K is a pilot, second in command of the Grim Reaper squadron. He brings death from above on Earth. Is that a good fit for Equestria? Will he be able to find a purpose in a in a world full of colorful, peaceful, talking ponies?
I wrought down the first parts during the summer of 2012 after having the most awesome dream ever. This is a human in Equestria story where a pilot called K is in focus. He flies a fictional plane that I call F35-2s. It is based on the existing F-35 but it has two seats and improved performance. The story starts out with Ks arrival to Equestria where he after a few road bumps quickly makes new friends amongst the ponies of ponyville. One of them takes him in to her home, another one studies him and his technology and one pony has to bring her A-game if she is to keep her cocky attitude in one piece.
That is what I have posted so far in the first four chapters that where edited by a friend that is now to busy continue. I am currently working on part five and six but it is slow going because I only wright when I feel like it and I am always getting stuck, I just don't feel that I am not that good of a writer. (I think I need a co-writer who could help me out at times.) And remember that this is the very first story I have ever wrought down EVER. So I would encourage constructive criticism. I am also In need of an editor who can at least correct spelling, grammar and punctuation but it would be great if someone could re-wright this to make it more appealing to the reader.
My name is Kim, but almost everyone calls me K for some reason. I am an F35-2s pilot. An F35-2s is based on the F35 the biggest difference being that the 2s version is a 2 seater that gives the possibility to add a copilot to help out with complex tasks like navigation and it is always a good thing to have someone keeping an eye on your tail when engaged by multiple hostiles. I am second in command of an elite flight squad called The Grim Reapers.
We are one of the world’s best mercenary squadrons who offer all kinds of services from acrobatic flight shows and simple escorts all the way to missions that are to risky for "normal" squadrons. All of my wingmen have at least 12 confirmed aerial kills each and a lot more ground kills witch places us among the most effective pilots in the world. You don't get to be called a Grim reaper for nothing you know.
The day that would change my life forever had started like any other day. The Reapers had been scheduled to do a flight show over some huge gun festival in the Nevada desert. I got up did the preflight checks of my F35-2s with the rest of my unit. The maintenance crew where responsible for arming the aircraft with soft ordinates. We had to use soft ones do to the fact that we would be engaging one another during the show. I was loaded with a full set of cinematic ammo for the Gatling gun and with 2 internally stored Joint Direct Attack Munitions or JDAMs for short. They had the same guidance systems that the real thing had but the warhead had been replaced with deadweight, the actual explosives would be placed by the target making it look as if the bomb was real when it hit.
After takeoff and a 20 minute trip at cruising speed me and the captain arrived at the gun festival, the other 6 members where already there worming up the crowd with simple things like formation flying .They finished up and returned to base when me and the captain arrived to let us do our routine which consisted of varies stunts like barrel roles, lopes and attack runs where I dropped the JDAMs on a building that had been filed with the explosives I talked about. After the booming run the main event started in which the captain being "The good guy" was supposed to engage the hostile aircraft that had bombed an important building.
The captain had been loaded up with sidewinder missiles armed with cinematic warheads that would detonate a safe distance away from the target plane but it would still be close enough to make it seem like a hit. As it started the captain called me via radio.
"Reaper2 this is Reaper1 beginning engagement over"
"Reaper2 Rodger that. You better stay frosty captain I am feeling lucky to day" I said even though I knew that the captain was supposed to win this.
"Ha-ha, Rodger that. By the way you might want to check your six"
And shore enough there was the captain lining up a shot.
"Way ahead of you old man. Dumping speed!"
"Rodger"
I pulled back on the stick and the throttle at the same time witch maid the plain turn its nose up, but it stayed at the same altitude, the result being that my speed decreased dramatically witch put me behind the captain allowing me to fire at him. The dogfight lasted about 3 minutes. It ended with me having to give the captain an opening so he could get a lock and fire his sidewinder.
When we landed at base, all the others were just finishing up with moving there plains in to their hangars. I on the other hand had a mission to do during the night to come so my F35-2s was moved to the arming station where I was briefed on my mission. It was a hit and run strike on some kind of rebel base in the Caribbean with possible enemy fighters involved. I told the engineers to arm the plane with 2 JDAMs and 2 sidewinders all of witch where internally mounted, the Gatling gun was loaded with armor piercing explosive rounds. I would not be joined by a copilot on this mission so the backseat was loaded with survival supplies like MREs, a first-aid bag and an AK-4c carbine with ten mags of ammunition so I could survive till rescue arives in the event that I had to make an emergency landing some were inhospitable.
After that the squad had the rest of the day of, everyone but me went to the barracks to socialize but I had been kind of a loner ever sense my parents dyed. After that I really only cared deeply about 2 things in my life, the first being my F35-2s. She is a beautiful piece of engineering with a base color blacker then the darkest night and the Grim Reaper painted on the topside. The second thing was the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic series. I had even named my F35-2s after the series. When I joined the Reapers I had to pick a 2 letter code for my plane, I called it RD witch in military means Romeo, Delta, but what I was really thinking of was the colorful Pegasus Rainbow dash.
I had often dreamed about flying with her even before I joined the Reapers. Little did I know that it would not be just a dream mush longer.
As the rest of the day went on I mostly stayed by RD, I had been placed on quick response so I had to be able to get airborne in just a few minutes, everything I needed was already in the plane like the G-suit and helmet with built in targeting systems. I only left her to grab a snack or something of the like. Evening came and a storm starter to come in, it would not be a problem for the mission because the F35-2s is an all whether plain. When the first drops of rain started to fall a member of the maintenance crew told me to come inside. I told him about my situation and that I would be fine inside the cockpit.
So I climbed in closed the hatch, pulled on the G-suit and placed the helmet in my lap. I had always liked lighting and thunder so this would be awesome chance to witness the beauty of mother nature’s wrath in all its glory. As the storm got more intense lightning started to strike around the air base, I was getting more excited and nervous as the shots of lightning got closer and closer. Then the lightning just seemed to stop for a while until a bolt shot wright down on to the jet I was sitting in and everything turned dark.
“Ah oh man, note to self don't mess with mother nature" I groaned putting a hand on my hurting head as I started to come back to consciousness.
The first thing I noticed waking up was that I was still in my F35-2s and it seemed like none of us had sustained any kind of damage, so I started to wonder if my plane and I really were hit by lightning or if I had just imagined it. After giving myself a look through without finding anything to cry about I decided to do a systems check to make shore that the plain was OK as well.
