Waiting for the Elements

Aleu was looking at the tall and massive Golem regenerating his body. The others gathered up at the picnic blanket where Rarity was.

"Who is that!?" Rainbow asked. "What is that!?"

"I think Twilight brought him here." Applejack inquired.

"Wait…where is Twilight!?" Spike questioned.

They all see Twilight in the same spot as she was. She seemed to be too tired to move.

"Twilight! You have to get out of there!" Pinkie told her. "That big stony monster is gonna get you!"

"I-I can't!" Twilight responded. "The spell made me…too weak to even move…"

The golem had loomed over to Twilight now. The others panicked while Aleu who was nearby noticed what was going on. The golem pulled a fist this time and launched it at Twilight. She flinched as the others screamed to her.

"TWILIGHT!" They all cried.

When the golem's fist had reached Twilight, everyone was silent.

"T-Twilight?" Fluttershy said slowly.

They started to cry thinking the worst had happened. It wasn't until they saw the fist slowly raised by Aleu's leg, stepping upward at its colossal fist.

"Hey, you alright?" Aleu asked Twilight with a grin.

Twilight was completely dumbstruck, seeing something so small stop a gigantic attack like so. Aleu turned his view to the golem and kicked his arm off as if it was paper. The golem screeched as it started to try stepping on the two instead.

"He's going to crush us!" Twilight pointed out. "We have to get out of here!"

"I can't…" Aleu replied.

"What do you mean you can't!?"

Aleu pointed at his other foot digging into the ground. "I'm stuck." He bluntly shows off. "I think this happened when I kicked his arm to stop it, but he ended up pushing my other leg down to the ground."

Twilight gave a straight face to Aleu as she sighed helpless in the situation they're in. As the Golem smashed his feet to the two, Aleu stopped the attack once more with his two hands and throws the golems leg to the side. Twilight was once again impressed by Aleu, not believing such strength in one so small compared to the golem. However, since Aleu was stomped on by the golem, both his feet were now in the ground deeper than before.

"So, what's that things problem anyway?" Aleu asked Twilight.

"I don't know…" she answered unsure. "It just came and attacked us."

"So basically, it's a mindless monster with no regards of anyone else." Aleu said with a straight face.

Rainbow Dash flies over to Twilight and takes her away from the battle between Aleu and the golem.

"Wait! Rainbow! You forgot him!" Twilight pointed out.

"Oh, right, hold on…" Rainbow replied. She drops off Twilight with the others and flies to Aleu. She attempts to pull him out, but it doesn't seem to work.

"Ow, ow, ow! You're hurting me!" Aleu pointed out.

"Well, SORRY! I'm trying to get you out, but you're stuck pretty tight." Rainbow replied.

Aleu looks up to see the golem this time using both his arms, pulling them back and aiming at Aleu.

"This thing is persistent!" Aleu said annoyed.

He then grabs Rainbow and throws her away from him as the golem got ready for a third strike. Aleu blocks the attack again, but now only his upper waist was the only part not in the ground. He looked up as the golem grinned evilly as he decided to do a full jump to squash Aleu. Twilight looked up and felt worried for Aleu. When the golem landed on Aleu, all the ponies were frightened.

"I-Is he alright?" Applejack questioned.

"He is pretty strong but…" Rarity stated.

Silence took its time until the golem got up and shows the knocked at Aleu. They all gasped as the golem turned with a grin. It wasn't over though, as Aleu got out of the rubble from the crater the golem made after stomping the ground he was stuck in. The ponies looked closely as Aleu started to bleed through the nose.

"Ow…" Aleu said loud enough for the others to hear.

"He only got a bloody nose!?" Rainbow pointed out.

The golem was definitely surprised as Aleu turned to it and grinned.

"You're pretty tough, I'll give you that!" Aleu stated. "Too bad you don't have a good fighting spirit, otherwise you could have won!"

Aleu ran to the golem and climbed up its edges. The golem tried to grab him, but Aleu eventually made it to his head where he jumped up a bit in the air and then kicked down shooting his body through the golems body from the head. Aleu's attack digs through and lands underneath the body of the rocky monster, where he collapsed and became nothing but stone and rubble. The ponies and Spike gazed at the ending of such a battle, where the smallest fighter easily took down the enormous golem.

"That was amazing…" Applejack said slowly.

"…Awesome…" Rainbow quietly cheered.

"That was super duper off the roof!" Pinkie complimented the scene.

"But where's the creature who helped us?" Fluttershy questioned.

Twilight looked closely and saw Aleu under the pile of stones. "He's stuck over there!" She quickly said, signaling them to immediately help out.

They pulled the stones off of Aleu and see him resting with shut eyes as if he was really in pain.

"He doesn't look so good." Rarity pointed out.

"But he was fighting so flawlessly, why is he hurt now?" Twilight wondered until she inspected Aleu.

From looking at his body, his hands were scraped from the stone, his feet were bruised and dirty, and he seemed to show a frustrated expression keeping the pain inside.

"We need to help him!" Twilight told the others, nodding in agreement.

They carried him to Twilight's house a while later and lied him down on the couch. As they let Aleu rest, Twilight was reading the book to see what was going on.

"Well…this is new…" Twilight stated as she turned to the others.

"What does it say? What is he?" Applejack questioned.

"I think I summoned him here…" Twilight guessed.

"Wait, you mean that spell you got out of the book?" Spike asked.

"Yes Spike, I used the spell that reads, 'to save a ponies life', but apparently it meant to summon a warrior from another realm."

"And what in the world is he?" Rainbow questioned.

"It says he's a human, a being from another world." Twilight answered.

