Master of All Trades
A New Family
The girls crowded Joat Mon, the alicorn bearing no Cutie Mark, in a loving group hug after learning that the tears he shed were of joy rather than sorrow. Even Rarity, being the newest introduced became quickly affectionate towards Joat.
The day had seemed to speed by, with Rarity consuming quite a bit of it in her boutique, "Just a little tuck here."
"Ouch! Watch it!"
"Oh calm yourself Rainbow, you hurt yourself far more severely on multiple occasions. Oh my, these pleats are uneven."
"Ay ay, watch the horn there, hun."
"Uhp, I'm sorry Applejack. Fluttershy, could you please turn?"
"Okay... Like this?"
"Awful, I simply must run a comb through it."
"Uh, what?"
"Oh! I'm sorry, I meant Joat Mon's mane, Twilight; it's simply too unkempt that I can't imagine having to own such a mess."
Joat quickly perked his ears up at the mention of his name and looked up from examining Rarity's exotic materials, "I heard my name?"
"Dear Joat, would you allow me to do something about your mane? If you prefer it this way than I'll respect your wishes, but I simply can't forgive myself if this goes unattended to, should you have needed assistance," Rarity walked over to Joat, leaving the girls behind in very fancy dresses that were apparently for a big event later in the year in Canterlot.
"Well I wouldn't mind, on one condition," Joat said.
"What would that be," Rarity floated a large brush over with her magic.
"Nothing over the top, please. I like a low profile. And my horn is sensitive at the base, so please be gentle with the brush," Joat said, fidgeting only slightly at the thought of some pony else playing with his hair.
"Of course, dear. I already had something in mind, and it should fit with your personality absolutely perfectly," Rarity starting brushing, beginning with the end of his mane.
After an hour had passed, and the girls managing to undress to watch Rarity work, Rarity pulled the brush away to admire her work while the girls murmured their own approval, "What do you think?" Rarity asked holding a small mirror in front of Joat.
His mane was swept back with a slight wave around both ears. It looked like the wind had blown it neatly into place, but still looked completely natural on Joat. His mane was now neatly pressed against his head and neck but still managed to keep a rugged and adventurous look, "Awesome! Like a cleaner Rainbow Dash do," Joat said giving Rainbow a good natured wink.
Rainbow just crossed her arms and rolled her eyes but in equally good nature.
"Aw, now you're not so poofy. Oh well. HEY! We should have a welcoming party for Joat! I mean a real party! Bigger than the mini-party we had at Applejacks! I only have a little time left. And I'm surprised I didn't think of that earlier. I have an hour so we can party the rest of the night. Later guys!" Then Pinkie Pie zipped out of the boutique at a speed that easily rivaled Rainbow Dash.
Joat didn't even have time to respond to the pink pony, let alone acknowledge that he even wanted a party, "Don't worry about her; she's just being Pinkie Pie. But a party doesn't sound too bad," Twilight said.
"But she didn't even say where it was," Joat replied.
"She always has it in one of two places, so it won't be too much trouble to find out," Fluttershy quietly said.
"But how is she supposed to make a party and celebrate it the same day? Let alone within a couple hours," Joat thought aloud, not actually asking any pony in particular.
"Oh, you'll see. Pinkie Pie has serious speed with these things. If there was a Sonic Rainboom for parties, we'd see a lot more of them," Rainbow Dash said, hovering around the boutique looking for ways to entertain herself.
"Oh, do sit still Rainbow Dash! You're pacing is getting on my nerves," Rarity tried to tug Rainbow to the ground, succeeding in only keeping her from moving.
"We'll check Sugar Cube Corner first. If she's not there, than we'll know where it is," Twilight said.
"If you say so. I have to admit, it's been a really long time since I've ever partied. What kind of parties does she usually do," Joat asked, unconsciously walking to a nearby sewing machine.
"They're usually wild with balloons and confetti and all that, and rarely does she ever bring out the drinks. But that's usually where Applejack comes in, right A.J.," Rainbow Dash winked at Applejack.
"Hey, hey come on, now. You makin' me sound like a drunk. Ah don't know if you drink, Joat, and ah hope you don't think of me as that kinda party pony, so ah don't think I'll bring the stash out this time," Applejack said with an embarrassed tip of her hat.
"Nah, it's fine. You're not a drinker, so no judgment here. But if you feel it'll lighten up the party for our thirsty, blue, pegasus friend than please, by all means, bring out the 'stash'," Joat Mon said brightly, while examining the sewing machine.
"Hey! Now you're making me sound like a drunk! I like to drink but only at big friendly parties," Rainbow defended.
"Speakin' of drinkin', how do ya know I'm not a drinker?" Applejack asked.
"Your skin's too clear and your mane's too evenly grown and colored to be alcohol affected. Plus, with a little sister who looks up to you so much, I'd be willing to bet my bottom bit that you wouldn't want her accidentally 'discovering' the drinking world if you kept so much around," Joat finally returned his attention to the girls finally exhausting the avenues of curiosity around the room.
