Life amidst the others

I awoke to the sound of a knock, it was a rather weird sounding knock considering it was with hooves, but it was a knock nonetheless.

"Good morning, this is your wake up call," A guard said as he opened my door.

I was startled for a moment, forgetting why I was in this bed instead of at Lyra's house for a second and my thoughts came back to me as I remembered I was in Canterlot to discuss me being a pony in this land and whether I belong or not to the princess. The guard was levitating a plate of things I surprisingly found edible, however, this was a society with nothing but ponies, so everypony was a vegetarian making it so I had to go without meat, eggs, or any really good food. It was a plate full of bread, some fruits, and some vegetables. Knowing the princess, she probably had whoever prepared this; prepare it to be edible by a human.

"Enjoy your breakfast," The guard pony said as he closed the door behind him.

I got off my bed and walked over to the plate the guard laid out for me, as I once again began to ponder on what I should do. After I took my first bite, I realized something. A question popped up into my mind, I opened the door back up and called for the guard and the guard came back up.

"You need my assistance?" He asked politely, with a slightly noticeable plastic smile.

"I request an audience with the princess as soon as possible," I said with a serious face.

"Your request has been made, I will inform the princess and we'll report when she is available," The guard said once again while closing the door behind him.

I finished my breakfast after a half hour of eating and then climbed down the stairs, trekked through the castle hallways, and then left the castle, however it was still difficult to get around the castle. The castle guards at the entrance gave me a verification badge to get entrance whenever I left.

I explored Canterlot a little bit further than yesterday; it was definitely bigger than I thought it was yesterday. My first stop was at a local donut shop, owned by a nice pony named Joe, since I was still kind of hungry and I could use something other than fruits and vegetables. Joe had a wide variety of different kinds of donuts. I paid Joe with some of the bits I had left after the train ride yesterday. I ate a couple of donuts, chatted with a few of the residents of Canterlot who were also eating some of Joe's donuts, and then I left.

After I ate some donuts, I visited a barber shop in hopes of cleaning up my very messy mane because I haven't been grooming it very well. Even though I just recently got into this body, it could use some sprucing up. My dark blue mane was all shaggy and it looks like it hasn't been combed in weeks, if that's even how ponies fix their mane. Without going through many details, I asked if the barber could just trim the upper layer of my mane and to brush it so it wouldn't ruin the style it was in. I paid the barber what seemed to be the rest of the money I had. The barber levitated a pair of scissors and trimmed my mane down about a quarter of an inch down then he set the scissors down and levitated a brush and slowly brushed my mane. After he was done, I left him the loose change I had left and headed back to the castle. It was getting dark out; I think I may have stayed at the donut shop too long. The sun did not gradually move like it did on earth, it went down immediately from the position it started in the morning whenever the day needed to end.

I greeted the guards at the entrance and presented my badge to them so they would let me in. They allowed me in and I proceeded to walk over to my room. It was much easier to navigate to my room than before after remembering the hallways I went through the first time but it was still difficult to get to my room with how tiring it got. After re-climbing the several flights of stairs, I finally made it to my room. After five minutes of resting from all those stairs, I heard a knock on my door.

"Oh good, you're back, I scheduled an audience with you and the princess tomorrow morning after she raises the sun." The guard said.

The princess raises the sun? I knew this place had magic but raising the sun just seems too far-fetched for even a princess to be able to do. Once again, I decided it was best not to question pony logic and continue on.

"Until then, I suggest you get some rest," He said leaving the room.

I looked at the clock next to my bed; it was just like the one on the clock tower in Ponyville, however it was definitely much smaller. It did not run on batteries or an AC adapter; it appeared to working on its own, possibly by magic. The clock said '8:30' using its two hands. The time did not feel right at all, but I did not want to argue with the logic of this land or the magic within it.

I needed to discuss with the princess as soon as possible, the question that I thought of this morning keeps ringing in my mind and strikes my curiosity enough to want an audience in the first place. Not only that, but I think it is also safe to say that I've made up my mind on whether I'm leaving or staying in this land, I might get some answers around here after all. I fell asleep in preparation for the next day.