on her face, a quill already furiously scratching against the top sheet of a stack of paper, both of which were floating in her lavender magic.

As I followed the ponies into the library, I absentmindedly wondered whether or not that had counted as a a monster attack.

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The library was practically identical to how it was depicted in the show, consisting mainly of a single large room with filled bookshelves along the walls, a single door that lead to the kitchen, and a set of stairs at the back side of the room, with a basement door set into the stairwell, that must have lead to Twilight's room.

“I'm so glad you decided to come here first, I have so many more questions for you! Just give me a moment to grab my other notebooks and we can get started.”

I opened my mouth to try and tell Twilight to hold on as she started to ascend the stairs to her room, but Rarity beat me to it.

“Darling, I know how eager you can get in your studies, but don't you think that you should see to your guests first?”

Twilight turned around and stared at Rarity with a blank look, obviously not understanding what she meant. This time Applejack beat me to the punch and spoke up with a small sigh and an indulgent shake of her head.

“Twi, she means that maybe you should offer us a seat, maybe some drinks? Ya know, act hospitably?”

Seeing the realization that she was being a less than stellar host rise up in Twilight's eyes was an almost religious experience. The light of understanding dawning in her eyes was followed by her jaw going slack for an instant before her whole body suddenly tensed up with a nearly audible click and she started dancing back and forth on her hooves as she twisted her head back and forth at whiplash inducing speeds while she started to panic.

“Oh oh oh oh oh! Right! I can't believe I forgot, I'm so sorry, what do you want, water, milk? Oh wait, I should let you get seated, you can sit here, or would you rather here, but what if you want somethingwarmanddon'twanttohavetowait-I need Spike! SPIKE!”

I raised my hands up to defend myself from the verbal barrage as I gritted my teeth. This was getting a little ridiculous, it wasn't like I couldn't have seated myself or waited.

Finally I had enough, “Twilight! Stop! I'm fine, your fine, it's not that big of a deal, really.”

Twilight stopped her panicking and began to calm down, though if her ears pressed against her head were any indication she was still stressed about this.

“Yes it is important, you're the first member of your species, of your whole world that we've ever met! This is a major diplomatic event, what would the Princess think if I didn't exemplify the best Equestria has to offer or accidentally insulted you?”

Rarity and Applejack moved forward to stand at Twilight's sides and press up against her to help offer comfort.

“Twilight dear, I'm sure that you didn't insult him, you just got a little overexcited. It's okay, it happens to all of us, I couldn't tell you the number of times I got caught up by a storm of inspiration and completely forgot about a guest. Anyway, if he were worried about any of that don't you think he would have said something when you were gathering your, ah, samples?”
Any comfort Rarity had managed to give to Twilight disappeared in an instant once she reminded her of the toenail incident. Apperently in her excitement she had completely forgotten to think of the diplomatic implications of her taking such samples, something that she was now painfully aware of if her horrified expression was any indication.

Applejack shot Rarity a glare, “Really great goin' there Rare's.”

Rarity just gave Applejack an apologetic smile and began rubbing Twilight's back in an attempt to provide more physical comfort.

Applejack snorted and turned her attention back to Twilight, “What she means is that Aaron here ain't gonna give you any grief about anything silly like that. Heck, if the way he's been acting is any sign ah don't think he even thought of this as some kind of diplomatic meeting either.”

I nodded my head as I moved to sit in one of the chairs, “She's right, that thought hadn't even occurred to me, and I'd honestly prefer if you just treated me like a normal person. To be honest I don't think that I can even act as an ambassador of any kind, especially since I don't think that I can even go-”

I grimaced as I brought my statement to an abrupt end. I was trying not to think about that aspect of my situation. Yes I might be living a dream of sorts, but I would I ever be able to see my home, my family ever again?

I shook my head and pushed through, that problem could wait, it would have to wait, there were more important things right now. I didn't miss the look that Applejack shot me though, but thankfully she chose not to pursue the issue.

“It doesn't matter, I just can't act as ambassador, so please relax.”

Twilight's stress began to visibly melt away as the tenseness left her muscles and her ears began to pick back up. As if on cue Spike chose that exact moment to walk in down the stairs.

“Hey Twilight, sorry it took me a minute to respond I was at a really great part of Power Ponies, Maneiac was-”

Spike had stopped when he caught sight of me and blinked in confusion, “Woah, who are you?”

Twilight giggled as she stepped away from Rarity and Applejack, “Spike, this is Aaron, Aaron this is Spike, my adoptive brother and number one assistant. Spike, why don't you come in here and get to know Aaron, I'll go get some water for everypony.”

I smiled at Spike, “Hey Spike, how're you doing?”

Spike jumped up on the couch beside me and grinned up at me, “I'm doing great! Hey, what are you anyway?”

Rarity visibly flinched at the bluntness of Spike's question, but I waved her concerns aside as I answered him, “I'm something called a human. What about you?”

Spike puffed out his chest with pride and pointed at himself with a thumb, “I'm a dragon! I can breathe fire and everything, and even better, I'm the only dragon who can send letters straight to the Princesses!”

He didn't know it, but Spike had just given me the perfect opportunity to do what I came here to do without revealing to much.

“That's awesome, and even better it's perfect!”

Spike blinked “What do you mean perfect?”

“Simple. I need to send a letter to the Princesses.”

