Prototype-Equestrian visitor

Alex had lived a year in the Everfree, staying at a makeshift campsite. He had been visited by Scootaloo almost everyday, normally just to talk, there was the odd occasion where Scootaloo would ask him to take her hunting with him. Rainbow dash had long forgotten about Alex, deciding to go back to training for the Wonderbolts. Alex was never bored in the forest, always learning of the flora and fauna, learning what can and can't be touched.

"Entry one, data log thirteen. Blue flower, emanating blue mist, do not make contact, effects include inhibiting your strongest attribute for two and a half weeks, learned by experience, cure is a mix of oak bark and cockatrice scales." Alex said into his phone's recorder. He had been cataloging his experiences with the wildlife to keep him busy.

"Alex!" Scootaloo calls out. Alex put up his phone and jumped towards the forest opening.

"So this is the 'Forest pony' you won't stop talking about." Sweetie says.

"So Scootaloo, what happened to 'don't tell anyone about me'?"

"Sorry, but they kept asking about you and asked if they could meet you and if I said no they would have wandered into the forest and gotten lost. So the only logical thing to do was show you to them." Scoots explains.

"Alright I guess, at least you thought it through. Names."

"Applebloom." The yellow filly with the bow says

"Sweetie belle." The unicorn answers.

"Alex mercer. Only human in Equestria."

"Human?!"

"Yeah yeah, Scoots told me about the myth. But don't worry I don't eat ponies."

"Thatsa relief." Applebloom sighs.

"So, what do you want to know?"

"Well, tell us what you told Scoots when you met her." Sweetie sat down and Alex could swear he heard her squeak.

"Censored or free range?"

"Free range I guess."

"Well...." He told them the story of how he woke up on an autopsy table, of how he was branded a terrorist, a monster, of the infection, the hunters, Greene, Gentek, everything. All and all, it took about six hours, they sat there with their eyes wide and completely invested in the story.

"And this is where I am now." Alex finishes.

"That's horrible, why would someone try to destroy their own people?" Sweetie asks

"Well, power, money, influence. Humans use'd to not be that way, a long time ago though."

"Could you, erm, 'simplify' your explanation of ho you got your powers?" Applebloom asks

"These people that worked for a business called 'Gentek' messed with how I'm made to make me better, but they failed, tried to kill me, and I wound up in a war with them. It's getting late, you should all go home before it gets too dark to see." Alex gets up and stretches. "Scootaloo, stay here, I want to talk in private with you."

"Okay? See you at school tomorrow, girls." Scoots says before, walking deeper into the forest with Alex. "What did you want to talk about?"

"Scoots, I've known you for a year now, I know all about you, you know all about me. I know that you hate being alone, so what I'm suggesting is, if you want to, I could be your dad." Alex says bluntly

"That would....it would be great! My biggest idol as my father! That's awesome!" Scootaloo is positively giddy at the prospect. "Yes! I have a family now!"

"I'm your idol? I thought it was Rainbow dash?"

"It was, but she just never did anything with me, it felt as though she hated being around me. But when I met you, you liked hanging around me, like a father!"

"Well, thanks. You know where the camp is, and I plan to build a small cottage or something, maybe cut a path through the forest."

"Sounds great, Dad" Dad, she called him dad and he couldn't love it any more than he did.

"You want to try something new?"

"Sure!" Alex scoops up Scootaloo in his arms and cradles her.

"Hold on." He jumps high into the air and glides towards the campsite with Scootaloo cheering in his arms.

"This is awesome!" She cheers. They land in the small clearing Alex and walk into the small tent he made with manticore hide, cleaned manticore hide of course.

"You should go ahead and go to bed, Scootaloo. It's a school night."

"Okay, Dad." Alex was honestly surprised she didn't argue, but you don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

-

"Wake up Scootaloo, it's time for school." Alex nudged the snoring Scootaloo. He didn't even sleep, he stopped sleeping a long time ago, you sleep in the middle of a war zone, your going to get your ass eaten, shot, blown up, smashed...it's just not a good idea. Instead of sleeping, he started building the cottage.

"Good morning, Daddy."

"How'd you sleep?"

"Great, better than I have in a long time." She gets up and walks out of tent and sees the half built cottage. "Did you make this?"

"No, it fell from the sky. Of course I made it. Anyways, lets get going." Alex picks up Scootaloo and jump-glides to the forest edge.

"See you when schools out." Scootaloo says before she pulls her scooter from nowhere and speeds off.

"How do you do that?"

-

"I ain't got no friends no family, I ain't got nutten. My life sucks, I suck, and I'm ready to die." A random pony chants as he walks through the forest, getting the attention of Alex, who was working on the cottage.

"Excuse me, sir!" He calls

"Wah? Who's there?" Alex walks out of a bush.

"Did I hear you contemplating suicide?"

"Yeah, you did. You gunna try and stop me?"

"Do you have anybody who will miss you, recognize you, or know you in any way?"

"No, you're not helping."

"Oh but I am, I'm helping myself." Alex sends several tendrils to wrap around the stranger, he gives no fight, he almost seems relived.

