A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 40: Muffins.

*Point of view: Third Person*
*Location: Ponyville*
*Time: Ten in the morning. Just two days before the Summer Sun Celebration*

Just on the outskirts of the town known as Ponyville and oh so very near to the Everfree forest. Sat a charming cottage on a small hill that blended effortlessly with nature itself. The outside had a good number of birdhouses strung up on the nearby trees, along with a couple that were attached to the structure itself. There was even a tiny river running underneath a footbridge only a short distance away from the front door.

Right then, the front door itself was pushed open and what came out, was a white rabbit. Following said rabbit was a Pegasus mare with a yellow color, along with a long pink mane and tail. She was even wearing a modest garden dress that was the color of light green. When she had gotten outside, she locked up her house, aside from a small door that was left open at the very bottom that seemed the perfect size for the rabbit. Once she did this, she turned to the rabbit and spoke in a very gentle tone.

“Now please be good Angel Bunny. I just need to head over to the market and pick up a bag of bird seeds and talk to the mayor about where I need to set up for the birds to sing for the Summer Sun Celebration in a few days.”

This got her a reply from the bunny as it opened its mouth and angrily pointed inside before he closed it and began to rub his tummy. The mare seeing this, lightly giggled before saying, “And of course, I will get you your carrots too. Look after the house while I'm gone.” When she had finished saying that part, she was already walking across the short bridge and on the path leading towards the town. While holding onto a wicker basket in her right arm.

When she had made it into town and was going through the market. A pony called out to her from a nearby stall, “How yah been doing there Fluttershy?” The now identified as Fluttershy turned on the spot and saw that it was an orange-colored mare with blonde mane that was neatly braided and going over her back. This one was wearing a red button-up flannel shirt that was only done halfway up due to how her ample breasts were preventing the rest from continuing. There was even this old style stenson hat sitting on the top of her head.

Fluttershy approached the stall that the mare was watching that was full of apples and began to speak in a whisper as she brushed a small lock of hair out of the front of her face. “Oh, hi there Applejack. Good morning. I'm doing well, just came into town to pick up a few things and talk to the mayor. I-I hear that you've been put in charge of the food. That has to be quite a lot to cook all at once. Are you sure you don't need an extra pair of hands? I don't mind helping... That is, if its OK with you that is…”

Applejack lifts the front of her stetson hat with her right-hand index finger, while giving Fluttershy a wide smile before replying in a confident tone. “Yeah! I got nothing to worry about. Mah families got it all well and good. Maw and Paw, along with Granny has got the cooking down while mah brother and little sis are working on the farm as I speak. There's also the family we got coming in for the celebration that's going to lend a hand. I'm confident that we can make twice the food we were asked for if we really put our minds to it. Thanks for the offer though.”

Their little discussion was interrupted by another voice that was coming from overhead. It was clearly that of a female, but it was a little scratchy as it said, “Make sure you put me on the top of that list to get some of your apple cider.” When the pair on the ground looked up, all they saw was a lone cloud and a small tuft of rainbow styled hair poking out on one end.

Applejack then called out, while holding on to her hat so it didn't fall off when she tilted her head to look up at the cloud. Now listen here Rainbow. If I told you once, I've told you a thousand times. You get it the same time every pony else does. By the way, aren't you supposed to be working on the clouds anyway during the event? We can't have you all liquored up while on the job. Last thin we need is for you to douse the Princess with a rain cloud.”

This got an annoyed groan from the mare on the cloud as she called out, while making some pathetic and distress noises while saying. “But Applejack, you know I can't do much if I'm thirsty.” This got the orange mare to shake her head before calling out to the one on the cloud again and saying.

“Now don't give me that hogwash, we both know full well that the second you get a taste of it, you're going to go down on it all at once again and get smash. If you're not going to be careful about it, one of these days you're going to end up like those mare's that got drunk under the table all those years back.”

Rainbow Dash called out, while making an overly dramatic laugh as she said. Those mares were a bunch of pushovers. To think that they got beaten by some random male in a drinking contest is laughable. You know as well as I do that, they can't hold it. If you ask me, the lying cheat must have used something to win in that game. That’s the only explanation.”

While narrowing her eyes, Applejack held on tightly to her hat and angrily spoke just loud enough for the low hanging cloud with the Pegasus on it to hear. “Now listen here, it doesn't matter if it's a male or a female. Saying such things is just being plain sexist! I know better than any that sort of talk just isnt true. Just look at my Paw and older brother. With enough dedication, they're able to harvest in the farm and work just as well as any mare can.”

“Now that aint an easy task. even for a mare. And let's not forget that the rumor was going around that those four at the bar back then were known for getting stallion's drunk to have their way with them. So, whatever happened to them I think they got it coming. Now you best be holding your tongue when it comes to that subject about how males can't do thins.”

Rainbow Dash released a heavy sigh as she poked her hand out while waving as she began to say. “Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that Applejack. But you just got to face the facts. It's we mare’s that handled all the heavy lifting. And it's the stallion that end up staying home and watching the kids. Your folks are just one of the rare ones. I can count on two fingers of how many stallions are strong.”

Applejack replied to this while raising an eyebrow to Rainbow Dash. “Oh! And what do you got to say about that one fella that works with the Wonder Bolts? What's his name again? Sorin, I think it was. Was it? If I'm not mistaken, he’s a stallion. Just what are you gonna say about that? By your logic, then I guess the only reason is that the Wonder Bolts, is to help with their... urges. Or are yeah going to call it, indoor practice?”

There was a long stretch of silence before Rainbow Dash suddenly began to say quickly, while shooting off and dragging the cloud along with her. “I, uh... Gotta go, to, Uh, take care of something, see yeah, bye!” The last of her words were cut off when she disappeared over one of the many rooftops and leaving a long rainbow-colored trail that slowly dissipated within seconds.

Applejack then released a small snort of annoyance at the retreating Pegasus before returning to Fluttershy with a small grin, while she began to say. “You wanna bet that she's going off to take care of that little fantasy I put in her head?” When hearing the question, Fluttershy began to blush madly as she covered her eyes with both of her hands. She then muttered out, “Oh, my...”

After seeing this, the orange mare started to shake her head lightly before saying. “Now Fluttershy. You're going to have to talk to some stallion eventually. If you can't handle this much, you're gonna have a hard time later on.” This only caused the Pegasus to blush even further upon hearing what was implied and started to let out some squeaky noises as she shook her head violently, while still covering her face that was now giving off some visible steam.

After taking several moments to calm down, Fluttershy excused herself quickly and headed towards the mayor's office. Once she had arrived, she entered and found that the mayor was nowhere to be found and was out and about with checking on the festivities. But thanks to the secretary that was sitting just inside, she was able to get the information she wanted about where to set up the birds to sing, along with when it was time and left the office soon after.

Fluttershy then went on to continue with her shopping before she was to head home, but had a small run in with a white mare while passing by a shop. With the show, all of the figures representing a pony, would be on all fours. But on this one, they were all of silhouettes of mares taking various poses on the outside of the building. Fluttershy had nearly bumped into the pony when she came out of the shop while lifting a few boxes with their magic.

