Dragon's Dogma: Arisen of Equestria

Chapter 4

Fresh, Clean, and Ready for Ponyville

Part 1

(Two hours later)

“This is a very weird country full of talking human size…..ponies.” Arisen said as she was in the bathtub looking over the bathroom she was in. “But I will say that they do have a much better bathroom then Gransys does….well back home at least. The only bathroom that had stuff like this is back in Gran Soren.” She said as she begins to scrub herself off with the bath sponge next to her on the soap rack. While scrubbing her body, she begins to look over her new dragon like body out of curiosity and a bit of amazement.

“Weird that I would find myself in this world with a body like this…..Kinda ironic seeing how I killed the dragon that took my heart and change my life around.” She said as she blinks. “Or it could be divine punishment by the gods or something for almost destroying Gransys.” Before she was lost in both though and examining her scaly body, there was a knock at the door that broke her from her train of thought.

“Hey, it’s me Twilight. You doing okay in there?”

“Yeah, I’m doing fine. Took me a while to figure out how to work the bathtub. But I got the hang of it….for the most part.”

“Well when you’re done, the spare room located downstairs next to the basement is already made and your clothes are on the bed.”

“Okay, thanks.” The Dragon said as she pulls herself out of the bathtub and grabs a towel to wrap around herself. Just as she did that, she walked over to the mirror to have a good look at herself for a while before starting to dry herself off with a smaller towel.

“You really expect for some pony to believe your little story dragon?” a familiar voice asked as The Arisen quickly turned around to see Rainbow Dash standing against the bathtub that the dragon was in.

“How long have you been in here?”

“For like two minutes.” Rainbow told her, folding her arms. “Why?”

“....So you been watching me clean myself for the past two minutes out of the two hours I spent in the bathtub…Stalker much?”

“I wasn’t stalking you. I was originally in here to grab something…” Rainbow replied back.

“Right, keep telling yourself that. That would make anyone believe that.” The Arisen said before trying to leave the bathroom. “Well the bathroom all yours if you’re planning on-” Before she could finish and leave the bathroom, Rainbow Dash used her wing to block Arisen from leaving as she looked over at the pegasus with a concerned look on her face.

“Where do you think you’re going so soon?” The Pegasus asked her.

“I’m going to get my clothes that Twilight gave me in the guest room? I can’t just walk around naked now can I?” Rainbow’s eyes narrowed though, looking unconvinced and not moving an inch.

“Could you...um...please move aside? I’m feeling a bit uncomfortable standing here like this.”

“You’re not the only one who feels a bit uncomfortable about this…” Rainbow glared back at her. Only for the door to open up behind her as she heard a familiar voice.

“Uh… What’s going on?” Scootaloo asked.

That… had Rainbow tense up and turn to see the filly right behind her. “S-scootaloo? What are you doing here?”

“Well, Twilight asked me to set a bathrobe in here for Arisen when she’s done…… What are you doing in here?”

“She came in here after I accidentally fell on the floor due to the water that I spilled.” Arisen said as she jabbed Rainbow Dash in the the rib softly “Right?”

“Y-yeah… T-that’s right… And I-i was just h-helping her out…” Rainbow chuckled, while also being a little bit embarrassed as she looked at Scootaloo.

“Are you sure…? Because it looked more like Rainbow was either threatening you… or trying to sedu-”

“Hey!! Why don’t you go run along and play with your friends?” Rainbow suggested, taking the bathrobe and giving it to Arisen. “We got some cleanup to do in here after the spill…”

“Yep, it won’t take long for this mess to be cleaned up.” Arisen said as she takes the towel off and puts the bathrobe on herself quickly. All while Scootaloo ran along and left the two of them alone. Which left Rainbow glaring back at Arisen once again before she left the room.

“This isn’t over…” She whispered.

“Okay… what the hell did I do?” Arisen asked… only for Rainbow to already be gone from where she was. Leaving her with no answer to her question whatsoever. “This place is very weird…”

“Rainbow, what’s this I hear about a spill in the bathroom?” Twilight asked upon seeing Rainbow come out from the nearby hallway. “I heard Scootaloo talking about it when she went to go meet up with her friends.”

