Let me start properly from the beginning now. You are a human. More precisely you are Anonymous. The man behind the slaughter, the pinnacle of evolution, the mastermind of all things lewd and every-

Yeah. You wish. Instead, you are just a normal guy living his normal life. Wait a minute… This is not right. You are not normal, there is not a single thing in your life that is still normal. As a matter of fact. You are living in a world filled with talking ponies, griffons, and other mythological animals. On top of that, there is also magic and Pinkie Pie. That is a mystery to you. Anyhow. Your life is not normal, and it will get progressively more complex and ‘not normal’ as you age. At least you know you won’t be getting bored anytime soon. Well… good luck!

As the sun touched your face you turned to the other side of the bed. It is morning already? You started to ask yourself. You don’t really want to get up. And technically you could just lay and do nothing, it is Sunday after all. But, when you think about it. That’s why you did yesterday.

With a sad expression, you rolled out of the bed to the floor, still in your covers. Then you managed to toss the cover into the bed, the cold quickly got you on your feet. After a quick glance, you decided to do your bed before coming out of the room. After that was done you went into the bathroom to take a piss. All while muttering that you would like to stay in bed instead. As you did your business you felt cold tiles on your feet that gave you a shivering feeling down your spine, you should probably dress up.

After getting into some comfortable clothes you went down to the first floor of your house. Still not sure how you managed to get it for such a bargain and then score it for even less. Mayor mare had to pull some strings for sure, you appreciate it, but you never ask for it. But hey, what they say: ‘Don't look a gift horse in the mouth’.

The house is fairly small on the outside but very spacious on the inside. Three rooms, a kitchen, two toilets, and a large underground pantry. And of course, the second floor is used as a bedroom. After a quick glance, you are filled with pride. You put so much work into renovating this house and look at the result! You remember that this kind of house would cost you at least 20 years of hard work back on earth. But here? Two years, and you still have a quarter of your savings. Taxes are unavoidable but here it is only 6%. And that is the only tax you pay. Nothing else, well… Unless you are a businessman then you are paying two more taxes on shipping and selling. But who would want to work hard to get a little bigger house or a second one? There is much less shit to buy here anyway. Most of your costs are for food and alcohol. This is the biggest difference, alcohol here is hella expensive. But you drink relatively rarely so there is no harm in spending a bit more money on that.

You approached the kitchen and decided to make toast and bacon. Bacon… Yeah. That is not bacon. It’s a substitute you buy from that stallion who sells shit to griffons. You don’t complain because you can’t have anything else meat-related. After finishing your breakfast you take a look at the calendar and see that today is marked with a red circle. You get closer and see that today is the two-year anniversary of the day when you first landed in Equestria. ‘Two years already?’ You ask yourself. ‘That passed quicker than I realized’.

You should do something today. Something for yourself. Tomorrow’s work so there will be no time, and today is a special day. Better to make the best of it. You decided that you would love to see those beautiful gardens of Canterlot. It is still early and you technically could catch a train and go. The only thing stopping you is that you never traveled alone to Canterlot. Two years here and you've been only to the Canterlot twice. First time to properly greet Celestia and Luna when you first got here. And second at the Summer Sun Celebration Day. Twilight took you and you had a great time, that’s when you visited the gardens. They are amazing, you remember that most of the flora is imported and colorful. Your favorite flowers are called ‘The Night delight’, they glow with this amazing soft light, and if you hold them you can feel their amazing exotic texture. They smell like a mix of wild berries and ananas. They remind you of your mom that died before you came into this world.

That woman gave everything she could to make you happy. Sure she was a derp but you loved her with all your heart. With that memory in mind, you decided to go, even alone. After all, you are a grown-ass man. You can travel alone!

You quickly looked at the current time. 8:45. You can still be on time for the 9 AM train to Canterlot, the next ones are at 4 PM and 10 PM. You don’t know why you remembered the time they arrive at the station but something tells you that it was something to do with donuts?

You packed everything that you could need, ID, some money, toilet paper, and a small bottle of whisky. The essentials. After that, you locked the door and left the house.

As you passed your neighbor's houses you realized that they were missing. Everyone is missing in fact. Well not everypony. You can see some ponies at the station and in the houses alongside the road. But everyone you know is missing. Maybe something happened? You didn’t dwell on it too much as you made your way into the station right on time to catch a train. The conductor called the departure as you brought the ticket. Having no chance to catch your breath you jumped into the train and quickly went inside. The cabin was empty and remained that way for the whole trip. The only disturbance was from the conductor checking your ticket.