The mare was wearing a very form fitting work suit that consisted of a black short mini skirt and an egg shell, white top. Before they could collide, the Unicorn saw Fluttershy and immediately levitated the boxes higher just at the last second. She then exclaimed, “Oh dear! I'm sorry darling! I did not see that you were there. I do hope that you're not injured.”

Fluttershy had recovered from the little scare and said, “Um, its ok Rarity, I was merely scared for a moment.” Saying that she was fine, was apparently not enough. Seeing as the fashionista was not taking it at face value with how she was circling the Fluttershy, while checking her outfit.

When it was finally settled that everything was fine and Fluttershy had not suffered any misfortune. The Pegasus asked while pointing a finger over towards the still floating boxes. “Rarity, are all of those for the decorations? It looks to be an awful lot.”

The question caused Rarity to lightly laugh as she turned towards her front door and pushed it open to allow a direct line of sight to what was within. Sitting all over the place, where a number of already opened cardboard boxes. All full to the brim with different types of decorations.

Rarity then turned back towards Fluttershy after closing the door again to say, “Oh darling! These are just the beginning. This celebration is the first time that it has been held in Ponyville and I want to make it fabulous~. But I do wish that you would take me up on my offer to make some ensembles for your feathery friends who will be performing.”

Fluttershy quickly shook her head lightly before she replied with. “Oh no, no, no. I appreciate the offer, I really do. But they tend to be more comfortable with going natural. Besides, they're looking forward to showing off the new feathers that came in this year. In a way, it's like their way of putting on their own show.”

Rarity suddenly gasps while her eyes had this hint of understanding behind them as she replied with. “Oh! I had no idea. Far be it for me to pull away from their natural beauty. Well, all the best to luck to you dear. I must be off, fashion waits for no pony!” Rarity then used her magic and brought the boxes close above her head and went straight for the venue that was to be held at the mayor’s office to start on the decorations.

When the fashionista had finally left. Fluttershy found herself going back to her shopping and picked up what she was looking for. It didn't take long before Fluttershy was already leaving the town, but right as she was passing by a tree. Pinkie Pie jumped out in her path and immediately grabbed on to both of her shoulders and started to shake the poor mare frantically while having a dopey grin on her face.

Seemingly OK with the sudden attack, as if it was a normal occurrence for the Pegasus. Fluttershy managed to wheeze out through the constant movement. “P-Pinkie Pie... C-Could you possibly.... S-Stop s-shaking me... Y-You're making me drop... M-My shopping.” Which was not a lie. Considering nearly half of her items had fallen out of her basket and where now scattered about and around her hoofs.

Pinkie Pie immediately stopped and zipped around the Pegasus. Within a single blink of the eye, and a blur of pink, everything was back inside the basket. The pink mare was now visibly vibrating while having a nearly manic grin on her face, while staring straight into Fluttershy’s eyes.

For some strange reason, the Pegasus was apparently fine with how things were in the beginning, was beginning to look both anxious and worried at how excitable the Earth mare was acting right now. While taking in a small nervous gulp, Fluttershy then asked. Pinkie Pie, you don't seem like your normal self. How many cupcakes did you eat this morning?”

Pinkie Pie suddenly froze when hearing this and leaned in as if trying to keep what she was about to say a secret. Even though that there was not a single soul around. The Earth mare then started to whisper into Fluttershy’s left ear. “I'm finally in the book, hehe-hehe!”

This caused Fluttershy to quirk and eyebrow while apparently unable to comprehend just what Pinkie Pie was talking about. She then asked Pinkie Pie, “Um... That's great…. So, uh, what book are you talking about?” The pink mare then grabbed on to both sides of Fluttershy’s face and forced her to look straight into hers. They were now so close, that any movement would have caused their eyes to literally bump into one another with how the situation looked.

Pinkie Pie then whispered again. “The book that's been going on for nearly, four-hundred and sixty thousand words now. Honestly! That author takes forever... I tried going to see him multiple times to get it to speed it up, but he blocked me... ME?! Can you believe it?!”

The pink mare then pulled away to let out a very long and extraordinarily loud gasp. Which was then followed up with her releasing Fluttershy to grab onto her own face in a panic as she screamed out. “Oh no! I gotta start on the blueberry muffins, right now! Sorry! See yeah later, I can't stop and talk anymore, I gotta run! Bye!”

Before Fluttershy could even utter a response, she was enveloped by a pink cloud due to an object that Pinkie Pie had thrown to the ground. The last thing the Pegasus heard was Pinkie Pie shouting very fast. “Ninja smoke bomb!” Along with the mare suddenly wearing an outfit that was nearly all black that covered nearly all of her body. There were some red lines on what was the hood and an overly long red sash that was wrapped around the waist.

So, when the cloud finally dissipated, it left a blinking Fluttershy looking around in bewilderment. She then said, “OK, I um, I'll see you later then. That was odd, even for Pinky. She only gets this excitable when a new friend comes to town.”

*Point of view: Applejack*
*Location: Apple family farm*

Applejack had just finished with selling the apples at the stall and had just return home with an empty cart. Passing by the archway that was leading on to their property that said, Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack could make out the silhouettes of both her dad and big brother just at the top of the hill, near the barn. She was just about to call out to them when she stopped in her tracks upon seeing that they were currently standing next to a weird contraption.

From where she stood, it appeared to be something with a seat meant for one Pony the sit inside, while the whole thing was painted yellow and black. It took her a few moments before she recognized it to be something that she had seen in a picture that was in one of the magazines that would be laying on the dining room table just a few weeks back, when it was on the front cover of ‘Farmers Weekly’.

Applejack quickly went to put away the cart and rushed over to her sibling and father and asked as soon as she had gotten within earshot. “What in tarnation is that doing here? Paw, you know we can't afford anythin like that. What do you think Mama and Granny are going to say when they see that thing out in the fields?”

That was when both of the ponies she was just mentioning, had come out of the barn while holding onto a bushel of apples that they were clearly about to bring inside the house. After hearing what Applejack had to say, Granny Smith was the first to speak up.

“Well, I can't say I'm too happy about it myself, but we do need a little help here in there. Sure, getting these apples down has been a tradition in the family. But still, there are just some things that would really help us out a lot.”

It was her mother, Pear Butter that was the next to chime in. “It's quite all right dear. We don't have to worry anything about paying it off. As it turns out, there's this thing going on where they're literally giving these away to some of the farms.”

“Something to do with helping out with the food shortage, thanks to all the monster attacks. All we really have to do is send a letter in every month that details how well it's working and what kind of improvements we feel could be added.”

Applejack turned her head towards the plowing device and spoke rather incredulously. “I really don't know what you're all thinking. No pony just up and give these sort of thins away without there being some strings attached.”

“Where the Apple family. So, we don't need help from others. We can handle everything ourselves. And I can prove it to you too! Why… I can pick apples and clear the field's faster than this thing can even turn itself on!”

Applejack was just about to continue on with her little rant, when she felt a hand on both of her shoulders. Which belonged to her parents. After seeing their small smiles, she ended up clamming her mouth shut to listen to what they were about to say out of instinct. Whenever they gave her those type of looks, she always knew that it was something important.

It was her father, Bright Mac that was the next to speak. “We know full well that you've been doing a lot of work here on the farm. Heck, you do more than any of us. But between your mother and myself, we can't help but feel that you aren't getting the opportunities that you want.”

