Of Farmers and Ponies
Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Waking up with the same problems
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Celestia and Luna fly together towards Sweet Apple Acres when they both notice something large on the ground before them and head down to check it out with Luna saying, "That thing must belong to him I assume, the scorch mark on the ground where the lighting struck is clearly visible. Perhaps this thing is the tractor that they were pushed through the side of the , this must be what they call a tractor Cece. I never thought that a rogue magic storm could do such a thing as transport a different being or even items before, have you sister?"
Celestia and Luna land on the ground, wanting to check out the large tractor when Celestia says, "It's easily three times taller than us! I wonder what this thing does that Roger finds so helpful?" She then stops talking when she feels herself step into something wet and sticky and looks down to see that she has stepped into a pool of blood, getting it on the bottom part of her front hooves and jumps back as her eyes widen and says, "I think I found where they landed Lulu, they did indeed come from that tractor." She then uses magic to clean the blood off her hoof and then looks at her sister.
Her sister comes to look at it and says, "That is indeed true, and look at this. There is a trail leading away to somewhere, let's follow it to see where it leads us. Perhaps whoponyever found him, went and got help for him already. Come on sis let's go."
At Ponyville General, twenty minutes ago...
Dr. Greymare is quickly working on getting the severed veins back together and says, "Thank Celestia that no major organs were damaged beyond repair, because we have no viable replacements for him. Veins, muscles, bone, tendons, and even nerves are simple to repair, but replacing organs is another deal entirely."
Nurse Redheart continues to apply suction to keep the area where the doctor is working visible and says, "I am just very glad that somepony found him in time, he is rather tall for a male. Don't you think so doctor?"
Dr. Greymare shrugs and says, "I suppose that he is definitely taller than Celestia, my question is. Where did he come from to have to develop such thick hide?"
Ten minutes later, at Ponyville General
Luna and Celestia enter the hospital, following the trail of blood that led them here and find that it ends just up ahead and look around to see if anypony knows what happened to the creature that was brought in then see Rainbow Dash and Applebloom bowing before them as Luna says, "Rise Rainbow Dash and Applebloom. We are grateful that you bow to us, but we are not here for official matters. We have a question that needs to be answered. Did you happen to see or find out what happened to the newly arrived human that appeared on the border of Sweet Apple Acres?"
Rainbow Dash smiles and says, "Yeah, they're in surgery while Twilight's in the observation room. She's anxiously hoping that they are gonna live, she has questions for them already."
Luna smiles at Celestia and to Rainbow Dash saying, "Thank you very much for telling us that, Rainbow Dash. We too hope that they will live, we have learned through brief conversation in the Dream Realm that this human happens to be a farmer and shall assist us with our current food crisis. They have come from a planet called Earth, this planet is not the same one that you all have visited before where the humans skins are various colors. Other than that though, I cannot tell you. One thing I can inform you of is that they have hardships of their own as well, we are going to head to the observation room. Would you care to come with us Rainbow Dash?"
Rainbow Dash chuckles and blushes, then rubs the back of her head with a hoof saying, "I would go with you, but the sight of blood makes me queasy. So I have to kindly decline your offer, but thank you for thinking of me."
She continues to smile and says, "Very well then, we shall find out how the operation is going. We shall all meet them soon enough." She and Celestia then continue towards the observation room to find out if they are going to survive.
Applebloom smiles and says, "Did ya hear that Rainbow Dash? Princess Luna said that they're a farmer, wonder if they're like us Apples?!"
Rainbow Dash smiles and says to her, "I'm not sure squirt, we will have to find out if and when they come out of surgery."
Pinkie Pie is beside Twilight and Applejack, answering the question Twilight asked her saying, "I knew about his arrival due to my 'Pinkie Sense' telling me."
Twilight and Applejack both look at her strangely and say in unison, "HE?"
Twilight then continues saying, "Wait a second Pinkie, how do you know that the creature is a male?"
She smiles and says, "Yepperooni, couldn't you tell by how his body looks? The broad shoulders, how tall he is, his big hands, how his body is shaped? It all just screams guy, duh!"