The sound of glass shattering caused all of us to jump and turn to the door to the kitchen where Twilight was standing in a slowly spreading pool of water with the broken remains of several glasses at her hooves.

“A letter to the Princesses?! No no no no no, I can't let you just send a letter to them, there's processes and channels that you have to go through. The only reason that I can send letters to Princess Celestia is because I'm her student. You even said that you aren't an ambassador, and even if you were-”

“I'll explain the book to you and let you sit in on my alchemy lessons with Applebloom.”

Before I even finished closing my mouth I found an inked quill and a blank scroll shoved into my hands so quickly that they were almost hot and Twilight was standing uncomfortably close with a disturbing glint in her eye.

“Well hurry up and write it already!”

Rarity, Applejack, Spike, and myself all stared at Twilight in mute shock, though that didn't last long.

Rarity was the first to break the silence, “Um, Twilight dear, I know that you tend to get excited when new knowledge is involved, but don't you think you're being a bit hasty? Weren't you just saying that there were channels that he would have to take to talk to the Princesses?”

Twilight waved her hoof dismissively while her gaze remained on me, “Don't worry about it Rarity, I send scrolls to them all the time, I'm sure they won't mind this.”

“But Twilight, you just said-”

This time Twilight turned to Rarity with a slightly manic grin, “Don't worry about it!”

Applejack cleared her throat to catch our attention, “Twi, calm down. Now normally Ah'd say that Rarity's right and yer lettin' yer thirst for knowledge git the best of ya, but somehow Ah doubt that he'd ask somethin' like that without a mighty good reason.”

I nodded my head in thanks towards Applejack, “She's right. I promise that this is serious and can't wait, though before I do write this I have to ask, Twilight, could you cast some sort of translation spell so I can write in your language. I don't know why we speak the same language and frankly I'm not worried about it, but writing might be a bit more difficult.”

Twilight furrowed her brow for a moment as she thought, “Well I do know of a spell that might work, but why can't you just dictate the letter to one of us?”

I shook my head, “What I have to say needs to be seen by your leaders before anyone else, I'm sorry but that's just the way it is.”

Rarity and Applejack shared a confused look, but didn't say anything. Twilight pursed her lips, but in the end she chose to leave the matter alone.

“Fine. Anyway, look at this. I want to confirm that our written languages are different before I cast the spell. Your book seemed to be in equish, but on the other hand it was also heavily enchanted, so there may have been some sort of translation spell already active on it.”

I shrugged as I took the book floating in Twilight's magic and started flipping through it, my brow beginning to furrow as I flipped farther and farther into the book.

“This doesn't make any sense.”

A glow once again surrounded Twilight's horn, “Alright then. I'm going to need you to-”

I shook my head, “No no, not like that. It makes no sense because I can read this.”

Twilight's magic faltered, “What?”

“I can read this, and that doesn't make sense. My entire species uses our hands for writing, and our written language developed from that. You have hooves, your written language should be vastly different than mine.”

Twilight blinked, “Oh, er well, Unicorns were actually the first of the three tribes to develop a written language, and since we have magic we weren't really bound by our hooves, then after the unification of the three tribes the Unicorn language just sort of became the universal language.”

I raised an eyebrow, “Wouldn't that leave the other tribes at a severe disadvantage in terms of education?”

Twilight blushed and rubbed the back of her neck with a hoof, “Well... yes. The government was, and still is, primarily made up of unicorns, specifically very elitist unicorns. Over the centuries though devices were created to allow all ponies to write easily, so it's not really a problem anymore.”

“Interesting, well that's a hurdle that I don't have to worry about then. Anyway, I'll just head into the kitchen to write my letter then, I'll be out in a minute.”

With that I got up and headed through the door Twilight had just come through, though I was careful to avoid stepping in the water or on any glass. Once I was satisfied that I was out of sight I sat down at the table to write my letter.

Dear Princesses Luna and Celestia,
You have probably heard of me by now from Twilight, but in case she hasn't written to you yet I will still introduce myself. My name is Aaron Arthas, I'm a human, and I'm from another planet at the very least, or another dimension (I'm betting on the second one). I don't actually know how I came to be here, but I'm here now, and we need to talk in person. I'm sure that you both have a number of duties that keep you occupied in Canterlot, and while I would normally be content to wait, what I have to say is of utmost importance. However, I have no intention of forcing you to immediately abandon your duties, I ask that you try and meet me at dusk at Twilight's home.

Finally, to ensure that you do in fact come, I would like to tell you one thing.

I know the truth about Discord's Statue, and I know the seal is weakening.

Sincerely,
Aaron Arthas

I gave the letter a quick once over and rolled it up, tying it closed with the ribbon that was glued to the end of the scroll. Without wasting anytime I went to the living room, thankfully the water and glass had been cleaned up, and handed the letter to Spike, who hesitated at first, but still sent my letter off.

I nodded at Spike and turned to the girls, “Thanks Spike, now I believe that Rarity and Applejack were intending to introduce me to the rest of your friends?”

Author's Note

This took a very long time to update, and I'm sorry for that. School got...hectic. I am going back soon, but hopefully I'll manage it better and be able to write. I know 2600 words isn't much compared to the wait, but I did try to make it longer than normal for you guys.

Anyway, enjoy, and please feel free to comment.