Camping pt. 1

I stretched as I stood outside of Ponyville with Twilight, Barb, Moon, and Flame. We were waiting for the rest of our group before we headed out to Rainbow Falls for Moon's Fall Break. From what Twilight gathered, Rainbow Falls was only day and a half walk from Ponyville. So as I remember Twilight telling me, we would reach Rainbow Falls Monday afternoon and leave Saturday morning to return to Ponyville by Sunday afternoon to get Moon off to bed for school in the morning. So if you haven't figured it out yet, today is Sunday.

A gentle cold breeze blew around us. I'm thankful that it won't be chilly while out at Rainbow Falls. Moon was standing next to Twilight playing on her phone as Barb yawned and stretched out her body. Twilight was looking over a book and Flame was snoring on my head as she continued to sleep. We each had a bag on our backs with Twilight carrying the tent that would house, me, her, Moon, Barb and Flame. I soon heard the sounds of hooves stomping on the ground and turned to see Applejack coming up with Apple Bloom. Moon smiled as she gave Twilight back her phone and an up to her friend as Applejack came up to me. Both of them had their packs and Applejack was carrying the tent she and Apple Bloom would be sharing.

She gave me a quick peck on the cheek, "Morning Sugarcube."

"Morning Applejack," I said

"So we're waiting for Fluttershy, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and White Claw?" Asked Applejack

"Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and Fluttershy, yes, but White Claw is staying in Ponyville to keep an eye on Chi. But she also wants to take our relationship slowly, and that includes integrating into the harem," I answered Applejack.

"Understandable." Said Applejack

Soon Rarity, Sweetie, and Fluttershy came walking up. I smiled as I saw Rarity only had one bag. But I probably wasn't going to hear the end of it about how she couldn't bring more items with her. I also caught sight of Rainbow coming flying in with Scootaloo.

"I'm impressed ya got Rarity to only bring one bag for the trip. I would have sworn she would be dragging along suitcases." Said Applejack

"It wasn't easy," I stated

"I bet," said Applejack with a chuckle.

Soon Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow came to a stop. Scootaloo and Sweetie ran up to Apple Bloom and Moon. I smiled as I saw how happy Moon was with her friends. I then spied Rarity. I could plainly see Rarity was giving me a stink eye. I turned my gaze away from her stare. I'm in the dog house for sure with Rarity for a while, no doubt about that. I coughed to get Twilight's attention away from the book in her face.

"Huh." She said

I gestured to the girls looking at her, expect Rarity who was still giving me a stink eye. She nervously chuckled as she tucked her book back into her bag. She then coughed as she got everypony's attention.

"It seems everypony is here, so let's go over a few things. We will be walking all the way to Rainbow Falls, which is only a full days walk and half of another day. We should arrive tomorrow afternoon at Rainbow Falls. We'll spend Monday all the way to Friday at Rainbow Falls. We leave Saturday morning to reach Ponyville by Sunday afternoon. Now does everypony remember who they're bunking with at night." Said Twilight

"Apple Bloom and I are together." Said Applejack

"Scootaloo and I will be sharing a tent." Said Rainbow

"I'm sharing my tent with Sweetie." Said Rarity

"I will be sleeping by myself, but you're more than welcome to join me, Xavier." Said Fluttershy

"I might take you up on that offer. But that leaves Twilight, Barb, I, Flame and Moon to the last tent," I said

"Wait, that tent on Twilight's back is going to hold all of you." Said Rainbow

"Sure is, Rainbow." Said Twilight

"But the bag doesn't even look like it could hold a big enough tent for all of you." Said Rainbow

"Magic Rainbow, magic. Now anything else before we begin walking." Said Twilight

"Isn't White Claw joining us?" Asked Fluttershy

"No, she's staying in Ponyville," I said

So to clarify something about White Claw and my harem. After I woke up next to a sprawled out White Claw, who happened to be drooling my chest and mumbling something about fish, I gathered the harem together and told them about White Claw joining in the harem. Of course, the girls accepted White Claw as a member. I then said that White wanted to take her relationship with me slowly. She wasn't going to join harem activities yet, but once she fortified our relationship, she would jump into harem activities.

"So I think that finishes all the announcements, now let's getting hiking, we have a lot of ground to cover if we want to be at Rainbow Falls by tomorrow afternoon." Said Twilight

We all nodded as he proceeded down the path.

