Chapters Sitting against the wall of his 'room' Victor looked around the plastic see through box his red splice eyes scanning the room seeing two scientist walking around fiddling with papers or writing certain observations about him. Sighing Victor ran a scaled hand through his black hair brushing some strands out of his eyes scratching around his horns he looked down at his feet crimson red scales covered them waving them he flexed his four claws grunting he stood up. Walking around the room Victor began to stretch out his limbs while using his tail to keep himself balanced with his wings spread wide looked to them seeing how they were a little dirty from the combat training reaching out he ran a clawed hand over the underside of his left wing shuddering slightly he only managed to spread the soot. The doctors allowed him to change into his white pants and shirt but they didn't allow him to bathe walking over to his bed he heard "So Victor do enjoy being here ?"
"Whos there !?!?" Victor whispered allowed turning around he saw a man standing behind him wearing a dark brown suit with yellow undershirt and white tie looking down Victor noticed the mans shoes were gold and brown "You do know its rude to stare correct ?" he heard the man speak again in a sarcastic tone looking back up Victor noticed the man had deep yellow spliced eyes with red irises gasping he stumbled back tripping over his tail he landed on his back with a heavy THUNK "What happened my boy ?"
"Y-y-y-your eyes are l-l-like mine !"
"Pffft no your are like mine boy for I am Discord god of chaos and well over a thousand years old !"
"Wait who are and what are you !?!?"
"Are you deaf boy is said I'm a god and my name is Discord now what's your name and age ?"
"I-I-I-I'm V-v-v-victor and I think I'm 19 ?" Victor said scratching the back of his head slightly confused at what was going on smiling Discord walked over to the edge of the cage and looked out while saying "Good now that that's out of the way I came here to offer you a chance to actually be part of a world !"
"What do you mean by that.......and why hasn't anybody noticed you !" Victor asked waving an arm wide to indicate the scientist still working turning his head around like an owl Discord said "Well I'd hate for our conversation to be interrupted so I cast a spell so we could chit chat you little kit kat !"
"WHAT ?" Victor yelped seeing the man turn his head around backing up slightly he felt the urge to throw up sighing Discord began to turn his body around without moving his head in the slightest walking up to Victor he held up a hand and waved it in front of his face saying "Nevermind that anyway you'll learn about magic in the other world NOW here's what I'm proposing to you the world I come from is pretty much in trouble at least 100% percent of the time and the chaos that's caused isn't the funny kind."
"Funny kind ?"
"Yes funny you know pranks and jokes and the tom foolery of time and space but we're getting off track so back to the track-"Discord said clicking his fingers suddenly Victor found himself in a chair with a white board in front of him with a projector behind him he heard a click suddenly the board had six..............humanoid horses posing on the screen "-these six mare's help keep the peace and the FUN chaos around and well to tell the truth they put me away-"
"WHAT !" Victor yelled out looking back at the man seeing him with a slightly surprised look nodding his head he continued on with his while Victor turned back around in his seat staring at the screen seeing different images pop up as he went.
"-in my stone prison, then after being released the mares helped reform me and I have a half the group believing I'm reformed which I am but the other half doesn't believe me so I thought once a day ago 'Discord if you want to prove yourself why not save a poor sap and give the girls a guardian to protect them.........also plant cake-a-pault in refrigerator' so after pulling my prank on sunbutt I began my journey !" Victor felt like he had finally snapped all this was some grand illusion to cope with the fact he would never see the world and forever be alone staring at the pictures it showed Discord traveling to differing places looking back at the man Discord smiled and gave a thumbs up then continued with his story "That is until I came across you my dear boy created out of almost nothing no father no mother just grown using human and dragon DNA, being used as a test subject for weapons !" with a final click it showed a baby boy with scaled feet and hands along with two short wings and a long whip like tail the boy was in the middle of a group of scientist who were posing for the picture Victor felt a tear roll down his cheek.
Standing up he yelled out in fury as he grabbed the chair he was sitting in to smash the board that showed the picture of him before Discord could produce anymore Victor hated those pictures he hate everything that has ever happened to him. Destroying the board Victor could only feel the rage inside bubbling up wanting to destroy and kill, whipping around he lunged at the man trying to crush his throat only to be grabbed in mid air by an invisible force he heard Discord chuckling before he was thrown back into the opposite wall cracking the plastic gasping he clutched his ribs looking up he saw Discord tossing the remote he had been using for the presentation in the air smiling he said "Wow you have spunk so how about it you come to my world and protect these girls."
"WHY THE HELL SHOULD I !!!" Victor snarled spewing flames out of his mouth with some of the flames landing on Discord left shoulder sighing he wiped them off while he walked over to Victors bed sitting down he crossed his legs and put on some half moon glasses. Then pulling out a piece of paper from thin air he cleared he throat before he began to read sounding just like the scientist who records his fights "Subject XZ-56 has shown remarkable progress through the years but now we've been noticing his reluctance to go through will the exercises of 'killing' enemy soldiers if he doesn't show that he has the ability to do so we will have to terminate him please report back to me on how we should handle the situation."
"W-w-what ?"
"Yep they're gonna kill yah my boy that was sent yesterday and today they got the answer they are to replace you with another half breed like you." Discord said with a small frown falling over onto his side Victor felt the world around him collapse 'I'm gonna die but I don't wanna die I still want to see the outside world I-I-I-' his thought's were interrupted when he felt a hand on his shoulder he looked up to see Discord with a sullen look on his face "Boy I know how it feels to have been locked away for a long time and wanting to see the outside..............the difference between you and I was you were made here while I was imprisoned for my crimes and I think that if I help you it may help with the trust I'm trying to build with the people who gave me a second chance."
"B-b-but-"
"Kid just say yes and you won't die." Discord said looking Victor deep in his eyes nodding Victor began to stand up with Discord smiling he waved his arm opening a white hole in the middle of the room walking for ward Victor took a deep breathe then plunged into the world Discord had been told him about.
