The past two years have gone well for Gordon. Two years ago he won the Euro millions jackpot and overnight his life changed. He resigned from his job and immediately set about building his dream home. His dream home was three storeys high, made of brick and timber with solar panel roofs.

Eighteen months after work began, his home was complete. It was a very spacious home and Gordon didn't spare any expense in decorating it. He didn't go for the most expensive products, he went for the best quality and it shows.

The large living room he was currently in had a hardwood floor and two dark-brown corner sofas placed opposite each other. Sandwiched between them is a Walnut coffee table that matches the rest of the furniture including the TV Unit.

The TV is one of the latest. A 60 inch 4K Ultra HD behemoth that gives crystal clear pictures. He got the same type of TV for other rooms in the house also. His games consoles sat beneath. His Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, Wii U all had their own shelf. His Gaming PC was custom built and packed a punch. It had an i7 8 core Processor, three 12GB graphics cards and a 2TB SDD.

That should be enough to play minesweeper.

It was late at night and Gordon is sat in his armchair, directly facing the TV, playing GTA V. He had been living in his new home for six months and had settled in nicely. His mother visited often, usually on Sundays when she would cook a Sunday Roast. Ever since his father died in his early childhood he grew close to his mother and after his lottery win he paid off her debts and paid for her to go on her dream holiday. A month long tour of Canada and Australia.

It was Sunday the next day. He only had to wait a few more hours before he could have more of his mothers' brilliant cooking again. If there's one thing his mother is truly good at, it's cooking. The thought of a Sunday Roast cooked by his mother made his stomach rumble.

He gave in to his stomachs demands and made his way to the kitchen for a late night snack. He decided to get some sleep so he switched off the Xbox and took his plate of caramel crispies upstairs to bed. He devoured the crispies in no time and fell to sleep soon after.

Morning came around and he reluctantly got up. He couldn't appear to his mother like he'd been dragged through a hedge backwards so he made his way to the bathroom to get washed. He was making his way to the bathroom when he heard noises downstairs.

The noise sounded like a woman's shoe heel against a hard surface.

Gordon looked to the clock. It was way to early for his mother to be here. Yes she had a spare key but she would never let herself in when he's there, and she certainly wouldn't walk around the house with her shoes on.

A logical assumption would be burglars.

His heart rate raising slightly at this unpleasant prospect, he very quietly made his way to the side of the bed where he keeps an aluminium baseball bat. Bat in hand he made his way out of the room and towards the stairs where he heard female voices.

"-breaking into somepony's home. They may come back," said a soft, quiet voice.

A more authoritive voice responded, "We need to find out where this house came from. It wasn't here yesterday and the Princesses will want answers."

"Shall we check upstairs?" asked a raspy voice.

Gordon didn't hear a verbal response but the sound of walking towards the stairs got him moving away. Fortunately, he knew this house better than them, only just though.

He quietly made his way to his bedroom and caught a glimpse of outside.

Those hills weren't there yesterday.

He very quickly got changed into some clothes as quietly as possible. Hearing the voices get closer he grabbed some keys and opened the balcony door and went outside. He swiftly climbed down the balcony ladder to the ground and made his way to the kitchen door. Seeing the coast was clear he went inside, making as little noise as possible.

He heard the same voices as before, still in the living room, so he made his way towards them. He listened intently as they continued to talk amongst themselves.

"What do yah think all the stuff is Twilight?" asked someone with a southern US accent.

"I have no idea. Maybe the Princesses will know. They'll be here shortly."

Gordon assumed that was Twilight responding.

Realising he was going to be found sooner or later, he decided he may as well show himself and get some answers to some questions such as: why have you broken into my home, who are the Princesses, where am I and how did this happen.

Staying in the kitchen out of sight he spoke loudly and authoritatively.

"Where I'm from it's usually considered polite to get permission from the home-owner before entering their property."

He heard shrieks as his uninvited guests realised the house wasn't empty. He heard them walking closer to him. He heard the authoritve one speak.

"Sorry sir. You see the thing is......"

Gordon saw something he struggled to process as the colour drained from his face. He didn't get chance to do much more than that as the intruders let out an ear-splitting scream.

"HUMAN!!!"

How did they know what I am?

In the next instant he felt something hit him in the back and he fell to the ground, grunting in pain. He didn't get chance to stand up before he felt himself get hit again. The strikes hurt a lot, whoever hit him knew how to cause someone pain. He didn't know who or what hit him but it mattered little as he felt himself lose conscious and fell to the floor.

