The Knights Trinity

Chapter Twenty Two: Lets Get Started

“Come on Anthony!”, said Twilight. “Magic is a wonderful thing but if you don’t focus and harness it properly horrible things can happen.”

Anthony focused on one of the eggs she had placed on the table. He raised his hand causing the blue aura to cover it and the egg. Slowly the egg started to raise and float towards him.

“That’s it!” shouted Twilight excitedly.

The magic field surrounding the egg condensed and crushed the egg flat as a piece of parchment. The aura dissipated and the now mutilated egg fell to the floor to join its dozens of equally crushed friends.

“Sorry.”said Twilight quietly upon seeing the frustration on Anthony’s face.

“That’s it, I need a break. All this stuff is giving me a headache.”

“I suppose we could eat some breakfas..err.. Lunch. How about scrambled eggs?” asked Twilight with a smile.

“Ha, Ha, Ha.” replied Anthony sarcastically.

“Hey Twilight.” said Adrian as he and Apple Jack walked into the dining room. “ We were headed out to get lunch and though we’d see if you and Anthony wanted to join us.”

“We’d love to. I haven’t been outta this castle in four days now.” said Anthony as he sat in his new chair massaging his temples.

Adrian shook his head as he walked over to his friend, looking at the mess on the floor..

“You too huh?”

An armored gauntlet wrapped around Adrian’s hand from out of nowhere. He looked it over before reaching out towards another egg on the table. Carefully using his thumb and index finger he picked the egg up.

“See it just takes patience.”

Before long tiny cracks started to spider out from under his fingers until the egg exploded between them.

“And here I thought I was gonna come impress you with how far I’d come in my training since we got back.”

They both laughed as Adrian wiped the egg off the gauntlet before sending it away.

“Ya should ah seen him when he tried ta help me buck apples the other day. He kicked the tree so hard he uprooted the whole darn thing.” added Apple Jack

Adrian’s head dropped as he remembered the event. It had taken him nearly ten minutes to work his foot back out of the tree trunk.

“Sorry Hun... I bet Rainbow Dash is chomping at the bit for Dustin ta recover. I know she’s just dyin to get him in the air. I’d love ta watch that!” stated Apple Jack trying to cheer the two humans up a little.

“Dustin’s enjoying his downtime with Scootaloo. I think that’s just as important for him as training right now.”

The group left the castle and headed into Ponyville to grab a bite to eat.

They took their seats at the cafe and were placing their orders when Anthony noticed Sweetie Belle. She was standing by the flower cart, her horn glowing softly as she picked up assorted bouquets. Anthony excused himself and walked over to the stand.

“Good afternoon Sweetie Belle. What are you up to?”

“Oh, hi Anthony. Rarity needed a specific color of flower to go with some new dress she’s working on so I though I’d help her out. Do you know what color fuchsia is? I mean is that even a real color?”

“Yes it is, and its also a plant as well. See those purplish red flowers on the top row? Those are what you would be looking for.”

“Really! Thanks.”

Anthony watched as a light green aura surrounded the flowers he had pointed out. They floated up off the rack and casually down to Sweetie Belle.

“Can I ask you a question? How do you use magic? You all make it look so simple.”

“Well when I first started I had to focus really hard to build up enough magic to move things around. Once I knew I had become strong enough that I didn’t have to built up the magic it just started being easier. I just do it, I don’t really think about it. Twilight would be the one to really talk to though. All I can do is move stuff around, she can do spells.”

“Thanks.” replied Anthony with a smile as he looked over the display.”

“No problem.”

“I’ll take that one.” he said spotting a single Rose in a small glass vase.

He raised his hand and paused. “Don’t think about it just do it.” he thought to himself as the blue aura wrapped around the vase.

Slowly it rose off the stand and drifted towards his hand. He held it in place with his magic and carefully started back towards the table. The vase wobbled hopelessly about as he walked

Apple Jack smiled broadly as she watched Anthony coming up behind Twilight with the flower.

“What are you so happy about?’

Adrian simply pointed behind her not saying a word. She turned just in time to get hit in the face by the floating vase.

