Unlikely Endeavors

It has been two weeks since Chris had come to Equestria, and they have been some of the most grueling weeks of his life. It has been non-stop test after test after exam after experiment and it just kept going. Chris understood why, but it was still very hard on him.

Twilight, or Twi as he had started to call her had been given the task of learn as much as she could about Chris and everything he knows, and while teaching him about Equestria while he is here. Chris had met with Princess Celestia and Luna, he was quite surprised with how tall they were compared to the other ponies. They were pretty cool, immortal pony goddess's that controlled the sun and moon, pretty fucking crazy.

It was still very strange, being in a magical pony land of mystical creatures. Chris's mind almost popped as he watched Twilight levitate a book over to herself like it was nothing.

The days were long and rough for him, a day didn't go by without twilight doing some sort of experiment or have him do a test about Equestria. It started to get a little weird when Twilight started getting touchy with him during an anatomy exam. She was just doing her job, and was very professional about it. But hooves on your balls was a very odd feeling and something Chris wasn't going to forget anytime soon.

He has been staying in the castle, was given his own room and everything. Apparently it was a guest room made for a yak, judging by how much bigger the size of the bed was compared to the other guest rooms. It was nothing too fancy, a bed, nightstand, dresser and desk. Simple, and get's the job done.

Chris was given the opportunity to go back to his house get a few of the personal belongings a couple of times, escorted by Twilight and a few guards of course. The first time he just grabbed some clean clothes and his Switch, which Twilight was very interested in, but there was no way he was about to let her strip it down to see how it worked.

Twilight loved learning about the technology of earth, Chris let her dismantle l a few things that were either already broken or that would be useless in Equestria. That pony was like a kid in a candy store when they went to Chris's house. She took samples of EVERYTHING. From his clothes, the floor, walls, the water in the pipes, the food, absolutely everything. It was pretty impressive how thorough she was.

The second time they went Chris had requested to bring a cart, knowing that he wanted to bring a lot more stuff back this time. He got all of his clothes, computer, and a few knick knacks. This time it was just him and Twilight, which Chris was very thankful about. Being followed by guards everywhere he went was nice, but also felt he didn't have any actual freedom yet. It showed that Twilight no longer seen him as a threat and was able to trust him.

Other then that Chris hasn't seen much sunlight, and it was starting to be a little draining. He got out of bed and got into his normal morning routine of a shower and a fresh change of clothes. Heading downstairs to the kitchen he could already smell Spike cooking up breakfast as always.

Spike was a cool dragon and someone he could relate to. He was the only other guy he could talk to, and he made some damn good pancakes. Speaking of food, ponies where herbivores, which meant no eating meat. There was no way he was going vegan. Luckily some creatures here still eat meat like griffons and dragons, and he was even luckier that he so happened to live with one of those.

"Smells good Spike." Chris said as he turns the corner into the kitchen.

"Thanks bro," Spike smiled other at him, flipping a pancake off the pan and onto a plate, "Almost finished with them."

Chris politely waited as his friend finished making those cakes he loved so much. Sitting down at the table, he noticed the newspaper for today placed over on the side. Chris sighed to himself as he seen the headline. "Alien being kept in the castle?" was written in big bold letters across the front page, along with a photo of him and twilight with the guards coming back from his house trip.

He skimmed through the article before spike came over and dropped a plate of fresh pancakes covered in syrup in front of him.

"don't let it get to you, they don't know anything about you yet and are just trying to chase a headline." Spike stated, noticing you looking at the paper.

"yeah I know, just wish Twilight would let me out of here soon, I'm going stir crazy in here." Chris stuck a fork in a cake and ripped of a piece and put it in his mouth. He gave a satisfied groan as the taste hit his tongue.

"I wish I could cook half as good as you do Spike, these are so good!"

Spike went back to the counter as he got himself his own plate.

"Hehe, I aim to please. I don't mean to get your hopes up, but I heard Twilight talking to her friends about you."

Chris changed his focus from his food to spike with that.

"And?" Chris gestured with his fork in a small spinning motion.

"And, I think she is going to let you out of this place, maybe not on your own completely, probably accompanied by a guard at first, but you'll be able to go and do as you please. Maybe even get a real job instead of eating all my food." He ends jokingly.

"Really? that sounds better then being cooped up here all day. When did she say that might happen?"

"Today," Spike shoves another bite of pancake in his mouth. "That is why you have a meeting at 12, she is going to introduce you to the town, so they don't think your some weirdo freak."

"The whole town? And I'm pretty sure they already think that." Chris tapped the newspaper again.

"Well this will ensure them that you aren't."

They both finish their meals a little after Twilight enters the kitchen.

"Hey Chris, can I talk to you about something?"