(Unknown area)
Falling Victor looked around seeing the bright blue sky and fluffy white clouds smiling he looked around more when he noticed that he was falling stretching out his wigs he began to lazily glide. Laughing he tucked his wings in dive bombing the ground noticed he was over a forest he began to head over to a meadow straightening himself out he stretched his wings and landed heavily kicking up dust and loose leaves falling back he stared at the clouds over head smiling like a mad man he said "This world seems like it's gonna be fun !"
(4 yards away)
Fluttershy was walking through the forest from Zecoras house when she heard a heavy *THUNK* and laughing turning she began to walk over toward the sound walking into a meadow only to freeze up when she notice what looked to be a dragon laying in a patch of flowers he had deep crimson scales but seemed off in some way walking up closer she noticed the scales covered his legs, forearms and hands. Stepping closer she accidently snapped a stick straightening up the dragon looked at her..................looking him over she noticed that he had pale skin instead of scales on his face and neck. Sprouting out of his head were two grey horns that curved back slightly. Cocking its head she heard him say "So who are you and what are you ?"
Author's Note
Dark_Night edited this story
Chapter 2 (edited)
Looking at the creature before him, Victor waves. He assumed from the feminine dress and stature that he was dealing with a female. Standing up, he brushed some pieces of grass and flower petals off his white scrubs, causing the grass stains to spread. Shrugging, he began to carefully walk over to the woman. Looking down at her, he could tell she was slightly frightened by him or utterly confused. After all he was the only one of his kind that he knew of. After getting to be two feet away he coughed slightly into his hand before speaking to the frightened mare. "Hello! My name is Victor. I was hoping you could tell me where I could find my benefactor?"
"W-w-what are y-y-you?" She asked shyly, trying to shirk away. Minding the scared woman, he decided he was too close to her.
"Well... I am a Draconian." He said, taking a large step back.
"Draconian?"
"Yes, that is what I am, being half dragon..." He trailed off for a moment before continuing. "Look, I do not want to hurt you, I am just lost."
"O-o-o-oh who's this benefactor that you're looking for?"
"Well his name is Discord. He helped me out when I needed it most. I would love to explain but its been a long day for so I was wondering do you know anywhere I could sleep a few hours?"
"Um..." The mare trailed off, trying to think. "No, not really."
"Oh okay. I guess I'll try finding a cave or something." Victor said turning around. He began to walk when he felt something tap his shoulder turning his head he saw the holding a stick and poking his arm slightly raising an eyebrow he said "Yes miss?"
"U-u-um y-y-you could stay at my house for a little bit..." her shy nature causes her to fall silent momentarily. "A-after all, I know your benefactor a little and a way to contact him."
"Really?! That's great thank you miss...?"
"F-f-fluttershy." The girl mutters under her breath. Smiling, Victor nodded catching her name thanks to his draconian ears. Noticing she was carrying a large sack, decided to help.
"Do you mind If I carry that for you? Its probably really heavy."
"N-n-no its fine I-"
"Fluttershy, Correct?" She nods. "Okay then. Consider it a repayment for letting me stay at your home... In addition to this, any help you may need could be my rent to you until I can find a job and get settled."
"B-b-but-"
"I won't take no for an answer." Victor said, bending over. He picked up the bag with ease. Smiling, he motioned for Fluttershy to show him the way. Slowly nodding, she began to show the half-dragon to her house "This is a rather large bag of food. Do you care for animals?"
"O-oh, yes. I-i-i ran out of animal food and n-needed more."
"Oh. So what kinds of animals are you feeding with this?"
"Oh a few rabbits, a hamster, guinea pigs, and some ferrets. But the dogs need food, same with the birds, bears, and OH Angel needs some vegetables also!"
"Wow! You have a lot of animals! Do you take care of them by yourself?"
"Why yes I do and I love them all very much and they love me. W-what about you Victor? do you have an animal friend?"
Looking away, Victor remembered a bird he had found inside the facility during the few times he was allowed to walk around. It was a small red bird with a dull orange beak he had named Root. He only had the bird for a few days before the scientists took him away and... did something with him. Doing his best to erase the grimace on his face, he turned to Fluttershy and said "No, I haven't. Maybe you could help me find one?" Those words had an instantaneous effect on the yellow female.
"That sounds wonderful! Maybe we can find one for you!" She exclaimed excitedly.
Looking up at him, he easily dwarfed Fluttershy by a good two feet and from what she could tell, he stood around 7'' 4 in height but seemed like more of a gentle giant than a brute. When they had been discussing pets Fluttershy noticed a sullen look come across Victors face before his smile returned but it somehow felt forced. looking forward, she saw her small cottage come into view. She stopped and turned to Victor. "Um, Victor? Once we get to the door could you wait outside for a few minutes while I let the animals know you'll be staying with us? If that's alright with you."
"Sure Fluttershy. I don't want to spook them."
"Okay lets go." She said. Walking up to the door, she motioned for him to stay while she went inside. Staying still, Victor looked around, seeing the green grass, the unfiltered air without the taste of metal and cleaning solutions. The best of all was simply being outside. Not like in the garden that they set up with a giant glass dome, but the actual outside! Smiling, he became eager to see rain, rainbows, differing clouds, winter, fall, spring, summer and all the other things of nature he heard and read about in the books the scientist gave him that were 'safe' to read. Grunting slightly he swapped the feed bag to his other shoulder when the door opened to reveal the butter yellow mare nodding at the man Victor nodded back and walked inside. "Now everybody, I would like you to meet Victor. he is a Draconian and will be staying with us for a little while."
"Ahem. Hello everybody its nice to meet you all I hope we can get along." Victor said seeing several of the animals cast each other looks before scurrying off somewhere else in the house. Smiling, he looked down at Fluttershy. "I think that went well."
"Hmm yes I guess it did. Now lets get that bag from you and I will show you to your room." She said to him. Nodding, Victor began to follow her through the house being careful with his claws and tail as not to damage anything in her house, ducking down slightly as he made sure his horns didn't get on anything. After walking through most of the house, she led him to a small storage cupboard. Walking inside, she pointed to a shelf where Victor carefully tossed the bag onto the shelf. Looking down at the mare, he smiled at her. Nodding in approval, they made their way back to the house.
