We reappeared in a large hall of some kind and I felt really queasy all of a sudden, probably due to the fact that I had just experienced teleportation. ‘Thank god I didn’t eat anything this morning’ I thought to myself.
“Bloody hell, you could have warned me. you’re lucky I didn’t eat anything for breakfast,” I said, placing one hand over my stomach.
“Sorry about that, it always happens to anypony who teleports for the first time,” Celestia said.
“I am guessing when you say ‘anypony’ you are referring to your species, speaking of which, what exactly are you?” I asked “I know of Unicorns and Pegasi from mythology back on my world, but I’ve never seen one with both wings and a horn.”
“I am an Alicorn, they have aspects of all three types of pony,” Celestia said.
“Huh, that’s odd,” I said.
“What is?” Celestia asked, her head tilted to one side in confusion.
“The German word ‘alle’ means all or every,” I said “Did the term ‘alicorn’ originate from an old language as the word for ‘everypony’ or ‘all-types’?”
“Yes, the ancient language of the Alicorns used the word ‘ali’ to mean all, the language has evolved over time into Germane, how did you come to that conclusion?” Celestia asked.
“I’ll explain later, I want to get this registration business over and done with before I go into my life story,” I said. Celestia nodded and called to a pony dressed in medieval-esque armour.
“Take his bag and books to one of the guest rooms for minotaurs,” she said. The guard, a unicorn nodded before I felt my rucksack lift off of my back. It floated over to him enveloped in a gold glow, the books and his horn enveloped in the same glow.
“Please be careful, some of the stuff in there is really fragile,” I said. I really don’t like leaving my stuff in the care of someone else but I don’t really have a choice, plus I wasn’t going to complain if I was getting a room to stay in. The guard nodded before walking out of the hall through some large doors and once he was out of sight I turned towards Celestia.
“So... shall we?” I asked. Celestia nodded and walked towards the doors. I followed her, taking note of the stained glass windows as we walked out, some of them depicting Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy as well as four other ponies that I didn’t recognise ‘Must remember to ask Celestia about the other four ponies once this whole registration thing is done’ I thought to myself. We walked along large hallways and my god the architecture was amazing. Think of Lincoln cathedral but about ten times better. We eventually walked into a small room off to one side of the main hallway. At a desk sat a sat a yellow coloured unicorn with glasses but I couldn’t see the mark she had on her rear due to the desk being in the way. On the desk was a plaque that said ‘Golden Tome’ and she seemed to be signing or marking documents of some form or another. She hadn’t seemed to notice us walk in because when she stopped writing and when she looked up she jumped in surprise.
“P-princess, I didn’t see you there,” she said and started trying to clean up her desk. Celestia giggled.
“There is no need for that. there is somepony here who wishes to apply for citizenship,” Celestia said “normally I would just give him an application form but I feel that this is a special case as you can no doubt see for yourself”
“Indeed,” Golden Tome said adjusting her glasses before stacking the papers on her desk neatly and levitating over a quill and piece of parchment. She dipped the quill in a bottle of ink before asking “Name?”
“Vuur Koning, V-u-u-r space K-o-n-i-n-g.”
“Species?”
“Human or Homo Sapiens.”
“Gender is male,” she muttered under her breath, “Age and date of birth?”
“18 years old and 29th day of the 1st month 1996 A.D.. Where I am from, for reference, the current time is roughly the 4th month of 2014 A.D.”
“OK, approximate date of birth is 29th of the 1st, 986 C.R.. Nationality and country of origin?”
“English and I am from the United Kingdom of Great Briton and Northern Ireland, often abbreviated to the U.K.”
“Do you have existing physical or mental health conditions? And if so then what treatment or medication are you receiving?”
I sighed, “I was Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or A.D.H.D., Autistic Spectrum Disorder or A.S.D. and Asperger’s Syndrome, I take 54mg daily of Methylphenidate-Hydrochloride but it’s only for helping me focus during education and isn’t vital,” I said.
“O.K. everything appears to be in order. We just need to wait for this to be officially accepted and you will be a legal citizen of Equestria,” Golden Tome said.
“Thank you.” I said as Celestia and I walked out of the room and as we were walking along Celestia turned to look at me.
“What exactly do all of the mental conditions you listed do?”
