My little Dragon Ball: FuyuMori

by Tundricwolf

Ch 17: City of Canterlot

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Twilight walked up to Queen Celestia stopping at the bottom of the steps leading up to the throne.

“Queen Celestia, I have a question.”

“What is it my Student?” Celestia asked with a small smile.

“How could I manage to bring Arctic here? I know you said my magic was exceptionally powerful compared to most Unicorns, but I have the power to pull beings like Arctic to our world?” Twilight asked.

This question peaked Arctic’s curiosity. He had no idea Twilight brought him here, but if she did, would she be able to bring more of his kind here? Or move him where he came from? While he was curious to see more of his kind, he didn’t mind just staying here. After all, his family and friends were here.

“Indeed, you are exceedingly powerful compared to most Unicorns. However, due to the training I had been subjecting you to, your magic, while still quite powerful, is substantially more suppressed than when you were a filly. So, it is unlikely you’ll be able to preform such a feat again.” Queen Celestia explained.

Twilight was a bit upset by this answer. She was hoping she’d be able to preform that a second time. Go where Arctic was born and explore.

Arctic was quite alright. He is still curious to learn about and see where he originated, but he was fine knowing he was stuck here. He didn’t really want to leave.

Queen Celestia’s explanation while partly true wasn’t the full truth. Twilight was exceptionally powerful as a filly. Infact, her power was roughly equal to that of a young filly Celestia. It was the leading reason Celestia took Twilight in as a student. Over the course of there time together, Celestia had been finding ways to dampen Twilight's unstable power. If left unchecked, Twilight’s magic could’ve gone rampant. Twilight could’ve destroyed all of Equestria in time.

“Um, excuse me, Queen Celestia?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes young Fluttershy?” Celestia asked, finally getting a good look at the doe.

Celestia could obviously tell Fluttershy had become a Thestral. Celestia actually believed Fluttershy becoming a Thestral would be beneficial for the young doe, for many reasons.

“What’s going to happen now?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well, I don’t have much to discuss with you all right now, but I do wish to speak with Glacious. In private please.” Celestia said looking over to Glacious.

Glacious had raised an eyebrow. She begun to wonder why Celestia wished to talk to her. Arctic, on the other hand, was a bit uneasy. He didn’t want to leave his mother. Celestia noticed this and smiled.

“Young Arctic, I understand your hesitance to leave your mother, but she will be fine. I understand you have never seen Canterlot before. I suggest you explore it alongside your friends.”

Arctic glanced up to his mother.

“I’ll be fine my child. Go explore and have fun.” Glacious said as she used one of her wings to pull Arctic into a hug.

“If you say so Mother.” Arctic said returning the hug.

As he as well the the others begun to leave, Celestia called out.

“One more thing young Arctic.”

Arctic turns to look at her, only to see a ticket in front of his face. He hesitated before grabbing onto it.

“I would like for you to join the Grand Galloping Gala. I believe it would be quite the wonderful experience for you.”

“Oh. Thank you your Highness.” Arctic said as he gave a respectful bow.

“No need for the formalities. And please, just call me Celestia.” Celestia said as she gave a small smile to him.

“Of course, Celestia.” Arctic said giving a smile of his own.

Rarity tapping the floor in excitement spoke up.

“Oh darling, I absolutely must design an outfit for you for the Gala!”

“You’re gonna have so much fun! And I’m gonna make sure of it!” Pinkie said excitedly as she hopped up onto Arctic’s shoulder.

The seven all ushered themselves and Arctic out, leaving the two Alicorns alone in the throne room.

“Now then, let’s talk shall we?” Celestia said as she walked down to Glacious.

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The group all walked through the castle and eventually made their way outside.

“Oh, I can see it now. I have an amazing idea for an outfit for you! But every time I think of something, a new idea comes to mind! Oh I can’t wait to design something for the Grand Galloping Gala!” Rarity said with absolute excitement in her voice.

Arctic stared at the ticket and looked over to Rarity.

“What exactly is the Grand Galloping Gala?”

Rarity stopped dead in her tracks as her head snapped to Arctic. Arctic jumped at this, seeing the wide-eyed shock on her face.

“You don’t know about the Grand Galloping Gala!? Have you lived in a cave!?” Rarity blurted out as she clung onto Arctic, her hooves clutching Arctic’s cheeks.

