The Everfree Knight

Chapter Four: A Day With Mom

I'm going to say this.

One does not simply eat a single donut when given a box.

I was sitting at the dining table with my mom as a whole buffet of food was laid out in front of us. I was very taken with the donuts, especially the chocolate ones.

Oh, forgot to mention, it's been at least a week since the incident in Ponyville. I've been training like crazy, and I've managed to learn at least three moves that no longer tire me out when I use them. Now that just leaves I don't know how many more to learn.

Good god I was glad no one was around to see that...

Anyway, today was supposed to be the day I can get rid of these bandages. I was excited to be getting back to training, as it was really difficult to sneak out and practice. Alp would constantly find me and drag me back after she caught me the first few times.

I will say this, I'm kind of glad that she did, otherwise I probably would have been a lot worse than before.

"Frederick, I wish to speak with you about something." Alpine interrupted my thoughts. I perked up and looked at her, she looked slightly nervous.

"What is it Alp?" I ask her.

"Well... A young pup, when he is of age, is given a spear crafted by their parents..." she trails off. I think I see where this is going.

"Alright, what do I have to do?" I ask her, feeling rather excited that I will be getting a weapon. It may not be my knight's weapon, but it'll have to make up for it. Plus, it should help make fighting easier.

"Well, I actually have it made. It was for when my husband was still alive, and..." She trails off. Geez, she gets depressed easily. I get up and stand in front of her. I frown sternly before hugging her.

"Quit worrying about the past. It won't help with now, nor the future." I tell her. She chuckles and returns the hug.

"Perhaps you're right. Thank you Frederick." She said quietly. I smiled and patted her on the back.

"Well, I do aim to please." I tell her. She then had a thought.

"Also, I am free for today. Perhaps you and I could spend the day together and get to know each other?" She suggests. I shrug, not seeing a reason as to not get to know her.

"Sure. I was planning on training, but I prefer to spend more time with my new mother." I reply. She smiles, probably cherishing being called a mother.

"Excellent, Let's start now." With that, she guides me towards another section of the Hollow manor. It began to look fairly fancy, well, Diamond Dog fancy. We came to a rather small room. It was a small shrine with two spears hanging on the wall. The large one's shaft was made from bones, and at the tip was a spear tip made from some sort of gem. The smaller one's shaft was made from a black stone, and the spear tip was made from the same gem as the last one.

"What are they made of?" I ask her.

"My husbands spear, the large one, was made with a dragon  bone with a diamond spear tip." She then reached for the smaller one and smiled, "Yours however, has an Onyx shaft and a diamond spear tip." She tells me.

Damn! A diamond is one of the hardest gems ever discovered back home, whatever it took to shape it like that, I would not want to meet on a bad day. She handed me the small spear, and I held it in my hands, feeling the weight. It didn't feel that heavy, in all honesty. I flourished it and jabbed it into the air. I smiled, "It's perfect mom. Thanks." I tell her. She smiles and grabs me into a hug which I return.

She lets me go and looked down to me, "Come, we still have a whole day ahead of us." I grinned and nodded. We left the shrine and exited the manor. I can't help but smile as we walk around Hollow Sanctuary, getting to know the locals. We stopped in this sort of park like area. There were a few trees spread around, and grass was growing from sunbeams that came through the ceiling.

It was a very breathtaking sight, in my opinion. I saw a trio of pups playing around... they turned and saw me and smiled. They ran towards me, making me tense up. They stopped and stared at me.

"Hi Alpha! Is this your kid?" The middle one asked. Alpine smiled and nodded. I stared at the three with a raised eyebrow, feeling very cautious.

The largest one, a blue colored bull dog looking guy, stared at me and smiled. "You want to play with us?" He asked curiously. I narrow my eyes.

"Sure...?" I reply with caution. I know I shouldn't be this paranoid, but you never know. The smaller one, a breed I have no idea what it is but it has grey fur, jumped and patted me.

"You're it then!" OH THOSE SONS-A-BITCHES!