“Ouch! What the hay?”

“Sorry.” replied Anthony almost losing control. The vase tipped to one side and the flower started to slide out.

Twilight leaned forward and caught it between her hooves.

“Thank you Anthony it’s beautiful.”

“WOW ANTHONY! I didn’t know you could use magic.” came Sweetie Belle’s squeaky voice. “That’s great!”

“Thank you Sweetie. I’ve been working on that for a few days and you just helped me figure it out. But, I still have a lot of work to do.”

“Really? I helped you?”

“Yep, I knew the power was there I just needed to stop thinking about it so hard and just do it.” said Anthony as he grabbed the vase out of the air and sat down.

He placed the container on the table in front of Twilight. She put the flower back inside and filled the vase with water from her glass.

“I knew you could do it.” she said giving Anthony a quick kiss.

As they ate, the group discussed the near completion of the training camps. Anthony and Adrian had already made arrangements to start work with the new instructor. Dustin was to speak with a group of engineer ponies on new weapon plans and designs later in the week. All their preparations appeared to be going smoothly for now. After they finished eating Adrian and Apple Jack walked off together towards home.

At the top of the last hill overlooking Sweet Apple Acres, Apple Jack came to a stop, taking a seat on the grass.

“What’s wrong AJ?” asked Adrian reading the mares expression.

“I wasn’t gonna say nothin but I gotta know.” replied Apple Jack with a sigh. “Down in the caverns when we found each other, you called that thing that showed up mom. She said you let her die. I don’t wanna cause no problems and ifn ya don’t wanna tell me I’ll leave it at that. But, what happened?”

Adrian sat down next to her and took a deep breath.

“I’m sorry sugarcube. I shoulda just kept my mouth shut?” said Apple Jack regretting her question.

“No, it’s alright.” said Adrian taking another deep breath. One winter when I was about eight years old my mom and I were traveling to see family. The car hit a patch of ice, slid out of control and crashed into ditch.”

“What’s a car?” Interrupted Apple Jack.

“Uh..I guess a wagon that moves under its own power at a high speed. But when it hit the ditch she was thrown out and the car rolled over her, pinning her to the ground.”

Adrian fought in vain to hold back the tears as the memory played out so clearly in his head.

“The car caught fire and I tried to pull her out but no matter how hard I tried she wouldn’t budge. So I tried to push the car off of her. Finally the fire got to close and to hot that I couldn’t take it so I got away and watched. I can still hear her screaming…..”

Adrian trailed off and wiped the tears from his eyes.

“My dad took it really hard. He quit talking to me, or anybody for that matter. Not long after that he took his own life. I guess he couldn’t handle the pain. I bounced around to live with different family members but I never really fit in anywhere and I started getting into trouble. The military was kind of a last ditch effort to straighten my life out. Anthony and Dustin helped me more then they even know.”

Apple Jack rubbed her hoof on Adrian’s hand as tears started down her cheeks. He gave her a weak smile in response.

“That’s part of what makes you and your family so special to me AJ. You took me in, made me feel like part of your family…..like I finally had a place I belonged.”

Apple Jack jumped up throwing herself around Adrian’s neck. She hugged him tightly for several minutes before letting go.

“I’m so sorry sugercube.”

“I told you I know what it’s like to lose family.”

“Well, maybe down the road ya’d like to officially become part of our family.”

“I might.” replied Adrian giving her a playful grin before he kissed her.

…..

A few days later Anthony and Adrian inspected two platoons of armor clad ponies. Twilight, Apple Jack, and Sword Dancer stood back patiently watching. As the two humans finished walking along the last ranks they looked at each other and nodded. Adrian walked to the front of the platoon of earth ponies and spotted a nervous looking stallion in the first rank. He stepped in front of the tan earth pony and glared down at him.

“I TOLD SWORD DANCER WE NEEDED THE BEST AND THIS IS WHAT HE SENDS US!” he yelled, causing the pony to flinch. “But I guess since you are already here this is what we’ll have to work with.”

Anthony surveyed the the two groups noticing the angered looks from the comment.

