Michael was now a week into his “self imposed” house arrest. He had explored his designated area which included a section of the garden, the library and even the dining hall and the kitchen. During this week he didn't see much of princess Celestia. They had exchanged a few word in the hallways and Michael had been informed that her student, Twilight Sparkle and her fashion designer friend, Rarity, would arrive the next day.

He was currently having trouble sleeping. It had been a recurring thing for the last few days. Since he was hungry he decided to see if he could visit the kitchen at night. He dressed himself and stepped out in the hallway.

“Do you know if I'm allowed into the kitchen at night? I'm kind of hungry.” He asked one of the guards.

“You are sir.”

“Great, let's go.” He said as they escorted him towards the kitchen.

They walked in silence through the hallways. Michael rounded a corner and was surprised when he almost walked into someone. He stopped and saw he had almost walked into a pony. Or to be more precise, an alicorn of a midnight blue colour. Michael quickly deduced that this was Celestia sister, Princess Luna. She was just about half a head shorter than him. He also noticed that her hair didn't flow in a non existent wind like Celestia's did.

“Oh I'm sorry...ehm...your highness.” He said as he did a quick bow.

“Tis quite alright. We were deep in thought and didn't pay attention to our surroundings. Thou must be Mr. Happer, correct?” Michael was a bit surprised about the archaic English, but choose not to comment on it.

“Yes that's right and, if I'm not mistaken, you must be Princess Luna. You are the sister of Princess Celestia right?”

“Thou art correct Mr. Happer. We are indeed the sister of Celestia. She hath spoken quite a bit of thee. Now pray tell, why art thou awake at this hour?”

“Um...well I couldn't sleep and I was hungry so I was on my way to the kitchen.” Luna looked to the guards who nodded in confirmation.

“We understand. We have intended to speak thee Mr. Happer, may we join thee?”

“Of course. There is actually something we I mean I have wanted to talk to you about.” He hoped that Luna wouldn't notice his little slip up, but unfortunately for him, she was very observant.

“Art thou making fun of the way we speaketh?” She said with a hint of anger.

‘crap.’

“No no not at all. It's just that...ehm I'm a musician and there are lots of old songs that uses...that dialect so I'm familiar with it that's all. I swear I was not making fun of it.” He said as he hoped she would believe him. To his surprise she just laughed. He looked up with a confused look on his face.

“Tis quite alright Mr. Happer we know that our speech is...dated. Tis hard work to catch up with the development of the last millenia. Now, we shall follow thee to the kitchen.” She then turned to the guards. “Thou may leave us.”

“As you wish your highness.”

As the guards left, Luna and Michael headed towards the kitchen. They walked in silence for a few minutes before Luna broke the silence.

“Thou said thee wished to talk to us. What doth thee wish to ask?”

“Well...Celestia told me that you are...the guardian of dreams. From what I understood you watch over others dream and protect against nightmares. Is that right?” Michael asked as he looked at her.

“Correct. We are the caretaker of the night as well as the realm of dreams.” She than gave Michael devious smirk as she added. “but sister tells us that thou art not convinced of our claim Mr. Happer.”

“Well...eh...well no in fact I do not believe you until I can see it with my own eyes.” He stated rather carefully.

Luna simply raised an eyebrow. “Tis rather brave of thee to speak so openly of such things in the presence of the moon princess herself no less. While we feel a twinge insulted by thine statement, we nonetheless understand it since thou art not of this world. Sister informed us that there are no such guardians in thine world. Is that correct?”

There conversion continued until they reached the kitchen where they walked over to the fridge as Michael looked for something to eat.

“...and because of this you can sometimes see both the sun and the moon in sky at the same time.” Michael finished as he took out some cheese and bread to make a sandwich.

“Fascinating. If such a thing occurred here in Equestria the magical interaction between the sun and the moon could have serious consequences. It doth however explain thine doubt about the abilities of myself and mine sister. Thine world does sound fascinating we must say. We wish to know more about it, but thou wished to ask us something Mr. Happer.” She said as they seated themselves by a table in the corner.

“Just call me Michael.”

“And we ask thee, call us Luna. We shall extend the same courtesy as our sister did. Although, perhaps thou should call us your majiness.” She added with a smirk to which Michael answered with a roll of his eyes.

“That will haunt me for the rest of my stay here won't it?”

“We are afraid so Michael. Now, what doth thou wish to speaketh of?” Luna asked as she summoned a glass of wine.

“Did Celestia tell you about the weird dream I had?”

“She did and like her we do believe it's important, but what meaning it conveys, we cannot say.” She stated calmly as she tasted her wine.

