An OC's Journey

The first thing I saw after stepping through the Princess' portal was a red strip of carpet. I followed the carpet upwards and gasped. The room I stood in was beautiful and absolutely enormous! In front of me was a golden throne with a back that ended half way up the wall standing on top of a water feature. All the way along the wall there were stain glass pictures depicting the sun rising and also the elements of harmony, defeating Discord and Nightmare Moon.

    Sitting at the throne was Princess Celestia.

"Time to find out where you shall be living from now on." She informed us in a tone that suggested this was not up for discussion.

"And before you ask, no, you cannot choose where you will be living." We all gave a sad sigh.

"Tom I have decided to send you out to Manehatten." She informed him. "Beth, you shall be joining him on his journey, however you will part ways at Fillydelphia." They said nothing, they simply nodded.

"Annie, you shall be living slightly closer in Ponyville and you, Oliver, shall be living here in Canterlot." I glanced up at her, scowling. I hated the city, especially as I knew how snobby the Canterlot ponies could be. I sighed.

"Very well." I replied, as there was no arguing with her.

"However you shall be travelling to Ponyville every couple of days to receive lessons." I looked at her, confused.

"Lessons? What on?" I asked.

"Well, firstly on how to integrate yourself into our society, and also flying lessons." I simply nodded, lacking anything to say.

"Your first lesson shall commence today and so will yours Annie for the same reasons, however you shall be reviving magic tuition." As Celestia finished she stood up, shrinking in size at the same time. By the time she stood in front of us she was now a Pegasus with a smiling sun cutie mark.

"I shall accompany you to the station and whilst we are travelling you shall refer to me as"- She smirked as she said the name -"Morning Glory." I snorted at the crudity of her name. She set off, motioning for us to follow.

After a quick walk through the grand streets of Canterlot, we finally reached the train station. Celestia motioned to a pair of guards. When they approached her she bent down and whispered something “Probably telling them who she really is.” I thought to myself. When she had finished she turned to us.

“This is Piercing Gaze and Diligent Watch.” She informed us pointing to each stallion as she said their names. “They shall be accompanying you and helping you settle into your new homes.” She smiled.  “Tom, Beth, this is your train. I shall be accompanying Annie and Oliver myself.”  I looked at my two friends.

“Well I guess this is goodbye then.” I said to them holding out my hoof, Tom grabbed it and then I repeated the same thing with Beth however she did something different. Instead of shaking it she walked up and wrapped a foreleg around me nuzzling me. I stood paralysed by the sudden contact before doing the same to her. I smiled at them waving as they stepped onto the train.

Annie poked me in the side.

“Bet you liked that, didn’t you.” She said coyly giving me a wink.

“Oh quiet you.” I replied sticking out my tongue.  “I can give you a hug too if you’re feeling jealous” I winked at her, she responded with a raspberry.

“If you two are quite finished, our train is here.” Celestia said, motioning for us to move. We blushed, moving quickly onto the train.  I found a pair of empty seats and we all sat down. Annie sat next to me and Celestia sat opposite with me against the window.

“You might as well get some rest, the journey takes three hours.” Celestia informed us. We simply nodded before getting comfy. I rested my head against the glass shutting my eyes.

Clack clack…clack clack…clack clack

I opened my eyes irritated I was never going to sleep on this thing. I felt something stir on my side. Looking over I saw Annie’s head rested on my shoulder.  I smiled at her at least she was getting some rest. Looking up I saw Celestia watching us.

“So what’s you’re move?” She asked. I gapped.

“Uh… What?” I asked unsure where this is going. Celestia laughed.

“Oh come on, don’t tell me you haven’t noticed?” I stared. Was she..? No she couldn’t be… right.

“Uhhhh… You’re not suggesting she, uhh, has feelings for me.” I looked at her. “You are, aren’t you” I sighed, oh this could be interesting.

“So what are you going to do?” She asked, curious.

“I have no idea. I’m not really good with this… I’ll just ignore it for now I think.” I looked back at Annie. Celestia sighed.

