The Protector

by Freakxander

Chapter 6- The Awakening

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Aiden laid on his bed while reading a book, he had the magic radio on while he read up on some of Equestria's history.

"It's November now, I was introduced to the world back in September. These months Just keep on flying by, I wonder when somethings are gonna happen, when will I finally get to have a purpose on this planet? Oh well, that doesn't really matter right now." Aiden said before hearing the music get cut off and a news broadcast was put on.

The news speaker was speaking "Today we are here to inform anypony of what is going. A creature of some sort has been... Killing innocent ponies, destroying buildings, creating havoc. A group of highly trained guards went out to find it... But they appear to have disappeared, they aren't responding to anything the princess sends them... Princess Celestia said she would have a meeting with the Elements Of Harmony as soon as possible."

Aiden put down the book and sat up "How am I just now hearing about this? This sounds pretty bad. I wonder if I can help in any way?" He said before hearing some voices talk downstairs.

He sat up before exiting his room and heading downstairs. He stood on one of the steps out of sight of everypony but it gave him a good look at what was happening.

Princess Celestia stood in front of the elements of harmony "Girls, we have a very serious problem on our hands. I'm sure you all already know since I'm here to gather all of you." She announced to them.

Twilight nodded "yes princess, I have heard the news. We are ready to ban whatever evil it is that you speak of." She told her.

Celestia smiled "Good, we must leave as soon as we can. I will give you girls an hour to pack anything you need. Once you are done packing then meet me back here and we shall leave." She told all of them.

Twilight perked up with realization "What about Aiden princess?" She asked her teacher.

Celestia sighed "He shall stay here in Ponyville. I know he wants to do good, but I think he can only handle a few robbers and that's it." She told her.

Twilight nodded "I understand. As much as I respect his heroic deeds, but I feel like him against pure evil will just ruin him." She agreed with her teacher.

Aiden looked down at the ground "I guess this must be pretty bad. They don't think I can help at all." He said before walking back up the stairs.

Aiden entered his room and sat down on his bed "What's going on exactly? I really want to find out." He said while rubbing his head.

There was a soft knock on his bedroom door before Twilight entered "Hey Aiden. I need to tell you about some things that's may concern and confuse you." She said while walking over and sitting down on his bed.

Aiden pretended like he didn't know anything "Okay... What's wrong?" He said before looking at her.

Twilight sighed "Equestria is pretty much being attacked by something evil. Me and the girls are gonna have to leave for a little while so we can defend Equestria." She told him.

Aiden sighed "I guess that means there's not anything I can do to help." He said with a fake disappointed tone.

Twilight nodded "I'm afraid there's not." She said with a sad expression.

Aiden put a hand on her shoulder and rubbed it "Twilight... Just please promise me you'll be safe. You're my best friend and I wouldn't know what to do without you." He said while looking into her eyes.

Twilight blushed "I-I promise I will Aiden. I'll miss you while I'm gone." She said before standing up.

Aiden stood up and looked down at her "I'll miss you too Twi." He said before kneeling down and hugging her.

Twilight hugged him back before letting go "I better get ready to leave. Take care of Spike while I'm gone, and try your best to keep the library running, okay?" She asked him.

Aiden smiled and nodded "I'll take care of it. Goodbye, Twilight." He said to her as she walked towards the door.

Twilight turned and looked at him "Goodbye, Aiden." She said before closing the door behind her.

Aiden sighed before rubbing the back of his head "I hope nothing happens to Ponyville, I'm sure we're pretty much fucked if they can't stop it." He said before getting up to leave his room.

Aiden stepped out into the hallway and heard Twilight filling Spike in on what was going on. Aiden sighed before walking down the steps and was greeted by Celestia's presence.

Celestia looked up at Aiden and smiled "Good evening, Aiden." She said kindly.

Aiden stared at her for a few seconds "Good evening." He said before continuing down the stairs.

Celestia sighed "I take it you have heard the news." She said before sitting down on the couch.

Aiden nodded "Yup, I also know the girls are gonna be gone for a little while." He said while grabbing one of the books on one of the bookshelves.

Celestia nodded "They have dealt with these kinds of things before. I'm sure they will have it sorted out in no time." She said while holding her smile.

Aiden turned and looked at her "What's your plan if they fail? What's your last resort?" He asked her with a more serious tone.

Celestia was quiet for a few moments "Well, I would be forced to have me and my sister deal with it ourselves." She told him.

