The living quarters of the Guard Station became filled with the smell of a home cooked breakfast. The latest addition to the family couldn't help but awake early in the morning at six to the smell. She lifted her sleepy head from her pillow and noticed she was in a hammock.

“Morning fluffy.” Bells and Derpy were sitting at the kitchen table holding mugs with tea. Recently eaten food was on their plates.

“Fluffy?” Diamond asked the bat.

“Your hair. It's so... perfect... I'm just teasing by the way.” Bellz giggled.

“Ignore her. She likes to be annoying. It's good to have you here Diamond. How you feeling?” Derpy asked with a smile.

“Hungry.” Diamond smiled, feeling comfortable with her new friends.

“Well you may have to wait. Boss does all the cooking and he just got in the shower. I swear he's OCD about washing himself.” Bellz said.

“He has a lot of fur. But in all seriousness, it'll be worth the wait. We used to have turns on who would cook, but... we suck.” Derpy said smiling.

“You actually set fire to cereal once. I'm still wondering how that happened. It's cereal and milk.” Bellz said.

“There's actually a very simple explanation to that... ” Derpy began to explain.

“Excuse me... ” Diamond interrupted politely.

“What's up girl?” Bellz asked.

“Can you guys make my hair like yours?” Diamond asked shyly grabbing her hair. She wanted to belong in the group more than anything and she noticed one big difference between her and her new family. She had perfectly kept moisturized hair like a diva, while all three guards, Kido, Derpy and Bellz had messy, spiky hair.

“We can do that.” Derpy looked at Bellz nodding.

“Totally. We do each others hair.” Bellz got up and pulled a chair. “Have a seat.”

After twenty minutes Kido finally got out of the shower, wearing blue shorts and a white t-shirt. “I swear, one of these I'm gonna shave all this fur off.”

“But I like your fur Wolfdaddy.” Diamond said over the sound of scissor snips.

“Wolfdaddy? Is that a thing now?” Bellz asked as she worked on Diamond's hair.

“Yes Bellz. Yes it is.” He then looked at Diamond. “Good morning my dear.”  Then looked at Bellz and Derpy. “And what are you two doing to her?”

“I want hair like you guys.” Diamond said happily.

“Oh... I see.” Kido never thought about it. But he just noticed they all did have spiky hair and can imagine how a child would like to belong with her peers. “No harm in it I guess. Are you hungry?”

“Derpy said your cooking was worth the wait.” Diamond said.

“Did she now?” Kido looked at his girlfriend. She smiled. “Well I can make omelets with cheese or waffles.”

“I like both those things.”

“Both it is then.” Kido headed to the refrigerator to begin cooking.

“Well I'm done here. Why don't you go wash up while wolfdaddy cooks.” Bellz turned to grab the broom to start cleaning hair. Diamond headed to the bathroom and locked the door.

“Wolfboss can I ask you something?” Derpy looked concerned.

“Shoot.” Kido continued cooking.

“I think it's great that Diamond is here. But are you sure you can do this? Being a father and caring for her?” Derpy asked.

“I was wondering that too.” Bellz said as she cleaned.

“I love her.” Kido said without stopping his cooking.

“Will that be enough?” Derpy asked.

“I like to think it is the most important thing for now. I will take care of her and I will love her as my father did me. I will teach her, I will guide her and above all, I will love her. It's what I can do. You can't control other living beings. The best you can do is lead by example.” Kido said. Silence fell for a moment.

“I think he's gonna do great. Heck. If Boss was able to help me, he can help Diamond. And he won't be alone. I like her, she looks sweet.” Bellz said reassuringly.

“You can count on me too wolfboss.” Derpy said.

“I couldn't have asked the Goddess herself for better friends.” Kido said smiling.

But to make matters better. Diamond was listening through a crack on the door. She started to shed tears of joy as she heard how her new friends felt about her. But now she realized, she needs to hurry washing up now.

After Diamond exited the bathroom she was invited to sit and enjoy her meal. Kido then entered the bathroom to get dressed for the day. Bellz and Derpy went downstairs to tend to the station. A few minutes passed and Kido exited the bathroom in patrol clothes to be met by Diamond washing the dishes.

“Your help is greatly appreciated my dear.” Kido said smiling.

“I don't want to be baggage.” Diamond said.

Kido walked towards her. “Well if that is the case. We can certainly find some work for you.”

Kido and Diamond later went downstairs. Bellz and Derpy were writing up a report for a pony.

“Don't worry miss, we'll be over by today to check everything is okay.” Derpy said to the visiting pony. She then escorted her out the door. She then looked to the arrivals. “Got a Disturbing the Peace allegation to check out. What you two got planned today?”

“I haven't decided yet. You could go to school Diamond or tomorrow?” Kido suggested.

“Tomorrow.” Diamond quickly answered.

“Very well. Then you can join us for work. Has anyone fed Discord yet?”Kido asked.

“I knew I forgot something.” Bellz went to the holding area.

“Maybe you two could take a personal day. Bellz and I can hold the fort. And if we really need you, Bellz can sniff you out.” Derpy said.

“Would you like that Diamond?” Kido looked at Diamond.

