//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: The Answer and the Date // Story: Where am I? What are you? // by MomentumCrow //------------------------------// Location David's Dream Realm "Cassiel! Are you here? Where are you?", David shouted as he tries to look for Cassiel, the one who might know the answer for the creature he had encounter before. "Yes, David. I know what is your question, and before you ask. I've seen it all." David was confused and spoke up, "You've seen it all? Why didn't you do anything about it? Why didn't you help me save my wife?!" "I'm sorry, David. But there was nothing I can do about it, his powers are a lot stronger than mine." "Who is he? Why is he targeting me and my family?" "He goes by the name of King Sombra. He was the one who has been defeated by the Elements of Harmony, he seeks for revenge after his defeat." "But why me? Why the humans?", David questioned. "That, I don't know, David. He must have choose you for a reason." "What ever that reason is, I'm still gonna kick him right in the knob for touching my wife." Cassiel let out a long sigh before saying, "You can't defeat him in this form David. He can easily rip you apart if you go near him. Didn't you saw what he did to you last time?" David immediately thought back the time he flung him, "Oh...right. About that, how am I supposed to defeat him now?" "Every one has their weakness, maybe your friends can help you with the knowledge of beating him, since they have done it before. In the meantime, you can practice what you've learn here." "Hmm, not bad of an idea to ask Twilight on how to beat him. I'll keep that thought in mind as soon as I wake up." Cassie chuckles before saying, "Oh you will wake up in three...two...one" Location Ponyville, Golden Oaks Library After hearing Cassiel said that, David felt a tingling sensation on his nose, he blindly tries to swipe it off but only felt a kind of cream on his face. "What in the world is this?", he said while looking at his hands, it was clearly filled with whip-cream. He looked over and saw Rainbow just laughing, very loudly. Making Twilight jumped out of her bed and went up stairs. "Rainbow! What are you doing here in the morning in David's room laughing?!", Twilight angrily said. "Oh! You should have seen his face!" "Hardy-har-har, I can't believe I got pranked with one of the oldest trick in the history of pranks. But on the second hand, this cream taste good.", he said while licking the cream off his finger. "You gotta admit it, David. That was a pretty good prank!", Rainbow said while still trying to hold her laugh. "That was a good one, but you should stop sneaking up to my window and prank me every morning from now and then." "Aw, you no fun. Anyways, get your clothes on, let's go and have breakfast." "I'm already on it, would you like to come with us, Sparkles?", David said while putting on his his signature clothes, a red shirt and a black leather jacket. "You two go ahead, I need to get back to my sleep after reading all of those books yesterday.", she said while letting out a yawn. "Oh I got something to ask you this evening, are you up for that?" Twilight was curious on what he was planning to ask, but she tries not to think of that much, "Sure David, you can ask me anything at anytime." He nods at Twilight before escorting Rainbow out of the library. Leaving her mumbling to herself, "I wonder what kind of question he's gonna ask, it does sound important. I'll leave it for tonight, too tired to think.", she said as she falls down David's bed, didn't even think of using her bed that time. Location Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres After having breakfast, the two walked to the farm. On their way there, they spotted Applejack carrying some crates. But these crates are a lot bigger than what David used to saw everyday at work. "Hey there, Applejack. Do you need any help carrying those crates?" "Nah, I'm fine. You two go to the farm, I'll meet ya there." David and Rainbow walked to Applejack and started picking up the crates, Rainbow spoke up, "Nope, we can't leave you here carrying these crates alone. Besides, we haven't warm up yet." Applejack let out a long sigh before saying, "Fine, you two can carry those to the farm." "Why do you need these crates anyways?", David questioned. "A customer was ordering some apples and the crates that we have is not enough." David looked around the crate and said, "Not enough? Are you serious? This thing looks like it can hold over a ton, how are you gonna carry it when it is filled with apples?" "Do you not remember Big Mac? Besides, I'm not the only one who will carry this." "Oh right, I totally forgot about Mac. But anyways, let's get these things to the farm.", David said and the other responded with a nod. The three walked to the farm, doing what they do best. While they were working, David spotted a pink pony bouncing around looking for someone, it was Pinkie. "Hi there David! How are you doing? I'm doing great, thanks!" 'Normal Pinkie is not normal', David thought to himself and said, "Hey Pinkie, I'm doing great, thanks for asking. What are you doing here in the farm." "I'm here to deliver a box filled with cupcakes!" David was confused and said, "Cupcakes? None of us ordered cupcakes, Pinkie." "None of you did but Twilight ordered it!", she said. David thought to himself, 'Huh, Twilight never buys anything for me. But hey, free cupcakes!' "Okay, I'll take it.", he grabbed the box and opened it, inside, there was 12 cupcakes with multicolor frosting on top. He took a bite at one with the blue frosting, it took awhile for him to respond so he took another bite and said, "How much sugar there is in this cupcake? I feel like I'm gonna have diabetes if I ate too much of these." "If I could estimate how much sugar in one cupcake, I'll say two tea spoons." His jaws just dropped, two tea spoons was too much for him, "Maybe eating this is a bad idea, I should give this to the other two. Next time if you try to kill me with sugar, make sure you make it less sweet." Pinkie nodded at David, he brought the cupcakes to Applejack and Rainbow and the two had a break while David continues to work. After a long day at the farm, it was close to six P.M, he had an hour to prepare before taking Rainbow out to dinner. He was making a run towards the library, but unfortunately was cut off by Rainbow standing inches away from the doorway. "Woah there, hotshot! Where do you think you're going?" "We're not going to dinner yet, you still have an hour to prepare.", David said while attempting to reach the library door but only fail. "That's not why I'm here. I'm here because I want to know where you are