Things are going very well for Daniel now, but now he's gonna put his skills to the test and reveal what he can really do. First battle scene in the story, and be reminded that every battle scene will be in 3rd person. Be noted the Green means click the link to start the music and Red means stop the music. Enjoy.

Special thanks to Halo40KInquisitor for the edit on this chapter. He will be my new editor. You rock my friend.

Chapter 7: Performance and battle for Ponyville

(Daniel POV)

Another beautiful day rose over Twilights house and the sun’s warmth hit my face, making me awaken from my slumber. I slowly opened my eyes and rose up from my bed. I yawned and stretched, while I was feeling my senses again, and my body awakening. I looked up and saw that Twilight and Spike were already up. I looked at the clock and saw it was time for me to get up, because I had to get to the farm and help Applejack. I pulled the sheets off and rose up from my bed. I walked downstairs while putting my jacket on, yawning again in the process. I then proceeded into the kitchen to get some breakfast before I start my day at the farm.

Twilight was reading a book and Spike was making breakfast as usual. Twilight looked up and saw me, and flashed me a smile.

"Good morning Daniel." She greeted.

I smiled back, "Morning Twilight. Sleep well?"

Twilight blushed a little, "Umm...very well, thank you."

She still must be nervous and embarrassed about from her dream she had last night. Even though I didn't exactly know what she was dreaming about, but I clearly knew it was about me, since she mumbled my name in her sleep and said 'I love you'.

I decided not to bring it up, since I didn't want her to be too embarrassed about this. I gave her a smile and nod and sat down at the table, while Spike brought a plate of french toast, another dish I enjoyed back on Earth, but will taste better. I was eating slightly quicker than usual because Applejack would be waiting for me at the farm.

"You seem to be in a hurry." Spike said.

I swallowed my food and said, "Yeah. I got a job at the farm and I don't want to be late."

"You don't have to rush, I'm sure Applejack will understand." Spike said.

I thought about it for a least a minute. It is my first day on the job, and maybe Applejack will probably cut me some slack on my first day, but I still don't want her to wait for me. I then shrugged, "Okay, I'll take it slow, but I still don't want her to wait for me for a long time."

After around 4 minutes or so, we finally finished breakfast and we were now ready for our day.

I placed my shoes on and walked to the door with my bag and sword, along with Twilight and Spike.

"You two going somewhere?" I asked them.

"We need to go to the supply shop to get more quills and scrolls." She answered.

I nodded and opened the door, and were face to face with Rarity.

"Oh, good morning Rarity. What brings you here?" I asked her.

Rarity smiled at me, "Just here to drop off your clothing darling. I hope you like them." She said holding a bag in front of me.

I nodded and took the bag from her, and then brought out my Bit bag, "How much do I owe you for the clothing?" I asked.

"Oh, you don't have to pay me anything darling. I was more than happy to make the clothing for you." She explained with the smile still on her face.

I recoiled with shock. She doesn't want any of my bits? Especially since she focused so much on them? I was feeling bad and amazed at the same time, bad that it felt like I was taking advantage of her, and happy she was doing this for me, for nothing in return.

"Nothing? Not even one bit?" I asked shocked.

Rarity shook her head, "Nothing in return darling."

"I...I don't know what to say.." I was so speechless. These ponies continue to surprise me and show me so much than I bargained for. I looked back at Rarity, and then smiled. I placed the bag of clothes down, along with my bit bag, and surprised her with a hug, "Thank you, Rarity."

I knew she was blushing, because I can feel the heat in her cheeks rise, but she then returned the hug.

"Anytime, Darling." She whispered into my ear.

I released the hug and smiled at her. I looked back at Twilight and Spike. Twilight was smiling and….uh oh, Spike's giving me the stink eye again. I better change this.

"Ahem, anyway, I better-"

"HEY DANIEL!"

A familiar tomboyish voice was heard in the distance and I saw a rainbow trail heading our way. The rainbow trail stopped and Rainbow Dash gently landed on the ground.

"Nice landing." I commented while grinning.

"Thanks. I've been practicing. I've been looking for you, and hope we can get started on our training." She said enthusiastically.

I raised an eyebrow in confusion. What did she mean by..OOOOH! She means her MMA training! Gosh, I forgot about that! "I would like to get started Rainbow, but that's gonna have to wait later on. I have to get to the farm and help Applejack out." I explained while rubbing the back of my head.

Rainbow frowned a little. Guess she was really looking forward to it for a while, "Oh.."

"Hey.." I placed my hand on her shoulder making her look up at me, "I'll see if I can get out of work early, and then we can get started, alright?" I asked while smiling.

She smiled a little, "Alright, but don't forget!"

