Quentin and the Mane Six had decided to have lunch at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie's place of work.

"Ohh Quentin, you're going to love Sugarcube Corner. It's the best bakery in all of Equestria!'' Pinkie chirped, bouncing happily.

Quentin laughed. "I'm sure it is Pinkie. Man I'm so hungry I could eat a-'' he began but Spike cut him off.

"A gem? A large, delicious, sapphire gem?'' Spike licked his lips and hung his tongue out.

The hungry stallion gave the little dragon a weird look and answered with a rather unnerving frown. "Well I don't know about a gem.''

The rest of the ponies had a big laugh. It was almost three o' clock by the time the eight had gotten to Sugarcube Corner. They went Quentin was surprised by the interior. He had believed it when Pinkie Pie said this was the best bakery in Equestria, for the inside was busy with customers. Some waited in line, eager to get their favorite sweets.

"Here we go, a special table for my special friends!'' Pinkie said merrily. They all sat down around the table as Pinkie quickly bounced all around her friends.

"So Quentin, whatcha want to eat hmm , hmmm. HMMMM?'' Pinkie Pie asked eagerly.

Quentin sniffed the air and licked his lips. "How about whatever that sweet smell is,'' he said.

Pinkie Pie beamed. "Oh, that smell is Mr. and Mrs. Cakes' famous triple strawberry cake, boysenberry pie, apple dumplings, and OHHH I'll just get you all of them!'' Pinkie said quickly and excitedly and dashed away to fetch the treats, leaving behind a trail of smoke and before Quentin could blink, she had returned with mountains of treats, cakes, pies, brownies, you name it.

"I hope this is enough?'' Pinkie Pie asked, concerned. Quentin looked at her as if she'd lost her mind. "Pinkie, I think we have more than enough,'' Twilight giggled.

"Oh sweet!'' Pinkie said happily, but then froze in her place, with a blank expression as a wide smile slowly came across her face. "Sweet? Get it...SWEET?!'' Pinkie exclaimed before falling on the ground and laughing hysterically, letting out a rather cute snort as he did so.

Quentin grinned unbelievably at the pink pony while the others rolled their eyes playfully.

"Pinkie Pie you are so...random!'' Quentin finally laughed out.

"Welcome to our world,''' Rainbow Dash smirked, earning a laugh from the rest. The friends started to eat their treats, talking happily with each other.

"So Quentin, tell us bout...yur world,'' Applejack asked, whispering at the last word to avoid being heard, but the other customers were busy enjoying their treats.

The others agreed happily. "Yeah Q, we want to hear all about it!'' Dash said eagerly.

"Yes, you simple must tell us dear,'' Rarity said, batting her eyelashes.

"I would like to hear too, if you don't mind,'' Fluttershy said with a timid smile.

"I agree, please tell us Quentin,'' Twilight smiled with the deepest of interest.

"Alright, alright I'll tell you guys,'' Quentin chuckled, finally giving in. The others leaned in and started to listen eagerly. "Well to tell you the truth, my world is a lot like this one,'' Quentin began.

Really Quentin?'' Spike asked, amazed. Quentin nodded. He then proceeded to tell them things about Earth. He told them about the things humans did. Quentin told them about how humans drove around in cars, how they used computers and laptops to browse the World Wide Web. The stallion told them how Earth had many wonders, including the Pyramid of Giza, the Coliseum in Rome, and the Great Wall of China. He told them for about a good half hour and all through it, the six ponies and the dragon looked at him in awe and wonder, but he noticed Applejack giving him a different look. As Quentin talked, she looked at her friend fondly, resting her elbow on the table and her head on a hoof, completely immersed by the human turned pony.

When Quentin finished telling them everything that he could think of, they stared in amazement.

"Whoa!'' was all Spike could say.

"Simply astounding. Tell me Quentin, are there any famous designers in your world?'' Rarity asked eagerly.

"Well yeah...'' Quentin said slowly.

"Really, like whom may I ask?''

Quentin was afraid of that question. True there were many famous designers, but he was hardly a fashion savvy, so he knew little to none about it or those in the profession.

"Well there's...Vanessa Bruno,'' Quentin finally answered, remembering the name.

Rarity's eyes widened with awe. ''My, with a name like that her skills must be prodigious.''

Quentin just smirked and nodded with a half shrug.

"Um, Q-Quentin?'' Fluttershy asked timidly. Quentin looked at her and gave a warm smile. "D-Does your world have many interesting animals?'' she asked quietly, but hopefully.

"Well of course Futtershy. There are hundreds of species of animals. There are even some that haven't been discovered yet.''

Fluttershy couldn't help but smile widely at the thought of many wonderful and possibly rare animals that exist in her new friend's world. "Oh my, that does sound wonderful. I wish I could meet some,'' Fluttershy flushed.

