A year ago, Canterlot, Summer Sun Celebration Day

“Goddess. This heat is terrible... I’m melting... And It’s not even 5 AM!” Anonymous said, to the amusement of everypony in his close proximity.

“I know it is hotter than usual, but you will get used to that. The weather is going to change in a couple of months, you need to have patience. I know you liked Winter, but the summer sun and heat are used for farming. So, you know... Food?’’ Twilight started to scold Anon before she started to watch as Princess Celestia rose the sun above them. Truly a magnificent sight to behold. Anonymous has not tried to deny the whole beauty of the event, It is just so early, and hot!

As the Sun rose, so did the Princess. The crowd went wild and started a loud applause. Anonymous was not invented here. More like... Dragged against his will by Twilight, who wanted to show him this. And that made him a little happier than he was 20 minutes ago. Sure, he has been here for a year now, but the Sun Celebration is something he hasn’t witnessed yet. So this is nice, having a friend who looks up to you, and wants to show you wonders of their world.

He is still concerned about the royalty and the city folk. The usual pleasant ponies of Ponyville did seem a little more ‘enjoyable’ than those nobles and their strict obsession about social class. His first impressions of them were, to put it lightly... Below expectations.

Now that the Event is over he can go home, throw his clothes into the corner of his house and stay in his air-conditioned room where he will watch movies or sleep before work, and he does not want to upset his boss by coming late. It’s fairly new to him, and Spring Stone has made a great effort to help him get used to the workflow. Which helped him very much. Twilight said she will teleport him back as soon as the event is finished, so win-win.

Steady income and a great environment to work in is new to him as well. His ‘old’ work was to make constant deadlines and overall it was a bunch of stress. This world rocks so far. Nothing that makes a man happier than low taxes, tho, 6%. Yeah. That’s fucking right. 6 fucking percent. This world is a blessing.

As Anonymous was making his way out of the gathering to see where Twilight had gone, but the sudden magical aura grabbed him and pulled towards the elevation, face to face with the ruler of this country, Princess Celestia. The person, or rather pony responsible for this was Twilight who also, came onto the stage to greet her mentor.

“Twilight, I’m not sure if this is a good idea-” Anon stated, but has been cut off by the purple Princess.

“Anon, you haven’t met the princess yet, this is a perfect chance. You need to start making some friends. Don’t worry, she won’t eat you.” Twilight tried to calm the human before getting closer to the princess, who now stopped saying her statement to the crowd.

“Twilight, I see you brought with you the human. Anonymous was it. It is a pleasure to see you, my dear. How are you feeling living here with ponies in Ponyville? From what I heard and read from Twilight letters, you have accommodated quite well.” Celestia stated while coming closer to Anonymous.

Anonymous took a quick bow and started speaking, a little overwhelmed by Celestia's closeness.

“I... I’m glad you took the time to read about me, your Majesty.” Anonymous stated before stepping a little back.

“Do not be afraid, And please don’t worry about the title, you are quite an interesting case, I heard a lot about you from others as well. Thank you for visiting Canterlot today, The Summer Sun Celebration is a great way to start the day.” Celestia stated before coming closer to Anonymous. Was the Anon movement from earlier rude?! But she is so close! And Anonymous is starting to sweat really heavily in this sun...

“The pleasure is all mine, your Majesty.” Anon tried to not use the title, but could not just drop it. She is a ruler. And that would be inappropriate, right?

“Well, I see that you have only just started to get comfortable with us. We will not hold you any longer, dear human. Please take care, and if you need anything, we are right here at Canterlot.” Celestia said while turning her right and making her way into the line of guards that protected her from the crowd who was still going wild.

“You know she is not going to jail you or anything, right?” Twilight said while making her way to Anon side.

“Yes. But I’m still getting nervous by talking to her. Or any royalty! Do not do this if I don’t want it, Twilight!” Anon stated angrily.

As the sun started to move, so did everything else. The longest day has officially begun.

At the palace thirty minutes later.

Celestia made her way into the dining hall for the breakfast that was starting in about ten minutes. She would come at the exact time but due to the Sun Celebrations she has a free day. One free day, for the whole year. This needs to be spent well. Maybe she could go shopping with Cadence, who currently is in the castle.

She will think about it later. Now it’s time for food. And she made sure that today’s breakfast will last her for all day. There’s no way that she will spend this day eating. A good nap is a great choice. But then again... This should be used for some activity... she thought.

“Goddess... I can’t wait until Twilight will help me in the castle...” She said out loud, before realizing that her sister is right beside her.

“What.” Luna stated in amusement while eating her salad.

“Horse Apples...” Celestia cursed. Now she will need to explain herself.

“Begin.” Luna spoke just like she could read Celestia’s mind.