Walking up to the second floor, she showed him the guest room. Opening the door, Victor saw a medium sized bed with plain white sheets, a cabinet in the corner, a window facing the forest and a wardrobe with plenty of room. Walking inside, Victor noticed he didn't have to crouch to enter and had a good foot and a half of room above his head. Looking up, he saw some bracers that looked sturdy. Nodding he said "Thanks again Fluttershy I'm gonna try to catch some Z's if you don't mind."
"I-i-it's okay I need to run into town, i'll be back in a little bit."
"Okay. I'll see you soon, but before you leave, do you have any blankets?"
"O-o-oh dear I should probably give you some shouldn't I... but they were torn up by-"
"Actually Fluttershy, never mind i'll be fine. I'll just use my wings and go under the sheets." Victor said giving her a reassuring smile. Looking at him, she nodded slightly before shutting the door and walking away. Sighing, Victor walked over to the bed undoing the sheets. He crawled under them and curled up until he was comfortable. Slowly feeling sleep take him, he wrapped his wings around his torso, trapping some body heat. "Goodnight me." He said sighing contently with a slight smile on his face, he drifted off into unconsciousness.
(Fluttershy)
Walking through Ponyville, Fluttershy began to make her way to Twilight's house to inform her about whom she had found in the forest. Seeing the tree house come into view, she sighed. After knocking on the door and waiting a minute, The oaken door swung open to reveal Twilight dressed in a pair up dark purple pajama bottoms and a white tank top her hair was pinned up with some pins holding them up in a bun smiling she said "Fluttershy I was about to go to bed do you need something?"
"Um well yes you see... I found somepony in the forest."
"Oh really now?" Twilight said with a slight shake of the head and a sly grin. Fluttershy began to tell her about how she met Victor and told Twilight about some of his physical features like height, skin tone, and some other things. Staring at Fluttershy Twilight began to ponder what her friend had just told her Fluttershy wasn't one to lie but what she just described to her seemed impossible and another being from somewhere else she would have to- "Oh and Twilight, before I forget, he said Discord brought him here."
"WHAT!" Twilight exclaimed in a mixture of anger and fear. "We have to go to him he may be doing something dangerous."
Several minutes later found Fluttershy and Twilight en route to the cottage on the edge of town. Following slightly behind Twilight was Fluttershy who was having a difficult time keeping pace with her friend. After she told Twilight about why Victor was in their world, she had already sent four separate messages to their friends along with one to the princesses. Running up to the house, Twilight used her magic to undo the lock. Turning to Fluttershy, she asked with a slightly authoritative tone. "Where is he staying?"
"The guest bedroom."
"Good! Maybe he's still there!" Twilight said turning she began to move to the stairs when four voices caught her attention turning she saw Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie running up to them, each in their own version of sleeping attire. Aside from Rarity who had appeared to be in the process of preparing for sleep before being called out of her home.
"We got the message from ya Twi. Where's the varmint at?" Applejack asked, pulling out a rope which she held taunt to show its strength.
"Yeah! lets kick his ass!" Rainbow Dash said, who was standing next to Applejack in a gym shirt and matching shorts.
"Girls!" Rarity scolded. "That is not how a lady should talk or act! My goodness! We should at least hear what this Mr. Victor has to say!"
"Yeah maybe he's super-duper nice!" Pinkie gasps with excitement. "I could throw him a welcome to Ponyville/Equestria party!"
Pushing past them quickly, Applejack and Rainbow Dash burst into the room. The door slamming open awoke the previously sleeping draconian. The six mares entered to see a creature sitting up, stretching while he scratched around his horns. After noticing the new arrivals, Victor turned toward them and cocked his head to side. "Huh?" Crying out in surprise, Applejack expertly threw her rope, tying him up nice and tight then pulled him out of bed. Victor landed on his stomach, causing a puff of fire to escape his mouth. Victor felt pain go through his body when he tried to sit up but realized something had tackled him. looking up, he saw a cyan woman with long rainbow hair glaring at him. Grabbing his shirt and raising a fist she snarled. "Tell us why you're here!"
Victor has been in many situations in his life but he never dealt with people personally only ever when he was told to complete a task or two for his yearly physical. So with rising emotions and the fear he felt, Victor did the only thing he could. He began to cry. He just silently cried. Closing his eyes, he felt the tears slide down his cheeks.
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. "What do you mean by that ?" Victor asked daring not to move an inch fearing he may anger the two princesses smiling Celestia walked forward placing a hand on his shoulder she said in a warm tone "He said that he brought you here to protect the elements along with making the 'evil' chaos come about a little less."
"Evil Chaos ?" Victor asked looking passed the princess to man who brought him hear sipping some tea Discord looked to the boy and shrugged his shoulders before pouring himself more tea "So what did you want to talk to me about ?"
"We know of your life and how you've lived it Discord explained our...............circumstances and showed us some of his memories involving his search for you, I have a few questions but they can be easily answered through time BUT one I wish to know is will you cause harm to my ponies ?" Celestia asked looking up into her magenta eye Victors crimson eyes didn't falter or look away when he said "I would only hurt one of your subjects if they were to attack me or any friends I would make here like Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie I would try and protect them but would I try hurting them, but attacking and hurting somepony for no good reason then the answer I can give you your majesty is no."
"Hmmmm you have very sincere eyes Victor so I will trust you but I will say this please do not make us regret our decision for allowing you to stay here." Celestia said turning away from him she began to make her back to her sister stopping she turned to look back at Victor she said "Now within a week me and my sister will introduce you to Ponyville so please prepare for it, we will also have Rarity put together some clothes for you in the meantime so be ready."
"Yes your majesty." Victor said nodding the two princesses teleported away sighing Victor relaxed his body a little Victor turned to look at Discord who hadn't teleported with the princesses raising one of his eyebrows Victor asked "Why are you still here ?"
"To see you become a mannequin."
