Him and Twilight, along with Spike ate breakfast and he quickly told her about the idea he had for a simple story. It was just basically about how humans interacted with magic before it disappeared from their world, though it was still only in it's most basic planning stage. It seemed he had an immense knowledge on the myth's of his world for some reason, and when Twilight pointed it out he just shrugged it off not wanting to think about it.

"Well believe it or not my world actually had a few different kinds of dragons. It depended on what part of the world you lived in. Like for example in a country called China, it was common to see serpent dragons, and yes they had a few other types as well. As for how they act around humans, well again that depends on what part of the world you're in." He said after taking the last bite off of his pancake.

"Makes sense." She said with a stare of interest. "So humans at one point was believed to be able to do magic?"

"Yeah, we called them wizards. And according to some myths, humans were actually taught how to do magic by mythical creatures, such as unicorns." He said and gave a smile.

"Really? So do you know what happen to make humans to perform magic?" She asked.

"Well, no one really knows, and don't get me wrong we do still have a little magic left. Though it's mostly just illusions, you know smoke and mirrors. Of course, there are a few people who possess abilities that are very similar to that of magic. Now if you're asking my personal opinion why humans can't do magic anymore, well I would have to say it was linked to the fact that mythical creatures started to disappear. Thus took the magic with them to where ever they went." He replied.

"What do you mean by abilities that are similar to magic?" She asked leaning forward.

"Every now and again there would be someone born with what we call psychic abilities. It could differ from person to person, say one person could be able to use telekinesis while another could use telepathy. But some of the more common of these particular abilities is being able to see the future, or so claim, to being able to talk to spirits." He answered looking at her expression which is one of awe.

"So how common are these abilities if you can remember?" She asked.

"It was very rare to actually have these abilities in the modern world, but there was a time when it was a little more common. Back when there was a lot more magic in my world, but there are a few people who had other abilities besides the ones of the mind. Some people could walk in the arctic wearing nothing but shorts, but as many people believe it was more mind over matter. Which I think that's part of the reason people are able to do those types of things, but then again another part is that it could just be likely leftover magic from long ago." He answered.

"Wow, sounds like humans are quite adaptive. I mean usually, when somepony gets drained of magic or at least somewhat drained, it nearly kills them. I think that's part of the reason why humans can't use that magic is just as you said, without the creatures that taught them being there anymore the abundance of magic was taken away with those creatures. But it could just be because humans possess a completely different form of magic than what they think." She said getting a raised eyebrow.

"What do you mean exactly?" He asked.

"Well I talked to the doctor that took care of you, which it surprises me he didn't tell you this, but one of the tests that they do is to gauge how much magic you have. Though it's a very new spell it's very accurate, you see every creature has some small amount of magic in them. An example of this is rabbits, the small amount of magic that they have makes them very quick allowing them to escape predators." She explained.

"So what is it you're trying to say? That a natural ability one has is because they have magic?" He asked not hiding his curiosity or frustration.

"Well kind of, it's kind of like how a unicorn can perform arcane magic, or how an earth pony can grow plants faster, or how a pegasus can fly with the wingspans that they have. Shot even being able to walk on clouds and such is pretty much a pegasus own form of magic, and those are all natural abilities that we all have but they are still considered magic." She replied with a calm tone.

"Let me ask you this, why can't a unicorn make a tree grow faster with a spell? I know that there are cloud walking spells and one that gives wings temporarily, I mostly know that because of that one story you told me about the Best Young Fliers Competition." He said giving her a slight glare.

"Well, those spells are just that, temporary. As for why a unicorn doesn't try to grow crops or other plants like how earth ponies do, well you remember that whole incident a few days ago." She said looking away in a little bit of shame.

"So what you're saying is that a unicorns spell doesn't resonate right with nature? I guess that makes sense, but what did you mean by humans might have a different form of magic?" He asked.

"Oh, well like I was explaining when the doctor did that test it was actually to see how your body would react with healing magic. Upon doing it they discovered that you seem to have a magic that hasn't actually been seen in a while. The magic of being able to adapt." She said.

"Wait, what?" He asked giving a confused stare.

