Pathfinder 5

Pathfinder 5

Chapter 25: The big night Part 3

The dance went smoothly for David and he felt Twilight had done a good job of teaching him. After the song ended, they broke apart and went to get some refreshments. Twilight needed a break so David went around seeing who else he could find. He got into a few conversations with ponies curious about him and his people and so he answered them in the best ways he could. David also found some drinks that apparently had some alcohol in it.

It wasn’t as strong as what he expected, at best guess about the same as a beer but what he found did have a bit of a slight kick once you swallowed. After months without a drink, he felt he could take a couple. It felt a bit normal, almost like he was back home at some party.

Of course, he had to mentally translate everything but he was getting better at it and it was feeling more normal being in a room with aliens. Most likely, because he felt they were so much like humans in their actions, you would think aliens would be actually more ‘alien’ in their nature.

It was about a half hour later that he suddenly felt his arm being jerked quickly to the side as he was in mid conversation with a group asking him about some of the worlds he was in.

He looked to see it was Rainbow of all ponies.

“There you are, I’ve been looking for you!” she said as she was pulling him quickly towards a direction of her choosing. He soon found himself brought to a small group of pegasi in blue clothing that looked like a type of flight suit. There were three of them, a blue male, and two females.

“See I told ya I could get him over here,” Dash said proudly to the group.

“Wow you weren’t kidding,” the yellow female said impressed looking up at David.

“So is anyone going to introduce me?” David asked with a smirk.

“Oh right, [David] these are the Wonderbolts the most awesome flyers of all time.” Dash told him.

“Ah right, I remember you talking about them,” David did as it was one of Dash’s favorite subjects. Seeing them in person now he was kind of curious how well they did fly. It would certainly make for some interesting data if he could get to record it.

“Well I’m Spitfire,” the yellow one said. “I’m captain of the Wonderbolts, these are two of the top flyers we have, Soarin and Fleetfoot.”

The two nodded when their name was called so he could tell which was which.

“I just want to say that this is incredible,” Soarin happily said to David. “A real-life alien, this is the kind of thing ponies will talk about for like, forever!”

“Guess you really did know an alien,” Fleetfoot said to Dash. “I just figured you were all talk.”

“Of course I know him,” Dash said smugly wrapping one of her wings around David and pulling him close to her. “we’re totally best buds and everything.”

David raised an eyebrow at this as although he did consider her a friend he got the feeling she was also using him to get closer to the Wonderbolts. Well he could see why though, she had talked about them a lot and he knew all too well her desire to join them. Still a part of him felt the need to poke some fun at her for using him like this.

The little devil on his shoulder seemed to be whispering an idea into his head as he gently placed one of his hands behind her head and softly stroked her there. He noticed Dash stiffen up in surprise and before she could say anything he jumped in.

“Friends? Is that all we are considering all the warm nights we spent together?” David gave a huge dramatic sigh. “It must be a cultural thing then.”

“Wait-what!?” Dash pulled away and again David wondered how they blushed like that with their fur covered bodies.

Both Spitfire and Soarin had their jaws dropped in surprise while Fleetfoot looked at the two of them.

“Damn,” the mare said with a grin.

“No it’s not true! We never did anything like that!” Dash panicked. “I would never do that!”

“Oh so I’m not good looking enough is what you’re saying?” David tried to show and expression of being ‘hurt’ to make sure the others got it. He wasn’t sure if they would be able to pick up on human body language after all.

“Of course you are-I mean no, I mean…argh!” Dash rubbed her hooves against her head trying to think of a way to get out of this without daggering herself deeper.

David burst out laughing, “Okay-okay. Sorry I just had to mess with you there.”

Dash gave him a glare with puffed up cheeks maybe it was intimidating for another pony but to David she just looked adorable. Oh yeah he could tell she was already mentally vowing to get even with him one day. He had already heard of a few prank stories from his time with Twilight as he got her to tell him about life here and her friends.

“So you two didn’t have sex?” Fleetfoot asked looking disappointed. “Damn it, I really wanted to know what the big guy here was packing.”

David did a double take onto the mare as Soarin winced and Spitfire face hoofed at the comment.

“Why do I take you anywhere?” Spitfire muttered under her breath.

“Well ah got ta say that Dash could have used a little takin’ down a peg,” a familiar voice came from behind David and Dash as everyone looked to see AJ walking towards them.

“Saw that?” David asked.

“Yep,” She said with a grin to Dash. “Was about to join y’all when ah saw Dash here getting all full of herself.”

“Hey!” the rainbow Pegasus said in defense.

“It’s you!”

Everyone jumped at the shout as Soarin quickly came right up to AJ. “I remember you, you were that mare selling those awesome pies at the Galla.”

