Dragon's Dogma: Arisen of Equestria

Chapter 5

Fresh, Clean, and Ready for Ponyville

Part 2

“While I’m busy with writing a letter to Celestia about our friend. Why don’t you, Rainbow Dash take her to meet the other girls and have them come here so Arisen can introduce herself to them fully?” Twilight asked as Rainbow Dash snorted in amusement.

“Not like I wasn’t going to anyway. That and it would give me a good reason to keep an eye on her so she wouldn’t do anything suspicious.”

“You don’t like me do you?” Arisen asked as the pegasus flew in front of her.

“You can’t expect me to fall for your little fairy tale story dragon butt. I got my eyes on you and don’t think for a second that I’ll let you out of my sight.” Rainbow said as she glared at Arisen before motion her to follow. “For now, we’re going to Applejack’s farm as our first stop.”

“Rainbow Dash…” Twilight stared at the pegasus with an annoyed expression on her face.

“What? Might as well get meeting her out of the way seeing how she lives far off outside of Ponyville.” Twilight was about to reply to Rainbow’s statement, only for her to grab Arisen by the hand and quickly dragged her off towards Sweet Apple Acres. “Can’ttalkgottagotoseeAJbye!”

“Wait Rainbow!…..”

“Wow, talk about being so subtle with her plans.” Spike said before walking off into the kitchen.

“Not the best mare when it comes to being subtled with her plans.” She said before looking over at the Cutie Mark Crusaders. “Now as for you three. I’ll be sure to tell your sisters about what you did.”

“What!? But we didn’t do anything!” The fillies yelled in defense.

“So you didn’t walk into the Everfree Forest for your school project? You couldn't have just come ask me for help?”

“No offense Twilight, but you’re not the type of mare that kids come to when they want somepony to help with their essay.” Spike said as he popped his head around the corner of the kitchen. Only to be met with a deadpan expression from the unicorn. “Shoot me all the looks you want. You know it’s true.”

“Either way, I will be telling the girls about your little adventure in the Everfree Forest when they get here.” Twilight said as the CMC groaned in annoyance from getting in trouble.

“Told you this was a bad idea.” Sweetie Belle whispered before she felt Scootaloo punched her in the shoulder. “Ow!”

(Ponyville)

“Come along dragon butt.” Rainbow Dash said as Arisen followed the pegasus through the town of Ponyville. “We got a lot of road to cover and less time to do it.”

“You really don’t like taking things slow and easy do you?” Arisen asked as Rainbow Dash looked over at the dragon.

“Doing things at a slow pace is boring and takes to long. Why do you think I’m the fastest flyer in all of Equestria!”

“Fast, but not the smartest one apparently after what happened at your friend’s place.” The Dragon said before the pegasus quickly flew in front of her with a glare on her face.

“You just got lucky punk. If you didn’t have that magic thing of yours, then I would’ve beaten you to a snotty pulp.”

“Even if that was the case, you would’ve still lost due to how arrogant and prideful you are.” She said before Rainbow Dash smacked her tail against her nose causing the Arisen to rub her nose.

“Whatever, just keep walking to Sweet Apple Acres so we can get Applejack.”

“You mean so you can use her to see if what I said in the library is true or not?”

“I-I have no idea what you’re talking about.” The mare said, trying her best not to look like her plans had been found out. “Plus Twilight said to introduce you to her and the others. So that’s what I’m doing. Now come on!” She said before quickly leading the dragon down the street that led towards Sweet Apple Acres. As the two of them made their way through town, the Arisen took notice to some of the ponies looking at them with a mix of interest and fear in on their face. Well mostly the adults, the little colts and fillies took a bit of interest in the the teenage dragon and why she was following after Rainbow Dash.

“Are ponies here so nosy into other people’s business?”

“People?”

“Shit, think of an excuse stupid.” The Arisen thought before quickly thinking of an idea. “Just something that we say back in Gransys. What? You got a problem with the way I speak?”

“No. But if you’re going to live here in Ponyville, then you’ll need to learn how to say stuff that we would know…..wait how old are you?”

“Um…..I turned seventeen last month...why?” The Arisen asked as she noticed a smirk on her face.

“Oh, no reason. No reason at all.”

‘I’m not liking her at all from that statement.’ The Dragon though before hearing Rainbow Dash talking again.

“As for the whole ponies being nosy, they tend to be like that when something new like you enters into our town. Not to mention that you’re a dragon. Other than Spike, you’re the second dragon that has ever come to Ponyville. So don’t be surprised if they keep their distance from you.”

“Well….this should be interesting.” Arisen said as she looked up to see a sign that had the words ‘Sweet Apple Acres’ on it at the front of the entrance. “I take it this is the place to meet Applejack, right?”

“Pretty much yeah. Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres.” Rainbow Dash said as Arisen looked over at the farm covered with rows and rows of apple trees of different kinds. The Arisen had to admit. Gransys does have some nice farms and a few apple trees, but nothing compares to this kind of farm here in Equestria.

