Project E. Bound

Rio led Daved through the upper level of the plaza.

"Here we are man. Behind these doors are the princesses. They'll like explain everything." Rio said stopping in front of a pair of tinted sliding doors.

The doors slid open as Daved approached them to reveal a dark room.

"Ok here I go." Daved said taking a deep breath.

"I'll catch you latter down in the main area, ok bro. Oh and a little advice, be honest with them. They know more than you might think esse." Rio said as he turned to leave.

The doors close behind him as Daved entered the dark room, shrouding him completely in darkness.  A soft amber light began to fill the room to reveal a midnight blue alicorn standing In the middle of the room next to two chairs. The room looked similar to the room were Neo first met Morpheus in the Matrix but without any windows.

"Welcome Daved we have been expecting you." The Alicorn said turning to face him.

"Princess Luna. It is an honor to meet you" Daved said bowing.

"Like wise. Here take a seat." Luna said gesturing to one of the chairs. "Unfortunately my sister is preoccupied and is unable to be here. Now I am sure you have many questions so I will answer them to the best of my ability.”

“Yes I do, like how are you even real? And how did I get here? ” Daved asked letting out most of the emotions he has been holding back.

“The answer to your first question is rather…complicated and I’m not at liberty to say at this point in time.” The princess of night said a little unsure of herself. “To answer your second; do you believe in fate, Daved?”

“Sort of.” He said.

“How so?” Luna asked.

“I believe that everything has a beginning and an end, but you decide how to get from point A to point B.” Daved said wondering what it had to with why he was there.

“I know exactly what you mean. You are here because, like everyone else here, you enjoy the show My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic and are a dedicated Brony. Because of that you were enrolled at Dostluk High School where we could keep an eye on you.  After some time Celestia and I agreed that you were ready, so we brought you here.” The midnight blue alicorn said gesturing to everything around them.

“You didn’t answer my question.” He said with a little smile on his face.

“Quite right. Interesting. Most people don’t realize that until they have left the room.” Luna said leaning back in the chair.

“Well I make it a habit to pay attention to what people say to me.” Daved said stretching a bit.

“Indeed. When my sister and I agreed that you were ready, I launched a program that we developed that allows us to send teleportation spells through e-mails. When you opened it, the spell activated and it teleported you here.” She said answering Daved’s question.

“Wow. That’s a lot to process.” He said putting his hand to his forehead.

“Now, I’m sure you would like to go and mingle with your friends, so I will let you go but first take this.” The alicorn said as she levitated a box over to him. Inside was a digital watch and manual.

“A watch?” Daved said pulling it out.

“It’s a special watch that will bring you here anytime you press that button on the side.” Luna explained as he put it on. “The watch is magical so you don’t have to worry about hitting the button by accident in your sleep.”

“That’s good to know.” He said setting the date and putting the manual in his pocket.

“Well, it was nice meeting you Daved.” She said standing up.

“Like wise.” Daved said as the doors opened to show a crowd of people moving about.

Daved bowed to the princess and walked out to go find his friends.

“Hummmm, I wonder?” Luna said to herself as the doors closed behind him.

“Daved, over here!” Cody called spotting him coming out of the room.

“Hey guys.” Daved said walking over to his friends.

“Wow, I thought that Rio was just joking when he said that you were here. Uh, no offence.” Samantha said.

“Non-taken, Hey do you think we could get something to eat I’m hungry.“ Daved said as his stomach growled.

“Sure man, the food here is to die for.” Rio said as they started walking to the Food Court.

“Here’s your pizza.” A pony with a pizza slice for a cutie mark said placing it down on the table.

“Thanks.” Daved said as the pony started to walk away. “So do you all have…?” Daved asked gesturing to his new watch.

“Ya man, there really cool and can help keep track of time well we’re here.” Rio said showing him his watch and taking a bite out of a slice of pizza.

“What do you mean?” He asked a little confused also taking a bite of the pizza.

“Well you see, time moves differently here then back home. So the watch displays both times.” Cody said showing him how to switch between the two and taking the third slice.

“Wow, so it’s only been about about half an hour back home?” Daved said shocked that hardly any time had passed.

“Ya, how do you think I find the time to practice for Magic tournaments?” Samantha said taking the last slice.

“Cool. You know I still can’t get over the fact that there are real Equestrians here and that Princess Luna and Celestia are real.” He said looking around at the Food Court.

“I know what you mean bro. I couldn’t believe it either at first. Anyway we should really be getting back to get some sleep, we do have school tomorrow.  Rio said looking at his watch and seeing that it was a quarter to eleven.

“Ok, but how do we do that?”  Daved asked.

“You see those, like, pillars of light over there.” Rio said pointing to a bunch of lights sticking up out of the crowd. “They're, like, portals back to our home esse.”

“Ya. You just step into one, press the button on the side and it warps you back to your room or were ever you put your return point as. It’s all in the manual.” Cody said pulling his out.

“Alright, I’ll thumb through that later.” He said as they walked over to one of the lights.

“See you guys later.” Samantha said as she walks into the light. She then presses the button on the side and disappears.

“See man, it’s easy. Now you try.” Rio said pushing him into the column of light.

“Ok, so I just press this button and-Wow.  Daved said as he pressed the button and found himself back in his room.  A noise suddenly came from his computer signaling that someone was calling him on Skype. He then walked over and hit the answer button.

“Hey ombre, you make it back ok?” Rio said adjusting his camera.

“Ya, I did. So I’ll see you at school tomorrow?” He said reassuring his friend he was all right.

“Ok man. See you tomorrow.” Rio said signing off.

Daved closed down Skype and got into bed.

“Man, when I got that e-mail I thought I was finally going to get some answers.” He thought to himself. “But It ended up razing even more questions left unanswered. Like, what is Project E. Bound even for? And, how are Luna and Celestia real? And what was so important that Celestia could be there? I guess I'll have to find out later.” With that final thought he slowly drifted off to sleep.