After one and a half hours, you saw the lovely city of Canterlot. The architecture reminded you of those old-style towns in your country. Before the second world war, there were a lot of places that looked like that. You wish you could show it to someone from earth…

Trying to stay in focus you decided to go straight to the gardens, but quickly realized that The Night delights are only blooming in the dusk and night. This information would be better to remember before you went here. Anyway, you still can come back at night and catch some sleep later. But what should you do now? There are a couple of options, you could potentially go sightseeing, alternatively, there is still that museum of pony culture you were intrigued by.

So many choices… Suddenly you spotted a cart selling ice cream, why not think about it while eating? You didn’t pack any lunch so a snack on the way is mandatory at this point. You approached the stallion who gave you a curious look but still smiled.

“What can I do for ya today?” He asked.

“I would like two scoops of Ice Cream.” You answered.

“Flavor?” He asked back while grabbing a large ice spoon.

“Emm… Vanilla and… Hm… Dragonfruit?” You decided.

“Coming right up.” He answered while grabbing two spoons of vanilla to your shock.

“Only a spoonful.” You quickly corrected the seller.

“On the house” He answered smiling while grabbing the dragonfruit flavor as well.

“Very kind of you, I will remember that.” You thanked the unicorn while tossing six bits to the counter.

“Have a good meal.” He said while you were walking off.

“Thanks!” You replied trying to look for a place to sit.

A nearby water fountain is a great place, as long as you don’t fall in it.

Placing your digits into the cold murmur you glanced over the buildings on the square you were sitting. They are made of the same stone, probably murmur as well. You ate your Ice cream in peace as you wondered where to go next. The day is not passing any faster. And you need a plan.

The museum is great but you can’t really stop getting amazed by those buildings and towers. You decided to go for a little detour and hopefully find some more architectural masterpieces. The city is so clean that you could most likely eat from the ground and- No, better not do that.

You finished your meal and wandered alongside the main roads. You suppose that if you follow them you won’t get lost. Still, the city is much, much bigger than it looks. One road is long enough to place every building that Ponyville has twice. And those magnificent towers stretching to the skies! You wish right now you had wings. Maybe Twilight knows a spell or two? This mare is a dictionary so if she knows something there is a chance. Thought for later…

You got so carried away by those murmur walls that you ended right before the gates of Canterlot castle. Now, this! This is what you could call a masterpiece of a build! This one castle was so massive that the whole city is only half bigger than this one structure. You glanced over the gate to see two stallions guarding against both sides of the moat. They spotted you but didn’t say anything. Still, they looked curiously at you. Well, they have a good reason to be so careful. That’s their job. You only wish you could go in there and see the castle for yourself. You have only been there once, and only in the throne room. Twilight teleported you there and after greeting two princesses you got teleported back by her. So there was no time to actually see anything.

You still would like to see the horizon from those huge towers one day. You snapped back to reality when one of the guards asked you something.

“What. Can you repeat that? I wasn’t listening” You replied.

“I asked what your business is here,” Mare replied with an annoyed tone.

“J-Just sightseeing. I was looking at the castle.” You answered to the mare who simply shrugged to the other guard.

“I presume there is no way I could go inside right?” You asked, being sure of the answer.

“Do you have any case for Princess Celestia? Today is court day so we can allow you to visit her. But you can’t wander around. Straight to the Princess and back.” Mare answered.

“Really? Can I ask her if I could go see the rest of the castle?” You said surprised.

“Technically yes. But I wouldn't get your hopes up.” She answered, giving you a displeased look.

“...”

A small silence has passed before you decided to just go with it. Hell, why not. Princess Celestia is kind, maybe there is a chance she will let you see something with a guard or two.

“Alright then.” You finally answered.

“Eh… Glare, go with him. Make sure he does not do anything stupid.” Mare ordered her partner before he stepped out of his position.

“Alright, come on. Don’t try anything and stay close.” He said while you stepped under the massive metal gate.

You followed him to the castle, this was a five-minute walk. When you got to the front doors you were greeted by six other guards that looked prepared to act at any moment. Glare, or whatever this guard who was escorting you. The name was, talked to the captain of the guard. He gave you a quick look and asked if you didn't have any weapons. You replied that you don’t have any and they let you in. The next door required a signature or a badge to be open. The captain was kind enough to open it for you with his badge.

You stepped right after Glare to the long corridor that was filled with paintings and gold ornaments. It was screaming with status and dignity. The lavender flowers were a great addition to all that. The smell of those flowers made you more relaxed and focused. You assume after some time it would make you sleepy too.

Now after some 15 minutes of walking from corridor to corridor, you were met with large stone doors that were ten times taller than you were. The guard gave you a quick nod and said to wait here.

