Ponyville
Equestria
Week of May 8th
Mentor Nitro

After Sunday's assassination, I found those docs to the explosive seller. I told the rest if they want, they can find this bloke, who's name is Counter Balance, and talk to him about... whatever. I don't care. So long as this bloke's not a Templar, they shouldn't kill him. To meet him, I recommended Alto and Pinkie to stay under their hoods until requested to remove them, Discord to turn into a pony and stay under his hood until requested to remove it, and Luna to wear her robe, but to keep her hood off. Have a nice talk, and if worst comes to worst, punch.

They left for that on Monday the 9th. They returned on Friday the 13th. Spring Break. In that time, I decided I was gonna be a decent human being and go do some side-quests. Yay! It feels like an RPG! God fucking damn it! :D

Sweet Apple Acres - Outskirts to Town
May 9th - 9 A.M.
Nitro

I pulled out some special glasses that have a HUD built in. Putting them on, I sigh out a "That's better" before leaving. My HUD states that first thing's on the list is to go to the Mane 6's places and talk to them directly. The optional objective is to get a job from at least one of them. I decided to go from least favorite character to favorite. So, since Pinkie's knocked out already, RD would be next. But she lives on a fucking cloud, so I'm gonna have to be lucky to find her. So next's AJ. I walked to the Sweet Apple Acres. Fortunately, AJ was walking out of SAA with Dashie. Two birds with one stone.

I whistled at them and waved my hoof. "Yo, what's up!"

"Hey, Nitrogen!" AJ waved her hoof and continued on forward.

"Sup, Nit!" That's a new one from Rainbow. Nit. Pronounced as Night. Neat.

"How's been life treatin' ya, Nit? Can Ah call ya Nit?"

"Yeah, go on ahead. And, uh, to answer the question, life's been treatin' me fine. Though I could get a job soon. I'm running low on bits." It's somewhat true. At this rate, I'm gonna run out of silver to transfer.

"Well, Ah ain't able ta pay ya if you're to work at ma farm. Sorry."

"Sorry, Nit. Can't really hire you for Weather Control. 'Cuz, ya know, no wings."

"Yeah, I get it. Say, you know any jobs I can do?"

"Well, Rarity's always lookin' fer some help 'round her Boutique. Fluttershy might be able to ask ya ta help 'round with her critters."

"I'm sure Twi and Pinkie'll have something for you. Speaking of which, where's Pinkie? Haven't seen her in a while."

"Pinkie said something about her family. She won't be back until the end of the week."

Dash sighs. "Guess that's going to next week."

"Jus' go 'round an' ask the ponies here if they got some jobs fer ya. Ah'm sure one of 'em's gotta have one."

"Well, thank you two! See ya later!"

After goodbyes, I ran off. My HUD updated, crossing AJ and RD off the list. Next up, Twilight.

Twilight's Castle - Entrance
May 9th - 10:12 A.M.
Princess Twilight Sparkle

I was working on some future assignments for the students when I heard a knock on my door. I walked up to it and found Nitrogen standing there.

"Hey, Princess Twilight!"

"Oh, hey Nitrogen! I wasn't expecting you!"

"I wanted to ask you a quick question." He's nervous, and his sigh confirms that. "Can I- or rather- may I be your... royal guard?" He said the last two words very slowly, emphasizing them.

"My... guard?"

"Listen. I may just be a teen, yes. But I have combat skills. I just need something to do other than school. Please I beg you-"

I thought about it for a second. He is clearly being honest of his combat skills, if the sword by his side is any indication. And I don't have a guard, so he could be my gateway into having some form of guard, like Celestia's Royal Guards, Luna's Night Watchers, and Cadence's Crystal Guards. But on the other hoof, he did admit of being just an adolescent. I can't let some teen do something so potentially dangerous. But his resolve's there. I can tell he won't take "no" for an answer.

"Okay."

"I'll- Perdoname, ¿qué?" He has the look of confusion, so I'm guessing what he said was "Excuse me, what?" At least, that's my guess.

"Yeah. I mean, this should be fun for the both of us. For me so I would know the limitations I should set up, adjusting for age, of course, and you clearly are ready for combat. It should be some form of fun for you. And besides, there isn't a limitation as to what age you should be to be a guard in Celestia's or Cadence's case. Luna requires at least 4 years of experience, but she technically counts. Only reasons why no colts or fillies are in the Guards is because their parents are smart enough to not let them go until they're ready, which is usually 18. I'm sure you already knew-"

"No, I didn't know that. If ya didn't know, I'm an immigrant. From Neighn*. We aren't exactly up to date with things happening with Equestria."