The bookworm chuckles with Applejack and says, "Well, at the moment we were too concerned with their health to notice details about them. The only thing we saw was the injury and didn't look at anything else."
Pinkie smiles and says, "It was a good thing too that you didn't take the time to check him out in detail, he wouldn't have survived otherwise."
Luna walks through the door as she hears Applejack say, "How do ya know that he is gonna live Pinkie? He isn't out of surgery yet."
She chuckles and says, "It is the 'Pinkie Sense' that told me that Applejack. Hey Princesses Luna and Celestia, you came to see how Roger is doing right?"
Twilight and Applejack gasp and bow as Luna chuckles saying, "Yes we did Pinkie Pie, did your Pinkie Sense tell you that as well? Please rise Applejack and Princess Twilight, we are not here in an official manner. Thank you for bowing anyway, we must know which one of you found him first and got him help?"
Applejack then speaks up and says, "Applebloom found him first and then sent Spike to get Twilight and bring her to him, after Spike left, she came and woke me and brought me to him. Sadly, there wasn't anything that we were able to do 'cause Twilight agreed with me that he needed medical attention that we could not provide."
Celestia smiles and then says, "That was a very wise and fast decision to make, I shall commend you all for your swift actions. The four of you have worked together and saved Roger's life, that is a big deal. He has agreed to help us out with our food situation, I shall inform you later on how we know that after finding out for sure that he is going to make it."
Twilight then says, "Well Princess Celestia, Pinkie Pie's 'Pinkie Sense' is never wrong. So can you please tell us what you know about him?"
She looks to Luna and says, "I cannot tell it to you because it is not my story to tell. Sister, do you want to tell them what you experienced in the Dream Realm earlier today?"
Luna smiles and blushes saying, "Do I have to tell them everything?"
Celestia chuckles and reassures her sister saying, "Only if you want them to know Luna."
She fidgets with her hooves a little and says, "Well they are my friends, and they rescued me from Nightmare Moon a few years ago. Okay, I shall tell you everything then." She then begins to tell how she felt someone entering the Dream Realm a little while ago, then goes into the actual story.
Twenty minutes later
Twilight is in shock at how different his world is from theirs and says, "I would love to attempt to prove that there were actually two planets or just the one there, that sounds like a really fun challenge actually."
Rainbow shivers and pokes a little fun at Twilight saying, "Royal geek. I actually find how the weather isn't controlled by anypony, very creepy."
Applejack then hangs her head and says, "Ah feel sad at hearin' what he decided to do with his whole herd of cows. Ah don't understand what their money's like, but ah would guess that it was very costly and hurt his farm quite a bit."
Twilight smiles and says to Luna, "I am glad that you found somepony you're interested in, that is definitely a good thing that came from this experience! I wish you two the best of luck."
Celestia grins and lightly chuckles at how her sister fidgets and blushes saying, "Awww, don't feel embarrassed sister. Be proud that somepony likes you for who you are."
Luna blushes even more and says, "I can't help it, it just feels so embarrassing when I haven't looked for a special somepony in so many years."
An hour later, in surgery
Dr. Greymare wipes the sweat off his forehead with a sleeve and says, "Ok Nurse Redheart, please close him up and take him to a recovery room that he will fit into. That was the smoothest surgery that I ever had, I can't believe that it only lasted two hours. I shall go inform them that he's going to make it and should wake up shortly." He then makes his way to clean up and speak to the ponies in the observation room.
Luna listens as Dr Greymare informs them that the surgery went well and he will be waking up in a bit. She then hears him tell her how Nurse Redheart is searching for a room that he will fit in and will inform them which room she placed him in. Luna then smiles and says, "Thank you so much for saving his life Dr. Greymare, please send the bill to the crown."
The doctor smiles and says, "Well heck, it ain't solely on us. The rest of it is on those that found him and got him here so quickly, if they hadn't done that, we couldn't have done our job. Please make your way to the waiting room, so Nurse Redheart can find you."
