The Dragon Knight Of Equestria

They often say persistence can make anypony go a long way in life. It allows one to continue with what they believe and don't want to give up on it. No matter what it was. Poets, writers, and warriors. Poets seeking ways to write their poems along with writers who looked for inspiration for their stories. Warriors used it to train themselves to get stronger and to win over their enemies by not giving up.

Right now it was a massive pain in the ass for Garyx.

Garyx sat on the same bed he was forced to sleep on while his body slowly recovered. He didn't like how long it was taking. Then again he didn't have a lot of patience. Judging from the fact it has only been one day since he swore on his word that he wouldn't try to escape.

The ponies were true to their word and had returned his armor and weapon to him. That he was grateful for but he didn't let them know that nor would he ever tell them. He felt a lot more comfortable with his armor on. That and he felt a small smug of satisfaction when the ponies groaned and tried to make him take it off so they could help treat him better.

A small breath of fire shut them up real quick.

Just to rub it all their faces he rubbed the fact that he made be stuck here but he never said anything about being kind to any of them. He proved that point when the bitch known as Rainbow or whatever the hell her name was yelled in his face.

'The bitch deserved to be thrown into a wall.' Garyx thought smugly while looking out of the corner of his eye at where there was a large crack in the wall.

"Didn't you hear anything I asked?"

Garyx growled.

Now he just had to get rid of this bitch.

He looked forward to seeing the purple mare with a notepad of something in her left hand while she held a pen in the other. She was glaring which he just returned a bored look.

"You seem to think that I would listen to you after the other two hundred attempts."

"I'm just trying to ask simple questions."

"Which I won't answer. So why are you wasting my time?"

"UGH!" Twilight shouted throwing her hands up in frustration.

Garyx just stared at her with an eyebrow raised when he heard mumbling under her breathe. He wasn't sure what he heard, but he did a few words such as bucking and idiot stallion.

Garyx just shook his head at this mare's stubbornness. While starting to stand up from his bed slowly. He didn't have to use anything to help him stand, but his vision was still dizzy.

"You not supposed to stand up!"

Garyx grunted while reaching over and grasping Kuroi Ryū in his right hand all the while ignoring the mare voice and began walking out the door slowly. He knew she would follow him.

He walked through the hallways with ponies waving at him with smiles while the nurses and doctors had a beat of sweat dripping down the side of their faces. No doubt from what he did to that one bitch.

'That or the fact I burnt those small things tried to feed me.' Garyx thought.

"Will you answer me!"

Garyx just glared at her.

"Why can't you take a hint and leave me alone?"

"I am trying to help you."

"By asking me questions? Right, that makes so much sense." Garyx said sarcastically.

"How do you expect us to give you the right medicine if we don't know how your body works? We might as well try to kill you."

"You can try, but you will meet the same fate as those damn things that attacked me!"

"It was just a saying! Why do you take everything seriously?"

"Why can't you leave me alone?"

The two just glared at each other or in Garyx he just stared at the mare who was trying to intimidate him with her glare, but all it was doing was making him want to laugh at her pathetic attempt.

With a scoff, he continued his walking with Twilight following behind him.

"Also tell the damn ponies to stop sending me cards."

"Is it wrong that ponies are wanting to thank you or see how you are doing?"

"When I don't give a damn about them or anyone? THEN YES!"

"You are something else."

"Like I care what you think of me."

The two came to the entrance of the hospital though standing at the door that led outside were two ponies that wore a white collar shirt with black pants that were tucked into black boots. The two glared at them with most of it directed at Garyx.

"Unless you two want to get slammed into a wall again I suggest you move."

It was true. When Garyx had tried to kill the ponies these two had tried to hold him down only to be thrown into a wall. He may not be able to use his fire without it hurting for now, but that didn't mean he lost his strength which they learned the hard way.

They glared at him before slowly moving out of the way.

"Can't you be nice? Or show some manners?"

Garyx didn't say anything but stepped through the door.

"I'm talking to you!"

Garyx ignored her.

