A Collection Of Geodesic One-Shots

by GeodesicDragon

[1P GR A] Blowing The Dust Off

I've lived in Equestria for nearly ten years now, and a lot has changed. I've made new friends, fallen in love, raised a family, gone through a wide range of emotions, nearly died a couple of times, and watched changes unfold in the land I now call home.

But if someone had told me, the first time I laid eyes on Equestria, that I would eventually be one of the two individuals ruling it, I'd have dismissed them as mad; I never did believe in fortune telling, horoscopes, psychics, palm reading or stuff like that. Yet, I would now owe that person one hell of an apology, because that's exactly what has happened. I, the first human to set foot in Equestria for over a thousand years, now helps to rule it, alongside my wife. It's been a couple of years since I got the job, and it hasn't gotten any easier, despite what my friend John seems to think.

However, Twilight and I have adapted quite well, and the two of us have ruled Equestria since Celestia and Luna retired to Silver Shoals. We still visit them – and their husbands – every now and again, but most of our time is spent in the throne room, ruling over an Equestria which has seen major changes this past decade. Where once our petitioners were just ponies, we now find ourselves fielding questions and requests from changelings, dragons, yaks, hippogryphs, gryphons and even the occasional diamond dog.

And whether it's Applejack providing some much needed sustenance, Rarity mending dresses and suits, Pinkie Pie entertaining the guests because Twilight and I are running late, Fluttershy offering a sympathetic ear and a cup of tea after a hard day, or Rainbow Dash ensuring perfect weather for a vital meeting, our friends have also helped us immensely. Ace dismantled the bulk of his robots after he and Pinkie got back together, and offered to become the head of Twilight and I's personal guard, an offer we accepted. Spike, meanwhile, takes his role of Friendship Ambassador extremely seriously, and has grown a lot over the years. He eventually joined Ace, John and myself in the Marriage Club, but he and Rarity ultimately decided not to have kids.

Speaking of John, he likes to occasionally sit in on my meetings and tell the dignitary I'm talking to that he is my 'overworked, underpaid and underappreciated assistant,' but what he's actually there to do is draw (admittedly hilarious) caricatures of the dignitary in question. Dragon Lord Ember caught him in the act once, but she was surprisingly chilled out about it; I later heard from Spike that the drawing John had done had been framed and hung up in Ember's room in the Dragon Lands.

Out of everything that the ten of us have gained over the years, though, it goes without saying that children have been the best. Twilight and I have Azure and Evening, Pinkie Pie has little Chocolate and Applejack – after 'a pregnancy that seemed to last for years,' as John put it – had a foal of her own. She went into labour while I was in hospital recovering from being blown up by Tirek, so I didn't have far to go to be there for my friend. Doctor Haywick warned John about not holding AJ's hoof during the birth, but he didn't listen; while I only ended up with a few cracked knuckles during Twilight's labour, John ended up with his arm broken in three places as a result of his wife's Earth pony strength. True to form, though, he refused to be treated until 'Applejack popped the foal out,' and soon enough a little colt made his way into the world. Since Applejack, Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom had learned the truth surrounding their heritage prior to the birth, the colt was given the name Bright Pear, to honour both of their parents. John still refuses to admit it, but I saw him leaking liquid pride as AJ announced the name to us a few days after the birth.

So, all in all, these last few years have been absolutely wonderful; in fact, I daresay that they have been the best of my life.

Author's Note:

This was intended to be the start of the next story in the Geoverse series, but it was abandoned because I couldn't think of a decent enough plot.