After my talk with Starlight, I had expected to just hit the bed and sleep and wake up with the roosters. But as my mind began to dream, I was suddenly met by a strange figure. She was built almost exactly like Twilight Sparkle, and like her she had a horn and wings, as well as her obviously masculine package dangling between her legs, but damn she was tall. A deep navy blue and her mane and tail resembled the night sky.

This was my introduction to the Princess of the Night, Luna. And she became a much needed balm. And turns out my little curse didn't work in the dream realm.

"Well, we must admit you are quite the sight. We are Luna, Princess of the Night, Guardian of the Dream Realm. Oh, forgive me, I am still not used to speaking in modern terms." Her admission made her cute. I couldn't help but smile, even if she was an Amazonian futanari.

"Well, pleasure to meet you Your Highness. I'm James. Did Twilight tell you about me?" I asked her.

"My sister and I were informed of your arrival by Princess Twilight. She mentioned to us that you would be unusual mentally. I saw your nightmare and I tried to reach you, but you woke up before I could banish it. I wished to speak to you regardless. Dear Twilight mentioned you were quite emotional with Starlight Glimmer. I wouldn't say without reason, but I was also informed you were very ... vulgar." She said, as if she was my aunt. I felt embarrassed.

"I was upset. Especially since she had, to me, been so irresponsible." I said. "But a lot of my words were very hurtful. And I really shouldn't have been so angry." I said, sighing.

"Huh. You are very much like a mare. You don't hold onto your anger like a stallion does. Twilight said as much, but I needed to see it for myself."

"Reversed gender roles it seems. My men are the total opposites of your males, and same deal with my women and your females." I noted with a smirk.

"So it seems. Still, she didn't say how cute you were. And you are quite pleasing to mine eyes."

I blushed at that. "I had a mare cum at the sight of me."

"Lyra? Yes she has always had a fondness for males despite her partnership with Bon Bon. Twilight informed us of that as well. And we must admit you strike our fancy as well. You are fit, firm, yet you have a nice wide set of hips and your face looks rather regal."

"Really? I hope I am speaking French or something romantic when I meet you. I want to be able to sound as nice as you look at me as." I told her. "I do want to be respectful after all. And Twilight promised a translation spell."

"Ah yes. Your issue with languages. It is most perplexing. How many languages are on your world anyway?"

"There was at least one hundred last I checked." I said. "But that is a ridiculously low ball number."

"Amazing. I have only seen at most four. And everyone here knows just one." Luna gasped out, simply baffled.

"That's pretty strange if you ask me." I told her. "But that's probably because of the magic in this place. Magic is a thing of myths where I am from. You familiar with technology? Well, machinery and things like it are highly advanced back home." As I spoke, my mindscape filled with such examples. Cars, the internal combustion engine, computers, my old smart phone, the internet, aircraft. Luna saw these wonders of technology and her eyes lit up like the stars she had in her mane.

"And we have expanded our knowledge with science. Personally, my two favorite fields to talk about are paleontology and astronomy. Dinosaurs and space are so cool. Especially space." I got dreamy as I imagined the vastness of the cosmos, and a song came to mind.

As Luna beheld the expanding view of the Sol System, I began to sing the song.

(Begin first song)

As I sang, Luna watched as stars, planets, asteroids, and moons swirled around, the majesty of the expanse around her world in full view. Galaxies and megaclusters, nebulae and supernovas, comets and the planets in my home solar system, all for her to see with wonder.

Eventually I concluded the song, and Luna sighed happily. "I have always known the night sky held such wonder. But to see somepony else share such a knowledge ... oh you are after my heart it seems."

"Aaaaawww. I didn't realize I would be flirting with you while talking about my love of space." I commented with a chuckle. "And honestly I needed this. Seeing you happy made me feel happy. And I just needed something positive to think about."

"Well, then I have done my task." Luna said triumphantly. "I best let you dream on about space. It was a pleasure for myself as well, but I do have other subjects to attend to."

"I best not keep you then. See you next time Princess Luna."

"To thee as well fair James of Earth." She said with a smile as she departed my dreamscape.

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I woke up feeling much more refreshed and happy, and I felt ready to tackle the world. Turns out I wasn't the only early riser, as Spike had beaten me downstairs and was already working on breakfast.

"Hey dude!" The dragon said as I waved at him and sat at the table. He was assisted by the castle cooks as the smells of cooked food wafted into my nose.

I had found a quill pen and ink and wrote on a piece of paper for my request. When Spike took it, he blinked.

The note was supposed to say "Can I get something with meat?" But it was a pidgin mishmash of English and Arabic characters.

"What the heck is this?" He asked. I blinked and took it. And I blanched at the sight. I turned it over and tried to write it again, but the harder I tried to write it correctly ... the worse it got. I kept handing it back and forth to Spike. And he kept complaining that it was illegible. Finally, I took a good long stare at the paper.

It was legible now ... if you were trying to read from the Koran. I groaned.

"God help me in these trying days." I sighed, looked apologetic to Spike, and drew a picture, very roughly, of Pinkie Pie, and put a question mark near her. At least he understood that.

"Oh! She's at Sugarcube Corner. Come on." He lead me that way. But as we walked, we attracted a small crowd. Some really catty mares began flirting at me and reminding me of some men back home. I was doing my best to ignore them, but one particular comment really got on my nerves.

"Cuties like you should be sucking on my dick all night long!" The mare called. That. Was. It.

I spun around and let her and her cronies have it. In Japanese.

