It’s been about hour or so minutes since both Lyra and Bonbon boarded a train, and were now on course to Canterlot, where Lyra hopes to find the creature that appeared in Ponyville. as for Bonbon, she was just curious as to why her friend is so adamant on finding this creature, the candy maker is also curious on why the creature was also depicted in the book that Lyra was holding. In fact, Bonbon has been wondering about said book that the unicorn was holding, and is currently reading with an excited look on her face, the candy mare was starting to wander just what kind of books they are. Especially since the one that Lyra is muzzle deep in at the moment, has a picture of the creature that the two of them are going to try and find.

“So Lyra, can I ask you a question?” Bonbon said, breaking the silence of the car that the two mares were occupying.

“Sure.” Lyra replied quickly as she dogged-ear the page she was reading, before closing the book. “What is it that you want to know Bonbon?”

“Well its mostly revolved around this creature that we’re going to try and see.” Bonbon stated as the train entered the tunnel that passes through the mountain. “You know what this thing is don’t you?” Lyra nodded her head slightly as she lifted the book up.

“The creature that Miss. Cake said that looked like the one in my book is what called a human. a creature that is so rare, and mysterious, that there are only a hoof full of books that even describes what they are, what their culture is like. and thanks to my dad working in the royal archives, I have the only six books that are written about them.” Lyra then gave a little chortle as she places the book in her lap.

“Honestly, I just thought that humans were just made up, creatures from myth and legends. But now there is an actual human in Equestria!” Lyra said very excitedly. “If I can meet it then I can have all the questions about humans I’ve had for years, finally be answered!”

“But Lyra how are you going to see the creature?” Bonbon questioned. “I mean, surely the princess has something as rare, and largely unknown to common ponies locked away. Right?”

“Probably. But I should be able to get into the castle easily, after all my dad does work in the castles archive. So a lot of the guards already know me.”

“I suppose that could work, but still. I’m sure princess Celestia has the human under lock and key.”

“…yeah, that could be a problem…” Lyra then developed a very thoughtful look, seemingly thinking of a plan to figure out how to see the creature.

“Lyra whatever it is your thinking of doing, please don’t try to do anything illegal, or get you in trouble.”

“Don’t worry Bonbon I won’t. you know, if your so worried about all of this, then I didn’t stay in Ponyville?”

“Well for one I am worried that you could get in a little over your head, especially when you get excited about something. Also, I’m also kind of curious about what this human is like.”

Lyra seemed very happy that her friend was showing signs of interest in humans. probably not as strongly as her fascination with the mysterious species, but it was good to see her friend genuinely interested. As Lyra was still trying to figure out how to actually see the human, Bonbon asked if she could read the book that Lyra had, just so she can get some idea on what humans are like, the train finally left the tunnel. Once the train was out of the tunnel both mares saw that they were now very close to Canterlot, and as the train got closer and closer to the capital city, Lyra and Bonbon couldn’t wait to see this mysterious creature of legend. And see what it is like.

~~Canterlot Castle~~

“Miss I told you I’m fine in scrubbing myself down.”

Adam argued for the sixth time with the doctor pony, Hindsight, who after finishing treating the humans chest so that it was back to normal, decided to give the human a quick little wash down. Which Adam at first was all for it, as he hasn’t had a bath or shower in four days, so getting somewhat cleaned was a going to be a godsend to the young man, that is until the unicorn insisted that she washed Adam down. Now if it was just going to be his back, chest and arms, Adam would’ve had no problem, however the Hindsight said she was going to give the young man a, full body wash. Naturally, Adam wasn’t keen on letting others see him in a, compromising manner, specially since he was naked in the bed he was laying in. when Adam noticed that he was naked he asked where his clothes were, the doctor informed him that his clothes were removed by the princess, and sent to a reliable tailor to have them fixed and cleaned.

