Silver Guardian

I awoke to some poking and prodding,

“Hey, don’t wake it! It might eat us!” I heard a soft feminine voice scold.

“We can’t just leave it to die!” Another voice, rough and masculine voice, closer than the girl’s voice responded.

I groaned as I opened my eyes “Shut up!” I exclaimed, causing the girl to squeal and guy to jump back, or at least that’s what it sounded like, “Eugh, did anyone get the name of that freight train?”

My eyes refocused as I blinked and shook my head, trying to clear my mind of its groggy state.

“Umn, Miss dragoness, are you okay?” The rough guy’s voice sounded concerned, and as I turned to face him, I was shocked. A Gryphon!? I thought, I tried to push myself to stand, which I managed,

Holy shit! I am towering over him! I looked down to check my body, which I shouldn’t have. I now have scales that are blue-gray with silver highlights, glittering in the light, I am now a quadruped and also notice that my neck is doing things it shouldn’t. Oh, did I also mention the forty five foot wings and the fact I dwarfed the gryphon and is that a pony? Not to mention that long spiny fin going from my head to my tail.

Welp, that’s just great! What happened to my character sheet, and spell book a holographic character sheet and inventory opened up. Oh goody I get the video game existential crisis! I thought sarcastically,

So let’s see here, hmmn, young adult silver dragoness Aryxon, alignment lawful good, size large, Class Sorceress, exp thirty six thousand, Player level nine. Max carry weight one thousand eight hundred pounds, STR: Twenty Nine, DEX: Ten, CON Twenty Six, INT: Sixteen, WIS: Eleven, CHA: Twenty Three. Breath weapon cone of cold and cone of paralysis, Wings, claws, Tail and Teeth as natural weapons. Abilities feather fall, alternate form, immunity to cold, cloudwalking, vulnerability to fire.

Current inventory one bag of holding, one double chocolate fudge brownie cake (at least that wasn’t a lie), one ritual book, one Dungeoneer pack, one spellbook, one arcane focus which I equipped. One wrist Crossbow with twenty bolts and two daggers. Frightful presence, and finally class skills: bluff, jump and disguise. Spell tier five including cleric domains air, sun, good and law. So what have I learned, don't trust shady merchants with improbable items or cake.

A chromatic orb floated next to me, bobbing up and down.

“Excuse me?” A timid female voice called.

“Ah, apologies, I got lost in thought. What can I do for you?” I asked

“Well, you see, you were unconscious in the desert. I thought perhaps you needed help?” The gryphon responded.

“I see, well, I am okay, though I would like to vacate this desert pretty soon. I need to find someplace more temperate and or freezing cold. Oh, where are my manners; I am Aryxon, the silver metallic dragoness,”I explained and held out my claw, which the Gryphon took in his and shook it.

“I am Gray Wing, and that young pegasus mare is Crimson Flash” Gray Wing pointed a wing to the mare off to the side, I tried to smile reassuringly at the mare, but having the teeth of a dragon didn’t help the reassuring part and so she hid behind Gray Wing

“Am I really that scary?” I asked Crimson Flash who nodded rapidly. Hmmn, it’s a little early to be messing with this ability, but perhaps it will help the poor mare. I thought as I concentrated on shifting my form into that of a pegasus. Slowly but surely my size shrank, clawed hands retracted into hooves and my body scales made way for a coat, feathers, mane and tail. My coat was similar to my scales and my mane and tail were a light blue. Okay, that is going to take some getting used to. I shuddered, then turned to see that my cutie mark was of a scrying orb and a staff.

“Is that better, I can only do that three times a day. Come now, close those mouths, you’ll let the flies in..” I said with a smirk

“Aryxon, that’s one scary ability, you got there,” Gray Wing commented, though Crimson Wing had come out of her hiding spot.

“Call me Silver Mane when I am like this, ponies will grow suspicious if a pony with a dragon’s name comes waltzing into town, but surely it isn’t that scary an ability?” I said to the Gryphon.

“Well, to be fair there are a few Changeling hives nearby, so I suggest avoiding doing that in the city proper. The guards are right jumpy at the moment,”

I shrugged, “It’s not like I would harm anypony, the exceptions being those who are evil and aggressive, and even then I’d only go after the source.” I wonder, how this Equestria stacks up against the show?