The others, Arctic, and even a few guards who were nearby all watched Rarity in shock, not expecting that outburst

“Rarity, yah know about Arctic’s past. So yah should know, he never heard ah the Gala before.” Applejack said.

“Oh. Right. Well, anyway, the Grand Galloping Gala is an annual Royal ball held in celebration of the completion of Canterlot after Equestria was founded. All high class Canterlot socialites attend the Gala. Anypony who’s anypony will attend. And not only will we be going, but you will also get to experience one of the greatest balls in all of Equestrian history!” Rarity said with a giant smile and stars in her eyes.

“You all will be going as well?” Arctic asked.

“Oh yes.” Fluttershy responded. “Queen Celestia gave the seven of us tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala herself.”

“And we all are going to experience the Gala for the first time together!” Pinkie said as she set off her party cannon.

The others just giggled and chuckled at Pinkie’s antics as they walked along the streets of Canterlot. As they walked it was obvious many of the ponies of Canterlot gave the group a wide birth. Many of them even held looks of fear and would slip somewhere to hide. They all understood why they got the reaction they did. The Spike and the mares all looked to Arctic. It was clear that this was upsetting him, but he was mostly just looking around, amazed by how beautiful Canterlot looked.

“This place looks amazing. And you two got to live here?” Arctic said looking down to Twilight and Spike.

“Yeah. We’ve lived here for a long time.” Twilight said with a smile as she begun to reminisce about her and Spike’s younger years in Canterlot.

Arctic looked around taking everything in. Then he noticed the giant waterfall and the streams it ran off to throughout Canterlot. His eyes lit up as he saw it.

“That looks so beautiful!” Arctic said.

He ran over to one of the streams and looked in. He saw dozens of fish swimming within it and was dazzled by the sparkles of the sunlight reflecting off the waters surface. The others all smiled watching him. Even Pinkie and Fluttershy joined him in watching the flowing water and fish swimming around. A voice called out and the group all looked back.

It was a stallion. He was a unicorn who held white fur, with a leonine tail with blue hair at the end alongside the short blue mane and mustache he had. He wore a black suit jacket, a blue vest, and white shirt beneath it. He also had a monocle over his right eye and even gold cuff links with blue gemstones in them.

There was also a mare with him. She was tall. As tall as Arctic and Applejack. She was also a unicorn, her mane and tail were a light shade a pink with a white stripe going through them and her eyes were a pale violet color. She wore a few bits of jewelry even a wedding ring on her horn, just like the stallion’s.

“It is nice to see a new fellow enjoy the beauty of this wonderful city.” The stallion said as he walked up to Arctic. “I do not believe I’ve ever seen a fellow like you before. If you don’t mind my asked, what are you?”

Arctic was a bit taken aback. He had expected all of the ponies here to avoid and fear him, but this stallion didn’t seem frightened at all. By all accounts, he just seemed curious. Even the mare, whom Arctic was assuming was the stallions wife, seemed curious. He watched her as she examined him.

“Well, I’m a Saiyan.” Arctic said.

“A Saiyan? I’ve been all over Equestria and I’ve never seen a fellow quite like you before.” He said.

“He does vaguely resemble the Minotaurs, though his form looks far more appealing.” The mare said as she kept examining Arctic.

“I suppose he does. Nevertheless, my good fellow, my name is Fancy Pants. This lovely mare here, is my wife, Fleur De Lis.” Fancy said.

“It is a pleasure to meet you both. My name’s Arctic, Arctic Fuyumori.” Arctic said giving a small bow.

“No need for the bow my good stallion.” Fancy said.

Arctic stood up straight and smiled slightly.

“Fancy Pants, what bring you here on such a fine day?” Rarity asked with a seemingly nervous smile which Arctic picked up on.

Rainbow, who had been hovering next to Arctic, leaned over to him and whispered in his ear.

“Rarity’s been a fan of this guy for a long time. She’s just trying hard not to fan girl.” Rainbow said with a snicker.

Even Arctic had to chuckle at that.

“Well, Miss,” Fancy started hinting for Rarity to give her name.

“Oh! Rarity Belle.” Rarity stated.

Fancy Pants gave a light-hearted chuckle before continuing.

“Well, Miss Belle, my dear wife and myself were on our way to small gathering with a few cohorts all set up by the Prince. When we noticed this fellow.” Fancy said gesturing to Arctic. “It’s not everyday you see a new fellow quite like him in Canterlot. We fascinated and wished to come to meet him. We also overheard that you all will be attending the Grand Galloping Gala?” Fancy asked.

