Shot down

by zAnk


More than one

January 4th, 2018 - 10:37 PM

"Okay last question for today..." Twilight announced

"Shoot" David spoke while slouching in his chair with ten empty cups on the table next to him

"How do humans mate?" Twilight asked with a quiet voice

David's eyes shot out wide as he was taking a sip of coffee, nearly spitting all of it on Twilight from the surprising question.

"*Cough* *Cough* Agh, uh... um... well you see... uhh.... we um..." David is still in shock from this

"Well you see... when a female and male love each other very much...-" David started to explain like he was speaking to a child

"Okay, if you don't want to explain it now, you don't have to..." Twilight spoke with a sigh at the end.

'Thank you sweet baby hades!' David yelled out in his head


Twilight and David spent the entire day on one subject, the human body. Twilight had completed several tests and scans of David to see how the human body was built and how it worked. She constantly asked him questions while doing these tests such as, "How do you clean yourselves?" or "How fast can humans run?".

"Okay well it's getting late, we should be heading off to bed. Good night David." Twilight said with a yawn at the end.

The events of today were catching up with David, even with the eleven cups of coffee, all the energy he got from them was spent thanks to all of Twilight's tests.

"Alright Twilight, I'll see you tomorrow." David said as he walked towards his room.

Once David entered his room, he took his boots off as well as his camo button up shirt and tossed all three aside towards the dresser. While doing this, he spotted something at the corner of his eye in the window. Once he looked over it sped off with a blur.

"Damn it, how long is this going to go on!?" David growled

"Forget it, I'll worry about it tomorrow." David said with a sigh as he jumped onto his bed.

"Bed... oh how I missed you so, at least this time I won't wake up on a dirt trail or in the cockpit of a piece of rubble..." he said as he drifted off to the world of dreams.

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January 5th, 2018 - 8:11 AM

*Mumble* *Mumble*

"meh gah" David awoke to voices coming from the front door of the library.

"Alright, let's see what's up." David groaned as he slipped off the bed onto the floor.

David grabbed his boots and slipped them on, he grabbed his button up shirt and put it into the dresser. Leaving him in just his white shirt, camo pants, and boots. He reached inside the dresser and grabbed his bag of bits knowing he would be going out today to take a look around the town, as well as attempt to find out who has been following him.

David opened the door to his room, spotting Twilight speaking with a unicorn, one who is white and has a well done mane.

"Twilight, who is this, 'human' you speak of? I mean, I've never even heard of such a creature dear." The pony spoke with a fancy yet confused tone.

Twilight spots David as he leaves his room

"Well Rarity, he's right behind you." Twilight says as she nods her head towards you.

Rarity turns around and lays her eyes upon David, her iris' shrinking as she spots the five foot tall being.

(David was also known for being one of the shortest people in his platoon, standing at 5'7)
Rarity and Twilight stood at about four feet tall, not much shorter than David but still having to look up to look him in the eyes.

David walked over to Rarity and knelt onto one knee, giving a small bow to Rarity knowing how formal she normally is, while introducing himself.

"Hello Ms. Rarity, my name is David. A pleasure to meet you." David spoke, attempted to sound formal

Rarity still stood there in slight shock of seeing a creature so interesting, still she spoke.

"A pleasure to meet you as well David." Rarity spoke in her normal formal tone while calming herself.

Remembering he needed to go out today, he spoke.

"I don't mean to be rude, but I need to get going. I need to get some things in town."

"Okay, just take it slow, the others in this town have never seen anything like you, the closest being a diamond dog or griffin. So even though I told them about you, they may show fear at first." Twilight warned

"Alright, thanks for the heads up Twilight." With this, he looked at Rarity who was still staring at him with interest

"It was a pleasure meeting you Rarity, but I need to get going."

Rarity shook her head, releasing herself from her trance, then spoke up.

"Oh it's fine dear, but you simply must come by the Carousel Boutique! I must take a look at your clothes in more detail, in fact, Twilight here told me a lot about you. Since you just arrived here I assume you have nothing but what you're wearing right now?" Rarity spoke with a calm but also very interested manner

"Uh, yes, this is all I have. As long as I can clean them, then I should be fine." David knew where this conversation was leading, and knowing how Rarity was he was trying to avoid it, not only because he didn't want her worrying about his clothes, but also because Rarity could get out of hand with fashion.