***

A few hours passed since we started our trip out to Rainbow Falls. The sun was resting high in the sky keeping us warm, even with the chilly breeze blowing around us. All the leaves around us were starting to change color making our walk a colorful one. I do enjoy watching the leaves change colors. Fluttershy and Barb were walking next to the little ones watching them as they talked. I heard snippets of the conversations, and it seemed to be about who the fillies were going to get their cutie marks. Twilight was having a small chat with Rarity. Rainbow was just hovering near Applejack and me. Flame, who woke up a while ago, was still hanging onto my head.

"How long until we reach this Rainbow Falls?" Asked Flame

"We'll be walking all day, Flame. We'll reach Rainbow Falls by tomorrow afternoon," I said

"That long, why we just summon Meteor and fly ourselves to Rainbow Falls." Said Flame

"Because we're on a camping trip. Now stop complaining, you're getting a free ride right now," I said

"Yeah, yeah." Grumbled Flame

He yawned as he rested his head on my head. I just rolled my eyes as I continued to walk. I then turned my attention to Applejack as she began to speak.

"So partner, yeah goin' tah help my family when cider season comes around." Said Applejack

"That's when your family makes your world famous cider and sells it to survive the winter, right," I said

"Right on it. So yeah goin' tah help, or am I goin' tah have tah incentivize ya," said Applejack a seductive wink.

"I think either way works for me," I said

Applejack giggled as she kissed on the cheek, but moved her muzzle up to my ear.

"I'll hold ya tah that." Whispered Applejack

I shivered as her words passed through my ear. Remember Xavier, keep yourself together. We're out here for Moon,
not for banging your mares. I took a calming breath to keep my little buddy under control. It worked as I felt my cock beginning to go limp.

"So when is cider season?" I asked trying to get my mind away from my seductive cowgirl.

"The last two weeks before winter falls over Equestria. That's the best time to harvest the apples and use them for cider." Said Applejack

"Think we'll see the Flim Flam brothers," said Rainbow throwing herself into the conversation.

"Flim Flam brothers, who are they?" I asked

"A pair of unicorn brothers who came to my farm with a machine that could create apple cider faster than my family could. They wanted to make a deal with us that wouldn't give enough money to survive the winter. Next thing I know, we were in a bet with the Flim Flam brothers to see who could make more cider. In the beginning, my family was losing until the girls jumped in to help. Let's just say we won and Rainbow," Rainbow looked at Applejack. "Doubtful we'll see those two. We haven't seen them since they failed to win my farm."

"I know, I'm just wondering if they might show up this year. But now on an important note, if I help out, I get first dibs on your cider when you start selling it." Said Rainbow

"Yes, Rainbow, if ya help my family ya get tab be first in line." Said Applejack

"Wait, how is the cider you usually make different than cider made in cider season?" I asked

"The taste of liquid gold that's the difference." Said Rainbow

"So you're saying its far more taster." Said Flame

"Oh yeah, ponies of Ponyville line up for miles to get a taste of it. Pinkie even camps out in front of the stand to buy a lot of cider on the first day." Said Rainbow

"But why how is it better?" I asked

"Because the cider ya been drinking is usual cider, but the cider sold in cider season is a special recipe cider only broke out in cider season. Every member of the Apple family must memorize the recipe for when the times comes. You'll learn it the day ya put a ring on my finger." Said Applejack

"Huh, I guess I'll have to try cider season cider then," I said

"Yeah, you'll never want another cup of cider unless it's from cider season cider." Said Rainbow

I nodded as I had a small conversation with Applejack and Rainbow as we continued to walk towards Rainbow Falls.

***

I placed the final piece of wood for the fire. The night was now hovering over us. Luna's moon and stars were once again covering the inky black sky. After walking for most of the day and stopping for lunch, we stopped for the night. We put up our tents, of course, I had to help Rarity out. Now, luckily a bathroom was close to us because I wouldn't hear the end of Rarity having to walk out into the woods to use the bathroom. But thank Faust I didn't have to listen to her whine about that.

I snapped my fingers and came a small flame. I dropped the flame onto the wood, and it turned into a raging fire.

"Glad to see you got the fire going."

I looked to see the girls walking up. They all went to the bathroom as Flame, and I gathered wood for the fire.

"Well, it happens to be easy when you can control fire," I said

"Well, at least we won't have to wait for a fire." Said Rainbow

"So should we break out dinner?" I asked

The girls nodded as we sat down and had dinner that Twilight packed. I was happy Twilight happened to be a planner. She efficiently planned for all the food we would need. I would never be able to do that, so I'm glad to have Twilight as a member of my harem, and the adoptive mother of Moon Star.