Aiden sat down in a chair before opening up the book "Alrighty then." He said before reading the book.

Celestia stared at him with curiosity "What are you reading?" She asked the human.

Aiden looked up at her "I'm reading about modern weapon blueprints." He said before looking back down at the book.

Celestia smiled "Do you like building things?" She asked him.

Aiden kept his eyes on the book "I'll build things here and there. I usually do it if it benefits me in any way." He said while flipping a page.

Celestia nodded "I see... Have you ever built anything that's not in the book?" She asked him.

Aiden stopped reading before looking back up at her "I've built a few things that are not in this book." He told the princess.

Celestia stared with curiosity "Like?" She said while listening closely.

Aiden smiled "A sniper rifle and some hollow point rounds." He said before looking back down at the book.

Celestia was confused on what he was talking about but she wasn't able to ask him due to Twilight walking down the stairs.

Twilight hit the bottom step and smiled at the princess "The others should be here any minute now." She told her teacher.

Celestia nodded "Good, we must leave as soon as we can." She said before taking a glimpse at Aiden.

Twilight looked at Aiden and was confused as to why the princess was looking at him.

The princess pulled Twilight closer to whisper in her ear "How can he hear news like this and just be calm? He just came down like as if nothing happened and just started to read a book." She whispered to Twilight.

Twilight looked at her teacher and back at Aiden "I'm not sure." She whispered back.

Twilight sighed and walked over to Aiden "How do you feel Aiden?" She asked him while resting her head on the armrest of the chair

Aiden looked at her and smiled "I feel fine. Why do you ask?" He asked her.

Twilight stared at him "You just seem to be really calm right now. Ponies usually are on edge about these kind of things." She told him.

Aiden kept his smile "Why should I be worried if I can't do anything about it?" He asked her.

Twilight wore a confused expression "I-I don't know. What if something were to happen to you?" She asked him.

Aiden chuckled "That's a pretty easy question Twilight." He told her.

Twilight looked at Celestia who was just as confused as her.

Aiden sighed "I would simply just do something about it." He said before looking back down at his book.

Twilight blinked a few times before hearing her library door open up and seeing all of her friends walk in.

Celestia stood up and greeted them "Hello girls. Are you all ready to go?" She asked them all.

They all nodded with confidence on their faces.

Celestia smiled "very well, let's get into the chariot and take our leave." She said while walking out of the door.

The others followed behind her including Twilight.

They all entered the chariot and got seated.

Celestia smiled at the girls "We shall now take our leave." She said before being spooked by Aiden from outside of the chariot.

The girls snapped their heads toward him in surprise.

Aiden handed Twilght his notebook "Take this. You may find it useful." He told the mare.

Twilight was surprised by this "Y-you trust me with your months of research?" She asked him.

Aiden smiled "I think you'll find it useful." He said before turning around and walking back into the library.

Twilight smiled at the humans kind actions.

Celestia regained her composure "Let us go." As she said as the chariot lifted off of the ground.


Aiden woke up in the chair he had been reading in. He stretched before looking at the time.

"Damn, I must've fell asleep. It's six-thirty in the evening." He said before standing up.

Aiden walked into the kitchen and pulled out some cooking supplies "I better start cooking, I'm the only one here that can feed Spike." He said before pulling out some stuff to make pasta.

Aiden heard the small potter patter of Spike's feet as they got louder when approaching the kitchen.

Spike sniffed the air and smiled "Are we having some pasta tonight Aiden?" He asked the human.

"Yup, I'll put whatever kind of sauce you want into it." Aiden replied.

Spike rubbed his chin before smiling "Do we by chance have any Alfredo sauce?" He asked him.

Aiden nodded "Yup," he pulled some of the sauce out of one of the drawers "We've got plenty of it." He said to the baby dragon.

"Then I'd love to have some of that on the pasta." Spike told him.

Aiden opened the pack of Alfredo and poured it into a pot next to the pasta. The Alfredo got mixed into a pot of boiling water before it started forming into a thick sauce.

Spike watched him do this with some interest "It's kind of weird to see somepony in here cooking since Twilight doesn't really cook that often." He said to spark up a conversation.

Aiden sprinkled some salt into the Alfredo "Yeah, Twilight is a busy mare so she doesn't have time or interest in doing it. If you enjoy this meal then you can always ask me to cook more things." He said before putting the pasta into a strainer over the sink.

