It was a bright morning, and pretty late, like ten in the morning everypony was awake except for one, Eli, he was still sleeping last night off.

But Shining Armor and Cadence were at his door, they knocked on the door, but they didn't hear anything. So they opened the door slowly.

Turns out that Eli got off the bed, and slept under the bed, he had his gun right next to him. Cadence slowly walked up to him and tapped his shoulder, she said.

"Wake up, time for you to go." He opened his eyes slowly, he scooted out from under the bed and sat up, he was gonna say something, but instead he grabbed the trashcan and started throwing up.

Cadence stepped back a bit, once he was finished the trashcan was about half full he asked, "What happened after we got to the bar?"

Shining Armor replied, "We had a nice night, basically we just chatted, and I haven't told anypony besides Cadence about Theo."

"Hey thanks man, but you know Celestia and Luna can know right?"

"Ya, but I'll wait, come on get up, the shower's waiting for you."

"That sounds nice Shining, I'll meet you two later I think I can find the shower."

Cadence chuckled, "No you can't, if you thought the throne room was hard to find you have no idea how hard it was for me to find the shower."

"Fine, lead the way Shining." He nodded and took Eli to the shower, it's only for guests which Eli was. So it was very empty, Eli looked around the restroom.

It was white with gold, same as the castle, with a nice large tub, a sink, and a toilet. "I like this bathroom already."

"Good, just come to the entrance when you're done, your chariot will be waiting." Said Shining Armor.

"Thanks, see you there Shining." Shining Armor walked away and Eli stepped into the bathroom.

Once that was done he stepped out and walked out of the bathroom, he looked down to see a guard ready to escort him. "Let's go." Was all he could say.

The guard took him outside and he saw the princesses and Shining Armor out there with his chariot. The guards were ready to fly him back to Cloudsdale.

He stood in front of the princesses and said, "I'm just leaving, you all can just go back in and do whatever. But thanks."

Celestia replied, "It's no worries, I managed to get half an hour off, plus I wanted to say good bye, sorry I was icy back there, but I dealt with humans before and they were.... Horrible. But you, you seem like a decent fellow, and from what Shining Armor and Cadence tell me you're a great person."

"Aw, thank you, I appreciate you saying that. And don't worry, I'll behave just send a letter and I'll come fight anything you need me to fight."

Luna said, "And I need to apologize about me entering your dream, and I wanted to ask if you wanted to be on my blacklist?"

"You have a blacklist? Who's on it?"

"Just Celestia, Cadence, Shining Armor, and Pinkie Pie, she's far more disturbed than anypony I've ever met."

"Um, I'll take your word for that, but I wouldn't mind a decent nights rest without having to pass out with a bottle of booze in each hand." She nodded and ended with.

"And I did see your dream, and what happened, I'm sorry for your loss." Eli nodded and went on to Shining Armor and Cadence.

"I can tell I'll be visiting you two often in your empire. And thanks for letting me let of of some feelings."

"It was no trouble, we're always happy to help somepony out when they need it." Said Cadence.

"So, bye." Eli walked away and entered the chariot, with just one night he already made two friends, and possibly two more in the future. The chariot took off and Eli started the ride to Cloudsdale.

It was a long ride, but during the trip he pulled out the wallet and just looked at the picture of Eli and Theo on his shoulders playing with a model plane.

A smile crossed his face and a tear fell off of his cheek, one of the guards took notice and asked.

"Hey, is everything alright sir?"

"Huh? Oh it's fine, just looking back at some old memories." The guard looked straight again, Eli whispered, "I miss you."

Once he got to Cloudsdale the chariot landed next to the Wonderbolt academy entrance, he stepped out of the chariot and said, "Thanks." The guards flew off after they nodded at Eli.

He walked through the door and started his search for Spitfire, he looked everywhere in each office, but nothing. Until he got to the runway, he saw that they were practicing and they didn't notice him, so Eli decided to go back in and get something to eat he hadn't ate yet and he was hungry enough to eat a hor- um, ya sorry. He was hungry.

He walked to the cafeteria and saw that there was no pony there, not even cooks, but it was after lunch, so he didn't expect anypony. He sat down at the farthest table and pulled out his duffel bag and got out each piece of his armor, he took a rag and decided to clean the blood and guts off.

He scrubbed and scrubbed, but he barely got anything out, so he decided to check his weapons instead. He got out his desert eagle and pulled his backpack off.

He pulled out an Uzi, a sawed off shotgun, and a glock. He took each of them apart and cleaned the pieces, this took easily four hours, but he didn't mind, with everypony constantly wanted to be near him for some weird reason he wanted some alone time.

