Just another Pony.

Here is a picture of my friend Caloo.

Just another Pony- Chapter 17- meeting Dinky (in detail) and Caloo

Authors note: My friend appears in this chapter. Cheers!

I was able to sleep peacefully last night. I don't know how, but I was. I just hope that John will be alright. I know that Apple Jack will take care of him, so I have to get home then to work. Apple Jack and I slept in the waiting room at the hospital. She was wide awake when I came to.

“ 'Mornin Tybalt.”

“Good morning Apple Jack. Can you take it from here? I have to let Twi know I am alright.”

“Sure. Ah got it from here.”

“Thanks. Please, will you tell me how John is doing later?”

“No problem. See ya later Tybalt!” We waved me off. That mare always has energy to spare.

I flew off to the library house. Another Pegasus came up to me. It was Derpy! I was always ready to meet her. She is always really nice, and frankly, a good friend.

“Good morning Tybalt!”

“Good morning Derpy. What's new with you?”

“Oh, not much. I was wondering... Today after work could you come over to my cloud house? I had told Dinky about you coming over, and she's been energetic all week about it.”

OH FUCK. I feel like such an ass right now, I TOTALLY forgot about it.

“Oh, I am really sorry Derpy! I totally forgot! I will definitely be over after work. Once again, really sorry I forgot! I keep getting sidetracked!”

“Don't worry about it, Tybalt. Dinky and me can't wait to see you!”

“Thanks again for reminding me!”

I can't believe I forgot about that! I'm just really glad that she isn't mad at me. She really is a nice mare. She loves her daughter more than anything too.

Yeah, I can't believe you forgot either!

Don't be a douche. You could have reminded me.

Yeah, I could have, but I didn't.

I opened the door to the library to find Twi sleeping on the couch AGAIN. I hate making this mare worry.

“Good morning Twi.”

“Hmm? Oh, good morning Ty. Why didn't you come home last night?”

“An emergency at the farm yesterday. John collapsed and I had to get him to the hospital. I'm sorry I couldn't come home, I had to make sure he was alright.”

“Then why are you sorry?”

“Because I always make you wait for me. I hate myself for it, how I make you worry nearly daily.”

“Come on Ty! I only worry about you because I love you.”

“I love you too Twi. I have to be at work today though, so I can't stay long. By the way, where's Dashie? I hope she's alright.”

“Don't worry about her, she's feeling fine and went up to work about half an hour ago.”

“Then I guess that I'll go meet her up there. Also, I may be home a little bit later tonight.”

“Why this time?”

“I'm going to go visit a co worker of mine.”

“Oh, alright. See you tonight, I love you.”

“I love you too. See you tonight!” I didn't even have time to eat, but I didn't really care at this point. I just wanted to see if Dashie was alright for myself.

I flew up to the base, going to see the chief. He was in his usual office, waiting patiently.

“Excuse me, chief?”

“Ah! Tybalt, just the pony I wanted to see. Miss Dash asked me if she could work with you today. I received word of what happened yesterday, and I personally thank you for looking after her.”

“It was nothing sir.”

“Even if it was nothing, you have my thanks nonetheless. Here comes miss Dash now!”

“Thanks chief.”

I walked into the cloud hallway to see Dashie walking towards me. She looked a little bruised, but nothing serious.

“Good morning Ty.”

“Morning Dashie, are you feeling any better today?”

“Thanks to you, I am. Thanks for getting those three jerks.”

“What's done is done. Where are we working today?”

“We'll be working with Derpy above the boutique. We have to put a few clouds over it again.”

“That sounds fine by me. I was actually going to see Derpy after work today.”

“That's good, look; here's Derpy now, let's go.”

“Good morning Tybalt, good morning Rainbow Dash!”

“Morning Derpy.” We both said in unison.

“Where are we going? The other chief told me I was working with you two!”

“We're going to Rarity's boutique. We're going to be piling some clouds over it, it shouldn't take too long with the three of us.”

“All right! Tybalt, are you still going to come over today?”

“I was definitely planning on it, I'm still sorry for forgetting last week.”

“No need to be sorry!”

“Heh, thanks. Let's go girls, let's get these clouds.”

We all flew over to the boutique. I still can't believe how... colourful this place is. It looks beautiful, but hand drawn for some reason. I never thought that I would have a job controlling the weather! I always thought that I would be in that war until I died. This is probably heaven.

Apparently I wasn't watching where I was going, because the next thing I knew...

“Tybalt, look out!”

What? Oh look a po-

AHAHAHAHA, you dumbass, you just ran into a pole.

Why didn't you warn me?

