After Neptune left the throne room, and even more so the castle, she decided to try and explore the city she had ended up in. As she did she found that, just like in the castle, everyone here seemed to be a pony, though that was expected. The stares at what most ponies thought of as a mythical figure also was pretty expected. Neptune didn’t really care to much about that, her mind set on one thing and one thing alone.

“Jeez, you think that at least one of these places would have pudding for sale,” Neptune said. She was starting to loss hope after the fourth store she visited. “I mean, I know humans must not be a common thing here but the least they could do is try and help me. Staring at people isn’t exactly nice. Man, I should have packed an emergency supply before this all happened.”

At this point Neptune didn’t really care about sightseeing, she just wanted the one snack that she had always loved. It truly wasn’t much to ask for, just one small cup of delicious, gooey, chocolate or banana pudding. Heck, she would even take plain old vanilla at this point, which she usually only ever had if she was desperate or nothing else was around. Her constant calls for pudding was definitely the thing giving her the most glances.

“You see mister writer, this is why you don’t just suddenly drop a someone into a fanfic without warning them first,” Neptune berated me. I decided to just ignore her. “I mean, what is a Nep suppose to do without her pudding? I might starve if I don’t get some soon, either that or I’ll… I’ll” She shook her head, standing strong with her head tilted towards the sky. “No. It will not come to that.”

“Excuse me miss, is everything all right?” Neptune looked down in front of her to see a certain grey pegasus in front of her. Said mare also had a mail bag on her and a mail cap as well.

“Oh, don’t mind me, just talking to the narrator,” Neptune explained. “You see, I’ve been looking for a someplace with pudding because I accidentally left all mine at home,” It was at this moment that Neptune noticed the lack of shock on the ponies face. “Actually, how come you are the only one who doesn’t seem to be in a state of error 404?”

“I don’t know what that means, but if you are talking about the stares everypony else is giving you, it’s probably because I’ve seen much stranger things before,” The mail mare said. “Anyways, the names Derpy. I’m guessing you probably aren’t from around here.”

“Derpy huh? That name is about as sad as Noire’s friend list,” Neptune stated. “Either way, I’m Neptune, the protag of protags, and tell me good citizen, do you know anywhere that I might find some pudding?”

“Well I do, but if you need something right away, I got an extra muffin on me,” Derpy offered with a smile.

“Derpy I want you to listen to me for a second,” Neptune said, bending down to talk eye to eye with the pony. “Eating pudding is part of my character, and I’m sure muffins are part of yours, but that’s the thing! If I was to suddenly start liking eggplants people would go into a riot, which is why I must find some before I starve to death due to a lack of gooey goodness.”

“Bit of an over exaggeration their I think, but if you must, there is a place I know that sells the stuff if I remember correctly,” Derpy said, quickly trying to recall the location. “I’ve never had pudding before, but if you are that crazy for it, then it can’t be that bad. Just follow me.”

“Okey dokey. Forward Ho!” Neptune shouted as she and Derpy started off. Before they got to far, Neptune quickly turned up to the sky. “Oh, and don’t worry all you Derpy fans out there, I’ll make sure to keep her from becoming obsessed with the stuff. I know how much she and her muffins means to you and I am a fan pleaser after all.”

“Um… sis?” Uni looked to her sister, who was currently twitching furiously in her seat. “Are you feeling oka-”

“Uni,” Noire replied, her fists quivering in way. “Don’t. Even. Ask.”

After a good walk through Canterlot Derpy brought Neptune to a small dessert place downtown. As soon as Neptune saw pudding on the menu her eyes lit up, only to realize moments later that she didn’t have any money on her. Even then, they wouldn’t have been bits, which were the main currency in Equestria. Derpy was kind enough to pay for her, having completely forgotten about all the letters she was suppose to deliver. That didn’t matter currently because Derpy quickly realized that she and Neptune had more in common than just a love of sweets.

“Ah, so you know mister writer too then, huh?” Neptune said happily. “Wow, that’s crazy. That story isn’t even finished yet and he is putting you in here with all memory of it?”

“As long as I don’t say anything spoilery, he is fine with it,” Derpy said with a wink to the sky. “I mean, my experience was definitely a lot different from what yours is probably going to be, especially since everyone is alive and everything. In other words, I’m the only thing that story has to connect to this one. Also I have my normal name here while there I went by Ditzy.”

“Well then, I guess mister writer must have some soul after all,” Neptune replied, taking another bite of her pudding. “Wow, this stuff really does put the licous in delicous… and now I immediately regret saying that because of how stupid it was.”

“I’m glad that the pudding is to your liking Neptune,” Derpy said. “I’ve never seen anyone else eat something with so much… gusto, I guess you can say,” Derpy tapped her hoof as she realized something. “You know, the way you so casually break the fourth wall, it kinda reminds me of a pony I know back in Ponyville.”

“Well Derpy, despite your cruel name, you remind me much of a friend back in Gamindustry as well,” Neptune replied with a warm smile. “She was the one who introduced me to pudding you know, and she is super kind and friendly. The only difference is probably the fact you don’t have to deal with a love-struck mouse following you everywhere.”

Derpy couldn’t help but giggle slightly at that. “Wow, sounds rough. Either way, it’s nice to know that you have friends that you can rely on. I know how important that is.”

