Chapter 7:

Upon arrival to my room a terrifying thought crossed my mind, the Large bag in my car what if it had come to Equestria? I jumped and sprinted to the door banging at it like a mad man the guard opened it and gave me a stern look “ I need to speak to Twilight or Celestia or whoever is in charge of researching my house right now!” the guards’ eyes opened at his ruler’s name without the formal ‘Princess’ however I think he understood my emotion and quickly left another guard so he could get someone. Within 5 minutes Celestia ‘Popped’ into my room “whoa! Hello” was my reaction to a pony just taller than me bursting into existence in my room “I am rather busy but the guard said you were seemingly sincere what is it you need?” I gulped talking about meat from before was hardly as nerve wrecking as this, so I jumped into it “my house, did a green metal thing come with it like a chariot but 4 wheels?” Celestia’s eyebrow raised then she nodded “right may I plead you do not under any circumstances go into the back of that thing, if you already have make sure not to open my green large bag its under everything else I don’t mind explaining teaching everything else but that bag is more private than anything else!” Celestia changed from worry and confusion to understanding her horn glowed I could make gold patterns of light if I focused but like Twilights the further away you were the more it seemed like a field or aura like the show. “I will finish my business in royal court then you and I will take some time to talk about that bag and your possessions” She smiled but I knew that like many things so far it was worrying her a little then it hit me like a ton of bricks – she had seen most of my memories I had no idea of how much or how long or anything… Celestia then ‘popped’ from existence once more.

I swear she had a smirk…
Before I could completely stress over the thought of a royal slinking through my memories I had (probably) a purple unicorn gently tapping on my chamber door, I opened to a scared; wide – eyed spike, sat upon a rather curious Twilight. “What’s caught your attention Twilight?” Twilight came into the room plenty of scrolls and ink “I am just generally curious, this is my number one assistant; Spike” I chuckled sitting down on the bed putting out my hand “pleased to meet you spike” spike was still a little… taken aback “er… hi, nice to meet you…too” Twilight was setting herself a comfortable spot on the bed, seeing Twilight relaxing around me, I think relaxed him; although I was still confused as Twilight had reacted so badly to my dietary needs earlier. “ So Dex, lets start with something basic what do measure length in?” I was a little surprised by Twilights question I assumed we’d skip that and go to politics, weapons, evil, magic etc. “depends most of the planet measures with meters, I’m 1.66 meters tall, or 166 centimeters, and then the other measurement system widely used is Feet and inches I’m 5ft 6inches tall. There are 100 centimeters in a meter; and 12 inches to every foot, its also 2.5CM for every inch ok?” Twilight noted down the measurements and my measurements and got spike to measure me in their units of distance, which was called simply ‘ a length’, ‘a length’ was essentially the same as a meter and had originated from Pony’s legs length, which of course changes but as most are around 1.5M tall, most pony’s legs were around 80cm.

We discussed some very simple mathematics from adding, to basic Pythagoras, which all seemed the same, I had noticed Spike was sleeping on my bed and as Twilight continued to take notes the night slowly fell, a guard bought us some hay fries, sandwiches with cheese / egg mixture and glasses of apple juice – it was very nice I did try the hay fries but it tasted bland and oily; generally displeasing to my taste buds. Twilight had started on some very basic theories of magic and was trying to explain them POP; I had started to get accustomed to things popping into existence around me and only flinched as Luna appeared in the room Twilight as friendly as ever smiled and got up to greet her, “Princes Luna what a pleasant surprise, I was just going through basic math and magic theory with Dex to see if anything overlaps, perhaps now that you are here we could go and look at star maps?” I waved to Luna not wanting to butt in on Twilight, “we are sure Tia will allow us to discuss this but I also want to question our guest” looking over to me, “pleasure to meet you Princess Luna” that got a little smile, although I was sure it was because she was about to teleport us all to the observation point high above Canterlot, I groaned slightly as the feeling of roller-coaster syndrome hit me, only to have my breath taken from me as I saw the beauty of the night above me even in the South West of the UK we hardly get nights as wonderfully bright and clear as it was there. “Wow…” I looked at the glittering stars and what looked like the arm of a galaxy like our own, “so Dex, you are a fan of our night?” I looked to Luna she seemed a little happy with my remark “of course, I’m a fan of space, the universe and everything in it on earth it’s a treat to have such a beautiful night, we have weather which covers it and our own light covers the universe’s stars and wonders – we have to build our largest telescopes in orbit now” it looked like Twilight was about to ask a LOT of questions about orbit… thankfully Luna got there first “it is good to hear you like the night, you are very welcome to observe it with us any night you wish” Twilight jaw I think went through the floor and hit Tia, along with mine I wasn’t expecting such a warm reception from Luna “I will, thank you Princess Luna, I’m sure it’ll be quite often I take up that offer then” I grinned “as does our sister ask, we ask you to call us Luna, it will be good to stargaze with somepony.” Luna replied – strike the last; I think Twilight’s jaw is going to the other side of the planet… “So, let us begin with this constellation?” Luna pointed to a part of the night sky as Twilight came back to us –mentally- to take notes.

From what I could remember of the night sky at home, well it still looked very different, so it didn’t look like we were even in the same part of the sky here, although Luna and Twilight made me promise to explain another night about our exploration of space, for them it was something only the Alicorns could do based on their wings and intense magic ability and even though their technology is varied in Equestria it all comes from magic. For some reason a whole host of items had never been thought of including rockets, radiation testing and many more admittedly I think most were because of the lack of our style modern wars, they may be horrible things but we advance technology in bounds during them, not that it makes up for any life lost what so ever; but it explains some things that are odd like having carts drawn by your fellow pony but video games exist too; at least it starts to make sense.
I yawned, realizing it must be around 11PM, Luna smiled softly only to gaze upon the stars “I think you and Twilight may be the only Pon… individuals who stay up so late in Equestria, I do enjoy seeing you enjoy our night, it was not so 1000 years ago” she looked like she was smiling with a mask as she talked “Luna, I think you underestimate your night, I believe all Ponies or individuals enjoy the night, whether they sleep through it, party, stargaze or more…adult activities (that got a small smirk twilight looked like she was going to tell me off later too) but just like on my planet there are those who enjoy the night in many ways not just stargazing, and those who do not enjoy the day because they are inside all day. Without your night, they could not rest, relax and be ready to work the next day, food wouldn’t grow and things would be really hot and very cold depending if you were in the shadows or not; in other words no matter how they seem to you they are all as appreciative to your sister’s day as your night both are equal in importance and value to life.”
Luna smiled, I think I saw a tear or perhaps it was my imagination, but she soon disappeared before we could talk anymore, Twilight stifled a yawn and we teleported back to the room to a cute sleeping dragon, “I don’t think I’ll get used to that teleportation; anyways good night” Twilight simply nodded trying to keep quiet as she levitated Spike and walked out the room leaving me to fall asleep.

Author's Note

Hey – sorry a day late on uploading but it’s Christmas Eve and I’m busy! Lol also business is going well and I hope to donate to bronies for good again this year for my charity in the company. Merry Christmas / happy holidays and a happy new year to everyone!