//------------------------------// // Chapter 12 // Story: Guardian of Equestria - Rise of the Blue Sun // by BlueSun52 //------------------------------// Guardian of Equestria - Rise of the Blue Sun Chapter 12 Call of the Cruasders! It was a normal day in Ponyville. Everypony was having a good time and for once there wasn't any signs of danger or monsters coming to wreak havoc on the town. But out of nowhere a flash of orange started going through the town at a alraming speed. It was no other then Scootaloo going fast on her scooter and using her wings to speed it up. She was heading over to meet with her friends at their clubhouse near Sweet Apple Acres, but on the way she started doing all kinds of tricks like grinding, jumping over objects, and even going up ramps high in the air. As she was going fast, one the front wheels started to wobble without her noticing and soon it fell off. It soon sent Scootaloo off into the air and she was falling onto the ground. She tried to use her wings to fly, but she wasn't any good at it. She closed her eyes and braced herself for the hard landing. All of a sudden, a blue aura was around Scootaloo and she stopped midway to the ground. She notice she wasn't falling anymore and she opened her eyes. She was then let down gently on the ground and she started to look around to see who helped her out. Right behind her, she heard a voice saying, "You okay kid? That looked like that was going to hurt a lot." She looked behind her to see that it was Hawke standing over her. He leaned down to her height and said to her, "Good thing I was around when that happened." "Tell me about it. Are that hero that's been protecting Ponyville lately?" Scootaloo asked amazed at seeing Hawke for the first time. "Yes that would be me. How did you know? Let me guess, it's the ears isn't it? I always assume that is the only reason how ponies recognize me around here so easily," Hawke replied. "Umm I think it's because you're always wearing the same kind of outfit over and over again," Scootaloo explained. "......That too," Hawke said. Scootaloo laughed at Hawke's goofy comment and said, "Thanks for helping me out. I don't what would have happened if you didn't came along." "No problem kid. That's what I do," Hawke said. "Hate to run, but I need to meet up with my friends over at our club house. See ya later," Scootaloo said and went to put the wheel back on her scooter. She had it fixed and contiued on her way to her friends' club, while waving goodbye to Hawk. Hawke waved back to her and went with his business. After a couple of steps, he realized something about Scootaloo. "Wait? Scootaloo. I think that's she friends with Sweetie Belle's and Applebloom. Yes that's it, I remember seeing her during the rock monster incident." He then continued on his way, until he suddenly realized something else. "Oh crap.......Where was I going?" At the cutie mark's club, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were planning out all their plans for getting their cutie marks. Scootaloo came out of the bushes with her scooter and went over to the girls. "Hey guys, you wouldn't believe what happened today," Scootaloo said to them. "Wait let me guess, your wheel fell of again," Sweetie Belle said. "Umm...yeah." Scootaloo replied. "And ya flew through the air because of that.....again,"Applebloom said. "........Yeah," Scootaloo replied having her ears down. "So wait, how come you're not at the hospital this time?" Sweetie Belle asked curious about Scootaloo being well. Scootaloo's ears perked back up and replied, "That's because Hawke, the towns new hero, used his magic to save me at the last minute." "*Gasp* Did you say Hawke? How is he? Is he doing okay? Is he still tall like he was last time?" Sweetie Belle asked. She developed a crush on Hawke, after the night that he rescued her from the rock monster. "Umm...he's doing okay and he is still tall do to the fact that he's a grown up," Scootaloo said puzzled by what Sweetie Belle was saying. "It must be nice being the hero of the whole town. Wish we can be heroes too," Scootaloo said. After hearing what Scootaloo said, Applebloom came up with an idea. "Maybe we can!" "Huh?" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo said in unison. "Think about it. Remember when Ah told ya girls about him telling me that humans don't get cutie marks, but he got one after defeating that monster? I bet we can get our cutie marks if we become heroes like him," Applebloom explained. "That.....is......an AWESOME IDEA!" Scootaloo shouted in agreement. "That is an awesome idea. That means we can be with him all the time," Sweetie Belle said while fantasizing about him and her being together in a romantic pose. "Alright cutie mark crusaders, lets do this," Applebloom declared. All the girls gathered around, put their hands in the center, and said, "CUTIE MARK HEROES GO!" Over at Twilight's home, Spike and Hawke were playing cards and so far Hawke was beating Spike nonstop. Spike looked at his cards and looked back at Hawke. "Alright your going down this time." Spike showed his hand. "Pair of twos!" Hawke showed his hand and replied, "Pair of threes, I win." "DDDAAAAAAA!" Spike shouted in defeat. "How is it that you win every time?" "Don't ask me. I didn't even know that I can play cards," Hawke said pulling all of what