Now that I wasn’t overshadowing the gryphon, I could see his coat was a faded brown with white facial feathers, his tail had also grayed with age, his eyes were golden. I turned to the pegasus mare as she was a dark cherry blossom pink, with hints of crimson on the edges of her primaries her eyes were silver like mercury, her mane and tail was pastel blue. My bag of holding I found had morphed into a saddlebag.

“So my fellow travellers, where are we? I doubt very much we are in Equestria or the frozen north?” I asked cracking my new limbs and stretching, causing Crimson Flash to blush.

“Well Silver, you are right smack in the middle of the San Palomino desert, east of the Rock Farm home of the Pie family and south of Las Pegasus!” Gray Wing exclaimed.

“Okay, so I am in Equestria,” I grumbled, “Why are you two out here?”

“Well, we came here to investigate the impact, we had no idea it turned out to be a dragoness. However, I am glad we did, as evidenced by your previous request for a cold climate, not one for the desert,” Crimson Flash explained

“So what can you tell me of Equestria, has anything changed? I haven’t been here in ninety seven years, and then I was just a wyrmling.”

“Well, not much has changed, Princess Celestia still rules, the monster population has spiked in the last few years, and many new monsters have surfaced, some that tower above even you dragons and as a result civilians have been authorised to carry arms. Speaking of dragons, can you help explain the influx of new breeds, you being one of them?” Gray Wing spoke, as we started walking.

“Hmn, lead the way to Las Pegasus. If memory serves I can take a train inland and I can try to explain as best as I can.”

I received a nod of acknowledgement as I fell into my own thoughts Well this is great, I am in Equestria and I am a dragoness. Oh, I do so hope that laying eggs doesn’t hurt. Though that does bare the question, where am I going to live? Also, where am I going to get food? It’s not like I can just kill a monster and be rewarded for it? And those monsters and new breeds of dragons worries me, if it’s the breeds from D & D, the native population won't last and that is not even taking into account the threat to mortal lives.

Three Giant Scorpions, straight out of the monster manual rose out of the sand in our path, one in the back flanked by two in the front. Gray Wing drew a sword and shield while Crimson Flash held a crossbow on her hoof.

I drew forth my own focus and tried to remember my spells. Targeting the rear scorpion, I performed a few gestures and then shouted, “Sleet storm!” The scorpions were engulfed in a twenty foot tall cylinder forty foot wide of freezing rain and sleet, centered on the back scorpion. The ground beneath them froze into slippery ice. The creatures screeched as their bodies were hit and damaged by the abnormal weather.

Gray Wing and Crimson Flash took pot shots and slashed at any of the scorpions that managed to escape the storm sending it right back into the sleet storm.

I geared up for my next spell as the last ended, after some rapid hoof movements and saying the spell’s name “Ice Storm!”, taking up twenty foot wide and forty feet in height, A hail of rock hard ice bore down onto the scorpions, screeches and crunches echoed from the impact site, revealing three dead Scorpions.

A screen popped up and said I had gained four thousand two hundred xp, one moonstone, one red garnet and seventy five bits. The others gained one blue quartz and fifteen bits each. A coin purse attached to my barrel. huh, how about that.

Gray Wing and Crimson Flash looked exhausted, I am not surprised.

“What were those things!? Also where did these bits come from!?” Crimson whimpered.

“Those were Giant Scorpions, poisonous large beasts that live in desert regions. They are slow, and on a one on one basis aren’t much of a threat however, in groups they become even deadlier. Because of their slow speed, they lie in wait under sand to ambush prey,” I explained to the two of them. “As for the money, well I honestly I don’t know, but are you really going to complain about getting money?”

“No,” Crimson mumbled.

“As for the dragon breeds, there are chromatic dragons that are typically evil in alignment, which are Red, Whites, Black and Green. There is another classification of dragon, Metallic, which are typically good; they are Bronze, Brass, Copper, Gold and Silver. There are rare metallics Adamantite, Cobalt, Mercury, Mithral, Orium and Steel, but the initial five are most common.”