“Well I had another one. This time it was day and the same girl was there. She looked directly at me this time. I went up to her and asked her who she was. She turned away and as she did, the night came out. She sat down by the pool and dipped her feet and asked me to join her. I did and again I asked who she was, but she just remained quiet so I asked her why she was sad. That must have gotten to her because she hugged me and started crying and said; “Because I hurt you” and that's when I woke up.” He finished and looked down at the table as he thought about the event.
After several moments Luna broke the silence.

“This is no mere dream Michael, but we cannot tell thee much at this time. With thine permission, we can monitor thine dreams so we may, more closely, examine it.”

“I'm not all that comfortable with that idea. What if I have...you know private dreams.” It took a moment for Luna to understand what he meant, but when she did, her eyes widened.

“Oh...We understand, but worry not. We have seen all manner of “private dreams” as you put it. Besides, did thou not reject our claims of raising the moon and wander the dreams?”

“Well yes, but what if I'm wrong? I'm not comfortable about the idea of someone else watching my dreams.” Michael answered as he shifted a little nervously.

“Thou need not worry Michael, we have seen all kinds of private dreams and we assure you we do not judge. Thou may come from another world, but we still doubt we will see anything new.” Luna stated casually.

“I'm not so sure. Us humans have quite the imagination.” He was quiet for a few moments before he hesitantly answered. ”But if this might lead to any clue as to how I got here, I'm game.”

“Art thou certain? Thou seem most uncomfortable with the idea.” Luna observed.

“Uncomfortable? Yes absolutely, but I'm willing to push past it if it can help me get back. Even if it's just a tiny chance, but I would still appreciate it if you would keep any private dreams you may see to yourself” Michael answered as his cheeks got a little red.

“Of course Michael we think it goes without saying that we do not plan on sharing what we may see unless it might be important.”

Michael remained quiet as he thought it over. He still didn't like it, but the potential reward far outweighs the potential awkwardness that might occur.

“Ok. Let's do it.” He finally said.

”Very well it shall be done. We shall begin this very night.”

Later that night.

Luna found herself in a peculiar place filled with humans. She saw people walking around carrying glasses filled with a foamy yellow liquid. The scent of alcohol and sweat permeated the air. She observed as they interacted with one another and came to the conclusion that humans does not appear to be all that different from ponies.

After a few moments she saw Michael sitting over by a bar and taking to what Luna assumed to be a female human. The girl in question had short light brown hair and beautiful brown eyes. She was wearing glasses and Luna had to admit that she had a very charming smile. The girl and Michael seemed to have a joyful conversation with one another.

Luna walked towards the two when she noticed that everything around her began to slow down. She looked around and noticed that everyone were moving very slowly. She looked back towards Michael and the girl and noticed that they were about to kiss.
Luna just giggled a bit.

Suddenly the scenery changed and Luna found herself in what she assumed to be a bedroom. She just rolled her eyes.

‘Well that didn't take long.’ She thought to herself.

Then the door to the room was slammed opened as Michael and the girl from the pub came into the room. They were locked in each other's embrace as they fiercely kissed each other. As they approached the bed they started to rip each others clothes of.

‘Oh my.’ Luna thought to herself as she blushed a little from the sudden display.

They were at the end of the bed, still locked in a firm embrace when the girl suddenly and forcefully shoved Michael onto the bed. She took of the last of her clothing and climbed on top of him. She stayed her lips inches away from Michaels until he grabbed the back of her head and forced them to meat. The girl moaned in pleasure as Michael pulled her hair.

By this point Luna was blushing furiously despite her best effort. She wanted to look away,but she was transfixed by the scene in front of her. Suddenly the girl climbed further up.

‘Why is she?...oh my.’ Her blush intensified as the moaning escalated.

Needless to say it got worse from there.

The next day Michael woke up and felt quite rested. He didn't know why, but he felt great. He got up and walked out onto the balcony. It was a bright day and the sun was high in the sky. He looked out over the garden as his eyes paused on his favourite statue. It was a kind of chimera that looked like it was performing a wagner opera. Unfortunately for him it was outside of his designated area so he would have to wait to take a closer look at it.

He took a seat in the sun and started to read a book he got from the library. It was titled “The ABC’s of magic: A unicorn's guide to mastering spells.” Michael had accepted the fact that magic was very real thing here in Equestria or at the very least that there was an unknown force, to his world anyway, with seemingly endless applications and he wanted to know about it.

After a while a guard came out on the balcony.

“Excuse me sir.”

Michael looked up from his book. “Yes?”

“Princess Celestia has requested your presence in her study room sir.” Michael closed the book and stood up.