“I want you all to think real hard about something today. YOU, will be responsible for training all the ponies that come through these camps. Their lives could depend on how well YOU do your jobs. We can’t accept half ass work. Depending on your performance some of you will be put into leadership positions on the battlefield. Do you wanna be out there in front of a group of poorly trained recruits?”.

“We have to teach these recruits a sense of duty, discipline, fighting techniques and basic survival skills. You have all been issued a packet detailing out training plans. It says what is expected of you and of our recruits. The first page however is the most important. It is the Soldiers Creed.”

“You WILL memorize it, and you will be held to it.” added Anthony walking up beside Adrian.

Twilight raised up one of the packets to Sword Dance so he could see what Anthony was referring to.

I am aSoldier of Equestria.

I am a warrior and a member of a team.

I serve the Princesses and my Comrades and live the Warrior Values.

I will always place the mission first.

I will never accept defeat.

I will never quit.

I will never leave a fallen comrade.

I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills.

I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.

I am an expert and I am a professional.

I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy, the enemies of Equestria in close combat.

I am a guardian of freedom and the Equestrian way of life.

I am a Soldier of Equestria.

Sword Dancer felt a strange hint of pride as he read the creed.

“LEFT FACE!” shouted Adrian roughly. “Now I’ll show you our training facilities and your new homes.”

“FORWARD, MARCH!”

With that Adrian turned and headed into the camp followed by the two groups.

Anthony walked over to Twilight with a smile.

“Don’t you think you were a little hard on them?” she asked. “I mean they just got here.”

“Actually, I’m surprised he went as easy on them as he did. Somebody must have softened him up a little.” he replied looking over at Apple Jack.

“Sword Dancer, don’t take those comments personally. He only said that to get their attention, and from what I saw it worked.”

“It’s alright. Do you think they will suit your needs?”

“Just from the list of skills you told me each one has I think they’ll be fine. We just have to get them in the right mindset for the job. They have to be as tough on the recruits as we are going to be on them. If not tougher. Hopefully Dustin can get moving with the flight school soon too.”

…..

Dustin’s heart raced as he stood at the balcony’s edge looking down. His wings were partially outstretched and he was seriously questioning any further action.

“Come on Newbie. We’re not that high up, I fly higher then this all the time.”

“The key to that Skittles, is that you know how to fly.”

“So do you.”

“Maybe in my dreams, this is a little different. Like if I crash, it’s REALLY gonna hurt.” replied Dustin looking back at the impatient pegasus.

“Quit bein such a chicken and do it. Extend your wings out all the way and jump. Then you just glide gently down to the ground.”

Dustin’s wings fully extended as he looked down again and gulped hard.

“To slow!” yelled Rainbow Dash as she suddenly pushed him forward off the balcony’s edge.

“OH SSssshhhiiittttt!!!”

Rainbow Dash zipped over the edge and flew down along side him.

“Come on, get your wing angle right and you’ll glide.”

Dustin frantically shifted his wings to different positions until they finally caught air and slowed his descent.

“See, I knew you could do it.” said Rainbow Dash as she matched his glide. “Now just stick the landing and you’ve got this.”

The ground quickly approached as Dustin prepared for the impact. His feet hit the ground and his knees buckled so he leaned into a roll, coming to a stop flat on his butt.

“We obviously have a lot more work to do. Let’s get back to the top and do it again.” chuckled Rainbow Dash as she hoovered above him.

“What the hell Rainbow Dash? Are you tryin ta kill me?” asked Dustin.

“Come on, you did fine.” she replied leaning over to give him a quick kiss. “Now lets fly back up and do it again.”

Dustin stood back up and extended his wings. With a mighty flap he was lifted off the ground. He got a rhythm going as he slowly continued his climb upwards drifting left and right.

“Ya gotta flap both wings at the same time if you wanna fly in a straight line.”

The higher he got the more he remembered from his dreams. The days of practice he had already done flooded back to him. Rainbow Dash gently landed on the balcony’s edge and looked back at Dustin. Much to her surprise he flapped faster and shot up, whipping her mane around in the draft he created as he past.