“Well I hope you decide quickly, she is the main reason why I decided to keep you in Canterlot.” I looked at her curiously. “Distance makes the heart fonder.” Was all she said in reply.

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After what seemed like an eternity we finally pulled into Ponyville station. Celestia, Annie and I exited the station.

“Right, follow me and I’ll take you to meet your teachers.” Celestia told us.

“Uh, Cel- Morning, who are these teachers?” I asked nervously.

“Oh, well, you’re going to be taught flying by Rainbow Dash and both you and Annie shall be taught the basics about pony life by Cheerilee, don’t worry both are very kind… although expect Rainbow Dash to be quite… pushy with her teaching.” I was informed. Oh goody this flying lark could be… interesting.   After a short walk we found ourselves standing outside a small red wooden building.

“Welcome to your new school kids.” Celestia said patronizingly. I rolled my eyes.

“Really, Morning? Really?” I asked.

“Awww but I’ve never been able to say that before.” She pouted. I sighed.

“Fine, I’ll let you have this.”

“Yaaayyy!” Celestia cheered. “Now let’s introduce you to your new teacher.” She led us into the small school. I chuckled at her childishness before following behind her.

The interior of the building was fairly simple, Just one room filled with desks for the students with a blackboard and a long desk at the front for the teacher. Behind the desk sat a mauve coloured earth pony. On her flank were 3 smiling daisies. She looked up as we entered the small room.

“Hello can I help you?” She asked. Celestia answered by changing her form back to her normal look.

“Yes Cheerilee, I do believe you can.” Cheerilee gasped.

“Princess Celestia! To what do I owe the honour?” She asked.

“I have some students who require an education on fitting into our society.” She said simply.

“Oh, I see.” She responded simply eyeing me and Annie.

“Humans?” She finally asked. Celestia nodded. “Fans?” Celestia nodded again. Cherilee rubbed her fore hooves together “Oh this shall be fun.” She finished grinning like a madpony. Finally she asked. “Do I need to cover…” She coughed.

Celestia grinned before responding. “Of course you do.” Cherilee laughed. Little did I know what this would mean.

Cherilee pulled down a large poster depicting a pony. I stared. I stared some more.

“So first off… SEX EDUCATION!” The manic teacher cheered.

“Oh God why?!” I looked at Annie who had turned a lovely shade of red.

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“And that should about wrap things up! Any questions?” Cheerilee asked. I shook my head.

“Good.” She grinned at our embarrassment after spending the last hour going through male and female anatomy in far too much detail.

“Now to teach you about our society.” She said and launched into a long explanation about the world of Equestria.

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One Hour Later

“I’m freeeeee~!” I cheered as I finally escaped from the school building. I started galloping down the dirt road in blind euphoria. Suddenly I was forced to stop as a pearly white glow surrounded me. I turned to face the stern look of Celestia.

“You’re going to stay with me okay?” I gulped, nodding. She smiled and set me down.

“Right, well, get Annie settled into her house and then I’ll take you to meet Rainbow Dash.” She led us through the street before taking us to a small house on the outskirts of town.

“Of course, you’ll need to pay it back eventually but that won’t be required until you have a job.” Annie nodded.

“And of course, the same goes for you too, Oliver.” I too nodded.

“Very well then.” Celestia fished out a key from…somewhere and opened the door. We stepped into the small building and looked around. It was open plan with a small living area with a sofa and a coffee table and then a fully equipped kitchen behind. On the left was a staircase which I guess led to a bedroom and bathroom.

“So Annie what do you think?” Celestia asked.

“It’s lovely thank you very much.” Annie replied mechanically. Celestia chuckled.

“I am aware of how lacking it may seem, so go ahead criticize it.”

“Well, it’s a bit dirty and squalid also that sofa will need to be replaced as it looks like the stuffing’s going.” I blinked. That was quick.

“Apart from that it’s perfect.” Annie finished. Celestia chuckled.

