Gate of Friendship

I woke up in a metal station wearing blue armor and with three other peope in blue armor.

Now how did I end up here?

"Don't worry Tree, we'll cover you. Just get on that Warthog turret, we'll drive over and show them reds what's up," my teammate on the right said.

I looked over to him and saw the name "Ethan Jacobs” appear at forehead level. Another name appeared below the first one, this one being "Risk."

A codename and a real name, and since he said “Warthog,” I must be in the Halo universe.

"Just don't forget about me this time, or else I'm gonna shoot you with a scatter shot," my comrade on the left threatened.

I looked over to him and saw his name was "Galvan Patterson," and his code name was "Frontliner."

"Now, now, boys. Don't fight over the commander," the comrade ion the middle said.

The voice was female this time. I looked over and saw her name was "Evalyn Boyd," and her code name was "Pixie."

"You ready?" She asked me.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I responded.

"Swords" The Halo matchmaking voice said.

Energy swords spawned into our hands and we took off running out of our base. Outside was a frozen tundra with metal pieces of ruined bases scattered across. There was a Warthog and a Ghost almost next to each other. I hopped on the turret of the Warthog, Pixie hopped in the passenger seat, Risk got in the driver seat, and Frontliner got in the ghost.

"Alright. Let's give them an old three-four," Frontliner said.

"Roger that," Risk said.

Risk took off to the left while Frontliner went right. After 30 seconds passed, the Halo voice made an announcement.

"First strike!"

I heard an explosion go off about twenty feet to our right.

"Looks like Frontliner's giving them a fun time," Pixie said.

"You bet I am!" Frontliner replied via team radio.

"See anything up ahead?"

"Besides the one Red I just killed, I don't see any... Oh sweet--"

Frontliner's signal died, and all that remained was static.

"Frontliner? Frontliner, come in..."

Nothing changed in response.

"Alright, Tree. Get ready for a Scorpion."

"Roger that," I said.

We passed through different bases, red and blue alike. We turned to the right towards one of the red bases and saw a Gauss Warthog. The driver was regular red, the soldier on the turret was maroon red, and the passenger was orange.

"There they are Simmons, fire!" The driver said with a gruff voice.

Sarge?

"Yes sir," The soldier on the turret said with a bit of a voice crack.

Wait... Are these guys--

They shot the Gauss cannon right at me. Before the shot hit me I was transported somewhere else. I was in a construction zone at night, holding a knife in my right hand.

Now this is just getting crazy. This has to be a dream.

"If it can bleed, we can kill it," a male robotic voice said.

Ooh, and it’s a good one.

"It's show time," I darkly said.

I walked on a staircase nearby to find my new targets. When I heard shots going off, I walked over towards the location of their firing. Near the entrance of the construction zone there were five soldiers in black armor from head to toe. Four had shotguns while one had a machine gun, all of them having green laser pointers.

"I can smell your fear."

I quickly moved before the spot I was at was riddled with bullets, and hid behind some crates while I waited for them to stop firing. Once they did I quickly got out a grenade and threw it in the middle of them. When they saw it they tried to run, but it set off before they could. They started firing all around; the machine gun guy even ended up killing one of his buddies in the process. Near me, I found a barrel and threw it at the one with the machine gun. He saw it and started to shoot at it until it stopped moving, then started firing at the crates I was behind. I leaped to the wall behind me and stuck to it.

"Come one out, Peter Pan," the man with the machine gun said.

He had the same robotic voice as the one from before. I leaped behind one of the soldiers with a shotgun, next to the machine gun soldier, and stabbed him in the back, causing all his limbs to tear apart from his body as they went forward, leaving only his torso and a small puddle of blood. The soldiers turned towards me and started firing. I quickly leaped out of the way, only taking a bullet or two to my right arm.

"Spread out and search for him," one of the shotgun guys ordered.