“Well... I guess I will retire in a couple of months... And I wanted to leave the kingdom in Twilight’s hooves...” Celestia explained.

Silence echoed across the room for a good ten seconds before Luna struck again.

“No. Well... Not in this decade, at least. She is too young. We will train her, but definitely not in a couple of months dear sister. This is too early. And! Do not even think to brag about the age we started to rule. Different times, different circumstances.” Luna stated.

“I knew you would say that... Oh... I need a vacation...” Celestia groaned.

“Not happening either, but with Twilight you should have less work than usual, so we will split the current day and night plan. I could use a break too, you know?” Luna declared before finishing her meal.

Celestia watched as the younger sister left the room. She finished her food as well a bit later... Now what to do?

Visiting Ponyville seems like a good option. She is always fond of what is happening there. Even if it is threatening Equestria. But... She decided that going incognito would be even better. She can always just go back to being visible after. And watching ponies not constantly bowing and coming to greet her is nice.

As she thought, she did. Creating a magic illusion on herself made her vanish from anypony eyes. Who is not an expert-level illusion detection master. Soon after, she teleported herself to the town square, where most of the ponies already started their days. It is close to 7 AM, so it would be natural.

The statue of herself right in the middle of the town square is well... Cute, but not a great way to reallocate town funds. Also there are a lot of ponies here today.

Now... She could go to ‘spy’ on Twilight, but she could be caught quickly, Twilight is fairly good at detecting magic, better to go somewhere more calm for now. Sugar cube corner?Maybe she could prank somepony with the flying muffin or talking cake. It could be fun!

As the Celestia started to approach the building, she saw Pinkie jumping up and down at her mailbox, opening and closing it as if a letter would magically place itself there.

“Oh, Hi Princess Celestia” Pinkie stated, not losing eye contact with the mailbox.

“Oh, Hello Pin-” Celestia stopped. “Em... Pinkie pie, how could you see me?”

“I couldn’t.” Pinkie answered.

“Right... Please do not tell anypony that I’m here.” Celestia said, a bit shocked.

“Sure.” She answered again, not even making eye contact.

‘That’s Pinkie huh...’ Celestia thought as she made her way into one of the streets after crossing the sugar cube corner.

‘I guess that’s it for pranking anypony...’ She cleared her mind as she said. There must be something to do here besides that, right?

As she collects herself from this strange encounter, she has begun crossing street after street while watching everypony not being aware that their beloved Princess is walking so close to them. Still nothing to do besides that. Maybe she should go for this nap after all?

“HEY! WATCH OUT WITH THIS ANON!” She suddenly heard from across the street. There is a construction going on, and she heard a human name. She has been at Canterlot this morning, so Twilight must have teleported with him. Does he still have a job to do today? And he came even if it was so early... Kind of him.

“Sorry!” She heard again as she began closing the distance before peeking her head across the fence to see what was going on.

She watched as Anonymous was holding a large wooden column. This thing must weigh more than him! And he does not use any magic! And the most bizarre fact is that he is not wearing his t-shirt. Anonymous is sweating, and it is so hot that he needed to take it off. The column is more than three meters long, ‘how does he do that?’ she thought.

He’s balancing it on his shoulder and making his way into the location of a large pit where the column is supposed to go.

‘How he plans to move it there? This is not a simple task without magic...’ She said in her head as she watched him go around the hole. He then stopped. Took the column into both of his ‘hooves’ (Hands) And slammed it into the hole with one swift motion. And no one other than Celestia paid any attention.

‘Surely he does not work like this all the time. This would not be a healthy thing to lift such heavy things around all day.’ She thought as she watched him take another column into his shoulder and repeat the process.

‘No, way.’ Celestia exclaimed as she watched him do that 4 more times without a single break. She even came closer to inspect the wood. And when she tried to lift it herself with magic it weighed a lot.

Well, now she has something to do at least. She watched him collect and drop resources while time was passing.

’Watch strong humans take things from one place to the other. Head voice goes quiet.’

‘Well... He does have a good figure, and he is quite strong... And he is sweaty... very sweaty. ’ She stated in her mind before asking herself ‘Do i really want to watch as some odd looking creature is taking things from one place to another all day?’

Before she could finish that thought she spotted a mare that came close to Anon. She greeted him and gave him some paperwork and left. After which he wiped the sweat and put on a T-shirt. After that Anonymous took the papers and left the construction site as well. Going in the direction opposite where the mare went.

‘Where is he going?’ Celestia asked herself. Now following the human.

Author's Note

I made some changes to how I approach this story from now on. Nothing serious, but I will need to make sure that everything is properly organized. It means that I will not jump so much in the future and make everything much more slowly paced, except when I recall some actions from the past. Sorry, and thanks for understanding.

Mame used: Calm Owl

Edited by: ArcaneDust