Chapter 4

Twilight and Rarity both helped take the cart through Ponyville. It was the middle of the morning so the streets were starting to get busy and ponies were walking around living their normal lives.

Dave peeked through a small gap in the blanket to get a look at the town. He could see Rarity’s home moving slowly away and buildings started to come into view. Dave could only look at the buildings that had gone past him as he didn’t dare move in case anypony was watching.

Spike was sat next to him and was looking up at the sky. “not a cloud in sight.” He leaned back resting his head on Dave’s back.

Twilight looked round nervously at ponies that walked past her. She wanted to get home quickly but it might draw attention to her and her cargo.

She looked over at Rarity who had a smile across her face. “how are you so calm?” she asked

Rarity looked over at her “sorry Twilight I was just in a daydream” She was thinking about last night and how it could have gone on if she wasn’t interrupted.

“what was it about? I could do with some calming down” she looked up nervously at a couple of pegasi that flew overhead.

“It’s nothing.” She peeked a look over at Dave’s hiding spot “So what type of things are you going to be doing… with Dave?” she whispered the last part so nopony could hear

“simple things” Twilight calmed a bit as she thought of her plan for the day. “just asking questions, some simple tests and reporting any interesting things to the princess”

Spike jumped up and leaned over to Twilight “I have to tell you what happened yesterday”

Twilight looked over at Spike. “what? Did something bad happen?” concern spread across her face

Spike let a massive grin open up “The opposite, it was so cool” He then began to repeat yesterdays events keeping Dave’s name down to a whisper.

When Spike was finished Twilight looked at Rarity. “is this true?” This new information was going to be written up as soon as she got home.

Rarity supported Spike’s story but missed out the part about the time she shared with Dave. A small blush crossed her face as she remembered the night vividly. None of them noticed though.

Dave who was listening from under the covers knew what Rarity was thinking about. In his own mind he was remembering the moment as well. ‘If I stay at Twilight’s house maybe I can get Applejack and Rarity out of my head’ He felt the cart stop ‘I just hope Twilight doesn’t get many visitors’

They stopped outside Twilights home quickly smuggling Dave inside the door and Twilight took Spike and Rarity over to a desk to write a letter for the princess.

“ok Spike write this down. Ahem” she cleared her throat before continuing to form a letter with information that Spike and Rarity provided at important sections. Dave on the other hand looked round at the shelves of books that lined the room.

Dave stopped at a book titled “A mare’s guide to stallions” he looked over to see if anypony was looking before quietly taking it down. ‘alright what lets see if this can tell me how to get them off my back’ He huddled close to the wall as to not draw attention to himself and get ready to put the book back in a hurry just in case.

He looked down the index page. ‘Making first impressions, no. What to say, no. What to name the fillies, DEFINATE NO. He looked through the pages for anything that looked like a page on what a bad stallion is like. Nothing. The closest he got was a small line in the ‘how to cope with rejection page’ it was written next to a picture of a mare looking over a small group of stallions. ‘if you didn’t feel the spark then he is not yours but belongs to somepony else and your true love is still out there’

“Great it seems like no male here ever gets the choice to live alone” he muttered under his breath as he returned the book and faced the trio who were finishing the letter.

“Hope to see you soon. Your faithful student Twilight Sparkle” Spike rolled up the letter and blew it out the window as it turned to smoke and travelled into the distance. “Thank you Rarity for looking after Dave while I got better prepared”

“It was nothing Twilight honestly” She looked over at Dave “It was a pleasure, anytime” She then slowly began to leave

Twilight didn’t notice the way Rarity was staring at Dave and quickly trotted up to him. “So Dave how have you liked your stay so far?”

Dave took his eyes away from Rarity’s to look down at Twilight “It has been…. Different” He chuckled slightly ‘yeah. Kissing two ponies that could have led onto more and not to mention lifting a tree’ Rarity went through the door blowing him a kiss when nopony else was looking.

Twilight walked over to some seats and indicated Dave to sit in one opposite her. Dave quickly took his eyes away from Rarity again and sat down. “now I am going to ask a few questions and feel free to say if you start feeling uncomfortable” She levitated a book and quill over towards her.