“And as I told you Mr. Adam, as your doctor it’s my responsibility to look after you. princess Celestia instructed me to make sure that your taken care of.” Hindsight said as she parked the trolly cart with the large bowl of hot looking water, and a few towels, and a small clear bottle of something.

“I don’t think washing me down personally is what the princess had in mind.” Adam retorted as he quickly snatched the towel out of the unicorns magical grasp. Or at least that’s what he planned, but the doctor had a pretty tight grasp on that towel.

“Mr. Adam if your worried about any misconduct on my part, you needn’t worry. I take my position as a castle physician very seriously.”

The mare said in a confident tone as she started to get the towel wet, ringing it off any excess water before raising it towards the human. Seeing no way out of this situation, and coming to the conclusion that the unicorn was probably not going to budge in her, duties, the young man conceded. And sat straight in the bed, keeping the sheet over his lower section, sitting crossed legged, and allowed the mare to trot up behind him and start to wash him down. While he was getting washed, and scrubbed down, Adam started to wonder on what his next move should be. Since Celestia said that there is no way home, or even to where, or when in Earth’s time line he was suddenly plucked from, and was stuck in alternate reality of talking ponies.

But as he thought about what he should do next, Adam gave out a bemoaning sigh as he slouched slightly. Thinking on how his apartment was going to be sold off, not to mention the hundreds of dollars of his personal items. Like his flatscreen, his entire computer set-up, gaming consoles, bed, couch, and everything else that he bought with his own cold hard cash. That’s when his thoughts jumped to his work place! He’s spent three years working hard at his job, and he even just gotten a raise! And now that he was in this other world, he was undoubtedly going to be fired. But that was pretty much water under the bridge now, as he can’t really do anything about his current situation. He was also starting to feel a little depressed. If he was truly stuck in this world, his family will undoubtedly think that he just, upped up and died.

“Mr. Adam?” the voice of Hindsight caused Adam to snap out of his little train of thought, and when he looked to where the mare was, which was by his left, he saw that she looked somewhat concerned.

“Are you alright, you seem distraught about something.” Adam gave a small sigh as he nodded his head.

“I just realized that I’m not going to be able to go home. and just realized that, my family, friends, won’t even know what happened to me.” Adam then leaned back a bit, keeping himself propped up with his arms.

“Twenty four years of my life is basically swept away, and now I basically have to start from square one in this world.” the doctor placed a hoof on Adam’s thigh and gave it a comforting pat, while giving the young man a reassuring smile.

“I know that things may be rocky at first, but I’m sure that once you get used to how things in Equestria work, you’ll find your place in it.” Adam gave the mare a thankful smile as he sat back up.

“Thanks doc.”

The mare continued to give the human a smile as she nodded before going back to her washing duty. However the mare was stopped when her hoof accidently dragged the sheet off of Adam’s leg, and revealing the young man’s genitals to the mare for brief moment, before Adam quickly grabbed the sheet and pulled it back up. looking towards the doctor Adam saw that the unicorn had a small blush on her muzzle, but the look of shock on her face showed that she was, definitely not expecting to see that. And yet, Adam could see the vaguest look of, intrigue, or was it more like curiosity, in the mare’s eyes.

“Sorry.” Both said at the same time.

“I didn’t mean to drag the sheet off Mr. Adam. Honest!” Hindsight said quickly.

“I know!” Adam said as he started to tie the sheet around his waist. “This is pretty much why I wanted to wash myself, so that I can spare us this awkward moment.”

“I see your point.” The mare said as she tried to get the blush off her muzzle. “I just wasn’t expecting to see you, semi-erect.”

“Wait? Erect?” Adam said in confusion. “What do you mean by erect?”

“Well…your, member, was out of its sheath.” That’s when Adam seemed to have realized what the mare meant, and quickly went about correcting and misunderstanding.

“Whoa now there’s something I should explain Hindsight. Human’s like me don’t have sheath’s for our, member. There always out and about, that’s why we keep our bodies covered up with clothes.” Adam said to the mare, who finally got rid of her blush, and seemed to have gained some form of understanding.

