The Super Avatar of Equestria

I woke and saw that I was still at the bottom of the black mountain. I got up with a groan, and heard my back pop. My body aches from sleeping on the stone ground. I look around to see that I was actually on an outcropping of rocks on the side of the mountain.

I could see Ponyville off in the distance passed the forest that was below me.

“Let’s see if I have my energies restored.” I say aloud as I hold out my right hand in front of me with the palm facing up. I concentrate, and create a large ball of ki. I smile and bring the ki back into my body. I sigh as I float upwards. I was about thirty feet above the outcropping of rocks before I started on my way back to Ponyville.

It was the end of the day, and I was yawning by the time I landed in front of Twilight’s home. I walk up to the door and knock a couple of times. I came to Twilight’s because I heard Cadence’s voice coming from here. Twilight opens the door, sees me, and drags me inside with her magic.

Once inside I saw the rest of the elements, and a saddened Cadence. I immediately run up to Cadence, and hug her tightly.

“I’m so very sorry.” I tell her, “I never wanted to hurt you.” I hugged her harder, and she returns my hug. She cries into my shoulder, and I hold her tighter. I get a tap on the shoulder and turn to see Dash. She kisses me, and I am shocked still for a moment before I return her kiss. Dash pulls away, and then smacks me on the back of my head. I groan in pain. I let go of Cadence and bring a hand up to the back off my head. I pull it away to see blood on my hand. I sigh and make a ki ball. I put it on the injured area, and heal my wound. I put my hand down, and am smacked by Cadence across my face. I could feel a couple of my teeth had been knocked out of place. I swallow them, and bring another ki ball up to my mouth. I make it cover my entire jaw. I make a fist with my left hand as new teeth grow into place. I pull my hand away.

“You do realize that your hooves hurt more than a hand.” I tell them, “But I deserve it.”

“Please don’t ever scare us like that again.” Cadence tells me. I nod my head to her.

“I won’t.” I tell her. There is a knock on the door, and Twilight answers it. She welcomes in a hooded figure, and I recognize it as Zecora.

“I heard you had run off.” Zecora says to me without her rhyming. Zecora throws me a large potion.

“Thank you.” I tell her as I catch it.

“Just keep your end of the bargain boy.” She tells me with a cold stare. I nod my head to her.

“What time is it?” I ask to someone random.

“It’s around seven thirty sugar cube.” Apple Jack answers me.

“We need to get to the train station soon if we want to make it back to Canterlot.” I say aloud.

“I already sent a letter to the princess saying to send the transportation here.” Twilight tells me. I sigh in relief.

“Alright, well Cadence, Dash, where will we be staying? I can’t sleep on clouds because I need to concentrate to keep a form.” I ask my mares.

“We already have arrangements made. I will be staying with Dash, and you will be at Apple Jack’s.” Cadence tells me. I nod my head.

“Come on Artermis, I need to be getting home soon.” Apple Jack tells me. I hold a finger up asking for a minute.

“Where will we meet to leave?” I ask Cadence.

“We will all meet by the statue of Celestia, and will go from there.” She tells me. I look to Dash and she nods. I look over at Zecora.

“Does this have any side effects?” I ask her as I look at the potion in my hand.

“It will make you sleep for a few hours. I suggest drinking it tonight before you sleep.” She tells me.

“What happened to your rhyming? I thought it was rather nice.” I ask her.

“I only rhyme when I am happy and joyful. You have caused pain to others, and I am irritated by your antics.” She tells me. I just nod in understanding. I stand up, and shift into my silver Pegasus form, minus the size and flowing mane. I look to Apple Jack.

“When you’re ready we can leave.” I tell her.

“Artermis, why do you keep shape shifting?” asks Twilight.

“This ability is still new to me, so I am using it as much as possible to learn it faster.” I answer her, “I think it also reflects my emotions as well.” I say as I walk around the library.

“How so?” Twilight asks.

“Well, when I shifted right before I ran away to the black mountain, I was trying to turn into this form, but ended up as a black alicorn.” I tell her, “If my emotions are stable I can choose what to shift into. I might have a different form for every emotion I have.”

“Hmm, I think I should make a report on this.” Twilight thought to herself.

“You can document all you want, but you can’t send anything about this ability to Celestia.” I tell her. She looks at me confused.

“Why can’t I?” She asks me.