Spike smiled before getting plates and silverware to set down on the table. "Then I hope I enjoy this meal then." He said before sitting down at the kitchen table.

Aiden poured the Alfredo onto the pasta before stirring it up. After he did that he put the food into a pot and sat the pot down onto the table.

Spike grabbed his spoon and scooped the pasta onto his plate. He took a bite of it and chewed it with pleasure "This is great! You definitely need to cook more often!" He said before taking another bite.

Aiden smiled "I'm glad you like it." He said before getting some of the food himself.

Spike looked up at Aiden "Twilight told me she had to get rid of some evil with the Elements Of Harmony. I'm just confused to as of why they didn't take you." He sparked up a conversation.

Aiden shrugged "They don't really think I'm fit for this kind of stuff. They just think I'm a wanna be hero." He said before taking another bite.

Spike wore a look of shock "What?! Dude, you're so much smarter than a average pony, and you're so strong it's not even funny! Why would they just push you off as something that small?!" He said with a little anger.

"Don't worry Spike, I'll just remain here in Ponyville to protect all of y'all." He responded.

Spike relaxed "Yeah, I guess you being here just means we don't have anything to worry about." He said before continuing to eat.

Aiden smiled "I'm glad you have confidence in me. I promise if anything happens then I won't let you down." He said before taking another bite.

Spike smiled "Aiden... You have few tricks hidden up your sleeve don't you?" He asked him.

Aiden looked up at him and smiled "I have almost all of my tricks hidden up my sleeve." He told the baby dragon.

"Whatever your tricks are I'm sure they've gotta be pretty advanced." He said before finishing up the last of his Alfredo.

Aiden finished his as well, he took his and Spikes plates to put them into the sink. "They're certainly different." He responded to Spike.

Spike shrugged "I just hope everything will be fine," He said while standing up "and thanks for the meal Aiden. I'm gonna head upstairs to catch some z's." He said while leaving the kitchen.

Aiden watched the dragon leave his sight before sighing "What evil is so bad that it can keep me from doing anything?" He said before realizing something "My medicine... I never remembered to tell them I advanced it! My dosage has been increased so magic can barely even put a scratch on me." He said while pulling the bottle out of his pocket "I might as well go ahead and take another one before heading to bed." He said to himself before taking another pill.

The medicine was no longer blue, but it was now purple. He had advanced it to where it can reduce magic by a lot.

Aiden sighed before taking a swig of his water "Well, I guess I better go to bed. I'm sure I'll have a few errands to run." He said while leaving the kitchen and walking up the stairs.

Aiden came to his room and saw Spike had moved his minature bed into there.

Spike was already fast asleep and it appeared he was having a good dream.

Aiden smiled before heading to his closet and changing into a pair of pj's, he only wore the pants piece but never the shirt since it made him hot under the covers.

Aiden walked to his bed and laid down to finally catch some sleep.


Aiden stood in the middle of a pure white room with what appeared to be no existence at all.

"I'm pretty sure I was just sleeping happily in my bed." He said to himself.

"You were." A feminine voice said from behind him.

Aiden turned around to see the princess of the night "You're princess Luna aren't you?" He asked her.

Luna smiled "It is nice to know we don't have to introduce ourselves."

Aiden looked around "We?" He said with a confused look.

Luna sighed "Don't worry about that. I'm still just getting used to modern speaking." She said before straightening her posture. "I have watched you for quite some time now. You're good acts haven't gone unnoticed." She said with a smile.

Aiden blinked a few times "Alright, and what does that mean?" He asked her.

"I believe you are more than what others think you are. I believe you are the answer to the problem at hoof." She told him.

Aiden raised an eyebrow "You think the Elements Of Harmony can't solve this?" He asked her.

Luna smiled "This evil is already outsmarting them," she sighed and summoned up a image of the girls walking around in the woods at night "it has lead them here, but they don't realize it has just put them in a never ending forest." She said before bringing the image away.

Aiden frowned "How are they gonna get out?" He asked her.

"Well, they will get out eventually but it's just wasting their time." She informed him.

"What does this exactly have to do with me?" He asked her.

"You have built resistance to magic, you are the only one I know of to master every fighting style, you are also one who can actually engage in combat with pure evil without being driven insane immediately," She sighed "and you can do this all because you were raised in a world where evil thrives, but you have taken all of that evil to only turn it into a desire for a good cause." She told the human.

