My Guardian Angel

"Pinkie, It's just wine. What's wrong with that?" Garry protested to Pinkie. Walking on a lone stretch of road leading back to where they needed to go.

"What's wrong? what's wrong?!" Pinkie started to build up to a quirky argument. "What's wrooooooooong is that your about to serve a special somepony wine...wine! No pony wants wine except for the Canterlot ponies, which by the way she is not a Canterlot pony, well she is but she isn't at the same time." Pinkie puffed a bit, then returning to a 'normal' state of mine. "Trust me Garry, she's gonna love the champagne."

"Its just wine seems a bit more appreciative from where I come from, thats all."

Pinkie Pie twitch one of her ears to that. Garry half expected her say or do something else to his response, but alas, the pink pony has once again surprised him. Just trotting along, humming to herself a tune that was unfamiliar to Garry. Garry thought to himself about how he was going to show how much Twilight meant to him, but at the same time, the cultural part of this world seems almost parallel to his, but there were some quirks here and there. Now, how could he remember what was what here. If only he had a book or...

History and Cultural: Equines in Equestria Vol I

Garry put on his glasses, pulled his backpack off his shoulders and started to look through the book that Twilight had given him. Now he just had to find the chapter about 'Courtship.' Just be flipping through the pages he learned such odd things about pony culture. One interesting fact he learned was that ponies often couple up with other sentient creatures, though the couple can't produce offspring of any sorts. Garry chuckled a bit, seeing an image of a pony and a griffin, a pony and a zebra, and also half a dozen more examples. He also learned that their was more mares and stallions in equestria. The ratio the book suggested was five to two. Along those lines there was a passage that contain common courtship patterns for the mares such as giving a stallion a certain flower. Garry was puzzled by this. Why would they give each other a flower? Would they just eat it inside of looking at it? Garry thought to himself.

After what seems like an hour the two of them walking they reached Ponyville, heading towards the central water fountain. Garry knew that the Library was not that far off. His nerves started to get the best of him. He has gone this far, but what if Twilight rejects him? What if Twilight thinks of him as just a friend? Many thoughts of such flowered and blooming inside his mind. He began shift his weight back and forth as the two of them walk. Pinkie Pie, as if she had a worry detector installed in her, noticed Garry acting this way.

"Nervous Garry Berry?" Pinkie stopping herself in front of Sugar Cube Corner.

"Well, yes." Garry admitted

Pinkie giggle, "Awww don't worry once I adjust this baby, you'll knockTwilight of the the park!" she motioned towards her Pinkie Pie flared cart. "Just wait riiiiiight here, Ill be right back."

Pinkie disappeared into Sugar Cube Corner, dashing at unholy speeds causing the main door to spin out of control on its hinges before returning i]to its natural state. Garry just stood there, just shaking his head lightly. He will probably never figure out how she is able to do all these crazy things. He shrug and began to read his book once again.

POOF

Garry look up at the sound. "What was that? Sounded like something just popped."

POOF

From the corner of his eye, he saw a cloud disappear. He looked over to the spot where the cloud once was. Then he heard a steady quite whistling sound that gradually started to get louder and louder.

"LOOK OUT BELOOOOOOOOWWWW!!"

Before Garry could have done anything, a streak of rainbow and cyan fell from the sky, landing close by on top of some crates.

CRASH

Bits of wood scattered across the streets. Garry covered his face from the flying debris. Once the close was clear he looked.

"FEW! That was a close call," a pegasi whipped the sweat from her brow. Facing away from Garry. He was in shock. The sheer speed and how she impacted the crates should have dangerously damaged the pegasi in front of him. Long and behold she was unharmed to the naked eye. However he can't say the same thing for the pile of crates that was there prior to the crash. Garry closed put his book on Pinkie's cart and investigated the cyan pegasi to see if she needed any help, let alone make sure she's was truly ok.

"Hey, you alright? That was a nasty fall," Garry walked up to her.

Not even looking behind her to see who was asking her she replied, "Yeah I'm fine, no big deal." She huffed a bit and turned around. "And I didn't fall, I was practicing my new tri-" she stop her self gazed upon the creature that stood before her. "HEY! Its you!" she angrily shouted and pointed a hoof at him. Garry didn't know what to do at this point, he never made a pony this angry before. The pegasi continued. "Your that tall freak that staying at Twi's place aren't you?" she flap her wings and hovered in front of Garry's face. still wearing a rage filled expression. What has Garry done to deserve such wrath?

"Ummm....yes?" Garry guessed at her question, darting his eyes at the ponies that were staring at the two of them.

"I don't care if Celestia says your harmless or that spell of hers made you what you are, I. Got. My. Eye. On. You. Got it?"

