Fluttersaiyan

                                                                          Chapter 6: You’ve Got Mail

I woke up to the crowing of a rooster outside. Eye opened my eyes to see sunlight shining in through the window. I looked down and saw Fluttershy lying next to me, with her forelegs still wrapped around me, still cuddling me with her face in my chest. We were still lying on our sides, I don’t think either of us moved all night long. I slowly pulled away from her trying not to wake her up. I got out of bed and got dressed, then went downstairs to get breakfast going. I was able to find 10 eggs in the chicken coop today, and I scrambled every single one. I also found a sack of potatoes in the food pantry, and chopped up a few and fried them in a pan to make hash browns. Soon Fluttershy came down stairs.

“Good morning Fluttershy. Breakfast?” I asked her.

“Good morning Dako. What did you make?” she asked sitting down at the table.

“I scrambled some eggs, and fried some potatoes, they’re called “Hash browns”.” I said.

“Oh, it looks good.” She said smiling.

“Try some.” I said already stuffing my mouth with eggs and hash browns.

She sniffed the potatoes a few times, and then took a bite.

“They’re good!” she said with a smile.

“Thank you, I’ve never really cooked before, and when I tried my hand at baking yesterday I almost burned down Sugarcube Corner.” I said chuckling.

“I don’t see how, this is great!” she said smiling again.

“Thanks.” I said again. I finished eating and got up, taking my dishes to her sink.

“I have to go and look for a job again Fluttershy, and today I am going to get one too.” I said. “But I want to go apologize to Twilight first, and everyone else. I’ll be back in a while, and again if you need anything at all come and look for me.”

“Ok Dako, be safe.” She told me.

I walked outside and flew away. I headed straight towards Twilight’s place at the library. Although a little unnecessary, I flew as fast as I could at top speed, without the kaioken. I think I was flying at 250 miles an hour. When you think of the fact that I was flying out of willpower with no wings, using my own energy to move myself through the freaking air, 250 miles an hour seems pretty fast. At that speed it took me five minutes to get to Twilight’s place. From now on when I’m not with Fluttershy I think I will always fly as fast as I can, to get better at flying. I landed right outside the door and knocked. Spike opened the door for me and let me in.

“Hi Twilight, how are you today?” I asked with a smile.

“Oh, hi there Dako! I’ve been fine today, you?” she said cheerfully. It was like I hadn’t destroyed a shelf of books.

“Well, I wanted to apologize, for yester-.” She cut me off and held up a hoof.

“It’s okay Dako, you were only trying to help, and you had an accident. Everyone has accidents.” She said.

“So, you’re not angry at me, right?” I asked her.

“Of course not!” she told me. Just then a letter came in from Princess Celestia, as Spike spit out the letter in a magical flame. Spike began reading the letter aloud.

“My faithful student Twilight Sparkle,

It has come to my attention that there is a new resident living among you in Ponyville. It has also come to my attention that they are not a pony either. I would like you and your friends to escort them to Canterlot immediately so I can meet them myself.” Spike finished reading.

Twilight stood there with her eyes wide open, and her jaw was dropped in disbelief.

“Oh no! What is she gonna do? What are we gonna do?” She started panicking.

“Whoa, Twilight, listen to me.” I began while putting my hands on her shoulders. “From watching you guys as much as I have I know you sometimes tend to overreact. Trust me when I say, “It will be okay.” Okay?” I tried to reassure her.

“Okay, let’s get everyone else together.” She said, calming down. Then she teleported out of the room to go and get the others. I wish I could teleport, all I can do is look like it, you know with the quick dodge moves where it looks like I disappear in a blur. Maybe I’ll figure out the instant transmission technique one day.

I waited at the library for Twilight to get back with the others for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, me and Spike began playing a card game. We didn’t get to finish even though I was already winning when Twilight returned with the others.

“Okay everypony, we’re taking Dako to see Princess Celestia, so be on your best behavior. That means you Pinkie Pie.” She said glaring at Pinkie Pie, who just smiled in return.

“Are you ready Dako?” she asked me.

“Yes.” I replied.

