(Orion POV)

I woke up feeling refreshed and saw that I wasn’t in my room at my house. 'So it wasn’t a nightmare.* I thought with a groan and looked at my iPhone 7. I checked the time and saw that it was actually fully charged. Beside it I saw a note with my earbuds. I picked up the note and read it out loud.

“Dear Prince Orion......Wait Prince? How’d they find out I was royal blood?” I asked myself before I shook the thought away and continued reading. “Princess Celestia sent me a letter stating that she found the reason why you’re an Alicorn instead of a normal pony. She said that you have royal blood in you. Why didn’t you tell us? Anyway that’s besides the point, I have examined this device that you call a phone and modified it to be powered by magic. I even placed a magical battery for you to store your magic when you need to save your strength. I’m sorry, but I was interested and wanted to learn more about it. Anyway, hope you enjoy what I did and I hope this can make up for you being stuck here. Sincerely, Twilight.”

I looked at the dresser and saw a square battery with a cord that actually fits into the charging port of my phone and smiled a bit. “At least I don’t have to worry about the battery dying anytime soon.” I said to myself.

A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts as I heard a familiar voice. It was Spike. “Hey Orion, you awake? It’s dinner time.” The young drake said through the other side of the door.

“Yeah I’m up. I’ll be out in a minute.” I replied and put the note down and walked over and opened the door with my hoof to see the baby dragon smiling at me.

“What?” I asked and saw him snicker a bit before he pointed up. I looked up to see Rainbow Dash flying above me with a bucket in her hooves before dumping ice water on me making me shiver from the cold. “I. Hate. Getting. Wet.” I growled out and glared at her.

“That’s payback for knocking me out.” She said before flying away at a very high speed to which I gave chase.

“YOU’RE DEAD!” I yelled at her in the hallway trying to get to her.

She just turned around and started flying backwards and stuck her tongue out in a mocking way. “Na na na na na na.” She mocked before turning around again and flew through the hall.

“OK YOUR ASS IS MINE!” I yelled in anger, completely forgetting the cold water that drenched me. And after a few minutes of running, I started to grow tired from running and collapsed in exhaustion while breathing heavily.

“God*Gasp* Dammit.” I said while laid out on the cold hard crystal ground and tried to get up, only to fall down again.

'This is my life right now.' I thought trying to crawl through the hallway. 'She’s gonna wish she was never created when I get my hands....hooves on her.' I thought in irritation before I reached a door to the main room and opened it to see all of the ponies there. Applejack was berating Rainbow Dash who looked like she didn’t care. I coughed from the exhaustion and got everyone’s attention.

“Oh hey Orion.” Twilight greeted and offered a hoof which I happily took. Hey, at least it’s better than the cold hard floor. “How’d you sleep?” She asked with a warm smile.

“It was ok.” I lied. It was actually the best sleep I’ve had in years. Mainly due to the fact that I have insomnia. I would always lay in my bed, just trying to go to sleep and only to toss and turn around in my old bed.

“So you’re a prince?” Rarity asked with a gleaming look as she went up to me. “Even though you were uncouth, I will just blame it on the anger and confusion you had earlier.” She stated.

“I’m not a prince.” I deadpanned making her stop and look at me with a confused look.

“B-but you have to be, only royal blood can be alicorns. Well, unless you earn it.” Rarity gasped.

“Yer telling us that yer not a prince, yet yer an alicorn?” Applejack asked me with a confused look.

“I would if royalty really mattered in my world.” I explained making them gasp. “Look, here your royalty is respected, while ours is just the same social status of the common man. Unless your family has been ruling a country for centuries, good luck getting people to care.”

“So, you’re royal blood, but not a prince?” Twilight asked.

“Bingo.” I replied and sat at the table where I was given an odd looking sandwich with hay in it. “What’s this?” I asked with a hint of disgust.

“A hayburger. You’ll like it.” Rainbow said while throwing a towel at my face. “And this is for you to dry off.”

I took the towel and rubbed my face with it before taking a look at my reflection in the crystal walls to check my teeth. Yep, I still had my canines, meaning I can still eat meat. I looked to see everyone else eating their burgers and looked at mine as if it was gonna move on it’s own. After a few minutes of hesitation, I picked it up and took a bite.

I instinctively scrunched my face in disgust and spat it out. It tasted like a stale loaf of bread that has been past its expiration date between two buns.

“What is it Orion?” Fluttershy asked me with a worried look on her face.

“Do you have any meat I can eat?” I asked and caused everyone in the room to gasp and see some of their faces turn green.

“YOU EAT MEAT!?” Twilight yelled out in disbelief and shock. I just merely nodded in reply before seeing looks of fear on all of their faces. Seeing that, I grew a viscous smile that would make the Joker proud and told them.

“Yep, all humans can eat meat. We eat a variety. For example we eat chicken, cows, sheep, pigs, and a whole lot of other animals. Some of my kind though, eat other humans.” I saw the horrified looks on their faces. Some of them were trying so hard not to throw up. 'Well that was a success.' I thought to myself before hearing Applejack say something.

“Ah think ah lost mah appetite.” She gulped and pushed her plate away from her before getting Nods from everyone else in the room. The entire room was silent. Nothing made any noise, hell I’d bet that you could hear another’s thoughts in this silence. After a few minutes of silence Rarity spoke up.