"And I bet there are lots of libraries filled with books of all kinds,'' Twilight added, smiling brightly at the very thought of many mysterious books and the lessons that could be learned from them.

Quentin chuckled and nodded. "You bet Twilight. In fact, the largest library in my world holds more than twenty million books.''

Twilight couldn't believe what she heard. "Twenty...million...books?! Are you serious?! The library were me and Spike stay at doesn't have NEARLY as many!''

The others rolled their eyes playfully. They knew all too well that Twilight loved to read and study.

"Q were you serious about before. There are NO ponies in your world that can talk?'' Dash asked in disbelief.

The dreadlocked stallion shook his head. "No not one. In fact, no animals in my world can talk.'' The others gasped at the news. "Are you serious?!'' Rainbow cried, causing a few surrounding ponies to look over at them.

"Are you serious?!'' Rainbow whispered, but Quentin just shrugged.

"Yep, that's just how it is.''

"Well I still couldn't see myself living in a world where I couldn't talk...EVER. I mean if you can't talk, how can ponies tell each other jokes or just say HELLO?! I bet the ponies are like 'huh, and 'hmmm, and-'' Pinkie began quickly.

"I'm sure that they would have a lot to say,'' Quentin grinned.

Pinkie Pie, just gave a wide smile. "Well duh they would have a lot to say. I mean, they've never talked in their entire lives, of course everything they want to say is just bottled up like soda!''

Quentin blinked a few times in surprise. "Wait a minute, you guys have soda here?'' he asked.

"Well yeah dude. What did you think, we drank water all the time?'' Dash said, cocking an eyebrow. Quentin looked away embarrassed.

Quentin did had that though in his mind, but not wanting to offend them, he quickly changed the subject. "Well that was certainly the best lunch I've ever had. Thanks a ton Pinkie.''

"Yooooooour very welcome!'' Pinkie chimed, but then gasped. "OH NO!'

"What?!'' the rest gasped

"Fer Celestia's sake Pinkie, what is it?'' Applejack asked.

"I forgot to plan a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party for Quentin!'' Pinkie exclaimed, earning questioning looks from other ponies. The rest of her friends all just looked at her.

"Really Pinkie?'' Twilight asked, leaning her head slightly forward and cocking an eyebrow.

"Well yeah Twilight. I mean, how can somepony new come to Ponyville and NOT get a party?!''

Quentin waved his hooves and shook his head. "Oh no Pinkie Pie that really won't be necessary. I already feel very welcomed here,'' he said laughing awkwardly, but Pinkie was adamant.

"Pssssh yeah right. I'm going to start planning right away!'' and in a blink of an eye, Pinkie had dash from the table with a trail of smoke and up the stairs to another part of the building, mostly likely to her room.

Quentin just stared with a dumb look on his face. "Eh I saw it coming,'' Spike shrugged. "Pinkie Pie threw everypony in town a party at least twice.''

Quentin looked at the little dragon in disbelief. "Wow, that's a lot a parties.''

"Uh that's just Pinkie Pie. So Q, what do ya want to do now?'' Rainbow asked.

Rarity's eyes lit up. "Oh Quentin I MUST show you some of my designs. I just know that you will absolutely love them! I have gotten plenty of opinions from many ponies, but I've never had a human critique my work!''

The male earth pony just smiled kindly. "Sure I would love to Miss Rarity.''

Rarity giggled. "Oh Quentin, Rarity will do just fine thank you. There's no need to use honorifics when you're among friends,'' she blushed, earning a smirk from Quentin.

"And maybe after that, I can show you some of my moves!'' Rainbow Dash declared confidently

"You're on Dash. I swear you fly just as fast as a jet,'' Quentin answered.

"Yeah, right on!'' Rainbow Dash gloated, but then stopped a with a puzzled look on her face. "Yeah, um...what the hay's a jet?''

"Oh a jet's an aircraft that can go real fast back on my world. Sometimes they can travel so fast that they can break the sound barrier,'' Quentin explained.

Dash was speechless. "Whoa, then I REALLY must be like a jet, cuz I can break the sound barrier too. Ever seen a sonic rainboom before?'' Dash asked, cockiness in her voice.

Quentin blinked. "A sonic rainboom? I never knew such a thing existed, let alone heard of it. What is it?''

Rainbow Dash grinned widely as she explained, "A Sonic Rainboom happens when a Pegasus like yours truly goes so fast that BOOM! The sound barrier breaks with a rainbow colored sonic boom ripples through the sky. It's my best move!''

Quentin just stared at the cyan Pegasus in wonder, his mouth slightly ajar. "Shut up. That's unbelievable!''

"Well believe it. Not only have I done it twice, but I'm the ONLY one that can do it. What did you expect, I am the best flyer in all of Equestria!'' Dash said arrogantly, causing the others to roll their eyes.