“Now that’s what I’m talking about!” she said with a grin before taking off and catching up to him.

Dustin brought himself to a stop and hovered over the Crystal Castle.

“I’d almost forgot how much fun this was.”

He angled his wings back as he broke into a dive, leveling off over the tree tops behind the castle.

“This is AWESOME. Now try to keep up.” yelled Rainbow Dash as she past him.

Dustin pushed hard to catch up, but whenever he would get close to the rainbow mare she seemed to pick up a little more speed. He was so focused on catching her that a sudden crosswind caught him completely unprepared. He was flipped over to one side and pushed down dangerously close to the trees below. He immediately tried to compensate, but over corrected causing him to spiral out of control the other direction.

“GET YOUR WINGS STRAIGHT OUT!”

By then however, it was to late and he careened towards the ground. Seconds before he impacted the rest of his armor formed around him and he slid across the ground. The smell of grass and dirt filled his nose as he was jolted to a sudden stop. Luckily the armor had absorbed the brunt of the crash.

Rainbow Dash stood over him, a look of worry crossed her face as he sat up.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have egged you on like that.”

“It’s alright. I guess I should have takin wind into consideration in my dreams too. It just caught me off guard is all.” replied Dustin as he stood poking the dirt out of the vision slit of his helmet. “The nice thing is I have already master one skill for flying.”

Rainbow Dash gave him a questioning look.

“I’m apparently an expert at crashing.”

They both laughed as Dustin sent all but the breastplate of his armor away.

“Ready to try it again?” asked Rainbow Dash.

Without a word Dustin launched himself back into the air. By lunch he seemed to be a natural. He looped and flipped through the air with ease, as he and Rainbow Dash laughed.

“I can’t wait to see the look on Spitfire’s face when she see this.” said Rainbow Dash as she landed effortlessly on a nearby cloud.

Dustin flew over and reached out towards the white mass and felt it condense under his touch. It felt like a cotton candy pillow against his fingers. Carefully he maneuvered himself over Rainbow Dash and let his weight bring him down next to her. He cautiously kept his wings out just in case the cloud wouldn’t support his weight. As his feet touched, the cloud solidified, and he found himself standing upright.

“Awesome, now we can do one of my favorite activities.”

“What’s that skittles?”

“Chillaxing” The rainbow mare replied, as she stretched out on the cloud.

Dustin laid down and Rainbow Dash curled in against his chest as they sat listening to gentle breeze.

…

“RAINBOW DASH?!” came Twilight’s voice from below.

Rainbow Dash woke up and rubbed crud out of her eyes before leaning over the side of the cloud.

“Wha-What’s up Twilight?” she asked with a yawn.

“Have you seen Dustin? He was suppose to meet with the engineers about weapon designs almost a half hour ago. Anthony is talking with them and I can’t find Dustin anywhere.

“Sorry Twilight.” yelled Dustin looking at his watch. “We were training pretty hard this morning and I guess I dozed off. I’ll be right down.”

“REALLY YOU TWO! Now is not the time to be taking naps in the middle of the day. We have a lot of wor…Wait a second.”

Dustin jumped off the cloud, extended his wings and flapped driving himself upwards. With a mid air loop he broke into a dive before leveling off and gliding down slowly. When his feet hit the ground the momentum pushed him forward to one knee.

Twilight simply stared at the display.

“You learned how to do that in a day?”

“What can I say. I have a good teacher.” he replied looking back up at Rainbow Dash.

“How?…..But I…Uuuhhhggg. Nevermind! You need to get to the castle right now.”

“On my way.” Dustin launched himself into the air and flew to the cloud Rainbow Dash was still perched on.

“I have to get going. But, maybe later we can find another quiet cloud and I can really help you relax.” he said with a wink and a kiss.

Rainbow Dash blushed and giggled like a young filly at the thought.

“I love you!” he shouted before pushing himself backwards and taking off towards the castle.

Rainbow Dash rolled over onto her back and stared at the sky, lost in her thoughts.

