Walkin' With The Sunby CountDerpyChaptersDon't Let The Sun Go Down On MeHoles In The Floor Of Heaven (Condenced and UpdatedWelcome Home (Sanitarium)Release The PanicWhat Was I Thinking?Don't Let The Sun Go Down On MeOk, you can do this. You've gotten so close to doing this so just get it over with. Darrell thought as he paced back and forth in front of Tia's door. Come on! It's been two years, it's been long enough. Two Years Ago "Yo! What is up everybody! This is the master of the mixer, the sultan of synth and inexplicably called Steve by the manager, DJ DArK STAr."Darrell screamed above the Unce of the music to the crowd of the busiest night club in all of New York City. "We're gonna be taking a 15 minute break but then we will be back to get this party started once again!" The cheers filled the club as he walked down from the stage. "Yo, Steve my boy!" The Boss Man called from behind the bar "I told you once before, my name is Darrell,not Steve. Get it right man." "Yeah, whatever." "Just get me three shots of Patron Silver and two Four Loco's." "Milwaukee Triple Pound'r eh?" "You know it man!" The Boss Man smiled as he started to mix the drink. Darrell could care less. He was staring at a beauty he had seen in here several times over the last month. She stood at least 5'8", her arms and legs were lanky and thin. They looked as if they couldn't even hold the weight of her full body. She was sexy to say the least, but he could care less about her breasts or ass. He was focused on her hair. The colors were so strange. Having studied art for the last 5 years, he recognized them by heart. It was a 4-toned mane consisting of a light cerulean, a light turquoise, an extremely light cobalt blue and a pale purple or heliotrope color. It was beautiful, but still not as beautiful as her grayish-magenta eyes. It was almost as if she was... No, she couldn't be. A girl like that being a... "One Triple Pound'r. Want me to charge it?" "Dude, you know I have to." "Whatever, just drink and get back to work." "Eh, shut up." He grabbed the glass and knocked back the drink. It went down as smooth as broken glass. "That looks good!" He froze and turned around, the mysteriously beautiful lady was standing right behind him. "Uhhh.... I-it's a Milwaukee Triple Pound'r. Y-you want one?" "One? Fuck that! Hey Barkeep!" "What'll it be, Tia?" "Four Triple Pound'rs over here!" "Coming up!" "Damn!" He looked up at her. "Four of these things, now that is my kind of drinker!" "That's barely a drink to me." "Sure, we'll see when I'm having to scoop your ass up off the dance floor when you pass out." "Who said you have to wait til' then." She said giving a flirting wink. He tensed up and blushed. The girl smiled and giggled a bit."Your cute. My name is Tia." "I'm Darrell." Ok....here we go! He knocked against Tia's door, holding a bouquet of her favorite flower, Japanese Cherry Blossoms. "Come In!" Tia yelled from inside her apartment and he instantly obliged the offer. He rushed headlong into the large, and very open living room. The place looked more like a ballroom at an old castle than anything. "Hey Hey Hey!" "Hehe, Hey Darrell." She smiled as she looked over at from her chair. "You ready to go?" "You know I am, but there is one thing I wanted to tell you before we go...well two things." "Ok, what's the first thing?" He grabbed a small box from out of the flowers and got down on one knee. Before he could even look up at her she was already answering him. "If your asking what I think your asking, I say YES!" "Really!?" "Yes, yes, yes!" "Great!" He exclaimed as he slid the ring onto her finger. "Now come on, I've called us a cab and we are going to the best restaurant in all of New York." "Well, lets go then." She said planting a kiss on his lips before grabbing her purse. "Alright." He said as she took his arm and he lead her outside. He wasn't really dressed to go anywhere special, just a clean T-Shirt and nice jeans. He stood out in major contrast to Tia, who always wore the same style white dress with gold accents, large white high-heeled boots and finger less arm-length gloves with the same golden accents. It was stunning to say the least. They got down to the street corner and waited for a passing taxi. They did not notice a small man waiting in the shadows of the building behind them. This man had been stalking Tia for weeks...well it was normal for a professional model to have a few stalkers. "So, where did you have in mind for dinner." "Well, I was thinking we could go down to Papa Fazoli's for and get there....i don't know....rooftop table." "Sounds awesome!" She reached out to him for a hug, but was stooped by the man running at them from the shadows. "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU ASSHOLE!" He screamed as his fist landed a blow square to Darrell's chest and sent him flying into the road... Just as a bus was going by. "DARRELL!" was the last thing he heard as the bus slammed into him and forced him from this world. Well, my luck had to run out sometime He closed his eyes and waited for death to whisk him away from the mortal bonds of this Earth, it's icy embrace willing to drag him into the bottomless pits of hell.... But it never came.... Darrell opened his eyes, expecting to see the grim reaper standing over him, ready to strike him down. No such figure appeared, but someone was standing over him. A tall, white alicorn with golden accents on her hooves. Her mane flowed 4-tones....light cerulean, light turquoise, extremely light cobalt blue and a pale heliotrope. Her eyes glowed a grayish-magenta. "Hello Darrell. Sorry I had to reveal myself to you before I had originally planned to." Darrell looked up at her shocked. "Dear God, I must be dead." "You are not dead, and you may still call me....Tia." Holes In The Floor Of Heaven (Condenced and UpdatedAnd with that he fainted...... "Darrell.....Wake Up!" Celestia nudged the unconscious human form that lay upon her bed. "Hmm... Tia I don't have to be at work til 6, lemme sleep 5 more minutes." "I would but you've been out for a week." Darrell shot straight up in bed. He looked around the room. This wasn't his room, this didn't even look like New York anymore. Everything was too.............animated. "Umm, Tia. Where the fuck are we." He said as he turned towards his....love? He stared at the alicorn standing in front of him. "Dear God, I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore." "No your not in Kansas....or on Earth for that matter." "So I am dead. Well that explains why I'm talking to a fucking talking winged pony...er... unicorn thing." Especially one that sounds exactly like Tia. Celestia sighed. "First off, I'm an alicorn. Secondly, you are not dead. Finally, the reason I sound like Tia is because I am Tia." Darrell looked up at the alicorn, and his eye widened at the sight of her.It was a 4-toned mane consisting of a light cerulean, a light turquoise, an extremely light cobalt blue and a pale purple or heliotrope color. It was beautiful, but still not as beautiful as her grayish-magenta eyes. "Holy shit!" Darrell shot up and smashed his head straight into the ceiling above him. "Tia...where the fuck are we and what kind of drugs did you give me." "Three things. First, your in the land of Equestria, and yes most of it's inhabitants are ponies. Secondly, I did not slip you any drugs, you we're hit by a bus so I brought you here to keep you from dying. Third, your going to have to forgive me for this." No sooner did the words leave her mouth did her horn begin to glow a light yellow color. A warm feeling washed over Darrell's body as he was enveloped in the same yellowish glow. He began to levitate several inches off the ground, the room growing larger around him. But it wasn't the room growing, he was shrinking. and his body became more and more compact. His limbs folded in with little pain, almost as they were made of putty.No sooner did this feeling began did it pass, leaving him lying crumpled on the floor. "Interesting, that worked better than i had thought." "Tia, what the hell was that?" Darrell inquired as he tried to stand, finding himself unable to reach a bipedal standing position. "Take a look." Tia levitated a floor length mirror in front of Darrell, who's jaw slammed into the ground upon seeing the image reflected upon it. A dark grey unicorn with glowing silver and blue swirls of fur appeared in the mirror. His mane and tail were a rusty silver color with several streaks of burnt orange weaved into it, his eyes were a deep electric blue.The horn on his head glowing a faint silver. Resting on either side of his flank was the image of a black 12-pointed star resting inside of a glowing electric blue radiation symbol. "Holy shit!" He screamed jumping back and tripping over a small coffee table. He scrambled back onto his hooves, an awkward and somehow instinctive feeling. "I'm a....I'm a....." "Yes you are, and a very