The Little Adventurer

Eric really didn't know what hit him. Literally. He was just trying to float around when suddenly he was surrounded by a black bubble. Eric quietly stood inside the bubble for awhile. He felt Twilight's magic before this bubble came up. "What the heck is she thinking? I won't attack anyone." Eric thought.

Eric contemplated what he could do. He could either, make sure Twilight doesn't know he has escaped from her bubble and make her freak out, or just do it peacefully. Eric used his magic and sky blue runes started to appear around his eyes and forehead. "Twilight. Why are you doing this?" Eric asked telepathically. He smirked when he could almost feel Twilight gasping in surprise. "I wonder how many times I will surprise Twilight... Hahaha!" Eric thought.

"Eric? What are you doing?" Twilight asked dumbfoundedly.

"Oh.. You know. Asking you why you tried trapping me in this bubble? I don't like seeing nothing you know."Eric sarcastically said. Eric casted a transformation spell on himself, causing him to look like a alicorn sized pony with blackish blue fur, sky blue mane, tail, horns and wings. Eric teleported himself in front of Twilight, making her shriek and teleport herself only God knows. "Huh...This form ain't so bad. Guess I'll keep it." Eric shrugged.

Eric slowly walked forward with his new extra limbs. Spreading his wings, he looked at the enormous,beautiful sky blue wings he's starting to love. Out of a sudden, he heard another shriek to the left of him. His head snapped to his left, seeing a familiar yellow winged pony called Fluttershy. "......who are you? What are you doing here?"

Trying his very best not to scare her, he slowly bowed and softly introduced himself in a new young, deeper voice. "We have met before Fluttershy. I'm Eric."

"Oh...b-but.. why are you a alicorn stallion now? I t-thought you were a small creature with-h 2 legs....?" Fluttershy shyly covered her face with her mane and muttered.

"I have taken this form to make it easier for us to talk. My original form, as you saw, is very small. This form let's me do things easier. If you don't mind me asking, what is an alicorn?" Eric calmly told her.

"..Oh! An a-alicorn is what you are right now. Some ponies with no horns or wings are called earth ponies. Those with wings are called pegasi, and those with horns are called unicorns. None of them have both wings and a horn. All except alicorns." Fluttershy shockingly says louder.

"..I see. Thank you so much for the bed Fluttershy. It was the best bed I have ever slept in." Eric smiled.

Fluttershy's ears flicked and she blushed."Oh! You're welcome. I wasn't the one who made the bed though. It was Discord."

"Thanks anyways Fluttershy. Sadly, I need to find a certain purple alicorn right now. Thanks again for all the help!" Eric smiled at her while her cheeks turned slightly pink.

"You're welcome." Fluttershy softly said as she watched Eric trot out of her cottage and close her door.

Eric however, was greeted by a pure white, rainbow coloured mane alicorn and Twilight. "Uh oh. She has a lot of power. I need to be careful." Eric thought cautiously behind a smile. Eric could swear the moment he saw her, her eyes widened and her cheeks turned slightly pink for a fraction of a second before disappearing. The white alicorn walked forward,"Hello, my dear pony. I am Princess Solar Celestia. You may call me Princess Celestia. May I ask, what is your name?"

"My name is Eric, Solar." Eric replied.

Twilight and Princess Celestia gasped. No body has ever called, no , even DARED to call her by Solar before. In her anger, Twilight had forgotten who Eric was. Before she could speak, Twilight asked with anger and annoyance,"Why aren't you calling Princess Celestia by her title? Don't you know it's incredibly rude to address the leader of the kingdom you live in by her name?"

"I do. But she is not my leader nor do I live in this kingdom. I have come from incredibly far place. This is not my true form ladies. We have met before Twilight. In the forest, I was the one who saved you and those other 5 ponies. I'm Eric ,Twilight." Eric said with a small amount of annoyance. Twilight gasped while Solar's eyes widened in alarm.

"Oh Gosh! I'm so sor-"
"Twilight. What does he mean that he has to save you in the Everfree?" Celestia said sternly.

Twilight suddenly looked a lot smaller. "Um.. Me and the girls wanted to go meet the Steven, the water serpent, but half way through, we were attacked a dozens of timberwolves AND manticores together. That's when Eric came in. He stopped them and kind of... stared at them with his eyes glowing. The most shocking thing was that after Eric put them down, they BOWED to him." Twilight nervously brought her hoof to the back of her head.

Solar's stern gaze lifted. "As long as you are alright Twilight." Solar Celestia looked back at Eric, who was calming looking at them as if nothing had happened.
"Thank you so much for saving my dear student. Is there anything I can repay you with?"

Eric shook his head,"No thanks Solar. I don't need the bits. I'll just live of the natural resources of the forest. My manticore and timberwolf friends will help me anyways. I need the nutrients from the meat, which I doubt you sell in this town filled with ponies."

Celestia nodded. It was normal to meet carnivores these days."If that is what you wish, so be it. Eric.. wasn't it? Would you mind showing me your true form?"

Eric shook his head and transformed back into his original form for a few seconds, allowing both of them to see his true form for 3 seconds before seeing the blackish blue alicorn once again.

Celestia's eyes widened. "That was such a small body! And Twilight said that he saved her? I wouldn't have believed it if not for his...alicorn body. You could only transform into an alicorn if you have the magic to back it up for the duration of the spell. It's like how I can't transform into Discord over an hour. He's been a alicorn for at least half an hour now...Not to mention his build for an alicorn...It's..so toned. What am I thinking? I need to leave quickly before anything escalates." Celestia's eye twitched.