"Huh ?" Victor said cocking his head to the side suddenly the door to the room burst open with Rarity leading the group in a big smile on her face eyeing Victor she sang "IDEEEEAAAAA~"
(Three weeks later)
Walking through Ponyville after a week and a half of hell that Rarity and the others had put him through slightly shuddering from the memories he began to walk to his job at Sweet Apple Acres where he now worked. The introductions to the town went well everpony was shocked to learn about him and his new position and for some reason at the time he got looks of disgust from a few stallions in the crowd but other than that he had a warm welcome from the town sighing he walked down the dirt path stopping he looked up at the sky seeing some clouds lazily drift by or be pushed by the weather teams. Making his up to the farm Victor began to look for Applejack since he was and told by her 'Not tah work any where else without her around.'
Walking around the compound he found her in the east field wearing short shorts a pale white and red flannel shirt her signature cowboy hat and boots signaling she was ready for work walking up Victor said "Morning boss what are we doing today ?"
"Today me and yah are gonna be working in the barn ah was just checking on these here trees." Applejack said signaling him to follow her nodding he began to follow her toward the barn halfway there Victor noticed Applejacks two siblings Big Mac and Applebloom. Looking up the young apple waved at Victor, smiling he waved back stepping infront of her Big Mac glared at the man. Quickly diverting his attention back to the barn he made his way into the barn looking around he saw a variety of tools, bales of hay, and other farm equipment seeing he standing in the middle of the barn was Applejack walking up to her he asked "So what are we doing in here ?"
"Today we are gonna be moving some of this here equipment out so we can use it on the farm but first we have a few bales of hay we gotta move you stay down here i'll head up and toss them down."
"Okay." Victor said waiting for Applejack to climb the ladder stopping she said "Oh and don't come up here if another pony is up here we are gonna be replacing the beams and at the moment the second floor can't really support two moving bodies."
"Understood I won't move from here."
"Good."
Climbing up Applejack pulled tow gloves onto her hands after that she walked over to the bales of hay carefully walking over to them picking one up she tossed it over the edge hearing a surprised grunt she said "Yah okay partner ?"
"Yes ma'am the bale almost got caught by one of my horns and it surprised me is all !"
Okay just watch the hay we need this to sell." she said grunting she began to go back to work picking up the bales and tossing them down to Victor they had worked in the barn for another hour sitting down Victor wiped sweat from his brow. Looking down at his clothes he saw that they had a few splotches mud on them sighing he muttered "Damn I'm gonna have to go back to Rarity."
" Well Victor looks like you are in some trouble."
"Oh hey boss and yep I mean Rarity is nice but I thought that my skin was thick but somehow she kept getting me and my scale are thick along with my skin !"
"Hehehe she always finds ways and doesn't even know it." Applejack said taking a swig from a bottle handing it to him Victor copied her motion and handed it back chuckling he said "Yep now only if she were better at not stabbing people I mean the clothes were the best fitting and comfortable but...."
"Its getting the clothes ?"
"Oh yeah so what else we got ?"
"Lets go and see." Applejack said standing up and motioning for him to follow standing up Victor groaned slightly as he followed her through the door.
(End of the work day)
Sitting down on the porch Victor was drinking a cool glass of water with his shirt next to him stretching his wings slightly he looked up at the stars lighting up the sky no matter how many times he would look up at them he always loved seeing them. Hearing some hoof steps behind him Victor turned to see Big Mac standing in the door way turning back to the sky he said "So Big Mac how did you enjoy your work day ?"
"It was good how about you ?"
"Well you workers sure know how beat the crap out of us."
"Hmm yeah we apples sure know how to work now why don't yah spend the night here ?" Big Mac asked turning Victor looked up at him with a quizzical look before saying "You sister okay with it ?"
"Well since Granny Smith invited you she really had no say."
"Oh well I guess I could sleep on the couch." Victor said standing up Big Mac nodded and moved out of his allowing Victor to make his way into the house."
(Later that night)
Yawning Victor rolled over and off the couch landing on the ground sighing he muttered "How does a wooden floor feel better than a couch ?" before drifting off to the land of dreams again.
Feeling something poking his head Victor began wake up from the oblivion known as sleep cracking open one eye he saw light slowly lighting up the room as it came through the slightly cracked blinds. Turning his head to the left a little he saw the orange mare that had worked him into this state tiredness and pain groaning he mumbled "So what do we got today ?" smiling she shook her head reaching down she began to pick up Victor by his under arms grunting she place him on the couch while saying "Nothing its day of relaxin' now you why were you sleeping on the floor ?"
"Would you believe me if I told you that your floor is a lot more comfortable than the couch ?"
"Sure it is sugar cube now you want breakfast ?"
"Oh yes I would."
"Alright lets go." Applejack said standing up she began to make her way to kitchen to begin preparing breakfast along with her brother staring at her Victor noticed she wore a plain red tank top with plaid pajama bottoms. Smiling he pushed himself up to began his walk to the kitchen standing up Victor smiled looking around he began to walk when he felt himself falling "Uh oh." was all he managed falling onto the floor face first.
Rushing back into the living room Applejack and Big Mac saw Victor laying on the floor face down walking up to him Applejack poked him again sighing she said "This is the fourth time."
(2 hours later)
Walking through town Victor was wearing black jeans, with a dark grey hoodie and a white shirt underneath it turning he looked down at the farmer she was wearing blue jeans with a white tank top with a red and blue plaid shirt over it. Making their way to the library Victor looked around the small town many ponies were walking around some of them would whisper to each other as he passed by while others would hurry along to what ever destination they were heading to. Sighing he saw that they had reached the library reaching for the door he opened it allowing the mare to enter before him nodding to him she walked in enter after he Victor saw the other five mare sitting in the main area already.
Walking in he felt all eyes going to him in an instant smiling he waved to Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy smiling back they waved back then turned back to the group continuing the conversation that they were in the middle of when him and AJ walked in. Finishing the conversation they turned to two of them speaking up first Twilight asked "So AJ how did his time at the farm go ?"
"It went well ah think ah got a pretty gud read on him."
"Hmmm and whats your assessment ?"