“Oh right! Her student is coming today. Just give me a moment and I'll be right with you.” Michael said as he went over to the table were his belongings, along a pile of books that he borrowed from the library, were spread out. He put the laptop into the portfolio and turned to the guard.

“Lead the way sir.”

They arrived at Celestia's study a short while later. As they entered Michael took in the room. It was circular with two huge windows on the far side of the room. Of to the left wall was a fireplace, next to which several pillows were placed. On the other side he saw a desk of some kind. Strangely enough there was a note stand next to the fireplace.

On the far side of the room Michael saw a sofa group and next it, a cabinet where he mused that Celestia kept a secret stash of alcohol.

He saw Celestia, and to Michael's surprise, Luna standing over by the fireplace as they both read a scroll of some kind. They both turned around when Michael and the guard entered. Celestia turned to the guard.

“Thank you. You may take your leave.”
The guard bowed before he excused himself. Michael did likewise as he greeted the princesses.

“Greetings your majiness...es?” He said a little hesitantly as he tried to figure out a good plural form of majiness.

“Good day to you Michael. How are you feeling?” She asked with the ever present benevolent smile.

“Very good actually. I felt quite refreshed this morning for some reason. I don't know…” He noticed that Luna seemed to avert her gaze and then he noticed that her cheeks had a dark purple tint to them. His...adult dream suddenly hit with full force, complete with every detail and he suddenly realised that Luna had seen it too.

“...*gasp*...you? saw?...oh my god…” He suddenly started to blush furiously as he suddenly wished he could take back what he had agreed upon yesterday night. “Oh my god I'm so sorry...oh god...you can actually...holy cow this is embarrassing.” He focused on the floor in a vain effort to make himself disappear through it. Luna seemed more composed, but there was no hiding the intense blush that made itself present on her cheeks.

Celestia's gaze just switched between the two as she tried to put the pieces together. Eventually she gave up and broke the awkward silence.

“What is going on here? You two are behaving like children caught doing something naughty. ” This just made it worse as Michael was sent into a coughing fit and Luna just refused to look her in the eyes as she tried to stifle a fit of laughter, but she failed.

Celestia just looked on in complete bewilderment as her sister suddenly fell on the floor laughing like she was possessed and Michael tried his hardest to compose himself. Eventually they both manage to calm down enough to try to answer Celestia's question. Michael was the first one to regain his voice.

“I'm sorry...What was the question again?” He said whilst having to use all his focus not to burst out laughing at the scenario.

Celestia just sighed as she looked him in the eye. “What is going on between you two?” Michael took a deep breath before he answered.

“Well...you told me that I should speak to Luna about my dreams right? so last night I talked to her about it and I gave her my permission to monitor my dreams and later I had a...ehm...”

“Filthy animalistic mating scene is the only way to describe what we witnessed last night.” Luna huffed and tried to look as dignified as possible.

Both Michael and Celestia just stared at her in complete silence. Then they promptly collapsed on the floor in an intense fit of laughter.

“HAHAHA...oh my god that's gold..ow my stomach it hurts...hahaha ow.”
Michael wiped some tears from his eyes as he sat up and crossed his legs. Then a devious smirk decorated his face as he spoke. “You know...Luna...No one made you watch.” Luna's eyes widened as she blushed furiously and looked away.

“Oo...I'm afraid he's got you there sister. I on the other would have valued Mr. Happer’s privacy and avert my gaze.” This was met with a simultaneously raised eyebrows from both Luna and Michael.

“Pfft As if/Highly unlikely.” Was the collective answer.

“*gasp* The nerve of you two. I would never.” She then leaned over and whispered in Luna's ear, just loud enough for Michael to hear. “Tell me everything.”

“SISTER!”

Michael was about to protest this development when he realised something. “There is no possible way I can prevent you from talking about this is there.”

Celestia just chuckled. “Probably not. I haven't seen Luna this flustered since...well ever and I must know why. ”

Michael waved his hands in defeat.”Fine! We're all adults here. I'm not ashamed. I enjoyed myself.”

“Yes. Twas hard to miss.” Luna stated with a smirk. Michael's face just turned bright red as he averted his gaze and grumbled, much to the amusement of the two sisters.

Michael was about to retort when a guard entered the room.

“Pardon my interruption your highness, but Twilight Sparkle and her friend Rarity is here to see you.”

“Very well let them in.” Celestia said before the trio stood up to greet them.

The first one to enter was a lavender unicorn. She had a dark purple mane with a band of pink going through it. Her cutie mark was that of a six pointed pink star. From the description Michael had been given he assumed this to be Twilight. This left Rarity who had a white coat and a stylised mane with a similar dark purple colour as Twilight. Her cutie mark was three light blue diamonds.