“ok no problem” Dave answered as many of her questions as could. They were mainly about his species in particular, some questions about his world and some other bits of general knowledge.

After a few minutes of questions had gone by Twilight had gotten through most the book “ok that’s enough for now” Twilight closed the book and set it down with the quill on top.

“Did you find anything interesting?” Dave lent back in the small wooden chair

“some things” Twilight shuffled to a more comfortable position “I was wondering, if you don’t mind. If I could ask some personal questions?’

Dave sat back up again. “I guess so” he moved nervously in his chair

“What did you think when you came to our world?”

“well when I hit the ground my main thought was… Ow” Him and Twilight both laughed. “but this world has grown on me. Everypony is so nice.” ‘yeah REALLY nice.’

“that is good to hear” Twilight levitated a pot over an some cups. “would you like some tea?”

Dave wasn’t much of a hot drink fan but he was trying to be polite “just a little bit please”

Twilight poured some into her cup and half filled Dave’s before placing the pot down.

“so what kind of things do you like doing?” Twilight took a small sip of her drink

Dave pondered “well besides video games, hanging out with some friends and the occasional book… not much”

Twilight’s eyes looked up at him as he said the last thing on his list. “you like reading?”

“yeah… I guess I do” Dave took a tiny sip from his tea. ‘Actually not that bad’ he took a larger sip.

“So what kind of things do you like in books? Fiction or non fiction?”

“Fiction I guess. Mainly stuff that that feature action I suppose”

“Well I like reading as well” Twilight looked into her tea as she remembered she lived in a library

“I can tell” Dave looked around the giant rows of books. Twilight and Dave laughed again. “what kind of books do you like?”

“Fiction but not so far fetched”

“oh things that are easily relatable”

“yeah. I just wish I was in some of my novels. The ponies in them have things I would like to have”

“so what’s your favourite books?” he gulped down the rest of his tea.

Twilight’s horn glowed and four books from various places around the room floated over and into a pile on the table. “these are my favourites”

Dave picked up the pile and looked through them. ‘Daring Doo and the Temple of Peril’ The cover had a mare reaching for a chest full of gold while a giant snake was sneaking up behind. ‘The journey downstream’ The front cover had a stallion and a mare standing on a small wooden boat that was heading down a long winding river. ‘Another day another mystery’ There was a picture of a stallion looking down at some photos which had white spaces were what appeared to be where he used to be. Dave chuckled ‘these ponies have very similar tastes to humans’ he flicked to the last book.

The cover had the words ‘Secret love’ written in gold across the top and the picture had the silhouettes of two ponies heads linking together to produce the outline of a love heart. ’aww crap a romance novel. Just when I thought I had gotten away from this type of stuff’

Twilight moved over to sit next to Dave as he looked at the front. “it is about an alicorn prince and a servant girl.’ She remembered the book well. “They both have feelings for each other but they know that if they confess their love the prince could lose his throne”

Dave looked at Twilight who stared at the book. “what happens in the end?”

“The prince is about to get married to a mean princess from far away but decides his love for his servant is greater than anything else.” She smiled as she remembered that they both got to stay together and the prince was allowed his throne.

“sounds nice” Dave was trying to think of something to say about the other books but his mind went blank. He looked back at Twilight. ‘oh crap no, no, no, no not again. WAIT Spike is still here so she can’t do anything’

Twilight sighed “I guess that I like the story so much is because I haven’t had time to go and try and find somepony to love. I guess I just expected it to find me.” She looked over to Dave

Dave stared back at her. “ummm yeah. That one true love thing” he couldn’t take is eyes away. ‘Apparently I have won the lottery in that area I already have two that tried to jump me and now I am talking about love with a third!’

Twilight continued to stare at him. ‘He likes books, you like books. He is funny, nice, attractive, smart. He is perfect. What’s the worst that could happen?’ She slowly moved her head closer to his.

Dave noticed the look in her eyes ‘Aww crap again? This is getting weirder by the minute’ His head didn’t move though.