“W-Well that dragon pretty much spilled water on the floor and fell. Didn’t you hear that thud from upstairs?”

“No…”

“Well then I guess you have bad hearing, because I heard a thud coming from the bathroom.” Rainbow told her friend, who looked… unconvinced.

“Really? Because for somepony who thought that a few minutes ago that Arisen was somehow a threat, I highly doubt you two resolved your disputes that quickly.” Twilight sighed, looking back at her. “But if that’s true… then perhaps I should ask Arisen-”

“No!.....I mean she’ll say the same thing. She fell and hit the floor. You should really get a mat for that bathroom of yours.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow. “Really? Because I already have a mat at the base of the shower…” That caused Rainbow to gulp for a moment as a shiver went down her spine. “...... You were spying on her, weren’t you?” Twilight asked causing Rainbow Dash to gasp in surprise.

“Twilight! I am deeply offended. Do you honestly think I would spy on somepony like that? I mean really? Have you no faith in your friend Rainbow Dash?”

“I do and I also know that you have a bad habit of automatically presuming that somepony is the bad pony without knowing the full story.” The princess reminded her as she folded her arms. “Need I remind you about the incident with Zecora?”

“That only happen once and you were on board with that!”

“Originally…because you convinced me,” She groaned. “Unlike that incident though, I don’t believe that Arisen is a bad pony at all. It’s like the phrase that Celestia uses when she’s doing Day Court. Innocent until proven Guilty.”

“Yeah well I don’t trust her one bit. Do you really believe the story that she told us two hours ago? I mean Gransys? Dragon stealing her heart? You can’t expect anyone to believe something like that?”

“Did you originally believe that it was possible to reform Discord?” Twilight asked her. “Because Fluttershy did, even though you thought otherwise.”

“I keep telling you that Discord is still evil. You saw what he did to us and Equestria both in the past and when he escaped right? You expect us to believe he’s reformed?”

“Innocent until proven guilty. Plus, Fluttershy is making sure that he’s behaving himself.”

“Ha! I’ll believe it when I see it. That also applies to that dragon as well....though I can’t deny she does have a nice flank.”

“So you were spying on her!” Twilight said, using her magic to hit Rainbow over the head with a book. “Come on, Rainbow. Seriously?”

“This was after she fell on the floor naked!” Rainbow Dash said as she rubbed the back of her head. “Geez, if you don’t believe me, then ask the dragon when she comes out.”

“She probably fell because you were spying on her!” Twilight growled, only for her to notice Spike to come walking through the door. “Oh…hey Spike, did you get those quills I asked for?”

“Y-yeah I did…” He said, going over to hand Twilight the shopping that he purchased. “Oh and while I was walking back, Pinkie Pie said she was going to come over because her ‘pinkie sense’ or whatever she called it felt someone new come here… I’ll be upstairs if you need anything.” With that, Spike left both mare’s alone and walked upstairs just as Twilight realized what that meant.

“Wait.Pinkie’s coming here?” Twilight said, her eyes widening when she looked at Rainbow. “Oh, I don’t feel ready for this…”

“Um...who’s Pinkie?” The Arisen asked as everyone in the room looked over at the dragon wearing a red hoodie and blue overalls on.

“She’s-” Before Twilight could be able to properly explain it to her, that was when Scootaloo, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle raced in. Taking cover behind the couch as she looked at them.

“Guys, Pinkie alert. Incoming!”

Before Arisen could begin to react, a pink blur raced through the living area of Twilight’s library before popping up in front of Arisen. It was then though that Arisen realized that the blur was actually a pony. “HI! I’m Pinkie Pie! What’s your name?! Why are you so scaley?! Is your name Scaley?! Hi, Ms. Scaley!!!”

The Arisen quickly jumped back from Pinkie Pie as her left hand started to spark up with electricity. Once she was at a good distance, the sparks in her hand formed a whip as she tries to wrap it around the party pony due to her shock from seeing Pinkie appearing out of nowhere like that.

“Oooh, this feels rather tingly!! Do it again! Do it again!!” Pinkie replied, bouncing up and down, even though Arisen’s whip was wrapped around her. “I love shock therapy!”