“Because she doesn’t know about this ability yet; I would like to tell her on my own time.” I tell the studious unicorn.

“Why haven’t you told her?” She asks me. I sigh.

“Because there is a future event that would make me seem suspicious to her if I did.”

“Oh. I will keep my papers to myself then.” She tells me. I nod and start towards the door once more. I am stopped by a hoof to my shoulder. I turn to see that it is Rarity.

“Yes lady Rarity?” I ask her.

“Your clothes are ready for you to pick up.” She tells me.

“I would like to stop by on my way to the farm if possible.” I tell her as I look to Apple Jack.

“I don’t care what you do just be in the barn before moon rise.” Apple Jack tells me. I nod.

“Rainbow and I will be heading to her place now so good bye my dear.” Cadence tells me with a kiss. Dash comes up and does the same before they left. I wait a few moments to make sure that they actually left.

“Lady Rarity, shall I walk you home?” I ask the ivory unicorn as I open the door for her. She nods and heads out, and I do the same.

“Could you shift back into your human form dear?” Rarity asks me. I nod and shift as I walked with her. I was back in my human form after a few moments.

“May I know why you wanted me in this form?” I ask her.

“I don’t think it is right for you to hide yourself.” She tells me. I sigh and bring a hand up to the bridge of my nose.

“I shift into a different form so that I don’t scare the citizens of Equestria.” I tell her.

“Yes, but you are known as a hero in Ponyville.” She reasons with me. I take this information in, and smirk. I just start floating by Rarity.

“I can’t believe rainbow Dash asked you out. I could have sworn she went after mares.” Rarity tells me. I just stay silent.

“Are you going to reply, or defend her?” She asks.

“I don’t see a reason behind arguing with someone who is stating what they thought.” I tell her.

“Well you’re no fun.” She tells me as she puffs her cheeks out. I just smile at that.

“If you want an argument you need to use a more interesting topic.” I tell her, “Like why I shouldn’t have hurt Luna before she was reformed.”

“When did you hurt her?” She asks me.

“It was before you girls got to the castle ruins. I had gone there after I flew off when you faced the manticore. Nightmare was there and we had a talk. I was still mad, so I had a short fuse with her. She had pushed me over the edge, and I slammed her through the roof of the ruins by her horn.” She visibly shutters at the mention of harming her horn, “She left me alone after that, and then I sat on the steps and waited for you all to show up.” I tell her without breaking stride.

“Well, at the time she had deserved it.” Rarity tells me. I am about to reply when I hear a twig snap. I turn towards the sound with my hands on the hilt of my sword. Nothing comes out of the shadows so we continue walking. I could hear light hoofsteps following us. Rarity is about to speak once more, but I dashed over to the spot where the sound was coming from. I grabbed the tails of the followers. I pick them up and bring them into the fading light of day.

“Who are they?” Rarity asks me. I already knew one was Apple Bloom, and the others were the other cutie mark crusaders.

“Well, this one is Apple Bloom, and I think one is related to you, and the other is an orange Pegasus filly.” I tell her.

“Alright Artermis you got us, can you put us down?” I hear Apple Bloom asks.

“As long as you don’t run away.” I tell her.

“I won’t.” I hear a higher pitched voice.

“I might.” I hear a tomboyish voice say.

“Ah won’t.” Apple Bloom tells me. I put the two, who said they wouldn’t run, down. I just grab the last one by one of her hoofs, and turn her right side up. I hold her under her shoulders, and look her in the eye. She looks right back at me. I grin evilly, and will my eyes to turn red. This scared the filly. I laugh as I change my eyes back to their normal color.

“Let me go.” I hear her tell me.

“Oh come now. I’m not going to hurt you.” I tell her as I bring her into a hug. She tries to push me away, but succeeds in getting nowhere.

“Put me down.” She tells me.

“Now why would I put such an adorable filly back onto the ground?” I ask her sarcastically.

“Because if you don’t I’ll bite you.” She tells me. I look her in the eyes once more.

“You do that and I’ll drop you from six thousand feet in the air.” I tell her with a hard glare, “Because I can tell just by your bone density that you can’t fly.”

“Artermis that was a low blow.” Apple Bloom tells me as she bucks my left shin. I just wince from the pain, and knew that she bruised my bone. I look down to Apple Bloom.