Twilight walked right up to Celestia. “It's so good to see you Princess Celestia.” She exclaimed before they nuzzled a bit.

“I'm glad to see you to my faithful student.” Michael was impressed that Celestia switched from playfully teasing and flat out childlike behaviour to mature and loving mentor in the blink of an eye.

Twilight then turned to Luna. “I didn't expect to see you Princess Luna.” She said with a smile as she bowed.

“Rise Twilight Sparkle, you, alongside your friend here, freed us from a thousand years of torment and helped us reunite with our sister.” Michael noticed that Celestia flinched at that statement. “You need not stand on ceremony with us. Allow us to thank thee.” And, to everyone's surprise, she bowed down in front of Twilight and Rarity. “We are eternally in your depth.”

To Michaels amusement, both Rarity and Twilight blushed heavily as they tried in vain to tell that Luna that it was not necessary. Michael then realised that he had missed a vital detail in Luna's statement.

“Wait you two managed to free Luna? How?” He had actually never asked how she had returned. He always assumed Celestia did it.

Twilight looked at Michael with a mixture of surprise and curiosity. The urge to ask him a million question and go into her famed lecture mode fought for control of her body. Having tutored her since childhood, Celestia noticed this and stepped in.

“Do you remember that I mentioned a powerful artifact known as the elements of harmony?”

“Umm...yeah isn't that the thing you used to. ..” He stopped when he realised he was stepping into a sensitive topic. “eh...I mean yeah I remember.”

“The elements of harmony is a collection of powerful artifacts which contain; the elements of laughter, honesty, generosity, kindness, loyalty and magic. My student, Twilight Sparkle alongside her friends Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Fluttershy, are the new wielders of the elements of harmony. They are the ones that saved my sister.” Celestia said as she looked at Twilight and Rarity with pride in her eyes.

Michael just blinked in surprised as he took in this information. “Huh?...eh...nicely done?” Luna just gave him a deadpanned look before she spoke.

“Nicely done? These two along with their comrades managed to purge from us our darkness and reunite us with our sister and all thou hast to say is “Nicely done?””

Michael just shrugged. “What? It's true. I would even go so far as to say very nicely done.” He could see Luna's eyes twitching.

“Why thou.” She was silenced when Celestia put a hoof on her shoulder and chuckled a little.

“At ease sister. Michael is just teasing you.”

“*gasp* Moi? Teasing a member of the royal family? The nerve. I would never.” He finished as he pretended to look insulted.

Twilight just looked on in bewilderment at the display. “What is going on princess?” She asked as she looked at Michael and Luna who were just chuckling at her confusion.

“Think nothing of it my dear student. Michael is just a bit...peculiar.”

“Says the winged unicorn who claims to be able to control the sun.” Michael quickly retorted.

This, apparently, was the wrong strategy to befriend Twilight. Her eyes twitched whilst she tried to contain her unholy rage.

“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!? Celestia raises the sun everyday. How dare you say something like that? And it's not…”

“Twilight!” Celestia sternly silenced her. “That's enough. Michael's world operates very differently from our own so neither myself nor Luna feel insulted by his words.” She said before she turned to Michael. “And Michael, while I myself don't mind much what you may call me or think of me, I think you should be more careful with such statements as they will be interpreted as disrespectful even if that is not your intent.”

“Of course. I'm sorry princess.” He said as he did a quick bow before turning to Twilight. He could see that she was visibly upset with his previous comment. “I'm sorry” He knelt down to her level. “Look, I'm not trying to insult her or you when I say I don't believe what you say. My world is very different from this place so it's hard to adapt. Trust me, I have a great deal of respect for Celestia. Heck I probably wouldn't be here if it weren't for her.” He said before jerking his thumb towards Luna and added. “The blue one ain't so bad either OW.” He rubbed his head and looked up at Luna who just looked away, looking as innocent as she could. Celestia just sighed at the display. “My name is Michael Happer by the way.” He said as he offered his hand which Twilight accepted, albeit a little hesitantly.

“Uh...Hi my name is Twilight Sparkle...um sorry that I lost my temper like that.”

Michael just waved his hands dismissively. “Don't worry about it. It happens.” He said before turning to, whom he assumed to be, Rarity and offered his hand once more. “Michael Happer.”

“It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Happer I'm Rarity. I look forward to working with you. I do enjoy a good challenge.” She finished as she examined him from a distance. A thousand ideas flooding her mind.

“Hope I don't disappoint then.” He said with a smile. He turned to Twilight and saw, much to his amusement, that she had suddenly developed a look of curiosity and child like glee. The opportunity to learn from an unknown sentient creature made it impossible for her to stay calm.