“Sucks you remember?”

“Of course that pie was one of the best pies I ever ate,” Soarin looked around. “Please tell me you’re selling more. I can’t find them anywhere else ever since that night.”

“Sorry surgar cube ah ain’t sellin’ any tonight,” Applejack saw the crushed look on his face. “Ah do sell them all the time in Ponyville so if you’re ever in that area you can just come on by anytime. After all you were the only one that bought one that night.”

“Oh you got yourself a total deal.” Soarin licked his lips. He could still remember the taste of that pie and now that he knew where to find them, he was going to make plans to stop by Ponyville next time he was flying close to the place.

David once again heard that little devil on his shoulder, maybe he could make it up to Dash in a way. After all, a little playfulness never hurt right? Maybe it was the drinks, he didn’t have that many right? Well at any rate the words left his mouth before his brain caught up with them.

“So you’re saying you like her pie then?” David asked him placing a bit of emphasis on the pie part.

“You have no idea.” The stallion replied.

“Ah’ll say you really went to town on it,” AJ laughed at the memory of him attacking the pie on the ground.

David’s mouth twitched, this might be a bit too easy but now he couldn’t stop himself.

“Sloppy eater is he?” He asked AJ.

“He seemed very eager to eat mah pie that’s for darn sure.”

“So, is apple flavored pie your favorite?”David asked him trying to keep a straight face.

“Oh it’s up there.”

David really was struggling not to laugh at this point and the others could see there was something going on with the alien. Only Dash felt like there was something going on, her prank sense was tingling as she poked him in the leg and made a ‘come down here’ motion with her hoof.

“What the hay is going on?” She whispered to him.

He whispered back something into her ear not sure how good pony hearing actually was. Dash’s eyes widened suddenly as the meaning of ‘pie’ was a euphemism and what it meant in human culture. She suddenly rethought of the entire conversation and had to place a hoof on her mouth from stopping herself from laughing out loud.

“What’s goin’ on?” AJ had a bad feeling something was going on here and she didn’t like the look Dash was giving her.

“Oh don’t worry about it,” Dash waved it off as she got a grin on her face. “So that was nice of you to offer him more of your pie later on.”

“Well why not? If someone enjoys mah pie then ah’ll let them have it anytime.” She said proudly.

Both Dash and David were struggling to keep it under control.

“So I take it you’re going to take her up on the offer?” Dash asked Soarin.

“Heck yeah, I would be insane to ignore an offer like that,” he licked his lips.

Dash nearly burst at that as a small laugh just managed to escape. It caused David to start coughing as he didn’t think he could keep it down for much longer. He had to get out of here before he lost it completely.

“Well it was nice to meet you both but I think I see someone I want to talk to,” David made a quick exit.

“Y-yeah me too,” Rainbow snickered before following him through the crowd.

“What in tarn nation was that all about?” Applejack wondered out loud seeing them leave like that.

“From the sounds of it they were making it sound like Soarn was eating you out and you offering it to him.” Fleetfoot said with a neutral expression and then looked at her teammate. “You know you could do a lot worse than her, might as well give it a shot.”

“W-w-what!?” Soarn looked at Fleetfoot and then to AJ as he suddenly blushed.

“They were saying WHAT!?” AJ bellowed. “Ah’m goin’ to find those two varmints and hog tie’em!”

“Oh kinky,” Fleet looked to Soarin. “You sure you don’t want a piece of that, sounds like she could be fun.”

“Alright that’s enough,” Spitfire dragged her teammate off muttering more about never able to take this mare anywhere. That left Soarin and AJ alone together as they both looked at one another. Both couldn’t meet each other in the eye.

“S-sorry about her, she’s…well she’s always been like that,” Soarin knew that Fleetfoot had a very unique personality.

“Ah’m sorry about mah friends,” She glared in the direction of where they went off to. Oh yes, she was gearing up for some payback on those two later. After she calmed down and thought about how to get even that is. Maybe she could ask Pinkie for some advice as she was just as into pranks as Dash and apparently David where.

Both David and Rainbow were now in a corner by themselves laughing their asses off. David knew he would have to make it up to AJ later but once things got rolling he just couldn’t stop. He was currently pressing himself up against the wall of a pillar he was on with Rainbow leaning on him.

“Oh that was good,” Rainbow took a breath. “She’s going to be so pissed but that was totally awesome.”

“I nearly lost it a few times there,” David admitted.

“You nearly lost it? I think if I held it in any longer Rarity would kill me by ruining her dress if I actually pissed myself laughing.” She took a breath and looked back the at the crowd. “You know she’s going to be pissed when she finds out. I think I heard her yelling.”