"What the FUCK is a human doing here Twilight?" asked an irate blue Pegasus.

"I have no idea but it can't be good. We need to secure it and make sure it doesn't hurt anypony."

“HE’S NOT AN IT!” yelled a timid yellow Pegasus.

She noticed a small amount of blood near Gordon's head and she rushed over to help him, "We need to get HIM to a hospital now. HIS head's bleeding."

"Yah can't be serious Fluttershy, this blood thirsty savage'll skin ya alive or rape ya or do other horrible things."

"You don't know that," replied Fluttershy timidly.

"She right 'Shy," replied Rainbow Dash, "You know the stories of humans and how they get enjoyment out of killing each other. Humans are evil 'Shy."

"Girls," interrupted Twilight, "We can't let this human cause us to argue. We'll get it to the hospital and place it under heavy guard. If it tries anything we'll deal with it."

"What will Princess Celestia do?" asked Fluttershy timidly.

"Chain the evil beast up in the dungeon most likely. Even that is too generous for this abomination."

Fluttershy felt dejected. She had read of the stories of humans appearing in Equestria eight centuries ago. They may have changed since then and to judge this human based on the actions of those hundreds of years ago is extremely unfair. What had this human done?

She watched, deeply upset as she watched Twilight teleport away with the human. Rainbow Dash, Twilight and Applejack had already shown how they feel. Hopefully Pinkie and Rarity would be less hostile and remain unbiased. She would ask them later when she feels better. This human didn't deserve to be treated in such an unkind manner, and she decided to stand up to anyone who treated him less favourably just because he’s human.

She left the house, crestfallen as Rarity put a comforting arm around her in an attempt to cheer her up.

“Come on darling, let’s go to the hospital and make sure he’s OK,” said Rarity softly.

“OK,” the timid pegasus replied with a small smile.

Gordon's house was empty once again.

Gordon woke up a few hours later. Feeling a little sore he tried to get up but something was preventing him. As his senses slowly came back he realised he was in a hospital room, the smells of a hospital filling his nose. He tried moving again but once more he was unsuccessful. It was then he could feel soft padding around his wrists, ankles and strapping across his chest, waist and just above his knees.

He realised he was strapped down to the bed, he again tried wriggling himself free but the straps wouldn't give at all. He sighed in frustration.

Another matter came to his attention. One that did not help at all.

Great. Now I need to pee.

The cool air breezed through her mane as she flew through the air in her chariot, below Princess Celestia could see the town that she had grown close to over the years. Ponyville. Residence of her very own student Twilight Sparkle. Normally Celestia would look forward to visits to this town but today was not the case.

Earlier, her studious protégé sent her a letter containing very disturbing information.

A human had appeared in Ponyville.

Celestia had to suppress her rage as she read the letter. She remembered the day they came. There were many humans that arrived and as Princess she welcomed them with open arms. For a short while there was peace. Celestia even had places of worship built for the humans so that they could practice their faith.

However, if you give a mouse a cookie...

Before long the humans started pillaging villages and killing her subjects for refusing to convert to their faith. The humans killed her subjects in the most horrific ways, mares were raped, stallions were castrated, children were.....

Celestia has to stop thinking of what happened. It's too much for her to bare. She wouldn't let the same mistake happen again. This human wouldn't see the outside of a dungeon for the rest of its' life.

“What do you plan on doing to the human?”

Celestia looked to her sister with a chilling glare, “I will see to it that this human will never cause problems again.”

Luna was concerned. Her sister was behaving in a very irrational way and she would need to watch her just in case she does anything rash.

“Just don’t let your hatred of humans cloud your judgement Tia, there is a difference between justice and revenge.”

Celestia could only nod, “I won’t let it get to me Lulu.”

A short while later the chariot touched the ground and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna disembarked. The diarchs were led to the room where he was being held. As they approached the room they heard talking.

"All I'm asking for is to let me go so I can go to the toilet. Is that really too much to ask?"

"SILENCE HUMAN!!"

Celestia recognised the louder voice as that of Twilight Sparkle.

She slowly opened the door and saw her faithful student and the other Elements of Harmony. She mentally breathed a sigh of relief to see that her precious student and friends were unharmed. Had that filthy ape hurt them, even in the slightest, then it would suffer severely for it.

