//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: The Unexpected Visitors // Story: Where am I? What are you? // by MomentumCrow //------------------------------// Location David's Dream Realm "I'm back, pardon me for leaving so early yesterday.", David told the others. "Welcome back, David. I heard that you had a conversation with Celestia, did she told you anything important?", Cassiel asked. David was about to answer the question but questioned her, "Hold on a minute, how did you know that I was with Celestia?" "I have known Celestia for quite along time now, David. She told me that she will assist you on defeating Sombra.", Cassiel replied. "You knew Celestia for a long time and you didn't tell me?" "Yes, I didn't tell you about the fact that I knew her is because I know you will eventually meet her someday." David sighed and scratches that aside, he looked around to see that Thomas and Charles are no where to be found. "Can you tell me where are Charles and Thomas?", he asked Cassiel while still looking around, even though this is just a screen of whiteness. "They are being teleported by Celestia to your place." His eyes went wide opened, he didn't knew that they would be in Equestria that early, "What? But I told Celestia to sent them to me when I confront Sombra! How am I gonna train now?" "You will train normally like you do here, the only thing different is that they are not going to be tough like they used to. They will be getting the same body structure as you do. They can now bleed and be injured so go easy on them." "If they can bleed and injured, then how in the bollocks are they gonna help me kill Sombra?" "You, Thomas and Charles will receive special powers from Celestia, you will gain Resistance, Strength and Agility. But getting Resistance doesn't mean you are invincible, you can still take damage but they are minimal." "I guess that makes everything easier then. Can you tell me the exact location of the other two?", David asked. "They are right outside your doorstep right now, if you want to, I could wake you up and let you talk to them." "That's the only way I guess, there are no reasons for me to stay here. Wake me up, Cassiel." With a snap of a finger, David then disappeared again leaving Cassiel alone in this world. Location Canterlot's Castle David woke up in the place he has been offered yesterday. The bed was comfortable enough for him to fell asleep within seconds. David heard a noise outside the room, it sounds like there are at least two people out there talking. He got out of bed and grabbed his clothes, opened the door and saw Charles and Thomas was talking to Rainbow. "Good morning, sir. It appears that your friend has found us.", Thomas spoke up. He looked and saw Rainbow was hovering next to Thomas. "Rainbow? What are you doing here?", David asked. "Me? I was just sleeping until your snoring woke me up! I heard it from like a mile away! Besides, why didn't you told me about this?", she backfired David. 'Bollocks, should have told Dash about these two and Sombra earlier.', he thought to himself while defending, "What are you talking about? Tell you about what?" "About you having these two cool dudes as your friends!", she said. "Well sorry, I didn't thought them being here was possible. Did they told you about anything?", David looked at Thomas and Charles with his suspicious eyes and also begging they didn't told her about Sombra. "They only told me about them being friends with you and live near your house, that's all.", Rainbow said. 'Phew! That was close, I can't let her be worried about this.', he thought to himself once again. "Okay. Oh and can you please give me a moment with these two?", he told Rainbow and continued to look at Charles and Thomas. "Sure! I'll meet you at the castle gate with the others, we are going to explore Canterlot while we're at it.", Rainbow replied and flies off. David turned back to the other two just to saw that they were walking off as well, "Hey! Where do you think you're going?" "Uhhh.... nowhere?", Thomas replied. "Did anyone of you told her about Sombra or the training we had in my dream? Also, how did you guys know that I was in that room for you two to stood infront of?", David asked with a concerned look on his face. "Don't worry about it, sir. We're good at keeping our mouth shut, that's our specialty. We knew that you were in the room because your friend happens to tell us that you were sleeping in there. Now if you excuse us, we're gonna get some newspaper and read.", Charles said. David was about to question on how they are gonna get newspaper to read but he tries not to question them too much. He let out a sigh before nodding at them. They nodded back before wandering off inside the castle, David hopes they don't get into trouble or do anything stupid. He walked down to the castle gate with the guard that led him to his room yesterday, he saw that everyone was there, including Thomas and Charles, both of them were holding a newspaper. "Morning everyone, I guess you've found my missing friends.", David said. "Good morning David, and yes, we did found your friends. Can you explain how did they got here?", Twilight asked. "How did they got here? How should I know?", he knew the answer but tried not to tell them. "I don't know! I'm just asking!" "You two break it up now, none of us knows how we got here, so the question will be unanswered.", Charles said while trying to stop the argument. "Oh alright, should we go out now or should we stay here and then go back to Ponyville?", David asked. "Are you kidding me? This is Canterlot, dear! This is the opportunity to see everything!", Rarity spoke up. "Rarity, this ain't Manehattan. Ya know that, right?", Applejack pointed that out. "Tell me the difference between Canterlot and Manehattan, darling." Applejack ran out of words to say because she hasn't been to Manehattan before so she can't really compare the two. "You see? Now stop your whining and follow me, we're going shopping!", Rarity said as she carried Applejack along with her. "Everypony! Grab someone and go do something and meet at somewhere!.", Pinkie shouted and quickly grabbed Fluttershy and ran off. 