good looking one at that." Tia giggled giving one of her famous "knockout winks". No matter how pissed he ever got with her, the wink always calmed him down. Today this was not the case...... "What the fuck is going on here! Tia I don't know what kind of sick twisted game your playing here, but i'm tapping out of it. Please just change me back and take me home." Celestia sighed and gave him a stare of unwavering power and grim sorrow. "There is no way back." "Tia, I'm serious. Stop fucking around and end this please!" "DARRELL, THERE IS NO WAY BACK!" She shouted in a voice that Darrell was certain no human could ever hit. The glass objects in the room shattered and the land itself seemed to shake with fear at the power behind her voice. All he could do was stare at the alicorn in front of him. He was paralyzed by just her voice alone. She calmed down a bit, a few tears escaping from the edges of her eyes. " You died for real Darrell. That's the only reason i brought you here. If you would have survived it this place would just be another myth faded into you society. But it's not. I had to Darrell. I couldn't watch you die, I couldn't watch your life end so suddenly." He stood there motionless. His mind was buzzing with emotion as he tried to come to terms with the information relayed to him. The unwavering power behind her eyes and her voice assured him of one thing that he did not wish to believe. She was telling the truth. The songs of his world sometimes say that a grown man shouldn't cry, but had their writers ever been thrust from their world out of death and thrown into another? Had they ever lost it all and took the time to reflect on what they had lost? Darrell collapsed, his new form folding down into a natural position as his tears poured from the deepest recesses of his mind. He had lost everything. He lost his job, his life, his New York flat, his equipment. Everything. His tears began to slow as the alicorn mare laid down beside him on the floor, resting her head on the back of his neck. He could feel his fur becoming cold and wet as her own tears feel upon him. He gently raised his head and brought it to her eye level, his own electric blues reflected in the bloodshot whites of her grayish-magenta eyes. His mind shot into a sharp realization that he had not lost everything, and everything he had lost was just material. He still had her and that is all that mattered to him as he nuzzled against the side of her neck instinctively as if he had known what to do all his life. He didn't know if it was right or wrong, nor even how she would react, but his mind settled s she returned the gesture. The two alicorns sat in silence for what seemed like hours, neither one making a move until a low growl echoed through the room. Tia laughed as a reddish color swept across her face. "Sorry, guess I'm a bit hungry." Darrell stood up and chuckled with a smile. "Well, I think that makes two of us." "Well then." She said as she stood up, her fur was visibly matted and wet from tears, but the reddish color receding from the whites of her eyes. "Let's go get something to eat and I'll try to explain everything as best as I can. I mean, I do rule this country after all." "You rule this country..." "Well they don't call me Princess Celestia for nothing." And with that he once more fainted....... Welcome Home (Sanitarium)Darrell awoke several hours later in a daze, his new body laying perfectly sandwiched between three layers of silk sheets and a large down comforter. It was late at night, judging from the darkness of the room and the snoring alicorn beside him. He rolled over and faced Tia, half expecting to see her normal human body lying next to him, but she was still a pony. As he tried to sit up and get out of bed, two long and lanky white hooves wrapped around him and pulled him back down. They lay there, Tia deep in her sleep and Darrell caught in her death grip. It’s not like he minded it, but it was still strange getting used to everything, a new world…a new body…a whole new life. All he knew is that as long as Tia would be there beside him to help him through it, he would be alright. After several moments of struggling, he wiggled his way out of Tia’s hold and fell flat onto the floor. Tile was now his second least favorite wake up call. He stood and brushed himself off; the floor had obviously not been cleaned in several days judging from the amount of dust that clung to his coat. He walked quietly around the room, stumbling a few times as he adjusted to this new way of walking. Tia’s room was not as nice as her flat back in Manhattan. There were a few trinkets here and there, a large vanity mirror where several large pieces of jewelry, which looked like heavy armor from his angle, lay and emitted a faint golden glow. He stared at them for a while, mesmerized by their glow, until he heard a ruffling from behind him. He turned his head quickly and noticed two large curtains flowing gently in the wind that came in from off a balcony. He walked out onto the balcony, anxious to see how the world outside of Tia’s room looked. When he was little, and even now, Darrell had loved places with a view. Tia’s room had more than just a simple view. The first thing he saw was a large and dense forest that covered most of the valley below the mountain that the palace stood upon. It was dark in most areas, a few clearings visible by the light of the full moon overhead. Off in the distance, about 10 miles by his calculations, was a small village by the edge of the forest. It wasn’t a very impressive sight, but still amazing to see. A few lights burned in a large building towards the center of the town. He could see a large farm on the north side of town, and a small cottage right on the edge of the forest. He continued to scan the country side, until his eye fell on a large floating city above the forest. This city seemed to be floating on…well rather made of clouds. On one end of the floating city sat what Darrell assumed to be a large factory surrounded by storm clouds, snow storms and releasing a waterfall of rainbow colored liquid, the other side was balanced out by a mass of tall buildings and a large coliseum. It was beautiful. “Our night is also beautiful, is it not?” A voice called out from a balcony that sat just one story below and slightly to the right of the one that Darrell stood on, causing him almost to jump right over the edge. He regained his balance and peered over the edge to see the source of the voice. A dark blue alicorn stood very still on the railing of the balcony. Her mane was long and flowing, blending in well with the dark midnight sky. Silvery stars were weaved into each strand of hair. Her face was stern and unwavering, focused on the moon above. She was clad in black and silver armor-like jewelry, a small black tiara on the top of her head. She glanced to him. “Is it not?” “Y-yes, it’s one of the most beautiful nights I have ever seen.” Darrell replied uneasily. He glanced back at the alicorn, who was no longer standing where she was. She was not even on the balcony anymore. He turned back around, assuming she had gone inside, and came face to face with the dark alicorn. He stumbled back and fell on his flank, gaining a small giggle from the mare. “Sister was right, you humans are jumpy.” She giggled as she held out a hoof to help him up. He took hold of her hoof and quickly stood. “Sister?” “Celestia never told you about us?” She asked “No, Tia never mentioned having a sister.” The mare began to pout and speak in the same volume Tia used when she was mad. “How could she meet someone and not tell them about her own family!” “Well, I don’t think she really wanted me to know about this world yet. Seeing as you already know about me, this will make introductions a lot less... loud.” “We are sorry about that, but it is not screaming. It is just simply the traditional royal Canterlot voice.” She said calmly, her blue eyes now focused in on him like lasers. “And our name is Luna, Princess of the Night and Keeper of the Stars!” Great, she’s a show boater…. “I do not know what this… “show boater” is….but it does not sound like a compliment” Luna snapped as her gaze darkened. Darrell gulped. “Great, you’re a mind reader now too?” “We are more than just that, Darrell. We know your innermost secrets and darkest desires.” “…..I call bullshit.” Darrell said, his own eyes locking in a glare war with Luna. He began to sweat as hers lowered to where it was almost a closed eyed stare, not seen but still there. She walked closer to him and then pressed the bottom of her hoof to his muzzle. “Boop!” Darrell jumped back. “What the fuck was that?” Luna giggled. “Come now, Darrell. We are only trying to have a bit of fun with you. Tia did say that you humans are cute when you are mad, even if you are an alicorn now.” “Yeah, well. It’s not like I asked for this. This is just…..well it’s freaking insane is what it is. It’s bizarre! It’s deranged! It’s….it’s….” “Unbelievable?” “Exactly!” He said, leaning up against the railing of the balcony, his head resting on the cold gold and ivory. “It’s…… it just can’t be happening.” Luna sat beside him. “Well, it is happening and with no regards to if you like it or not. This is your new life and you have to accept it.