The Equestrian Adventurer

by Kasterter

Rating: everyone
Tags: Rainbow Dash, Doctor Whooves, Original Character, Trixie, Adventure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 2984

an adventurer finds himself in ponyville, but he stays for a little longer than he initially wanted.

Published 2012-02-26 08:24:01 UTC
Last updated 2012-03-24 05:05:54 UTC

The Dawn of Friendship

“Kasterter's Adventure log, day one. Today was my first day of adventuring just for the sake of adventure, and I had never thought that it would be so amazing, and terrible at the same time. The most amazing sight was definitely the magnificent clouds in the vast sky, which seemed to go on forever, however... for the bad part... I have not eaten at all today, as I have no idea what is edible and what is not. Hard to believe that I learned just about everything about nature, except what was on the menu.” I had said to myself as I had written my first adventure log.

I had adventured before this point, but I had never recorded it before. Adventuring was my first interest, you may say that it runs in the family. My father had been an adventurer, and my father's father, and so on, and I was not going to be the one to break the chain. And as an adventurer, I absolutely loved the Daring Do books, and I had read every single one of them, I even carried the first book around with me for good luck. Even though my adventures were nothing compared to her stories, I found excitement wherever I went.

“Kasterter's Adventure log, day five. Nothing much of interest had happened today, except I learned that there was a town near where I was, named Ponyville around a day's walk away, so I have started to make my way to Ponyville.”

“Kasterter's Adventure log, day six. I was walking to Ponyville for the whole day, and I believe I can see it in the distance, my hard work has paid off, with my Green coat shining and short blue and red mane in the wind. I think that I will stay there for a couple days, then leave. I will get there tomorrow, and I am very excited!”

Just as I had said in that last log, I had walked towards this so called “Ponyville”, because I had heard that it was an amazing place with amazing ponies, even housing a student of Princess Celestia herself! After I had walked for about four hours, I had found myself in the middle of Ponyville. Everypony was doing something of importance, then, it happened, what seemed like a pink blur, popped up in front of me, seeming to break the laws of physics with as fast as it was going.

“Hi! I know everypony in Ponyville, so when I noticed you, I KNEW that you were new in town! What's your name? My name is Pinkie Pie!” yelled the pink pony while bouncing up and down.

“Wow, you seem energetic! My name is Kasterter, but you can call me Kast.” I replied.

“That's a nice name, Kast! Wow! That name is catchy! Want me to show you around Ponyville?” asked the energetic pony.

“Sure, and I am very hungry also, so is there a restaurant around here?” I asked.

“Of course! I work at the bakery here! I can get you a free cupcake!” said the excited pony.

Several minutes later, we found ourselves at Sugarcube Corner.

“Oh yeah! I never asked you what your cutie mark means! Well, it looks like... a map and compass! Are you an adventurer?” asked Pinkie.

“Yes, I am an adventurer, you have a good eye!” I said proudly.

“Really? Wow! I was just guessing!” she said with a surprised look .

“I have one more question for you, do you go on adventures like Daring Do?” she asked.

“Actually, not really. My adventures are not nearly as exciting as those books, but those books are one of the minor things that helped me find my love for adventuring!” I said, thinking about my past adventures, and about my father, which caused me to cry.

“Whoa! Are you okay? Was it something I said?” asked the pink pony, trying to figure out what was wrong.

“No, I just remembered things that I wish I had not.” I said, drying my tears.

“Oh, okay. Well, have a cupcake! Cupcakes make everything better!” said Pinkie while skipping towards the kitchen to get me a cupcake.

“Wow, she's really nice.” I said under my breath while smiling again.

“Here you go! One cupcake!” said the pink pony skipping with my cupcake.

“Thanks Pinkie, now, does Ponyville have a library? I need to get some research done.” I asked.

“We do, and as a matter of fact, my friend Twilight lives there! I will bring you there!” said the excited pony.

As we walked out of Sugarcube Corner, I had been marveling the sights to see in Ponyville, some of which were the amazing and complex buildings, the fact that everypony helped everypony and the happy atmosphere was so warm and inviting. It all reminded me of my hometown, and in turn, reminded me of my deceased father, however, Pinkie's happiness was so contagious, that I could not even think of being sad. Before we knew it, we were outside of the library, and I was amazed on how huge it was!

“Hello? Twilight! Are you there?” Pinkie said as she knocked on the door.

“Yes, I am, come in!” a voice from the other side of the door answered.

The door glowed purple and opened itself, obviously by a simple unicorn spell, but I wouldn't know what spells were easy or not, I am an earth pony! As Pinkie and I had walked in, we saw a purple unicorn tending to many books at one time, putting them all in one specific order. The amount of books was astonishing, there had to be hundreds!

“Hey Pinkie! And who is this?” said the unicorn.

“Oh! This is Kast! He is new in town and he is an adventurer!” said Pinkie.

“Oh really? Where are you from?” asked Twilight.

“I am from a small town, much smaller than Ponyville, it never had a real name.” I said, trying not to think about my family.