“Remember when I made the connection between the words Alicorn and ‘alle’?” I asked. Celestia nodded, “Well that’s just one of the things that conditions like Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome does. I see connections between things that might not be that so obvious to other people. The big downside is that most people with my conditions have trouble socializing and making friends and the more extreme cases don’t even talk and appear to be in their own little world so in that sense I’m very lucky. A.D.H.D just makes me hyper and easily distracted although in my opinion its slightly mislabeled.”
“How so?” Celestia asked, tilting her head to one side.
“it should be should be Attention Deficit Hyper-awareness Disorder, not Hyperactivity. Look at that table,” I said pointing to a table that we were walking past, “where as you see ‘a table’, I see: a table made of mahogany wood with brass candle holders, cream coloured candles that has recently been dusted although they haven’t done a perfect job as there is still a small amount of dust around the base of the candle holder, the candle holder isn’t perfectly in the centre of the table as it should be judging by the way there is actually a small gap on one side between the dust ‘outline’ of the base and the base of the candle-holder itself, there is also a small scratch on one of the table legs and the candle-holder is in need of a good polish.” Celestia's eyes widened in surprise, “O[/colorf course you will have seen all of that, but you will have only memorized the absolutely necessary information i.e. the table.”
“Were you a detective on your world?” Celestia asked.
“No, for one thing that line of work doesn’t interest me and you need too many qualifications in things I’m not good at to be a detective. I’m more into things like art and photography” I said. We walked back towards the two large doors. Celestia stopped outside and addressed the guard that took my belongings to the room.
“Escort Vuur Koning to the room with his belongings,” Celestia turned towards me “I’m afraid I have royal business to attend to. I will send a guard when dinner is ready later this evening. Do you have any dietary requirements?”
“Omnivore, but in my case mostly cooked meat and Potatoes,” Celestia seemed to stiffen slightly at that, “I’m guessing ponies are herbivores?”
“Yes, but no matter. I am used to eating dinner alongside griffins,” she said and with that she walked through the doors. The guard turned towards me, slightly wary this time.
“This way sir.” he said before walking off down the corridor. We soon reached what I assumed to be my temporary room. I nodded in acknowledgment to the guard who subtly returned the gesture and I walked in to the room to find my stuff in one corner. Finding myself with nothing better to do I got my laptop out of my bag and turned it on. Bringing up the music player I put the music on shuffle letting fate decide which song to play. It immediately started playing a flute for a couple of seconds before a guitar took over in an old time wild west style. I started singing along with the chorus.
“Crosses grow in Anzio. Where no soldiers sleep and where hell’s Six feet deep. But death must wait. There’s no debate. So charge and attach going to hell and back.” I started air guitaring when the solo kicked in. For the rest of the song I sat on the bed. ‘Hmm, I wonder.’ I thought to myself as I brought my hands up to the helmet I was wearing. I removed it with a surprising amount of ease. Several aspects of the HUD that was displaying when I was wearing the helmet were now faded such as the shield status.
Walking into the on-suite off to one side of the room I looked in the mirror, I found my face was almost the same as before I ended up here. The main difference being the faintly glowing green eyes and what looked like the lines that you find on circuit boards were on different parts of my face, for instance, from the middle of my lower lip going down towards my chin. Looking at my armour I noticed it was secured by what looked like leather buckles. I took off my armour starting with my shoulder pads followed by my gauntlets and chest plate and finally my leg armour and boots. Underneath was what looked like a cloth of some sort, except on my lower arms, where it was plate mail looking like scales. I took off the cloth shirt and plate mail sleeves taking care when I removed the bandage. The skin on my chest and arms had a similar line pattern as on my face. My chest had some sort of glowing green crystal embedded in the center, surrounding the crystal was a thin lining of metal and when I looked at the wounds on my arm I found that they were healing quicker than I expected, ‘Guess I owe Zecora one for that.'
I turned on the water in the sink and let it fill up. Once that was done I grabbed a cloth and started cleaning my armour. Once I was done my armour looked brand new. I emptied the water from the sink and then stripped off my leggings before turning on the shower and jumping in.
Once I had finished I put my clothes back on but left the armour off for now. ‘Wouldn’t look right, eating dinner with a full set of armour on, maybe I should just go without. I’ll need to talk to Celestia about getting some regular clothes tailored as well as formal wear maybe a cape as well. I’ll need to get my plate mail repaired so I’ll speak with Celestia about that at dinner,’ just then I heard a knocking at the door.