“Well, I don’t know about the size, however, the other two issues I can quickly rectify.” Celestia replied, her horn glowing. A quick flash later, and the room was suddenly spotless. The kitchen surfaces washed down and the wooden floorboards polished to a shine and the sofa’s stuffing had been sorted out too. Annie blinked.

“Wow.” She said simply.

“Well, if that is all, we shall leave for the night.” Celestia said turning.

“Uhh, yeah, okay.” She looked at me. Celestia chuckled

“I’ll give you time to say goodbye.” She said walking out of the door. I held out a hoof nervously.

“Well I’ll see you later. I can come back sometime soon if you would like.” Annie beamed.

“I’d like that.”

“Hey Celestia what day is it?” I called out to her.

“Mareday.” She replied.

“In English?” I asked. She chuckled before translating.

“Monday.”  I turned back to Annie.

“Friday then?” She nodded.

“It’s a date.” I nodded in response.

“Uh, yeah I guess it is.” In a moment of daring I walked up and hugged her, wrapping a foreleg over her body. She responded the same nuzzling into my neck. Eventually we both stepped away.

“I’ll, uh, see you Friday then.” I said nervously before stepping out of the door. Celestia giggled.

“Shut up, you.” I said before storming off. Celestia trotted to keep up.

“Stop that! What did I say about walking off?” I sighed.

“Just take me to see this flying instructor so we can get back to Canterlot.”

“Oh, we’re not going back today, we’re going to stay at my student’s house and you’re going to meet your instructor there.” Celestia replied before leading me to our destination.

Celestia led me through the streets of Ponyville before we finally stood outside a giant tree.

“The library… is a tree.” I deadpanned.

“Yes, it’s a tree.” Celestia replied. I sighed now I’d seen it all what with the strange looking train that looked like a children’s toy. Celestia started to enter and as I looked at the absurd building. Noticing her absence I ran to catch up. Celestia knocked on the door. Immediately, the door glowed purple and was yanked open. A purple unicorn stood there flushed.

“Princess Celestia!” The Unicorn exclaimed.

“Hello my faithful student.” Celestia responded. “May we come in?” She asked politely, knowing the answer.

“Yes, of course.” Celestia’s student said, moving to let us in. All proceeded as normal until I walked past the student. She took one look at me before squealing with joy.

“Celestia! A new soul searcher! It’s been centuries since we’ve had one!” She exclaimed. Celestia smiled.

“Well recognised, Twilight. This is one of four”. Twilight’s mouth dropped.

“Four! All at once! That is almost unheard of.”  Celestia shrugged.

“Almost.”

“Touché.” Twilight replied. Celestia continued.

“So my friend here” She gestured toward me. “requires flying tuition and I think one of your friends may be up to the job.” Celestia smiled.

“Well sure I can talk to Rainbow Dash about it if that’s who you mean. I doubt she’d say no to you, although…” She turned to face me. “He doesn’t look very athletic… Are you sure he can cope?”

“Don’t worry I’m sure he shall be fine.” Celestia replied simply. “Besides, the exercise will do him good.” I scowled at the Princess who responded by laughing.

“You sound like my Mother, stop it.” Twilight gasped at how I was treating the Princess who in reply continued to laugh harder. I turned to Twilight shrugging. “She may be a Princess and your ruler but that doesn't mean she needs to be treated differently, so I’ll treat her the way I would treat any other pony except with a bit more respect.” I told her simply.

“It is refreshing for someone to treat me as such, most ponies are so dull around me.” Celestia replied with a smile. She turned to Twilight.

“Anyway my faithful student, would it be okay for us to stay here for the night?” Celestia asked.

“Of course I’ll let you sleep in my bed and me and… Oliver, was it?” She asked, and I nodded in response.

“We can sleep in the spare bed in the basement.” I blushed. Noticing the couch nearby, I quickly spoke up.

“No, no, I’ll sleep on the couch, it’s fine”. I smiled. Twilight blushed herself noticing the implications.

“Oh, uhh, you sure? It’s not very comfortable.” I stammered before finally speaking.

