Guardian Chap 9

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 9

It didn't take AJ and David long to get back to their friends after finishing the Earth element chapter of the spell book. As they both returned to the Library they were greeted by all of their friends who very happy to see that David had completed the rigorous training. "Darling, with Earth done, who will be your partner as you learn Water?" Rarity asked interested.

The thought had yet to cross his mind. "I don't know, I haven't really thought about it. I guess whoever has time on their hooves." As the friends talked over who should go next, David slipped away from the group to talk to Twilight alone. "So… you wanna talk about that nightmare you had?" he asked as he sat down next to her on the couch. She didn't respond so he pulled her into a tight hug.

He felt the shaking in her body and the beat of her heart as she started to talk. "I… was running from a dark shadow that was chasing me. It just kept following me wherever I went. I… could hear AJ, Rainbow, Pinkie, all of them telling me I shouldn't run from it, but I know better than that. I kept running until I tripped and I thought that would be it… until you saved me." David shook his head. Had he heard that right? He saved her in her dream, how was that a nightmare. "Then… you… were…" she struggled to get the words out as David ran his hand down her back, relaxing her as she spoke. "Swallowed by the dark, and all I could hear was Nightmare Moon's laughter."

She finished and laid her head on David's lap. She hadn't been kidding, that nightmare sounded terrible. As he searched for the right words to speak to her, a thought came into his head. "You know… I had a nightmare too. I was running from Nightmare Moon but she caught me, and said no matter how strong I was, I had one weakness she could exploit." Twilight looked up into his eyes and he could see the fear in her lavender eyes. "That weakness… is my love for you Twilight. You're… like a little sister too me." David braced himself for the gasp of shock, or the stammering questions. To his surprise however all that happened was Twilight's eyes started to water. "You really think of me as a little sister?" she said close to tears. "Yeah… I do. It's like… whenever I'm around you, I feel like I can do anything. I feel almost invincible. I hope this doesn't ruin our friendship, but if you don't want to be my friend anymore I understand."

David lowered his head in shame and looked away waiting for the awkward silence, but it never came. Instead he felt a warm kiss touch the side of his cheek it stayed there for a few seconds and then the warmth vanished. He turned to see Twilight in tears with a huge smile on her face. She jumped into his arms wrapping her entire body around him. "I always wanted a big brother, someone I could talk too or come too when I needed help." She whispered. David held on to his little sister for what felt like hours, he felt a feeling of pride rushing through him. He felt like he could stand up to Nightmare Moon and laugh at her, he didn't feel scared at all. "Twilight… I promise that I will always be here for you, I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe, and I will give up my life if it means saving yours." He whispered into her ear.

As they separated David's thoughts flew back to his training. He stood up to walk back over to the group, but before he did, he quickly kissed Twilight's cheek and winked at her as he walked over to the others. "So have you all decided who's going to be with me during my water training?" He asked as he walked up. Rarity turned and smiled; "Well of course it will be me darling, who else would it be?" David smiled; he always thought Rarity would be fun to hang out with.

"Alright then Rarity, meet me by the Ponyville Lake tomorrow around say… 9:00AM?" He asked sliding his hands down into his pant pockets. "Of course darling, I'll meet you there at 9:00 sharp, I'll even bring some things to read while you work." She said flaunting her eyelashes. "Rarity the point of watching David is to help him learn the spells." AJ snapped. "Well of course I'll help him learn the spells. I'll merely be out of his way so he can focus and concentrate." She snapped back. "That ain't helping!" "Is so!" "Is not!" The argument continued until Fluttershy spoke up.

"Um… I don't mean to interrupt but we have our spa get together tomorrow at 2:00 Rarity. You won't miss it will you… I mean if you have too that's fine." She said nearly whispering her words. "Don't worry Fluttershy. Rarity will be there I guarantee it." David said smiling. Fluttershy smiled and nodded at David, as he began to break up the arguing AJ and Rarity. As the day wore on David and the others met once again at the library which David and Pinkie Pie had redubbed Guardian Central. It was really called Guardian "Party" Central, but David changed the name to make it sound more serious. As they gang sat around eating muffins, cupcakes, and cake, David suddenly spoke up. "You know back on Earth when friends want to get to know each other usually ask what they want to do with their lives. What do you all want to do?"

He asked. Each mare had her own answer, AJ wanted to continue to run the farm, while Rarity wanted to design clothes for Celestia. Rainbow Dash wanted to join the Wonderbolts a group of ponies that fly at airshows, and Pinkie wanted to keep throwing parties which didn't really surprise David. Fluttershy hoped to open an animal hospital, and Twilight hoped to one day run the Canterlot Library. When it was his turn David told his whole life plan. He told them that he wanted to be a soldier like his dad, but his foster parents would never let him. He planned to do it anyway, with or without his foster parent's permission and once there he would honor his father's name and legacy. As the night set in everyone went their separate ways to sleep.

As David climbed into his bed and Twilight crawled into hers, their eyes met and he got up and jumped into her bed. "How'd you know...?" She started to say but he placed his finger on her lips. "I'm your brother remember? I know all about you and when you're scared." Twilight blushed too embarrassed to admit that she was scared of another nightmare. David slipped his arms around her. "I'll hold you close tonight; let's see if those nightmares' come back." He said smiling. Twilight slowly pulled herself as close to David as possible, so close he could feel her warm breath. "Goodnight Twilight." He whispered. "Goodnight big brother and thank you." She whispered back. As David fell into a deep sleep to the rhythm of Twilight's heartbeat he finally realized something. Twilight was a member of his family now. He would love her and never let go. She was all that David had, and no nightmare or coming evil would hurt her. They would have to go through him first and the only way through him was over his cold dead corpse. Next Chapter: Chapter 10 Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 15 Minutes