Dustin made it to the castle in record time. However, as he started to land, he quickly realized he had underestimated his speed. He jutted his wings straight out and attempted to slow himself but it was to late. His feet hit the ground forcing him forward as he started to roll head over heels. He slide to a stop a mere foot from the door as Twilight landed gracefully next to him.

“I found landing to be pretty difficult when I first started out also.” she said with a laugh as she help brush the dirt off of him.

Dustin hurried into the meeting room, taking his seat and apologized for being late.

The engineers, two earth ponies and two unicorns, showed Dustin and Anthony their new weapon designs as they talked.

Dustin thumbed through the various plans that were past to him. The engineers took pride in explaining each design carefully. There were plans for armor, swords, shields, spears, bows, ballistas and catapults all carefully thought out. Towards the bottom of the pile Dustin watched one of the engineers discarded a rough sketch on plain white parchment. He cleared his throat for attention.

“What’s up with that?” he asked pointing at the paper?

“Sorry sir! He must have snuck that in there when I wasn’t looking.” replied a dark blue unicorn.

“Who is HE, and why would he have to sneak in a design?”

“His name is Quick Hoof, my apprentice. He is wonderful at building things but his designs are often very….”

“Stupid!” mumbled one of the ponoes under his breath.

“Impractical.” continued the blue unicorn. “I wasn’t fond of the idea to train a pegasus in engineering but he showed some decent potential.”

Dustin took the drawing and looked it over closely. It was a retractable blade roughly eight inches long which fastened to a ponies lower front leg.

“Is Quick Hoof here today? I’d like to speak with him.”

The four engineers looked at each other reluctantly before one excused himself from the room.

“Sir Dustin, please take it easy on the lad, he is young and idealistic. I’m sure he didn’t mean to cause a problem here today.”

Dustin waved his hand, dismissing the blue unicorns remarks.

Before long the door opened and a very nervous looking pegasus stepped inside, followed closely by the yellow earth pony engineer.

“M-my d-deepest apologies sir. I must have accidentally tossed my design in when I was preparing for the trip here. I was in a rush, I hope you understand.” stammered Quick Hoof with a bow.

“Quick Hoof is it. Come have a seat next to me for a minute.”

Reluctantly the pegasus did as he was told.

“Did you come up this on your own?” asked Dustin bluntly.

“Y-yes sir. It was just a simple concept that I liked.”

“Does this seem impractical to you?” asked Dustin passing the paper around the table.

“Such a short blade would be rather ineffective in a war of large swords, spears, ranged weapons, and magic.” replied the earth pony next to Anthony.

Quick Hoof’s head sank at the remark. Anthony looked over the plans carefully before sliding it back to Dustin.

“What were you thinking?” he asked his friend.

“All the other weapon designs I’ve seen are great for a ground battle but a pegasus fights in the air. Something like this wouldn’t hinder speed or mobility. For an aerial assault a hoof mounted blade is perfect. Quick Hoof have you actually built one of these? Do you know if the design works?”

The pegasus stared at Dustin completely dumbfounded by what he had just heard.

“Answer him boy!” snapped the blue unicorn.

“Y-yes sir just a prototype, I still have a few minor improvements to make. I want to insure its durability in combat.”

“Good I’d like to see it and put it through some testing. What else have you thought of?”

“I have a design for some light weight flight armor!” he boasted, feeling his confidence soar.

“Wars are won by the army that is best trained and equipped. Nothing should be overlooked in research and development on new equipment. New ideas should be scrutinized for practicality and functionality, but not immediately dismissed. It’s the little things that could save a pony’s life on the battlefield. Remember to “Keep it simple stupid.” The easier a piece of equipment is to operate the faster recruits will pick up how to use it and be less likely to mess it up.”

“Quick Hoof, I expect at least four working hoof blades by next week. I’ll be heading to the flight academy and I think that will be a good place to test them out. I also wanna see your armor design. Be sure that it gets here.”

“Yes Sir. I won’t let you down.” replied the pegasus proudly.

