(Nick POV)
I was suddenly woken by the sound of the alarm going off. My hand moved out from under the blanket and grabbed my phone to shut it off.
“Well... here we go again.” I said while moving out of bed, I quickly moved to the other side of the room and turned the lights on.
I went into the kitchen and started making some breakfast for myself.
I was just about to eat my eggs when my phone suddenly started ringing. “Yes mom I’m awake… and Yes I will go to school today.” I said sounding a little bit annoyed. “Am I becoming that predictable?” came the answer from my mother on the other side. My mouth drew into a small smile while I said “After 3 years… YES!”. My mother chuckled at my responds.
Since 3 years ago she only works the morning shift, so she started calling in to see if I was awake… not that always went to school just about 97% of the time.
After I ate my breakfast I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. My brown hair was pointing into all directions and I had bags under my green eyes. “Well don’t I just look wunderbar.” I sighed while trying to straighten my hair a little.
After that I packed my bag and walked out the front door. “Who knows maybe something exciting is going to happen today… eh who am I kidding.” I said to myself while smiling.
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(Celestia POV)
Princess Celestia was enjoying breakfast at her dining table in the private wing of Canterlot Castle, her niece Princess Mi Amore Cadenza or Cadence as she prefers to be called was sitting on the other side of the table.
“Something is off today…” Celestia thought to herself, but she couldn’t place the feeling. “Discord is still imprisoned so it couldn’t possible be him… right?”
“Auntie are you alright your thoughts seem to be miles away today.” Cadence asked with concern in her voice.
Celestia looked up from her plate and sighed “It’s just a strange feeling Cadence, you don’t have to worry.”
“What do you mean strange feeling… don’t tell me you are in love Auntie?” Cadence said with an excited glint in her eyes.
Celestia chuckled and smiled at her niece ”I can assure you Cadence it is not that, it’s more like I feel something strange is going to happen today.”
Cadence looked thoughtful for a moment and spoke “Well as long as it isn’t something bad it won’t be a big problem right?”
“Right… anyway we should probably get going before the nobles get to antsy” Celestia said with a frown on her face.
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(Nick POV)
School went pretty smooth today, nothing out of the ordinary or exciting happened, so I went straight home and hoped that my mother had already cooked something to eat.
I live in a small town with a few thousand citizens a few big stores here and there.
My name is Nick Gavins and I am seventeen years old, I visit the only High School in town.
My mother originally lived in Austria until she moved to the US and met my father.
They hit it off right from the beginning as I understand it… and eventually my older brother Kris came along and me… a few years later.
We often visited my relatives in Austria, so I learned german early on which you might notice in my speech patterns… much to the bane of my english teachers.
And that was my life until I was ten years old and my father died in a car accident. Since then my mother had to start working full time again, and me and my brother had to spend a lot of time with our grandparents on our fathers side.
Two years ago my brother moved out of our comfy house and moved in with his girlfriend. They moved into a decent sized flat near the center of the town.
So now it’s just me, my mother and our dog of course.
I walked down the street where my home is located on and unlocked the door.
As I opened the door I was immediately greeted by a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.
I smiled and walked into the kitchen. My mother looked up from where she was standing and said “Food will be ready in a few minutes Nick.” I looked at her and made a dramatic gasp “But I'm starving!”.
My mother gave me a flat stare graped part of the newspaper on the table crushed into a ball and threw it at my head “Here now eat up.” she said with a strict tone in her voice.
We stared at each other for a few seconds before we burst into laughter. “Fine I guess I can wait a few more minutes.” I said while already walking to my room.
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After we had eaten I went into my room and turned on my laptop and started watching some videos online until my phone started ringing.
I looked up from my laptop and looked at my phone and smiled as I saw the name of my best friend on the phone. “Hey what’s up?” I said after accepting the call. “Nothing much, I just wanted to ask if you’d like to meet up today.” came the reply from the other end. “ Sure your place or mine?” I asked. “My place.” came the quick reply. “ Be right there” I said before hanging up.
I turned off my laptop and walked across and graped the laptop bag that was lying next to my bed and stored my laptop inside it.