Spike and him bet on the table. "Wha.....then how di.... Oh never mind," Spike said and gave up on the question. As the two were getting ready for another round of cards, the Cutie Mark Crusaders opened the door to the library and went up to Hawke. "Hawke we want to be trained to be heroes like ya," Applebloom said. ".......Why?" Hawke asked confused by Applebloom's statement. "We want to get our cutie marks and we think it's the best way to get it," Scootaloo explained. "Plus we want you to be the only one to train us," Sweetie Belle said looking at Hawke, while blushing. "Look girls I know that you want your cutie marks so much, but I don't think tha-," Hawke was explaining until Applebloom interrupted him. "We ain't going to take no for an answer and we're not going anywhere, until ya agree to train us," Applebloom declared. "Okay first of all, if ain't ain't a word, then it's ain't in the dictionary. And second, there is no way I'm putting you girls in danger, so unless you came prepared to convince me otherwise. I'm not going to train you," Hawke said crossing his arms and closing his eyes. A few seconds had passed and the girls had Hawke pinned down on the floor. In his mind he said to himself, "I can't believe I've been pinned down by three little pony girls. How did they even over power me?" Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were holding down his arms, while Scootaloo was holding down both his legs. "Are you ready to train us now?" Applebloom said while she was giving a smirk smile at him. "Are you sure we can't work out a deal?" Hawke asked desperate for them to agree. "Nnope," Applebloom replied. Hawke gave out a defeated sigh. "Alright, you guys win. I'll train you all tomorrow." The girls gave out a victorious cheer and let go of Hawke. They said their goodbyes to him and were eager for what was to come tomorrow. Hawke got back up to his chair and was relieved that it was over, but dreaded of what was to come tomorrow. "You sure show them," Spike said sarcastically. "Hey! It was three against one and they were girls. What could I have done to prevent this?" Hawke explained defending what was left of his pride. "Goodpoint. Now where were we? Oh yeah, I was finally going to beat you at this game," Spike said with confidence. "What exactly do you have to bid now? I already have won all most of your stuff," Hawke said and pointed at the bags of stuff that Spike lost. "Oh but I bet you don't have this," Spike said pulling out a picture of Twilight in a nightgown. "Whe.....how..............All in," Hawke said putting everything he had on the table. "Alright let's do......Is something wrong?" Hawke had a terrified face on him and when Spike turned around to see what was behind him, his eyes shrunk as he saw Twilight standing behind him and giving him a look. "What exactly do you have there?" Twilight said with a stern voice. "Ummmmm.......IT BELONGS TO HAWKE!" "WHAT! NO IT DOESN'T! IT BELONGS TO HIM!" "RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" A bunch of purple lights and violent noises where coming from the library, as well as screams being heard. When the noises dyed down, inside the library Spike and Hawke were on the ground, groaning in pain and were covered in black ash. Twilight was leaving the room, while using her magic to levitate all of Hawke's winnings and took the picture that Spike had. It was the next day and Hawke and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were walking into town. The Crusaders were talking about what they were hoping to do when they became heroes, while Hawke tried to think of a way out of this situation. "Alright. These are just little girls that want to be heroes. Thing is, they're just doing it to get a cutie mark and the last thing I want is to get them in trouble." He thought about it more and came up with an idea. "Wait! I bet if I show them the other things about being a hero, they might just give up and go home." Hawke turned to the Crusaders and said, "Alright girls, here's what we're going to do today." "Are we going to fight monsters?" Scootaloo asked. "Are we going to save somepony?" Applebloom asked. "Do you have a girlfriend?" Sweetie Belle asked without thinking. "What?" Hawked asked confused at what Sweetie Belle said. "Uhhh...I mean....are we going on a quest?" "No, no, and umm...no I guess? We're going to do something completely different," Hawke answered. "What is it?" Applebloom asked. Hawke and the girls were coming out of the Sugarcube Corner and were carrying packages. Mr.Cake was behind them and said, "Thanks again for delivering the pastries for me Hawke and you too girls." "It's no problem Mr.Cake. I'll get these delivered in no time," Hawke replied. After walking for a few minutes, Applebloom asked, "Hawke how is doing this have ta do with being a hero?" "Sometimes helping others is what a hero does," Hawke answered and continued, "Besides there's something else that we have to do." "Really like what?" Scootaloo asked. Out on the fields of Sweet Apple Acres, Hawke and the girls were painting on the side of the barn, while Applejack and Big Mac were bucking down apples. "How are you girls like being a hero?" Hawke asked. "It's boring. When are we going to fight monsters?" Scootaloo asked complaining. "Fighting monster doesn't what makes a hero who he is