“Don’t make me take you to the Zebra Empire and make you help me with my quest.” I tell her, “Because you won’t enjoy it one bit.” She backs away from me. I could feel my anger starting to rise. I put the orange filly down, and take deep breaths to calm myself. I was slowly coming back to my senses. I sit down and grab my potion.

“Rarity I think I should pick up my clothes tomorrow morning. I need to drink this as soon as possible so that I don’t do something I will regret later on.” I tell the ivory unicorn. She nods so I look down to Apple Bloom.

“Want to fly home?” I ask her. She looks at me confusedly. I just make myself float again. I land and looking to Scootaloo, “I could bring you along as well.” I tell the small Pegasus. Scootaloo looks up at me with tears in her eyes. I kneel down in front of her.

“I’m sorry for what I said. It was wrong and I am offering to make it up to you.” I tell her.

“I don’t want anything from you.” She tells me. I stand up at this. I just stare at her as I make the air around her wings pull them open. Her eyes shoot strait up towards me. She closes her wings, so I lift a hand up and make her float up to me to look her in the eye.

“I am offering to teach you as well.” I tell her.

“No.” She tells me.

“I could get Dash to teach you.” I tell her. She stops everything she was doing.

“How would you do that?” She asks me. I smile at this.

“Well, she is my mare friend after all. I’m sure I could convince her to teach you how to fly.” I tell the young filly, “But I would have to fix your bone density before anything could be learned.”

“I don’t want anything from you.” She reminds me.

“I’m trying to get you to fly and you don’t want my gift? You are being foolish.” I tell her. I could feel myself shifting into something. I calm myself and stop the shift. I return to my human form. I look around to see that Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and I were the only ones present. Rarity and her sister must have gone home. I put Scootaloo back on the ground, and sit down in front of the two fillies.

“He’s right Scoots. He is offering you something you’ve wanted for a long time now.” Apple Bloom tells her friend. Scootaloo seems to be in deep thought for a while.

“Fine, I’ll let you fix me, and take me over to Apple Bloom’s.” She tells me. I smile and turn into my giant Pegasus form; lying down so that they could climb on. Apple Bloom is the first on, and Scootaloo gets on after a second. I stand up, and spread my wings.

“Wait; are your bones too heavy to fly?” Scootaloo asks me.

“Yes they are. I just give myself larger wings and strong flight muscles so that I can still fly. I can’t fly for nearly as long as a Pegasus though because keeping me in the air is a taxing job on my muscles, so I cheat and use a little air bending.” I tell her. I flap my wings and start to lift off of the ground. I flap harder and ascend off of the ground into the air. I start on my way to Bloom’s home.

“Wow you weren’t kidding when you said stronger muscles.” Scootaloo comments, “I bet if Dash had these she could do a triple rainboom.” I laugh at the idea, and then get one.

“You two want to break the sound barrier?” I ask them.

“You can do a sonic rainboom?” Scootaloo asks me.

“I can do a double rainboom.” I tell her.

“No way!” She tells me. I just laugh.

“Is it safe?” I hear Apple Bloom ask.

“Yes it is safe as long as you’re with me.” I tell the quivering filly, “But if you want more protection I could make my mane see through and make it cover you, and hold you on me.” I could tell she calmed so I did just that. I willed my mane to lengthen and become transparent. I made it form a sort of bubble for the fillies to be in. I then start climbing my way into the sky at a steady pace. My muscles air wearing out so I use air bending to keep moving, and just flap my wings for show.

“How high are you going to climb?” Scootaloo asks. I just lock my wings in place and power up my ki. I push myself down at Sweet Apple Acres at a tear jerking pace. I make a small air bubble over both of my eyes so that I could continue to see. I could see the mach cone forming in front of me. I just kept going not even fazed by the rainboom I made. A second mach cone formed in front of me, and I tore through it.

“So how does it feel to fly at two times the speed of sound?” I ask the two fillies who are on my back. I noticed that they couldn’t hear me so I just continued on towards our destination. I slowed down as we went so that I wouldn’t smash the two into my neck. We glided down to the farm house, and land a few feet away from Apple Bloom’s home.

“We’re here.” I tell the two fillies. I lie down and let the two young ones off. Someone exits the home, and I’m greeted with a big red hoof to the head. I groan and stand up turning back into my human form. I glare at the one who hit me.