The three remaining soldier split up, one heading deeper into the construction zone where I was before, the other headed towards my direction, and the machine gun guy just stood there. I leaped behind the one who was heading towards my direction and quickly slit his throat, blood pouring out from the new cut on to his uniform and a few inches on the ground in front him. The machine gun soldier quickly noticed and started firing at me. I grabbed the dead soldier and ran forward, using his body as a meat shield. The bullets were tearing the body apart quicker than expected, so I threw the body at the machine gun soldier and jumped towards him. When the body got to him he grabbed it, quickly threw it aside, and aimed in front of him. I pounced on him and stabbed him through his left eye, piercing his brain as well.

"Tis a shame; you seemed to be the smartest out of all of them,” I said.

I went after the final soldier in the middle of the construction zone. I came in through the door in the middle while he was looking around, seeing if he could find me.

"You're next," I told him.

He quickly pointed his gun at me and fired. I leaped over to the stairs on his right before the shots could hit me and leaped
behind him.

"I can see into your dreams," I quickly said.

I stabbed him in the back of the head. His head flew all the way to the door, leaving a small trail of blood, amd his body fell to its knees and fell flat.

"The Hidden wins."

A bright light overcame my vision and I woke up. I looked around to see if I was in another dream or not, but that theory was shattered when I saw Twilight right next to my bed.

"Trevor, calm down. It was just a dream,” she assured.

I slowly started to recall everything that happened in the dream again.

"A dream... Right."

"Now tell me. What do the symbols mean?"

"What?"

"I said. What do the symbols mean?!"

Her eyes and mouth glowed with a red light, emitting a high-pitched screech. I woke up again, this time in a cold sweat. I looked around franticly, saw it was morning, and Twilight was right next to me.

"Trevor, calm down. It was just a dream."

The words that the false Twilight said still echoed in my brain.

"What do the symbols mean?" The symbols on my shirt? What would those have to do with anything? They're human origin. Could they mean something here..? Doesn't matter I suppose. It was just a dream; or a nightmare.

"Trevor?" Twilight asked.

"Huh? What? Oh, yes, hey Twilight. I know it was," I replied.

"The spell reversed. So I was able to see into your dreams," Twilight sheepishly said with some red on her cheeks.

"And I'm sure you have questions."

"Yes, I do. What was that base?"

"Does it matter? It was a dream."

"Dreams are made up from your memory and psychological state of mind."

I sighed.

"I just... I need to wake up."

"Okay, me and Spike will be downstairs."

"Good to know."

Twilight walked downstairs as I rubbed my eyes to try and wake up. I sighed.

Let's start another day.

I got up from my bed and walked downstairs. Spike was eating cereal and Twilight was drinking a glass of water.

"Hey, Trevor," Spike greeted.

I replied to him by extending my thumb, pointer, and middle finger. Twilight used her magic to levitate a pitcher of water and
a glass. She poured some water in the glass ‘til it was almost full and put it in front of the third seat, between her and Spike. I sat down, took a sip, and breathed out the water’s coldness.

"Thank you,” I said.

"You're welcome,” Twilight replied.

I started drinking the water till it was halfway full, or halfway empty, however you see it. Spike burped up a scroll and unraveled it.

"It's from the princess."

"What does it say?" Twilight asked.

"To My Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle: It appears that there is a giant, black smoke cloud over Ponyville. I have taken consideration into this matter and found out that a dragon has taken residents in one of the caves in the nearby mountain. He is sleeping, which is causing the smoke. I wish for you and your friends to try and move the dragon from its current residents so that there won't be any danger from the smoke cloud. Signed, Princess Celestia."

"A dragon in one of the caves?"

I looked out a nearby window and saw the giant smoke cloud heading towards Ponyville.

"By the looks of it," I confirmed.

"Alright. We'll get the others and take care of this dragon."

I raised up my glass in cheers, drank the rest of it, and set it down.

"Ready whenever you are."

"Can I go to?" Spike asked.

"Don’t you still have chores to do?” Twilight asked.

"Ahhh, alright."

Me and Twilight left and went to where the smoke was closest, the park. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy were there, staring at the smoke. We stood on the bridge that lead to the park and I looked at Twilight.

"Could you--" she started to ask.

"Get everyone's attention?" I finished.

"Yeah."

"Sure thing."

I cleared my throat.

"LISTEN UP!"

Everyone looked at us.

"Thank you, Trevor. Smoke is spreading across all of Equestria."

