[The next day]

“UP”, I yelled to myself, as I jumped to avoid a giant tail, “DOWN”, I ducked quickly to avoid a claw strike.

“LEFT”, I yelled as I jumped there, avoiding being crushed by the stomp, “RIGHT”, I yelled again, narrowly dodging a big mouth, “DAMN THIS IS NOT A FUCKING VIDEOGAME HYDRA”, he yells furiously, as he proceeded to hit that head, sending it flying and propelling the rest of the body in that direction.

I watched the ground fall, I just shook my head, "Really, don't you learn from last time?" I asked rhetorically, it wasn't the first time the hydra attacked me, since I escaped once, it attacked me. weekly, but lately, I'm beating him up with every attack.

Still, keep trying.

I could hear his grunts, even though he stayed lying on the ground, “Yes, I ran away once, but that was when I was weak, much weaker”, I said while shaking my head, “Right now, I am much stronger and I can defeat you. relatively easily,” I finished as I stretched.

I could hear a snort from the hydra, well, multiple snorts, but it was obvious it was the hydra heads.

I jumped and stood on the stomach of the hydra, I could see her raise her heads, I looked carefully at each one of them and spoke.

"I may be leaving the forest soon, then it's unlikely we'll meet again, and if you attack my new home, I'll make sure you're not just defeated, you'll be killed," I said as I focused my eyes on the central head, while I was increasing the force of my foot to crush his stomach a little.

I could see her shudder and she began to nod quickly with all her heads, I stopped applying force and nodded back, I just jumped back to the ground and headed in the direction of Fluttershy's house.

I could hear the hydra get up and go in another direction, but I didn't care, even though I stopped halfway there and thought, 'Okay, I'm going to need the bits,' and shook my head and headed towards my cave. .

When I was there, I grabbed my backpack with all my things and headed to Fluttershy's house.

When I got to Fluttershy's house, I spent about 10 minutes making sure there was no one else but Fluttershy, both outside and inside the house.

When I was sure, I went to the door and knocked three times. I began to hear hoofbeats against wood, and it didn't take long for the door to open.

This time, I didn't have to jump to the roof, because it was Fluttershy who had opened the door, she saw me and gave me a warm smile, “Hi Nathaniel”, I smiled back and put my hand between her ears.

Although I caressed a bit, I made sure to stop quite quickly, I didn't want her to fall asleep again like the first time, "Fluttershy, I have some ideas to talk to you", although I said it with a normal tone, I think she understood that it could be something serious.

She nodded and allowed me to enter, I closed the door as I entered, I looked around a bit, where I could see the bear lying on the floor in front of the chair, and Angel sleeping on top of him.

I made my way to the couch, lightly petting angel and the bear as I passed, before sitting down on the couch with a sigh.

Fluttershy came out of the kitchen, bringing some tea, she left it on the table and I poured myself my own cup, before serving Fluttershy, from the beginning it was very difficult for Fluttershy to do it, although she is used to it, it doesn't cost me anything to do it me.

Finishing, I handed her the cup that corresponded to Fluttershy and began to take a sip from mine, I waited a bit before speaking, mainly to enjoy the tea, although it was also to delay what would come with this conversation.

Sighing, knowing that I shouldn't delay him any longer, I wasn't a fagot and I had the strength to defend myself, I didn't have to be afraid to meet more ponies.

…

It's okay, I was afraid that by meeting those ponies, I would draw the attention of the princesses, especially since there are two very powerful ones, having the ability to control the sun and the moon, in addition to the other two that dominate more abstract concepts, yes. , I was afraid of that.

I sighed, there's no other choice, sooner or later they'll meet me, it's better to form a good relationship with their own ponies beforehand.

I fixed my gaze on Fluttershy, "Well Fluttershy, I made up my mind about something and I want your help", I said while taking another sip of tea, I could see how Fluttershy's ears moved pointing in my direction, in addition to the angel's and the bear's. .

She looked at me, "Well... what can I help you with?" He took another sip of tea.

She looked at me with confusion, before her face went into compression, "You... do you want to move to Poniville?", I looked at her with confusion, before realizing that she was talking about the town where we are, I shrugged, "I don't know , I want to move to a place with ponies, but for that, I have to meet some pony with authority", I said while taking a sip of the tea again... and I'm drinking very often, maybe I'm nervous.