“Okay I’ll sleep with you.” Celestia giggled at the awkwardness.

“Well then, I will retire for the night, Twilight, could you get Rainbow Dash to come here tomorrow morning?”

“Yes of course.” Celestia smiled,

“Very well then. Goodnight to you.” Celestia turned and walked up the stairs. I looked at the door down to the basement and yawned.

“I think I’ll do the same.” I turned to the door. “Oh and thanks for letting us stay here.”

“It’s no problem, goodnight.”

“Night.” I said walking downstairs. Twilight followed behind.

“I’ll need to make the bed up for you.” She informed me. I nodded. The basement was actually quite comfortable looking with wood panelling on the walls and wooden floor boards. Up above dangled all the roots from the tree with lights attached to make the area seem quite homely. In one corner was a strange device with wires attached haphazardly and a hat on the floor which was attached to it. I looked at it curiously before hearing magic behind me.

Twilight had made the bed in a matter of seconds just by simply using her magic.

“Well there you go.” She said. I nodded my thanks. Twilight left me to get into bed as she started to walk out of the room. I looked at the bed pulling over the sheets and crawling under them. After sleeping in the wilderness for the last few nights the bed felt like heaven and soon enough I had fallen deeply asleep.

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The next morning I awoke to feel of something soft behind me. Looking forwards I noticed a pair of purple legs wrapped around me. I turned my head to see who was spooning me. As I did something sharp hit my head.

“Ow!” I yelped. I heard a moan from behind. I jumped out of the bed. “Why am I sleeping with a purple unicorn?” I yelled in shock. Twilight was awake immediately.

“Morning Oliver.” She said sleepily. “What’s all the noise about?”

“Uhh, Twilight, I woke up to you cuddling up with me.” I said simply. Twilight’s face turned crimson.

“Oh, uh, hehe, sorry about that”. My heart felt like it was going to explode. So damn cute! I thought.

“Eh it’s okay.” I shrugged. “So you gonna get Rainbow Dash so I can get started on these flying lessons?” I asked itching to get started. Twilight nodded in response.

“Okay I’ll make breakfast whilst you’re out then… what do you have?”

“Oh, umm… oats annnd you could make pancakes or waffles.” She answered.

“Okay I’ll make waffles.” We both walked up the stairs. Once we were in the main room Twilight pointed.

“That’s the pantry”- She moved her hoof to another room. -“and the kitchen is in there.” I nodded.

“I’ll have some waffles done by the time you get back.” I informed her grinning.

“Okay I’ll look forward to them.” She turned away and exited the room calling back “see you soon” as she left. I turned to the pantry and started to look for some waffles.

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“What kind of backward country is this!” I yelled in frustration.

“Equestria.” A regal voice replied behind me. “What is the problem Oliver?” She asked.

“Twilight doesn’t have a toaster.” I said simply.

“Well use the grill then, duh.” I looked at the oven.

“I can’t turn the knob.” I mumbled softly. Celestia chuckled.

“Then I shall assist you with using the oven.” With a flash of magic the oven opened allowing me to place the waffles on the tray, I did so and with another flash the oven was shut and turned on emitting a small hum. I sat down on the floor watching the waffles cook making sure they don’t burn. After a few minutes I asked Celestia to open the oven. She did so as I picked up a spatula in my mouth.

“Ish woulb be shu mush eashyer if I wash a Unicornsh.” I said around the handle before awkwardly turning the waffles over. From behind me I heard the door open.

“Hi Twilight, waffles are almost done!” I called.

“Great! I look forward to them.” Twilight responded enthusiastically.

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10 minutes later and the waffles had be served up and scoffed down.

“So...” I said leaning forward. “When will I get to learn how to fly?” I asked anxious to get started.

“Rainbow will be coming around this afternoon.” Twilight replied. “And she told me to tell you that, and I quote, ‘What kind of a pathetic excuse for a Pegasus are you if you can’t fly’ and she still stood by that after I explained what you were.”

“Oh goody this will be fun.” I deadpanned. Celestia sighed.

