Dream Come True, or Nightmare Come To Life?

Author's Notes: Okay, here's Chapter 5! Hope you guys like it!

Shout out to little dashie for getting first last chapter. RaiderRy4n for his support in this chapter. He was helping me out when I got roadblocked for ideas. Thank you Shizuka Ryuko for your emotional support as well.

Chapter 5

A Trip To the Bank. Normal Enough, Right?

You awoke in a daze. Your head was killing you. The back of it more so. You open your eyes, but see only blackness. You blink a few times, but to no avail. You tilt your head up and look around, and find you aren’t blind. Some moonlight is shining through, well, shining is a relative term. Whatever. You see moonlight streaming through a crack in the curtains.

You try to get up, but find yourself pinned (I know this is WAY beyond over used, but hey, it works.). You look to see what’s holding you down, and find it is somepony’s hoof. ‘So it really wasn’t a dream…’ You follow the hoof to the body, and find its Rarity. Upon closer inspection, you see that Rarity is more or less, cuddling you. ‘Well. Can’t I go twenty-four hours without something really awkward happening? I mean, this isn’t to half bad, but she’s going to get the wrong idea if she wakes up’. And as if just to spite you, fate has Rarity wake up.

Rarity starts stirring. You roll over onto your side and prop yourself on your elbow. Rarity still had her hooves around you. “Gooood morning beautiful. Or, I think it’s morning. Incase it’s not, gooood evening” You say cheerfully

Rarity’s eyes bolt open. She starts stammering “O-oh, h-how are you f-feeling darling?” She says nervously.

“Doing good all things considered. My head hurts like nopony’s business, but that’s to be expected. It also helps that I’m being held by such a pretty pony.” You finish the sentence with a wink you aren’t sure Rarity can see, but she quickly retracts her hooves and giggles like a foal.

“My apologies darling…”

“It’s not a problem. Now, about what transpired in the bathroom…”

"It’s quite alright. It’s my fault for not knocking. Yes it will be awkward to be around you for a little while, since you were umm… you know…”

“Yeah, well…” Your turn to laugh. Though it was a nervous laugh more than anything.

“You were doing what I thought you were doing… Right…?”

“Yeah…”There was an awkward silence. You could hear a clock ticking, and frankly, it was annoying as hell.

“Do you mind if I ask… no, never mind.”

“After all that I’ve put you through, answering any questions you want to ask will not be a problem. Whatever the question, I promise I won’t get mad.”

“I suppose that’s true enough, and it’s not like things can get any more awkward, right?”

“Right! So ask away!”

“What… Got you… How do I put this… ‘Excited’”

“Wow, guess things can get more awkward…”

“If you don’t want to answer, that’s fine. You don’t need to force yourself on my account.” Rarity sounded disappointed, which you thought was odd.

You let out a sigh and say “No, no… I’ll answer, but now it’s your turn to promise to not get mad.”

“Okay darling. I promise I won’t get mad either.” I took her a moment before she spoke.

“Okay, well, as you might’ve guessed, it happened while we were cleaning.”

“Yes, I did indeed guess as much.”

“Okay well, here’s where things get crazy. While I was cleaning, I saw your tail move out of the corner of my eye-“

“Why is that so bad?”

“I’m getting there.”

“Sorry darling, do keep going”

“Right. Anyway, I saw your tail move out of the corner of my eye, the rapid movement caught my attention, and since I didn’t know what it was, I turned to look at it. I saw it was just your tail, and was about to get back to work, when you shifted your body a little, and, I kinda… May have… Caught a glimpse… Of your… Well….”

“Get out.”

“Well, at least you ar-“

“OUT! NOW!” Rarity shouts cutting you off. You waste no time leaving. ‘Okay. Well this sucks. I know she probably didn’t mean out of the house, but I’m not taking any chances.’

You head to the bathroom, and gear up again. After the long pain in the ass process of putting everything back where it belongs, you head downstairs, you quietly open, and close the front door, and walk into the streets of Ponyville. You decide to not go too far, you are hoping Rarity will sleep on this, and let you at least sleep downstairs.