“You’re going to regret that.” I tell him as I growl. He brings up another hoof, and I catch it before it even touches me. I start to fly upward, bringing him with me. I stop when I’m twenty feet from the ground.

“Are you going to apologize?” I ask the red stallion.

“Nope.” He tells me. He swings his other hoof at me, and I let him drop for a few feet. After I caught him I flew up to forty feet.

“Please apologize. I don’t like getting my hands dirty.” I tell him.

“Nope!” He shouts at me. I kick him in the ribs, just hard enough for it to hurt. I drop him and catch him by his rear left leg. I just sigh and start on my way down back to the ground. I let the stallion down, and put up an earth tent around me. I could hear someone banging on the outside of the rocks. I just start digging my way through the ground by earth bending.

I pop up out of the ground and rocket skyward. My anger was gone, and was replaced by impassiveness. I land and make a small crater around me. I walk away from the red stallion. I could see Apple Jack had come outside to see what was happening. I sit down and rub my head where the stallion had hit me. I bring a ki ball up to my head and began to heal it. I notice someone was in front of me. I stop healing my head and look at who it is.

“Are you alright sugar cube?” Apple Jack asks me.

“I’ll be fine. I’ll just have a small headache tomorrow.” I tell her as I start healing myself again.

“Sorry about Big Macintosh over there. He hasn’t met ya, and when you put Apple Bloom down he jumped to conclusions.” I just chuckle.

“I did the same when I pulled him into the air so I guess that makes us even. Where will I be sleeping tonight?”

“I would give you the guest room, but Babs is in there for the weekend. I guess you’ll be in the barn.” She tells me with a hoof on her withers.

“That’s fine with me. It’ll be like I’m at my grandfather’s farm again.” I tell her with a smile.

“You’ve been on a farm before?” She asks.

“And have done the work that goes with one. My grandfather had a heartfruit farm. He was the only one who could grow ‘em.” I tell her with a big smile.

“What in tarnation is a heartfruit?” She asks me.

“Well, it was a cross bread fruit of a dragon fruit, and an apple.” I tell her, “This fruit was special because it was able to germinate. I have the last twenty seeds to these amazing fruit. I am hoping to be able to plant them one day.”

“Wow, I never thought you could cross bread fruit.” Apple Jack tells me.

“It took humans ten years to figure it out.” I tell her.

“Where do you plan on planting your seeds?” Apple Jack asks.

“In a place that is surrounded by cold, but is warm none the less.” I tell her. She looks completely confused by this.

“You’ll know what I mean in time.” I tell her, “Just don’t dwell on it too long.” She nods her head.

“Oh, dinner is about done. I heard that you have a huge appetite.” She tells me with a smile. I laugh heartily. I stand up as I stop healing myself.

“You think you have enough to feed me?” I ask her with the biggest smile on my face

“We sure do if what Cadence said was true.” She replies with a chuckle. I just shake my head and follow her into her home. I smelled the sent of a home cooked meal. My smile got even bigger at that.

“Why hello there Avytar Arteemis.” I hear Granny Smith say as I entered the dinning room.

“Hello Granny Smith, how are you this evening?” I ask her choosing to be polite.

“Well ah’m fine as those trees outside.” She replies with a smile, “How are you?” I smile kindly at her, and kneel down in front of her.

“I’m just dandy Granny Smith.” She laughs a bit at this.

“Apple Jack, ya sure brought home a gentlecolt this time.” She calls out to her granddaughter, “Whey ya gonna marry ‘em?” I immediately face flush, and my nose starts to bleed. I cup my left hand under my nose to keep blood from dripping onto their floor. I make a ki ball and heal my nose. I blood bend the blood in my hand over the trash can.

“Ooo, he has powers too. I’m serious Apple Jack.” Granny calls once more. I stand and clear my throat. I look at Granny Smith.

“I’m sorry Ms. Smith, but I already have a mare to call my own, and I’m flattered by the idea of marrying Apple Jack, and like I said before I already have a mare that is precious to me.” This catches her attention. I sigh and sit down in front of the elderly mare. She is staring at me in an unnerving way.

“I’m sorry what was that? I couldn’t hear ya Granny.” Apple Jack asks as she walks into the room. She sees the look that Ms. Smith was giving me, and pushed me out the door. I just let her do what she wanted, as long as it got me out of the sight of the elder mare.