“ Luna glanced up at the sky. "It is almost time for the sun to be raised." “That it is dear sister.” Darrell turned around and looked to Tia. She was standing very still, her eyes fixated on the sky above her. She glanced down at them and snickered. “Getting a little cozy with my stallion, aren't you Luna?” “ARE YOU INSANE!” Luna jumped up, her face blushing bright red. "WE WOULD NEVER!" Celestia giggled. "You are terrible at lying Luna." Luna growled and jumped back down to her balcony. "Just raise the sun vile woman so we can get to sleep!" "Whatever you say, little sis." Celestia closed her eyes and raised her horn to the sky. It's normal light yellow glow turned into the brightest white that Darrell had ever seen. It was nearly blinding, with all the fury and power of staring straight into the sun for 3 hours straight, but in an instant. Darrell watched as a bolt of magic shot off from the end of her horn and disappeared into the heavens. As if pulled by a lasso, the moon began a fast decent towards the horizon in the west as the first rays of daylight began to break over the dark forest to the east. It took less than 20 seconds for the sun to rise to it's position in the early morning sky. Darrell didn't want to admit it, but he had never seen such a beautiful sight back in the human world, and he has seen everything from Niagara Falls to Mount Everest. Celestia lowered her head, the glow fading from around her horn as she turned to go back into the room. "I've been raising the sun for a thousand years and I always get such a headache from doing it." Darrell looked at her confused. "Ok, I believe that this isn't earth and that your a goddamn pony princess who can raise the sun, but there is no way in hell that your a thousand years old." "Well technically I'm one thousand and twenty-six years old, but a thousand still sounds better." She glanced over to him and noticed that his knees were beginning to buckle just a tiny bit. "Darrell....I swear to me if you pass out again I will kick you in the nads." Darrell snapped back from his state of semi consciousness at the threat of bodily harm, his knees regaining their strength. "No need to get violent Tia." "Well, I am sorry if I don't want my lover passing out every time he hears something new." She pouted just a bit. "Well it's kind of hard to stay conscious when.... Oh I don't know.... your entire life has been flipped upside down in the matter of a few days!" "Ok, damn. No need to be screaming like a banshee." "I'm not screaming. What did your sister call it.....the traditional royal Canterlot voice or something like that." Darrell snapped, his eyes falling to the ground. He didn't mean to snap at her, but his situation made it nearly impossible. It's how any sane person would react to this sort of thing. He stood there for several moments, half expecting to feel a hoof slap him across the face, but was shocked to hear only a lighthearted chuckle come from the tall alicorn. Celestia moved over to him, her form still towering over him by nearly a foot. "Oh, being a smart ass I see?" She placed a hoof on his head, the edge just resting on the side of his horn. Darrell had no idea why, but he felt a sort of ecstasy from the slightest touch of his horn, nearly orgasmic in nature. "Well I know a certain smart ass who won't be getting any if he doesn't shut up." Darrell had this maneuver used on him several times, and it was always enough to shut him up for hours on end sometimes. He just stood there, silent and focused on her. She returned his silence with a wicked grin. "Good boy. Now, let us get a carriage ready. I have business I must attend to in Ponyville and I assume that you would like to get better acquainted with your surroundings. Now the question is how am I going to pass you off in a way that won't raise to much suspicion." The both stood there for several moments, Darrell silent and Celestia deep in thought. The pair did not move a single inch until Tia nearly jumped into the air. "I've got it! Quick, follow me!" Celestia took off a record speed down the hallway, Darrell following after her trying his best to keep up with her pace. It was nearly impossible to follow her as she turned down several hallways that lead deeper into what Darrell assumed to be a castle larger than the Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings, and even that might be a stretch. Eventually, he caught up to her standing outside a large red door with a golden shield engraved into the wood. On one side of the door stood a white unicorn clad in golden armor and on the other stood a dark pony with bat-like wings clad in black and purple armor. Both held tight to a large broadsword and stood at a perfect attention. Darrell was fighting the urge to do to them what he did to the guards in England, although he figured someone had done that in the past. The door opened wide as a taller black unicorn walked through followed by several more of the white unicorn guards. He wasn't ripped, but he was still more muscular than Darrell assumed most other ponies were. Then again these were the first ponies he had seen beside Tia's sister. Celestia walked closer to the stallion. "Lieutenant, I have a request of you." The stallion bowed slightly. "What is it, Princess?" "I would like for you to find a suitable set of non-enchanted armor for my new personal guard here." Celestia lifted her hoof and pointed at Darrell. The Lieutenant moved over to Darrell, his eyes drifting over every inch of him, taking mental measurements in his head. After several moments the stallion returned to his position in front of Celestia, her eyes falling upon him. "Well?" "We may have something that could fit him, probably lunar guard armor until we can have a custom set made. May I inquire, Princess, when did another alicorn enter the Royal Guard Corps.?" "He is not part of the Guard Corps., Lieutenant. He was appointed to be my guard by me because of his outstanding nonmilitant bodyguard credentials. That is all the information you need to know. Retrieve the armor for me at once." "Yes, Your Highness." He gave a quick kneeling bow before darting back into the room as fast as he could. Darrell stared at Celestia for a few moments, finding her power overwhelming....yet sexy at the same time. After a few minutes, the guard came back carrying several large pieces of golden armor. It was much larger than the other ponies where wearing and was covered in a few small amethysts embedded deep into the gold plating. The stallion sat the armor down at Celestia's hooves and backed away. "I was able to find an older set of solar guard armor that should fit him pretty well. We can have him come back tomorrow and our blacksmith will be in and we can get his measurements for better fitting armor." "Thank you, Lieutenant. I will send over some personal specifications for your blacksmith when I send him over tomorrow. That will be all for now. You are dismissed." Celestia gave a small salute to the Lieutenant and turned her attention back to Darrell. She levitated the armor up to eye level and moved closer to him. "Hold still, this may be a bit of a tight fit." Darrell stood still as the large pieces of armor slid over his body. They were all a tight fit, his head and wings barely able to slip inside the armor, the cold golden metal constricting certain parts of his body. He was uncomfortable just to say the least. Celestia stood back and looked him over. "Well, it's mare's armor...but It will do for today." "Oh great!" Darrell sighed loudly." So not only do I have to be uncomfortable, but I have to be dressed as a girl!" Celestia's face curled up into a wicked grin, her horn's glow beginning to darken from it's normal yellow glow to nearly blood red. "If you want to keep complaining, I can make you a girl." She said with an evil laugh. Darrell's eyes went wide at the sheer power that was radiating outward from Tia's body. "T-that's ok, I'll shut up now." The glow of her horn faded away as her grin became a softer smile. "Good, now let us get to a carriage and get over to Ponyville. I cannot wait to show you off to my faithful student and her friends." Darrell nodded slowly, but on the inside his mind was contemplating what horrors and embarrassments were to come his way. If it wasn't for the threat of bodily harm or gender bending he would have passed out hours ago, but in a state of fear anyone could power through their bodies urges, and although on the outside he was silent and smiling, he was screaming in insanity on the inside. Celestia smiled at him