Too young to die

I walked into the room carefully, trying not to seem hostile, I had no idea how the Princess would react to me, so I just tried to play it smooth, "Hello, and who might you be?" I asked cautiously, what I asked was a downright fabrication, of course I knew who she was! "Princess Celestia; and Twilight here told me all about you." I took this time to check the sky, if I do say so myself, it was around 2:35 PM. I lowered my gaze from the window and finally took a good long look at Celestia, her mane was disorientating yet beautiful at the same time. I gaze it's waving colors a transfixed stare, before Celestia broke it by saying, "So, Twilight says you are a human, no?"

"Yes, I am a human, but, when I entered this world, wings appeared on my back, I think I may of teleported into Equestria, I think I heard somepony say." When I said I teleported into Equestria, I realized my mistake and quickly fixed it by saying somepony said that. Celestia than shot me a question that caught me off guard, "And, what would you be doing when you came here?" I gulped, remembering the memory, "Okay, so we were heading home from a fancy restaurant called Red Lobster, by the way, I was with my family, we hopped in the car. Um, I guess chariot or wagon in this case, we drove home, the sky began to cloud. a couple of flashes popped in the sky, but not lightning or thunder, we were about to hit an incoming vehicle, my dad pulled the vehicle off to the right into the forest near the road, the last thing I heard was lightning and thunder. Than when I came to I was falling from the sky, luckily my wings ripped my clothing and stopped my fall, that was when I grew wings."

Celestia nodded, "I can do a magical analysis on your wings if you would like me to?" I replied with a simple yes, her horn lit up and began to encase the wings folded on my back, I felt small tingles shoot through my body, some of them a bit alluring. I quickly dispelled the thought before I got a wing boner again, man, that would be embarrassing. The magic stopped, "Justin, your wings have a magical signal pinging from them I can't seem to quite place, it's an old magic. So, your wings aren't natural, but rather magical, I'll research later on this, okay?" I smiled and nodded, she nodded to me, using her magic she teleported out of the room, possibly to the Canterlot Archives or her chambers.

It was then that Rainbow Dash walked in, only to get shoved to the floor, a pink blur shot through the door, I spun and before I could react, I was on the floor, a pink frenzy was bouncing around on my chest. She looked down at me finally stopping her parade of jumping, "...So what do you think?" I shook my head, "What?"

"The party!"

"Erm... what party?"

"Your welcome to Ponyville party of course!" She looked at me like it was obvious, I guess it should have been, knowing Pinkie Pie would do something like this, "So how did you know I was here?" She rolled her eyes, "My Pinkie sense of course!" I hadn't noticed it but it was getting harder to breathe, "Pinkie would you mind getting off?" I wheezed. She giggled and got off, allowing me to breathe precious air! Rainbow was of course laughing, Twilight was in fact giggling, "Pinkie so when are you planning the party?" She looked confused at the laughing mares before turning towards me, "Tomorrow at 7:30!" With that she dashed out, "Wait! You didn't say where it would be!" She somehow zoomed back like a pink torpedo, "At Sugarcube corner." With that she was gone, I couldn't believe it, how does she actually break the laws of physics and momentum and that shit?

I shook my head, and facepalmed, I'll never understand that pony. I turned towards the two mares which had finally calmed down, "I'm gonna go flying, gotta strengthen my wings while I'm here right?" Rainbow perked up at the sound of flying, Twilight said, "Okay, but becareful, I don't want you to end up as a pancake. Am I clear?" I nodded and jumped out the door, pumping my wings, I had obviously gotten better, as I sped towards the clouds faster than I did before. In fact, now that I think about it, it was mainly me getting used to the wings that made it so hard to fly.

I could feel the wind getting caught in my wings as I lifted higher and higher. When I reached cloud layer, I was much less tired than I was last time. I lay on a cloud catching my breath, Rainbow already laying there like last time. Once I regained my breath, I flew up higher, and dived. Wind screamed in my ears as the ground quickly approached, I did a few corkscrews, before leveling out, if I did judge my speed, I would say I was traveling at about, lets say, 75 MPH. I was flying the direction of the Everfree, and I saw a small cottage, I recognized it to be Fluttershy's.

I pulled up to see Rainbow flying along side me, we flew together over the Everfree, "I didn't think flying would be so AMAZING!" I scream over the wind, Rainbow only nods, we soon turn back towards Ponyville, losing a lot of the accumulated speed from the dive. It seemed she wanted me to catch up with her, I began using my own force to speed up my progress, I aimed downwards, losing one meter every 10 seconds, or atleast from my calculations. I quickly banked upwards towards the clouds again, speeding up.

Now that I mastered the art of flapping my wings, it seemed to be almost be no problem at all to fly in a straight line, flying up still gave me considerable effort and trouble. I still had a lot to learn, like updrafts, thermals, and all of that other stuff. I reclined a cloud, it felt like someone, stole a royal person's silk and used it to weave flying cloth. The feeling was amazing! It was the softest thing you could lay on, I soon found myself drifting off to sleep...