"Well from what you told me so far about the history of your world, humans are one of the most, if not the most, adaptive creatures I've ever heard of. I mean I have to check those history books still, but from what you told me humans are able to survive to an ever-changing world. From a ice age to having almost the entire world flooded, to be able to live in extreme environments." She explained.

"Yeah, but can't you ponies do the same?" He asked.

"Yes, but it takes us longer to get used to something like that. From what you told me humans can be stranded in a jungle and they no nothing about how to survive, and yet somehow manage to survive for a long period of time. Sometimes to the point of their entire life." She said.

"Twilight, from what you told me ponies here can do just about the same. So why would being adaptive be a human own natural magic?" He asked.

"Think about it, you told me that one of the reasons why you think humans lost the ability to use higher forms of magic is because without the mythical creatures there wasn't enough magic in your world. But here if somepony gets their magic taken away then they might drop dead, but again from what you told me if someone took the magic away from a person then that just makes them a regular human. That's because the humans own natural magic within them aids them, the magic to adapt to not having magic anymore." She said.

"Hmm, okay I guess that makes sense. But can we stop talking about this for right now, I'm starting to get a little bit lost and confused. I know what you're saying, that apparently being adaptive is its own magic and all, but still, that still doesn't make much sense." He said rubbing his temple.

"Okay, but think about this. Why did you adapt so well here so quickly?" She asked. "I mean you switched from wanting to, well you know, to actually wanting to stay. Also, think about your diet, you went from being an omnivore to a herbivore. If a pony tried to do that they start to go crazy, granted not the best example but still. Here's a better example, if you tried to get a lion to eat nothing but a normal healthy diet for a pony, or even if somepony discovers a vegetarian diet for one, the lion won't take it. Not because it doesn't want it, but because it could get unhealthy without its normal diet." She said.

"Yeah, but like you just said humans are omnivores. Meaning that they could eat both meat and plants and be just fine." He replied.

"Yes, but take a bear as another example. They're omnivores as well, but unless you know exactly what to feed them then they to will most likely get unhealthy. Barely anypony knows how to get a bear to switch its diet, and that's to be believed that they aren't very adaptive. My point being is that humans adapt a lot faster than normal, though I should have just said that first." She mumbled the last part.

"Yes, you should have, if you would just have come out and said that it's because it seems we adjust faster then that would make a lot more sense. Granted I guess you did, but all of this talking got my mind all wrapped up and tangled I guess I didn't hear it at first." He said.

"Point taken, speaking of wrapping up it's still your birthday today so let's get done then." She said looking at his empty plate. "Oh, well I guess I better get done."

After she ate what's left of her breakfast Spike, who was just sitting there quietly took their plates and started washing the dishes. When they looked at the time they still had a few hours before the party began. So they talked a little more about the book idea and soon it turned into more of a fiction where a boy learns how to use magic from a unicorn, and it would have gotten a little further but there was a knock on the door.

"Hello welcome to..." Twilight started to say but trailed off.

"Who is it?" He asked getting up from his seat, and when he saw who was standing at the door he froze. "Oh hey, Princess Celestia, what, umm, brings you by?"

"Well first off you can just call me Celestia." He gave a nod. "And second I know it's your birthday today so I decided to drop by for a visit."

"Oh, I'm so glad you made it!" Twilight squealed.

"Of course Twilight granted I would have still come as I was there when he remembered his birthday. But I do appreciate the invitation that you sent." Celestia said walking through the door giving Twilight a friendly nuzzle.

"You mean you invited the princess for my birthday?" He asked giving Twilight a surprised look.

"Yes she did, but as I just said I would have come regardless. For I have two gifts for you Brandon." Celestia said.

"Two gifts, you really didn't have to..." He trailed off when he noticed Pinkie Pie in the window. "Darn pinkie promise."

"What about a pinkie promise?" Celestia asked.

"I made a pinkie promise that I wouldn't deny a gift, even though you've all already done so much for me." He said. "So not to sound selfish but can I have my gifts now?"

"Well you can have your first gift now, but the second one we'll talk about in a minute," Celestia said walking over to the table and sitting down. "Please, join me for you may want to sit for your gifts."

"Alright." He said shrugging as him and Twilight sat at the table.