"That's what I'm talking about!"

Garyx just summoned his wings and tried to not let out a grunt of pain and ignoring the ponies looks of curiosity.

"Don't you dare."

With a strong flap of his wings, he was airborne ignoring the screaming mare down below as he flew away. He wasn't escaping, but that didn't mean he was going to stay anywhere around the damn ponies. Or that damn place.

Being in the air, he could see the entire town. More like his prison. The village was bigger than he initially thought. There was a large building in the middle of it all. A tree that looked like a building. A floating home made of clouds? With rainbows?

'Witchcraft.'

There was no explanation.

Glancing over he saw what appeared to be a farm of some sort only he saw acres and acres of trees with red objects in them. Probably apples from what he heard from humans.

To be honest, he didn't care what the village looked like. He was just looking for a place to stay where he could be away from all these damn ponies.

Glancing closer he saw a spot. It was a building, but he would call it more of a cottage than anything else. The bright side was that it was away from the village and more close to the woods. With that, he could probably find some critter that he could snack on.

Licking his teeth slightly he began towards the cottage at a leisure pace. He doubted any of those damn annoying insects would find him. Or the purple bitch.

Landing softly on the roof so he wouldn't cause noise or possibly fall through. Walking towards the end of the rooftop he crouched down as he stared around looking for anything he could eat.

'Must be my lucky day.' He thought while licking his teeth.

He could see all kinds of animals. Chickens, rabbits, birds.......wait. He stared causing his expression to shift over to confusion. Rabbits with antlers? Was that a bear?

'Odd.' Garyx thought as he stared.

It wasn't making any sense. Wouldn't the bear have eaten the others by now? Why was it just laying there with other critters standing by it?

That was when he heard the sound of a door being opened and closing. Glancing down he saw that one mare from before. The one that hid from him but also having the courage to get in his face only to hide again.

'Stupid woman.' He thought while watching her approach the animals.

He did not doubt that the bear would eat since she was getting close to it. No human would ever get close to a bear without weapons and armor. That or in a hunting party.

He just kept watching, but he saw her carrying a bag and was followed by a rabbit? Rubbing his eyes to make sure they won't playing tricks on him he indeed saw it was but what made him drop his mouth in shock was not feeding the animals, but her getting on the bear back and looked to be.....massaging it while the thing just lets out a sigh of content.

'What witchcraft is this?' He thought while his eyes narrowed.

What made him even more baffled was when the bear turned towards and nuzzled her while she just laughed and smiled. How was she able to walk right up to these animals without fear yet cower at everything else?

He was in his thoughts so deep that he didn't see a tiny rock coming towards him and only knew it was thrown at him when it bounced off his helmet causing a small clink sound.

Blinking a few times, he glanced around to see what had thrown it only to feel another hit his helmet. Turning towards the direction he expected to see someone who had a death wish. What he didn't expect to see was a small white rabbit glaring at him holding a few rocks standing next to the mare who was oblivious and seemed to be talking to the bear.

'You got to be kidding me.'

Surely his eyes were playing tricks on him. His eyes narrowed when he saw it was pulling its paw back with a rock in it. Garyx just stared at it glaring while daring it to throw that rock.

'Roasted rabbit sounds good right about now.'

The two stared at each other that seemed like forever.

*Clink*

Roaring Garyx jumped down from the house causing the animals to scatter everywhere with the bear getting in front of the mare to protect her. He didn't care about them. His focus was on his meal. That was sweating and backing up while shaking its paws.

"I should thank you for that. Now I know what to eat!" Garyx roared while rushing forwards intending on killing the rabbit.

The thing jumped into the mare arms. Garyx would have torn right through her to kill that damn bastard but stopped with his weapon an inch away from her back while his eyes widened slightly at her actions. Instead of standing there in fear she had turned her whole body to face away from him while holding the rabbit in her arms shielding it with her body.

Garyx just stood there staring with wide eyes. Before they narrowed as he backed off ignoring the bear growling at him. He just stood there while the mare shook in fear for what seemed to be forever until he watched her slowly turned towards him and he watched as her eyes widened.

