Xane's Life Anew

Xane was walking on a relatively nice road. He had followed the directions Princess Luna had given him until he had come to a road and turned onto it towards the village. It really was more of just a wide dirt path but it was easier to walk on than the general forest floor.

He was humming to himself to keep entertained as his music player had run out of power earlier in the day. He had also finished all the water in his pack and was wondering how much longer until he would reach the village.

It was around the middle of the afternoon and the forest widened up. In the distance he could see some houses that he figured would be the village. Continuing along the road he eventually came up to a much shorter pony standing alongside the road. They raised a hoof and held it out sternly.

Looking over the armour the pony was wearing, and how the stance they had taken Xane figured that this was the guard told about him. He came to a halt a fair distance away from the guard.

The guard opened their mouth and said something. Xane stood still for a moment and raised an eyebrow at the guard.

They repeated whatever they said cementing that whatever language he was speaking was different that what Xane spoke.

“I have no idea what you're saying.” He said.

It was now the guards turn to be confused. They shuffled their wings and said something in a more confused tone.

“If you can understand me take a step to the right.” Xane said, hoping that maybe it was just a one-way communication problem.

The guard raised a hoof to their helmet and whispered something. Xane decided to sit down and wait.

A few minutes later a unicorn galloped up, and after catching their breath chatted with the guard quickly. Then their horn lit up and Xane felt an odd sensation pass through him.

“Hello. I am Spoken Word. Would you be Xane?” The female pony said.

“Greetings. Yes I am he.” He replied.

“Good. I'm Aerial Flip. If you come with me I can get you some food.” The male pegasus stated.

Xane followed the guard into the town and entered a building. He sat down at the table the guard had set up and waited. It wasn't long before he brought out a variety of fruits and vegetables. There was also some water and juice brought out.

He ate hungrily of the first meal he had for a day even if he usually preferred more meat with his food. Once he had eaten his fill he drank some of the juice. It was still in the middle of the afternoon so he decided to take a nap.

Asking the guard about a place to grab a quick shower and a nap he was directed to a small bathing room and was told that he could sleep on the couch until a contingent from the castle comes to pick him up.

Several hours later Xane was drinking a little more of the juice when he heard something land outside. The sun was low in the sky and his earlier nap had given him some energy back, even if his legs were sore from all the hiking he had to do. He still felt tired since he only got a couple hours rest.

Flip opened up the door in time to let Luna and two bat-winged ponies into the building. Xane stood up hoping that that custom was ubiquitous here as on Earth. The princess waved him back and he sat down again.

“Xane, tis nice to meet thou face to face. I am glad my instructions found thine true.” She said.

“Pleasure to meet you as well Princess. Your guidance was most helpful.” He replied.

“Please do refer to me as Luna. I have arranged transport to Canterlot.” Luna said with a smile.

Xane nodded and stood back up. He followed her out to where a chariot sat. The bat-ponies stepped into harnesses as Luna gestured for Xane to climb in first.

As he sat down he felt a similar sensation from when the translation spell was cast on him. Checking the seat he didn't notice any seat belts and guessed what he felt was magic. Luna sat down next to him, sitting at an angle so that her forelegs and head were close to him.

Once they both were settled in the ponies pulling the chariot began to move allowing them to take off. Watching them as they flew something bothered Xane about the sight, though he could not place it. Shifting in the seat he felt the spell holding him safely inside the vehicle.

Luna nudged him when he yawned and tilted her head to her shoulder. Taking the invitation he leaned his head against her and napped for the duration of the short trip.

He woke up when they landed at the castle. Stretching a bit before he stepped out of the chariot. Luna waited next to it while he climbed out.

“Since thou art tired thou can sleep in my room for the night. I don't use it much at this time unless I am tending to my dreamwalking duties. Tommorrow we can see about assinging thou a guest room.” She said before turning away.

Xane waited a half step before following her. He saw her smirk at how he was following protocol. As they walked through the castle, he paid attention to the path. Soon they arrived at an elegantly carved with a crescent moon in the middle of each of the double doors.

Inside was a fairly large suite of rooms. The walls were painted a deep purple, the ceiling had a perfect replica of the night sky and the floors were partially tiled with black onyx with a balck marbled carpet covering the rest. Sitting on the carpeted part of the floor was a large four poster bed with lace curtains that had a bat and skull design.

