“May we come in?” The female voice asks. I knew who that voice belonged to, and I was now starting to get angry, but I knew what needed to be done if I was to stay with my daughter.
“Yes, but hold for a minute while I prepare for what is going to happen your majesty.” I say through the door. I don’t get a reply so I walk to my room and retrieve my shotgun before heading back to the door.
I cock my shotgun before I put it down on the floor next to my chair. I return to the door, and undo the seven deadbolts I have on it before I open it a crack to see if Celestia is really there, and close my eyes as she is indeed there along with the other Elements of Harmony.
I back away from the door, and open it to let the ponies into my home.
“Get yourselves inside before someone sees you, and please close the door whoever is last inside.” I say as I head to my chair, and grab my shotgun, resting it on my lap.
Celestia strolls into my home elegantly, and walks to the front of the mantle before sitting down. The other ponies with her, sit in a semicircle around her facing me.
“So, may I see Fluttershy?” Twilight asks me.
“That depends on a few answers from all of you first, but until I get my answers I will keep her in her room, and protect her with my life. I know what happened with Rainbow over there was an accident that none of you remember because of a certain goddess that is in my home, but for now, let’s talk.” I say with my eyes closed.
“Sir, there is no reason for you to be armed right now.” Celestia tells me. I open my eyes in a glare at her. I put my hand on my shotgun’s grip, and hold it there.
“I highly doubt that in my mind. Let’s see you without any magical abilities, have six unknown people enter your home, some looking at you with boredom. I have a very good reason to be armed in my home.” I growl at the end of my sentence for emphasis. This gets a collective gasp out of all the ponies into the room.
“Sir, please calm down, we are here because of an accident that has happened-” I raise my hand to stop the solar Princess.
“Celestia, save it please.” I tell her in a slightly nicer tone, “I know what happened. Your student screwed up a spell that involved something with Fluttershy’s talent, and sent her here for some short amount of time, while it has been years here in my world.” This gets another gasp out of the ponies.
“How do you know about this?” Twilight asks me. I look at her with a dead panned stare.
“It’s not hard to figure out.” I tell her, “Now, please tell me what you screwed up this time Twilight, and yes I know all of your names, I know plenty of things about you all.” I tell them.
“I was helping Fluttershy tend to her animals when an Ursa Minor came into view, I had to put it back into the forest with my magic, but something was wrong. The Ursa was ill, and caused my magic to fluctuate and it engulfed Fluttershy and sent her here.” She tells me. I nodded slowly.
“Now I believe is a good time to let us see Fluttershy.” Celestia says. I look to the regal pony in my home for a few seconds before getting up with my shotgun, and walking down a hall.
I knock on Fluttershy’s room door, and open it. I had always done this, so it wasn’t a surprise to her.
“Fluttershy, it is time to come see some people that are here for you.” I tell her. She looks up at me from her laying position with her pets before seeing my shotgun, and nodding.
She follows me out into the room, and sits on my lap when I sit in my chair.
“Fluttershy!” Pinkie Shouts before tackling my daughter off of me. I immediately stand up, and tear Pinkie off of my daughter, and toss her back into her spot before guarding my daughter.
I glare at her, and she shies away from me.
“Dad, I’m okay.” Fluttershy quietly tells me. I turn around, and pick my daughter up off of the ground before returning to my chair.
“As a warning I will tell you once: Touch her again, in any way, and I will show you how bad this weapon can be to any of you.” I warn the ponies in my home.
“You wouldn’t dare harm us.” Rarity says. I glare at her.
In an answer I aim at a vase that I had always wanted to use as target practice, and pull the trigger of my gun.
The shotgun roars and the vase shatters with holes in the wall behind it. The vase was directly behind Rarity, and she very quickly shut up.
“Don’t try my patience. I let you all in my home out of kindness, but I will not let my daughter be taken from me while I breathe, and my heart beats.” I tell them all as I cock my gun again, this time the spent round ejects from the firing chamber out onto the ground to the side of my chair.
“Now, I guess you all have some questions, so I’m going to let you all ask them.” I say with a small smile as I see that I have their attention now that they know what my weapon can do. Even Pinkie was silent.
“Go ahead and ask, and I will be truthful.” I say as I set my gun down.
Just as I let go of my gun it is taken from me, and I smirk.
“You really think I don’t have a backup?” I ask Celestia. She raises her eyebrows at me with a glare in her eyes as she breaks my shotgun.
“Fluttershy, if you would be so kind my dear.” I say as I hold out my right hand. She nods, and pulls out a pistol clip and an unloaded Desert Eagle from her mane before putting it in my hands.
“Thank you my little girl.” I say as I slide the clip into the pistol, and put a round in the chamber.
I keep the gun in my hand before nodding for someone to ask something.
“Oh, oh, I have a question!” Pinkie says as she raises her hoof.
“Go ahead Pinkie.” I tell her.
“Can I throw you a party?” She asks me.
“Not now, but maybe later.” I tell her.
“Okay.” She says with a large smile.
“Anyways, anyone else?” I ask.
Twilight raises her hoof. I nod to her, and she clears her throat.
“Why are you so keen on protecting Fluttershy from us, when she doesn’t belong in this world?” Twilight asks me.
“I need some information before I can answer that with an actual answer, so tell me how long she has been gone in your world real quick.” I reply with less anger in my voice.
“About fifteen days, why?” She asks.