"A sonic rainboom, now that I would love to see!'' Quentin responded excitement in his voice.

Dash pumped her hooves with a tough smile.

"Well everypony, if yur ready, how bout' we hit the ol dust trail? I'm sure Pinkie will be a while,'' Applejack finally said.

The group of friends all nodded and got up from the table and headed out the door. Luckily for them, Pinkie had said that the food was on the house, considering that Quentin was new here. They walked through the town, it was late afternoon. Colorful ponies everywhere were still going on their usual day.

"So Quentin, how bout that tour on our fine little town?'' Applejack asked as they walked.

"Yeah Applejack, that would be-'' but then a scream cut Quentin off.

"What in tarnation?!'' Applejack cried as Quentin and the others looked around alarmed.

Soon, there were a barrage of screams as ponies everywhere began to run in all directions. "Hey...what's going...? Ugh watch where you're going!'' Rainbow Dash cried as ponies galloped past them, one bumping into her.

"I must say, what's going on?!'' Rarity yelled among the screaming.

Twilight looked confused while Fluttershy and hid behind the group and started shaking out of fear. Quentin just frowned a little with a confused look as he watched the chaotic scene.

"Twilight, what's happening?'' Spike asked, fear in his voice as he climbed on her back.

"I-I don't know Spike. We should ask somepony what's-OH MY EQUESTRIA?!'' Twilight exclaimed.

The eight all retreated a few steps back as they saw what the ponies were screaming and running from as a giant creature stormed into the street and gave an earsplitting roar. The creature had the torso of a lion and the legs of a horse with a long, thick snake for a tail, hissing loudly. It also had a pair of massive dragon wings, but the most frightening features was its head, for it had three of them. The middle was a head of a lion the left was a goat's head with long horns, and the right was a dragon while as a whole it was the same size as the cottages in the town, maybe even more. The creature gave off another roar from its heads.

"Holy...shit!'' Quentin breathed out as he gazed up in fear at the strange and monstrous creature.

"T-Twilight, w-what is that t-thing?'' Spike whimpered, clinging to the purple unicorn's neck.

"That's a chimera. It has three heads, a lion, a goat's, and a dragon's!'' Twilight explained, her eyes gawking at the creature.

"Really Twilight? I'd never would've guessed that by the three heads that it's got!'' Rainbow Dash replied sarcastically, but not forgetting the situation.

Twilight shot her a quick glare. The chimera gave another roar as ponies screamed and ran passed.

"Fluttershy, yur good with critters. Can't ya sooth it or somethin?!'' Applejack asked with a rushed tone.

Fluttershy shook her head furiously. "N-no. I-I'm afraid o-of chimeras!'' Fluttershy squeaked fearfully.

"What? I thought you were afraid of dragons?'' Dash asked with a frown.

"I'm afraid of dragons AND chimeras!'' Fluttershy squeaked again. "Chimeras are said to be untamable!''

Suddenly out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie appeared. "Hey guys. What's up?'' she said bubbly. "You guys ok?''

The others said nothing, just pointed to the chimera. Pinkie whipped around and saw the chimera approaching towards them. At first she looked at it casually with a stern frown, then spoke.

"Alright everypony, follow my led,'' Pinkie said casually, before screaming frantically, dashing back into the store.

"What are we going to do?'' Quentin asked fearfully.

The chimera then suddenly breathed a large ball of fire, which hit a building's roof with a fiery explosion.

"No one does that in MY town!'' Dash yelled bravely and flew off towards it, a rainbow trail behind her.

Gaining her courage, Twilight nodded. "Right, c'mon girls we need to help Dash!''

Rarity looked horrified. "What against that beast?! Just look at the size of that brute. Besides, the fur of its torso and hindquarters clash so terribly."

Just then, another fireball from the chimera barely missed and exploded, sending them flying and scattering about. They got up groggily and Rarity gasped in sheer horror as she noticed some of her beautiful purple tail had been burned off.

"M-My beautiful tail!'' she squeaked, tears forming in her eyes. Then, the tears dried instantly as Rarity glared at the chimera, her eyes burning. "Oh...it...is...ON!'' she seethed and she galloped towards the beast.

"C'mon Fluttershy! Maybe ya can try to calm that varmint!'' Applejack commanded.

Fluttershy shook harder with fear. "B-Bad chimera!'' she squeaked feebly. The chimera roared again, unfazed. "There you go, I tried. I guess I'll be going!'' and with that, Fluttershy tried to fly away, but was caught by Applejack, rolling her eyes irritably.

''Hold yur caboose lil' missy!'' Applejack said firmly. "We need to help our friends!'' Fluttershy looked down in shame.

"I-I know but-'' but she was cut off by another roar and a launch of a massive fireball hitting a nearby, large tent, immediately setting it ablaze.

