Guardian Chap 3

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chapter 3

David yawned and opened his eyes. He had never slept that well in a long time. "Well time to get ready." He hopped out of his bed and walked over to the mirror in front of Twilight's bed. He stared for a while at the young man looking back at him. His brown hair hung all over his face and in front of his silver eyes. "Mom always said these eyes made me special." He removed his t-shirt to change into something more formal. David was a 5'9 210lb former football player. He did have a bit of gut on him but only because his coach wanted him to be a lineman. He made up for it by having very broad shoulders that could carry massive amounts of weight. David suddenly stopped changing when he realized something; he didn't have his suitcase with him. As he placed his t-shirt back on, he noticed Twilight looking at him from her room. "AHH! Twilight, uh, I was just uh." He stopped when he noticed her cheeks were bright red. "I… uh just wanted to let you know that I'm ready to go when you are." David quickly put his T-shirt back on and followed Twilight downstairs. As they approached the door, Twilight suddenly stopped. "Okay, since this will be your first time in Ponyville, I think everyone might be a little shocked to see you. So we're going to meet all my friends first so they can see that you're okay."  "Yeah and I can thank all of them for helping me." David added. Twilight smiled and walked out the door, David following close behind. What David saw amazed him, the town was bustling with activity, and ponies going from here to there full speed ahead. Twilight tugged at his shirt, "Come on slowpoke, I'll show you the sights on the way to Sweet Apple Acres." As they walked through the town Twilight pointed out the sights to David. "That's Sugercube Corner over there." she said pointing to a building that David thought looked like a giant gingerbread house. "My friend Pinkie Pie works there as chief party planner, we'll meet her later" she added.

  As they continued to walk out of the town toward a giant barn in the distance David suddenly heard a sharp whistling in his ear. He knew the sound anywhere, from all the war movies he'd seen, something was diving on the both of them. He instinctively grabbed Twilight yelling at her to get down as they both hit the dirt as the object zoomed over. "AW MAN, why'd you have to go and ruin the fun!" a voice called out. David looked up from the ground and saw a light blue flying pony with a rainbow mane and tail. "That was going to be the perfect prank!" David's angered flared, "If dive-bombing someone and scaring the crud out of them is your idea of a prank I'd hate to see a normal joke!" he yelled. "Rainbow Dash what were you thinking!" Twilight addressed the pony angrily. "Hey it was just a prank, lighten up egghead." Rainbow dashed sneered. "That's Rainbow Dash, a friend of mine. She wants to be an aerial performer. She's got some good tricks." Twilight said dusting her mane off. "GOOD TRICKS!!??" Rainbow shouted. "My tricks are way better than good tricks, there 20% cooler than awesome tricks." She said performing a backflip in front of David. David couldn't help but find himself drawn in by this pony's tomboyish attitude. "If you're as good as you say you could probably fly with the Blue Angels." He said. Rainbow's eyes flashed and she flew right into David's face. "Who are the Blue Angels? Are they an acrobatics team?" she asked practically drooling. "Yep, back on Earth where I'm from they do airshows all the time, they live for adrenaline. If you're interested I have a picture of them in my suitcase. When I find it, if I find it, it's yours Rainbow Dash." he said smiling. Rainbow suddenly spit in her right front hoof. "Promise?" she asked eyeing David suspiciously. David spit in his right hand. "Promise." he said shaking her hoof. "Man you're pretty cool for uh… for uh…" she stumbled with the right word for what David was. "Human" David answered for her. "Yeah that's it. OHMIGOSH, I'm late for practice, I'll see you two later." she shouted as she took off.  Twilight looked at her watch on her leg. "We're late too come on."

