Mixed up Memoriesby KnivesChaptersSomething NewNew Found FriendshipGoals and Struggles part 1The Dreams We HaveGoals and Struggles part 2PrologueSomething NewIt was a beautiful day in Ponyville, Everypony was enjoying the sun that Princess Celestia had risen up like she does every morning. A gray pegasus was out on her daily rounds delivering mail to everypony like she does every day. She would get a few ponies the wrong mail from time to time. "Sorry for the confusion there Colgate. I should have known that you didn't order a package today." said Ditzy Doo. "It's ok Ditzy. Everypony makes mistakes now and then." said Colgate "Y..yeah. It's hard sometimes to get these things right you know. Well I'll be off. See ya later." said Ditzy Doo. This gray Pegasus was named Ditzy Doo. She was your average mare. Some ponies called her Derpy Hooves either cuz they didn't know her real name or when the bullies wanted to make fun of her. She didn't mind most ponies calling her that except for the bullies. "Well you messed up again Ditzy. It wasn't to bad this time. At least Colgate didn't get mad at me for giving her the wrong mail." said Ditzy Doo. Ditzy was flying along delivering the rest of her mail that she had in her mail bag. After 2 hours or so she was done with her work. She went to Sugar Cube Corner to get her muffin like she always did after work. She was trying to decide between a blueberry muffin or a chocolate muffin. "Which one which one?" said Ditzy Doo as she looked back and forth between both muffins trying to decide "You should go with the blueberry muffin it's so good but the chocolate one just as good but the blueberry tastes so sweet but so does the chocolate one." said Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie went back and forth with herself for about 3 minutes until Ditzy finally interrupted her. "Ok ok Pinkie I'll take a blueberry muffin if you don't mind. said Ditzy. "Okie Dokie Loki." said Pinkie as she pulled out the blueberry muffin and handed it to Ditzy. "There you go." "Ok so how much do I owe you?" said Ditzy as she is about to pull out some bits. "No charge. This one is on me, Ditzy." she smiled. "Are you sure about that Pinkie Pie?" said Ditzy. "I am very sure bout that Ditzy. Enjoy it." said Pinkie cheerfully. "Thank you very much. Have a good day Pinkie." Ditzy said picked her muffin up and walked out. "You too Ditzy!" said Pinkie, She smiled and goes back to work. Ditzy went flying around town trying to find something to do. She decided to go home and continue reading her book she had started a week ago. -2 hours later- Ditzy closed her book and was getting sleepy so she decided to hit the hay a little early today. She got into bed and started to drift off to sleep. ==================================================================== -The next morning- Ditzy woke up bright and early. "Wow the sun feels nice today." Ditzy said as she walked to the kitchen to make breakfast. A muffin with some butter in the middle. Ditzy ate her muffin quietly as she was getting ready for work this morning. After a minute or so she finished her muffin and flew out the door and towards her job. She arrived at her work and went inside. As she flew in she was greeted by her boss. "Hello there boss." she smiles "Hello there Ms. Doo. Today is going to be a long one. One of our other mail carriers called in sick today. I am sorry to ask you this but can you take care of his work as well. Just for today?" Her boss said. "No problem sir you can count on me. So what did the other mail carrier have?" asked Ditzy. "Well he had to deliver a package to Zecora's hut. It's some type of flower she had ordered from where she lived." Her Boss stated. "Ok. I'll take care of it after I am done with my work." said Ditzy cheerfully. "Great. Thank you very much Ms. Doo." Her boss said. Ditzy grabbed her mail bag and the package and flew out to deliver the mail today. After an hour and a half she was done with her work. "Ok now that I am done with my work I'll deliver that package to Zecora." said Ditzy. She flew to the Everfree Forest. She had been there before when Zecora had ordered some packages before so she knew the way. She arrived at Zecora's place and she knocked on the hut door. "Zecora... Zecora? Are you home?" asked Ditzy. There was no response, she opened the hut door and peeked inside. There was no one there, so she decided to leave the package near her table and left the area. As she was flying back she noticed a light a little out of her flight plan. So she decided to check it out. She landed on the ground and checked out what that light was. The light had disappeared and in its place was a stallion lying on the ground unconscious with a few cuts and bruises. "Oh my Celestia it's a injured stallion. What's he doing in the Everfree Forest? Doesn't he know it's dangerous? I hope he is alright. said Ditzy as she walked closer to the body and checked to see if he was okay. "Well a few cuts and bruises but other than that he was fine." The body started to move a bit which made Ditzy gasp and jump back a bit. "A...are you ok?" questioned Ditzy as she got closer to the body. .... The stallion said nothing at first then a few seconds later he said something. "W...what happened?" *he said as he tried to move but he couldn't. "Hey don't move so much. You are badly hurt. Do you want me to call somepony to help you?" said Ditzy. "S...somepony?" he groaned as he opened his eye's to see what looked like a gray pegasus in front of him. "W...what are you...." He said as his vision was starting to fail him. "H..hey!! What's wrong?!" Yelled Ditzy. The stallion's head fell back down to the ground and he was unconscious again. Ditzy flew to the stallion and tried to wake him up but to no avail. Then she flew to the closest place which was Fluttershy's cottage and knocked on the door in a hurry. "Fluttershy! Fluttershy are you there!? I need some help!" Yelled Ditzy Fluttershy opened the door "W...what is it Ditzy? Are you ok?" asked Fluttershy "I'm fine but there is a stallion who is injured and needs some help! " Oh my!! W...well then I am here to help." said Fluttershy. "Great let's go!" Ditzy grabbed Fluttershy's hoof and they both flew to the Everfree Forest and then Ditzy pointed where the stallion was. "There he is." said Ditzy. "Oh my .. he seems to be in some bad shape... I don't know how much I can help but I'll do what I can." said Fluttershy The both of them grabbed one side each of the stallion and gently lifted him to Fluttershy's cottage. Fluttershy and Ditzy had placed the stallion gently on the couch. "Ok I'll see what I can do. Please wait in the other room please." Fluttershy told Ditzy Doo. "But I want to-" Ditzy was about to say before she got cut off by Fluttershy. "No. I know you mean well but I need to concentrate on helping this poor stallion." said Fluttershy "O...ok." She said as she walked away and sat in a chair in another room. After an hour or two Fluttershy walked to Ditzy with some good news. "Is he ok?" said Ditzy with a worried look on her face. "He will be just fine." Ditzy sighed in relief. "But he will need to rest for a while til he's better." said Fluttershy "C..can I stay with him 'til he's better?" asked Ditzy. "Of course. I am sure he would like to have somepony by him when he wakes up." Fluttershy said. Ditzy flew over to the stallion, sat next to him in a chair and waited for him to wake up. New Found FriendshipDitzy had stayed the night at Fluttershy's house to watch over the knocked out stallion. Every so often Fluttershy would check his wounds and change his bandages, while giving a cup of tea to Ditzy. "Please get better soon." said Ditzy while she looks at the hurt stallion. "Don't worry Ditzy. I am sure he will wake up soon". Fluttershy said as she tends to her animals.* 3 more hours had passed by until the stallion had woken up. He lifted his head up slowly but he still had a head injury. "Owwww what in the world hit me?" said the stallion. "Oh thank goodness your awake. Are you feeling better?" "Well I still feel bad but I'm fine." He said as he looks around the room ".... I can't see anything." "Oh no are your eye's ok?" said Fluttershy. "Yeah but I can't see anything without my glasses. Did you happen to find them where you found me?" "I found these red glasses by your body. These your?" asked Ditzy. "Oh thank you. Yes those are mine. Can you put them on my face. I can't move any of my body parts." said the stallion. "I'll do it." she said as she takes the glasses and puts them on the stallions face. "Thank you very.... much?" questioned the stallion as he looks at the both of them. "You two are... talking horses?" "Hey! We are not talking horses! We are ponies! shouted Ditzy. "Oh sorry about that talking pony's." He corrected himself. "Yeah ponies just like you." Ditzy pointed out to him. "What are you talking about? I'm a...! What's going on here!!" He yelled as he got a good look at himself. He gets up and runs up stairs to a bathroom to check himself out. Sure enough he was a pony. He was a blue body color while his hair and tail is black and he had something on his flank it was a red shield and sword. He was wondering what it meant so as he was about to go back down Fluttershy came up with a angry look on her face. "You mister need to get back on the couch!" said Fluttershy sternly. B..but I was just- "Now!" She yelled to him. "Ok ok." he groaned as he walks back to the couch. "Sorry Ms... " "Fluttershy, my name is Fluttershy." said Fluttershy. "And my name is Ditzy Doo." said Ditzy Doo as she smiles. "Those are some nice names." he said. "What is your name?" said Fluttershy? "My name is Ryu Seron. Please to meet you." he said to the both of them." "Please to meet you as well. What a unique name." commented Ditzy. "Thanks... so can you tell me how I got here?" asked Ryu. "Ok here's how it happend." Ditzy explains. Ditzy tells the story of how she found Ryu in the forest and how he is lying on Fluttershy's couch. "That is interesting. I wonder what I was doing there?" Ryu wondered. "Ok now tell us what you remember doing before you were here?" asked Ditzy. "Well... I was walking in a forest for..... for... I don't remember why I was walking into a forest. This is odd." said Ryu puzzlingly. "Oh my maybe you have Amnesia." said Fluttershy. "I do remember getting hit in the head by something or someone." said Ryu "You mean somepony." Ditzy corrected. "What.... ok somepony... (This is getting weird but what ever.) ... Hey I noticed you two have wings" asked Ryu. "Yeah we are Pegasus and you are a Unicorn. See the horn on your head." said Ditzy. "He's a strange Pony." Ditzy thought "Oh I see.... what can I do with it?" asked Ryu. "You can control magic." said Fluttershy. "What like lifting stuff up?" he said as he concentrates and lifts up a flower vase and then puts it back down.* "Nice. So when can I get up and go? he asked. "2 more hours." said Fluttershy. "Ok then. I'm gonna take a nap." he said as he falls asleep. "Well I guess I should leave then. I need to get to work." she said as she flies in the air. "I'll check back with him later ok?" "Sure ok. Bye Ditzy." said Fluttershy. "Bye." said Ditzy and then she flies off. ==================================================================== -After work- Ditzy went on her day as normal but every now and then she thought about Ryu. Where did he come from, What happened to him and why does he have Amnesia. Those were the questions she had on her mind as she went though her day of work. When she was done with work she decided to go see Ryu but as she was flying to Fluttershy's place she saw Ryu walking into town. "Oh hey Ditzy." Ryu said cheerfully. "Ryu, what are you doing? Didn't Fluttershy tell you to rest." asked Ditzy as she landed near Ryu. "Yeah she did but after 2 hours she said I was good to go. See no bandages. Hey Ditzy I got to ask.. What is the on your... rear end." ask Ryu "You mean my flank. That is my cutie mark." Ditzy told Ryu. "A cutie what?" he asked. "A Cutie mark. It's when a Pony realizes their special talent." said Ditzy. "Oh I see. So yours is some bubbles.... must be for your Bubbly personality." he said. "Wow, nopony has ever guessed that right." she said as she flies down and hugs him. "Y...your welcome." He said while blushing. "S....sorry bout that. I just got so excited." said Ditzy embarrassingly. "It's ok. Can you tell me what mine is?" asked Ryu. "Well let me see here. Well it's a red sword and shield but ..... I can't really tell what your cutie mark means." said Ditzy. "Hmmm... Well thanks for trying anyways.." he said as his stomach rumbles "... It's seems my stomach is hungry." said Ryu. "Here let me take you to Sugar Cube Corner. We can get something there." said Ditzy. "Ok. Lead the way Ms Doo." said Ryu. "Ok. One of my friends works there. She is very friendly and likes meeting new people. She can get a little weird but that's the charm about her." said Ditzy. "Sounds like a interesting pony." said Ryu. "Yeah she is. Hey we are here." she said as she points to Sugar Cube Corner and walks inside. Ryu: "Alright then. Lets me at those muffins!" As soon as he walked in a pink flash zoomed towards him and crashed into him. The both of them were in a daze for a bit "Owwww .....who put the train here?." he said in daze. "Ryu! Are you alright?" said Ditzy. "I think so... what hit me?" said Ryu. "Hello there new friend." Pinkie said as she smiles brightly. "Uhhh h....hi there. Who are you?" said Ryu nervously. "Hi I'm Pinkie Pie and I am so excited today." "W...why is that Pinkie?" asked Ryu. "Cuz there is a new pony in town and since there a new pony in town I get to throw them a welcoming party." stated Pinkie. "A. welcoming party.. f... for me?" he questioned. "Of course. I throw all new ponies in Ponyville a party and to all my friends." said Pinkie. "That sounds good but... can you get off me please?" asked Ryu. "Oh hehehe sorry about that." she said as she gets off him. "Thank you Pinkie, Wow for a mare you tackled me real hard." He said. "Yeah ponies say that a lot. So what is your name?" asked Pinkie. "This is Ryu Seron. He is my new friend I just met." said Ditzy. "Nice to meet you Ryuie" said Pinkie cheerfully. "... Ryuie?" he said puzzlingly. She whispers to him "She sometimes give ponies nicknames. Just go with it" said Ditzy. "I see... Ok." said Ryu. "So where are you from Ryuie?" asked Pinkie. "W..well I am not to sure... I can't remember." stated Ryu. "Aww that so sad. Don't worry Ryuie. I'll help you remember." she said while smiling. "Thanks Pinkie. So what do you have got to eat?" he asked. "Well we got some cupcakes with sprinkles, cupcakes without Sprinkles, Cakes, donuts, muffins, and plenty more." stated Pinkie. "Hmmm.." he said while thinking of what muffin to have. "I'll have a chocolate muffin this time Pinkie.' said Ditzy. "Ok, Here you go. What are you getting Ryuie?" asked Pinkie. "Hmm.... I'll have a blueberry muffin." he said. "Alrighty~ Here you go. A nice fresh blueberry muffin." said Pinkie. "Thanks." tries to pick it up but it falls to the ground. "Darn it.." tries to pick it up again but fails. ".... This is harder then it looks. he said Why don't you use your magic to pick it up? "Oh....yeah." he said as he uses his magic to pick it up. "T..thanks Pinkie." "No problem at all Ryuie" said Pinkie. "So how much do I owe you Pinkie?" asked Ditzy. "It comes out to a total of 2 bits." said Pinkie "But muffins cost 2 bits each." stated Ditzy. "Think of it as a discount for Ryuie and yourself". she said smiling. "Thanks Pinkie. she said as she gives Pinkie 2 bits. "Have a good day Pinkie." "Ok. See you at the party Ryuie." Pinkie said. "Oh when is that by the way?" asked Ryu. "My parties aren't planned out so I'll grab you when the party starts." she said. "Ok then. See ya then Pinkie." said Ryu. Ditzy and Ryu went to find a place to eat their muffins. They