AN: Spoiler no pinkie party or hard cider sorry I didn't realize how into this chapter I was gonna get but I still hope you enjoy it and for those waiting for things to pick up clop wise (yes there will be clop duh what the hell else did you think was gonna happen) I'd say give me a few more chapters because when it starts it's not gonna stop…but please read and enjoy reviews greatly appreciated.

Chapter 3

The walk to Sweet Apple Acres wasn't bad even with the cart on my shoulders Applebloom was more than happy to talk my ears off the entire time giving me the low down on how the Apple farm worked. She mostly kept her eyes towards the farm but I noticed whenever she thought I wasn't looking she'd glance at me though I couldn't guess to why and honestly didn't care at this point after all she was my new employer and I should just focus on pleasing her. Yeah it's weird to think about that two days ago I was a general in charge of thousands of soldiers I was a master of the battlefield and had earned my keep in blood and now I was just going to be some extra field hand for a damn pony no less.

As we approached the front gate of the farm an older mare around my age with a light orange coat and a blonde mane and tail held back by red hair ties and I shit you not a fucking cowboy hat ran up to Applebloom wrapping her front hooves around the younger mares neck who wrapped her front hooves around her back in the pony version of a hug which I admit was pretty cute. "Alright sis get off a me" Applebloom smiled as she and her sister let go of each other. "What took you so long sugar cube" the older mare asked "Well…I kinda lost control of the cart going down the hill to Ponyvile and it almost crashed into some foals but Deidrick here managed to stop it before anyone got hurt he even helped me finish the delivery and brought back the cart after the wheels got all busted up" Applebloom patted my thighs. Now the older mare seemed to notice me for the first time she opened her mouth wide and I halfway expected her to run off screaming, so there for I was shocked when she grinned wide as fuck bucking her back legs in the air "Yehh hahh would you look at the size of em and his muscle I'll bet he could buck apples all day and not get tired he's carrying that old cart like it ain't nothing looks like we might be able to finish bucking the rest of the apples before the first snowfall after all".

I couldn't help grinning seriously was this farm in need of help that bad guess they're lucky I got here when I did. "Names Applejack I run the day to day operations here on Sweet Apple Acres" Applejack extended her hoof to me I shook with a smile, seriously I get this family runs an apple farm but are all their names apple themed I swear if there's an old ass mare named granny smith or some bullshit I swear I'm gonna slam my head into the first non-apple tree I see. "Nice to meet you Applejack your sister told me you guys needed some help around here and you pay well" I let go of her hoof adjusting the cart on my shoulder "yeah I'll pay you well for your help I'm sure mah sister already promised you pay for helping her out so much already how dose 15 bits for the trouble my sister caused and 35 bits for the rest of the day sound" Applejack adjusted her hat.

Yeah so 50 bits altogether huh, I have no idea if that's a good deal or not but for now I just need some money that's actually worth something. "Sounds good to me just show me where I can put this cart down and we can get started" "Sure thing sugar cube right this way you can put it in the barn I'll have Big Macintosh make another set of wheels for it" Applejack turned heading towards a red and white barn Applebloom walking next to her. After I face palmed myself at the name Big Macintosh I couldn't help but look at the two sisters as they walked in front of me I notice from the back they both look great I mean I know their pony's but they both got an ass, especially Applejack has three bright red apples on hers I guess you could say she has an apple bottom (get it huh huh…yeah lame joke I know but I couldn't help myself).

So after Applejack has me set down the cart inside the barn I throw my rucksack next to it for safe keeping since she promises me that no one will touch it, we're off to the orchard where I finally realize why they were in desperate need of help…there's like a million fucking apple trees out here.

"So you ready to earn your keep muscles" Applejack teased bring me over to the first tree where Applebloom had placed buckets under it. "Now watch closely" Applejack turns around lining up her hind legs with the tree, "what the hell is she doing" I can't help feeling a bit shell shocked when she bucked her legs back and the entire tree shock with enough force for all the apples to in the tree to be knocked loose and neatly fall into the buckets that Applebloom had placed earlier damn that girls got some power these aren't little trees she's bucking this are some thick fucking tree trunks she's slamming her hooves against I make a mental note to never stand behind her when I'm on her bad side.

