Chapter 9

Outside the house 10 minutes earlier 3rd POV

The mane six and the rest of Ponyville, who were all starting to gather, continued to stare in horror at the burning building. The flames have almost completely enveloped the house and there was still no sign of the human who jumped into the disaster. Derpy was in hysterics and was still desperately trying to pry herself from Rainbow Dash’s grasp but to no avail. Twilight was faring no better, she had only known William for almost an hour and she was looking forward to learning about him and his species. Now William had literally thrown himself in the worst situation and couldn’t help but worry about what was to happen to him.

“Applejack!” She called to her farm mare friend, “Did you call the fire ponies? When will they be here?” She asks.

“Ah just got off tha phone with them, they said they’d be here in less n’ 15 minutes!” She said.

Twilight’s eyes widened, “What?!? That’s too long! By the time they get here it’ll be too late!” She cried.

Applejack could only look at her with a helpless expression at her outburst. “Ah don’t know what ta tell ya Twi! All we can do now is hope they’ll get here as quick as possible!” She yells.

Twilight and Applejack look back towards the flames fearfully. The rest of the mane six had equally worrisome thoughts. Fluttershy had tears in her eyes because she too wanted to get to know William more, but she might not be able to now. At first his appearance and size was a little intimidating, but the kind words he said to her and the soft tone of his voice proved he wasn’t as scary as she thought. Rarity held a hand to her mouth as she tried to hold back her own tears and prayed that Sir William made it out safely from this catastrophe. He had already made such a good first good impression with his actions and words towards her. When he kissed her hand, her heart had slightly skipped a beat, for he had treated her as a stallion would a princess like she always wanted. It would be such a terrible shame if he had met his end so soon. Pinkie Pie had been planning something special for William after she met him in the middle of town. William has seemed like such a good natured human, she wanted to be friends with him right off the bat. Now her soon to be friend was in trouble, which caused her mane and tale to deflate a little.

Suddenly, the house groaned loudly and the top half of the roof collapsed. Everybody backed away in surprise and fear, while poor Derpy cried louder and squirmed more erratically at the thought that her daughter was still in there and probably dead. Everypony started to give up hope when all of a sudden they all heard screaming come from one of the house’s windows. Out came a flying pale pink and gold ball of fur and fell to the ground with a thump. There, for everypony to see, was a familiar little unicorn filly face planted in the ground covered in small black marks. She picks herself up to her knees while rubbing her head. “Owie, that hurt…” she whined.

”DINKY!!!”

Dinky looked up and saw her mother run towards her with open arms and tears in her eyes. Dinky gasps and immediately got up and started running towards Derpy.

”MOMMA!!!” She cried.

Both mother and daughter embraced each other, not daring to let go.

“Oh my precious little muffin, thank sweet Celestia you’re ok!!” Derpy cried through her tears.

“I was so scared, Momma!” Dinky whimpered.

Twilight and the others were stunned that Dinky literally came flying out of the burning building somehow but were glad she made it out alive. However, their happy reunion was cut short when eveypony remembered that there was still sompony in the burning house. Twilight walked up to Derpy and Dinky and kneeled down to look at her.

“We’re all so glad you’re safe and sound Dinky, but how did you get out of there? Where’s William?” Twilight asks with worry.

Dinky looks up to Twilight confused for a moment but then gasps as remembers her savior was still inside the nearly destroyed house.

“Oh no! That’s right, the strange stallion who saved me is still inside. Please, you have to get him out of there or-“

Dinky didn’t get to finish her sentence as she was interrupted when the ground started to shake suddenly. A bright light starts to shine within the flaming house and the shaking starts to intensify. All the ponies stare in shock and some cover their eyes as the light starts to shine brighter with each passing moment. Once the light is shining as bright as it possibly can, eveypony within range heard someone scream at the the top of their lungs.

“BUSTER CANNON!!!!”

