The Rebel King

"Well, sugercube. Haven't seen y'all in a darn tootin' time." Applejack said in a pleasant voice. Dewlap sighed and kept following Applejack, and he also ignored her as well.

"I haven't seen you as well." Twilight said with a grin.

"I still don't understand, where are we going?" Dewlap asked.

"You haven't heard of a barn before, haven't you." Applejack said.

"What's a barn?" Dewlap asked with curiosity building inside of him.

"We'll see it sooner or later." Twilight said.

"I don't appreciate getting the evil eye a lot." Dewlap said. It was true, many ponies around him were looking at him, or at least shrunk. Applejack sighed, took off her hat, and put it on Dewlaps head. Dewlap had grinned a bit as Applejack turned around.

"You should be happy, she cares about her hat so much." Twilight whispered into Dewlaps ear.

"Well, we're all here." Applejack said with a drawl. She pointed to a enormous barn connecting to several other buildings. Dewlap looked at a small tree, which had fillies coming out of the door.

"Big sis', finally bucked an apple tree!" a filly said with a red mane and tail, and a yellow-ish coat. She was joined by five other fillies, three of them being earth ponies.

"That's great, Applebloom." Apple said with a big smile.

"I still can't believe we have to live with these four blank-flank babies!" A filly with a rather stylish mane and purple coat. Applejack walked up to her and broke the filly's right leg. "Ow!"

"Ah still can't believe y'all fancy ponies can break legs." Applejack said as a comeback. Four fillies giggled at the fancy filly. "You, Ah want you to meet these fun, and quite mean folk." Applejack said. "These here, is Applebloom, ma little sis' and first member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders! This is Scoots', second member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders! Now, this is sweetiebell, the third member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders!

"Their life dream is to earn a Cutie Mark, trying to find a talent in their nature!" Twilight added.

"What's your dream?" The three fillies said in unison. Dewlap knelt down to be head level with the three fillies.

"Well, I guess I always wanted to be a teacher." Dewlap said. Twilight tried hard to keep her laughter inside, but she stopped, bursting into laughter.

"Sorry to break your dreams, sport, but I'll get a teaching degree first!" Twilight said.

"Don't be a Diamond Tiara, Twilight!" Scootaloo said.

"Hey!" Diamond Tiara yelled.

"Is that a challenge?" Dewlap said, raising his right hoof.

"You could say that it is a challenge." Twilight said.

"Well, I accept this challenge." He said, adjusting his hat. "And you know what, I think I'll join the Cutie Mark Crusaders. I always wondered if a unique changeling can develope a cutie mark." The trio grew a huge grin as Dewlap declared his statement. Twilight decided to stop argueing and kissed him.

"Ew!" The fillies all said as they backed away.

"That's enough, lover-boy!" Diamond Tiara said. Twilight and Dewlap looked at her with disgust, but Dewlap saw a cape that the Crusaders had on their back.

"Say, where can I get one of those?"

"You can find my sister, Rarity! I'm sure she'll make one your size!" Sweetiebell said in a happy tone. A earth pony came out from behind Applebloom.

"Hey, guys. What's going on?" She said in a nasal voice. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Dewlap.

"Oh right, ma little cousin, Babseed." Applejack said. "She's the fourth member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She's afraid of your kin." She said. "Let's brighten our spirits! Ya want pie?" Applejack said.

"I do!" The trio said in unison. Dewlap looked at Twilight reluctantly.

"Twilight, two years, I haven't told you my full name, and don't laugh." Dewlap said pointing at her.

"That makes harder not to laugh." Twilight told him.

"Ugh, ok. My name is Dewlap MarshWater." Dewlap said. Twilight stifled a laugh. "that was regrettable." Dewlap said.

"Come on, it is funny!" Twilight exclaimed. Twilight kissed him for a brief moment and ran towards the barn. "Come on , MarshWater! I'm already beating you!"

"You're on!" Dewlap yelled as he ran towards Twilight. As he caught up to Twilight, he started to run backwards and whistled I Can't Decide.

"Showoff!" Twilight yelled him. Dewlap stopped whistling when he had bumped into the side of the barn.

"Ow, I guess I deserved that anyways." Dewlap said as he rubbed his hind quarters in pain.

"Sure you do, Dewlap." Twilight said as she helped Dewlap up.

"Come on, guys. I want to study my spells!" Sweetiebell said in the distance. Twilight and Dewlap smiled at each other.