"So did we bring supplies for smores, right?" Asked Flame

"It wouldn't be a camping trip if we didn't," I said

"But before smores, we should tell scary stories. You can't sit around a campfire without telling a scary story or two." Said Rainbow

"Yeah." Said Scootaloo

"So who wants to go first?" Asked Rainbow

"I'll try my luck." Everypony turned to Applejack as she cleared her throat. "My story is about the headless pony. Our story begins in a forest just like this with campers just like us on a night just like tonight. The campers were doing what we are, telling scary ghost stories when a sound of hooves echoed around them. But when the ponies stopped to hear, there was nothing but the crackling of the fire. When one of the ponies began to tell a scary story, the sound came again, but again once they went quiet, they couldn't hear anything. But before a pony could begin again, the sound started to fill the air around them. The ponies listened as the sounds grew closer and closer. Then out of the forest came a pony. But a pony with no head. It screamed at them and said, "Where is my head!" When the morning came, all that remained was their campsite, and nopony ever found them again."

We all looked at Applejack as she finished her story. The only one shaking was Fluttershy, which surprised me considering she had a demon inside of me.

"That's all." Said Flame

"Yeah, scary huh." Said Applejack

"Not at all Applejack, not at all." Said Rainbow

"I thought it was quite scary." Said Fluttershy

Rainbow just rolled her eyes at Fluttershy's comment.

"Well, that's my story, who cares if it wasn't scary or not. So which pony wants to go next?" Said Applejack

"I guess I can take a try at it." Rarity pushed her mane out of her face before speaking. "I young mare stepped out of her home wearing a beautiful dress only to realize, to her horror, she was wearing a magenta dress when she should be wearing a lavender dress. The horror, oh the horror." Rarity placed her hand on her head as she said her final line. She had her eyes closed and she when opened them we were all looking at her. "What?"

"That's it." Said Flame

"Yes, isn't is scary." Said Rarity

"How is that scary?" Asked Rainbow

"Because one must never wear a piece of clothing that clashes with one's color scheme." Said Rarity

"I swear is fashion all you think about." Said Flame

"No, but I would like to see you do better." Said Rarity

"Oh, I will." Flame stood on his log as he cleared his throat. "My story begins in a small little quaint town that boarded a vast forest. People of the town say to never to enter the forest after midnight because of something that roams the woods after dark. But a foolish young boy ignored the warnings of his people and decided to see if he could get a picture of the famous creature." Flame looked around at the ponies listening intently to his story. He gave a wicked smile as he continued. "All the boy had was his trusty flashlight and his phone to capture a picture of the beast. He clicked his phone to see his the time read one minute until midnight, then as the clock switched over to midnight the sound of a bell tolling twelve echoed in the forest. The boy cleaned his ears, but the sound didn't disappear, and he knew the town didn't have a bell tower. Then everything was quiet as an eerie hush fell over the forest. The boy swallowed the lump growing in his throat as he stood waiting to get proof that there was nothing scary in the forest. But suddenly he heard footsteps fill the air. But the sound came from all directions. The boy shook in place as he stood trying to stay strong." Flame could see everypony was starting to get restless, even Rainbow. But that didn't include me because I already knew the story. Flame snickered as he continued his story. "The boy started to scan the forest with his flashlight, but out of nowhere, his flashlight died leaving him in the darkness of the woods. He tried to bring his phone to life, but it wouldn't come online. He tried desperately to get some form of light, that's when he looked up to see the moon turning a blood red color. He then heard a howl go out in the night. He slowly turned to see a creature only a few feet away from him. The boy shook in freight as all he could see was a pair of demonic eyes looking at him." Flame breathed out smoke to symbolize the eyes of the creature in his story. "The boy began to back up until he felt something breathing down his neck. He turned to look at the eyes looking down at him. The boy screamed as he ran for it. But every time he turned, he saw the eyes always near him. Finally, he tripped over a branch and fell to the ground. He rubbed his head to release the haze from his head to see the demonic eyes in front of him. He watched in horror as the eyes borrow holes into his soul." Flame smiled as he saw he had everypony right where he wanted them. "Then he watched as the eyes dropped something next to him. The boy saw it was the head of a human. The head slowly turned towards the boy, and to his horror, it was his head. He watched as it opened its eyes and then its mouth." Everypony readied for the end of Flame's story. "It sucked in air before saying, "BOO!"

