Dragon's Dogma: Arisen of Equestria

Chapter 11

Brand New Day

Arisen lets out a muffled groan as she felt the rays of the sun hit her face. The dragon slowly begins to wake from this as she rubs her eyes a bit as her vision began to come more clear and less blurry. Once her vision was clear, she looked around the room she was in before pulling herself up...

“Guess I’m not dreaming about being a dragon, nor was what happened yesterday a dream either.” She thought before noticing that she was wearing nothing but a cloth that covered her breasts and nether region of her body. “Wait, I thought I had on my armor last night?” she asked before noticing a set of clothes nicely folded with a card on top. The dragon reached over to the card as she opens and reads it.

“Dear Arisen.

Seeing how you were asleep at the time when you passed out, I took the liberty of given you a second set of clothes while I washed the ones that Princess Celestia gave you. How they fit seeing how I had to go with the armor and gear you had on. Which was surprisingly easy to take off seeing how you were fast asleep like a log. Anyway, breakfast should be ready by the time you wake up and your armor should be polished and freshly clean by this afternoon.

Sincerely, Rarity Belle”

“Well that would explain why I’m in my underwear.” She said before picking up a sweet aroma of something being cooked. She sniffed the air for a moment before licking her lips and quickly making her way downstairs while putting the clothes she was given by the seamstress on. Once she was downstairs, she saw Rarity cooking in the kitchen as she made her way over to her. Rarity’s ears twitch a bit as she turns her attention behind herself and smiled upon seeing Arisen.

“Oh, Arisen. You’re awake.” She said as she levitated a plate with pancakes covered in blueberry syrup and a glass of apple juice over to the table that Sweetie Belle was at while eating. The little filly waved a hand at Arisen as she, in turn, did the same before taking a seat.

“Yeah, couldn’t really fall back to sleep due to the smell of someone cooking.” She said while eating the food she was given. “That and I do need to find some sort of job around here.”

“Oh right...um...about the job part. You might want to wait on that darling.”

“Ponies don’t trust me yet?”

“Pretty much yes.”

“And the fight with that monster yesterday didn’t help with trying to convince you’re innocent either.” Sweetie Belle added as she pulled out a phone with a video of her fight with the monster. “But you are famous on Pony Tube. Two millions views and fifty-hundred thousands likes!”

“Not helping Sweetie Belle.” She said glaring at Sweetie Belle who shrugged and went back to eating while watching videos on her phone. “Granted Arisen may be famous on the internet, that doesn’t change the fact that everypony in town still fears her and thinks she was the cause of that monster attack.”

“So pretty much I’m gonna be jobless for a while?”

“Other than working on the farm with Applejack, that seems to be the only option. Sorry darling.”

“It’s fine. Not like it’s your fault or anything.” Arisen said as she leaned back in her seat while eating. “Might as well head over to Applejack’s home to get a job working on the farm.”

“I’m sure she wouldn’t mind the help. Especially seeing how you can use magic to make the work much easier. Speaking of, that lightning whip of yours you used on Pinkie Pie. Would you be interested in teaching me how to do that?” Rarity asked as Arisen and Sweetie Belle looked at the seamstress with raised eyebrows. “What? I’m not planning on whipping anypony...per se...I just need it so I can reach for stuff from a distance is all.”

“You saying that is not helping your case Rarity.” Sweetie Belle said which caused Rarity to glare at her. “You know it’s true.”

“It might take a while for me to teach you how to do that. Mainly because you need to be physically and mentally fit to use mid-level magic like that. I’m able to do it with ease because of certain circumstances. But with you, and no offense to you for me saying this, but you don’t look the part of being physically and mentally fit for magic like that.” The dragon said which caused Rarity to huff in disappointment. “Hey, I’m not saying it’s impossible, just going to take a while for you to do it. It’s not something that’s easy to do seeing how it’s magic from my homeland.”

“How hard can it be to learn something like that?” She asked as the arisen raised an eyebrow.

“Again, you’re not physically or mentally fit. Even though you’re a unicorn and might be able to learn it, the physical aspect of it would take a toll on your body. And not in a good way...again, no offense or anything.”

“I’m pretty sure Rarity is offended by that given how it’s true.” Sweetie Belle replied only for the seamstress to glare at her. “ Well it is. You wouldn’t even think about doing any physical labor unless it involves hunting for gems with Spike, saving Equestria, or trying to get to the mall for their bargain sales.”

“Don’t you have school this morning?”

“School’s closed on account of the monster attack yesterday.” Sweetie Belle said as she showed Rarity the school’s website with the news on it. “See. It’s gonna be close for the next three days.”