“Man, you never see something like this back in Gransys.” The Dragon said as she was about to enter into the farm, only to be stopped by Rainbow Dash’s wing.

“Why don’t you stay here while I go get Applejack. Don’t want her to try to buck you in the face by accident.” The mare said before she flew off towards AJ’s house.

“....The way these ponies say stuff is weird. Then again who am I to judge what a person says.” Arisen said as she walks into the farm and leans up against an apple tree. Once she was near the tree she was leaning against, she looks up and gazes at the shiny apples hanging on the tree. “Hm….well I haven’t eaten anything in the past couple of hours….I’m sure they wouldn’t mind if I take one apple to eat.” She said as she moves from off the tree and jumps up to take one of the apples from off the tree’s branch. “If they look this good, then they much taste really good if they kept the apples looking healthy.”

Just as she was about to take bit from the apple she plucked from the tree, something grabbed her by the hand tosses her off to the side. Just as she was rolling to a stop after being tossed off to the side on the ground, she looks up to see who it was that threw her, she saw a very tall red pony with orange colored hair wearing a dark brown and tan colored shirt and navy blue colored shorts glaring at her.

“You little missy just made a huge mistake when you took that apple off that tree you were leaning against.” The mare said as she started to make her way over to Arisen.

“The one time I choose to leave my stuff at Twilight’s place. But I guess it was a good thing that I learned a few magic spells just in case of something like this.” The Arisen thought before her hands began to spark with electricity. Just as the dragon moved out of the way, there was a flash of sound as the tree that the mare punched shook as the apples in the tree fell and hit the ground, looking up the dragon saw the red mare pull her fist out of the hole she made in the tree before looking at the dragon in anger. “Great, a heavy hitter. This is going to be a bit hard to fight her without trying to hurt her....maybe I can talk my way out of this?”

“Look I don’t know what I did to upset you. But if I apologise for whatever I did, could we not fight and possible work this out by talking?”

“You picked an apple from our farm. Do you know how much work goes into growing these apples?”

“Um...a lot of work I guess...but to be fair there wasn’t a sign that said that I couldn’t take an apple from off the tree.”

“So ya’ll saying your a thief?”

“What!? No! I’m not a thief! I mean how was I supposed to know that I wasn’t allowed to eat from off the tree….But don’t you think that throwing and trying to punch me in the face was a bit much for one apple?”

“Maybe, but my sister would do far worse to ye’ah and your right. I’ve been telling her we need a sign but she keep on saying we don’t need it. Seeing as everypony in town knows better. I mean, you wouldn’t just walk into somepony’s house and start eating their food right?”

“....um….yeah sure. I would never do that.” Arisen said with an awkward chuckle. ‘Yeah, should’ve apologise to Quina for doing that to her whenever I visited her place before I died.’

“Hmmm, tell you what. You seem like you know what a honest day’s work is. How about you help me out with helping me pick some apples around the farm for a bit. That way it will be more than enough to pay for that apple you picked.” The mare said as she extended a hand towards Arisen. “The name’s Macareina. But most folks call me Big Mac for short.”

“Guess that fits due to how tall she is.” Arisen thought before walking over to Macareina and shook her hand with a firm grip. “Arisen, nice to meet you.”

“Huh, strong grip you got there kid. Worked on a farm or something?”

“No, I was a fishermare before I began my journey as a traveling hero back home in Gransys.”

“Gransys huh?” The mare said as she looks at her up and down. “Mind telling me the story of your life from the beginning before I ask any other questions?”

“You sure? Because most of this stuff is a bit unbelievable from what I told Rainbow Dash and Twilight…..well mostly Rainbow Dash.”

“I’ll give you my input once you tell me.” Macareina said as she motions Arison to follow her into the Apple Orchard. The Arisen simply shrugs as she follows after Macareina.

“Well it all started one morning in my hometown called Cassardis…”

“So Apple Bloom and her friends found this dragon in the middle of the abandoned castle in the Everfree Forest, and you brought her here to see if she was lying about what she told you?” Applejack said as the pegasus simply nodded in triumph. “Sugar cube I love you an all. But like I said before, I am not a freaking lie detector that you can come to every time there’s somepony that is new in town and you don’t trust them.”

“Oh come on! You can’t expect me to believe that you don’t find that dragon girl’s story to be fishy?”

“Kinda hard to tell when it’s coming from you. But she might be telling the truth.” The farm pony said as she folded her arms with a raised eyebrow. “Plus shouldn’t you be minding your own business when it comes to some pony’s personal life?”

“How can you be so relaxed about this!? What if she’s pretending to be innocent and nice? She could be just waiting to stab us in the back at anytime!”

“I’m pretty sure she would’ve done something to make herself to be evil RD.”

“She turned my leg into a frozen popsicle stick!”

“Only because you attacked her, and she did thaw your leg afterwards right?” Applejack asked as Rainbow Dash looked away in embarrassment.

“No….maybe…..y-yeah.”