The plane’s engine started up as usual and all the computers seemed to be working except the ones that needed some kind of external up-link, like the GPS for example but I let that go for now. Next on the check list was flaps and rudders so I grabbed the stick and systematically moved it around, it responded well to the motions so looked over my right shoulder to see if all the external mechanisms where responding as well, but as I did the realization struck me that I was no longer on the tarmac of the air base but rather a small clearing in a forest next to a big field covered with grass and flowers. "What the heck?" I thought to myself. "Where am I?"
I decided to climb out of the jet and get up in a nearby tree to get a better look of my surroundings. At first I did not see anything more than just the field I saw from the cockpit but when I turned around I saw a clock tower that looked really familiar to me. I sat in the tree a long time trying to figure out where I knew the tower from. The realization came with a shock as I saw a flying... some thing.
"Wait is that a horse? With wings, but that would be a Pegasus. No way, it can’t be." But as I continued looking at this winged horse I suddenly remembered that I had seen it before. The Pegasus had a gray coat and a yellow mane and tail, "Derpy?" Then I remembered where I had seen the tower before. It was the Pony Ville clock tower!
"Ha that would explain why the GPS isn't working". As I sat in the there just looking at Derpy to see what kind of trouble she would get in to I thought about my options. I wanted to go in to Pony Ville but I feared that I might have a hard time to leave all that behind If I got to go back to my world. On the other hand I did have all I cared for here, my beloved F35-2s and I was closer to the all the ponies that I had dreamed about then I could ever be.
After thinking about it I decided to go to town, in the end I did not have any other option. So I got down and started to go through my supplies and equipment. For food I had some MREs or 'Meals ready to eat' and a full water bottle. I also had a small but very effective first aid kit. As for my tools I had an air force PDA that was charged by solar panels on its back so I would be able to use it for a long time, I also had a rather big knife strapped to my right leg, It was a combat knife that was supposed to be sharp enough to cut through a car door If necessary.
I put the water bottle on my waist, the PDA in my chest pocket, the first aid kit in my right leg pocket, an MRE in the left and I just let the knife be strapped to my leg. After going throe all that I started to hide the F35-2s with whatever shrubbery I could find, wouldn't want some random pony finding it. It took some time to complete the job but when I was done I started to walk towards the direction I had seen the clock tower. After walking for a few minutes I started to hear the sounds and smell the scents of the town all of which had this fluffy kind of feeling to them. It didn't take long until I saw my first pony up close, it was an earth pony that I recognized as Bonbon. She was picking berries from a bush and she hadn't noticed me so I decided to say hi. As I did she responded with a friendly.
"Hallow there" But as she turned around to see who she was talking to her face turned pail and I got the response I had anticipated, fear. She looked more scared then any of the ponies I had seen on the show, and before I could calm her down she started to run towards the town screaming as she did. I think she said something like.
"Help there is a monster on its way to get us all!!!"
I laughed a little to myself as I had guessed that I would look a bit intimidating to them, wearing my black jumpsuit and having a big knife strapped to my leg was not exactly the cutest thing you could find in Equestria. I was also a bit taller than them, the top of Bonbons head was right below my jaw and here back was a bit higher than my waist. I guess that it would be possible to ride one of these ponies if they were strong enough.
Before leaving the spot I noticed that Bonbon had dropped her saddlebags so I picked them up strapped them over my shoulders and continued to walk towards the town. When I got there however nobody was in sight. All the shops were closed and the windows where covered. I guess that Bonbon had scared all the residents with here panicked screams of a monster. I decided that walking around town and wait for the ponies to make a move was the best thing to do, it's not like they would open their doors to a creature that they had never seen before. Zecora had at least been some kind of 4 legged animal and not a single pony even dared to look at her let alone open their doors for her.
So I continued to stroll around town for a couple minutes, I recognized many of the buildings like town hall, the spa and I even saw Twilights library. I figured that I should take a closer look sense Twilight was probably the easiest one to talk to and explain the situation to. I got so close to the library that I was under its branches when I started to hear a humming noise. It took a few seconds but I remembered that that was the sound of a unicorn about to use its magic. And shore enough I could feel something moving by my feet and when I looked down I saw a rope covered with a purple glow move about.
I sighed heavily and thought. “Well this sucks.” As I realized what was about to happen to me. I tried to get away from the rope but it was too late, as I jumped the rope spun a knot around my left ankle witch made me fall over and hit my head before I was lifted up in to the tree. As I hung upside down in the tree only half awake from the blow to my head I noticed brightly colored shapes walking out from the library. They started talking to one another but I only heard individual words like monster and dangerous.
Then the sound of magic being activated was heard again and I started to feel something poking me. I found that very irritating so I shuck my head trying to get my vision and hearing back. It worked and In front of me I could now see five ponies staring back at me, it was Rarity, Pinkiepie, Applejack who had Fluttershy hiding behind her and Twilight who was holding a stick in here magic. ‘Guess that solves the question of who was poking me.'
Even when being suspended upside down in a tree it was a huge thrill to see some of my favorite ponies for real, lucky I had been a member of The Reapers for so long that I had discipline like an officer so I could withstand the urge to just reach out and try to hug them which would not have made a very good first impression. Instead I just look at them and glare a bit at the stick that had been poking me.
"Ah don't think it liked that Twi" Said Applejack taking a small step back.
“It does look kind of angry" responded Twilight, with a very concentrated look on her face.
“Maybe it does not like being upside down or being poked by a stick" Whispered Fluttershy from behind Applejack.
"No matter if it likes it or not I just want to know what in Equestria this horrid thing is and what we are going to do to get rid of it" Said Rarity.
OK that was it. I was not going hang here and be called 'it' and 'that thing' and horrid all day.
"That thing happens to have a name thank you very much"
All the ponies except Pinkie who had lost focus and started to play with a rubber chicken had their mouths agape.
Applejack was the first to respond.
"It can talk?" She said still having a shocked expression on her face.
"Yes! And like I just said, IT has a name"
"Well um what would that be?" Asked Twilight holding the stick in front of her with here magic. I decided to tell them my nickname K. I was more use to being called that any way. But before answering I pulled myself up high enough to reach the rope I was hanging from with my left hand and pull my leg strapped knife out of its holster with the right, it was a beautiful knife Its blade was black and about 9" long, one of the sides had a normal sharp edge and the back had a saw blade. It is basically what you would call a Rambo knife. And with one swift slice it cut right through the rope. As it snapped I was turned around now holding onto the rope with my left hand. I put the knife back in its holster, let go of the rope and maid a gentle landing on the grass below.