“Speak of the devil.” I said, I turned off the music on my laptop before walking towards the door. I opened it to see a guard at the door. This time it was a different guard to the one that escorted me to the room the first time.
“Are you Vuur Koning?” He asked in a deep voice.
“Yes, I’m guessing you are to escort me to dinner?” I asked.
“Yes, if you would come with me please.” He said. I walked out of the room and shut the door, taking note of the room number. We walked down the hallways before arriving at a dining hall of some kind. At the table sat Celestia plus two other ponies that I didn’t recognize. One was similar to Celestia except she was a dark blue and had the mark of a crescent moon on her rear and her hair looked like a night sky complete with twinkling stars. The second one was a white unicorn with blond hair and the mark of what looked like a map compass. Celestia noticed me and looked surprised.
“Vuur Koning, is that you? I almost didn’t recognize you without the armour,” she said. The other two noticed me for the first time and the blue one looked at me curiously but the white one looked at me as if I was a stone under his hoof.
“Vuur Koning, I would like you to meet my sister Princess Luna and my cousin Prince Blueblood,” Celestia said, motioning to the blue one first and then the white one.
“Good evening,” I said, bowing before taking a seat with Blueblood opposite me. Princess Luna looked at me with great interest.
“Forgive me for being blunt, but what exactly are you?” Luna asked.
“I am what is known as human. I’m… not exactly from around here” I said.
“And where are you from?” She asked
“Start thinking other world, and you are probably in the right sort of area. I come from country called Great Britain. I was born in the capital city called London and lived there for about 11 years before moving up north where I have lived until now. I’ve ended up with a… unique accent as a result.”
“How so? To me you sound like you are from Trottingham.” Luna said.
“And to me you sound an American trying to do an impression of an upper-class British accent, your point? What I meant by ‘unique’ is in Lundun I gre’ up in a part o’ dah ci’y where dey tawk lioyk dis.” I said, slipping back in to my London accent and even over emphasizing a bit, “The main difference between and London accent and a northern accent is with the northern accent they stretch out the syllables slightly and talk in a slightly bored tone. My accent is... somewhere in between. The only reason I don't sound like that is because I’ve learned to subconsciously speak in a neutral British accent when I speak to people with different accents to mine.” As I finished my impromptu accent lesson several waiters walked into the room with a tray of drinks. One waiter who was missing a tray walked over to me.
“Excuse me sir, but what drink would you like?” He asked.
“What sweet cider would you recommend that isn’t too strong?” I could swear I heard and saw Prince Blueblood scoff at my suggestion. I ignored him for now.
“I would recommend ‘Sweet Apple Acres' Cider.” the waiter replied.
“Then I will have one of those please.” I said.
“Certainly sir.” And with that he walked away. I turned to Prince Blueblood and asked.
“Do you have a problem with my choice of drinks?”
“As a matter of fact I do. There are drinks that are suitable for meals with royalty and Cider is most certainly not one of them.” He said and I could see Luna roll her eyes.
“Well I am not sure that the other type of alcoholic beverage that I like even exists on this planet.” I said..
“And what drink would that be?” he said with one eyebrow raised.
“It’s called ‘Irish cream’ and it’s a mixture between cream and wine and it’s the sort of drink you have in whisky sized servings. Please forgive me, your Highness for the fact that I only turned eighteen years old three months ago and, as a result, haven’t fully discovered my taste in alcohol.” I said the last part dripping with sarcasm. He bristled at my remark.
“Auntie please have this commoner removed from the table. I fear will start losing my legality if he stays here any longer.” He said, in a really snobbish voice. ‘Great, he’s a snobbish twat’ I thought to myself.
“Now, now, Blueblood. Play nicely.” Celestia said. Her smile looked innocent enough but the look in her eyes was like a barely concealed storm. I got the feeling the it wouldn’t be the wisest decision to piss off the princess but at that moment several waiters walked into the room carrying trays of what I assumed to be food and I was surprised to see that one of them was a griffin. He walked over towards me and placed a plate of what looked like chicken breast and roast potatoes along with a glass of cider.
“Thank you.” I said, nodding to the Griffin. He walked away with the rest of the waiters. I took a sip of cider and a bite of the chicken before I turned to Celestia and asked “I was wondering if you knew any tailors who could sort out some clothes and footwear for me? I will be the first to admit that it’s impractical to walk around in a suit of armour all the time and whilst we’re on the subject I need to get part of my armour repaired.”