"YOU'RE ASS IS MINE!" I shout as I chase after them. I heard Alpine behind me laughing as I chased the three. I managed to catch one of them and tag them, thus making them chase me. I'll admit, I had a good time. After an hour of this game, and a little bit of wrestling (thank you god for def jam fight for new york), Alpine alerted me that it was time to get going. The pups whined, but they let me go. I stop before I leave and turn to them. "What are your names?" I ask them.

"Spot!" The small one replied. I raise an eyebrow, but spot a, well, spot on his tail. Now it makes sense.

"Diamond maw." The one that had a mustache looking thing replied. he had yellow-ish fur.

"Brutus." The large one replied.  Huh, a greek name.

I smiled and held out a hand, "Friends?" I ask them. They smile and placed their paws on top of mine.

"Friends." We all said, and then parted ways. Alpine was smiling as I came up to her.

"What?" I ask her with a raised eyebrow.

"I believe, that for the first time since I adopted you, you have finally acted your age." She tells me. I light up like a Christmas tree and look away.

"Whatever... what else are we doing?" I ask her.

"I was wondering if you were hungry." as soon as she said that, my stomach growled in agreement with her statement. I shrugged as she laughed.

"Well, his majesty has spoken for me. What are we eating?" I ask her.

She smiled and lifted me onto her shoulder, "A local restaurant called Iron will's bistro." Why do I get the feeling this will be a weird experiance? Oh well, may as well enjoy the moment of laziness I can have.

Hello Frederick.

Oh hi Faust. Nice to talk to ya! You uh... sound depressed.

Do not worry about it young one. It's nothing you have to worry about.

Alright then. So what'cha need?

I... I wish to give you you're weapon later tonight.

Whoa, umm, sure. Okay, I'll see what I can do in regards of the fact that Alpine gave me a spear she crafted for her firstborn. Since it's me, she kind of gave it to me. Don't want to disappoint her by not using it, you know what I mean?

Yes, I do. I will still give you your weapon, but it will be wrapped in cloth. I think you will find yourself enjoying what it is.

Alright then. Ah, we made it to the bistro. Talk to you later Faust.

I will see you then

With that mental conversation out of the way, we got ourselves a booth. We looked at the menu, and I have to wonder, dafuk are bits? I know it sounds like a currency, but what do they look like?

"Hey Alpine. What are bits?" I ask her. She looks at me confused, for a moment but then realizes that I'm not exactly that well versed in equestrian laws.

"Right," She pulls out a small gold coin that had the sun on one side and the moon on the other, "This is a bit. It's the currency of the country we reside in called Equestria. Let's use different items on how it work." She tells me. I nodded and paid attention.

"Now, let's say you buy a single apple. That would usually be worth about three bits. If you bought a whole crate of them, that would be about eighty six bits. A thousand bits can allow you to rent a house with a daily payment of thirty six bits. Well, that's how it works in Hollow Sanctuary at least. I don't know about the surface towns." She explains. Well, it was a quick explanation, but it helps me when it comes to prices. I nodded as the... wow a minotaur? Anyway, our waiter gave us our menus and we ordered our drinks. I asked for water, since I have no idea what they serve here.

I looked over the menu, and realized that the Diamond Dog language looked very much like German... I GOT THIS IN THE BAG NOW!

Nothing like seeing your mother language in another world. It brings a tear to my eye...

Please note that the last part was sarcasm. Anyway, after the water returned with our drinks, turns out Alpine ordered an alcoholic drink, and asked if we were ready to order.

We ordered our food and simply sat there and talked. It was nothing too big, but I felt like I should tell her why I was brought to this world.

"Umm, excuse me..." I turn and-WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?! This thing looked like one of those ponies, except very bug-like. I wonder if I bug spray works on them...

"What is it Changeling?" Alpine asks.

"I don't mean to interrupt you two, but Mr.Frederick," The changeling, I guess that's what their called, turned to me, "Do you happen to know a Jacob Ficsher?" she... I think it's a she, asked me.

I thought about it, and shook my head. "Nope. Sorry, doesn't ring any bells." I reply. Honestly, another human? Well, things might get interesting...

The changeling nodded and left our table.