"Human?" Rarity repeated. "I never heard of such a creature, have you?"

"No, I never seen an animal like him before…" Fluttershy replied.

"If he's an animal, I hope he's a party animal!!!" Pinkie said as she puts on a party hat on Aleu and popped streamers around him.

Twilight levitated Pinkie away from Aleu and brushes off the decorations.

"Stop it Pinkie, he's really injured." Twilight stated. "As surprising as it seems, he almost broke his arms and legs and has a lot of scars."

"I wonder how he could take all that with such a scrawny body." Rainbow chuckled.

"Scrawny…?" Aleu mumbled as he started to slowly wake. The others back up from Aleu as he rose from the couch and yawned.

"Yaaaaawn~" He said while awaking. As he looked around, he saw the six ponies and Spike again. Aleu looked at his body to see his condition.

"…Agh! That stings a lot!" Aleu yelled out loud.

"You kept that in for that long!?" Applejack pointed out the length of time for how long Aleu didn't express his pain.

"Well, I was so focused on the battle that I didn't notice." Aleu replied.

"That's interesting…" Twilight admitted. "It's almost as if you somehow ignored all that pain and stress during the battle somehow."

"Or maybe he's a little, *Whistle*" Rainbow tweeted as she moved her hoof in a loop near her head signaling, 'screwball'.

"That's a bit offensive…" Aleu told Rainbow as she gave a sly smile.

Twilight came forth to Aleu levitating a potion. Aleu stared at Twilight's horn glowing and takes noticed.

"Are you levitating that bottle?" Aleu wondered.

"Yes, why?" Twilight asked. "Haven't you ever seen magic before?"

"Magic? I never seen the real thing until now." He admitted.

"Well, all unicorns have the ability to use magic." She explained to him

"Really?" Aleu thought aloud. He looked over to Rarity and asked, "Does that mean you know magic?"

"Just a few tricks, yes." Rarity answered.

"Cool~!" Aleu said amazed.

Twilight smiled and levitated the potion onto Aleu's hand. "Here, drink it."

"What for?"

"It's a potion to speed up your healing." Twilight explained. "You have a number of scars and other injuries."

"Oh, thanks you." Aleu replied as he took the potion and chugged it down. "Ooh! Tangy."

"So, I would like to thank you for helping us." Twilight started off. "We all appreciate everything you've done."

"No problem!" Aleu replied as he grinned. "So, you're…"

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." She introduced herself.

"I'm Applejack, nice to meet ya!" The orange pony took off her hat and showed her respect.

"I'm Rainbow Dash." The rainbow mane pegasus said proudly.

"I'm Rarity." she greeted with an elegant tone.

"I'm…Fluttershy…" She said quietly.

"I'm Pinkie Pie! Welcome to Ponyville!" she welcomed Aleu.

"Ponyville?" Aleu asked.

"That's the town you're in." Twilight explained.

"Oh, okay then…My name is Aleu." He introduced himself. "So, can any of you tell me why I'm here?"

"Well…" Twilight started off. "I kind of summoned you here…"

"Why?" Aleu asked, until he remembered the golem from earlier. "Was it just to fight the rocky monster?"

"Well, yes…exactly that." Twilight admitted.

"Okay then…you can send me back now, right?" Aleu asked. Twilight looked down as she gave a guilty expression.

"I-I'm sorry, but I didn't know what the spell would do, and there's no more information about it." She explained.

Aleu tilted his head with a disappointed expression. "Well, aren't you a bit unprepared." he sighed.

Twilight scratched her head apologizing again. Aleu stopped her as he said, "It's alright, if I'm gonna stay here a while, so be it. Besides, if there's a way in, there's a way out, right?"

Twilight smiled as he happily grinned at her. Aleu then yawned and looked a bit sleepy again.

"Tired sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah…I need to find a place to stay…" Aleu pointed out.

"You're more than welcome to stay here." Twilight offered

"Really? Thanks!" Aleu gratefully said to Twilight before yawning again.

"Wait! We can't go home yet!" Pinkie told the others. "We didn't throw him a welcoming party yet!"

"Welcoming party?" Aleu wondered.

"She throws a party for anypony new to Ponyville." Rainbow explained.

"Well, I think that golem or whatever was a welcoming party enough." Aleu sarcastically joked.

"He's right, Aleu here is probably exhausted from fighting that monster. We should all take a break." Twilight suggested.

Pinkie sighed as she and the others left home. Aleu lied on the couch again and quickly fell asleep. Twilight smiled as he quickly slept away the night.

In the middle of the night, Twilight awoke and notice someone by the balcony. Slowly walking up to the silhouette, she sees Aleu looking up at the night sky.

"Aleu?" Twilight called out. "What are you doing up late?"

"Oh, sorry Twilight, didn't mean to wake you up." Aleu replied. "I was just thinking is all."

"What were you thinking about?"

"…My friends…"

Twilight looked at Aleu with an uncertain expression. "Is there something wrong?"

"I guess I'm just worried for nothing. I know their strong and all, but I wonder how they'll feel knowing I just…disappeared."

Twilight looked down guiltily until Aleu pets her head.

"Don't worry about what you did. I actually kind of respect you for doing that."

"Y-You do? but why?" Twilight stuttered.

"If you're willing to do that for your friends, then I have a feeling you must be a good pony." He explained with a grin. "I do miss them, but I'm sure they'll understand."

Twilight felt slightly reassured, yet still felt guilty. As she left, she said to Aleu, "Make sure you get plenty of rest until those wounds heal."

Aleu nodded as he continued to gaze up to the stars.