This only made Applejack to start darting her eyes left and right while beginning to slightly sweat at what they're getting at. Just as she was about to open her mouth to protest, her mother reached around and placed a finger on her lips.

She then went on to say, “We all know that you've been meaning to go to one of those schools that teaches adventurers how to fight. And you can't deny that you've been practicing when you think we're not watching. Did you honestly think that your dad and brother wouldn't notice a tree on the very edge of our property that's been dead, being covered in marks from an axe that was clearly done out of purely striking it and not in an attempt to chop it down?”

The farm mare then lowered her head after her mother removed her finger and began to lightly kick at the dirt as if showing that she was caught in her little act. Pear Butter then went on to say, “Now you're the only one out of your friends who has not even tried to go to one of these schools. Your brother really wanted to go himself, but because of his phobia when it comes to mares. Leaving the farm and going somewhere that's full of them, was too much for him to handle.”

“Now I know that the only reason you haven't gone is because of your responsibilities. But think of it like this, now that we have this machine, our workload has been cut and you can now have some free time to do what you want to do.” Applejack then lightly shook off both of her parent's hands from her shoulders and took a few steps away before turning around to face them.

At the moment, it was her parents, grandmother and older brother present. While her younger sister, Apple Bloom must have still been in school. Applejack then shook her head while looking a little angry before she began to say. “Do any of you all know just what it is you're saying? This would make me to be the odd one out, after my whole family is stuck here working. Not once has a member of the entire Apple Clan left the farm, this would only make me into the black sheep, a disgrace!”

Her rant was cut short when she saw how they were all giving her this weird, knowing smile during her explanation. While looking a little uncomfortable, she raised an eyebrow while tilting her hat as she started to ask. “Just what in tarnation are you all looking at me like that fer?”

It was Granny Smith that was the next to speak up. “Now don't you go worrying about such nonsense. From what I heard, the letter that came along with that contraption said these got sent out to every single one of the Apple Family farms. Also, you know what else I heard? A bunch of your cousins are going to be going to those schools too, now that they got their workloads lightened up.”

Applejack tried to counter what was said with, “Just hold on a pickin minute there. I'm the only one of my age, who hasn’t gone to one of those in this town. If I was to suddenly up and leave, then I'd be all by myself. Also, there is no way that I'm just gonna go and leave that monstrosity to do all the extra heavy lifting. As far as I see, its nothing. It would be better to do things by hand. I'm sorry, but this Apple aint going anywhere.”

It was Bright Mac that spoke up next. “Well, odds are you won't have to leave to get your class’s.” This only caused Applejack to turn towards her dad with a skeptical look, before slowly asking as her eyes narrowed suspiciously. “Just what did you do, If you're telling me you went hired a tutor, then you're just a few apples short of a basket. We can't afford something as fancy as that!”

Both Pear Butter and Bright Mac, gave one another a quick glance before they both turned to Applejack and said in perfect unison. “You'll find out.” Then they went back to examining the new piece of equipment without so much as giving any type of additional information as to what they were talking about.

Of course, this only riled up Applejack as she stormed off into the orchard while mumbling to herself about how irresponsible her parents could be at times. But at the same time a small smile began to creep onto the edge of her lips just as she broke the line of sight when going past a couple of the apple trees.

*Point of view: Rarity*
*Location: Carousel boutique*

The scene showed nothing but black as the distant sound of steps could be heard approaching. Once they seem to be within a few paces away, did the sound of a click, resound in the dark. Suddenly, a bright light was shined as a door was opened and revealed it to be Rarity standing in a doorway. She had her hands on both sides of her hips while glaring inside of the once dark room before her.

After a few seconds, she then said to herself, “Now where did I put that box of ribbons... I knew I put it somewhere for a rainy day.” She then went in and began to ruffle through what appeared to be stacks of boxes within a small closet. After a time of opening and closing multiple containers, the white mare pulled away and slammed the door shut out of frustration.

Rarity then began to tap her chin a few times while looking up at the ceiling before she appeared to have an idea and rush up the steps that led to the next floor. Once the mare was at a certain door, she Immediately flung it open to reveal an elaborately decorated, purple and white styled room. There was a vanity mirror and a walk-in closet with its door already open. Along with a very large four-poster bed that could have been built just for a princess. The curtains themselves even had embroidery put on them saying the word Rarity and a few identical copies of her cutie mark.

She then went over to her bed and began to ruffle around underneath. Pulling out item after item, until she had found a rather large one that could not have fit under there without destroying it. But it was apparently undamaged. When she opened the lid, she found it to be a box of different colored ribbons and exclaimed while on the verge of nearly clapping. “Ah! Finally! There you are. I've been searching high and low for you.”

She was already halfway turning to leave when something had caught her eye that was coming from underneath the bed. From a cursory glance, it was a type of yellow fabric that seemed to be just a bit faded. As if suddenly in a slight daze, Rarity carefully placed down the box and approached the object while getting down on one knee.

When she had reached for and pulled it out. It was found to be a plushy that she had made when she was still but a filly. The cloth itself could have seen better days. But altogether, it was pretty well preserved for its age. Rarity's eyes softened upon gazing at it and began to brush the white mask with her right hands thumb as to get a little bit of the dust off.

As she was doing this, she began to have a sad expression upon seeing its current state. But that changed to a small smile when she began to say, “It's been quite a while. But I must say, this will just not do. How about when the celebrations over, I will look into fixing you up a little bit. How does that sound to you, darling?”

Afterwards, she dusted it off just a little bit more before placing it on her bed and next to the pillow. Rarity then went back to picking up the box full of ribbons and exited the room. But not before calling out to the plushy as if talking to a customer. “I guarantee to you when I'm done, you will look fabulous! Ta-Ta for now!”

When Rarity got back downstairs, she immediately got to work and lit her horn. The moment that it was powered up with magic, a large number of items within the room where envelop in the same magical hew of color and were levitated into the air. And what could have easily have taken more than an hour to accomplish, Rarity had done within minutes.

Ribbons, scissors, sewing needles with thread. All literally came to life and were zooming from left to right all around Rarity. She then began to dance in place as if listening to a song that only she could hear. While pointing her index fingers to coordinate the efforts of her magic and swishing them about the same way one would when conducting a symphony.

It didn't take long until the movements began to speed up, until everything became a blur. Even with such a hurried pace, not one mistake was being made with Rarity’s shop now turning into a literal whirlwind of activity as she hummed a tune.

*Point of view: Third Person*
*Location: Open field between Ponyville and the Everfree Forest*

Right now, out in the middle of the field, was a small group of Ponies setting up a series of fireworks that are meant to go off during the night of the Celebration. One mare was just putting the finishing touches on a large bottle rocket as her teammates were doing the same.

One of them had just called out to the other and requested some assistance. “Hey! Could I get an extra pair of hands over here, I'm having trouble holding on to this one while trying to get this stand to sit right.” The other mare quickly replied by putting down her tools and rushing over to help.

When she did this, her tail had inadvertently brushed up against the table that she was passing by and caused a screwdriver to start rolling across the table. The tool then began to pick up speed thanks to the table itself being slightly slanted because of the uneven ground and then came into contact with a few other items. This ended up causing a small chain of domino effects to occur as a result.