had ended up in the park so they sat down on the bench. "Pinkie seemed like a crazy pony. Hahaha" said Ryu as he laughed a bit. "That's just the tip of the iceberg. Hahaha" said Ditzy as she laughed as well. The both of them sat there and ate their muffins while talking bout random things like where Ditzy works, who her friends were and a bunch of other stuff. "That all sounds so wonderful." said Ryu. "Yeah it is. It's a lot of fun around here." said Ditzy. "Hey Derpy!" The voice came from the sky. "Oh no... Not him" groaned Ditzy. "What's wrong Ditzy?" asked Ryu. "It's nothing just this Pegasus that knows me." said Ditzy. "How are you doing?" He said as he flies down with 2 other pegasus with him. "Just fine." said Ditzy. "Who's this with you. Your special some pony?" he asked mockingly. "!!! W..what n..no." she said while blushing. "Ditzy, who is this?" asked Ryu. "This is-" she was about to say before she got cut off. "My name is Swift Wind. What is your name?" he asked. "My name is Ryu Seron." he replied. "Ryu Seron... that's a odd name." Swift said. "I could say the same thing bout your name." he said while glaring at him. "Hmph.... so Derpy, did you drop any letters today or get lost during work?" Swift said as he mocked Ditzy Doo. "Yeah or fly into some tree's or buildings." One of the Pegasus said while laughing. "Or did you just forget to go into work at all." The other Pegasus said while laughing as well. "N..no I went to work and I didn't drop any letters or bump into any trees!" she said in a scared tone. "Yeah right. It's a wonder how you even got a job in the first place." Swift said while laughing with the others. "!!! I..... I" She said and then gets up and runs off crying. "Ditzy!! Hey what's your problem!!" he yelled at those three. "Oh nothing it's just sad that you even know Derpy Hooves at all. It's a wonder how she even lives on her own." Swift said in a asshole tone. "Listen here bud! Her name is Ditzy Doo! Not Derpy Hooves! What gives you the right to make fun of somepony at all! " he shouted. "Well I-" he was about to say before getting cut off. "You don't have the right make fun of her or anypony else!! Now leave her alone or else." he threatened the 3. "Or else what?! said Swift. "Or else this!" he yelled as he uses his magic to pull a few branches and start to throw them at the three bullies "Ow ow stop that." The 2 Pegasus said. "Alright you guys lets get out of here!" *the three of them fly away* "Yeah that's right you better fly away!!" he panted a bit due to how much shouting he did. "Hmph. Now to find Ditzy." he said. He runs in the direction Ditzy was headed. Hopping to catch up with her. ==================================================================== "Ditzy! Ditzy where are you?!" He yelled. Ryu stops and looks around when he hear somepony crying. He looked to where the crying came from and then he found Ditzy crying near some trees. "Ditzy! He runs over to her. There you are." he said. She sniffles a bit. "Oh.. hi Ryu... What are you doing here?" she said in a sad tone. "Looking for you of course." he said to her softly. "Why would you look for me? You heard what they said. I'm a failure." she said. "I don't care what those 3 jerks said." he stated. "But it's all true. Everything they said was true." said Ditzy. "W..what? That can't be right." stated Ryu. "Since I was a little filly I had problems with school. The kids use to make fun of me because of my eyes and that I wasn't as smart as the rest of the class." said Ditzy "Ditzy.. I didn't know..." said Ryu in a sad tone. "After I passed school I went to flight school to learn how to be a good flier. But I wasn't as fast as the others and because of my eyes I kept flying into things. Everypony laughed at me for that. It was so hard to pass flight school but I did. But that didn't stop the teasing to this day. Most times I try to ignore it but other times I fly home and cry on my bed." Said Ditzy. "Ditzy. It doesn't matter what the bullies say about you. From what I've seen of you. You're a great flier. I haven't seen you crash at all and your also kind, caring and a smart mare." said Ryu. "R..really?" she said as she wipes her tears away. "Of course!" he smiles and hugs her. "!!! R...Ryu!" she said as she blushes but hugs back. After a few minutes of the two hugging each other. "H..hey Ryu? C...can I ask you something?" asked Ditzy. "Yeah what is it Ditzy?" said Ryu. "A...are we friends?" she said shyly. "What are you talking about? Of course we're friends." said Ryu. "Really?!" asked Ditzy. "Yeah. You were the first pony I ever met, You helped me out when I was hurt, You watched over me when I was resting, and you hanged out with me when I had no pony else to be with." he said while giving her a smile. " ... Thank you." she said while smiling at him. "Any time Ditzy." he said as he smiles back. The sun was setting and it was almost getting dark out. "It's getting dark out.... !! Oh no. I don't have a place to sleep... I guess I can go ask Fluttershy if I can stay at her place." said Ryu. "Hey... Why don't you come and stay at my place?" asked Ditzy. "!!! A...are you sure that's ok?" said Ryu in a shocked tone. "Yeah. I got a extra room at my place. You are more then welcome to stay at there with me." said Ditzy. "O...ok.. Lead the way." said Ryu. They both get up and they start to walk to Ditzy's place. -10 minutes later- "This is my place. It's not much but it's home." said Ditzy. "Very nice. I care if it's big or small." stated Ryu. She unlocks the door and walks inside and walks in. Ryu soon follows after. "This is the living room, over there is the kitchen, restroom is next to the guest room, and my room is over there." said Ditzy. "Alright then." he said while he yawns a bit. "Thanks for letting me stay here." "No problem Ryu. Well goodnight." she said. "Goodnight Ditzy. " He said. The both of them walked to their room and went to sleep. After a long day the both of them slept peacefully. Goals and Struggles part 1Dear Journal, I am making a note of all the things that happened to me since I first arrived in a new world. I made lots of new friends and just trying to settle in the best that I can. It has been 2 months since I first came to Equestria as this is the name of this world. I am staying in Ponyville with my new friend Ditzy Doo. During the first month here I had been introduced to all of Ditzy's friends. First there is Fluttershy, a kind and caring mare that has over a dozen animals that she takes care of in her house. Next is Pinkie Pie, the Crazy but lovable Mare that loves to meet new ponies and throw parties for them and her friends. Next there is Applejack, A tough mare that isn't afraid of getting her hooves dirty. She works on a farm called Sweet Apple Acres with her big brother Big Mac, her grandmother Granny Smith and her little sister Apple Bloom. Now there is Rainbow Dash, The self proclaimed fastest Pegasus in all of Ponyville. She has a dream of becoming on of the Wonderbolts. (Whoever those are) Then there is Rarity, The most lady like pony I've seen yet. She is a fashion designer and she lives and works at a place called The Carousel Boutique with her sister Sweetie Belle. A few of the filly's I met were Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom are part of a group called the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Their goal is to find what each of their special talents are. From what I've heard they do almost everything they can think of to see if that gets them their cutie marks. Lastly there is Twilight Sparkle and Spike. Twilight is a unicorn from a place called Canterlot where she is a private student to Princess Celestia herself. Spike is a dragon who was born from an egg that Twilight hatched as a test of her magical abilities. His origin is unknown to him and he seeks to find out. Me and him have something in common. That is all I have to say for now. I'll make a update when something new happens to me. ==================================================================== Ryu closed his journal and put it on the nightstand next to his bed. A few things had been going around in his head but the most important one of them all is that he need to get a job to help support Ditzy. He had thought long and hard about what jobs there could be for him then he looked at his cutie mark and decided that he will become a guard for Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. "10 more minutes until Ditzy comes home. I wonder how she will react to my job choice." said Ryu. -10 minutes later- Ditzy had came in the door and put her mailbag near the door and sat down on the couch after a hard day of work. "Wow... today was a long day of work. So many packages and letters." said Ditzy. "Hello Ditzy, hard day of work as usual?" said Ryu coming out of his room. "Hey Ryu, yeah it was hard work today. There were about 10 packages and 20 letters to deliver today. I never had that much mail to deliver in a while." she said. "Yeah. Well I am glad you are home cuz I have something to tell you." he said, "What is it?" she said as she sits down. "I have decided to get a job. To help you out." he stated to Ditzy. "Ryu you don't have to do that. I am fine working on my own." she replied. "No. It's not fair that you have to work while I stay at home all day. I want to be able to repay you for all that you've done for me." he said. "Alright I understand. So what job are you thinking of taking?" commented Ditzy. "I am going to apply to be a Castle guard in Canterlot." said Ryu "But why a guard in Canterlot?" questioned Ditzy. "Well I have to figure out what my cutie mark means plus I need to learn different types of spells, become a stronger pony and to be able to protect my friends. You most of all." Ryu said plainly. "B...but I heard that training to be a castle guard is very tough and taxing on the body and mind." said Ditzy in a concerned manner. "I can handle it. I am tougher then I look." replied back. "Well I can see that you are dead set on becoming a castle guard. So I will support you in your choice." said Ditzy. "Thank you Ditzy. Thank you for supporting me." he said as he went over to Ditzy and hugged her. "So how are going to get accepted into the guard training program?" asked Ditzy. "Well I could ask Twilight if she could ask the Princess to accept me in." said Ryu. "It's worth a shot. Tomorrow is my day off so let's go ask Twilight together." replied Ditzy. "Okie dokie lokie." said Ryu. "You have been hanging around Pinkie Pie too much. Hahahaha." she said. "Hahahaha I guess so." said Ryu. So the two of them decided to pay Twilight a visit the next morning. They had their dinner of some salad and a daisy sandwich. After that they had made some small talk and went to bed shortly after. -That night- Ryu was tossing and turning in his bed. He was having a horrible nightmare about his past. He'd seen this girl who had called out his name and as he ran towards her some kind of monster snatched her up and was flying away. "Ryu!!! Save me!!!" she screamed to him. "Don't let this monster take me away!!!" "Noooo!!!! Put her down!!! I'll come and save you! I promise!!! " shouted Ryu. He woke up in a cold sweat and had a pale look on his face. He looked around him to find that he was still in the guest room at Ditzy's place. "Man.. it was just a dream... But it felt so real..." He said as he thought to himself for a few minutes until he went back to sleep. ==================================================================== -The next morning- Ryu had woken up tired. Barely getting any sleep at all cuz of the nightmares. He rubbed his face and went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Ditzy woke up a few minutes later to the smell of fresh breakfast. "Morning Ryu, This is a surprise you making breakfast." she said while yawning. "Well I thought since you make breakfast most day I thought it would be nice for me to make breakfast this time. Plus I didn't get much sleep last night." he replied back. "Why is that? Did you have a nightmare?" she said in a concerned manner. "Yeah. It was a real frightening one." he said as he place her breakfast in front of her. "Tell me about it. Maybe I can help" she said as she was eating her toast. "Well I was in a dark area of some sorts when a friend from my past was in front of me. As I walked towards her a giant demon or monster appeared behind her and snatched her up. It was so awful." he said as he rubs his head. "Wow. Sounds like a horrible nightmare.." she said as she gets up and pats his shoulder. "Well we can try to figure it what it mean's later. We need to get to Twilight place remember?" "Oh yeah. Your right." he said as he quickly finishes he food and juice. "Alright lets go." Both Ditzy and Ryu went to Twilight's place to ask her for a favor. All the while the nightmare was still fresh in Ryu's mind. He kept thinking about it on the way there until he decided to put it in the back of his mind for later. "I hope she is home." he said as he knocks on the door. "Twilight... Twilight are you there?" said Ryu. "Yeah I'm here. Come on in the door is open." replied Twilight The both of them walked inside her house and they both saw a number of books flying past them and being put on the shelves. "Hey there Twilight. What are you doing?" said Ditzy. "Oh hello you two. Just organizing some books. So what brings you here today?" said Twilight. "Well you see. Here's why we are here." said Ryu. He had told Twilight the reason they were there. She thought about it for a while until she said. "I don't know Ryu. I may be Princess Celestia's student but I don't know if I can make a request like that." answered Twilight "Can you at least try Twilight? The worst that could happen is she says no." replied Ryu. "Ok I'll try." she said as she writes a letter to the Princess* "Spike can you send this to the Princess?" "No problem Twilight." Replied Spike as he breaths his dragon fire and the letter gets sent to the Princess. "Now what?" he said as he moved around the Library. "Now we wait until the Princess-" She was cut short when a reply came back quickly. A letter pop out of Spike's mouth and he hands it's to Twilight. "That was fast. Didn't think she would reply so fast" she said as she reads the letter. "Dear Twilight Sparkle, I have read your request and I am accepting it on such short notice-" she got cut off by Ryu hearing the good news. "Yes!" he shouted as he bounces up and down and hugs both Twilight and Ditzy* "I am so happy." "Wait there's more." she said as she continues to read the letter. "On the condition that Ryu Seron comes to see me in Canterlot as soon as possible. Your truly, Princess Celestia." Finished Twilight. "I wonder what she wants to see Ryu for?" said Ditzy. "Not a clue but the letter also says that you maybe bring 1 friend to come along with you to the palace." stated Twilight. "I see. Well Ditzy do you want to come along with me?" asked Ryu. "Y....you want me to come along with you to the palace? " questioned Ditzy. "Yeah. You are my friend plus you have said that you always wanted to see the inside of the palace," said Ryu. "W...well that is true.... Ok! I'll come with you." she said as she smiles and hugs Ryu. "Thank you so much Ryu." "No problem. So when do we want to leave?" said Ryu as he hugged Ditzy back. "Let's leave right now." said Ditzy. "N..now? Ok." replied Ryu. "You better hurry the train leaving for Canterlot departs in 5 minutes." stated Twilight "!! Five minutes! Alright then let's go!" he said as he grabs Ditzy and runs out the door. "Thanks for the help Twilight." "No problem. You'll need this." she hands Ryu the letter. "Thanks you Twilight for the help." said Ryu. "Your welcome. Tell me how it went ok?" replied Twilight. "I will, I promise!" he yelled off in the distance. The two of them were running at full speed to get to the train in time. With a minute to spare they got on the train