Applejack quietly absorbed what Joat said and smiled broadly, "Ya sure do have a good way of lookin' at things. And you're absolutely right about all that too. Lookie here, Twilight, you have intellectual competition."
"I'm no intellectual. Rounded maybe, but I can just put pieces of the puzzle together rather quickly. I'm sure Twilight has me beat in smarts department," Joat said with a smile toward Twilight.
Twilight blushed and looked away, not sure how to react to the compliment. Rainbow Dash landed by Twilight and brought her in close, "He's also a reader. You know? An egghead just like you," she whispered so only Twilight heard.
Twilight blushed fiercely and shrugged away from Rainbow, suddenly aware of Joat's smile and new handsome appearance.
Before Joat could comment on Twilight's flustered appearance, some pony knocked at the door. Just before any pony could answer it though, it opened slowly to allow Scootaloo to enter, who was riding a scooter that had a wagon hitched on back of it. In the wagon was Applebloom, and she had a large brown bag with her.
It had seemed like just a random visit before Sweetie Belle burst in behind them, practically vibrating with excitement, "Big Sis! Look what Joat did! He's amazing! He doesn't even have to be around for it to happen," she skipped around Rarity so quickly, she couldn't focus on her clearly, "I say, Whatever are you talking about Sweetie Belle? What did Joat do? And could you please stop bouncing around everywhere; you're making me dizzy," Rarity pleaded.
Sweetie Belle smiled broadly and raised her flank in the air, eliciting a gasp from every pony in the room; There was a mic with wings as her newfound Cutie Mark.
"I'm a singer, Sis! Just like Joat Mon said," She wrapped her hooves around Joat's neck, "Thank you so much!"
"I didn't do anything except point you the right way, Sweetie Belle. It was up to you to find out who you are," Joat chuckled patting her head.
"And to make it official," Applebloom waved Joat over to the wagon, as she couldn't comfortably move about on two left legs, "We wanted to give you this," She said while gesturing to the bag beside her.
Joat levitated the contents of the bag out from within and unfolded it. It was his cloak that he had given to Applebloom when she was recovering from breaking her leg, but it had some modifications: it was lined with a fine and sparkly gold cloth, and upon the back was a CMC logo written in gold inlaid on a blue shield with wings.
A single tear escaped Joat's eye and he wrapped up the three phillies in his wings in a pegasus hug, "Thank you, girls. I'm glad you're happy knowing who you are."
"Except fer me. But thanks to you, ah think ah know why ah don't have a Cutie Mark," Applebloom said.
It was then that Joat realized that Applebloom was subtly buzzing with excitement. Applebloom shakily stood up and raised her blank flank in the air, "Ah know that ah love being a Sweet Apple Pony. Ah know that ah would gladly work the acres with my big sister and brother as long as ah get to do that with them," her flank started to sparkle, "so ah know now that I'm a pony who loves her family and what they do." Applebloom's flank flashed to reveal a Cutie Mark of an apple bunch with a big gold apple on top of then with a wing instead of a leaf.
Applejack "yeehaw-ed" from across the room and galloped over to hug her little sister while every pony else cheered and huddled close to congratulate Applebloom.
"Awwwww! How do I keep losing my invitations to these parties! I really need to keep track of my mail. Hey! Party's ready guys! It's at Twilight's house! Come on, let's eat some Special Pinkie-Pink Super fudge! But don't eat too much fudge cause you'll get a pudge and if you get a pudge then you can't budge!" And Pinkie Pie poofed out of the house as quickly as she had spoken.
The party was, in fact, extremely wild, despite Joat being incredibly surprised that she managed to throw it together in an hour. They laughed, danced, played, a couple drank, namely Rainbow and Applejack for some sort of Iron Pony event, and celebrated Joat Mon.
The party had gone on into the night and every pony decided it would be better to just stay the night, with Rainbow Dash telling scary stories.
"And when they finally decided to check the knocking noise, the light went out. The knocking stopped and they stayed there in complete darkness...until they heard a door open. There was no hoof steps to warn them anything was getting closer, and then their light flickered on. The door was wide open with a tail of blood. Leading. Right. Behind. Them," Rainbow began growing quiet and stepped further from the group with a dark smile on her face, "They looked at each and realized some pony was missing. They looked around and couldn't find them, but they soon noticed a dripping noise," the other girls began to quake with fear and huddled closer, not realizing that a certain alicorn had snuck off snickering to himself, "They found the dripping and looked up to see what it was," the light's flickered off causing the girls to gasp, "and they found the missing pony."
Lightning flashed inside the house and the girls screamed in terror at the gruesome sight above them: Rainbow Dash was hanging from the ceiling with a rope around her neck with her eyes staring blankly and her wings and limbs hanging limply.
The girls screamed, unable to move or tear their eyes away, until they heard a laughing. Not a laugh of terror or a sinister laugh, but a laugh of amusement, like some pony heard a hilarious joke.
"You guys should seriously see your faces! Priceless!" Joat laughed from above Rainbow Dash who started laughing too, breaking character.
"That was awesome! Operation Scare the Living Buck outta Every Pony," Joat released Rainbow from his magical grip and they both landed next to each other, "Success!" They both laughed, high hoofing each other.