“I'm gonna guess that you have a question for me. Am I right?” At that statement Twilight’s pupils grew to the size of dinner plates. They twinkled with an insatiable hunger for knowledge. This followed was by a sqee that made Michael’s heart stop. She was so excited that she practically vibrated on the spot. Unfortunately, she was so excited that she couldn't utter a sound.

Michael just chuckled at the comedic display. “I'm gonna go ahead and guess that you would like to know at least the following: What am I?, Where do I come from?, Why am I here? and How did I get here?. Did I get that right?” She nodded her head very enthusiastically as she added a barely audible. “Yes please.”

“Shall we take a seat?” Michael suggested.

They seated themselves on some pillows by the fireplace. When Michael felt sufficiently comfortable, he started.

“I'm a human or Homo Sapiens if you want the scientific name. As to how and why I got here I'm afraid we haven't figured that one out yet. Now, when it comes to where I'm from.” He paused for a bit to think of a way to explain it. “I'm from another dimension. A place called earth.”

Twilight couldn't contain her excitement anymore. “Oh my gosh. You have to tell me everything. What's it like? Are there other humans there? Can they use magic? Is it different from our magic? If so h…”

“Twilight. I know you're excited, but please give Michael some space.” Celestia calmly pointed out. It was then Twilight noticed that she had crawled closer and was more or less sitting in Michael's lap.

“Hehe. Sorry I didn't mean to…” She said as she tried to hide her embarrassment.

“I was actually wondering when you would notice.” Michael commented with an amused look as he, without realising it, put his hand on her neck and started to scratch it.

“Hey! what are you...oh...mmm...aahh.” She finished before collapsing onto Michael's lap.

He removed his hand when he realised what he was doing. “Oh sorry I didn't mean to…” He was cut of when his hand was enveloped in a purple aura and forcefully returned to the unicorn's neck.

“I didn't say stop. This is your punishment for insulting...ooh princess Celestia...mmm right there.” She said as she practically started to purr.

Everybody just stared, dumbfounded by the scene in front of them. Michael just blinked a few times before he just shrugged and continued to massage the neck of his newly acquired lap unicorn.

“Celestia. I was wondering if you could help me with something?”

She had to tear her eyes away from her purring student before addressing Michael. “Of course I will. Tell me what’s on your mind.”

Michael reached over to his portfolio and withdrew his laptop and placed it on a pillow next to him.
“Do you remember this Celestia?”

“Yes, you said that it was a computer.” She said as she eyed the black rectangle next to Michael.

“Something interesting has happened to it and I think you, Luna and, from what I’ve heard, Twilight can help me figure out what.”

Luna gave him a curious look before speaking. “Art thou certain Michael? We have been gone for a thousand years. Modern technology eludes our understanding.”

“I don’t think this is a technical problem. You see, these things run on a battery that needs to be recharged from time to time, but I have been monitoring my laptop for the past week and I’ve had it running for up to 8 hours day. That’s more than five times what you would expect from it and the battery is still full. Something has happened to it and I don’t know what and I can’t think of any other explanation other than magic. Which is why I’m asking you.” He finished as he looked at the royal sisters.

“That is indeed very interesting Michael. There are enhancements that could do what you described. We shall keep it here for the day and examine and I’m sure that once Twilight wakes up she will be more than happy to help us.” Celestia said with a smile as she looked at the sleeping form of her student.

Michael looked down and saw the most adorable thing he had ever seen in his life. Twilight had, somehow, managed to snuggle up against his outstretched leg as she hugged it like it was a teddy bear.

“Oh my, it’s probably because she was up all night yesterday, trying to find out about humans. She was very excited to meet you Mr. Happer.” Rarity explained.

“Then I think we should let her sleep. She can stay here while me and Luna examine this computer. In the meantime why don’t you two get started.” Celestia said as she took the laptop in her yellow magical aura and levitated it to her desk.

Michal had to awkwardly wiggle his way out the surprisingly firm grip Twilight had over his leg. Amazingly, she didn’t wake up. She just crawled up on one of the pillows and continued her peaceful slumber.

Michael turned to Rarity. “Shall we?”

“Absolutely. I’ve set up shop in my room.” Rarity then turned to the princesses and bowed. “It’s been a pleasure and an honour to meet your majesties and I look forward to seeing the both of you again.”

“Likewise Rarity. I hope that you can forgive the briefness of this meeting.” Celestia said as she did a court bow in return.

“Oh, it’s no problem at all your highness. I completely understand.” She said as she headed for the door.

Michael nodded his head towards the sisters. “Your majinesses.” They just nodded before they shifted their focus to his laptop.

