Project DracoBreaf

It was right in the middle of flight class. I was sitting there, at my desk, with a bored expression as I listened to an uptight, bold, expressive mare teaching us all the different ways to fly. On the chalkboard, there were flight patterns along the lines of loop-de-loops, barrel rolls, aileron rolls, all different kinds of flying tricks. Now, of course, I knew that maybe with a bit of practice, I could maybe get those flight patterns down in time.

But perfecting flight patterns was not at all what I was interested in. I was interested in everything dragons. There was just something about them that raised my curiosity to insane levels whenever I thought about them. The way they flew, the way they fed, the way they celebrate tradition, everything about dragons, I was just yearning to learn about. I didn't fear dragons so much as I wanted to know more about them.

Right as I was daydreaming about dragons, I heard the teacher call out "'Scuse me, 'guy-who-likes-dragons!'" in a cynical manner. Right after she said that, the class burst out giggling at her remark.

Shocked at the sudden turn of events, I replied with a "Yeah? What's up?," trying to ignore all the giggling students.

"You apparently have a 'pre-arranged absence' today."

I became confused. I wasn't told of any pre-arranged absences before I got to class. "Does it say when?" I asked, trying not to cause any more disruption.

The teacher looked at the pass, then said "It just says... right now."

"Okay then! Guess I'm outta here!" I replied before quietly taking the pass, and leaving the classroom. That's odd. I thought to myself. Am I going to a dentist appointment, or something?

I made it into the office, and began trotting up to the paper. "Sir, no trotting in the office." one of the secretaries said in a firm, yet calm tone as to not cause more disturbance.

"Oh, sorry about that." I embarrassingly replied as I quickly stopped trotting and started walking.

When I got to the desk where the sign-off paper was, the pony there asked "Do you have a pass?"

I swiftly replied "Yes, yes i do." as I took out the excused absence pass I was given earlier.

He looked at the pass with confusion. "Right now? And it's in all caps, bold handwriting?" He said as he hoofed me back the pass.

With a smile, I replied "Must be important. I bet that pass was sent by the princess."

"Heh. I doubt it. Can't be that important, ya know?" He replied with a small giggle. "Go ahead 'n sign it, bud." I dabbed my hoof in a jar of ink next to the signing paper, then placed my ink-covered hoof in the little square on the sheet of paper. When you can't use magic, you gotta find some way to sign a paper.

I then left the cloud-structured building. I looked around for my ride out of here to find an incredibly fancy carriage, pulled by two royal guards. They were having a conversation with each-other. One of the guards looked and saw me. He then said "Hey! Are you that pony we were sent to pick up?"

Looking around to find nopony else was in the area, I replied "I-I guess so?" in a clumsily scared manner.

"Come in! The princess needs to see you!"

Wait a second, what? I thought as I held back the most insane burst of laughter I would've ever been able to pull off. I joked that the princess needed to see me earlier, but I never would've thought that actually was what happened. I'm not an element, I'm not a student of the princess, I'm not even a unicorn! Never the less, I nervously walked onto the carriage and sat down.

"Okay, kid. Sit tight" one of the guards said. Both guards then started building up speed by galloping and flapping their wings. Eventually, we started to lift off the clouds. The carriage went downwards, away from Cloudsdale.

As we kept flying, we approached a place I only ever saw in books and film: Canterlot. It was built along the side of an incredibly large rock, almost a mountain. Despite it's location, it looked incredibly stable, like it had been there for decades, and wasn't going to fall anytime soon. As we got closer, I also saw that Canterlot was the fanciest town I had ever seen, with many of the ponies there wearing monocles, fancy suits, beautiful dresses, and other accessories that would normally be considered "too expensive" where I come from.

I was awestruck at the aesthetic value of the city. I asked the guards "How does the town sustain itself like this? It all looks amazing!"

One of them simply replied with "It's the magic that makes things work, my friend."

Of course, I thought in a disappointed tone, Of course they use magic to make this.

Just then, one of the guards yelled out "Permission to land!" incredibly loudly, to the point where I jumped in shock.

I could barely hear a guard down by what looked to be a runway we were approaching yell "Permission granted!" We then came in for the landing, and slowly made our way down to the runway.

Once we got all the way down and came to a complete stop, the guards said "Well, here's your stop. That guard over there will escort you to the princess." as he proceeded to point his hoof to a guard standing by a gate. I made my way to the gate, and gulped out of nervousness. I had never seen the princess in person, much less talked to her. What is she going to do? Did I do something? Is my passion to study dragons this concerning? I had never thought about it closely until now, and I became terrified as to what she could do.

As a guard escorted me through the hallways, I looked around to find that the inside of the castle was probably the most fancy thing in all of Equestria. I was simply awestruck at all the chandeliers, windows, carpeting, and everything else these hallways had to offer. The only ponies roaming the halls, for the most part, were guards patrolling, making sure nobody broke in to steal something. I continued walking, and saw the guard escorting me make a sharp turn to the right. Ahead, I saw a large, purple gate, covered in gems, minerals, and other aesthetic materials, making it clearly a door to someone worth respecting.

Speaking of which, the guard and I headed straight for the door, with no hesitation. The guard seemed on top of things. I, on the other hand, was sweating and shivering like crazy. I was so nervous to go up and see the princess, I honest to Celestia could've fainted. Finally, we got to the door.

The guard knocked on the door, and after some muffled voices on the other end, he said "Yes, your highness. We have the pony whom you've wanted to see for the past few days now." After that, a giant, yellow aura faded in around the giant, gem covered doors, making a glistening sound, and slowly, they opened. I thought to myself This is gonna *suck.*** as the doors finally opened enough to see what was ahead.