"SHUT THE HELL UP! YOU'RE SO DAMN ANNOYING! GET OUT OF HERE!" That made them shut up in a split second. I turned around and walked off.

"Good grief. Perverts are the same no matter what world they are on. Useless to avoid them."

"I dunno what you said, but I think I would agree with it." Spike remarked. To that I just smirked.

We soon came across Sugarcube Corner and we were met by Mr. and Mrs. Cake. After an explanation by Spike, they went and fetched their pink confectioner. Pinkie bounced out of the kitchen with a smile. She waved at us and she trotted over.

"Hey Jimmy Beans!" She said affectionately. "What's shaking?"

"I need to eat breakfast and I wasn't able to tell Spike I need to eat meat. Not much, I do eat some plants though. I can't digest grass or hay however." I informed her.

"Oh! So you are kinda like a griffin. Hmm. Well, I do know that cheese is good. And we do offer cream cheese with our breakfast options."

"Thank you Pinkie. That would be perfect. I'll take a menu and I'll order from there. Could you tell Spike that he can go tell Twilight that I will be here eating breakfast?" I asked her. She nodded and did so.

"No problem!" Spike saluted and raced off after leaving me some coins to pay for my breakfast. A couple bagels, some cheese croissants, a fruit crepe, and two doughnuts later, I was happily full and my face was gently messy with icing. I was cleaning up and about to pay my table when Twilight poofed in with a shower of lavender sparkles. I blinked at the teleportation.

"Ah! Right where Spike said you would be. Perfect." The scantily clad Princess said. "Rarity is due to get you your clothes and I need your assistance with the spell I need to try to be able to understand you. Unfortunately it's gonna be delayed because according to Spike, your language changed again. Pinkie? Mind joining us in the Castle?"

"Oh sure Twi Pie! Royal business and Friendship business is always important!" Pinkie happily volunteered. I handed the coins to Mr. Cake and then Twilight grabbed my hand and Pinkie's and I felt reality lurch and we appeared in a basement level of the castle.

My first teleportation made me motion sick, and I nearly lost my breakfast right then and there. But I managed to recover and hold it in. Twilight looked sympathetic.

"Sorry. I forgot you had never teleported before." She admitted.

"You're forgiven. I just need practice." I said, looking a little green around the gills. But I sat down on a chair and eventually the planet stopped spinning in my brain. Soon after, Twilight began running her tests.

First, she spoke, and she established a control with herself and Pinkie Pie. The words appeared in the spell she was weaving. Then she had me speak. And the kanji of the native words of Japanese appeared as well.

For example, Twilight said "The sky is blue today." Then she had Pinkie said it, then I said it. With the intent included, the spell attempted to correct what I said to match the words the two mares had said.

Initial results were ... not promising. I couldn't help but laugh at the translation of "You will take me to dinner" as it was turned into "You will stab my puppy." And my outburst of laughter made me start speaking German. Which meant that the process had to start over again. At least the girls were able to pick pieces out of my now German phrases.

Which proved to be beneficial. The German portion of the experiment was far more fruitful, as German held a lot of root English words, and both shared origins, whereas Japanese didn't even start on the same continent. By the time Rarity came downstairs, we could at least use the spell to translate German, and had some idea of the Japanese I had been speaking earlier.

I sighed in relief at the sight of her holding a pair of bags full of clothing.

"Ah, Miss Rarity, it is good you have arrived. How successful were you with making my clothes?" I asked. Rarity saw the translation appear and she smiled.

"They went well darling." She assured me as she laid out fifteen shirts, five pairs of long pants, ten pairs of shorts, fifteen boxer briefs, fifteen pairs of socks, and three pairs of shoes, with a pair of boots to match. I blinked.

"I didn't ask you to make this many of them." I told her.

"I know dear. I felt that you would appreciate it more if you had more. Most stallions I know don't feel comfortable without at least ten outfits." She assured me like she knew best. I had to clear my throat.

"Rarity, you are talking to an alien who has men who think like women, and women who think like men. However, I do appreciate the amount you are willing to give. If there is a way to give back, I would gladly take it."

"Oh darling, you don't have to. I figured the best way to help was to give you the best possible comfort I could. Go ahead and try them on." She told me. I tested a few articles of each and soon I was smiling widely, able to dance around on magical feeling clothes. And when I started dancing ... well, that was when I was introduced to Heartsong.

You see, Heartsong is the natural harmony magic of the world of Equestria resonating itself in its inhabitants in song, able to replicate the exact music of the singers and it reverberated through ponies, encouraging them to dance and sing along.

(Begin Second Song)

And when I began singing "You Should Be Dancin'" by the Bee Gees, it caused all three of them to sing and dance with me. Despite my German rendition of the song, the others provided an English acapella to help. We ended up going through the castle and sweeping up all the servants and even Starlight and Spike in the process. I somehow knew the grooving jiving beat dancing of disco well enough to be able to lead. And as I sang, my German melted to English, synchronizing with the song of my fellows.

When the song ended, I hadn't noticed it yet.

"Whew! That was fun!" I said with a grin. Then I noticed it. And cheered.

And got the fifth language.

"YES! THE SONG HAS RESTORED MY LANGUAGE!"

Then I realized I had spoken in French.

And then surged into anger again and got Spanish as I cursed sulfurously.

Author's Note

I had to include two songs for this

First:

https://youtu.be/5RpTth__Tis

And next:

https://youtu.be/1sqE6P3XyiQ