Twilight led David onto a farm filled with apple trees as far as the eye could see. As they approached Twilight called out to someone in the barn. "Applejack we're here." Her call was soon answered by a southern rich accent. "All right, yall hold your horses I 'ma coming." An orange pony with a cowboy hat, and slightly stronger looking frame appeared from the barn and walked over to David and Twilight. "Howdy Twilight, good to see yall." She turned and looked at David, her cheeks suddenly blushing. "And a howdy to you too. I'm Applejack." David shook her hoof and spoke in his own southern accent. "A pleasure to meet ya'll little filly." Applejack smiled, "I like you, and it's good to see your up and moving." David nodded, "Yep, I owe you and all Twilights other friends for helping me." "Ah it ain't no problem, happy to help." David then spotted another pony behind Applejack who he assumed was her sister. "Who's this?" David asked pointing to the opwhite filly with the red bow in her hair. "That's my little sister Applebloom." AJ said pushing her toward David. "Go on say Hi Applebloom." Applebloom just stared at David until he spoke up. "Well howdy do Applebloom, if you ain't the cutest thing I've ever seen." he said rubbing her mane. Applebloom smiled and finally spoke. "Thank you, yall are really nice." she finished speaking and trotted off. David realized she was just shy, and he didn't blame her, she had never seen a human before. "Well I just wanted to introduce you to David AJ, but we got to meet Rarity now." Twilight said turning back toward Ponyville. "Alright then, ya'll come back now ya hear?" AJ shouted as they left.

David couldn't help being drawn in by Applejack's kindness and happy go lucky attitude. As David and Twilight headed back into town David noticed they were heading for a round tent shaped building. "This is Carousel Boutique, where my friend Rarity designs clothes for other ponies." Twilight said opening the door. As David entered however he was struck by a piece of clothing smacking him right in the face. As he removed it from his face he saw another unicorn pony with pure white fur and a purple mane tossing clothes out of his suitcase! "No, no, no, no, no." she continued to say as she threw the clothes across the entire boutique. The boutique was definitely shique, and was surrounded by different fabrics and mannequins lining the windows very beautifully. Rarity sighed "These clothes are just so…" before she could finish David spoke up "What's wrong with the clothes miss Rarity?"  "Oh nothing they just WAHAHA!" She screamed when she turned and saw David. "It's okay Rarity, from what I've heard and seen you're an expert on fashion and beauty so please tell me the truth." David said winking at her. Rarity giggled as she spoke. "There's nothing wrong with your clothes darling, their just so interesting. Interesting, but slightly dull." (Well they are just plain old clothe, nothing fancy) David thought. "Enough of that though dear, I'm just glad to see you're back on your feet. You were in quite a mess when we found you." David smiled at Rarity's kindness and beauty until a thought struck him. "Wait if my suitcase is here… then where is my sword, my pistol and necklace?" David asked both Rarity and Twilight. "It's all back at my house David, you don't need to worry about a thing." Twilight said smiling. David breathed a sigh of relief as he heard that his treasures were safe. "Oh David, is this yours?" Rarity asked levitating David's ocarina over to him. "YES!" David cheered while embracing Rarity. "Thank you for finding it Rarity." David realizing what he had done quickly broke out of the hug blushing. "Sorry." he said quietly. Rarity only smiled and handed the ocarina to him. "I'll take your suitcase and clothes back to Twilights house David, and I'll personally make you some new clothes." Rarity said. "Thanks Rarity that means a lot." Twilight spoke up after David finished speaking. "Thanks again Rarity, I'll see you tomorrow."

As David left the boutique he realized how hypnotized he had been by Rarity's beauty and charm. His thoughts were soon interrupted by his stomach growling. "Geez, I'm starving. Is there a good place to eat around here Twilight?" Twilight's stomach suddenly growled after David finished. "I guess I'm hungry too. Let's head to Sugarcube Corner." She said as she took off running toward the Bakery. David took off running after her, and entered Sugarcube Corner at full speed.  When he walked in however, all the lights were off and it was quiet. "Uh… Hello? Twilight? Where are you?" he asked as he walked inside. The lights suddenly flashed on blinding David, causing him to stumble around to the shouts of "SURPRISE!!" As David's vision returned he saw all of the ponies he had met earlier along with some he'd never met. As he looked up he saw a banner that said "Welcome to Ponyville David!!" Twilight came up and took him around and introduced him to everypony he had not met yet.

He met Pinkie Pie, the hyperactive pink pony who had set up the party and just couldn't stop bouncing around long enough for David to talk to her. He met Fluttershy the pony who had bandaged him up when he was hurt, which he repaid with a thank you and a kiss on her hoof, to which she blushed and smiled at David. As the party went on David had an idea. "Hey who wants to dance to some music?" he asked removing his ocarina from his pocket. "I do!" yelled Applejack. "Alright then, let's DANCE!" David cheered as he played fast and furious on his ocarina. As he played his mind finally realized that he had found a new home, and a new family to live with.

Ocarina Dance Mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xk_-t3SVBk&feature=relatedusic: Next Chapter: Chapter 4 Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 48 Minutes