“It will take too long to explain about each so I’ll just focus on my own kind. It’s weird to think about being a dragon. Silver dragons are the second most powerful of the metallic dragons, and are true friends to all. The silver dragon enjoys the company of ponies and alicorns so much that it will often take the form of a pony or alicorns and live among them for the majority of its life. It should be noted that silvers, like all dragons, believe themselves the most superior creatures in the world. However, apart from the ability to fly, which they enjoy greatly, they tend to prefer the physical forms of equines for everyday life.
At first glance, the silver dragon appears very similar to the White dragon. The wings are more curved than a White's though, and the silver has two talons on its wings rather than the single talon of most dragons. The silver dragon also has a beautiful frill that begins at the top of its head and flows all the way down its neck and body to the tip of the tail. The frill is silver towards the body, fading to a purple hue at the edge. They have two long, smooth silver horns with black tips, pointing up and back from the head. They also have a pronounced sharp frill under the chin, which has the rough appearance of a goatee. They smell like rain.”

I noticed Crimson trying to sniff my scent, “Crimson, my scent will be that of a pegasus, not my real form,” I smirked as she flinched back and blushed at having been caught, causing Gray to laugh.

“Silver dragons lay their eggs in a bed of snow. A new hatched silver wyrmling has scales of a bluish gray, which change to silver over time. Silver wyrmlings are intelligent, kind, extremely curious, and adorable.”
“Do you have any wyrmlings, Silver Mane?” Crimson asked
“No, I do not Crimson, perhaps I may find a worthy mate soon, but I am not counting on it.” I sighed as Crimson winced, “I am not offended Crimson,” I smiled at her. Even if I didn’t already know that’s unlikely, I just might take part in the dragon migration. Yet another reason to go to Ponyville.

“Unlike the gold or bronze dragon, the silver dragon does not usually go out of its way to bring justice on the world. Instead, it waits for others to ask them for help. They will attempt to right an injustice if they see one, but they have no inclination to intentionally seek evil out and destroy it. Silver dragons are more interested in protecting the ponies or alicorns it has come to care for than in looking for evil. Like most metallic dragons, silvers do not enjoy combat, and are averse to killing. If forced to fight, however, they are as deadly as any other dragon.”

“But didn’t you just kill three creatures?” Gray Wing asked confused,

“I am fully capable of taking life, if I have to, Gray Wing, I prefer not to though,” I explained Though I am worried that my instincts will take over, I never actually took a life before, not even insects, it’s why I liked the Silver dragons so much.
“A silver wyrmling’s scales are blue-gray with silver highlights. As the dragon approaches adulthood, its color gradually brightens until the individual scales are scarcely visible. The pupils of the oldest silver dragons resemble orbs of molten mercury. They are very intelligent, more so than most ponies, extremely powerful, breathtakingly beautiful, and have lifespans which can stretch up to four thousand two hundred years.”

“Hey!” Crimson exclaimed in response.

“Don’t be offended, it is simply a fact, the truth,” I said with concern lacing my voice, afraid that I might have hurt these ponies feelings.

“The silver dragon is regal and statuesque, an unusual trait they offer is the love of pony dining, and they will use the ability of alternate forms to take part in large feasts. Silver dragons employ a breath weapon of extreme cold similar to that of white dragons. They also have a second breath weapon, a cone of paralyzing gas.
Silver dragons are extremely rare and elusive, preferring to take the guise of kind and elderly equines or very attractive and young fillies. They very much like to associate with alicorns and ponies, not necessarily because they prefer their company over other races, but because they try to learn from the shorter lived ponies.”

“So you chose that body?” Crimson asked

“Well, only because I have no reference for what a pony considers beautiful, and I can’t just show up as an alicorn. All Tartarus would break loose, and Celestia would probably try and take me to Canterlot. While that would sort two of my most pressing issues, it would also cause a whole host of others, ” I explained. I can just see the mountains of paperwork being foisted on me, forced to be a pretty decoration, I will not turn out like Twilight did when she ascended and If I can help it, I will stop her from being ascended and later abused as a princess.
“Silver dragons' favored enemy are red dragons, because these chromatic dragons are almost always evil and have a talent for destruction. Additionally, silvers and Reds favor the same sort of mountainous terrain for lairs, which leads to territorial disputes on top of having attitudes and philosophies at odds with the others'. A silver dragon's lair is typically found within an icy mountain, with the main entrance only accessible by air. The lair itself is similar to the gold dragon's in its sophistication and design, although the silver dragon's lair tends to be far less intricate. A typical lair will contain a main entertaining area, a storage room, a vault, a sleeping chamber, study, library, shrine, and two clinic rooms where the dragon can offer help and protection to those who need it. The lair will also have a concealed back entrance for use in emergencies.”