“Ah...well don’t you have homework that needs to be done?”

“Done with that as well.” The young filly answered as she finished up her meal and levitates her plate and glass over to the sink.

“...It seems like she’s one step ahead of you Rarity.” Arisen said as Rarity deadpans at the dragon. “What? It’s a joke.”

“Whatever, don’t you have someplace you need to be?” Rarity asked with a slight blush of embarrassment on her face. “Or more correctly, shouldn’t you be heading for Applejack’s place to see if you can get a job there?”

“Fine, I’ll leave you to your little embarrassing moment.” Arisen said before finishing up her meal as Rarity levitated the dragon’s plate into the sink. “I really hope the ponies here don’t try and throw stuff at me.”

“Darling, this is Ponyville. I have the utmost confidence that they wouldn’t do anything like that.”

“W...We’ll just see about that.” Arisen said before walking over to the front door and began to put on her sword, shield, and staff on her body.

“You’re bringing your weapons with you?”

“A monster attacked the town yesterday and you live next to a forest with monsters in it. This town is not at all as peaceful as most ponies or other beings would think.”

“That may be true, but you having your weapons on won’t make the ponies trust you so easily.”

“I’d be more worried about another monster coming to attack this town, then me trying to please the masses in this town. It’s up to them if they want to trust me or not.” Arisen said before heading outside.

“She’s not wrong about that.” Sweetie Belle said from around the corner. “Given how Ponyville is and how the ponies are in this town. It wouldn’t surprise me if they end up being overdramatic about Arisen being in this town.”

“And what makes you say that Sweetie Belle?”

“Remember what happened with Zecora?” The young filly asked as Rarity grimaced at the incident. “Everypony avoided her like the plague and thought she was an evil witch.”

“Don’t you have something to do with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo!?”

“All I’m saying is that this town has the tendency to be a bit...not friendly towards others that aren’t ponies.” She said before walking off upstairs. Rarity lets out a sigh of annoyance before walking over to the sink and began to clean some of the dishes.

“I’m sure she’ll be fine. What’s the worst that can happen to the girl?”

Arisen began to make her way through the town of Ponyville, mainly to see if she could find a job around town that can suit her skills. Or at least certain skills that she has learned while she wasn’t going on adventures back in her old life. So far...the job hunting wasn’t going so well on her part. Mainly due to the fact that some of the places of businesses didn’t take kindly to her carrying weapons into their stores, fear of her being a magnet for trouble to come, and because they're afraid of her being new to town and the monster attacking the same day.

“Welp looks like Sweet Apple Acres will have to do for my first job.” Arisen said as she was about to walk off towards the farm. While making her way towards the farm, she happened to notice a grey colored pegasus wearing what she could guess was a uniform of some kind, stuck in a tree while flailing about in an attempt to try and free herself.

“Oh geez, is anypony down there!? I’m stuck in this tree, and need some help!” The mare yelled while flailing about some more. As she watched this, the dragon looked around to see if anyone was willing to help the poor pegasus out. To her surprise, no one was willing to help her. They mainly avoided her, might be due to Arisen being close to her. The dragon let out a sigh before summoning an electric whip into her hand and started to lash out at the area of the branch she was stuck in. Once she was able to see the branches gone, she tied the whip around the pegasus’s hips as she gently pulled her out of the tree and caught her before she could hit the ground.

“You okay ma’am?” Arisen asked as the pegasus smiled before pulling herself up from Arisen’s clutches as she floated in the air.

“Oh geez, I thought I was gonna be stuck there for the next couple of hours. Thank you very much-” Upon getting a good look at her savior, she looked at her up and down for a moment before gasping. “Wait! You’re the dragon from the video of you saving Ponyville, aren’t you?”

“I’m going to say yes. Why?” She said before feeling the pegasus reach for her hand and began to shake it vigorously.

“My name is Derpy Hooves. I’m the mailmare of Ponyville, and I would like to say thank you for saving Ponyville from that monster! Especially my home which was right next to where you were fighting it!”

“Oh, um. You’re welcome, I guess?” Arisen said as she felt Derpy release her handshake as she reached into her mailbag for something.

“I know it’s not much. But I want you to have this as a means of a thank you!” The pegasus said before handing the dragon a muffin. “One of my homemade muffins! I was planning on eating this during my break, but I think you might need it more than I do.”

“Aw geez, you didn’t really have to do that. I’m sure anyone in town would’ve done the same as I did.”

“Well I wouldn’t say anypony, but you pretty much deserved it seeing how you saved my family’s home.” Derpy said as she placed the muffin in her hand.