Well I didn't know you were actually going too run into it! Funny as hell!

You felt it too, so I don't know why you're laughing.

What do you me- Oof! You bastard.

Yeah, apparently you can mentally punch people.

After the incident (Dashie and Derpy couldn't stop giggling at my expense), we got to the boutique. We got to work on the clouds. It really didn't take long with the three of us, and the day went fast because I was working with two of my friends (Thunder groaned at the sappy moment. How is he a part of me if we're so different from each other? I'm guessing it's because he got here thanks to 'the stare'. Strangely enough, it really didn't affect me as much as they thought it would.). We were able to finish up (relatively) quickly.

“See you later Dashie!”

“See you Ty! See you around, Derpy!”

Derpy and I flew over to her cloud house after the day was over. When we got in; her house was a LOT nicer than Dashie's! Maybe just because it's cleaned up, but still. I may have to get me a cloud house some day.

“Dinky! Tybalt from work is here!”

“He is? Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!” Whoa, she must have really wanted to see me! Wait, how does a unicorn live on a cloud?

“Hey Derpy?”

“Yes?”

“Dinky is a unicorn, correct?”

“Yes, why?”

“How does she live on a cloud?”

“Actually, she rides in my bag, that's how I take her home.”

I mentally D'awwed at the imagination of the sight of Dinky riding in Derpy's mail bag.

“Dinky? Where are you?”

“I'll be down there in a second mom! I just have to finish cleaning this up!”

“Should I help her? It sounds like she is having a lot of trouble.”

“Maybe. She's always trying to do things that she saw ponies thrice her size do. She tried to be the best that she can be, and it makes me so proud.”

I walked up the stairs to see Dinky- Trying to move her dresser? Why? That thing was four times her size!

“Hey Dinky?”

“Huh? Oh, hey Tybalt! I just have to finish moving this, if I do, I'll be stronger! I want to be as strong as mommy!” This girl is just too cute!

“Do you want any help? I'm sure that you're strong enough as is right now. If you're ever feeling unsure of yourself, just call me! Either I can help you get stronger (I wouldn't dare try anything tough with her) or help you out!”

“Really? Thank you thank you thank you!”

“No problem. Now, let me help you...”

I walked up to the dresser, putting it on my back.

“Now, where do you want the dresser to be at?”

“Wow! How are you strong? I want to be as strong as you!”

“I'll tell you later, now, where do you want this?”

“Over there in the corner, please.”

“Can do.”

I walked over to the corner, gently setting the dresser down. Dinky was really interested in my strength for some reason. She said that she wanted to be as strong as Derpy. Derpy is a really good mother, I'm surprised she doesn't have a... what's the name for it?

Colt friend.

Coltfriend. That's it. I'm surprised that she doesn't have a colt friend.

You never know, she may have gotten one in between the time she showed Dinky at work and now.

I hope she does, she's really nice.

“Come on Dinky, want me to give you a ride downstairs?”

“Would I!”

She tried to jump on to my back, but she just fell short. She got up and blushed at her failure. She was just so cute! I gave a slight chuckle, then bent down so that she could get on.

“Ready?”

“Ready!”

I raced down the stairs while carrying a squealing filly on my back. I think I was enjoying this just as much as she was!

Derpy was downstairs... talking to a stallion? What do you know, maybe Thunder was right when he said she might have found a colt friend.

“Hey Tybalt, hey Dinky! It seems like you two are having fun.” She giggled at this. The other stallion flashed a knowing smile at Dinky.

“Hi dad! This is the stallion I was telling you about! He's so strong! He just moved my dresser like it was nothing!”

Hold the buck (Thunder told me to say 'buck' instead of fuck) up, did she just say Dad? That's wonderful! Now Derpy isn't a single mother and Dinky has a father!

“Dad?”

“Oh! Yes, Tybalt, this is my colt friend Caloo!”

Hmm, Caloo. He had a black and blue mane with short hair. He didn't look like a normal pony, though.

“Hello there Tybalt.”

“Hello Caloo, nice to meet you.”

“While you two get to know each other, I'm going to put Dinky into bed. She has an important test in school tomorrow.”

“All right, see you later honey!” Just like me and Twi.

“So Tybalt, what should we do? Derpy's tucking in Dinky, so should we go somewhere?”

“Sure, let's go to the library.”

“Why? Do you know Twilight there?”

“Know her? Hell, I'm dating her.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, why does it seem so bad?”

“Nothing.”

“Should we go?”

“Sure. I have a question Tybalt.”

“Yeah?”

“You seem... weird. Where did you grow up? When did you come here?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Well, I just wanted to know, I only came to Ponyville yesterday.”

