Diary of the Night

by CalebH

The Unexpected Journey - Chapter 163

My guard insists on walking as we make to leave. She is capable of an awkward hobble but her stubborn insistence would only slow us down and destroy any chance of a full recovery.

I am about to order her into the cart when Macintosh comes up behind her. With a practiced ease he lifts her onto his back and into the cart. I do not hear her cry in pain but in surprise and anger.

He looks to me as he yokes himself to the cart and at my assent he begins walking as she hurls insults at him. The rest of us walk along in a stunned silence as she offers up barb after barb.

I can only see his ears but he does not seem to react. With the enduring patience of stone he weathers her vocabulary until she falls silent and spent.

I should not be so surprised at his patience. Celestia has told me of his sisters and his ancestry. I should have known that stubborn and often angry mares are something of a specialty of the Apple stallions.

-L

Comments

[djthomp]

Nice one, Mac.

[Gyro Pony]

Eeyup!! That's Big Mac alright.

I have no idea where they are going, so I'll just say they're headed to Flutter Valley.
They're visiting the Flutter ponies, right??

[Altero]

Ah! Luna finally found her journal again.

[AdmiralPopeyesBeard]

5318310

Yep, it seems it's been pasted around like a cheap whore recently. *nods sagely*

[BenRG]

Poor Moon Shadow! That's Applejack's brother there and somepony who lives his everyday life with Rainbow Dash as a regular vistor; it is unlikely that she knows any insults or threats that he hasn't heard at least once!