“Please, I insist. I got more at home anyway.” Arisen simply shrugs as she begins to chow down on the delectable pastry. “If you don’t mind me asking, where are you going?”

“Was out and about trying to find a job here.” Arisen answered as she looked around at the bystanding ponies looking at her and Derpy, but they soon looked away or walked off due to the dragon looking at them. “But given the cold reception I’m getting from the ponies in town, I’m gonna see if Applejack is willing to offer me a job working on the farm. Can’t make a living doing nothing but wait for monsters to come and attack this town.”

“Oh, okay. Wish I could offer you a job at the post office, but seeing how you don’t have wings to do the flying route, I don’t think that they’ll give you the job. Sorry.”

“It’s fine, not like it’s your fault or anything.” Arisen said before walking by the mailmare. “Not to cut this conversation short, but I need to head over to Sweet Apple Acres for job hunting. Thanks for the muffin by the way.”

“You’re welcome! Have a nice day, and welcome to Ponyville!” Derpy said before pausing. “What’s your name?”

“Call me Arisen for the time being.”

“Odd name for a dragon, but okay Arisen! Hope to see you again!” The pegasus said before flying off into the sky.

“Nice mare. If only more of the ponies had open-minded personalities like her.” Arisen said before continuing her path towards the apple family farm. Once there, she makes her way over to the house that she noticed the first time she was there and knocked on the door. As she knocked, the door soon quickly opens as Macareina was standing in front of the door. At first, she was taken by surprise by seeing the dragon on her doorstep. But soon smirked as she folded her arms in amusement.

“Well if it isn’t the little hero of the town. Saw what y’all did in Ponyville yesterday. Mighty fine work you did there.” Before Arisen could ask, the earth pony pulled out a newspaper with Arisen on the front page of it. “That and the video on PonyTube pretty much self-explanatory.”

“....I’ll have to ask Twilight to borrow a book or something so I can understand this country’s culture.”

“I usually just learn the bare minimum of how this stuff works. But I let Apple Bloom do the work seeing how she’s an expert on it. Anyway, what are you doing here if you don’t mind me asking?”

“I’m kinda looking for a job. The ponies in town don’t seem to want to hire me due to what happened the other day, and because of my...well...dragon-like appearance.”

“It also doesn’t help that you are new around here and rumors are already spreading around town. Mainly that you were the cause of the monster attack, or you might be in league with somepony that had the monster attack the town and you’re just here to get some quick bits.” She said which caused Arisen to deadpan. “I wouldn’t worry so much about that. This wouldn’t be the first time Ponyville acted like this.”

“Let’s just hope so.” Arisen said before shuddering at her past. “Back to the topic at hand. Seeing how I can’t get a job in town...yet. I was hoping I could get a job here on the farm?”

“Normally I would hire you on the spot, but y’all have to wait until zap apple season is over with.”

“Zap apple season? What’s that if you don’t mind me asking?” Arisen asked as the older farm pony reached behind herself to pull out a rainbow-colored apple with electricity coming off it a bit. “...That’s a very odd-looking apple...is it supposed to look like that?”

“It may look weird, but this apple is how we make our famous zap apple jam. We have to make a lot of it so we can ship it out all over Equestria to make a profit.” Macareina said before tossing the apple off onto the couch off to the side. “It’ll be a month or two before the season is over. But once they’re over and done with, I’m sure Grandpa Smith will hire you on the spot.”

“Alright, thanks.” Arisen was about to head off back into Ponyville. Only for Macareina to place a hand on the dragon’s shoulder. “Something wrong?”

“Why don’t I help you find a temp job around town? It’s the least I can do seeing how you did save Ponyville from that monster. Plus having me to back you up might help.”

“That...might be a good idea. But aren’t you going to be busy with getting the zap apples?”

“The zap apples takes a while to bloom and produce the apples. The only thing I have to do is just smash them into jam. Makes me feel glad I don’t have to wear a bunny suit and hop around like a crazy pony.”

“...Do I need to know why some...pony would do that.” Arisen asked before feeling Macareina place an arm around her shoulder.

“I’ll tell you why while we make our way towards Ponyville.”

“You sure it’s okay to be around me? I think that I might be an attraction for monsters to come and attack me.”

“Oh come on. The likelihood of another monster attack happening the day after yesterday is a million to one.”

“You live next to a dangerous forest filled with monsters...this doesn’t bode well on my confidence in this town not seeing me as a threat.”

“Trust me, kid. You have nothing to worry about. I bet an entire barrel of Apple Cider I’ve been saving for special occasions, that there won’t be another monster attack.”