C'mon girls there's not time to lose. Spike you go back in the store!'' Twilight commanded boldly.

"Nice plan, don't mind if I do!'' Spike responded fearfully and dashed into the nearest shop without hesitation.

Applejack turned to Quentin. "Quentin, yall should go back inside where it's safe as well.''

Quentin blinked a few times. "W-wait what about you girls? I just can't leave and let you fight that thing on your own!'' Quentin argued.

Applejack just chuckled. "Taint nothin, we've wrassled with bigger varmints than this. Now please, get on back inside. I don't want ya getting hurt.'' Applejack gave him a soft smile.

Quentin opened his mouth to argue, but before he could, Applejack had reared around and galloped away towards the chimera, with Fluttershy reluctantly, but surly flying behind her. Quentin just stayed where he was, looking worried as the five ponies engaged the chimera. Suddenly, the door flew open as Pinkie Pie flew out.

"Hey guys wait up!'' Pinkie cried, pulling a wagon full of desserts. "Cake don't fail us now!'' and she dashed towards the others.

Quentin just looked perplexed at the crazy pink pony's choice for weapons. Dash flew quickly through the air, dodging the many fireballs the chimera fired at her. "Ha, ya gonna have to do better than that ugly!'' she yelled, dodging another fireball. Angry, the chimera took a deep breath and fired three, massive fireballs towards Dash. "OH CUD!' Dash yelled. She tried to avoid them, but they exploded sending her back through the roof of a house. Dazed, she popped her head out from the wreckage.

"Ok I'll admit, that was a little better,'' Dash slurred, disoriented.

The Chimera roared and attempted to fly, but Twilight used her magic to levitate a nearby cart of vegetables and flung it towards the beast, smashing to pieces upon impact with the dragon head.

"Hey chimera, looks to me you can use a lesson in manners!'' Twilight taunted.

The chimera growled and turned its attention to Twilight. He fired a fireball towards her way, but Twilight countered with water from a nearby well. She levitated the water and formed a ball and threw it towards the fireball. The two elements collided and exploded into a large mist along with sizzling sounds. Twilight grinned triumphantly having cancelling out the attack.

Then out of nowhere, a bombardment of desserts fired up and hit the chimera along its body. "Take that and THAT you big meanie, meanie, mean pants!'' Pinkie shouted as she flung more cakes.

Rainbow shook from her dazed and gave Pinkie a weird look. "Pinkie, why the heck are you giving it cake?!'' Dash yelled at Pinkie.

"I'm NOT giving him cake I'm assaulting him with cake!'' Pinkie yelled back, flinging another two pieces of cake.

The chimera's faces were completely covered with frosting and cake matter. It roared in frustration. Rarity ran upon it. She looked around and saw two fully packed carts. She grinned with an idea and used her magic to levitate the two.

"THIS is for my beautiful tail,'' Rarity growled and she flung the carts at the chimera.

One hit it in the abdomen and the other in the lion's face, both powerful hits that caused it to recoil back a few feet. Rarity gave a proud 'that'll-show-you' nod.

"WHOO-WEE nice goin girls, now it's my turn fer a bit o' fun!'' Applejack called, galloping towards the chimera.

As she did, she spun a lasso in her mouth. As she ran, Applejack did impressive tricks with the rope, jumping through it, and doing difficult looking spins. Quentin watched, his jaw dropped and completely mesmerized.

"Whoa, what a girl,'' Quentin said slowly but impressed.

When Applejack got close enough, she swung the rope and caught it on one of the horns. "C'mon, getta long little doggie!'' she called through gritted teeth.

Applejack was also stronger than she looked, because with a strong yank down with the rope, she pulled the goat head down furiously and effectively to the ground, followed by the lion head and the dragon head as the trio slammed hard into the ground. The others cheered.

"Yeah, you go AJ!'' Dash praised, hoof pumping in the air.

Applejack smirked and tipped her hat. "Well thank ya kindly,'' she responded, the rope still in her teeth as she crossed her right legs over her left legs in a casual stance.

Quentin couldn't help but smile at the orange, southern accented pony. "Applejack...she's...amazing,'' Quentin confessed, a smile slowly forming on his face.

But it was far from over, for the three heads opened its eyes and gave a deep growl. It was obviously getting annoyed. And before anyone could react, the chimera whipped it' heads up and took Applejack with it, screaming.

"APPLEJACK!'' Quentin and the five mares screamed in unison. The chimera, whipped its head wildly as it tried to get the rope of its horn.

"F-f-f-f-f-f-iiiiiiiii-sssssss-tttttt-yyyyy-ooooonnneee-aaaa-iiiii-nnn'ttttttt iiitttt!'' Applejack yelled, her voice vibrating as she was swung wildly.

"Applejack just hold on!'' Twilight yelled. But then with one final whip of the head, Applejack lost her grip and was flung into the air.