She looked at the human laying on the bed, pleased to see it was securely restrained. She just hoped it would be enough until she could move it to a more secure dungeon cell beneath Canterlot Castle.

She turned her attention back to her subjects wearing her motherly ‘Princess smile’.

"Rise, my subjects," said Celestia.

“Princess Celestia,” replied Twilight, “I’m glad to see you though I wish it was under better circumstances.”

“Agreed my faithful student. I assure you, it will be dealt with and will not cause problems.”

“Are you sure? I mean it’s a human, they will stop at nothing to fulfil their enjoyment of killing.”

“Twilight I assure you, it will be dealt with.”

“‘IT’ HAS A NAME!”

Turning to look at the human, her warm smile turned into a glare so fierce even Chuck Norris would shit bricks.

“HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT HUMAN! I AM PRINCESS CELESTIA! SOL INVICTUS OF THE SUN! YOU WILL SPEAK TO ME WITH RESPECT HUMAN!”

Gordon’s face paled and his heart beat sky rocketed. Though he was absolutely terrified he managed to hold himself together well enough to respond.

“Respect is earned, not given away. I will not respect you when you refer to me as ‘it’, and continue to do so acting like I’m not even in the room. My name is Gordon and I would appreciate it if you could address me as such.”

Celestia glared at the human. Not only did it dare shout at her, it even answered her back. She refrained from losing her temper again as she decided this human would already be punished severely. For now she decided to get answers from it.

"What are you doing here human?" asked Celestia with a hate filled tone, venom dripping from every word.

Speaking cautiously and more calmly form before, he answered, "If you're referring to my being here in Equestria, I have no idea. I certainly didn't plan on it and considering the warm reception I’ve received I certainly would never come here voluntarily."

"What are your plans?" she asked, not believing a word it said.

"I have no plans as such but what I would like is to be let go so I can go back to my house. There may be something there than can explain my being here."

"The only place you are going human is the dungeon."

Gordon started to panic, his heart rate raising so much it felt like it would beat its ways out of his chest, "Why? I haven't done anything wrong. Your subjects are the ones that broke into my home and they attacked me without provocation. If anything they should be punished."

Celestia flared her wings and charged towards Gordon, getting so close to his face he could almost feel her muzzle. Her teeth clenched she grabbed hold of his shirt collar with an iron grip.

"YOU DARE ACCUSE MY INNOCENT PONIES OF SUCH ACTS AND TELL ME WHAT TO DO IN MY OWN KINGDOM!!"

Gordon instinctively tried to move away from her but the straps held him firmly in place. His voice quivered in fear as he responded, "I'm not accusing, I'm stating what happened. It’s clear your misanthropy is clouding your judgement so why don’t you leave before it causes you to do something you’ll regret."

That caused Celestia to feel a burning, inconsolable rage she had not felt in nearly eight centuries. She raised her hand and slapped Gordon's face with considerable force, the sound echoing throughout the room. A chorus of gasps could he heard from the gathered ponies. Gordon felt more frightened than ever and there was nothing he could do to defend himself.

"SISTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" shouted a shocked Luna.

Celestia said nothing. Instead she looked at the hand she used to slap Gordon and noticed the terrified look in his teary eyes and the large red bruise on his face. Celestia let go of his collar and quickly left the room not saying a word to anyone.

Twilight ran after Celestia leaving the rest of the Main Six and Princess Luna. They all looked shocked at the event that just transpired. None of them expected that, not from Princess Celestia. Fluttershy walked up to Gordons' bedside and put a comforting hand on his cheek, now showing a large red bruise.

"Don't worry, you'll be OK. Princess Celestia didn't mean any of what she said. And she'll be really upset later that she hit you."

"I find that very hard to believe considering how I've been treated since I got here," Gordon replied venomously, the stinging pain in his cheek adding to his misery.

The girls all looked a little guiltily at each other as they realised they could have handled this better.

"What's going to happen with me, because if you plan to put me in a dungeon for the rest of my life you may as well execute me now."

The gathered ponies all went wide-eyed at this.

"Why would you wish such a thing?" asked Fluttershy.

"Your beloved Princess wants to lock me away for the rest of my life. Would you want to spend the rest of your life in a dungeon when you've done nothing wrong?"

"No, I suppose not," replied Fluttershy timidly.

"You do not have to fear such a prospect Gordon."