"That's what I've been trying to--" Fluttershy said.

"But don't worry. I've received a letter from Princess Celestia informing me on what it is."

Everyone looked at us in suspense.

"It's coming from a dragon."

Their faces turned to frightened in a flash. I covered my smile with my hand and pretended I was coughing.

"But don't worry. Me and my friends are going to solve it."

Everyone sighed of relief.

I wouldn't sigh to soon my little ponies... I can't believe I just made that reference.

I saw Rainbow Dash fly by.

"RAINBOW DASH!" I yelled.

She came down and hovered in front of me.

"What!?" She asked with some spite in her tone.

"We need you to give a message to the others. Tell them to meet at Twilight's house to discuss our dragon game plan."

"Uh, okay. Wait, why don't you do it? You need to learn how to fly."

"I'm still gliding. You know how to fly, plus you're faster than me."

Rainbow Dash sighed in frustration.

"Fine."

She flew towards Sweet Apple Acres, and the other ponies started to leave, except for Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie.

"Alright girls. Follow me and Trevor to my house. We'll wait for the others and then discuss what we'll do," Twilight said.

"Okie dokie loki," Pinkie Pie replied.

"Uh. O-ok," Fluttershy stuttered.

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy followed me and Twilight back to the tree house. Along the way I kept my guard up for Lyra, luckily not being needed. As soon as we closed the door, someone knocked on it. Twilight used her magic to open the door, and revealed Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash.

"Come in girls. We need to talk," Twilight said.

The three walked in and Twilight closed the door behind them.

"Alright Twi, what’s this about a dragon plan?" Applejack asked.

"To put it in basic, there's a dragon napping in one of the caves in the mountain, and the Princess wants us to take care of it by asking it to move,” I said.

"But how're we supposed to wake up a sleepin’ dragon and get it move somewhere else?"

"Fluttershy?"

"Y-yes?" Fluttershy asked.

"You're good with animals, aren't you?"

"I am, bu--"

"Excellent. Then we have our plan. We'll have Fluttershy sweet talk the dragon into moving, again, to put it in basic."

"But I'm--"

"Alright, we'll have to pack some supplies. It's going to be a long walk," Twilight said.

"Everyone, go back to your homes, pack supplies, and we'll meet back here in less than an hour. We got ourselves a witch hunt! Or a dragon hunt, as it may," I said.

The five ponies started to leave one by one. Twilight got out her saddle-pack and started filling it with books.

Books? Really? How would books help stop a dragon, unless they're for Thu'ums.

"Oh. And about the questions I had."

"Ask away. I won't need to pack anything."

"What was that base?"

"The snow one?"

She nodded her head.

"It was a base we used during training. We had different locations and that was one of the first,” I lied.

"You seemed to know the red, maroon, and orange one. Who were they?"

Great, there’s no way I'll have time to explain to them about the Blood Gulch team, nor am I gonna tell it a second time to the others.

"They're... famous soldiers in the army."

Twilight seemed suspicious.

"Alright. What about the teammates you were with?"

"Every squad is assigned four soldiers. Each squad is different, and we certainly gave that word meaning."

"And why did they call you Tree?"

"Tree Lee, it's my code name."

"Why would that be your code name?"

"It's the first three letters in my name. And since I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a Tre, they just called me Tree. And as for the Lee part, that's one of my middle names."

"Middle names?"

"Long story."

"On to the second dream. Why were you torturing those five humans?"

"They were trying to get rid of me. It was self-defense."

"But it was a dream."

"Exactly. They didn't exist. They weren't in any real harm."

"OK, on to the fourth dream."

This is gonna be a tough one.

"What was that thing?"

"I have a few theories. Though, none of them make sense."

"What are your theories?"

"A ghost of you, something wanting answers. That's all I got. Again, it was just a dream."

"But dreams are--"

"I know what dreams are. I've had my fair share."

She stopped putting books into her saddle-pack and used her magic to levitate the saddle-pack on her back.

"Are you sure you don't need to pack anything?"

I don’t exactly have anything except my MP3 player.

I patted my right pocket.

"Got everything I need right here."

"Just that thing you used to scare Rainbow Dash?"

"It's called an MP3 player."