With that Dustin looked at his watch and excused himself. The meeting was taking longer then he had expected and he had promised to pick up Scootaloo after school. Rainbow Dash met him outside as he pulled the castle door shut behind him.

“Ready to go?” she asked lifting herself into the air.

“I wanna walk. I’d like to make it a surprise when we show up at the academy.” said Dustin as he started down the road towards town.

As they arrived the school ponies charged through the doors onto the playground. Dustin surveyed the equipment and shook his head.

“It looks like somebody needs to fix this place up.”

“When Twilight battled Terik our playground took a real beating.” came a squeaky British accent.

“Hey Pip Squeak, I haven’t seen you in a while. Has anyone addressed the school board about repairing or replacing it?”

“That’s the job of the student pony president.” replied Pip dropping down on his hunches. “But, that Diamond Tiara doesn’t care about anypony but herself!”

“Sounds to me like it’s time to elect a new student pony president then, don’t ya think.”

Pip smiled broadly before running off to his friends. That’s when Dustin noticed Scootaloo with a small group of ponies next to the schoolhouse.

“I DON”T CARE IF HE’S A KNIGHT OF EQUESTRIA. YOUR DAD IS STILL A FREAK! HE’S NOT EVEN A PONY”

“YOU TAKE THAT BACK DIAMOND TIARA. HE’S THE GREATEST DAD EVER!” yelled Scootaloo stepping nose to nose with the pink filly.

“And what’s a blank flank like you gonna do about it if I don’t?!”

“I’ll….I’ll…I’ll…..”

“Absolutely nothing. Just.. Like.. I.. Thought.”

Diamond Tiara gulped hard as she found herself standing in a very large shadow.

“This FREAK, might have something to say to your parents about your behavior though.”

Her eyes went wide as she looked over her shoulder at Dustin’s imposing frame.

“Is everything alright?” asked Ms. Cheerilee as she walked out of the schoolhouse. “I thought I heard somepony yelling.”

“Everything is fine ma’am. These filly’s were just having a little disagreement, but I think it’s over now isn’t it girls.”

“Yes.” grumbled Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon before stomping off towards town.

“Come on Scootaloo lets get back to the castle.”

Scootaloo said goodbye to her friends and ran over giving Dustin a big hug.

“Thanks Dad. I can’t believe you shut her up like that.”

“I just happened to be here Scootaloo. What happened today isn’t going to change her opinion of me one bit. So it’s really not going to help anybody to get in a fight over it.”

“But, I couldn’t just stand there and let her say those awful things about you. You are the greatest dad in all Equestria to me.” she said squeezing him tighter.

“As long as you feel that way, I don’t care what anypony else thinks or says.”

“Ya, we already know he’s awesome, just like me.” added Rainbow Dash.

Dustin picked Scootaloo up onto his shoulders and they headed off towards the castle.

…

Anthony leaned against the door after closing it behind the engineers.

“I didn’t think they’d ever leave.” he sighed walking over and sitting on the staircase.

“What do you think about their ideas?” asked Twilight sitting next to him.

“I think I don’t wanna think about that right now.” he replied grabbing Twilight by the neck and pulling her in for a kiss.

She sank into him savoring the attention.

“Uuughhh!” groaned Twilight as she heard the castle door starting to open.

“Hi Twilight, Hi Anthony.” shouted Scootaloo as she ran past the couple.

“She seems to be in a good mood today.” remarked Anthony.

“Ya, I told her I was going to try my hand at cooking and she could help out. Twilight would you happen to have a cookbook?”

“Of course I do. I have several actually. Do you want one that covers general food preparation. Or perhaps the latest cuisine from Manehatten. Oh, I think I have The GOLDEN ART OF PASTERIES by Gustave Le Grand.”

“Just a basic cookbook will be fine, I just wanna make some supper.”

Twilight smiled at Dustin and Scootaloo as she placed the book on the table.

“Where is Rainbow Dash?”

“She went home to check on Tank, she’ll be back in a bit. I expect you and Anthony to join us for supper.”

“We’d love to.” she replied walking into the hallway.

After a hardy but slightly overcooked supper Dustin and Rainbow Dash put Scootaloo in bed.

