Wish Gone Awry. Enter Equestria! Enter New Life!

Morning broke, and Twilight nearly jumped out of bed. Taking a quick look through her telescope at the lake, she confirmed both the creature and Princess Luna were still at the lake. Twilight rushed through her morning. She usually was extremely meticulous in her morning routine, but today she had a reason to rush. Grabbing just a light breakfast and downing her morning earl gray in nearly a single gulp, she readied herself for anything.

"Twilight, where are we going?" Spike asked in bewilderment at Twilight's frantic rushing.

"No time; can't explain; stay here," the sleep-deprived unicorn quickly said as she rushed out of the Golden Oak Library. The questions flowed through her head, what was that creature, why was it with Princess Luna, why did they fall asleep together at the lake, why did Princess Luna... blushed Twilight as she trailed off at that thought. She tried to get asleep after spying Princess Luna raising the moon at the lake, but she couldn't. Curiosity overtook her thoughts as she remembered last night.

"I'll just take a quick peek," Twilight quietly giggled to herself. Something drew her, was it her curiosity, her worry, or was she just having one of those nights? Who can say? Looking through her telescope, she couldn't believe what she saw Princess Luna doing. Any thoughts of going down to the lake that night to scout out the creature, make sure Princess Luna was safe, and over-prepare for tomorrow's meeting were banished entirely. If she interrupted the two, then she'd surely face Princess Luna's wrath. Twilight tried to pull herself away, tried not to look; Twilight tried, and she failed. She spent all night looking at the perverse scene Princess Luna was putting on. Even after Princess Luna finished, Twilight still had thoughts, images, and fantasies running through her head. She knew that she and the other element bearers had to investigate. Investigate the creature and Princess Luna; something was going on, and they had to know.

Darting through Ponyville Twilight made nearly Dash-worthy time to Sweet Apple Acres. Frantically knocking at Applejack's door, AJ answered to a frantic, exhausted-looking Twilight.

"Howdy sugar-cube; you look more worked up than an apple in a cider press; what's eating you?" AJ asked as Twilight grabbed her hoof.

"No time, come with me to the lake now!" Twilight practically commands, lightly pulling at AJ's hoof.

"OK, OK sugar-cube, give me a moment. Granny, Big Mac, Applebloom, Twilight needs me. I'll be right back," Applejack yells as she follows Twilight. This process repeats from each of her friends until Fluttershy. Pinkie Pie just went right along, excited at the prospect of fun. Rarity went along after Twilight told her that there was somecreature wearing a lot of clothes. Rainbow Dash, well, she wasn't happy at being woken up but went along for her friends and for a possible adventure. Leaving towards the lake, the five stopped at Fluttershy's cottage. Knocking at the door, Twilight prepares her at this point rehearsed routine.

"Who is it?" Fluttershy meekly asks while her door is closed.

"It's Twilight. I'm here with the rest of our friends. You have to come with us, this is big, like really big!" Twilight explains excitedly. Rumbling around her cottage for a few moments, Fluttershy comes out.

"Alright girls, what's this big thing?" Fluttershy asked as she followed after the girls.

"No idea," Rainbow Dash replied, yawning, "whatever it is must be big," she stated, finishing her yawn.

"Oh, it's big, real big," Twilight said, grinning as she led the girls to the lake. "I saw a creature, a never before seen creature. It was at the lake last night with Princess Luna. They're still there!" Twilight said excitedly. All the girls gave each other odd looks, all except Fluttershy.

"Twilight, what did this creature look like?" Fluttershy nervously asked, an idea of who it was already in her head.

"No idea, Fluttershy," Twilight said as Rainbow Dash whispered something into AJ's ear. "It was too dark to make out its features clearly, but it's big, maybe as big as Princess Celestia!" Twilight finished as Rainbow Dash, and AJ started to laugh. "What's so funny?" Twilight asked with mild annoyance.

"Twilight, do you really think we should be intruding on Princess Luna's date?" Rainbow Dash asked, both suggestively and mockingly. Think back to what Twilight saw last night, what Princess Luna was doing, her cheeks flushed red.

"Princess Luna is not dating that thing," Twilight firmly said.

"I don't know; they seemed fairly friendly yesterday," Fluttershy unknowingly said under her breath. She thought nopony heard her; she thought that until she walked into Twilight's flank.

"Fluttershy," Twilight slowly said, "what do you know?" Twilight asked firmly.

"I, I know nothing," Fluttershy nervously laughed.