“Oh, I see. So its not due to some form of, arousal?”

“No. so if you don’t mind, can I please wash the rest of myself down, just so we don’t have any more of these accidents.”

Hindsight nodded her head and offered the towel to Adam, she then explained that the bottle next to the bowl of still hot water was soap, and showed that all Adam had to do was add a little to the towel to keep it’s cleansing properties. After taking the towel, Adam started to rub down his face, chest, arms, and eventually his lower body. After he watched Hindsight leave the room. lasting thing he wanted to do was expose the mare to his backward facing moon, and make the situation even more awkward.

~~~~~

Bonbon was just following Lyra as the both of them were wandering through the halls of Canterlot Castle. But as she was following her friend, the cany maker was just looking around at the interior of the castle, virtually awestruck by the sheer beauty and wonder that the castle has. When the pair made it to the city, they immediately made their way to the castle, and just like Lyra said on the train the guards simply allowed the mare and Bonbon entrance. Allowing the two of them to simply walk in, and just start wandering around the castle, one of the guards even told them that there is supposedly some strange creature in the castle’s medical wing. Word of its appearance has quickly spread through the castle when it was brought to the wing, but none of the guards actually know what it actually looks like. but Lyra and Bonbon already knew, and they were currently making their way towards the medical wing.

“I’m actually surprised that the guards are just letting us walk around.” Bonbon remarked as she continued to follow her friend, a little confused as to why the guards are so, lenient.

“You’ll be surprised how much the guards are totally chill, and laid back.” Lyra said as the two mares starting climbing a small flight of stairs.

“Whenever the princess, nobles, or ponies of great importance aren’t around, they are very laid back and not as stoic as we saw when Celestia came to town for that little tea party.”

“Huh. I guess I was expecting them to be more, harden. Or more resolute.” Bonbon said.

“From what I know the captain does make sure the guard is in tip-top form, but he doesn’t seem to really crack down on the guard. He just let’s them do whatever they want, and expects them to act like guards when they are sent out on missions.”

“I see.”

“We’re here!” Lyra exclaimed as she and Bonbon saw the little medical cross sign on the wings archway.

“So now what? Are we just going to go in.”

“…I…honestly, I don’t know.” Lyra said in a nervous fashion, trotting in place like a scared filly. “I was just so excited to actually get to meet and see a human, that I…I’m not sure how to approach it!” Bonbon quickly placed a hoof onto Lyra’s shoulder, trying to calm her friend down before she freaks out even more.

“Easy Lyra, calm down.” Bonbon said in a calming manner. “Take in a deep breath, and breath.” The unicorn did as her friend suggested and started to take in slow, and steady breathes.

“Thanks Bonbon.”

“No problem Lyra.”

“Oh, hello there.” a sudden voice caught the two mares off guard, and caused the both of them to jump a little. After getting a little scare the two friends turned to look behind them, and the two friends instantly dropped to the ground to bow before princess Celestia.

“Forgive us princess we didn’t know we were in your way!” Lyra said as she kept her head bowed.

“Nonsense my little ponies, you two are not blocking my path, now please rise.” Both earth pony and unicorn did as the princess told them, and when they were both standing up, and looking up towards the princess, the alicorn looked down at the two of them with a small smile.

“So, what brings the two of you here today? Especially you Miss. Heartstrings, is there a concert that the orchestra is performing that I’m not aware of?”

“N-no your majesty. I’m here for a personal reason, and my friend here is accompanying.” Lyra clarified as she looks up to the alicorn.

“If I may ask, what is this personal reason of yours.”

“Of course not your majesty. The reason we’re here is to, well…we, or more accurately I wanted to see the human that was spotted in Ponyville. and when I heard it was brought to the castle, I sort of just came here, and well…” the unicorn trailed off as she looked behind her towards the medical wings entrance. But when she looked back to the princess, Lyra noticed that princess Celestia was looking at her with a little bit of curiosity.