“Indeed we are! In fact, this will be our first time attending.” Rarity said.

“Why that’s wonderful news. My dear wife and I will also be attending. We hope to see you there.” Fancy said with a smile.

Fancy Pants looked to Arctic and raised a hoof.

“It was a pleasure meeting you, Mr. Fuyumori.”

“It was a pleasure meeting you as well, Mr. Pants.” Arctic said extending a hand and giving Fancy’s hoof a firm shake.

“Please, just call me Fancy.” Fancy pants said.

Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis both gave a quick bow before making their way to where they needed to be.

“Well, that was new.” Arctic said.

“Heck yeah it was.” Rainbow said. “Figured all these uppity high class ponies would hate you, or at least be…scared.”

Rainbow trailed off a bit, remembering how she and the girls treated Arctic and the stories of how dozens of ponies that he met ran in fear from him. It left a sour taste in her mouth.

Arctic saw this and gave Rainbow a hug. Rainbow, not expecting this, flailed around in a futile attempt to escape her capture.

“Did you hear? He’s going to see the Prince! Maybe I could get Fancy Pants to introduce us. Then I could be with him! My Prince Charming.” Rarity said with a giant blush.

“There’s a Prince? The one of the Queen’s has a son?” Arctic asked.

“Oh no, Prince Blueblood is the adopted nephew of Queen Celestia. The title of Prince is kind of an unofficial thing.” Twilight explained.

“He’s still a Prince, Twilight.” Rarity said with a deadpan look before quickly going back to swooning over the stallion.

The others just rolled their eyes. Except for Arctic. He had picked Spike up and hugged him, seeing the upset look Spike had seeing Rarity swoon. He knew Spike had a crush on Rarity, so seeing this had to be tough.

For the rest of the day, the group toured Canterlot, with Twilight and Spike as guides as they had lived here for a majority of their lives.

The tour went relatively well, despite the stares and bouts of fear from most of the ponies they came across. Though one thing did surprise them all. A small group of foals all came up to meet Arctic. They were all curious and fascinated by him and wanted to meet him to sate their curiosity. By the end of that interaction, it was safe to say Arctic had made some new little friends.

The tour eventually ended with a stop at Donut Joe’s. The big gruff earth pony stallion, while a bit afraid, was quite cordial with the group. As time went on, even Joe found himself animatedly talking to Arctic and the others.

“I’ve never had this much fun chatting with anypony.” Joe stated. “Most who come here are off duty royal guards. So it’s nice to seem faces other than them show up. It’s also an honor to have a creature from a different world enjoy what I make.”

Arctic just smiled.

“I’m surprised there aren’t more ponies here. These are delicious!” Arctic said as he stuffed his 90th donut into his mouth.”

“I’m still amazed you can eat that much.” Rainbow said. “You’re just like Pinkie.”

Pinkie was also devouring donuts like noponies business.

Just then, the bell over the door had sounded, alerting them all that somepony had come in. When they all looked up, they saw Glacious in her disguised form.

“Hi Mother.” Arctic said with a wave.

“Hello my child.” Glacious said with a smile. “Hello to you as well young mares and young drake.”

The others collectively gave a “hello” back as Glacious approached the table and sat down.

“What were you and Queen Celestia discussing?” Fluttershy asked.

“Nothing that should concern you all.” Gracious said. “Now then, what have you all been doing whilst I was talking with her?”

The group explained their day, what they had been up to leading up to them stopping at Donut Joe’s.

“I must say, I’m glad to hear some ponies have seemed to grow quite friendly with you, my child.”

“It was a surprise to me as well, mother.” Arctic said.

“So, now that the little tour’s over, what should we do now?” Applejack asked.

Rarity quickly responded.

“We should get back to Ponyville. I really must set to work on designing an outfit for Arctic for the gala.”

“Yah really are desperate to make him something aren’t yah?” Applejack asked.

“Of course! He absolutely must look his best!”

“You wouldn’t mind making me something as well, would you, young Rarity?” Glacious asked.

Rarity stopped and soon fainted. The idea of making an Alicorn a dress for the gala? It was something she dreamed of, and now it was her chance.

Eventually the day had come to an end. The group had all caught the last train back to Ponyville. Once they got there, they quickly gave their goodnights, before returning to their homes and falling asleep, ready to see what the next day might bring them.

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