A few hours later Michael was on his way to see Celestia about his laptop. As he, and his accompanying guards, stepped in he noticed that Celestia and Twilight was seated by the fireplace and were deeply engaged in a discussion about something.

“Pardon your highness. You wished to see Mr. Happer.”

“Yes, thank you. You may leave.”

Once the guards excused themselves, Michael made his way to the fireplace and seated himself. He turned to Twilight.

“Did you sleep well?” He said with a mocking grin. Twilight blushed and looked a bit uncomfortable.

“ahem...Yes.” Michael just laughed before he turned to Celestia.

“So, did you find anything?”

Celestia levitated the laptop to Michael. “We did and it is most interesting. The magical signature of your computer closely matches that of your own so we suspect that the magic originates from your world. It's unlike any magic found here in Equestria. It's a lot more potent, but at the same time its effect seems very subtle. We did some scans and and Twilight calculated that your computer is not going to lose power for at least a thousand years.”

Michael's jaw just dropped. He was in complete shock, not only because of the implication of what she just said, but also because the causal way she said it. Like she has experienced such things on a daily basis.

“Eh...a thou...a thousand years? How is that? Who?...WHAT?” He felt like someone had dropped his brain down a particularly long flight of stairs. It refused to function and his jaw remained dropped.

“That is a most unbecoming look for you Michael.” Celestia teased him.

Michael shook his head to snap himself out of his dazed condition. “Ok...First of all, are you absolutely certain?” He asked as he slowly got back control of his mind.

“Well no. It could be far more than that. A thousand years is a low estimate.” Celestia explained as mundanely as if she just had a taste of a really bland brand of tea.

“Although rare, enchantments that last on these timescales are not unheard of. This Palace has several enchantments that has allowed it to stand for the last eight hundred years.” Twilight explained she noticed the still present bewilderment on Michael's face.

He was quiet a for a moment. He opened and closed his mouth a couple of times before he finally managed to speak.

“Ok...I'm just gonna believe you two on this one. I have no way of disproving you. Did you find anything else?”

“The enchantment present in your computer is something that can not occur naturally. Someone or something must have put it in place and although the magic within it differs from the magic here in Equestria the underlying mechanics of it seems to be very similar. This is why we strongly suspect this to be the case.” Celestia explained.

“So you're saying that someone enchanted my computer and that it was likely someone from earth? Could this...person have sent me here?” Michael observed as he delved deep into his mind to see if he could remember any more details from when he was transported away from his home.

“It's...possible, but we can't know for sure at this stage. All we know is that someone has put an enchantment on your computer and we also know that it's harmless. Anything more than that is just speculation at this point.” Celestia explained as she looked at Michael and noticed that he was deep in thought. “And before you ask. No, I can not say if your dreams are connected to all of this somehow, but it is something we should keep observing until further notice.”

Michael took a deep breath and sighed heavily. “Yeah I guess you're right. No point in meaningless speculations. Thanks for the help. We know something now at least.”

“I promised to assist you in anyway I can, but to be honest Twilight did most of the work.” She said as she smiled proudly towards her prized pupil.

“Oh, I didn't do that much. It's just that I was so excited to study an unknown form of magic. I'm sure you would have managed without me.” She said as she blushed a little at the attention.

“Even so, you did a good job today Twilight.” Celestia wrapped her wing around the unicorn affectionately and brought her closer.

“I just think you used Twilight so you wouldn't have to do all the work yourself.” He smirked when it had had the desired effect on the purple unicorn. She was grinding her teeth in anger, but stopped when she heard her mentor giggle.

“Now, where would you get such a ridiculous idea.” She said in a slightly chastising manner before adding. “I would use her then I would take all the credit for myself.”

“Exactly, Princess Celestia would never...wait what?” Twilight looked at her mentor with shock in her eyes. It didn't help when both Michael and Celestia started to laugh.

“I'm only joking Twilight. You did an excellent job.” She said as she nuzzled her.

“Wow! I didn't expect that from you Celestia.” He then looked over to Twilight who still had a look of surprise on her.

“Thank you for your help Twilight. It means alot to me.”

“Eh...no problem I'm glad I can help.”

They sat in somewhat uncomfortable silence until Michael spoke again.

“So...Any of you want to see the computer in action?”

“YES!” Was the collective answer from Twilight and surprisingly, Celestia. They looked at each other before they chuckled at their excitement.