He reflected upon the recent events and who might become his best allies, he wasn't sure what to tell the Wonderbolts, should he tell them of his super large paycheck, his new friends, or the fact Luna put him on a blacklist. But that was interrupted by Spitfire shouting at him.

"You're back!" He looked over to see her flying over to him, "So, how was it?"

He calmly replied, "Well I think I became friends with captain Shining Armor and princess Cadence."

"How much is she paying you?"

"About a thousand bits a week."

She blinked a couple times, trying to comprehend it, "That's quite a bit, so do you have a place to stay?"

"Well, I like laying out in the open watching the stars, so nope, I got nowhere."

Her eyes darted around the room before she replied, "Well, you seem like a decent fellow, and I actually have a spare room, I could let you use it, but you'd still pay for rent, and your food. But only if you want, the runway's always nice."

"Well, it'll be awhile until I find a decent place to live, I need to store my money up so. I'd love to, but just until I find a nice place."

"I guess it's settled, I'll be getting ready to go in about twenty minutes, then I'll take you over to my house." She nervously flew away.

"She seemed to be hesitant, I wonder what's motivating her to do this?" He finished cleaning his Uzi and started to pack the guns back in his bag, but he felt some weird object in the bag, "What the hell?" He asked out loud.

He pulled out a small box, it was wooden with some kind of magical lock, he tried to force it open, but it wouldn't budge, he felt around the bag to try to find a key in it.

But all he found was a small note, it said, "The box will open when the time comes, keep it on you at all times, the time's coming up. Be ready for your greatest challenge."

"The fuck?" The note disappeared, he placed the small box on the table and stared at it, wondering what was inside. But nothing happened.

Spitfire came in and asked, "What's going on?"

He jumped and replied, "Just looking at something. It's not important, let's go." He packed the box and grabbed his backpack and duffel bag.

Just one question?"

"Yes?" Asked Spitfire.

"Why're you doing this for me?"

"It's personal, but be glad I'm offering."

"Jeez, you're in a mood."

"Sorry, practice was very tough, and quite frankly I wanna go home and crash on my bed."

Eli looked down, "If you're that tired I'll move in tomorrow morning, just give me a blanket and a pillow, I'll sleep well."

"No, come on, I'll show you around." They got out of there with mixed feelings.

Spitfire's home wasn't far, normally she would be in the bunks, but when there was a show the next day it paid to sleep on a great mattress.

The house was two stories, with light and dark blue brick, the small yard was just a layer of cloud, not much there. The door was under a small overhanging, and the door was made out of a nice birch like wood. He said.

"Damn, nice place."

She replied, "Ya, I love it. Not that big, but big enough for me to fly around in."

"I get that, when I was just a normal human I never lived anywhere like this." They walked up and Spitfire unlocked the door, she hung up her saddlebags and Eli followed her in.

The walls were a nice purple with a red couch facing a rather large coffee table, on the other two ends of the table sat two red chairs that seemed very comfortable.

There was a fire place towards the back of the living room which was unlit at the moment, the couch faced it directly, there were a few pictures of Spitfire on the wall, on the mantle of the fire place sat a couple of medals and trophies. There was a small staircase that lead to the second floor.

He looked to his right and saw a door leading to what he could tell from the crack as the kitchen. "Never thought you were one for purples, but I have to say the colors really blend with each other in a nice mix."

"Well, thanks, and I have a personal life I'm not just the Wonderbolt commander." She plopped down on the couch and sighed.

"Well, how about I make a quick dinner and you just go to bed, I'm really good at finding all the exits and bathrooms."

"That sounds alright, but you can tell how a house is laid out?"

"When you have to run every other second, you learn to find your way very quickly." He walked towards the kitchen and looked around.

It was a very pale yellow with a white ceiling, and granite counter tops, "Well, that clashes." He whispered to himself. To the left was a bunch of cooking equipment and to the right was a small sitting area, two chairs facing a booth with a small table between the two.

Eli walked over to the fridge and found a nice supply of food.

"Hey Spitfire! Do you like spicy food?"

She shouted back, "I love spicy food! You?"

"I love it so much Theo started to worry about how much we were eating it."

"But, Theo's a dog?"

He realized his mistake, "Well, I fed him some scraps, I had no relationship and he filled the hole of something to love!"

"Got it." He got out some supplies and after ten minutes of cooking he made up nachos with tons of jalapenos all over it, and on the main course was turnovers, bread folded over cheese and various spices, then cooked for a few minutes, their amazing.

He shouted, "It's ready!" She flew into the kitchen as Eli was setting out the plates, she commented.

"That smells amazing, were you a cook?"

"Nah, but as a single guy I wanted things to eat that weren't from a fast food joint, so I started cooking. Since then I did it as a small hobby."