She nodded, "Do you want me to introduce you to a pony to help you with this", I nodded and waited, she had to think if she would help me, and if she would help me, who would introduce me.

But she didn't expect her to respond so quickly, "I can help you", I looked at her surprised, she didn't expect her response to be so quick or so decisive, besides that not everyone can help you meet someone of authority.

I looked at her curiously, "Do you know someone", I said it as a fact, she nodded and began to play with her hooves, that gave me a bad feeling, "Considering your body language... who wouldn't like me", she nodded slightly .

I sighed, "It doesn't matter even if I don't like it, I trust you to decide who I can reveal myself to", she gave me a beaming smile, even her teeth shined with that smile, I felt better instantly with that smile.

"May I know who you will ask for help?", she nodded, "Yes, Twilight", I looked at her confused, "One of your close friends?", she nodded, but it seemed strange to me, she mentioned that she was a student at the Princess Celestia, but that was not enough to upset me...

'Wait', my thoughts raced, 'I remember that when he mentioned the four princesses, she mentioned one called Twilight, but it can't be the same Twilight... can it?', now I got anxious.

"You mean Princess Twilight?", she nodded, and my stomach dropped, I really didn't want to meet one of the princesses... but if Fluttershy recommends it to me, I could give it a try, she's too nice to plan something bad for her. someone.

I sighed and gave her a nod, she just gave me a comfortable smile, I smiled back somewhat hesitantly.

"I'm going for Twilight, you stay here until we're about to arrive, then go to the kitchen, I'll call you to come out," I gave her a nod and Fluttershy headed for the door, leaving directly and going in the direction of the castle. town.

I shook my head slowly with a sigh and waited, only taking a few sips of tea to calm myself.

No problem, I finished my tea and Fluttershy didn't come back, with a sigh, I took the teapot and cups to the kitchen and started to wash them to pass the time, when I finished, I could hear the door of Fluttershy's house open .

"Well, here we are Fluttershy, who did you want me to meet?", I could hear footsteps, "Well... it's a friend I met at Everfree", I moved to wait by the kitchen door.

“Did you meet him at Everfree? And what were you doing there? Especially when we warn of possible dangers from the magical cataclysm”, I could hear the concern in his tone, “Angel took me to the forest”, I could hear the cushions on the sofa, it seems that they had sat down.

"Ah, that explains it," I said as if it were a fact, "So what new animal did you meet?" I nearly snorted, but held it in, "Um, it wasn't a Twilight animal," he was followed. of a silence, "Was it a predator?", the tone of voice was palpable with concern.

"Uh, partly yes, partly no", now Fluttershy, you're making things dizzy, "What do you mean?", I could hear the total confusion of the Twilight, "I was a conscious being, like you or me, only of another species”, that was much clearer, you could start there Fluttershy.

"Like griffins or minotaurs?", the princess's total curiosity was heard, "Yes", I heard Fluttershy's answer, "Oh, what an emotion!, I have many questions", I could hear the emotion gushing out of his voice.

“You mean partly carnivore and partly not, what are griffins like? That they eat fish and lots of plants and vegetables?”, I couldn't help but blink, that was a very accurate guess coming from a simple sentence.

"Yes, he eats meat, but not only fish, he can eat all kinds of meat, although he has limited himself to only eating fish", I could hear Fluttershy clarifying, "Uh, more of an omnivorous carnivore then", I could hear the certainty in the voice.

"Yes, I just ask you not to be scared when you see it, it's very different from all the species we've seen, and I don't want you to attack it", I heard a snort, but then there was silence and a pretty strong pressure, "Okay ok, stop with the look”, the pressure disappeared and an awkward silence followed.

The silence was broken by a question, “May I meet him?” I fidgeted, “Yes, Nathaniel, can you come?” I breathed in and out, calming down and mentally preparing myself, it was time to meet a princess.

I walked through the kitchen door, going directly to them, I could see how her heads turned in my direction, Fluttershy was calm, but the purple seemed to be frozen looking at me.