“One of Twilight's friends, Rarity if I remember correctly, owns a boutique in Ponyville. I could supply you with the necessary funds to cover the cost of travel and however much it will cost for the clothes and repair of your armour. I will send a letter to Twilight to let her know. If you don’t mind my asking how did you damage your armour?" Celestia asked and I swear I saw Blueblood stiffen slightly when Celestia mentioned Rarity.
“When I woke up in Equestria I was in the Everfree Forest and I got bitten by a Timberwolf,” I said holding up my left wrist to show her, “speaking of which, I will need to go through combat training at some point. When I woke up in the forest I was equipped with a sword. No doubt the guards that I have seen patrolling the palace will have received combat training of some kind and I would join the guard fully but seeing as I’ve found myself in a new world I would like to see as much as I can plus I’m not particularly keen on the idea of standing around waiting for something to happen.”
“You could always apply for a role in the Guard reserves.” this time it was Luna who made the suggestion, “They go through exactly the same training but are only called into service when needed. For instance when a state of war is declared or in a time of national emergency. You will be classed as a member of the royal guard but you will have the freedom to visit other countries as you wish.”
"Are you sure that they will accept me?" I asked Celestia, "Considering my... mental conditions."
"Of course. If anything the symptoms you described, for instance the 'hyperawareness' and a tendency to notice things that most other ponies would ignore, will make them more likely to accept you."
“Very well then,” I said, “I will go to Ponyville tomorrow, stay there a couple of days while I wait for my clothes and such to be finished, maybe relax a little, then once I’m done there, I will come back to Canterlot to apply to join the reserve Guard and hopefully if that all works out I will start exploring the world.” I said finishing off my food once I had finished talking. I quickly drank the rest of my cider before standing up.
“Please give my regards to the chef, Celestia. It was a pleasure meeting you Princess Luna and I will try and stay out of your way from now on Prince Blueblood. I wish you all a gute nacht.” and with that I walked back towards the room I was staying in. I walked in and checked the battery on my laptop ‘Probably won't last the night’ I looked towards the bedside table to find that, to my surprise, the wall socket that was powering the lamp was the same style as the plug for the charger. I fished out the charger for the laptop and connected it to the wall and the laptop and to my relief the screen displayed that it was charging.
“Thank god, the last thing I want is for the laptop to blow up because it uses a different voltage system.” I checked the clock on the table and adjusted the clock on the laptop to match. I saw a calendar on the table and quickly checked how long each month was. I once again found to my surprise that all of the months were exactly the same as the ones on the laptop calendar so I changed the year on the laptop to ‘1004’. I set an alarm for 8:00 in the morning and once I was satisfied I went back into my rucksack and retrieved my camera bag.
I got my camera out and checked for any damage. Satisfied that everything was as it should be I set it up to check the systems. I looked out the window to find the night sky filled with really bright stars and I decided to test its night time capabilities. I screwed a telephoto end onto the lens, giving a much wider shot of the night sky. I stood as still as I could and pressed the shoot button about halfway down, waiting for it to focus before fully pressing the button I heard the shutter click and the captured image displayed on the screen for a couple of seconds. I took a couple more shots, just in case, before I turned the camera off and placed it back into its bag. I made sure I put everything back in its proper place. I left the camera bag out of my rucksack, putting the books that I borrowed from the library in its place. 'I can take some photos on the way to Ponyville tomorrow. Once I was satisfied that everything was in order I decided that it was about time I went to sleep.

Seriously, did anyone else notice that the German word 'alle' (pronounced 'aler') is similar to the 'ali' in Alicorn
Yes, I do have A.D.H.D., Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, I just have a very mild case of it,
I am probably going to be able to release one more chapter soon after this before I resume college
also if you were wondering, the camera I use is a Canon EOS 1100D
if you want to know exactly what a 'northern' British accent sounds like, listen to the song Glitter Freeze by Gorillaz, the voice that says "where's north from here?" is a typical 'northern' accent.

Vuur Koning Stat increases:

Canterlot castle added to map

Perk unlocked: Perception Filter; 'Squirrel!...hi there'
you have A.D.H.D.; a condition that Albert Einstein also had, as a result you have hyper-focus and notice things other people don't normally notice. this can be useful, however, it can also be distracting at times and you have a shorter attention span than most.