The Protector

Twilight sat at her desk, writing a letter to her beloved teacher, Princess Celestia. Today's lesson is another thing involving how friendship will never end.

Twilight had her magic radio on as she wrote the letter to her teacher, and as it blasted some news she heard something interesting come on.

The radio host spoke loudly with a chipper tone "And today's main news involves a unfamiliar creature saving a pony from a robbery, I'll let my co-hostess here explain." There was pause before a feminine voice spoke up.

"Thanks, Bullet. Yes, today there was a report that said a pony was walking through Ponyville last night by their self. The pony claims a stallion appeared out of no where and attacked her, she said he tried taking all of her personal belongings until a unknown creature saved her, she claims it was taller than the Princess herself, and that it had a intimidating stance to it. The creature supposedly knew very well about fighting methods and fought off the stallion with very little effort. The mare made it very clear that the savior had no intents on hurting the innocent, because she claimed after it's heroic deeds, it walked towards the everfree forest very calmly." The hostess finished with a sigh.

The male host came back "Thanks, Star. This story is so intriguing, simply because we've had multiple reports of the creature saving lives, the ponies that were protected even created a club for the creature, they all have agreed on calling the creature, The Protector." He finished with what sounded like a deep breath of air.

Twilight stopped writing and sat there, very curious about the news. "That creature has been all over the news lately, it really has gotten a big following. I wonder why it keeps protecting ponies?" She went deep into thought. "Hmm... I wonder if I'll ever see it." She then shrugged it off and finished her letter. After she finished the letter, she called Spikes name, which resulted in the little dragon running down the stairs.

Spike ran up to her "What is it Twilight?" He said with his usual tone.

Twilight levitated the letter to him "I just need you to send this off to the Princess." She gave him a warm smile.

Spike grabbed the letter and sent the letter off to the Princess by spitting out a green flame. After he finished sending it he spoke "was there anything else you needed Twilight?" He asked curiously.

Twilight shook her head "No, that'll be it, thanks Spike!" She said as she turned around to her desk.

The little dragon walked back upstairs, more than likely to go back to sleep.

Twilight tuned into the radio again and heard the same news hosts as before.

The male host was currently speaking "The Protector has definitely made it clear that it only has good intentions, he's fought off many criminals that are probably highly skilled in robbery. Many ponies have made it clear that somepony should go out and find this creature, I'm sure it'll be hard, but I'm also sure it'd be worth it." He finished.

Twilight thought about the creature again, "Maybe me and the girls could solve this mystery, I'm sure it'd definitely be a interesting journey, it'd also answer a lot of questions too." She said before getting up "I'm gonna go and see how they feel about this idea" she said before walking out of the door to outside.

Twilight walked towards Applejacks cart that she had placed in the marketplace. As she neared her she called out "Hey, Applejack!" She stopped in front of her.

Applejack responded "Well, howdy there Twilight, what brings ya here today?" She asked with her thick country accent.

Twilight smiled kindly "Well, I'm actually wondering if you wanted to help me with something." She looked at her with a smile.

Applejack smiled "Why, of course I will! But what exactly is it?" She asked curiously.

Twilight smiled "Have you heard of The Protector?" She asked.

Applejack smiled "Yup, that nice creature that's savin all of them ponies?" She replied.

Twilight nodded "Yup, that's it. I've been getting really curious about what it is, so I figured that we could all get together and find out what it is?" She informed her.

Applejack smiled widely "I wondered that myself a few times. I'd happily help you search for it, just let me know when you're ready to go." She said while handing a customer some apples.

Twilight smiled "That's great! I'll go and ask the others, when I get done I'll let you know when we take leave." She said happily.

Applejack nodded "Alright sugar cube, I'll see ya then." She returned to managing her stand.

Twilight walked away from the stand and towards the carousel botique "Now let's see if Rarity's up for the challenge." She said with her usual chipper tone.

Twilight walked into the boutique to see Rarity putting on display some of her work. "Hey Rarity!" Twilight greeted the element of generosity.

Rarity turned around and smiled wide "Hello darling! What brings you here today?" She asked.

Twilight smiled and replied "I wanted to ask you of a favor?" She asked Rarity.

Rarity tilted her head and replied "Of course, but what is it that you need Twilight?" She asked, slightly confused.

Twilight looked around before speaking "you know about The Protector, right?" She asked Rarity.

Rarity nodded "Of course! I've heard a lot about it, I've even come to be a little bit of a fan of it myself." She admitted.

Twilight giggled and replied "Well, I've decided to try and find it. I've already got Applejack on board, now I want you to try and help me as well." She explained.