I walked out of my room told my mother were I was going and made my way to the door. I frowned as I looked out the floor window and saw dark clouds all over the sky. I grabbed an umbrella and went on my way.
As I was walking down a street on the way to my friends house I saw a toy store with a bunch of My little Pony toys on the display window and smiled.
"Ahh the show so many boys myself included watch… but deny the hell out of it when asked about it" I thought to myself while walking by.
A few minutes later it had started to rain so I had opened my umbrella. I stopped at a crosswalk which was placed across a busy street and was regulated by a traffic light. A child a girl was standing behind me her mother was talking to another woman a few feet away.
The traffic light turned green, I quickly looked left and saw only a truck a long enough distance away and on the cars on the right had stopped to let us pass. I started walking to the other side.
I was almost on the other side when I heard a scream. I whipped around and saw the girl frozen in place and the truck coming her way not slowing down. Without thinking I started running and pushed the girl to the side right before the truck hit us both So only I was hit.
My sight went blank and at first I was drowning in intense pain until suddenly I saw a bright light and the pain slowly started to drain away. I heard a calm female voice speaking before I blacked out “Don’t worry everything will be alright.”
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(Celestia POV)
Celestia was sitting on throne and made a deep sigh, she had just finished up court for today and it was one of those days were it was just one noble with a stupid or selfish idea after another with only one or two good ideas in between.
She made her way down the corridors to the private wing of her palace and opened the door to the dining hall. A smile formed on her face when she noticed the ponies inside.
Her most faithful student Twilight Sparkle her assistant Spike and her niece Cadence were sitting by the dining table and talked to each other.“Oh Princess good afternoon.” Twilight said in a polite tone as she saw her.
“Good afternoon to you to Twilight, what brings you to me today?” Celestia said with a warm smile on her face. ”Oh I just finished the report you wanted me to write and I wanted to give it to you Princess.”
“Twilight I gave the assignment only yesterday… and it isn’t due until another week, have you even slept since yesterday?” Celestia asked in a concerned and motherly tone.
“Ah, eh he he…. of course I have slept Princess Celestia.” Twilight said sheepishly. Celestia looked over to Spike who just silently shook his head. “Have you at least eaten something.” Celestia asked. “Yes of course… No I kinda forgot about it.” Twilight replied.
Celestia was about to reply when they were suddenly interrupted by a loud fizzling sound. “ What is that?” Cadence asked. The fizzling sound became louder. “It’s coming from that direction.” Spike said in a scared voice.
They followed the sound down to a chamber. As Celestia saw the chamber where the sound came from her heart became heavy with regret “The mirror” she thought to herself.
They opened the door and entered. The surface of the mirror was wobbling uncontrollably and small flashes of lightning shot out from it. “Princess what’s going on?” Twilight asked in a fearful tone.
Celestia was about to answer but was cut off when something was thrown out of the mirror and slided into their direction. She picked it up and looked at it “Is… is that a bag?” Cadence asked from her side.
“I… I guess” Celestia replied. Twilight just looked incredulous at the still flashing and wobbling mirror. She was about to say something as there was a sudden thunderous sound and a figure was thrown out of the mirror.
The figure was thrown a few feet away and didn’t get up. Celestia examined the figure. She could only see the figure from the back but she could tell from his statue that it was a stallion. His fur was a dark shade of cadet blue and his wings were outstretched and covered his head but from what she could tell his mane was brown. She could also tell that he seemed to be around Twilights age.
She was thrown out of her thoughts by the sound of a groan coming from the stallion on the ground. Celestia had to make a sharp intake as he moved his head out from under his wing and revealed a horn on his forehead.
“Has anyone seen the license plate of the truck that hit me because I’m gonna sue that son of a… .” he passed out again before he could finish his sentence.
Author's Note
So this is my first story so I appreciate any and all criticism and tips you have.
(Nick POV)
“Why do my fingers feel so strange?” was the first thought that came to my mind when I regained consciousness. My body felt strange and I couldn’t really move.
I opened my eyes but only saw a blurred mix of colors.