“Thanks AJ. I thought she was going to stare me into dating you. I wouldn’t mind but I don’t want Cadence to make me a gelding either.” Apple Jack chuckles at this, and I join her. I stand up and stretch my arms, and legs.

“What are you doin’ Arty?” Apple Jack asks my.

“Arty? Well I guess I knew that was coming.” I say as I put my sword and its sheath on the ground, “Well, I don’t want to pull a muscle when exercising now do I. Humans have figured out that if you stretch the muscles before any physical activity you have a much smaller chance of pulling a muscle.” I explain to the orange mare.

“You’re planning on working out at this time of day?” She asks me.

“Well, I have to practice with my powers, otherwise if something bad happens I won’t be able to protect the ones who are special to me. So yeah, I’m going to work out before dinner or sleep.” I tell her as I start doing jumping jacks, “I would like to get done before dinner because I don’t want to get a cramp.”

“Dinner is done, and what are you doin now?” She asks as I finished doing my jumping jacks and moved on to my hand stand push ups.

“This is a very hard work out, and it works my shoulders and back muscles.” I groan out as I get my first set of ten in, “Next up are the sit ups. Oh, could I just eat in the barn? I would really like that.” I continued my hand stand push ups as she walks back inside.

I get my first set of three in and move into a sit up position and start doing the workout. I managed to get two sets of twenty in before I hear hoofsteps. I sit up once more to see that it was Apple Bloom. I wipe the sweat from my brow and nod to her.

“Hey Bloom, what’s up?” I ask her.

“I was wondering if you could teach me some more earth bendin’.” She tells me with a downtrodden look. I just tilt my head slightly to the right.

“What’s wrong Bloom?” I ask her.

“Granny says that it taint natural to be able to earth bend. She says that it’s wrong.” She tells me as tears well up in her eyes, “Am ah a freak or just a mutant?” I stand up at this and bring the filly in for a hug. I kneel down in front of her, and she jumps into my arms.

“Hey, don’t listen to what Granny Smith says about bending. She doesn’t know anything about it, so her opinion on it doesn’t matter.” I tell her as she hugs me back, “And if she says its wrong to bend then you tell her that it’s wrong to not support your own family with what they were born with.” I could feel wetness on my chest where Apple Bloom was silently crying. I just rub her back and try to get her to calm down.

Apple Bloom stops crying after a couple minutes, and falls asleep in my arms. I smile down at the filly and carry her into the house. I give a death glare to Granny Smith as I walk up the stairs and into Apple Blooms room.

I set the young filly down on her bed, and sit down next to it. I then start to sing a lullaby.

Hush now quiet now,

it's time to lay your sleepy head,

Hush now quiet now,

its time to go to bed.

After I had finished with my lullaby I noticed that I had a small audience at the door of Apple Bloom’s room. Big Mac, and Apple Jack were there watching me. I softly sigh and stand up. I walk out of Apple Bloom’s room, closing the door after me. I am followed by the two earth ponies as I made my way down stares. I glare at Granny Smith as I walk out of the house as well. I just kept walking to the small field where I had first taught Apple Bloom to earth bend. I was followed all the way there.

I stopped in the middle of the field, and turned to the two followers. I was obviously angry at the elder of their family.

“What’s got you so worked up sugar cube?” Apple Jack asks.

“It’s Granny Smith. She has no right to tell her youngest granddaughter that she isn’t normal, and doesn’t belong JUST BECAUSE SHE CAN CONTROL THE EARTH!” I shouted into the sky. I was in a rage, and my ki was sky rocketing as I spoke, “SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT BENDING IS! SHE CAN’T MAKE A JUDGEMENT ON WHAT SHE DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT, AND SO HELP ME GODS IF I HEAR ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN I WILL NEED SOMETHING TO TAKE MY ANGER OUT ON OR I WILL END UP KILLING SOMETHING, AND PRAY THAT SHE IS NOT IN MY SIGHT IF I DO!” Both ponies took steps away from me. I look up at the night sky and see my purple star again. I clenched my fists so hard I could hear my fingers pop. With a blood curdling cry I thrust my hands up at the star and let all of my ki out in a giant blast of anger. I watch with hate as the blast left the planet at a rapid pace.