"MP3 player?"

"Sorry, can't exactly say what it is. I'm going to go upstairs and change into my new clothes."

I started to walk upstairs, but my body was surrounded in a purple aura, stopping me in place.

"Oh no, you're not going anywhere until you tell me what that thing is."

You're a persistent one, Miss Twilight.

"It plays music. That's all it does. That's all it'll ever do, is just plays music I have."

The purple aura disappeared.

"That wasn't so hard, now was it?"

I gave her a bit of an evil eye and continued to walk upstairs. I took off my halo shirt and pants and change into the clothes
Rarity gave me. The shirt had a custom area where my wings could stick out, something I didn't notice before. As I started to walk towards the stairs, I saw a quick flash of dark purple hair.

I swear Twilight, if that's going to be a constant thing, I'll rat you out like the dog you are.

I held in my annoyance and kept walking. I sat near Twilight, not looking at her or anything.

"I know what you did."

"What are you talking about?" She lied.

I was about to respond, but decided against it, not entirely sure of the consequences if I would reply. I looked out the window and saw the five coming back.

"They're here," I announced.

"Great."

We walked out and almost instantly the five ponies lined up, Twilight joined them and winked at me.

"Alright ladies, listen up. Twilight here has mapped out the quickest route. But we'll have to pick up the pace if we want to
make it up the mountain by nightfall, since the dragon’s cave at the very top of the mountain."

"Looks pretty cold up there," Applejack said, looking at the moutain.

"You bet it is. The higher you go, the chillier it gets," Rainbow Dash said.

"Good thing I brought my scarf," Rarity announced.

She unbuttoned the left bag on her saddle-pack and wrapped a pink and white stripped scarf around her neck.

"Oooh, pretty," Pinkie Pie commented.

"Oh yeah, that'll keep you nice and cozy," Rainbow Dash sarcastically commented.

Twilight used her magic to get out the map and unravel it.

"Excuse me. Uh, Twilight, I know you're busy but--" Fluttershy said.

"Uh huh. We could go this way." Twilight thought aloud, ignoring Fluttershy.

"If I could just have a second."

"No, we want to avoid that."

"So, uh, I was thinking that, um, maybe I should stay here in Ponyville."

"Nonsense Fluttershy. We need you for this mission, you're the key for completion," I said.

"But you see, uh--"

"And don't worry about your animal friends. Spike, front and center!"

Spike ran outside and stood in front of me.

"What do you need?" Spike asked.

"I want you to take care of Fluttershy's animals while were gone. Got it?"

"Yes sir."

Spike ran in the direction of Fluttershy's house.

"I don't really think he's up for the task but maybe. But, but--" Fluttershy said.

"But what?" I asked.

Fluttershy trembled in fear of my height. I crouched down to her level.

"It's alright, I won't hurt you. I ask again, but what?"

"I'm afraid of dragons." She whispered in my ear.

"But you're just fine around Spike," I whispered back.

"'Cause he's a little dragon. Not a big, razor sharp teethed, could swallow a pony in one bite, grown dragon."

"Fluttershy. I've faced dragons before. This one doesn't seem evil. He's just sleeping. And as long as we don't attack it first,
we'll be fine. Even if things get out of hand, err, hoof."

Fluttershy seemed unsure of what I said.

"If you want, I can be right by you when we encounter this dragon."

"Sure, but um. Could you be by me, the entire way?"

"Sure thing.” I gave her a smile.

"Alright every pony, let's move out," Twilight said.

I stood up and we all ran towards the mountain. When we made it to the base of the mountain, there was a pathway to the base of the mountain. We heard a big snore comign from the cave near the top, and Fluttershy hid behind me.

"Whoa. What was that?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That is what a dragon sounds like when it snores, apparently,” I said.

Fluttershy looked up at the mountain.

"It-it's so, high," Fluttershy said.

"It is a mountain.”

"I'm gonna go up there and check it out," Rainbow Dash said.

She was starting to take off, but Applejack grabbed her tail with her teeth and yanked her back down.

"Hold on now. I think we should go up there together. Safety in numbers and all," Applejack said.

The rest of us nodded our heads in agreement.