I awoke to see the sky had now turned a raw sienna orange, showing that is was almost night. I glided down towards Twilight's home, she was still awake, Rainbow however wasn't present. She looked worried and trotted back and forth, when she spotted me, "There you are! I've been looking all over for you!" She scolded, I scoffed, "Sorry, but I fell asleep on a cloud, goddamn those things are soft! I'm just saying in my defense it was the clouds honest fault for being so soft." She smirked, and I grinned, she spoke up, "Well, you need a place to sleep, and you can sleep here if you want." I nearly laughed out loud. "Twilight, I can just sleep up on a cloud, not like anyone would try to rob me, not like I have anything."

She seemed skeptical before agreeing, "Sure, why not?" As I lifted off towards the cloud I was not to long ago sleeping on in the Indigo light, I felt my hunger finally make itself apparent. I pulled out the Marigold petals I saved in my pockets, and relished their spicy tang they had. Sleep soon overcame after the first 14 petals...

I awoke once more to the nice rays of sunlight, I stretched my body, giving it a ripple effect. I re-adjusted my glasses, and stared out into the distance, before I saw a cloud house float into view. I could only guess whose home that would be, and my hypothesis was correct as I saw a rainbow blur. It disappeared, for a moment before a cyan mare erupted and broke the cloud in half, I gave her an angry glare, which only caused her to chuckle. "I hope you realize you just split my bed in half." Which only caused the Pegasus to laugh more, I averted my eyes looking down at the ground below.

Before I launched off, my stomach growled just like the night before, I quickly pulled out a mouthful of petals and gulped them down, I shook my head at Rainbow Dash, my mind got an awesome idea, I did a back flip off the cloud, and spread my wings, I plummeted, but not before getting showered with mail by a certain gray Pegasus, I did a corkscrew, avoiding the mare entirely. As I neared the door, I saw what looked to be an open window. Only to smash into glass, which surprisingly held my weight and the force exerted on it. I slowly slid off the glass pane but not before seeing Spike and Twilight cackling at me.

And as if to add more insult to the injury Rainbow Dash joined in on the laugh. I alighted and grumbled, "Confounded ponies." Before walking in through the front door, my feet stopped as I was greeted by laughter, however it wasn't on a joke, more like it was focused on me. Spike got his laughter under control long enough to say, "Man... Justin, it's funny when Rainbow does it! B-b-but when you... do i-it..." He couldn't hold the laughter anymore and kept on it. I felt heat rise to my face, as Rainbow flew in next to me, tears streaming down her face, "Justin! That was hilarious!"

I looked at a magically imbued sundial, and saw the time was roughly 9:36 AM. I groaned, today was gonna be a long day... "So, Twilight and Rainbow, did you tell any other pony about my presence here?" Twilight nodded while Rainbow kept on laughing, "So, who did you tell?" She giggled a bit before saying, "Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack, nopony else, but somehow Pinkie knew, I swear I'll never understand that pony." She shook her head. I nodded ever so slowly, "So, when, do I meet them?"

"You can meet them at the party, or something, I guess."

I sighed, today would be a long day, "Do you ponies happen to have anything other than flower petals I could eat? Like maybe apples, or other kinds of fruit?" She nodded, the answer I was expecting. She wandered into the kitchen, me in tow, with her magic she grabbed the pantry knob, turning it I saw, hay, wheat, and various other pasta, and non refrigerator related items like canned foods, she then showed me over to a box that looked vaguely like a refrigerator, "Twilight, how does this keep things preserved?" She told me about a simple cooling spell, then opened the box for me to see various fruits, drinks, and other things.

"Twilight, may I get an apple?" Not unlike how I'd ask my parents, she nodded, pulling out a large green one, I bit into it, tasting a bitter-sweetness. I finished the apple, eating it to the core, and then I threw it in the trash-bin. I walked out of the kitchen, Twilight was eating an orange, "So, Twilight, how do you think the townsfolk with react with seeing a.. well, me." She thought for a moment, "Confusion, probably some hysteria, next would be understanding, and then we all live happily ever after." She snorted, I scoffed at the still laughing Rainbow Dash, "Well, I'ma go flying some more." With that I dove out the front door, pumping my somewhat still new wings.

Rainbow Dash caught up fast, well I guess that makes sense, I surprised her by doing a backroll along with a barrel roll, after the dizziness faded I was able to fly clearly, I reached the cloud level once more, this time practicing turning, making sure my glasses stayed on my face, would be a shame if they were to fall off...

Approx. 10 hours later

I alighted at the front door of Sugarcube corner, my wings ached through all the exercise I put them through. Finding the light off I smirked, and leaned against the front door staring into the darkness. Of course they'd start a party this way, I began to chuckle, "You guys can come out now." Of course they didn't so I sighed and flipped the light switch, while the other ponies were deterred, Pinkie obviously wasn't and still shouted "SURPRISE!" I shrugged, it isn't nearly as scary when your expecting it.