"CELESTIA ALMIGHTY!'' Applejack screamed as she flew through air.

"I GOT YA AJ!'' Dash yelled and in a second. She fired into the sky, a rainbow trial behind her.

Applejack was almost halfway across Ponyville as she flew through the air, screaming. Rainbow Dash flew break neck speed, the wind howling in her ears after her as Quentin watched horrified. Closer and closer Dash got to Applejack and with a final push of speed, Dash made a grab at Applejack. She made the grab, and both ponies rolled in the air towards the ground and crash landed in somepony's haystack, dazed but alright.

"Y-you ok AJ?'' Dash asked, her eyes rolling.

Applejack shook from her daze. "Y-yeah, thanks Rainbow. I owe ya one.''

"Nah no problem. Now let's go kick some chimera ass!'' Applejack grinned and nodded and both flew and galloped back towards the rest of their friends.

Quentin just stared, completely mortified at the site of Applejack being flung through the air as did Fluttershy, and he turned to the chimera and glared at it with gritted teeth.

"You're going to pay for that!'' Twilight shouted angrily.

Fluttershy closed her eyes, as if she was in deep thought. After a few moments, she shot them open and to Quentin's surprise, she had an angry look on her face. The normally sweet, timid, and innocent demeanor was now filled with anger, and resent.

"How dare you...'' Fluttershy growled and finally shouted. "HOW DARE YOU!''

With that, she flew upward towards the chimera and finally stopped in front of the lion's head. "Who do you think you are, flinging my friend in the air like she was some little filly's rag doll!'' Fluttershy began to chastise.

Quentin looked on amazed. He'd never thought Fluttershy of all ponies would do something like this. The others cheered.

"Go Fluttershy! Go Fluttershy! It's your birthday, it's your birthday!'' Pinkie Pie sang, doing an amusing dance.

''You think you can just come into town and destroy it like you own the place? Well I've got news for you buster, you're dead wrong!'' As Fluttershy ranted on, the chimera looked on to her, with an angry and annoyed look on its three faces

As Quentin observed, he could almost see the fire burn in Fluttershy's eyes. "Shit, I'd hate to be that thing right now,'' Quentin muttered, feeling somewhat unnerved by the shy Pegasus' forceful demeanor.

"Now I'm going to count to three and if you're not out of this town by the time I get done, so help me I will ring you up from your horn and give you the spanking of a life time. One!'' Fluttershy began to count, but the chimera just leered at her with its three pairs of piercing red eyes, a gust of smoke steaming from its nostrils.

Quentin gulped nervously. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Two!'' Fluttershy said, her eyes closed and warning in her voice as she crossed her forelegs.

The chimera raised a massive claw, its razor sharp nails unsheathed. "Oh no,'' Quentin dreaded, his heart sinking.

The others gasped in horror. "Fluttershy!'' Pinkie and Rarity cried in unison.

"Thre-'' Fluttershy had opened her eyes and gasped as the chimera was ready to swipe down on the Pegasus. Twilight gasped, but then frowned angrily, as she used her magic to fire a purple beam to hit Fluttershy. Upon impact, Fluttershy disappeared and reappeared beside Twilight as she was teleported out of danger just as the chimera swiped at her.

"Three?'' Fluttershy said blankly surprise in her voice.

"Fluttershy, are you ok?'' Twilight asked, concern in her voice.

"Y-yeah I think so. Thanks Twilight,'' Fluttershy muttered, returning to her shy, timid demeanor.

Twilight just smiled and nodded, relived that her friend was unharmed. Quentin also let out a sigh of relief, but then looked horrified as he gazed up at the behemoth. It was preparing for another triple fireball attack.

"TWILIGHT, FLUTTERSHY LOOK OUT!'' Quentin yelled. The two looked at him then quickly at the chimera. The beast fired its blasts toward the two ponies. Twilight gritted her teeth as her horn glowed again to use another spell. Twilight had teleported her and Fluttershy away to another location as the three balls of fire exploded on impact on the ground.

The area now had several fires around, some among a few rooftops. Ponies ran and screamed in all direction, it was pure chaos. The chimera was pissed off at this moment, as it stormed about the area, attacking anything and anypony that came its way.

Quentin barely missed a large piece of wood that flung toward him from the chimera's rampage. Rarity and Pinkie Pie screamed and ran for cover. The stallion looked to the other side and to his horror, saw Apple Bloom along with a white unicorn filly and a light orange Pegasus filly who looked the same age as Apple Bloom.

They were trying desperately to get away, but was stopped in their tracks when the chimera's snake tail, violently slammed in front of them, barely missing them. The heads leered down on the frightened fillies as the three huddled and whimpered in fear. The chimera raised a massive claw, ready to kill them.