"The name is K. Nice to meet you all" I shot them a smile trying to look as friendly as possible but they just stood there looking as shocked as ever. The first one to do something was Twilight, she had dropped the stick but here horn started glowing again and a purple bubble started to form around me. "I really don't think that this is necessary Twilight, I mean you nor your friends any harm” Twilight gave me a very confused look, she was properly surprised that I know her name.
"How do you know my name?" Called it. Guess I should tell them about the show back on earth and everything but I did not have any intention of telling my story in this bubble.
"If you are willing let me out from this bubble of yours and have a calm conversation with me I will tell you and your friends about how I know about you. The ponies had a quick group talk before giving me an answer.
"OK but first you have to tell us what you are exactly?" Demanded Twilight, while still holding up here bubble.
"I am a human" I said simply not really knowing any other description to give. Twilights eyes widened as if she had just realized something important.
"Wait right there!" She said running in to the library.
"It's not like I am going anywhere." What was I going to do, dig my way out?
After a few minutes Twilight came back out, she lowered the force field and told everyone to come inside. Twilight had made a total mess of the library, there where books thrown all over the floor. She had surely been looking for a book that could tell her more about humans. As I looked around she levitated a book up to me and told me to look inside it. It had mythical stories and drawings of what seemed to be humans. "Is this right." Twilight asked and when I told her that it was a long conversation started. I told her and her friends about earth and the my little pony show and so on, but I did not tell them about the airplane I had hidden outside of town. After the talk they seemed to trust me.
"Well even though you already know us we might as well get properly acquainted." Said Twilight, who started to introduce here friends to me.
"This Is Apple Jack, she is one of the strongest ponies in Pony Ville and she runs the Sweet apple acres farm with her family.
"Howdy there K you can just call me AJ if you like.” She said tilting her hat. "By the way, sorry for getting you tied up earlier he-he."
"Don't worry about it AJ, I got down unharmed after all didn't I."
"This is Rarity, she is the most talented dress maker in Pony Ville." Continued Twilight pointing a hoof at Rarity.
"Hallo darling." Said Rarity lightly waiving a hoof of her own at me. I chuckled at here greeting and told her that no one had ever called me darling before, to which she lightly giggled.
"This is Fluttershy, she is really good with all kinds’ animals."
" Um Hello." Whispered Fluttershy trying to hide behind her pink mane. I gave her a friendly smile and said. "Hi Fluttershy, you don't need to be afraid I am not as dangerous as I may look, you have nothing to worry about." It seemed to help, she came out a bit from behind her mane and smiled a little saying.
"Oh um good to know"
"And I am Twilight Sparkle the top student of Princes Celestia." She was standing close enough to me to shake her hoof so I lifted my right hand toward her. She did not immediately realize what I was getting at but she eventual lifted her hoof to my hand and we shook.
“And lastly Pink” She was cut off by the Pink pony who was bouncing around the library as hyperactive as always.
"...IE PIE. I ALWAYS LOVE TO MEET SOMEPONY NEW. BUT YOU’RE NOT A PONY ARE YOU? SO I GUESS I LIKE TO MEET ANYONE NEW. I ALSO LIKE TO THROW PARTIES FOR EVERY ONE, EAVE THAT MEANY GRIFFIN THAT RAINBOW DASH USE FRIENDS WITH! HAY WAIT A MINUTE!" She stopped talking and bouncing for a bit allowing my brain to catch up with her high speed hyper talk. "Where is Rainbow Dash anyway?"
All the ponies looked around and surely Rainbow dash was nowhere to be seen.
"Let’s go look for her. Twilight said. "We could show you around town while we do so. Would you like that?" She asked, with a friendly smile.
"Sounds like a plan to me." I replied. So me and the ponies exited the library and as we did I notice that it was still a ghost town outside.
"Did I really scare every one that bad?" Feeling a bit sorry for all the ponies that must have something to do.
"Apparently you did. Let me take care of it." Twilight walked a few steps forward and magically amplifying her voice as she called out. "Don't be afraid everypony he is not dangerous you can come out now." And sure enough the doors and windows started to open and ponies started to fill the streets once again.
Twilight and her friend started to show me around town introducing me to the ponies we passed. We came across two Pegasus ponies called Flitter and Cloud Chaser, they confidently said hi and that it would be cool to hang out some time. I got the kind of feeling that they were two really cool mares, ones that I would meet again sometime. We even passed BonBon. I apologized for having startled earlier and handed her the bags that she had dropped.
"Oh thank you so much for bringing these with you and I am so sorry for calling you a monster earlier."
"Don't feel bad about it BonBon, no harm done.
We passed more of the landmarks from the show like Sugar cube corner where Pinkiepie had us stop and pick up some snacks, we also passed Rarity’s boutique where she tried to pushed me through the door saying that she just had to take my measurements so that she could be the first one to make a fabulous outfit for a human. I told her that it would be nice to get new clothes and all but that we should focus on finding Rainbow dash.
"Look Rarity I will drop by when I have time but right now we should find Rainbow Dash"
"Fine K but you have to promise me that you will come by at some point, you just can’t walk around in this." She gestured at my black jumpsuit with a disapproving look on her face. I was a bit offended by this. But what can you do?
"I promise Rarity"
After that was sorted we started to head for Sweet apple acres. We passed by the library again and twilight told us to wait just one moment outside. She went in for a short moment and came back out with Spike in tow, apparently he had been hiding out some place ells but had now returned to the library and let me tell you the little guy just barely made it up to my waist.
"Wow this guy is huge." He seemed rather scared but I noticed that after seeing Rarity he put on a brave face.
"Uhhh hi I I'm spike." He hesitantly lifted one of his clawed hands at me, I shot him a smile and shook his hand. "Hey there little man nice to meet you. You can call me K by the way." As I shook his hand he was looking at mine with wide eyes.
"You have fingers!? Can we pleas play rock paper scissors? I never get to play it sense none of the ponies have claws or fingers like you and me."
"Sure we can Spike. But it will have to be another day, me and your friends are busy looking for Rainbow Dash. Have you seen her today?"
"No I haven't but at this time of day you are most likely to find her napping in a tree. You should try Sweet apple acres."
"We were just headed there. You want to tag along?" Asked Apple Jack.
“Well I'd love to but I have a lot to do, Twilight made a mess of the entire library looking for something." Twilights face flushed and she smiled sheepishly as I looked at her with a knowing face.
" OK Spike I guess I will see you some other time then."