"Fluttershy, you're a terrible liar," AJ flatly stated.

"Hey, now don't be so hard on her, I'm sure she has a reason," Pinkie Pie said, bouncing closer to Fluttershy, "and I wanna know it!" Pinkie stated energetically.

"I know what it is," Rainbow Dash said. "Fluttershy here is running a dating service, matching up difficult to match ponies with rare and exotic beings," Rainbow said, half laughing. "Maybe she can hook you up, Twi," Rainbow said, laughing, as AJ and Pinkie started to laugh while Twilight and Fluttershy blushed.

"Oh come now, girls, we won't get anywhere like this," Rarity said, trying to act mature but still holding back her giggles. "Now, Fluttershy, darling, tell us everything. Who did you match up with Princess Luna?" Rarity asked, joining in on the joke. Breathing deeply, Fluttershy steadied herself. She knew that Julius didn't want to be found out, not yet at least, but it was inevitable. Figuring that it was better to tell them everything she knew, hopefully avoiding a disaster, Fluttershy spoke up.

"Twilight, remember yesterday how I needed to send a letter to the Princesses?" Fluttershy asked. The other girls went quiet as she asked this; was Rainbow Dash's joke actually, right?

"Yes, why?" Twilight asked cautiously, really hoping Rainbow's stupid joke wasn't accurate.

"Well, the letter was about that creature," Fluttershy explained. At this, all laughter stopped, and all eyes turned to Fluttershy. "You see, I was in the Everfree Forest helping out a family of bunnies. Six timberwolves attacked me. I thought I was done for, but then that creature came out of nowhere. It destroyed the timberwolves and brought me back to the outskirts of Ponyville," Fluttershy explained, and at this, the girls paused in their tracks.

"So let me get this straight. We're going to awaken and probably annoy something that can destroy timberwolves?" Rainbow Dash asked somewhat excitedly, somewhat nervously.

"Don't worry, girls," Fluttershy reassured. "Julius might be a bit cranky from getting woken up, but he's nice enough. I think you'd like him a lot, Twilight," Fluttershy said before giggling a bit, getting at least a little in on Rainbow's joke.

"Julius, that's its name, it talks?!?" Twilight exclaimed in shock.

"Oh yes, he does," Fluttershy gently says. "He's something called a human. From what he's told Princess Luna and me, he's not from our world. His world is a place called Earth," Fluttershy explains as the girls stop dead in their tracks.

"Creature. Otherworld. Talks. Timberwolves," Twilight stumbles over her words as her mind races ahead of itself. "Luna. Lake. Mouth stuff. Wingblanket," she continues. "I HAVE TO KNOW!" Twilight shouts before running off towards the lake.

"Mouthstuff?" The other five girls all say quizzically, looking at each other. Realizing Twilight was racing ahead of them; the girls run after her. They weren't too far from the lake, maybe five or ten minutes at full gallop, and Twilight wasn't exactly athletic, so catching up to her wasn't hard.

"What did you mean by mouth stuff?" Rainbow asked, flying beside Twilight.

"Ignore that," Twilight said, blushing.

"Were you spying on them, Twilight? Are you a voyeur?" Rainbow asked teasingly. "I never thought you had it in you," she giggled. "Honestly, I saw you more as a submissive schoolmare," Rainbow joked teasingly.

"OK, yes, I watched them from my telescope. To see a Princess raise or lower something outside the castle is rare, and to see a new creature is even rarer. But just ignore the mouth stuff, please," Twilight pleaded with Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, so that's why you didn't get enough sleep," Rainbow said with a sly grin. "You were busy imagining yourself in the human's place," Rainbow said teasingly and laughing. "Or maybe you imagined yourself in Princess Luna's place?"

"S-shut up, Dash," Twilight stammered out, blushing as the group came to the lake. Slowing to a walk, the girls slowly approached the two figures lying near the lake. One was definitely Princess Luna; the other, though, the being Princess Luna was nuzzling against and had her wing over he was new.

"Aww," the group collectively cooed before walking forward. They only made it a few steps before they smelt a scent. Each one of the mares knew the scent, and each one blushed at the implications.

"Well, Princess Luna sure had a good time last night," Rainbow giggled. "And Twi, you're definitely explaining mouth stuff now," she finished smugly. Twilight really didn't want to admit to what she saw last night, so a hasty plan formed. Charging her horn, Twilight sent a light shock towards Julius.

