Unlikely hero

"So Luna.... Wanna play fallout?" Jason asked her.

"Um what is Fallout?" She asked confused which made him smirk.

"Come on I'll show you and also you can remove your disguise, Morning and Iron both know who you are so a disguise won't be needed" he stated as removed the ring and he lead her to his room to grab his laptop. As they entered his room, Luna was surprised at it, it was clean and organised for a stallion.

"Wow" she said as she looked at the game, movie and band posters on his walls, then at his photos of himself and either several other males or him and a shorter female. "Is this thou's marefriend?" She asked picking up the photo to show him.

"What? Oh no that is my baby sister Amelia" he said with a sigh before he went back to looking around his room "Where the fuck is it?" He growled which at this point Morning and Iron had entered his room.

"Wow Jason didn't think you'd have her in your room after just meeting the her" Morning tease which Jason replied by throwing a green lantern hoodie at her. "Mine now" she said with a smirk.

"No I am just looking for my laptop while Luna is just having a look at stuff" he said annoyed as he opened his wardrobe and pulled out boxes, he opened one and threw homemade Foxy plushie out of it before finding his laptop" found it" he said with a smile as he turned to see Luna, Morning and Iron inspecting the plushie.

"Um Jason, why do you have such a weird teddy bear?" Iron asked.

"Well I made it for my little sister for her birthday, it's just something I do for her for her birthday." He said sighing again.

"Um sorry to ask this but why do you?" She asked.

"Well when she was little, she was scared of monsters, like the one under her bed or in her closet, which usually meant she end up screaming and hiding in my bed with me, when I asked why she hid in my bed rather then mum and dad's, she simply said that I'd scare the monster'a away,which gave me an idea to make her a 6 foot tall Xenomorph, which is a monster from a movie and can show you anyway, she surprisingly adored it either because it was I massive stuffed 'animal' or because I made it and so I told her that it would eat any monsters that came for her. " he smiled warmly at the memory "from then on I have made her plushie monster toys for her, but most are only a foot tall." He explained.

"Why would thou stop letting thou's sister into your bed at night?" Luna asked.

"Well simply because I was sneaking out at night to go to concerts and I didn't want her to be frightened and alone." He explained before looking at the plushie and sighed. "That was for her 17th birthday" he said before walking over and picking it. "Hell I should get rid if it to stop thinking about it but I don't want to destroy it. "He muttered.

"We shall take it" Luna stated with a smile.

"Sure" he said giving her the plushie "okay let's got to Luna's room so I can set up the laptop for her." He said leading the mares out if his room and into a room next door before going to the desk to set up. "Hey Iron, how do I have water here?" He asked the guard her smiled.

"Simple, your home landed about three miles out of town so the Princess teleported it to a plot of land which then we connected the water and gas to it" she explained as he finished setting up and got the game ready.

"Okay, anyway Luna it ready" he told her as he hit new game and let her sit in the chair. "Okay so this is Fallout 3 and it will go through a tutorial for you" he said plugging in a headset and mouse which she put on. "Okay so Iron check on her every few hours and bring food or water" he said which got him a nod before he turned and headed to his room to get changed for work.

(Ten minutes later, )

Jason was walking through Ponyville while he read his note pad "okay so job one is helping a mare named Colgate with a broken hose" he muttered "next is fixing up a wobbly bench at a Sugarcube Corner, then help a stallion named Time Turner with a piano, then fixing a damaged door hinges at the Ponyville spa and lastly assisting at Sweet Apple Aches for three hours" he finished reading before he put the notepad away and checked a pocket map of the town and looked for the street Colgate is on before heading off with his headphones in.

As he walked in his torn jeans and a tan top, a duffle bag with his tools inside along with a rubber hose and his lunch which was slung over his shoulder, he reached different looks, either them being curious looks or simply smiles as he passed ponies. As he walked arrived at the address, he looked at the building 'okay so she is a dentist' he thought as he entered the building and walked into the empty waiting room.

"Oh thank Celestia your here beforehand afternoon appointments" a voice said from behind him causing Jason to turn to see a cobalt blue unicorn mare in scrubs smiling happily at him.

"I would have been here earlier, but I got lost twice" he said with a smile and offered his hand as he noticed her look him up and down "Jason" he said.

"Minuette, but everypony calls me Colgate" she said taking his hand and shaking it.

"Pleasure Colgate, now where is the problem?" He asked which she lead him to the next room where she showed him the problem.

"The old thing is worn and I don't actually know how to fix it as I have had it since I purchased it" she said with a frown as Jason moved and knelt down next to it and inspected the entire machine.

"I can replace this" he said making her sigh in relief as he took out a spanner and began to slowly remove the bolt holding the hose in the suction machine, after removing it, he removed the new hose from his bag 'thank good I got the universal size' he though as he inserted the end and tightened the bolt back up. "Okay give her a test" he said removing the cap from the other end of the hose.

