Chapter 4 Crusaders and Canines (part 1)
It is a nice, warm afternoon in Ponyville. Alex has been in Equestria for three days now, and has gotten used to the ponies that live there. He has even begun doing things like them, such as taking a nap in a tree. In fact, that's what he's doing right now. Alex is laying on a branch with his head on the trunk, and his hands behind his head. He had never felt so relaxed before. Its so peaceful and quiet, he thought, I could get used to this. Just then, he heard someone yell at someone to leave them alone, along with what sounded like a filly crying. Well, that lasted even shorter than I thought it would, he thought. Alex opened his eyes and looked over at the scene. What he saw were three fillies without cutie marks being bullied by a pink filly with a purple mane with white highlights. She had a cutie mark of a tiara, and a similar one on her head. He saw that two of the fillies, a yellow pony with a red mane tied in a pink bow and an orange pegasus with a messy purple mane, were apparently trying to comfort the third filly, a white unicorn with a purple and pink mane, who was sobbing uncontrollably. Immediately understanding that the three fillies were being bullied, and being the nice guy that he is, Alex jumped out of his tree and into the path of the single filly. Seeing him in front of them, the pink filly immediately flinched, and the other three, including the unicorn who had just stopped crying, were looking at him in shock.
"Hey! Leave these three alone," he said.
"Huh? Who-what the hay are you?" said the pink filly.
Alex, in an impressive Batman impersonation, said," I'm your worst nightmare."
The pink filly, now very scared, started backing up toworads a mud puddle. Alex noticed this and decided he would have some fun. he walked closer to her, leaned in, and said,"Boo."
"Eep," said the pink filly as she jumped back and into the mud puddle. Seeing this, Alex couldn't help but laugh, and was soon joined by the other three fillies. Seeing that they were laughing at her, the pink filly began to get mad.
"You jerk! My coat is filthy! Do you know who my daddy is?" she yelled at him.
Alex, suddenly serious (and seriously ticked off), replied," No I don't know who your daddy is, and I could care less, but now I see what your problem is." he leaned closer to the filly again and continued. "You're some kid whose parents are big, important, rich people who spoil you like a princess, when you're really a rotten, rude little filly who thinks that you're better than everyone, and that you can do whatever you want to anyone. Thing is though, and listen closely. You. Are. Not."
The pink filly was trembeling now, and Alex knew that he only had to say one last thing and she would leave. "Now go away." The filly 'eeped' again and ran faster than he had seen anyone, maybe even Rainbowdash, move.
Alex turned around to the three fillies and said," And that, my young friends, is how you take care of a bully."
The three fillies stared at Alex for about five seconds before screaming, "That was awesome!" The three fillies jumped on him and started praising him for getting rid of the pink filly.
"That jerk you freaked out was Diamond Tiara," said the orange pegasus. "Thanks again, by the way. I'm Scootaloo. The unicorn here is Sweetie Belle, Rarity's little sister, and this is Applebloom, Applejack's little sis," she said, pointing to her two friends.
"The name's Alex Cooper," Alex said," I'm the guy living at Twi's place."
"Oh yeah, I heard 'bout you," said Applebloom," You helped ma big sis when she lost her list. I heard you're a really helpful guy."
"That does sound like me," replied Alex.
"Hey, you should come to our clubhouse with us," said Sweetie Belle.
"I'd be happy to," said Alex, following the fillies. As they walked, the three fillies told Alex about their club, the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They told him about the first time they met, the time they entered their school talent show, and even the time Applebloom gave herself the cutie pox. Man, I thought my siblings and I got into crazy situations, he thought. They soon came to a tree with a small pink clubhose with a red roof. Before they could get into it, though, Alex heard another cry for help, but this time more serious.
"Wow, two in one day," Alex said, "What are the odds?"
"About a thousand to one," replied Sweetie Belle.
Ignoring her comment, Alex ran toworad the cry, the CMC following closely behind. They soon came to the edge of the Everfree forest, where they saw a black bear attacking a big, smoke grey dog, who appeared to have a broken leg.
"Hey fur ball, step away from the dog," Alex yelled. "Stay back girls, I'll take care of this guy."
The black bear turned to Alex and began to attack. Alex jumped to the right as it swung at him, and gave it a swift punch to the nose. The bear started to whimper and began to run into the forest. That was way easier than I thought it would be, thought Alex.
"Ooooh," said the grey dog. Alex looked over and saw that, along with the broken leg, it appeared to be completely exahsted.
"Wow he looks bad," observed Alex. "Girls, help me carry him back to the clubhouse."
As Alex moved to grab the dog, the Crusaders moved into his path.
"Are you crazy," screamed Sweetie Belle," Do you know what that thing is? Its a diamond dog! These things are really bad! They kidnapped my sister once!"
"Yeah, ya can't bring that there monster into our clubhouse," said Applebloom
"Come on girls," said Alex. "So what if diamond dogs kidnapped Rarity once? There's no proof that this is one of those ones." Alex then walked around the three fillies snd attempted to move the gray diamond dog, but he was having a tough time since it was almost as big as him, and weighed a lot more.
"Besides," Alex said, "the guy is injured, it wouldn't be right to leave him here. Back on Earth, we have a saying, 'a good person helps others, even when they've done you wrong,' or something like that."
As Alex kept trying to lift up the injured animal, the three fillies looked at eachother. After thinking about it for a few seconds, they all nodded together. Alex felt the diamond dog lift with him, and looked back to see the three fillies helping. They all smiled at each other, then began to take the diamond dog to the clubhouse.