"He has good character but from what ah can guess he still hidin somethin."
"Hmmmm okay then." Twilight said before sitting down using her magic she brought in two chairs in for the both of them smiling Victor took the seat while giving thanks. After a few minutes of conversation flowed Rarity stood up and asked "So how about it will you girls help me today ?"
"Wait what are you asking them to help you with Rarity ?" Victor asked looking at the mare looking her over he saw that today she was in a simple black shirt and a white blouse smiling she said "With my jewel hunting you see I have a very large order to fill in and I need some jewels to do it but gathering them by myself would take to long."
"Ahh so you asked for help."
"Yep and we all agreed." Pinkie said popping up between the two of them looking at the pink mare Victor shook his head and took a sip of his tea after setting the cup back down he asked "Would you mind if I tagged along to help you six ?"
"Of course not darling it would be extremely helpful if you came along after all you look quite fit !" Rarity said looking over Victors slim muscular figure and his height adding onto her thought process smiling he said "Well i'll try and not be a burden."
(30 minutes later)
Walking down a dirt path Victor was caring a bag of pick axes and shovels in a bag while the girls pulled two small carts smiling he thought 'Maybe I could win those three over with this.....or at least one of them.' sighing he adjusted the bag on his shoulder. Pushing past a thicket of shrubs the group came across a bleak area that was nothing but grey rocks and brown grass "Okay everpony this is the spot now i'll just cast my spell and begin marking the spots." Rarity said after a moment her horn lit up a little picking up a stick she walked over to several spots and began to mark said spots with X's before walking off and placing more. Walking over to the mares he handed them the tools before he began to make his way over to a one of the spots and began to carefully dig into the rock his claws easily cutting into the element.
After a minute of digging Victor saw some objects shining in the small hole he had made reaching in he pulled out a few stones differing is color, size and shapes he carefully place them into one of the wagons before digging further. After pulling out several handfuls of gems Victor began to move over to a new area his tail slightly wagging in excitement 'My third time outside and I'm hunting for gem.......this is great !" he thought a child like smile plastered on his face.
Looking up Twilight and Rarity looked over to Victor seeing him at a new spot digging into the ground again his tail swaying back and forth while he smile like a child shown a magic trick. Smiling Rarity turned back to her work using her magic she began to move some rubble out of the way to get to some gems placing them into the wagon she looked up to see Twilight staring at Victor "Darling what's wrong ?"
"I just don't get it he acts like he has never done any of this !"
"Well he hasn't-"
"Rarity that's not what I meant before he left for AJ's to help with the farm Spike had made pancakes and bacon Victor asked what those were !"
"So ?"
"Rarity I really doubt he came from a world with out those foods but the oddest part was when we showed him the guest room he was surprised."
"Surprised how dearie." Rarity asked looking over to Victor seeing him carefully lifting another handful of gems into a the wagon looking up he smiled and waved smiling back Rarity gave him a small wave "Rarity what I mean was he acted like he's never seen a room like that, or a shop, or a café, heck anything really !"
"Hmmmm maybe this is what Applejack meant when she said he was hiding something."
"Now do you see why-"
"Twilight I understand your worry and believe me I have it to BUT do you know what I see when I look at Victor ?"
"No ?"
"I see a young stallion tossed into a world he knows nothing about when he should be confused and scared he's excited and happy instead of dreading another day here he looks forward to it... so please give him a chance even if its a small one."
"Fine I guess I can give him a chance." Twilight said sighing slightly her ears pressed to her skull smiling at her friend Rarity gave a simple thank you before returning to work.
(hour and half later)
Looking at the gems the main six had collected they smiled at each other about the haul they had gotten together, sighing they began to gather all the tools and supplies they had brought with them gather around the cart Rarity said "Thank you for helping me my friends I don't think that i could've gotten all these gems with out you all."
"Don't sweat it Rarity !" Rainbow Dash said flying up to the mare she wrapped an arm around her shoulders smiling at her friend smiling back Rarity gave her a quick hug before the friends began laughing together until a voice spoke up "Look at dis fellas a few ponies thought they coulds come onto our gem fields !" turning the main six saw a group of diamond dogs stand together eight in all. Stepping forward was a medium sized grey doge with golden eyes he stood a foot taller than Rarity smiling down at her he continued "You sees girly we don't enjoys you stealings from us."
"Stealing I am doing no such thing." Rarity said stepping away from her friends she looked up at the diamond dog smiling back he growled a bit making her back up "Reallys now cause i thinks you are stealings form us what do you boys thinks ?" the boys nodded stepping forward. Victor walked back up to the group noticing eight new figures he began to walk forward quietly "You rude brute why would i *SMACK*" Rarity was cut off by the dog slapping her. Falling to the ground she clutched her cheek feeling it swell slightly grabbing her hair the dog pulled her head back forcing her to look him in the eyes "You listen here girly you steals froms us we......expect certain things- he paused looking down at the dishevel blouse of the mare showing some of her cleavage smiling he continued "But if you did me a favor i could looks over this ?"
"Leave her alone !" Twilight said stepping forward she saw one of the dogs rush forward lashing out with its claws closing her arms she waited for the claws to hit her only the blow never came. Opening her eyes she saw Victor standing in front of her his wings spread wide moving to the side slightly she saw the dog was surprised falling back she noticed his left hand had blood on it gasping she ran in front of Victor seeing that he had blocked the attack with his arm only getting a minor cut. Turning Victor swung his tail at the Diamond dog who had Rarity hitting him across the jaw back into his friend Victor heard him yelp "You lot better leave."
"Or what !?!" a brown diamond dog asked snarling slightly getting down low the three other followed suit smiling Victor let breathed some fire so smoke curled form his mouth and said "I'll cook you alive !" looking at the thing in front of them the dogs growled getting low they were about to attack when Victor lunged forward kneeing the brown in the face before transitioning into a round house catching the two behind him in the jaws breaking them. Sending the three diamond dogs flying backwards into the dirt that left four more looking at each of them Victor got into a fighting stance rushing him the four dogs threw four different punches blocking three Victor caught the fourth straight in his face feeling his nose break.