The girls screamed as they heard the word boo behind them. Rainbow skyrocketed into the air with Scotaloo. Fluttershy leaped right at me and tackled me to the ground and shaking violently. Applejack and Apple Bloom held each other tight as they screamed. Barb jumped and was now on her back with Twilight holding a shivering Moon and trying to calm herself as well. Rarity fainted, and Sweetie was holding on to her. And well, Flame was laughing his ass off. Once the girls calmed down, they looked to see many Flames laughing.

"Not cool man." Said Rainbow

"Oh please, it was all in good fun. I mean, you should have seen all your faces." Said Flame

He tapped his paws, and his clones popped into smoke, "Plus Rarity challenged me. Why wouldn't I go all out?"

"Because of the fillies." Stated Twilight

Flame looked to see Moon still shivering and holding Twilight tight. Flame then looked to the other fillies before beginning to rub his neck. He coughed as he gave a sheepish smile to the glaring, Applejack, Rainbow, Twilight and Rarity. He looked away as he got up and walked over to Moon and held her tight. He began to purr to calm her down.

"It's ok, Moon. It's just a story. Nothings going to hurt you or come after you." Said Flame

"Really." Said Moon

"Yes, Moon, but if you must know your grandma used to scare your father and me with the same story. You should have seen your father, he peed himself when he first heard the story." Said Flame

"Really," said Moon looking up at me.

"Yes, dear, but it also got your uncle, he couldn't sleep without your grandma for a whole two weeks," I said

"Well, you cuddled with her as well." Said Flame

"Two days," I stated

Flame grumbled as he continued to comfort Moon.

"Well, besides Flame going overboard, it was still a great story." Said Applejack

"Yeah, it's hard to scare me." Said Rainbow

"Well, you can thank my mother for coming up with the story. She always knew how to create the best scary campfire stories," I said

"I'll say, dear." Said Rarity

"Well, I think it's time we break out the smores," I said

The other nodded as Twilight levitated out the food and we began to make smores. After a while of cooking and eating smores, we were all watching the fire die down. Fluttershy still sat next to me, still uneasy about Flame's story. I promised that I would stay with her tonight to keep her calm.

"Dad." I turned over Moon who was leaning against Twilight and Flame stretched out against her lap as she stroked him. "Can you tell me about grandma?"

"Sure, your grandmother is a proud retired marine in the United States Army. Sure on the outside, she may look tough, but she's sweet and kind. I still remember her telling me the second I have a child, she was going to spoil it." I chuckled as I looked at Twilight, who didn't like to spoil Moon. "She would have bought you anything you wanted. But she also would never let anypony hurt you. If you got a cut, she would run with a medic kit full of everything except the hospital itself, even if all you needed is a simple bandage. She would make you laugh if you felt blue or make you the best-tasting food in the world if you felt down. She knew exactly how to cheer you up. Plus she would never stop loving you no matter what you did. That's your grandmother in a nutshell."

"Think I'll ever meet her." Said Moon

I smiled as I ruffled Moon's mane, "I believe one day you will. And no doubt she'll buy a load of presents for all the birthdays she missed."

"Wow." Said Moon

I chuckled as I saw a sparkle in her eye with all the presents she would get. I smiled as I turned back to the dying fire. I soon heard Fluttershy yawn and looked at the girls were starting to get tuckered out.

"I think we should call a night; I'll stay up until the fire is down burning," I said

The girls nodded as they went off to their tents, saying goodnight in the process. Moon yawned as she picked up Flame and went into the tent. Twilight kissed me as she walked into the tent and zipped it up. I now sat outside with Fluttershy as she yawned again and laid her head on my shoulder. She moved her hand and intertwined her fingers into mine. I leaned my head against Fluttershy's as we watched the embers of the campfire. I then moved my eyes up to see a single shooting star. I smiled as I watched it disappear. Goodnight, mother.

Author's Notes:

So part one of camping is done. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter of The Fabled Warrior. Sorry if the scary stories weren't the best, I'm not too good at writing horror stories. But I hope you did enjoy them, none the less. Well, I guess that means we only have four more chapters left until The Fabled Warrior's first season comes to an end. So I guess it's time to say goodbye and see you all in part two of camping. So as always: comment, like, follow, share and tell.