“Very well then Oliver, you and I will get some practice in this morning if Rainbow is going to be like that.” Twilight looked at me with a raised eybrow. I guess it wasn’t every day you got flying lessons from the most powerful being in Equestria.

“Sure when do you want to start?”

“Oh I was thinking…Now.” She answered chuckling.

“Okay, lead the way, oh master of flight.” I replied motioning to the door with my hoof. Celestia chuckled before walking out of the door.

“Good luck and have fun.” Twilight said as I walked out smiling.

“Thanks.” I replied leaving.

When I got outside I was greeted by the figure of Morning Glory.

“Right, we’ll be practicing out at Ghastly Gorge.” she informed me. I nodded gulping. The name made this seem ominous. I looked at Morning who was lowering herself. “Climb aboard.” She told me. Nervously, I carefully climbed onto her back being careful not to trap her wings.

“Hold on tight.” She warned. I wrapped my fore hooves around her neck before a loud whoosh filled my ears.

“Aaaahh~!” I screamed in joy as I was suddenly high in the sky. Celestia laughed below before doing a barrel roll. I felt my grip loosen. There was a ‘fwump’ sound behind me as I felt muscles on my back straighten out as I fell off Celestia’s back.

“Why would you do that?!” I screamed as I began to plummet. I struggled to bring myself upright. Thinking as if I was playing a flight simulator helped, I moved one wing up and the other down. Slowly I began to return to an upright position. I flapped my wings strongly upwards trying to gain some altitude. Pain flashed across my mind as I used muscles that I never had before. Celestia returned to my side.

“Okay you need to tilt your wings so that you’re beating them towards and away from your face.” I began tilting my wings trying to move them. I moaned in frustration. “Patience Oliver these things take time. You’re learning to use limbs you’ve never had before.” I nodded. I concentrated hard and watched. I thought about it as if I was rotating my arm. Slowly I worked out how to apply the movement to my wings. My feathered appendages slowly began to rotate.

“Yes!” I cheered in success. I pushed forwards with my wings and flew away from Celestia. After I moved a small distance away I pushed forwards with my wings which started to slow my down until I came to a stop beating my wings softly as I hovered in the air. Celestia caught up to me grinning.

“Very good. Now all you need to do is land.” Oh… This could be interesting I thought. I leant forward and started to slowly propel myself towards the ground. As I reached the ground I leant backwards until I was parallel with the ground. I slowed down the beating of my wings until I was only a few feet above the ground. I stopped moving my wings and landed.

“Urgh.” I said collapsing on the ground. I was knackered.

“It seems you have a knack for flying.” Celestia informed me landing beside me.

“Shush. Dying." I said trying to recover. My back burned from the effort of moving my new wing muscles.  I crawled back into the library and pushed myself up onto the couch. Celestia walked in behind me before reverting back to her normal body. I closed my eyes.

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I awoke from my peaceful slumber to the sound of the door slamming open.

“Wha!” I jumped up wincing at the ache in my muscles. A blue Pegasus stood in front of me. Her main was poorly kept and was made up of all the colours of the rainbow. I connected the dots.

“Oh God you’re my flight trainer.” I groaned.

“Damn right I am and I come to see this pathetic lump snoozing on the couch!” She responded in an angry tone.

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight scolded from the top of the stairs. “You say that when it is well known that you spend most of your free time napping!” I chuckled. Rainbow blushed in response.

“That’s not the point.” She retorted.

“Yes it is, it makes you a hypocrite.” I responded jumping into the conversation. Rainbow glared at me.

“Don’t call me things I don’t know the meaning of!” I laughed harder.

“Ah I see you two are getting acquainted.” I heard from behind me. Rainbow gaped.

“You can’t fly and yet you’re friends with the Princess!” She exclaimed. I nodded smugly.

“Yes and I expect you to take good care of my dear friend Oliver here.” Celestia said winking at me.

“Heh heh, yeah, sure. I’ll have him flying in no time Princess, you can count on me!” Rainbow responded nervously.