"Now Muscles why don't you carry those bucket up to the barn shouldn't be too hard for yah" Applejack teased, the buckets are only about 80 pounds each meaning I can take them two at a time and there's six so with Applebloom and Applejack helping that makes two trips for me and one for them since I can move faster. As I make my first trip with ease once again using my shoulders to bare the weight I set the buckets down inside the barn where I was instructed they went earlier, I head back for the last two and I notice the Apple sisters are having a hushed conversation that ends quickly when I approach them as I walk by I notice I slight blush on both their faces.

I finish I two trips and end up just a little bit behind the sisters who are waiting for me at another tree. "So Muscles you think you can do what I did with the last tree" Applejack ask "you mean kick the shit out of it and make the apples fall" I asked sarcastically "Yes sir just buck it as hard as you can" Applebloom answers. "Sure I guess I'll give it a shot what's the worst that can happen" I say lining myself up with the tree taking my close combat stance. The sisters look at me weirdly I'm starting to wonder if they were just messing with me sense they seemed a little shocked I'm actually gonna try it oh well here goes nothing I swing my right leg hard in a snapping roundhouse kick just like with Applejack the tree swayed violently and apples fell like rain into the buckets below.

"Well woulda look at that you found us a natural born bucker" Applejack cheered "Buck I didn't think he actually do it but he's got the apple bucking gift as Granny Smith would say" Applebloom cheered as excited as her sister. Seriously did she just say Granny fucking Smith well sorry head I did swear to it, and that confirmed my suspicions that they had been messing with me about kicking the tree but I guess I did it right and that seemed to impress them which was good since it's always good to impress your bosses.

Once again I took two trip while the sisters took one when we got to the next tree Applebloom bucked it and we kept rotating out every tree each time I would carry two baskets while the others would carry one by the time evening came we must've bucked nearly 30 tress and my shoulders were starting to ache along with the rest of me so I was grateful when Applejack finally told me that we had done enough for the day.

"You stay right here and rest and I'll go get yer pay be right back" Applejack trotted off to the house a little ways from the barn while Applebloom stayed with me. I plopped down rubbing my sore shoulders as I leaned against my rucksack, Applebloom brought over a few apples telling me I could eat them as she sat next to me on her haunches with a few of her own. Thankful for the first food I've had all day well technically in the last 5,000 years I bite into the first apple and holy fuck I must have ate it in three bites core and all these were the best damn apples I've ever tasted the last few apples didn't stand a chance. "Wow you can really put away some apples you probably even give big Mac a run for his money" Applebloom leaned against me saying how tired she was I didn't mind at all her coat was silky soft and her mane smelt like apples and honey.

Applejack came back a few minutes later with a large sack she handed it over to me "Here you go sugar cube there's 85 bits in here" Applejack handed over the sack to me "Wait I should have only made 50 bits today why's is there a whole others day pay in here" I asked confused I know these apples are country but they certainly ain't dumb. Applejack looked at me sheepishly scratching the back of her neck with a hoof "Well to be honest we usually only buck bout 15 trees a day with you we doubled that so you earned to days' worth of pay for two days' worth of work". "I guess that's fair I just don't want to paying me any more than what I earn I don't like things being handed to me I like to work for my keep" I take the sack putting it into my ruck. "Thanks for yer help today there's more work tomorrow if ya want some more pay just be here round noon" Applebloom looked at Applejack who nodded in agreement. "Sure I'll be here" I stood up my bones cracking.

"Hey ya got anything to do after this cause if yer free why don't ya join us for some dinner" Applejack asked "That dose sound good but actually I need to go see somepony named Twilight Sparkle I was told she could give me some more information about what happened to my race" I shrugged on my ruck "Oh if it's Twilight yer going to see I could take ya there she's a good friend of mine I been meaning to stop by here place anyway" Applejack said "Perfect show me the way" I followed Applejack out the barn waving good bye to Applebloom who yelled she couldn't wait to see me tomorrow. You know I'm so used to being around war that to be in a land that so peaceful kinda feels weird but I guess I don't hate it as much as I would have thought.

There were less ponies walking around sense it was later in the day which I was happy about I didn't like to be stared at, but of course most of the few ponies that did see me stopped and stared though some gave me a small smile which I politely returned I'm guessing the word got around about me saving those foals and helping Applebloom out got were getting around which was good because I honestly wasn't a threat to any of these ponies so far since I been here they've been nothing but kind to me, sure the staring was rude as fuck but hey I could understand it.