I continued my walk, until I was in front of each one, and take a good look at the purple.

She was definitely one of the princesses, since she had both wings and horn, and now that I look at her closely, she seems familiar to me... oh, right, she was the one who almost discovered me last night when she opened the door.

I waited for a while, but Twilight was left without reacting, I sighed and moved a little closer, still without reaction, I raised my hand, without reaction, I put it on her head, without reaction, I started my caresses and her eyes they closed.

I could feel her lean on my hand, a small smile appeared on my face and I began to rub between her ears, “Oh…this feels goodnn…”, I heard her murmur as she relaxed more and more, taking past experiences into account, stop petting her.

I could see her blink, trying to reconnect with reality, "Why did you stop?" It was a murmur, but I still heard it, "Because you'd fall asleep, and I don't think anyone here wants that right now," Twilight seemed to think for a few moments. seconds.

Before nodding and settling into reality again, where he proceeded to look at me again, this time, from top to bottom, "You are certainly different from what I expected," he said into the air, as he proceeded to summon a notebook and a pen, where he began write.

"New species, notes: It is bipedal, it does not seem to have hair other than on its head and eyebrows, its hair color is very black, its eyes are very bright red, its caresses are to be enjoyed...", I kept looking at it, as the princess proceeded to become a bookworm and write down her observations of me.

I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at Fluttershy, who shrugged as if to say, 'It's always like that', sighing I sat down in the individual chair, waiting for him to finish.

It took him over 5 minutes to finish her writing about me, at this point, all the nervousness was gone, and in its place, there was irritation.

"Okay, I've got a basic model of you, now we can talk," she said happily, her notebook and pen disappearing, "Hello, I'm Twilight Sparkle, but you can call me Twilight, your name is Nathaniel, right?" I sighed, "Yes, my name is Nathaniel, nice to meet you Twilight," she practically vibrated with happiness.

"Wow, I'm talking to a species never seen before, that lives in the Everfree! What a thrill!" she said with a squeak, making me smile, this pony was very cute.

"Tell me! Is there more of your kind?", that completely removed my smile and my face darkened, "No", my word was resounding and stopped all enthusiasm from the purple, making a face of regret, "Sorry!", I sighed and denied with the head.

"You didn't know, but don't ask anything else about my people", I said flatly, before my face returned to normal, "Yes!, there's no problem with that", she looked ridiculously relieved, thanks to that I noticed that this pony he was quite expressive… well, he's the princess of friendship, I guess being expressive helps with that.

"Hey, if I can't ask about your people, what exactly am I going to ask?", I couldn't help blinking stupidly, on second thought, I should have worded it better, "Ah, I worded it wrong, don't ask about my kind that could get personal ”she nodded, and thought some more.

"Well... Can you tell me a bit about your species?", it seems that he was cautious with the question, with it, he had no problem, "Well, humans, or Homo sapiens if you prefer the scientific term, is a species that specializes in adapting and moving forward.

We are a mainly carnivorous species, so our evolution adapted to hunting as we could, an example of this is our resistance and recovery, when hunting, we are not as fast or strong as other animals, so we adapted to hunting over time.

We chase our prey non-stop, day or night, until they can't take it anymore, and they collapse on the ground", I mentioned as I waved my hand, I could see Twilight's gaze fixing on my hand, "But you don't have claws" she said confused.

I chuckled, "Yeah, we don't have claws simply because we don't need them, by using tools instead, our body wasn't forced to evolve to need them," he mentions, while showing my nails, Twilight didn't stop writing with his floating feather, while staring at my hand.

She nodded to herself, I continued, “When it came to advancing technologically, it was difficult for years, progress was made little by little, mainly due to the lack of conservation of knowledge, people had to constantly rediscover the same thing.

But when strong books were developed, as well as a need, we started to develop drastically in the tech department, we moved from using wooden spears, to using metal, then armor, then better spears with bows, better armor, all the way to weapons. of fire,” I said with a smile.

I could see Twilight blink, “Firearms?” my grin turned into a sadistic smile, “Weapons capable of firing a projectile that travel…”, I paused to think about the velocity in helmets, “680 helmets per second,” I finished, staring into Twilight's eyes.

