Last of his clan

by Emerald Zweihander

The date with muffin

Previous Chapter

This place isn't so bad, they have a competent military, Royalty that doesn't need protecting, that Shining Armor guy, and that Macintosh guy are a hell of a lot stronger than I am. But where has he seen my kind before? The stories I've been told all my life say they never left Earth
. "Hey there," I found Ditzy waving, handing a package to Pinkie. "This is my last stop!"
"Thanks for the overnight delivery, I really appreciate it." Pinkie said as she signed for the cardboard box.

"No problem, anything for a friend." Ditzy waved me over. "Tora this is Pinkie."
"We've met."
"Oh that's great, Pinkie's teaching me how to remember important information like who lives where, and I thought you could take me out to my favorite restaurant."
"Ooh you two are dating? And you said you didn't want any, but here you got yourself a marefriend. Good looking and such a charmer, I'm happy and a little bit jealous."
"I got roped into this,"
"Hey what you do in the bedroom is your own business. Come on in I've got enough time to take your order and then I'm off." Ditzy and Pinkie dragged me to a table and we sat down. "So two blueberry and one bran for the dame and I'm gonna guess, something along the lines of a banana nut bread loaf for you." How the hell does she know I like banana nut bread that much? "I'll take that as a yes," She walked into the kitchen. "It'll be a few minutes guys, start talking!"
Okay creepy Pink ponie aside.

"So what do you do for a living?" Ditzy thought for a moment as she slipped out of her denim jacket.
"Work, mostly the mail I work at a shipping company, so I'm a delivery girl, but I'm a bit well...distracted some times."
"Well that's great at least you have a stable job, and besides I'm sure a beautiful lady like you could find another job if this one doesn't work out."
"You're so nice to me why?"
"A guy can't be nice to a girl without ulterior motives?"
"So you don't have any ulterior motives?" Crap I've been cornered, uh quick brain think of something stupid.
"Well, wow I can't answer that," What the hell brain? You told me to think of something stupid. "That's not what I meant, I mean I think you're drop dead gorgeous, I wouldn't mind you know eventually but I just got out of a reltionship. And right now I'm more or less browsing the wares so to speak."

"You're the first one not to tease me about these stupid things, I think I should get them fixed."Her cheeks turned a little pink.
"Why?"
"I have special eyes, they only make me look stupid."
Pinkie set the muffins on the table and winked. "Well look with your Special eyes." Ditzy looked down and picked up one.
"My bran!" This seems so fucking familiar. A few minutes later Pinkie brought me the bread.
"It was nice meeting you again Kitty kitty, see you tomorrow?"
"Probably,"
"Good, I'll see you two tomorrow morning then?"
"What's tomorrow morning."
"Wow do you live under a rock or something?" Ditzy was taken aback.
"The Summer Sun Celebration, the very reason you came to Ponyville, you know the thing, at the place?"
"oh... oH... OH Okay I remember now."
"That's why we're having the party at the library, to celebrate the last of the spring time fun, and to welcome the new nerd. Don't tell her I said that." She paused for a minute. "I think I forgot something, Oh crap the party, gotta run and don't fall asleep."
"Why not?"
"You sleep, you die, simple... Smokebomb!" Pinkie threw a cupcake on the ground and disappeared. "Missus Cake I used the wrong cupcake again!"
"Don't worry I'll clean it up!"
"Thanks, I won't be home til tomorrow afternoon,"
"All right." With that the feeling I was being watched subsided.
"So what's with the hood and the hands?"
"I don't like showing the scars,"
"What happened?"
"Long story,"
"We got plenty of time." Oh god brain back me into another corner... I try. Grrr.

"Well about three years ago there was a fire that destroyed my entire village, I was the only survivor. It wasn't an accident or some natural disaster, I swore from that day on I would never let anyone hurt anypony else that I cared about." Did I really just say that? ANYPONY, anyPONY, anypony, huh not that different.
"I'm sorry to hear about your family, but I'm happy that you took it like you did, otherwise we might have never met," Is this chick actually falling for me, I aint even trying that hard. "Well I have to take a nap, I got to pull a double shift tonight so all the packages are delivered before the Holiday. It was nice meeting you, and I hope we see eachother in the morning."
"Count on it." She got up and walked out the door before flying off. "Aw crap I don't have any money."
"Don't worry about it," An orange Stallion took the plates. "Pinkie Pie has money stashed away under each table for occasions like this," He reached under the table and found five gold pieces.
"Out of her own pocket?"
"Yeah, for some reason she has a lot of money but she never spends it on herself. I personally think she has enough to buy the entire shop but she just rents the room downstairs."
"Is that so?" Probably because of the private detective thing. "So What's this whole Summer Sun Celebration about anyway?"
"Nomad huh?"
"Yeah."
"Well you know how Princess Celestia raises the sun, well on the morning of the longest day of the year, she chooses a town to host the festival, bringing businesses in that town so many customers we're lucky this year that we get to hold it here. But the Apple family beat us to the punch to cater the event itself, but well what are you gonna do?"