“Excellent! Well Oliver and I need to return to Canterlot when would be a good time for you to give Oliver his flying lessons?” Celestia asked.

“Uh whenever, as long as it’s in the afternoon after I’ve done my weather schedule.” Rainbow responded.

“Very well how about Monday, Thursday and Sunday afternoons?” She asked me. I nodded.

“Yeah that’s fine with me, what about you Rainbow?” The prismatic Pegasus just nodded in response.

“Excellent! Well we’d better be going Oliver.” Celestia gestured towards the door. “Thank you for the lodgings, Twilight and for the lessons, Rainbow Dash.” “No

problem.” The pair responded. Celestia led me out through the door turning back into the form of Morning Glory as she walked.

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The train journey took a while and for once I found myself falling asleep. I woke up just as we were pulling in and to my embarrassment found myself leaning on Celestia’s shoulder I jerked up.

“Sorry Morning!” I exclaimed. She chuckled in response.

“It’s fine Oliver, we’re pulling in now anyway.” The train jerked forwards as she said this. I followed after Celestia as she led us through the maze of ponies.

“Well, let’s go find your new home.” Celestia said. I nodded.

“Unfortunately house prices in Canterlot are quite high so you will be living over a shop. I also got you a job there, so you can start making some cash in order to pay me back.” Celestia informed me. I nodded.

“Will I be sharing said home?”

“No the owner is a female. Decency and all that.” I blushed at what she was suggesting.

“Anyone would think I’m an indecent person.” I retorted.

“That’s because you are.” Celestia deadpanned.

“I’m just as dirty minded as you are, oh fair Princess.” I mocked.

“You must be very dirty minded then.” I stared.

“Okay I was not expecting that.” Celestia chuckeld.

“After living for a few millennium it’s very difficult to expect something from me.” She replied. I nodded in understanding.

“I guess you pick up a lot of idiosyncrasies.” Celestia stopped. I looked up.

“Welcome to your new home.” I looked at it. It was a very simple shop. At the top was a neon blue sign with the words "Wuba Dub Dub Music" Scrawled across the top over a sound wave across a CD.

“You have CD’s here!” Celestia turned.

“We’re not as backwards as you may think.”

“You don’t even have twitter.” I retorted.

“ Touché. Regardless this is the store of Vinyl Scratch, an upcoming DJ. Because of her new found fame, she needs another hoof around the shop for when she

doesn’t have gigs.” I nodded.

“Well if she’s a music fan we should get along fine.” I smiled. Inside I was actually nervous to meet this mare. Celestia led me inside.

“Vinyl! I have your new employee!” Celestia called. A white unicorn appeared from behind a mess of cables. I gapped at the crazy mess that was her mane. It was everywhere! And neon blue.

“Great!” She responded in a boyish voice jumping in front of me. She held out her hoof which I grasped onto nervously. “Nice to meet you I’m Vinyl Scratch aka DJ – Pon3.” I nodded dumbly as she continued to pump my arm up and down. She looked at it.

“Oh sorry, I’ll let go of that for you.” Something inside me clicked. She was just as nervous as I was. “She must get over her shyness by being loud, same as me.” I thought.

“Nice to meet you. So what kind of music does this place have anyways?” I asked.

“Oh you’re in for a treat.” She replied grinning.

“Well, I’ll leave you two to it then.” Celestia said leaving. “This is also your new home and here…” She handed me a piece of paper. “If you ever need me or if you want to chat, show this at the gate and they’ll let you in.” Celestia informed me. I nodded.

“Well then it’s been nice meeting you Oliver. Good luck with things.” Morning turned to leave.

“Bye Morning. I’ll see you soon.” I replied.

“I’ll look forward to it.” And with that she left. I turned to face Vinyl.

“So you wanted to hear some music huh?” And with that a massive sound wave hit my ears.

“AHHHHHH!” I screamed. “Too loud! Too loud!” The music turned off.

“Heh sorry about that.” Vinyl said sheepishly. It looks like my time living here was going to be eventful.