After Ghost returned to the village the citizens eagerly awaited to see if he had succeeded. They were elated to hear the news. Though Ghost was ready to just lay down and get some good well needed rest. Being a man of habit, he was always an earlier riser. But seeing as the inn he was in also was a pub (I'm not British, just the term rang better than bar) he decided to have a little fun before leaving. As in games. They had games. He set the record for darts (who would have guessed), beat one other at pool, though barely. Sure enough, an hour had passed and he set down with some toast and eggs with coffee. He likes the simple things, give him a break. Also the newest newspaper arrived at this time as well and well, he was eager to give it a read.

Right when he flipped it open, another figure entered the pub. Hey, surprise it's Daring Do. "'A ghost usually means that a town is cursed but last night, one came and aided us and liberated the bandits robbing us of the necessary goods we try to export or import.' Not used to seeing myself in the news as the good guy." Ghost commented from behind the paper as Daring walked towards his table and sat down. Ghost wasn't wearing his black fighting attire, which was a black cloak, shirt and pants. Instead he was wearing a green polo and jeans. To Daring's surprise he didn't have the look that she thought he would have had. He had a clean haircut, fresh shave and not all gritty with dirt. Just looking he looked like a really strong normal person from one of the bigger cities.

"Oh really? Even when you go and help others back where you are from?" Daring was curious about what earth was like. Might as well see what their news outlets were like. She took her hat off and laid it on the table. Even if trouble came through the door, she knew the man across the table was more than skilled enough to deal with it without her intervention.

"Where I am from, most would rather focus on the harm rather than the benefit. Any damage I did was the focus of the papers. Even if I rescued fifteen students from hostages. It became a sad place to be. Even though this place has it's own troubles, they are vastly different than what earth was like." Ghost kept skimming around the paper. It lacked a lot of detail, though the town only had like a hundred residents, so news is slow to come by. Him showing up was the biggest thing this town had since the bandits first showed.

"I have to ask, are you concerned about others finding out about your alter ego. You just spoke of yourself in the open." It was one thing to talk about himself to her in a manner that wouldn't draw attention to his alter ego when she was at the table, but saying it while she was across the room, that could be dangerous.

"The only human shows up and Ghost shows up later that night to deal with the worst of the worst. Coincidence? Probably not. Not like I have anything to lose here though. Just me, myself and I. Plus I rarely have to use my alter ego for much other than a scare tactic on some high school bully. What you saw yesterday was the most I have done for a few months. Before that was griffons bothering a forest village in a distant country. They would rather fight than take a bribe." He shrugged and folded the paper and left it on the table before taking a sip of coffee.

Daring picked up the paper and sure enough Ghost was the headline. She laid it back down since she already knew what he did and he did state the main part of the article already. "Guess you are right. But still, what if Ahuizotl finds out you're real name or what you look like."

"Eh, could use the workout. We both know he isn't a skilled fighter nor has the best of hired thugs." Ghost finishes the rest of his breakfast and leaves the money plus tip next to the plate and cup. "You want anything before I head off?"

"I already ate. But where you heading back too?" Hopefully he is heading back towards Ponyville since her house is that way as well. They could travel together for a bit of the way. She also thought of what he said and remembered several encounters where she was easily able to distract and defeat Ahuizotl. Ghost had nothing to fear.

"To my place in Ponyville, why?" (We know why, don't we)

"Well, if you didn't mind, travel together? Get to know each other a bit more?" Daring was probably coming off as flirty or like a school girl. She wasn't trying to be. She just found herself intrigued by Ghost and this was her chance to get a good dive into the mystery human. Not that Ghost was going to mind this. He figured it would be more fun to do this than be bored for several days.

"Why not. It could be plenty of fun. You ready to go?" Ghost couldn't help but pay a bit more attention to this young adventurer. She wasn't the worst to look at, though was no Rarity. Actually, Rarity is a little too overboard up top and in the hips. Daring was closer to Dash. Athletic, but curvy. Though Daring wasn't as curvy as Dash, but she had more muscle tone, so fair trade off.

Daring almost made a squeal when Ghost said yes. This made her blush a little. She quickly put on her hat before she did anything else and stood up. "Yes, let's be on our way." Take it easy Daring. He may be cute, but you don't know if he has a romance already going. Though he probably would have mentioned it when she brought up the dangers. Though why take any interest in a human? Oh yeah, because he can freaking fight and has a history that could be it's own story.

With that Ghost grabbed his travel bag and headed out with Daring. All was quiet till they left the village. That was when Daring chirped in with another question. "So, what did you do before you became a problem solver?" Ghost knew this was the writer side of her. She wanted to do something about him for a book, either as a spinoff or get more for her own series. Ghost had no care.

"I was a soldier. Special Forces. Me, three other guys versus whatever was keeping us from victory. Time of my life there. I was happy, I enjoyed what I did. I had the best people around me. We always had each others back." This really interested Daring. Nothing like that was really ever done to her knowledge with the Royal Guard. So hearing that he came from something so elite was probably why he could fight like he does.