Gordon looked up and noticed a dark blue alicorn approach.

"What do you mean?"

"Your house and yourself appeared during the night. I rule during the night and as such I will decide your fate."

"And what will my fate be?"

Luna looked at the human and could see he was clearly scared out of his wits. He was not acting at all like humans were said to behave. She would have to look into the appearance of the first humans in more detail.

"You shall be released from the hospital once you have been given the all clear from the doctor and be permitted to live in your own home. So long as you abide by our laws and respect our customs, we will have no quarrel with you. I shall also grant you a residency permit and arrange for you to be given official identification. You will have the same rights and protection as any other subject."

“You’re just going to let me go, what will happen if others break into my home an attack me?” he asked giving an accusatory glare at the others.

Luna pondered the thought before coming up with a mutually beneficial idea, “I will send two of my guards to watch over you. This will allow us to observe your behaviour and it will also mean protection for you.”

“You want to spy on me?”

“Observe. From what I know humans have a bad reputation in Equestria,” she said with a pained expression, “By allowing us to observe you by assigning guards, you allow us to receive feedback from reputable and reliable sources.”

“It sounds like I don’t have much of a choice. Fine I’ll accept. Just tell whoever you send that my house is my domain, ergo I make the rules and my authority there will be acknowledged and respected.”

“They would merely escort you when you are outside, they will not enter your home unless you wish them to or if they are required to.”

Gordon didn’t want any of these things near his property but he wasn’t exactly in a position to argue.

"Fine,” he said irritably, “What’s your name anyway?”

"I am Princess Luna and I shall make necessary arrangements. I bid you farewell Gordon."

Luna left the room, leaving a still restrained Gordon with the five girls.

"So, what are your names. We never really introduced ourselves."

"I'm Fluttershy," replied the yellow Pegasus.

"I'm Rarity," replied a white unicorn.

"AND I'M PINKIE PIE!" yelled a pink pony.

Gordon looked at the two remaining ponies who remained silent.

"Who are you two?" asked Gordon in a polite tone.

"We don't answer to you human!"

"Rainbow Dash that is no way to speak to our guest," replied Fluttershy.

"Why not? It's only a human."

"That doesn't mean we should treat HIM differently," replied Fluttershy.

"Whatever, I'm leaving," she huffed.

Rainbow left without saying another word. As did the other girl who just gave him a cold hard stare that could freeze ice.

"Who was the other girl?" asked Gordon.

"That was Applejack," replied Rarity.

He sighed, "What do you girls think of me?"

"Well," stared Fluttershy, "We know you're human, but humans have been here before and they weren't very friendly. That was a long time ago though and ponies still believe those stories."

"Are all ponies afraid of humans?"

"Not all, one here in Ponyville is adamant that humans abhor violence and are in fact very friendly. Her name's Lyra."

"I'll have to meet her if that's OK?"

"I'm sure she'd love it."

"Anyway, could one of you undo these straps?"

The girls looked at each other hesitantly, "We would but we should check with the doctor first."

Gordon groaned but decided getting angry now would only ensure he spends even longer tied to the bed.

Stay calm now get angry later he reminded himself.

Rarity went off to get the doctor who promptly removed the straps once he returned. The doctor told Gordon that Luna had informed him of the situation and he was free to go. The doctor apologised for restraining Gordon but he stated he was following procedure.

Gordon refrained from unleashing a furious verbal tirade on how stupid and prejudiced he felt that procedure was and simply left the hospital with Rarity, Pinkie and Fluttershy and went back to his house. As they made their way back Gordon was attracting a lot of stares, some mares even screamed and ran away.

Pathetic.

Ignoring the behaviour of the townsfolk he made it back to his house and outside stood Luna and some of her Thestral Guard.

"Gordon, you made it here without trouble I see?"

"Some of the townsfolk were scared of me but I wasn't attacked. Are these the guards that will be spying on me?" asked Gordon, slightly wary of Luna's seven foot height.

Luna sighed at the snarky comment but decided to ignore it. Considering what he’s been through today he is understandably edgy, “These are the two guards that are assigned to you. I have already instructed them in their tasks.”

"Thanks. I don’t mind at all being spied on in my own home."

Luna sighed again before lighting up her horn and out of thin air appeared several scrolls and gave them to Gordon.

“Here are the documents you will need to legally reside in Equestria.”

Gordon stood there open mouthed.