or her. It's about doing what's right and knowing what wrong," Hawke explained. "But we want to fight a monster so we can get our cutie marks NOW!" Scootaloo said and kicked the side of the barn. Sweetie Belle was on a ladder and she almost lost her balance when Scootaloo kicked the barn. She was able to get her balance back, but the paint bucket she had with her fell on top of Hawke's head. Hawke was covered in red paint and the bucket was stuck on his head. Scootaloo had a apologetic face and said, "Sorry" After two hours of getting the bucket off of Hawke, even with the help of his magic, he stopped by his home to changes outfits and returned the paint covered one to Rarity. She almost fainted when she saw the paint stained outfit. After that, he and the girls were at Twilight's library helping her reorganize her books. She was making Hawke do this after the incident yesterday and thought it was a perfect punishment (Besides hurting him with her magic). While they were stacking the books on the selfs, Applebloom asked Hawke, "Does this have to do with being a hero as well?" "To be truthful.....no. This is punishment right now for what I try to do yesterday," Hawke answered. "What did you do?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Ummm....that's not important right now. Anyways let's just put the rest of the books up," Hawke replied. "Man it's taking forever just to be a hero,?" Scootaloo said. "It takes time to be a hero. You can't just be a hero in one day," Hawke explained. "But didn't ya become a hero on the first day ya got here?" Applebloom asked. "....................Okay maybe it's the first day for some, but my point remains valid. You have to train yourself both physically and mentally to be ready to face any challenges that's thrown at you." "Which in Hawke's case, he mostly trained himself physically and skips out on reading the books I assign him to do," Twilight remarked. "Exactly.............wait.......ah oh." The girls started laughing at Hawke's embarrassing moment, while Twilight was yelling at him for not reading the books that she wanted him to read. "Back to my point. Like I said you can't become heroes for a day," Hawke said and turned back to reshelving the books. "Unless of course you guys go somewhere wheres there monsters to fight and make you legends or discover lost hidden treasures. But where can you find a place like that?" "In the Everfree Forest?" Scootaloo asked. "Hmmm I guess that would be a good place to start. Why do you say?" Hawke didn't get a reply and everything was quiet. He looked back and saw that the girls were gone. "Huh? Where did they go?" When he looked around he saw a disgruntle Twilight looking at him with a stern look. It took him a moment to realize what he just done. "Oh crap." Twilight and Hawke came running out of the library looking for the girls. As they were running, Twilight shouted at Hawke, "YOU HAD TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA DIDN'T YOU!" "I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD TAKE IT LITERALLY!" "THEY TAKE EVERYTHING LITERALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CUTIE MARKS!" "WELL NOW I KNOW!" In the Everfree Forest, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were walking around looking for something that would make them a hero and get their cutie marks. "How are we suppose to fight a monster anyway? We don't exactly magical powers like Hawke does," Applebloom pointed out. "Sweetie Belle has magic," Scootaloo said. "Yeah, but I don't know how to use it like Hawke does," Sweetie Belle explained. "Well we can just find hidden treasure like Hawke said," Scootaloo said. "Don't you think we should have brought him with us? I mean it could be dangerous after all," Sweetie Belle said. "He would more then likely to stop us from going and made sure that we wouldn't come here," Scootaloo explained. "Besides it's not that dangerous out here right?" Sweetie Belle and Applebloom looked at each other wondering if Scootaloo remembered the last time they came into the forest and had to deal with the whole cockatrice situation that Fluttershy helped them out of. They were passing by a lake and while they were passing by something large was coming out of the lake. The girls stopped and watched what was coming out and when they saw what it was....... After a few minutes in the Everfree Forest, Twilight and Hawke kept on looking for the girls. Twilight was moving a branch out of the way and when she let go it hit Hawke in the stomach. "OW!" "Oh sorry Hawke! Are you okay?" Twilight asked out of concern. "Yeah it's okay. Stings a bit, but I'll get over it," Hawke said. "Well I can't say you deserve it," Twilight said. "Have ta agree with you on that. Man I really have to watch what I say around people," Hawke replied. "You should also watch what you do as well," Twilight added. "What do you mean?" "You were trying to win an embarrassing photo of me. You should have at least try to take it away from Spike and destroy it. But you had to be like some of kind perv!" Hawke blushed and he did regret trying to win that from Spike. "Twilight I'm sorry about that. I should have known better then to do that. You did so much for me and.....I acted like that and I shouldn't have. But to tell you the truth..." "Yeah?" Twilight asked looking into Hawke's