A Strike of Change

A Letter to the Princess

“Everything? Hm…”

Twilight starts contemplating what to start with; there was so much to explain. Both of them want answers and Twilight would love to explain what was going on, she seemed so excited about sharing her knowledge on their society and how Lucius might have got here.

“How about we start with why Fluttershy had acted like that?”

“Yeah, that would be a good place to start.”

Lucius looks at Fluttershy; she’s smiles apologetically and nods to Twilight. I feel bad for Fluttershy; she looks and acts so vulnerable. However, the things she does when trying to protect something is just so out of place for her. He looks back to Twilight and listens attentively, hoping to finally understand what his species did to these Pegasi and unicorns.

“The reason Fluttershy was so frightened by you was because she has heard many rumours about your species. Just like most of the other ponies who live here, the only ponies who know the truth behind humans are the two Princesses and me. Princess Celestia has shared a few notes on humans through the letters we send to each other.”

That clears out why Fluttershy was so paranoid, but now I have even more questions. Princess? They have royalty here? And the letters, Twilight had contact to a Princess!? He just stares at Twilight with a quizzical expression. This place was more technologically and socially advanced than Lucius had thought. He hadn’t realised that she was still explaining things to him and didn’t catch any of what she said after the mention of Princesses and sending letters to them.

“So, did you get all that? Any more questions?”

“Huh? Wha-?”

Lucius was too busy thinking about the monarchy in this land. Twilight looks at him, annoyed, having noticed that he wasn’t paying attention to her explanations. It wouldn't be such a great idea to do that for a first impression. Lucius is just stands there, lost in thought. It’s a shame he missed what she said after that…

“Hello? You there?” Twilight waved her hoof in front of Lucius’ face.

“Oh I’m sorry, I was just thinking about your Princesses and the monarchy. I’m just trying to recall everything that’s different from the place I come from.” Although, we do have Queen Elizabeth, I wonder if their queen is more of an icon and if she didn’t play much of an important role.

She taps her hoof on her chin again, it’s so easy to tell what she is doing by her expressions and actions. Now I know she’s thinking every time she taps her hoof on her chin. After a few seconds of rummaging through her thoughts, her face immediately brightens up and she hops right in front of Lucius.

“Oh! I know! I could arrange a visit to the Princess! You can help her understand more about humans too. There are barely any books about your species, even the Canterlot Archives has just 4 books and the information on there is just myths and legends.”

“B-But… Lucius just got here and he might need some rest before he goes anywhere… “

Why is Fluttershy so nice and caring? And to think how scared she was just a moment ago. She does remind me of my mother though… I miss home so much already.

“I would like to rest for a while if you don’t mind, I feel like I haven’t slept in days.”

Twilight smiles and nods understandingly, “Of course, I doubt Princess Celestia will be able to arrange a meeting this soon anyway.”

Visiting royalty wouldn’t be the best idea in Lucius’ current state. It would cause so much commotion since Twilight mentioned that other ponies have passed around rumours about humans. But Lucius really did need a rest after what happened, it would provide him some time to get a few questions answered too.

“How about all the other ponies? Won’t they be afraid of me?”

Lucius wants to be cautious of these ponies, he wouldn’t want to be in a fight with them. Especially a Pegasi since they could pick him up and drop him from a deadly height.

“There’s nothing to worry about! Humans have never been seen in Equestria, though Princess Celestia claims they lived here thousands of years ago. If we just show everypony that you’re harmless and friendly, I’m sure they will understand.”

Everypony? They even have puns in their language. Lucius agrees to visit the Princesses after Twilight arranges a meeting, hopefully they will know of a way back to Earth. It was almost night time and the sun has just about fallen below the horizon, it would be about 7pm by the looks of it.

Hold on… Language… How do they understand me and how do I understand them? “Oh Twilight, one more question; how can we understand each other? I mean, we’re from different worlds right?”

“Hm… That is a good question. I haven’t thought of that yet, it may be a coincidence or the language could have been passed down from humans to us ponies.”

The thought of humans that lived here thousands of years ago is just incomprehensible, how would they have gotten here? Or more importantly, where did they go? It was possible that humans once lived in this place, but there is no evidence other than their current language. Lucius is a linguist back on Earth so he knows quite a few foreign languages just in case this place had different countries.

“I should get back to Spike and send Princess Celestia a letter right away. It’s getting late too so I need to go give Spike a snack, he must be starving. I hope to see you around, Lucius.”

Spike? Who’s that? It sounds like her son but she only looks like a teenager, and who in their right mind would name their son “Spike”?

“Hope to see you tomorrow, also could you maybe tell me a few things about what it’s like here when I meet you tomorrow? If I’m going to stay for a while, I might as well get used to things.”

Twilight nods and smiles at Lucius again while she heads for the door, a light creak can be heard, followed by the click of the lock. It’s been a long and difficult day for Lucius, maybe tomorrow will be less confusing for him.

“U-Um… Lucius? You could sleep at my place tonight if you’d like, I have a spare room upstairs.”

“Thanks Fluttershy, you’ve been a great help to me since I got here, I wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for you.”

Dear Princess Celestia,

I am proud to inform you that a ‘human’ has somehow made its way to Equestria early this morning and is currently staying with my friend Fluttershy, the element of kindness. I wish to arrange a meeting with you when you are available, the human has agreed to share any information about his world and his species. This will serve as a great source of knowledge as we currently lack any evidence on the existence of humans, or as he calls himself, a “Homosapien”.

I hope to meet you and Princess Luna after you have considered this meeting. He will gladly answer any questions we provide. With your permission I would like to teach him the basic rules of the Equestrian society and hopefully provide him with answers to his questions.  I await your quick response.

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment for as long as I can remember! Princess Celestia has told me so many tales of humans and what they did for us those millennia ago. Though that unicorn… What was her name...? Oh right! Lyra Heartstrings. She somehow knows of this species and has a huge amount of information about them. Could she have met a human before?”

Spike stares at Twilight with an unamused expression, “I still don’t think they are friendly, they’re going to kill us eventually if you’re not care- *BUURP*”

A scroll appears with a flash of light, “Well that was much quicker than I had expected.”

Twilight takes the scroll and unravels it.

My dearest and most faithful student Twilight,

I will require the human you have encountered to arrive at Canterlot to meet me by tomorrow afternoon. I ask for you to escort him to Canterlot castle and allow him to enter alone. I thank you sincerely for alerting me about the appearance of his species. I await his arrival tomorrow.

A/N: First of all, credit to "Awesomeguy256" for a few ideas used in this story. Second, I'm sorry for the delay on this update, I ran out of inspiration and ideas so I had to stop writing for a few days. Hopefully I can write the next chapter by tomorrow. If I can't, then sorry in advance. Also, thanks everyone so much for the positive feedback! I never expected for this to go anywhere.