The Guardian Chronicles

As far as I knew Applejack was spending all the time she wasn't working looking for Big Mac. I was as worried as she was. Big Mac was one of my close friends and there's no telling what kind of danger could be out there. Even though he's the strongest of the group he's still small and could be killed by a single step.

I had never been to Sweet Apple Acres before and I had no idea how big it was. I had to have Rainbow fly me over because I was still healing from my crash. So I only got a glimpse at all the apple trees but man I could tell there was a lot of them. We approached the huge red barn and knocked on the door. It opened and Applejack poked her head out. She looked exhausted! She had bags under her eyes, her hair was a mess, and I don't know when the last time she showered was.

"Oh, howdy you two. What brings y'all by?" She said.

"We uh, wanted to see how the search was going" I replied.

She sighed, "not too well. I'm afraid we haven't made much progress".

A voice from inside the barn spoke up. "HEY SIS! Who's at the door?". She sounded young, around the same age as Sweetie Belle.

"It's Rainbow Dash and the little aura fella' I was telling y'all about" she shouted back.

The voice gasped and said, "the little dog fella is here!? Why didn't ya say so!"

I heard footsteps sprinting towards the door. A head poked out beneath Applejack's.

"Aww he's cute. Hi there, I'm Applebloom" she said. I blushed followed by a little wave.

"Can I hold him?" She asked looking at Rainbow.

"It's fine with me. Travis?" She replied.

"I'm okay with it" I said.

" *gasp* he can talk too?!" Applebloom said. I smiled and jumped into her hands where the began to stroke my head. This caused my tongue to hang out and me to groan in pleasure. "Petting!" I thought. "My only weakness". Applebloom giggled and brought me inside the barn. Rainbow and Applejack followed behind us. While Rainbow and AJ talked about finding the big guy, Applebloom brought me over to the corner of the barn and sat on a pile of hay. She had a big smile on her face as she wrapped a hand around my body and lifted me up and snuggled me against her cheek.

"You're so cute an' soft!" She said.

"heheh thanks" I replied. She kept me pressed up against her cheek for a while before she held me in her palms again. Then she leaned close and kissed me on the cheek! This made my face light up bright red like a tomato.

"W-w-woah, didn't see that one coming" I said.

"Heheh sorry" she said. "Ah keep forgettin' that you're not a normal dog" she replied.

"Eh it's alright, cool guys get kisses all the time" I said.

"Well, 'cool guy' how about helping us over here" Rainbow said.

I blushed as Applebloom sat up and approached a table on the other side of the barn which had a map of Ponyville  on it. On the map there were multiple Xs that indicated where AJ had looked already. There were Xs on the apple orchard, the market, a schoolhouse, and Sugarcube Corner. There was a spot on the map that want marked. Which was a small area of houses that created several alleyways.

"Hey! This is where I got separated from my friends" I shouted pointing to the spot on the map. Then rainbow pointed to a spot on the map that was almost entirely on the other side of the group of houses.

"And that's where I found you" Rainbow said.

"Man, that milk crate launched me far!" I said looking at the distance I had wound up.

"Milk crate?" Rainbow asked.

" yeah" I replied. "There was this HUGE storm that blew everything all over the place. A milk crate went flying and struck me right before I could make it to my friends. Boy did that hurt!".

Rainbow's ears dropped and her face was shocked.

"A...storm?" She asked. Her head hung and she whispered to herself, "it's all my fault".

"Rainbow? What's the matter? What's your fault?" She looked up, "It's all my fault!" She cried. "I'm the reason you were separated from your friends!"

"Wait...what?" I asked confused.

"I'm in charge of the weather around here. I was the one who created that storm. The only reason you never see me do it is because you're napping or it's early in the morning" she said. I was stunned, I had no idea she had caused it to happen but, to be honest I didn't really care.

"I'm really sorry Travis" she said.

"I put my paw on her hand just as I did to Rarity when I comforted her.

"Rainbow, you do realize if you hadn't had made that storm that I would probably have never met you and wound up dead. If anything, you saved me" I said.

"But if it wasn't for me, you're friends wouldn't be alone and in danger like Big Macintosh" she said.

"I know for a fact that my friends can take care of themselves and for all we know Big Mac could be inside the barn with us".

"Eyyyyyup" said a voice behind us. We all spun around an saw something that made my jaw drop. Standing on a bucket of apples was Big Macintosh!

We all stood there mouths agape for an awkward amount of time before the two apple sisters charge their brother and began to smother him in hugs. Rainbow and I couldn't help but smile at the scene. Family was being reunited right in front of my eyes and it filled me with joy.

I looked up to Rainbow and said, "we should let them have their time alone".

"Uh, yeah" she said. "Good idea. I'm not one for mushy stuff anyway".

She lowered her hand to the table and I climbed on. Then, she brought me up to her shoulder and let me get off. I satdown Inge shoulder and left the apple family to have their reunion.

On the way back, a thought occurred to me; joy wasn't the only thing I was feeling when Big Mac was returned to he family. I had also felt emptiness. I had never known my family because I never had a memory flash. Rainbow saw the sadness in my face and immediately asked, "Hey, you okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm fine" I lied.

"Really? Because you look a little... Depressed" she said.

"Honest, it's nothing" I replied.

"Travis, I know you're lying. Tell me the truth" she said.

"Wha?! Lying?! I... Fine I'll tell you" I admitted. "It's just... Big Mac looked so happy back with his family it just made me think... If I had a family".