"Not funny you two! I almost died of fright," Rarity screamed angrily.
"That was a little over the top you guys, I mean, Fluttershy bucking feinted," Twilight said sternly while gesturing to the unconscious mare on the floor.
Joat carefully picked her up in his wings and set her down on the couch, "Sorry, but when Rainbow told me her idea, I couldn't say no."
Pinkie Pie giggled and started bouncing around, "That was great! I almost don't wanna go to sleep now!"
"Ah reckon it is time to hit the hay," Applejack said nervously, "But like Pinkie said, I'm not sure I want to."
Just then, they heard a shuffling from upstairs. Rainbow and Joat looked at each other, wondering if that was one of them continuing the scary moment, "Alright you two. Knock it off," Twilight said in a clearly disturbed tone.
"That's not us," Rainbow Dash said beginning to shiver.
The girls backed away from the stairs, but Joat stood his ground, narrowing his eyes into the shadows. Without warning, he jumped forward with a war cry.
There was a huge ruckus that lasted for a minute, Joat had launched a volley of punches into the intruders ribs with his elbows low and tucked, blocking any retaliating blows.
A second intruder flew from Joat's blind side, managing to kick his back hooves into Joat's shoulder and neck, completely overriding the natural guard Joat held. The first intruder wheezed from the air bring hammered out of his lungs while the second intruder threw out his own punches more skillfully than his partner.
Joat's guard was less effective against the second intruder's more practiced attacks, and he began to stumble backward but with a feigned weakness that he hoped the intruder would take advantage of.
The intruder saw Joat landing his backward steps heavy and timed a tackle with the next step. He didn't disappoint: the intruder threw his arms out wide to pin Joat to the ground... But Joat had played him straight into his hooves.
Joat ducked his head into the danger zone for a moment and slipped in between the intruder's groin pushing up and bucking his back legs at the same time, throwing the intruder high up into the air against the wall, using his momentum against him. Both intruders were incapacitated and enveloped in Joat's magical aura.
Joat walked back to the other ponies, cut and bruised with the two intruding ponies levitating beside him, unconscious.
"Twilight, take us to the Princess. Now," Joat commanded.
Every Pony instantly recognized the two ponies, except for Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Twilight nodded and closed her eyes, focusing her magic around the entire group before letting it explode in a Teleportation Spell.
"What is the meaning of this," a booming mare's voice called out.
The group had landed right in the middle of the Canterlot Throne Room, "Princess Luna! We need to see Princess Celestia immediately; one of our friends was attacked," Twilight pleaded to a large, dark, navy-blue alicorn dressed in ceremonial plate armor with a mane that glittered like the starry night and floated around her as if in an underwater current.
"We are not at liberty to wake our sister at such an hour in such uncouth audience," Princess Luna boomed.
She was getting ready to say something else when her gaze fell on Joat Mon, "Why can we not detect thou presence? And how do you...," her voice trailed off and her eyes went wide at seeing Joat's wings and horn.
"Some pony wants him locked away just because he's different, and as you can see, it requires Princess Celestia's attention," Twilight continued to plead.
Princess Luna continued to stare until another booming voice entered the Throne Room, "Twilight Sparkle! What in Equestria is going on!?"
A large, white, mare-alicorn with the Aurora Borealis as her mane, this one wearing no armor, walked into the throne room... And she was angry.
"Princess Celestia! I'm so sorry to disturb you, but our new friend is in trouble and is wrongfully being hunted," Twilight said with a bow. The other girls followed suit.
Princess Celestia stared at Joat Mon, then relieved him of the two ponies who were hunting him, "You. You're currently at risk of being arrested if you don't explain how you possess the traits of an alicorn without my or Luna's blessing," She walked closer to Joat in an intimidating fashion.
Joat quickly bowed low, trembling in fear, "Please, Your Majesty, believe me when I say that I was born as is. I was unaware that this physiology required permission and I am extremely sorry if I have broken any laws or offended you in any way."
Princess Celestia softened when she could sense no deceit, "Rise my little pony and tell us your name. Your aura is hidden from me which is most strange, as if you're not really here."
Joat stood back up but continued to tremble, "With all due respect, Your Majesty, I do not remember my birth name, and simply go by my village's title: Joat Mon."
This was surprising news to the girls, but the Princess seemed greatly interested, "Please, allow me to see through your eyes, Joat Mon."
Joat nodded and closed his eyes, stepping close to the Princess who placed her horn against Joat's. She gasped as the memories flashed into her awareness and she pulled back, suddenly breathless.
"Celestia?" Twilight stepped forward with concern in her eyes.
"You are born on the eclipse, named MoonLight Fire. And the name you possess is a mock title that stands for Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None. The absence of a Cutie Mark does not mean you are talent less; you possess every talent. Moonlight Fire, you are a creature not meant to exist outside of myth; you are the bane of the ultimate evil that has risen. That evil being the reason you were born with the Alicorn Blessing; You are an Omniequine."
Author's Note:
...yeah, nothing to mention in this note except that i got my first fave and follow. Thank you kindly, and I hope to hold your interest.
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