"Oh, alright," Rainbow Dash groaned.

It's going to be a long trip.

I turned on put on my ear buds, turned on my MP3 player, and heard the song Heroes of Our Time by DragonForce playing. We started to climb the mountain by going up the side.

Whoever's smart idea it was to climb it from the side instead of using a teleporting spell or making some kind of path is beyond my understanding.

"They say the only thing shinier then a dragon's scales are the jewels they use to build their nests. If I play my cards right, I may convince him to part with a few," Rarity said.

I'm surprised I can still hear them through my ear buds. Then again, the volume isn't that high.

"Welcome to my cave, Rarity. Care for a diamond? Roar," Pinkie Pie said in a dragon voice.

Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash started laughing.

"Girls, this is no laughing matter. Fluttershy, you're an expert on animals. What do you think the dragon will be like?"

Fluttershy was too scared to respond.

"I don't think Fluttershy is in the mood for answering," I said.

"I see. What do you think, Trevor?"

"Well. It's either going to have red scales and black horns. Or it'll have tan scales and black horns."

"So either way it'll have black horns."

"Yep."

It was about half an hour of climbing until we found a proper path to the cave.

Finally!

The song change to Keep On Galloping by Korpiklaani. We walked on the mountainside until there was a small gap. Rainbow Dash flew over it, Twilight, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie jump over it, and I just stepped over it.

"Alright Fluttershy, your turn," I said.

"But it's so… wide," she replied.

"Come one Fluttershy. We should be much farther along by now," Twilight said.

"You could just leap on over," Applejack said.

Fluttershy looked down the small gap. The dragon snored again and she retreated to a rock next to the wall of the mountain.

"I don't know," Fluttershy said.

I sighed, stepped over the gap again, picked Fluttershy up again and put her on the other side of the gap.

"Th-thanks, Trevor,” Fluttershy said.

"No problem,” I replied.

Must avoid the singing at all costs.

The path started to get wider when we got higher up the mountain.

"We should be quiet. My map tells me we're in an avalanche zone," Twilight quietly said.

"An ava-ava--" Fluttershy stammered in fright.

"Shhh," The rest of us hushed.

We kept walking on the path. There were small trees in front of Rainbow Dash's air space, and when she passed right
through one, she knocked a couple leaves down. The leaves slowly fell down, and one of them hit Fluttershy.

"AVALA--" Fluttershy began to shout.

I quickly put a hand over her mouth, but her words echoed along the mountain. No avalanche happened, until Applejack
sighed. When the rocks started falling towards us, we all started to move out of their way. Five rocks piled around me, and I was unable to escape its circle. Then a sixth rock came in and closed in the roof. Everything was pitch black.

Blast it!

I tried to move the rocks, but my efforts were in vain.

"I'll be cursed if I let this rock trap become my tomb,” I said to myself.

There was no more sounds of rocks falling or the mane six screaming.

Avalanche must be done. I just need to find a way out of here, but how?

"Is every pony OK?" Applejack asked.

The voice was muffled, but understandable.

"Thanks to you I am," Twilight said.

And a thousand and one fanfictions were born.

"Yahoo, let's do it again!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

"Assistance is very much needed!" I yelled.

No response.

Well, great. I just have to wait until someone realizes I'm missing. And hopefully they don't think I'm dead on the spot.

"Ugh, this is why a girl packs extra accessories. Oh please tell me I brought a tiara that goes with this," Rarity said.

"I think we have a bigger problem than making sure our hair bands match our horse shoes," Rainbow Dash said.

"Exactly. Now GET ME OUT!" I yelled to the top of my lungs.

There was still no response.

"S-sorry," Fluttershy said.

"Ah, no big whoop, sugercube," Applejack assured.

"Yeah. We'll just have to, climb it," Twilight said.

"I can't believe it. I officially can't believe it. I'm going to die in this place. Most likely the roof is covered in dirt, and I can't move any of the rocks," I thought aloud.

There was an itch in my brain that told me someone was watching me. I looked behind me and saw two white balls of light
the size of eyes, though they provided no light for the tomb.

"That's why you need my help," A male voice said.