Aiden looked at her "So I'm guessing those guards went insane when they were sent out to deal with it." He asked her.

Luna nodded "It drives them insane and makes it one if its own soldiers." She said sadly.

Aiden sighed "I guess that's why you guys can't see what it looks like yet?" He asked her.

Luna smiled "That's actually another thing I wanted to say," she brought a image of the creature "It looks kind of similar to you. It is bipedal and it shares a lot of similar characteristics." She said while letting him look at the image.

Aiden observed the creature very closely.

The creature was pure black with red eyes, it looked like it was indeed pure evil, so black that it looks like your looking into a black hole. The red eyes were the only things that had color on it.

Aiden nodded "The more characteristics we share then the easier I can deal with it." He said to her.

Luna smiled "So... If it's soldiers were to come to Ponyville then you would be involved?" She asked him.

Aiden nodded "As soon as it messes with us then I'm definitely involved." He told her.

Luna smiled wide "I'm happy to hear that. I think you should wake up, I believe Spike is trying to wake you up." She told him.


Aiden snapped awake and saw Spike standing beside his bed.

Spike had a scared look "A-Aiden, t-there are ponies outside screaming, some guards are rounding them up for some reason. I thought they were here to help. C-can you do anything?" He said this with a few tears forming.

Aiden jumped up and looked out of the window to see one of the guards throwing a torch into a house and setting it on fire, resulting in screams from ponies.

Spike yelled "Aiden! Please help them!" He begged the human.

Aiden didn't bother putting on a new set of clothes but instead ran as fast as he could outside of the library with Spike following behind him.

Some guards saw Aiden and charged after him.

"Stay back Spike!" Aiden told the baby dragon. The guards were about to tackle him but instead got Aiden's heel to the side of the face, swinging both of them off of their hooves.

Aiden stood in a defensive stance as the guards stood back up.

One guard tried to jump on Aiden but he dodged the attack, he snatched the guard by the throat and broke his neck.

The other guard regained his balance and picked up his spear that he had dropped, he charged at Aiden with the spear but he was disarmed and had the spear rammed through the back of his head.

Aiden pulled the spear out of the guards head and turned to Spike. "You okay?" He asked the baby dragon.

Spike was shaking and nodding "Y-yeah... Let's go and save the ponies." He said before running towards the bundled together ponies that were being into a wagon.

Aiden sprinted towards the guards with the spear in his hand still.

The guards with horns shot a few bolts of magic but they didn't effect Aiden at all.

Aiden tricked one of the guards into thinking he was gonna stab him but instead kicked him in the Adam's apple. While the guard was choking Aiden swung the pole of the spear and knocked him out with one swift blow.

A group of guards charged at Aiden but three of them got their throats cut open after Aiden swung the spear at them.

The tip of Aiden's spear broke off into one of the guards and left him with his hands again. Two of the guards charged at the same time but Aiden dodged and tripped them with his leg, making them fall onto the ground. He jumped up and stomped on the back of the guards heads, making a crunching sound as they died.

The last guard swung his spear at Aiden and cut him across his back, but Aiden snatched the spear from him and stabbed him right in the eye.

The remaining guards retreated back to where they came from.

Aiden watched them leave "What?! You're just gonna run you fucking pussies?!?" He yelled after them.

Spike burned off the lock on one of the wagons and released the ponies from it "Come on you guys, Aiden saved us!" He announced to them.

Aiden walked over to one of the other wagons and broke off the lock by prying it open with the spear "Come on, you guys are safe now." He told them as they exited the wagon.

Spike had burned off the rest of the locks on the wagons and got the ponies out of the cart.

Aiden looked around and saw some of the homes and shops were on fire, there was also now a good many corpses on the ground.

Aiden saw Big Mac, Granny Smith, and Applebloom walk up to him.

Big Mac smiled at him "Thank ya so much Aiden, we were sure we were done for." He thanked the human.

Aiden smiled at them "It's my duty to protect you guys. It's just now that they've come to Ponyville I'm now involved this." He told them.

Big Mac nodded "I better get my family home, we need to get ready if another attack might happen." He said before walking off with his family.

Spike walked up to Aiden "Do you think they'll come back?" He asked Aiden.

Aiden looked around at the corpses "I think we just protected a piece of Equestria, I think they may go and round up some more troops before they come back, especially while I'm here. We should be safe for a while." He told Spike.