After about half hour of wondering around, you decide “not too far” to be the side of the building right next to the Carousel Boutique. You pull off your backpack and use it as a pillow, and quickly fall asleep.

You awoke with the first signs of the sun, but decide to just lay there with your eyes closed, relaxing, to see if anypony says anything. After about an hour, you hear somepony nearby, you think nothing of it, till it stops, and starts coming closer. You prepare yourself for anything. But relax when it turns out to be AJ.

“Shucks, Ah thought Rarity said you could stay at her place? Wonder what must’ve happened ta have ya out here sleeping like some hobo…”

“We had a bit of a fight.” You say, eyes still closed, and unmoving.

AJ gasped, and then mumbles some profanity or another before saying “Land sakes Jason! Y’all scared me half ta death!”

“It’s not a problem. Good strong girl like you should have a mighty strong ticker. If you don’t mind my saying so. Plus for some reason, I find that I can relax around you.”

“Uh huh… And how would ya know how strong Ah am?”

“I can tell with how you carry yourself, how you walk. You stand tall, proud, almost daring somepony to try something. I can hear your hoof steps to. They are heavy compared to say… Rarity, but you certainly don’t look heavy, so you must be solid muscle.”

AJ whistles impressed “Ya got all that jes’ from how Ah walked and stood?”

“Yeah. It’s easy when you figure it out. Comes in handy to. And as to why Rarity kicked me out, well, for one I’m not really sure she meant out out, just out of her room. But I left the house to be on the safe side. As for what I was doing in her room, and the fight, ask her. I don’t feel it’s my place to tell you. I hope you understand.”

“Ah can’t rightly say Ah like it, but Ah do understand. Y’all try ta have uh good day, ya hear?”

All this time you’ve still haven’t hardly moved, short of breathing and talking, you nod and say “Will do AJ. You have a good day to.”

You hear AJ walk away, and you resume listening around. But you don’t hear anything nearby.

About thirty minutes pass, when you hear something land softly nearby. ‘Must be a Pegasus. I’ll wait and see what they have planned.’

The mysterious pony who landed near you, walked over to you, and said “Derpy Delivery!”

You sit up, open your eyes, and look over and see a grey Pegasus with a blonde mane approaching you with a large yellow envelope in her mouth. “Thanks Derpy.” She nods politely and takes off, presumably with more deliveries to make.

You open the envelope slowly, and peak inside, you see something gold, and shiny. You dump the contents onto your hand, and it’s a badge. A sheriffs badge. ‘That was quick. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to get a badge’ You look back inside the envelope and find a piece of paper. You looked at the other side, and it was blank, so you began reading the front, when it hit you ‘How the fuck can I read their language?’ You decide not to think too hard on it and read the letter.

Dear Jason Wander,

Inside this envelope, is a badge. I’m sure you can guess what for. Also, I’ve created a bank account in your name, and deposited your first paycheck so you have some spending money. The same amount will be deposited every two weeks. I’ve also sent a letter to the bank of Ponyville, so they should be expecting you. You’re going to have to sign a few papers, but then you’ll have full access to your account. Also, I suggest making, or having someone make something like a drop box so you ponies can ask for your help, without having to find you directly.

Your benevolent ruler, and employer, Princess Celestia.

You decide to find where Applejack set up and ask where the bank is when you hear Rarity call you. “Jason! Where are you?”

“Over here Rarity.” You stand up, and pull your pack on then walk over to Rarity.

“Oh darling! I didn’t mean for you to leave the house! I just wanted some time to think to myself!”

“I figured as much, but I wanted to be safe. Considering what happened and all…”

“Yes well… accidents do happen darling… And I’m sorry I broke my promise and got angry…”

“It’s understandable. I mean, you have every right to be mad about what happened…”

“Yes, well, let’s try not to dwell upon that which cannot be altered. What happened, happened. Besides, you seem to be feeling upset about it, so I should be to mad. You are upset…. Aren’t you?”

“Yeah…. Sure, let’s go with that. Totally upset about seeing it.” You say sarcastically, “You know, that sounds kind of insulting now that I think about it… Whatever. Where’s the bank?”

