Author's Note

I apologize if the chapter is a bit short, but I hope you like it. I welcome the constructive critisism and as always, thank you for your patience and support, remember to stay tuned for more chapters to come in the future and remember to keep on bronying on

A Taste of Equestria's Knowledge

The next morning, instead of an alarm clock, you were woken up by the sound of birds chirping outside your window and the feeling of the sun’s rays hitting your face. You groaned and sat up, stretching out your body and let out a yawn.

As you exit the bedroom and stepped into the hall, you caught a delicious smell that was coming from downstairs. As tempting as it was to go down for breakfast, you decided to freshen up first. Walking into the bathroom, which wasn’t far from your room, you turned on the sink to splash some cold water on your face.

After your face was cleaned, you proceeded down to the kitchen, where you saw that Spike was indeed cooking breakfast. Twilight who was already at the table with a book in her hands, looked up to see you walking into the kitchen and flashed you a smile.

“Good morning sleepy head,” she teased.

You shook your head with a smile before you rolled your eyes at Twilight’s playfulness. “Morning, Twilight,” you replied. “What’s that book that you’re reading?”

“New issue of the Adventures of Daring Do,” she answered. “I own all of them.”

You sat down next to Twilight and observed the book with growing interest. “I’m curious, though. Did all of this happen in real life? This author sounded like she experienced it all first-hand,” you said, reading the book with her. This Daring Do pony reminded you all too well of Indiana Jones.

“Actually, yes, she has. My friend Rainbow Dash and I actually experienced one of her amazing adventures when she wanted to meet her for the first time,” Twilight explained.

“Well, call me a monkey’s uncle! I wonder if this “A.K Yearling” is-” Right at that moment, Spike interrupted as he presented you with your breakfast. Looking down at the plate, you saw two slices of buttered toast, as well as some hash browns and sliced carrots. After thanking the young dragon, you began to eat.

“Hey, this is pretty good. You sure you’re self-taught, Spike?” you asked after swallowing some of the carrots.

Spike smiled from hearing you compliment his skills. “Well, I didn’t exactly learn everything on my own. When I was younger, Princess Celestia made sure to give me quite a few lessons.”

Before now, you had no idea there was another princess besides Twilight and you looked at Spike with an eyebrow raised. “Princess Celestia?” you asked and the purple alicorn next to you saw the need to explain.

“Princess Celestia is actually the ruler of all Equestria as well as the princess of the sun,” she began with admiration. “Alongside her sister, Princess Luna, she holds the most responsibility of protecting Equestria. I was also Princess Celestia’s star pupil until I became a princess after finishing one of Starswirl’s spells.”

Mentioning Princess Celestia caused a thought to cross Twilight’s mind and her eyes grew wide. “That reminds me, there’s no doubt that Celestia should know about you! Spike, I need you to get me a sheet of paper and a feather pen!” Twilight said, excited.

For a moment, you lost interest in your breakfast and instead paid attention as Twilight wrote her letter to the princess. You could only wonder what she was writing about you, since she didn’t say her words out loud. Once the letter was done, she waited a moment for the ink to dry before rolling the letter up and handing it to Spike.

Spike inhaled a little and burnt up the letter with his green flames. The letter disappeared in a pink puff of smoke and left the castle. While you could have asked questions of how the process of sending letters works, you decided to say nothing and waited for a response. Though, with the way Spike sent the letter, it looked more like he was getting rid of it so that the princess wouldn’t find out.

Evidently, the logic of this world was far different than Earth’s. One way or another you would have to learn to adjust to how things work if you’re going to live here. With that thought in mind, you went back to eating.

After you finished breakfast, you were about to walk upstairs for a shower before you heard a knock on the door. You had a very good guess at who was at the door.

Following Twilight as she stood up to answer the door, you were greeted by a tall white alicorn wearing a golden dress and a crown. Accompanying her were two white ponies, one was a unicorn and the other was a pegasus. In addition to their stone cold faces, both of the guards wore golden armor and had spears.

“Princess Celestia,” Twilight said with a bow, though you didn’t do the same.

“Oh Twilight, there’s no need to be formal with me,” Celestia said, putting a hand over her mouth giggling. “I take it this is the human from your letter?” she asked turning her gaze towards you.

You decided to speak for yourself and walked up to introduce yourself to the princess. You smiled up at her as you told her your name and gently shook her soft hand.

Once the introductions were over, Twilight allowed Celestia to enter into her castle so you could continue your conversation more comfortably. Fixing up some tea as she did yesterday, the three of you took a seat in the living room.

“You know Twilight, I never expected that you’d take in a human of all creatures. Well, at least I know that they’re not a myth,” Celestia said impressed, before taking a sip of her tea. Both you and Twilight were shocked to learn that she somehow knew about humans.

“Wait, WHAT?!” you asked, shocked. Celestia giggled at your confused expressions before setting her cup down.

“Allow me to explain: You see, I’ve known for a long time that there exists a world that’s far different than this one. Though, the reason nopony has ever found our world and it’s because anytime they come near our universe, I use my magic to guide them back to theirs at light speed to prevent a universal world. It’s also to make sure they make it back to their families on Earth.”

You took in this new information before a realization came to you. “Since I ended up here, does this mean there’s no way to get me back to my own world?” you asked.

“Well, there might be a way to send you back, but there’s a 50% chance you might end up in another dimension. If you want, I can try to find something in my library to send you back,” Celestia suggested. However, you decided it was too risky and shook your head.