Rarity smiled "Of course darling! I'd love to go and find our mysterious hero! Just let me know when you want to set out on this little adventure!" She said while putting a dress onto one of her display figures.

Twilght smiled wide "Great! Thanks a lot Rarity!" She said before hugging her.

Rarity smiled at the action "Anything for you Twilight! I hope you have good luck with the others!" She said her goodbyes.

Twilight smiled "Alright, Rarity, I'll get you when we're ready." she said while exiting the boutique.

Twilight yelled up at a cloud that Rainbow Dash was sleeping on "Hey, Rainbow!" She said to get her attention.

Rainbow Dash looked down and saw Twilight "Oh, hey Twilight!" She said while floating down. She landed in front of her and spoke again "Wassup?" She asked.

Twilight smiled at Rainbow Dash "I've just come to see about getting your help. You've heard about The Protector, I'm guessing?" She asked her.

Rainbow nodded quickly "I sure have! I love how that dude kicks flank!" She expressed her feelings on the creature happily.

Twilight giggled "Well, I've developed quite a bit of interest in the creature as well, and now I'm gathering you girls to help find it." She explained her need of a favor.

Rainbow smiled wide "Heck yeah I will! I definitely wouldn't miss out on this adventure!" She exclaimed.

Twilight smiled "Wow! Thanks Rainbow! You're help means a lot!" She showed her gratitude for the help of a friend.

Rainbow smiled "Of course! Just let me know when we go and find this guy!" She said while hovering back up to her cloud.

Twilight smiled and walked towards sugar cube corner, she had pretty high confidence now with all of the good results she's been getting.

Twilight walked into sugar cube corner with a wide smile plastered onto her face. She looked around for Pinkie Pie, she soon turned around and saw Pinkie behind her.

Pinkie greeted her happily "Hi Twilight!" She said with her happy cheerful tone.

Twilight jumped in surprise but calmed down when she realized who it was "Hi Pinkie! I actually need your help." She cut to the point.

Pinkie nodded "Sure thing, Twilight! What is it that you need?" She asked while turning her head slightly.

Twilight brought up the protector "Everypony has heard of the protector recently, and I've gotten the sudden desire to find out what it is! I can't do it all by myself, so I'm rounding up the girls to go and search for it." She explained.

Pinkie smiled and nodded very fast "I'm up for it! I'll meet you when you're ready!" Pinkie said while happily bouncing off.

Twilight smiled and made her way out. "Okay, next up is Fluttershy." She said as she trotted towards Fluttershy's cottage.

Twilight knocked on Fluttershy's cottage door, which resulted in a few signs of movement from behind the door.

The cottage door opened and revealed Fluttershy, when she saw who it was she wore her usual tender smile "Oh, hey Twilight. What brings you here today?" She said with her usual soft timid voice.

Twilight smiled and explained herself "Me and the girls are going to search for the protector that everypony's talking about, and I wanted to see if you wanted to come along?" She asked the timid yellow pony.

Fluttershy perked up at her saying the name "The nice creature? Of course I want to help search for it! It's been helping everypony, but it keeps running off, it's probably scared and just needs some love." She opened up more.

Twilight smiled "That's great! Meet me at my library later and then we will set out to search for the creature." She said to the timid yellow horse.

Fluttershy nodded and replied "Okay, I'll see you then." She said before closing the door to her cottage very gently.

Twilight trotted with a wide smile on her face back to her library. "All of the girls are on board! I'm already getting excited, I'm sure this creature will be a great addition to the community! Especially with all of the good deeds it done" she continued trotting with happiness in her steps.

After a little bit of arranging, Twilight gathered all of the girls at her library to go over the plan.

Twilight pointed at directions with a ruler on her chalk board to show exactly what they're doing. "We know this creature is very intelligent, so we can already tell that it's probably built itself a home in the everfree, and the reports said it was tall, that means the protector has probably made some kind of structure that's visible." She hit the high points on the directions.

Rainbow Dash spoke up "So we need to look for its home, and if we find it then we need to try to be very calm and collected with it?" Rainbow asked just to clarify.

Twilight nodded "Correct. Are there anymore questions?" She asked while scanning the room for anypony that looked lost.

Nopony spoke up and all gave Twilight their approval.

Twilight smiled while putting her board away "Okay, let's go and find The Protector." She said while she grabbed her bag.

The others got up and gathered all of their things before walking out of the library.

Twilight stood in front of them and then turned to look in the direction of the everfree "Okay girls, let's do this!" She said while trotting towards the forest.