again. "Let us depart." Release The PanicDarrell was paralyzed in fear as he beside Celestia in her chariot as they flew to Ponyville. It wasn't that he was scared of meeting Tia's friends and her student, or the fact that he was in the tightest and most girly looking armor set the guards had. It was more from watching the ground move thousands of feet below him. He was deathly afraid of heights, and even being beside the woman..er well mare.. that made him feel like he could conquer the universe wasn't helping him. The prospect of falling to his death was not something that he wanted to think about, but he was staring right at it. "Darrell, for the love of me will you calm yourself? There is very little chance that you would fall that far before someone would catch you." Tia said as Darrell stuck his head over the side of the chariot, the contents of his empty stomach spilling out into the air. Tia rolled her eyes before using her magic to set him back up right. "Please try to calm down, I do have a reputation to uphold here." "Easy for you to say. You do this shit all the time! I've never even been on an airplane before, let alone a damn flying carriage!" Darrell yelled before letting another mouthful of foul liquids fall to the ground below, his face a dark green color. "It's easier if you don't look down and please try to contain you bodily functions. Who knows where that stuff is going to land." Tia sighed Elsewhere "The GRRRRREAT and POWERFUL TRRRRIXIE thanks you for coming to her show!" Trixie screamed out above a crowed of less then 5 ponies, all of whom looked bored out of their minds as she ducked back into her wagon with the stage wrapping up behind her. "Once again, you have outdone yourself Trixie." She said with a sigh as she opened her window. "Was there every any doubt." Trixie looked up into the sky just as cold mass of stomach juice landed on her face and seeped into her nose and mouth. Her screams of shock and horror could be heard for miles around. The carriage landed moments later outside the small village on the edge of the forest. Darrell didn't know what to think of it at first, being used to big city living for most of his natural born life. It reminded him more of a small city in the Amish country, with the small cottage style houses and dirt roads that crisscrossed through the town. Tia stepped out of the carriage and offered a hoof up to him. "Welcome to Ponyville." Darrell gladly accepted her hoof and stepped down from the carriage, his body shivering as the cold fall dirt pressed against the sensitive ends of his hooves. He looked back up at Tia and sighed. "Ponyville, huh? Doesn't that seem like the most obvious sounding names ever for this place?" "More or less, I didn't exactly name it so I really don't see the problem." She said as she began to walk down the dirt road that lead through the middle of town. Darrell followed close behind, his eyes darted around the town, catching site of all the ponies that inhabited the town exiting their homes to come bow before Celestia. So she truly is royalty. He mentally sighed. Watch I bet she has a stuck up nephew that is just going to LOVE the ever loving shit out of me. Tia looked back at him with a sly smile. "I love your sense of sarcasm." Darrell face-hoofed as they walked on, more ponies beginning to shuffle out from their homes to greet Celestia as she moved deeper into the small town. It was odd to him, not just because they were bowing down to his girlfriend. Some of them stared at him as he moved past. Some whispered to the others nearby, some glared like he didn't belong or shouldn't be walking by their princess. Other, mostly the children, pointed at him in awe. He figured from the fact that there were only two alicorns there, he stuck out like a sore thumb to this small town. "This town certainly has it's charm." Celestia asked as she looked back at Darrell. "It's a nice change of pace, or at least better than having to sit in High Court all day listening to politicians prattling on about taxes and things like that." "I can see why, that sounds boring as hell." Darrell said as he continued to look around at the ponies who had now left their bowing positions to carry about their day. "This place kind of reminds me of my hometown in Iowa." "Oh? You mean the place that you call Cornfuck?" "That is the one! Good old Cornfuck. New York was still a better place, but Cornfuck had it's charm." Darrell sighed as he remembered his old hometown. The miles and miles of endless farms, the smell of dirt and cow shit that seeped into everything, and the all of 25 really old people that lived there. It was nostalgic. "Really? I thought you hated it there" Celestia said with a raised eyebrow. Darrell looked back at her with a small smile. "Oh I hated it more than a prostate exam, but it still had it's charm." Celestia giggled and looked back at the road. "Well, it looks like we are here." Darrell looked at the building in front of them, well it was more of a tree than a building. It was more of an odd tree actually, with a telescope hanging out of an upper floor window, or in fact just the fact that the tree had windows and a door. He sighed. "I've heard of tree houses, but this is ridiculous." "No, this is ridiculous." Celestia said as her horn flashed and beside the tree house formed a tree that was in the shape of a house. Darrell rolled his eyes. "Same difference." Celestia smiled at him before walking up to the door of the tree house. She lifted her hoof to knock on the door, but quickly stopped as the door flung open and a pink pony launched out of the door at high speeds. The pony was able to look at Celestia and Darrell as she zipped by, yelling as she went. "HIPRINCESSHINEWGUYIT'SNICETOMEETYOUI'MPINKIEPIEWELCOMETOTHISWORLDHAVEFUNI'LLTHROWYOUAPARTYLATERBYE!!!" Darrell had to do a double take as the pink blur rocketed past him. He wasn't sure if that was a pony or some shape-shifting she demon that had come to claim his soul and just barely missed him. He looked over at Celestia with a look of shock and fear. Celestia returned his look and smiled. "If there was only one thing that I could teach you about this realm, it would be never to try and understand Pinkie Pie." "You mean that...thing...that just zipped by doing at least 175 in a 10 zone?" "Yes, that thing is a pony that to this day does not cease to amuse and peak my interest." "PINKIE PIE!" A voice called out from the tree. "Get back here with that! It is a highly volatile chemical! It's not fruit punch!" "A highly volatile chemical?" Princess Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow towards the voice. "What kind of volatile chemical, my dear student?" "Oh, Princess Celestia! How um...nice of you to drop by...right now." Darrell looked towards to the speaker. He wasn't surprised to that Celestia's student was a unicorn. She was lavender in coat color with a dark purple mane and tail, a streak of dark pink and a lighter purple layered in with her monotone hair color. She gave a sheepish smile to the large white alicorn before walking over and hugging her. "It's nice to see you again. Also don't worry about the chemical. It's nothing dangerous it was just a recipe for an energy drink I wanted to create so I could stay up a few extra hours to study." "That's good to know, and it's nice to see you again as well." She said as she leaned down and nuzzled the unicorn. "Now, shall we see ourselves inside. We have some important matter's to discus." "Important matters? What kind of important matters?" Twilight said before her eyes fell upon Darrell. Her eyes lit up almost immediately with a look of shock and disbelief. She instantly stopped hugging Celestia and ran over to him, circling and visually scanning his body. "I can't believe it! Another alicorn, and a male at that!" "He is part of what I wished to discuss with you. Please may we go inside an-" Celestia's sentence was cut short as a loud explosion was heard behind her. All three of them stopped and turned around, a very large pink mushroom cloud had formed in the center of town, the shock wave nearly knocking Darrell off of his hooves as it got to them. When the wave passed, all three of them looked dumbfounded at the explosion of pink. Twilight stared in awe. "Oh no, Pinkie drank the energy drink." Darrell looked back at the two. "Is that bad?" "Maybe we should just get inside and carry about our business. Maybe with a shielding spell around us as well." Twilight said in a hurried manor before turning around and quickly rushing inside. Darrell turned a dumbfounded face towards Celestia. "It can't really be that bad, can it?" "I have no idea, but better safe than sorry." She said as she walked into the tree. Darrell stood outside for a few moments, staring out at the clearing sky before turning to face the tree. She sighed and walked inside. "This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder." What Was I Thinking?Something has gone wrong. 