//------------------------------// // Spike's assistant // Story: A non Brony in a pony world // by jaysclub //------------------------------// Non brony in a pony world Chapter 2 Twilight closed her bedroom door behind her and thought about how John would get on in Ponyville tomorrow. [i"]Would he be calm and relaxed or would he panic and try to run to somewhere safe away from the residents in ponyville?. I know I’ll ask spike to take him around town and when they’ve gone I’ll will send a letter to the princess and talk to her about him." After that thought Twilight went to her bed and saw Spike asleep in her bed she assumed he had climbed out of his basket and climbed into her bed to be close to her, she quietly chuckled at the sight and climbed into bed and held spike close and fell asleep. Twilight woke up to a strange noise which came from downstairs which she decided to investigate.It was John and he was talking in his sleep she knew it would be best if she left him to it but her curiosity got the better of her and decided to stay with him. “Hi Mark hi Steve I had the weirdest dream yesterday I went to where that show is based ponyville and I got attacked by a manticore strange huh” Twilight wanted to leave him to his dream but what she her next made her worry. “What are you two looking at you’re creeping me out...I’m a what no I’m *gasp* please help me wait where are you going DON’T LEAVE ME” Twilight needed to wake him quickly shaking him didn’t work so she quickly ran into the kitchen and brought back a bucket full of water and threw it over him which worked. “John are you okay I heard you talking in your sleep are you okay?” “I’m okay now just having a bad dream wait why am I wet did you throw water over me?” “Yes what you were saying scared me so i threw water over you to wake you up do you want to tell me what was happening in your dream? it will help me figure out what the dream was about.” John gave it some thought before giving an answer. “yes I would like your help thank you” “Before you start I need to do something first” Twilight wrote and sent the letter to the princess asking her to come to the library as soon as possible when she sent the letter she sat next to John and he started to tell her about his dream. “Well in the dream I was at the school gate and i saw that my friends were waiting outside the school gates for me but when they saw me they looked shocked and I asked what was wrong the next thing they said scared me.”You’re a horse” and I didn’t realise at all until they told me I asked for help but they just walked off and left me I tried to run but they were getting further from me” When he had finished talking Twilight had a worried expression on her face about what he had told her. “Wow that is a strange dream. I’ll have to think about it for sometime if that is okay with you?” John nodded in response happy to get some answers later on.Then something caught his eye it was a purple and green dragon which was coming from Twilight’s room. “Twilight who are you talking to?” “Oh hi Spike this is John, John this is spike” “Hi Spike Twilight is it okay to keep a dragon near books since dragons breath fire” “No it’s okay he’s house trained. Why don’t you to get to know each other better while I make breakfast.” “Thanks can I have gems for breakfast” “Okay Spike and how about John?” “Nothing for me thanks, I’ve got some food in my bag” John grabbed his bag and pulled out a breakfast bar and a bottle of water. “Okay then I’ll be back in a second” Twilight then went into the kitchen and brought back two plates one with an assortment of gems on for spike and some hay for herself.Then they started to eat and there was an awkward silence until Twilight spoke. “So Spike I have some things I would like you to do for me in town” “Why me why not John? “Because Spike John has just got here and would get lost and secondly you’re my number one assistant” After John heard this he had to jump into this conversation. “Excuse me Twilight but did you just say he is your assistant?“ “Yes I hatched him from an egg and he has stayed by my side ever since that day we sometimes have a few problems but we still stick by each others side through thick and thin” “On earth dragons are usually scary but they are in movies but if Spike is your assistant then I have no reason to fear him” Spike was offended by this and went to stand his ground. “I can be scary watch” Spike then took a deep breath which scared John but a small flame came out which made John flinch but Twilight just chuckled at his reaction. “Well Spike you seem to have scared John well done.” “Ha ha I told you I could be scary and I was” “Yeah you got me Spike well done. Twilight can I ask you a question?” “Yes you may what would you like to know” “What should I do since i’m new in town should I go with Spike into town or should I stay here with you.” “Maybe you should go with Spike and learn where things are in town” “That sound good