"What was that you just did?"

"Magic. Have you not seen it before?"

Gordon shook his head, "Magic doesn't exist in my world."

Luna giggled, "Don't let Twilight Sparkle hear you say that."

"Twilight....the purple one?"

Luna nodded.

"I get the distinct impression she doesn't like me."

Luna stepped forward and placed a comforting hand on Gordon's shoulder, "Do not despair Gordon. I firmly believe in you. Farewell."

Luna left, leaving Gordon, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie to their business. The two Thestral Guards stood close by to Gordon, eyeing him suspiciously.

"Shall we," said Gordon as he motioned with his hand to his house.

The girls followed him inside, whilst the guards remained outside, and to Gordon's relief the house had been left undisturbed. He went into the front room and invited the girls to sit down and make themselves comfortable whilst he made a pot of tea.

After a few minutes he came back holding a tray with a large pot of tea, four cups and saucers, sugar and milk. He set the tray down on the coffee table and offered to pour the girls some tea, an offer that went well with Rarity.

"Thank you darling, you're such a gentlecolt."

"Thank you. I suppose I'll need to get used to the different terminology. It'll take even longer to get used to being amongst sapient non-humans. I might look like I'm taking it easy but I'm far from it. I suppose still having my own home with me helps."

"Indeed," replied Rarity, "And it looks like a truly delightful home as well."

"It's custom made. It was only finished six months ago. It wasn't cheap either. What is it you girls do?"

Rarity spoke first, "I'm Ponyville's resident fashion designer. I run my own boutique."

Fluttershy soon followed, "I take care of the animals."

Pinkie loudly finished off, "And I make cakes and organise parties."

At that moment, Pinkie froze and went wide-eyed.

"IJUSTREMEMBEREDSOMETHINGIHAVETOGO!"

And in an instant she disappeared.

"What happened?" asked a confused Gordon.

"Pinkie happened darling."

"You say that like it's normal."

"Trust me darling, it is."

Gordon just nodded before changing the subject, "Would either of you like some caramel crispies?"

The two girls nodded so Gordon went to the kitchen to fetch some. Whilst he was away Fluttershy and Rarity had a quick exchange of words.

"If he's an evil monster intent on harming us then I'm Nightmare Moon," whispered Rarity.

"I know," whispered Fluttershy back, "He's so nice. We need to convince the others."

"Agreed."

Just then Gordon came back with a large box containing caramel crispies and white chocolate crispies.

"Here, try some," said Gordon as he offered the box to the girls.

Fluttershy and Rarity both reached on and took some. The look of joy on their faces told Gordon all he needed to know.

"Gordon these are simply smashing."

"My mother made them."

At that moment, he remembered what today was supposed to be and who was going to visit.

"My mother," he said as tears started to form, "She was going to come today. When she gets to where my house was and sees it isn't there..."

Gordon broke down. He is very close to his mother. Seeing their new friend upset, both Fluttershy and Rarity sat beside Gordon and gave him a consoling hug.

"Don't worry darling. You'll see her again, we promise."

BACK IN CANTERLOT CASTLE

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT LUNA?" bellowed Celestia, "THAT FILTH SHOULD BE ROTTING IN THE DUNGEONS, NOT LIVING A LIFE OF LUXURY. IT KNOWS NO WAY OTHER THAN THAT OF VIOLENCE AND BLOODSHED!"

"YOU DARE CALL HIM FILTH AND CALL HIM VIOLENT WHEN YOU WERE THE ONE TO HIT HIM!"

Celestia recoiled at that. She knew that was inexcusable behaviour, she assaulted another being without provocation. She wouldn’t tolerate her subjects behaving in such a manner yet she behaved like that herself.

"I regret my actions. But it does not change the fact that it is dangerous. The human's return to Equestria will be a danger to us all."

"Just like my return?"

Celestia looked up to see Luna with tears falling down her face. Celestia felt like she herself had just been hit. As much as she hated to admit it, there are comparisons to Luna's return and the human's arrival. They both have less than stellar reputations and both have not so flattering stories about them. Also, as the humans appeared after Luna's banishment, her judgement wouldn't be affected by personal feelings.

"I shall apologise to the human."

Not hearing a response from Luna, Celestia looked up and saw that she had left.

Celestia felt dejected. She had argued with her sister and given the human justifiable grounds for retaliatory action.

Not even cake would lift her mood now.