I could see how his eyes widened and he stopped writing, staring at me, I continued regardless of the reaction, "And those were the most basic, there are better projectiles for better weapons, capable of going more than 3 times that speed", I said while shaking his head, he was thinking about the rifles and machine guns.

"Um... where did the need for those weapons come from?", Fluttershy asked timidly, I had almost forgotten about her, and with her question, all emotion disappeared from my face, "War", was the only word I said in response. .

The silence lasted a while with my words, each one of the ponies plunged into her thoughts with a face of horror.

I let out a sigh, drawing the attention of the ponies, "But, you don't have to worry about it at all, I'm not going to tell you how to make those weapons either, I don't want to devastate this place in a fight for knowledge", I said, as I leaned on my fist, staring at Twilight.

She stared at me for a few seconds, before sighing and writing on her pad again, "Fine by me, weapons like that aren't needed in Equestria", I nodded in her direction, I didn't want this world to be devastated in a mega war. .

"With all that I said, it pretty much sums up human history more or less, if you have any specific questions, I'll talk," Twilight thought for a while, before opening her mouth, "Your species... plans to invade Equestria?" , the way she said it, she really was serious about it.

I shrugged, "I don't think so, they don't even know this place, I think I'm the first human being to come to this world," I said as I slowly shook my head, Twilight stared at me, "This world?" With that question, I kicked my head many times, noticing my slip.

I just sighed and spoke, "Yes, this world, it's nothing like where I come from, besides that as humans, we had explored more than 90% of our entire world, we would have found your species a long time ago", I said while shaking my head. head.

She stared at me, concern on her face, “Like…how did you get here?” The way she said it, this question was very important, I shrugged, “I have no idea, I just know that a multicolored ball in the sky in the middle of a storm, swallowed me inside before waking up here,” Twilight's eyes glazed over.

Thoughts and thoughts went through her head, as well as endless emotions on her face, surprise, horror, and last but not least, concern.

"This... this data may have complicated everything we know about the magical cataclysm," she said quietly, staring at me, I looked at her confused, "Cataclysm what?", she shook her head, "I don't even know specifically what It is, but it was an event in which the magic of harmony and the magic of chaos merged into one, causing a magical eruption, destroying everything in its path, the consequences were only avoided by the efforts of me and the other princesses , in addition to the spirit of chaos itself”, I looked at her in surprise.

'That was the two concepts that I thought I saw', I thought lightly, remembering my moments before entering the ball.

I shook my head, “Well… at least I can put a name to what brought me here,” I said with a giggle at the end, Twilight immediately noticing me, “How can you laugh at this?! You could never go home again!” All emotion drained from my face, “I have no home to go back to”, I said as I stared at Twilight.

“But! Your friends”, I replied instantly, “I don't have any friends”, she blinked and opened her mouth again, “Your house!” I sighed, “I wouldn't count that shit as a house”, she seemed to look more stressed , "And your family?! You can't tell me that they don't matter!" I looked at her with a sad smile, "Dead", I said with a sigh.

She seemed to deflate like a balloon, she fell back on the sofa, with a background sound of her notebook falling to the floor, “So… you don't have anything to go back to”, from the way she said it, it wasn't a question, but I still answered. , "Yeah, there's nothing to hold onto to get back, I've had a better life here than back home," she looked at me, "May I ask why?" I sighed, "That's personal Twilight," she nodded and He looked back into the void.

I hope I haven't broken her, she seems like a very happy character, who has hardly suffered tragedies that remain as... tragedies.

"Why did you want to meet me?" Twilight spoke, still staring into space, I put my hand on my belt and took out the bag of bits I had, I put it on the table, I saw how Twilight looked up, and seeing the bag, sat upright, looked at me curiously and I told him to look at the bag.

She did and her eyes widened, “That's a lot of bits,” she said before closing it and putting it back on the table, I nodded, “Yes, I got it from a dragon, she decided our friendship had to be commemorated with a gift. and he gave me this, I still owe him mine,” I said with a sigh.