I chuckled a little, "I won't. Well, better get going. See you all later!" I said waving goodbye to the girls and running down the path to the farm. Around a few minutes later, I was able to make it to the farm right on time. I finally made it and saw Applejack with a wagon and some empty buckets.

"Applejack!" I called out getting her attention.

"Howdy Daniel! Glad ya made it." She said smiling.

"Wouldn't want to be late on my first day on the job, now would I?" I said grinning.

"Who's this, sis?" Asked a deep stallion voice.

I turned and my eyes widened a little. The stallion I saw was red, had an orange mane, tail, wore a white T-shirt, and jeans, along with emerald eyes like Applejack and had a green apple cutie mark with a slice in it. I'll tell ya, he's pretty big for a regular Stallion.

"Big Mac, this is Daniel Blaze, the one me and Granny Smith hired yesterday. Daniel, this is Big Mac, mah older brother." Applejack said to the two of us.

"How come I didn't meet him yesterday?" I asked.

"He sprained his leg a little when he was pickin apples from yesterday mornin, so he retired the rest of the day yesterday." Applejack explained.

"Oh I see." I looked up at Big Mac and smiled at him while extending my hand to him, "It's nice to meet you Big Mac."

"Eeyup." He replied shaking my hand.

Holy Hell, his hands are bigger than mine, not to mention he's very bulky. I bet he could beat me in an arm wrestling contest!

"So, what's the plan today, AJ?" I asked.

Applejack blushed when I called her that.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"It's fine sugarcube. Mah friends call me AJ as well. Ah don't mind." She explained while smiling a little.

I smiled a little as well, "Alright then. Anyways, what are we doing today?"

"We have an order today from Ponyville to a pony named Filthy Rich. He's the most wealthiest pony in Ponyville. He ordered about 300 apples and want us to meet him in Ponyville square in 3 hours." Applejack explained.

Holy Shit! 300 Apples!? Damn, this guy sounds rich. Knowing the plan, I nodded, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get to picking!" I said enthusiastically while placing my bag, sword and jacket down.

Applejack and Big Mac smiled and nodded in agreement.

The three of us walked down to the orchard, and we each grabbed two buckets that’ll hold around 20 each. We each went to a tree and got started.

Like before, I jumped from branch to branch, picking each apple and placing them in the buckets. The process was pretty hard work, but it was also fun!

After around 10 minutes of going through the tree, I picked all the apples and carried them to the wagon. I placed them in the wagon and grabbed two more empty buckets.

Both Applejack and Big Mac were doing pretty well too. They both finished their trees, and placed them in the wagon as well. They were a little behind me, but that didn't stop me from working.

As the minutes rolled by, the temperature from the sun increased, making it really hot. I was wiping sweat off of my head as I continued picking the apples and placing them in the buckets. I finally finished my two buckets and sighed, and landed on the ground.

Damn, it's getting hotter and hotter every second. I couldn't take the heat and I took off my shirt, feeling a slow cool breeze brush against my sweaty body. I placed my shirt on my shoulder and started taking the buckets to the wagon.

I saw Applejack there and was done with her next load of apples. She wiped some sweat off of her head and sighed, "Golly, never knew the heat would go up like this." She then turned around," Ah'm nearly sweating like ah-"

She stopped and saw me without my shirt on, and was blushing like crazy, until her face was as red as the apples.

"Oh, the heat was getting intense, and I took off my shirt to prevent heat stroke." I explained.

She hesitantly nodded and shook her head, "O-o-okay. Come on, we got a few more buckets left."

I nodded and grabbed two more. The two of us got to two trees that were next to each other and we started picking them. I saw AJ was eyeing me a little, while I was picking the apples, as her blush increased, looking at my muscular body. Taking advantage of this, I decided to tease her a little.

"Enjoying the show, AJ?" I teased while smirking.

That made AJ's face flare bright crimson and she darted her eyes away from me and continued picking the apples.

I simply chuckled and continued picking the apples. As I did, I noticed that she was still eyeing me a little, and saw her blush increase. I wanted to tease her a little more, but decided not to, since she was embarrassed enough.

After the course of around 2 and a half hours, we finally finished picking 300 apples. I wiped the last of my sweat and sighed.

"Man, that was a lot of hard work, but it was also pretty fun." I said smiling.

"Thank ya kindly fer helpin us out sugarcube." Applejack thanked.

I smiled, "Anytime AJ." I put my shirt back on, and saw it was much to her disappointment. Aw why not? I decided to tease her again, for a little fun.

"You okay AJ?" I asked.

She jolted a little and blushed, "Uhh..y-yeah, ah'm fine.."