The room was covered in confetti, streamers, balloons, and a ton of pink decorations, and that was just an understatement. I just stood in the corner, unsure whether or not to join in on the festivities. Rainbow hovered over to me, "Hey. Justin why don't you come and enjoy the party? Here I even got you a cupcake." I sighed, "Because I'm not really into parties, also thank you." I took the cupcake, taking a bite, of course she put peppers in it! I ate the entire thing, Rainbow watched in shock as the jalapenos didn't have the desired effect.

"Hey Justin, how did the cupcake taste?" She asked in genuine confusion, "Tasted great, nice job trying to prank me, however, if you want an effect try Tabasco, or habenero, I'm not one who takes peppers lightly. Seriously, I challenged my friend, Tyson, to a habenero eating contest, when we wanted to submit, we had to drink from the glass of milk we had in front of us. I of course, won." She nodded her head, a look pure evil on her face, apparently she was gonna try something else.

Pinkie bounced up to me, and held out her hoof, "Hey Justin, I never really met anything like you before, would you mind shaking my hoof?" I looked at it, and mentally face-palmed, she was making this to easy! "Um, Pinkie, you do realize I can see the shocker on your hoof?" She widened her eyes, "Wow, your good at this!" This time I face-palmed physically, Rainbow came over and pulled her away, and began talking to each other, possible pranking up ahead!

I walked over to the concession stand, ponies seemed to avoid me, it was full of cake, cupcakes, muffins, juice, more juice, and even more juice, with a touch of apple pie, apple fritters, basically a ton of apple related products. i took an fritter and a cupcake, the cupcake was the sweetest thing I could ever take a bite of, I didn't finish it, because I was afraid I might get type two diabetes, hell I might even have type one already. The apple fritter, tasted like apple pie, so miniature apple pies? Applejack trotted up to me, "Howdy, ah heard 'bout you, ain't yer name Justin?"

"Yeah."

"So, what exactl' are ya? No offense or anythin'."

"Non taken, and I'm a human, usually we don't have wings, but for some reason I came into this world with wings."

"So, when y'all say, you don't usually have wings, what'ya mean?"

"No human, has ever been reported with natural wings, same goes for having a horn, in other words, humans can't naturally fly, or naturally do magic, but what we don't have in those two areas we make up in technology. You probably wouldn't understand, I could tell you Twilight probably would, but I can't be sure."

With that she nodded and left, Fluttershy came next, she trotted up to me, "Hello, what is your name? That is um... if you don't mind." She seemed to cower a bit, I guess that made sense, I was about 5 inches taller than most of the ponies here, "No, it's alright, my name is Justin, Justin Smith, but if you want to be really formal, Justin Daniel Smith." That seemed to lighten her up a bit, "So, do you have a cutie-mark?" I shook my head, "No human gets a cute-mark." The instant I said that, the entire party went silent, they all stared at me, "What... um... ookkkkaaayyy..." I shrugged, a voice piped up in the back, "Did you say hoomuns, don't get cute-marks?" Okay, this was starting to make me nervous, "Yes, and it's pronounced human." Another voice shouted out, "But, how can you 'humans' not get cutie-marks? What would be your destiny? What would you be good at?"

I sighed, "We find our talents by doing, not by waiting for a mark to appear on us, I guess you could say we are all-around race, we have proficiencies at just about everything."

The party slowly came back to life, I hadn't noticed it but I had started building a sweat, and Fluttershy was no where to be found. The party began to break up, and I saw my chance to talk to Rarity, "Hey, you must be Rarity?"

"Of course I am, oh my, what happened to your fine clothing? It is simply atrocious."

I hadn't noticed it but my clothing had tears and stains in it, "Um, I guess running from timber-wolves really does mess with your clothing, hey Rarity, is it possible, you could make me new clothing?"

"Darling, you didn't even need to ask, but I will need measurements and most importantly you." She emphasize the point by poking my abdomen.

"Okay, so when should I come over?"

"At around 3:00 PM, tomorrow, would be a good time, now, why do you need clothes? You can just walk around naked, like the rest of us." At this I blushed and re-adjusted my glasses, "Um, Rarity, I'm gonna put this lightly, human reproductive systems don't contract into the body, for lack of a better way to say it." Now it was her time to blush, "Oh, um... okay." And just like that I met the entire mane 6, time for a new list...

1. Make a better cloud house

2. Go to Rarity's house at 3:00 tomorrow

3. Get a reall-

The rest was cut off by Spike burping a letter, Twilight grabbed it and after one look a her face turned from excitement to dread. "Justin, come on we need to get to Canterlot and meet with the Princess now!" With that she charged out the door, when I didn't follow she grabbed me with magic and pulled me out the front, nearly knocking my glasses off...