"You know it big guy and don't you forget about the rock paper scissors thing."
"I won't Spike. See ya."
Sometime later we made it to Sweet apple acres where AJ tried to introduce me to her family. But I only got to see Big Mac, he didn't say much but he did live up to his name, he was about as tall as I was, maybe even taller if his ears where standing straight up. Apple Bloom was out with her friends and Granny Smith was asleep.
Even after the talk we had in the library when we first met the ponies had a lot of questions about my life and when they asked me what I do for fun I told them that my favorite thing in life was flying. This puzzled the ponies do to the fact that I didn't have any wings on my body.
"But darling you don't even have any wings." Rarity remarked. "How can you even fly?"
"I have my ways." I told her with a grin on my face. "If things go as I hope you will see how I can fly tomorrow." As I said before I was not going to tell them about my F35-2s or the Reapers just yet.
"If you really are a good flyer then you and Rainbow will get along really well." Said Fluttershy who was not as nerves as she had been when we first met." She is a really great flyer you know." I smiled at her and said.
“I think we will get along just fine.
We eventually found RD napping in a tree on the out skirts of town.
"I´ll wake her up." Apple Jack said having a somewhat sinister look on her face. She walked up to the tree Rainbow was sleeping in and gave it a hard kick with one of her back legs. It was more than enough to knock Rainbow down from the branch she was sleeping on. She came crashing down but managed to stop the fall with her wings just before hitting the ground. Apple Jack fell over and started laughing so hard that she was unable to catch her breath properly.
"Hey what’s the big idea AJ?!" Rainbow shouted at Apple Jack who was lying in the ground laughing.
"Hmm. Apple Jack, remind me not to make you angry." I said having my arms crossed on my chest and wearing a big smile on my face. Rainbow Dash hadn't noticed me until now but when she saw me she forgot about Applejack and just stared at me for several moments. Twilight was the one to break the silences.
"Hi Rainbow Dash, this is K he is a human, you know one of the creatures from the books that where only supposed to exist in legends and old pony-tails. And guess what he claims that he is a really good flyer just like you." Twilight looked at her friend with an excited expression but Rainbow just frowned.
"Ha I doubt that, he doesn't even have any wings on his back. How can you even fly?
"My wings are a little different from the feather ones you are all use to, I only use them when I need to have some fun or go somewhere fast, really fast."
"How fast exactly?” Rainbow asked, now with a interested expression.
"Even faster than you fast." I said with a challenging smile.
"Is that a challenge?" Rainbow asked narrowing her eyes and making an equally challenging expression.
"Only if you say yes"
All the other ponies where standing mouths agape as if they did not believe what they had just heard.
Apple Jack had just stopped laughing and now asked.
"Ummm K?" Without braking eye contact with Rainbow I replied.
"Yes AJ?"
"Did you just challenge Rainbow to a race?"
"I think I just did. Are you up of a race to Cloudsdail and back?
"A little marathon eh? I am so up for that!" Rainbow said in excitement making a back flip. "I am going to wipe the sky with you."
"You are that confident are you? Care to please a bet on your skills?"
Rainbow dash still sporting a cocky expression asked.
"What kind of bet."
"I was thinking if you win you can ask for whatever you want and I will do it as long as you do the same if I win."
"You know I have always wanted a servant of my own. You-are-on"
"Good. Tomorrow morning at 09:00 sharp at that field over there." I pointed at the field where I had hid my F35-2s.
"Fine." Rainbow said. "09:00 tomorrow it is." She spat at the bottom of her hoof and held it up against me, I shot a confident smile at her as I spat on the knuckles of my right hand and then bumped it with Rainbows hoof. 'This is 20% cooler than all the other bro hoofs any one has ever gotten I thought to myself. "See you there future servant." She said before she flew of in to the clouds.
"Are you crazy!?" Twi asked. "Do you have any idea what she will make you do when you lose? You can never beat her, she is probably the fastest pony in Equestria when it comes to flying, and nopony has ever beaten her!"
"You forget that I am not a pony I am a human. Do you remember what that book said? We humans have achieved things thought to be impossible before. How fast can she fly anyway?
"Well her top speed is about the speed of sound, but she only goes that fast when she performs her sonic rainboom.
"Ha, this is going to be a cake walk." The Reaper F35-2s was basically a two seated F-35 on steroids with a top speed of up to Mach 1.8. The ponies did not know of this so they just looked at me in disbelief.
As the day started to come to an end the ponies started to go home one by one, until only I and AJ remained. The orange country pony had taken a bit of a liking to me after I had challenged Rainbow to race me the next day. She said that she had never seen anyone do something so bold and that I was either really brave or really dumb to challenge Ponyville’s best flyer to race me in her natural element, some ting that no one had ever thought of doing after that race where she got her cutie mark. AJ had challenged RD to a race at one point but that had been on the ground where they had been equally matched.
"So K how are you going to race against Rainbow tomorrow? AJ asked as we sat down next to a tree to have a bite to eat. AJ still had some sweets we had got from Sugar cube corner and I prepared the MRE I had with me. "It is still true that you don't have any wings on you ya know."
I thought for a few moments if I should tell her about The F35-2s. Finishing my meal I decided that I could trust her and that she would not to tell anyone about it until the next morning.
"AJ I can show you, but you have to promise not to tell anypony about it until next morning when the race starts. Think you can handle that?"
"Sugar cube I ain't no Twilight. You can trust me with whatever you have to show."
"OK follow me then and I will show you my wings and I promise that nopony has ever seen something like what you are about to see." AJ was really happy when she heard that she was going to be the first pony to see my wings. We started walking towards the field where I had hid the F35-2s. On the way AJ asked if I wanted to race her to a tree about 200 yards ahead. I told her that I did not have a chance against her in something like that. She was cheating after all, I only had two legs against her four. "Oh come on," She said with a begging look on her face. "it will be fun."
"OK," I sighed. "But I get a head start!" And I started running before she could react.
"Hay! No fair partner." She laughed as she too started to run. She quickly made up the ground I got from my head start and as she got up to me she gave me a wink and said.
"See you at that tree slow poke"
She started to pass me but I was not going down without a fight. I decided to test my theory of that these ponies where big and strong enough to ride, So jumped up on her back. She was really surprised by this so she stopped and turned her head to look at me.
"Now just what the hay do you think you are doing up there?" She had an angry expression on her face but I noticed some features in her eyes that told me that she did not really have any big problem with this. So I gave her a smile and rested one arm on her head and stretched the other one in front of her, giving a slight laugh as I spoke.
