The last thing I remember was finally beating Bevark and then passing out because of my injuries, I felt like I was laying on something, something comfortable, I thought I heard a voice but I was sure it was just Temaila patching me up until I heard another unknown voice then I knew wasn't back at base, I slowly woke up trying to sit up but my chest hurt so I slowed down until I was sitting on the side of what seemed to be a bed, "No wonder it was so comfortable" I said with a small smile. I looked around the room and stood in a small bit of shock, this is not base at all, not even my own home, something was wrong.

Twilight was talking to her friend Fluttershy about the condition of the creature found near Ponyville, it seemed he was making a decent recovery "Wait, He?" Twilight asked a bit surprised, "but the clothes are female?"

"Well yes they are but maybe it's a style choice, you remember how fashion is different in that human world you went to right?" Fluttershy wondered to herself after saying this. "Maybe it's a 'fashion statement' like Rarity would say?"

I couldn't believe it, there were 2 creatures talking, specifically what looked like very small horses, I think the word was Pony? at least I think that's the word to describe small horses right? well I have to make contact and they speak English so it should be easy "Hey there, uh.. thanks for patching me up." I said as friendly as possible.

Twilight and Fluttershy turned to see the creature talking to them and they could understand it surprisingly, the creature seemed to be quite tall, at least compared to them, maybe a bit taller than Luna, not counting her horn, Fluttershy stepped forward saying, "It's no problem at all! may I ask if anything else is hurting?"

This yellow and pink one was very kind and even offered to help even more, "Nah I'm good, everything is good to go!" I began to walk towards the door but the Purple one stopped me.

"What are you anyway? no pony has ever seen anything like you before?" Twilight asked the tall creature and she could tell it meant no harm as it smiled and went to the couch and sat down.

I sat down and signaled them forward, "Let me explain" I said as they sat down, "I'm what's known as a hybrid, specifically I'm genetically combined with a Human and a Fox person from the Fox Clan of the world I'm from!, I can tell I'm not on my home world just by looking around!" I laugh a little showing there's no issue with it, and honestly there wasn't, I left behind strong warriors who could protect the world for as long as needed.

"Incredible! does that give you special powers? OH! what about magic?" Twilight asked excitedly. she wanted to study this new being, what abilities does being a hybrid give, especially if they're from another world.

"Hmm I mean I have powers but I don't think I'm at full strength yet, before being here I had just barely defeated someone super strong." I said, a little disappointed that I wasn't stronger. "Maybe later, ok?"

"I understand, in fact, you should come meet my other friends!" Twilight says leading the creature and Fluttershy into Ponyville. The citizens stared in awe but slight nervousness at the tall creature being escorted by Twilight and Fluttershy, it had decently long pink and light blue hair, a yellow Stetson hat with a purple ribbon around the center area, it wore a plaid red, black and grey shirt with a dark grey undershirt, it has a necklace on with what looked like an engraving on it, it wore a navy blue skirt with long black and dark grey socks, it had orange gloves on, and snow shoes, definitely an odd combination.

"So they're all waiting at your home?" I asked, kind of wanting to make conversation since everyone was staring at me, makes sense, they've never seen me, I've never seen them.

"Yep! we're almost there!" Twilight said with a smile. it was such an exciting thing, a completely new creature from another world. she would have the study him sometime, what genetic composition made him the way he was.

We had made it a crystal tree castle, but like, literally, it was a castle integrated with a crystal tree, and as we entered I thought I saw myself charging right at me, this pink blur had knocked me over and started talking in such a high pitched voice that I genuinely thought I was a piece of me that had escaped or something "Woah! Woah! slow down there!" I laugh and stand back up as it gets off of me.

"I'm sorry! I'm just so excited to meet a new friend! one that's never been seen in all of a Equestria! oh! are you an ancient hero! oohh! does this mean an ancient evil is going to return! or are you from another planet!?" Pinkie Pie just couldn't contain her excitement at least until her friend Apple Jack calmed her down.

"Now hold on there Pinkie, let's have our new guest get their surroundings in check first." Apple Jack knew for sure there would be a massive party after all the introductions were made, it was inevitable, classic Pinkie Pie.

I whistle as I look around, "Man who knew a tree could make a genuinely good castle" I walked and sat down on a nearby sofa. "Alright, so one at a time, what do you all wanna know?"