It was the same voice I heard when I was at Flutteshy's place. I took a step back and felt my back hit the wall.

"Don't run away now,” he mocked.

The voice started to laugh.

"As if you could. I'm not letting you die here. Not now, anyway.”

The lights came towards me, then disappeared when it touched me. I started to loose my sense of feeling. The sounds of rocks shattering loudly registered in my ears seconds later. I tried to open my eyes and saw that I was outside, though everything was blurry.

"Trevor!" Twilight shouted.

I heard the ponies running up to hill and felt someone hug me.

"Oh Trevor, I almost forgot about you, I'm so, so sorry,” Twilight quietly said.

I felt some liquid on my skin through my shirt.

"It's, it's okay. I just... I just need to sit down. That's all," I breathlessly replied.

I stayed still and let my vision come back in full. The first thing I saw was Pinkie Pie, Twilight, and Fluttershy having tears in their eyes, while Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack had concerned faces.

"What happen to you?" Applejack asked.

"Five rocks surrounded me, and the sixth topped the roof."

"How did you escape?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I found a crack in the roof so I broke it using that, and quickly dug out. Guess it was more effective than I thought,” I lied.

I shouldn't tell them about the white eyes. Things seem hectic as is.

Applejack had a look of some disbelief, but accepted it by using her own logic of it.

"Let's get going, shall we?” I asked.

I didn't get a response back. Twilight and the others moved on while I stayed with Fluttershy, who was still wiping away some tears.

You ponies build up friendships in an alarming rate. Better not get myself killed any time soon.

The final words that the voice in the tomb said to me stuck with me in the back of my mind. I didn’t know anyone who would
want me dead already, unless it had something to do with my first rampage. The ponies walked down the small hill that the avalanche had caused, while I slid down it. We turned a corner and saw the cave of the dragon. We slowly approached the entrance.

"We're here," Twilight said.

No joke.

"Rainbow Dash, you'll use your wings to clear the smoke."

"Mm hmm," Rainbow Dash hummed.

She flew up into the smoke.

"Rarity and Pinkie Pie, you'll need to be a distraction if things get hairy."

Pinkie Pie got out a rubber chicken and started flinging it around.

"Applejack, you're ready with the apples in case he decides to attack."

Applejack got two apples in her mouth, threw them in the air, and used her back hooves to send them splattering against a
nearby tree.

"But it shouldn't come to that, because Fluttershy will do what she needs to do to wake him up. And between the two--"

"Three," I corrected.

"Oh no. You're going to be right here with the group."

"And why is that?"

“To stay safe.”

“Why would I need to stay safe?”

“Because you almost died, and I don’t need your life being in danger again.”

“I’m going in there, life in danger or not. I told Fluttershy I would stick with her, and I'll be cursed if I don't keep my word."

"Ahhhhhh," Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack cooed

I ignored them, and Twilight sighed of minor frustration.

"Fine. Is every pony ready?" She asked.

They all hummed in agreement, except for a cowering Fluttershy. I crouched down to her level again.

"Remember. We got this,” I encouraged.

"R-right," Fluttershy said.

"Alright. We're going in," Twilight said.

Twilight and I walked into the cave.

"So, what is the best way to wake up a sleeping dragon without upsetting him?" Twilight asked.

No response.

"Fluttershy?" I called out.

I looked behind us and saw she was nowhere to be found.

"Oh come on."

We walked outside and saw Fluttershy's head in the ground, kind of like an ostrich when it's scared.

"Come on,” Twilight repeated.

She bit one of her wings and dragged her head up from the ground.

"We have to do this."

Twilight pushed Fluttershy towards the cave.

"Now."

I sighed and picked her up.

"Thank you, Trevor.”

"No problem,” I replied.

"Oh no. I can't go in the cave," Fluttershy said.

"Oh great, she's scared of caves now," Rainbow Dash complained.

"It's not caves, I'm scared of dr…”

"What's that, sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"I'm scared of dra...”

"What?" Twilight asked.

She's scared of dragons.

I wanted to say that and get it out of the way, but I had to let her tell them herself. That, and to keep the story going as it should.

"I'm scared of dragons."

The dragon snored again.

Way to kill the mood.