One Round pipe was bumped into, which made it begin to move and that bumped into a half-filled bottle of cola. That bottle was then, knocked over so that the contents were being spilled out over the edge and onto the ground, thereby slowly emptying it. The pipe continued on until it swept across the table and stopped once it hit the large jug of water. Unfortunately, the impact was just enough to cause a small crack to form and it was now slowing draining its contents.

But, before the pipe had come to a stop. It had knocked over one more item which flew off the edge of the table and clattered onto the ground a few times. What had fallen off the table, was a box and on its last tumble, the lid fell off. Because of this, the contents within were thrown about half hazardly and was revealed to be a bunch of match sticks.

Most of which, landed in the puddle of water and soda that was beginning to form underneath the table and ruining them. But it would seem that one of them had landed so that the stick end was jammed between a few small pebbles and was just out of reach of the liquid surrounding it. What's more, was the fact that there was a low hanging fuse belonging to the nearby rocket that was just being worked on right above it.

At the moment, it was underneath a bit of shade. But that was slowly beginning to pull away thanks to the sun moving across the sky. To show that it was from the soda bottle that was perched dangerously on the edge of the table. As the rest of the liquid was being drained until it was low enough to no longer be spilling. The light of the sun was shining through the glass and on to the match. It didn't take long until there was a small simmering smoke beginning to form on the tip on the match stick.

*Point of view: Rainbow Dash*
*Location: Rainbow Dash's cloud house*

Rainbow Dash had just exited her front door and was hovering in the air. At the moment, she had this flat stare going off and into space as she was angrily grumbled to herself. “Bucking Applejack... She knew how that was going to affect me. I bet she's just laughing her tail off. Had to go and bring up the Wonder Bolts along with that, Sorin guy. It's a good thing I got back before I messed up my panties too badly. Buck! I really need a good rutting.”

She continued her grumbling for a little while longer before she shook her head and began to do some stretches while she was still flapping in the air. When Rainbow Dash finished, she quickly took off and began to pick up speed as she flew over town. As the blue Pegasus did this, she would dodge and weave between buildings to check out the preparations.

During one of the passes, near one building that appeared to be made out of completely baked goods. Rainbow Dash was sure that she spotted Pinkie Pie, but only for a brief moment as the Earth mare was darting all over the place while hiding behind objects and pulling out a pair of binoculars. The site made Rainbow Dash begin to wonder to herself. “Huh... Don't tell me gummy got out again? I still don’t know how that pet of hers even got into my cloud house the last time.” She was about to go down to see what was up, but ended up turning away and flying off.

After a few seconds of flying, Rainbow Dash turned her head to look at the direction she had just come from and said, “As curious as I am about what Pinky's doing. I'd rather not go near any pony for a little bit, otherwise they'll be able to smell just what I've been up to. Especially Pinky. Don't need her getting overly excited and blurting it out for every pony to hear. I'll head back in a little bit. A good thing about being a Pegasus, Is that I get to air myself out with a few air tricks.”

Rainbow Dash then took off at even faster speeds and was now heading towards the open field just outside of town. As soon as it seemed as if there were no others around to get in her way, The athletic Pegasus began to do one trick after another. They would consist of doing cartwheels and loop-tee-loops, while leaving her iconic rainbow trail behind. Each one becoming riskier than the last one done.

After seemingly warmed up after doing all of those moves. Rainbow Dash ended up flying higher than previously done and look down on the field that was now far below. From what she could see, it was pretty much barren. Except for a few Ponies next to the fireworks that were in the middle of setting up on the far end.

Rainbow then began to hum to herself while judging the distance and had this wicked smile growing on her lips. From where she was, there was a visible, open area on the other side of the setup and thought to herself.

“It's not happening for another two more days. I bet they're just starting. If that's the case, then I probably won't do any damage if I was to try out one of my tricks nearby. Ha! I bet it would even make their day. I'll go into a strong power dive and pull out at the very last moment. Have to make sure I'm at my best. Otherwise, I'll never make it into the Wonder Bolts.”

After doing a few flips in the air. Rainbow Dash got even more altitude as she was just above the clouds. Then, she'd started her dive. The wind was whistling past her ears as her eyes narrowed to prevent them from being Injured by the strong wind pressure that was building up.

Within hardly any time at all, she was about to reach her maximum speed. At a normal flying rate, the distance that she was traveling would have taken a good nine or ten seconds to complete, but she was going to have that shaved it down to a good four seconds, thanks to how much power she was putting into her wings.

She was already a good third of the way through her intended flying distance by the time that she was over the fireworks set up. But suddenly, she began to hear screaming over the howling wind. When her eyes looked down, the blue Pegasus saw that one of the larger fireworks was flying straight at her.

Thanks to the high speed and lack of warning. Rainbow Dash was barely able to turn before the projectile was going to hit her. Unfortunately, instead of going by, it instantly went off and exploded while she was still looking at it when it was only a dozen or so feet away.

The resulting boom had created a strong enough force that it was rattling her insides and the Pegasus’s ears were now ringing so much that not even the howling wind or secondary explosions from the rocket could be heard. What made it worse, was how she was looking straight at it and her vision had turned completely white thanks to the bright flash.

Rainbow Dash released a loud yell of pain when this happened and continued with a hysteric scream of panic. Now that she was both temporarily rendered blind and deaf while still heading straight to the ground. She tried to flap her wings in an attempt to gain control, or to at least sense the wind currents to adjust their angle to pull up right away. But was unable to do so with how her body was still reeling from the force of the explosion. This resulted in her frantically flapping her wings half hazardly while continuing to tumble in the air.

When her vision began to steadily come back. She saw nothing but a wall of green coming straight at her while she was still flipping around like a rag doll. At the very last instant, she yelled out, “WHAAAAAAAAH-HAAAAAA!”

As her mind went into overdrive and knowing full well that this was not going to turn out good. With all her experiences when it came to crash landings, Rainbow Dash knew that she was not going to walk away from this one with just a simple bump. Especially with the current position of all of her limbs.

Rainbow Dash had just closed their eyes and was waiting for the end. But a strong gust of wind that was more powerful than what she was feeling moments ago when she was diving came out of nowhere and slammed into her body. Oddly enough, instead of being hurt by it. Rainbow Dash, through her still closed eyes, could feel the sensation of it washing around and actually wrapping her body in the same way that a blanket would.

Her eyes snapped open and found that she was now only a few feet away from the ground, while completely upside down. This meant that she would have literally have gone head first into the dirt if she had continued.

But what really caught her attention. Was how she was not being suspended by magic like one would when in the grasp of a Unicorn. But instead, she was literally watching the wind spiraling from a point directly underneath her and how it was visible in the form of a miniature tornado. What gained more of her attention, was with how some of it was even going around her limbs and she could see how they were acting as a type of cushion.

Right when she was about to try and get her head around what was happening, all of it suddenly ceased and disappeared. This left Rainbow Dash to plop onto the soft grass underneath with a surprised "Ooofph!" After, she quickly began to turn her head to see if there was any pony around, but her vision was still blurry and her hearing wasn't recovering all that quickly. So, all she got was this annoying ringing.”