“Just as I suspected. You see, I found Fluttershy fifteen years ago in these very woods, but she was a little filly, and didn’t have any of her previous life’s memory, so I took her in and raised her as one of my own, and now you are trying to take her away from me. I won’t let that happen.” I reply with a nod as I pet Fluttershy with my left hand, since my right one was holding my gun.
“Are you sure it was that long?” She asks me. I give her a deadpanned look.
“No, it was only three hours, and she gained fifteen years of age in that amount- YES I’M SURE!” I shout at her, causing Fluttershy to squeak in fear. I sigh before taking a few deep breathes. Fluttershy slowly relaxes in my lap.
“Sir, can I ask her a question?” Celestia asks me. I shrug.
“I don’t think that is my choice. You can ask her all you want, but it is up to her to answer.” I reply.
“Okay, Fluttershy, do you know who any of us are?” Celestia asks.
“No.” Fluttershy tells her with a small shake of her head. I see Rarity raise her hoof.
“Yes Rarity?” I ask her.
“May I know where the little filly’s room is?” She asks me. I nod a couple times.
“Yes, and Fluttershy can you show her there please?” I ask her. She nods before getting up off of me, and showing Rarity out of the front room, and down a hallway.
“Okay, now I can give you these two options. Both are fairly simple, and if you refuse and try to take her by force I will start killing you all with one bullet each. Will you listen Celestia?” I ask.
“Since I wish to avoid death yes.” She tells me.
“Okay, so here are the options. First you leave her here with me, and never return unless you need her for an emergency. Second you bring me back with you to live with her. I don’t care if I have to be turned into a pony to go, but I will go with her if you so choose that option.” I tell her.
“What makes you think you can ask these things of the Princess huh?!” Rainbow Dash asks me as she flies up to my face.
“Because I can easily kill all seven of you with this weapon.” I tell her as I put it up to the bottom of her jaw, and pull the hammer back.
“Now please be ever so kind, and get out of my face.” I tell her. She swallows a lump in her throat before landing, and walking back to her seat.
Right as I sit back into my chair Fluttershy returns and sits next to me. I smile to her with a small smile. She returns it with a sad smile of her own.
“Now Princess, What is your choice?” I ask her. She seems to be in deep thought still. I give her time before I stand up with Fluttershy and head into the kitchen.
“Are any of you hungry?” I call into the front room.
“Yes, but you don’t have to feed us sir.” Twilight replies. I just chuckle before I set the gun down next to me and open the fridge, pulling out a few carrots, along with apples, oranges, a couple heart fruits that I figured out how to grow, and last but not least a few cans of mountain dew, along with a decaffeinated one for Pinkie, since she doesn’t need any more energy.
I return to the front room and hand out the food to everyone before heading back and grabbing my handgun and sitting in my chair.
“What are these fruits? I aint ever seen ‘em before.” Apple Jack says as she holds up one of my heart fruits. I smile as I recall how I grew those.
“Those are what I call heart fruit. They are a cross breed of apples, and dragon fruit. They have a unique taste, but they are also able to make a delicious juice.” I tell her. The heart fruit was a vivid pink, and had an apple stem in the small divot at the top, and had the texture of a dragon fruit.
“Cross bread? You mean to tell me that you mixed the two fruits together?” Apple Jack asks. I nod my head as I bite into one that was a deep red. I smile as the unique flavor soaks my tongue.
“Thank you for these delightful fruits.” Rarity says as she finishes her heart fruit. I smile and nod to her.
“I try my best not to be rude to guest, until they try to take something or someone dear to me.” I say aloud to all of the other ponies in the room.
“Sir, I have made my decision.” Celestia says as she stands up. I stand as well, but block her from Fluttershy.
“I’m listening.” I tell her with a nod.
“You can put the weapon away, for you won’t be needing it where you going.” She tells me. This causes Twilight to choke a little on her drink.
“But Princess, you said that he couldn’t exist in our world.” Twilight says.
“That is true Twilight, bit that would be if he was still human when he got there.” Celestia replies as she lights her horn. I growl, and take aim at Celestia.
“There is no need for that. I’m just turning you into a pony sir.” She tells me.
“Very well, but could you make me a pegasus?” I ask as I toss my gun onto my chair.
“Yes.” She says before her magic takes hold of my body.
All my nerves go numb, before I see myself starting to change. First my body shrunk, and my head grew. I couldn’t feel my bones, but I knew they were rearranging I then felt a slight pinch come from my back, and knew that my wings just grew. I then felt my skin warm up a bit, and watched as my fur grew in as a dark yellow, almost gold color. I then feel my head, and rear start to itch, and guessed that my main and tail were growing. When Celestia set me down from her grasp I look to my tail to see a bright vivid red.
“There… is one thing… I couldn’t change… too much.” Celestia says as she breathes heavily. I furrow my brows a bit.
“What would that be?” I ask before I bring a hoof up to my mouth from my new voice. My voice was now much smoother than it was before, and was slightly higher pitched.
“I couldn’t change your eye color.” She replies after she caught her breath. I nod a couple times.
“That is not of concern to me.” I reply as I try to take a step forward, only to trip over my feet… um hooves, and end up on the floor. I hear Rainbow Dash burst into laughter. I slowly manage to get back up onto my… hooves.
“Okay, I’m going to try that again.” I say before I slowly move my right front hoof forwards, and plant it on the floor, and then slowly move forward towards the other side of the room. As I made my way around the room I manage to get to a regular walking speed.
“Alright, I think I got it down.” I say before I sit on my haunches.