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Don't Let The Sun Go Down On MeOk, you can do this. You've gotten so close to doing this so just get it over with. Darrell thought as he paced back and forth in front of Tia's door. Come on! It's been two years, it's been long enough. Two Years Ago "Yo! What is up everybody! This is the master of the mixer, the sultan of synth and inexplicably called Steve by the manager, DJ DArK STAr."Darrell screamed above the Unce of the music to the crowd of the busiest night club in all of New York City. "We're gonna be taking a 15 minute break but then we will be back to get this party started once again!" The cheers filled the club as he walked down from the stage. "Yo, Steve my boy!" The Boss Man called from behind the bar "I told you once before, my name is Darrell,not Steve. Get it right man." "Yeah, whatever." "Just get me three shots of Patron Silver and two Four Loco's." "Milwaukee Triple Pound'r eh?" "You know it man!" The Boss Man smiled as he started to mix the drink. Darrell could care less. He was staring at a beauty he had seen in here several times over the last month. She stood at least 5'8", her arms and legs were lanky and thin. They looked as if they couldn't even hold the weight of her full body. She was sexy to say the least, but he could care less about her breasts or ass. He was focused on her hair. The colors were so strange. Having studied art for the last 5 years, he recognized them by heart. It was a 4-toned mane consisting of a light cerulean, a light turquoise, an extremely light cobalt blue and a pale purple or heliotrope color. It was beautiful, but still not as beautiful as her grayish-magenta eyes. It was almost as if she was... No, she couldn't be. A girl like that being a... "One Triple Pound'r. Want me to charge it?" "Dude, you know I have to." "Whatever, just drink and get back to work." "Eh, shut up." He grabbed the glass and knocked back the drink. It went down as smooth as broken glass. "That looks good!" He froze and turned around, the mysteriously beautiful lady was standing right behind him. "Uhhh.... I-it's a Milwaukee Triple Pound'r. Y-you want one?" "One? Fuck that! Hey Barkeep!" "What'll it be, Tia?" "Four Triple Pound'rs over here!" "Coming up!" "Damn!" He looked up at her. "Four of these things, now that is my kind of drinker!" "That's barely a drink to me." "Sure, we'll see when I'm having to scoop your ass up off the dance floor when you pass out." "Who said you have to wait til' then." She said giving a flirting wink. He tensed up and blushed. The girl smiled and giggled a bit."Your cute. My name is Tia." "I'm Darrell." Ok....here we go! He knocked against Tia's door, holding a bouquet of her favorite flower, Japanese Cherry Blossoms. "Come In!" Tia yelled from inside her apartment and he instantly obliged the offer. He rushed headlong into the large, and very open living room. The place looked more like a ballroom at an old castle than anything. "Hey Hey Hey!" "Hehe, Hey Darrell." She smiled as she looked over at from her chair. "You ready to go?" "You know I am, but there is one thing I wanted to tell you before we go...well two things." "Ok, what's the first thing?" He grabbed a small box from out of the flowers and got down on one knee. Before he could even look up at her she was already answering him. "If your asking what I think your asking, I say YES!" "Really!?" "Yes, yes, yes!" "Great!" He exclaimed as he slid the ring onto her finger. "Now come on, I've called us a cab and we are going to the best restaurant in all of New York." "Well, lets go then." She said planting a kiss on his lips before grabbing her purse. "Alright." He said as she took his arm and he lead her outside. He wasn't really dressed to go anywhere special, just a clean T-Shirt and nice jeans. He stood out in major contrast to Tia, who always wore the same style white dress with gold accents, large white high-heeled boots and finger less arm-length gloves with the same golden accents. It was stunning to say the least. They got down to the street corner and waited for a passing taxi. They did not notice a small man waiting in the shadows of the building behind them. This man had been stalking Tia for weeks...well it was normal for a professional model to have a few stalkers. "So, where did you have in mind for dinner." "Well, I was thinking we could go down to Papa Fazoli's for and get there....i don't know....rooftop table." "Sounds awesome!" She reached out to him for a hug, but was stooped by the man running at them from the shadows. "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU ASSHOLE!" He screamed as his fist landed a blow square to Darrell's chest and sent him flying into the road... Just as a bus was going by. "DARRELL!" was the last thing he heard as the bus slammed into him and forced him from this world. Well, my luck had to run out sometime He closed his eyes and waited for death to whisk him away from the mortal bonds of this Earth, it's icy embrace willing to drag him into the bottomless pits of hell.... But it never came.... Darrell opened his eyes, expecting to see the grim reaper standing over him, ready to strike him down. No such figure appeared, but someone was standing over him. A tall, white alicorn with golden accents on her hooves. Her mane flowed 4-tones....light cerulean, light turquoise, extremely light cobalt blue and a pale heliotrope. Her eyes glowed a grayish-magenta. "Hello Darrell. Sorry I had to reveal myself to you before I had originally planned to." Darrell looked up at her shocked. "Dear God, I must be dead." "You are not dead, and you may still call me....Tia."
Holes In The Floor Of Heaven (Condenced and UpdatedAnd with that he fainted...... "Darrell.....Wake Up!" Celestia nudged the unconscious human form that lay upon her bed. "Hmm... Tia I don't have to be at work til 6, lemme sleep 5 more minutes." "I would but you've been out for a week." Darrell shot straight up in bed. He looked around the room. This wasn't his room, this didn't even look like New York anymore. Everything was too.............animated. "Umm, Tia. Where the fuck are we." He said as he turned towards his....love? He stared at the alicorn standing in front of him. "Dear God, I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore." "No your not in Kansas....or on Earth for that matter." "So I am dead. Well that explains why I'm talking to a fucking talking winged pony...er... unicorn thing." Especially one that sounds exactly like Tia. Celestia sighed. "First off, I'm an alicorn. Secondly, you are not dead. Finally, the reason I sound like Tia is because I am Tia." Darrell looked up at the alicorn, and his eye widened at the sight of her.It was a 4-toned mane consisting of a light cerulean, a light turquoise, an extremely light cobalt blue and a pale purple or heliotrope color. It was beautiful, but still not as beautiful as her grayish-magenta eyes. "Holy shit!" Darrell shot up and smashed his head straight into the ceiling above him. "Tia...where the fuck are we and what kind of drugs did you give me." "Three things. First, your in the land of Equestria, and yes most of it's inhabitants are ponies. Secondly, I did not slip you any drugs, you we're hit by a bus so I brought you here to keep you from dying. Third, your going to have to forgive me for this." No sooner did the words leave her mouth did her horn begin to glow a light yellow color. A warm feeling washed over Darrell's body as he was enveloped in the same yellowish glow. He began to levitate several inches off the ground, the room growing larger around him. But it wasn't the room growing, he was shrinking. and his body became more and more compact. His limbs folded in with little pain, almost as they were made of putty.No sooner did this feeling began did it pass, leaving him lying crumpled on the floor. "Interesting, that worked better than i had thought." "Tia, what the hell was that?" Darrell inquired as he tried to stand, finding himself unable to reach a bipedal standing position. "Take a look." Tia levitated a floor length mirror in front of Darrell, who's jaw slammed into the ground upon seeing the image reflected upon it. A dark grey unicorn with glowing silver and blue swirls of fur appeared in the mirror. His mane and tail were a rusty silver color with several streaks of burnt orange weaved into it, his eyes were a deep electric blue.The horn on his head glowing a faint silver. Resting on either side of his flank was the image of a black 12-pointed star resting inside of a glowing electric blue radiation symbol. "Holy shit!" He screamed jumping back and tripping over a small coffee table. He scrambled back onto his hooves, an awkward and somehow instinctive feeling. "I'm a....I'm a....." "Yes you are, and a very good looking one at that." Tia giggled giving one of her famous "knockout winks". No