“Well.....um that was very informative darling, but I think I need to take my leave and go back home.” The white unicorn said with a shaky voice.

“Yeah, umm, I’m not afraid of the fact that your kind eats meat, but I think I should get going and go to bed.” Rainbow Dash said before taking off and flying out of the castle.

“Well, I’m gonna go to bed now.” I said getting up and I went to the door and closed it behind me. I knew they were gonna talk about me, so I put my ear on the door and I could hear their voices.

“Twilight, what’re we gonna do if that varmit tries to eat somepony?” Applejack Asked making me chuckle a bit from the silliness.

“I-I don’t know, but we shouldn’t judge his kind for it. It could be a necessity for them to eat meat.” Twilight replied to the farm mare.

“And if it ain’t?”

“Well, we’ll have to deal with him if he does try to eat somepony. Until then, we can trust him.”

I smiled deviously after hearing that. But I lifted my ear off of the door and went to my room. Along the way I began to think about what I was going to do for fun while I am stuck here. “Maybe I could terrorize the citizens? Maybe even fight more monsters? The possibilities are endless. But my priority right now is to learn how to use magic and to fly. Otherwise, I’m obsolete.” I said to myself as I neared the door.

I opened the door and went to bed. But no matter what I did, I couldn’t fall asleep. “God Damn insomnia.” I grumbled before letting myself get lost in thoughts. After what felt like a few minutes, I was interrupted by a voice.

“Young alien, why do you not sleep?” The female voice said making me turn my head towards the balcony to see the night princess, Luna. I turned away to ignore her, but she walked up to me.

“I asked you a question Orion.” She said to me as she got on the bed and was next to me.

“I can’t sleep.” I grumbled before looking at her to see a soft expression on her face.

“And Why can’t you sleep?” She asked.

“I’ve got insomnia.” I replied and saw her tilt her head and had a confused look on her face. So I got up and explained. “Insomnia is a condition that prevents you from sleeping normally. You can be so tired you want to sleep, but can’t. It takes me hours to fall asleep. So I can’t sleep.”

“Well, that does sound like a problem. If you’d like, I can use a spell to make you sleep.” She offered to me. Normally I would accept, but I’ve never gotten a good look at the night sky to see all of the stars.

“No, I think I’ll stay up.” I said getting up and walking out to the balcony. “I’ve never seen this many stars in the night at my home because of all of the light pollution. So I’m not wasting this opportunity.” I said to her.

“You never see the stars?” She asked in disbelief.

“Correct.”

“Well, I am glad you can appreciate my night sky.” She said with a pink tint on her face. “Most ponies just sleep through the night and never appreciate it.”

“Probably because they feel safe at night. Think about it, if it was constantly day time, everyone would be cranky from lack of sleep and possibly develop paranoia.” I explained to her. “Now, please leave me. I don’t want to be close to your kind if it’s not needed.” I told her. She just rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“You had to ruin the moment didn’t you?” She asked playfully.

“Yeah I don’t like having moments with others. I’m afraid of actually falling in love with you ponies.” I said and added a gag just from thinking of it.

She let out a chuckle and opened her wings. “Very well. I need to leave anyway, I have to look for more Nightmares to remove.” And with that she flew away and left me to look through the night sky.

“I wonder how Jason is doing.” I said to myself thinking of my best friend before going back inside and going to bed.

(Earth. Jason POV)

Orion has gone missing. I can’t believe it, it’s not like him to do this. He usually just stays in his room and just walks around in his house.

I walked to his front door and knocked on it. After a few seconds I saw the door open to reveal his mother with tears staining her red cheeks from crying. “O-oh hey Jason.” She said with a sniffle. “What are you doing here?”

“I just wanted to know if Orion came back.” I said and got a shake of her head as a reply. “Well May I come in?” I asked and got a nod before she let me in.

I walked upstairs to Orion’s room and took a look around the room to see if there were any clues as to where he went. It was then that I saw a mirror and took a look at myself with it. I was an African-American teen with short hair that was a bit puffy and had my usual blue jacket on. I had my house key on my neck and wore blue pants with black shoes and had glasses on. My reflection staring back into my brown eyes and had a neutral look on its face. As I usually do.

I saw something shine in the mirror and noticed a glowing rock on Orion’s bed and heard his voice.

“I wonder how Jason is doing.” His voice echoed through the room as the rock flashed with each word. I walked over to the rock and picked it up.

“Orion?” I asked and got nothing in response. The rock then started to burn my hand, I tried to let go but I couldn’t. It was too painful to even scream and call for help. The rock soon started to dissolve in the air and my body started to dissolve with it. I kept trying to scream for help, but nothing came out. My vision soon went to complete darkness and I passed out.

(Equestria, Everfree forest. Jason POV)

Where am I? The last thing I remember was going over to Orion’s house and found a rock. I remember trying to scream for help but I couldn’t. I saw that my vision was blurry and I noticed that I didn’t have my glasses on. I looked around for them and eventually found them and put them on. But as soon as I put them on, I saw that I didn’t have hands anymore! What happened to me?!

Author's Note

And another chapter done. I hope you guys liked it and I want to thank my friend Jason for letting me put him in the story. Tell me what you think, comment down below, favorite, track this story, and leave a like. I hope you guys have a good Christmas and hope you enjoy it. I’ll talk to you all later.