“Sounds like it with the situation you were put into. Sounds pretty scary,” Neptune said as she finished her cup of pudding up. “Wow, no matter who makes it, you really can’t mess up pudding. Compa still makes the best pudding though, no dimension I go to will ever change that.”

“Oh shoot, I completely forgot!” Derpy shouted with a hoof to the forehead. “I have some letters I still need to deliver to the area,” getting of her chair Derpy looked to Neptune with a smile. “I’ll catch up with you later Neptune, the duty of a mail mare never ends.”

“Don’t sweat it. I’m sure you’ll be back in a few chapters or so anyways,” Neptune replied as Derpy headed into the air. The CPU waved as her new friend went into the air, feeling even more chipper than before. “Now then, what to do. Given Histy’s rule of three it will probably take her till next chapter to get ahold of me, so I might as well head back to the castle and apologize to whatever her name was about rushing off.”

With her destination decided, Neptune retraced her and Derpy’s steps, hoping that she remembered where she was going. She could have just looked into the distance to the gigantic castle that toppled the city, but that wasn’t how Nep did things. The more lost she became, the more fun it was to become found after all.

Meanwhile, back at Canterlot Castle, Celestia was rushing down the hall to her sister’s room. She had done everything she could think of to try and take even an ounce of sleep, but Neptune’s words had refused to leave. She was the princess of the Equestria, one able to move the sun, and had given her country the greatest defenders it had ever known, but a single glance from a human and they had called her uncool. That dagger that had struck her heart refused to leave, and while she waited for Twilight and her friends to arrive from the letter Raven sent, only one pony could possibly help her.

“LUNA!” Celestia said, swinging open the door to her sister’s room. “Luna, I need to ask you something, am I-”

Celestia’s train of thought as she saw her sister, who was currently sitting in a corner of her room with a mug filled with coffee. Her mane still had major bedhead, and her muzzle was in what seemed to be a permanent frown. This was something Celestia was used to seeing, but that was usually in the morning. It had to be around one in the afternoon now, and Luna still didn’t seem like she was in the mood to wake up.

“Luna… is everything alright?” Celestia asked.

“Just trying to wake up,” Luna responded, taking a sip of her coffee afterwards.

“But it’s… nevermind,” Celestia said, shaking her head. “Listen Luna, I have a very important question that I need to ask of you.”

“This wouldn’t have anything to do with the human that had walked by my room earlier today, would it?” Luna asked. Her question surprised Celestia, mostly because the route to her sister’s room was nowhere near the castle’s entrance. “She was chanting some strange encantation. If I remember correctly it went something along the lines of ‘nepu nepu nepu, nepu nepu nepu’. Do you know what that means.”

“Not a clue,” Celestia shook her head, glad that she wasn’t the only one that wasn’t perplexed by the strange girl. “Her name is Neptune, at least from what she told me, and well… Luna, am I uncool?”

The previously half-awake alicorn suddenly found herself unable to contain the coffee that was currently in her muzzle. Attempting to hide it, she turned away, doing all she could to get it all down before she wasn’t able to hold back her laughter. She half succeeded, able to get most of her drink down before the rest started coming out her nostrels and mouth, laughter quickly filling the room as it did. Celestia just stood there, unable to make sense of her current behavior.

“Oh, hehe, oh my sister,” Luna managed to say through her laughter and tears. “I… I never thought that, hehehe, that you would, ahahahahahahaha!”

Celestia could only roll her eyes at the alicorn currently rolling on the floor in laughter.

“Luna, please, just give me an answer,” Celestia pleaded. “I’m princess of Equestria, and I have been for more than a thousand years. I have done all I can to stay with the times but now I’m not so sure I’ve been able to,” Luna had stopped laughing at this point, but was holding a smug smile as her sister confessed how she felt. “I thought that would make me cool but now I’m not so sure. Please, Luna, please tell me you think I’m cool.”

“Celestia, do you want to know how long I have been waiting for you to say something like that?” Luna asked. “I didn’t think it would take an other worldly visitor to do such a thing, but now that you know it’s not a secret to hide from you,” She proceeded to put a hoof on her sister’s shoulders, that smile only seeming to grow with time. “Celestia, I know it’s not what you want to here, but from my experience with Twilight’s friend Rainbow Dash, I can safely say that you are not cool,” Luna blinked as she finished, just now noticing how stone like her sister’s surprise has become. “Sister?”

With a poke, Celestia fell over, having fainted from the surprise and gravity of the situation.

Author's Note

Hey everyone, this is Neptune, and welcome to Nepstation!

Since Vaati doesn’t want to do the boring old author’s note for every chapter, he let me and all the other characters you meet take over for this section of the chapter. See, we are even color coded to make things easier!

Now, I’m sure many of you picked up this story not knowing who the hey I am or what ‘Megadimension Neptunia’ is, but don’t worry about that. That basically just means that any characters who appeared up to VII (oh, that means victory 2 by the way, not seven. I’m not really sure what Idea Factory was thinking there) will be here. I’ll try my best to introduce them all to you, since this is the first experience most of you have had.

Anyways, time for the preview. Histy makes a call, Celestia evaluates her life choices, and the number three. Next Chapter: Phone a Nep! See you all then!