Garry was leaning back as she articulated the last part of her sentence, getting a little too close to his liking. "Sure, yeah I got it, can you please, just flap a little less close to me please?"

She snarled and hovered backwards a bit, but still dangerously close to him, if she decides to throw a hoof at his face.

She noticed Garry back pack and flew behind him and examine it, "What's in here?"

"Hey don't touch that you'll-!"

"The Pony's Trotting Guide To Equestria?" she says taking the book from Garry's backpack. She stares even more angry at him. "Where did you get this book from buddy? Did you...steal it?"

More ponies gathered around Garry the vocal disappearance. Murmuring among themselves, as far as Garry is aware, crime is at an all time low in this world, and with that in mind Garry also guessed that if one such pony commits a crime then the punishment must be extreme. With extremes as maybe banishment or something worse. Garry did not want to be the first human to be held on trial for something he didn't do.

"No, I did not steal it miss, It was given to me." Garry retorting the mares claims against him. "Also why would a still a book if stealing was to gain a prophet from said stolen object. Last time a check, books such as this," Garry gestured at the book the mare was holding in her forelegs. "Is maybe say, between ten to twelve bits?" The crowd of ponies murmured again with his logic against the mare claims.

"HEYAH DASHIE!"

All the ponies, plus a human look at Pinkie now standing next to Garry.

"Pinkie! get away from him! he's a monster!" said Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie giggled, "Oh Dashie, don't be silly! Gerry Berry is harmless!" Garry gave her an appreciative look, Rainbow Dash frustrated by her friend defending an 'alien.'

"Pinkie, how can you say that? Look at him he's totally guilty!"

Garry look back at his accuser, this was dragging on long enough. "Alright, if you are so sure that I stole this book, why don't you ask Twilight if she's missing any books?" Rainbow Dash gave a smirk, challenge accepted.

"Fine! Maybe I will, Garry." Dash stuck her tongue out at Garry as she flew off back to whatever she was doing, dropping the book. The crowd of ponies slowly disappears back into their daily routine as if nothing has happen. Giving a sigh of relief, Garry walk over to retrieve the 'stolen book.'

"Did I have offended her or upset her in anyway shape or form?" Garry ask to Pinkie. She tap her hoof on her chin to think.

"Hmmmm OH! I got it," Giggle as the thought enter her brain. "She's jealous of you Garry Berry."

"Jealous of me? How can she be jealous?"

Pinkie dashed over to Garry side, somehow at head level with him. "It's because of her and Twilight." She whispered. "They were a fling for a while but ended like a good birthday party."

Garry paused. He didn't know what to think. The first negative thought about, or should he say, first negative outbreak from one of her friends. Garry knew that he was a people pleaser, trying very hard to appeal to everyone he met. But, it seems that he would have to make an exemption with Rainbow Dash. This would indeed set him off course and off his game if he was going to be at his best for Twilight. Not only that, but now he has to watch over his shoulder, knowing that Twilights ex flinger might be out and about, ready to strike him down at a moments noticed. Hopefully not physically of course.

"Can we go now, I think she was half serious about asking Twilight about my thievery." Garry slightly pleased.

Pinkie beamed. "Okey Dokey Lokey!" She hooked her self up to her cart. She started to walk about to Twilight's. Garry noticed that there was a some furniture and many other random things that were the back of Pinkie's cart. He just shook his head. Trying to make sense from her would be worse than trying to discover the universe with only a microscope. Garry thought to himself.

The two of them walk towards Twilights home. From nowhere, Garry noticed that there was a rogue dark cloud started to drift towards him. From his reading, he knew that Pegasi are light enough to push clouds. From the looks it from where he was standing, it look like a thunder cloud. Garry started to panic. If this was Rainbow Dash, then she was going to try to zap him with a lighting bolt. He was not going to get struck by her by such a thing. He scanned the ground. Picking up a rock and turned around and throw it as hard as he could at the incoming cloud that was not that far from his target.

"Buzz off Rainbow Dash!" Garry shouted as the rock sailed towards its target. It went right through the cloud.

THWAP

A shriek of pain and a blur of rainbow confirmed to Garry that it was her about to pull something off. Gone for good, He could see that Rainbow Dash flew out of there. He sighed a quick breath, feeling relief and slightly guilty for his actions. He never intentionally hurt any living creature, but he knew that a lighting bolt could be lethal to him. He turned to Pinkie who was now a couple feet away, completely unaware of what just happen. Shouting to wait up, he sprinted up to her. When he reach her, they were just about to reach Twilight's home. Garry heart began to speed up once more as they approach the oak tree library.