Rainbow Dash couldn't help but stare at the creature, it had such confidence and had an air of kindness yet knowing their own strength, "How strong are you?" she blurted out, the mentally cursed herself for being so blunt but was surprised at getting the answer.

"Well as of now since I haven't fully recovered I'd say I'm decently strong, though my full power is slowly coming back, why? you need a trainer?" I smiled as I asked her but noticed she seemed a bit defensive now.

"You think I need training? hah! I can beat you in 10 seconds flat! I am the fastest flyer alive after all!" Rainbow Dash said as she puffed out her chest.

I saw she was serious but I wanted to pump her up more. "Oh really? you faster than me? hah! you sound like you're a fake me! and I don't take kindly to fakers!" I said standing up and doing my best to seem serious as I glare at her.

"Let's take this outside then!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed flying out the door, she was taken aback as she saw the creature flying as well.

"So you ready to give the citizens here a show? cause I sure am!" I said with excitement, yeah I was still recovering but maybe this would help me get stronger.

"Alright everypony! here's the rules! first one knocked out will be declared the loser! on go you may begin! remember this is a friendly match don't overdo it, Rainbow." Apple Jack said as she stepped in to be a referee of sorts.

I laugh as I look around at the audience, they seemed to have calmed after hearing it was a friendly match. "Alright! before we begin I must warn you, I'm very strong!" I point to her "This is your chance to back down!" this seemed to fire her up more.

"Me back down!? no way! you're going down!" as she's flying she did movements like a boxer also looking very determined.

Apple Jack raised her hoof and began to countdown, "Three, Two, One!" She lowered her hoof "GO!" she said as loud as possible.

"heh!" I yell out as I charge at her and she begins to charge as well. we clash and realize she's stronger than I thought and as I'm flung back I mentally hype myself up! "haha, You're good! really good! I'm pumped!" I charge myself up, revealing a small bit of my power, releasing my aura.

Rainbow Dash stared at the brilliant aura, that shade of blue was beautiful, wait what was she thinking, she's in the middle of a battle, she can't get distracted! "You think that aura makes you tough! just watch!"

"Alright! show me your power then! let's go!" I yell out as we both charge in again clashing once more. I was pleasantly surprised she could handle this level of power, this was a multiplier of fifty and she was keeping up perfectly. "You're awesome! this is incredible!" we continued to fight, taking each others blows until I noticed her power growing and saw she had transformed somehow, her mane and tail were flowing like an aura and her markings were everywhere, I grunt in pain as she slams me into the ground. "Gah! damn!"

Rainbow Dash lands in front of her opponent and is in awe as he gets back up "How!? that should have knocked you out cold!" she stepped back getting ready for a round two.

"You can't keep me down with one hit ya know! This is the next level of my power!" I yell out as I go into my ascended level of power, my aura now light blue with pink lightning, I always called these forms 'Super Fox' so this would be Super Fox 2, I grinned as I saw her look at me in awe. "What? giving up?" I saw her glare at me and was surprised still that even this level wasn't enough. "Oh shit!"

Rainbow Dash grinned, "I don't know, are YOU giving up?"

I flew back quite a bit, "I guess it's up to 3 now! heh!" I shout as my aura becomes dark blue with purple lightning, "This is nearing my full power! if this isn't enough well, then you ponies are more impressive than I originally thought!" I smiled as we continued the fight, it becomes more intense by the minute and it seems were nearly even, I'm still not fully able to keep up! so I pull my final trump card and burst into Super Fox Okami and slam her down, she's knocked out of her powered up form which I later learned was something called Rainbow Power.

Rainbow Dash lays there in shock, "I can't believe it, I lost.." she looks down but then sees the creature reach his arm out.

"Don't feel too bad, you made burst into my Super Fox Okami form, that's impressive, honestly I think we should train together!" I say as I help her to her hooves, every seems to start congratulating us on a fight well fought, but that's when I feel a strong presence and I look up to see something incredible.

Author's Note

yep, self insert, this one is just for fun really, I'm brain storming ideas on how to make "Connection and Protection" better writing wise, I may remake the entire first chapter but Idk, leaves some suggestions and feed back down below! also if you want a ref of my character in this story follow my MLP twitter @MinxyTheFoxMLP I'll be posting the ref used for this story, it's basically my normal version of my OC so yeah, Hope you enjoyed this story!