“That seems interesting! Anyway, what brings you to the library?” asked Twilight.

“Oh, I need to do some research on wild plants. just so that I know what is edible and what is not.” I answered.

“Hmm... let me see...” she said thoughtfully as she looked for a book.

“Aha! I found just the one! 'Wild Foods Encyclopedia.'” she said, levitating the book towards me.

“Thanks! I really need this!” I said with glee.

“How long do you plan to stay in Ponyville, Kast?” asked Twilight.

“Oh, maybe a week or so, just so that I can learn a little bit before I leave.” I said.

“Leave? To where?” Pinkie asked.

“Nowhere in particular, I just want to adventure for adventure's sake.” I said.

“That is interesting. We have a friend here named Rainbow Dash who you may want to talk to, she has always wanted to meet a real full-time Adventurer.” said Twilight.

“Sure, I love to meet ponies that share my interests!” I exclaimed.

Remembering the Old and Meeting the New

“Where does she live anyway? It seems that we are leaving the town!” I said confused.

“Oh, she is a pegasus, she lives in a cloud mansion, and speaking of which, there it is!” Twilight said, pointing up at a huge cloud mansion in the sky.

“That cloud mansion is astonishing!” I said.

“I know it is!” said a voice that I have never heard.

“Who was that?” I asked.

“Me!” said a cyan pony with a rainbow mane as she landed in front of me.

“Okay, I'm guessing that you are Rainbow Dash.” I said, guessing that it was her.

“That would be me! So, why are you here?” she asked.

“I heard that you have always wanted to meet a real full-time adventurer.” I said.

“Yeah...” she said, waiting for me to get to my point.

“You are looking at one right now, Dash!” said Twilight.

“Really? Cool! Do you go on adventures like Daring Do??” she asked.

“Kind of, but mine are not as exciting, but they work!” I said.

“That's fine, tell me some stories!” said Dash.

“I don’t know if I have much time right now, I need to study and meet ponies around town.” I said.

“Okay, can I come with?” asked Dash.

“Of course! I can tell you some short stories while we go from place to place.” I said to the excited pegasus.

“That's nice, but where should we go next?” asked Twilight.

“Hmm... maybe Fluttershy's house?” asked Pinkie.

“Good idea Pinkie! Lets go!” said Dash with excitement.

The “adventure” to Fluttershy's house was actually quite fun and soothing, as Rainbow Dash asked many questions about my adventures, I had lost count at around twenty five questions, and also the ponies introducing me to other townsfolk as we walked by.

“So, I heard that there was a student of Celestia herself living in Ponyville, is this true?” I asked Twilight as I walked up to her.

“Why, yes it is!” she said excitedly.

“Then, who is it?” I asked.

“You are looking at her!” she said with pride.

“Oh, wow! It's an honor to meet you, then.” I said with shock.

“No offense to you at all, but why are you so excited about a student of magic?” Twilight asked.

“I have always wanted to be able to use magic, since one of my past friends, a unicorn, loved magic, but then I lost her.” I said, looking down to the ground with sadness.

“Oh my, did she... die?” Twilight asked.

“No, she left me to become a magician.” I said.

“I see, what was her name?” Twilight asked me.

“Her name was Trixie.” I said.

“What?! Her?!” Twilight yelled.

“You know her?!” I asked.

“I do in a way, she came to Ponyville and was a complete showoff with her magic, she was quite a pest.” She said.

“I see... Hasn't changed a bit.” I said with disappointment.

“So, she wasn't always like that?” Twilight asked.

“No, she was my best friend, until she went overboard.” I said.

“What caused her to go overboard?” Twilight asked.

“I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about it, maybe another time.” I said, trying to avoid the topic of my past special somepony.

“Okay, that's fine, we are almost to Fluttershy's house anyways.” Twilight Said.

She was right, we only had to walk about five more minutes before we got to her house, and it was spectacular! There was a bunch of sounds coming from her house, like animals, rustling, and even a very calm voice, trying to organize the animals.

“Fluttershy, we need to talk to you!” Said Rainbow Dash as she knocked on the door.

“Oh! Come in!” said the voice on the other side of the door, then Twilight opened the door with her magic.

“We have a new pony in town who wants to meet you.” said Pinkie as we walked in.

“Oh, okay.” She said, coming down the stairs.

She was a yellow pegasus pony with a pink mane, she walked so gracefully that I could barely even hear her walking.

“Um... hi... my name is Fluttershy...” she said sheepishly.

“My name is Kast, nice to meet you.” I said calmly, knowing that she was very shy.

Fluttershy was starting too look scared for whatever reason, it might have been in my body language.

“He's okay, don't be afraid!” said Rainbow dash, comforting her scared friend.

Rainbow Dash saying that really calmed her down, and she walked towards me and looked me over, and noticed my cutie mark.

“So... what does your cutie mark mean?” she asked quietly.

“I'm an adventurer, at least I was.” I said.

“Was? I thought you were going to leave after awhile!” said Rainbow Dash.