and were to off to Canterlot. ==================================================================== "I can't believe... we made it." he pants due to being out of breath. "Same ..here." she pants as well. "Well.. I wonder what this Princess Celestia is like?" he said. "The Princess is a wonderful pony. She's kind, sweet and cares for everyone of us." she replied. "Wow she sounds like a pony you must at least meet once in your life." he said. "Yeah she is. She also has a sister named Princess Luna." she said. "I see. Well I hope I get to meet her as well." he said. ==================================================================== After an hour train ride they got off at the station and were finally in Canterlot. "So this is Canterlot... Fancy." said Ryu. "Yeah. Now let's go to the palace," said Ditzy. The both of them walked through the town searching a way to the palace. After a bit they came across the entrance to the palace gates. "There is it. The Canterlot Palace. Let's go." he said as they walk up to the gates where two palace guards stopped them both in there tracks. "Halt, No pony is allowed on the castle without permission." said one royal guard. "We got our permission here." she gives the second guard the letter. "Let me see that." he said as he looks over the letter for a minute. "Alright everything seems to be in order. You may pass but be on your best behavior is that clear?" "Yes sir!". The both of them replied as they walked through the gates and proceeded into the palace. They were in awe of how big it was. Everywhere they looked you see hallways, rooms, rooms and more rooms. It boggled they minds but they focused again and proceeded to the throne room. "I'm... getting kind of nervous.." stated Ryu. "Same here. I've never been in the palace before." said Ditzy, "No reason to be nervous you two." said a voice from no where. Both of them were startled and looked around the room to see who it was when it was no other then Princess Luna herself "P..Princess Luna!?" she said as she bows to her "P..Princess!?" said Ryu as he bows as well. "Raise your heads you two." said Luna. They did as she asked them to. Their eyes gazed on the regal figure of Princess Luna. "S...so may I ask w...where Princess Celestia is? I.. I am here about the letter she sent Twilight." said Ryu nervously "Ah the letter. Truth be told I was the one who replied back to Twilight Sparkle. My sister did read the letter but I wanted the chance to meet you face to face. Are you disappointed?" asked Luna. "N...not at all Princess Luna. I.. I was just not expecting you is all. O..oh I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ryu Seron." stated Ryu. "A...and I'm D...Ditzy Doo." she said still being a little bit nervous. "It's nice to meet you both". she said as she looks at Ditzy. "Ditzy Doo." "!! Y..yes Princess Luna?!" she said nervously. "Calm down alright. There is no need to be so nervous Also just call me Luna ok. It's just us here." stated Luna, "O..ok Prin- I mean Luna." said Ditzy. "Thank you. Now Ryu Seron." said Luna. "Y..yes Luna?" answered Ryu. "I have accepted your request and we are going to begin your training soon however instead of you becoming a palace guard I want you to be my personal guard." said Luna. "!!!!! A...a personal guard f..for you L..Luna... Might I ask why?" asked Ryu. "For now let's just say I see great potential in you. Will you accept my offer?" asked Luna. "Of course I will! Thank you very much Princess." said Ryu. "You are welcome." she said with a little giggle at the end. "I am so happy for you Ryu. You get to be Luna's personal guard." said Ditzy. "Hold on. It's not certain that he will become my personal guard. If you can pass the training course then you will become my guard." stated Luna. "I understand Luna... How long will the training course take anyway?" "For most 3 months while the faster one's complete it in a month and a half." said Luna. "T...that's a long time... But I am ready for it. When does my training begin?" asked Ryu. "Your training begins tomorrow morning." said Luna. "T...tomorrow morning!?" Both Ryu and Ditzy said together. Luna nods her head. "I.. I see." she said as she puts on a fake smile. "That's ok. It's for a good purpose." "Y..yeah I guess." said Ryu. "I will pick you up in the morning. Be ready." stated Luna. "Ok. Let's go Ditzy:" said Ryu. "A...alright then." said Ditzy in a sad tone. ==================================================================== The both of them walked out of the palace and back to the train station. On the way to the station and home Ditzy didn't say a word at all. I was wondering what's bothering her so when we got home I asked her what's wrong. "Ditzy what's the matter?" asked Ryu. "I...it's nothing just... I won't be able to see you for at least 3 months.. I understand it's for training in all but.." said Ditzy in a sad tone. "I know how you feel Ditzy. It's gonna be hard to get use to the training and not seeing you in the morning but as long as your cheering me on I know I will get through this." said Ryu. "Alright then. I'll be cheering you on." she walks up to him and hugs him. "Just make sure to come back in one piece ok?" "I will. I promise." Said Ryu. "Ok. Lets make a Pinkie promise." stated Ditzy. "A Pinkie promise?" asked Ryu. "Yeah. It's a super special promise that ponies make so that they can keep their promises that they make." she said as she smiles. "Oh... ok, how does it go?" asked Ryu. "Ok First you say "Cross my heart," at that point you cross your heart with one hoof. then next you say "Hope to fly," that's where you take two of your hooves and pretend to fly. The last part of it goes like this, "Stick a cupcake in my eye," where you take one hoof again and pretend to put a cupcake in your eye and that is how the whole thing goes. You think you got it?" explained Ditzy. "I am pretty sure." said Ryu "Ok lets try it out." stated Ditzy. "Ok "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." they said the words while doing the motions. "There, now both of us made a promise to each other." said Ditzy. "And I will make sure to keep that promise." said Ryu. "FOREVER!" said Pinkie at the window. The both of them were startled by Pinkie Pie's sudden appearance, Wondering what is she doing here and how did she hear the two of them make a Pinkie Promise? "P....Pinkie Pie what are you doing here?" Ditzy asked. "I'm trying to find my tennis ball. I was playing against Gummy and he spiked it far away. *looks at the ground* There is it~ *picks it up* Hope you two have a good rest of the day," she said as she walks off. "Ok... That was weird... but anyway. I'll keep that promise." said Ryu. "FOREVER!" she yells from far away. They were shocked again by Pinkie Pie. How can she hear us from that far away. They thought to themselves for a bit until they decided to forget about it. " .... Ok then." they both said as the both of them sits down on the couch. "Anyway I will be cheering you on Ryu." she said while both smiling and blushing. "T..thanks Ditzy... You are so kind to me even though you don't know me that well." he said as he blushes as well. "W..well you're one of the first ponies to help me out. I mean sure my friends would have done that same thing but the way you helped me out was so moving." blushes at what she said. "Well I couldn't stand by while my best friend was being bullied by three jerks like that. I don't remember much about my past but one thing is for certain. I won't let the one's that I care for be made fun of, picked on, or be treated like they are nothing." stated Ryu. "Oh Ryu... that was so thoughtful of you to say." she said smiling at his statement. "It's nothing Ditzy Doo". he said as he smiles back. The both of them look into each others eyes for a good while, thoughts racing through each others heads until they held onto one another and kiss each other lightly on the lips. They hold that kiss for about a few seconds or so until they got embarrassed and pulled apart from each other. The both of them move apart from each other, their faces are completely red. "S...sorry bout that Ryu. I.. I don't know what came over me." said Ditzy nervously "Y..yeah same here." he said as he looks at the clock. "W....well it's getting late. I think I'm gonna go to sleep early." "M..me too. Good night Ryu.." said Ditzy. "Night Ditzy." said Ryu. The both of them closes their doors, got in their beds and went to sleep. The Dreams We Have(( This will be a short chapter and it will involve both Ditzy Doo and Ryu Seron dreaming about each other. It will be clean dreams nothing dirty.... yet ;) ) Both Ryu Seron and Ditzy Doo were fast asleep after having the best day ever. Ditzy Doo was fast asleep after sharing her first kiss with another pony let alone somepony who was her best friend. She was dreaming where Ditzy was walking around in a meadow picking flowers when suddenly 3 Diamond Dogs came from underground. "Looks over there guys. A cute little Pegasus in the meadow all by herself." said One Diamond Dog. "You know what we should do right?" said another Diamond Dog. "Yes.... Get her!!" Shouted the other Diamond Dog. Suddenly all three of the Diamond Dogs started to run towards Ditzy Doo. She tried to fly away but she was too frightened to concentrate on flying so she ran away from the three Diamond Dogs. But try as she might she could not out run the Diamond Dogs and the three of them were about to pounce onto Ditzy. She thought she was done for when suddenly the Diamond Dogs were sent flying into their holes again and then the 3 of them dug back underground and fled. "No need to fear Ditzy. I am here for you!" said Ryu. Ditzy looked up to see Ryu wearing a red suit of armor. :Oh Ryu, thank you for saving me." Ditzy said as she smiles at Ryu. "It was nothing my dear. I couldn't let my special somepony get hurt now can I?" said Ryu. Ryu pulls up Ditzy off the meadow ground then he plants a kiss on the mares cheek. Ditzy was smiling at the dream she was having. Now Ryu was dreaming of Ditzy cooking up a meal at home and Ryu had just came home from work. "Honey I'm home" Ryu said as he puts his hat on the hat rack and placed his briefcase on the floor next to the hat rack. "Oh there you are sweetie~" Ditzy comes over and kisses his cheek. "I am so glad you are home from work." "Same here. I could not stand to be away from you for so long." "I know.... Honey?" said Ditzy. "Yeah?" said Ryu looking into Ditzy's eyes. "I love you." She told him as she holds him gently and kisses his cheek. "I love you too sweetie~" He replied as he kisses her cheek and then they both kiss each other on the lips. Ryu had woken up in shock of the dream... but he smiled and quickly went back to sleep to have another pleasant dream. Goals and Struggles part 2 Ryu had another happy dream last night. Both Ditzy and himself were on the beach looking at the sunset together when Ditzy said to Ryu. Hey Ryu. I have to tell you something. Yeah what is it Ditzy? I... I love you Ryu. *holds him gently* !! D...Ditzy... I... I feel the same way about you too. Really? *He nods his head* I really do. Here let me prove it. *holds the back of her head and kisses her on the lips* *She kisses back* *breaks up the kiss* Ryu. You made me the happiest mare ever. I'm glad we are together. *kisses her again and then Ryu wakes up* Ryu woke up with a happy expression on his face. He got out of bed and checked to see if Ditzy was awake. Sure enough she was awake. M...morning Ditzy. Morning Ryu. *smiles at him* *his face turns red* Are you ok? *walks up to him and puts a hoof on his forehead* Hmmm you don't seem sick. Must be something else. Y..your most likely right Ditzy. *smiles and looks at the plate* T..thanks for cooking breakfast. It's no big deal. It will be the last meal that I cook you for a while. *smiles, sits down and eats her breakfast.* *does the same* After the both of them ate their breakfast. Thank you for the meal Ditzy. No problem Ryu, ... ( I should tell her about the dream I had.) Umm Ditzy. Yeah? There is something I have to tell you. Last night I had a dream- Ryu was interrupted by the sound of somepony knocking on the door. I'll get it. *opens the door and see's the castle guards in the door way* "We are here for Mr. Ryu Seron." Said one of Luna's guards. Ryu... I think they're here for you. Yeah... I know. *gets up and walks out the door.* Greetings Princess Luna. Greetings to you as well. Are you ready? *looks at Ditzy, she smiles at you. You smiles back* I am. *as he gets in the carriage he see's all his friends sending him off* Hope your training goes well! Please come back Ryu~ Said both Twilight and Spike. Please be safe! O...ok. Train hard Ryu~ I know you'll do great! Do your very best darling! Become a fine and noble knight! Ya better come back in one piece or I'll knock ya upside the head! Come back soon Ryuie. I still have to throw that party for you. *smiles* Oh but then you'll be a knight! That means I need to plan a "You've become a Canterlot guard" party. I will everyone. I Pinkie promise. "Cross my heart, Hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in my eye." *does the motions as he says the words. Ryu! Please come back soon. I'll miss you! Ryu looked back at Ditzy and ask the Princess to stop the carriage. Princess please give a minute. I need to say something to Ditzy. Alright. *stops the carriage* Take your time *He jumps down, goes to Ditzy and hugs her* I will come back. *kisses her cheek* For you Ditzy. *runs back to the carriage and jumps in* Let's go. *the carriage flys back to Canterlot Castle.* ==================================================================== Having just been kissed on the cheek so suddenly by Ryu, Ditzy was standing near her house in a daze with her face slowly turning red ..... *face turns red* Ooo darling looks like some mare has a very special somepony. *giggles* W...what n..no that was a good bye kiss.... *blushes more* That was so sweet of Ryuie to do. *smiles and bounces up and down* I never knew he had feelings for you Ditzy! *Fluttershy flies to Ditzy and hugs her* I am so happy for you. b...but girls. We aren't even together. Yet. Well that won't last much longer. When he comes back I bet he'll ask you to be his special somepony. I second that. Me too. Count me in. *Ditzy's face turns completely red and then she passes out* ==================================================================== High above the sky of Equestria. In the carriage with Princess Luna. Hehehe never thought you would kiss Ms. Ditzy Doo in front of her friends like that. *He blushes* W...well. Me either..... L..Luna.. I had this dream last night. No need to tell me. I already know what happens. W..what? As Princess of the night I am able to go into other ponies dreams while they are asleep. I only do that when a pony is having a nightmare. Oh... I.. I see. We are almost to Canterlot. Ok. After a few more minutes we landed at the Canterlot castle. Luna and myself got out of the carriage. She told me to follow her to the throne room to meet somepony. I followed her to the throne room where I met Princess Celestia. !!! P...Princess Celestia! *bows to her* *She giggled a bit* It's ok Ryu. Please raise your head. *He raises his head* O..ok. Now before the training begins I want to know a little about you. W..well... Truth be told Princess. I can't really remember much of my past. Most of it's fogged up but bits and pieces are coming back to me little by little. I see. Well we can figure it out as you train here. Ok. I'm ready. Good now follow me. I will take you to your first teacher. Luna and Ryu walked through the castle to the guard captains room. Ryu. I'd like you to meet Captain Metal Storm. He is the lead instructor and trainer of new recruits. When it comes to combat and weapon training you will find no pony else like him. Captain Metal Storm was your average stallion living in Hoofington for most of his young life. He always had a interest in becoming a protector of the little ones so he traveled to Canterlot and joined the Celestial Guards. He trained vigorously for many hours of the day. He was skilled in swordsmanship and was able to stand up to any foe that he faced. After 10 years or so he raised up to the rank of Captain and Princess Celestia allowed him to train younger cadets that wanted to follow the same path he took all those years ago. You are too kind Princess Luna. *looks at Ryu* Hmmm.... *slightly smiles* This one will be a challenge. *he laughed jokingly* Indeed. Now you will be training with him for at least 2 weeks. When he see's fit to pass you, only then will you move on to your next teacher. I understand Princess Luna. Good, then I will leave you to it Captain. *leaves the room* Alright first task is to put this suit of armor on. *drops the armor set in front of him.