David winced. “Would saying that we’re sorry help?”

“Give her some time to cool off but in the mean time I say we split up and keep low for a bit,” Rainbow chuckled. “Still that was one of the funniest things in a while.”

“Totally worth it.” David grinned at her as Dash slipped away. David looked around he was by a pillar and by walking around a little he was hidden from view. He leaned up against it taking a moment. Boy it had been a long time she he had joked around like that. That was one of the things about being a Pathfinder, the long moments alone.

Not everyone could pull it off, you had to be “mentally flexible” as they said. The serious ones that were all rules and regulations were the ones that ended up cracking first in the training because they had no mental flexibility. They didn’t bend they just broke, maybe that was one of the reasons people said Pathfinders were half daredevil and half insane.

He was just taking a moment to rest up before going back into the party when a familiar someone walked around the pillar.

“I thought I saw you sneaking back here,” Sultry Desire said walking up to him with a grin on her face.

“I’m kind of hard to miss,” David smiled at her, he remembered that this was the one that Twilight said had made a pass at him. He suddenly felt a little on guard now. She wouldn’t try anything, right? Maybe she had been joking before or something, after all he was an alien who would want to be attracted to that?

He immediately tried not to think about all the aliens in human fiction that people found sexy at that moment.

She licked her lips as she was in front of him looking up. “Yes you are hard to miss, so I saw somepony fly out of here pretty fast. Didn’t know you were hiding for some naughty fun.”

“What Rainbow? No we’re not like that, we just needed a moment away,” David felt like karma had suddenly caught up to him.

“Oh you’re not together?” She grinned at him. “Good.”

She suddenly got on her hind legs and had her front ones on his shoulders, she was tall enough to be facing him and he could smell the same drinks on her breath as he had been drinking before. Only he suspected she might have had a few more.

“Uh…didn’t you come here with someone?” He asked hoping she had.

“Oh I was just eye candy for him, he’s off talking boring things with some old ponies. I prefer a little more excitement, how about you?” She whispered that bit into his ear.

“I’m not so sure,” David was mentally screaming now. What was he going to do? He didn’t want to make a scene and he was hoping someone would find them.

“Oh please? I can be very pleasurable, you could say that I can fulfill any desire you have,” She gently took David’s ear lobe into her mouth biting down on it just enough as she ran her tongue over it and god help him, she gave one of the most erotic moans he had ever heard.

David despite everything felt a shiver running through his spine and knew he had to get away.

“So what do you think now?” She asked him with obviously lust filled eyes.

“I think we should find a quieter place?” He asked her. He planned that as soon as he could he was going to ditch her.

“Oh you read my mind,” she got off him and walked to a doorway swaying her hips and tail as she did so. David gulped as he followed to the door and saw a hallway filled with doors, perfect. If he could just manage to sneak away at the right moment.

“You know I think a lot of ponies like to sneak off at these parties, you never know who you might run into.” She told him and then paused not hearing anything behind her. She looked back and was surprised to see the hallway empty.

She frowned but then got a wicked grin. “Are we playing Hunter and Prey? Oh I’ve never been the hunter before.”

David leaned against the door, he had gotten through the first one he found as quickly and as quietly as possible. He felt his heart hammering in his ears as he tried to listen to the hallway outside for signs that she was on her way back. He hoped the door was locked and just as he went to check something caught his attention, he wasn’t alone in this room.

“Oh Fancy!” a moan came behind him.

David quickly turned around and there was a sight that would be burned into his mind. He was in some kind of small sitting room, maybe it was for guest to wait for an audience. Honestly he didn’t know or care because two of Rarity’s friends where here. Fleur had her front on top of a table with her dress pulled up to her waist. Behind her was Fancy Pants that if he actually wore pants David would have caught him with them literally down.

He was obviously mounting the mare and both were too into their passion to notice him, that is until David yelped.

[Oh fuck me!] David said startled. “Sorry! I didn’t know this room was taken!”

“OH!” Fleur blushed at the sudden person watching. “Fancy you did not lock the door.”

“Well I know how much you love the thrill of being caught my dear,” Fancy shrugged.

She grinned back at him, “You know me so well.”

“I-I’ll just leave you two alone,” David quickly turned around, he no longer cared if Sultry Desire was still in the hallway he would cross that bridge when he came to it.

Fleur looked at him with a cocked head, “Fancy you remember that thing we talked about? What do you think of him?”

“That would be interesting,” Fancy looked at David. “You wouldn’t happen to like to join us would you? Fleur has always wanted to have two stallions at the same time and we’ve been looking for somepony unique for the role.”

David couldn’t think his luck could get any more worst. It seemed like the god that had cursed Cain, had taken out Sodom and Gomorrah, and the plagues of Egypt had suddenly came out of retirement to deal with him and his joke on AJ.