A giant burst of black smoke engulfed us, causing us to have a coughing fit for a few seconds.

"But Fluttershy, you have a wonderful talent dealing with all kinds of animals."

"Yes, because they're not dragons."

"Oh come on. We've seen you walk up to a horrible manticore like it was nothin'," Rainbow Dash said.

"But it wasn't a dragon."

"Spike's a dragon, and you're not scared of him," Pinkie Pie pointed out.

"Yes, because he's not a huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, teeth gnashing, sharp scale having, horn wearing, smoke
snoring, could eat a pony in one bite, totally all grown up dragon."

Fire breathing. You forgot fire breathing.

The dragon snored again.

Please tell me I get to kill it.

"Fluttershy, why didn't you say something before we came up here?" Twilight asked.

"I was afraid to."

Rainbow Dash face-hoofed.

"All of us are scared of that dragon," Applejack said.

"I'm not," Rainbow Dash admitted.

"Well, almost all of us are scared of that dragon. But we've got a job to do. So get in there with Twilight and Trevor and
show them what you're made of."

"I, I, I just can't," Fluttershy sorrowfully said.

Twilight walked into the cave.

5 bucks says she's dies within 10 seconds of talking to it.

I didn't watch to see how things would go, so I sat next to the mouth of the cave and listened to my music.

"To the East, outlandish woods. And with confidence back home... Back home," The song ended.

When I heard the first few notes of the next song, I paused it and saw it was Die Trying by Art of Dying. Another burst of black smoke passed through us, making us all go into a coughing fit again.

"So much for--" Rainbow Dash began to say.

She suddenly coughed twice.

"Persuading him."

I got up and started to walk in the cave.

"Oo-o-h. Mighty Trevor versus the sleeping dragon. Let's get ready to rumble!" Pinkie Pie yelled.

I started to put my MP3 player away and heard a bell ring. Passing Twilight, I walked up to the dragon and cleared my
throat. The dragon slightly opened its right eye.

"Excuse me sir. I was wandering if you had time for a quick chat?"

The dragon blew black smoke at me.

Guess the Englishman way is out. Let's try the regular way.

"Sir, are you up for a negotiation?"

The response was just more black smoke.

Regular way is out too. Let's do this Austrian style.

"Oi! Wake up!"

The dragon opened its eyes and got up.

"Thank you. Alright your snoring is causing black smoke to fall upon a nearby town which me and my friends live in. And we need you to move to a different location so the town doesn’t have to live in smoke for the next who-knows-how-many years, alright?"

The dragon blew fire around me to try and scare me.

"Who do you think you are? I could swallow you whole right now if I wanted to. What gives you the right to tell me to leave
my home?" The dragon asked in a furious tone.

I gave him a devilish smile.

"No one gives me the right. I just take it."

As the dragon started to blow fire at me, I rolled to the right and avoided it.

"I'll give you one chance. Surrender now or meet your fate."

More fire came my way, and I hid behind a big pile of gems to avoid it.

You made your choice.

I grabbed a sharp looking gem from the pile and faced the dragon.

This is probably the most foolish thing I've ever--

The dragon hit me with his tail and pinned me against the wall. I could see small sparks coming from his mouth, and
stabbed his tail with the gem. He roared in pain, let me go, and shot a fire ball at me. I ran towards him and jumped towards his belly, gem ready to slice it open, but the dragon hit me with his left hand and knocked me into a gem pile.

"I could use some help here!" I yelled to the girls.

When I got no response from them, I decided to bring the battle towards them and ran towards the entrance of the cave. When I got close, the dragon hit me with its tail again and sent me flying towards the girls. When I collided with them, we moved a bit forward and hit a boulder.

At least the story is going as it should.

"How dare you," Fluttershy said in anger.

Fluttershy flew up to the dragon with the look of death in her eyes.

"How dare you! Listen here mister!”

She landed on his nose.

"Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully. You may have big teeth and sharp scales and snore smoke and breath fire. But you do not, I repeat, do NOT! HURT! MY! FRIENDS!"

Hehehe, that's the spirit.

"You got that?"

The dragon started getting a little scared.

"Well?"