gonna take me." David face palmed and said while his fave was still in his hand, "Can't you just wait for another hour? When did you get excited about this anyways?" Rainbow almost didn't find the answer for that but she improvised, "Excited? Nah, I'm just curious to find out how far this place is so I won't carry you home when you had too much to drink!" "Oh hardy-har-har, very funny. Now if you excuse me, I need to go change my clothes, you can wait inside if you want to.", he said while opening the door, inviting Rainbow in. "Nah, I need to get back to my house and feed Tank, also I forgot something back there. I'll see you here in an hour!", she said as she flies off. David walked into the house and saw Twilight with a glee, looks like she had heard everything. "Looks like somepony got Rainbow's attention! That's a first!", she said in a mocking tone. "What's the big deal anyways? It's not like I'm the first one to ask her for dinner." "Well on the record, you are the first one that has asked her out." David was surprised after she said that, "Excuse me, could you rephrase that? "You heard me, David. You're the first one to ask her out! And if you're asking why nopony asked her out is because of her tomboyish attitude. I guess nopony liked it." "Okay then, I'll used that information to myself. For now, I'm gonna go back to my box and see if there is a nice suit waiting for me.", he said as he walked upstairs to the box filled with clothes. He quickly searches the box if there was a suit in there, surprisingly, there was. 'Perfect', he thought to himself and carry the suit to the bathroom. Moments later, he walked out with a perfected suit made by Rarity. David walked to the nearby mirror and said to himself, "Wow, you're looking good, David, better thank Rarity the next time I see her again." He combed his hair and checked the clock, he still has fifteen minutes before going out so he grabbed a nearby book and started reading it. After fifteen minutes, he heard a knock on the door. Twilight opened it and he saw Rainbow standing there, but something was different about her. "Hey hotshot! Are you ready to go yet?" He didn't answer her, he was still astonished of how she looked so different because of her ponytail hairstyle, it looks like she has changed her personality completely. He shakes his head back to consciousness and said, "Sorry, I just lost myself because of your hair. It makes you look so different!" "Oh you liked it? I haven't done this hairstyle for so long but it does make me look like a kid." "Like it? No, love it? Yes, you should keep the hair that way, it fits you in some kind of way." "Keep it? Nah, I usually do this on special occasions only. Or somepony happens to make me dress like a princess with all of those makeups, yuck!", she said while making a disgust noise towards the make-ups, sounds like she hates it. "You will still look fine without makeups, it's just the hair that I like... and maybe the eyes, too. But I'll let that conversation pinned onto the board, let's go shall we?" Rainbow answered it with a nod, he escorted her to the restaurant, leaving Twilight looking at them leave and said, "I'm happy for him, jealous, but happy at the same time.". Location Ponyville, Lakeside Cloud "So this is the place you wanted to take me?", Rainbow asked while looking at the restaurant. "Yes, I knew this place awhile ago and I heard that this is a perfect place to take you out for dinner.", he said while inviting Dash to come inside. The two walked inside the restaurant and sat down to a table. A waiter came up and asked for their orders, "What will you two be ordering tonight? Would you like some drinks while you are waiting?", they both ordered salad and water only. The rest of the night was talking and making jokes, nothing was really special happening. After dinner, both of them had a long walk home, on their way back, both of them took a seat next to a fountain. Rainbow was the one who spoke up, "David, could you tell me the story of how you got here?" She looked at him with her cerise eyes, he couldn't help but say yes, "Oh alright, I'll tell you, but you have to promise me that you won't fall asleep when I'm telling it, got it? "Okay, sir!", she said while giving him a salute. David chuckles and cleared his throats before telling, "It was December, the last month of the year..." Ten minutes later... "...and I met Twilight, the rest is history. So how do you like i-", before he could finish his sentence, he looked next to him and saw Rainbow sleeping with her head resting on his shoulder. He didn't felt it when he was telling the story, maybe he was too into it. David shook her gently but no responds, he let out a sigh before quietly saying to himself, "Looks like you're the one who is going to be carried home.", he chuckles and started to lift her up and carry her back to the library. He luckily made it back to the library without waking her up, he knocked the door and it was opened by Twilight. Twilight noticed David was carrying Dash and quickly asked, "David, what happened to Rainbow?" He walked inside and said, "Nothing, she just fell asleep and that's all. She'll be sleeping in my room tonight, do you got any spare blankets that I can have? Because I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight." "I do have some, you take her to your room while I get some blankets.", she said and walked to her room. David slowly lift her up, trying hard not to wake her up. He walked upstairs to his room, set her on his bed and make her look like she was at home. He got out of his room, slowly closing the door behind him as he whips out the last sweat off his forehead. David walked downstairs and saw that the couch was perfectly modified, it looks a little bigger and more comfortable than ever. "Thank you Twilight. Are you ready to answer the question?", David asked. "Sure, David. Ask me anything you like." "Okay, I know you answered this one before but I want this to be more specific. How did you actually defeat King Sombra?" "We use the power of the crystal ponies and the elements to defeat him. My brother and Princess Cadence also helped us defeat him. But can I ask why do you want to know this?" "For curiosity reasons. Anyway, I should be sleeping now. Why don't we both do that?", he answered and let out a yawn. "Okay, goodnight, David", she said and walked into her room. "Goodnight, Sparkles.", he looked at his room's door and quietly said, "Goodnight, Rainbow Dash." His vision began to blurry, and then he was asleep. He got the answered he needed and a perfect date. Living here might not as bad as he thinks, but he got a problem he needed to take care of in the future.