“Even if there wasn’t a risk, I’m not going back to that hellhole ever again. As far as I’m concerned, that world is dead to me. This new one feels a lot more peaceful and more understanding,” you said firmly.

“So he can stay here in Ponyville, right princess?” Twilight asked hopefully.

“If this is what he desires, then I see no reason to deny him. He’s made his point perfectly clear that he wants to stay and I will respect his wishes. So, let me just say this: You are now an honorary citizen of Equestria,” she said smiling warmly.

Twilight went over to hug Celestia and she quickly returned the embrace. You felt relieved that the princess was allowing you to stay. To be honest, you were a bit worried that she would be very strict and intimidating, but she was much nicer than you expected.

After finishing her tea, Celestia stood up preparing to take her leave. “I do hope you will come to enjoy our world, my dear human. Feel free to send a letter to me anytime you wish,” she said as she was about to close the door.

“I will, and… thanks again for accepting me into this world. And I promise that I won’t try to cause any trouble around here,” you replied. After she gave you a gentle smile and a nod, the princess shut the door.

“You’ve made a really good first impression, it’s clear that the princess has become fond of you,” Twilight said as she gave you a hug. Your face slightly blushes a bit, but you didn’t want to be rude, so you hugged Twilight back.

Once you were released from the hug, you decided to bring up the Daring Do book that Twilight had shown you earlier.

“By the way, you said that you had every single Daring Do book. You think you can show me to the library? I would have asked yesterday but I was just so exhausted from all the things I had to take in,” you said.

“Oh, of course! Follow me, I’ll show you to the library,” Twilight said excitedly. She grabbed you by the hand and lit up her horn. In a flash of bright light, she teleports you to this room where she had mountains and mountains of books. You gasped and felt your eyes widened from how many books she had.

“Impressive, isn’t it?” she asked as she observed your shocked expression. “Princess Celestia helped me collect most of these books. It took quite a bit of money, but the stores were compensated generously. Of course, I also did a little book shopping in Ponyville and Canterlot a few times here and there.”

Grabbing the nearby ladder, you climbed up to take a better look of the collection in front of you. As you had expected yesterday, there were many books here containing sagas of Equestria’s history. Other books included the adventures of Daring Do and even some information of the lands outside Equestria.

Making your decision, you pulled out a book titled “The Mare in the Moon” and climbed back down the ladder. You took the book with you to the reading table where Twilight joined you and began to read. It didn’t take too long before the book caught your interest.

As you read, you learned that apparently over 1000 years ago, Celestia’s younger sister started growing jealous of her sister because of the ponies sleeping through the beautiful night while they stayed awake during the day. One day, Luna refused to lower the moon and then allowed her jealousy to transform her into the infamous Nightmare Moon.

Seeing no other choice, Celestia was forced to use these powerful objects called the Elements of Harmony to overpower her sister. Her plan succeeded and Nightmare Moon was then banished to the moon.

“I thought you said Luna rules alongside Celestia now,” you said..

“She does, but when Nightmare Moon escaped from the moon, she was still hung on plunging the world into an eternal night. That’s when I had to take matters into my own hand and look for ancient items known as the Elements of Harmony. They were said to be hidden in the old abandoned castle of the royal sisters which was located in the Everfree Forest.”

“However, I wasn’t going in there alone, even though I was dead set on it. My best friends traveled alongside with me and we ended up finding the Elements of Harmony. What’s more is that we discovered that the six of us were the new bearers. It was this that allowed us not only to defeat Nightmare Moon, but turn her back into Princess Luna.”

Once Twilight finished her story, you looked at her with admiration. “I’ll admit Twilight, it’s a bit much for me to take in. However for some strange reason, I actually believe you,” you said before you closed the book.

“My friends and I always say “friendship is magic,” she smiled, but it disappeared when she saw you frown.

“You’re probably my first real friend, Twilight,” you said.

“Really? But, didn’t you have any friends back home?” Twilight asked.

“No, back home I was recognized as a genius by my superiors and I was always so devoted to my studies. Because of this, I didn’t have time for friends, since I thought that they would just get in the way or something. But even though I was considered a genius, I wasn’t exactly popular relationship wise. The girls back at that old planet said I needed more bulk if I wanted to come close to impressing them. I may not have a huge build, but I still keep my figure,” you explained.

Twilight was surprised by what you just said, as unbeknownst to you, the two of you had more in common than you thought. Feeling she had to comfort you, the young alicorn placed her hand on your own.

“I’m sorry you went through something like that. To tell you the truth, I used to be just like that. After Celestia made me her star pupil, I too became engrossed in my learning that I ended up losing interests in spending time with the friends I had in Canterlot... including one of my best friends: Moondancer. But some time after I became princess, I decided to make up for lost time and asked Moondancer, for forgiveness.”

Hearing this, you became more confident in being able to make friends with ponies around you. Even if at the moment, there are many civilians who are afraid of you, that could be fixed in due time. Turning your gaze back to to Twilight, you gave her a sudden hug.

Twilight blushed when you surprised her with this hug, but she still accepted it and hugged you back, patting you on your back.

“Thanks, I really needed that,” Twilight said.

“I had no idea that we were so much alike,” you said releasing her from the hug. “When we first met, it wasn’t the most pleasant of meetings. I always thought that you and I were so different, but instead, I now know that we’re the same.”

Twilight giggled. “Speaking of which, there’s still a lot of things I could teach you about Equestria,” she chirped as she levitated another book from the high shelves.

“Are you up for it?” she asked.

“Of course,” you answered and watched as she turned to the first page.