I smirked a little, "What? You like it when I don't have my shirt on?"

her face flared bright crimson again "Nonono!.Ah-ah mean uhh.."

I laughed, "I'm just teasin ya AJ." I said patting her back, "Come on, we gotta get these apples to Ponyville Town Square."

AJ, Mac, and I walked down the path to Ponyville with the wagon full of apples.

"Glad ya helped us out Daniel. We coudlda never git this done without yer help." Mac said smiling.

I smiled back, "It's a pleasure to help you and AJ out anyway I can."

We finally made it to the town square, and we saw a stallion. He had cream fur, rich black mane and tail, a blue business suit and had a money bag cutie mark on his arm. I'm guessing this guy this Filthy Rich.

"Ah, Applejack and Big Mac, you've arrived right on schedule. You never see to impress me." He said.

"Well, we woulda never gotten it done without some help some a certain somepony." Applejack said smiling.

"Really? And who might be this certain pony?" He asked.

"That would be me sir." I replied getting his attention.

He was a little surprised by me, but then he asked, "And who might you be?"

I smiled and held my hand out, "My name is Daniel Blaze the Human, and you must be Mr. Rich. It's a pleasure to meet the wealthiest stallions in Ponyville."

He smiled and shook my hand, "A pleasure to meet you as well, Daniel." He then released my hand and looked back at the two farmers, "So he's the one who helped you two out?"

"Yes sir, and he's one mighty good worker." Applejack commented.

"I see." he looked back at me, "I like to thank you for helping them out, Mr. Daniel."

"It was a pleasure, Mr. Rich." I replied smiling.

He smiled back, "Now then, I believe I owe you some bits for your services." He then brought out three cases and opened them, revealing hundreds of bits.

AJ and Mac smiled and took the cases, "Thank ya fer doing buisness with us, Filthy Rich. We'll be lookin forward to yer next order." Applejack thanked.

"Anytime." Rich said as he whistled for two of his servants and they started carrying the wagon.

We watched them walk out of sight and we then walked back to the farm, with three cases of bits.

"Whoowee! That was the best order we've ever made!" Applejack cheered.

"Eeyup." Big Mac said nodding.

"I couldn't agree more." I added while smiling.

"We still can't thank ya enough fer yer help, sugarcube." Applejack thanked to me.

I smiled, "It was a pleasure to help you, Applejack."

Applejack and Big Mac smiled, "Wait out here and we'll git yer payment fer the day."

I nodded and the two walked into the house. I waited around 5 minutes and Applejack came back out with a huge sack.

"This sac contains 80 bits, and it's yers." she said handing the bag to me.

Wow! That's a lot of bits! "You sure you wanna give me this much?" I asked.

"Take it partner. It's the least we can do fer ya after the help ya gave us today." She said smiling.

I smiled and placed the sac in my bag, "Thanks." I then placed my jacket back on and placed my sword and bag on my bag.

"AJ!" we turned and saw Big Mac coming to us, "Why don't ya take the rest of the day off? Ah can take care of things here."

"Yer sure Big Mac? Ah don't want ya ta hurt yerself again." Applejack said unsure.

"Ah'll be fine. Now go on and be with yer friends! And Daniel..." He said turning to me.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Look after mah sis fer me, kay?" He asked winking at me.

Knowing what he meant, I blushed deeply.

"BIG MAC!" AJ shouted while blushing deeply as well.

Mac laughed, "Ah'm only kidding." He said walking off, leaving us alone.

Awkward silence fell between us, until AJ's phone went off. She took it out and answered it.

"Howdy?"

"..."

"Yeah?"

"..."

Yeah, we're at the farm."

"..."

"WHAT!? SHE'S BACK!?"

"..."

"Alright, we'll be there shortly."

She hung her phone up and placed it in her pocket.

"Who was that?" I asked.

"That was Twilight. She's tellin us to meet her, and the others at the town square immediately." She explained.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"No time! Come on!" She said and grabbed my hand and the two of us started running to the town square. We finally made it to the town square again and saw it was different. There was a traveling stage, along with a crowd of ponies circling the front. Guess we made it just in time. We ran up to our friends who were in the front of the stage.

"Glad you two made it." Twilight said.

The two of us nodded.

The front stage opened and dark blue smoke was everywhere.

"COME ONE! COME ALL! COME AND WITNESS THE ASTOUNDING COMEBACK OF THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!" A voice called out from nowhere.

Flash of Sparks went everywhere and the dark blue smoke thickened on the stage. Appearing from the smoke emerged a mare with Brilliant azure fur, dark grayish violet eyes, and a pale cornflower blue mane wearing a purple hat with multiple stars, a matching cape, and wearing wizard garments.