Twilight moved closer again. Dave’s head stayed where it was. She could feel the breath leaving his mouth.

“Dave?” she quietly whispered letting her eyes close

“yes Twilight?” Dave had also let his voice drop to a faint whisper

“would you mind if…”

“if what?” Dave was expecting her to just kiss him like the other two. Maybe this was different.

“would you mind if I… kissed you?” She felt silly asking.

Apparently not. “not at all” Dave moved his head towards her to close the gap. ‘OH YOU PRICK! She asked and you could have told her to take a hike. Don’t worry I still have Spike on back up.’

Twilight gently kissed him and pulled her head back quickly, her face glowed a bright red.

Dave opened his eyes to look at her. ‘Really that was it? At least the other two made it hard to resist. Wait, why am I complaining?’

Twilight looked down at her hooves. “Dave I just want to tell you something.”

“what’s that?” Dave lent back a bit

“I umm… like you” She blushed again “I mean really like you”

Dave stared at her as she continued to stare at the ground. He felt something urge him to move forward again. “It’s ok Twilight” he used a hand to gently lift her face to look at him. He gently smiled at her. ‘Uh oh. Don’t you dare Dave, don’t you damn dare about saying what I think you are’ the words began falling out of his mouth. “I like you too”

Twilight stared at him. She didn’t believe what she had just heard. “You… You do?”

Dave rubbed her cheek with his thumb. “well… yeah” he replied softly as he pulled her in for another kiss. ‘Dammit, you had the chance to stop it and now you have three girls after you.’ If he was back home he would be rejoicing. ‘well at least this can’t go any further with Spike here. SPIKE’

Twilight felt pleasure as Dave allowed her to get used to kissing. It was her first time kissing and it was certainly going better than she expected. She wondered if Dave wanted to take this further, she certainly wanted it to. ‘how would it work? I hope it is similar to the way my books say.’ She just needed a sign for him to see if he was willing.

Dave broke the kiss. He allowed her to do most of the work as he got his line prepared. “Twilight we can’t carry on” Her face drooped “I mean Spike is around so he might catch us if it went any further”

She looked at the floor. Dave didn’t want to hurt her feelings and it certainly took a lot of will power just to say what he did. He hoped she would understand. Twilights face lit up as she levitated over a sheet of paper and started to write something down. Dave tried to look at what she was writing. But before he could get a glimpse the sheet was rolled up.

Twilight stood up and walked a few paces form Dave. “Spike!” She called out with a friendly tone

Spike was upstairs and a faint reply came down. “yes Twilight?” His face poked through the door and looked at her.

“you know you’re my number one assistant in all of Equestria?”

Spike held his head up proudly. “Well I try”

“can you do these things for me? I have lost some time speaking to Dave”

“ok Twilight ill be right back” Spike then hurried out the door

Twilight then turned back to Dave “There, now we have no interruptions”

‘no interruptions?‘ Dave watched as his only hope had walked out. “Spike is you’re assistant? How long will he be?”

“The list I gave him should take him just over an hour.” she stepped over to him again “plenty of time”

Dave felt his body go numb. ‘AN HOUR? I won’t be able to hold her off that long.’ “So what now?” his voice made it sound slightly seductive.

Twilight looked over at the door that led to her bedroom before looking back at Dave with a smile. “I can think of something” She waited for Dave to stand before leading him upstairs.

‘Oh god third times the charm’ Dave walked closely behind Twilight as she shut the door behind them. She then led him to a large double bed which had patterns of crescent moons and stars decorating the covers. ‘This is actually happening’ He turned and sat on the edge of the bed.

Twilight closed the curtains which restricted the amount of light which came through. The room was bathed with a dull glow as she stepped in front of Dave and placed her front two hooves on his chest slowly pushing him onto his back and climbing on top of him.

Dave felt a bead of sweat roll down the back of his neck. He knew that even if Spike came back early then Twilight would come up with and excuse to keep spike away until she was done. ‘Well no wonder, she is smart… and cute’ He felt the last thought take control of his body as he found himself placing a hand on Twilight’s neck.