“Miss. Heartstring, how do you know of humans?” the princess asked the smaller pony.

“No pony in this day in age should know about them.” to answer the princess’s question Lyra pulled the book she was carrying from her saddlebag, and presented it to the alicorn. Who actually looked shocked.

“So that’s where the old books my old friends went.” Celestia said as she looked from the book to Lyra. “It was your father, Scripture that gave them to you.” Lyra nodded her head.

“He gave them to me when I was just a filly. He said that he found them in an old crate, and that they were probably going to be destroyed by his predecessor. So he just gave them to me, thinking that they were just old fairy tales.”

“I see.” A small thankful smile then graced the princesses lips. “At least the records of my old friends have not been fully lost. Or unappreciated.” The alicorn then trotted around the two smaller mares, heading towards the entrance to the medical wing, but stopped and turned to look at Lyra and Bonbon.

“Well Miss. Lyra, and Miss. …”

“Bonbon! Your majesty!”

“Bonbon. How would you two like to meet the latest human to arrive in Equestria?”

Both mares looked at each with giddy smiles, like little fillies about to get their Hearths Warming present early. Both ponies trotted up to princess, and then followed her into the medical wing, however after the three ponies even took a step in the wing Lyra and Bonbon’s vision was obscured by the princess’s wing. Which was followed by a started ‘eep’ from the princess, and a rather loud yelp from somewhere in the room.

“Sorry Adam we didn’t mean to come in while you were—” the unicorn and earth pony heard the princess say before clearing her throat. “Cleaning yourself.”

“Well I guess that’s to be expected, since I’m naked, and don’t have access to an actual shower.” a male voice said while the sound of something ruffling could be heard alongside it.

“Alright you can look now I’ve made myself, well, as decent as a sheet can be used.” The princess retracted her wing, and what Lyra and Bonbon saw the human near the end of the room, with a bed sheet wrapped around its body. “I feel like I’m wearing a toga. I can’t wait to get my actual clothes back.”

“Actually that is why I’m here.” The princess said, causing the two ponies—and the human—to look over to the princess and noticed the package she was carrying. “Fancy Pants was able to get them washed, and fixed rather quickly.”

“Oh thank god!”

The human said as he literally jumped over the bed, which surprised both Lyra and Bonbon in his dexterity, and jogged over to the princess. Who just levitated the package to the human, while carrying an amused expression on her face. just as the human took hold of the package, both Lyra’s and Bonbon’s vision was once again obscured by the princess’s wing. Before they could question why the princess is doing this, they both heard rushed, and even frantic movements going on. As well as some hushed grunting.

“That feels so much better.” The voice of the human said, which seemed to signal the princess to retract her wing again. And once it was, both Lyra and Bonbon now saw that the human was fully clothed, and seemed to be wiping, rubbing, and straightening any creases out of his clothes.

“I’m glad to see that your happy Adam.” Princess Celestia said before gesturing down to the two mares off to her side.

“And I have some ponies that wish to meet you.” the human looked down to the two ponies and gave them a rather normal smile. Nothing substantial, or special, just a pleasant smile. But it was enough to make a big smile grow across Lyra’s face, while Bonbon just developed an amazed look.

“Hi.” The human, Adam as the princess addressed him, said as he turned to fully face the two ponies. Which Lyra quickly stepped up to the human, hopped up onto her back legs and outstretched her right foreleg, all the while looking up to the human with sparkles in her eyes.

“Hi there! my name is Lyra Heartstrings, and it’s a pleasure to finally meet a human in person!” the human just smiled back and took her hoof into his hand before shaking it.

"Well Lyra, it's nice to meet you as well."

Author's Note

Well. looks like Lyra finally get's to meet the first human in her life, hopefully Adam isn't driven mad by her. or has to issue some kind of warrant.