Already, my gut was telling me that this mare was trouble.

She looked down at us and gave Twilight and the others an evil smirk, "Hello Twilight and friends. Did you all miss me?"

"Trixie!" They all shouted.

"That's right, The Great and Powerful Trixie has returned to take her place as the most talented unicorn in all of Equestria!" Trixie boasted aloud, praising herself as her sparklers flashed and burst in explosions.

What a showoff. She thinks she's all great, but my gut was telling me that she's just a showoff and a bragger.

"Didn't you learn anything the last time you were here Trixie!?" Spike shouted.

Last time? Something happened before I came here. Guess I'll have to get the information later on. I looked up at the Azure pony and she had a pissed off face. Guess she got humiliated by Twilight and the others.

"Okay Trixie. You're back, but for what? Payback? Revenge?" Twilight questioned, wanting information of the magician's return.

Trixie just erupted in laughter at the unicorn's question.

Twilight and the others just looked at each other, leaving me confused by her action. Finally, she calmed down and wiped a tear from her eye.

"Revenge? You honestly think this all was for silly vengeance? This is merely to prove to all of you that I am a FAR superior pony than you and your friends, Twilight Sparkle!" Trixie hissed coldly, earning a disgusted expression from Twilight, her friends, and myself.

I was not liking her one bit.

"What makes you think you're better than Twilight, Trixie!?" Spike asked pointing his finger at her.

She then smirked evilly again, sending a little shiver down my spine. I don't like where this is going one bit.

"I'll need one moment." She then walked off stage to the back.

I looked at the others, who were nervous to what's gonna happen next. Something told me this wasn’t gonna end well.

I heard the curtains open again and she emerged from it. The top of her head had a horn, that was glowing azure, making me note she was a unicorn. Two objects were wrapped in the aura and was thrown to the front of the stage with a loud 'THUD'.

"Do these answer your question, fools?" She asked proudly.

The objects she threw was a large scale, nearly almost as big as Spike. It looked very rough and had a scarlet color, which was a different shade of red. The other was a large, thin tooth that was 4 feet long and looked like to be a crocodile tooth.

"No way! Are those…those..." Spike couldn't even finish his sentence. The sudden shock appeared to have halted all thought processing functions within his brain.

To his reaction, this scale and tooth must belong to a powerful creature.

"A Scarlet scale and a Tooth? That belongs to a Vironous!?" Twilight finished just as equally shocked.

Wanting more info about this, I stepped in and asked, "Not trying to spoil the moment, but what's a Vironous?" I asked.

Twilight's horn glowed and showed an image of a powerful creature that looks really dangerous. The monster had scales are the color scarlet, it has spikes all over it's tail, two big ones on its elbows and shoulders, red slitted eyes, a muzzle as long as a Gharial’s, which was a crocodile that lives in my world still, stood on four legs, and had two, slender arms.

"A Vironous is a very powerful creature that lives deeply in the Everfree Forest, and are very powerful creatures. Finding one is extremely rare, since they live in the deepest parts of underground, and only come up to the surface when feeding or resting in the sun. Their scales are very tough, only can be pierced by tough material. Their teeth are capable of biting through steel with ease, but their jaws are weak, but they can still bite through them and can breath fire." Twilight explained while the image faded.

Damn, this creature looks dangerous enough, but can breath fire, has a formidable defense, and jaws that can bite through steel makes this creature more dangerous than I thought.

"But that's impossible!" Spike assured. "Nopony is that powerful enough, or crazy enough, to go up against something like that! How did you even get those in the first place!?"

"More like nopony has ever been brave enough. And Trixie doesn't have to explain her victory to a simple baby dragon that looks like he should still be in diapers. Face it, Trixie has performed a feat which nopony would ever hope or even attempt to accomplish; unlike you and your little Lame Six!" Trixie boasted coldly, before giving a triumphant laugh as she placed a menacing burn on Twilight and her friends. Even Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy looked steamed.

I too was at the edge of my rope. Not only was she a showoff, but she was also a bragger and a bully. I looked at Rainbow, who had a glare that could stare into the deepest of souls. Knowing what's she's gonna do, I stood ready.

"Why I oughta-!" She shouted, about to run at her, but I quickly placed my hand on her shoulder, making her stop and look up at me.

"Forget it Rainbow. She's not worth it." I turned to the rest of them, "We wasted enough time here. Let's go." I said walking away.

Suddenly, I was enveloped in a azure aura and was hauled into the air, "WHAT THE!?" I was then hovered back to the group, but then went over to Trixie, who’s horn was glowing azure as well.

"What's the big idea!? Put me down this instant!" I shouted trying to struggle free from her grasp.