“Where am I?” I asked into the blurr. I heard a startled gasp from the other side of the room. “Quick get the Princess, Spike he is awake.” I heard movement and the closing of a door. I turned my head and looked into the direction of the sound but only saw a purple blob of color moving my direction.
“Don’t worry everything is alright.” said the purple blob in front of me. That sentence brought back everything that happened. My breath started to hitch “The girl… the truck… but I threw myself in front of it… how am I alive?”
“Sir please calm down!” came the concerned voice of the purple blob. “I can’t see… I shouldn't even be alive right now, So how am I supposed to calm down?” I yelled at her.
“I think I can help with your eyes at least.” came a voice from where I thought the door was. I heard a strange noise that I could only describe as magic from a cartoon or video game and my vision suddenly turned clear.
“There I think that should do it.” A smile formed on my face and I looked at the one who helped only to find myself facing... Princess Celestia?
“Welp… now I know I am either dreaming, dead or in the hospital in a delirium.” I said looking at her with disbelieve. “I can assure you, you are not dead or dreaming and you are not in the hospital.” said a concerned sounding Celestia.
“And how exactly do you know that?” I asked pointing my hand… eh hoove at her. “What!” I yelled looking at where my arm was supposed to be. I looked myself over and realized that I had indeed turned into a pony.
I had wings on my back so apparently I was turned into a pegasus. “So no magic for me.” I thought to myself. My hah… Cutie Mark was a dark green emerald with a silver outline of a five pointed star.“What the hell does it even stand for?” I thought to myself.
“This isn’t your original body is it?” asked Celestia looking at me with a raised eyebrow. “What do you mean original body Princess?” asked Twilight Sparkle who I only now realised was the purple blob from earlier.
“Nn… No.” I stammered out. “I was a human before… .” I started. “Before what?” asked Twilight looking at me interested. “Before I died.” I replied.
Twilights eyes went wide “Oh sorry I didn’t, I mean, I don’t… how are here?” she stammered out not quite sure what to say. “Can’t blame her I have no Idea what’s going on myself.” I thought to myself.
“Is that what you meant when you said you shouldn’t be alive?” asked Celestia looking at me. I only nodded. “What happened if you don’t mind talking about it?” she asked me.
I thought about it for a few moments before I started talking. “I was on the way to meet a friend of mine. There was a street I was halfway across it… there was a small child behind me she was about to be hit by... simply put a small train and I rushed back and pushed her out of the way… .” my voice cut of at that point.
“And you were hit instead.” Celestia finished. I only nodded while tears formed
in my eyes and started running down my cheeks. “If this is real than… than… fuck.” I couldn’t hold it back anymore and I started crying.
I felt myself getting lifted up and before I knew what was happening I was pulled into a hug by Celestia. “I can’t imagine how you must feel right now but I promise you are safe now and I will do anything in my power to help you get accustomed to your new situation”.
After a few minutes I had calmed down enough to talk again. “Nick… My name is Nick Gavins… and thank you Princess”. I said looking up at Celestia.
“It’s nice to meet you Nick Gavins, I am Princess Celestia ruler of Equestria and this is my faithful student Twilight Sparkle”. she said gesturing to herself and Twilight.
“Oh I know that” I said deciding not to hide the whole cartoon thing, at least not from Celestia. “But the reason why I know that, I can only tell you Princess.” I said glancing over to Twilight.
“Very well. Twilight would you please leave us.” she said looking over to Twilight.
“Are you sure Princess?” Twilight asked. “I am sure Twilight I believe we can trust him.” Celestia replied with a reassuring smile.
After Twilight left Celestia turned to me “So what is the reason you know about me and my student.” she asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Let’s start simple what do you know about the multiverse?” I asked her. Celestia looked at me for a few moments before she answered.”It’s a theory about multiple worlds existing in different Dimensions right?”
“Basically yes… but on my world there is another theory that basically says that every world of fiction is a real world somewhere in the multiverse” I explained to her.
“So... our world is a world of fiction in yours?” Celestia asked with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
“Wait which Summer Sun Celebration are we on?” I ask suddenly realising the lack of wings on Twilight.