matter how pissed he ever got with her, the wink always calmed him down. Today this was not the case...... "What the fuck is going on here! Tia I don't know what kind of sick twisted game your playing here, but i'm tapping out of it. Please just change me back and take me home." Celestia sighed and gave him a stare of unwavering power and grim sorrow. "There is no way back." "Tia, I'm serious. Stop fucking around and end this please!" "DARRELL, THERE IS NO WAY BACK!" She shouted in a voice that Darrell was certain no human could ever hit. The glass objects in the room shattered and the land itself seemed to shake with fear at the power behind her voice. All he could do was stare at the alicorn in front of him. He was paralyzed by just her voice alone. She calmed down a bit, a few tears escaping from the edges of her eyes. " You died for real Darrell. That's the only reason i brought you here. If you would have survived it this place would just be another myth faded into you society. But it's not. I had to Darrell. I couldn't watch you die, I couldn't watch your life end so suddenly." He stood there motionless. His mind was buzzing with emotion as he tried to come to terms with the information relayed to him. The unwavering power behind her eyes and her voice assured him of one thing that he did not wish to believe. She was telling the truth. The songs of his world sometimes say that a grown man shouldn't cry, but had their writers ever been thrust from their world out of death and thrown into another? Had they ever lost it all and took the time to reflect on what they had lost? Darrell collapsed, his new form folding down into a natural position as his tears poured from the deepest recesses of his mind. He had lost everything. He lost his job, his life, his New York flat, his equipment. Everything. His tears began to slow as the alicorn mare laid down beside him on the floor, resting her head on the back of his neck. He could feel his fur becoming cold and wet as her own tears feel upon him. He gently raised his head and brought it to her eye level, his own electric blues reflected in the bloodshot whites of her grayish-magenta eyes. His mind shot into a sharp realization that he had not lost everything, and everything he had lost was just material. He still had her and that is all that mattered to him as he nuzzled against the side of her neck instinctively as if he had known what to do all his life. He didn't know if it was right or wrong, nor even how she would react, but his mind settled s she returned the gesture. The two alicorns sat in silence for what seemed like hours, neither one making a move until a low growl echoed through the room. Tia laughed as a reddish color swept across her face. "Sorry, guess I'm a bit hungry." Darrell stood up and chuckled with a smile. "Well, I think that makes two of us." "Well then." She said as she stood up, her fur was visibly matted and wet from tears, but the reddish color receding from the whites of her eyes. "Let's go get something to eat and I'll try to explain everything as best as I can. I mean, I do rule this country after all." "You rule this country..." "Well they don't call me Princess Celestia for nothing." And with that he once more fainted.......
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)Darrell awoke several hours later in a daze, his new body laying perfectly sandwiched between three layers of silk sheets and a large down comforter. It was late at night, judging from the darkness of the room and the snoring alicorn beside him. He rolled over and faced Tia, half expecting to see her normal human body lying next to him, but she was still a pony. As he tried to sit up and get out of bed, two long and lanky white hooves wrapped around him and pulled him back down. They lay there, Tia deep in her sleep and Darrell caught in her death grip. It’s not like he minded it, but it was still strange getting used to everything, a new world…a new body…a whole new life. All he knew is that as long as Tia would be there beside him to help him through it, he would be alright. After several moments of struggling, he wiggled his way out of Tia’s hold and fell flat onto the floor. Tile was now his second least favorite wake up call. He stood and brushed himself off; the floor had obviously not been cleaned in several days judging from the amount of dust that clung to his coat. He walked quietly around the room, stumbling a few times as he adjusted to this new way of walking. Tia’s room was not as nice as her flat back in Manhattan. There were a few trinkets here and there, a large vanity mirror where several large pieces of jewelry, which looked like heavy armor from his angle, lay and emitted a faint golden glow. He stared at them for a while, mesmerized by their glow, until he heard a ruffling from behind him. He turned his head quickly and noticed two large curtains flowing gently in the wind that came in from off a balcony. He walked out onto the balcony, anxious to see how the world outside of Tia’s room looked. When he was little, and even now, Darrell had loved places with a view. Tia’s room had more than just a simple view. The first thing he saw was a large and dense forest that covered most of the valley below the mountain that the palace stood upon. It was dark in most areas, a few clearings visible by the light of the full moon overhead. Off in the distance, about 10 miles by his calculations, was a small village by the edge of the forest. It wasn’t a very impressive sight, but still amazing to see. A few lights burned in a large building towards the center of the town. He could see a large farm on the north side of town, and a small cottage right on the edge of the forest. He continued to scan the country side, until his eye fell on a large floating city above the forest. This city seemed to be floating on…well rather made of clouds. On one end of the floating city sat what Darrell assumed to be a large factory surrounded by storm clouds, snow storms and releasing a waterfall of rainbow colored liquid, the other side was balanced out by a mass of tall buildings and a large coliseum. It was beautiful. “Our night is also beautiful, is it not?” A voice called out from a balcony that sat just one story below and slightly to the right of the one that Darrell stood on, causing him almost to jump right over the edge. He regained his balance and peered over the edge to see the source of the voice. A dark blue alicorn stood very still on the railing of the balcony. Her mane was long and flowing, blending in well with the dark midnight sky. Silvery stars were weaved into each strand of hair. Her face was stern and unwavering, focused on the moon above. She was clad in black and silver armor-like jewelry, a small black tiara on the top of her head. She glanced to him. “Is it not?” “Y-yes, it’s one of the most beautiful nights I have ever seen.” Darrell replied uneasily. He glanced back at the alicorn, who was no longer standing where she was. She was not even on the balcony anymore. He turned back around, assuming she had gone inside, and came face to face with the dark alicorn. He stumbled back and fell on his flank, gaining a small giggle from the mare. “Sister was right, you humans are jumpy.” She giggled as she held out a hoof to help him up. He took hold of her hoof and quickly stood. “Sister?” “Celestia never told you about us?” She asked “No, Tia never mentioned having a sister.” The mare began to pout and speak in the same volume Tia used when she was mad. “How could she meet someone and not tell them about her own family!” “Well, I don’t think she really wanted me to know about this world yet. Seeing as you already know about me, this will make introductions a lot less... loud.” “We are sorry about that, but it is not screaming. It is just simply the traditional royal Canterlot voice.” She said calmly, her blue eyes now focused in on him like lasers. “And our name is Luna, Princess of the Night and Keeper of the Stars!” Great, she’s a show boater…. “I do not know what this… “show boater” is….but it does not sound like a compliment” Luna snapped as her gaze darkened. Darrell gulped. “Great, you’re a mind reader now too?” “We are more than just that, Darrell. We know your innermost secrets and darkest desires.” “…..I call bullshit.” Darrell said, his own eyes locking in a glare war with Luna. He began to sweat as hers lowered to where it was almost a closed eyed stare, not seen but still there. She walked closer to him and then pressed the bottom of her hoof to his muzzle. “Boop!” Darrell jumped back. “What the fuck was that?” Luna giggled. “Come now, Darrell. We are only trying to have a bit of fun with you. Tia did say that you humans are cute when you are mad, even if you are an alicorn now.” “Yeah, well. It’s not like I asked for this. This is just…..well it’s freaking insane is what it is. It’s bizarre! It’s deranged! It’s….it’s….” “Unbelievable?” “Exactly!” He said, leaning up against the railing of the balcony, his head resting on the cold gold and ivory. “It’s…… it just can’t be happening.” Luna sat beside him. “Well, it is happening and with no regards to if you like it or not. This is your new life and you have to accept it.