Trixie was circling me, while inspecting me, "Trixie has never seen a creature like you before. What are you suppose to be?"

"I'm a human. My name's Daniel." I greeted while trying to keep my cool.

Trixie then laughed, "YOU!? A human!? Don't make Trixie laugh. Humans are nothing but old ponytales."

I growled at her. She's now pushing my buttons. I was then wrapped in a lavender aura and was hauled away from her, and was rejoined with Twilight and the others.

"You okay Daniel?" Twilight asked me while the aura disappeared.

"Yeah." I nodded while straightening my shirt, "She's such a loud mouth."

"I hear that." Spike said agreeing with me.

"Ya stay away frum Daniel, ya hear Trixie!?" Applejack shouted at the magician.

"Please, you hairless friend is simply a waste of Trixie’s time. Trixie believes he may be some use to her." She said not impressed.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOAR!

A sudden roar caught us all by surprise. The sound of this roar came from a very large creature. We then heard and felt the ground rumbling.

I turned to the source and my eyes widened. It was...a Vironous. It was freakin huge. Around 4 feet higher than Twilight's library. Drool dropped from its fangs and looked at us with hungry red eyes as it slowly made its way to the town. I noticed there was something wrong with it. A small hole was in the center of its mouth, and a slab of pink flesh was seen on the top of its forehead.

My eyes widened in shock, now that I put the pieces together. I snapped my head back at Trixie with a scowl on my face and pointed my finger at her, "YOU NEVER DEFEATED A VIRONOUS IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU SIMPLY TORE THE SCALE AND TOOTH OFF OF IT SO YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF LOOK BETTER!" I roared.

The ponies gasped and shot angry looks at Trixie, who was now frightened out of her mind at the sight of the creature.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!

The vironous heard my shouting and walked closer to the town.

"EVERYPONY, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Shouted a mare.

The ponies started screaming and running for the hills and to their homes, hoping the Vironous wouldn't eat them.

"YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" Rainbow roared, grabbing Trixie by the throat, "BECAUSE OF YOU, THE VIRONOUS IS GOING TO MAKE PONYVILLE INTO ITS PERSONAL FEEDING GROUND!"

Twilight grabbed Rainbow with her magic and pulled her away, "Now's not the time Rainbow! We have to do something before the Vironous get's here."

"There's nothing we can do!" Trixie said getting up weakly, "By the time it gets here, we're all doomed!"

I looked back at the Vironous, who was now at the edge of town, entering for its feeding time. Knowing the danger everypony was in, everything will become nothing but rubble. I looked back at my sword on my back, and thought for a second. They all gave me so much when I came to this world….and now it's time for me to return the favor. I nodded to myself and took my bag off my back.

"Twilight!" I shouted tossing my bag to her.

Twilight turned and caught my bag with her magic, "Daniel..?"

I had a face of determination and smiled a little, "Get everypony to cover, and make sure they stay clear of the Vironous." I commanded.

Twilight's eyes widened, knowing what I have planned, "Are you insane!? You can't fight against the Vironous! You'll get killed!"

The rest of the girls gasped in shock.

"Daniel! Don't go to it! We'll find another way to stop it!" Spike pleaded.

I shook my head, "We're running out of time. If we don't act now, we'll all die. I'll be fine. I was trained under the best for something like this. Trust me." I reassured while smiling.

They all looked at me, knowing this is a bad idea, but knew I was right.

"Please don't die on us sugarcube." Applejack said with a tear falling from her eye.

I smiled and nodded, "I'll be fine. Now, get to cover!" I commanded, and ran to the Vironous.

(3rd person POV)

Twilight and the others watch Daniel run off to the source of the Vironous's location.

"Please be careful." Twilight muttered.

"He certainly is brave." Rarity said.

"I hope he knows what he's doing." Spike said.

Meanwhile, Daniel arrived at the scene where the Vironous was searching the town for any ponies to feed off of.

"HEY UGLY!" Daniel shouted.

The Vironous stopped and looked back at Daniel, who was drawing out his trusty sword and getting into his battle stance.

"HOW ABOUT YOU MAKE A MEAL OUTTA ME!" He shouted.

The Vironous roared and charged at Daniel, and Daniel charged as well.

"Time to put my skills to the test." He thought.

The Vironous raised one of its arms and threw it down for a powerful smash attack.

Daniel dodged the attack, and went for the legs. He slashed the front left leg with his sword and left a decent cut, making it bleed.

The Vironous roared in pain as his wounded leg gave out, and it fell to one knee. It looked at Daniel and snarled as it raised its spiky tail and swung it at Daniel.