“Whatever do you mean darling?” Rarity looked taken aback

“Well, I mean, I don’t know about you, but I’d be pissed if someone was genuinely upset, or distraught about seeing my, well, you know… I’ve seen the most private spot you, a gorgeous mare, has to offer. I should feel honored! Yet you are making me feel bad…”

“I never thought about it that way darling… I never though of it like that…” A long awkward silence followed the end of her sentence. You are getting to damn used to those.

“Okay, so, the bank. Where is it?” You asked scratching the back or your head sheepishly.

Rarity seemed to be a little flustered and said “Oh yes! Of course, this way darling. It’s not too far.” Rarity starts walking down the road rather quickly for some reason. You could also swear she was swinging her hips and tail more than usual… You decided to make best of the situation and enjoy the show.

“Why do you need to go to the bank?” Rarity asked not looking back.

“Celestia said I got paid in advance for taking the job. Well, she didn’t directly say that, but that’s what it spelled out. The letter anyway.”

Little did you both know… Atop a cloud watching you, was a certain cyan pegasus with the colors of the rainbow as a hair color, or mane color, whatever, was angrily mumbling. “I know what you’re trying to do… And let me tell you… I’ll get what I want first… The Dash will win first…” Rainbow Dash stared flapping her wings, to get the cloud to follow you and Rarity.

After about five minutes of walking, Rarity asks “So, what did you get in that envelope?”

“The letter from Celestia, I already told you what was more or less on it. And a little badge showing that I’m the Sheriff of Ponyville.”

“How marvelous darling! Do put it on, I want to see what it looks like!” Rarity sounds excited, and given what’s happened in the last 24 hours, you decided it was best to go along with it.

You pull out your badge, it was the in the expected shape. A start in the middle of a hollowed our circle. The lettering on the top, top being a relative term since it is round, said Sheriff, and the word on the bottom read Ponyville. In the middle of the star however was something you didn’t expect, it was a intricate carving, or etching of the Equestrian flag. Celestia and Luna chasing each other like Ying and Yang. With Half a sun and Half a moon in the middle. The Sun half next to Luna, and the Moon half next to Celestia. (IDGAF if that’s right. I think this would look cooler.)

You pin the badge to your chest, strike a cheesy heroic pose and say in a deep masculine voice “How do I look?”

Rarity starts giggling and says “You look quite dashing darling.”

The rest of the walk goes by uneventful, save the odd pony staring at you, and your new badge. After a few more minutes of walking, you come up to the bank. You and Rarity walk in, and then up to somepony. “Hello, I’m Jason Wander; Princess Celestia said I had some papers to sign regarding my account?”

The pony you were talking to was a mare. Shorter then Rarity, but had a more… fragile build to her. She was a curious shade of green, and her mane, or hair, whatever, was a different shade of green. You could swear she the shades of green changed depending on the angle at which you were looking at her. Her cutiemark was a bag with a dollar sign on it. “Yes of course, right this way. I’m afraid you will have to wait outside, unless you are his wife, which I doubt highly.”

Rarity looked a little upset, but complied. “I’ll see you later Jason. If you need me, I’ll be at the Boutique.”

You nod and wave her farewell “Alright, see you later.”

“This way please Mr. Wander” The mare said, leading you into a boxed office. She walked over to a chair and sat down. (Don’t ask me how that works. It just does -w-)

“My name is Sarah. I know it’s a little odd, but it is what it is.”

“Really? I think it’s the most normal name I’ve heard since I’ve gotten here. It’s a common name where I’m from.” Sarah looked at you with surprise

“Really? Where are you from?”

Something random crossed your mind, and you decided to make your thoughts known. “I am from a different dimension; I am the Prince of an ancient warrior race called the Sayians. I’m here to enslave you all.”

“Y-you can’t be s-serrious!”

“No, I’m not. Well, sort of. I am from a different dimension. But I’m a nice guy. And certainly no prince.” The mare relaxed, but was still surprised by your statement. “Yeah I know, I can hardly believe it either.”

“Okay, well, all joking aside, I’m going to need you to sign a few things, AND answer some questions. That alright?”

