The Guardian

The next day, Daniel awoke to the quiet of the hospital and Trixie's soft breathing beside him, believing she was in the same chair she'd fallen asleep in. He smiled and opened his eyes to... Sky blue-silver hair and beautiful peach skin. Daniel blushed a dark red as he opened his eyes fully and couldn't believe what he'd seen, it was Trixie, sleeping right next to him!

Her eyes were closed and her warm breath brushed against Daniel's lips. She was holding Daniel in her arms protectively and one of her legs were draped over his waist, like she was hugging a big teddy bear, which was Daniel's role at that moment in time. Daniel blushed as she spoke in her sleep, "I love you Danny... Kiss Trixie..." she unconsciously demanded Daniel as she puckered her lips, inching closer and closer to Daniel's quivering ones.

Daniel was stiff as a board as he could feel her body's heat moving closer and closer to his lips, their mouths only inches away. As she was about to clear the last inch-- 'BANG!' The door shot open, making Trixie roll out of the bed in terror, to Daniel's relief. From the doorway came Zecora, Abigail, and 3 other girls, one of which looked Daniel's age.
"Hi Danny!" Abigail yelled in joy as she ran to Daniel and hugged him tight, Daniel hugging back and making them both smile. Zecora helped Trixie off of the floor and asked her if she was alright and what happened, making Trixie blush madly. "Um... Trixie... Fell?" she said, running out of excuses.

Zecora rolled her eyes and let it go, turning to Daniel and looking at his arm in surprise, "Daniel, your arm, It looks brand new! It must have worked well, what the doctors did for you." Daniel furrowed his brow in confusion and looked at his arm, and Zecora was right! There were no stitches, no scars, it was as if the bite was never there. "Wow! They told me that there would be a scar!" he flexed his arm and smiled, "There isn't even pain! It feels great!" Abigail cheered in delight for Daniel's miracle as Trixie blushed and Zecora noticed in a heartbeat, smiling to Trixie, "You did this, didn't you?"

Trixie was surprised Zecora could tell, but more surprised that she wasn't rhyming for once. "Zecora... You're not..." Zecora looked down at her, "Just because I rhyme all day, doesn't mean I have to always speak like that." Trixie was about to respond to Zecora, but all she did was sigh and nod. Zecora giggled and looked back to Daniel's brand new arm. "I have to say, I didn't think you knew any healing magic." Trixie gave a small smile and sat down as she looked up to Zecora, "I learned them from you and... Well..." Zecora finished Trixie's delayed sentence for her, "Tara, correct?" Trixie blushed from embarrassment and nodded again, and Zecora continued to smile.

Daniel had Abigail on his fully healed arm, hanging upside-down on it like it was a monkey bar as she looked up to Daniel, her eyes shimmering with joy. "Oh, Danny! I wanna introduce ya to mah' friends! Sam, Selena, come meet Danny!" As she yelled, 2 girls that looked about her age walked through the door, and compared to each other, they seemed to be polar opposites. On the left was a girl with lavender hair with light pink highlights, emerald green eyes, and ivory skin. She wore a white dress with white dancing shoes and she smiled gleefully up to Daniel, holding out her small, dainty hand. "Greetings, I'm Selena, but everyone calls me Sweetie Belle. Its a pleasure to meet your acquaintance." Daniel smiled back and shook her hand gently as the girl on the right rolled her eyes and stepped forward.

She had dark purple eyes and hair, and peach colored skin. She wore a purple tank top that had ripped shoulders, baggy orange jeans with purple spiraling around them, and pads on her knees, elbows, and biker gloves on her hands. She fist bumped Daniel and smiled widely. "Wassup! I'm Sam. You can call me Sam or Scootaloo. But for a hero like you, you can call me Sammy." She winked at Daniel playfully finishing her introduction. Daniel blushed and smiled while Abigail threw a fit on Daniel's arm as she flipped up and sat on it. "Scootaloo!" She stuck her tongue out and smiled at the redheaded farm girl, "Sorry, I totally forgot he's your boyfriend." Abigail and Daniel both froze and blushed. "Ah'... Ah' never said all'a that..." she said timidly, pulling at her hair. "Well you talk about him enough for it to be true. You were talking about him the whole walk over here. And all of last night during the party!" Abigail blushed deeper and let her bangs drop over her face as her blush worsened.