Soon me and Applejack made it to a tree building thing that was fricking huge with a sign that said gold oaks library wonder how I missed this last time. Applejack knocked and I few seconds later a green and purple dragon a little shorter than me answered the door and here come those repressed emotions with a vengeance. Before the dragon even knew what hit it I had Spartan kicked its ass right back through the door sending it flying back into a book shelf I would've been on top of it beating the shit out of it if I wasn't for something freezing me entire body.

"Spike are you okay" a light purple unicorn with a darker purple mane came running from the back of the library its horn glowing so I'm guessing it's using magic to hold me…now I'm starting to wish I could use my powers so I could break this bitches hold and rip that dragon apart. "Deidrick what the hays wrong with you" Applejack yelled "Applejack what are you doing here" the purple mare asked, "I was bringing Deidrick here to see you Twilight he said he needed to ask you a few things" Applejack answered. "Deidrick that name sounds like it has demonic roots" Twilight looked me up and down thinking hard. "That's because it dose I'm a demon the last demon to exact and I will have vengeance for the rest of my kind" I snarl my fangs showing.

"But demons went extinct 5,000 years ago after the dragons wiped them out...Oh" Twilight face looked as if she suddenly understood why I had just kicked Spike half way across the library. "Listen Deidrick I know your upset about what the dragons did to your kind but Spike is not your enemy he's a good dragon please I need you to calm down" Twilight spoke to me in a calm voice, it took me a few minutes but eventually I calmed down enough to stop growling and put my fangs away. "It's okay I'm calm now" I said after ten minutes of deep breathing. Twilight let me go and Applejack came over to me throwing her front hooves around my waist nuzzling my chest "I'm so sorry sugar cube I didn't know" her voice sounded almost close to tears I'm guessing she understood now too though I had no idea what she had thought I was until this point maybe she thought I was some kind of hairless ape I mean if talking ponies exist then anything is possible.

Glad to have some comfort for once in my life I gently hug Applejack back, after a moment I release her and apologize to Spike who accepts it understanding why I had kick the shit out of him. Twilight brought me and Applejack back to a table in the back of the library and told Spike to make us all some tea. I sat down across from Twilight Applejack sat next to me giving me some level of comfort by placing her hoof on my shoulder until I shrugged it off. "Twilight I need to know what happened to my people how the hell did the dragons obliterate my entire race back when I was still alive our races where evenly matched we were even making strides towards peace between our races in some factions so how did that all fall through" I tried to keep my voice even.

"Listen Deidrick I can't answer that in detail the only ponies with the access to information predating ponies are the princesses what I can tell you is what I found out while I studied under princess Celestia in Canterlot from what I there was a betrayal from within the allied factions which lead to the assassination of most of the generals in the demon ranks leading to a collapse in the ranks the after that the dragons had an overwhelming advantage and the demons just couldn't come back the dragons didn't stop until there was nothing left" Twilight sad shaking her head sadly.

"Of the generals that survived the assassination plot do you know if there was someone name General Beial that made it" I asked gripping the table hard Twilights ears perked up a bit "Why yes if I recalled he was the last general to perish he single handedly lead the demon races last scraps of resistance against the dragons" Twilight was going to say more until I started laughing loudly. "Of course he did the crazy bastard he always wanted to go out in a blaze of glory I'm sure he fought and died like a warrior should" "From what the books say the last great assault by General Beial took out numerous dragon generals and was what cause them to fall back into reclusiveness it was his efforts that allowed for pony kind to come forth and blossom…from the way you talk it sounds like you know him" Twilight looked at me curiously Spike came back with tea taking his place next to Twilight. I took a sip before I spoke "I did we grew up together if you could call the way we lived growing up…survived is more like it" I said sipping more of my tea. At this point I had everyone's full attention Twilight had even pulled out a quill and parchment like she was gonna start taking notes.