I’ll leave it up to Spike if that’s okay with you” Twilight looked at Spike and awaited an answer from him “It would be fun to give orders rather than take them for once okay John you can come with me but only on one condition” John and Twilight were worried about what his condition would be. “Which is?” “When were in town today I want you to call me Mr Spike” Twilight laughed aloud at his condition. “Okay then Spike I await your order” When Spike and Twilight were finished eating Spike took the plates back and noticed there were no more gems left in the kitchen. “Hey Twilight are there any gems left, I’m looking where they usually are kept but i can’t see them.” “No sorry Spike you’ll have to get some more from the diamond mines” Spike groaned when he heard this but then he realised he would have John with him. “John can you go into the cupboard in the corner and get a shovel, a gem detector and a sack for carrying the gems.” John did as he he was told and collected up the items they would needed. “Okay then John let’s go” John opened the door for Spike however before he left Twilight wanted a private chat with Spike so John went and stood outside the sun blinded him for a moment but his eyes got use to the light of the sun.When spike came back from his private chat he saw a shopkeeper he knew the shopkeeper waved to them both spike replied with a wave back when he looked at what John was doing he was trying to avoid eye contact as much as possible. “What’s wrong John?” “Just a bit nervous about being somewhere new don’t worry I’m sure it will pass. Do you want to get going now Mr Spike?” “Yes the earlier we go the better” John carried the items and followed Spike to the diamond mines when he got there he was a bit surprised. “So where’s the rest of the equipment Mr Spike” “This is all we need how I find gems is I turn on the gem detector and the louder it beeps the closer we are getting to gems are you ready to get started?” “But when you said diamond mines I was expecting to go underground” “There is a mine in the distance but that is owned by the diamond dogs so I avoid that area” “Okay thanks for the information I’m ready to start now Mr Spike.” Meanwhile back at the library Twilight was talking to princess Celestia about John. “My faithful student are you okay you wouldn’t send me a letter unless it was an emergency.” “It’s not a big emergency it’s more of a concern about John” “Ah yes the human who is here tell me your concerns about John and I may be able to put your mind at ease” “Well one of the worries I have is that most of the humans who come here know who we are however John does not” “He will over time just think how excited he will be when he gets new friends like Pinkie or Rainbow dash” “I never thought of that but what if he wants answers to why he is here should I give them to him or should I stay quiet?” “Well that is entirely up to you I would keep the main reason he is here a secret but if he asks minor questions about the town or the surrounding area tell him that for his safety now if there are no other concerns I must get going.” “There is one final concern he had a strange dream and it’s the main reason I asked you to come here today” “I do have some time left please tell me the main reason you wanted to see me” “He had a strange dream today and I heard him talking in it” “Well most people talk in their sleep Luna does it almost every morning what so strange about that” “He told me in his dream his friends told him he was a horse and they left him alone and when he tried to run after them but he couldn’t catch up” Princess celestia was surprised with what Twilight had just told her. “Well I’ll talk to Luna about it and ask her to look in his dreams to see if there are any irregularities in his sleep but it may just be a simple case of being home sick” “Thank you princess what should I tell my friends” “It may sound horrible but let them find out about John in the same way you have i know pinkie pie would like that goodbye my faithful student” “Goodbye princess” Back at the diamond mines John and Spike had finished filling the sack full of gems they started to head back and while they were walking back to town John got a phone call. “Hello?” “Hi John it’s me Mark and Steve’s with me” “Hi how are you doing” “I’m doing fine school seems to drag on without you here. You know that boy who wanted us to show you the show?” “Yeah I remember him he walked over with Tina that girl I was with outside Steve’s house what did you tell him” “We told him you enjoyed the show and you might get into it. Is that okay?” “Yeah do you want to talk to Spike as he’s here with me” Spike didn’t want to get involved in the conversation but if he could tell Twilight more about John then it would help so John passed the phone to spike. “Hello who is this?” “This is Mark one of John’s friends so how is John doing in ponyville?” “Well we were just at the diamond mines and he can work quicker than I