Crew woke up with a light smashing against his eyes. He groaned awake, realizing that Alice was already back in working order. Not that he felt tired, it was the ruder than normal awakening that he normally got is what made him so groggy. He was just sleeping for two days before hand, and who knew how long during that night.

He sat up in his bed after asking Alice to turn the lights off again. He had to think in a big way. He knew very well that this wasn't at all a dream, if the pain in his eyes, and the sore muscles were anything to go by. Crew wasn't at all prepared for this, he didn't even get a warning other than a tingle down his back. A long sigh escaped his lips, he wanted coffee, something good to eat. A nice steak would've been awesome right now.

"Alice, how you feeling?" He asked, tired of the quiet.

"Fine, thank you for asking Crew."

"You do anything to my head last night? It feels sorta weird."

"You had a concussion, so I had to repair it. I didn't notice it until last night, busy working on fixing the priorities." She explained in a smooth tone, careful not to expose the lie. "Anyways, I've also been collecting some data."

Crew smiled, data meant results. "Care to tell me?"

"I have a slight feeling...now this is a huge long shot, but Celestia....doesn't she sound like your mother?"

His eyes opened wide. "H-huh? No way!?"

"I must say, the vocal ranges reach the right pitches in every word, every sound she made. My only explanation would need to fit on the line of: We just traveled through the void, to another dimension."

That hit Crew hard in the head. He fell back onto his pillow that seemed to be made of a light comfortable material, almost like a cloud. "That's pretty big. Did we even reach eighty-eight miles an hour?" He laughed at the joke he made, Alice seemed to enjoy it a little as well. "...So...dimensional jump at the speed of sound...through a rainbow-"

"Lead us to a land of rainbows and magical talking ponies? Yes, yes it did."

He made a light hearted laugh. "Heh...well fuck."

"Indeed." If Alice had a head, she would've nodded along with him. "I'm working out possible solutions on how to return to our dimension."

"Any so far?"

He heard Alice sigh sadly. "No, I'm sorry. I'm running sixty two thousand different operations, the maximum my systems will allow. All of them tell me that the energy readings are impossible for inter-dimensional travel. You'd need to burn a new born star to super nova in a day to get the energy to punch through the void..."

Crew already knew where this was going. "I'd like to keep my hopes up...you kinda dashed them Alice."

"I-...I'm sorry..."

"Hey Alice?"

"Yes?"

"It's fine."

"Thank you... you are very kind."

He smiled to himself, but mostly at Alice, she knew it. "Hey, we're friends who can't live without each other. I trust you to tell me the truth, and I'll give you what I think is right."

"Before you were blind-" She paused, picking up on the rising energy readings of the princesses. They had another, one with a lower scale, but it seemed to have the same frequency. "They're returning."

"Stand-by Alice." He heard her hum her answer.

There was a knock at his door, they didn't need to, but they did it anyways. He had a twenty thousand blazing questions running through his head. The feelings of nervousness, anxiety, and other quite negative emotions were running through his head.

"Come...Come in." He said, fixing himself back in an upright position.

First he saw Luna and Celestia walk through the door, then he saw long pink hair covering a yellow face. He smiled softly, the thing looked so damn shy. She squeaked as she entered the room, rushing behind Celestia for protection.

"I do something wrong?" He asked. "Am I not allowed to smile at my guests?"

Celestia laughed a little, looking to the winged horse, or pegasus. "Now Fluttershy, I told you he's safe. This is Crew, the human Luna told you about."

"Oh, her name's Fluttershy? That's a cute name little one. Hello, my name is Crew Walker." He made sure to keep his tone evenly soft, not raising or lowering his voice in anyway that he could think of.

"H-....l.lo.." She squeaked.

Crew felt the urge to laugh at the cuteness, but he feared it would only cause her to get angry or upset in anyway. It might also cause her to fear him even more, thinking he was some sort of bully. "She always that shy Celestia?"

"I'm afraid so Crew. But she's the best beast tamer in all of Equestria."

"The BEST eh!?" He looked to Fluttershy. Shy, good with animals. Quick Alice, give me some animal facts! Instantly he got information about bears. "Hey, if you know about animals, then answer this question: What kind of berry to bears like the most?"

Her ears shot up almost instantly. "Oh! I know that one!" She jumped ahead of the princesses, both looking at Crew in complete shock and dismay. "They like red, blue, and green wild berries!"

She's correct Crew. Alice said. "Interesting, you're right about that. Now, tell me, can you figure out my diet just by looking at my teeth. I won't believe that you're the 'best' until you do." It looked like he got her where it mattered. He was always good with shy children, working with them in orphanages to tell them about how he learned to see because of his father.

She jumped over, but paused. "C-can you open your mouth...please?"

Crew opened his mouth wide and laid his toung back to allow a full view of both sets. "Ah-nkee ting?" He asked.

Fluttershy backed away slowly, fear rising in her eyes like from before. "O-omnivore...!"

He nodded. "I am, but do not worry. I don't eat anything that can talk or understand me. That goes against human code of law in multiple countries..." Or unless you're starving on a beach... Alice said as if she were looking away from him. "Don't worry little one."

Luna raised a brow at what I had just said, so she opped to speak. "You say little one as though she were younger or that you were much older Crew. Care to explain."

