Chapter 36: The Return of the Butler

Author's note: Hello! I actually forgot to make one of these last chapter, so this one will cover both! Well to start, I'm sorry for the huge gap in chapters recently. I was on vacation, and I had a bunch of other dumb stuff going on, so I didn't really feel up to writing. And I don't mean like "My life is so hard". I just mean that I was busy, and couldn't write. Ok? Ok.

So I need to address this up front with you all. I kinda keep forgetting about characters, so if you don't hear about someone for a while, it isn't because I don't like them, I just forget about them. And then one day, I'll suddenly remember about them and freak out. I don't know if you guys remember, but I said that adding so many characters right before the fight with the bandits seemed like the easy way out, but would probably just bite me in the ass. Well It did. And I forgot about 4 or 5 characters completely. So thats why Flashwing and Snowflake had akward re-entrances. So there's that

Also, I will be gone for the next three days, then I will be going back to school. I hope the production of the chapters won't decrease more than they already have, but we can hope :)

And finally, today's new appearance (which is long overdue) is by Ultimo The Great!

Oh and to answer your question, random guest, now.

Enjoy! :)

I rose off of my bed, like I always do, and got ready for the day. I'd say it was about 8 o'clock. After I was done in the bathroom, I sat down in the kitchen. The whole gang is here today!

"Hey Breeze! Since everypony is here today, we decided to have a big family breakfast!" Storm Runner said while cooking on the stove

"Sounds great! I need a good meal in me. I've basically been running off of fruit for the past few days." I said cheerfully

"So Breeze, what are you going to do today?" Dash asked

"Well I think I'll go and check how Brawn is doing, and if I still have a job or not. And secondly, I think my date with Fluttershy is tonight. But I think thats all."

"You know, she has been really looking forward to your date. She picked out a really nice dress and everything." She said

"Oh man, I should probably get all dolled up too. And make the reservation. And do basically everything else that should have been done already. Ok well I guess I'll be pretty busy today then." I said chuckling

"You should go and talk to Fire Heart about his date. I heard from Luna that it went really well" Nightstar said

"Yeah I'll do that. Ok well it seems like I have quite the agenda now. Go and get a tux from Rarity, go check up on my job, make the reservation,and talk to Fire Heart."

Storm Runner then walked over to the table, with big stacks of blueberry pancakes in his hooves. He set the plate on the table, and sat down. Needless to say, they didn't stand a chance. We demolished them in minutes. There were no survivors. Wait shit, I mean the pancakes, not us. Ok thats cleared up now.

I said goodbye to everypony and walked outside. I figured that I would like to go and check out Brawn's shop first. Wait a minute...Where even is Brawn's shop? It hasn't been that long has it?

I wandered around the area I thought it was for a while, until I finally stumbled upon it. I walked inside, and Brawn looked up from his forge. He got a big smile on his face.

"My boy! Where have you been! I haven't seen you in ages! And I actually really needed you here quite recently. Ever since the bandit attack, my shop has been flooding with customers demanding weapons and armor. Come, come. Run the register while I'm working on some orders."

Well shit, I kinda don't have time for this, but I can't really tell my boss no, so I guess I'll just work a couple of hours today.

6 Hours later:

Damnit. Just, damnit. Brawn was sure right about his store flooding with ponies who want weapons and armor. I don't know how Brawn keeps up his pace. Oh well, I can't worry about that now.

I received my pay for the day, and I walked outside. Ok I guess next is the reservation. I was walking through the street, when I saw Thrash and Fire Heart walking on the other side of the street, laughing. Wow, fuck yeah! What a coincidence! I ran over to them, and they noticed me as I approached.

"Hey Breeze! How are you doing buddy?" Thrash asked

"Good, how about yourself?"

"Just hanging out with my best pal Fire Heart here. Do you need something?"

"Yeah, I wanted to talk to Fire Heart about his date with Luna. I'm having my date with Fluttershy tonight, and I was wondering if I could get some tips?"