Daniel turned and saw the tail coming and quickly jumped out of the way just in time. Suddenly, a large hand grabbed him and hauled him into the air. Daniel went wide eyed and tried to free his arm that has his sword.

The Vironous snarled at Daniel as Saliva dripped from its fangs. It opened its mouth and slowly drew Daniel closer.

Twilight and the others saw what was happening and were now afraid out of their own minds.

"We gotta help him!" Rainbow shouted about to run to the fight, but was stopped when Applejack grabbed her and placed her into an arm lock, "Applejack what are you doing!? He needs us!"

"No! Look!" Applejack said looking at the fight.

Rainbow stopped struggling and looked. She gasped at what she was seeing.

Back at the fight, The Vironous had thrown Daniel into its mouth and was trying to close it, but Daniel had held his hands up and stopped the jaws from closing. The jaws were pretty strong, but thanks to his training with his grandfather, Daniel was able to keep the jaw from closing.

He suddenly felt his back starting to get hot,he turned and saw a light coming from the beast's throat. His eyes widened, knowing that it was about to breathe fire . Using every bit of his strength, he forced the jaws open, and jumped out before the flames burst out of the Vironouse’s mouth. He crashed into a shack, causing it to shatter and burst, throwing wood everywhere.

Daniel groaned as he started getting up. He was injured. Parts of the wood splintered him, a cut was seen on his face, due to his face being contacted to one of the beast's tooth when he jumped out and his left hand was bleeding since a tooth punchered it. However, Daniel was far from done. He brought his sword up and got back into his battle stance.

"Is that all you got, Lizard Freak!?" Daniel shouted.

The Vironous snarled and fired its fire breath attack.

Daniel managed to evade the attack, but bits of his clothing was now burned. He charged again and tried going for the underbelly, which was mostly the softest part of any lizard. He slashed his sword left and right, leaving marks everywhere.

the Vironous once again roared in pain and then collapsed its belly to the ground, hoping it would crush Daniel.

Daniel however, managed to get out of the way in time, but was now breathing heavily, while standing on his knee.

"This creature is sure putting up one hell of a fight! I have to end this now before it continues its rampage through Ponyville!" Daniel thought.

The Vironous turned its head to Daniel and snarled again.

Daniel snarled back, telling the creature he was far from done.

The Vironous then fired its fire breath attack again, making Daniel jump out of the way, but it saw him coming. It quickly threw its tail up and threw it down with tons of force, causing Daniel to collide to the ground and scream in pain. The creatures spikes punctured through Daniel’s skin and left deep wounds on his back.

Twilight and the others heard Daniels scream and gasped.

"NOOO!" Twilight screamed.

"No..he can't be…" Rarity said with tears falling from her eyes.

The Vironous rose its tail up and looked back at Daniel, who was not moving at all. It took the sign thinking he's dead. The Vironous rose up, pretty injured from its battle against Daniel, and then walked off to Ponyville, ready to feed.

Twilight and the others were now frightened now that the Vironous made its way to the center of town, looking down at them with hunger in its eyes.

It snarled and opened its mouth, ready to cook them up and feed off of them.

"No..Not like this!" Applejack shouted.

"I'm too pretty to die!" Rarity screamed.

"This is it..it's all over.." Twilight muttered.

She traced back her memories to everything in her life, getting her cutie mark, making friends...and meeting Daniel. Everything was now coming to their ends.

…

…

…

Or has it?

WHACK

A rock came out of nowhere and hit the Vironous on the head, making it turn to the source.

The girls looked up and saw something that made them gasp in relief and shock...it was Daniel, but bleeding badly and wounded.

Blood was dripping from his head and leaked down across his face. He had his left eye closed, and was breathing heavily while he was limping a little.

Daniel took a step forward and rose his sword again, "Get away from them, you BITCH!" He snapped.

The Vironous roared at Daniel and faced him again.

Daniel knew he was running out of time. If he couldn’t kill it quickly, his body would shut down again. Suddenly, his sword gave off a small flash of light and he then saw a blue glowing mark on the creature's back. Daniel knew that was the creature’s weak spot. Taking that chance, Daniel charged again, putting all of his strength into it

The Vironous roared and whipped its tail at him, but Daniel jumped out of the way, and jumped onto it and ran up its body, surprising the main six, and Trixie by his bravery. The vironous roared and tried to shake him off, but Daniel stopped and held on to its scales and waited for the Vironous to tire out.

When it did, Daniel ran forward and made it to the glowing mark. Daniel raised his sword, and stabbed the mark with all his might, making the creature roar in pain. He withdrew his sword and blood-like magic bursted everywhere. Daniel knew the creature was weakening, and went for one more attack, but then saw a shadow over him, and turned to come face to face with the Vironouses tail. He quickly moved out of the way, and the tail made contact with the mark, making it roar in pain again, and withdrew its tail.