The ground started shaking to the point where it felt like a mini earthquake and the house shined even brighter. Suddenly, a huge explosion erupted from the house and a large beam of light shot up through the roof and into the into the sky. It looked like a geyser of huge levels of magic came from the ground itself, only it didn’t look or feel like any magic anypony had seen before. Most of the ponies shielded their eyes and some of them were blown back slightly and fell down on their rumps. After a few moments, the beam starts to die down as does the light and the shaking begins to calm down until all is still and quiet. Nopony said a word as they watched the dust settle from the charred remains of the former flame covered building. They all soon could make out a silhouette of a figure standing in the middle of the ruins with its arms pointed straight up and crouched slightly. The figure becomes more clear and once the dust settles completely, they’re all shocked at what they see. A tall yet muscular looking creature with no fur yet a medium long brown mane was standing before them breathing a bit heavily. It’s arms droop to the side as it proceeds to stumble a bit before catching itself. Once it reclaims its breath, it stands up to its full height and looks down at its hands. It then looks up and towards the ponies and smiles as it walks over to them. Once the creature is in front of the group of ponies it continues to smile at them in a friendly manner. After a brief moment of silence it looks down at itself and looks back up to ask an odd question.

“Has anypony seen my jacket?” It asks.

Present time Will 1st POV

I’m starting to see a pattern due to some recent events lately. It seems every time I do or say something out the ordinary I get the same reaction from these ponies. Slack jawed expressions, check. Eyes wide and bugging out, check. Silent and speechless, unable to move…check. I guess I couldn’t blame them, especially since I just literally blasted a house straight to the freaking heavens in a huge ass explosion. Look beyond the crowd of ponies and spot a group of familiar mares amongst them.

“Oh, hey there girls! What took you so long?” I call out to them and wave. They all shake their heads and stare at me for a moment. All at once they rush up to me, but before they can even reach me three little blurs tackle me to the ground. I’m a bit dazed for a moment until I look down on my chest to see a familiar group of fillies and an odd sense of déjà vu.

“Mr, Saber! You’re alright!” They cry into my chest.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo look up at me with tears in their eyes. I can only sigh as I wrap my arms around them and pull myself up.

“Hey come on girls,” I tell them, “sorry for worrying you three but I had to save the filly trapped inside. Besides, you all still remember how I took down that manticore right? Do you really think something like this would’ve got me?” I ask them.

They all stare at me for a moment and wipe their eyes. They then smile up at me and shake their heads.

“Good, now can I get up now? I’m still a bit sore from my previous actions.” I request.

They do so but before I can stand up I’m yet again tackled by two more blurs, one pink and one light blue.

Damnit, this shit’s gonna get old real quick… I groan to myself.

I open my eyes and see both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie staring at me while gripping my shirt. Rainbow looks pissed and Pinkie has the biggest and goofiest smile I’ve ever seen.

“What in the buck were you thinking?!?”

“YAY, YOU’RE OK!!!”

“What the buck was that explosion?!?”

“YAY, YOU’RE NOT HURT!!!”

“How the buck did you do that?!?”

“YAY, I’M SO HAPPY!!!”

“How the-“

“YAY-“

I couldn’t take the constant screaming in both my ears so I place both my hands over their muzzles silencing them as there’s now a loud ringing in both my ears.

“Would you two calm the hell down?! I can barely think straight with all this commotion! Now I’m gonna let go of your muzzles and you gotta promise not to yell anymore. I’d also like to get up off the ground because in case you haven’t noticed, the ground isn’t exactly comfortable” I complain.

They look at each other then back to me and nod and lift themselves off me. I didn’t notice before but they both had their breasts pressing on my chest. Not gonna lie, they both felt incredible… Especially Pinkie’s but I’ll keep this to myself as I don’t wish to become aroused in public. I finally am able to stand on my own two feet and begin to brush myself off. As I’m doing so, I notice some tears and little holes along my clothes which makes me furrow my brows a bit.

“Aw man, these are my good clothes too…” I groan.

I feel my shoulder being tapped and look over to see all the mane six surrounding me at an extremely close proximity.

“Uh, you all ok?” I ask.

“OK?! OK?!? WHAT ABOUT YOU?!?” Shouts Twilight, “WHAT IN THE HAY WAS THAT BEAM OF LIGHT?!? DID YOU REALLY DO THAT?!? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND I NEED ANSWERS NOW!!!” She shrieks in my ear. The others nod furiously wanting to know what happened and how I did what I did.

God, why the bloody hell do they gotta be so damn loud all the time…

I notice that all the other ponies have also started to gather around me but they keep their distance. Guess my little “performance” has made them on edge. Deciding not to make myself look bad I start to explain all that had happened. I clear my throat and walk past the girls until I’m in front of the crowd again.