‘You really do play hardball,’ He mentally thought out to whatever force was punishing him.

“I’m not sure if we’re physically compatible,” David quickly threw out what was most likely a valid statement. He had no idea although from the brief glance he got of what Fancy was packing it didn’t look like it might physically be any problem. Plus that was yet another image he wished he could just scrub from his brain.

“Oh poo, well you could always do that ear thing on both of use while we finish.” Fleur grinned.

“Yes indeed, we’ve been using our magic to simulate it but we haven’t gotten it just right,” Fancy shivered at the thought of it.

“I really need to go, another time!” David quickly said before leaving. The last thing he heard was the two of them starting up again.

David walked as quickly as he could back to the ballroom, he didn’t see Sultry so at least that was a plus. This place was getting out of hand, where all ponies like this? I didn’t seem so, maybe it was Unicorns in general? Maybe it was the city or maybe he had just the luck to meet up with three of the freakiest people here?

He didn’t know but he felt better as soon as he got back into the ballroom but he really didn’t want to be alone. There was no telling what else he might walk into without someone there. Looking around the edges of the party, he saw someone that he felt comfortable with and quickly went over to her.

“Fluttershy!” David quickly said to the mare who jumped in surprised and shrunk in a bit into herself.

She saw it was David and she relaxed a bit more. “Oh it’s you, you startled me.”

“Sorry-sorry,” David looked around. “I’ve just had a couple of rough experiences.”

Fluttershy looked up at him a little concerned, “Are you okay? What happened?”

David looked around and bent down to her, “Okay I’m not really all that familiar with your ways so I’m not sure if this is a cultural thing or not but, okay first, I had this mare interested in me.”

“Interested?” She tilted her head.

David tried searching for the right words, some things were a bit hard to translate sometimes. “As in sexually.”

Fluttershy blushed as she looked down and started to make small circles with her front hoof into the floor. “Oh…oh my.”

“So is that normal?” David asked her and saw the confused look. “What I mean is, I’m an alien I don’t look like anything on this planet really so how could anyone, well you know.”

“If I’m being honest,” she started to say. “You aren’t really that strange, I mean sure you are different but there are plenty of mixed relationship couples.”

David hadn’t known that, he hadn’t really seen any but then with a place like Ponyville it was kind of a small sampling. Looking at it now, since the world had multiple sentient races it would stand to reason at least some of them would mix together eventually. “Okay granted but what about that other thing? You know, the whole joining in part?”

Now Fluttershy blushed deeply, “Oh well that, um…well, I’m not exactly experienced but I think that it might, you know, just have been them? I don’t think that’s how relationships usually are.”

“Ah okay,” so from the looks of things he guessed those two were just really open sexually. Well there were people like that among his own kind although he had never known any personally. At least not to his knowledge but still, that was something he wasn’t going to put into any mission reports.

David just sighed, “Well thanks for clearing that up.”

-Sparrow I –

The ship was silent, the lights off as it was in standby mode waiting for the return of the Commander or any orders given. The computer was currently running several programs such as improvements to the translation matrix, compiling data, rechecking system status and many other programs.

So when in the hallway a light suddenly appeared and extra mass was detected the ship’s internal systems started a simple look into what caused it. Internal cameras came online as the ships computer caught what looked like one of the local life forms.

Normally the ship would activate countermeasures and inform the commander to prevent alien life forms to cause damage. But there was an error in its programming.

Directive 412: Local life form detected, all local life form that is not of Earth system origins should be removed and ship sterilized.

Error

Directive 510: Commander has given clearance to sentient life forms to have access to ship

Error: system stalemate detected

AVI was a virtual intelligence and because of this it couldn’t act on its own, with the stalemate it had to wait for something that could break it.

The figure was wearing a hood and the horn was glowing making a small light as it looked around. Slowly it went to the hallway and then found itself to the door to the engine room. This door was locked as David while giving basic access to his alien friends he made sure several key systems were still locked out. The engine room being one of them so when the pony tried to open the door first by the touch pad it was locked out.

Then when the pony tried to force the door open AVI finally had something that could break the stalemate.

Directive 110: Attempt at security breach detected

Stalemate resolved, alert status engaged

The lights suddenly came on as all the doors shut themselves. The pony jumped up as it looked around to see if there was someone there.

“Attention,” the computer spoke in the alien language. “You are attempting to access protected systems. Please stay where you are while I inform my [Commander].”

The pony didn’t wait as it teleported out of the ship just as quickly as it had shown up. With the pony gone the ship sent an alert to the Commander and awaited further orders.

Next up Chapter 26: Security Breach