"I would still be a better teacher." Dewlap blurted out. Twilight punched his right leg and kissed him as she hugged him. "OK, too much affection! I want to go inside the barn now." He said as he pushed Twilight away. As they approached the door of the barn, music was blaring loadly. Once Twilight opened the door, she gaped. Music was louder than firing a gun, screams were at every corner, and there was one mug of cider left on a table.

"Mine!" Dewlap said as he rushed towards the mug of cider.

"Oh no, you don't!" Twilight yelled as she magiclly grabbed Dewlaps tail.

"No! I need my cider! I need it!" He yelled.

"I don't need you becoming even more crazy by going drunk!" Twilight yelled. Dewlap was too late. The last mug was was taken.

"No!" He yelled as he pounded the ground.

"You were better off without the cider, you idiot." Twilight muttered.

"I needed it!" Dewlap yelled.

"You need to stay sane to fight and at least live for more than a day!" Twilight used as a lecture. Dewlap sighed.

"Yes, I suppose." He said as he rubbed dust off of his body.

"How ya doin'?" Applejack said as she popped out of nowhere.

"Ah! Don't do that to me!" Dewlap shouted at Applejack.

"Ah got y'all some pie." Applejack said as she brought out pie.

"What kind of pie do you have?" Dewlap asked suspiciously.

"Apple pie." Applejack said. Dewlap reluctantly took a piece of pie and started to eat it.

"Could use a bit of milk." Dewlap said.

"Ya ready to go inside, now?" Applejack said in a happy tone.

"Sure." Dewlap said. Dewlap and Twilight followed Applejack to the back door and entered the barn. They went through a corridor which led to three doors, all of them being unoccupied.

"That's your room , Twilight." Applejack said as she pointed to the door to their left. "And your room is there." Applejack said as she pointed to the door to the right. "Now y'all should get some sleep, tommorow is Christmas."

"Christmas?" Dewlap asked. Applejack took her hat back as Dewlap frowned.

"Shoot, I forgot!" Twilight yelled. "Oh well, I am tired anyways." Twilight said after she yawned. Dewlap entered his room, supplied with a bed, a lit lamp, and a drawer holding the lamp. Dewlap had gotten to his bed and got in it. Just as he was about to turn the lamp off, Twilight came inside the room.

"Oh, and I'll tell you about how Christmas came to be." Twilight siad. Dewlap sat up as Twilight lied next to him.

"There once was a generous pegasus,and unlike other pegasi, he treated others as equals. Once every year, on the twelfth month and the twenty-fifth day, he'd set out to give gifts to poor families, mostly earth ponies. He'd give them money, food, and toys.

"But on a certain year, soldiers came to him and shunned him for being generous, for they were thought as workers, not normal ponies. The soldiers arrested him, because they thought their way of life would be destroyed if earth ponies had money, thinking that they could buy their life, leaving the unicorns and pegasi to work for the earth ponies.

"When he went in his cell, he had one bit of currency left. He threw it out the cell window, wondering if it could last.

"Years elapsed, until one day, guards had set the pegasus free, and also arresting the captain of the soldiers. They gave the pegasus a loaf of bread and money. As the generous pegasus passed the captain's cell, he stopped and gave the captain his loaf of bread, but the captain only spat at it, thinking it was shameful if anypony had received food from a unicorn or pegasus who helped earth ponies.

"As he went outside, he had picked up the coin he threw out of his cell, seeing that it did not melt through the burning sunlight, or freeze. And so his method went on, giving his valued belongings to earth ponies, never being sent to jail again." Twilight got up as she finished the story.

"That was a lot more profound than I thought it would be." Dewlap said. Twilight giggled after he said that.

"Well, thats one way to kill the mood." Twilight said. After Twilight had left, Dewlap started to closed his eyes, wondering about how someone could have the courage to do that.

When Dewlap woke up, Twilight had been setting up lights around the ceiling and colorful boxes were set up next to his bed.

"What's happening?" Dewlap asked.

"Merry Christmas to you too, buddy." Twilight said. Dewlap chuckled as he got out of bed. "It's Christmas, remember?" Twilight asked. They both hadn't realized they had met in the middle of the room with a mistletoe dangling over them. Twilight looked up. "Oh look, a mistletoe."

"Is that supposed to represent something important?" Dewlap asked.

"Sure, I guess." Twilight said with a smile. Dewlap was curious to know what it meant, but Twilight kissed him blissfully, and surprisingly, Dewlap was kissing her back as well. Love was his only emotion on at this point-

"Hey, Dew-" Shining said after he opened the door. Dewlap and Twilight jumped away from each other and whistled as they pretended to fix the Christmas lights in Dewlap's room.