By the time that she could see again and begin to hear other sounds. Other than the ringing, she found herself surrounded by a group of Ponies and one of them was wearing a nurse's outfit, while reaching out and checking her for injuries. It took a few minutes before she had recovered enough to answer their questions as to what could be hurting. But instead of answering, she quickly asked the nearest Pony. “Hay! Who helped me out? Haha-Haha, I don't know who you are, but thanks a lot.”

Among the murmurs of the small crowd that were around Rainbow Dash. There wasn't a single Pony to step forward after that remark. She then turned to one of the few Unicorns that were there and tried to ask them.

“You saw what happened, right? Just who was it that used that magic on the wind?” The Unicorn mare only shook her head slowly while trying to form words in her slightly open mouth, while her eyes were darting around and trying to look at the next Unicorn for answers.

While still looking unsure, all of those with horns on their heads only answered by saying things such as. They weren't the one who did it. There was no Unicorn nearby. It happened too fast to do anything and they were too far away. There was no magic glow that could be seen to indicate that a Unicorn was casting any kind of magic to make the wind do such a thing.

As they were all going on. Rainbow Dash started to look more and more confused as to what just happened. With how much time she had while in the weather team, she knew for a fact that whatever was going on with the wind, was not natural. It just doesn't act like that. There was another who was in direct control. But what she couldn't really wrap her mind around, was how they didn't want to be seen doing so. How could any pony not want to claim that they rescued the most awesome flyer, in all of Equestria?

She was brought out of her thoughts when she saw some mare coming forward from out of the crowd. They quickly introduced themselves as the ones who are in charge of setting up the firework display and had no idea how it all happened. One of the fireworks had suddenly been lit due to some fallen equipment and shooting off just as she was coming overhead, showed it to be a complete accident. But they were both still apologizing nonstop about putting her life in danger.

Rainbow only chuckled a little it'll after regaining some of her usual privado and gave them a thumbs up before saying, “Don't worry about it. Something like this can't keep me down. I would have just walked it off anyway.”

This seemed to calm down the crowd as they were now dispersing and returning to whatever activities they were previously occupied with. It was only the nurse who went by the name of, Red Heart by then and she was still giving Rainbow Dash another check, just to be sure she had not missed anything.

After a few more minutes, the Pegasus was ready to just fly out of there and get away from the pesky nurse when she heard her starting to speak. “You're very lucky that you didn't get injured at all. From the description of the events, you could have easily had gotten a concussion... Or even worse. I don't know who did this, but they probably saved your life.”

“I was already nearby and tending to someone's injury while putting up a stall when I caught sight of you being held in the air. Judging from how your body was positioned, if you had kept on going, I have no doubt you would have broken your neck, instantly.”

This caused Rainbow Dash to chuckle nervously as she rubbed the back of her own neck, while envisioning what would have been like if she had kept falling. Nurse Red heart, then continued with saying, “Miss Dash, I know you just recently came back from going to that school and all, but I suggest you take it easy. Even after completing your full three years, I'm not going to start patching you up just because you think you're invincible every other day.”

“I swear, if you intended on crashing into the ground every time you try and do one of your stunts, then you should have gone and studied to be one of those... Uh... I believe you refer to them as... Tanks. At least then, you would be covered in armor.” At this point, Rainbow Dash was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable and really, really wanted to get out of there. Even if it meant having to do some actual work. She was nervously smiling at the nurse as she had to continue to get, yet another lecture from this mare.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*

The Roegadyn was at this moment, watching from the Shadow Realm, a good thirty meters away and following the crowd that was going back into the town. While still observing to make sure nothing was wrong, Brex began to think to himself.

“Seriously! Rainbow Dash. Just what are the odds that the instant I come out in the woods and step into the sun, I see that you're going to kill yourself? I'm pretty sure that she was not in a body cast during the show.” He then released a mental sigh as he continued on. “Can't I at least have these two days to relax before the big event happens? Is that, just too much to ask for? Well, I'm just glad that I've managed to level up my wind magic from the book of the Shield Hero to cushion her fall and that she's not hurt.”

“But really? Who in their right minds decides that they're gonna do acrobatic tricks while in a no flying zone? Stupid, reckless girl almost gave me a heart attack!” That was when Brex turned his head and spotted nearby assign with a picture of a Pegasus with their wings out and a red line going through it. These were apparently spaced out all around the fireworks display, yet it appeared that Rainbow Dash had no idea of their existence.

He then reached into his item box and pulled out a small slip of paper and began to look it over as he thought to himself. “Now... Just where is that place again? Let's see… First, I go down that way. Then afterwards, I make a left at the park. Walk past Sugar Cube Corner... And it's on the right side of the street, four buildings down.”

He had suddenly come to a dead stop while looking at the paper and have to take it a double take at what he just said in his head. A cold sweat could be felt on his brow as he thought, “Oh… right... Sugar Cube Corner... Deep breaths, take a deep breaths Brex... You're ready now. You had the last eleven years to get yourself mentally ready for the pink menace. Everything is going to be fine. You've had your body double station in the area and she has yet to sense it at all. She can't find you until you step out of the shadows.”

He had to internally groaned to himself, when he immediately realized that he wasn't going to be able to stay in there forever and would have to come out eventually. If he could, the Roegadyn would have used some type of magic spell to go back to the point where he had to deal with all of the legal paperwork when it came to buying all those properties in the past. He was even beginning to develop a headache, which he was positive that he had not once had since arriving in Equestria. Well, not sense that Spider thing.

He had required a few minutes to pinch the bridge of his nose, after taking off his mask to nurse the headache before putting it back on again and looking at the paper once more to read in his head. “OK, so the place is called, The Flower Trio. Huh? Well doesn't that sound quaint. I'm at least glad they didn't put me in an expensive place.”

“I had considered just going into the Adventurers building and using one of their rooms. But that would run the risk of me having to deal with the receptionist too much. Who knew that word about me would spread about and they would actively try to promote me sometimes?”

That was when he began to think back to a good two years ago. At the time, he already had a decent network of spies thanks to the connections he had built over the years. But he wanted to put in some facetime. This was so that he didn't get rusty and went to, Vanhoover. This was a sea-based town, right on the west edge of Equestria and connected to the, North Luna Ocean.

At the time, he had brought Blaze Caster with him for some, on the site experience at becoming an adventurer. Over the last nine years, the kid had grown quite a bit and developed his fire-based magic and techniques to the point that they had become second nature. It was a bit of a surprise with how he ended up being close to Five feet and Nine inches tall, while at the same time, retaining his slightly thin frame.

Aside from the outfit that he was given when he was little, Brex did not intend for it to happen, but the kid turned out to be a near, perfect pony version of that one character he was thinking about from that fire anime who went by the code name of, Juggernaut. But luckily for the both of them, he didn't develop an intense fear of fire, unlike the one from the show. However, the idea about wearing multiple layers somehow became a thing when he wasn't looking one day and now the kid was literally packing enough fabric on his body to line all the hangers in a clothing shop.

Pretty much his entire body was covered aside from his head, even then he would have this habit of trying to duck his neck down enough so that only the top half of his face could be seen. What's more, was how he was even able to appear bigger than Brex himself. Which was a little offsetting seeing as he was really used to others looking up at him. So, when he had to do it to Blaze Caster, it felt really wrong.

(Here is a picture of the gear that Blaze Caster is currently wearing. Just without the head gear.)