"But that big one stabbed my tail," the dragon objected.

Because you tried to burn me alive! I even gave you a chance to surrender!

"And I am very sorry about that, but you're bigger than he is and you should know better. You should also know better than to take a nap where you're snoring can become a health hazard to other ponies,” Fluttershy said in a more caring tone.

"But I--"

"Don't you 'but I' me, mister. Now what do you have to say for yourself?"

I got up and walked a few steps forward, not getting too close to the dragon.

"I said, 'what do you have to say for yourself?'"

"I'm sorry," The dragon said as it hanged its head.

"It's okay. You're not a bad dragon, you just made a bad choice. Now pack your things. You just need a new place to sleep."

The dragon looked at me.

"Big one."

"Yes?" I asked.

"To apologize for attacking you, I'll give you the words to call me whenever you're in danger. How about that?"

"Sure thing."

"Just say, faal sahqo dovah, and I'll come as quickly as possible."

"I'll be sure to. Thank you."

The dragon started to take off and flew east of the mountain. As the girls were still cheering for Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash tapped me on the shoulder.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Time for lesson two, newbie,” Rainbow Dash said.

"And what would that be?"

"I want you to glide all the way back to Ponyville. If you do it right, then you'll complete the gliding stage."

"Awesome."

When we were all ready to leave, I jumped off the cliff, extended my wings, and kept my arms at my side. Rainbow Dash followed me too, making sure I didn't mess up. I could feel the wind against my wings again, the wind felt as intense as the time I first arrived here. Rainbow Dash and I got closer and closer to town as seconds ticked by, advancing far ahead of the rest of the group. When we got to town I aimed towards Lyra's rooftop. Whether it was a good idea or not, I didn’t care. I managed to land on the roof without a problem.

"Pretty good. Congrats Trevor, tomorrow we'll start hovering,” Rainbow Dash said.

And with that, she flew off towards her home.

"And you never say goodbye to me,” I quietly complained.

I hopped off the rooftop and walked back towards Twilight’s house. When I got there I went in and saw Twilight and Spike by a table.

"Spike, take a letter," Twilight said.

"With pleasure,” he replied.

"Dear Princess Celestia, I am happy to report that the dragon has left our fair country. And that it was my good friend Fluttershy that convinced him to go."

After the dragon whipped us to what seemed like no end.

"This adventure has taught me to never lose faith in your friends. They can be a source of strength and even help you
conquer your greatest fears. Always your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle,” she finished.

"Twilight, Trevor. You gotta come see this!" Applejack shouted from outside.

We went upstairs, went on the balcony, and saw Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy surrounded Rainbow Dash, who was bouncing a ball on her head.

"She's just five from a new pony record,” Applejack announced.

"Three hundred forty-seven, three hundred forty-eight," Rainbow Dash counted.

"Roar!" Pinkie Pie yelled.

"Dragon!"

Rainbow Dash froze in midair and fell on her back with her hooves in the air, casuing all of us to laugh.

"Why are you laughing? That awful dragon is back,” Rainbow Dash worriedly said.

Pinkie Pie emerged from a bush near the tree and roared again.

"Pinkie Pie, you scared me," Rainbow Dash confessed.

"Aha!" I cheered.

Rainbow Dash realized what she said.

"I mean, uh. You broke my concentration."

"It's okay Rainbow Dash. Not every pony can be as brave as me," Fluttershy said as she hovered over Rainbow Dash.

She looked up and saw a falling leaf, blew on it, and sent it towards Fluttershy's back.

Revenge.

The leaf landed on her back and she fell the same way Rainbow Dash did, making us laugh again.

And cue the credits.

I went back inside and sat on my bed, and started to think.

Why is this happening to me? Is it because I'm not supposed to be here? Is it because Celestia actually has some power over events? Whatever is going on I need to figure it out. Or maybe this is normal, or going to be now.

"You wanna talk about it?" Twilight asked.

"How did you know what I was thinking!?" I asked in surprise.

"Lucky guess.”

"I kinda doubt that, but to answer your question, no, I can deal with this."

"If you say so. But if you need help, we can certainly help you.”

Twilight went back downstairs.

I’ll try to keep that in mind.