"Ah, what the..." Julius said, awaking in shock, a dull zap running through his left leg. It wasn't painful, just annoying and unexpected.

"Oh, look at that; he's awake," Twilight deflected. "Let's go say hello, and continue this talk never, OK, OK," Twilight said in haste, trotting towards the awaking human, the others following, Fluttershy closely.

"I've had worse awakenings," Julius said, rubbing his eyes. "None come to mind," he said in a sigh, standing up, Luna's wing softly caressing his chest as he stood, the feathers dancing down his side as he stood. The girls stopped reasonably close to him. Yeah, he was slightly taller than Celestia. They watched as he stretched his body. It was strange how flexible he seemed and how much his body seemed to crack. The girls all looked at each other before their eyes settled on Fluttershy. Nervous but knowing what she needed to do, Fluttershy took a moment to brace herself.

"Good morning, Julius," Fluttershy said meekly.

"Oh, Fluttershy," Julius responded groggily. "Look, I just woke up, and I haven't had any coffee. I'm in no condition to deal with anything until either I have a good cup of coffee or an hour or so to wake up," Julius explained as he continued his stretching. Almost as if on cue, Pinkie Pie came up beside Fluttershy. Reaching into her mane, she pulled out a carafe filled with coffee and a large mug.

"Here you go," Pinkie energetically said, giving the carafe and mug to Julius.

"I take sugar and cream with my coffee," Julius said, yawning as he took the carafe and mug.

"I got those too," Pinkie said, pulling sugar cubes and cream out of her mane.

"I would question you, I really would, but I'm too tired for it," Julius said as he prepared his coffee. "Besides, I'm sure I'd just end up with the mother of all migraines if I tried to apply logic to you," Julius said. He sniffed the freshly made coffee, a warm smile coming over his face as he sat back down next to Luna, one of his arms slightly pulling her into his side.

"Wow, a few moments with her, and he already accepted Pinkie Pie's Pinkieness," Applejack said slowly, walking up to the now sitting human.

"Yeah, must be a fast learner," Rainbow Dash continued following above Applejack.

"I accepted nothing but the coffee, cream, and sugar. And learning has nothing to do with it," Julius said before taking a quick sip of coffee. "I'm just far too tired and apathetic to put forth any energy into understanding her. So I'll just accept the weirdness. My day just started, and I'm not ready for it to end," Adding a little cream, Julius begins to drink his coffee. As Julius drank his coffee, Fluttershy introduced her friends.

"So where are you staying, umm, mister Julius?" Twilight asked, her inflection increasing with 'mister.' Breaking away from the mug with a healthy sigh Julius relaxed a bit.

"Just Julius is fine. I don't really care for formalities," Julius said, smacking his lips together. "And I'm staying in the Everfree Forest, with the zebra Zecora" he finished taking another drink from his mug.

"WHAT!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, the loud yelp getting a moaning response from a sleeping Luna.

"Keep in down, please. Moonshine here is trying to sleep," Julius requested between gulps of coffee, his free hand sliding under Luna's regalia and gently caressing the tuft of her chest fur. The girls looked at each other in shock, to just casually caress a mare's tuft, a princess' at that, was there really something going on between them.

"You probably shouldn't do that in public. It's kind of intimate," Twilight explained, blushing.

"Oh, well, OK," Julius said, his hand still in Luna's tuft. "I'm still going to do it. I'll just feel a little awkward doing it," he replied with a soft smile, his fingers deftly massaging her tuft. Trying their best to ignore the display and Luna's soft cooing, the girls giggle slightly to each other.

"So... who is Zecora, and why do you stay with her?" Twilight asked before Pinkie approaches her.

"Zecora is an evil zebra; I even made a song about it," Pinkie Pie says before going into her whole Evil Enchantress song, Julius biting his tongue hard, trying not to laugh. After Pinkie finished her song, Julius was almost in tears.

"Pinkie, you got everything wrong," Julius said, barely muffling his laughter. "I live with her. She literally saved my life when I first came here. She's an apothecarist. She makes potions, excellent ones," Julius explained.

"If she's not evil, then why does she live in the Everfree Forest?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"When she first moved here, she was thrown out of town before she even got a chance to settle down; she nearly got lynched. She had nowhere else to go. Besides, once you get used to it, the Everfree isn't that bad, lots of ingredients there. And it's a great place for training," Julius continued to explain. "Honestly, aside from her saving me, and admittedly our relationship being awkward, Ponyville doing that to her is a big reason for me living in the Everfree with her," he stated.

