A good conversation and a thrill ride

Twilight was confused as she watched the princess try to nurse a headache away. “Princess what is going on!” Twilight asked letting the situation finally set in.

Celestia stopped rubbing her head and gestured for Twilight to follow as she began to walk away. “Twilight, I am sure you know about most or all myths correct?”

“Of course Princess!” Twilight said with a hint of pride in her voice.

“Then I am sure you have heard of a species known as Humans.” Celestia said. Twilight nodded with a smile. “Good. Recently my sister was toying around with some magic that she shouldn’t have. That is when she brought a Human to our world.”

“He is now stuck here with no way to get back due to Luna not remembering how she did the spell. So we decided to give him a place to stay and well....He has certainly been a handful.” Celestia said.

“Interesting. Wait he?” Twilight asked as Celestia led the both of them down the halls . They rounded a corner and saw Luna at the end of the hall beating the creature with what she was holding earlier.

“Ow! OW!! I said I was sorry!!” The human yelled out as he held up his arms in a poor defence against the princess of the night.

“Thou shot our flank with a ball made of condensed paint!! Thou art going to feel our wrath!!!” Luna shouted as she hit him with the strange object again.

Celestia sighed while Twilight blushed at what Luna said and looked to see what the lunar Princess meant. She saw a blotch of red paint that had been splattered across Luna’s right flank and suppressed a small giggle. Celestia took the weapon from Luna’s magic and lifted her off the Human, whom was slightly whimpering from the beating Luna had given him.

Luna was flailing in a failing attempt to get back to hurting the human. Her face was red with anger and her look would have made even Discord cringe with fear.“Oooooooooooow.” The Human whined.

“Let us go!! We want to harm him more!!!” Luna screamed at no one in particular.

Twilight had yet to grasp the situation that was at hoof now. Right in front of her was a new species. An entirely new species that was sentient and capable of speaking their language. As the Human finally sat up, she let loose the monster of a nerd that was chained up inside of her.

“Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!! You’re a Human! What’s your name!? Where did you live!? Why do you walk on two legs!?!?” Twilight asked as she bounded into the Human’s lap. “Tell me everything!!”

The Human just stared for a moment before looking to Celestia. Celestia just shrugged and began to walk away with the still angered Princess Luna. He watched as Celestia around the corner with Luna clawing at the wall trying to get away from her sister’s magical grasp.

He scooted back a little as Luna ripped part of the paint off the walls as she was dragged away, yelling out her frustrations. Twilight was too busy looking over the Human to notice the struggling Princess. He sighed and rubbed his head with one hand.

“Ugh I swear Luna is going to kill me one day.” He said. Then he looked to the pony in his lap and smiled. “Um...What did you ask?”

Twilight let out a small squee as she readied herself to ask as many questions as she could. Before she could ask anything the Human faceho-..Er. Palmed.

“Oh I am sorry where are my manners? I am Marcon.” He said holding out his hand awkwardly so she could grab it. Twilight put her hoof in his palm and he shook it.

“I am Twilight Sparkle!” Twilight said happily.

“Nice to meet you Miss Sparkle, but I have to ask...” He began and released her hoof. “.. Why are you sitting on me?”

Twilight tilted her head and looked down. She blushed and hopped off his lap before smiling sheepishly.

“Sorry.” She said drawing circles in the floor with her hoof and bashfully looking at Marcon. Marcon just smiled and patted her on the head.

“It’s alright. I have found that ponies are unnaturally soft and cuddly, so it’s not that bad.” Marcon said with a chuckle and stood up to his full height. He rolled his shoulders and neck before a symphony of cracks were heard, which caused Twilight to involuntary wince. He let out a relaxed sigh and looked back at Twilight.

“Before I answer anything, we have to get some tea or something. All that ‘Running for my mortal life’ really left me dry.” He said gently rubbing his throat. Twilight smiled a happy smile and giggled like a filly. “I am assuming you’re the bookie type right?”

Twilight blushed and nodded. “How’d you know?”

Marcon smiled and knelt down again. “The saddle bag with quills sticking out, Princess Celestia’s student, and the fact that you damn near tackled while asking a million questions a second.” He listed.

Twilight blushed even more and giggled nervously. “Yeah that kinda gives it away huh?” She responded.

Marcon nodded and stood back up. “Come on. Let’s go before I lose my voice.”

She smiles again and nods as they begin to walk towards the kitchen.

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After a quick greeting and cup of tea from the kitchen, Marcon was sipping from a disposable cup while Twilight was patiently waiting to ask a few questions. Marcon glanced at the small pony before smiling and looking directly at her. “Hey Twilight?”

Her ears perked up and she her head turned to him. “Tell you what. Now that I have something to drink and presuming Luna has calmed down, how about we go to the gardens and get those questions of your answered?” He said before sipping at his tea once more.

She squeed a little, casuing Marcon to chuckle, and nodded rapidly. “Yesyesyesyes!”

“Okay! Okay, calm down a bit before you have a heart attack.” Marcon joked. They both laughed at the joke and proceeded to walk to the gardens. After a few minutes of walking and bumping into a few ponies, they finally arrived and Marcon found a nice bench for them to sit on.

“Alright. Fire away Twilight, but please just one at a time.” He said turning to the small pony.