You waited as he came into the room, guards on the sides closing the door before and after him. You could only catch a glimpse of the throne room that you visited already. You wanted to pass time by looking at the paintings but the doors quickly opened again and the guard called you in.

‘’So much for admiring scenery…” You cursed silently before you went into the room.

And there she was. In all her glory sitting on the throne with a large warm smile. Princess Celestia. You could see her warm smile brighten on you as you approached the throne. In the room there were four sets of guards and a secretary who was doing her work in the corner of the room, rarely giving a curious look at you as you made your way into the middle of the room.

You stopped before the stairs and caught your breath still looking at the Princess. ‘You should probably bow idiot…’ You heard your inner voice say. And you did exactly that. Bowing on one knee, and turning your head to face the floor. Princess frowned while you did that.

“Oh. No, please don’t bother to do that. You are not obligated to do so.” Celestia said, her warm voice echoing through the room.

“Please, Anonymous, that was your name, right? Don’t be afraid and tell me what can I do for you my little- I mean. Dear human.” She said, giving you a sincere look.

“I’m surprised you remember my name. Thank you for being so kind to listen to me. But actually, it’s not something important. So if I’m wasting your time please welcome my apology.” You said still not sure how to approach this situation. Why haven’t you rehearsed it?

“Don’t worry my- Anonymous. I did not have anything important anyway to take care of. What can I help you with?” She answered, her voice like a melody quicked your heart. She gave you an impression of an angel. Her voice was kind and caring just like your own mother. She is not considered a deity for those ponies just for show. She could melt stone with this voice.

“I’m visiting the Canterlot to see gardens and architecture, and I was wondering If I could by any chance go to one of the towers to see the horizon, with a guard of course…” You answered, trying not to sound ridiculous.

“Of course! In a manner of fact, I was just about to take a break. Would you be so kind as to allow me to accompany you?” She asked, you were in quite a shock. As well as other guards.

She is asking me to allow her to accompany her, in her own castle? What the fuck is going on? How to react to that? What to say?

“I… Princess, you would honor me by doing that.” You answered a little frightened of the situation you ended up in.

“Wonderful! Let us go to the highest tower then. I’m sure you will love the view.” Celestia said while getting up from her throne and walking past you. Every guard was silent, Glare too. You kinda were not sure how to react to that just yet.

You went out of the throne room, Celestia quickly matching the speed you were walking with. Now, there was silence when you started to walk alongside one of the walls of the castle. You saw that she wanted to say something but held back for some strange reason. It was already awkward and you would love to stay silent, but the situation begged for a conversation. But before you could do so she spoke first out of blue.

“Anonymous, can I ask you a question?” Princess glanced over at you as she said that.

“S-Sure…” you answered quickly, it sounded forced.

“I was wondering if you are alone today. Last time you visited alongside Twilight. And I was wondering if there is a special occasion for your visit.” She asked curiously while walking close to you.

“In a manner of fact, there is, princess. You see, it has already been two years since I got here. And there was this special flower called ‘Night delight’. I really liked it, so I decided to quickly go to the gardens here before I get to work tomorrow. Of course, I forgot the flower blooms only at night and at dusk. So I was just exploring the city in the meantime and ended up here wondering about the view from the towers.” You explained to the princess.

“I see. Do you know that the Night delight is Luna's favorite flower? She can spend hours watching them bloom.” Celestia answered.

“I can see why. Those flowers in your gardens are the most gorgeous I ever laid eyes upon.” You answered before giving a quick smile to the Princess. Who quickly returned the gesture.

“Thank you for being so kind to show me around the castle. It is a true wonder to the eyes as well.” You added.

“No need to thank me. I love spending time with others. Especially when I can learn so much about them. You are one of a kind Anonymous.” She explained.

“Please, call me Anon.” You decided to propose.

“Alright, but in return call me Celestia as well.” She said to my astonishment.

“Are you sure? You are still royalty…” You tried to convince the Princess.

“I’m sure. Please call me Celestia.” She answered before we got to the large staircase.

“Those stairs lead to the top of the tower. Come after me Anon.” She exclaimed.

“Alright. C-Celestia…” You said, still a bit embarrassed to say her name without the title.

She simply gave you a warm smile and started to walk up the spiral staircase. You followed. And after two seconds realized that you can see her ass from up close. Very close. This is what many people call the gentlemen test. Do not look at the female walking up the stairs, or you will feel like a gauche. No exceptions, even ponies have standards… They must have… Right?

While you tried to look at the floor you could not stop taking a quick glance at the Princess in front of you. But, you managed to do so very rarely, for the six minutes you walked after her on those stairs.