ever could alone.” “I’m guessing you want to know somethings about John don’t you?” “Yeah what was he like on Earth?” Mark and Steve had to think before giving a reply. “He always seemed calm no matter the situation, he would always try his best no matter what. what’s he like there?.” “He’s quiet I’m guessing being in a new place has made him nervous.” “It could be that or could be because of his recent girl trouble and he might be worried people will find out.” When John heard that he panicked and grabbed the phone from Spike. “Sorry mr Spike I just don’t want you to or anyone to hear about that.” “Okay if you want you to make it up to me when we get back home you could sort out the gems for me deal?” “Deal do you want to talk to them some more?” “No you carry on I have got to do Twilight’s list remember.” “Okay mr Spike see you later.” As soon as John could see Spike was far enough in the distance he continued to talk on the phone outside the library. “Please don’t tell anyone about that incident with Fiona please I’m begging you.” “Okay we won’t say anymore about it. If you have met spike have you must have met Twilight what’s she like.” “She is friendly and helpful.” “Well we have to go now anymore questions about ponyville?” “Yeah two How did Twilight hatch Spike and what are diamond dogs?” “I’ll give you the short version of each answer diamond dogs are creatures that hunt for gems.” “What about Twilight hatching Spike as that is confusing me?” “Do you remember the first harry potter film when he gets that special wand and everything seemed to have gotten a lot brighter that’s more or less how it happened.” “Okay I best let you two go bye hope to speak to you soon” “Bye” When the conversation finished John headed inside put the shovel and gem detector back in the cupboard and headed into the kitchen to put the gems away. John saw the cupboard had a sign on which said “gems”. He sorted the gems into type and put them in the cupboard and finished the bottle of water from this morning and decided to read a book from the shelf. "The story of Star Swirl the bearded let’s see if it’s any good" he took the book from the shelf and sat down on the sofa and started to read. “I like that book as well” said a mysterious voice. John looked around for the sound of the voice and he saw Twilight on the stairs with her hair slightly covering her face as she had just go out the shower. “Is it okay if I sit on your lap and read it with you” she said while drying her hair with a towel encased in magic. “No it’s okay I’ll probably get stuck with some words I’d imagine I hope that won’t be a problem” “No it will be fun it’ll be like when Spike was a smaller dragon and he had to learn new things” So Twilight sat on his lap and helped when he got stuck on some words he sometimes got embarrassed when he got stuck on easy words but Twilight didn’t mind. Spike came back when the book was finished and Twilight helped Spike unpack. *Knock knock* “John could you get that for me?” “No problem Twilight” When he opened the door it scared Fluttershy who was there. “Sorry about that Fluttershy.” “It’s okay is Twilight home?” “Yeah hold on Twilight it’s Fluttershy” “Thank you John I’ll take it from here. What would you like Fluttershy?” “I was hoping I could keep the book I borrowed for a bit longer” “You do realise Fluttershy that the book is overdue now and you have some fines to pay” “I know but the animals don’t want to lose the book since they love it so much.” “I understand okay I’ll see you tomorrow Fluttershy goodbye” “Goodbye Twilight and I’m sorry about this” Twilight closed the door after Fluttershy left and levitated a book and started to write in it and left it on the table and headed to her room. When John heard the door close he decided to investigate the book was called “library members fines and returns” when he opened the book he saw on the back of the front page a picture of six ponies he recognised Twilight and Fluttershy but he didn’t know the blue pegasus, the orange pony, the white unicorn and the pink pony. Upon further investigation in the book he had found the names of the ponies in the picture they were Rainbow dash, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie pie and where they live which would help out quite a lot. “John what are you doing” Spike asked standing in the doorway of the kitchen “I wanted to help Twilight out and I noticed her friends had books overdue so tomorrow I’m going to go into town and help her out” “Wow that would be a great help for Twilight she’s always busy making lists but she can never put her hoof down when it comes to getting books back.” “Thanks well I’m going to call it a night all that shovelling is hurting my arms.” “Yeah me too goodnight John” “Spike before you go can you not mention this to Twilight please I want it to be a surprise” “No problem pinkie promise” Spike cover his eye with his claw then headed to bed and John did the same. End of chapter 2