"Well. Rest assured, accept this gift from me. It's 10 thousand bits. You can use the money for anything you want to buy." Celestia said while concentrating on teleporting a small amount of the Kingdom's treasury in a pouch. Eric's eyes widened in surprise before he quietly intercepted her spell for just a second.

But that one second was enough for him. His eyes glowed as he focused on making her feel as if she teleported 10 thousand bits, but only teleported 1 thousand. He cast an illusion on the pouch to make it look and feel as if it had the 10 thousand bits inside. It's heavy, trust me. He carried the other 9 thousand after all.

Celestia teleported the pouch in front of Eric, only feeling Eric's magic for a fraction of a second. But that small amount of time allowed her to know that he intercepted with her spell.

Before she could say anything ,Twilight asked,"Did you do anything to the pouch or money? I saw your eyes glow and felt your magic."

Knowing he was caught, he told them what he had done. "I intercepted her spell and caused her to teleport only 1 thousand instead of 10." He cancelled his spell.

Twilight's and Celestia's eyes widened for the third time. "I only felt his magic for a fraction of a second! It would have been obvious if a average unicorn did it. I would know. Assassins tried but failed. I would feel their magic from the very beginning. One's will and mana MUST be higher in order to penetrated or at least intercept a spell of another. Just who is he?" Celestia thought.

Twilight was just as surprised at Celestia. She tried intercepting her teacher's spell before and it took an agonizing half an hour just to barely get into her spell. Eric just did that in less than a second, with little to no effort at all!

"I need to go ladies. See you next time." Eric smiled at their dumbfounded faces and teleported back into the forest with the pouch. He sighed as he slowly transformed back into a human. "Feels good to be back! That was a work out trying to keep that form." Everything was back to being big though, not that he minded much. It was fine as long as he could protect himself. "Honestly, now I have to use magic even more now. In this world, my mana regenerates faster." Eric thought.

Eric looked at the sun setting. He gathered some vines, roots, leaves and cleaned them all with his magic. He put them in a way such that it was a hammock and easily climbed on to it and relaxed. It was not like he could break the leaves anyways. He is as small as the leaves. Eric put a strong but thin barrier around his entire body, just in case he was ever stepped on. Eric slowly drifted off, going into the dream realm.

Meanwhile...

Twilight was on the bed Princess Celestia's private chambers. Quietly waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. "How is Eric so powerful in such a small body? He maintained his alicorn form for at least an hour or even more! He didn't even seem fazed. The way he transitioned between his original form and his alicorn one was smooth. That would mean he had complete control of what he was doing.. He..." Twilight rambled on. Deep inside her train of thought, she didn't even notice Princess Celestia, wearing no regalia walk out of the bathroom. Giggling behind her hoof, Celestia gently nuzzled Twilight.
"Oh! Princess Celestia! Your done!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Twilight, what did I say about using my title while in private?" Celestia raised a brow.

Twilight sighed and put her head on her hooves,"Not to... I'm sorry Celestia. I'm just not used to it."

"It's fine, my dear Twilight. Now, why are you here? It's late. Luna has already raised the moon." Celestia asked Twilight as she softly got onto her bed, right beside Twilight.

"It's about Eric. It's just that, how is he so powerful? He has such a small body! He could easily penetrated AND intercept your spell AND stop the timberwolves and manticores! He's a very powerful unknown." Twilight sighed.
"All I really want to ask you is, is he safe? He has to have more mana and will than you if he easily penetrated and intercepted your spell, so is he safe to live in Ponyville?"

Celestia smiled."I'm glad you're so concerned for the safety of Ponyville. It shows me that I wasn't wrong in putting Ponyville in your charge. About Eric, all he has ever shown us was that he just wants to protect others, with a personality to match his strength. He wanted to secretly take 1 thousand bits instead of 10, saved you and the girls and isn't rude. However, we do have to keep an eye on him for a short while and see the results. If he shows that he is as responsible as he is as powerful, we'll let him be a full fledged Equestrain."

"That sounds like a great idea! Thanks Celestia!" Twilight hugged Celestia.

"You're welcome my dear Twilight. Now, it is getting really late now. How about joining me in my bed for a night like how you used to when you were just a filly?" Celestia winked and wrapped a wing over Twilight.

"One thing you missed though, I wasn't an alicorn when I was a filly." Twilight laughed as she snuggled closer to Celestia, wrapping herself in her wings and resting her head on Celestia's chest, dozing off quickly as the day's events caught up with her.

"Goodnight my dear Twilight." "...Goodnight."

Meanwhile...

Navadia watched from his ball of magic. "Seems like he was the right choice after all... I hope he can protect those ponies from what my creator is creating to destroy them... Damn creator. These ponies are innocent."

"Oh are they?" A voice came out from his left. Navadia calmly said,"It's been millions of years since you have visited me in this rift. Why have you come back?"

"I heard from one of my precious dolls that you have sent a protector to that forsaken world of animals. You cannot escape fate Anubusious. They will some day perish. You are just delaying the inevitable."

"Better than speeding it up by throwing random shit and brain washing those ponies and creatures to destroy that world."

"Haha! Boy, aren't you funny. If you haven't realized, my very presence here speeds up the process of your destruction."

Navadia felt a sense of alarm and blasted his creator out of his rift. Sighing, "3 million years gone from my life just like that." Navadia closed his eyes and thought,"Eric Strava, you better protect that world with everything you got or YOU will perish along side with them."

"HAHAHA! This is so interesting! I never regreted making Anubuscious at all. He always makes things fun. Now...what should I throw into this forsaken world and test the limit of the so called, "'protector" Anubuscious has chosen? " Creator laughed as it returned back to its own world. Chattering and bouncing along the way, thinking of everything he could do to that world, Equus. First thing he had to do though, he had to get rid of the big guns in their world first. Starting with Eric Strava.