"Alright y'all, that's enough teasin' mah' sister fer one day." said the 3rd girl in a southern drawl that was similar to Abigail's. She had golden blonde hair, forest green eyes, peach skin, and little freckles on her cheeks. She wore a white button-up shirt that had the bottom tied around, right underneath her breasts in a way that below her chest down to her sides were shown, a brown Stetson hat, brown chaps and cowboy boots. On her thigh was what looked like a tattoo of 3 red apples.She walked up to Daniel and the little girl on his shoulder, holding out a hand, "Howdy, I'm Allison Apple, Applejack if ya like." Daniel smiled and took her hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you. Are you Abby's sister?" Allison smiled and nodded, still holding Daniel's hand firmly. "Yes indeed I am, and I'm plenty grateful for y'all findin' mah' sister and bringin' her back to her family. So sorry y'all got hurt in between..." Daniel blushed in embarrassment of the praise and scratched the back of his head, "Well shucks, it was no problem. And besides, I'm fine now, It's just awesome to know that I could return her home. But I didn't do it alone, these 2 helped." he said gesturing to where Zecora and Trixie were, only to see they'd vanished.

Abigail looked around confused, and so did Daniel. He wanted to thank Zecora and Trixie for their help properly."Where did they..." Daniel began, but looked at his bedside table and saw a note. He picked it up quickly and began to read it.
'Dear Daniel, if you are wondering where we are, Zecora and I have gone home, to the Everfree Forest. Zecora says there is no need to thank us... And I wanted to tell you that... I love you. You're brave, funny, cute... Just wanted to let you know... I'll see you again, I know it. Sincerely and forever yours, Trixie Lulamoon
P.S. Take care of Abigail, she seems to love you as well... Just not as much as me.'

Daniel blushed reading the note and smiled, chuckling at the last part of the note. He then looked at the smiling 13 year old girl on his arm and hugged her tight, making her giggle cutely and hug back. Just then, the doctor walked in with a clipboard, smiling. "Good morning all! Mr. Daniel, I am pleased to inform you that you are all set to leave when ready." Daniel nodded and thanked the doctor as he walked out. From behind him, a nurse came in with his clothes. Daniel thanked her as she left and the girls went with her as Daniel started getting dressed. But before they walked out, Daniel could've sworn he saw something jutting out of Sam's back and Selena's head, but he just brushed it off and continued getting dressed.

A few minutes later, Daniel had put his clothes and accessories on. He wrapped the black ring around his hair and placed the other four in their rightful places and his weapons all in their places as well as he stepped out of the room and Abigail jumped up and down with her arms raised, signaling she wanted to be picked up. Daniel chuckled and picked her up as she wrapped her arms and legs around him, clinging to him and nuzzling his chest. He hugged her and everyone around then smiled as they walked out of the hospital and into town. "What is this place? It's so calm..." Allison smiled and stood next to him, "This here is Ponyville, nicest little town there is." Daniel smiled seeing all the people that walked by, some waving to him as he waved back in delight, with the arm he wasn't carrying Abigail in of course. Sam looked up at Abigail in Daniel's arm, Sam smiling as if telling her 'You were saying?' as Abigail stuck her tongue out at her friend and snuggled into Daniel's chest.

"Well, we should get a goin', it's time fer' breakfast. C'mon Danny." Allison said walking away, Daniel and Abigail not far behind. Abigail waved goodbye to her friends as they waved back, Sam hopping onto a purple scooter with red wheels as she rolled the opposite direction with Selena. "You know, we could always take my car." Daniel said pointing out the military vehicle in front of them. Allison thought and nodded as they moved toward it, getting in and driving off.
After a few minutes of driving, they reached a big farm with 100's of acres of apple trees as far as the eye could see. Daniel was astounded by the beautiful sight and Abigail looked up at him, her eyes shimmering with joy as she giggled at the look on his face.

Daniel, Abigail and Allison parked the jeep outside of the gate and walked up to the little house next to the big red barn and walked in, but as Daniel walked in, he heard heavy footsteps behind him. He whispered to Abigail to hang on tightly to him and as she did so, he jumped up and saw a big man run through the doorway, and Allison jumped out of the way just in time as he charged head first into a wall. Daniel and Abigail landed safely on the ground and she was amazed at what she just saw. "Wow Danny! That was amazin'! How'd ya do that?" Daniel chcukled and scratched his head. "Gymnastics and track team leader, and about 3 years of practice."