Staggering back he lashed out with his tail catching one of them in the gut he swung around and delivered a back hand into the side of his head knocking the diamond dog out. Turning he saw the other three rushing up again jumping up Victor vaulted over the middle one while he grabbed the one on the right mid vault he used his weight and momentum to throw the dog into the forest hearing him yelp in pain and whimpering Victor could only guess where he landed turning to the last two he snarled at them causing them to turn tail and run.
Standing up slowly Rarity felt slightly dizzy follow over slightly she felt herself collide with something looking up she saw Victor smiling down at her worriedly kneeling down slightly he asked "Are you alright ?" smiling slightly she felt a few tears in her eyes wrapping her arms around his neck she held him close Victors eyes widened in surprise looking up he saw the five mares looking at him Twi raised both hands made 'go on' motion. Lifting both arms he hugged the mare and said "Hey its okay now."
(hour later)
Walking up to Rarity's house/workplace Victor opened the door with the key he got from Pinkie stepping inside he began to walk upstairs to her room. His wound had closed up nicely it had surprised all the mares when he showed off the wound on two counts the first being how fast he was healing and the second was the fact that he had ended getting injured and after seeing the injury and horrifying experience Rarity had passed out and some how Pinkie had convinced everbody that he should take Rarity home and put her to bed.
Reaching her room Victor opened the door with his tail walking inside he tried to set the mare down only for her grip to tighten around his neck gasping he picked her up. Looking down at the mare he saw how peaceful she was sleeping sighing he mumbled "Rarity let go I've got to-"
"Please don't leave." she whimpered in her sleep snuggling closer to his chest freezing up at the words Victor remember back to his younger days and how a doctor had taken a liking to him when he was six she had treated him like a son and would read him stories or sleep with him when he was scared looking at her he said "Only if your okay with it." seeing the mare nod he sighed and made his way onto the mare covering her with covers while he lied on top of them feeling a pair of arms wrap around him he said the most comforting words that he knew "Don't worry I'm here for you and I'm never going to leave."
Waking up came slowly to Rarity she came to realize two things the first being that she was still in yesterdays clothes and the second was that her arms were wrapped around something. Opening he eyes fully she saw the sleeping face a Victor with a blissfully ignorant look gasping she let him go and back away from the sleeping man looking down at herself she saw that they weren't ripped or anything sighing she checked the sheets for the final piece of the puzzle not seeing what she was looking for she sighed. Looking at the man she thought ' He is such a gentlestallion.' walking over she tapped his forehead with her pointer finger causing the man to stir but he only turned over huffing Rarity walking over to the other side she summoned a bit of magic and shocked him, Victor jumped up eyes wide he let out a pained yelp hearing a suppressed noise he looked to his right to see Rarity with her hand over her mouth suppressing her laughter as best as she could. Rolling out of bed he stood up a little bit frowning at the mare while muttering "That wasn't funny."
"Deary I was just trying to wake you up it was all in good fun."
"Yeah.........so how are you doing." Victor asked looking up at Rarity looking down she simply shook her head in a exaggerated fashion and she said "I'm fine now and thank you for comforting me."
"It's no problem Rarity......so what do you have planned today ?"
"Well I would like to get some breakfast."
"That sounds nice........is it okay if I tag along ?" Victor asked looking down sheepishly while scratching his arm looking at him curiously Rarity giggled a little seeing such a big man like him acting like a colt asking a filly he likes out walking up she said "That sounds lovely dear."
(1 hour later)
Sitting down at one of the booths in a local café Victor was sipping some orange juice while eating French toast Rarity had settled on a mixture of fruit and some orange juice also. The two had spent time getting to know each other asking one another questions about their lives and what they had done before the other showed up Rarity had many stories to tell while Victor had to tell lie after lie 'What would they all think about me a artificial being ?' and 'Would they still wish to be my friends after I tell them the truth' were many of the thoughts that passed through his mind as he talked keeping on a well kept poker face. After awhile of talking Rarity stood up and bid Victor a good bye wishing him luck with Twilight smiling he nodded and bid her a good day, as the two went their separate ways Rarity began to make her way over to Fluttershy's cabin upon arriving she noticed that the timid mare was talking to Applejack and Pinkie about something walking up she said "Why hello what are you three doing here ?"
"Ah just came here to talk tah Fluttershy and Pinkie about Victor." AJ said pulling her stentson over her eyes while looking at the ground Rarity had her eyebrow cocked while she asked "About what ?"
"She was just apologizing for how she acted around Victor !" Pinkie said as she picked up gummy and hugging him close to her chest smiling a little at Applejack Rarity asked "What brought this on deary ?"
"Well just the way he acts on the farm he was polite and collected around granny then how he worked on the farm HECK ah couldn't keep up with him !"
"So what does this have to with apologizing to us ?"
"Well after yesterday ah started tah think and well ah think he is really good stallion."
"Yes I agree but he is hiding something from us."
"What do you mean by that ?" Fluttershy asked as she looked up from angel and some other of her little critters that she had been feeding sighing Rarity looked to the side slightly and said "Earlier we were having a wonderful discussion you know getting to know each other and asking some questions but certain answers he gave me seemed forced as if he didn't know how to answer them."
"Like what questions did yah ask him ?"
"Well life back on his world, now before you say he seemed upset he was not, he would quickly answer them or just say what seemed to be the first thing that came to his mind."
" So what maybe he just wanted tah answer them." Applejack said while crossing her arms looking at the Rarity sighing she looked down slightly in shame hers ears pressing against her skull she said "I understand that but it was how he answered and the look he gave when I asked about his family he simply said 'I simply lost touch with them.' but when I looked into his eyes and I could tell he was hiding something."
"So do you know what he is tryin to hide ?" Fluttershy asked quietly standing up while she brushed off her sundress looking to her shy friend she shook her head while sighing.