* Ok. *grabs pieces of the armor and puts them on one at a time. After 2 minutes* Finished sir. Very good. Now I want you to run 20 laps around the castle while in the armor. 20 laps in this armor..... Understood sir. Start at the entrance of the castle doors. Ok. *walks to the castle doors and begins his 20 lap run* -5 laps later- Hmmm he's slowly gaining speed as time passes... interesting. Maybe he has potential after all. *he said to himself* -10 more laps later- (Man this is getting tiresome. But I must press on.) The last 5 laps later- Alright that's enough. *falls down on the ground.* You get a 10 minute break then we start our next part of my training course. Ok .. then. *pants* -10 minutes later- Ok now we begin your combat training. *places a sword in front of him* *stands up* I want you to do 50 swings while holding the sword in you mouth then I want you to uses your magic to do 60 swings. When your done with that I want you to repeat both actions again until I tell you to stop. O...ok sir. *picks up the sword with his mouth and proceeds to 50 swings of the sword.* -50 swings later- Very good. Now use magic to do 60 swings of the sword. Ok. *does 60 magic sword swings* -60 magic swings later- Very good now do them again. Ok sir! 10 minutes later- Very nice. That will be it for today. From here on out I want you repeat everything you've done today until I think you are ready to move on. Understood sir. So for the next few days Ryu had repeated the same routine of running 20 laps while in full armor, did 50 swings of the sword in his mouth and 60 swings of the sword using magic. After only a week Captain Metal Storm had called Ryu in to tell him the good news. Ryu. I am proud to say that you have passed my training course. You are able to go on to the next Teacher. Thank you for the training Captain. No problem. Now move on out cadet! Yes sir! ==================================================================== Ryu walks out of the guard tower and heads to the throne room to see if he can find Princess Luna or Princess Celestia at all. Princess Luna? Are you hear? No she isn't. But I'm here. *a Mare wearing a ninja outfit jumps down from the ceiling* Welcome Mr Seron. !!!!..... I'm guessing your my next teacher. You are correct. I am General Shadow Hoof but please just call me Shadow Hoof. I will be teaching you how to be stealthy at given moment. General Shadow Hoof was a unicorn coming from a far away land somewhere up north past Canterlot. She lived in a small village learning the ways of Ninjutsu from her grandpa when a group of Diamond Dogs came and attacked the village. Everypony in the village was able to hold off the Diamond Dogs for a while. But the Diamond Dogs had a substantial amount of reinforcements and soon the whole village was wiped out. Only Shadow Hoof and her grandpa were able to make it out alive. They fled to Canterlot and Shadow Hoof swore revenge on the one's who had killed her friends and the rest of her village. I'm honored to learn from you. Alight now follow me. *walks to the maze* *He follows her* So is this where I'm going to be training? Yes but first. *uses her magic to cover the entire maze in a dark cloud* Your first task will be to make it to the center of the maze. There will be guards placed throughout the maze, see them as obstacles in your path. Try to avoid their line of site as much as possible. If a guard see's you nothing will happen but that will count against you in the final score. Are you ready? I am ready Sensei. Good but first put this on. *hands him a ninja outfit* *He quickly puts it on and walks to the entrance* Alright begin. *she disappears and re-appears in the center of the maze* Ryu slowly enters the maze. He was constantly looking around to see if there were any guards around him. As he gets deeper into the maze there were more guards posted in there making it more difficult for Ryu to go undetected. After 20 minutes he finally reached the center of the maze. I... did it. *he pants slightly* Very good Mr. Seron. No pony noticed you at all. I'm very proud of you my student. *smiles* Thank you sensei. Now we will head to the archery range and you will practice throwing some shurikens and kunai knives. *walks to the archery range* *Follows behind her* Here we are. So basically you need to hit the target and improve your aim from there. So get to it. Ok. *picks up a shuriken and begins his training.* -2 hours later- Ok I am back. Lets see how you did. *looks at the target board.* Hmmmm not bad. Thank you sensei. Now as with the Captains training you will be practicing what you just learned over and over until I say you are done. I will sensei. Like he had done before Ryu begun training under General Shadow Hoof. Ryu repeated each of the tests that he had done the first day. General Shadow Hoof would also put some questions about Ninjutsu every so often to keep Ryu's mind sharp. After the 2 week period was done General Shadow Hoof had called Ryu into her office to tell of his progress. Mr. Seron, come in please. Ok sensei. *walks in* What is it you need of me? I'm here to say that you are done with my training. You've passed it. *smiles* I'm honored to call you a fellow ninja. Thank you very much sensei. *smiles* Now I have something to give you. *pulls out the ninja gear that Ryu wore during his training* This is yours to keep. I may need of your help in the future. So always keep that with you. I will and thank you sensei. *takes the ninja outfit* So where do I report next? You report to me my young student. *Luna flies in through the window and lands in front of the two.* I will be your final teacher. Y...you Princess Luna?! I...it's an honor to learn from you. *bows in front of her* Raise your head Ryu Seron. I really don't care for my students to bow. I know it's tradition for subjects to bow but it is still uncomfortable to me none the less. O..ok. *raises his head* You have done well to learn from both Captain Metal Storm and General Shadow Hoof. Those two are some of the best teachers in Canterlot. You are too kind Princess. *smiles* Now if you could grab onto me I will take you to somewhere else for your final training session. !!! *He blushes at first but cautiously grabs a holds of Princess Luna* T..there. Good now let's go. *uses her magic to teleport both herself and Ryu Seron to her bed chambers* ==================================================================== Whoa.... That was a trip.. *feels dizzy* Yes, Teleporting to another area with somepony holding onto you can be disorienting. I'll say.... so where are we? You are in my bed chambers. Y...you bed chambers.. *blushes* Oh my... Its nothing to get embarrassed about. *she giggles a bit* Now before we get to your training I want to talk to you for a bit. Ok Luna... What do you want to talk about? I want to know what you are. I know you are not a pony. I've seen many ponies walking around in all my years but none walk the way you do. You have a different aura is emanating from you. I think I know what you are. Y...you do? Yes. I believe that you are a human. !!!! *Ryu is stunned at what Princess Luna has figured out on her own* .... So is it true Ryu Seron? Are you a human? *she looked at Ryu with curious eyes* .... Yes it's true. I am a human. Are you shocked by this? Not entirely. You see. Human's have been in our history since me and my sister were foals. But so little of human's is known we'd just assumed that they were a myth. I am glad to see that history wasn't wrong. I see. I can understand that. Now do you remember how you got here in Equestria? Not much Princess... All I remember is that I was walking in a forest going to visit someone dear to me...then I got knocked over the head by someone .... after that... nothing. I woke in the Everfree Forest where Ditzy found me. I see. *thinks to herself for a bit* Ok. That will do for now. I will ask more of you later when you have remembered more. *stands up* Now lets begin your final training session. *Ryu stands up as well.* Alright. I am ready Princess Luna. Good lets begin. *uses her magic to make a barrier surrounding Ryu. !!! What is this Princess!? It is a magic barrier that will block any magical attacks targeting anything outside the barrier. I will place magical statues inside the barrier for you, Now when I do this I want you to attack the statues with a good amount of power and accuracy at the same time. I ....see. I think I can do it Luna. Ok let's begin. *she sent in a armless statue.* Now attack it's head, chest and legs each until they all break. Got it! *he fires several blasts at the each point in the statue. It takes about 10 minutes until the whole statue crumbles to pieces.* T..there. It's done. *pants a bit* Hmmm.... It'll do. But you need to be faster and stronger at this. *gets rid of the magical barrier* Now for the other part of my teaching. I will give a book of spells and you will choose which ones you want to learn. You can only choose a couple of spells other wise you would be here for months. *drops the book in front of him* Now I won't be here to supervise you during this part of the training so you must take great care in not to destroy my room. The first spell I recommend is Teleportation. Well I bid you fare well and good luck in your training. *teleports out of the room.* Ok lets learn some spells. *he flipped to the page where it said teleportation spell.* Ok here it is. *reads through the pages and after 10 minutes of reading those pages* I see. Ok... Let's try this. *stands up and focuses his magic and then he teleports from the bed side to the front of Luna's room* Yes I did it~ *smiles* Very good my student. Now that will be all for today. You will train like you did before but this time it will be 3 weeks. You will learn 3 more spells and perfect them. This will be the hardest training for you to accomplish. Now get some rest. Your training begins again at 7:00 am. Ok Luna. *walks all the way to his quarters, gets into bed and falls asleep* ==================================================================== -The next morning- Ryu get up and goes to Princess Luna and begins her training once again. First it was the statue busting course again but this time the statue was a little bit heavier and thicker. It was just like yesterday with him crumbling the statue in 10 minutes, After that he continued to work on the teleportation spell a little more. He didn't want to learn any new spells until he was certain he had mastered the teleportation spell. This cycle repeated for a while until two days later when he wanted to learn a barrier spell. Ok. Lets try this out. *envisions himself forming a barrier around himself and after a few seconds the barrier is formed around him* I did. *but as he was about to jump for joy the barrier had disappeared.* What happened? Why did my barrier go away? *Luna appears in the room* It's because you weren't focusing enough and when you lost your focus the barrier disappeared. You need to keep your focus on keeping the barrier up. I understand teacher. I will do better next time. I'm sure you will now start the spell over. So Ryu kept practicing his magic, eventually he had had mastered the barrier spell and in no time at all he had mastered a healing spell. I am very surprised you mastering a healing spell in no time at all. Well, maybe its because I have a excellent teacher. *he compliment Luna. Why thank you Ryu Seron. A full 2 weeks had passed and he had one more spell to learn. Luna stopped the statue busting part of his training for him to focus and this last spell. You have done well my student. I'm proud to be your teacher. What is the last spell you want to learn? Sensei, I want to learn a lightning spell. ? Why do you want to learn a lightning spell my student? I'm not to sure. Maybe it's a thing from my past or something? I see. Well there are a few lightning spells to choose from. *pulls out the book and turns to the elemental section.* Here there are three lightning spells. Lightning Stream, Thunder Spark, and Thunder Slash. I'll take Thunder Slash. Ok. Now let me read what it does. "Thunder Slash is a move that generates a lightning slash at users enemies or and it can be infused into any weapon you like and will deal extra damage to your enemy" Ok. *pulls out a dagger* Princess. Can you make a barrier around me? Of course. *makes a barrier around Ryu and steps back.* *Ryu concentrates his magic and then lightning starts to come out then he transfers the lightning to the dagger and shot the bolt of thunder at the barrier with some force behind it.* Very good. This barrier will last for about 20 minutes. Use that time to practice the spell. *leaves the room* Ryu practices the spell with all his might and after 20 minutes, he was starting to get the hang of the Spell. The next few days he had practiced Thunder Slash on some training dummies in the courtyard and after a full week he was done with his Guard Training. Ryu. I'm proud to say that you are done with your training. You'd advance much faster then any other cadet that has come train in Canterlot. Even faster then General Shadow Hoof and Captain Metal Storm did when those two first came here. Its been a honor to learn from great teachers. Now we need to process how well you did during training. We will call for you again in a about a week or so. So you are free to go back home and relax until we call for you again. We will take you home in the carriage again. Thank you very much Princess. *gets in the carriage and flies towards Ponyville.* PrologueThis is the story of a boy named Ryu. Now Ryu was an average person, had a couple of friends, A nice home that he lived in, and for the most part was quite happy. He especially loved talking to his sister Chihiro. Those two were happy whenever they were together. But things started to change between the two of them, they started to argue with each other, the arguments started out small at first. Then the arguments grew more and more fierce until the two of them said something to each other that they regretted. The two of them stopped talking to each other after that. The both of them tried to make up with one another but they couldn't talk to each other for more then 5 minutes before either one of them brought up their past arguments. After 2 months of not speaking to each other Ryu decided to go over to her house and apologize to Chihiro and try to build up their friendship again. He decided to take a shortcut through the woods to save some time but he quickly learned that he was lost. The smart thing to do was to head back the way he came but he didn't think of that so he decided to continue on. As he traveled more and more into the forest his vision was getting narrower and narrower with each step until eventually the surrounding area was pitch black to him. He finally decided to head back the way he came but as he was about to something hit him in the back of the head and knocked Ryu out cold. As he lay there on the forest ground his body started to disappear until he completely vanished. And this is where the Tale of Ryu Begins.