“Thought so. And so far you've been nothing but trouble for her from what you been telling me.”

“How am I causing her trouble!?”

“You spied on her while she was taking a bath! I mean for Celestia sakes Rainbow Dash, who does that to some pony?”

“Okay, so maybe that was a bit much-”

“A bit much!? The girl’s seventeen years old and you’re twenty-five years old!! If this happened at somepony else's house and you followed her to make sure she isn’t doing anything evil, you would’ve been sent to Canterlot dungeon for a month or two depending.” Applejack said as she interrupted her friend’s statement.

“Alright! So maybe that was going to far. But you can’t expect me to lower my guard when she just appeared out of the Everfree Forest like that, right?” Rainbow Dash said as she noticed Applejack staring at her in disappointment. “Whatever! Just get your things so I can introduce her to you and the others while we bring them over to Twilight’s place.”

“Wouldn’t it be easy for us to come to her instead of dragging her around town?”

“Well Twilight insisted on this. That and seeing how she’s going to live here, we might as well give her a tour around Ponyville.”

“And have you done that? Or did you just bring her here so I could see if she was lying about her so called story?” Applejack asked as she noticed an embarrassed blush on her face as she sighs. “You really are something sugarcube.”

“Whatever! Let’s just get her so we can get this over with.”

“And where is Arisen?”

“She’s outside at the entrance of your farm.” Rainbow Dash said as Applejack walked over to the window. Once she was there, she soon noticed Macareina; and what she could guess was the dragon girl named Arisen, picking apples from the trees in the orchard. While Macareina was busy bucking the trees, Arisen used her electric whip to catch them and place them in the baskets. Applejack blinked in surprise at seeing the dragon using magic seeing how only unicorns and alicorns were the only two species that could use magic.

“Are you sure about that?” Applejack said as she motions Rainbow Dash towards the window she was looking from with a smile on her face. “Because right now she’s helping Big Mac outside in the apple orchard with collecting apples.” She said as a dumbfounded expression appeared on Rainbow Dash’s face.

“I thought I told her to stay where she was!”

“Seems like she got bored and decided to help out on the farm.” Applejack said as she begins to walk outside to meet with Arisen. “Well are you coming sugarcube or what?”

“Y-Yeah….let’s go.” Still dumbfounded by this as the cyan colored pegasus followed after AJ to where Arisen and Big Macareina were.

“That’s pretty much my story.” Arisen said as Macareina bucked the tree that the dragon was looking at as she uses Brontide to catch the apples and place them in the basket. “Your thoughts on it?”

“......Honestly….I’m at a lost of words.” Macareina said as she started picking up and carrying the two baskets full of apples towards the barn.

“I take it you don’t believe me?”

“Oh I do. Seeing how you used that magical whip of yours to catch the apples without frying them. I’m just at a loss of words for what happen to you. Not to mention at a young age. You would think that it would happen to them at the age of twenty-five or thirty.”

“Eh, I guess. But I’m sure there might be some….ponies that might’ve started out as something at a young age, right?”

“Hm, you got a point there kid.”

“So you’re the girl that RD was talking about.” Both Arisen and Macareina looked over to their left to see Applejack and Rainbow Dash walking over to them. Applejack looked over at Arisen up and down for a moment before extending a hand towards her. “It’s a pleasure to meet you kid. The name’s Applejack.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you as well ma’am.” The Arisen said as she reached out to shake Applejack’s hand with a firm grip.

“Strong grip, not bad.” Applejack said with a smirk on her face. “I take it you used to work someplace that required a lot of muscles?”

“Used to be a fishermare before becoming a traveling hero.”

“Really now? You, a hero?”

“Hard to believe due to my age and size huh?”

“Something like that yes. But with a firm handshake like this, and from seeing you helping my older sister out. I might be inclined to believe you on the most part.” The farm girl said before looking at Macareina. “Mind telling me why she was helping you out with apple bucking?”

“Like I said before sis. We really need to put up more signs so that nopony accidentally eat from off our trees. Because Arisen here almost ate one because of that.” Macareina said as Applejack raised an eyebrow at the dragon.

“Really now…..I’ll have to do that when I get back from the meeting with Twilight and the others.” She said before starting to walk passed them. “Once we go meet with the others, you can tell them the whole story in greater detail then how Rainbow Dash said it.”

“Hey! What’s that supposed to mean!?” asked Rainbow Dash as she followed after Applejack.

“Adding her being a total bad pony that kicks puppies didn’t really help much in your version of the story.”

“Well she might’ve done it. You never know.”

“Something tells me she’s going to be on me like a fish trying to catch a fly out of the water.” Arisen said before looking at Macareina. “Well it was nice meeting you Macareina. I’ll come by sometime when I get the chance to.”

“Stop by anytime you want kid. I’ll be sure to introduce you to Grandpa Smith next time.” Macareina said with a smile as Arisen nodded and followed after Rainbow Dash and Applejack. “Nice kid. Wish there were more of them nowadays.”