"Thank you." Is all he said before being consumed. Alex found, after consuming the manticore, that he could not only turn into humans he consumed, but anything else, ponies, cocktri, manticores, basilisk, hydras, you name it. The only restrictions are that they need to be living things, not undead things like the infected back home.

"Scootaloo is gunna be so happy." Alex said as he switched back to his human form.

-

"Alright students, time for good news" Cherilee said after sitting back at her desk. "Diamond Tiara, how about you go first."

"Okay. My daddy earned Ponyville a whole bunch more money."

"That's wonderful...I guess." Cherilee sighs, "Applebloom, have you got anything?"

"Not today Ma'am"

"Silver spoon?"

"I saw the monster that lives in the Everfree!"

"Is that a good thing?"

"Yeah, it proves I'm not crazy."

"Scootaloo?"

"Yes ma'am. Yesterday, I got taken in by a really cool pony!"

"That's great, Scootaloo! Anyone we know?"

"No, he doesn't come out of the forest much. But he's really cool! He is faster than Rainbow dash, stronger than the princesses, and could decimate Equestria with a snap of his fingers." Scootaloo was being a bit...open.

"Alex adopted you?" Sweetie asked

"Yep, that's why he wanted to talk in private with me."

"Are you sure it wasn't for something else?" Diamond tiara mocks

"Diamond tiara!" Cherilee snaps "That is very inappropriate! Apologize to Scootaloo."

"I'm sorry....that your a dirty tramp. She doesn't know the difference between a straw and a-" And that's when Applebloom bucked her in the mouth. "You...bucking filly fooler! Scootaloo, I'm going to sue your retarded dad for all he has!" Diamond tiara spits a tooth out and faints in horror. The class continues normally for the rest of the day, as if the little scuffle didn't happen.

"Thanks, Applebloom." Scootaloo says as they walk outside to go home. "You girls want to go see Alex?"

"Sure."

"As long as I'm home by seven."

"Okay, you're going to love how he takes us to the camp site." They walk to the forest edge and see a shady looking pony waiting for them.

"You girls by yourselves?" He asks

"Yeah? What of it?"

"I have some candy in my cart. Why don't you hope in? It's in the bushes."

"Uh, no thanks? We really should get going."

"Get in the cart."

"I already said no." Scootaloo repeats.

"Get in the cart!"

"No!"

"Good girl, scooty." Alex says before he morphs back to his normal form.

"How? How did you turn into a pony? I thought you could only turn into other people if you consumed-" Scootaloo looks a mix of horrified and confused, "-You didn't"

"Calm down, he was going to kill himself anyways. I figured, 'why let the perfect disguise walk off and kill itself when I could use it'."

"Well, if he was going to kill himself anyways." He turns back to his pony form right before Diamond tiara and her father walk over the hill and see them.

"There he is daddy! That's Scootaloo's father, sue him!"

"Sue me?"

"I'd rather kick his ass!" Tiara's father shouts before pouncing onto Alex and punching him multiple times. The whole time, Alex was laughing hysterically.

"You really think you're tough? Get out of here before I rip you in half."

"Yeah, like you could beat me. I spent a literal ton of money taking fighting classes, not even that hick Big mac could take me."

"Well...I'm not Big mac."

"Who are you then?"

"I'm Alex Mercer, the Prototype," Alex says before turning back into his normal form again, "I'm the person who could throw you to fillydelphia from this spot without even trying."

"Fillydelphia is hundreds of miles away, you'd never throw me that far, you freak."

"If I can't throw you far, I'll throw you high." Alex grabs Tiara's father by the neck and throws him up about two and a half miles. "So, Tiara, while your father plummets non-stop towards the surface, how about you tell me why you want to sue me."

"I called your daughter a whore and Applebloom kicked me in the face, now go get daddy!"

"First of all, you don't command me, I could punt your tiny flank to Gem Fido from here. Second of all, why are you such a cunt?"

"I have a lot of money, so I don't have any problems."

"Except for the fact that you're a cunt. Third, don't ever insult Scootaloo or her friends ever again. If I fing out you did, you'll be the one falling, and I won't be here to catch you. Now apologize before I go back home with Scoots."

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry I called you a tramp, Scootaloo!"

"Good girl." Alex says before jumping into the sky. Tiara's father was shrilly screaming his head off when Alex got close enough to hear. "Having fun?"

"Buck you!"

"Okay, I guess you don't want me to save you."

"NO, no,no,no. Please! Please save me!" He screams

"Fine." Alex grabs the father and plummets faster towards the surface.

"I thought you said you were going to help!"

"I am, you dick."

Back on the ground Scootaloo was evacuating her friends, and Tiara, from the area, the impact was going to be big. "Cover your ears!" They all cover their ears before Alex lands, unscathed.

"Awww, the little filly fell asleep." Alex coos after he plops the father on the ground. "That was fun, let's go home Scoots. Oh and Tiara, if you or your father tell anyone about this, I'll kill you both." Alex almost sings.