Author's Note

A shorter chapter just helping set the mood for the future of the story. Hope you all still enjoy it.

In Need of a Helping Hand (Major editing)

Jack swaggered up to the rampaging dogs and shouted in a bad british accent. "Oi, you got a permit for that damage?" The dogs immediately turned their attention to him making him chuckle. "Always works. Listen I need you guys to vacate the town and stop being assholes." He said, waving his arms in a shooing motion.

A dog stepped forward and pointed at him. "You one hurt pack mates." It said with a snarl.

"Ah, so you all know me, good thing to as I was worried I'd have to introduce myself again." Jack teased taking a step forward.

They began laughing at his state when they saw his injuries. "Weak and frail. Easy prey." The one Jack could assume was the leader said. "You die now." He said raising a rusty sword and stepping closer.

"Yo guys, a little help here." Jack mentally called out into his mind. Nothing. "Ah shit whelp time to kick some ass." He said turning to the dogs as one swung its axe at him. Stepping to the side he let it hit the ground before stomping on the handle, breaking it apart. The dog looked to his broken weapon with a dull expression before taking a punch to the side of his jaw knocking him clean out. Jack turned to look at the others approaching and smiled when he saw Vinyl peaking around the edge of her broken window from her shop. "Hey miss music, play me a song!" He shouted over to her.

Vinyl's ears perked up when she heard the request and shrugged. "Ah, what the hell could go wrong." She said carting a speaker to the broken window and plugging in her system. "Let's see here, nah too slow, nope too fast, aha this one!" She proclaimed as she found the fitting tune.

As the song began to play Jack raised an eyebrow before shrugging. "Weird, but guess it works." As the song unfolded Jack rushed forward to the closest target. Grabbing the dogs face he began spinning, after reaching to the wanted speed he let go, flinging the enemy into others taking out all three.

Hey Jackie boy. Sorry it took so long to reply we were working some things out." Lucky said appearing next to him as the other two spirits appeared. What can we do for you?" The rabbit added hopping around the battle.

"Give me an hand with them." Jack said. "Preferably soon." He asked with a slightly crazy grin.

The three looked at each other before fading away. All set to go." He heard Scorch say in his head.

With that statement Jack summoned a ethereal set of armored gloves but they faded away. The dogs stalled to watch what happens before laughing at his failure. Gritting his teeth Jack tried again getting half made before it broke apart once more. "Come on, work damn you!" He growled out in concentration before giving one more try as the armor flew into place with dark red lightning flickering around it. "Finally!" He shouted flexing his hands before looking back to the now slightly scared group of diamond dogs. Splaying out his hands and getting into a slight running stance he looked at them opening his eyes, showing the replacement. "Run." Was all he whispered, taking off like a bullet at the group and delivering a punch into the ground sending them all flying into the air. Scaling up the largest one, he delivered a knee to its face that knocked the helmet clear off. Taking the dog he began spinning as they both fell becoming a twirling missile heading straight for the ground. Dirt and stone flew into the air on impact as Jack bolted out of the cloud of dust for his next prey.

"Kill him! Kill him!" Shouted the leading diamond dog as Jack kicked another dog into the wall of a building leaving a cartoonish dent in it. "Ouch." Was all the dog had to say before it flopped out of the dent and on to the ground.

Jack took a step toward the leader and raised his armored hand, pointing a finger at him. A powerful looking ball of energy started to collect at the tip of his finger, growing in size. "Two choice for you. Keep fighting and take a bolt through the heart ooorrrr run away and tell everyone you know not to fuck with Ponyville." Jack said a menacing smile splitting his features. A foul smell filled the hair as the leader shit themselves before turning and running away followed by the remaining dogs that weren't unconscious. "Good boy." Jack chuckled, turning back to the castle and walking in. As he passed the door way he couldn't help but stumble. The group quickly rushed to catch him before he fell on to his face. "Sorry, guess I'm not fully up to snuff yet." He said with a laugh, earning some frowns from the girls.

Celestia stepped in front of him and bent down so her face was equal with his. "As the co-ruler of this land I am ordering you to stop getting into fights or trouble until you have fully healed and can better survive your new state." She commanded earning agreements from everyone present. "And don't even think about arguing the point or I'll personally tie you down so you can rest." She added glaring into his eyes.

Jack stared back before smirking. "Fine, though I wouldn't mind you still tying me down and 'helping' me." He teased earning a blush across everyone's faces followed by the sound of a pair of wings going stiff. He laughed inwardly at their expressions. "Still got it." he said to himself as he passed out.

A week passed as Jack rested and recovered from the fight with the brawlers. A guard kept him posted on information involving the book. "Nothing at all?" He asked.

"No sir, we've searched the entire forest from the edge to the castle and can't find any traces. Whoever this was knew what this book could do and has the energy reserves to hide its power. I'm sorry." She said looking down from her chair. She flinched when she heard him get out of his seat and walk towards her but was surprised when Jack gently put a hand on her shoulder.

"Listen, don't take it hard. This will take time but for now I think I have some better orders that would suit you guys much better." Jack said walking to the side and picking up a novel. "What happened here won't be an isolated case. Eventually more of these problems will crop up and cause chaos." He said, flicking through some pages.

The guard pony looked at him before asking. "What would you have us do?" She asked tilting her head.

Jack looked out the window at the partially cloudy sky. "I need you to raise a division of soldiers to combat this problem. Ponies, dragons, whatever you can get to help protect this land and any others around." he said, turning back to the guard. "But I also need you all looking for any leads that we can follow to track this monster down and stop whatever they are planning before it can happen." He added.

Gulping at the intensity in his eyes. "Yes sir." She said, saluting him as she moved out of the room.

Jack turned back to the novel before closing it, noticing the title for the first time. "The Savior of the People." He muttered, reading it. "Huh, must be one of those cheesy stories Spike likes to read." He said with a shrug as he walked out of the library, the door closing with a boom.