Unfortunately on the last step, Celestia stopped before the door. And you weren’t paying attention, because you were looking at the floor. This caused you to walk into her butt pressing your face directly to her buns. Quickly realizing what you are done you backed up and faced the floor on all fours. Begging for forgiveness.

She was a bit surprised but quickly started to giggle beneath her voice.

“Don’t worry, I’m not mad. Accidents happen.” She said, still giggling.

“Now come on in.” She added before opening the large door. You got up and followed her inside to the large dark room with a massive bed, fireplace, and workstation. The room connected to the balcony which was forced with a golden balustrade. The exit was blocked by glass doors that you could see through.

Now, after some more time, you finally realized that this room is her bedroom. On the red-painted walls were paintings of her, Princess Luna, and other ponies from her family and students. In the corner, you could see her make-up atelier.

She hasn’t lied. This was the highest tower in the castle. But should you really be here? The answer is no. Why would she bring you to her private chambers?

“Princess Celestia? Why did you bring me to your room?” You asked confused. Celestia stopped and turned her head to you.

“You said you wanted to watch the horizon right? And I said you can watch it from the highest tower. And it turns out this is the largest tower.” She said while opening the glass doors with her magic. “And, Anon, you promised to drop the title.”

“Oh. Sorry, Celestia.” You shook while walking into the room. It smelled… Nice, very nice. A mixture of perfumes and different flowers. The room was cozy and warm, and the fireplace was lit.

“Come on, you will love this.” She said waving her hoof outside.

You paused before coming out, the mountains that extensively shaped the valley came finally into your view. Your eyes went blank for a while due to the sun shining directly at you, but soon after the brightness corrected itself, and you stood at the amazing display of nature's beauty. Sun rays reflected in the streams and lakes, the layers of trees, snowy peaks, and grassy plains made you blink a couple of times. The wind finally picked up and you could swear you felt every single thing you were watching as it was part of you. You traced the landscape with your eyes and gloated in every little detail that it showed. Marvelous rays of the rainbow filled the horizon just like it wanted to tell you that it was made for you to see. You could not hold it to yourself anymore. Something broke, and soon after your tears started to fall before you knew it, you felt lightheaded, you forgot to breathe because the amazing scenery took you.

“Anon, are you crying? Is everything alright?” Celestia asked, a bit worried.

“Y-yes. Just… I never have. Never seen anything like this before, never got a chance... It’s amazing. Thank you. Thank you for showing me this! I will never forget this.” You answered while wiping your tears from your face.

“Anon. Have you ever ever seen anything like this? This is a strong reaction. And I have never seen anypony react so… severely. Are you sure you are okay?” She asked just like she could feel your weak heart trying to process this strong emotion.

“Yes. Yes, I’m alright. I have never been happier. I love the gardens and the night delight but, this… This is… I’m out of words. Thank you.” You answered while trying to not cry more.

“You are welcome. I assume that your world does not have wonders such as these then?” She asked curiously.

“It does, but... I never got to see any. I was always hoping to see something like that, but... Never got a chance in life.” You answered.

“I’m so sorry to hear that. I wish I could do anything to help you…” Celestia stated.

"Celestia, for the first time in my life, I feel truly happy and at peace. There were many places on earth I never got a chance to see but now I got to see this wonderful view." You wiped your face again before continuing. "Celestia, my life has been a struggle. My mom did her best to take care of me, and I lost her. I lost my best friend too. It hurt for a long time....but you taking me here, listening to me talk, and letting me just see pure natural beauty......it..it really means a lot to me. Thank you."

“It’s really nothing...” Celestia replied with a soft smile.

“No, it is. I never got a chance to actually get to know you. Everypony said you are a Godness, that brings joy and happiness to everyone, no matter who they are. But today I can finally say that they said the truth. You are truly a blessing to the lives of your subjects.” You stated to her surprise.

She blushed very hard as you said that. This was the first time in my life that you said something like that to anyone. And you are glad you did it. First your mom, then your friend. You always wanted to tell them how much you appreciate them. But in the end, I was too late. This time will be different. This time you decided to share your true intentions.

“Anon. That’s very kind of you but yo-” She started to speak, still embarrassed.

“No! Don’t try to deny that! You are amazing! You are.” you said quickly giving the princess a warm smile which she returned with a small tear in her eye.

Shit. You weren’t supposed to make her cry. Shit! Shit! Shit!

“Please don’t cry!” You said while getting closer to her. She simply waved it off and came inside to use a tissue to wipe the tear. You followed her inside the cozy room, she closed the door after you with her magic. She looked at you with those big purple eyes, you started to feel like this is a bit too personal now, but hey, at least she stopped crying.