“If you’re all wondering what that explosion was, that was me. Also if you’re wondering what I am, I’m a human,” I tell them, which makes the whole crowd gasp in shock. I smirk and shake my head as I speak again, “I jumped into the burning building to save that filly over there,” I explain while pointing at her. She looks at me and smiles as if she’s thanking me which makes me smile back as I look back to the crowd and continue, “I’m sorry I spooked you all and I’m sorry for destroying one of your houses but I didn’t have a choice because the building came crashing down on me.” I finish.

“Did you here that, he’s the one who saved Dinky!”

“Oh my goodness! He’s a human?! I thought they were a myth!”

“Damn, guess I owe Lyra those bits after all…”

“Who cares what he is, he managed to save Dinky before it was too late! He’s a hero!”

Soon all the ponies are starting to comment and praise me on my heroics. They all then start to applause and cheer for my deed, despite my extreme actions. I feel a warm sense of pride as the cheer for me. It feels pretty damn good to have saved a life and they’re so welcoming of it.

After the crowd starts to calm down, I see in the corner of my eye two ponies walk over to me. I turn to see the filly I saved and an older mare, who I assume is her mother, walk over to me. I look at the mother and see she’s a pegasus mare wearing what looks like a post office uniform with grey fur, light blond mane and tail, and pretty golden eyes. Her eyes are a bit peculiar as they seem to be a little uneven as one is looking at me and the other seems to look a bit upwards. But who am I to judge? They’re her eyes and I personally don’t mind them. As they come closer to me, the filly leaves her mothers side and runs up to me and hugs my leg. I look down and see she’s whimpering a bit. I smile and bend down to my knee so I’m looking at her at her level.

“Hey there kid, how’s your body? I didn’t throw you too hard did I?” I ask.

She looks at me then rubs her eyes and shakes her head.

“N-no, I’m ok. You saved me from the scary fire.” She says.

“Well that’s good, by the way, I didn’t catch your name?” I ask her.

“My name’s Dinky.” She says with a smile.

I chuckle at her cute name and bring a hand up and pat her head. “Well Dinky, it’s nice to meet you. My name’s William Saber.” I say with a smile.

Dinky then lunges at me and hugs me tightly. I smirk and wrap my arms around her small frame as she nuzzles into my chest.

“Thank you for saving me, Mr. Saber” she says in my chest.

I pat her head again, “No problem, Dinky. I’m glad I could help.

“U-um, excuse me?”

I look up and see the same mare from before. I break my hug with Dinky and stand up. I’m at my full height and she stares up at me with eyes a little widened. I smile at her so I can ease the tension between us.

Guess my new height will take some getting some used to for these ponies. I think to myself.

She fidgets a bit before speaking up, “I-I just wanted to thank you for saving my daughter.” She tells me. I see tears start to form in her eyes as she looks down at Dinky. “I-I just don’t know what I would’ve d-done if I’d lost her…” she whimpers. Dinky then walks over to her mother and hugs her to which she hugs her back.

I take a step forward and put a hand on her shoulder causing her to flinch slightly and look up at me. I still have my smile and speak softly, “I would’ve jumped into the flames of Hell if it meant saving your daughter, ma’am. She’s safe now, so you’ve got nothing to worry about. My name’s William Saber but you can call me Will if you’d like” I tell her. I take my hand off her shoulder and hold it out for a handshake.

More tears start to leak from her eyes and she starts to smile. Instead of a handshake, she lunges at me and brings me into a hug of her own. I’m caught a little off guard but I welcome the hug and match it with my own for her.

“Th-thank you, thank you so much. I’m so glad you got her out in time…” she shakily tells me. She looks up at me and smiles, “My name’s Muffin or Ditzy Doo by the way, but everypony calls me Derpy.”

I smile and break the hug and nod. I turn towards the burned remains of the house, which I can only guess was hers and frown as I look back towards her.

“Hey, uh, I’m awfully sorry about your house Derpy. I didn’t mean to blow the place up to kingdom come.” I say sheepishly.

Derpy looks at the the burned remains then back to me and smiles while shaking her head, “That’s alright,” she reassures me, “my daughter and I were actually planning to move out anyway. It’s a good thing we managed to get all of our belongings out before the fire.”

“Huh,” I say, “well I guess all’s well that ends well! Despite the circumstances.” I say causing her to giggle. “Do you have anywhere else to stay in the mean time?” I ask.

Derpy nods and says, “Yes, Dinky and I were actually going to stay with my sister until my husband returns from his travels.”

I nod in agreement and look back down at Dinky. She’s still staring at me with that cute smile making me smile back.

“Glad to see you’re ok, Dinky. Think I’ll be able to see you around town again?” I ask.