Aiden put his hand on his back and saw the wound was still bleeding "That fucker got me, but not as good as I got him." He said this before he was blinded by a bright white light.

Aiden saw Celestia and the girls run out of the light and were immediately shocked to see everything had been taken care of.

Twilight saw Aiden and Spike before running up to them "You guys are okay!" She said before hugging them both.

Spike smiled "Thanks to Aiden we're fine." He told her.

Twilight looked at Aiden "You did this?" She asked him with a look of surprise.

Aiden smiled at her "I told you that I'd do something about it if they messed with me." He told her.

"I-I never would've guessed you could do... Well, this." She said while looking at the corpses and the freed ponies.

Aiden smiled "I have some experience with these kinds of things." He told her.

Spike jumped up "Aiden was awesome, he was like one of the heroes from a book!" He said while trying to play out Aiden's moves.

Twilight giggled "Oh really?" She said before looking up at Aiden.

Aiden chuckled "I have a few tricks up my sleeve." He said with a smile.

Celestia and the others walked over and greeted them "Aiden... You did this?" Celestia asked him.

Aiden nodded "I had to do my duty as the protector. I believe I told all of Ponyville and you this." He reminded her.

Celestia sighed "Yes, I remember this. I just did not expect you to be... This good at it." She admitted.

"Perhaps now you know I'm not just some wanna be hero. I want to help, it's just the matter of if you'll let me." He told her.

Celestia stared at him for a few moments "I'll think about it. I must discuss it with my sister." She informed him.

Luna appeared behind Aiden "There is no need for that sister. Aiden is fit for this problem, we believe he is the answer to solving this." She told Celestia.

Celestia was shocked to see her sisters confidence in the human "Do you believe he is that powerful?" She asked Luna.

Luna smiled with confidence "I watched Aiden take out all of these guards with his hands and a spear, I believe his knowledge and strength will solve this problem quicker than any other solution." She told her sister.

Celestia sighed "Very well," she turned to face Aiden "Aiden, I will send a chariot to pick you up tomorrow morning. I hope by then you will have everything you need ready." She said before turning to leave "Girls, let us go back to the castle." She said before teleporting them.

Aiden turned to thank Luna but she was already gone. "That's a strange mare...." He said before turning to Spike.

Spike smiled wide "You're gonna help save Equestria! That's so cool, next thing you know there'll be a book about you!" He said with excitement.

Aiden smiled "Let's go back to the library Spike. I need to get a few things packed, I also need to tell you a few things." He said before walking towards the library with Spike following close behind.

Aiden entered the library and turned to face Spike "I'm gonna be gone for a little bit, but that doesn't mean I won't be able to help you guys here in Ponyville. If anything, and I mean anything looks suspicious then send a letter to Celestia to request my aid. As soon as I would receive the news I would be here as soon as possible." He informed the dragon.

Spike nodded "Gotcha, hopefully nothing else will happen to Ponyville while you're gone." He said with hope present in his voice.

Aiden smiled "They would have to go through me first before anything happened." He told Spike.

"Okay, good." Spike walked over to a closet and grabbed a suitcase for Aiden "We should get your things packed before heading back to bed." He told the human.

Aiden nodded "Right, let me go and grab my clothes and such." He said before walking up the stairs.

A few minutes later Aiden came back down with all of his clothes in his arms. He set them down on the couch before proceeding to fold them and stuff them into the suitcase.

Spike grabbed Aiden's boots and stuffed them into the side pocket of the case. Spike looked up at Aiden "I'm confused to as of why evil reached Ponyville so quickly. I mean, the girls had left literally yesterday afternoon." He asked Aiden.

Aiden sighed "The evil outsmarted them, it just can move really fast when there isn't anypony fighting it off." He told Spike.

Spike helped Aiden put the remaining things into the suitcase "That makes more sense. Hopefully it can't outsmart you." He said to the human.

Aiden zipped up the suitcase "Me too. I'm sure it's hoping I can't outsmart it." He said before picking up the suitcase.

Spike sighed "Well, I guess we better catch as much sleep as we can." He said before running up the stairs.

Aiden looked out of the window and saw the ponies putting out the fires "Hopefully we can fix this." He said before walking up the steps and to his room.


Author's Note

This is pretty much my first time writing a action packed chapter. Please let me know what you think I could improve on!

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