eyes. "It's because..." "Yeah?" As they both were about to lock lips with each other, they both heard screams coming from deep in the forest. "That sounded like the girls!" Twilight said panicking. "Let's go! It came from over there," Hawke pointed and ran towards were the scream were. Hawke and Twilight went throught the forest quickly and when they found out where the girls were, they saw a giant man-like crocodile trying to get the girls. He was ten feet tall, had green armored like skin, and had the head of a human reptile. The girls were in a tree that the crocodile couldn't fit in and had to use his claws and teeth to get around it. The crocodile then notice Hawke and Twilight and turned to face them. "So we meet face to face hero." "Wait I thought the snake guy was the only one that could talk?" Hawke said confused at what was going on. "Our master has perfect his technique since then on turning us into stronger creatures. Now we can have power and our minds. So prepare yourself hero, for you about to meet your end." "Why does everyone think they can take me down so easily?" The crocdile ignored Hawkes comment and charged right at him. Hawke and Twilight dodged out of the way and the creature passed by them. The creature then turned back around and grabbed a nearby log. It threw at Hawke, but used his magic to cut through log in half and it went by him on both sides. The creature then jumped high into the air and when landed near Hawke, causing a shock wave that pushed him back into the lake. When the creature was about to enter the lake, a flash of purple energy hit him in the back of the head. It turned around to see Twilight that cast a spell on it. The creature let out a huge roar and charged at Twilight. Hawke came emerged from the lake and swam across the lake to shore. He looked up to see Twilight using her magic against the crocodile, but nothing was working. "Oh man how did Batman beat croc in Arkham again?" He thought about the details of one of his favorite games. "Crap. I need to be in one of those prison for insane people, in the sewers, and have one those exploding gels that Batman has. Wish I didn't get stuck in here before Arkham Orignins, I bet there was a way to beat him then." Hawke got out of the lake and decided to charge up his electric ball. He charged right onto the back of the creature and electrocuted it. It let out a scream of pain, but it endure it and swung his arm towards Hawke and pushed him back against a tree. Twilight tried to fire another ball of energy at it, but the creature grabbed her and started squeezing her. Twilight was in pain and all that she could was scream in helplessness. Before the creature could finish her off however, the girls started throwing rocks at it and with a good aim, Scootaloo was threw a rock into the creature's eye. The creature was blinded and let go of Twilight. Hawke got back up and saw a chance to take it down. He charged up his hands with magical blue energy and started running towards it. He used his magic to increase his strength and started pounding on the crocodile. With every punch that Hawke could make did serious damage to the crocodile, but cause Hawke pain because of the crocodiles armor. He didn't care though and kept on going, until his last punch landed on the creatures face, knocking it to the ground and knocked out. Hawke let out a sigh of relieve and sat on the ground. The girls went over to Twilight, got her back up, and went over to Hawke. Twilight looked at Hawke's hands and said, "Oh dear Celestia, your hands!" Hawke looked at them and they were bleeding and covered in blood. "Wow, didn't even notice that." "Come on let's get you back to the library and get you bandaged up," Twilight said picking Hawke off of the ground. "What about the crocodile dude?" Hawked asked. "I'll let the princess know right away and she'll send guards over to take it somewhere," Twilight replied and was leading Hawke and the girls back to Ponyville. It was late in the even at the library and everything seemed to be peaceful. Hawke's hands were bandaged and the girls were back at their homes, more then likely being punished for their stunts today. Hawke just sat down on a chair relaxing and Twilight used her magic to pull up a chair and sat next to him. "Another day of being a hero huh?" Twilight asked Hawke. "Yeah. Truth be told, I thought this was going to be a peaceful day." Hawke replied. "You think the girls still want to be heroes?" "After what happened I doubt it. Also I told their parents to tell them not to be a hero like me right now." Twilight giggled at what Hawke said and he laughed a bit too. There was a moment of silence between the two and Twilight broke it. "Hey Hawke." "Yeah?" "What were you about to say before that crocodile tried to catch the girls?" Hawke blushed and said, "Well ummm...." "Yeah?" Twilight said hanging on to Hawkes words. "Well....it's because..." "Yeah?" "..............I thought you were really hot in that picture." Hawke answered still blushing. Twilight's face was suddenly red with embarrassment and quickly changed to anger at what Hawke said. She sat up from her chair and hit Hawke on the top of the head. It left a huge lump on him and he was unconscious. Twilight walked out of the room and shouted, "YOU CAN GO HOME NOW YOU IDIOT!" End of Chapter 12