“ Luna glanced up at the sky. "It is almost time for the sun to be raised." “That it is dear sister.” Darrell turned around and looked to Tia. She was standing very still, her eyes fixated on the sky above her. She glanced down at them and snickered. “Getting a little cozy with my stallion, aren't you Luna?” “ARE YOU INSANE!” Luna jumped up, her face blushing bright red. "WE WOULD NEVER!" Celestia giggled. "You are terrible at lying Luna." Luna growled and jumped back down to her balcony. "Just raise the sun vile woman so we can get to sleep!" "Whatever you say, little sis." Celestia closed her eyes and raised her horn to the sky. It's normal light yellow glow turned into the brightest white that Darrell had ever seen. It was nearly blinding, with all the fury and power of staring straight into the sun for 3 hours straight, but in an instant. Darrell watched as a bolt of magic shot off from the end of her horn and disappeared into the heavens. As if pulled by a lasso, the moon began a fast decent towards the horizon in the west as the first rays of daylight began to break over the dark forest to the east. It took less than 20 seconds for the sun to rise to it's position in the early morning sky. Darrell didn't want to admit it, but he had never seen such a beautiful sight back in the human world, and he has seen everything from Niagara Falls to Mount Everest. Celestia lowered her head, the glow fading from around her horn as she turned to go back into the room. "I've been raising the sun for a thousand years and I always get such a headache from doing it." Darrell looked at her confused. "Ok, I believe that this isn't earth and that your a goddamn pony princess who can raise the sun, but there is no way in hell that your a thousand years old." "Well technically I'm one thousand and twenty-six years old, but a thousand still sounds better." She glanced over to him and noticed that his knees were beginning to buckle just a tiny bit. "Darrell....I swear to me if you pass out again I will kick you in the nads." Darrell snapped back from his state of semi consciousness at the threat of bodily harm, his knees regaining their strength. "No need to get violent Tia." "Well, I am sorry if I don't want my lover passing out every time he hears something new." She pouted just a bit. "Well it's kind of hard to stay conscious when.... Oh I don't know.... your entire life has been flipped upside down in the matter of a few days!" "Ok, damn. No need to be screaming like a banshee." "I'm not screaming. What did your sister call it.....the traditional royal Canterlot voice or something like that." Darrell snapped, his eyes falling to the ground. He didn't mean to snap at her, but his situation made it nearly impossible. It's how any sane person would react to this sort of thing. He stood there for several moments, half expecting to feel a hoof slap him across the face, but was shocked to hear only a lighthearted chuckle come from the tall alicorn. Celestia moved over to him, her form still towering over him by nearly a foot. "Oh, being a smart ass I see?" She placed a hoof on his head, the edge just resting on the side of his horn. Darrell had no idea why, but he felt a sort of ecstasy from the slightest touch of his horn, nearly orgasmic in nature. "Well I know a certain smart ass who won't be getting any if he doesn't shut up." Darrell had this maneuver used on him several times, and it was always enough to shut him up for hours on end sometimes. He just stood there, silent and focused on her. She returned his silence with a wicked grin. "Good boy. Now, let us get a carriage ready. I have business I must attend to in Ponyville and I assume that you would like to get better acquainted with your surroundings. Now the question is how am I going to pass you off in a way that won't raise to much suspicion." The both stood there for several moments, Darrell silent and Celestia deep in thought. The pair did not move a single inch until Tia nearly jumped into the air. "I've got it! Quick, follow me!" Celestia took off a record speed down the hallway, Darrell following after her trying his best to keep up with her pace. It was nearly impossible to follow her as she turned down several hallways that lead deeper into what Darrell assumed to be a castle larger than the Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings, and even that might be a stretch. Eventually, he caught up to her standing outside a large red door with a golden shield engraved into the wood. On one side of the door stood a white unicorn clad in golden armor and on the other stood a dark pony with bat-like wings clad in black and purple armor. Both held tight to a large broadsword and stood at a perfect attention. Darrell was fighting the urge to do to them what he did to the guards in England, although he figured someone had done that in the past. The door opened wide as a taller black unicorn walked through followed by several more of the white unicorn guards. He wasn't ripped, but he was still more muscular than Darrell assumed most other ponies were. Then again these were the first ponies he had seen beside Tia's sister. Celestia walked closer to the stallion. "Lieutenant, I have a request of you." The stallion bowed slightly. "What is it, Princess?" "I would like for you to find a suitable set of non-enchanted armor for my new personal guard here." Celestia lifted her hoof and pointed at Darrell. The Lieutenant moved over to Darrell, his eyes drifting over every inch of him, taking mental measurements in his head. After several moments the stallion returned to his position in front of Celestia, her eyes falling upon him. "Well?" "We may have something that could fit him, probably lunar guard armor until we can have a custom set made. May I inquire, Princess, when did another alicorn enter the Royal Guard Corps.?" "He is not part of the Guard Corps., Lieutenant. He was appointed to be my guard by me because of his outstanding nonmilitant bodyguard credentials. That is all the information you need to know. Retrieve the armor for me at once." "Yes, Your Highness." He gave a quick kneeling bow before darting back into the room as fast as he could. Darrell stared at Celestia for a few moments, finding her power overwhelming....yet sexy at the same time. After a few minutes, the guard came back carrying several large pieces of golden armor. It was much larger than the other ponies where wearing and was covered in a few small amethysts embedded deep into the gold plating. The stallion sat the armor down at Celestia's hooves and backed away. "I was able to find an older set of solar guard armor that should fit him pretty well. We can have him come back tomorrow and our blacksmith will be in and we can get his measurements for better fitting armor." "Thank you, Lieutenant. I will send over some personal specifications for your blacksmith when I send him over tomorrow. That will be all for now. You are dismissed." Celestia gave a small salute to the Lieutenant and turned her attention back to Darrell. She levitated the armor up to eye level and moved closer to him. "Hold still, this may be a bit of a tight fit." Darrell stood still as the large pieces of armor slid over his body. They were all a tight fit, his head and wings barely able to slip inside the armor, the cold golden metal constricting certain parts of his body. He was uncomfortable just to say the least. Celestia stood back and looked him over. "Well, it's mare's armor...but It will do for today." "Oh great!" Darrell sighed loudly." So not only do I have to be uncomfortable, but I have to be dressed as a girl!" Celestia's face curled up into a wicked grin, her horn's glow beginning to darken from it's normal yellow glow to nearly blood red. "If you want to keep complaining, I can make you a girl." She said with an evil laugh. Darrell's eyes went wide at the sheer power that was radiating outward from Tia's body. "T-that's ok, I'll shut up now." The glow of her horn faded away as her grin became a softer smile. "Good, now let us get to a carriage and get over to Ponyville. I cannot wait to show you off to my faithful student and her friends." Darrell nodded slowly, but on the inside his mind was contemplating what horrors and embarrassments were to come his way. If it wasn't for the threat of bodily harm or gender bending he would have passed out hours ago, but in a state of fear anyone could power through their bodies urges, and although on the outside he was silent and smiling, he was screaming in insanity on the inside. Celestia smiled at him again. "Let us depart."