She lowered her head as her horn began to glow with magic. The room began to get brighter and brighter as it filled with light from her horn. Then in an instant we were all teleported to the castle in Canterlot. It was pretty cool, a tingling sensation covered me, like sand lightly falling all over me. When the light faded out I was standing in what looked like a huge room, or a huge hallway. This was definitely the Princesses place. Suddenly the Princess appeared before us, she had teleported into the room, which I think may be the throne room. She walked towards us slowly and elegantly, even without wind, her magical mane was flowing, changing colors as well. The others bowed before, and so did I without hesitation. Then she spoke.

“Thank you all for coming.” She said. “Twilight, I see you brought your friend along.”

“Yes, just like you asked.” Twilight replied.

“You,” Princess Celestia said to me. “What is your name?”

“My name is Dako, your highness.” I said with supreme politeness.

“And what are you?” she asked, still looking at me, trying her best to guess what I was.

“I am, a saiyan.” I said to her. “I am similar to another race, called “Humans”.”

“I see. Where are you from?” she asked.

“I am from another dimension. From the planet Earth, it is very similar to this one.” I explained.

“I see.” She said again, even more interested. “So how did you get here?”

“I, don’t really know. I was brought here when I got sucked into a tornado in my home world. Somehow I ended up hear.” I told her.

“I see.” She said, then she went quiet for a few moments. “What are your intentions?” she then asked me.

“Intentions. Well, when trouble comes, I’ll be your superhero. A couple nights ago I single-handedly fought off a dragon attempting to attack Ponyville.” I explained. “But for now, I was just in the middle of looking for a day job, something that puts food, uh, in my, stomach. As a saiyan, I tend to eat a lot.” I said smiling.

“I see. You are pure of heart. We are lucky someone like you came to our world. Seeing that you have no clue as to how you got here, and have no real intention on leaving, I shall let you stay in Equestria, and in Ponyville.” She said.

“Thank you Princess Celestia.” I said while bowing before her.

“One more thing. You wish to be our hero, what makes you say so?” she asked. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to demonstrate my powers.

“This, your majesty, is what makes me say so.” I said as I lifted off of the floor.

“Oh my, that is something.” She said in astonishment.

“Yes, it is, and where I’m from, I am the only one who can do this.” I said to her as I began to float back down.

“I understand. I will allow you to protect Ponyville, and all of Equestria. Dako, you are free to go.” She said to me. Suddenly my friends began to smile and cheer for me, and the princess smiled as well.

“Thank you Princess Celestia. Thank you.” I said to her.

We all turned and were ready to leave when Princess Celestia asked to see me in private.

“Excuse me Dako, if I may have a word with you in private.” She asked.

“Hang on guys, this’ll only be a second.” I said as I began jogging back towards the Princess.

She motioned for me to follow her into a separate room. When we entered she used her magic to shut the doors behind us.

“Now Dako, I’d like to ask you a few personal questions.” She said.

“Okay, go ahead your majesty.” I said politely.

“I’ve sensed some, feelings within you. Hard to detect, yet unmistakably present feelings. Very deep and complex feelings.” She said.

“Oh, and is this good? Or bad?” I asked.

“Well, it depends. Do you have any particular feelings toward anypony?” She asked.

“Well, not really, I mean, I’m not like, madly in love with anyone. I’ve only been here for a few days.” I said.

“Yes, I know, but I also know how you knew of us before coming here. You could have had time beforehand to develop feelings for someone.” She said.

“Yeah, I guess your right. But, I don’t think I’m in love with anyone.” I said.

“Are you sure? Are you telling the truth?” She asked me, looking me in the eyes. It was like she was testing me, like she was a lie detector, like she could see a lie appear in my eyes like a traffic sign.

“Okay, maybe, maybe I do like, or maybe even love, someone. Kind of.” I said hesitantly.

“I see. I will warn you now Dako, and only once. Do not fall in love with anyone here. Do you understand? It is important that you do not develop feelings for anyone.” She said flatly, and seriously.

“I, I think I understand. But why?” I asked.

“It can be dangerous, for you and those around you. You are a powerful being Dako, and you will make or find equally powerful enemies, and they will use anything they can to their advantage, if you give them the proper leverage. Now do you understand?” She asked once again.

“Yeah, I do.” I said, bearing the weight of this whole concept all of a sudden.