Twilight let out another squee before assaulting the human with more questions than she thought she could ever ask one pon- Er... Person. They talked about everything from clothes to diet to technology. That was Marcon favorite subject. He wasn’t an inventor if that is what your thinking, he was a ‘tinkerer’. He took things and added or just fooled around with them. That is where the subject of his footwear came up.

“So Marcon, if your kinda wears cloth and rubber on your feet, why are yours covered in metal?” Twilight asked pointing to his metallic shoes. Marcon smiled and stood up before kneeling and turning around..

“How about you hop on my back and I’ll show you. These were a small thing me and Luna were experimenting with and perfecting before I accidently shot her in the flank with a paintball and got beaten.” Marcon said slightly shuddering as he remembered Luna’s beatings and face from earlier. Twilight was a little hesitant, but complied.

She crawled onto his back and he gently grabbed her hind legs so she wouldn’t slip off his back easily. She wrapped her forelegs around his neck and he stood up again. He smirked and tapped his metal covered shoes together before he was shot a few feet into the air, much to Twilight’s surprise. She looked down and saw that he was now standing a small ironing board shaped platform, but with two rounded ends, that was hovering about 2 hoofs(1 foot) off the ground.

“Wh-what is going on?” Twilight said a little scared. Marcon smirked and turned his head so he was looking to the left and leaned a little in said direction. They began to move at a slow pace, but soon began to pick up speed until they were going really fast.

“YYAAAA HOOO!!” Marcon said as he sped past a hedge of bushes and skipped onto a bench allowing to slide across the top before jumping off. “Me and Luna made, what we call, a hoverboard!!” He said over the wind whipping past their ears. “I’ll explain in a moment! Watch this!!”

Twilight was confused until she saw him heading for straight for a wall. She was about to warn him until it was too late and she just closed her eyes in preparation of the incoming crash. Instead of crashing she felt a sudden jerk and her weight shift directions. She opened one eye and gasped as she saw she was sideways and Marcon was riding the ‘hoverboard’ across the wall before he dropped and tilted in the opposite direction he was facing.

The board slowed down before Marcon snapped his fingers and the board retracted back into the ‘soles’ of his metallic shoes. Twilight jumped off Marcon’s back and shakily landed before turning to marcon and saying. “WHAT WAS THAT!?”

Marcon winced slightly and chuckled. “That, my dear unicorn, was the project that me and Luna were working on. She was asking the same questions as you and we somehow got onto the subject of movement and transportation. I had told her about skateboards and she told me about some spells that were used for moving objects and ponies around.” He said while taking a seat next to the shaking unicorn.

“Then I said how awesome it would be to combine one of the spells with a skateboard and well one thing led to another and we made this.” He tapped one off his feet. “Originally it was just a metallic board, but we modified it and, for some odd reason, added it to my shoes. Incase you are wondering it was a ‘anti-gravity’ spell. At least I think that was what she called it. So yeah. I made the retraction system and Luna did the magic.” He finished with a smirk and sigh. “Ah crap. I left my tea on the bench.”

Twilight’s jaw had dropped at the rather large and detailed explanation. She had never thought of that or even something close to it. “Stupefied huh? I was too when it actually worked.” He said laughing. “Okay now that I have answered all your questions, I need to go apologize to Luna before she decided to take action against me.”

Twilight dumbly nodded and just continued to think about what he had told her. “You, uh.... Want me to take you to Ti- I mean Celestia?”

She again nodded before she was snapped out of her trance by her being picked up. She looked at the human and saw she was being cradled in Marcon’s arms as he tapped his feet together and the hoverboard snapped out of his shoes and connected in middle. “Hold on.” He warned.

They took off and sped into the castle. She was actually beginning to enjoy the thrill of this small device of Marcon’s and Luna’s. Soon Marcon found Celestia walking out of Luna’s room rubbing her head and he skidded to a halt. He snapped his fingers and the board retracted while he fell to the ground. He set Twilight down and walked up to Celestia.

“Hey Tia. Is Luna in there?” He asked. Celestia nodded and sighed.

“You really pissed her off, you know that?” Celestia said surprising Twilight at her sudden foul language. “It took seventeen passive, protection and detention spells just to keep her from breaking the door down with her hooves.”

Marcon made a ‘ooooo’ sound while wincing. “That bad? Geez. I guess I better apologize.” He said sighing and walking to the door.

“You know you’re gonna die right?” Celestia said looking at the human.

“Yeah, but she’ll revive me because of just how much she ‘loves’ me.” He said with a big grin. Celestia shook her head as the human opened the door and walked in. Some muffled clattering was heard before something was smashed against the door.

“I am so glad that I put a sound damping spell on that door.” Celestia said shuddering. Then she looked to Twilight who was just standing there a little confused. “Did you enjoy your time with Marcon, Twilight?”

Twilight nodded happily and pulled out a mountain of notes she had taken. “He even showed me the device he and Luna created!”

Celestia shook her head and giggled. “I see he has made quite the impression. Well I must go lower the sun. Feel free to stay the night if you wish just inform a staff pony and they will give you a guest room.”

Twilight nodded as the princess walked off to do her daily job and trotted off to find a staff pony to ask for a room.

Author's Note

Hey everyone! New chapter! Yeah!....

Yeah that's it.... I guess R&R and like.... Please?

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