"Oh no, that simply won't do dear. You come by the Carousel Boutique later and we'll get you situated with some new clothes as long as you agree to being measured, I insist!" Rarity said, with a proud tone

David decided to give in knowing he couldn't argue with the fashion crazed mare.

"All right, I'll come by later when I have the time, thank you Rarity." David sighed in defeat.

After saying their goodbyes, David walked out the front door of the library, catching more than a few stares from the nearby townsfolk. But that is also when it hit him.

'Ah crap, I don't know where to go. Well, I suppose I could just walk around and learn the town myself.' David took a deep breath of fresh air, then began walking.

After walking about the town for awhile, he managed to find a small cafe that served fresh baked bagels as well as coffee.
After breakfast, he continued about the town, every now and then noticing a figure stalking him from the rooftops, and yet he still couldn't make out the full figure of it.

'Why would someone be following me like this, am I really that beautiful?' David chuckled at the sarcastic thought.

After walking for a few more minutes trying to map out the town, David noticed he was being followed, not only by a Pegasus which he figured out since it was flying and following him, but he also noticed a mint green mare following behind him. He was able to notice where she what she was paying most attention to, his hands...

'Oh god, is that who I think it is?' David began wondering as he sped up his walking, hoping to avoid the hand crazed mare.

As he sped up, he noticed the mare behind him begin speeding up her walking and more shifting to a small jog to keep up.

'Hades, if she catches me, please have mercy!' David began to panic a bit, worried about what the mare will do if she catches him, at the same time noticing the Pegasus above still hot on pursuit.

'OH shit, are these two working together or something!?' As David was trying to work out a plan to lose the two stalkers, he spotted an alley way, hoping it would lead him to the other street, he took the chance.

As David entered the alleyway, he found to his disappointment, and also panic, that it was a dead end. He began to panic knowing that there was no way out, as he turned around to make a run for it, he spotted a mare at the end of the alleyway, staring back at him, he just couldn't make out what she really looked like thanks to the light coming from behind her compared to the dark alley he was in.

'Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit' David was beginning to worry, he felt a bead of sweat roll down his forehead and off his cheek, he could handle himself in combat, but against a mare? He wouldn't dare attacking a resident of Ponyville for the fear of Princess Celetia herself coming to kill him, or the entire town turning against him, also because the fact he just didn't want to attack anyone here.

The mare began walking towards him, after a few steps her figure began to be revealed slowly, at this he noticed that she was wearing a hat, a stetson to be more specific. After a few moments, he heard it speak to him.

"Howdy, if yer don't mind me askin', what are you? Also, who are you?"

After a few moments of standing there, he came to realize that this must be Applejack, knowing that she wouldn't do anything crazy, he relaxed, finally realizing how tense he become.

"Oh, well I'm what you call a human, also my name is David. Sorry if I seemed extremely tense for a moment there, I just was startled is all." David began walking towards AJ, taking a knee in front of her.

"Oh it's quite alright, the names Applejack, my family runs Sweet Apple Acres just outside of town. I noticed you walking and figured you were new, since I never seen anything quite like you. I spoke to Twilight so I figure yer friendly enough, and a friend of Twilight is a friend of mine. Listen, if you need a job, don't be afraid to ask, we certainly could use the help."

At that statement, David remembered he needed to find a job if he was to live here.

"Alright, well I suppose I'll take you up on that offer Applejack, seeing as I don't have a job here. Um, when would I start?" David was feeling relieved knowing that he would be working for the Apple family, knowing Applejack was true to her word.

"You can start on Monday sugercube, we start working around eight in the mornin'. We don't have any set time to stop workin', so you can leave once we're all done."

"That's good with me, thanks Applejack, it's much appreciated." David spoke with a thankful tone.

"Oh it's nothin' sugercube, just don't make me regret it." She said with a smile.

After they finished talking, they both said goodbye and went their separate ways. David noticed the mint green mare was gone, but he still spotted the Pegasus every now and then.

'Not so sneaky, are ya huh?' David thought with a smirk

David suddenly noticed a puff of pink to his right, hearing a loud gasp at the same time, before he could speak, he saw it shoot off with a blur.

'Ah shit, well now I'm gonna have to worry about a surprise party.' David knew it was Pinkie Pie, and knowing how she was, he knew she would go to Twilight and attempt a surprise party.

After walking around town for a few minutes, he found the Carousel Boutique, remembering his promise he decided to march in.

'Ho boy, just like Twilight, this is gonna take awhile...' David thought with dread

And with his thought, he marched into the Boutique, like the brave trooper he was.