"Now your first gift is to let you know that you've been approved as a citizen of Equestria." At this, his eyes went a little wide.

"But I thought that would take at least a month for approval!" He said in surprise.

"Normally it does, but like I told you I would be the one who would look over your application and approve it if I see that you make an excellent citizen. So that's why it didn't take long for your application to long to be approved." Celestia giving a smile at his shocked expression, Twilight let out a small giggle at him.

"Uhh, well thanks." Was all he could say. "So what's the other gift then, I mean getting approved for citizenship is a tremendous gift of its own. But if you had to wait until you told me about me getting approved the next gift sounds like a little bit of a bigger gift."

"Well that's why I asked you to sit for it is the second gift that will probably shock you the most, but first from what I understand you now have a job correct?" Celestia asked.

"Yeah, I got one at Bon Bons Sweet Shop." He answered.

"Good, glad to hear it. Now before I came here I stopped by to talk with the Mayor and from what she told me there are three houses available." Celestia went quiet for a moment to let it sink in.

"Wait why would you ask about the housing market?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I figured since he got a job I would buy him a house for a gift," Celestia answered.

"What?!" Spike, Twilight, and he all said.

"Yes I know I said I would until after he saved up enough money to be able to afford the bills and everything, but the more I thought about it the more I would like to give him this gift. Not only would you have your own house Brandon, but I'll pay for a good six months of your bills until you have saved up some more money. The only catch is that you have to maintain a job, and yes I know you just started your job only a little bit ago but still." Celestia chuckled at all three shocked faces.

"Celestia, that's too kind. You really don't have to do that." He said despite the fact that Pinkie was glaring at him, which was what brought him out of his daze.

"Oh, but I insist on this. Just consider it a birthday gift, but I would like you to accompany me to look at the three houses that are available so you can decide which one you would like to live in before your party starts." Celestia said lifting a teacup that had somehow showed up to take a sip.

"Well if it was on another day I would have declined, but I don't feel like getting cupcake stuffed in my eye." He said looking at the cupcake in Pinkies hoof, and upon hearing that she ducked down and disappeared like she was never there.

"Do you mind if I come to?" Twilight asked.

"Well, that would be up to Brandon," Celestia answered.

"Yeah, you can come. But remember this is supposed to be me choosing a house for me to live in." He said giving Twilight a stare that told her that he wanted to be the one to choose the house.

"I know, I know." She grumbled.

"So shall we get started?" Celestia asked standing up.

"I'm ready." He answered.

After waiting for Twilight to give Spike stuff to do until the party they finally started to get to look at the houses. Though they got a couple of stares, they all three knew it was more because of Celestia. The first house was one that looked just like every other house in town.

Though it had plenty of room he didn't exactly feel like it was quite right, not that he didn't like the design or anything. The house itself looked great, a two bedroom single bath, kitchen, pretty much a normal house. He could defiantly see himself living there, but decided to look at the other two.

The second house they came to was more like a shophouse, like the one Bon Bon and Lyra live in, or even Rarity. But the one problem he had with the house was deciding what to do with the first floor. Granted he could open his own shop and sell something, but he like his job at the sweet shop.

"So what you're saying is the reason why didn't like that last one was because you don't know what you do with the bottom floor?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah pretty much. I know I could open my own shop, but what kind of shop?" He asked.

"Well, you like to bake and cook." Twilight said.

"Yes, but there's Sugarcube Corner and Bon Bons Sweet Shop, so I wouldn't feel right about opening another bakery or something." He said putting in a little thought. "Guess I could turn it into some kind of office, or maybe a book store. But that would only work if this was a city, as for turning it into an office I guess that could do."

"You don't have to decide just yet, we still have one more house to visit." Celestia said.

"Yeah, where is it anyway?" He asked.

"Just a little further." Celestia replied.

They kept walking for a few more minutes, Twilight suggesting more ideas for a shop he could open. One of which he did kind of like, a kind of book store were he would sell human literature. By that mostly his own work, but that would take a long time to fill the entire store with. The last idea she suggested also caught his attention, for she suggested teaching ponies how to cook a human dish.

"I hope you mean a vegetarian dish?" He asked giving a nervous glance around.