"Why?"

The mare just stared at him, but he saw her eyes returned to normal and now they were full of confusion. Possibly wondering why she was still alive.

"Why would you shield that rabbit with your body?"

The mare said nothing as she stared at him in fear. Garyx could smell it in the air, and even if he didn't, he saw her whole body shaking along with her eyes being wide with fright.

"Tch. Stupid woman."

The mare said nothing but the rabbit wiggled himself out of her arms and hopped down to the ground. Garyx just looked bored at it but was surprised when he saw it hop over to him and began shaking his paw at him while pointing at the mare before pointing at him and even emphasized his one of his paws punching the other as a person would do.

'You got to be kidding me.' Garyx thought.

"I won't harm you woman, but this rabbit is dead."

Before he could take a step, he saw that the mare had suddenly appeared in front of him with her arms held up to prevent him from going around her.

"Whats the point of doing this when you are just going to back away like the coward you are."

The mare didn't say anything but glanced at her rabbit before looking back at him with what appeared to be determination.

'Interesting.'

"You right."

"Than move."

"I am coward, but even so I won't let my friends or animals be hurt."

"Didn't stop me from hurting that pathetic friend in the hospital."

"I can't stop you."

Garyx couldn't stop the snort from leaving his mouth.

"So please leave him alone."

Garyx blinked once. Than again.

"What?"

Will you please leave him alone."

Garyx was silent for a few moments.

"Hehehe......HAHAHAHAHA."

He stood there laughing.

"You think......HAHAHA.....that will stop me."

He couldn't help but laugh at the nerve of this woman. Him stopping from a simple, please. She could beg on her knees, and he wouldn't give a damn.

"I believe so."

That caused him to stop his laughing.

"You serious?"

She just nodded her head yes.

"Stupid. Why would you think that?"

"Your heart and your kindness."

Garyx was prepared for all types of responses, but he wasn't expecting that one.

"My.....heart?.......THAT MAKES NO DAMN SENSE!"

Garyx took a step forward causing her to shiver in fear, but surprisingly she held her ground even when he stood right by her.

"The heart is nothing more than just an organ that helps keep blood pumping through the body. MY KINDNESS!? Where the hell did you come up with that one!?"

Garyx glared down at the mare who just stared up at him.

"Kindness is nothing but a damn weakness. Which I don't have."

"Your wrong. As long as you have a heart than everypony is cable of it."

"Is that so?" Garyx asked.

Garyx slowly began to smile with his teeth becoming sharp.

"If what you are saying is true then does that mean if I rip it from that chest of yours that you will stop being 'kind'?"

Garyx emphasized this point when he transformed hir left arm into a claw and pointed it at her chest while the mare eyes were wide with fright.

"The fact that you speak of this just proves you are stupid," Garyx spoke while turning his arm back to normal.

"Kindness is a weakness."

"Having a soft heart in a cruel world is a strength, not a weakness. Those who don't are the ones who were scared and adapted to the cruelty."

Garyx grind his teeth together in frustration.

"No matter what you say or do. Deep down you have a heart no matter how much you deny it. You saved Spike and Cutie Mark Crusaders. You could have easily let them die than fight."

Garyx just stood there steaming in anger as he glared at this stupid woman who dared to lecture him. Not wanting to be near her anymore he turned and began stomping off. As he was walking off, he suddenly stopped when he saw small butterfly flew in front of his face causing him to stop.

'Damn annoying insects.' He thought.

He blinked in confusion when he saw it landed on the tip of his nose. He just stared at it. Getting annoyed he moved his nose hoping to make it leave but it stayed there.

"GRRR," Garyx growled as he began to stomp off even when the butterfly left.

He didn't even see the mare behind him collapse to her knees shaking in fear while the animals tried to comfort her. Soft tears dripped down her face at the reality that she could have been killed.

'Tch. Stupid woman.' Garyx thought as he walked off.