“So that’s Silver Dragons in a nutshell, we’re the best friends you ponies will ever have amongst the newer dragons.”

I had noticed ahead of the rest of my group that we had reached an oasis. I dunked my head under the clear surface and drank, a few mouthfulls. The other’s filled their canteens
before we carried on.

“So, Gray Wing, what’s a gryphon doing this far from Griffon Stone?” I asked,

He chuckled, “Oh, nothing quite as interesting as you expect, I am just a retired gryphon soldier that has been journeying Equestria for an adventure and a place to live,” He sighed,

“This monster crisis has made things harder, and that white box that showed up after our last fight is a new thing for me.”

“Crimson, how about you?” I inquired, she laughed nervously.

“I am a militia mare for Las pegasus, I only joined recently, however, but I felt like should help protect the people of Las pegasus. It’s not like I am good at anything else,” Crimson grumbled.

“Hey, I am sure you have plenty you’re good at.” I said, at which Crimson smiled wistfully, “Thank you for your kind words, Silver Mane.”

The rest of the trip to the city was uneventful. Gray Wing and Crimson Flash bid me farewell after pointing out where the station was, where I spent ten bits on a ticket to Ponyville. As I remember, there should a mountain or cloud from the show that could be used to house me, at least until I can afford a proper home in Ponyville, which might take a long time. Not to mention that it would need protecting from all the extra monsters and any dragons that decide to evict the two dragons there. If I am lucky, the red dragon in dragonshy won’t be chromatic, if not, I’ll have to step in and kill him.

As I boarded the train, I sighed wistfully and pulled out the double chocolate fudge brownie cake and ate a slice, before returning the leftovers to its cloth prison.

I saw ponies looking at the orb floating beside me. Sighing, I put my arcane focus back in the bag of holding and equipped my hoof crossbow, just in case some monsters attacked.

As I was one of the last few ponies to get on the train, it set off pretty quickly, and I looked out the window to watch the scenery. So Equestria, show me what you’ve got! Several miles off the west coast a kraken of all things surfaced, Nope, I did not see that. Not at all.

A Galleon flew over the train, shaking it. Must refrain from letting instinct draw me towards the Kraken in a noble but ultimately suicidal plan to protect mortals. No pony has asked for help,

“Somepony help!” Ponies started screeching as the train shuddered to a halt.

Fuck! Fine you want me to fight that monstrosity, fine! But if I survive this you better reward me a lot, weird game construct!

I dashed out of my car and jumped off onto the ground. I darted behind cover and changed back to my original form, and when I was about to take off I heard a pony calling me. I turned to see a white unicorn in purple armor, Shining Armor!?

“Dragon! Wait! If you are going to fight that monster,” He said pointing at the Kraken, “Take me with you!”

“What is your name pony?” I asked, I can't let him catch on to the fact that I know him, Luckily my shock at his appearance here was misconstrued as awe of his selflessness.

“It's my duty to protect ponies wherever I am as Captain of the royal guard!” Shining exclaimed resolutely,

“My name, it's Shining Armor,” he replied.

“Captain of the royal guard? Okay, Shining, welcome to the party, climb on my back, ” I instructed as I lowered myself down.

Shining Armor teleported onto my back, “ Right, here's how we do this, shield me as best as you can, I need staying power. That Kraken will take a lot of damage before it’ll die and I need to focus on attacking, but don't die! if you can't keep the shield up, rest, a Kraken does more damage to structures and cities. It’s immune to fear and paralysis,” I explained hurriedly.

“Dragon, what is your name?” Shining asked.

“Aryxon,” Wait, changelings are in the area, does that mean this is when they trick him?

“Shining Armor, before we start this fight be very careful, I have heard rumours Queen chrysalis and her hive of changelings are planning on foalnapping Princess Cadance. Be extra careful, they heard about her proposal to you. Also, shield your mind from mind affecting spells.”

“Why are you telling me this?” He asked cautiously

“Because it is the right thing to do, the source is reliable, and honestly, can you afford to doubt it? Oh, and remember to tell your family face to face that you are getting married,” I replied seriously.

“No, I don't suppose I can ignore your warning, thank you for telling me.”

“Don't worry, if worse comes to worse, I'll intervene personally.”