"Why wouldn't you live in town?" Twilight asked.

"I'm an alien omnivore who would come to town from the cursed forest filled with spooky, scary evil things. Oh yeah, that would go over so very well," Julius said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "I mean, the Zebra was shunned for simply being a Zebra, and she's an equine like the ponies. So I'm sure me just showing up would go over fantastically," Julius finished rolling his eyes. Looking at each other, the girls got the point. Finally stepping forward, Rarity made herself noticed.

"I couldn't help but notice that you're wearing clothes all over your body. Is there any reason for that?" Rarity asked, examining his clothes and his body.

"Yeah, humans don't have fur. We wear clothes to keep ourselves warm, also to protect our modesty," Julius explained as he felt Rarity's gaze gloss over his body.

"I see, and I take it from what Fluttershy told us that's your only set of clothes?" Rarity asked, her voice hinting at something.

"Well, I was magiced here by some stupid amulet, so yes, this is my only set of clothes. Why?" Julius asked, wondering what Rarity was getting at.

"Well, that just will not do!" Rarity stated. "You saved our dear friend Fluttershy and are in desperate need of more clothes. After you finish waking up, you're coming with me," she stated plainly.

"Umm, OK, why?" Julius cautiously asked. "I have no money. Are you going to buy me new clothes?" He finished asking, eyebrow raised.

"Don't be silly, darling," Rarity said with a bit of exaggeration in her voice. "I'm going to make you new clothes," she stated softly, smiling.

"You heard the part where I don't have any money, right? I literally have no way of paying you," Julius told her very matter-of-factly.

"It's OK. I'll accept no payment from you. You are new to this world, you saved our dear friend, and your image of us has been tarnished somewhat; this is the least I can do. Besides, a chance like this is golden. To make clothes for a creature that always wears clothes, you'll be the perfect model!" Rarity giggled at the thought.

"Well, if you're going to make them, can I make a request or two, nothing big I promise," Julius asked somewhat nervously, his free hand now brushing through Luna's wings softly preening them, causing Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to blush slightly.

"Anything darling, just name it," Rarity said, lost in thought.

"Great, first off, the clothes you make could they be suited for survival in the forest. So like grays, browns, greens, and blues in a camo pattern," Julius said as his fingers carefully tested Luna's feathers.

"Well brown, and gray are a bit, ugh, but I can do. After you move into town, we'll have to get you nicer clothes," Rarity said while thinking of how she should make the clothes.

"Thanks, and second," Julius said as his finger found a loosened feather. Plucking the nearly fallen feather off of Luna's wing, all six girls gasped, unbelieving what he just did. "Can you make a hat with this feather sticking out from it?" Julius asked, holding up a large blue feather. The girl's jaws all hanged opened. He didn't know; there's no way he knows what he was doing, what he just did, what he was asking for. The girls all thought to themselves. Collecting herself, Rarity started to stammer.

"W-well, y-yes I can, but," Rarity said awkwardly, "you do know what that means, right?" She asked.

"Well yeah, of course, I do," Julius said confidently, leaving all the girls in shock. "I'll have the best looking hat, with the coolest feather," he said, turning the feather in the air; Luna's feather still looking somewhat mystical.

"Umm, wearing a pegasus's feather in your mane or clothes usually implies an intimate relationship," Rarity said, blushing. Looking at Luna, Julius chucked a bit.

"Considering the position that we were found in, I don't think she'd have a problem with that," Julius chuckled as he continued to preen Luna's wings absentmindedly. Looking at the ponies, he noticed they were just standing there in shock, jaws agape. "This intimate too?" Julius asked with a sigh.

"Yes," Rainbow Dash said, blushing hard.

"Well, her feathers feel amazing, so I'm still going to do it. I'll just feel a bit awkward doing it," Julius replied, grinning.

"Can you please just do it in private? This kind of sends the wrong message," Twilight requests as Julius finishes his coffee while his fingers play with Luna's feathers.

"Fine, fine," Julius sighed, slowly sliding his arms under Luna. Gently lifting Luna, Julius carried her close to him in a princess carry. "Well, lead on to your workshop," Julius said, looking at Rarity. The girls, for their part, looked at each other in pure shock. The sheer audacity he had was insane. At the same time, though, it was somewhat refreshing, and if what he said was true, then Ponyville had an apology to make and an apothecarist to get. Lost for words, the girls took the lead, walking towards Ponyville, more specifically Carousel Boutique.