“No matter how fast you run my hand will be at that tree first." But as I said this her face got that same look that she had when she kicked down Rainbow from her napping tree.
"If you can take this bull by the horns you better be ready for a ride." I started to think that I might be in over my head to be riding on AJs back knowing how strong she is and all. She turned her head around and there was just one thing going through my head and that was. 'Oh shit'. Suddenly she started jumping around bucking with both her front and back legs trying to buck me of her back laughing as she did, shouting.
"You won’t be able to hold on for long partner!" I could only hold on for a few seconds before an extra hard kick tossed me in the direction of the tree we were supposed to be racing to, during the ride we had gotten closer to the tree and this flight got me just 20 yards from it with AJ standing just about 6 yards behind me. With this advantage I might actually win this.
I hit the ground surprisingly softly considering the force of AJs kicks so I was able to get on my feet very quickly and started to run. AJ noticed this just a little too late to catch up to me, and I reached the tree only a few inches before she did. I sat down leaning against the tree panting after the exhausting sprint.
"Looks like I won." I said through my panting. "And you were right it was fun."
"Looks like you did but only by this much." She held her front hooves up showing the distastes I had won by. "And it’s only because you rode in my back half the way you lazy human." She said with light chuckle.
"I guess so, but you have to admit it made things more interesting.
"It did, we are going to have to do this more often. Think you can handle it?"
"I am up for that but next time I want to have something to hold on to so I don't fly off on your first strong kick"
After we had caught our breaths we continued to walk towards the F35-2s.
"OK AJ we are just about there. My wings are behind these trees."
"Well what are we waiting for?" She asked. “Let me see them already"
"I have hid my wings over there so I am going to ask you to stay her until I uncover them."
She sat down and put an expecting look on her face. I took that as my go ahead so I went behind the trees and started to remove the shrubbery I had used for camouflage. When I was done I climbed in to the cockpit and called to AJ telling her come and look. When she got past the trees her jaw dropped open.
"What do you think?" I asked from the cockpit raising my arms in to the air.
“What in tarnation is that!? She said pointing a front hoof at the plane.
"This dear AJ is my set of wings, it´s an F35-2s fighter jet." I said banging the side of the aircraft from the cockpit creating a metallic clinging sound. "It can go faster than 1.8 times the speed of sound thanks to the Pratt & Whitney F135 mark2 engine inside it. "Now how’s that for an iron pony?"
I could tell that she had no idea what I was talking about. And why would she? Not even every human knows what a Pratt & Whitney F135 mark2 engine is. I climbed out of the jet, walked up to her and closed her mouth by lifting her jaw up.
"How can that huge piece of metal even fly?" She asked still in shock. "It`s to big no way it can fly."
"Oh it can fly, trust me. Now let me give you the tour of my wings." We walked closer to the F35-2s and I started telling her about the planes rudders and how they got the plan to move in the direction I wanted to. I told her how the engines created thrust by sucking in air in the front heating it up and then blowing it out from the back. She was amazed of all the buttons, switches and lights in the cockpit and wanted to know how it all could work. I showed her the main stick, the throttle control and the foot pedals used to yaw the plane left and right. I also told her about the radar and how it was sending and receiving signals to find and track other objects in the air. After some time I remembered that I had aborted the systems checks earlier today.
"Hey AJ How would you like to get a little firsthand view of this baby in action? I have to make shore everything is in order for tomorrow’s race." AJ looked really shocked at my question like she had not been expecting it.
“That would be great K: Just let me back of a bit so I am not blown away by all the wind you were talking about." AJ started to climb down but the built in ladder when idea struck me.
"AJ if you want you can be in the copilot seat when I do the tests. We just have to unload some supplies to make room for you"
She had gotten all the way down and was now looking up at me, there was a moment of awkward silence before she yelled.
"Well what are we waiting for partner? Let’s get those supplies unloaded already."
I started to lift out the boxes with different supplies like food and first aid and handed them down to Applejack who was carrying them away where they would not be blown away by the jet winds from the engine. Al tho I mead shore to carry the case holding the carbine my self, I didn't want to risk having to explain to AJ about the weapons I had with me until a later time. On the bottom of it all I found the copilot helmet with mask and all. I picked it up and put it under my arm.
"OK AJ climb in and I'll get you set up." She climbed up to the copilot-seat and sat down.
"This feels kind of strange, I have only seen Lyra sit like this before. What is that by the way?"
She pointed a hoof at the helmet I was holding under my arm.
"This? It is a helmet that has been integrated with the jets systems. I am going to have to ask you to put it on. Just put your hat in your lap for that time."
"Why." AJ asked probably being a little skeptical about taking her hat of.
"Well first of all for safety and also because this helmet and my helmet have two way radios inside so we can communicate with one another. The engine makes a lot of noise you see."
She nodded and put the hat in her lap so I could put the helmet on her head. It was a bit of a tight fit but I got it on with a little bit of twisting, after that I secured the seat belt around her and mead shore her helmet was connected. And lastly came the mask that would supply air at high altitudes and it also contained the microphone for the radio.
"OK AJ you are all set, just remember to not touch anything unless I say so."
"Ah got it K. Not touching anything." I gave her a nod and put myself in the pilot’s seat. When everything was strapped down and connected I turned the plain on and immediately I could hear AJ talking through the internal coms.
"K!? K what's going on? A bunch of lights just turned on and are these dials supposed to move like this? What do I do what do I do!?"
"Ha-ha. No need to worry AJ that is what is supposed to happen. I will tell you if there are any problems OK. You will be just fine." She took a deep breath and spoke.
"OK partner, ah trust you."
"OK good. Look over your right side I am just going to test he flaps there first, then the left."
"Got it."
"OK, right side." I looked over and moved the stick. To my delight everything was responding nicely. AJ sounded impressed to, making sound like wow and ahh. "Left side." I turned my head to see that everything was responding nicely on that side as well.
I made some more minor computer checks before saying.
"OK AJ everything checks out now I am just going to take us up a bit to see that I can get up and over these trees."
AJ only responded with a simple OK. I turned around to give her a thumps up before turning up the throttle, the engine came to life and being a VTOL or Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft it slowly started to go straight up.
"We have taken of, all systems are functioning and everything is stable. How are you doing back there?"
"Well partner, I have had a lot of memorable experiences in my life but this has got to be one of the most memorable things that ah have ever experienced."
"Ha-ha you think this is memorable? Just wait till you see me race against Rainbow tomorrow. Now that will be memorable."