"OH HELL NAW! Quentin yelled angrily and without hesitating, charged at the chimera. As it was about to swipe down, Quentin galloped towards wheelbarrow, whipped around and with all his strength bucked the wheelbarrow. It flew into the air and struck the goat's head hard, smashing the wheelbarrow to pieces.

The beast roared in pain as it stomped its feet, created small tremors. Apple Bloom looked up at him with a surprised look on her face. "Mr. Quentin?'' she asked in disbelief.

The brown earth pony whipped his heard toward her and her friends. "Apple Bloom, you and the others get out of here!'' he commanded.

The three looked blankly at one another. "B-But what about-" Apple Bloom began but Quentin cut her off. "Don't worry about me, you're safety is more important. Now Go!''

She and her friends didn't argue and they sped off to take shelter in the bakery. Quentin glared back up at the chimera, which had finished stomping and was glaring murderously down on him. It gave off a threatening growl as Quentin back away, meeting its glare. "Shit now it's after me!'' Quentin cursed under his breathe. The injured beasts opened their mouths as a massive fireball began to charge up.

Without hesitating. Quentin reared around and began to run just as the chimera fired a fireball and hit the ground. With a ground shaking roar, the chimera began to pursue Quentin, the ground trembling as it ran after him. As the chimera gave chase, it fires numerous fireballs at the earth pony, but Quentin would zig zag to avoid them.

"W-What the fuck am I doing!'' Quentin asked himself with gritted teeth as he looked over his shoulder to see the triple headed beast still giving chase.

"I don't know what to do, but I could at least drive it away from all the ponies!'' Quentin said to himself as he led the chimera through the streets. Being new to the town, Quentin didn't have the slightest idea where he was going and he found himself at a part of town with scattered huts but more importantly, with hardly any ponies that could get hurt.

"Come on think….THINK!'' Quentin urged himself as he dodged another fireball.

Quentin's eyes darted around, trying, hoping the come up with some sort of plan to lose the beast. Suddenly, his eyes fell upon a tall clock tower bigger than the chimera itself with a massive, bronze bell visible between the clock face and the pointed roof. Quentin gave a smug smirk as an idea popped in his head. "That's it!''

With not a moment to lose, the earth pony darted towards the tower, the chimera never leaving his trail one. After what seemed like forever of running, Quentin finally made it to the tower and jumped around to see the chimera charging towards him.

"Come and get me you triple faced son of a bitch!'' Quentin called to the chimera, taunting it to charge it him.

With a roar, the chimera increased its speed, drawing nearer to Quentin fast.

"Wait for it…'' Quentin breathed, digging his hooves firmly in the ground with a lowered stance.

The chimera ran closer and closer until finally, it leaped high into the air, each of its three mouths ablaze with flames as it let out a final roar. With their fiery mouths and their claws ready the chimera began to descend at full speed towards Quentin to finish him off when right at the very last second Quentin let out a brief cry as he flew himself from where he was standing and out of the chimera's path of attack.

Missing its target, the chimera flew in head first right into the front of the tower, crashing through as a massive explosion of fire erupted from the attack. The chimera's roar was enveloped by the explosion as fire started to erupt up the clock tower and finally fire exploded out through the clock face. The bronze bell the situated visibly on the tower was blown out of its place as a single, hollow ring sounded. The bell came down from the tower and towards Quentin, threatening to strike him. "Shit...shit…shit…SHIT!'' Quentin cried as he reared backwards and galloped to avoid the bell. He ran right before the bell struck the ground and the powerful impact caused Quentin to fly through the air before landing hard on the ground, rolled a few times before stopping, the sudden impact causing him to black out temporarily.

Everything was quiet save for the cackling of the fires that were around. Soon, ponies started to cautiously come out of their homes and hiding places. Ponies that seen where the chimera was chasing Quentin carefully ventured out towards the now destroyed clock tower. The tower was completely destroyed, nothing but a massive pile of rubble and debris. Black smoke rose high into the air from the wreckage as half of the body of the chimera could be seen while the other was completely covered in the rubble. Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie walked out into the street with the murmuring ponies as they looked around at the battled scarred area. Finally, Applejack galloped through and Rainbow Dash flew down to meet them.

"What happened? Where's the chimera?!'' Dash asked loudly, whipping her head in all directions.

"I-I don't know,'' Twilight replied with a bewildered frown. ''I had teleported me and Fluttershy out of danger, we didn't see what happened.'' Fluttershy nodded in agreement.

"Applejack!'' Apple Bloom called, running out and towards her big sister.

Applejack looked over her shoulder and let out a gasp and ran to meet her. "Apple Bloom. Sugar are ya alright?'' Applejack asked, nuzzling Apple Bloom contently as her two friends ran up and embraced Rarity and Dash.

"Yeah I'm fine, we all are but-'' Apple Bloom's voice trailed off.

"But what hun?'' Applejack asked, concerned.