She sat down, "I can tell I'm gonna like you here already." They dug in, there wasn't any kind of conversation, but there was a lot of chewing.

They cleaned out the nachos and left two turnovers in the fridge for tomorrow, he made sure there were two more, she would be in a rush.

They just sat there, enjoying their relaxed state. Eli said, "Oh god, my ass's gonna feel this in the morning, and throughout the day."

She belched and replied, "Same here, but I've had a lot hotter before, and this was perfect."

"Thanks, I work hard to please, just ask my old girlfriend."

"You had a girlfriend?"

"Ya, Trudy, she was the biggest bitch you'd ever see, she abused me and hurt Theo really badly, I had to run, and got a restraining order."

"So why did you date her?"

"She had the kind of ass you dream of, it was so good it literally killed an elderly man who was behind us in line, she dropped her change and she bent over, and do you know how I could tell his heart attack was from her?"

"How?"

"He had a massive boner, luckily I used a jacket and covered that part, so only the medical crews and the funeral services had to see it, poor fuckers."

"I get that I've dated a couple hot stallions in my time, but they were jerks. By the way how old are you?"

"Oh, I'm twenty three, twenty four next month."

"That's strange, I turn twenty four in two months, we're the same age."

"Neat." There was a small silence before Spitfire said.

"Well, I have a long day ahead, so good night, your room is on the second floor to the left, and don't enter my room, you do, I'll kill you myself."

"Fair enough, good night." She flew away and Eli followed her up stairs.

It was a decently long hallway, he could go left, or right, both ways had two doors on each side, he took a left and saw Spitfire enter the door on the right.

He walked to his door and looked at the plain white door, he opened it to see a decently sized dark green room, there wasn't any furnishings besides a bed, and a cabinet with a mirror on it.

"Well, I like it." He plopped his things down and closed the door, he flipped a light switch and saw the room light up. There wasn't anything new he hadn't already seen, "Good, the lights work." He turned the lights back off and fell on the mattress.

He moved to his side, then front, then on his back, nothing would work. He got up and threw the mattress off, he took the bed frame and moved it to the edge of the room, he took the pillow and blanket and threw them on the ground.

He laid on them and stared at the white ceiling, "This'll be a good room soon." He dozed off to sleep moments later.

Next day:

Spitfire opened her door and stretched her wings, she knocked on Eli's door and said, "Wake up, I'm gonna get ready."

She heard nothing, but the door was cracked, so she slowly opened it to see him sleeping on the floor with the bed frame propped up against the window and the mattress just off to the side.

"What the?"

He turned around and she saw that he was holding his pillow in his hands, cuddling it, "Well, he's a cuddler, good to know." She smirked before saying, "They're here, the zombies are here!"

His eyes opened and he jumped up with his desert eagle at the ready, "Where they at?"

"Now I know how to get you up." He lowered his gun and flipped her off, "What does that mean?"

He replied, "It's a signal saying fuck you, and in this case fuck you for waking me up with that never do that, next time I'm shooting you."

She laughed, "You wouldn't."

He pointed his gun to her and replied, "I don't care if I die, I have nothing left to live for, I just live to kick ass. That's it." He scooched past her through the door way, she wondered for a moment before saying out loud.

"Oh ya, his whole race is gone. Why am I talking out loud?" She shrugged and followed him down.

He was setting up the perculator, getting coffee started, "I'm leaving now so I don't have time for coffee."

"Well, more for me, back on Earth I was a coffee junkie, I drank it three times a day at least it's how I dealt with Theo." He went back to preparing.

"Oh, I'll be back tomorrow morning, no parties."

"Come on Mom, it'd be only a couple friends." He smirked, barely keeping his cool.

She replied, "Well see ya." She flew, and he could hear her laughing on the way out.

"I'm too good." He went up and grabbed his duffle bag, he came back down and sat in the small eating area, waiting for his coffee, he pulled out each piece of his armor and started checking it.

But out of nowhere a scroll popped out of thin air and landed right in front of Eli making him jump back, "More magic shit? Aw man, I'm getting tired of trying to figure these ponies out."

He unrolled the scroll, it read.

"Eli, it's time to work, a portal recently opened, we checked it and I was about to tell you about it, but some kind of creatures came out of it. They can fly, and they're really fast, currently they're making their way to the Wonderbolt stadium, I'd evacuate, but that'd take so much time, so go over to the stadium and prove you're worth the bits.

Hurry now, princess Celestia."

"Oh fuck me!" He quickly got his gear on and bolted out of the door, running to the stadium as fast as he could.

Author's Note

Yes I stopped it there, DEAL WITH IT!

The next chapter will be with him being badass, fyi these chapters are pretty much pre-wrote, so I really can't change them, only ones no ready are the final three.