“Anyway, let's get on with this,” I declared as I spread my forty five foot wings and launched into the air, dodging thrown bits of wreckage as we approached closer to the the Kraken.
I breathed in as we reached within forty feet of the kraken, and used my cone of cold breath weapon, freezing the water around the creature. It roared and flailed its arms about trying to catch me. I banked away from the attack and sliced and bit its tentacles off.

“Are you okay, Shining Armor!?” I called back to him.

“I am fine, don’t worry about me, I won’t fall off!”

After three minutes of dodging bits of flotsam and ships using aerial acrobatics, I dove down and fired my breath weapon again, freezing more of the ocean and it’s body, which is now covered in ice crystals. The Kraken started a lightning storm, making me curse as I barely managed to escape the bolts by pulling in my wings and rolling, I fired my breath weapon again and then performed a couple of gestures and shouted “Ice Storm!” Rock hard shards of ice impacted the titanic creature, another Galleon was launched at us.

A steep dive, allowed us to dodge it safely, but that put us in range of the kraken's remaining tentacles. It hit; knocking the wind out of me, and three bolts converged on me as Shining Armor put up a shield, but under the combined assault it shattered but left me unscathed before another tentacle grabbed me and threw me on the ice, cracking it.

Wheezing, I drew back my breath for my final attack, the cone travelled up along its body just as several bolts of lightning hit me, I got back to my feet and charged forwards, slashing with my claws and biting, until the creatures struggles waned. Panting, I called out to Shining Armor “You okay?”

The rewards screen popped up, I received seventy five thousand xp causing me to level up to level fifteen, jeez that level boost was huge! one silver pearl and three hundred and forty bits each.

I heard a groaning. “When you fly back to the train don’t spin so much,” I heard him say as he was throwing up over the edge of the ice into the sea,

“Come on Shining, we can’t be late for the train. I could catch up, but I’d prefer not to,” I picked up Shining in my claws and returned to the shore with the airsick unicorn, we were immediately surrounded by ponies thanking us and cheering. I rubbed the back of the neck with my right claw in embarrassment, “There is no need to thank me! I was doing what anyone would do!” I said over the crowd which died down to murmurs,

“That’s Man horse manure and you know it! If it was up to me, you’d be presented with a Medal of the Sentinel. Normally it would be awarded only to the Royal Guard when they go beyond the call of duty, but seeing as I was with you, I could pretend that I deputised you, ” Shining called up to me.

“I’ll tell you what Shining, you do that and hold on to it and I’ll collect it when everything isn’t so hectic, is that okay?”

“Sure it is,” He responded with a smile, just as the train’s whistle went off signalling passengers to return to the train. I used the distraction to return to the pegasus form I wore prior, it was getting dark.

As I disembarked in Ponyville, it was the next morning after, having slept the rest of the way, I found myself in the unenviable position of being hit by a pink blur. I groaned as I came face to face with the Pink menace Pinkie Pie,

“Hi, my name’s Pinkie Pie, you must be new here, ‘cause I haven’t seen you before and if I haven’t seen you before you must be new! Making you the second new pony today, the other one was a grumpy Lavender unicorn!” She said somehow without even breathing.

“Excuse me, Pinkie Pie was it? What day is it?” I asked dreading the answer.

“Oh! Today is the one of the bestest days ever! The summer sun celebration, where Princess Celestia raises the sun in front of all of ponyville. Miss grumpy pants unicorn is totally here to organise it,” Pinkie Pie replied Oh, Bahamut’s blood! This is bad, if I mess this up. I don’t know what’ll happen!

“Come on you can join her welcome party too! And don’t worry, Auntie Pinkie hasn’t forgotten about your welcome party!” I am sure I paled at Pinkie’s plan, dug in my hooves in to escape, but she overpowered me. How in Tiamat's tail is she managing to drag me along, never mind my weight, with my strength combined with it she shouldn’t be able to!

At Golden Oaks Library, the party preparation was in full swing, It was full of ponies. While it wasn’t quite a feast, it at least had nice food and company, I was introduced to ponyville ponies, before everything went silent as the lights went out. My vision wasn’t impaired, so I saw Twilight Sparkle and her wyrmling assistant Spike, enter the room. I felt my heart beat faster as I looked at the lavender mare, the show didn’t do her justice in the looks department, but as the light’s turned on I hissed in pain at the sudden light. Twilight’s eyes swept over me and her eyes betrayed her shock before schooling her surprise, Twilight thanked Pinkie Pie for the party, though I heard her mutter under her breath “This is a library, not a club” Twilight went to a nearby table as Pinkie Pie pestered her, though every so often I saw her eyes twitch in my direction. Twilight had then rushed up upstairs after an embarrassing moment with the hot sauce. I climbed the stairs and followed her disappearing tail through the door.