Something NewIt was a beautiful day in Ponyville, Everypony was enjoying the sun that Princess Celestia had risen up like she does every morning. A gray pegasus was out on her daily rounds delivering mail to everypony like she does every day. She would get a few ponies the wrong mail from time to time. "Sorry for the confusion there Colgate. I should have known that you didn't order a package today." said Ditzy Doo. "It's ok Ditzy. Everypony makes mistakes now and then." said Colgate "Y..yeah. It's hard sometimes to get these things right you know. Well I'll be off. See ya later." said Ditzy Doo. This gray Pegasus was named Ditzy Doo. She was your average mare. Some ponies called her Derpy Hooves either cuz they didn't know her real name or when the bullies wanted to make fun of her. She didn't mind most ponies calling her that except for the bullies. "Well you messed up again Ditzy. It wasn't to bad this time. At least Colgate didn't get mad at me for giving her the wrong mail." said Ditzy Doo. Ditzy was flying along delivering the rest of her mail that she had in her mail bag. After 2 hours or so she was done with her work. She went to Sugar Cube Corner to get her muffin like she always did after work. She was trying to decide between a blueberry muffin or a chocolate muffin. "Which one which one?" said Ditzy Doo as she looked back and forth between both muffins trying to decide "You should go with the blueberry muffin it's so good but the chocolate one just as good but the blueberry tastes so sweet but so does the chocolate one." said Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie went back and forth with herself for about 3 minutes until Ditzy finally interrupted her. "Ok ok Pinkie I'll take a blueberry muffin if you don't mind. said Ditzy. "Okie Dokie Loki." said Pinkie as she pulled out the blueberry muffin and handed it to Ditzy. "There you go." "Ok so how much do I owe you?" said Ditzy as she is about to pull out some bits. "No charge. This one is on me, Ditzy." she smiled. "Are you sure about that Pinkie Pie?" said Ditzy. "I am very sure bout that Ditzy. Enjoy it." said Pinkie cheerfully. "Thank you very much. Have a good day Pinkie." Ditzy said picked her muffin up and walked out. "You too Ditzy!" said Pinkie, She smiled and goes back to work. Ditzy went flying around town trying to find something to do. She decided to go home and continue reading her book she had started a week ago. -2 hours later- Ditzy closed her book and was getting sleepy so she decided to hit the hay a little early today. She got into bed and started to drift off to sleep. ==================================================================== -The next morning- Ditzy woke up bright and early. "Wow the sun feels nice today." Ditzy said as she walked to the kitchen to make breakfast. A muffin with some butter in the middle. Ditzy ate her muffin quietly as she was getting ready for work this morning. After a minute or so she finished her muffin and flew out the door and towards her job. She arrived at her work and went inside. As she flew in she was greeted by her boss. "Hello there boss." she smiles "Hello there Ms. Doo. Today is going to be a long one. One of our other mail carriers called in sick today. I am sorry to ask you this but can you take care of his work as well. Just for today?" Her boss said. "No problem sir you can count on me. So what did the other mail carrier have?" asked Ditzy. "Well he had to deliver a package to Zecora's hut. It's some type of flower she had ordered from where she lived." Her Boss stated. "Ok. I'll take care of it after I am done with my work." said Ditzy cheerfully. "Great. Thank you very much Ms. Doo." Her boss said. Ditzy grabbed her mail bag and the package and flew out to deliver the mail today. After an hour and a half she was done with her work. "Ok now that I am done with my work I'll deliver that package to Zecora." said Ditzy. She flew to the Everfree Forest. She had been there before when Zecora had ordered some packages before so she knew the way. She arrived at Zecora's place and she knocked on the hut door. "Zecora... Zecora? Are you home?" asked Ditzy. There was no response, she opened the hut door and peeked inside. There was no one there, so she decided to leave the package near her table and left the area. As she was flying back she noticed a light a little out of her flight plan. So she decided to check it out. She landed on the ground and checked out what that light was. The light had disappeared and in its place was a stallion lying on the ground unconscious with a few cuts and bruises. "Oh my Celestia it's a injured stallion. What's he doing in the Everfree Forest? Doesn't he know it's dangerous? I hope he is alright. said Ditzy as she walked closer to the body and checked to see if he was okay. "Well a few cuts and bruises but other than that he was fine." The body started to move a bit which made Ditzy gasp and jump back a bit. "A...are you ok?" questioned Ditzy as she got closer to the body. .... The stallion said nothing at first then a few seconds later he said something. "W...what happened?" *he said as he tried to move but he couldn't. "Hey don't move so much. You are badly hurt. Do you want me to call somepony to help you?" said Ditzy. "S...somepony?" he groaned as he opened his eye's to see what looked like a gray pegasus in front of him. "W...what are you...." He said as his vision was starting to fail him. "H..hey!! What's wrong?!" Yelled Ditzy. The stallion's head fell back down to the ground and he was unconscious again. Ditzy flew to the stallion and tried to wake him up but to no avail. Then she flew to the closest place which was Fluttershy's cottage and knocked on the door in a hurry. "Fluttershy! Fluttershy are you there!? I need some help!" Yelled Ditzy Fluttershy opened the door "W...what is it Ditzy? Are you ok?" asked Fluttershy "I'm fine but there is a stallion who is injured and needs some help! " Oh my!! W...well then I am here to help." said Fluttershy. "Great let's go!" Ditzy grabbed Fluttershy's hoof and they both flew to the Everfree Forest and then Ditzy pointed where the stallion was. "There he is." said Ditzy. "Oh my .. he seems to be in some bad shape... I don't know how much I can help but I'll do what I can." said Fluttershy The both of them grabbed one side each of the stallion and gently lifted him to Fluttershy's cottage. Fluttershy and Ditzy had placed the stallion gently on the couch. "Ok I'll see what I can do. Please wait in the other room please." Fluttershy told Ditzy Doo. "But I want to-" Ditzy was about to say before she got cut off by Fluttershy. "No. I know you mean well but I need to concentrate on helping this poor stallion." said Fluttershy "O...ok." She said as she walked away and sat in a chair in another room. After an hour or two Fluttershy walked to Ditzy with some good news. "Is he ok?" said Ditzy with a worried look on her face. "He will be just fine." Ditzy sighed in relief. "But he will need to rest for a while til he's better." said Fluttershy "C..can I stay with him 'til he's better?" asked Ditzy. "Of course. I am sure he would like to have somepony by him when he wakes up." Fluttershy said. Ditzy flew over to the stallion, sat next to him in a chair and waited for him to wake up.
New Found FriendshipDitzy had stayed the night at Fluttershy's house to watch over the knocked out stallion. Every so often Fluttershy would check his wounds and change his bandages, while giving a cup of tea to Ditzy. "Please get better soon." said Ditzy while she looks at the hurt stallion. "Don't worry Ditzy. I am sure he will wake up soon". Fluttershy said as she tends to her animals.* 3 more hours had passed by until the stallion had woken up. He lifted his head up slowly but he still had a head injury. "Owwww what in the world hit me?" said the stallion. "Oh thank goodness your awake. Are you feeling better?" "Well I still feel bad but I'm fine." He said as he looks around the room ".... I can't see anything." "Oh no are your eye's ok?" said Fluttershy. "Yeah but I can't see anything without my glasses. Did you happen to find them where you found me?" "I found these red glasses by your body. These your?" asked Ditzy. "Oh thank you. Yes those are mine. Can you put them on my face. I can't move any of my body parts." said the stallion. "I'll do it." she said as she takes the glasses and puts them on the stallions face. "Thank you very.... much?" questioned the stallion as he looks at the both of them. "You two are... talking horses?" "Hey! We are not talking horses! We are ponies! shouted Ditzy. "Oh sorry about that talking pony's." He corrected himself. "Yeah ponies just like you." Ditzy pointed out to him. "What are you talking about? I'm a...! What's going on here!!" He yelled as he got a good look at himself. He gets up and runs up stairs to a bathroom to check himself out. Sure enough he was a pony. He was a blue body color while his hair and tail is black and he had something on his flank it was a red shield and sword. He was wondering what it meant so as he was about to go back down Fluttershy came up with a angry look on her face. "You mister need to get back on the couch!" said Fluttershy sternly. B..but I was just- "Now!" She yelled to him. "Ok ok." he groaned as he walks back to the couch. "Sorry Ms... " "Fluttershy, my name is Fluttershy." said Fluttershy. "And my name is Ditzy Doo." said Ditzy Doo as she smiles. "Those are some nice names." he said. "What is your name?" said Fluttershy? "My name is Ryu Seron. Please to meet you." he said to the both of them." "Please to meet you as well. What a unique name." commented Ditzy. "Thanks... so can you tell me how I got here?" asked Ryu. "Ok here's how it happend." Ditzy explains. Ditzy tells the story of how she found Ryu in the forest and how he is lying on Fluttershy's couch. "That is interesting. I wonder what I was doing there?" Ryu wondered. "Ok now tell us what you remember doing before you were here?" asked Ditzy. "Well... I was walking in a forest for..... for... I don't remember why I was walking into a forest. This is odd." said Ryu puzzlingly. "Oh my maybe you have Amnesia." said Fluttershy. "I do remember getting hit in the head by something or someone." said Ryu "You mean somepony." Ditzy corrected. "What.... ok somepony... (This is getting weird but what ever.) ... Hey I noticed you two have wings" asked Ryu. "Yeah we are Pegasus and you are a Unicorn. See the horn on your head." said Ditzy. "He's a strange Pony." Ditzy thought "Oh I see.... what can I do with it?" asked Ryu. "You can control magic." said Fluttershy. "What like lifting stuff up?" he said as he concentrates and lifts up a flower vase and then puts it back down.* "Nice. So when can I get up and go? he asked. "2 more hours." said Fluttershy. "Ok then. I'm gonna take a nap." he said as he falls asleep. "Well I guess I should leave then. I need to get to work." she said as she flies in the air. "I'll check back with him later ok?" "Sure ok. Bye Ditzy." said Fluttershy. "Bye." said Ditzy and then she flies off. ==================================================================== -After work- Ditzy went on her day as normal but every now and then she thought about Ryu. Where did he come from, What happened to him and why does he have Amnesia. Those were the questions she had on her mind as she went though her day of work. When she was done with work she decided to go see Ryu but as she was flying to Fluttershy's place she saw Ryu walking into town. "Oh hey Ditzy." Ryu said cheerfully. "Ryu, what are you doing? Didn't Fluttershy tell you to rest." asked Ditzy as she landed near Ryu. "Yeah she did but after 2 hours she said I was good to go. See no bandages. Hey Ditzy I got to ask.. What is the on your... rear end." ask Ryu "You mean my flank. That is my cutie mark." Ditzy told Ryu. "A cutie what?" he asked. "A Cutie mark. It's when a Pony realizes their special talent." said Ditzy. "Oh I see. So yours is some bubbles.... must be for your Bubbly personality." he said. "Wow, nopony has ever guessed that right." she said as she flies down and hugs him. "Y...your welcome." He said while blushing. "S....sorry bout that. I just got so excited." said Ditzy embarrassingly. "It's ok. Can you tell me what mine is?" asked Ryu. "Well let me see here. Well it's a red sword and shield but ..... I can't really tell what your cutie mark means." said Ditzy. "Hmmm... Well thanks for trying anyways.." he said as his stomach rumbles "... It's seems my stomach is hungry." said Ryu. "Here let me take you to Sugar Cube Corner. We can get something there." said Ditzy. "Ok. Lead the way Ms Doo." said Ryu. "Ok. One of my friends works there. She is very friendly and likes meeting new people. She can get a little weird but that's the charm about her." said Ditzy. "Sounds like a interesting pony." said Ryu. "Yeah she is. Hey we are here." she said as she points to Sugar Cube Corner and walks inside. Ryu: "Alright then. Lets me at those muffins!" As soon as he walked in a pink flash zoomed towards him and crashed into him. The both of them were in a daze for a bit "Owwww .....who put the train here?." he said in daze. "Ryu! Are you alright?" said Ditzy. "I think so... what hit me?" said Ryu. "Hello there new friend." Pinkie said as she smiles brightly. "Uhhh h....hi there. Who are you?" said Ryu nervously. "Hi I'm Pinkie Pie and I am so excited today." "W...why is that Pinkie?" asked Ryu. "Cuz there is a new pony in town and since there a new pony in town I get to throw them a welcoming party." stated Pinkie. "A. welcoming party.. f... for me?" he questioned. "Of course. I throw all new ponies in Ponyville a party and to all my friends." said Pinkie. "That sounds good but... can you get off me please?" asked Ryu. "Oh hehehe sorry about that." she said as she gets off him. "Thank you Pinkie, Wow for a mare you tackled me real hard." He said. "Yeah ponies say that a lot. So what is your name?" asked Pinkie. "This is Ryu Seron. He is my new friend I just met." said Ditzy. "Nice to meet you Ryuie" said Pinkie cheerfully. "... Ryuie?" he said puzzlingly. She whispers to him "She sometimes give ponies nicknames. Just go with it" said Ditzy. "I see... Ok." said Ryu. "So where are you from Ryuie?" asked Pinkie. "W..well I am not to sure... I can't remember." stated Ryu. "Aww that so sad. Don't worry Ryuie. I'll help you remember." she said while smiling. "Thanks Pinkie. So what do you have got to eat?" he asked. "Well we got some cupcakes with sprinkles, cupcakes without Sprinkles, Cakes, donuts, muffins, and plenty more." stated Pinkie. "Hmmm.." he said while thinking of what muffin to have. "I'll have a chocolate muffin this time Pinkie.' said Ditzy. "Ok, Here you go. What are you getting Ryuie?" asked Pinkie. "Hmm.... I'll have a blueberry muffin." he said. "Alrighty~ Here you go. A nice fresh blueberry muffin." said Pinkie. "Thanks." tries to pick it up but it falls to the ground. "Darn it.." tries to pick it up again but fails. ".... This is harder then it looks. he said Why don't you use your magic to pick it up? "Oh....yeah." he said as he uses his magic to pick it up. "T..thanks Pinkie." "No problem at all Ryuie" said Pinkie. "So how much do I owe you Pinkie?" asked Ditzy. "It comes out to a total of 2 bits." said Pinkie "But muffins cost 2 bits each." stated Ditzy. "Think of it as a discount for Ryuie and yourself". she said smiling. "Thanks Pinkie. she said as she gives Pinkie 2 bits. "Have a good day Pinkie." "Ok. See you at the party Ryuie." Pinkie said. "Oh when is that by the way?" asked Ryu. "My parties aren't planned out so I'll grab you when the party starts." she said. "Ok then. See ya then Pinkie." said Ryu. Ditzy and Ryu went to find a place to eat their muffins. They had ended up in the park so they sat down on the bench. "Pinkie seemed like