“It’s not a problem” Several hours of paper signing, and question answering later… You finally walk out the door of the office. You were told how much money was in your account, but you could only smile and nod, not really knowing if how much you had was a lot of money or not.

“Have a nice day Mr. Wander.”

“You to Sarah.” You walk out of the bank and head back towards the Boutique, when the one and only Rainbow Dash drops in to talk with you. Needless to say, her sudden arrival got an amusing reaction out of you. As soon as she hits the ground, you dive to your left and into a bush. Rainbow falls to her back and starts laughing hysterically.

You sigh with relief knowing it’s only her. “Sheesh Rainbow. You could’ve gotten hurt!” You finish your sentence by putting your knife away.

Rainbow manages to collect herself and says “Okay, okay. I’ll try to avoid doing it again.” She’s still suppressing her laughter. “So where are you going?”

“I’m off to Rarity’s again. I have some questions I want to ask”

“Well, can ya just ask me?” Rainbow asked, looking somewhat hopeful.

You think it over for a minute before finally saying “Yeah, I don’t see why not. How does money here work? And is twenty-five gold bits a lot of money?”

“That’s it? I can answer that no problem! It’s really simple. A single apple is like, the cheapest thing you can buy, that I can think of right off the top of my head. It costs about eight copper bits. There are three bits, copper, silver, and gold. It takes one-hundred copper bits to make a silver, and one-hundred silver to make a gold. So to answer your second question, twenty-five gold bits is a lot of money. Why?”

You are quite surprised. You never expected to be making this much money so soon. “Wow… It’s just that seems to be what I’m getting paid every two weeks to keep Ponyville safe.”

Rainbow’s jaw hits the floor. (Why do people always type that down? It sounds really freaking painful to me…) “Are you serious?!”

“Yeah...?”

“That is so awesome! I didn’t know you were protecting Ponyville! What are you protecting Ponyville from?”

“I’m the sheriff here now. Celestia wanted me to take the job after what happened in the alleyway. Said I was the right stallion for the job.”

“Wait, what happened in the alleyway?” Rainbow Dash looked genuinely confused.

“I didn’t tell you?” Rainbow shook her head. “Okay then. Let’s go someplace we can talk, like a park or something. It’s a long story.”

“Okay, follow me. Park is this way!” Rainbow Dash started hovering in the air and leading you towards the center of Ponyville. Or, what you thought was the center of Ponyville. After a few moments, a large park comes into view. You walk over a bench and sit down, Rainbow takes a seat next to you. Like, right next to you. She was practically touching you she was so close. ‘This is a little awkward…’

“Okay Jason! Let’s hear this story!” Rainbow Dash looked excited.

“Okay, like I said, this kind of a long story. But it’s plenty exciting.” You start telling Rainbow about how you got here, and how you landed in the Everfree Forest, what happened with Fluttershy. The sprint from the forest to the library, what happened at the library. Everything up till the point in the alleyway.

Watching her reactions, she seemed really into your story. When you got the part at the ally way, her eyes were practically glowing with excitement. You decided to over exaggerate some of the details about the fight in the alleyway, and how you saved Rarity.

When you finally finished, there was a short pause before she said “That, was so. AWESOME! You’re like a hero! Well, not a bigger hero then me of course.” She said that last part quite smugly.

“That’s awesome Dash!” You decide not to ask her about it not really wanting to hear how she beat Nightmare Moon, or Discord. “Okay. Well, that’s my story up till now though. I’m going to see if Rarity will still let me sleep on the couch at her place, or if I need to find a hotel or something. I’ll see you around okay?” Without really waiting for an answer, you get up and start walking.

Rainbow Dash gets up from the bench and waves as you walk away. When she stops waving, her face adopts a usually serious look as she says to no pony in particular “Oh, you’ll be seeing me. In more ways than one…” She flared her wings, and took the sky with one mighty flap and took off towards her house.

Closing notes: Okay, if you guys spot something that needs changing, or doesn't make sense PLEASE let me know! Only way I can get better. I'm leaving for class soon, so I didn't really have time to look over it after I publish it, so if something looks funny, let me know about that to so I can fix it.