Twilight let herself drop slowly onto Dave, letting her body rest against his and letting her mouth drop to his. A shock ran through her as she felt Dave move a hand down her back stopping just before the base of her tail. It felt good and she allowed a soft moan to leave her body.

Dave was losing willpower again. ‘I can’t keep this up, I have no escape, no one to save me. I need a miracle.’

Twilight slowly began to let her body rise up. She broke the kiss and looked down at Dave’s clothes and used her magic to remove them, she stopped at the pants. ‘ I will do this part the way the book said’. She slowly began to kiss Dave’s neck and slowly moved down his body with small kisses along his chest.

Dave felt his head fall back as he let his worries leave him. ‘aww hell if it is going to happen I might as well enjoy it’

Twilight grabbed the top of his pants between her teeth an began to slowly pull them off. She caught sight of some hair but was distracted by a loud bang from downstairs.

“TWILIGHT!” Spike yelled out

Twilight was angry at having something so close taken away. “Spike can it wait? I am a bit busy at the moment!” She returned her head to Dave’s waist.

“ No Twilight. The Princess is here!”

Twilight’s eyes widened as she lifted her head, both Dave and Twilight both stared at each other.

“Princess?” Twilight quickly got a comb from next to her mirror and brushed her mane strait. “ok Dave wait here I am going to bring the princess up in a minute.”

Dave nodded as he looked for his clothes. ’That was WAY too close that time.’ he found his trousers and quickly pulled them on as Twilight left downstairs. Dave was slightly angry with the fact that he had just given in and was about to let Twilight continue but was interrupted. He found his shirt and started to pull it over his head, but his attention was brought to the mirror and he checked himself in it, a large bruise where the tree had landed yesterday was healing right in front of his eyes.

“ok that’s strange.” he pulled the shirt down the rest of the way before sitting down on the bed. He heard muffled voices from downstairs, then somepony coming up the stairs. “I’ll worry about that later”

The door cracked open and Twilight hopped in. “Princess Celestia I would like you to meet, Dave.” the door opened the rest of the way and allowed Dave to stare at the tall white mare. She had a golden crown, necklace and shoes. Her hair flowed even though there was no wind and it contained a range of bright colours. Her horn was longer than Twilight’s and had wings that were longer than Rainbow Dash’s. She was tall and her eyes came just a little below Dave’s.

“so this is Dave I have been hearing so much about” Princess Celestia’s voice sounded caring and peaceful but powerful

Dave stared at her for a few more moments. ‘A Princess. Wait royalty?’ Dave quickly sunk to one knee and dropped his head leaving one hand on his knee.

The princess giggled. “It is quite alright Dave you don’t have to be so formal” She smiled at him as he slowly lifted himself up again.

“sorry I am just a bit nervous… never talked to member of a royal family before” Dave chuckled slightly while Celestia giggled at the nervous creature. “Thank you very much for allowing me to stay with some of Twilight’s friends.”

“Do not worry Dave for they would have offered their homes even without my encouragement” She then smiled at Twilight before bringing her gaze back to Dave. “Now I must thank you Dave”

“Wait me… What have I done?’

“In a recent report from Twilight Sparkle I learned that you saved some fillies from a falling tree”

“oh that… Well I couldn’t let any harm come to them” He scratched the back of his head.

“never the less I respect your courage and placing other’s safety above your own” She stepped forwards to him. “But I am afraid for now we have other business to attend to”

“like what?”

The princess smiled “I would like you to come to Canterlot and stay in my castle for a day or two. You may bring somepony with you now and I shall have the rest of your friends collected during the day. Think of it as a little vacation.”

Dave looked over at Twilight who was giving him a smile. “sure I would love to come. Thank you”

“I shall meet you downstairs in the royal carriage when you are ready to depart.”

The princess went back downstairs and Spike came in rushing over to Dave. “how did it go?” Spike looked at Dave who had a large grin spread across his face.

Dave looked down at the dragon “amazing” he looked at Twilight who stared back into his eyes. “simply amazing” the last part wasn’t about the vacation and him and Twilight both knew it.