After a short hover above the trees I landed the F35-2s and powered it down. By this time it had started to become dark outside and we both started to get tired so after getting AJ out of the copilot’s seat I told her that she should get home and get some rest so that she would have enough energy to come to the race tomorrow.
"I guess that you are right K, I am getting kind of sleepy." She started to walk back home but suddenly stopped turned to face me. "What about you?" She asked.
"What about me?"
"Where are you going to sleep? It is going to get too cold to sleep outside and if your seat feels like the one in the back did then you will be stiff allover if you sleep in there. Why don’t you come down to Sweet apple acres and spend the night there?"
"Can I do that, are you sure the rest of your family won't mind?" I was starting to hope that I was going to spend the night in a worm bed instead of the cockpit seat.
"It will be no problem at all sugarcube." She said with an encouraging wink.
"That would be grate, thanks AJ I will just pack up the supplies we took out, hide my wings and we can be on our way."
After we packed up and I had hid the jet we started to walk towards sweat apple acres. On the way we had several races like the one we had on the way to the F35-2s. Only this time AJ seemed to be more interested in the bronco buck then the actual racing. She practically let me get on her back only so that she could buck me of again and again, I was getting better at holding on to her. I managed to hold on for almost 10 seconds without her holding back like she had done before.
We eventually reached Sweet apple acres, both of us being totally exhausted after all the running and "bull riding" we did on the way. AJ showed me to a room with a big bed that had been pleased near a window, the covers had a nice pattern, there was a bunch of squares of which some had apples in them. Other than the bed there was the window, a table mirror with some drawers and a clock on the wall of the room. Before I had any more time to observe my new surroundings AJ spoke.
"This is where we will be sleeping tonight." She said as she closed the door to the room.
"We?" I asked a bit surprised.
"Yeah, this is the only available room that has a bed that is big enough for both of us to sleep in, ah didn't exactly have time to prepare one of the guestrooms ya know."
I hesitated a bit having seen and read some r34 stuff back on earth and I didn't really want to be in a situation like that on my first night in Equestria. It was as if AJ had read my mind as she laughed a bit.
"Ha-ha don't ya worry sugarcube, I aint gonna try no funny business tonight."
Did she just say what I think she did? OK it didn't matter how good of a poker face I had I still felt my cheeks blushing. After all AJ was the kind of girl I would have been in to back on earth, spunky, independent, strong, honest and that southern accent and down home style was something I really liked.
In the end I decided that I was too tired to argue and that AJ did represent the element of honesty so I didn't need to worry about her trying any "funny business". So I sat down on the bed and started to take the knife holster of witch allowed me to take my boots off. But when I toke of my black jumpsuit AJ looked a bit surprised, I guess that she did not expect me to have more than one layer of clothes on. Wearing a black T-shirt and a pair of boxers I put the rest of my things by the table mirror. Then I noticed AJs pulsed facial expression, so I asked her if there was something wrong.
"That mark on your arm. Is... Is it your cutimark?" She was pointing a hoof at my right arm where I had the same Grim reaper tattooed that was on my F35-2s. lucky I was still wearing my shirt, I had some scars on my body I didn't really want to talk about. I pushed them out of my head and pointed at the tattoo asking if this was what she was talking about to which she nodded.
"No this is not a cutimark, we humans don't have them. This is a tattoo, it is a picture that has been permanently drawn in my skin so that I can always have it with me. You have seen this image before you know, is painted on the back of my wings. I got it when I started to fly with them."
"That is kind of cool. How is a tattoo made? Just paint it on with a brush and some special permanent collars or something?"
"Not that simple. The ink used to make a tattoo is actually put in to the skin by coating a rapidly moving needle with it. When the needle pierces the skin a small amount of the ink is permanently fused with it."
"A needle? But that has to take thousands of stings to make something like that. That has got to hurt right?"
"Well it hurts a bit but that is a good thing, if one wants a tattoo they should be committed to it and there for be able to take a bit of pain."
"Like I said cool, but don't you tell Apple Bloom or her friend about tattoo making. Who knows what they would do If they found out that they could just paint a cutimark on like that."
"It would not work for them anyway. Unlike me they have fur all over their bodies and a tattoo can only be put on skin."
"Well that is a relief. So you humans only have that hair on your head and now wear else?
"We have little hair all over our bodies, but it does not keep us warm though so we humans wear a lot of clothes, mostly to help us cope with difficult climates like tough terrain." I held up one of my boots. "This helps me to walk in places I couldn't reach otherwise, I don't have hoofs so I can’t really walk on rough surfaces without hurting myself." Then I pulled on the shirt I was wearing. "And this keeps me warm kind of like your fur, like I said humans have almost no fur you know.
"So no fur huh?"
"No not really." I replied and yawned. "But can we talk about it some other time? I really need to get some sleep before the race tomorrow."
"Ah guess you're right, we don't want you to be all sleepy when you win tomorrow." It was really nice to hear her say that. I could practically feel a worming sensation in my chest as I felt less lonely then I had done for a long time.
"You really think I will win? I asked as I lied down in the bed and closed my eyes falling asleep almost instantly, but before I did I felt AJ lift the covers and lied down next to me and whisper.
That must have been the best sleep of my life I thought to myself as I started to wake up. I tried to sit but realized couldn't. I started to look around trying to see what was holding me down and I noticed that AJ had put one of her front and one of her back legs over me holding me close to her.
"AJ are you awake?" I asked. AJ just mumbled some ting that I could not make out witch told me that she was still sleeping. It did feel kind of nice to have her worm belly and chest against my back and her hot breath on my neck. I thought for a moment of the option of just lying there and enjoy myself. But then I noticed that the clock on the wall It was 08:30. Oh shit I am going to be late to my race with Rainbow dash! "AJ, AJ Wake up! I am going to be late to the race!" I half shouted as I tryed to get out of her grip. She finally started to wake up.
"Wha whats going on?" She saw the clock on the wall and she gasped. "K you are going to be late to your race! Why aren't you up yet?!" She asked somehow not noticing that she was holding on to me. I stoped twisting and turned my head to look at her.
"Because you are holding me down with a very sweat but at this moment very inconvenient hug!" I said with an amused expression on my face.
"Oops, sorry." But she didn't let go of me, she only slumped her head back down on pillow, so I started to squirm in her grip again.
"AJ You are going to have to let me go if I am going to make it to that race in time." I said pretending to be irritated, but I have to admit that a rather big part of me did enjoy the embrace.