She looked at me surprised, "A dragon... an adult one?", I nodded, still in my memories, "uh, I'm not even going to ask about that", she spoke, with a sigh, "What do you want to use the bits for?" I snapped back to reality and focused on Twilight, "I want to introduce myself to pony society, I don't want to go to one, if possible, I would like to have a business that doesn't interact with the customer, like blacksmithing, and work , making a name for myself,” I said as I nodded to myself.

"But I don't know where the land is, or who I can buy it from, besides how complicated the whole process would be, but to this great friend named Fluttershy", I gave her a smile while she blushed, "It occurred to her to ask you you, since it would take a lot of trouble out of the way,” I gave Twilight a more apprehensive smile.

She began to think deeply, "Did you decide what I work on?", I nodded, "Blacksmith", I said simply, I always liked Making weapons or metal objects, although I couldn't do it since the incident, I considered myself good at it.

"Uh, there's no need for a blacksmith in Poniville," she spoke, looking at me curiously, I nodded, "It was a possibility, I wanted your help to get some land and work as a blacksmith somewhere, it doesn't necessarily have to be here, just a place to work”, she thought about it, for a while, until her face told me that a light bulb went on in her head.

“In one of my talks with Celestia, she told me that Canterlot had run out of a blacksmith, although she has a private one in her castle, the rest of the town needs one for the public, if you want, I can spend around 1800 bits on it. buy you a piece of land and build what is necessary for your smithy, you only owe me a favor”, I nodded, it was my idea to owe him one.

"That would be appreciated Twilight," I said with a smile, before a thought crossed my mind, "Just make sure you spend another bit of the lot to have materials to start with, and I'll have to pick you up every time I need more...", It seemed like a worse idea every time, he would be very dependent on the princess.

She shook her head, "Don't worry, you can send a letter to the company and they will bring you the material and leave it where you specify, you just keep it for another time, or take it out when you use it", I nodded, that it was much easier.

"Thank you Twilight", I said with a smile, I could see how Twilight got shy and some red went to her cheeks, but I didn't care, Fluttershy was also very ashamed of her when she thanked her.

“N-No problem, it's the work of a princess,” he said as he smiled back at me, my smile only widened, and I nodded as I stood up, “Okay, it looks like it's too late now,” I said while looking out the window. the window, seeing that it was already night.

"I'd better go back to Everfree, we'll talk tomorrow afternoon," I said as I headed for the door, "Wait!" I heard Twilight's voice and stopped, turning around, "Yeah?" He smiled, “Don't you want to spend the night in the castle? Or better a, stay in it until you move to the smithy? ”, She was going to deny me instantly, but I stopped and thought.

Although I would be in the castle with the princess that I didn't trust much yet, the idea of a bed tempted me too much, and a bed until I move to my own place? That was too great a temptation to ignore.

“Okay,” I sighed, her offer simply too good for me.

I could see how her face turned into a smile, a big smile, “Good! follow me!", I blinked, watching Twilight gallop off, I shot a look at Fluttershy, "How long do you think it will take for her to realize she left alone?", she thought for a second, "She won't until I get here. to the castle”, he said as a matter of fact, I couldn't help but snort.

"Well, I'd better follow her," I said with a sigh, at least the castle was obvious enough, it was made of damn glass, it was hard to miss, although I wonder how much it cost.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts, "See you later Fluttershy," I greeted and ran after Twilight, using everything around me to blend in and not slow down.

It didn't take long to get to the castle, but it was hard to get in without being seen, besides all the guards around, I was hanging around for a minute, before, "HOPE THE HELL DID I FORGET ABOUT HIM!", a shrill scream was heard. from inside the castle, before a purple flash appeared for a moment, and disappeared instantly.

I blinked, really confused, but taking advantage of the distraction of all the guards turning in the direction of the sound, I slipped through a window as fast as I could.

I looked around, confirming the lack of people, ponies in this case, I started walking, exploring the place, every time I found a patrol, I jumped and hooked on the roof, they really don't know how to look up.

Even if Pegasi exist, the guards must be trained to react to the sound of their wings, I don't make noise when I'm up, so they don't look and I can hide perfectly.

My exploration led me to see a lot of rooms that I didn't even know what they were for, but at one point, I ended up in some kind of library, I looked around curiously, the guards didn't enter here, but this place was a normal library.