a crazy pony. Hahaha" said Ryu as he laughed a bit. "That's just the tip of the iceberg. Hahaha" said Ditzy as she laughed as well. The both of them sat there and ate their muffins while talking bout random things like where Ditzy works, who her friends were and a bunch of other stuff. "That all sounds so wonderful." said Ryu. "Yeah it is. It's a lot of fun around here." said Ditzy. "Hey Derpy!" The voice came from the sky. "Oh no... Not him" groaned Ditzy. "What's wrong Ditzy?" asked Ryu. "It's nothing just this Pegasus that knows me." said Ditzy. "How are you doing?" He said as he flies down with 2 other pegasus with him. "Just fine." said Ditzy. "Who's this with you. Your special some pony?" he asked mockingly. "!!! W..what n..no." she said while blushing. "Ditzy, who is this?" asked Ryu. "This is-" she was about to say before she got cut off. "My name is Swift Wind. What is your name?" he asked. "My name is Ryu Seron." he replied. "Ryu Seron... that's a odd name." Swift said. "I could say the same thing bout your name." he said while glaring at him. "Hmph.... so Derpy, did you drop any letters today or get lost during work?" Swift said as he mocked Ditzy Doo. "Yeah or fly into some tree's or buildings." One of the Pegasus said while laughing. "Or did you just forget to go into work at all." The other Pegasus said while laughing as well. "N..no I went to work and I didn't drop any letters or bump into any trees!" she said in a scared tone. "Yeah right. It's a wonder how you even got a job in the first place." Swift said while laughing with the others. "!!! I..... I" She said and then gets up and runs off crying. "Ditzy!! Hey what's your problem!!" he yelled at those three. "Oh nothing it's just sad that you even know Derpy Hooves at all. It's a wonder how she even lives on her own." Swift said in a asshole tone. "Listen here bud! Her name is Ditzy Doo! Not Derpy Hooves! What gives you the right to make fun of somepony at all! " he shouted. "Well I-" he was about to say before getting cut off. "You don't have the right make fun of her or anypony else!! Now leave her alone or else." he threatened the 3. "Or else what?! said Swift. "Or else this!" he yelled as he uses his magic to pull a few branches and start to throw them at the three bullies "Ow ow stop that." The 2 Pegasus said. "Alright you guys lets get out of here!" *the three of them fly away* "Yeah that's right you better fly away!!" he panted a bit due to how much shouting he did. "Hmph. Now to find Ditzy." he said. He runs in the direction Ditzy was headed. Hopping to catch up with her. ==================================================================== "Ditzy! Ditzy where are you?!" He yelled. Ryu stops and looks around when he hear somepony crying. He looked to where the crying came from and then he found Ditzy crying near some trees. "Ditzy! He runs over to her. There you are." he said. She sniffles a bit. "Oh.. hi Ryu... What are you doing here?" she said in a sad tone. "Looking for you of course." he said to her softly. "Why would you look for me? You heard what they said. I'm a failure." she said. "I don't care what those 3 jerks said." he stated. "But it's all true. Everything they said was true." said Ditzy. "W..what? That can't be right." stated Ryu. "Since I was a little filly I had problems with school. The kids use to make fun of me because of my eyes and that I wasn't as smart as the rest of the class." said Ditzy "Ditzy.. I didn't know..." said Ryu in a sad tone. "After I passed school I went to flight school to learn how to be a good flier. But I wasn't as fast as the others and because of my eyes I kept flying into things. Everypony laughed at me for that. It was so hard to pass flight school but I did. But that didn't stop the teasing to this day. Most times I try to ignore it but other times I fly home and cry on my bed." Said Ditzy. "Ditzy. It doesn't matter what the bullies say about you. From what I've seen of you. You're a great flier. I haven't seen you crash at all and your also kind, caring and a smart mare." said Ryu. "R..really?" she said as she wipes her tears away. "Of course!" he smiles and hugs her. "!!! R...Ryu!" she said as she blushes but hugs back. After a few minutes of the two hugging each other. "H..hey Ryu? C...can I ask you something?" asked Ditzy. "Yeah what is it Ditzy?" said Ryu. "A...are we friends?" she said shyly. "What are you talking about? Of course we're friends." said Ryu. "Really?!" asked Ditzy. "Yeah. You were the first pony I ever met, You helped me out when I was hurt, You watched over me when I was resting, and you hanged out with me when I had no pony else to be with." he said while giving her a smile. " ... Thank you." she said while smiling at him. "Any time Ditzy." he said as he smiles back. The sun was setting and it was almost getting dark out. "It's getting dark out.... !! Oh no. I don't have a place to sleep... I guess I can go ask Fluttershy if I can stay at her place." said Ryu. "Hey... Why don't you come and stay at my place?" asked Ditzy. "!!! A...are you sure that's ok?" said Ryu in a shocked tone. "Yeah. I got a extra room at my place. You are more then welcome to stay at there with me." said Ditzy. "O...ok.. Lead the way." said Ryu. They both get up and they start to walk to Ditzy's place. -10 minutes later- "This is my place. It's not much but it's home." said Ditzy. "Very nice. I care if it's big or small." stated Ryu. She unlocks the door and walks inside and walks in. Ryu soon follows after. "This is the living room, over there is the kitchen, restroom is next to the guest room, and my room is over there." said Ditzy. "Alright then." he said while he yawns a bit. "Thanks for letting me stay here." "No problem Ryu. Well goodnight." she said. "Goodnight Ditzy. " He said. The both of them walked to their room and went to sleep. After a long day the both of them slept peacefully.
Goals and Struggles part 1Dear Journal, I am making a note of all the things that happened to me since I first arrived in a new world. I made lots of new friends and just trying to settle in the best that I can. It has been 2 months since I first came to Equestria as this is the name of this world. I am staying in Ponyville with my new friend Ditzy Doo. During the first month here I had been introduced to all of Ditzy's friends. First there is Fluttershy, a kind and caring mare that has over a dozen animals that she takes care of in her house. Next is Pinkie Pie, the Crazy but lovable Mare that loves to meet new ponies and throw parties for them and her friends. Next there is Applejack, A tough mare that isn't afraid of getting her hooves dirty. She works on a farm called Sweet Apple Acres with her big brother Big Mac, her grandmother Granny Smith and her little sister Apple Bloom. Now there is Rainbow Dash, The self proclaimed fastest Pegasus in all of Ponyville. She has a dream of becoming on of the Wonderbolts. (Whoever those are) Then there is Rarity, The most lady like pony I've seen yet. She is a fashion designer and she lives and works at a place called The Carousel Boutique with her sister Sweetie Belle. A few of the filly's I met were Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom are part of a group called the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Their goal is to find what each of their special talents are. From what I've heard they do almost everything they can think of to see if that gets them their cutie marks. Lastly there is Twilight Sparkle and Spike. Twilight is a unicorn from a place called Canterlot where she is a private student to Princess Celestia herself. Spike is a dragon who was born from an egg that Twilight hatched as a test of her magical abilities. His origin is unknown to him and he seeks to find out. Me and him have something in common. That is all I have to say for now. I'll make a update when something new happens to me. ==================================================================== Ryu closed his journal and put it on the nightstand next to his bed. A few things had been going around in his head but the most important one of them all is that he need to get a job to help support Ditzy. He had thought long and hard about what jobs there could be for him then he looked at his cutie mark and decided that he will become a guard for Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. "10 more minutes until Ditzy comes home. I wonder how she will react to my job choice." said Ryu. -10 minutes later- Ditzy had came in the door and put her mailbag near the door and sat down on the couch after a hard day of work. "Wow... today was a long day of work. So many packages and letters." said Ditzy. "Hello Ditzy, hard day of work as usual?" said Ryu coming out of his room. "Hey Ryu, yeah it was hard work today. There were about 10 packages and 20 letters to deliver today. I never had that much mail to deliver in a while." she said. "Yeah. Well I am glad you are home cuz I have something to tell you." he said, "What is it?" she said as she sits down. "I have decided to get a job. To help you out." he stated to Ditzy. "Ryu you don't have to do that. I am fine working on my own." she replied. "No. It's not fair that you have to work while I stay at home all day. I want to be able to repay you for all that you've done for me." he said. "Alright I understand. So what job are you thinking of taking?" commented Ditzy. "I am going to apply to be a Castle guard in Canterlot." said Ryu "But why a guard in Canterlot?" questioned Ditzy. "Well I have to figure out what my cutie mark means plus I need to learn different types of spells, become a stronger pony and to be able to protect my friends. You most of all." Ryu said plainly. "B...but I heard that training to be a castle guard is very tough and taxing on the body and mind." said Ditzy in a concerned manner. "I can handle it. I am tougher then I look." replied back. "Well I can see that you are dead set on becoming a castle guard. So I will support you in your choice." said Ditzy. "Thank you Ditzy. Thank you for supporting me." he said as he went over to Ditzy and hugged her. "So how are going to get accepted into the guard training program?" asked Ditzy. "Well I could ask Twilight if she could ask the Princess to accept me in." said Ryu. "It's worth a shot. Tomorrow is my day off so let's go ask Twilight together." replied Ditzy. "Okie dokie lokie." said Ryu. "You have been hanging around Pinkie Pie too much. Hahahaha." she said. "Hahahaha I guess so." said Ryu. So the two of them decided to pay Twilight a visit the next morning. They had their dinner of some salad and a daisy sandwich. After that they had made some small talk and went to bed shortly after. -That night- Ryu was tossing and turning in his bed. He was having a horrible nightmare about his past. He'd seen this girl who had called out his name and as he ran towards her some kind of monster snatched her up and was flying away. "Ryu!!! Save me!!!" she screamed to him. "Don't let this monster take me away!!!" "Noooo!!!! Put her down!!! I'll come and save you! I promise!!! " shouted Ryu. He woke up in a cold sweat and had a pale look on his face. He looked around him to find that he was still in the guest room at Ditzy's place. "Man.. it was just a dream... But it felt so real..." He said as he thought to himself for a few minutes until he went back to sleep. ==================================================================== -The next morning- Ryu had woken up tired. Barely getting any sleep at all cuz of the nightmares. He rubbed his face and went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Ditzy woke up a few minutes later to the smell of fresh breakfast. "Morning Ryu, This is a surprise you making breakfast." she said while yawning. "Well I thought since you make breakfast most day I thought it would be nice for me to make breakfast this time. Plus I didn't get much sleep last night." he replied back. "Why is that? Did you have a nightmare?" she said in a concerned manner. "Yeah. It was a real frightening one." he said as he place her breakfast in front of her. "Tell me about it. Maybe I can help" she said as she was eating her toast. "Well I was in a dark area of some sorts when a friend from my past was in front of me. As I walked towards her a giant demon or monster appeared behind her and snatched her up. It was so awful." he said as he rubs his head. "Wow. Sounds like a horrible nightmare.." she said as she gets up and pats his shoulder. "Well we can try to figure it what it mean's later. We need to get to Twilight place remember?" "Oh yeah. Your right." he said as he quickly finishes he food and juice. "Alright lets go." Both Ditzy and Ryu went to Twilight's place to ask her for a favor. All the while the nightmare was still fresh in Ryu's mind. He kept thinking about it on the way there until he decided to put it in the back of his mind for later. "I hope she is home." he said as he knocks on the door. "Twilight... Twilight are you there?" said Ryu. "Yeah I'm here. Come on in the door is open." replied Twilight The both of them walked inside her house and they both saw a number of books flying past them and being put on the shelves. "Hey there Twilight. What are you doing?" said Ditzy. "Oh hello you two. Just organizing some books. So what brings you here today?" said Twilight. "Well you see. Here's why we are here." said Ryu. He had told Twilight the reason they were there. She thought about it for a while until she said. "I don't know Ryu. I may be Princess Celestia's student but I don't know if I can make a request like that." answered Twilight "Can you at least try Twilight? The worst that could happen is she says no." replied Ryu. "Ok I'll try." she said as she writes a letter to the Princess* "Spike can you send this to the Princess?" "No problem Twilight." Replied Spike as he breaths his dragon fire and the letter gets sent to the Princess. "Now what?" he said as he moved around the Library. "Now we wait until the Princess-" She was cut short when a reply came back quickly. A letter pop out of Spike's mouth and he hands it's to Twilight. "That was fast. Didn't think she would reply so fast" she said as she reads the letter. "Dear Twilight Sparkle, I have read your request and I am accepting it on such short notice-" she got cut off by Ryu hearing the good news. "Yes!" he shouted as he bounces up and down and hugs both Twilight and Ditzy* "I am so happy." "Wait there's more." she said as she continues to read the letter. "On the condition that Ryu Seron comes to see me in Canterlot as soon as possible. Your truly, Princess Celestia." Finished Twilight. "I wonder what she wants to see Ryu for?" said Ditzy. "Not a clue but the letter also says that you maybe bring 1 friend to come along with you to the palace." stated Twilight. "I see. Well Ditzy do you want to come along with me?" asked Ryu. "Y....you want me to come along with you to the palace? " questioned Ditzy. "Yeah. You are my friend plus you have said that you always wanted to see the inside of the palace," said Ryu. "W...well that is true.... Ok! I'll come with you." she said as she smiles and hugs Ryu. "Thank you so much Ryu." "No problem. So when do we want to leave?" said Ryu as he hugged Ditzy back. "Let's leave right now." said Ditzy. "N..now? Ok." replied Ryu. "You better hurry the train leaving for Canterlot departs in 5 minutes." stated Twilight "!! Five minutes! Alright then let's go!" he said as he grabs Ditzy and runs out the door. "Thanks for the help Twilight." "No problem. You'll need this." she hands Ryu the letter. "Thanks you Twilight for the help." said Ryu. "Your welcome. Tell me how it went ok?" replied Twilight. "I will, I promise!" he yelled off in the distance. The two of them were running at full speed to get to the train in time. With a minute to spare they got on the train and were to off to Canterlot. ==================================================================== "I