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Princess Celestia ([personal profile] sunlightsister) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-07-12 12:22 pm

Suddenly, Princess Celestia! [Open]

Celestia had lived a long life, but the past few days were the strangest she had ever experienced. She had awoken from a pod in a strange chamber, only to find herself whisked away to a strange maze soon after.

This maze had had her most concerned - as Princess of all Equestria, she had duties and responsibilities, after all. She could only hope that her sister Luna was managing on her own, and do her best to escape this maze and return to her beloved subjects.

Escape came unexpectedly though, when Celestia found herself suddenly dropped from the mess hall ceiling, where she landed on top of one of the tables with a thud, her hooves sending plates and trays and cutlery flying in all directions. Have a rather elegant pony - or perhaps a horse? - with a long horn on her forehead, graceful wings adorning her back, and a mane and tail that was a multicolour and gravity-defying sight standing on your table, diners, looking rather bewildered.

"Oh! I'm sorry. I hope I didn't ruin your meal," she said, with a chuckle. Then she looked around at her surroundings, her expression turning concerned. "Now this doesn't look at all like Equestria..."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
The wizard blinked slop out of his eyes, then slowly lifted one hand to wipe his face clean.

"To judge by its taste it comes ruined, so you may have actually improved my day."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
This was just his luck. As he pondered the best way to respond, he drew his wand, flicking it at the mess with a muttered "Evanesco." The fallen plates vanished.

"I am afraid this is going to take quite a bit of explanation. It will all be difficult to believe and hard to hear, but what I am about to tell you is the truth."

He again directed his wand, this time at himself, with an incantation of "Tergeo" to siphon away the slop.

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-12 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll answer that question second, since your first one is more important."

Clean now, and with something resembling his dignity back, Lupin rose from his seat, replacing his wand as he did so. It seemed best to stand.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this news," he began, quite somberly. "You are on a ship traveling between the stars, with many people from many different worlds. We are aboard this ship because the worlds we are from have been destroyed."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-13 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Many people were saved by this ship, and kept in pods. Many of them can't be released safely, but they are at least alive and as well as can be."

Left unspoken, but unfortunately implied, was that 'many' did not mean 'all'.

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-13 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can't tell you if they have or have not," he said, still somber. "But if you are here, it is likely that at least some others are. There's no way to know for sure if someone is in the pods, asleep, or not, and if they are down there, they can't be woken up. You may be alone here, though I hope you're not."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-14 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes. Ah, there are devices you can use..." He reached into one pocket of his robes and produced the omnicomm had had been handed, what seemed like years ago. Even now he only barely understood how to send messages with it. "I expect that any other people from your world will likely stand out on the ship, even given the sort of people who are here. A message could be sent to ask others."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-15 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Now it was his turn to be surprised that she could so readily perform a magical charm, but not terribly so. The fact that she was, in fact, either a winged unicorn or a horned pegasus who spoke had given him some indication that this might be the case.

"Well. Normally you would use the many keys on it to type letters into it, and thus words, but that may not be the easiest way..."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-16 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"You've mastered it about as thoroughly as I have, now. I've no doubt there are accommodations, given the nature of the crew, but this sort of Muggle gadget is far, far away from my areas of knowledge."

Now, if these devices had been sensible magical artifacts, they could all have used them easily. But, Muggles did seem to love complicating things...

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-17 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
And he'd done it again. He rolled his eyes at himself, smiling. "'Muggle' is a term for a person who cannot use magic, as opposed to a witch or wizard, who can."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-19 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Wizards can do magic, Muggles can't," he said, shrugging. "Many wizards will claim that wizards are better, more noble or pure or what have you, but, though I only rarely interact with Muggles, I don't believe that is the case."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-19 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
To her first question, he shrugged. "There is no physical difference, no. Muggleborn wizards often live all their lives without their parents or friends being any wiser, until the letters arrive accepting them to Hogwarts, or whichever magical school they will be attending. I take it there is such a difference, among your kind?"

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-20 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly true, but clearly this was beyond any knowledge he possessed.

"And they are all intelligent and verbal? Forgive my asking, but on the world I am from, neither unicorn, nor winged horse, nor pony is any of these things, though the unicorn is known to be quite magical."

[identity profile] myboggartismoon.livejournal.com 2011-07-21 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"That is correct," he said, sympathetically. He can guess what a shock it might be to hear of a world where humans were no more than mere animals, unintelligent and even inacapable of magic. "We humans are the dominant creature, as I imagine horses, or rather ponies, are on your world."