Brex had even used the, Demonic Spider Demon silk and incorporated it into all of his attire. Just so that it would have the added protection. As it turned out, the bolt that they purchased during that one visit to Ryu's place along with fancy pants, had a whole lot of properties that made it perfect to make clothing that was on par with Kevlar vests.

The shop that was selling it was later on found out to have been given orders by Ryu, just sell two wrecks a militarized version of the silk that had some additional properties. As for the ones that were purchased for Fleur De Lis, they were still quite strong which meant that the pair were unknowingly wearing a suit of armor at their daily events.

What's more, the kid even had an astounding level of physical strength when compared to his body frame. So, when Brex asked Blaze Caster on what he would like to learn, the kid replied that he wanted to be able to fight without carrying any weapons. As a result, he became the Roegadyn's personal pupil and started teaching him how to become a monk. Of course, he had to start off with the basic class. But after lending him a few items to boost his experience gain, the time flew by quickly.

This happened to include a Ring, Earring and along with a set of clothing when worn all at once, gives a good boost one's base stats and an additional percentage on experience gained. So altogether, he had a good seventy-five percent gain on getting his levels up faster. This was also supplemented by an extra, three percent whenever he had just eaten some of the food that Brex would prepare for a while.

With this, it didn't take too long at all for Blaze Caster to get up to level thirty. From there, Brex made a copy of his Monk Soul Stone and gave it to him. Before, he had given that to the kid, he had only made them for the head mares that taught at his schools.

Now, as for that time in Vanhoover. They had just gotten done with their mission with clearing out a small group of monsters that moved into a residence, just on the outskirts of the city and were disrupting the flow of trade on a nearby road.

It didn't take long at all for them to be disposed of, with it both of them working together. But during this one, Brex left the majority of it to Blaze Caster to see how he would do. Brex would have only stepped in if it was required. Thankfully, his assistance was not needed. The Unicorn was able to fight very well in both a wide-open area and in an enclosed space once they had gotten to the structure.

Brex got a kick out of it, when he watched how a horde of them had come barreling out of the house when they had arrived. Only to be blown to smithereens when the kid held out his right hand and snapped his fingers. This action caused a number of flames to appear all around him and take on the form of rockets. From there, they began to launch one after another and wiped out a good fourteen monsters.

When it was time to go inside of the structure, Blaze Caster enveloped his fists with flames and began to proceed in opening a can of whoop-ass on anything that got near him. Not a single thing, aside from what he wanted to be hit had taken any type of fire damage. So, they didn't have to worry about any collateral fees. This was a major step up from the beginning, when Blaze Caster would sometimes lose control and have a fireball literally blow up in his face.

Now, the real problem was what happened on the next day after the job was completed and they were about to leave the guild hall that they were staying in. As soon as they had gotten downstairs, they were accosted by a group of mare’s, along with the receptionists that work there. There was even one that he had vaguely remembered seeing from another branch that he had been to before among the crowd.

At the time, Brex was still only an, F Rank Adventurer. While Blaze Caster had already had been promoted to, E Rank. Now, the issue here was apparently with how Brex had neglected to put one of his body doubles downstairs to listen in on everything because they were only there for Just under twenty-four hours. Unfortunately, it seemed that during their time there, a representative from another branch had come over for some official business and had caught word that both, Gambit and Blaze Caster were there and staying just upstairs.

The ones that worked within the building, were informed about how Gambit would always ditch town right when he was going to get a promotion done and it was beginning to catch on as a type of game by then. Just before they had come down, there was the one that ran the message board where the quests would be posted and she was looking towards the sheets of paper. When Brex saw this, he glanced over and noticed that they had added a special, limited time quest. Which stated that they needed hands to be able to give a promotion to an adventurer.

Once the situation had been fully understood. The pair immediately made a run for the front to try and push open the doors. But unfortunately for the structure, they were locked as a precaution to keep them from leaving, but the two running into it, had enough force behind it to break it completely off its hinges and this sent them tumbling out and into the middle of the street.

Being rather surprised by what had just happened, they were trying to regain their bearings and were brought back to reality when they heard the rush of hoofs on wood from all of the mare’s that were frantically beginning to rush out of the doorway. But luck was on their side when they all tried to go at once and ended up getting stuck for a few seconds and this allowed the pair to get back on their feet and start running down the road as if hell's hounds were literally on their asses.

For them, the whole situation lasted a good half hour before they manage to get away with the entire thing turning into a, Benny Hill Chase scene. Brex was almost positive he heard the music playing in the background somewhere, but thought it was just his overactive imagination, or maybe something on Rory’s part.

(Play this music for as long as you feel like you want to listen to it.)

They both have been running down the main street for only a single block before they both turned to look behind them and saw that there was at least two dozen mare’s giving chase after them and this caused the pair to run even faster and dart around a nearby corner that led them onto an adjacent street. However, the crowd was still, hot on their tails.

This progressed further as they continuously made turn after turn and sometimes doubling back when there was a large enough object for the pair to duck behind. Only to see the group immediately turning around and coming back in their direction after figuring out that they had just passed them.

At one point, they ended up in the city park and were currently weaving between the trees, while the mare’s were literally following their exact footsteps and doing the same. When the trees had run out, they found that the mare’s were slowly gaining. Seeing this, the pair picked up the pace with a quick burst of speed before they went around a tall cement wall.

As soon as they were out of sight, the two had stopped at a park bench. Brex reached into a nearby garbage can and pulled out some newspapers and handed one over to Blaze Caster. Immediately they sat down on the bench and unfolded the papers in front of them and Brex used his finger to poke a pair of eye holes to see through. While as for Blaze Caster, he used his flames to burn a set on to his own.

Not even a moment had gone by when they had completed the preparations, when there was a stampede of mare’s trampling by them and the sound that they were making was beginning to grow distant within the few seconds that passed. Which was ironic how the newspapers were barely able to even cover half of the Roegadyn and in Blaze Caster’s case, was only able to cover up everything above the chest.

After, their eyes could be seen through the eye holes blinking a few times. They finally begin to lower the newspapers and looking relieved. But was interrupted by the sound of the mare’s calling out and making the ground quake as they returned. This time however, both of them had their eyes nearly bugging out of their skulls when they saw that the number had literally quadrupled and threw the papers away and started running in opposite direction.

Brex and Blaze Caster had just gone around, yet another corner at some building near the edge of the park and ducked inside. A few seconds later, the pair emerged with each riding a bicycle and went off in some random direction.

The next scene shows them going down the middle of a bike path way in the middle of said park seemingly alone and obviously happy that they had gotten away, with how they were both using the back of their hands to wipe away at their foreheads. They had hardly any time at all to relax when all the mare’s began to step out from behind the surrounding trees and give chase again.

With everything started back up, the parade being led by the two males was once again going between the trees and around the local, park pond. While all of this was going on, there were a few elderly Unicorns just sitting on a nearby bench that was located in the center of the park and was watching all this unfold. One of them was even munching away at a bag of popcorn as the second one was so entranced by the spectacle, that she began to munch on a bag of her own. Instead of popcorn, this was filled with bread crumbs meant for the birds that she had just stopped feeding.