“So are we gonna fly again tomorrow?” asked Rainbow Dash. “You did promise to help me relax on a cloud ya know.”

“I look forward to it.” replied Dustin reaching down and giving her firm ass a squeeze. “I can never get enough of that.”

As Dustin slept that night he dreamed of flying. Soaring through the air, looping and spinning. He even remember to create some wind to practice with. After a double barrel role he leveled out and picked up speed. Out of nowhere a doorway in the sky opened up in front of him. He tried to slow down in vane as he crashed through it hitting something on the other side. When he opened his eyes he found himself nose to nose with Luna. He gave her nose a quick kiss before pushing himself up off of her.

“Are you you or am I dreaming about you?”

“It is me. I apologies for interrupting your dream, but there is a situation I though maybe best handled by you tonight.”

“You are never an interruption Luna, I love you and your always welcome to join me. Now let me try to wake up and I’ll head to Canterlot immediately.”

“There is no need for you to awaken. The situation is here in the dream realm.”

Dustin looked around and realized he was in a hallway lined with doors of various color and design.

“Do these lead to ponies dreams?”

“Yes they do. But there is one in particular I wish to show you.”

They walked together down the hallway to a door with a scooter engraved in it.

“Scootaloo is having a nightmare involving timberwolves. I thought you could be the one to help her.” said Luna pushing the door open.

Dustin looked inside and his heart started to race. Scootaloo was on her scooter doing all she could to get away from a pack of five timberwolves. The scooter hit a branch and Scootaloo crashed hard sliding to a stop on the ground. The pack took little time in surrounding her as she covered her head shaking in fear. Armor covered Dustin’s body, he drew his sword and charged through the doorway.

“GET AWAY FROM HER!” he yelled driving his sword into the closest wolf, pinning it to the ground with a yelp.

Scootaloo recognized that voice. She looked up and watched the armored figure slash through a wolf that had charged towards her. The remaining three charged in at the same time. Dustin leap in front of Scootaloo bring his sword down in a broad arc slicing the lead wolf cleanly in two. He then lunged to the left driving his sword into the other one. With a flash of purple magic the third exploded from existance as Luna walked out of the shadows. Dustin knelt down next to Scootaloo and removed his helmet

“Dad!” she cried jumping up throwing her hooves around his neck. “I was so scared.”

“As long as I am around you don’t have anything to worry about.”

Luna walked up and smiled, placing a hoof on Dustin’s back. Scootaloo looked up at her and shook her head.

“Is this all a dream?”

“Yes, dear Scootaloo, when I saw your nightmare I grabbed Dustin from his dreams and brought him here.”

“This is AWESOME!” she shouted as her wings flapped excitedly raising her off the ground.

She did a mid air loop and landed next to Dustin’s leg. Luna looked at Dustin smiling broadly and raised her eyebrows.

“Hey Scoots. If you think that was awesome check this out.” said Dustin before he ran forward and jumped.

His wings sprung out from his armor and he flapped hard rising into the sky.

“WHOA!” was all the pegasus could get out as she watched in awe.

“Well get up here you two. Lets go for a fly.”

The trio laughed and played in the air over Ponyville for what felt like hours. Scootaloo flew over top of Dustin and came to rest on his back putting her hooves over his shoulders to hang on. Dustin flew up over the clouds and started to gently glide back down with Luna at his side.

“I wish we could stay here forever dad.” whispered Scootaloo.

“Me too Scoots. Me too. Just remember we’re a family now, so I will always be in your heart. Just like you will always be in mine. I love you.”

“I love you too.” replied Scootaloo pushing herself off his back and matching his desent.

Dustin’s feet slowly touched the ground as Scootaloo and Luna landed next to him.

“I am sorry Scootaloo,but Dustin and I must be on our way now. I have other dreams that require my attention.”

“Aahhh! Do you really have to go? We were having so much fun.”

“I’m afraid so Scoots, but I’m sure Luna could bring me back another time so we can do it again.”

“Really!”

