My Little Pony: Fixing The Rhythm
...Fixit
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe stallion followed closely behind Princess Sparkle as she showed him around town. She took him to special landmarks, or what was left of them, and told him about how the town was founded. But as they walked our intrepid young stallion began to notice something about the town. Something he found quite odd and surprising, but in a good way. This thing that he noticed was that the town was comprised mostly, of very, very, very, cute mares. Now a town of mostly mares was nothing new, after all Equestria was about four or five mares to every one stallion. What got to him was how sweet and nice they all were. Every once in a while the princess would stop his tour to answer questions or give orders and such. And when she did some mares, and also stallions too, would ask who he was and Princess Sparkle would explain to them that he was there to help. And so they would smile and greet him and seemed genuinely happy that he was there. Not a single one of them was rude or like "Ugh, about time!" or anything like that. He then reminded himself not every mare was like the mares back home. Now the reason he let Twilight do all the talking was because in actuality our stallion although he seemed confident, was actually very shy, especially around cute mares. And since he thought every mare he had ever met was cute this sometimes presented him with some minor problems, like getting tongue tied or stuttering or just looking like a complete idiot.
It was at one of these stops that our hero found himself looking around and spotted a delivery truck and some pegasi in the air. Now normally this wouldn't be odd or anything new but he noticed that the back of the truck was open and two of the pegasi were arguing. Again nothing new. What worried the stallion was how the truck began to lean back and how a particularly heavy looking grand piano, which looked quite well crafted, by the way, was sliding about inside it. "Uh Excuse me!" He called out to the airborne arguing horses. "Excuse me!" He called again but louder this time. He then sighed. Either they didn't hear him or they were too engrossed with their argument to pay attention. He then mentally made a path as to where he thought the piano would crash if it did fall, wanting to prepare for the worst, and found when he reached the ground that there was a mare in its path looking at different colored ribbons. She was a unicorn with a pure white coat and a purple curly mane and tail. She had blue eyes and her cutie mark seemed to be three diamonds. She also seemed to be muttering to herself about something, as if having an internal argument of her own. Our stallion looked up at the truck again and the piano was getting closer and closer to the edge of the back of the truck and its open doorway. "Uh Miss?" He called out to her. "Uh hey Miss?" He called out again. And again his words went unheard. He then heard a gasp and looked up as the piano did as he predicted and fell out of the truck much to the delivery pegasi's horror.
Everything moved in slow motion for the stallion now. He rushed forward much to the confusion of Princess sparkle and the earth pony she was speaking to, and galloped as hard as he could towards the white and purple mare who was frozen n fear. He then tackled her out of the way of the Piano and they rolled for a few feet before he landed on top of her on thee of his hooves while one held her close as if protecting her which caused her to blush quite deeply. Luckily he had gotten to her just in time and they were both safe. Though the mare was a bit confused, who was this stallion? If he was from Ponyville surely she would know him, it wasn't that big of a town. But she had never seen his face before, and what a handsome face it was looking all serious and heroic like that. She looked past him at the wrecked piano that had almost crushed her and she paled a bit. If it wasn't for this stallion she would most certainly be badly injured if nothing else. She then told herself she would have to thank him properly.
That was then the stallion then suddenly got a look of shock and horror in his eyes as well and looked down at her before dropping her and scrambling away so fast that if not for the fact that his horn hadn't been glowing you'd think he would have teleported. The mare then brushed herself off and fixed her mane curious about his strange sudden behavior but then noticed the blush on his face and smiled. "Aww, he's shy! How adorable!" She thought to herself. The stallion however was thinking something totally different. "Stupid stupid stupid! Why didn't you just levitate the thing with your horn? Now she probably thinks you're some kind of weird pervert who was trying to cop a feel! Ugh! Stupid!" He mentally yelled at himself beating himself up.
"Are you alright sweetie?" Came an angelic yet slightly posh voice. The stallion was pulled from his thoughts by it and looked around to see the mare he had just saved smiling at him but also had a look of concern in her eyes.
"Huh? What? Wait no I'm fine!" He shad shaking his head trying to get some order back into his thoughts. "I should be asking you that, that thing almost flattened you!" He exclaimed moving closer to her to make sure she was alright.
The mare smiled and puffed out her chest. I assure you I'm fine. I may be a lady of class but I am more then capable of taking care of myself." She said confidently. "Not that I mind being saved by a strong handsome young stallion." She said. "My hero." She added leaning in close to him and batting her eyes causing him to blush and her to giggle.