(Library)
After walking through the front door of the library the firs thing he was met with was mountains of books sitting around her living room and the second was a rather busy unicorn quickly ordering him to grab some books and help shelve them in their respective areas. After the three and a half hours of organization of the library books Victor collapsed on the cough sighing from the feeling of relaxation that spread through his body looking up he saw Twilight looking down at the half breed smiling at her he said "So Twilight how did I do ?"
"You did good Victor." She complimented looking around at the neatly stack shelves nodding at the look of all the shelves of neatly stacked books nodding slightly she said "How about we go and grab some lunch Victor."
"That sounds nice but it involves more moving." Victor said rolling his head in a exaggerated fashion with a groan sighing Twilight rubbed her eyes looking at the ceiling she said "Well I have left over food from a few nights ago that I cooked."
"Really why don't we try that ?" Victor asked sitting up looking up at the mare blushing she looked off to the side scratching her chin she said "Well not many ponies like my cooking."
"Well I think id like it."
"Alright you can have some its just some fish and noodles nothing fancy."
"Still sounds pretty good." Victor said standing up nodding Twilight led him into the dining area of her house walking in Victor helped her set up the table for two while she reheated the food after a few minute she walked in holding a small plate that had the fish on it helping her bring in the food they began to eat taking a few bites Victor paused chewing the food it seemed a bit tough looking up Twilight said "I know its not the best around but I've never really cooked up until last year."
"Not its actually really good."
"Huh ?"
"Don't huh I just said its really good I mean back home the food wasn't to die for but if it filled you up you ate it, however this is good so just keep trying."
"Oh.....ok thanks I guess so Victor what can you tell me about your world ?"
"Well I've already told you and the girls all that my world had to offer what else would you like to know ?"
"Well it just felt that you purposely left certain-"
"Twilight of course I left certain parts out of my life everybody has something they wish to hide you, me, and your friends all have something that they wouldn't want others to know..........so thanks for the food I think i'm gonna go to home." Victor said standing up while leaving and empty plate the only sound that was heard was the ticking of the grandfather clock sighing Twilight rested her head in her hands while muttering "But what are you so desperate to hide ?"
(Later that day)
Walking through the halls of the castle Celestia looked up at the night sky walking into the royal chambers she was met with her sister and Discord sitting and having a cup of tea smiling she said "So what brings the two of you here today ?"
"Well sister Discord decided to reveal a part of his reasoning behind bringing Victor into our world he already told me it but would you like to hear what he has to offer ?"
"I guess I would like to hear his reasoning." she said teleporting herself a chair she sat down at the table while Discord took a deep breath.
(Ponyville)
Sitting in Twilights living room she and her friends were in deep discussion about Victor and what he had to hide from them standing up she said "We know that he is a half breed of dragon and something called a human, we also know that he is from an entirely different dimension than us, and lastly we know that Discord brought him to our world but we don't know for what purpose and he along with Discord wont divulge it to us."
"Yes but we also know that he is really nice and loves sweets !" Pinkie pie jumped up dressed in bright pink frilly pajamas looking at her Twilight sighed ignoring the PJ's she said "Yes we also know that but whether he is hiding something is the real reason we are meeting here and discussing this."
"Yeah I agree ever since I met that thing all he has given me is a bad feeling." Rainbow Dash said slapping her palm into the middle of coffee causing a few of the drinks to almost spill grabbing at hers Fluttershy said "But Rainbow over the past few months he hasn't done anything to hurt us or prove that he wants to hurt us !"
"As much as ah would like to agree with yah shy he ain't really given us a reason tah trust him other than when he protected us but don't get me wrong ah think he is a nice guy but what is so bad he has to hid it form us all ?" Applejack said shaking her head a little she turned and looked at Rarity the unicorn hadn't really said much since they all had arrived walking over AJ nudged her friend causing her to look up franticly before calming down Applejack asked "Rarity do you have an input for us on the subject?"
"As much as I would like to say we can trust him........we can't TRULY trust him as a friend till he gives us more of a reason, we do have reason to trust him as a person through his actions."
"So what is it your trying to say Rarity ?" Twilight said looking to her friend looking around her Rarity seemed to be fighting her own mind she said "I hate my self for saying this since the time we met him I have grown to like him but until he tells us what bothering him I don't think we can call him our friend."
"So what do we do ?" Pinkie asked her hair straightening and turning darker looking at her friend Rarity said "I already know what needs to be done but I'll handle it for now you girls have a nice night." she concluded giving them a small bow before she left to her home after arriving she walked up to her room stripping down to her underwear looking at her self her eyes traveled down her body and stopped on a certain aspect of her body sighing she dressed into her pajamas and went to bed with a final thought 'I hope he still sees me as the mare I am.'
(Mid Afternoon a couple days later)
Walking through the town Victor was lightly whistling differing tunes as he made his way over to Rarity's house/business to help with a project of hers he was dressed in a loose plain white T-shirt and black cargo pants. Turning a corner he rolled his neck feeling a satisfying pop go through his neck sighing in relief he let his mind start to wonder to a subject that had been coming to light in his mind recently 'Maybe I should tell them the truth about what I am.' sighing he rubbed his eyes after the thought he knew that if he wanted to earn their trust he would have to tell them and he knew who he should divulge that secret to first and that was Rarity after all she trusted him with a secret of her own.
(A couple days earlier)
Sitting in the shop Victor felt slightly uncomfortable looking around he saw many beautiful looking clothes and dresses strewn across the room earlier that day Rarity had called him saying she needed to talk to him about an important matter. So immediately making his way to the house he was met with a few heavy items for him to move and the promise of some cakes after helping her move many of the items he was told to sit in the waiting room while she had gathered the food and beverage's, hearing the clattering of plates he turned to see Rarity making her way in holding a couple of plates while levitating some tea and cakes setting them down on the table she smiled to Victor and said "Well here you are darling I hope you enjoy this, so how has your day been ?"
"Pretty good got to help you with some work and now I'm getting food."
"You're a stallion of simple tastes now aren't you deary ?"
"Yep I mean I'm not exactly used to this kind of treatment back home."
"Yes well you should get used to it here we will treat you right."
"I know Rarity I know.........."