She nods happily as they both begin to walk away. I turn around towards the mane six who were patiently waiting for me to finish my conversation.

“Well, in spite of recent events this day became very interesting. Wouldn’t you all agree?” I ask.

They all then bombard me with compliments and praise.

“Whooee! Y’all sure are a tough feller fer pulln’ off somethin’ like that! Oh bah tha way, here’s your jacket back.” Applejack says while handing me back my jacket.

“That.......was.........so.............AWESOME!!!! You’re already 20% cooler in my opinion!” Rainbow Dash proclaims.

“Darling, your actions were so noble and heroic! You were like a knight in shining armor saving a poor young damsel in distress. It was so heroic~.” Rarity swoons while batting her eyes at me, which causes me the blush a tad bit.

“You were so very brave, William. Um, I’m also glad you’re not hurt.” Fluttershy says quietly.

“THAT WAS SO SUPER DUPER AMAZING HOW YOU SAVED DINKY!!! GASP IJUSTREMEMBEREDISTILLGOTTAMAKEAWELCOMETOPONYVILLEPARTYANDNOWITWILLALSOBEATHANKSFORSAVINGDERPYPARTYSOIGOTTAGONOWBYE!!!!!” She yells and proceeds to zip away the same way she did when we first met, leaving a trail of pink dust in her wake.

Just ignore it, remember what Twilight said and ignore it… I think to myself.

Twilight looks like she can’t take waiting any more for my interview since she’s visibly shaking a bit with her eye twitching.

I notice the sun is starting to set and the sky is starting to change color. I then look at the huge crowd of ponies are still around me and the girls which makes me a little anxious with all the eyes on me.

These ponies should have better things to do than to gawk at me…

“I understand you all wish to know more about me,” I say gaining their attention, “but as you can see, it’s starting get late and I’m sure you all still have responsibilities to attend to.” I tell them while pointing to the sky.

Most of them look up and the others nod to each other in agreement. The crowd starts to disperse as I look back towards the girls and put my hands on my hips. “Well then, I believe we’ve put this off for too long for today. I think it’s time you all showed me to this library so we can begin the interview. Wouldn’t you agree?” I ask.

Before anypony can say anything, a bright flash appears behind me. Twilight and the others look behind me and gasp with wide eyes. They all immediately drop to the ground on their knees to a bow. I raise a brow at their actions but then feel a presence behind me. It feels warm but also powerful, arguably the most powerful presence I’ve ever felt. I slowly turn my head around and I’m completely dumbfounded at what I’m seeing. There, slowly and calmly walking towards me, was probably one of the most drop dead gorgeous women I’ve ever laid eyes on. Her coat is an alabaster white and her eyes are a stunning light magenta. Her mane is a variety of colors consisting of light cerulean, light turquoise, very light cobalt blue, and pale heliotrope. Her body was on a level of its own beauty as it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it’s that of a goddess. Her hips, waist, legs, and chest are all the right sizes making her an irresistible sight to see. She was wearing a bright white dress with royal pink trimming and on her shoulders was a symbol of a shining sun. What caught my attention the most, besides her figure, was the fact she had both a horn and and massive wings on her back. I was brought out of my gaze when I felt a tug on my leg and looked down to see Twilight frantically looking up at me.

“Kneel and bow right now!” she whispers.

“Wha-“

“DO IT!”

Without any other choice, I do as she tells me and kneel on my left knee with my right knee up and my right arm is placed on my knee and my left arm is behind my back. The woman then stops just in front of me and the girls and looks down at me and the girls.

Why do I feel so nervous right now? Just who is this woman? I wonder.

She speaks in a tone that is just as equally warm as her presence, almost sounding motherly.

“You may all rise, my little ponies. You as well, human.”

The girls rise to their hooves and I do as well. But as I’m standing up, Twilight quickly walks over to the woman and hugs her, to which she returns.

“It is good to see you again, my faithful student” she says.

Student?

“It’s wonderful to see you to, Celestia.” Twilight tells her.

Celestia?

They break their embrace and I’m now standing up straight. The woman named Celestia looks at me and raises her eyebrows a bit. I do as well because of how tall she is. She’s taller than the others just as I am but surprisingly I’m taller than her by about a few inches. She smiles warmly and takes a step forward.

“It is a pleasure to meet you in pony, human. My name is Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria.” She tells me with a curt nod.

Wait, Princess?!?

“Oh boy…” I mutter.