Be careful to what you say, or they might push for you know what. Alice said to me quietly. "I took care of orphans when I graduated from flight school back home." I answered. I thought that would be harder than that. "She's like a shy child I met named Naomi. If you find an interest and expand, its actually quite easy to get them out of their shells. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable Fluttershy, if anything, I'm quite afraid of your kind more than you might be afraid of me."

"What do you mean by that Crew?" Celestia asked this time.

Ohhh....the fact she sounds like your mother for starters. Kind, but a WMD when it came to protecting you. "You two have this...feeling. Power...I don't know... Even her I'm afraid of. I don't know where I am, and how I got here or if I can ever get back. And as far as I know or anyone else knows....I'm the only human..."

Celestia looked to Luna. Both nodded at each other like they had spoken without words leaving their mouths. Their horns started to glow and two scrolls appeared. They floated them over to Crew, a soft silence fell upon them.

"Crew Michael Walker-" Luna started.

"-we would like to give you our utmost apologies towards your unfortunate arrival to our peaceful land." Celestia finished.

"So here we give you two choices, like we give all males in our land. Either you may become a royal guard of my elder sister, or I."

"These scrolls both give you full rights to Equestria under royal decree."

"But should we feel the need that Equestria is in danger."

"The one you choose is to whom you will heed the call." Celestia said and a needle appeared. "Every oath is signed in blood."

"Because blood is stronger than ink." Luna said darkly.

"While you await for us to find a way to send you home, we wish to make this as easy as possible for you. If you choose to earn a living here such as getting a normal job, a home, or even a herd of your own."

Crew looked down at the two sealed scrolls. "Don't you think this is all sudden?"

Celestia sighed, looking away and her face showing much pain. "Because you aren't from Equestria, the nobles of the court think that this is an attack on Equestria. My sister and I understand that this was all not meant to be on purpose, but the nobles are angry. Should you choose to deny either scroll, you will be arrested, put on trial, and if found guilty, you will be publicly executed for your crimes."

"Don't you think that's a little harsh!?" He screamed, scaring Fluttershy back behind the princesses. "I swear-!"

"Please Crew, we don't wish to make this harder. You will only serve for two years after the repairs are finished, then you may leave to your world." Luna said, looking a little sad. "Please, read each scroll."

The first was Celestia's, written in yellow ink:

Then he opened Luna's, written in blue ink:

He leaned back in his bed, sighing like he had just ran a marathon, exhausted as fuck. "H-how long do I have."

"I'm afraid only a month." Celestia said. "But this will give you enough time to get used to everything I hope?"

"Humans are masters at change Celestia... I...I think I'll manage..." He covered his eyes. "I need to think..."

Both princesses thought then it would be a good time to bring up an idea. "Lunch is in two hours Crew. Should you wish, we can ask our griffin chefs to cook some beef. We would be more than willing to treat you as a guest while you think about this."

Take their offer Crew. Their IV drops are less then useful in supplying the right materials to heal you. You still have muscles in need of some repairs. "Sure, that actually sounds nice." He looked to Fluttershy with a very soft expression on his face. "Could you please help me Fluttershy? You don't have to, but I'm still very hurt and sore from my crash."

"O-of course! Anything for somepony hurt!...Even if you're kinda scary...You still need help..."

"Thank you very much little one." He smiled.

It was about ten minutes before lunch would be served. Everypony was sitting in the halls with Crew. Slowly, Fluttershy had realized herself that Crew was more in need of help than they had thought. He couldn't even stand up for more then a few seconds at best without assistance. Of course Crew had kept thanking her for her bravery and helping him walk to the dining hall which was still untouched by the crash.

Every second after he arrived, everyone was looking at him. Fear, excitement, anger, happiness, all different emotions he felt with their eyes. He hid himself away slightly by looking away from it all. This was even more shock then he was ready for. Alice kept trying to calm him down, by humming a soft melody, but his heart just jumped back up to a very swift pace.

"Crew?" Celestia tried to get his attention. "Are you well?"

He shook his head, looking down. "I...I can't think right now..." He lied.

Celestia seemed to catch on. "Why don't you six introduce yourselves to Crew here. Say your name and tell him what you like doing." She looked to see if Crew was getting better, but he seemed to be in a flight or fight mode. "I'll start. My name is Celestia Everfree, and I like teaching magic to special foals and fillies."

Twilight blushed a little and spoke. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, I love reading and casting spells."

"I guess I am next." Rarity said. "Hello darling my name is Rarity Belle, but you may call me Rarity. I create top of the line clothing for all sorts of ponies. Maybe, I can create more than that horrid jumpsuit you're wearing."

"Alright! I'm Rainbow Dash! I'm the fastest flyer in all of Equestia and the first to create a Sonic Rainboom in a thousand years!"

Crew...Already I see that Rainbow might be a key. Alice noted. Though I am not sure if it is hear that caused the energy readings to spike like that. He nodded in understanding, thanking her for the information.

"Ah'm Applejack Apple! I like buck'n apples!"

Crew snorted. "That country tone reminds me of my grandmother."

"Well Ah ain't!"

"Clearly..."

"I'm Pinkie Pie!" She somehow teleported in front of Crew in the blink of an eye. "Nice to meet you! I like making ponies smile!"

"A-and I'm Fluttershy..." She said softly. "I like taking care of all sorts of animals...even you if you're hurt."

"That's rather nice of you." He smiled with his eyes closed.

"Um Crew?"

"Yes Fluttershy?"

"What color am I?"

Oh shit! "Y-yellow, why?"

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