I look at the two ponies that had followed me out to the field. Big Mac looked like he was going to wet himself and Apple Jack just looked at me with tears in her eyes. She takes a step towards me, but I just raise a giant wall of stone in front of me.

“Artermis! Let me talk to you!” I hear Apple Jack call over the wall. I just punch a hole in the wall.

“What do you want?” I ask with the smallest amount of emotion in my voice.

“I didn’t know Granny was talkin’ ta Apple Bloom like that, if I did I would have bucked her into the hospital. No Apple talks to another Apple like that.” She tells me as she walks up to me. I just collapse to my knees.

“I thought I could live in a world where true love and tolerance actually existed, but I thought wrong. The only things I have left in my life are two mares that I deeply care about, and my own existence. I am going to go sleep elsewhere. I don’t want anything to do with this farm until that elderly mare is six feet in the ground.” I say as I start to float up off of the ground, “And if I hear from Apple Bloom that she is being told that she is wrong once more I’m taking her with me to live a better life.”

“You can’t do that.” Apple Jack says as I stop to hear what she has to say, “She already lost her parents. She doesn’t need to lose her family as well.”

“From what I see she doesn’t have a family. Ones that belittle others are not to be family, and if I wanted to take her, I could just tell Celestia she is better off under my care. She takes my word better then the court right now.” I say as I continue to ascend into the sky, “Oh and she wouldn’t lose her family.” I tell then as I dart off into the night sky heading for the dark mountain once more. I was just slowly heading there when I hear a small cry from back at the farm. It sounded like Apple Bloom.

My anger came back and I broke the sound barrier three times as I flew as fast as a SR-71 Black Bird back to the farm. I landed in front of the house, creating a small crater when I did. I blasted the door off of its hinges as I entered the house. I basically flew up the stairs as I went to Apple Bloom.

When I made it to Apple Bloom’s room all I saw was a green old mare pulling Apple Bloom out of bed and into a closet. I pulsed the old mare off of Apple Bloom with my air bending, and grabbed said filly, as I flew out the window. I saw Apple Jack and Big Mac walking back to the house from where I was at in the sky. I landed in front of them.

“Your Grandmother just did what I told you would happen, and now Apple Bloom is under my care. I will take her to the castle tomorrow morning with Cadence, Dash, Zecora, and I. You have no say in the matter.” I tell the two before flying away again. I put Apple Bloom on my back, and shifted into my Pegasus form, and made my mane cover her. I made my way to Twilight’s for I had something to report to the princess. I was flying when I heard a voice from my right. I stopped and hovered there before I saw Dash fly up to me.

“Artermis, where are you going?” She asks me.

“I just saved Apple Bloom from her Grandmother, and I’m going to Twilight’s to report to the princess that she is now under my care.” I tell her as I start flying slowly towards Twilight’s again.

“Wait so you’re like adopting her?” She asks me with a bit of shock in her voice.

“Kind of, in my world when this situation happens the child is taken from the family and put in an orphanage, but if there was someone willing to take the child, then the child was put under their care as a legal guardian. It is more complicated than it sounds.” I tell her. I feel stirring on my back so I make my mane translucent.

“Huh… Wha’… Where am ah?” I hear Apple Bloom ask.

“Easy Bloom, you’re with me heading to Twilight’s.” I tell the worried filly. She relaxes at hearing my voice.

“Why are we going to Twilight’s” She asks me.

“Because of what your grandmother tried to do to you. I’m going to ask the Princess to put you under my care.” I tell her.

“What why? Why are you taking me away from my family?” I hear her ask, and I felt tears hitting my coat. I sigh and start to descend down to Twilight’s home. I land in front of the door without making a sound. I could hear Dash land next to me. I knock on the door. After a few moments Twilight answers.

“Artermis, why are you here?” She asks.

“I need to report something to the Princess.” I tell her. Her eyes widen and she lets me inside. Dash follows me in, and I take a seat on the couch.

“So what do you need to report?” Twilight asks me.

“Well, Apple Bloom I need to know what Ms. Smith was going to do to you if I hadn’t shown up.” I tell the small pony.

“After you left Granny came upstairs and woke me up. I was wondering what she was doing until she said I don’t belong in the Apple family because of my powers. She then started dragging me into the closet to do something. That’s when you show up, and save me.” Apple Bloom tells me. I nod.

