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// New city, new life 
// Story: The Watchful Guardian of Canterlot City 
// by Dark Nightshade 
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At the Canterlot City harbor, an interesting thing was happening, especially this late at night, although no one was around to see it. What appeared to be a small floating house was flowing towards one of the piers. Something appeared to be pulling it from under the waves. Something that only had a slight silhouette. Something big. As the house neared the pier, the thing jumped out of the water and landed on the houses lawn, reveling it to resemble a humanoid sting ray with a glowing deep blue circle in the center of its chest. Then there was a flash of the same blue light and a towering human figure appeared. He paused for a second, then bent over and picked up what seemed to be some lengthy rope lying on what could be considered as a sort of lawn. As the edges of a lawn of sorts bumped into the pier, the figure set to work, tying the rope around the piers wooden beam. He stood up, stretched, and stared at the city.

"Where are you?" he muttered with a Jamaican accent. "He's been right so far." As he finished with his muttering, another figure emerged from the shadows. 

The next day, after school had finished, Sunset Shimmer was beside the statue portal with her friends, listening to Applejack.

"Ah just need to go to the market after this," Applejack was saying. "Yer welcome to come along, Sunset." Sunset Shimmer nodded.

"Thank you," she said. "I'm not sure if I need anything, though. I'm fine for the next week."

"Yes, but there's supposed to be a new fish seller," Applejack said. "Ah've heard that he catches thousands of fish before 6 months are up with his bare hands!" Sunset Shimmer snickered.

"I doubt that," she said. "Even as a unicorn, that kind of magic is hard to do."

"Ah'm just telling you what Ah heard," Applejack said. "But that's not the only thing: Ah've also heard that he doesn't even use a boat!"

"Then how does he get around?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, that's where the thing is," Applejack said. "It's not a boat in yer typical sense, but more like a house, with moving space around it." To say the least, the other girls interests were aroused.

"Ok, now this I have to see," Sunset Shimmer said.

The house boat was such a strange idea that the girls almost missed it, until Pinkie noticed it and pointed it out. There was a crowd of people around it, but one man in particular stood out in particular. He was tall, really tall, probably around 7 and a half feet tall, had sea blue skin, and seaweed green dreadlocks. And he was very athletic. He was muscular, but not so muscular that would interfere with all the swimming he supposedly did. It was when he started talking that Sunset Shimmer realized that he was the owner of the house. Interestingly, he was wearing long black gloves on his arms. The went up to his elbows, which was weird.

"All types of fish," he said with a Jamaican accent. "Cod, tuna, carp, goldfish, you name it, I have it."

"Nice," one of the people said. "Where do you catch all these?"

"All over the world," the seller said. He gestured at his house. "With this I can travel anywhere on the ocean, and thanks to several dozen containers, I can keep my fish from rotting."

"And how does it float?" Sunset Shimmer asked.

"The entire structure is made of bamboo," the man said. "You want some fish?"

"No," Sunset Shimmer said. "It's just very interesting, all of this."

"Yeah, a lot of people have doubted I live on the ocean," the man said. "But I manage to do it anyway."

"So do you go from city to city?" Pinkie asked.

"Yes I do," the man said. "Except for this time. I have been hired by a couple of the schools in this city. Who knows, perhaps I will see you lovely ladies?" Sunset Shimmer blushed.

"Well, which school's are you teaching at?" she asked.

"I am working at Crystal Prep and Canterlot High," the man said. "As I can see that none of you are wearing the Crystal Prep uniforms, I can tell you are going to another school."

"Yeah, actually. Canterlot High," Pinkie said. "How are you working at both schools?"

"Let's just say that I am smart and fast moving," the man said with a grin. "My name is Traveling Tide, by the way. I cannot wait to meat you in my class on Monday." Sunset Shimmer and the girls got the hint and started walking away.

"Well, he was certainly interesting," Rarity said. "I wonder what was under those hideous arm gloves."

"I know it was definitely not an advanced alien device that allows you to transform for a period of time," Pinkie said. Everyone stared at her.

"Pinkie, where do you get this stuff from?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Definitely not through the internet on the other side of this story that's being written," Pinkie said. "Why?"

"Darling, it's Pinkie," Rarity said. "By now, you should know not to question how Pinkie does any of this." As they continued to walk away, Traveling Tide watched them.

Could they be the girls that he was talking about? he thought. Perhaps he really did find some candidates. He glanced at the cities buildings and sighed. I can't let this city die. Not like the last one. He made sure that his gloves was covering his arms before he started advertising all the fish he had.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, a storage building trembled. Suddenly, something burst from the ground and blew air through his nose with such pressure and heat it would've cooked a crab.

"Hmm, it's here," it said. It inhaled for several seconds before turning towards a corner. "Found it. He'll be pleased." The rhino looking human grabbed a large box with his large cracked hands and released it into the hole, hearing it crash onto the stone ground several meters below. He jumped into the hole after it, picked it up, and started following the trail back to where it started.