When they were passed by, both of the males had a bicycle each, but on the returning trip, they were now on a single two-person bike and seemingly confused as they were looking down at the bike and to each other repeatedly. On the third pass by. They were now riding on a single unicycle while Blaze Caster was carrying Brex over his head. When it got to the fourth pass. It was the mare’s who were on sports bikes and the two were now sharing a single scooter, while hanging off both the right and left sides and each had a hand on one of the handlebars.

Luckily, this was near the end of the chase and Brex had spotted a good enough shadow in a nearby alley to duck into. Once they had managed to get enough of a distance and get in there. They jumped into the shadow of one of the larger trash bins and disappeared after taking a long leap into the air.

When they had finally come out, they were back in the mountain cabin and had both shot out of the shadow being made from underneath one of the beds and skidded on the floor just a few feet away with their arms stretched out Infront of them. Seemingly out of breath on Blaze Casters end, Brex turned his head while laying sprawled on the wooden floor to see a heavily sweating Unicorn right next to him that was also laying on his stomach.

Brex then heard the kid speaking while trying to wheeze out the following words as he was gasping for more air. “Why... Didn't... We do... That sooner?” To which, Brex replied with, “I blame the power of music.” After seeing the confused look in the kid's eyes, the Roegadyn continued with, “I'll explain it to you later.”

When that little road trip down memory lane had finished playing through. Brex shook his head while laughing within his mind. Ever since that day, he’s had to be more vigilant in finding out what their plans were in regards to him and the advancement of his rank.

Because of this, he was able to avoid at least a handful of times that this was going to happen. Honestly, he didn't see what the point was for trying to force him to go up and rank when he didn't want to. But it seemed that a number of the guild halls were in on it and even communicating with one another to spring the next trap.

Of course, this meant that for the past couple of months afterwards, Brex had been avoiding them. Even now, he only goes to do a quest once in a while and goes right to the board and accepts the quest as quickly as possible before getting out of the building before they even had a chance to realize just who he is.

In fact, it has been close to half a year since he even stepped inside of one and stayed for more than five minutes. But what still help out now and then, was him sending one of his body doubles while they were inside of the shadow realm to look at the boards and see if there were any that he could do off the books.

The only places that he had not been to as Gambit for any work, have to be Canterlot and Ponyville. Even thought to himself, “Gambit hasn't really been making too much of an appearance. I do hope that everything would calmed down eventually and can go in there while I’m staying in Ponyville. If not, I'll just have to give up on it for now. There's no way I'm gonna go and start making another alias.”

After letting out one long and quiet sigh, Brex continued down the road until he passed by Sugar Cube Corner and found the hotel he was going to be staying at. It didn't really stand out all that much among all of the other colorful buildings with how it was only two stories tall and from what could be seen outside, only had three rooms going across with the windows as an indication.

The building itself was colored pink and next to the door, was a small sign that said, No Vacancy. After getting a good look, Brex entered through the front door and found the sight of a whole lot of flowers on both shelves and tables all over the place. From the way they were all organized, it appeared to be more of a flower shop than some hotel.

There was a counter and Brex could see that a Pony was hunched over behind it with how their tail was partially in view. He then coughed into his fist after bringing it up to his mask to let the one there to know that he had come in. When this was done, there was a sudden and loud yell of fright that came from behind the counter and the Pony from behind, shot straight up with wide eyes.

Without so much as looking in his direction, she began to speak in a somewhat frantic tone. “W-Welcome to the Flower Sister's Shop. Where we always have the right occasion for every flower... Oh!! I mean, sorry! I meant to say, we have a flower for every occasion. My name is Lily. How can I... Help... You...”

When she had gotten closer to the end of her little greeting. The mare had just turned to look at Brex and was now slowly tilting her head back to get a good view of him as her words trailed on. With a nervous gulp, she continued. “Is... Is there something that I can help you with?” This was then followed with a nervous rattling of her body and clear signs that she was on the verge of starting a small panic attack.

She was a female Earth pony, with a grayish raspberry coat, light amber mane with pale amber highlights, grayish gold eyes, and a cutie mark of three lilies that could been seen on her right arm sleeve. At the moment she was currently wearing a light green top along with a darker shade apron and a pair of thick gardening gloves. There was even this one flower stuck behind her ear that was a white Lily.

(Here is a picture of the pony Lily, from the show.)

Internally, Brex was mentally slapping himself when he didn't put the facts together about just where he was and began to think. “OK flowers, check. A mare that's named after a flower, check. She also looks as if she will literally die from fright, if even a baby kitten was to meow right now. I just have to stay calm and show her that I am not something to scream over. In every story one of these sisters shows up, it always causes a riot. This situation needs to be diffused before it can go off.”

“I can't just reach over and pat her on the head like I can do with the Changelings whenever they're upset. That would obviously cause her to scream if I reached out for her. Then that also crosses out the possibility of using seduction. I guess that only leaves me with trying to distract her with something she's familiar with.”

The Roegadyn’s eyes quickly zoom in on the flower that was placed right behind her right ear and had an idea. He then tilted his head to motion towards her and spoke with a casual tone. “Flower. Lily correct?” This was apparently enough to get the mare to realize just what he was getting at and began to calm down a little when she replied with. “Uh... Yes, that's a Lily.”

Brex then went on to say, “Lovely on you.” At this point, the mare was now beginning to blush as her body began to finally calm down and was no longer shaking. She had reached up and was now playing with the flower a little, while looking a little bashful before she replied. “I, uh, thanks. A-Are you looking for any particular flower to buy? If you don't see any on display out here, I'm sure we might have something in the back. Just let me know what it is your searching for and I'll do my best to see if we have it in stock.”

Brex merely shook his head lightly before he said, “A reserved room.” Afterwards, he reached into his right arms robe sleeve and produced a small envelope and presented it to Lily to take. At first, it seemed that Lily was a bit confused, but then had a look of realization when she got hold of the letter to open it up and look at the contents.

Lily then folded it and returned it to Brex before saying, “I'm sorry that I didn't know it was you. I was a little taken aback with how large you are. I remember us getting contacted a little over a week ago about reserving a room on the upper floor. My sisters and I live right above the shop. This is the only time that we tried to rent out one of the rooms, seeing as the celebration was being held in our town this year.”

“All of the local taverns and inns are fully booked with Ponies coming in from all over to see the Princess.” She then started to lightly chuckle a little before she continued. “Imagine our surprise when we were asked to put up a stallion that was described to be wearing a mask and would have in their possession a letter that we sent out to make sure that they were the ones coming.”

Can't be all that careful when it comes to Ponies that try to come in the town and pretend to be another just so they can use their name and get a room. Brex replied by nodding his head and saying, “I fully understand.” Lily then gave him a small smile in return and went on. “My sisters and I have already been informed about how you like to keep your privacy. Along with how you're not one for speaking much.”

“Please just give me a moment to put up a sign to give us a few minutes to show you the room.” After Lily got another nod from him, she rushes around the counter and came right up to the front door, where she grabbed onto a sign and flipped it around. But not before messing with some movable clock hands to indicate that she would be gone for around five to ten minutes.

Afterwards, she came back and escorted Brex around the counter and threw an open doorway. From there, they went down a short hall and went up to the next floor. He was then guided to the very end of the hall where there was a single door on the left-hand side that had a name plate nailed onto it, with a picture of a red rose.