The stallion chuckled a bit himself and rubbed his neck. "What? Who me? Oh I'm no hero. Actually my name is-"
"Rarity!" Came multiple voices. The two unicorns turned to see Twilight and some other ponies running towards them, along with an especially worried looking light purple and green baby dragon who gave our hero the stink eye once they got closer as if to say; "Back off she's mine!" which caused the repair pony stallion to take a step back.
"Rarity are you alright? This guy didn't do anything to you did he?" The baby dragon asked giving the stallion that saved her another pointed look.
"Spike don't be rude! Master Inventous just saved Rarity's life." Twilight scolded placing a hoof on his head.
"She's right, and I'm fine. Don't worry about me my dear Spikey-wikey." She said to the dragon making him swoon. She then turned our hero and smiled. "So you are the famous Inventous steampunk that our dear Twilight has been gushing over." She said and batted her eyes and winked at him. "Cuter then I expected."
"That was a new one." "What? Wait no you've got it all wrong." He told them. "I'm not Master Inventous." He said placing a hoof to his chest.
"What?" The crown asked all shocked.
"I'm not Master Inventous. He couldn't make it so he sent me instead. Well actually it was Princess Celestia's idea. But I digress. Didn't you know? You were supposed to get a letter about it." The stallion explained to them. Twilight then looked at spiked who looked at the blue clad Stallion then at her and shrugged.
"Well if you're not Master Inventous, then who are you?" Twilight asked.
"Oh right, I never got the chance to introduce myself properly. I'm Master Inventous' former student and apprentice. My name is Fixit, Fixit Rhythm." He explained.
Everypony was in shock and surprised. None of them had ever heard of any Fixit Rhythm or of Inventous Stempunk taking any students. They began to whisper to themselves and some even accused him of lying even though he actually did no such thing. Twilight had mixed feelings. She agreed that she had also never heard if this Stallion but then again that didn't mean he was lying or couldn't help. Besides if Princess Ceslestia was the one who sent him here it had to mean something right? Besides, he'd not only saved Rarity's life but fixed Applejack's wagon. That had to mean something right. "Well in any case, you may not be who we were expecting, but we're glad for the help." Twilight said shaking his hoof.
Fixit smiled. He had expected everypony to be angry that he wasn't his old master but they seemed to be pretty understanding, especially the princess. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all. "Glad to be of help your highness." He said smiling back.
"Please just call me Twilight." She told him.
"Ok, Princess Twilight." He said half serious half trying to make a joke to relieve any tension. After that things began moving quite fast. Twilight finished her tour with Fixit allowing him to evaluate all the major repairs and such that needed to be done and he was also able to meet the last of the Elements of Harmony a yellow Pegasus named Fluttershy, who he recognized as a model which seemed to embarrass her yet make her happy a little as well. An f nothing else, her name certainly did fit her perfectly. Meanwhile Fixit got to work right away and his first order of business? Rebuilding town hall. As time went on Fixit found himself being more of a construction site foreman than anything else. Telling ponies where to put things how certain structures were supposed to go and such. Of course every opportunity he got to work on something himself he took full advantage of. But then he was also working on rebuilding Rarity's boutique and a new town library as well as a few stores. It felt weird being the one giving the orders to other ponies rather than being the one to get his hooves dirty. He then figured this must have been how Master Inventous felt when he was in charge of big projects.
And now, it had been three weeks since Fixit had come to Ponyville. The town was looking pretty good, but he like many of the townsfolk still, slept in a tent in the outskirts of town. Twilight had opened her castle up for anypony who needed a place to stay but she could only fit so many. The same went for all the other houses and shops that had been rebuilt already. Luckily they should be done with all the repairs for the town by then end of the day thanks to everyone working together. And a little unicorn and princess magic. And so Fixit put on his suit, grabbed his goggles and tool belt. And headed out to start the day.
Author's Note
And there you have it folks chapter two. Again thank you all for reading and I hope you like it. And all those wondering why there wasn't an interaction scene with Rainbow or Fluttershy don't worry they will be in the next chapter I promise. Also if anyone is interested in doing some charity work I'm looking for someone to draw some Fan Art of Fixit. I won't be able to pay you, hence charity work. But I can and will make you a permanent character in the story if you would like. So if you are interested feel free to send me a private message Please and thank you. Also don't forget to follow and review, all criticism helps.
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