“What, do you want me to leave?” I said with a smile on my face.

“Um... no...” Dash said blushing.

“Back on subject, I have decided to stay here, I couldn't leave after I have met so many ponies here!” I said.

Friends in Peril

It was three months after I had arrived in ponyville, and the date of my birthday was coming. I had not told any of the ponies about it, except for one that I had met awhile back, that pony's name was Doctor Whooves, or “The Doctor” as he liked to be called. He said that he had been on many adventures with many ponies of many kinds, which made us instant friends.

“You really think that she likes me, Doctor?” I asked.

“I believe that she does, I think she likes your adventurous personality!” The Doctor said, almost jokingly.

“Why don't you think that she has asked you out yet then?” I asked, taking his statement seriously.

“Oh, I have not told her about my adventures, I don't usually talk about them.” He said.

“Okay, but are you sure that she likes me?” I asked.

“Very. You really don't see how she looks at you when you talk to her or when you walk by?” He asked.

“I never noticed because I was too lost in my thoughts I guess.” I said.

“I have one question for you.” asked the Doctor.

“What is it?” I asked.

“Do you love her?” he asked.

“... I don't know, I don't think I'm ready after Trixie left, not yet.” I said.

“I know that you do somewhere deep inside, I can tell, I can read you like a book!” he said.

“I know that you know me well, but this time, I'm just not sure if you are right or not. I mean, I like her as a friend, almost as a sister, but not like that.” I said.

“I don't want to argue, lets just go to the library and check out some books! I heard that Twilight has some new adventure stories there!” he said.

“Okay, reading a book always helps.” I said.

After a few minutes of walking towards the library, we are stopped by familiar voice shouting.

“Kast! Something happened at Sweet Apple Acres! Applejack and Dash are hurt!” yelled the voice, turning around to see that it was Spike.

“Okay, lets go!” yelled the Doctor.

We ran as fast as we could towards Sweet Apple Acres, hoping that the worst has not happened. When we got there, we saw that the barn was completely collapsed.

“What happened?!” I yelled.

“I don't know, but Applejack and Rainbow Dash are still inside!” yelled Twilight.

“I'm going in!” I yelled as I charged towards the collapsed building.

“I'm coming with you!” yelled The Doctor, who was slightly behind me.

We ran in at full speed, trying to find the two missing ponies. As we were rummaging through the debris, I saw a small rainbow blob, it was Rainbow Dash. I cleared all of the rubble and I put her on my back, running for the exit. She was as limp as a noodle, I feared for the worst. As I was running out of the collapsed building, I tripped on a wooden board, hitting my head and dropping Rainbow Dash, and knocking me out.

“Are they okay Nurse?” asked the voice of Twilight, as I was waking up.

“Kast seems like he will be just fine... Dash on the other hand....” said Redheart.

“What happened...?” I asked.

“Kast! You are awake!” said Twilight.

“Tell me what happened to Dashie!!” I said.

“She broke a leg, three ribs and a wing, she wont recover very fast, but she will be up and flying again in awhile.” said Redheart.

“That's good, I feared the worst. Wait! What about Applejack?!” I yelled.

“Calm down, she is in even better shape than Dash, she is even awake!” said Twilight.

“Okay, sorry, I just like to know how my friends are doing after something like that happened... speaking of which, what exactly happened?” I said.

“Nopony knows, not even Applejack.” Twilight said.

“Thats odd, and we can rule out the possibility that she is just lying, at least nopony died.” I said with relief.

“Nurse?” I asked.

“What is it?” she asked.

“Am I okay to go and say hi to Applejack and Dashie?” I asked.

“Sure! You are not injured, so go right ahead, I will lead you to Applejack's room now.” Redheart said.

We started walking down the hallway and walked into a room and on the bed was Applejack.

“Hey y'all!” Applejack said as we walked in.

“Hi Applejack, how are you feeling?” I asked.

“Oh, alright. You should really be checking up on Dash, she is the one that needs the most support.” she said.

“You sure?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, go on and say hi for me when she wakes up!” Applejack said.

We followed Nurse Redheart through even more hallways and we came up to a room and walked in, seeing Rainbow Dash in many casts and with a couple tubes in her, she had just woken up.

“Hey Dashie! How are you feeling?” I asked.

“What do you think?” she asked.

“Oh yeah, right. That was a stupid question.” I said.

“Yeah, it kinda was. Hey, who got me out of there? All I remember is stuff falling on me and then everything went black.” she said.

“Well, The Doctor and I ran into the rubble, and I found you and got you out on my back, and then I tripped and I got knocked out. I assume that The Doctor got Applejack and I out.” I said.

“Wow! Really? Thank you so much!” she said.

“Hey, it's no problem, friends help friends, no matter what the possible outcomes are.” I said.

“Well, she needs to get her rest now, so I suggest that you two leave.” Nurse Redheart said.

“Okay, see ya tomorrow! Oh yeah, and AJ says hi!!” I said as we walked out.