“We will be celebrating the 999th next week here in Canterlot why? Celestia asked.
“Because the story starts on the day before the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration.” I replied.
Celestia's eyes went wide “So I guess you know about what I have planned for that particular Celebration?” she asked me. I nodded. “I assume you are not going to interfere right?” she asked. “Of course not” I said immediately.
“Very well there is another matter we have to discuss.” She said looking at me. “Which is?” I asked with a raised eyebrow. She levitated a mirror over. Curiously I looked at my image on the mirror and saw... a horn on my forehead.
“God damn it I’m an alicorn.” I groaned out annoyed knowing that now I would have to deal with nobles sooner or later.
Celestia actually started laughing at my reply. “I did not expect that reaction from somepony who knows that becoming an alicorn basically means becoming royalty.” She got out between laughs.
I took a deep breath “So how are we going to explain the alicorn that came out of nowhere and barely knows anything about Equestria and doesn’t know how to fly or how to use magic?” I ask her hoping to use my lack of basic knowledge that isn’t shown in the show as a means to get out of the whole royalty thing.
“You were an earth pony that lived outside Equestria and you lost your memory while you ascended so you have no idea how you did it.” Celestia said with a smile. I wanted to reply something before I realised, that most nobles would probably believe everything their princess told them. “Fair enough.” was all I replied.
“So who is going to teach me how to use my wings and my horn”. I asked her with a little bit of excitement in my voice. Celestia looked thoughtful for a moment “Twilight will help you with your magic and I will ask Cadence if she is willing to teach you how to fly.”
I was about to say something when I was cut off by my rumbling stomach. “Well seems like somepony is hungry.” Celestia said smiling at me.
“Why don’t we go to my dining room and get something to eat? Why don’t we take Twilight along? I am sure she has a bunch of questions about your former species she wants to ask you.”
“Alright as long as it isn’t hay… please don’t say it’s hay.” was my reply while I was getting a little bit sick about the idea of eating hay.
Celestia looked at me curiously “What does your former species eat normally?”
“Well humans normally are omnivores and we are the only sapient species on our world so we eat a mix of plants, fruits, vegetables, and meat” I said the last bit in an uneasy voice. “But I don’t plan to eat any now I mean I’m pretty sure I can’t without getting sick.” I added quickly.
Celestia chuckled at my uneasiness “Nick this world has griffons, they eat meat regularly… you may not want to mention the fact that you ate meat to anypony else though.”
“I am pretty sure we have something for you eat. So shall we get going?” She asked. I nodded and we made our way to the dining… I only fell twice on the way.
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“So… .” I said looking annoyed at the other occupants of the table. “Can we eat now please?” I asked.
“Sorry it’s just that watching you try to pick up a fork and completely failing at is just so amusing.” Celestia said trying and failing to hold back her smile.
Twilight on the other hand had scribbelt down a bunch of notes and looked at me with interest.
I sighed and looked at the fork in my right hoove “I really miss my hands, picking things up with hooves is bullshit and it should be by all rights impossible!” “So your former species didn’t have hooves I take it” Twilight stated matter of factly.
“No we have hands and fingers. You know those things that are able to pick things up without some stupid form of magic.” I said looking at the purple unicorn who wrote it down on the scroll in front of her.
She was about to ask another question but was cut of when Celestia used her magic and levitated the scroll and the quill away from her. “My faithful student I admire your enthusiasm, but I think it would be bad for you if the subject you are studying dies of starvation.” she said smirking.
“Finally!” I cheered inwardly but was soon cut of from my cheering when the door was opened and Spike came into the room followed by Princess Cadance and… Shining Armor!
“Cadance!” Twilight yelled out and ran over.”Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake. Clap your hooves and do a little shake.” they both chanted together while I rolled my eyes.
Shining Armor meanwhile had noticed me and he looked at his mouth hanging wide open.”Princess Celestia... who is your guest and why is he an alicorn?” he asked turning his head to Celestia.
I sighed “I’m never going to get something to eat am I?” I thought while holding back the urge to bang my head against the table.
Author's Note
Well here is the first chapter enjoy.