Daniel’s body was giving away, and decided it's now or never. He jumped in the air, with his sword ready to stab the mark.

"DIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" He shouted and forced his sword deeply into the mark.

The Vironous roared in never ending pain and its body swayed a little off balance. It threw its head up for one last roar...and fell to the ground...now dead.

The girls, Spike, Trixie, and everypony saw this were in so much shock and awe that Daniel had actually defeated one of the most powerful creatures to be known in Equestria.

(Daniel 1st person POV)

I was breathing heavily, due to the wounds I received, and to a huge relief that the Vironous is now dead. I slowly got up and looked back at the ponies, who were coming out of their hiding spots and were looking at me with so much shock. I simply chuckled weakly and smiled, "Is...anypony hurt?" I asked to the crowd.

Silence fell….until they all started roaring with cheering and clapping their hands. I was happy they were all safe, and neither of them were hurt. I slowly walked off the dead Vironous and walked over to the girls, who were relieved that I was okay.

"Ehehehe….I told you all so." I said weakly, and then fell to the ground, and blacked out.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

I was awoken by the sound of a monitor again. I guess I'm in the hospital again. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a familiar white ceiling. I slowly rose from the bed and saw hundreds of flowers and gifts. I was a little surprised by this. Who gave me all this? What happened while I was out this time? What-URK! Okay, now my body is screaming for relaxation. I slowly placed my head down again and sighed. I was happy that the town is safe, but the question is...are they worried about me again?

I heard the door open and I looked up a little. My spirits went up when I saw a familiar white and brown patched colt...it was Pipsqueak. He was sad though, and he walked over to the pile of flowers and placed his batch down, and wiped a tear from his eye.

"Why the long face Pipsqueak?" I asked the little colt.

He jolted his head and snapped his head to me and went wide eyed. Tears fell from his eyes and he lunged at me, like before when I first came to this hospital.

"I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY! I THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER WAKE UP!" He shouted while clinging onto me tightly and sobbing.

I simply smiled and wrapped my arms around him, "Shh...it's okay Pipsqueak. I'm here...shhh." I stood there, continuing to hold onto him, while he was crying his eyes out. I stroked his mane, which made him more calm.

After the course of 10 minutes, he finally looked up at me, and smiled, "I thought we lost you." He whispered.

I smiled and wiped any tears left, "You won't lose me that easily, you little rascal. I'll always be here." I said poking his nose, making him giggle, "Now the question is, how long was I out for?"

My question brought an uneasy look to Pipsqueak’s face but he answered, "Two weeks."

…..WHAAAAT!? TWO WHOLE WEEKS!? That's the longest I've ever slept in my life. No wonder he was worried about me. I frowned a little, "I'm sorry for making you worried Pip. But, I'm here and awake now." I said smiling again.

He smiled and nuzzled into my chest, making my heart explode in happiness.

I smiled and held him for a bit, happy for his company.

We stayed like this for a while, until I heard the door open, and saw Red Heart walk in.

She gasped when she saw me awake, "Oh my goodness! You're awake!" She said relived.

I simply chuckled, "Why wouldn't I?" I asked.

"But...you've been.."

"Out for two weeks. Pipsqueak told me that. All that matters now is that I'm awake now, and everything's alright." I said smiling.

Red Heart calmed herself, and then smiled, "I'm glad you're okay. Anyway, Twilight and the others are here as well. Would you like for me to bring them in?"

"That would be nice." I said nodding.

She nodded back and left the room, leaving me and Pipsqueak alone.

I looked down at him and smiled while stroking his brown mane.

He looked up at me and smiled back, but then frowned.

"You okay?" I asked.

Pipsqueak sighed and got off of me, "...There's something I want to tell you Daniel."

I nodded, "Okay...what is it?"

He fiddled with his fingers a little and looked down, "You see...I'm-"

He was cut off when the door opened saw Twilight and the others at the door.

"DANNY!" Pinkie shouted and gave me a bone-crushing hug.

What I saw from her surprised me. Her mane was flat and lost its poofy form, and her original color was darkened and she had tears in her eyes.

"Easy Pinkie. It's okay. I'm okay now." I whispered while hugging her back.

She released me and smiled sadly at me. She slowly backed away allowing one of the others next.

Applejack was next to hug me, and her eyes were pouring with tears, "Ah'm so glad yer okay sugarcube." She whispered.

I smiled returned the hug, "You won't lose me that easily AJ." I whispered while stroking her mane a little, and I felt her cheeks burning with a blush.

She finally got off of me and smiled while wiping any tears left.