I checked the books, but I didn't understand the language, some words I could more or less understand, but they were very few, after looking around a lot, I found a children's book.

I realized that it was for children thanks to the images of foals and animals on the cover, when I opened it, I instantly realized that it was to teach the language.

Thanking Mrs. Luck, I sat at a nearby table and began to read, well, I say read, but really it is interpreting the images with the words on one side, and I also began to deconstruct the words, looking for similarities with the language I knew.

I paused for a moment, "Uh, our writing is different, but our speech is the same... how strange", I said to the air, it seemed strange to me that we could speak the same language, but now, now it seems very strange to me, especially since our writing is different, even if it seemed.

But I don't know if that makes it less or more weird, I shook my head and went back to concentrating on learning, since my brain has improved, I should learn this pretty quickly.

When I was almost at the end, I heard the door open, I wasn't going to move because I was a bit far away and hidden, but I heard a voice, "Nataniel, Twilight told me you'd be somewhere in the castle, are you here?" I blinked, not expecting a young voice to speak.

I decided to answer, to make sure Twilight would come, if she told her about me, it means she must be trusted, "Yes, I'm here, tell her to come," I said as I went back to concentrating on the book, "Ah, okay, tell her." I'll tell Twilight, don't move from this place”, I didn't answer, I concentrated on reading the book.

In less than 5 minutes, a purple flash appeared and a voice came out of it, "Where are you?!" Realizing it was Twilight, although I was curious as to how she came out of a flash, I left it for later, answering her, “This way,” I said, turning back to the book.

I could hear her move quickly towards me, not galloping, but if fast, when she was in front of me, the noise stopped instantly, I didn't give it importance, it wasn't that I was curious when I spent 5 minutes in total silence.

I looked up from my book, I instantly saw Twilight looking at me in front of me, she was looking at my book and back at me, constantly, I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Have you been looking between me and the book for more than 5 minutes?" She opened her mouth to deny it, but stopped halfway and closed it, looking embarrassed.

I just sighed, closed the book and turned my gaze towards her “Do you have the next part of this book? Or the next level?”, she nodded and floated my book away, before putting it down in her place and bringing another one, one that was next to the previous one.

He introduced it to me and I nodded, looking at it carefully, it no longer seemed for children, it still had some characteristics of pony and animals, but they were more realistic and not so... colorful? I think that is the correct word.

I grabbed it and opened it, I began to read the first page, and the difference was instantly noticeable, if the previous one taught you the alphabet and some words, this one teaches you more grammar, commas and the use of each letter.

I started reading instantly, ignoring everything around me, "I didn't know you were illiterate", I shook my head without looking up from the book, "I'm not, but my language has another type of writing, even though we speak the same language, their language is spelled differently,” I said, reading carefully.

I turned the page and continued my reading, "Do you... do you like to read?", I agreed, still glued to the book, "Yes, I knew how to read many books when I was young, a privilege that I lost for a few years, and now I'm recovering" I said, turning the page again

She could feel the curiosity emanating from the pony, but she didn't ask about that, she asked something else, “Uh…would you like to read together sometime? Maybe teach you a little about a few things?” I looked up from my book, staring at Twilight as she thought about her offer.

She looked really embarrassed and was making circles on the ground with her hoof, I decided to help her get out of that embarrassment, “I would like to, there's a lot I don't know about ponies, an example of this, do ponies have periods or estrus? ”, I said to the air, I went back to the book instantly, without wanting him to see my face, I'm sure I'm blushing.

There was silence for a few seconds, before he answered, "We have estrus at certain times of the year, although before it was a nightmare, a medicine was invented that decreases the strength of estrus by 70%, allowing mares to walk without worrying that their smell bother the stallions, as well as help with other…problems”, knowing what he meant at the end, I said nothing and concentrated on my book.

Turning the page, I thought of a detail, "Twilight", I called her, I heard a positive sound from her, "As we are going to read together or that you teach me something, if we are going to be quite apart since I will be in Canterlot?" , what followed was a silence, "Shit", huh, it's the first time I've heard a pony swear.