She squealed in happiness when it worked before hugging him "thank you, thank you, thank you" she said happily before looking at the clock "wow you work really fast, um why do you have that hose anyway?" She asked curiously as she still hugged him.

"Well before coming here, I usually had plenty of repair work from my local dentist so I recognised the machine also, you can leg go now" he said with a blush.

"Oh I am sorry I just got a little excited um, how much do I owe you?" She asked causing Jason to pause and scratch his chin after she released him.

"Um I have no idea the hose cost me $30 for 3 kilograms of it and I only used 500 grams so let's say $20 as $12 for labour" he said which made her smile as lead him out into the waiting room where she went to her office and grabbed a bag of bits for him.

"Here 20 bits along with an extra 5 for doing such a good and fast job" she said happily as he put the bag in his duffle bag and went to shake her hand only to receive a hug. "I'll be sure to call you if I have another task oh and I would love to get a look at your teeth, my cousin said you have very unique teeth and seeing as I have never worked on a Carnivore or Omnivore before. " she stated hopeful.

"Thanks Colgate, and sure maybe next Thursday" he replied as he left wit a wave and a smile as he went to his next job.

Upon reaching Sugarcube corner, Jason had to actually stop and look at the literal gingerbread house "da fuck?" He muttered before entering to see a tall blue mare with a pink mane and tail in a yellow blouse, white skirt and apron waiting for him by the door "hey there, I've come to fix a bench?" He asked which she smiled and led him to a bench that seamed fine "okay I'll get this done in a jiffy" he said.

"Thank you dear, care for a beverage?" The mare asked.

"No thank you Ms...." He replied with a smile before testing the bench before flipping it over.

"Okay dear and call me Ms Cake" she said before leaving to serve customers as Jason measure the legs and found one was a millimetre shorter so Jason pulled a small belt sander from his bag after marking the other legs with a marker on where to grind to before he grinded down the other legs to the right length before flipping the bench and testing it. After a nod of approval and packing up he walked to the counter to talk to the attendant who was a yellow stallion with blue top and black pants on "hey I finished the table sir" he said.

"Ah I see, thank you, so how much do I oh you for the quick job?" He asked.

"Well my basic labour cost is depends on the job, so let's just go with $12" he said which he received another small bag of bits.

"Thank you sonny, my wife and I will be sure to call for you again if we need you" He said.

"Thank you, Mr Cake?" He asked which he got a nod so he smiled an left for Time Turners place.

As he arrived he noticed a blue police box in the front yard if the house, 'huh reminds me of doctor who' he thought as he knocked on the front door of the house only for it to be answered by a 5 foot 3 grey unicorn with a yellow mane and tail who was munching on a muffin "hey you must be the human" she said with a curious look.

"Yes I am I have come to help with a Piano?" He stated which she nodded an lead him in and to a room with a brown stallion in grey suit, "Mr Turner?" Jason asked getting his attention.

"Ah you must be Jason" he said walking over and shaking his hand excitedly "it's so good to see another human, you sound English" he said making Jason raise an eyebrow.

"I'm Australian, I get if front my grandad and dad" he said with a smile "so where is the Piano?" He asked which Time gestured the empty room "no serious".

"It's right here" he said placing his hand on a invisible surface "it's an invisible piano from a planet where the the inhabitants are blind and make the pianos out of invisible wood and talk through whoops" he explained.

"Um okay so what do you need my help for?" He asked.

"I named you to paint it". Time Turner replied.

"Why would you buy an invisible Piano just to paint it?" Jason asked skeptically.

"Because the piano is just the right height if you know what I mean?" He said which got a nod from Jason. " I have the paint and brushes for the job it's just that I named to go save my wife as I accidentally left her on an alien planet". He said sheepishly which made Jason place his own face in his hand before walking over to the paint and started on the task on hand.

(Two hours later)

Jason had finally finished the second coat and used a knife the separate the keys which were stuck together thanks to the paint just as Time returned with a large red hand print on his cheek. "So you go her back?" He asked which got him a nod "cool, well it's done so that's gonna be $12 plus $15 and hour so that's a total of $45" he explained which the stallion and lead him to the kitchen where a grey Pegasus with a yellow mane and tail was munching unhappily on a muffin as she watched her husband hand Jason a bit bag. "Thanks and i hope you call if you need anything else" he said with a smile before leaving.

As he was on his way to the spa he bumped to twilight who was jump all of a sudden "hey Twilight, what's got you so on edge?" He asked.

"I got two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala and thanks to a certain pony half of Ponyville are chasing spike and me " she said as she looked over her shoulder then back at Jason "you don't want to do you?" She asked worriedly.

"Um I have no idea what the heck a gala is so no not really" he said getting a sigh of relief from the mare, who was about to speak when Lyra came around the corner.

"There she is!" She called out as Twilight eeped before grabbing both spike and Jason and teleporting away.

As they arrived in the library twilight began closing all the shutters and spike and Jason groaned on the ground, "Twi warn me next time" Spike said as he got up and helped the human up.