"Ask kindly and I may let go." She said nuzzling the back of my neck and holding me even tighter than before. I stopped squirm and thought of what I should do. I could try to overpower her but that would just ruin the moment. In the end I only came up with one good option. I put one of my hands on the hoof that she was using to hold on to my chest and said.
"Pretty please..." It did not work so I added. "With apples on top?" It worked, she laughed quietly and let me go. I got one foot down on the floor but when I tried to pull the other one down I just fell flat down on my face. My ankle was stuck on what I assumed to be the covers, so I lifted them to get free. But What I found was a bit of a surprise. AJ was apparently not going to let me go just like that for she had her tail spun around my ankle, I looked at her with a, you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me, look on my face and said. "Really Applejack?"
"Sorry partner, That tail has a mind of its own sometimes" Something told me that she was lying but she let go of my ankle and I went straight for my clothes on the table mirror.
"How'd ya sleep?" She asked rubbing the sleep out of her eyes while I was getting my overalls and bots on. "I slept really well actually." I replied. "AJ would it be ok if I stayed at sweet apple acres for the time being? After sleeping like this I don't think I can go back to sleeping in my F35-2s."
"I thought that you would never ask sugarcube." AJ said giving me a friendlily wink.
"Thanks a lot AJ and I promise if I stay for long I will find something I can do to help around the farm." By this point I was fully dressed and had my knife strapped to my ankle again. Before bolting out the door I waved at Applejack who had just gotten out of the bed and was now putting her hat on. First running through a short hallway and then down a set of stairs I ended up in the kitchen where the cutimark crusaders where siting around a table having breakfast. They all looked at me and their mouths just fell open, I would have stopped to say hi but there was simply no time so I just ran past the table snagging an apple as I went by.
"Sorry to disturb you crusaders and thank you for the apple by the way." They didn't say a word, I just ran out the door as fast as I could eating the apple at the same time. Time was running out and I had no chance of making the deadline if I continued at this pace. It was gonna take a miracle to get me there now.
"K!" I turned my head to see Applejack catching up with me.
"Hey Applejack what are you doing here?"
"Well the thought struck me that you will not make It to the field in time by just running as slow as you are partner."
"Are you suggesting something?" I asked still going as fast as I could.
"Just slow down for a bit, get on my back and I will carry you to the field, I feel like doing some morning exercise any way." And just like that AJ was running toward the field with me on her back. I know that she is fast but I didn't think that she would be able to go this fast with me on her back. We were at the field in no time, I even had four minutes to spare. Rainbow had not arrived yet but other ponies had started to gather having heard that she had been challenged to a race to Cloudsdayl and back by this wingless creature that had appeared in Ponyville. (Yours truly). I used the four minutes to my advantage by clearing out the air intake in the front of the aircraft, there was a little squirrel sitting in there.
"Hey there little guy listen In just a few minutes this is going to be a place where you do not want to be, so can you just come on out." I reached in to the air intake and the squirrel climbed up on to my hand, I lifted him out and put him in the ground. "There you go little guy go find a nice tree to rest in." The squirrel looked at me for a bit and then it ran away in to the woods. "That could have ended up really bad if that the little guy had gotten deeper in the engine." I was done with everything the same moment that Rainbow arrived. She came flying down from the clouds and landed on the field. I heard her asking the other ponies where I was. So I walked out from the trees and made my presence known to her.
"I am right here!" I said walking up to her sporting the same expression I had when I first challenged her. She turned to look at me.
"So where are you wings? I thought we were going to race. Or have you decided to chicken out at the last moment hmmm?" I looked for Scootaloo in the audience hearing the word chicken. And sure enough she was standing with her fellow crusaders, it looked like they were talking to Applejack who had now caught her breath after carrying me here. I smiled a little and looked back at Rainbow Dash. She too had that same challenging look on her face that she had the evening before.
"You will see my wings soon enough. I can guarantee you that you will not have that confident look on your face when you do."
"Ya, Ya you better talk now because you will not talk so much when you are my servant for the rest of the day."
"We will just have to see about that." I looked back at the crowd that had been gathering around us and called out. "Hay Filtter, Cloudchaser. You guys in there?!" The 2 Pegasi I had called for came out of the crowd, they both greeted me with a.
"Hey K nice to see you again. Whats up?"
"Could you two do I and Rainbow a favor and assemble some clouds to serve as a start and finish line about fifty meters up from the ground?" The 2 Pegasi ponies looked at each other, agreed to the task and just a moment later they had finished the mission and set up a line of clouds about fifty meters up in the air.
"Rainbow." She looked at me and with my most serious poker face I said. "You go and wait up by the starting line, I will be there in a few minutes."
"See you there and don't-keep-me-waiting. She pushed her face closer to mine with each word.
"I won't, but before you go just listen to this first." I had a message to deliver to the spectating ponies. "Alright everypony! Listen closely because I am only saying this once! When you start hearing a strange sound coming from behind the trees over there.’ I pointed at the trees behind me where my F35-2s was hidden. "You have to back up and cover your ears... This is going to get really loud!" I looked back at Rainbow.
"OK Hotshot let’s see what you can do."
"I was about to say the same thing." She said before flying up to the starting line. I went to my jet removed all the camouflage and climbed in. I began by putting my helmet on and then connected the mouth peace to the air supplier, and then I decided that I wanted some flying music for this race so I pulled out my PDA and placed it in a special slot that connected it with the helmets speakers. After a little bit of scrolling I found the perfect track for this, it was an instrumental song that came from a fighter simulator game I played when I was younger.
I started the song and the plain at about the same time and as the intro played I made a fast systems check. Battery: Check, Engine: Check, Flaps Check, I went through the list of Checks and 2 minutes and 30 seconds in to the song I started directing engine power downward to get the plain to lift of. The engine roared to life and I was above the trees less than 8 seconds later.
As I came over the treetops I could see all the ponies that where spectating, they had covered their ears as I had asked them to do. I waved from my cockpit and some of them even waved back realizing too late that they let go of their ears as they did, which subjected them to the sound of the roaring engine so they quickly cover their ears and continued watching as I maneuvered the plane to the starting line where Rainbow dash was waiting. I almost started laughing when I saw her face. She looked so shocked and nervous but she tried to hide it best she could.