“Good, you are free to go.” She said. She opened the doors with her magic, and I turned to walk out of them until I was stopped.

“Dako.” The Princess said.

“Yes?” I replied.

“Don’t tell anyone about this conversation.” She said. I nodded, then continued walking, joining my friends once again.

After all of that we were able to leave. Twilight used her magic to take us all home, but by then it was only 1:00 p.m. I still had plenty of time to look for a job. So I left Twilights place and began flying around, anywhere I could, just looking out for any possible job opportunities. I was flying around kinda slow like, looking straight down, inspecting the streets and businesses when I felt the sun get blocked out by something. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, so I looked up to see a Pegasus falling straight down towards me. It landed right on top of me and sent the two of us falling towards the ground. I hit the ground hard, but luckily, ‘cause I’m a saiyan, I was unhurt, and the pegasus landed on top of me so they were just fine. I looked up to see a gray female pegasus with a blonde mane and tail.

“Oops, I’m sorry, are you okay?” she asked me.

“Yeah, I’m alright, you?” I asked her.

“Yeah, thanks to you catching me.” She said smiling.

“Is your name, Derpy?” I asked her.

“Yes! How did you know?” she gasped with excitement, her wings standing up straight.

“Oh, well, I’ve, seen you before, yeah.” I replied. I noticed she was wearing a mail bag.

“Do you, deliver the mail? Are you a Mail Mare?” I asked.

“Yes!” she said with her wings up again. This “Wing Boner” thing was much funnier and adorable in real life. “Are you expecting a letter or package?” she asked.

“No, but I was wondering if I could get a job delivering mail like you.” I told her.

“Sure! Follow me.” She said. Luckily we were actually a block from the post office, so we walked over to it. When we entered there were ponies coming and going in uniform, and lines of ponies waiting to pick up mail, or get stamps. When we got the counter Derpy told the manager that I wanted the job.

“Mr. Stamps! This guy’s looking for a job delivering mail, do you have a spot for him?” she asked an old looking pony behind the counter.

“”Mr. Stamps”, were you born with that name, that would be an oddly accurate prediction.” I said.

“Actually pal I had it changed when I got into this business, I started out managing stamps when I was real young. You got a problem with it?” He said grumpily.

“No sir.” I said.

“Okay pal, if you want a job just fill out this application and you can start today, just get your mail bag and uniform, and Derpy’ll show you your route, now get outta here.” He said impatiently.

“Isn’t he the nicest?” Derpy said smiling, and she wasn’t joking.

“Yeah, a real charitable guy.” I said sarcastically.

Derpy helped me get my stuff together, but we had to wait on the uniform since one wasn’t available in my size. She gave me a list of addresses in Ponyville and map, since I was unfamiliar with the places. I got my bag of mail, and filled it with the mail I was supposed to deliver. There were probably 200 envelopes! Luckily though, as Derpy explained, one mail box will almost always have more than letter or envelope addressed to it, so this may only be about 50 mailboxes worth of mail. She flew away with more mail in her mail bag. I looked at my map and which addresses to fly to first, then I took off into the sky. At the post office I noticed that not all of the mail ponies were pegasi, but were earth ponies, or unicorns, pegasi were just faster at delivering mail because they could fly, and unicorns and earth ponies carried the heavy or large packages.

I saw the first mail box and flew down to it. I began taking out the letters and envelopes addressed to it, and began putting them in the box. This was actually the easiest job I could get, and so far nothing bad has happened. I flew off and to the next box a block away and began getting its mail ready. As I landed near I began pulling out envelopes, walking towards the mail box. I began putting letters in the box when somepony walked up.

“Hey buddy, got anything for me?” a tan earth pony asked me.

“Well, is this your box? Most of this is sent by address, not name.” I said.

“It’s not my box, but my name is FireHoof. Got any for me?” he asked again.

“Look, I don’t see any with your name, and I go by a specific route.” I tried to get him to go away, but it wasn’t working.

“Let me look.” He said shoving his nose into my bag, he began pulling out all kinds of letters.

“Whoa, dude, come on that’s private property. Besides, this is my first day, I don’t want trouble.” I said to him, snatching the letters from him.

“Oh really tough guy? Why can’t I look at the mail? What if mines in there?” he started getting defensive.