I looked up from the book, which was already more or less halfway through, and I looked at her, who seemed to be thinking deeply with a wrinkled face, I couldn't help but let a smile creep onto my face because of the tenderness it provoked.

I raised my hand and began to caress her head, clearing her thoughts, "You'll think of something, don't burn that brain of yours by thinking so hard", I said as she let go of my hand, she stared into space, before exploding in a smile, "OH, I KNOW!", she said excitedly and galloped off, I just looked at her confused.

I was surprised when she started bringing many books to the table with her magic, she kept floating books with her magic until she reached about twenty, when she brought them all, sat down and started reading, I stared at her for a while, before shrugging and continue learning the language with my book.

Finishing my book, I noticed that Twilight was still reading hers, now that she understood enough of her language, she could read the title of her book, "Theories for the application of teleportation and its theoretical equations", I read .

I gave her a strange look, but put it aside, if she finds something, better for both of us, I turned my gaze around the library and asked her, "What would the next book be?" I finished my words and instantly a book fell in front of me and the other floated to its place, "Thank you," I said as I began to read.

She wasn't taking me more than 10 minutes per book, so I still had some time before I went to sleep…and eat something, the last thing to do first.

The silence continued throughout my reading, occasionally listening to the pages turn, it was a very relaxing environment.

I closed the book, finishing it in 15 minutes, each book contained more theoretical things than the previous one, if I'm not wrong, it opens after 10 years of learning a language, taking into account the time it takes us as a child with classes.

"Which", I couldn't finish the first word when another book arrived in front of me, "Thank you", I said as I began to read again, this book was already a whole university in it, this one would take me more time...

It only takes me half an hour.

I closed the book with a smile on my face, analyzing all the information that just entered my brain, 'It seems that I not only improve the speed of my thoughts, but also improve my ability to retain information, as well as comprehend it. ', I shook my head, clearing my thoughts.

I looked at Twilight, who was almost finishing the second book of hers, it was quite impressive, considering that they were very advanced books… I think.

I sighed and got up with the book, I went to the shelf where it came out and put it in its place, before returning to Twilight, I had already finished with the second book, and was opening the third, "Twilight", I called her, she I look up and look at myself, I waited a few seconds for him to come back to reality.

"Yes?", I gave her a small smile while resting my hand on my stomach, "Where is the kitchen?", she blinked and left the book she was going to read, I keep the ones she read and leave the others in the table, “Follow me, I'll show you to your room by the way”, she made a compression sound, “Keep in mind that I'll hide when guards pass”, she nodded and left the room.

I followed her throughout the castle, talking about anything, every time a guard passed, I would jump up and stay on the roof until they passed, then I'd catch up with Twilight in no time, and we'd continue talking.

“You guys control all the weather here? Except in the Everfree Forest?” Twilight nodded, “Yes, everything in Equestria, other countries have their ways or leave it wild,” she said, stopping at a door.

“This is your room”, she pointed with her hoof, I nodded to her and opened the door, it was quite big if I'm honest, around 10x10 meters, although most of the things were custom made for a pony, the bed was quite big, I think it fit perfectly there.

I nodded to the room and I went out, she nodded to me and we continued walking, around one more corridor, we came to another door, it had a different decoration, Twilight opened it and it turned out to be the dining room, when I entered and looked around, I could notice that there was another door, that must lead to the kitchen.

Without hesitating, I walked up to it and entered, right away I noticed something, or rather someone, I saw a small, but small dragon cooking at this moment.

I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, I saw him cook like a damn expert, I wouldn't say as good as me, but he knew what he was doing.

“Twilight? The pancakes are almost there", that voice, was the one who called me at the library door, where I asked her to tell Twilight where she was, "Thanks Spike", I heard Twilight say behind me, I turned and looked at her, she gave me a shy smile, I just sighed and nodded, if he was someone recurring with Twilight, it was better to meet him sooner rather than later.

I went to the table in the dining room, they were quite high, I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, Twilight shrugged, "They're like that for the comfort of foreign dignitaries, what changes are the chairs depending on the race", I nodded in agreement. his direction and look at the chairs, which were on one side and marked with the race, I grabbed the minotaur ones, which were the ones that best fit me.