Twilight came next and was in tears as well. She gave me a hug as well and sobbed quietly.

I wrapped my arms around her and shushed her quietly and soothingly while stroking her soft, silky mane, "Shh...I'm here now Twilight. I'm okay..shh."

She held onto me for a while and finally let go and smiled. She wiped the last of her tears and moved back.

Rarity came up next and was in tears to. She gently grasped my hand and squeezed it.

"I'm so relieved you're alright darling. You truly are our knight in shining armor." She said happily.

I smiled and gently rubbed her hand with my thumb, "I'll always protect you all, not matter what."

She blushed, but smiled, and then backed away.

Rainbow flew above me, who was holding her composure to prevent herself from crying, but smiled, "How you holding up?"

I smiled back, "Doing very well, now that you're all here."

"You really gave us a heart attack Daniel. But still, what you did….was…. SO AWESOME!" Rainbow squealed.

I simply chuckled, "Glad you enjoyed the show."

She smiled and handed back, while Fluttershy walked up to me.

Holy shit, she's a wreck. Her beautiful sky blue eyes were all red and puffy from her crying, and some bits of her mane was a little frizzy. I was about to say something when she lunged at me, and cried her eyes out, surprising me so much.

"Fluttershy hasn't slept and eaten in days daring. She was really worried about you." Rarity explained.

Wow, I can't believe she was this worried. It tore my heart apart as I looked down at her, while she was sobbing quietly, and shaking violently against me. I gently wrapped my arms around her tenderly and returned the embrace, "Shh...It's okay Fluttershy. I'm here, I'm here...shhh." I whispered while I gently rocked back and forth, and stroking her soft mane softly.

It actually did the trick, because her sobbing slowly silently, along with her shaking. She lifted her head up and I looked into her sparkling eyes, "I...I was so *Hiccup* worried about you. *Sniff* I thought we *Hiccup* lost you." She said while her tears continued to fall.

I smiled softly and laid my head on hers, "I don't plan on going anywhere Fluttershy. I'm staying here with you...and the rest of you." I leaned and kissed her forehead, hoping it would calm her down, but my kiss made her blush bright crimson and her wings twitched and opened a little.

I heard the girls giggle by her reaction and I simply smiled at her. I looked down and saw my bag and sword safe and sound.

The door opened again and Red Heart came in, "Alright everypony, let's let Daniel rest for tonight, and he'll be checked out tomorrow."

They all nodded and left, leaving only Pipsqueak behind.

"Pipsqueak?" I asked.

"Ms. Red Heart...can...can I stay with Daniel Please?" He asked hoping.

She thought this over for a second, until she looked at me, "This decision is up to you dear."

I looked down at him, who had pleaded eyes. I didn't understand why he wanted to stay with me, but I couldn't just say no to him, not to mention it was late. I simply smiled and nodded, "You can stay for tonight Pip."

Pipsqueak smiled and hugged me tightly, "Thank you, Daniel! ThankyouThankyouThankyou!"

I never seen him this happy before, but it made me smile and I hugged him back.

"Well, I'll leave you two alone. Goodnight." Red heart said leaving us.

I turned off the lights and pulled the covers over us.

Pipsqueak nuzzled into my chest and scooted closer to me.

I smiled warmly and a tear fell from my eye. I wrapped my arms around him, bringing him closer to me in a protective manner.

"Goodnight Pipsqueak." I whispered.

"Goodnight…...daddy."

My eyes snapped open to the last part he said, "What did you say?"

"I-I-I mean..Good night, Daniel." He hesitated a little.

Why did he call me...daddy? What is it about him that lead him to call me that? I guess I'll worry about it later. I smiled again and kissed his forehead, "Alright. Goodnight."

I slowly closed my eyes and allowed sleep to take hold.

My eyes opened a little when I heard the sound of whimpering. I lifted my head and saw Pipsqueak moving a little and had tears falling.

"Mommy...Daddy...please come back...I Love you." He cried softly in his sleep.

My heart shattered by what he said. Did he...lose his parents? No, I can't worry about that now, Pipsqueak needs me. I brought him closer to me and slowly stroked his mane and shushed him quietly, "Shh...I'm here Pipsqueak. Don't cry...shhh."

It did the trick and his crying softened to hiccups, until he stopped. He then nuzzled into me and slept peacefully.

It made me sad that Pipsqueak might have lost his parents. If he did….I'll be there to protect him, and to care for him. I laid my head back down and kissed his forehead, "I'll always be here for you Pipsqueak. I promise."

I then closed my eyes again, and allowed sleep to take over once more.

Author's Note

Just wanted to get this chapter up because I wanted to get some action not the story. Awesome pics by Alejin.