"Ha-ha told you you wouldn't be so cocky when you saw my wings." When I had lined up at the starting line a Pegasus flew up with the familiar black and White race flag in his mouth. He held up the flag and Rainbow assumed her starting pose and I prepared to direct the downward going thrust to backward going thrust. The song was still playing in the helmets speakers and I loved every bit of it. And just as the intro of the song passed. (03:13)
Swish! The race flag dropped an Rainbow thanks to her light weight was off in a flash of color getting a good head start but this only made her over confident so she slowed down after a while which gave me the time I needed to accelerate. I caught up to her before we had gotten to Cloudsdail and at this point I was just toying with her, as I approached her I went inverted and matched my speed with her so that I was right on top of her, she was so close that If she lifted a hoof she would have been able to touch the canopy of the jet. If she looked worried at the starting line then she was looking downright terrified now, but who could judge her? I would be scared beyond belief if I saw a jet for the first time that had a Grim reaper painted on it flying mere inches above me.
When I had had my fun I rolled over to her right side, gave her a little wave and pushed the throttle a bit further. We were only going at 600Km\h when I could see a cone starting to form around Rainbow Dash witch meant that she was about to perform her sonic rainboom.
Not wanting to take any unnecessary risks that could damage my plain I decided that it would be safest to get a little bit of distance between us. It was only moments later just as we reached Cloudsdail that she performed the sonic rainboom. Twi had been right she did seem to be going at the speed of sound. But I was not worried, I know I can go faster than that but I held back during the turn around Cloudsdale knowing that the G-forces would be too intense if I went supersonic.
I started to turn and the familiar G-forces started to kick in, 2Gs, 3Gs, 4Gs, 5Gs. Even with the G-suit squeezing the lower part of me I had to start flexing my leg and abdominal muscles to pump blood up and in to my brain so that I wouldn't pass out, the G-forces topped at about 7Gs. But as soon as the turn was complete I pushed the throttle to absolute maximum. Now I could feel a different sort of Gs, ones that were pushing me back instead of down and I could feel how the plane shook as I went supersonic but unlike Rainbow Dash I was still speeding up and got to my top speed of over mach 1.8 witch was almost two times faster than her.
I had no problem to catching up with her and as I passed her I did a barrel roll as to tease her a bit. The finish line was now visible and I could see Rainbow Dash in the rear view mirror and she wasn't catching up any time soon. I passed the finish line and as I did I performed one of the signature moves of The Grim reapers in which I pull back on the stick and start going straight upward rolling as I ascended. The Gs of the turn where brutal however. The systems indicated a bone crushing top force of 12Gs. Good thing they did not last for long.
I continued to climb and when I rehashed the altitude I was aiming for I stopped the engine completely and the plane started to fall like a rock as I was restarting the engine. I entered a dive and just as I was getting close to the ground I pulled back on the stick and leveled out just 30 meters over the ground just as the song in the helmet speakers ended.
After my little stunt I made one more fly by so that I could slow down the plane to make a vertical landing in the middle of the field. As I did I could see Rainbow Dash siting by her friends having bitter look on her face. When I had completed the landing and powered the F35-2s down I climbed out of the seat, put my helmet under my arm and started to make my way toward the spot where Rainbow Dash and her friends where. It was harder than I had expected due to all the ponies that wanted to congratulate me on my victory. Just when the whole thing seemed to be getting impossible AJ broke out from the crowd and tackled me to the ground yelling.
"Yeehaw! I told you that you would win."
She said whilst rubbing my hair with one of her hoofs. I laughed as I playfully tried to get AJ to stop. When she was done with her congratulations she helped me stand up again and then she also helped me to get through the crowd of ponies. Finally I got to Rainbow Dash and the rest of her friends I crouched down to match her at eye level and I spoke.
"Thank you for an amazing race Rainbow Dash that is something that I will never forget." I held up my hand and waited for her to respond. She did eventually but the hand/hoof shake was a halfhearted one. She looked at me and said.
"I hate losing. You won the bet so what do you want?" With a bitter tone. That's right the bet. I was so lost in the moment I had forgotten all about it.
"Don't be disappointed in yourself Rainbow, I only beat you because my wings pack a couple of thousands of horsepower. As for our bet I am not going to force you to do anything, but I am going to ask something of you"
She looked up at me with an angry expression. "Don't try so sugarcoat it just tell me what do you want already?" Before answering I looked over to Twilight and asked.
"Hey Twilight when and where is the next Best young flyer competition held?" She thought for a bit before answering.
"Well the when would be about 2 months from now and the wear would actually be right here in Ponyvile. Why do you want to know?" Without answering her question I turned my attention back at Rainbow dash. Putting a hand on her shoulder and looking her in the eye I asked.
" Rainbow Dash you are the winner of the best young flyer competition aren't you?" Immediately some of her attitude returnees to her as she saw an opportunity to brag.
"That would be correct my two legged fried." She said puffing her chest out whilst examining one of her front hoofs as she did. But suddenly her face turned pail as if she had realized something horrible.
"You are not getting that crown from me it is mine!"
"Ha-ha you totally misunderstand Rainbow. I don't want your crown. What I do want is for you to be my wingmare." Rainbow did not look angry any more.
"What? What are you saying.”?
"What I am saying is that you and I can put on a show for all the ponies that will be attending the competition." She was now looking at me and a big smile growing on her face.
"And if that is not tempting enough for you I can tell you that where I come from I am second in command for one of the best flight groups around. So If you are willing to train and train hard I bet we can put on one heck of a show at the best young flyers competition, one that will wow everypony there, even the Wonder bolts." Her smile had now grown so big that even Pinkie Pie had to be impressed.
"Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! I am so up for that. When do we start training?" She was now back to her usual self-confident and happy self, using her wings to hover right in front of my face. I smiled right back at her.
"I knew I could count on you Rainbow. We can start in a few days, I just want to get to know Ponyville and all its residents a bit first."
"You got it two legs. Just let me know when you are ready so we can get started." She held up the bottom of her right front hoof and added. "Don’t leave me hanging. Wingman." I smiled and held my tightened fist up against her hoof. She smacked my fist so hard that I could hear some of the joints in my hand crack. My face twitched in pain.
"Ops sorry about that." She smiled sheepishly at me. "I can get a bit rough when I am hyped up."
"Yeah no kidding." I said as I rubbed my sore knuckles.
"He-he let me make it up to you"
"How are you going to..." Before I had time to finish my question Rainbow flew forward and hugged me. It was a worm and comforting hug. "Well that was unexpected." She started to let go but I stopped her by hugging her back. "I didn't say stop." She laughed a bit and leaned back in to the hug.
"You know what this calls for!? Gasped Pinkie Pie pulling her party canon out from seemingly nowhere. " A PARTY!!!"