Michael spent several hours showing them the various tasks that can be performed by a computer, including; games, movies, writing, and he did a simple program that could generate a random sequence of numbers, but one of the things that impressed them the most was a film he showed them. The film in question was “Lord of the Rings” and they almost didn’t believe Michael when he pointed out details and landscapes that were the result of computer animation. It amazed them to no end that computers could create such intricate and detailed environment. They only stopped when a guard informed them that supper was ready

They continued their talk on the way to the dining hall. Michael made a quick stop at his room to leave his laptop. Twilight hadn't failed to notice that he was reading “The ABC’s of magic” which excited her to no end as she went into lecture mode about various book titles that he should read and why and in which order. Finally Michael stopped her and promised to go with her to the library so she could give him a small selection of books. Of course, Celestia knew very well about Twilight's definition of “a small selection” when it came to books could range from 20 to 400 books, but choose to let Michael figure it out on his own.

Shortly they arrived at the dining hall and saw Rarity seated at the table as she conversed with Luna. The two turned towards the trio as they entered the hall and seated themselves. Michael seated himself next to Rarity who told him that the outfits were completed and awaited him in her room.

“We trust that by now thou knoweth what we discovered about thine machine?” Luna asked Michael.

“I do and I don't know how to feel about it honestly. I don't like the thought that someone might have sent me here.” He sighed. “But at least we know something now and that's better than to wander around blind, so to speak.”

“Tis deeply troubling indeed.”

He was about to answer when the doors suddenly flung open and an irritated unicorn with an air of arrogance strode into the room. He looked like a ponified version of a stereotypical aryan human. He had a brilliant white coat and a blonde mane. His cutie mark was similar to a compass design and what it was supposed to represent in actuality, Michael had no clue.

“I can't believe those imbeciles. Don't they know who I am?” He fumed as he seated himself next to Twilight, much to her displeasure, but she held a good poker face. Michael noticed that Rarity seemed very excited when she saw who had entered, to which he just rolled his eyes.

“I asked for one simple thing and...” Michael tuned out the rest of his rambles as he assumed it wouldn’t be of any importance to him. He could tell that this would be one pony he wouldn’t get along with and he was fine with that.

“Blueblood that’s enough.” Celestia silenced him before he embarrassed himself further. It was then that he noticed that he wasn’t alone with his aunts. He hadn’t even noticed that he had seated himself next to Twilight who occupied his usual spot. He looked to the other side of the table and saw Rarity who tried her best to hide a furious blush on her cheeks. When his gaze paused on Michael his face contorted into a sneer of disgust.

‘This is going to be fun.’ Michael thought sarcastically.

“What is this creature doing here? He is contaminating the royal dining hall with his presence.” Michael could feel himself getting angry, but chose to remain silent. Maybe he just had a bad day? The thing that annoyed him the most wasn’t the insult, but the way he talked like Michael wasn’t even present.

“Prince Blueblood I will not have you insult my guests under my own roof.” Celestia chastised him sternly.

“Guest? Surely you're joking aunty? This monkey is nothing, but an animal.” He said with a sneer as he glanced at Michael like he was some disgusting creature in a zoo. “It belongs behind bars.” He finished with a snark.

Michael had had enough and stood up to leave and when he had the attention of everyone present he spoke.

“I apologise that my species disgusts you, Your highness.” Michael said with barely restrained anger as he spread his arm widely as he bowed. “Would I have known of your disposition towards us mere monkeys I would have chosen more wisely when I was conceived.” Michael took a deep breath before he continued, not realising that he switched to his native language. “Och nu om ers höghet ursäktar mig så tänker den här apan gå och klättra upp i ett träd.”

With that he stormed out of the dining hall and he didn’t slow down until he reached his room. Once inside he slammed the door shut and walked out onto the balcony. He gripped the guard rail so tightly that his knuckles turned white. His eyes still fuming with rage. As he looked out his gaze once again paused at the wagner chimera. It must have been a trick of the light, but he could have sworn that it looked straight at him for a short moment. He quickly dismissed as he thought back to the event in the dining room. He sighed and started to drift into his mind, but was brought out again when he heard a voice from behind.

“May we join thee?” The unmistakable dialect of the lunar princess made itself known. Michael remained silent as he kept his gaze trained on the surrounding scenery. Taking that as a sign to proceed, Luna stepped out onto the balcony. They remained quiet for a while as they took in the landscape in front of them.

“I might have overreacted a bit, but I’m not sorry about what happened.” Michael finally stated.

“We taught thou handled the situation as well as can be expected, but pray tell, what language didst thou speak at the end of thine outburst. ”

Michael just blinked in surprise at that. “I spoke swedish? I didn’t even realise. I must have been really mad then.” He chuckled a little at the mental images of the completely baffled prince.

“Swedish? We have never heard of a languages by that name.”

“The languages of the place I was born in, a country by the name of Sweden.” Michael explained as he started to realise how much he missed his home. “You know how I told you about how the sun and moon works back home right?”