"I guess I'll tell you a little bit about my past but first let me reintroduce myself my name is Deidrick back in my time I was a General I was actually promoted two years before Beial, but I want to talk about before we were soldiers when we were just kids" I took another sip of tea "I don't know what your records say of demon culture but let me tell you it's brutal there is no room for the weak in demon society you either get strong as fast as you can or you die it's seriously the definition of survival of the fittest and me and Beial had it worst them most neither one of us knew what a mother or father was I didn't even know what a bed felt like until I got into the military when I was 10 and Beial was 13 for the first few years of our lives we were beaten until we could barely walk for no other reason than that we were too weak to fight back but we learned quickly we hid ourselves in the shadows at first practicing fighting each other until neither of us could stand we used to watch the soldiers from a far and learn the way they fought we learned how to beat them we stole for food and for 4 years we stole and fought until we thought we were ready I was 8 and Beial was 11 this time when others tried to beat us we showed no mercy we were savage and fierce if the world was gonna turn us into animals that's what we were gonna be it was our fighting ability that got us noticed by a passing Captain one day, and he put us in a special program that turned us from rough street fighter into hardened combat specialist day after day hour after hour for a year and a half we were drilled in every form of combat I was lucky because I seemed to be a natural leaner plus my pool of demonic energy was very large making learning demonic spells very easy Beial struggled more than I did but he was never one to give up and we both graduated as officers after that was the first time we were separated in our lives the next time I saw him was three years later I was 13 and a major and he was a captain and then again 5 years later when I got promoted to general and he was a colonel then again 2 years later when he was promoted no matter how far apart or how long we were away from each other our bond never wavered Beial taught me to have faith in others he was a good man, a great leader, an amazing warrior, and a once in a life time friend"

I stopped talking and there was an eerie silence which I kind of expected these ponies grew up in a world of peace where everything was ice cream and gumdrops they couldn't even fathom the world I was describing to them, they must think I'm a monster now. "Deidrick I ain't known you for that long but you don't seem nothing like that since you came here you've been nothing but helpful you mah sister and saved those foals even though you didn't have to and besides Spike here you haven't hurt anyone" Applejack looked up at me with those bright green eyes. I smiled at her "we shouldn't let our world define us we should be the ones to define our world…Beial told me that once we promised each other that we would change the world even if it burned to ashes we would rebuild it was a better place we would be the ones to define the world and we would let the way our world was define us". "I never knew that demon culture was so…barbaric most of the technology we use today is based on the relics of your lost culture" Twilight said her quill stopped for the first time since I started talking. "Yeah and you probably already know since their still around but dragon culture wasn't any better but that's what war dose it changes people makes them narrow minded and paranoid of anything they can't completely explain" I say solemnly "Do you want to go to war against the dragons again" Spike asked making Twilight and Applejack go stiff "I guess it might seem that way from how I greeted you but No…the dragons I fought against in my time are long dead and from what I understand what's left of dragon kind is barely recovering I will not condemn your kinds to my kinds fate out of spite I will define myself I will not let my past define my future so your kind is safe as long as they don't come causing trouble for anypony" I said evenly everyone seemed to relax.

"Well enough about me tell me more about this time what's happened since I was dormant I still have no idea how I could of slept for 5,000 years" Spike refills my tea cup seeing that it's empty. Twilight seems to let up at the chance to give me a history lesson and I instantly regret my decision.

Three hours later It's pitch black and I'm walking back with Applejack rubbing my temples because of all the information Twilight tried to shove into my brain to the farm one because she said there's gonna be left overs for us and two because she offered me a bed in the house I refused though saying I would rather sleep in my tent in the barn we argued and eventually she gave in. Once we were back on the farm I threw my stuff in the barn setting up my tent up my tent because I would be too lazy to do it after I ate.

Applejack had two bowls of fruit salad waiting on the porch of course there wasn't any silverware because well you know ponies have hooves. Applejack went face first into her fruit salad I followed her lead not caring about making a mess on my face, yeah I miss meat but damn this fruit is so juicy and flavorful I don't care now if only I could get some blood.

After eating and whipping my face with my sleeve I thanked Applejack for everything she was doing to help me out. She smiled at me and gave me another hug before taking my bowl in the house and telling me goodnight and to come get her if I needed anything, dirty thoughts aside. I went back to the barn crawling into my tent I barely had the energy to pull off my shirt before I passed out not bothering to close the tent flap.

AN: okay so there's chapter three between the farm scene and the backstory I really didn't want to make the chapter any longer so next chapter I will start introducing more of the mane 6 and others so look forward to it.