“You know. There were a lot of ponies that gave me compliments, but this is the first time I hear it like it's genuine. It's been a really long time since I heard someone speak from their heart. Thank you.” She said while sitting on the big fluffy carpet beside her fireplace.

“I just…Never got to speak like this in the past, and… I realized that if I don’t take the chances I still have. I will regret that later on.” You spoke as you sat down on the bed, not really thinking about your manners.

“Would you like to talk with me for some time? With every passing minute, I’m more intrigued by your past life.” Celestia asked while lying down on the carpet.

“I would love to. But, don’t you have you know. Princess stuff to do?” You advised the sunny mare.

“To be fair… Nothing that I do lately has any impact whatsoever. So If they really want me to do something then they will come here. I don’t see why a couple of hours without me would make any difference.” You see as Celestia said that she made a cute pout with her face. Her voice seemed different too, a mix of annoyance with boredom.

“Wait. You want to talk for hours?” You asked confused.

“You said you didn’t have anything else planned before dusk comes right? There is still a lot of time until then. Of course, if you don’t want to, that's alright.” She stated before trying to get up.

“No! I mean… I want to. Please let us talk.” As you said that you saw her drop again on the floor, her fur making contact with the carpet and a couple of pillows. Were there pillows before? She must've grabbed them with her magic a second ago.

“Great! I really want to know how you grew up. Can you tell me about your family, friends, and your time in this different dimension?” She started to ask.

I really think that this is going a little too fast. But she is a Princess after all. Maybe she is just bored with all this Princess stuff and just wants to talk for a while.

“Of course. But I want to know about you too. So let us do one question at a time. You will ask me something, then I will ask you something.” You proposed.

“Alright. Then, please tell me about your family.” She stated before correcting herself into one of the bigger pillows.

“I had only my mom. My dad passed away when I was very young, I had no siblings.” You stated to Celestia's surprise.

“Your mother must be a strong woman then. Raising you on her own.” She stated, before giving you a warm smile.

“Yeah, she was.” You simply added.

“Oh, I’m sorry… I didn’t know-” She tried to correct herself before you gave her a quick wave with your hand.

“Don’t worry about it. I’m over it.” You said while looking her directly in the eyes.

“So, I guess it’s my turn. Well then, tell me please how long have you been ruling posies.” You asked. You can already tell that she is older than you by some couple of ye-

“I have been ruling for two thousand one hundred and thirty-seven years now.” She replied with a poker face.

“Celestia, I gave you my answer without any games. Please don’t lie to me.” You said clearly taking this as a joke.

“I’m not playing with you dear human. I’m serious. If you don’t believe me you can ask other ponies, or look them up in the books.” She stated, very seriously.

“Then how are you still alive? You look like you are twenty. It sounds ridiculous.” You say to her.

Celestia blushes and gives you a quick look before speaking again.

“All alicorns are immortal, It is both a blessing and a curse. But… I’m pleased that you think I’m ‘that’ young.” She said while placing a hoof on her face to cover her embarrassment.

“Well then…I’m speechless.” You simply said.

You proceeded to spend hours chatting with the Sun Princess. She asked you about everything she could think of. But in the end, there were more questions than answers. But it was time to move on, at least for now.

She wanted to accompany you to the gardens as well but her assistant Raven Inkwell said that there is a massive pile of documents that need her attention right now. So there’s no way she can do that. She had spent her entire evening with you, so you should be grateful for even that.

Now you found yourself in the middle of the gardens, light escaping the world as the sun settled on the horizon. You watched as the Night Delights bloomed and filled the dark with their glowing leaves and pollen. Reminding you why you love them so much. This flora is so exotic and vibrant that nothing on earth comes close. You kept watching them bloom for some time, deep in the gardens. You took the time to look for other flowers and animals that were here as well. This place is like a jungle, but at the same time like an oasis.

This was nice. But… The evening spent with the princess was even better. You thought. Recalling every question the Princess asked you. And every question you asked her. She is a kind and loving pony. And the best ruler one would ever want. Something about her feels like being with your mother. And at the same time with someone out of your reach at the same time. She is an Alicorn goddess after all.

Finally, you decided to stop on a bench and rethink what to do next. This day kept on going forever and you didn’t have time to think about what to do next.

Then, suddenly it finally hit you.

’Holy shit the train!' you finally remembered.

Author's Note

[Updated version of the chapter with contribution from HumanSVD Thanks, I really appreciate that!]

[EDITED BY: ArcaneDust]

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