"Don't test me."

"I'm not testing you dipshit, I'm here for my fucking son."

"And I'm here because you flushed our careers down the toilet!"

"Then kill me, not my son."

"Me killing your precious boy will bring more pain to you than anything else, I know you too well Aiden."

"Then you should know that killing my kid is also gonna kill your whole entire family, I'll kill you, your mom, your dad, your siblings, your wife, and especially your kids as well."

"W-well, I'm gonna kill you too! I already thought ahead asshole."

"You're gonna kill me?"

"Yup."

"You think you can kill The Protector?"

"He died years ago, you dug a grave that should've never been dug."

"I didn't kill him, he just went into retirement like me. I did dig a grave though, yours."

"Dad! Can I borrow the boat over the break?" A teenage colt asked his human father.

Aiden looked at him with a puzzled look "Why?" He asked his son with confusion.

"W-well... My marefriend is coming back into town from college and I just thou-" His son was cut off by his fathers answer.

"Be back by Monday morning and don't mess up anything, got it Tristan?" Aiden told his nineteen year old son.

Tristan wore a adorable smile "Thanks dad, your the best!" He said before hugging his father tightly.

Aiden patted his son on the back before letting him go "Try not to get into any trouble, if you happen to then you know who to call." He said as he watched his son bolt up the stairs to pack his bags.

"Dad, Victoria and Tristan are doing things this winter break but I'm not, all of my friends are going out of town to see family."

Aiden turned around to see his only human child standing behind him, he looked much like his father just younger and not as strong. He smiled at his son before patting him on his shoulder "How about me, you and mom take a little trip to Canterlot? We can go and visit all of the historic monuments, we can even visit the royal museums. I know you love historic stuff more than anything." He offered his seventeen year old son.

Alex smiled "Really? You and mom don't have any work?" He asked his father.

Aiden chuckled "Nope, we get breaks just like you kids. After your mom gets home from the library we can talk more about it, I'm sure she would love to go." He told his son before being surprised with a hug.

Alex hugged his dad tight "Thanks dad, I can always count on you to make life better." the boy was the only other human on the planet, that didn't change how ponies treated him though, everypony expects him to be the next protector.

Aiden smiled at his son that was about the same size as him now "I try my best to make you guys happy, that's what a dad is for. Besides, I couldn't ask for a better family, you guys all excel in school, especially you. You're only seventeen and you've skipped two grades and went to college early, so why not treat you to a good time?" He said before letting go of Alex.

The clacking of hooves could be heard coming down from the steps, what came down was Aiden's first child, his daughter Victoria, she was twenty and was going on her third year of college. Victoria had a few bags in her magical grip, she was a unicorn that shared the same color as her mother, only difference was her hair which was black "Alright dad, I'm about to leave!" She said enthusiastically.

Aiden sighed "You better be careful, you know how I feel about big cities. Also, try not to drain the card I gave you, I put a lot of money on it so you can stay in a nice room but don't be ridiculous with it." He said with a parenting tone.

Victoria smiled "You don't have to hide the numbers from me dad, mom already told me you put six thousand on my card. I'm so happy I was born with a dad that plays things safe!" She said before hugging him and giving him a kiss on the cheek "bye daddy" she said before heading for the door.

Aiden smiled "bye sweetie, have fun!" He said to her as she walked out of the door.

Alex chuckled "Can I say I'm not the spoiled one now?" He said with pride.

Aiden looked at him and smiled "Well, your mom lied. I actually put ten, I just want you guys to enjoy your young days. By time I was your age I had enlisted into the military, by time I was Tristan's age I was in the military, and by Victoria's age I was in a special forces branch of the military. Just have fun while you can, before to long you'll look back and regret passing up opportunities." He lectured his son "Oh, I put that much on all of y'alls cards."

Alex looked at him puzzled "Why did you put that much on mine? It's not like I need it." He said with a tone that reminded Aiden of when he was a child.

Aiden shrugged "I can afford it. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." He said before he looked at the stairs as another set of hooves climbed down the stairs.

Tristan descended from the stairs with his bags in his mouth, he was not a unicorn, he was just an earth pony, his coat was tan and his hair was blond, he looked like a pony version of Aiden "I'm all set to leave! My marefriend is gonna be so impressed. Thanks again dad, it means a lot." He said before setting his bags down and giving his old man a hug.

Aiden hugged him "Just don't get into trouble, I know you have a hard time avoiding it since you always do something that makes those guards jealous, but I guess that's one good thing about having me as a dad." He said before letting him go.

Tristan laughed "Yeah, that's one of the many things. Do you mind putting money on my ca-"

"It's already taken care of, just go and have fun and I'll worry about everything else." Aiden cut his son off for a good reason.