“......Twilight. Explain as to how she was able to appear out of nowhere like that?”

“That’s just Pinkie. Trust me, I tried finding out for myself one time and it just lead to a piano and an anvil falling on top of my head.” She groaned, looking back at her and pointing at the Arisen’s whip. “Speaking of which, could you explain how you were able to have that appear out of nowhere?”

“It’s something that most….folks in Gransys can do.” Arisen said as she made the whip disappear. “Though it does require a lot of both physical and mental strength to perform it properly.”

“Come on, Twi! You should try it!!” Pinkie gleefully told her friend. Which resulted in Rainbow facepalming herself.

“Well whatever the case may be, could you let my friend go? She means no harm.” The princess asked as Arisen simply nodded and released her hold on Pinkie Pie.

“Aw… but that was so much fun!!” She pouted in response.

“So now please explain in decent detail as to who she is?”

“She’s a close friend of ours and her name is Pinkie Pie,” Twilight responded. “She works at a bakery and always likes to-”

“Don’t say it…” Rainbow muttered.

“-throw parties for when somepony new comes to Ponyville.” It was only five seconds after the alicorn said those words that Pinkie looked like she had realized something and then bolted out of there. Almost to the point where the door was knocked off the hinges. “……Uh oh.”

“I told you not to say it…” Rainbow muttered again.

“Is this normal for her to do that?” The Dragon asked as she looked over at Apple Bloom and her friends.

“Yes and, if there’s anything we know about Pinkie Pie, she’s probably going to throw a party for you.” Sweetie Belle replied. “Which may be problematic.”

“Why-?”

“Well, there’s the fact that none of the ponies know about Arisen… that and the fact that if they see her, they may be scared since she’s a dragon.” Sweetie Belle replied back before Scootaloo could finish her sentence. “I mean we don’t want another Zecora incident.”

“I don’t know if I should feel offended or not by this.”

“It’s fine. We’ll find a way to work things out…” Twilight replied back as she walked past Rainbow into the living room.

“Hey… how likely is it that Pinkie will tell the rest of the girls what she’s doing? Because I don’t want mah sister to be marching in here and doing what Rainbow did earlier.” Applebloom asked.

“Why am I always the example!?” Rainbow snapped.

“Because sometimes, you act like you traded your brain for more flying lessons…” Scootaloo sighed, before looking back at Rainbow. “No offense.”

“Not to mention that you tend to punch ponies first and ask questions...never.” Sweetie Belle added.

“And mah sister has caught you a few times before when you lie directly in Twilight’s face.” Applebloom added on. To which, didn’t really make Rainbow feel comfortable with the current situation. “You asked why you’re the example, and we gave you the reasons why.”

“Yeah...well...whatever!”

“Denial’s proof, you know.” Scootaloo added onto what Applebloom said, before the two of them gave each other a fist pump.

“Back the the task as hand. What do we do about the whole ponies being afraid of me. Because after what happen in town earlier, I’m pretty sure they’re even more scared after your friend attacked me.”

“Maybe they would calm down if we told them that they’re under Twilight’s protection?” Scootaloo suggested. “I mean most of the town trusts Twilight, so if she says that, then they might not be so scared, right?”

“Okay, just because I’m eighteen years old. Doesn’t mean I’m going to be under any...pony’s protection.”

“...Maybe I can write a letter to Princess Celestia and try to clear this up.”

“Princess who?” The Dragon asked as Twilight and the others stared at her in disbelief. “What?”

“We just told you about her like two hours ago…” Scootaloo spoke up.

“Just don’t worry about it. Celestia’s my teacher and also the princess that rules over Equestria. If we explain the situation to her, she would know what’s the best course of action we should take.” Twilight added.

“So long as it doesn’t involve me getting attacked by a bunch of guards or her attacking me, then I’m fine with her helping me...I already had a bad experience with royalty and it almost ended up with me getting falsely accused for being in cahoots with the dragon that stole my heart.”

Twilight nodded, getting out one of her new quills, some ink and parchment to begin writing as she looked back at Arisen. “Don’t worry. I’m sure she’ll be reasonable.”