“I'd rather not talk about it.” I started mumbling “I don't want to relive Dead man's ridge.” I think that he couldn't hear me.

Or not.

“Did you just say DEAD MAN'S RIDGE???” He got all excited! The hell is going on?

“Yes, Dead Man's Ridge. I was in that battle.”

“You were IN it? That's ancient history.”

“History? It happened less than a month ago!”

“A month ago? Oh no, it's the year 2012, what are you talking about?”

“2012? Are we both talking about Earth?”

“Yes!”

“Oh no, it was 1543 when I got here. NOT 2012!”

“1543? Are you serious?”

“Dead serious.”

“Wow! So you were in the hundred year war! The turning point was the battle of Dead man's ridge!”

“So, you're from the 'future'?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me, how did the battle end?”

“Well, wait, you said your name was Tybalt?”

“Yes.”

“CAPTAIN Tybalt??”

“Yes.”

“Well, after your squad went down, your general was captured. I'm sorry to say, but that battle ended in a massive defeat.”

“Bucking Boris.”

“Who?”

“Doesn't matter. How did you get here?”

“I have no idea. I'm guessing that I died from a reason that I can't remember. Then I came to a cross roads. A figure showed up out of nowhere and told me:

===== FLASHBACK===========

“You have led a full life. Now, you must choose a path. To the left is heaven. You will serve immortally there. To the right is Hell. You will reign in it. Or, to the middle, is a world of your choice.”

“Any world I want? Ooh! I want to go to Equestria! I want to be a Pegasus named Caloo!”

“It shall be done. It seems that many humans choose Equestria. But, before you go there, I must make sure that your intentions are pure. I must make sure that you won't cause havok.”

He stared deep into my eyes. His eyes pierced me deeper than I have ever felt. I felt my brain getting invaded, this man checking to make sure my intentions are 'pure'. After what felt like an eternity, he finally pulled back and said,

“Your intentions are pure. Enjoy your life.”

“Hells to the yeah! Can I make a request?”

“Go right ahead. I live but to serve.”

“I would like to be in a relationship with the Pegasus Derpy Hooves.”

“While I can not guarantee that, I will give you a fair chance.”

“Thank you thank you thank you!” With that I raced down the middle hall to be welcomed by a blinding green; the green of Equestria.

========FLASHBACK END===========

“At least you had a choice.”

“What?”

“I just found myself here. I had a choice of neither Heaven nor Hell. I just woke up in the fields near Fluttershy's cottage.”

“You know Fluttershy too?”

“Yes. All of her friends too.”

“Can I meet them? Please?”

“Sure, here comes the library now.”

Hey Tybalt?

Yes Thunder?

If humans came to Equestria, does that mean that Cloud Chaser could have been a...

Human.

But, that figure said to make sure his intentions are good!

Maybe they started out good, and he just turned bad.

Maybe.

Also, that would explain John.

Well, we're in the library, get back out there.

“All right, so what do you want to do first?”

“I wanted to check this library out.”

“Well we're here, and there's something you don't see everyday; somepony actually trying to check a book out.”

“Uh oh, look out Tybalt; that's Harmony Charmer.”

Spike came up to the pony (a unicorn) and politely asked,

“Excuse me, how may I help you?”

“SHADDAP” Well then, Harmony seems nice.

Hey Thunder?

Yeah?

Kinda antisocial, isn't she?

It's pronounced, 'asshole'.

“Excuse me, what's the problem here?” I went up to the unicorn.

“I was looking at books and this little dragon thing came up to me! I just wanted some privacy to look for my books in peace!”

“He's the librarian’s assistant. He can help you get anything you need. No need to be brash to him, man.”

“I don't care if he's the princess's assistant, he has no right coming up to me!”

“Seriously? He works here, and he just wanted to help your sorry ass.”

“Excuse me, bitch?”

“You heard me, you're not going to treat Spike like that.”

“Oh really then? Who's going to stop me?” To emphasize the point, Harmony pushed me not too gently.

“Come on then! You think I'm afraid of you?”

Caloo spoke up, “Dude! You wouldn't hit a mare!”

“...That's a mare?”

“You thought I was a stallion?”

“...Maybe.”

Caloo warned me, "RUN DUDE RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN"

Then the residents of Ponyville saw a very unusual sight. A Pegasus, too scared to use his wings, running at full speed away from a unicorn, who was chasing him like her life depended on it.. Why this happened, nopony knew, and nopony asked. Somewhere in Canterlot, two princesses were congregating again.

"Sister?"

"Yes, Luna?"

"Your subject that you're so interested in is in trouble again."

"He'll be alright."