Tristan smiled "Yeah, we'll probably take the boat out to where we won't be bothered, but we can come back to land for food, we'll probably be somewhere near the Canterlot docks." He informed his dad.

Aiden reached into his pocket before pulling out a card "Here, this is a pass to dock the boat there." He told his son.

Tristan smiled before taking the pass "Sweet, I gotta get going. I'll see you in a week!" He said before rushing out of the door with his bags.

Aiden sighed "Man, it's so weird to think how easy y'all have it." He said before sitting beside his human child on the sofa.

Alex looked at him "What do you mean?"

"You guys have education beyond the standard thanks to your mom, I give you guys way more money than the average parent should, and we put y'all in a three story manor on private property that's away from the town. When I was a kid I didn't even have a mom or dad for half of my childhood. My mom didn't give me education, for the most part I was self taught asides from school. My dad wasn't rich, I mean he bought me what I needed and some, but I never just got a free vacation and ten grand from him. Let's see... I lived in a one story house in a crowded neighborhood, I had to pay my own insurance and things like that, I had a part-time job throughout high school, I didn't really have friends because I was to mature for my age. You already know that I was in the military up until I came here. It's weird to think your sister is only four years away from being the same age I was when we had her, to be honest we were kind of young, your mom got pregnant when she was twenty two, I was twenty three but I turned twenty four when Victoria was actually born. It's also ironic that your mom wanted you guys to have simple names, she didn't want them to be too complex." Aiden ranted.

"He's telling the truth, you guys do have it easy! But that's what we wanted, we didn't want to ever stress you guys out." Twilight surprised the two.

Aiden looked behind him "Hey sweetie." He said before receiving a greeting kiss.

Alex smiled "Hey mom, so I heard you and dad planned for us to go to Canterlot?" He asked his mother.

Twilight smiled "We thought you were gonna have plans but if you don't then yeah we did. If you did have plans then it was gonna be just me and your father." She told Alex.

Alex smiled "Awesome! I'm gonna go pack." He said before hurrying up the stairs.

Twilight plopped down onto the couch "I'm so happy we get a break! It's been so long since we could be together." She said before holding Aiden's hand.

Aiden smiled at her "It's so odd how our careers turned out, I run Protection Inc. and you run the Golden Oaks Library, ponies thought we were gonna continue being bad asses that fought evil. Nope, we became parents and made our kids the number one priority." He said as he caressed her hoof.

Twilight gave him a peck on the lips "I'd do it all again in a heart beat, I've never regretted any second I've been married to you." She said with a loving smile.

"Me neither, if there's one good choice that I've made then it was proposing to you. I am jealous though, you haven't aged at all, unlike me I've got wrinkles on my face." He said while rubbing his hand on his face.

Twilight laughed "You're still good looking, you're in good shape still and besides, I'm a fan of the mature look, I think it's sexy." She before resting her head on his shoulder.

"I love you Twi."

"Wow, look at that! They put some pictures of you in here!" Alex pointed out a photo of Aiden right after he had defeated Discord "Woah, you were ripped dad!" He pointed out in the picture how all of his veins were popping and his muscles had expanded from the blood being pumped into them.

Aiden smiled "I remember that day like it was yesterday, me and your mom were still dating actually."

Alex realized "Wait, this whole entire display is a timeline of your career! The next pic is you holding some award... It says you got the award for best hero. Woah, this is when you and mom got married, then this is when Victoria was born... Holy crap I'm on here! That's so cool." He freaked out over the whole display.

Twilight giggled "If he weren't your son then I'd say you have a fan." He said while she rested her head on Aiden's side.

Alex put some headphones on from the display "Woah, it even has your farewell interview!" He listened to the interview.

Twilight perked up when she noticed something on the display "Return? Why do they have a empty slot titled 'return'." She walked over to it and inspected it "I guess they're expecting something to happen."

A group of colts mocked Alex behind him.

Aiden snapped his view towards them and stared at them "Wanna get your ass whopped by an old guy?"

They were taken aback and instantly laid their ears flat "S-sorry! W-we didn't realize who you were." They said before running off.

Alex was puzzled "Wow, ponies don't mess with you, do they?" He asked his father.

Aiden shook his head "Your mom says I look intimidating, I guess that has something to do with it."

Twilight smiled "Your wrinkles don't help." She said with a joking smile.

Alex observed the pictures even closer "Wait, did you guys not have phones back then, did you guys even have bit cards?" He asked his parents.

Twilight shook her head "Nope, it's amazing how technology advances. The most we had were some computers and maybe a gamecolt." She informed him.

Alex pulled out his phone "Wow, I'm happy I was born in this time period!" He said as he looked at the piece of technology.