"What was that about?" Alpine asks me. I shrugged, not really knowing what to say. I guess I should wait on telling her about the whole Knight thing until we get back home.

"Here is your food, enjoy." The Minotaur gave us our ordered food that we ate in silence. Alpine was eating a bowl of gems, while I was eating the food of kings, steak. I lurv steak...

Sorry, had a tard moment...

After we ate, we decided to go back to the manor, having spent most of the day walking around. After ten minutes of walking, we finally came to the Manor door, and entered.

(OST)

"Alp..." I call out to her. She turns and looks at me curiously, "I need to talk to you in private..." She looked worried, but nodded. She followed me to my room, which I quickly closed the door. I turned to her and smiled sadly, "I wasn't exactly honest when I said that I was an orphan, nor was I honest when I said I never had a home." I told her. Her eyes widened and her ears flattened against her head.

"Wha... what do you mean?" she asked me quietly. Geez, this is already hurting...

"I meant that I was taken from my home and given a job. I was told to help this world with various events that will shape this world into something." I told her. She stared at me, and her eyes were slightly glazed with tears.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" She asked me.

"Would you have believed me? Would you believe something you just met?" I asked her rhetorically.

"You're my son..." She weakly, making me sigh sadly.

"Yeah, and I'm very happy that you have accepted me as your son. But... I have a job here, and I'm not sure if I'm safe to be around when things start happening." I tell her.

"You're not leaving." I stare at her in surprise. she's crying slightly, but she looked determined.

"What?" I ask, surprised beyond belief.

"You may be someone important, but damn it all, I still love you as my own!" She gripped me in a tight hug, "I understand that someone sent you here to help others, but you're still my son! It doesn't matter to me what comes after you, I will protect you as much as I can!" She exclaims as I felt tears fall on the top of my head.

I... wow. I don't know what to say, really. I expected anger, suffering, that sort of thing, but the amount of maternal love that I'm experiencing from her is damn near palpable! I numbly hug her back, still trying to think on what to say, until a golden light invades the room, and a thud on my bed alerts me to something that I was waiting for.

"Is that yours?" she asks me. I nod, and move towards my bed to find a large bundle wrapped in cloth. I see a knot, and pull at the string, revealing what I've been waiting for.

My knight's sword.

I lifted it, and to my surprise, it was damn near bigger than me. I held with both hands, and I realized that there was a button on the side of the handle. I pressed it, and it activated the motor, making it feel warm in my hands as it gave off a wave of heat. I stared at it in awe, feeling overjoyed, but also rather anxious.

I felt a great amount of power from this sword, and this nagging feeling that it looks familiar is really bugging-

Oh duh! It's Sol's Fireseal sword! Wait... SOL'S FIRESEAL SWORD!?!?!

Yes, I decided that this sword fit you best Frederick, and you have an amazing familiarity with it already, I asked a friend named Hephaestus  to construct it for you. He was quite pleased the end result. I take it you are as well?

That's one way of putting it...

"Is this your blood weapon?" I turn to Alpine with a raised eyebrow, what the hell is that? She seemed to catch my questioning look, and explained.

"In Diamond dog lore, a blood weapon is a weapon that someone is destined to wield, and will never be able to feel comfortable with another weapon. Is this sword your blood weapon?" she asks me. I look at it, and grin at the shine that the sword produces, and also at the sharpness. I tuned off the motor and looked to Alpine.

"Yeah. This is it." I stabbed the sword into the stone floor, making it stand perfectly straight, "This, is the Fireseal sword. It should Amplify my fire magic and make my attacks easier to control. This is definitely my blood weapon." I tell her.

She smiles sadly, "Then use it. Keep the spear, though. It's yours." She sighed and hugged me close, "as much as I would like that you use your spear, I'm not going to get in the way of your blood sword." I hugged her back, glad that she still cares for me despite my ulterior motives.

She truly is one of a kind...

She lets me go and looks at me with a smile, "Go to sleep young Frederick, Tomorrow is another day full of unknown challenges." Alpine gets up and leaves my room.

Another day full of challenges...

You know, it doesn't seem so bad anymore...