"So Victor what is it that you don't want to talk about when ever me or the girls bring up your old life ?"
"Rarity its just that my old life wasn't the best and its something I would rather be put behind me."
"I understand that darling but we all have something like that and friends can help put those demons to rest if you let them."
"What do you mean by that ?" Victor asked raising an eyebrow at the unicorn mare sighing she looked down to the side her eye brows slightly furrowed one of her hands on her side she suddenly stood up moving to sit beside Victor causing him to stiffen slightly looking up at the ceiling Rarity said "You Victor I trust you I think of you as a very dear friend."
"I know but what-"
"So I think I'll let you know something about me, you see years before I moved here I used to live in the big city Canterlot to be specific you see my parents are wealthy entrepreneurs and after I suggested making that they leaned me some money so i could start my own business and I was doing rather well with the business for a few years."
"Okay ?"
"And it wasn't till around four or five years ago I had decided to leave that awful city and none of the girls know the reason why I chose to live in this small town but you see one night I was staying late in the shop when a stallion broke in not realizing I was there working late so when I heard the noise I went to check only to see him walking in wearing a mask over his face-" Rarity took a deep and shaky breath before she continued "- he attacked me when he knew that I knew he was their cutting me on my left side I fell to the ground bleeding rather badly screaming and at that point he had decided to try and.......try and-" at that point Rarity had stopped her story covering her mouth with her hand eyes screwed shut.
Reaching out his hand Victor wrapped it around her and brought her into warm hug whispering softly to her "It's okay." after a few minutes she let out a light hiccup pulling away she sniffled and said "But he didn't do it but mostly because a guard had heard the commotion and stopped him in time, I was then sent to the hospital to treat my wounds which from being stabbed and held down I walked away from that confrontation a little less than okay but after that incident I left the city and moved out here to a small town for safety."
"Rarity why are you telling me this ?"
"because I trust you and there's one other thing I need to show you." standing up she stepped in front of the man lifting the left side of her shirt up to reveal a slightly large scar that went down diagonally to her hip it was around two maybe three inches staring at it Victor reach out and gave the skin a light touch feeling the slight deference in the feeling "I usually keep it hidden with magic because of the shame it carries."
"What shame ?"
"Victor It's an-" Before Rarity could even begin the sentence Victor shot up towering over the mare glaring down at her growling lightly he said "I may not understand what you went through Rarity but let me tell you this I will always be in your corner as a friend and this scar well..." Victor drifted off lifting up his own shirt showing off a few of the scars that he had gained over the years "... I think we all have scars we want to hide."
Staring at a few of the scars Rarity looked over his stomach and abs staring at the criss crossing lines she began to move down only to notice that he was missing something.......a belly button. Looking up at him she smiled and gave a slight nod blushing from realizing that she had been staring looking up at him she motioned for him to lean closer doing so Rarity gave him a quick peck on the cheek and whispered "I hope you can keep this a secret between us and can trust me a bit more."
(Present time)
Reaching Rarity's house Victor knocked on the door a couple of times and waited for a response it took a few minutes but soon the door was opened to reveal the purple haired unicorn looking up at the dragon hybrid smiling she said "So how are you doing today ?"
"I've been good today Rarity I actually came to talk to you about something."
"Oh and what's that ?"
"Is it alright if we make our way inside and discuss ?"
"Uh.......sure just follow me inside." Rarity said motioning him inside smiling at her he made his way inside minding the door frame making their way into the den both sat down at the coffee table looking up at Victor Rarity smiled at him and asked "So Victor what are you wanting to talk about ?"
"The truth about me Rarity you know what I am and where I come from I want to come clean to you."
"What about the others ?"
"Rarity I'll tell them in my own time but you shared something sensitive with me and I feel that because of that I can-"
"Victor I understand what your saying but If I somehow forced this out of you I apologize you-"
"NO Rarity your trusted me you basically treated my like one of your friends you put your trust into me with your story so I'm gonna do the same all I ask is it stays between the two of us."
"Ok Victor I won't tell a soul I PInkie Promise." Rarity said going through the motions of the promise making Victor giggle slightly after wards she said "So what is it you wished to talk about ?"
(An hour later)
Rarity stared at Victor slightly shocked about what she just learned staring down at her hands she noticed that she had gripped her dress in her fist and she was white knuckled taking a deep breath she relaxed a bit letting go of the dress she stood up and said "Victor I'm sorry for your past and............I feel terrible for making you tell-"
"Rarity you didn't force me plus it wasn't all bad I mean some of the scientist were nice I was feed and clothed-"
"Victor they treated you like an animal from what you told me they didn't show you any love and and-" Rarity couldn't find the word but she ended up giving Victor a hug saying "Victor I promise that I will always be here for you no matter what !"
"Thanks Rarity that means a lot." Victor said hugging her back being careful as not to put to much force into the hug from the emotions that were overflowing from his mind looking up he noticed that it was dark outside pulling away he said "Looks like its late I better get back to Applejack before she freaks."
"None sense deary you can stay here for the night."
"Are you sure ?"
"Of course I am darling now let me show you to the guest room."
(Later that night)
Tossing and turning Rarity couldn't fall asleep it seemed to be taunting her by drawing her in the quickly ripping itself away sitting up she grunted looking around the room she could only notice how empty it had felt for the last few weeks. Looking down at the covers she had a light bulb moment grabbing a spare pillow and a small blanket she began to make her way down the stairs to the guest room, as she made her way to the door she carefully placed her ear against the door hearing no motion from the other side she gently opened the door pushing it in she looked to see Victor peacefully sleeping. Tip toeing to the bed she whispered to Victor "Hey Victor are you awake ?"
"*Slight snore*"
"Okay would you mind if I slept with you tonight ?"
"*Mumbles* ............Rarity."
"I'll take that as a yes thank you Victor." Rarity said sliding in beside Victor she put the pillow down before laying her head down she gave Victor a quick kiss on his lips laying her head down she yawned out "Good night my shining knight." before sleep claimed Rarity she felt a pair of arms wrap around her bringing her into a warm hug that helped he fall asleep faster.