“Your mail isn’t in here, I’m sure of it, and you can’t go through the mail because it belongs to other people, tampering with ponies’ mail is a crime. It’s a federal offense.” I explained to the guy, but he still didn’t understand.

“A what offense?” he asked suddenly confused. Then I realized they don’t have a “Federal” government, it’s more like a monarchy, with Princess Celestia and all.

“Uh, later.” I said suddenly taking off, surprising him, since of course I had no wings.

I kept flying to the next mail box, and then to the next after that. The rest of the day went like this until I was out of mail, then I headed back to the post office. Everypony was leaving and the mail carriers were punching out. It was now 5:30.

“Mr. Stamps, what time do you want me here tomorrow sir?” I asked the manager.

“I want you here at 8:00 sharp, one minute late and your fired.” He yelled from his office.

“Sir, I was also wondering, when can I expect to be paid, and how much?” I asked.

“When? When you get the check, that’s when. And how much? Do you want to get nothing or do you want this job?” he yelled back.

“I was just curious.” I replied.

“Yeah, well curiosity killed the cat.” He yelled back. “These are hourly wages, you start at 8 bits an hour, then work your way up from there.”

With that said, I punched out and began to head home. I flew back home at top speed again and made it back in about five minutes. Fluttershy was asleep on her couch, but woke up as soon as I came in through the door. Poor thing, no T.V., no radio, no iPod. There’s nothing to do here in one’s spare time than to read or sleep. It’s like at school when you finish the TAKS test.

“Hi Dako, how was the job hunt?” she asked

“Great, I got a job at the post office!” I told her.

“Oh, that is great!” she replied.

“It sure is, now I can make some money.” I said smiling.

“So, does this mean you’re also going to look for another place to stay?” She asked, suddenly getting a little sad.

“No, Fluttershy, don’t worry about that, I’m staying here.” I said, comforting her.

“Really?” she asked, still not persuaded.

“Of course, come here.” I said walking towards her. I sat down next to her on the couch and gave her a hug.

“I’ll stay right here.” I said to her.

“Thank you Dako.” She said starting to smile.

“Don’t worry Fluttershy, I’ll never leave you.” I said to her, then I kissed her on top of her head. “I’ll always be here.”

We sat together for a while, then we went outside to walk around a little, we stayed by her cottage, but I was able to fully explore her place. While we walked we also talked a little.

“So, what do you normally do, when I’m gone?” I asked her.

“Well, I feed my animals, and give them water. Or I stay inside and read a little.” She said.

“Anything else?” I wondered how she kept from being bored.

“Well, today I checked out a book or two from Twilights after you and everypony else left. Then I went to pick up some food for my animals.” She said, still walking along peacefully.

“Not much exciting things happen here, huh?” I said.

“Not really. The most exciting things have happened while you were here.” She explained. “Like when you arrived, and when you fought the dragon, and when you met the princess earlier today.”

“I see. How do you keep from getting bored? In my world we had television, if we were bored we would watch a show, or a movie, or a cartoon. We had video games we could play. We had music, and the internet, God, how I miss the internet.” I said to her.

“Well, we have theatres and plays. We have board games, and I think I’ve seen a video game before.” She said. Come to think of it, I think I saw a video game in the cartoon before too. “And we have music. But if there’s nothing else to do you can always hang out with friends.”

“Yeah, I want to try and hang out with you and your friends.” I said. “I usually don’t get to know you guys, because I kinda already know you.”

“Yes, I remember, we were one of the cartoons you watched in your world.” She said smiling.

“I guess if there was nothing else to do, a last resort would be-.” She cut me off before I finished.

“Sleep? Yes, I do that too.” She said smiling still.

It was getting dark, so we headed back inside. It was around 7:45 now. We began making dinner together, a kind of vegetable stew. It was good, and hopefully high in protein, because I was starving, and I would need the energy tomorrow, if I was going to deliver all of that mail. When we finished, I went ahead and washed the dishes for her, and we made sure all of the animals were locked up. We headed upstairs and got ready for bed. We both got into bed and held each other, cuddling. Tomorrow I had a job to go to, and I was determined to be ready, and on time.

“Good night Fluttershy.” I said.

“Good night Dako.” Fluttershy replied.