“Okay. Are you ready to write?” I ask Twilight. She nods her head.

“Dear Princess Celestia, It has come to my attention that the earth pony Apple Bloom has a family that is trying to harm her. I suggest letting me take care of her instead of her Grandmother for she attempted to harm Apple Bloom, because she is an earth bender. I await your reply, Avatar Artermis.” Twilight nods, and rolls the scroll up. She walks upstairs into her room, and most likely made Spike send the letter.

“Artermis, why are you taking me away from Granny?” Apple Bloom asks me.

“It is because she tried to harm you. I have seen to many children abused by their parents or legal guardians, that I will not allow it to happen in this world if I can help it.” I tell Apple Bloom.

“Oh, okay. Will I be able to visit them?” She asks.

“Of coarse you can, as long as I’m with you. I will take you back to the farm to let you pack your things. You will be living at the castle with me if Celestia approves of my actions.” I tell young filly. Twilight walks back downstairs with a scroll in her magical grasp. She magics it to me.

“Sorry, but I can’t read Equestrian, unless it’s in Grogish.” I say as I open the scroll to check. It was in Equestrian, so I hold it out to Twilight with a sigh.

“Okay… Dear Avatar Artermis, I’m sorry you still can’t read Equestrian, so I hope Twilight will read this to you. I am going to send the documents for Apple Bloom’s adoption to you through Spike. I am sorrowed to hear that my little ponies are acting like this. Apple Bloom, I am sorry to hear that your Grandmother has done this to you. Artermis is a great person, and he will be able to care for you properly. By the Princess of the sun, Princess Celestia.” Twilight read to me. Just as she finished Spike walks down to me, and hands me some documents then heads back upstairs to sleep.

“And I still can’t read these.” I say as I shuffle through the pages. There are five pages with symbols that I didn’t understand.

“I can fix your reading problem if you want me to.” Twilight tells me. I look up to her.

“I would like that. If you need energy to do it I am ready to assist.” I tell her.

“It is a very simple spell. I just need you to close your eyes, and wait for a light headed feeling.” She tells me. I nod and close my eyes. I could hear her horn light with the light hum of magic. I feel the light headed sensation come and go. I hear her horn stop humming, so I open my eyes and look down at the documents. I could read the symbols as though I had been taught Equestrian since I was born.

“Wow, this is strange and nice at the same time, thank you Twilight.” I tell her as I quickly read through the pages of legal bull crap. I got to the last page after a few minutes of reading. I see that it needs two signatures. One from me, and one from Apple Bloom. I shift parts of my body so that I could reach into my left pocket and pull out a pen. I click the button and sign my new name in Equestrian on the designated line.

“Apple Bloom, I need your signature if you want to be put under my care. If you don’t want me to care for you, you will return home and will have to live with your Grandmother.” I tell her. I could tell she was crying once more, for I felt her tears on my coat.

“I don’t want to live with Granny anymore.” She tells me. I hand the pen and document over my shoulder to her. I could tell she read the last few lines before her signature line.

“This says you will become my Father if I sign this. Does that mean I won’t be an Apple anymore?” She asks as her tears start falling again.

“That is the first signature line. Read the other one.” I tell her. She stays silent for a few seconds.

“I think I want to be your daughter anyways. Granny was mean to me, and I want nothin’ to do with her.” Apple Bloom tells me as I feel her sign the document, then hoofs it back up to me. I solemnly hand it to Twilight, who nods and takes it upstairs. After a few minutes she returns with another scroll and hoofs it to me. I open it and read it.

Dear Avatar Artermis,

I see that Apple Bloom has decided to be your daughter. I hope the best for the both of you. I will be sending a chariot for you all in the morning. I wish you safe travels.

May you be happy,

Celestia

I burn the letter with my fire bending then float the ashes into the fireplace.

“Let’s go get your things Apple Bloom.” I tell the young filly as I stand up.

“Do you want some help?” Twilight asks. I shake my head.

“Well too bad you’re getting it.” Dash says as she follows me. Twilight nods and follows me as well. I just sigh and continue out into the night heading to Sweet Apple Acres.

We made it to Sweet Apple Acres after ten minutes of travel. I walked right up to the front door of the house, and knocked. Apple Jack answered, and saw me.