I sat and waited, talking about the odd topic with Twilight, any random topic that struck me as curious, she told me about each tribe's magic, from earth ponies, who seemed to just have no magic, it turns out, if they had, making them have a very strong physique.

The one of the Pegasi helped to keep them in the air and control the weather, the one of the unicorns that allows them to manipulate the mana around them using their own mana.

I made him promise to give me a book on magic of each type at another time, finally, Spike came out of the kitchen with a tower of pancakes, it blocked all his vision and he couldn't see me.

“Twilight, when are you going to introduce me to your new friend? You told me that he would be staying in the castle for a few days", he left the tower on the table, "I'm curious about...", he saw me, practically next to him, "Meet him", he finished his sentence, staring at me, I just introduced him my hand, "Hi Spike, nice to meet you, I'm Nathaniel."

He blinked a bit and gave me his claws and we shook her up and down, "Uh, the pleasure's mine, though I was expecting a pony, no... er, excuse me, what are you?" I chuckled, polite at what he said. I see, "I'm a human," I said with a smile on my face.

"A human, well, I was expecting a pony, not a human, if I may ask, can you have pancakes?" He nodded at me, "Okay, Twilight told me you'd be staying for a few days, do you have any dietary requirements?", uh, he looks young, but he's very smart.

I nodded, "Yes, I can eat fish, vegetables and fruits, but no hay or flowers... although I think there are some I can digest, but I can't remember what they are, so skip them all", he nodded and started handing out pancakes. on three plates, before leaving it in front of everyone, "Okay, the food is served, there's butter and honey there if you want to add it," I nodded and gave him a taste.

"Mm, it's definitely very good, you're a good cook Spike", he blushed slightly, I'm not going to ask how some escapes can turn red, but curiosity is piqued.

"Thanks, it's no problem", he gave me a smile that I returned, continuing to taste the pancakes, adding butter and some honey... uh, it seems that it doesn't have syrup, well, never mind.

I started to eat, paying attention to how they eat, Spike uses the cutlery and from time to time, he claws it, while Twilight uses the cutlery with his magic.

Dinner went by quickly enough, talking to each other a bit, mainly Spike asking me questions, and me deflecting the ones I didn't want to answer, though Spike caught on instantly and didn't press the issue.

"Tell me Spike, are you a baby dragon?", he nodded as he ate, "Uh, either your growth is very slow, or from one week to the next you'll grow quite a bit at once", I said, while scratching my chin, He shrugged, "I don't know, I believed in ponies, and there's hardly any information about dragons," I nodded back.

“If you want, when I see a friend of mine again, I'll ask him about them, he knows a lot about dragons”, I said, without specifying that he was a dragon, he looked at me excitedly, “Really? I'd really appreciate it!”, I nodded back, half infected by his emotion, Twilight gave me a look, knowing who I'm talking about.

Finally, we finished eating and I went to my room, "Okay, I'm going to sleep, see you tomorrow," they greeted me back.

I got to my temporary room and without hesitation, I went to bed with excitement, I stripped down to my underwear, put them aside and jumped on the bed, the first thing I discerned, the bed was ridiculously comfortable, the second, I was falling asleep very fast...

Author's Note

So yes... for those who wonder why Twilight's reaction was so attenuated, it's simple, look at what my character says, he talks about how dangerous his species is, therefore, he too, holding back a lot of Twilight's enthusiasm... for now.

Yes, what he did was manipulation, it's not something I like to write or use, but if I can take advantage of it, I'll do it, it's things that go hand in hand with certain characters, including rulers, so yes, I'll have to write things about manipulation, more related to Celestia and Luna.

I hope you liked the chapter, I liked it and juicy things are coming... I think, I have nothing planned, I write as it comes to me, I only have villains thought, lore thought and little else, but in the long term, short? everything is spontaneous.

Last thing, you will notice that the grammar is a little different from the previous chapters, I edited the one to be like this chapter, I want to use them as a test to see if the grammar is right now, if it doesn't, I'm going to get an editor... If I'm lucky.

Do not hesitate to comment if you find any type of error, without anything else to say.
Have a nice day.

P.S: I made a blog with some questions, if you can answer them, it will help a lot when writing about those characters and what they would talk about.