"Of course that's what I meant. Teach ponies how to cook a human dish that we don't have here in Equestria, I've seen you cook before. Whatever you cooked was really good, so I figured if you teach ponies how to prepare food like that then if more humans show up we'll be prepared. Or it could just be normal cooking classes." Twilight said.

"That's what I figured you meant. But I'm not much of a teacher, so I don't think that'll do." He said.

Before she could respond Celestia stopped and waved her hoof towards a lone cottage. They looked around and realized that they were on the outside of town. The cottage looked very nice, it sat next to a nice little stream which he would appreciate as it might help him sleep.

It looked like a one-story house, but that was just from the distance they were at. When they drew closer he could see that it was actually a two-story house, he didn't question it too much since he knew that it could have been magic. But when they got inside he let out a small gasp.

"This looks great!" He said walking inside and turning around.

The cottage had a built-in bookshelf so he didn't have to worry about where to put his own books, and he saw two sets of stairs. One leading up and one leading down, he decided to look at his basement first. When he went down he was surprised that the basement was this big.

"Yes, if I remember correctly this has three bedrooms, two baths, and the basement was actually a ballroom," Celestia said.

"A ballroom, but why would they turn it into a ballroom?" He asked.

"Well, the last residence loved to dance and have a party, from what I heard he decided to move to Canterlot though," Celestia said.

"Well let's look around just a bit more." He said walking back upstairs.

As he looked the master bedroom was pretty big, it had its own bathroom. The other was downstairs right by the stairs, the kitchen looked great. But he felt like it would be too much for him, as he felt like it might get a bit lonely knowing that there are two empty bedrooms.

"So what do you think?" Twilight asked.

"I love it, but I think I would find it lonely here." He said.

"What do you mean? You still have us to visit you, and you can still visit us." Twilight said.

"Twilight you're smart, which is why that surprises me you don't know what I mean." He said.

"Well if you love it then why not move in?" She asked.

"Twilight, what he's trying to say is that it feels to big for him to live here alone. Meaning he doesn't feel like he could live here knowing that there are two open bedrooms." Celestia said.

"Oh, so sorry guess I wasn't exactly paying attention. Umm, so you want to live here but you would have to have a roommate or something?" Twilight asked.

"That's pretty much what I'm saying, either that or a pet." He said.

"A pet, well if you wanted a pet why didn't you say so? Fluttershy could have given you one." Twilight said.

"Really?": He looked at her, he knew Fluttershy took care of animals but never thought she also runs some kind of adaption shelter for them.

"Yeah, if I'm correct then this place shouldn't be too far from her. But we'll talk about that after the party." Twilight said summoning a clock to look at the time.

"Oh, is it time for the party then?" Celestia asked.

"Just about, we got about a good hour before we have to go," Twilight said.

"So Brandon, have you made your decision then?" Celestia asked.

"Well like I said I may not like being here alone, but this cottage really does look nice." He replied.

"Excellent, I'll let the mayor know once we get back. Unfortunately, I won't be able to stay for your party." Celestia said.

"That's fine I understand, and thank you." He said giving a huge grin. "You all have done so much, I really don't deserve any more."

"Brandon like we keep trying to say we're your friends, that's what friends do," Twilight said.

"Yeah, yeah. But listen can we keep this on the down low from Pinkie, I'm pretty sure she would want to throw another party if she found out that I now have a house. And I have a feeling after today I don't want to have another party for at least another month." He said.

"Don't worry we'll keep this news just between the four of us," Celestia said.

"Oh, right Spike also knows about what's going on. Just hope while she was spying Pinkie didn't overhear that part." He mumbled.

"Well, we better get going then," Celestia said walking out of the door.

"So Twilight, you do know that once I move in here I'm going to want to fill that bookshelf right?" He asked.

"I know, though I still think you should have gone for the shop." She replied.

"Twilight, you just wanted me to get that so you can have a place for more books." He said giving her a teasing smile.

"Was I that easy to read?" She asked.

"Yup, just like an open book." This made them both give a little chuckle. "Come on let's go catch up to Celestia."

Author's Notes:

Probably not the best chapter so far, hope you guys weren't that confused about the first conversation of this chapter. Don't worry i'll go into a little more detail about the whole magic deal.