"I really don't like teleporting" he said as e heard twilight'a stomach growl so he pulled out his peanut butter sandwich and gave it to her. "Here now explain to me what is going on" he asked sitting on the couch as Twilight munched on the sandwich and explained that it was some massive event in Canterlot that is a must see event and it's most mares dreams to go to it. "Right, I am still not interested" he said stretching before standing and hugging Twilight "I best be off to my next job" he said as the mare nodded and let him out and locked the door behind him.

As he entered the spa he was met by two mares, one was pink with a blue mane and tail with a headband and wearing a blue top an white skirt next to a blue mare with a pink mane and tail with a headband and wearing a pink top and white skirt "Hey my names Jason" he introduced offering his hand which the pink one shook first then the blue one.

"Pleasure to meet you Jason, I'm Lotus and this is my sister Aloe" the blue one said with a smile as try both inspect him before giving him a map of the spa "okay so the red circles are the doors that you need to replace the hinges" she said with a smile which Jason nodded and headed to the furtherest from the main doors. As he arrived, he received a tap on the shoulder by Lotus who had followed him. "Hey I was wondering if you can work and talk, seeing as it's a slow day today." She asked which Jason nodded before pulling out a screwdriver and began to removed the screws. "So Berry Punch came by earlier and asked us to sign on a petition about you." She said as Jason removed the first of the two rusted hinges for the door.

"Yea I was a bit flustered last night when I made that challenge with her" he said as he started on the upper hinge a he pinned the door to the wall with his leg.

"Why were you flustered?" She asked him curious.

"Well multiple reasons which have built up over the days, the first with being that I can never go home again, second being that I am below average height of ponies here, third that every species here can love ten times as long as I can, fourth being that the ratio of male to female is so out of wack, fifth, the fact that I have gone from a male dominate world to a female dominate one, sixth, polygamy is a thing here." He said with a sigh as he finished the first door "sorry about ranting" he said which made her smile as they moved to the next door.

"It's quite alright, you sounded like you needed with the bucked up week you have been through an you also sound like you need friends" she said as she placed a hand on his shoulder "if you like, my sister and I are happy to be your friends" she said warmly which made Jason smile as he began on the door. "So tell me about your day" she said making Jason chuckle.

"Nothing too exciting except for the fact I had to paint an invisible piano" he said making Lotus giggle.

"Time Turner?" She asked making him nod "yea that sounds like him, he is really nice but he finds the oddest things" she said as Jason finished the door and entered the massage room with Lotus only to find Fluttershy and Rarity getting massages. "Oh hay is it Sunday already?" She asked no one in particular as the two went to a cupboard near the two mares.

"Oh hello Lotus, hello Jason" Rarity greeted "what are you doing here Jason?"

"Hey you two, well I am just replacing some rusted hinges" he said as he began on the cupboard door.

"Oh really? That's very useful of you, oh and by the way you have received an invitation to the Gala" she stated which Jason only shrugged.

"Not interested sorry" he said as he finished making Rarity gasp.

"What?! But it's the biggest event of the year, you have to go and you have to let me make you a suit." She said sitting up, not giving a fuck that she was naked except for a towel around her waist, she had three blue diamonds on her breast. Jason quickly brought his hand up to his eyes out if respect.

"I'm sorry it's just no my thing to hang out with nobles and from what I have heard, most are racist bigots and seeing as I am the only one of my species and an alien species at that, I'd be in quite a shot storm" he said with his eyes covered.

"I see but please you must come, it will be enjoyable and you can be there when my dream comes true and I meet the love of my life" she said in a dreamy tone "also thank you for being such a gentle colt, I am covered" she said which got Jason to remove his hand.

"Thanks and fine seeing as you are my friend I'll go" he said as she squealed and moved to hug him, ignoring the fact that her towel covering her lower half had fallen off her.

"We can hug later when you aren't naked" he said making her blush brightly before levitating her bathrobe over and put it on as Jason left for the lobby. As he reached it, he began to work on the hinges of the front door as Aloe came over with a cup of water.

"So what's the damage?" She asked as Jason finished.

"Well 10 hinges is usually $5 so that plus $12 for labour makes it $17" he said which made her smile as she gave him a bag of bits, "this is too much" he said removing half of the amount only to be stopped.

"Think of it as a tip" she said with a wink before heading back to the front desk to watch him leave.

(Later at Sweet Apple Ache's)

As Jason arrived at the farm house, he was greeted by Big Macintosh who was sitting on the step with a glass of cider "Howdy Jason" he greeted as he rose.

"Hey Mac so what do you need my help with?" He asked.

"Oh nothin' just wanted ya to come play cards with ma'self and ah couple of ma friends" he said.

"Cards?" Jason asked

"Eyup" he said getting a shrug from Jason.

"Okay I'm game, when do we start?" He asked

"In a bit, want a glass?" He asked gesturing the cider in his hand.

"Sure" he said and entered the house with the large red Stallion.