“I have come to gather Apple Bloom’s belongings. She has decided that I will be her new father.” I tell the orange mare. She nods and lets me into her home. I am followed by four ponies now; Twilight, Dash, Apple Jack, and Big Mac. Granny Smith just glares at me, and I glare right back as I went up to Apple Bloom’s room. I set the sleeping filly down on her bed. And start packing her things into a large bag that Apple Jack had brought into the room.

I notice that Apple Jack is shedding tears, but is not acknowledging them. I just continue to pack Apple Bloom’s things into the suit case of god, for it was huge. I notice Apple Bloom stir from her sleep, and I place a hoof on her. She calms at my touch, and I smile sadly.

“I never wanted to tear a family apart.” I whisper.

“Then why do it?” I hear Big Mac ask.

“Because I would rather see tears of sorrow, then tears of pain and betrayal.” I tell him as I take my hoof off of Apple Bloom. I continue to pack Apple Bloom’s bag.

“Dash, will you go tell Cadence about the recent events?” I ask my mare friend. She nods and gives me a short hug. I just stood there for a few moments as I looked at a photo of Apple Bloom’s parents. A tear escapes my eye, and I softly pack the photograph into her bag. I breath a heavy breathe, and pick Apple Bloom up, and put her on my back. I will my mane to cover her like a blanket. I feel her snuggle up to my back, and my heart melts. I am shedding tears of anger and sorrow as I walk down the stairs with Apple Bloom’s bag in tow. I use my air bending to get the bag down the stairs. I glared at Granny Smith, and she returns the glare with one of her own. I snort and see that fire comes out of my nostrils. This make Granny Smith stop glaring at me. I just head out the door. I turn myself into an earth pony. I lie on the grass that is in front of the house. I feel a hoof on my shoulder and turn to see Apple Jack.

“Please promise me you’ll take good care of her.” She tells me.

“Cross my heart hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye.” I tell her with the motions. She gives a heavy laugh at my antics. She gives me a hug. I just stayed still.

“Just… Be a great father to her.” She tells me, “She already lost two parents. She can’t lose another.” I nod my head.

“Hey Artermis… I’m sorry about earlier. I hope you will take care of her.” Big Mac tells me.

“Please big guy. I already knew you might do something like that. I wouldn’t worry about Bloom though. I will do my damnedest to be her father. I will let her visit you all when ever I’m in Ponyville.” I tell him. I stand up and start off, but I feel Apple Bloom wake up.

“Do you want to say goodbye?” I ask her. She nods to me. I smile softly to her and lie down once more. I watch as she runs back to her siblings and gives them each a hug. I didn’t even bother to try and hear what they said to each other. I just kept my eye on her.

I stand up and head back to the house when I see Granny Smith exit the house. I stand behind Apple Bloom. I just watched Granny Smith to make sure she didn’t try something. But all I saw in her eyes were sorrow I squint my eyes as I try to see past her eyes. I didn’t see anything.

I tense up as Granny Smith walks up to her Granddaughter, and gives her a hug. I see the sharp object in her hoof, and slide her away from my new daughter. I air bend the knife out of her hoof.

“How dare you try to harm my daughter again? You’re lucky I’m sad right now or you would be dead.” I tell the old mare as my mane flashes a deep purple. She scrambles back into her home, and I watch her the entire time. I lie down, and Apple Bloom hops onto my back.

“Can we go now? I don’t want to get hurt by Granny Smith.” Apple Bloom asks me. I just start to walk away from the farm with Twilight by my side.

“I’ll have your head!” I hear Granny Smith call out. Her sentence made me pass my anger line. I turn around, and shoot three pebbles at her with the velocity of a fifty caliber rifle round. I hear Granny Smith cry out as the pebbles take out her three good legs. I turned around and kept walking after that. I walk with Twilight back to her home with Apple Bloom on my back, and her bags being floated next to me by my air bending. I made my mane cover Apple Bloom like a blanket once more as she fell asleep on my back.

I placed Apple Bloom down on the guest bed in Twilight’s home. I then shift back into my human form. I walk back downstairs, and sit on the couch in the library part of the home. Twilight was in her office doing something or other. I pulled out my potion and drank it. It was sour, then bitter, then spicy with a metallic tang, and lastly it was sweet. I put the bottle of the potion down next to me on the floor. I do the same with my sword. I lie back on the couch and fall asleep with the potions help.