"What happened to that? Was it coming here, to this planet?" He said he was happy, past tense, something happened to that.

"Oh no. It happened way before I got sent here. No, someone decided that me and pals were no longer fit to fight. Instead of retiring us or firing us, they tried to have us killed by sending us to a death trap. They staged a mission that would kill us. Except it didn't kill me. After that, I went on to learn some new skills and became a problem solver." That story really hit Daring hard. She would have never guessed, nor would have anyone that a man like him would be left to the pasture like that. Except that wasn't much of a pasture.

"I am so sorry that happened to you." Daring's thoughts of this man changed. He had a screwed up past, yet here he is, still trying to do the right thing and leave the world a better place. She admired him more too.

"Nothing to be sorry about. It's in the past and on another planet. I like my life here. New friends, new stories. New possibilities that I never could have had back on earth." Ghost was over the pain and anger he had from that day, still hurt to talk about it, but it got easier every time he did. So he was more eager to let it out rather than avoid it. Plus he was always a positive outcome thinker. This was a turn on for Daring. He completely dismissed his ugly past like it was nothing.

This started as Daring wanting to know more about Ghost just for curiosity sake. But she was starting to find a more attractive side of him. Desirable parts of him that seemed to be too good to be true. But again this was just the start of the journey home. Though the way it looks, Daring may be trying her luck at making him a boyfriend. Now that she thinks about it. She actually never really cared for boys for years. Probably since school. After that she turned into the adventurer and just been busy with that. That and the boys she ends up being around aren't exactly model boyfriends either. Not like Ghost was much better, but at least he didn't wish the world would end tomorrow. That much made him miles ahead of the others. Another reason was that she would have to ensure the safety of any lover if she ever did find a nice guy, since her enemies would certainly love to get their hands on him. Not the case with Ghost, he can handle himself. He's probably better at her job than she is and he doesn't really care for relics. Something she couldn't say about many either. The more she thought about it, the more dreamy he became.

"So, which one of your names is the real name?" Ghost's turn to ask the questions. Since Daring was too busy eyeing him and thinking about him. He knew this since they just walked a mile in silence and he seemed to be her primary focus.

"Daring. I was always a daredevil growing up. A.K. Yearling is the cover name." That caught her off guard and was probably the best interview question to ever receive. Impressive.

"Oh I believe that." Ghost smiled. He could imagine her doing some pretty crazy things as a kid in the living room.

"What does that mean?" She retorted playfully, throwing a jab at his shoulder.

"Hanging from the ceiling fan, Daring Do refused to get down. Despite the fact her parents threatened to ground her for a week." Ghost replied in his best narrator voice. Daring had a good jab, but it could use some work. She blushed hard from this. It was pretty close to what growing up was like, and he was only taking a jab at her name growing up.

During this walk they got to know each other a bit better, all just random trivia facts about each other, like favorite colors, foods, stuff like that. Though a fact that Ghost noticed, the more they walked. The closer Daring got to him. The more the ice broke, the closer she would get. He made no comment nor planned too. He was curious just how close would she get before she would notice, as it would seem that she was clueless that she was doing it herself.

Sure enough after a couple more miles Daring suddenly realized she was almost leaning on Ghost. Who pretended to not notice that she was that close to him. She blushed real heavy, this was so unnatural of her. Though so were humans and yet she almost leaned on one. "You okay Daring? You're face is quite red." Even for a blush her face was quite red. Though the rest of the redness was from embarrassment.

"Yeah, just fine." She tried to play it off, but he wasn't as easily sold on it. She wasn't either. "Okay, truth is. You are kind of cute." She was going to add to that but she just closed herself off as this was beyond her area of expertise. Plus he may not even have feelings for her and turn her down.

"You really find me cute?" Ghost wasn't really surprised that someone found him charming. Let alone Daring Do. He asked this mostly for her to open up to herself more about what she was feeling. He already knew she found him cute. He knew that before they left pub like twelve miles ago.

"Yes. You are cute, to me. Just something about you makes me feel different. Something I never felt before. Is it weird?" This was confusing for Daring. These feelings of desire for someone. Were they natural, was she justified in feeling them? She now was in very unfamiliar water. She felt bad because she drug Ghost into it too. Though he probably knew more about this than she did.

"You have a crush on me. That is why you feel like you want to be with me in a different way than an acquaintance or a friend. Whether it be my personality, looks or both. Something flipped a switch in you. Only you can deal with this. You only have two options, act on it and pursue it, or deny it and ignore it forever. Unfortunately that is how it works. No middle ground. I know you're next question would be if I had a crush on you, yes. Though I wasn't going to do anything till you did."