Xane yawned again and Luna gestured towards the bed. He took off his shoes and walked over to the bed. He sat on the edge as the princess turned the lights off and left to handle her duties. Once she left he took off his pants and crawled into the bed wearing his boxers and a t-shirt. The silk sheets felt really good and the pillows seemed to be clouds held in fabric. It didn't take long for him to fall asleep.

Xane woke several hours later. He climbed out of the bed and let his eyes adjust to the darkness. Once they did he walked over to the windows and pulled aside one of the heavy curtains. Looking at the sky he saw it was a little past midnight. Checking his watch it confirmed it was near 1 am.

Exploring the room he found a bathroom and took a quick shower. He sighed as he put on the only set of clothes he had. He really need to get them cleaned, as well as find a way to get more.

Opening the doors to the room he found a guard standing outside. The guard looked him over and said something.

Xane shook his head. “Translation spell must have worn off.”

The guard raised an eyebrow in confusion. After a moment's thought the bat-pony tapped his helmet and whispered. Once he got a reply he waved Xane to follow.

They walked through the castle until they came up on Princess Luna. She was enjoying a light snack, and waved for Xane to join her. A few words passed between her and the guard while he took a seat and picked up one of the grilled cheese sandwiches.

Luna had a thoughtful expression on her face. Then her horn lit up and Xane felt a sensation pass over him.

“I recast the translation spell, though I think I have a more permanent solution in mind. Once we have snacked we can see if it'll work.” She said.

Xane nodded around his mouthfull of toasted bread and melted cheese. They ate in companionable silence.

Once they had finished Luna had him sit on a couch. She cast a sleep spell on him and dreamwalked into his dream.

“Okay, first step, enter thine subconsciousness. Now that we art here I can access thine mind.” She said before channeling her power.

Xane felt the dreamscape blur as they deleved into his mind. Luna then started using her power to add memories of learning the equeastrian language to his mind.

When she felt that the information was sufficiently added to the speech center of his brain she brought them out and canceled the translation spell.

“So if it works I'm hugging you.” Xane said.

“Well, no reason to deny you that hug.” She replied before wrapping a foreleg about him.

He hugged her back for a brief moment. They pulled away from each other. Luna then guided them to a balcony where she could watch over the sleeping country as is her nightly duty. As they walked Xane watch her mane and tail flow, and even sublty admired her flanks.

That was when he realized what had been bugging him, she had no genitals. None of the ponies he had seen had. Deciding that whyever that was was a subject for private discussion he pushed it to the back of his mind.

Sitting on the balcony they chatted with each other, with occasional breaks for using the bathroom or tending to something that required the attention of the lunar diarch.

The topics covered mainly personal interests and included things like knowledge of the stars in the sky, though they were different Luna was intrigued at what he could remember about his home sky. She spent plenty of time listening to what his people knew of space and how they had managed to learn. The means that they had reached the moon and had been planning to visit Mars was especially enchanting to her as she imagined ponies walking on her moon and traveling the stars.

Eventually Luna lowered her moon to prepare the sky for her sister's sun. A guard informed her that breakfast was getting ready and Celestia had awoken.

Xane followed the princess to a small dining room, a table big enough to sit a few ponies sat in the middle with a few items having been placed on it already. They were getting settled into chairs when another alicorn arrived.

This one was white instead of dark blue, her mane had a bit more colour to it but was just as flowing as Luna's. She was also taller, her withers were as high as Xane's chest and his eyes were level with her mouth.

“Morning Luna. I take it this is the human you found the other day. Greeting to you as well, I am Princess Celestia.” She said.

“Greetings your Highness.” Xane said, bowing as he could in his seat.

“No need for formalities here. Just call me Celestia.” She stated as she took a seat next to Luna.

Breakfast was a tasty affair and devoured quickly. Afterwards Luna and Xane headed back to her room. He had figured he owed her something and had offered to give her a massage for all that she had done.

Once they got to the room, Luna divested herself of the royal regalia and laid out on her bed. Xane removed his shoes and sat next to her before he began rubbing away at her body. He gently massaged her as best he could, letting his fingers dig in whenever he found a knot of muscles.

By the time he had finished she was mostly asleep. Xane made to move off the bed when a wing wrapped around him and pulled him into Luna's forelegs. Looking up he saw her eyes half lidded before she nuzzled him. Taking the cue he laid one of his arms around her barrel and snuggled up into her embrace. They fell asleep in that position.