The morning sun crept in through the window, signaling to you it was time to wake up. You weren’t really a morning person, but starting a new job meant it was time to get over it. You drag yourself out of bed and into the bathroom to take a shower. Luckily for you, they had some rather nicely scented soaps to really get the weeks' worth of grime and sweat off you from being in the dungeon.

After your shower, you took some time to remove the stubble from your face and headed towards the wardrobe that contained your new work clothes. It was an indigo dress shirt with matching pants, with Luna’s cutie mark emblazoned on the breast pocket and on the back. Realization smacked you in the face as you wondered when they got the size for your clothes, but put that aside for now.

Getting dressed was probably going to be the easiest part of the day though. You've had to do some odd jobs back at home to make ends meet, but being a personal servant for a princess, let alone a pony was a first. You exit the room to see your one and only "friend" Astral back in his guard attire standing at attention next to the door. He trots around you, looking up and down, then stops, giving you a nod of affirmation.

"Looking good there, human. Now you're ready to go get some breakfast before you start off your day?" while nudging you towards the direction of the dining hall.

The room was crowded with ponies conversing to one another. Maids and guards were scattered around enjoying their morning before the long and hectic day of being a part of the castle staff. As you make your way through, the stares of the
castle staff directed toward you made you feel a tad bit uncomfortable but it was bound to happen. You were an unknown entity in their world after all.

Grabbing a muffin and some orange juice you headed towards the table Astral was flagging you down towards and took a seat.

"Ehh, Its not a sausage biscuit but it'll do for breakfast."

Astral glances over towards you. "So you're one of them meat eaters? Honestly thought you ate the same things as us ponies."

"Nah, we humans are omnivores so we eat meat and plants. Sure we can go without it, but it can lead to health problems later on. I'm more surprised you aren't screaming in terror."

"You aren't the first meat eater I've been around so it doesn't bother me, after all I'm a member of the Royal Guard, wouldn't be here if I couldn't handle a bit of blood. Don't know if the princesses filled you in on them yet but we do have griffons."

"Griffons, even in a different world some things are similar. Wonder if I'll ever get to meat one."

You couldn't really tell if Astral caught on your little meat pun, but you still thought it was funny.

A couple minutes passed by and an earth pony mare cautiously sat down next to Astral and looked at you before she began to eat as well.

“So are ya this things foalsitter?” The mare said, giving Astral a look of disappointment.

Her words kind of hit pretty hard but you've accepted that not everyone knew who you really were yet.

Confidently you begin to speak, “Nope, He is my only friend in this world and just showing me the ropes before I start my first day as Princess Luna’s personal assistant.”

“Yeah he’s actually quite a good companion once you get to know him, but there was no need to call him a thing Lickity, you were briefed last night about who he was just like the rest of us so the polite thing to do is apologize.” Astral included.

She seemed to be quite an interesting mare since she was the only other pony besides Astral and the princesses who decided to approach you. You took notice that she keeps glancing over towards Astral every now and then. You weren’t the best with women back on earth, but weren’t a complete idiot either, you recognized right away that she had some type of feelings towards him and if anything anime and T.V. Has taught you, Men are clueless.

Lickity looked over toward you feeling guilty for making fun of you and began to speak, “Well then I’m sorry, and I should at least introduce myself as well. Names Lickity Split, Second in Command in the Maid Corp, We got off on the wrong hoof and I hope we can start over anew as friends.

“Preciate the apology Lickity. Hey Astral, she seems like a keeper, better shoot your shot while you can."

Astral blissfully unaware of the comment you made looks at you with a cute and silly confused face before rising out of his seat. “Welp, guess it's about time to start your first day ehh Monkey Man?”

'Monkey Man'. You thought the nickname was a tad bit offensive but in human nature you weren't going to go down without a fight.

Slowly, you begin to head towards the door before yelling, "Okay then Ass-tral lets get a move on! Unlike you I'm not trying to be late for my job."

All of the ponies in the room began to laugh and cherry red blush appeared on Astral's muzzle before he started pushing you into the hall.

"Now what did you go and do that for, I'm gonna be the laughing stock of the guard because of you!"

There's a saying back in my world, 'If a pony makes fun of you, make fun of them ten times as much.

"Let me guess, humans have all sorts of sayings related to ponies?"

"Nope just wanted to mess with you again is all."

You both breakout into a small giggle fit as you make your way towards Princess Luna's quarters.

The azure colored door towards the end of the hall signaled the end of your journey with Astral and the start of your new job.

"Well we've arrived seems like it'll be awhile until we see each other again Monkey Man, better not screw this up since I don't want to be the one standing outside a dungeon cell again."

"No need to worry Astral, if its one thing you should know about humans, we can adapt to situations quite well."

"I'll take your word on that, I need to get to my post for the day see you around. "

Astral began to trot away leaving you to wonder what could be in store on the other side of the door,

Author's Note

Hoping this one does a bit better than the last chapter. I decided this one into two parts since I felt as if it was the right thing to do to have something come out rather than nothing,
I am still willing to hear out any criticisms anyone has with open arms. So please let me know anything I need to change.

I'm making my own personal goal to try and put out the next chapter sooner.

With Love,
Lunar Hymn