Author's Note

Alright, people of the internets if you have gotten this far you clearly like the story, but all things have flaws let me know what I can do better. Updates on this will probably slow down here soon but, this one should not end abruptly with a crappy forced ending. Can ya tell I'm enjoying writing this one a little more?

Worlds Combined.

“Anyway my dear bu-,” I stopped for a moment, “Wait a second, sorry if this is insensitive but is bug a slur for changelings? I was about to refer to you as ‘buggo’ endearingly but I have a suspicion that would have gone over poorly.”

Chrysalis frowned, but Cadance cut in before she could say anything, “Chrysalis don’t kill him, he doesn’t know.”

I nervously laughed, “I’m sorry, I’m not great at this meeting royalty thing. I called a princess a whore by accident on my first meeting and managed to call a queen a slur within my first six months of being the official liaison for humanity.”

Chrysalis spoke up, “It’s alright, I understand the resemblance, just don’t do it again.”

“Hang on, you called Luna a whore during the first contact, How did that happen?,” Cadence said flabbergasted.

“Yeah, not my finest moment, your guys' minor resemblance of the earth equines named ‘horses’ got me in trouble.”

A few awkward moments passed before Luna cleaned up my mess, “My guards thought it was pretty funny at least, but back to the story.”

“Alrighty, so after I recovered from my sudden onsetball pain, I was escorted back to a private room with Luna at the guard station.”

Cadance wiggled her eyebrows suggestively looking at Luna, “Already taking him to bed on first meeting? You must have thought he was pretty handsome, huh?”

Luna almost choked on her coffee and sputtered, “Laugh it up little one, now let him continue the story.”

We sat at a large wooden table, the small interrogation room echoing, “So magic huh, so is it nanobots, maybe some kind of targeted electromagnetic effect? It’s very advanced tech however you set it up.”

The princess tilted her head quizzically at me, “I have no idea what either of those terms means, but I assure you that it is entirely a biological function.”

I paused for a moment trying to read if she was screwing with me. It really didn’t matter right this second, so I moved on, “Do you have a map on hand so I can try and figure out how screwed you guys are?”

“What do you mean how ‘screwed we are’, Equestria is more than capable of defending itself.”

I scoffed, “Well ya seee, from what I can tell you guys are armed with toothpicks in comparison to what any of the nations you now neighbor have. I know you have,” I made air quotes with my hands, “‘Magic’, but unless it can do some crazy shit I’m not aware of. You will be outmatched by even the smallest developed nations here.”

The princess's expression darkened, “Tread lightly, you know nothing of what we are capable of, I move the very stars in the sky on a whim and the moon is my birthright. My sister wields the power of the sun itself.”

I put my hands up, “Whoa, whoa, no moving celestial bodies around, I quite like living and that sounds like a good way to kill the whole planet. My concern is that having a new continent with many presumably untapped resources is going to start hostilities. I’m trying to help you understand where you have landed yourself. I don’t know how quickly you can disseminate information around here, but getting it out there to all the coastal cities that there may be hostile entities arriving on their shores, is imperative.”

“Do you think me stupid? There is already an alert out to shield the coasts from the frozen north to the badlands. You seem Tartarus bound to make it seem like your species is unreasonable. Why do you care?!”

“I care because I don’t want history to repeat itself, humanity has a storied history with fear of the different and unknown. The average person is flawed but generally empathetic and understanding. Groups of people ar-”

She cut me off, “Are panicky, dangerous things, I understand that. You act as though this could end the world.”

I slammed the table with a fist, “Because it fucking can, irreparably! This planet is kept at peace by the tense understanding of mutual destruction at the tip of a hat. They will assume you have no such ability to defend yourself, and that’s me holding you at your word that you can.”

Her horn glowed and a calligraphy set flashed into existence with a champagne bottle pop. She quickly removed the lid from the ink bottle and dipped a quill, “Tell me all of the threats to my nation with no reservations If you truly wish to help us.”

Cadance gasped, “And you just told her? Where is your loyalty to your country?!”