can't believe... we made it." he pants due to being out of breath. "Same ..here." she pants as well. "Well.. I wonder what this Princess Celestia is like?" he said. "The Princess is a wonderful pony. She's kind, sweet and cares for everyone of us." she replied. "Wow she sounds like a pony you must at least meet once in your life." he said. "Yeah she is. She also has a sister named Princess Luna." she said. "I see. Well I hope I get to meet her as well." he said. ==================================================================== After an hour train ride they got off at the station and were finally in Canterlot. "So this is Canterlot... Fancy." said Ryu. "Yeah. Now let's go to the palace," said Ditzy. The both of them walked through the town searching a way to the palace. After a bit they came across the entrance to the palace gates. "There is it. The Canterlot Palace. Let's go." he said as they walk up to the gates where two palace guards stopped them both in there tracks. "Halt, No pony is allowed on the castle without permission." said one royal guard. "We got our permission here." she gives the second guard the letter. "Let me see that." he said as he looks over the letter for a minute. "Alright everything seems to be in order. You may pass but be on your best behavior is that clear?" "Yes sir!". The both of them replied as they walked through the gates and proceeded into the palace. They were in awe of how big it was. Everywhere they looked you see hallways, rooms, rooms and more rooms. It boggled they minds but they focused again and proceeded to the throne room. "I'm... getting kind of nervous.." stated Ryu. "Same here. I've never been in the palace before." said Ditzy, "No reason to be nervous you two." said a voice from no where. Both of them were startled and looked around the room to see who it was when it was no other then Princess Luna herself "P..Princess Luna!?" she said as she bows to her "P..Princess!?" said Ryu as he bows as well. "Raise your heads you two." said Luna. They did as she asked them to. Their eyes gazed on the regal figure of Princess Luna. "S...so may I ask w...where Princess Celestia is? I.. I am here about the letter she sent Twilight." said Ryu nervously "Ah the letter. Truth be told I was the one who replied back to Twilight Sparkle. My sister did read the letter but I wanted the chance to meet you face to face. Are you disappointed?" asked Luna. "N...not at all Princess Luna. I.. I was just not expecting you is all. O..oh I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ryu Seron." stated Ryu. "A...and I'm D...Ditzy Doo." she said still being a little bit nervous. "It's nice to meet you both". she said as she looks at Ditzy. "Ditzy Doo." "!! Y..yes Princess Luna?!" she said nervously. "Calm down alright. There is no need to be so nervous Also just call me Luna ok. It's just us here." stated Luna, "O..ok Prin- I mean Luna." said Ditzy. "Thank you. Now Ryu Seron." said Luna. "Y..yes Luna?" answered Ryu. "I have accepted your request and we are going to begin your training soon however instead of you becoming a palace guard I want you to be my personal guard." said Luna. "!!!!! A...a personal guard f..for you L..Luna... Might I ask why?" asked Ryu. "For now let's just say I see great potential in you. Will you accept my offer?" asked Luna. "Of course I will! Thank you very much Princess." said Ryu. "You are welcome." she said with a little giggle at the end. "I am so happy for you Ryu. You get to be Luna's personal guard." said Ditzy. "Hold on. It's not certain that he will become my personal guard. If you can pass the training course then you will become my guard." stated Luna. "I understand Luna... How long will the training course take anyway?" "For most 3 months while the faster one's complete it in a month and a half." said Luna. "T...that's a long time... But I am ready for it. When does my training begin?" asked Ryu. "Your training begins tomorrow morning." said Luna. "T...tomorrow morning!?" Both Ryu and Ditzy said together. Luna nods her head. "I.. I see." she said as she puts on a fake smile. "That's ok. It's for a good purpose." "Y..yeah I guess." said Ryu. "I will pick you up in the morning. Be ready." stated Luna. "Ok. Let's go Ditzy:" said Ryu. "A...alright then." said Ditzy in a sad tone. ==================================================================== The both of them walked out of the palace and back to the train station. On the way to the station and home Ditzy didn't say a word at all. I was wondering what's bothering her so when we got home I asked her what's wrong. "Ditzy what's the matter?" asked Ryu. "I...it's nothing just... I won't be able to see you for at least 3 months.. I understand it's for training in all but.." said Ditzy in a sad tone. "I know how you feel Ditzy. It's gonna be hard to get use to the training and not seeing you in the morning but as long as your cheering me on I know I will get through this." said Ryu. "Alright then. I'll be cheering you on." she walks up to him and hugs him. "Just make sure to come back in one piece ok?" "I will. I promise." Said Ryu. "Ok. Lets make a Pinkie promise." stated Ditzy. "A Pinkie promise?" asked Ryu. "Yeah. It's a super special promise that ponies make so that they can keep their promises that they make." she said as she smiles. "Oh... ok, how does it go?" asked Ryu. "Ok First you say "Cross my heart," at that point you cross your heart with one hoof. then next you say "Hope to fly," that's where you take two of your hooves and pretend to fly. The last part of it goes like this, "Stick a cupcake in my eye," where you take one hoof again and pretend to put a cupcake in your eye and that is how the whole thing goes. You think you got it?" explained Ditzy. "I am pretty sure." said Ryu "Ok lets try it out." stated Ditzy. "Ok "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." they said the words while doing the motions. "There, now both of us made a promise to each other." said Ditzy. "And I will make sure to keep that promise." said Ryu. "FOREVER!" said Pinkie at the window. The both of them were startled by Pinkie Pie's sudden appearance, Wondering what is she doing here and how did she hear the two of them make a Pinkie Promise? "P....Pinkie Pie what are you doing here?" Ditzy asked. "I'm trying to find my tennis ball. I was playing against Gummy and he spiked it far away. *looks at the ground* There is it~ *picks it up* Hope you two have a good rest of the day," she said as she walks off. "Ok... That was weird... but anyway. I'll keep that promise." said Ryu. "FOREVER!" she yells from far away. They were shocked again by Pinkie Pie. How can she hear us from that far away. They thought to themselves for a bit until they decided to forget about it. " .... Ok then." they both said as the both of them sits down on the couch. "Anyway I will be cheering you on Ryu." she said while both smiling and blushing. "T..thanks Ditzy... You are so kind to me even though you don't know me that well." he said as he blushes as well. "W..well you're one of the first ponies to help me out. I mean sure my friends would have done that same thing but the way you helped me out was so moving." blushes at what she said. "Well I couldn't stand by while my best friend was being bullied by three jerks like that. I don't remember much about my past but one thing is for certain. I won't let the one's that I care for be made fun of, picked on, or be treated like they are nothing." stated Ryu. "Oh Ryu... that was so thoughtful of you to say." she said smiling at his statement. "It's nothing Ditzy Doo". he said as he smiles back. The both of them look into each others eyes for a good while, thoughts racing through each others heads until they held onto one another and kiss each other lightly on the lips. They hold that kiss for about a few seconds or so until they got embarrassed and pulled apart from each other. The both of them move apart from each other, their faces are completely red. "S...sorry bout that Ryu. I.. I don't know what came over me." said Ditzy nervously "Y..yeah same here." he said as he looks at the clock. "W....well it's getting late. I think I'm gonna go to sleep early." "M..me too. Good night Ryu.." said Ditzy. "Night Ditzy." said Ryu. The both of them closes their doors, got in their beds and went to sleep.
The Dreams We Have(( This will be a short chapter and it will involve both Ditzy Doo and Ryu Seron dreaming about each other. It will be clean dreams nothing dirty.... yet ;) ) Both Ryu Seron and Ditzy Doo were fast asleep after having the best day ever. Ditzy Doo was fast asleep after sharing her first kiss with another pony let alone somepony who was her best friend. She was dreaming where Ditzy was walking around in a meadow picking flowers when suddenly 3 Diamond Dogs came from underground. "Looks over there guys. A cute little Pegasus in the meadow all by herself." said One Diamond Dog. "You know what we should do right?" said another Diamond Dog. "Yes.... Get her!!" Shouted the other Diamond Dog. Suddenly all three of the Diamond Dogs started to run towards Ditzy Doo. She tried to fly away but she was too frightened to concentrate on flying so she ran away from the three Diamond Dogs. But try as she might she could not out run the Diamond Dogs and the three of them were about to pounce onto Ditzy. She thought she was done for when suddenly the Diamond Dogs were sent flying into their holes again and then the 3 of them dug back underground and fled. "No need to fear Ditzy. I am here for you!" said Ryu. Ditzy looked up to see Ryu wearing a red suit of armor. :Oh Ryu, thank you for saving me." Ditzy said as she smiles at Ryu. "It was nothing my dear. I couldn't let my special somepony get hurt now can I?" said Ryu. Ryu pulls up Ditzy off the meadow ground then he plants a kiss on the mares cheek. Ditzy was smiling at the dream she was having. Now Ryu was dreaming of Ditzy cooking up a meal at home and Ryu had just came home from work. "Honey I'm home" Ryu said as he puts his hat on the hat rack and placed his briefcase on the floor next to the hat rack. "Oh there you are sweetie~" Ditzy comes over and kisses his cheek. "I am so glad you are home from work." "Same here. I could not stand to be away from you for so long." "I know.... Honey?" said Ditzy. "Yeah?" said Ryu looking into Ditzy's eyes. "I love you." She told him as she holds him gently and kisses his cheek. "I love you too sweetie~" He replied as he kisses her cheek and then they both kiss each other on the lips. Ryu had woken up in shock of the dream... but he smiled and quickly went back to sleep to have another pleasant dream.
Goals and Struggles part 2 Ryu had another happy dream last night. Both Ditzy and himself were on the beach looking at the sunset together when Ditzy said to Ryu. Hey Ryu. I have to tell you something. Yeah what is it Ditzy? I... I love you Ryu. *holds him gently* !! D...Ditzy... I... I feel the same way about you too. Really? *He nods his head* I really do. Here let me prove it. *holds the back of her head and kisses her on the lips* *She kisses back* *breaks up the kiss* Ryu. You made me the happiest mare ever. I'm glad we are together. *kisses her again and then Ryu wakes up* Ryu woke up with a happy expression on his face. He got out of bed and checked to see if Ditzy was awake. Sure enough she was awake. M...morning Ditzy. Morning Ryu. *smiles at him* *his face turns red* Are you ok? *walks up to him and puts a hoof on his forehead* Hmmm you don't seem sick. Must be something else. Y..your most likely right Ditzy. *smiles and looks at the plate* T..thanks for cooking breakfast. It's no big deal. It will be the last meal that I cook you for a while. *smiles, sits down and eats her breakfast.* *does the same* After the both of them ate their breakfast. Thank you for the meal Ditzy. No problem Ryu, ... ( I should tell her about the dream I had.) Umm Ditzy. Yeah? There is something I have to tell you. Last night I had a dream- Ryu was interrupted by the sound of somepony knocking on the door. I'll get it. *opens the door and see's the castle guards in the door way* "We are here for Mr. Ryu Seron." Said one of Luna's guards. Ryu... I think they're here for you. Yeah... I know. *gets up and walks out the door.* Greetings Princess Luna. Greetings to you as well. Are you ready? *looks at Ditzy, she smiles at you. You smiles back* I am. *as he gets in the carriage he see's all his friends sending him off* Hope your training goes well! Please come back Ryu~ Said both Twilight and Spike. Please be safe! O...ok. Train hard Ryu~ I know you'll do great! Do your very best darling! Become a fine and noble knight! Ya better come back in one piece or I'll knock ya upside the head! Come back soon Ryuie. I still have to throw that party for you. *smiles* Oh but then you'll be a knight! That means I need to plan a "You've become a Canterlot guard" party. I will everyone. I Pinkie promise. "Cross my heart, Hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in my eye." *does the motions as he says the words. Ryu! Please come back soon. I'll miss you! Ryu looked back at Ditzy and ask the Princess to stop the carriage. Princess please give a minute. I need to say something to Ditzy. Alright. *stops the carriage* Take your time *He jumps down, goes to Ditzy and hugs her* I will come back. *kisses her cheek* For you Ditzy. *runs back to the carriage and jumps in* Let's go. *the carriage flys back to Canterlot Castle.* ==================================================================== Having just been kissed on the cheek so suddenly by Ryu, Ditzy was standing near her house in a daze with her face slowly turning red ..... *face turns red* Ooo darling looks like some mare has a very special somepony. *giggles* W...what n..no that was a good bye kiss.... *blushes more* That was so sweet of Ryuie to do. *smiles and bounces up and down* I never knew he had feelings for you Ditzy! *Fluttershy flies to Ditzy and hugs her* I am so happy for you. b...but girls. We aren't even together. Yet. Well that won't last much longer. When he comes back I bet he'll ask you to be his special somepony. I second that. Me too. Count me in. *Ditzy's face turns completely red and then she passes out* ==================================================================== High above the sky of Equestria. In the carriage with Princess Luna. Hehehe never thought you would kiss Ms. Ditzy Doo in front of her friends like that. *He blushes* W...well. Me either..... L..Luna.. I had this dream last night. No need to tell me. I already know what happens. W..what? As Princess of the night I am able to go into other ponies dreams while they are asleep. I only do that when a pony is having a nightmare. Oh... I.. I see. We are almost to Canterlot. Ok. After a few more minutes we landed at the Canterlot castle. Luna and myself got out of the carriage. She told me to follow her to the throne room to meet somepony. I followed her to the throne room where I met Princess Celestia. !!! P...Princess Celestia! *bows to her* *She giggled a bit* It's ok Ryu. Please raise your head. *He raises his head* O..ok. Now before the training begins I want to know a little about you. W..well... Truth be told Princess. I can't really remember much of my past. Most of it's fogged up but bits and pieces are coming back to me little by little. I see. Well we can figure it out as you train here. Ok. I'm ready. Good now follow me. I will take you to your first teacher. Luna and Ryu walked through the castle to the guard captains room. Ryu. I'd like you to meet Captain Metal Storm. He is the lead instructor and trainer of new recruits. When it comes to combat and weapon training you will find no pony else like him. Captain Metal Storm was your average stallion living in Hoofington for most of his young life. He always had a interest in becoming a protector of the little ones so he traveled to Canterlot and joined the Celestial Guards. He trained vigorously for many hours of the day. He was skilled in swordsmanship and was able to stand up to any foe that he faced. After 10 years or so he raised up to the rank of Captain and Princess Celestia allowed him to train younger cadets that wanted to follow the same path he took all those years ago. You are too kind Princess Luna. *looks at Ryu* Hmmm.... *slightly smiles* This one will be a challenge. *he laughed jokingly* Indeed. Now you will be training with him for at least 2 weeks. When he see's fit to pass you, only then will you move on to your next teacher. I understand Princess Luna. Good, then I will leave you to it Captain. *leaves the room* Alright first task is to put this suit of armor on. *drops the armor set in front of him.