'She just stole my line!', David thought to himself and spoke up, "Normal Pinkie is not normal. Anyways, that left us five here. Anyone want to run around trying to find a ruckus?" "We're not going to do that, right?", Twilight asked with a little bit of concern. "Of course not! I'm just saying it to blow your jeans. What kind of a person am I to destroy this place?", David said with a confident tone, knowing that it won't happen anytime soon. "Okay then, let's go find something interesting to do while we're at it." David and the other four walked around Canterlot to find something interesting to do. But seems like every step they took, another pair of eyes were looking at them. Ponies in the streets were whispering, giggling at David and Rainbow Dash whenever they got close to each other. "What's up with them?", Rainbow asked. "If I were to guess, the answers must be on the newspaper. Charles, could you please hand them over?.", David told Charles to hand over the newspaper. He looked at it to see the news from the other day was still at the front page. 'Oh bollocks.', he thought to himself and quickly threw the paper away, that could definitely the reason why everypony was looking at them, they thought that he and Dash was dating! "Why did you threw the newspaper away, David?", Rainbow said and hovers over to the newspaper, she started reading it and her eyes went wide opened, she was shocked about the fact that her dinner with David was widely known by the others. Rainbow couldn't take the embarrassment and flew off. "Dash! Wait!", David shouted but it was no used, she was too far away for her to hear him. "What happe-", it was Twilight's turn to pick up the newspaper and read it, "Oh no, this can't be good!" "You don't say. I'm gonna go after her. Twilight, I need you to look after these two, can you do that?", David told Twilight and she answered with a nod. David quickly ran towards the location where she flew off. "Dash! Where are you?", he shouted with hope of finding her somewhere. Suddenly, he saw her sitting on a cloud above him. David sighed in relief and hope that she's not hurt in any kind of way. "Rainbow, come down here, we can talk about this. I'm sorry, it's my fault that this thing happens anyway, so you can blame it on me whenever you want to.", David said. Surprisingly, his words was able to convinced her to come down, she hovers down to his level before spoke up, "It's not your fault that I flew off, David. I did it because I can't feel more embarrass than seeing you and me on the paper that everypony read everyday." "Come on, Dash. I know you are tougher than that, who cares if we go out for dinner and then got our faces on the paper? The news will be dust on the book in no time and nobody will ever remember it again. So you're coming back with me or not?", David said as he offered his hand to her. She didn't accept it, but instead, she hugged him. "Thank you, David. Thank you for making me feel better.", she said David was shocked but the return the hug and replied, "No problem, Dash. We're friends and that's what friends do." They walked back to the other three. Thomas and Charles was the first one who noticed Rainbow and David walked towards them. "Sir, are you and your friend alright?", Thomas asked. "We're fine, thank you for asking. We should get back to the train station, the others are probably waiting for us.", David said while escorting Rainbow back. Twilight hold David back and whispered to him, "David, what did you said to her?" "I said that it was my fault and then everything is about to be fine and then that's it.", he responded. Twilight just went with it and they continued to walk to the train station. After a long walk, they finally made it to the station. Pinkie and Fluttershy was there but there were no signs of the other two. "Where's Applejack and Rarity?", David asked. Before anyone could answer, David spotted Rarity in the distant. She was walking normally but there seems to be no signs of Applejack. But then Applejack came into his view while carrying a bunch of bags. "Don't even ask what's inside.", Applejack said as she puts the bag down. "Thank you, darling. Now would you mind loading them up?", Rarity asked and she answered with a grunt but t carries the bag onto the train anyways. "Back to Ponyville we go. Oh right, where are you two gonna stay when we get there?", David asked while looking at Thomas and Charles. "Don't worry about us, sir. We normally don't feel tired but if we do, we'll find a place to stay.", Charles replied and the three hopped on the train. Location Ponyville's Train Station 'Home sweet home.', David thought to himself and walked off the train, saying goodbye to everyone else and went back to the library with Twilight, Charles and Thomas. "David, now that we're here, when will we start training again?", Charles whispered quietly. "We'll start as soon as we settle down at the library and the I'll take you two to a place.", David responded. They reached the library in a matter of minutes before David spoke up, "Twilight, why don't you go in and have a rest. Me and these two will go somewhere and talk for a bit and we'll come back." Twilight nodded before going inside, leaving the three standing there. David led his trainers to a nearby park, it was almost dawn and the street lights was about to turn on. "When the lights turn on, I want one of you to charge at me. Let's try these new bodies you guys had.", David said and other nodded. The sun was slowly going down, Thomas and Charles were ready. The lights were flickering, once they have been turned on, Thomas charged full speed at David. He noticed that his speed was slower in this world so he dodges the charge with no problems. "Okay, I think this is going to be harder for us to train you.", Thomas said while he was catching his breath. "I don't need you guys to train me in this world, I got all of the moves I needed. So now I will have to train you to adapt in this new body of yours.", David told them. "Yes, sir. We'll do what you demands.", both of them said in a unison. David chuckles and thought to himself, 'This is going to be interesting.' The rest of the night was David training Thomas and Charles on how their new bodies work in this world and how they work differently in the other. But he knew that he was missing something. Something that has been a part of his life: his family.