"Ah, of course."

Nitro clears his throat. "Well, I am willing to fight for you, Princess." He bows. "So, I guess I'm your first official Guard, eh?" He chuckles as he picks himself up and salutes. "I will do my best, Princess Twilight."

I salute back, making the both of us go into a laughing fit. Once we calmed down, I said "Well, you're gonna need some armor, eh? I'm certain a blacksmith is somewhere nearby."

"Sure sure, but I can make my own armor. I'll be back in, let's say... Thursday? I'll be back with some quality armor. After that, we can talk about hours and stuff like that."

We discussed a few things, and after about 15 minutes, we parted. Nitrogen seems like a nice guy.

Fluttershy's Cottage
May 9th - 12:02 P.M.
Nitro

I walked up to the Cottage near the Everfree. Knocking on the door, I wait patiently for lil ol' Flutters to show up. Within the literal millisecond I was standing there in nature, I smile knowing I was gonna talk to my 2nd favorite pon pon of the entire show^. And I was smiling because the nature around Flutter's house is so damned beautiful. But, as if she teleported to her doorstep, Fluttershy opened the door and smiled, warming my heart.

"Hi, Nitrogen. Nice to see you! Would you like to come in?"

"Sure." At the time, I wasn't watching the show often. I'm on like Season 4 or something. Flutters is so much more sociable than what I saw. Prolly got something to do with future episodes, I wasn't sure at the time.

"So, why'd you visit today? And do you know where Discord is? Haven't seen him all day."

I shrugged. "I dunno. Speaking of your friends, Pinkie said she wouldn't be in town from today to Friday."

"Ah. Well, thanks for telling me that. Did the others know?"

"Actually, no. She kinda just... disappeared into thin air. Leaving behind a note on my bed, weirdly enough." I hoped my lie was convincing enough.

"Huh. Well, Pinkie'll do stuff like that. The rest of us just accepted it. The idea of 'It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it' is really true, to be honest. Just don't question it, and your head won't metaphorically explode." She fucking bought it. And she did the 'It's Pinkie, don't question' meme. I'm fucking done.

"Yeah, thanks."

"Say, do you know a pony named 'Nitro", Nitrogen?" she questioned. Then, less than a second after, I could see some cogs turning in her head, piecing together the puzzle. "Wait... Are you-"

"Yes, my real name's Nitro. Can't believe none of you actually got it. I mean, I'm uncreative and stupid as shit, but not seeing 'Nitrogen' and 'Nitro', it's just unbelievable."

"Yeah. We weren't thinking much about it." She rubs the back of her head with her hoof. "...Say, why'd you punch the Princess in her face?"

"I was scared at the moment. Apparently, Luna was watching my dreams, and knows my deepest secrets and sins. Because of that, when she told Celi, Celi wanted so much to throw me in the dungeon or something. I dunno. I made up with her, fortunately."

"Oh, good. We won't have to worry as much."

"Say, Fluttershy..." I was pondering on how I'm gonna ask. Trust me, it isn't asking her out. I have a girlfriend.

"Y-yeah?"

I decided to go very much forward. "I wanna get a pet. Like a falcon or something."

Her eyes showed some form of excitement from "May the Best Pet Win!". "Really? You'd like a pet? You said a falcon, right?" She whistles, and a peregrine falcon comes flying down. It, for whatever reason, lands on one of my armored shoulders. "You can name her, if you'll take her."

I look up to it, and I see some form of resolve as strong as a fire. Fire... bird... What's a fire bird? The Talonflame line? Moltres? Nah. "...Phoenix," I whisper under my breath. The falcon responds with a positive 'Sqack!' "Phoenix it is then."

"So, you'll take her?"

"Ay! I will." I hand her 20 bits.

"Oh, no! I'm not selling-"

"Take it. You'll need it more than I do, anyways."

I decided to stay and talk with Flutters, asking her basic questions for taking care of Phoenix. After a while, I decided I knew enough (the internet still was a thing, it's just ponies don't have PCs to access them) so I politely said goodbye, and left. Phoenix was riding my shoulder, as if it was accustomed to my presence. I feel like I've met her before... Whatever. I'm gonna drop her off at Base, then leave for Rarity's.

Author's Note

*I hate me too for trying to make Neigh+Spain a thing. Kill me.

^As I was typing this, I wanted only to snuggle a Pony plushie or snuggle the actual ponies.

Took me a while to write this.

Hope ya enjoyed!