Aiden chuckled "Alright, how about we come back later after we get some food, my appetite is killing me!"

"Now this is what I miss the most about Canterlot!" Twilight said before taking a bite into her sandwich.

Aiden smiled "I can remember back when me and your mother first had y'all, we lived in Canterlot for about a year while our house was getting built. The library didn't have enough room for three kids so we let your uncle Spike live by himself after we moved here. We stayed in a pretty big apartment but oh my goodness the neighbors were horrible, they wouldn't ever shut up." He reminisced while enjoying his food.

Twilight giggled "It was actually in that fancy complex over by the castle, your dad said no to moving somewhere downtown, he said only the best apartment was good enough for his babies and his wife."

Alex nodded "So you guys actually made sure to give us a stress free life?"

Twilight nodded "When I was a filly I grew up here so I knew a few of the struggles, there were so many ponies that were stuck up and didn't care about others, I almost grew up to be one. I got sent off to Ponyville by Celestia for research and after about a year or so of living there I came across your father, me and your aunts actually searched for him, his identity was hidden before we found him, nopony didn't even know his name, they just called him The Protector. Your father was really the first pony that actually risked his life just so a pony wouldn't get hurt, me and the girls prevented evil but that was because it was essentially our job, but your father didn't have to do any of the things he did, he did it out of the kindness in his heart." She told her son.

Alex smiled "Wow, so dad just started helping ponies. I always thought it was his job, it makes it more special to know that you just did it to be the good guy."

Aiden zoned out the conversation, he carefully watched as a archaic wolf walked by. Archaic wolves were bipedal creatures, they were typically evil but the ones overseas were civilized, this one was dressed like a civilian so perhaps they had been visiting.

"Aiden?"

Aiden looked at Twilight "Hmm?"

"Are you okay? We were asking you a question." Twilight informed him.

Aiden rubbed his neck "Sorry, I let my mind slip. What was the question?" He asked her to repeat it.

"What did you and uncle Shining typically do while you two were partners?" She asked him

Aiden sighed "We basically were a new team that essentially stopped terrorism, our main targets were archaic wolves, they're weird, the evil ones would do anything to hurt ponies." He informed them.

Alex nodded "Why did you guys stop?" He asked.

Aiden smiled "Well me and Shining had kids and the archaic wolves became rare in crime so we stopped, there was third wheel to the team that didn't like it, his name was Gleaming Shield, I'm pretty sure he hates us now but whatever, we have families and that's what mattered to us so we ended it. We did it so we could spend more time with our families."

Twilight smiled "I think it was good call considering you wouldn't get home until one in the morning sometimes."

Alex smiled "What would you do when you caught them?" He asked another question.

Twilight gave Aiden a look that essentially told him to lie.

"Well, they'd simply go to jail, nothing more, nothing less." Aiden answered his questions.

Alex smiled "Wow, that's awesome. Busting criminals and stopping crimes. When do you think you'll start doing more stuff like protecting?"

Just then a loud explosion erupted from the side of a neighboring restaurant, it was a busy one so ponies flew outside of the building windows when it occurred.

Aiden stood up and looked in shock, he quickly started seeing ponies limbs in the streets, he quickly shielded Alex's eyes "Don't look, don't look, don't look. Twi, get him out of here!" He told her before letting her cover his eyes.

Twilight kept her sons eyes closed "Be safe Aiden!" She said before taking Alex away from the scene.

Aiden went to the building and saw every single pony in the building was on the floor not moving, he even saw the scattered organs of ponies ranging from a kid to an adult, that was until his eyes laid upon a figure coming out from the back room, it was the archaic wolf.

"Oh, it's you. Is this enough to spark the fire Protector?" The wolf said before smiling at him "Mmmm, this looks delicious." He said before picking up a arm and biting a chunk of flesh out of it "Wow, ponies taste good."

Aiden was still in shock and stared at the wolf in horror, that was until he was awoken.

Aiden sat up quickly, he was drenched in sweat and was breathing rapidly.

Twilight stared at him, obviously worried "Are you okay?" She asked him with concern.

Aiden looked at her before hugging her tightly "I love you" he said with a shaky voice.

Twilight held him "I love you too. It's okay Aiden, it's okay. Whatever is wrong we can leave it be and just enjoy our vacation." She kissed his neck and held onto him.

Aiden swallowed "Are we going to the museum tomorrow?" He asked her.

"Yes, we're going to show Alex your history, remember?" She reminded him.

Aides nodded "Okay, that's fine. Let's just have a good time and try to avoid anything negative." As he said that he held her tighter "I promise I won't ever let anything bad happen to you guys, never."

Author's Note

Wooohooo! Happy New Years! This is a late Christmas present/on time New Years present.