Daring deeply thought on what he said. Did she seriously develop a crush on him? One thing though, the first part of the solution, what happens next? Last time she felt like this would be at least twelve years ago. Back in school. But that was too far back to recall what that emotion felt like. "What could happen next?" Daring was so lost, and she felt vulnerable too. Exposing a side like this that was soft.

"Usually, more couple like stuff starts to happen. If both parties have agreed to continue it. Cuddles, kissing, things just get more intimate as it progresses." Ghost was well aware that Daring was in a weird place emotionally, if it could be called weird. Though hopefully she knew enough now to be able to decide what to do.

Daring thought about it more. She did want to be with him more, closer too. So she acted, and leaned onto Ghost. Slowly grabbing his arm. She looked up to see what Ghost's reaction was. She was relieved to see that he smiled softly at her. Her vulnerability went away too, or felt it rather be covered by him.

"It's getting dark out. Better set up a camp." Ghost commented softly. Daring nodded, partially sad as her moment was ruined by the setting of the sun. But she knew after camp was made, it could be resumed.

Before long camp was up and a fire was lit. Ghost cooked some basic canned food. It was super bland, but it was better than an empty stomach. Which after that Daring leaned on Ghost again. Finding to enjoy his feel. Softness, mostly due to the lack of fur, smoothness too. But her favorite was his strength. It was no lie at first glance he was strong. He could lift tanks, okay exaggeration, but point was made. Then Ghost put his arm around her and at this point she knew she made the right decision to act on her emotions. The whole world ceased to matter anymore at that point. It was just her and him. She felt soft, but not vulnerable, she felt protected. Protected, something she never knew. Living one day at a time, with no one by her side to help her. But an entire list of enemies that would not hesitate to do her harm. Feeling protected for the first time in how many years was a huge relief to her. She loved how it took stress off of her and made her feel at ease. All she did was just snuggle into Ghost more and closed her eyes.

Ghost couldn't help but notice how adorable and cute Daring was being around him. He could feel her relax into his side and release any unneeded stress. When she shifted and leaned on him more he smiled more and stroked her hair to be somewhat neater. This made her blush. Feeling him being gentle with her. Was the last two days a dream for her? Because it feels like it. Or is he a dream come true for her? Her reaction, she kissed his cheek. She blushed heavily afterward, in disbelief that she was behaving like this. All of this was new to her. Sure she joked to her enemies, but this was actually real and it could last. She wanted it to last.

Ghost responded with his own kiss to her cheek. Which deepened the blush Daring was wearing. She started to shift on him, then pause, then continued. She moved to be on his lap and wrapped her arms around him as her head buried into his chest. Blushing hard the whole time. Though content in her new position. Ghost didn't stop her though she sighed happily and groaned softly when she felt his arms wrap around her back. Pressing herself into him knowing he wasn't going to fight it. Daring felt the world fall away completely. It was her and him and the campsite. She loved it. Her enemies did not exist, her career did not exist, her books did not exist. No fear, no worry. Just feeling happy and love. Ghost gave her feelings she never knew she could feel and then some. Though to her happiness, he isn't rushing to more inappropriate stuff with her. She didn't want that, not yet anyway. She is just getting into this whole boyfriend girlfriend thing. Besides, she also wanted to make sure Ghost was the one she was going to keep. Right now it's a yes, but tomorrow still has yet to happen and prove itself.

Ghost began to gently rub Daring's back. She gasped and moaned for him softly. Her body slowly relaxing completely into him. He noticed how much she was just enjoying being soft around him. Not the hardy adventurer she spent so long being. Taking a step back from the whole world to enjoy five minutes of bliss that no one could take from her. Though it was getting quite late by now. "We should settle into bed, otherwise we'll never get sleep." Ghost whispered softly.

Reluctantly she got off of him, though she followed him to his tent. "You don't mind do you?" She asked softly.

"Of course not." Ghost replied. He shed his shirt and jeans and laid them to the sign. Daring did the same with a huge blush. She never undressed with anyone nearby yet here she was. They both were down to their underwear and after Ghost laid down, Daring laid on top of him and pulled the blanket up. This was so weird, yet felt good. Feeling Ghost without a lot of clothes being in the way. So soft, warm and muscles. It wasn't just his arms that look like they could pick up a freight train. Though once she was snuggled into Ghost, she almost immediately forgot about the awkwardness of this whole thing and just found herself feeling Ghost's chest rise and fall and hearing his heart rhythm. This was new. She never knew one could feel this kind of closeness before. Though she was asleep before she knew it.

Ghost wrapped his arms around her yet again. Though it wasn't as weird for him. Wasn't the first time he been in bed with a lady. Though seeing her slowly fall asleep was beyond adorable. She looked so peaceful and happy. With that, Ghost let himself go to sleep as well.

Author's Note

Two chapters, in one day? This is record for me.

This is going to a rotation between this and the Rainbow Dash love story. One chapter here, one chapter there.

Also thanks to those that showed support of this comic. It means a lot.