When Lily noticed him staring at the name plate, she nervously chuckled before scratching the back of her head as she began to say. “Oh, this is my sister's room. Her name is Rose. You see, there's three of us living here, so we each have a room. We ended up playing a game of rock-paper-scissors, to see who would be moving out of their room in order to take in a guest. The other sister that I haven't mentioned yet is called Daisy. Rose is currently sharing a room with her.”

She then opened the door to let Brex look through and saw that it was decorated in the theme that would most suit a person with the name of Rose, with how there was pink and red everywhere. He then heard the mare begin to say rather bashfully. “We were informed that you were taller than normal. But I hope the bed is big enough for you.”

When he heard this, Brex got a good look at the bed and saw that it was just large enough for him to fit inside of, if he were to pull his legs in and sleep on his side. This would at least give him a few inches of leeway before falling out of the bed itself.

He then went in and began to search the rest of the room from where he stood with his eyes. While Lily was still in the doorway and he had his back towards her, he skillfully went in fully and begin to cast the ‘Detect Magic’ spell without her seeing him do it. Once the invisible wave of magic had enveloped everything and there were no signs of anything that was remotely considered to be an eavesdropping device. He turned back to the mare and said, “It is perfect.”

Lily then was seen letting out a heavy breath that she was apparently holding and looks far more relieved. She then began to say, “Well, I guess I'll leave you alone to get yourself settled in. I'll introduce you to my sister's later tonight when we're all home. I’m sorry to say it, but we don't have a spare key right now. So, if you plan on going out, could you please come back before the store closes. I'm really sorry. It's just that, we're not used to having a room rented out and this is both our business and home. So, we just wanted to-.”

She was clearly getting a little uncomfortable with having to explain herself. But was cut off when Brex lifted his left hand and began to say, “For your safety.” This got a weak smile from the mare as she gave him a subtle nod as to show that was exactly what she was trying to get at.

Lily then said rather hurriedly, “Oh! I uh, I'm so sorry, but I really need to get back to the shop. We close around seven-thirty.” When she was finished, she quickly ran off down the hallway and right out of sight when she descended the stairs.

That was when he began to hear Rory speaking to him from within his head. “Master, you may have to walk on eggshells when it comes to the ponies that live in this house. From the memories I saw from you, they could faint at the littlest things.” Brex then replied with, “Yeah. It's fortunate that I only have to be here for a few days. But, if I do end up on deciding to stay in Ponyville, than I might have to look for more permanent lodgings.”

He could hear Rory beginning to hum before she went on to say, “If all else fails, you could do the default option and try to get a room over at Twilight's library. Isn't that what most displaced humans end up doing?” Brex internally grumbled to himself before replying in an agitated tone. “I would rather bite off and consume my own right foot before I do that. No way am I gonna have that egghead in the same building as me while my eyes are closed.”

“Do you know just how many stories have had her breaking into the room to steal samples to conduct tests. Not to mention, she had that secret laboratory underneath the library that she would take some of them into by force. I swear, if I get strapped to a table by her...” The very thought of something like that happening to him, was beginning to cause Brex to develop a pit in his stomach as he bawled both of his hands into tightly packed fists that were now shaking with rage.

Rory then replied while using a calming tone in her voice. “Shush... It's going to be OK, please calm down Master. I know that you don't like being the one that gets taken advantage of. After all, you're a pure Dom at heart now. But now that I think about it. I'm remarkably surprised at how well you're able to keep your cool and continue on with the act when we were dealing with Big Mama.”

“I could have sworn that you would have completely lost your cool when she had gotten to that collar and leash comment. If I was there in the room when she had said that, my axe would have been through her neck before she even knew what was happening.”

Brex replied to that with, “Well, you're typically the one that has a cooler head. But I have no doubt that if either Rin or Lin had been able to hear that comment. Then Big Mama Would have been torn to shreds with their bare teeth.” This got a wicked chuckle from Rory as she then said, “Oh yeah, no doubt. I dare say those two are nearly as protective of you as I am.”

“I could perfectly recall what they were doing on the day that we informed them about your trip over to Ponyville for the celebration.” Brex quickly shot back with a flat tone. “Well, whose idea was it to go ahead and tell them that the princess attacked me out of nowhere one day?! We even had to take away their weapons and lock them in their rooms for a few days, just for them to cool down enough to not go and assassinate her on the spot.”

Rory then chuckled before replying. “Well, you can't say that you don't find it hot that those two are willing to do such a thing for you. I would even go so far as to say that the two of them would be willing to kill their own Queen if you were to give the order. And I do believe it's all thanks to our combined efforts in their training.”

Brex quickly interrupted her by saying, “Rory, could you please not remind me of that right now. Especially when you're not with me.” His inner voice then began to grow a little cold as he continued with. “You remember the last time you got me sexually frustrated when you weren't with me. Don't you?”

There was nothing but silence for a few seconds, before he heard Rory beginning to make these small, sexual whimpers in his head before she quickly shot back. “Master! Why did you have to remind me about that? I'm coming over there right now!”

Brex then made his voice very loud and stern when he replied to that by saying, “Rory Mercury! You made your bed, now sleep in it! You are not to come to Ponyville under any circumstances, other than what I told you about.” Rory began to whimper a little bit, but Brex could tell that they were not from being upset. These were from a completely different reason and that he knew full well of it.

He then said to Rory, while seemingly unamused. “You know you make it a little difficult to give you a stern talking to when all you're gonna do is get turned on by it. Anyway, I got to go and check on a few things, then I'll be going to sleep. We can talk then.” This only earned him a few more of those aroused whimpers before she went silent on the connection.

Brex couldn't help but to sigh heavily as he was now rubbing on the mask where his nose should be as if it would literally have an effect on his face underneath. He had just turned around to get a closer look at the bed to see how well he could sleep in it, but stopped in his tracks when there was something there that clearly wasn't a few minutes ago.

Sitting smack dab on the middle of the covers, was a small box approximately half a foot in diameter and with a pink bow on top that is attached to a tiny card. Now beginning to feel his right eye beginning to twitch a little bit. He approached the box and grabbed onto both sides with his hands and lifted it carefully. When he did this, it revealed a large, blueberry muffin with a single lit candle on top. While still holding onto the lid itself, his eyes slowly turned to the card and saw what was written on it.

The whole thing was written in cursive, so the letters were unbroken. But for some strange reason, the ink that was used, was somehow turning into different shades of color like a rainbow. The words written were the following.

“Welcome to Ponyville! I hope we can become super, best, amazing friends ever!”

“P S. Congratulations on reaching, Chapter Forty.”

“P P S. Don't worry about everything that is said starting from the first, P S Ruining everything. I won't remember anything starting from that point on.”

“P P P S. Your writer is making it way too long for us to finally meet. Do you know how long it's been since I made an appearance?”

Brex felt his right eye beginning to twitch a little more as the next thought ran through his head. “I wonder if it's going to be really all that bad if I was to let Nightmare Moon win? I mean, I could just turn around right now and go and hide with my Changelings deep underground.”

He was about to put the lid down, but saw that the writing had completely changed and had just one line left on the card. Which said, “Please don't hide underground with your cuddle bugs. I'm not scary. I promise!” This got Brex to internally begin to think in a very scared tone. “By the twelve! She's in my head...”