“Would I ever.” Diamond said smiling.

“Then it's settled. I won't be far from the town in case anything happens. Come along my dear.” Kido said to Diamond and they then exited the station.

Derpy then got some files from the nearby cabinet to get some work done. Bellz soon entered the lobby.

“So they went off together then?” Bellz said as she sat down on her boss's desk.

“Yep.” Derpy said as she wrote.

“That's nice.”

“You didn't let Discord out?”

“Fuck him.”

“Agreed.” Silence took over for a minute. “So I saw you talk to Fluttershy yesterday.”

“What's it to you?” Bellz got defensive.

“I just think it's great you're making friends.”

“Oh... yeah... Can you keep  a secret?”

“Sure.” Derpy stopped writing and looked at her friend.

“I sorta gotta date with her... Fluttershy... tonight.” Bellz said nervous.

“Oh... I don't really know her but... This is unexpected... But they do say opposites attract.”

“Go on.”

“Fluttershy is very shy, quite and doesn't like trouble. You... well...you're loud, really extroverted and actually very fun once I got to know you.”

“Thanks... I think.” Bellz blushed. “Any ideas On what will be fun for her?”

“I know she loves animals and nature.”

Bellz got silent and thought for a moment. “I just thought of something that's gonna rock her world.”

“You're gonna do a striptease for her again?”

“How do you know about that?” Bellz was shocked.

“I didn't.” Derpy smiled mischievously

A distance away Kido and Diamond were walking merrily together. Diamond got some happy hellos and seemed glad to socialize outside of the hospital.

“Hey Wolfdaddy where are we going?” Diamond asked her father figure with a wide smile.

“Well thinking about it. I realized I don't anything you might actually like.” Kido answered.

“I like living with you.”

“I'm ecstatic to hear that. But I refer to things such as food, your own bed and perhaps even material for entertainment.”

“I don't need any of that stuff. I used to have everything a girl could want before but it never made me happy. I actually started feeling better in the hospital. Having good friends and a place to feel safe.”

Kido was surprised at how mature the little filly talked. But it was as many philosophers have told. There is only one way to reach maturity and become wise in life, through suffering. And sadly, Diamond has experienced more than most living beings do in their life times. Kido quickly knelt down and guided Diamond with a hand so she will face him.

“Diamond I don't want to spoil you with material things. But I chose to adopt you and in a way to become a father figure. And that means I accepted the responsibility to provide for you. I also think it's good you get to have your own things.”

Diamond turned pensive. “I wanna work for them.”

“Fair enough.” He laughed lightly. “We will buy necessities today and only one article of entertainment. You will work them off and after you can start working for other things.”

“Okay.” She smiled. “Can I have a hammock like yours?”

“Then to the stores we go.” Kido got up and they started to walk to the market place.

“Hey, do you like my hair.” Diamond flipped her mane.

“I think it's lovely. I believe humility is a great look for a girl.”

“What's humility?” Asked a curious Diamond.

“It's when you accept and love the blessings you have without looking at what you don't have with envy. Once this love becomes great enough you find peace.”

“What's my hair have to do with humility?”

“Well your hair before needed a lot of treatment and great care thus an object that caused you to have vanity and pride therefor leading to cause envy in others. By having simpler hair and living a happy life  without the need of extravagant things you look for better things in life. Such as, the love of those around you, joy in helping others. Love is the one thing that will fill your soul. Nothing else will. Not money, not material things, not work.”

“Doesn't work build character?” Diamond was actually enjoying his lecture.

“It does. It is a means to acquire respect and appreciation for yourself so then you can have respect and appreciation for others. With respect you find a balance and can differentiate between love and obsession.”

“What's the difference?”

“Like all things in excess even love will become harmful. And when it is in excess, it is no longer love. It is an obsession. It is good to help others in their time of need. But would you respect a father who first feeds the poor instead of his own children?”

“I think I understand.” She turned pensive trying to absorb everything Kido has told her.

“Don't worry Diamond I don't expect you to learn everything I have to teach in a day, I myself still have a lot to learn. But I will always be here to answer your questions to the best of my capabilities.” Kido assured her.

“Thanks.” Diamond smiled. “Why is peace so important to you?”

“I believe it is the only way to reach true happiness. When you do something that is wrong, you feel adrenaline and excitement. When you do the right thing, you feel peace.”

“But you're a guard and a warrior. You arrest the bad and punish them.” Diamond was confused.

“Just because I choose to live in peace doesn't mean I am naive. I know there is evil and I choose to fight it and try my best to make a better world for those around me. True peace is not dependent on surroundings, it is found withing yourself.”

Diamond turned sad. “You think I can ever be truly happy despite everything that happened?”

“Only you can answer that my dear. But I will always be by your side. While it is always best to believe in oneself. A little help from others can be a great a blessing.” Kido smiled at her.

“Did anypony ever help you?”

“Yes. And despite being gone from this world. He continues to guide me.”

“You're real smart.”

“I like to think so. But most of the time I just keep pulling stuff out of my ass.”

They laughed together.

“Can I get “”Skyrim”” for the PS3?”

“I was going to buy it actually.”

“Why didn't you?”

“I took an arrow in the knee.”