"But Mr. Quentin. That monster chased after him right after he saved us. They went that way!'' Apple Bloom said frantically, pointing a hoof towards the east where Quentin led the beast.

The Mane Six gasped. "Quentin?!'' they cried in unison. But the one the struck them the most was Applejack. Her heart sank at the news of her friend being pursued by the brute and before any of the six could react, Applejack had reared around and galloped towards the direction Quentin and the chimera had went.

"Quentin! Quentin hold on!'' Applejack thought desperately to herself, weaving around ponies as she headed to her friend.

The orange farm pony had ran out of the main part of Ponyville and into the clearing of scattered cottages in the meadow where a crowd of ponies were gathered away from the massive plume of black smoke. The rest of her friends were close behind her and they made their way through the crowd but came to a sharp halt when they finally came to the front of the crowd as they beheld the sight.

They saw the chimera's body motionless under the smoking wreckage of the old tower, its snake tail lifeless on the ground with its mouth open. Their surprised eyes quickly went from the chimera to the unconscious body of Quentin a good fifteen feet before it. It wasn't long before Quentin began to stir and slowly but surely began to rise to his feet. Quentin had a ruffled mane as well as some patched of dirt. The earth pony shook his head to clear himself of the dizziness he was experiencing.

Quentin stumbled a bit as he walked forward but stopped, having noticed everyone staring at him in disbelief. Quentin blinked blankly a few times, looked at the unconscious chimera behind him, and back at the crowd.

"Uh...ta-dah?'' Quentin finally said dumbly.

"Quentin!'' the six ponies exclaimed in joy, running over to him and knocking him down as they hugged Quentin.

"Quentin don't ever do that again, you gave us such a fright. I think my heart just skipped a beat!'' Rarity confessed dramatically, placing hoof over her heart and looking as if she was about to faint.

Quentin blinked of couple times. "Really, you guys were really worried about me?''

"Well duh!'' Dash responded, putting a forearm around my shoulders and pulling me in for a hug. "You're our friend why wouldn't we be worried about you?'' Quentin just stared at the six ponies until Pinkie Pie put him in a tight hug.

"Dashie's right. I mean if something happened to you I don't think I would ever throw another party again. And if I don't throw another party again, then there will be no more fun. And if there was no more fun-'' Pinkie continued her rant, shaking me from side to side, her grip tightening.

Quentin comedic ally flailed his forearms around. "Pinkie...need oxygen...going dark!'' the dreadlocked pony gasped, and Pinkie let go.

"Oopsie, my bad,'' Pinkie said sheepishly.

He caught his breath and slowly got up. Quentin looked at the defeated chimera and sighed.

"Is everyone alright?'' Quentin asked looking around.

His friends nodded. "Yes, thank goodness no pony was hurt…thanks to you Quentin,'' Fluttershy said softly, but happily.

"Fluttershy's right Quentin, we really owe you one,'' Twilight said with a smile.

Quentin smiled and shook his head, "No, I didn't do anything. I just wanted everyone to be safe that's all.''

She and five of the ponies smiled at him, but Dash was busy looking at the chimera. "Whoa, Quentin...you did this?'' Dash said in disbelief. Quentin looked down shyly and was about to speak, but Apple Bloom jumped in before him.

"He sure did. Mr. Quentin beat that ol monster!'' Applebloom explained excitedly.

"Yeah we saw everything. He was like HEYA, and HOO and DIE MONSTER and-'' Scootaloo praised, jumping up and down.

"And when it tried to hit us with its claw, he shot a stick right into it. After that, he led it away from the town!'' Sweetie Belle finished happily.

The Mane Six looked at Quentin in awe, speechless.

"Wow, I must say, that's impressive Quentin. The six of us together had trouble with the chimera, but you handled it all on your own,'' Twilight complimented, clearly impressed.

Quentin blushed and started to circle his hoof in the dirt shyly. "Like I said, I didn't really do anything. I just sorta outwitted it that was all, I didn't really know what I was doing. You girls did all the real fighting.''

The most impressed was Applejack and Rainbow Dash who kept staring at him in shock.

"Yep, Mr. Quentin's a hero!'' Applebloom declared happily.

Quentin widened his eyes. "Oh no, I'm no hero,'' he said humbly.

"That's not what they think,'' Pinkie grinned, pointed to the crowd of ponies around them. The crowd had started to cheer for Quentin, stopping their hooves on the ground applauding him. He looked around speechless as the crowd of ponies smiled and cheered for him, some even coming up and patting his back and telling him a job well done.

His friends smiled around and too applauded him. It was a feeling that was almost rare to Quentin. He had hardly ever been acknowledged let alone praised for anything he's ever done. But on top of that, he had never had anyone truly acknowledged him before. The ponies weren't applauding a nobody, they were applauding a somebody, him. With these feelings rushing inside him, Quentin couldn't help but smile shyly around the colorful ponies.