Release The PanicDarrell was paralyzed in fear as he beside Celestia in her chariot as they flew to Ponyville. It wasn't that he was scared of meeting Tia's friends and her student, or the fact that he was in the tightest and most girly looking armor set the guards had. It was more from watching the ground move thousands of feet below him. He was deathly afraid of heights, and even being beside the woman..er well mare.. that made him feel like he could conquer the universe wasn't helping him. The prospect of falling to his death was not something that he wanted to think about, but he was staring right at it. "Darrell, for the love of me will you calm yourself? There is very little chance that you would fall that far before someone would catch you." Tia said as Darrell stuck his head over the side of the chariot, the contents of his empty stomach spilling out into the air. Tia rolled her eyes before using her magic to set him back up right. "Please try to calm down, I do have a reputation to uphold here." "Easy for you to say. You do this shit all the time! I've never even been on an airplane before, let alone a damn flying carriage!" Darrell yelled before letting another mouthful of foul liquids fall to the ground below, his face a dark green color. "It's easier if you don't look down and please try to contain you bodily functions. Who knows where that stuff is going to land." Tia sighed Elsewhere "The GRRRRREAT and POWERFUL TRRRRIXIE thanks you for coming to her show!" Trixie screamed out above a crowed of less then 5 ponies, all of whom looked bored out of their minds as she ducked back into her wagon with the stage wrapping up behind her. "Once again, you have outdone yourself Trixie." She said with a sigh as she opened her window. "Was there every any doubt." Trixie looked up into the sky just as cold mass of stomach juice landed on her face and seeped into her nose and mouth. Her screams of shock and horror could be heard for miles around. The carriage landed moments later outside the small village on the edge of the forest. Darrell didn't know what to think of it at first, being used to big city living for most of his natural born life. It reminded him more of a small city in the Amish country, with the small cottage style houses and dirt roads that crisscrossed through the town. Tia stepped out of the carriage and offered a hoof up to him. "Welcome to Ponyville." Darrell gladly accepted her hoof and stepped down from the carriage, his body shivering as the cold fall dirt pressed against the sensitive ends of his hooves. He looked back up at Tia and sighed. "Ponyville, huh? Doesn't that seem like the most obvious sounding names ever for this place?" "More or less, I didn't exactly name it so I really don't see the problem." She said as she began to walk down the dirt road that lead through the middle of town. Darrell followed close behind, his eyes darted around the town, catching site of all the ponies that inhabited the town exiting their homes to come bow before Celestia. So she truly is royalty. He mentally sighed. Watch I bet she has a stuck up nephew that is just going to LOVE the ever loving shit out of me. Tia looked back at him with a sly smile. "I love your sense of sarcasm." Darrell face-hoofed as they walked on, more ponies beginning to shuffle out from their homes to greet Celestia as she moved deeper into the small town. It was odd to him, not just because they were bowing down to his girlfriend. Some of them stared at him as he moved past. Some whispered to the others nearby, some glared like he didn't belong or shouldn't be walking by their princess. Other, mostly the children, pointed at him in awe. He figured from the fact that there were only two alicorns there, he stuck out like a sore thumb to this small town. "This town certainly has it's charm." Celestia asked as she looked back at Darrell. "It's a nice change of pace, or at least better than having to sit in High Court all day listening to politicians prattling on about taxes and things like that." "I can see why, that sounds boring as hell." Darrell said as he continued to look around at the ponies who had now left their bowing positions to carry about their day. "This place kind of reminds me of my hometown in Iowa." "Oh? You mean the place that you call Cornfuck?" "That is the one! Good old Cornfuck. New York was still a better place, but Cornfuck had it's charm." Darrell sighed as he remembered his old hometown. The miles and miles of endless farms, the smell of dirt and cow shit that seeped into everything, and the all of 25 really old people that lived there. It was nostalgic. "Really? I thought you hated it there" Celestia said with a raised eyebrow. Darrell looked back at her with a small smile. "Oh I hated it more than a prostate exam, but it still had it's charm." Celestia giggled and looked back at the road. "Well, it looks like we are here." Darrell looked at the building in front of them, well it was more of a tree than a building. It was more of an odd tree actually, with a telescope hanging out of an upper floor window, or in fact just the fact that the tree had windows and a door. He sighed. "I've heard of tree houses, but this is ridiculous." "No, this is ridiculous." Celestia said as her horn flashed and beside the tree house formed a tree that was in the shape of a house. Darrell rolled his eyes. "Same difference." Celestia smiled at him before walking up to the door of the tree house. She lifted her hoof to knock on the door, but quickly stopped as the door flung open and a pink pony launched out of the door at high speeds. The pony was able to look at Celestia and Darrell as she zipped by, yelling as she went. "HIPRINCESSHINEWGUYIT'SNICETOMEETYOUI'MPINKIEPIEWELCOMETOTHISWORLDHAVEFUNI'LLTHROWYOUAPARTYLATERBYE!!!" Darrell had to do a double take as the pink blur rocketed past him. He wasn't sure if that was a pony or some shape-shifting she demon that had come to claim his soul and just barely missed him. He looked over at Celestia with a look of shock and fear. Celestia returned his look and smiled. "If there was only one thing that I could teach you about this realm, it would be never to try and understand Pinkie Pie." "You mean that...thing...that just zipped by doing at least 175 in a 10 zone?" "Yes, that thing is a pony that to this day does not cease to amuse and peak my interest." "PINKIE PIE!" A voice called out from the tree. "Get back here with that! It is a highly volatile chemical! It's not fruit punch!" "A highly volatile chemical?" Princess Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow towards the voice. "What kind of volatile chemical, my dear student?" "Oh, Princess Celestia! How um...nice of you to drop by...right now." Darrell looked towards to the speaker. He wasn't surprised to that Celestia's student was a unicorn. She was lavender in coat color with a dark purple mane and tail, a streak of dark pink and a lighter purple layered in with her monotone hair color. She gave a sheepish smile to the large white alicorn before walking over and hugging her. "It's nice to see you again. Also don't worry about the chemical. It's nothing dangerous it was just a recipe for an energy drink I wanted to create so I could stay up a few extra hours to study." "That's good to know, and it's nice to see you again as well." She said as she leaned down and nuzzled the unicorn. "Now, shall we see ourselves inside. We have some important matter's to discus." "Important matters? What kind of important matters?" Twilight said before her eyes fell upon Darrell. Her eyes lit up almost immediately with a look of shock and disbelief. She instantly stopped hugging Celestia and ran over to him, circling and visually scanning his body. "I can't believe it! Another alicorn, and a male at that!" "He is part of what I wished to discuss with you. Please may we go inside an-" Celestia's sentence was cut short as a loud explosion was heard behind her. All three of them stopped and turned around, a very large pink mushroom cloud had formed in the center of town, the shock wave nearly knocking Darrell off of his hooves as it got to them. When the wave passed, all three of them looked dumbfounded at the explosion of pink. Twilight stared in awe. "Oh no, Pinkie drank the energy drink." Darrell looked back at the two. "Is that bad?" "Maybe we should just get inside and carry about our business. Maybe with a shielding spell around us as well." Twilight said in a hurried manor before turning around and quickly rushing inside. Darrell turned a dumbfounded face towards Celestia. "It can't really be that bad, can it?" "I have no idea, but better safe than sorry." She said as she walked into the tree. Darrell stood outside for a few moments, staring out at the clearing sky before turning to face the tree. She sighed and walked inside. "This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder."
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