I paused for a moment thinking, “I did, I did tell her everything I knew. There is a saying where I’m from, ‘Love your country, hate your government’. It really applied then, So I told her the list, nukes, planes, guns, etc. I would do it again in a heartbeat to protect innocent people, and before you say it, Luna agrees with what I did and would do it too.”

Luna tapped her coffee cup with a spoon to break them from their flabbergasted bewilderment, “We discussed it with my sister as well, and we came to the conclusion that without that information, everything would have gone far, far worse.”

“I did not tell them anything they could not have known with an internet connection if they had one, Cadance.”

Chrysalis shuddered at the mention of the internet gathering odd looks from all of us.

“I hate what my-Thorax's changelings are doing on those damnable picture boxes.”

I attempted to speak but Luna covered my mouth before I could, “No, we are not having the discussion of the rules of the internet here. You can talk when you behave.”

I exaggeratedly slumped my shoulders and squinted at her, the whole interaction drawing laughter from Cadance and Chrysalis.

Luna picked up the story where I left off.

“These are the threats to my nation as you know and understand them?”

“Correct, I have told you everything I know and am qualified to explain. There is probably more that if given due time, I will remember, however, everything of import has been covered.”

I knew he spoke the truth; the lie detector behind him never once blinked. Multiple nations at an uneasy peace, held by such a delicate balance of inevitable destruction. I stood from my bench startling the human.

“I must go brief the royals, your needs will be attended to within reason.”

He went to speak but was cut off by the speaker box in his pocket, “Carl, do you copy, I repeat Carl, do you copy?” He removed the device from his pocket pressing a button on its side. I attempted to talk but he grabbed my muzzle, stopping me.

“Good copy, I repeat, good copy, who do I have the pleasure of speaking with?”

“This is Laura M Clark, four-star general of the U.S. Army, are you safe?”

He snickered, “As safe as one can be in a foreign nation hanging out with alien royalty, I need you to listen carefully. They don’t want any trouble and are just as confused as we are. I don’t know why they speak English, they call it Equish and they don’t know either. They have told me they will defend themselves if attacked. I have told them about the world's nations, and all that entails. They have yet to convene and decide on a course of action, my personal recommendation is to let them contact you through me. Do not, I repeat, Do not engage them outside of this channel, just like us they are afraid and confused. We all know what happens when afraid and confused people panic. I have no idea why they are even putting up with me; however, I know that bureaucracy can come later. Right now we need clear communication.”

There was a pause, then a deep sigh, “Well then… that was concise. For a simple fisherman, you managed first contact well. I will get this out to the press and other nations ASAP. For now don’t do anything, we will advise you on next steps. Until then contact us if anything changes. You will be processed and handled after this is all over for your actions today.”

He responded sharply, “That’s if I didn’t accidentally kill me or them with a transferable sickness by accident. I’m aware I will face the consequences for what I have done today, whether that be from you or my own hubris, but if anyone is to die from this hopefully it is only me.”

“I hope you are right Carl, I really hope you are right. We will contact you again when we have a plan or you can when you have actionable information.”

“Copy that.”

He released me from his grasp immediately blurting, “I’m sorry I did not want them to know you were there. I hope I did not offend you, I didn’t want them to withhold information because of you.”

I wanted to be upset but understood.

Cadence looked concerned and Chrysalis looked amused, they echoed each other, “You didn’t immediately pull away!?”

Luna shrugged, “I was surprised and shocked he did it at all. It’s not like his rationale was flawed, I wish he had not gripped so hard but it was reasonable at the time.

Chrysalis smiled a joke flying before she could stop it, “I’m sure you appreciate the strong digits now though.”

We all cracked up, a blush forming on Luna's cheeks.

We were interrupted by a hotel attendant, “As much fun as it is listening to you reminisce about probably the most stressful moment in human history, the breakfast lobby is closing and I need you guys to find somewhere else to be.”

I looked at the clock we had killed four hours chatting already, “Well shit, I guess we should probably work on that legislation you two were talking about. Let's get out of here and go do that.”