The moment I walked in, I wasn’t expecting to be slammed against a wall with levitation.

“Who? What are you? Your aura is too large to be a pony, maybe you’re an alicorn. And what are you doing following me?” Twilight Sparkle demanded.

“In that order, I am Silver Mane or Aryxon, I am a silver, metallic dragoness, and I followed you to lend a hoof,” I responded as she slammed me onto her bed, pinning me underneath her.

“Help me with what? And how do I know you’re telling the truth, that you are a dragon?” She demanded. Is she serious? She can’t even cause me pain, though she is cute when she thinks she’s in control.

“With that little Nightmare Moon problem you’ll soon be having, Well you can wait until I can show you my true form.” I snarked, causing her eyes to widen.

“How can you know that!?” Twilight cried out

“Please, Twilight, you’d have to be exceptionally ignorant of history not to know, that ‘Legend has it, that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal!’”

Spike chose that moment to walk in and froze, “Eugh, Twilight, if you and that mare were going to do that! You could have locked the door; or at least put a hanger on the door handle, and put a sound proofing spell on the room! Everypony heard the noise you two were making!” He ran out of the room, as Twilight Tried in vain to call him back.

Twilight finally gave up and flopped out on top of me, her coat was soft against my body. Groaning, Twilight laid her head on my chest. “If you were telling the truth, help me find out how to defeat Nightmare Moon,” She glared at me sharply and added “And don’t take what Spike said seriously, I am not that kind of mare that I’ll just sleep with the first mare I see!” she exclaimed, blushing.

I smiled “Oh? So you like mares, do you?” I asked Yes! Possible lodging and a potential lover! I thought and then gave her a lick on the cheek before I started explaining how to defeat Nightmare Moon, as Twilight spluttered, her face was now a neon red all over, “To defeat Nightmare Moon, you need artifacts called the Elements of harmony and the bearers who represent them,”

“So I need to find them? Where are they?”

“Ah, Ah, Ah Twilight, I won’t do all the legwork for you, besides, you knew that already,” I explained.

Twilight dove down on me and kissed me, right as the door opened to the reveal five ponies and Spike, “See! I told you!”

Applejack covered her eyes with her hat,

“Oh my gosh! That is so awesome, two new fillyfoolers in Ponyville!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

Rarity fainted on the spot while Fluttershy blushed and tried hiding behind her mane, and Pinkie was skipping around shouting, “Yay, Twilight has a marefriend!”

And Twilight spluttered and tried to correct them but, they just left, saying “Come on Spike, let’s leave the two lovebirds alone,” Twilight hid in her forehooves out of embarrassment and peeked only to look at my reaction, I was grinning up a storm at Twilight before I nuzzled her.

“If you're looking for a marefriend, Twilight, I am willing to fill that role, however that still doesn’t mean I’ll tell you anymore,” I smirked up at her, Twilight growled out an exasperated huff.

“However, I am not cruel, so here is a tip, you cannot use them alone,” I finished.

I wrapped my hooves around Twilight's barrel, whispering in her ear,
“I am sure whoever sent you on this mission expects you to learn something from it. And far be it for me to interfere too much with it.”

“I have never had a marefriend,” Twilight mumbled, blush still evident.

“Perhaps, we could try it, but you have to show me the real you!” Twilight demanded, “if you don't, I don't think I could trust you,” Twilight said quietly.

“When this is over, I’ll show you the real me, I would have revealed myself eventually anyway. As for dating, as I said I am willing, though will you be after you see the real me? Can you date a dragon Twilight?” I replied, and kissed Twilight. “We can try and be marefriends if you really still want to afterwards, but for now, come along, we got some elements to find,” I said lifting Twilight up with me her eyes widened as I easily lifted her up.

“You let me slam you about!?” Twilight screeched, I placed a hoof on her lips to silence her.

“Of course, you caught me off guard the first time, but after that you were so cute I didn’t want to ruin your fun,” I replied, grinning at the exasperated mare in front of me.

“Now let’s go save Equestria, with books!”