Author's Note

If you notice any inconsistencies, do not worry, they are intentional, as this is a crossover :)
(Though for some reason, Word didn't keep its format when I transferred over, grr. )

Great Expectations

“Dear Diary, today was positively wonderful! I had such a fun time at my birthday party, and can hardly believe I’m already 16. But I can’t get too excited, because tomorrow is the big day. Anyway, just thought I would write a little before heading to bed. My own best friend- Pipsqueak."

I shut my diary and stuffed it away under my bed, lying down and quickly passing out, eager to start the biggest day of my life….

“Somepony shut up that ringing sound” I grumbled to myself, looking over at my alarm clock. It read “7:45am”, and I promptly turned off the alarm. I shut my eyes to rub them, and when I opened them again, the clock read “1:45PM”, making me jump out of my bed and rush to get my stuff.

“Oh sweet Celestia, I overslept! Hurry Pip, hurry!” I said, slipping on my tan tunic and red scarf. I put on my sword on my hip, and rushing downstairs, burst through the front door and ran down the street like a madcolt, praying that they would understand what happened.

“Thank goodness, the palace looks like it’s still open!”

I approached the door, but two royal guards held their spears together, blocking my path “And where do you think you’re going?”

“My test was today, I’m not too late, am I?” I asked, a look of panic on my face

“The hero tests were finished an hour ago, so it looks like you’ll have to go home, runt.” the guard on the right said. I lowered my head in despair. My one shot at being christened a hero,; gone in an instant, all because I had failed to get up in time.

In despair, I trotted into the nearby woods for some much needed alone time. I sat on a tree stump, sighing and gazing at my reflection in a stream. “You really messed up this time, Pip. How can you dream of being a hero if you can’t even wake up in time?” I said, kicking a pebble.

As the pebble dropped into the stream, I heard a loud crash coming from deep inside the forest, so I picked up my sword and galloped towards where it came from. “Is somepony hurt?” I yelled out, but there was no response.

The sound lead me into a clearing in the middle of the forest, and what I saw astonished me: lying in the middle of a small crater was a pony, but she was unusual, having both a horn and wings just like the Princess. This pony was a dark blue, as dark as the night, and had a crescent shaped cutie mark with black clouds around it.

“H-Hello? Do you need help?” I said, gently poking her side with a hoof. With a startled groan, she slowly sat up rubbing her forehead

“Good grief, my head hurts….Celestia sure can throw a hoof- Oh, hello there. Who might you be?”

I paused for a moment, shocked this pony could move, let alone talk after the fall she took

“My….My name is Pipsqueak, but my friends call me Pip…and who might you be, miss?”

“My name is….”she paused for a moment, as if thinking about something “….Princess Luna, my dear Pip.”

“Princess?" I asked, titlting my head in confusion. "But the only princess I’ve ever heard of is Celestia, savior of the pony race and ruler of the heavens.”

Luna chuckled and shook her head, brushing away her mane to reveal her green eyes “Is that what she has been telling you ponies? Tsk tsk. Well if you were worried for my health, there is no need. I am quite alright, and you can return to your business, my fellow pony.”

I thought there was something odd about this pony who claimed to be a princess, especially the way she spoke, but I looked up at the sky and noticed it was already getting dark

“Ok then miss, but if there is ever any trouble, you can always call on me, hero Pip!” I said, trying to seem like the noble hero I had always dreamed of becoming

She sniffed the air curiously, and frowned. “You shouldn’t lie about being a hero, that could get someone like yourself in a bit of a pinch.”

“How did you….” I began to ask, but she simply smirked “All true hero’s reek of that awfu- I mean, have my sisters scent marking them," she said, and flew off before I could say anything else, so I made my way back to my house in town, not wanting to be stuck in the forest at night.

I opened my front door and shut it behind me, locking it for the night. Thanks to my terrible luck, I just wanted today to end, so I slowly walked up the stairs, undressed, and lay down, quickly falling asleep

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Something strange woke me up far before my alarm went off. Looking at my clock, I saw that it read “6AM”, so I went ahead and shut it off, before walking down the stairs

“My, my, someone's up early,” I heard some voice coming from the living room say. I gasped as I saw Luna lying on my couch and eating a bowl of cereal

“How did you get in my….How did you find…..” I struggled to form a question, looking around and finding that she hadn’t broken in at all.

“Oh, that’s simple, silly. I flew off last night, and followed your scent back to your house. You should really consider locking the door when you leave in the mornings; ponies could just waltz on in!” she said all too casually, eating another spoonful of cereal

“I don’t even know how to respond to that, Luna!” I said, tossing my forehooves in the air

“You might want to put some clothes on too, show some decency around a lady, will ya?” Luna said with a wink, and I blushed deeply, heading back upstairs and getting dressed, before coming down to find she had now raided my cookie jar

“I don’t know why you followed me back here, but I really think it’s time you leave, Luna, or else, at this rate, I won’t have any food left in a couple hours!" I said, scolding the mannerless princess. But before I could make her leave, I heard a cry come from the outskirts of town. So, wanting to prove myself as a hero, I instinctively grabbed my sword and ran to help the pony in need.

“Have no fear, the hero Pip is here!”

My idea of a trilling entrance worked just as well as I had planned, and it gave the colt that was being attacked time to run to safety, leaving only a Changeling standing on the outskirts of town.

For centuries, the Changelings had been terrorizing the good, honest ponyfolk and stealing the colts from towns for breeding. Strangely enough, males were entirely absent from the Changeling race, so their only way to reproduce was to take advantage of the common colt. To counter this threat, Celestia had begun appointing select colts as heroes, whose job it was to fight the changelings, and the ultimate goal of the heroes was to slay their queen, Chrysalis.

“En guard, foul changeling!” I shouted, holding my sword out to challenge her. She licked her lips with her green, slimey tongue

“Oh my, such a brave colt you are. I bet you would make a fine stud back at the hive," she said, swaying her flank seductively. I gulped, having never fought a changeling before, but I swung my sword at her, knocking her off balance from the impact.

“Ouch, you jerk! Is this how you treat every mare who wants to show you a good time?” she asked, rubbing her head, as she examined her hoof, expecting blood; but the sword hadn’t even cut her. “That thing is dull as hell!”

Not wanting to lose my momentum, I began flailing the sword wildly at her, hitting the changeling repeatedly until she finally surrendered and flew away, shouting profanities

“Another day saved, all thanks to the great hero Pip!” I said, standing heroically as if posing for a monument.

“False-hero Pip, to be correct” said Luna, appearing behind me as if by magic to rain on my parade.

“Didn’t I tell you to leave, Luna?” I asked her, sighing because she ruined my moment

“Yes. Yes you did.” she chuckled and pushed me over, as if my pride hadn’t been crushed enough.

“So what will you do now, mr false-hero? Seeing as how you don’t smell of Celestia, I can tell you missed or failed your hero’s test.”

I slowly sat up and rubbed my side. “Well, I’m not really sure. It was always my dream to be a hero, but since I failed, I suppose I’ll set out as a traveler instead.”

“A traveler, eh? You can count me in!” Luna said excitedly, knocking her forehooves together

“You’re never going to leave me alone now, are you?” I said, starting to walk down the road to the next town

“Nope” Luna replied, trotting along beside me