Nurse Redheart sets him up in room 11 and makes her way to the waiting room and finds a bigger group waiting for her than she expected and is shocked when she sees not just Princess Luna there, but Princess Celestia there as well. She shakes her head free from the shocking moment and greets them all saying, "I just finished taking him to room 11 and got him all set up, he should be waking up within a few minutes after the anesthesia wears off. Do any of you know if he has a place to stay? He will be able to leave in a couple of days when his body has a little time to recover first."
Pinkie Pie suddenly grins and says, "I think he does, because that strange storm brought over things that don't really look like they belong to ponies."
Twilight furrows her brow curiously and asks, "How do you know that Pinkie? Wait, don't tell me. Your 'Pinkie Sense' told you that too."
She laughs and says, "No of course not silly, I went over to see what happened over there. I wanted to know why the lightning was so busy over there, boy does he have some strange things there. He has really tall ponies over there, and some big cows too. The pigs are a little bit bigger too, but don't talk. The chickens do talk, but they are a tad bit rude. The pigs and his dog are the only ones that don't talk there. Oh and don't get me started with how hyper his dog is, he is worse than me!"
Everypony in the room stares at her with their mouths open in shock as Rainbow Dash says, "There is somepony that is worse than YOU!"
Pinkie frowned and said, "OH YES HE IS! He kept chasing me around the farm barking at me, I was tired after running from him for a full half hour! I finally had enough and yelled stop chasing me all over the farm! at him He then whined and he drooped his ears down and went to his dog house. I felt bad and then went over and apologized to him, 'We can be friends, but we ponies don't like to be chased constantly.' He then licked my cheek, something else happened but I will NOT TALK about it. I have to talk to Fluttershy, Applejack, and Winona later today."
Luna clears her throat and softly says, "Well everypony, I shall go wait in the room for him to wake up. I will be back to inform you all when I have prepared him for seeing the rest of you." She then heads out of the room and makes her way to room 11, eager to meet the one that she finds rather charming.
Ten minutes later in room 11
Luna sits there in a chair next to the bed, patiently waiting for Roger to wake up as she slowly drifts off thinking, 'I wonder what his reaction will be when he learns that he is in a world full of magical creatures that can talk. I will find out when he wakes up, I sure hope that he doesn't start freaking out and hurt himself more.'
Thirty minutes later in room 11
I wake up and see myself in a strange room, finding out that it must be a hospital bed and look around to see the actual figure of the pony that was in my dream a little while ago. I then try to remember what she said her name was and recall it was Princess Luna. I reach over and poke her shoulder, wondering if she really does talk here too. Not getting a response from her, I come up with an idea to mess with her a little bit. I look at her closely and see that she is dark blue in color with her mane actually being transparent, I run my hand through it and notice that it feels just like real hair and say, "Huh, this is neat. Ah wonder if that horn's real?" She stirs in her sleep and mumbles something I can't hear, then goes still again.
I then notice that she has a pair of wings on her back and wonder if they're real or just for show. I drop my hand down slowly, running my fingers down her neck and over her left shoulder. Astonished that she has a coat of hair just like horses on Earth, I enjoy how soft and smooth it is and finally reach her wings. I run the fingertips of my right hand along the length of the wing and give it a light squeeze, feeling something hard in there. I then stroke the underside lightly and hear her softly say "mmm" and raise her wing a little and extend it a bit, the tips of her feathers brush against the bed. I then think, 'Interestin'... Ah'm thinkin' that these wings might actually be real, ah'll hafta be careful when ah move her. Now ah know that the wings are real, ah can find out if that horn up there is real too.'
I then run my fingertips through her coat up towards her neck lightly, not wanting to wake her up. I lightly stretch my fingers out and run them underneath her jaw, and lay the tips on the far side and my thumb on the closest side. Lightly gripping her jaw, I slowly pull her head towards me so I can get a better feel on her horn. I release her jaw and move my hand to her horn carefully, not wanting to bump against her eye and startle her. I see that it is long and has a very small, rounded tip. I then gently wrap my hand around it and move my hand in various directions, seeing her head and neck follow the movements I make. I then think to myself, 'Okay ya idjit, that horn is real as well. So she ain't lyin' about bein' an Alicorn. Ah used to think that Alicorns were a mythical critter, ah wonder what else is real in this world. As a kid, ah used to want to see all kinds of mythical and magical critters. Ah then grew up and stopped believin' in them, ah wonder if ah'm dead and this is heaven or hell. If it's hell, ah may as well make the most of it.'