Allison walked to the man that had just slammed into the wall and grabbed him by his dark blonde hair, pulling him out and onto his feet, and she did not look happy. "Dammit Macintosh! What the hell were y'all thinkin'?!Are you tryin' to run us all over?!" he shook his head but pointed at Daniel threateningly, "Who's he and why is he carrying my baby sister?" Abigail asked Daniel to put her down, and he did so. She ran over to the man named 'Macintosh' and whispered in his ear. When she finished, his face was a dark shade if red out of embarrassment as he stood and walked to Daniel. "Ah'm awful sorry 'bout the misunderstandin'. I'm Mac Apple, but mah' family and friends call me Big Mac." Daniel chuckled quietly at the name and nodded, "I'm Daniel Komuro." Mac smiled and held out a hand that Daniel soon took.

Mac was a little lighter than Allison, but compared to everyone else in the room, he was a giant! His hair was a darker gold and his eyes were a light green. He wore a red plaid button-up shirt and blue dirty jeans. He was just as strong as he looked too, cause as he shook Daniel's hand, Daniel was almost being lifted off the ground when he shook upwards. When he let go, Daniel was rubbing his hand in pain as the man in front of him smiled nervously, "Sorry, Ah' don't know mah' own strength." Allison looked to the now broken wood wall that he'd crashed through and thought out loud, "That's fer' damn sure..." Mac looked back towards Allison but she glared back making him almost pale in fear as he turned back to Daniel. "Well, would ya like ta' stay get breakfast?" Daniel pondered the question and looked down to Abigail's pleading eyes and decided that was an ultimate deal breaker. "Sure, sounds good." Abigail smiled and hugged Daniel happily, Daniel picked her up and hugged her back.

Mac was about to question him on it, but was pulled away by Allison in an angered tone, "Get over here and fix this wall Mac! I ain't gettin' blamed for your stupidity again!" Daniel and Abigail laughed at Mac's expense as he got to work on the wall he busted. Not a second later, an old but springy voice could be heard from the kitchen as an old woman in a light green dress with apples all over it walked in. "Oh, hello dearie, are you a friend of mah' grandchildren?" Daniel looked to the old woman and nodded politely. "Yes ma'am, I'm Daniel Komuro." She smiled and looked to Allison cheekily, "He's so polite, and it seems that Abigail and Mac like 'im just fine... Don't let him slip through yer' fingers." She whispered the last bit into her ear as Allison's face flared up in a blush, "Granny Smith!" she chuckled at her flustered granddaughter and walked up to Daniel, a wrinkled, old hand raised, "How do ya do, Ah'm Josephine Smith, but every one calls me Granny Smith. Ah've heard a lot about you from dear little Applebloom there." Abigail blushed as red as her hair as she clung to Daniel for some kind of safety from Granny Smith's verbal attack.

Daniel held Abigail close to his chest and stroked her hair before shaking Granny Smith's hand with a smile. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance Ms. Smith." Granny Smith smiled and chuckled at him, "No need to be so formal, 'Granny Smith' would be just fine." Now it was Daniel's turn to be embarrassed as he smiled nervously and scratched his head. "Right, Granny Smith it is." Granny Smith nodded and Allison looked to her still blushing, but she tried her best to smile normally, "Would it be okay for Daniel ta' stay for breakfast?" Granny Smith stroked her imaginary beard and laughed. "Course he can, make yourself at home. Mi casa es su casa!" Daniel smiled and nodded, "Gracias." Granny Smith donned a confused expression and tilted her head. "Say what now?" Everyone laughed as Granny brushed it off and laughed with them. "Well, breakfast is just about done, lets eat." Said Granny Smith as they all walked into the kitchen to be met by the sight of sausages, eggs by the dozens, bacon, pancakes, baked apples, apple tarts, and other apple products. Abigail hopped up in her chair as Daniel sat next to her while she hopped in her seat. "Yay! Let's eat!" Everyone laughed as they agreed with her, devouring the feast.