* Ok. *grabs pieces of the armor and puts them on one at a time. After 2 minutes* Finished sir. Very good. Now I want you to run 20 laps around the castle while in the armor. 20 laps in this armor..... Understood sir. Start at the entrance of the castle doors. Ok. *walks to the castle doors and begins his 20 lap run* -5 laps later- Hmmm he's slowly gaining speed as time passes... interesting. Maybe he has potential after all. *he said to himself* -10 more laps later- (Man this is getting tiresome. But I must press on.) The last 5 laps later- Alright that's enough. *falls down on the ground.* You get a 10 minute break then we start our next part of my training course. Ok .. then. *pants* -10 minutes later- Ok now we begin your combat training. *places a sword in front of him* *stands up* I want you to do 50 swings while holding the sword in you mouth then I want you to uses your magic to do 60 swings. When your done with that I want you to repeat both actions again until I tell you to stop. O...ok sir. *picks up the sword with his mouth and proceeds to 50 swings of the sword.* -50 swings later- Very good. Now use magic to do 60 swings of the sword. Ok. *does 60 magic sword swings* -60 magic swings later- Very good now do them again. Ok sir! 10 minutes later- Very nice. That will be it for today. From here on out I want you repeat everything you've done today until I think you are ready to move on. Understood sir. So for the next few days Ryu had repeated the same routine of running 20 laps while in full armor, did 50 swings of the sword in his mouth and 60 swings of the sword using magic. After only a week Captain Metal Storm had called Ryu in to tell him the good news. Ryu. I am proud to say that you have passed my training course. You are able to go on to the next Teacher. Thank you for the training Captain. No problem. Now move on out cadet! Yes sir! ==================================================================== Ryu walks out of the guard tower and heads to the throne room to see if he can find Princess Luna or Princess Celestia at all. Princess Luna? Are you hear? No she isn't. But I'm here. *a Mare wearing a ninja outfit jumps down from the ceiling* Welcome Mr Seron. !!!!..... I'm guessing your my next teacher. You are correct. I am General Shadow Hoof but please just call me Shadow Hoof. I will be teaching you how to be stealthy at given moment. General Shadow Hoof was a unicorn coming from a far away land somewhere up north past Canterlot. She lived in a small village learning the ways of Ninjutsu from her grandpa when a group of Diamond Dogs came and attacked the village. Everypony in the village was able to hold off the Diamond Dogs for a while. But the Diamond Dogs had a substantial amount of reinforcements and soon the whole village was wiped out. Only Shadow Hoof and her grandpa were able to make it out alive. They fled to Canterlot and Shadow Hoof swore revenge on the one's who had killed her friends and the rest of her village. I'm honored to learn from you. Alight now follow me. *walks to the maze* *He follows her* So is this where I'm going to be training? Yes but first. *uses her magic to cover the entire maze in a dark cloud* Your first task will be to make it to the center of the maze. There will be guards placed throughout the maze, see them as obstacles in your path. Try to avoid their line of site as much as possible. If a guard see's you nothing will happen but that will count against you in the final score. Are you ready? I am ready Sensei. Good but first put this on. *hands him a ninja outfit* *He quickly puts it on and walks to the entrance* Alright begin. *she disappears and re-appears in the center of the maze* Ryu slowly enters the maze. He was constantly looking around to see if there were any guards around him. As he gets deeper into the maze there were more guards posted in there making it more difficult for Ryu to go undetected. After 20 minutes he finally reached the center of the maze. I... did it. *he pants slightly* Very good Mr. Seron. No pony noticed you at all. I'm very proud of you my student. *smiles* Thank you sensei. Now we will head to the archery range and you will practice throwing some shurikens and kunai knives. *walks to the archery range* *Follows behind her* Here we are. So basically you need to hit the target and improve your aim from there. So get to it. Ok. *picks up a shuriken and begins his training.* -2 hours later- Ok I am back. Lets see how you did. *looks at the target board.* Hmmmm not bad. Thank you sensei. Now as with the Captains training you will be practicing what you just learned over and over until I say you are done. I will sensei. Like he had done before Ryu begun training under General Shadow Hoof. Ryu repeated each of the tests that he had done the first day. General Shadow Hoof would also put some questions about Ninjutsu every so often to keep Ryu's mind sharp. After the 2 week period was done General Shadow Hoof had called Ryu into her office to tell of his progress. Mr. Seron, come in please. Ok sensei. *walks in* What is it you need of me? I'm here to say that you are done with my training. You've passed it. *smiles* I'm honored to call you a fellow ninja. Thank you very much sensei. *smiles* Now I have something to give you. *pulls out the ninja gear that Ryu wore during his training* This is yours to keep. I may need of your help in the future. So always keep that with you. I will and thank you sensei. *takes the ninja outfit* So where do I report next? You report to me my young student. *Luna flies in through the window and lands in front of the two.* I will be your final teacher. Y...you Princess Luna?! I...it's an honor to learn from you. *bows in front of her* Raise your head Ryu Seron. I really don't care for my students to bow. I know it's tradition for subjects to bow but it is still uncomfortable to me none the less. O..ok. *raises his head* You have done well to learn from both Captain Metal Storm and General Shadow Hoof. Those two are some of the best teachers in Canterlot. You are too kind Princess. *smiles* Now if you could grab onto me I will take you to somewhere else for your final training session. !!! *He blushes at first but cautiously grabs a holds of Princess Luna* T..there. Good now let's go. *uses her magic to teleport both herself and Ryu Seron to her bed chambers* ==================================================================== Whoa.... That was a trip.. *feels dizzy* Yes, Teleporting to another area with somepony holding onto you can be disorienting. I'll say.... so where are we? You are in my bed chambers. Y...you bed chambers.. *blushes* Oh my... Its nothing to get embarrassed about. *she giggles a bit* Now before we get to your training I want to talk to you for a bit. Ok Luna... What do you want to talk about? I want to know what you are. I know you are not a pony. I've seen many ponies walking around in all my years but none walk the way you do. You have a different aura is emanating from you. I think I know what you are. Y...you do? Yes. I believe that you are a human. !!!! *Ryu is stunned at what Princess Luna has figured out on her own* .... So is it true Ryu Seron? Are you a human? *she looked at Ryu with curious eyes* .... Yes it's true. I am a human. Are you shocked by this? Not entirely. You see. Human's have been in our history since me and my sister were foals. But so little of human's is known we'd just assumed that they were a myth. I am glad to see that history wasn't wrong. I see. I can understand that. Now do you remember how you got here in Equestria? Not much Princess... All I remember is that I was walking in a forest going to visit someone dear to me...then I got knocked over the head by someone .... after that... nothing. I woke in the Everfree Forest where Ditzy found me. I see. *thinks to herself for a bit* Ok. That will do for now. I will ask more of you later when you have remembered more. *stands up* Now lets begin your final training session. *Ryu stands up as well.* Alright. I am ready Princess Luna. Good lets begin. *uses her magic to make a barrier surrounding Ryu. !!! What is this Princess!? It is a magic barrier that will block any magical attacks targeting anything outside the barrier. I will place magical statues inside the barrier for you, Now when I do this I want you to attack the statues with a good amount of power and accuracy at the same time. I ....see. I think I can do it Luna. Ok let's begin. *she sent in a armless statue.* Now attack it's head, chest and legs each until they all break. Got it! *he fires several blasts at the each point in the statue. It takes about 10 minutes until the whole statue crumbles to pieces.* T..there. It's done. *pants a bit* Hmmm.... It'll do. But you need to be faster and stronger at this. *gets rid of the magical barrier* Now for the other part of my teaching. I will give a book of spells and you will choose which ones you want to learn. You can only choose a couple of spells other wise you would be here for months. *drops the book in front of him* Now I won't be here to supervise you during this part of the training so you must take great care in not to destroy my room. The first spell I recommend is Teleportation. Well I bid you fare well and good luck in your training. *teleports out of the room.* Ok lets learn some spells. *he flipped to the page where it said teleportation spell.* Ok here it is. *reads through the pages and after 10 minutes of reading those pages* I see. Ok... Let's try this. *stands up and focuses his magic and then he teleports from the bed side to the front of Luna's room* Yes I did it~ *smiles* Very good my student. Now that will be all for today. You will train like you did before but this time it will be 3 weeks. You will learn 3 more spells and perfect them. This will be the hardest training for you to accomplish. Now get some rest. Your training begins again at 7:00 am. Ok Luna. *walks all the way to his quarters, gets into bed and falls asleep* ==================================================================== -The next morning- Ryu get up and goes to Princess Luna and begins her training once again. First it was the statue busting course again but this time the statue was a little bit heavier and thicker. It was just like yesterday with him crumbling the statue in 10 minutes, After that he continued to work on the teleportation spell a little more. He didn't want to learn any new spells until he was certain he had mastered the teleportation spell. This cycle repeated for a while until two days later when he wanted to learn a barrier spell. Ok. Lets try this out. *envisions himself forming a barrier around himself and after a few seconds the barrier is formed around him* I did. *but as he was about to jump for joy the barrier had disappeared.* What happened? Why did my barrier go away? *Luna appears in the room* It's because you weren't focusing enough and when you lost your focus the barrier disappeared. You need to keep your focus on keeping the barrier up. I understand teacher. I will do better next time. I'm sure you will now start the spell over. So Ryu kept practicing his magic, eventually he had had mastered the barrier spell and in no time at all he had mastered a healing spell. I am very surprised you mastering a healing spell in no time at all. Well, maybe its because I have a excellent teacher. *he compliment Luna. Why thank you Ryu Seron. A full 2 weeks had passed and he had one more spell to learn. Luna stopped the statue busting part of his training for him to focus and this last spell. You have done well my student. I'm proud to be your teacher. What is the last spell you want to learn? Sensei, I want to learn a lightning spell. ? Why do you want to learn a lightning spell my student? I'm not to sure. Maybe it's a thing from my past or something? I see. Well there are a few lightning spells to choose from. *pulls out the book and turns to the elemental section.* Here there are three lightning spells. Lightning Stream, Thunder Spark, and Thunder Slash. I'll take Thunder Slash. Ok. Now let me read what it does. "Thunder Slash is a move that generates a lightning slash at users enemies or and it can be infused into any weapon you like and will deal extra damage to your enemy" Ok. *pulls out a dagger* Princess. Can you make a barrier around me? Of course. *makes a barrier around Ryu and steps back.* *Ryu concentrates his magic and then lightning starts to come out then he transfers the lightning to the dagger and shot the bolt of thunder at the barrier with some force behind it.* Very good. This barrier will last for about 20 minutes. Use that time to practice the spell. *leaves the room* Ryu practices the spell with all his might and after 20 minutes, he was starting to get the hang of the Spell. The next few days he had practiced Thunder Slash on some training dummies in the courtyard and after a full week he was done with his Guard Training. Ryu. I'm proud to say that you are done with your training. You'd advance much faster then any other cadet that has come train in Canterlot. Even faster then General Shadow Hoof and Captain Metal Storm did when those two first came here. Its been a honor to learn from great teachers. Now we need to process how well you did during training. We will call for you again in a about a week or so. So you are free to go back home and relax until we call for you again. We will take you home in the carriage again. Thank you very much Princess. *gets in the carriage and flies towards Ponyville.*
PrologueThis is the story of a boy named Ryu. Now Ryu was an average person, had a couple of friends, A nice home that he lived in, and for the most part was quite happy. He especially loved talking to his sister Chihiro. Those two were happy whenever they were together. But things started to change between the two of them, they started to argue with each other, the arguments started out small at first. Then the arguments grew more and more fierce until the two of them said something to each other that they regretted. The two of them stopped talking to each other after that. The both of them tried to make up with one another but they couldn't talk to each other for more then 5 minutes before either one of them brought up their past arguments. After 2 months of not speaking to each other Ryu decided to go over to her house and apologize to Chihiro and try to build up their friendship again. He decided to take a shortcut through the woods to save some time but he quickly learned that he was lost. The smart thing to do was to head back the way he came but he didn't think of that so he decided to continue on. As he traveled more and more into the forest his vision was getting narrower and narrower with each step until eventually the surrounding area was pitch black to him. He finally decided to head back the way he came but as he was about to something hit him in the back of the head and knocked Ryu out cold. As he lay there on the forest ground his body started to disappear until he completely vanished. And this is where the Tale of Ryu Begins.