I then shift my position on the bed so I can place my arm under her chest and test it to learn her weight. Finding that she weighs more that I first thought, I shift my hand lower and feel some small bumps and think, 'Please don't kill me fer havin' a little fun and prankin' ya like this.' I then grunt a little, gripping the other side of the bed underhanded to have more leverage as I apply more strength into my right arm as I lift her from the chair and onto my lap. I let go of the bed rail and use both hands to lift her up and shift her over so she is laying next to me with her right front hoof laying on my stomach and her rear hoof over my right lower leg. To finish positioning her, I gently lift her head up and lay it on top of my chest so that her ear is over my heart and her horn is not against my neck. I then begin watching her while she sleeps and wait for her to notice what is different.
Luna is sleeping soundly and shuffles around a little bit, feeling really warm and comfortable right now on the chair when she hears something beating and thinks to herself, 'Hmmm, that's odd. I don't remember chairs making beating sounds like this, what's going on?' She then slowly wakes up and open her eyes, one eye is held closed as the side of her head is laying on something soft, and warm.
I smirk as she slowly stirs and opens her eye and think, 'Oh this is gonna be good.' I then keep my breathing really quiet and wait for her to connect the dots and realize something is very different.
She then slowly lifts her head up and looks around the room, noticing that she isn't on the chair anymore and thinks, 'I don't remember ever coming up here, how did I end up here from falling asleep in the chair. Did I walk in my sleep, come up here and go back to sleep? Wait a moment, I have never...' Her thoughts are then interrupted and make her forget where she is currently lying.
I grin widely as she seems to notice something off and say, "Evenin' beautiful, did ya sleep well?" I then wait to see her reaction.
Luna goes rigid as she slowly turns her head and neck around and comes face to face, and lips to lips with Roger. Immediately turning beet red and pulls back, and scampers to the end of the bed in a panic at her first kiss being with Roger accidentally. Scrambling to find words, she tries to say, "Ho...uhh...Wh...uhh...you...Di...Kiss me..." She then thinks to herself screaming, 'OH CELESTIA! MY FIRST KISS! OH MY CELESTIA, MY FIRST KISS WAS WITH HIM ACCIDENTALLY! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW SOFT HIS LIPS WERE! HOW DID I EVEN GET HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE! OH CELESTIA I FEEL SO EMBARRASSED AND HAPPY RIGHT NOW!' Her thoughts are cut short as she hears laughing and then calms down and says, "Wait a moment, why are you laughing about it?" She then slowly begins to get angry.
I then can't help but laugh myself to tears at the priceless reaction I got from her and cough in between words, saying, "Oh ah hope ya fergive me fer prankin' ya like that, but ya have to admit that was funny. Ah never meant for it to turn into a kiss 'tween us, yer lips are really soft. Ah like how your coat didn't tickle when our lips touched." I then continue to laugh and cough, smacking the side of the bed at how funny her reaction was.
She then gets mad and stands up on the foot of the bed and squints at him and drops her voice a little bit and says, "I must admit, that prank was indeed funny. The only thing I don't like is that you stole my first kiss!" Her anger gets the better of her, causing her to raise her hoof and strike him across the face with it, leaving a big shoe mark on the side of his face. She calms down and realizes what she did as he lifts a hand to his cheek as blood slowly drips down his hand and onto the sheets. She then tears up and says, "Oh Celestia I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to strike you so hard!" She then jumps off the bed and quickly runs out of the door with tears streaming from her eyes.
I try to reach out and stop her as she jumps off the bed, but is too fast and I sigh and say to myself, "Way to make a good first impression, ya idjit. Ya made an actual princess cry, ah'm such a jackass and so screwed when her sister finds out."
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