Hours had passed and within them, Fluttershy had tended to the chimera's injuries which it surprisingly survived. Even though it tried to destroy the town, she still felt pity towards it. She claimed it was just a baby that wandered from its home that was all, much to the chagrin of the other ponies, but hey that's probably why she's the Element of Kindness. Afterwards, Twilight used her magic to teleport the chimera far away from Ponyville, confident that it was the last time they will ever see it. Pinkie of course threw a ''Quentin Saved Ponyville Party'' at Sugarcube Corner, despite the latter's constant protests.

Everyone was invited and it was night by the time everyone decided to call it a night.

"Alright girls, you did well today. You all deserved a rest,'' Twilight said as they walked into the street. Spike was fast asleep on Twilight's back, exhausted from the day and the party.

"If anypony deserved a rest it's certainly Quentin,'' Rarity gracefully said to him.

The others agreed, but Quentin smiled and shook his head. "No, it was all of you. You deserve a rest, going into danger and risking yourselves like that.''

Rarity giggled. "Now aren't we the modest one. Well I really must be going, I need to get little Sweetie Belle ready for bed. Bonsoir everypony,'' Rarity and Sweetie Bell began to walk their way home.

"Yes, I really must get back to Angel Bunny and the other animals. Goodbye and be safe everypony,'' Fluttershy said, smiling softly.

"C'mon squirt I'll give ya a lift home,'' Dash said, picking up an excited Scootaloo. Night guys oh and Q...good work today,'' Dash smiled at him, giving him a slight jab on the shoulder.

Quentin merely smirked.

"Bye Quentin!'' Scootaloo waved. Quentin chuckled and waved back to her and Dash flew in the sky with the little filly on her back and disappeared in the night.

"Well I should get back and get this little guy into bed,'' Twilight smiled affectionately to the little dragon. "I'll see you two later. Have a nice nigh.''

"C'mon how bout we get on home?'' Applejack said to Quentin and Apple Bloom.

They both nodded and the three headed back to Sweet Apple Acres. All the way back, Applebloom kept talking excitedly about the acts Quentin did, to which he just blushed and Applejack smiled warmly. They finally got to the farm and immediate Applejack sent Apple Bloom to bed.

"Bed haven't sounded so great,'' Quentin yawned.

"I reckon I wouldn't be surprised, after what you did today,'' Applejack responded softly as she walked him back to his room.

As they walked Quentin couldn't help but notice Applejack being very quiet this evening. "Hey Applejack?'' Quentin asked.

"What can I get ya?'' Applejack responded, eager to help, but Quentin shook his head.

"Oh no, I didn't need anything I was just wandering. You've been pretty quiet tonight, is everything alright?'' Quentin asked, concerned in his voice.

Applejack looked down, her face falling. A moment of silence was among them and Quentin walked towards his friend.

"C'mon, you can tell me. I-'' but to his surprise, Applejack had flung her forearms around his neck and embraced him.

"I-I'm jus' glad ya ok, that's all,'' Applejack whispered.

Quentin said nothing, still in shock at the sudden hug. "An' I just wanted ta say...thank ya for savin' my sister an' her friends. Ya don't know how much she means ta me.''

Quentin finally smiled softly with a deep sigh and returned the hug. "I'm just glad she's not hurt,'' he whispered. "Plus it's the least I could do after being so kind and generous to me when you didn't have to be.''

Applejack chuckled and shook her head. "Thank Celestia that I didn't lose both of ya,'' she responded and to Quentin's utter disbelief, she kissed him on the cheek.

The stallion's face heated up as a bright redness came across his face and a chill shocked throughout his body. Applejack released him to reveal a slight blush on her face as well. She smiled and looked away shyly.

"Well I best be hittin' the hay. Got ta wake up early fer work.''

Quentin just nodded, still with a shocked expression.

"Well g'night Quentin. See ya in the morning,'' Applejack said softly, turning around and walking out the room.

"Yeah...goodnight Applejack,'' Quentin finally said. Applejack gave him a last smile, before leaving and closing the door behind her. Quentin just stood there, speechless. He lifted a hoof and ran it over the spot on his cheek where Applejack had kissed him and smiled.

"Applejack...she's...just,'' Quentin began to said and chuckled. "She's just...awesome,'' Quentin finally let out, smiling at the thought of the orange pony.

Author's Notes:

Just so everyone will know, this chapter was written before the Season 4 episode Somepony To Watch over Me so I used the vision of a more traditionally looked chimera. This chapter was finished before I saw the episode but I didn't want to change it since I've already finished it. Plus I don't know if chimera's really shot fireballs for I'm not that familiar with the mythology behind them cause I'm not cool like that. Well I hope you all enjoy and until next time!