"Oh hey, Shining. How are you this morning." Twilight said in a rather convincing voice.

"We're just checking to see if the lights work!" Dewlap said with a fake grin.

"Um yea, merry Christmas, Dewlap." Shining said with confusion.

"Merry Christmas!" Twilight and Dewlap said in unison.

"That was uncalled for." Dewlap said after Shining closed the door. He looked at the boxes next to his bed. "So what's this about all about?" He asked.

"Presents, from me and others." Twilight said.

"Well I do like free items." Dewlap said

"Jerk." Twilight grumbled. Dewlap opened a small box with a cape in it. A note dangled at the emblem; it read: For joining the Cutie Mark Crusaders. From: The Cutie Mark Crusaders. Dewlap smiled as he read the note. He grabbed the cape, flung it behind him, and ran around, looking behind himself as his cape flew behind him.

"This, I like." Dewlap said.

"Hey, you can get carried away at times," Twilight smiled. "But this, I love it!" Dewlap smiled at her, and then he looked back at the presents. There were only two left next to his bed.

"I love this, and you. I mean the decoration, yeah!" Dewlap grinned nervously. Twilight understood what he had said and blushed, but she pretended not to notice; all she did was smile. Dewlap grabbed a box with orange shading. He opened it, revealing a black colored western hat. Dewlap wore it with his cape, showing happiness in his face. Dewlap held the last box which was purple, being quite obvious that it was from Twilight. He opened it, showing a scarf that was black, grey, and white in that exact pattern. Dewlap was stunned by this rather beautiful scarf.

"It's uh, beautiful," Dewlap said. He turned around to look at her. "Like you." He whispered. Twilight's face turned red, and then Dewlap kissed her. Dewlap finally showed his feelings for her. Twilight had done her part in this love story, now it was Dewlap's turn. They had stopped, still happy. Dewlap wraped his new scarf around his lower face and neck. He started to open the window and slid outside.

"Where are you going?" Twilight asked as she followed Dewlap.

"Want to go on an adventure?" Dewlap asked.

Twilight smiled and spoke, "I just went on an adventure. I really don't need you lost again." Twilight smiled, knowing that whatever crazy and comical thing he has to say, she'll smile.

"I noticed a building with a "KEEP OUT" sign on the entrance. I've been wondering if I could have you along side me to reveal what's in that building." Dewlap said. Twilight sighed.

"Sometimes, you can be such an idiot," Twilight said. "Yet it can be good." Twilight said. Dewlap smiled and took her with him anyways. They ran towards the building, but Twilight noticed that the ceiling was missing a lot of planks. As they got towards the door, Dewlap gestured to let her in first. "Why me?" Twilight asked.

"Because I'm not the fate of the universe." Dewlap replied.

"Well what if I'm not the fate of the universe?" Twilight asked.

"It gives me another excuse." Dewlap said. Twilight facehoofed as she began to shiver. She opened the door, stepping into a circle of rope, releasing a trap. Bricks strapted to rope fell down, bringing Twilight in the air upside down.

"Twilight, hold on!" Dewlap said.

"I really don't want to make a pun while I hang around, right?" Twilight said. Dewlap groaned due to that terrible pun. Twilight smiled as she turned paled and shivered. Dewlap looked at her state and ran towards her. Dewlap unraveled his scarf and wrapped it around Twilight's neck. Dewlap looked up as changelings and Chrysalis came down.

"How do they know where we are all the time?" Dewlap said. Dewlap took action by erupting a blaze of fire at Chrysalis. Chrysalis flew to the side and touched the floor of the building. She approached Twilight with an maniacal smile. "Get away from her!" Dewlap yelled.

"Are you prepared to fight, because this little pest can become the answer to your problems." Chrysalis said.

"You cannot call her that, not once. Never!" Dewlap screamed. Chrysalis smiled and conjoured a green spell with a sparkling trail. Dewlap jumped out of the way, letting the spell explode away. Chrysalis kept casting spells here and there, but Dewlap kept jumping out of the way. Finally, Chrysalis casted a spell which flew infront of Dewlap, making him stop, but Chrysalis counjoured a killing curse, striking Dewlap in the heart.

"Dewlwp? Dewlap, you monster!" Twilight shouted in sorrow. Chrysalis laughed maniacly, pulling out Dewlap's crown. "What are you doing?" Twilight asked in fear.

"For good measure," Chrysalis said. "He won't get in my way anymore." She laid it on the ground and stomped on it, making it shattering into peices.