"This town is nice,"
"Well that's why me and the missus settled down here in the first place. You got twelve hours til the celebration so go on see the sights, I'm sure Rainbow Dash has a game of somekind going on with the foals, that'll give you some exercise, and a way to pass the time."
"How do you live with her?"
"Who Pinkie Pie, well she has a way of growing on you, always gets you to laugh when you're down, and challenges you to think outside the box. Having her around is like having a university dorm party. She makes life fun while still staying serious when it matters." He looked back. "I've over stepped my bounds, talking to a complete stranger about a Filly I love as my own daughter."
"It's fine, if I'm gonna choose to settle down here I need to learn about the town and the ponies that live here."
"Pinkie Pie could tell you more than I could, The whole Eidetic memory, and her 300 IQ, she remembers everything she's a living day planner." My God 300 IQ. "Well I hate to burst the bubble but we need to prepare for the rush."
"I understand, any place I could go for training?"
"Well there's Sweet Apple Acres, I'm sure Macintosh wouldn't mind if you helped him clear out the dead trees, and I heard he uses a steel gurder as a punching bag." This Macintosh guy is easily the strongest here in this town. "He single handedly built half of the town in a day or so, and he pops in every once in a while for repairs. Speaking of which here he is now." Macintosh walked in through the saloon doors now wearing a t-shirt and holey jeans.

"Everything alright here?"
"Yes no repairs needed today, why don't you sit down and I'll get something for you."
"Banana Fritter if you don't mind," He smiled and sat across from me.
"They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but I'm surrounded by apples all the time. So how's your day been kid?"
"Well, I think I might have a Girlfriend."
"Might, you sure know how to read women, There's still time if you want to go to that party."
"Not interested."
"You're one tough nut to crack, you know that?"
"I try."
"What's your deal anyway, the last one was happy, a little worried but still happy. You're as distant as they come."
"The last friend I made made my life a living hell."
"And you think just because he did, everbody else will too?" The orange Stallion laid dow the fritter and Macintosh took a bite. "We're friends, right, would I make your life like hell? I'm gonna assume that's a bad thing."
"What makes you think we're friends?"
"I'm the only one here you actually respect, everbody else can shove it am I right?" What the fuck that's just creepy, how in hell can he know all this stuff about me? "I am."
"How?"
"Good judge of character."
"Even if that was true, how could you tell I was lying without looking at me? Or even how my life was before I came here?"
"You see this daisy?" He took one from the vase in the window.
"Yeah."
"Watch." He crushed it and blew it in the air. "See the parts scatter, but all land back in my hand? Even though our lives become distrought," He cupped his hands and blew on the pieces. "It can be put back together." He opened them and the flower was perfectly fine.

"Incredible." Then he ruined the moment by eating it. "What the what?"
"I always have a daisy when I come here, now back to the matter you can trust me, and Applejack. and Almost all of the Ponyvillians,"
"Ponyville, who the hell named it that
"My Grandmother,"
"Oh, so your family founded the town?"
"That's right, tell you what, I'll teach you a few new tricks, if you want."
"I got nothing better to do."


"Hey anybody home, hello is anybody out there?"
"Shut up idiot, he can't hear us."
"I don't care, I'm bored as hell and it's cramped with your fat ass in here"
"Ooh I'd rip your arm off if you hadn't lost it."
"Both of you calm down, He will contact us in due time,"
"Request lines are now open, Tora soul radio-o-o-o."
"Shut up!"
"Make me,"
"You asked for it!"
"Oh crap you done it now man."



Author's Note

Hey Guy's just finally getting stuff done and it feels great. If anypony would like to help me with editing this story I would appreciate it.

~Kaze wa akarui mirai ni anata o hakobu koto ga dekiru~

Geiru· fōsu