“Yes twas a most interesting tale.”

Michael had a glint his eyes as he knew Luna would like what he was about to tell her. “Well Sweden lies far up to the north and in the northern most part you can experience something that’s called polar night. It’s a period of about a month I think during the winter when the sun never rises above the horizon. This reverses in the summer and the sun never dips below the horizon.”

Luna's eyes widened at this information. “How is that possible? Surely you jest?”

“I’m not joking. I’ve experienced it for myself. My grandpa had a summer cottage in northern Sweden and I once spent the entire polar night there. Grandpa would take me out stargazing when it was pitch black. It’s...indescribable really and out there in the middle of the forest you could see thousands of stars if the sky was clear. He would show me where all the planets where and tell me the names of the constellations, but my favorite memory is when I first saw an aurora.” He said as he closed his eyes and recalled pleasant memories spent outside, just watching the stars.

It filled Luna with delight to hear someone speaking of the stars in this manner. She knew that her night was far more appreciated in this day an age, but it was still joyful to experience it first hand, or hoof in Luna's case.

“Thou have an interest in the stars? We did not know. It pleases us, even though it is not our night thou speaketh of.” She said as she looked at the landscape.

“I have watched the stars here a few times and they are beautiful, but I can’t find any familiar constellations and it only reminds me of how far away I really am from home.” He sighed and looked down at the garden beneath, a single tear trickled down his cheek as he felt the emotions well up inside of him. He wished all of this was a dream, a weird an oddly specific and vivid dream, but a dream nonetheless. That he would wake up soon and everything would go back to normal and he would get together with his friends and family again. He tried to hold back the tears, but to no avail. He sobbed quietly in a vain attempt to hide his outburst from the Lunar monarch who simply hugged him as he cried. He clung to her tightly as his tears soaked her midnight blue coat. They stayed like that for a while before Michael broke the embrace and slid down on the floor and just stared at it as the tears flowed freely from his eyes.

“Why?...why...I miss my family. My friends. Am I ever going to see them again?” He said as he looked up with watery eyes at Luna.

“I can not say Michael, only time will tell. My sister believes it’s possible, but she dares not predict when it could happen.” She laid down next to Michael. “You can speak to me should the need ever arise.”

Michael looked back at the floor and remained silent for a few moments before he noticed something. “Hey, what happened to we, thou and thine?” He asked curiously hoping to distract from his dark thoughts.

“I can use the modern dialect, but we...I am not as proficient in its use as I am with the old.” She then looked up as if something called to her. “Tis time to raise the moon. Would you like to see?”

Michael's eyes widened as he momentarily forgot about his little break down and got to his feet. He wouldn’t wanna miss this.

Luna’s horn began to glow in a blue aura as she held her head high. At first nothing seemed to happen, then to Michaels disbelief the moon rose above the horizon, wrapped in a blue aura of the same colour as the one that enveloped Luna’s horn. He couldn't believe it. Here he stood and witnessed an alicorn raising a moon. A BLOODY MOON. The moon stopped high in the sky above canterlot and shined brightly upon Michaels, at the moment, rather unintelligent looking face.

Luna finished and smirked when she saw Michael's reaction. “Doth thou believe our claim now Michael.”

He opened and closed his mouth several times before he found his voice. “How?”

“Magic and as the fillies say, Duh!” She proclaimed with no small amount of satisfaction.

“That’s not fair. You can’t just toss around the moon and explain it away with magic.” A rather baffled Michael tried to reason.

“Well, tis the truth whether you think it fair or not.” Michael just grumbled as Luna chuckled.

They remained silent for a while as they watched the stars and eventually exhaustion hit Michael as he let out an audible yawn.

“I think I’m gonna go to sleep now if you don’t mind.”

“I understand and remember that I will always be here if you need anything.” She said as she put a hoof on his shoulder. Michael smiled as he hugged her.

“Thank you.” He said as she returned the hug.

“You are welcome Michael. Sleep well.” She said as she broke the hug and took to the sky.

Michael watched as Luna flew away into the night sky before he retired to his bed. He was asleep before he even hit the pillow.

Author's Note

Hello and thanks for reading this!

Wow It's almost been a year since I uploaded the last chapter. I'm so sorry if you have been expecting a new chapter since then. I have simply not prioritised my writing this past year. I won't bore you with the details, but I went through some personal stuff which might have been the reason I put this story on hold for such a long time. I have one more chapter ready after this one. I will upload it tomorrow.

Once again thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it.

P.S. Critisism is welcome. This is, after all, the first long story I have ever attempted.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hasbro's My little pony
Claimer: I own my OC character Michael Happer