“Absolutely, I found tonight to be most enjoyable. Perhaps before long we could do this in the real world.” said Luna giving Dustin a wink. Causing a questioning look to cross Scootaloo’s face.

“Princess Luna? Do you think next time Rainbow Dash could come too?”

“We shall see. In the mean time dream well.”

With that Luna and Dustin faded away into the hall of doors.

Before Luna could react Dustin leaned in and kissed her passionately. Their tongues danced together as they pulled each other in tighter.

“I love you Luna.” said Dustin softly as they finally broke their kiss. “Thank you. I think I am officially the coolest dad ever.”

“I don’t believe you needed my help to accomplish that in her eyes my love.”

“Well either way it sure didn’t hurt.”

Luna pushed open a nearby door revealing the dream Dustin had left.

“I will see you soon.” she said giving Dustin a quick kiss before he walked through it.”

Dustin awoke to a sudden pressure on his chest. When he opened his eyes he found a very happy Scootaloo sitting on top of him.

“Good morning dad.” she said with a hug. “Last night was great. I can’t wait to do it again.”

“Same here. Now how about some pancakes.” he replied running his hand through her mane. “Go get washed up.”

Scootaloo quickly jumped down and ran into the bathroom while Dustin got dressed.

After breakfast he walked her to school,waving goodbye as she entered the building.

“Hey newbie, ready for some fun?” came a raspy voice from above.

Dustin checked that nobody was around before summoning his breastplate and launching himself skyward.

“I’ve been thinking about it all morning.” replied Dustin flying higher before heading towards the castle. Once they were clear of Ponyville the couple spent the next few hours practicing the drills which would be taught to the new recruits.

“That’s a pretty good work out.” remarked Rainbow Dash landing a a large fluffy cloud.

“But, I know a better one.” said Dustin pushing Rainbow Dash on to her back with a kiss.

“I don’t know if we should really do this up here.” she said breathing fast. “What if somepony fly’s by?”

Dustin simply pulled the edge of the cloud over himself as he started kissing his way down her chest. Rainbow Dash’s eyes drifted closed as his tongue danced around her nipples. He gently ran his hands down her toned thighs giving her plot a playful squeeze before taking her small breast in his hands.

“Do you want me to stop?” he asked letting his tongue circle her marehood.

Rainbow Dash moaned, grabbing his head with both hooves and thrusting her hips up. Dustin needed no more encouragement so he drove his tongue into her wet depths. Her hips bucked up every time his tongue grazed her sensitive clit.

“Oh Celestia please don’t stop.” she cooed, as wave after wave of pleasure started to coarse through her body.

“Watcha doin Rainbow Dash?” came a familiar voice.

Rainbow Dash quickly looked up to see Derpy hoovering above her. She smacked Dustin in the head to get him to stop.

“Oh nothing really. Just oooooohhhhhh chillaxin. I aahh just needed eeemmm a little…a little time to myself.” she replied as Dustin pushed one finger and then another deep inside her.

“Are you okay?”

Rainbow Dash hit Dustin harder with her hoof. He leaned in and sucked harder on her clit in response.

“Aaaahhhh I’m just a little uuuuhh worn out from my work..workout this morning.” said Rainbow Dash trying her best to fake a yawn.

“Alrighty then. I’ll let you get some rest. I have some important mail to deliver to the castle anyway. Talk to ya later.” said Derpy with a wave before flying off.

Rainbow Dash yanked the cloud up off of her only to find Dustin coming up, kissing her passionately. His fingers started working faster in and out of her wet folds as he pushed her back into the cloud.

Rainbow Dash let out a long moan into his mouth as her body went rigid and her back legs started to shake. Her hips bucked hard against Dustin’s intruding fingers and her wings jutted outwards as her massive orgasm reached its peak. When her body finally started to relax Dustin broke the kiss, rolling over onto his back.

“You jerk! We coulda been caught.” panted Rainbow Dash as she tried to catch her breath.

“Yeah, but you can’t tell me you didn’t enjoy it.” said Dustin with a mischievous smile.

Rainbow Dash pulled the cloud over them both as she curled up with him and they both drifted off to sleep.