"Yeah sure. So where are you going?" Fire Heart said

"No clue yet. I haven't had the time to make a reservation yet." I said sheepishly

"Oh boy, this will take awhile." He said

20 minutes later:

"Aaaaand I think thats it!" He said

"Wow, alright, I think I got it all." I said while putting down the goddamn book I just wrote

"That should be all you need to know! If there is anything else, just let me know!"

"Thanks, I'll put all of this to good use." I said

"Awww, my little Breezy is growing up." He said with a fake smile

"Shut up." I said while giving him a playful punch on the shoulder.

"Alright pal, you have a lot of work to do, so I'll catch up with you later, alright?" He said

"Sure thing." I said with a smile

I walked away from him, with my notes in hand, and made my way toward Rarity's. As I was walking up to her boutique, I saw an old pony in a nice suit walk out. As I passed him, he put his hoof on my shoulder and got a smile on his face. Wait a minute, thats Scorch's butler!

"Hello again sir, I don't know if you remember me or not, but I am the butler of Master Scorch's castle. And if I'm not mistaken, you are the nice pony who is a dungeon inspector, right?" He said happily

Holy shit, thats right! We used that lie to get into the Princesses cell! Aww man, it's so cute how he believes that.

"Yeah thats me, why? Do you need a dungeon repairpony or something?" I said kinda jokingly

"Precisely! The tap water in the cell we have a pony in is broken! I came to town to get my suit cleaned, and I was hoping to run into you! And here you are!"

Wait what?! Is he keeping somepony else in a cell?

"Uuumm yeah, here I am. I could swing by sometime soon and take a look. The pony isn't in danger from...the lack of tap water...is he?"

"No not at all, infact, he isn't in any danger at all! He just lives in there peacefully, and doesn't make a peep!" He said happily

Man this guy.

"Ok sir, I'll drop by with my...crew...and we will fix that up for you. Have a good day."

"Thank you very much!" He said as he walked off

Is this now top priority? Yeah. Yeah it is. Sorry Fluttershy.

I galloped back in the direction that Thrash and FIre Heart were walking in. I soon began to close in on them, and when I got there, they turned to look at me.

"Hey, what are you doing back? Don't you have date stuff to be doing?" Thrash said

"Yeah, but something came up. I just ran into Scorch's butler, and he said that there was another pony in the cells. We need to go back and get him."

"Alright, I'll round up some ponies for the job." He said

"Not so fast Breezy. You are going on that date, and you are going to like it. We can handle this. Trust us." Fire Heart said

"But-"

"Nope, you're not going and that is final."

"Gah fine. I'd better get going then. I still have a lot of work to do." I said

A few hours later- Fire Hearts POV:

Thrash and I had gathered a pretty good crew of ponies just incase things went bad. We got Flashwing, for ranged cover, Snowflake, for magic, and Dusk Wing for melee combat. We couldn't find Drake anywhere, but he would have been here too.

We were all standing around the spot of land where the castle used to be, about to teleport in, when we heard hoofsteps behind us. We all turned around, with our weapons at the ready, but it was only the butler.

"Woah! Hold it there! Are you the repair ponies?"

We all looked around at each other, and nodded. We lowered our weapons.

"Yes, we heard there was a broken pipe in one of your cells?" I said not thinking he was going to buy it.

"Oh my yes! It's quite dreadful! Follow me quickly, down to the manor!" He said as he turned around and walked into the woods.

We all looked at each other and shrugged.

We walked a bit into the woods, until we came across a fallen log. The butler crouched down into it, and started to crawl through. We followed him through the log until we saw an opening with a staircase. We went down for quite a long time, but soon enough, we emerged into the cave. We walked up to the door, and entered into the castle. He led us up the stairs, and down a bunch of winding hallways. He then stopped in front of a door I had never seen before, and brought out his keys. He opened the door, and we went inside. We walked down a narrow hallway, with cells on both sides. We eventually stopped at one, and it was actually quite nice. It wasn't like a jail cell, more like a hospital room. He opened up the door.

On the bed was an earth pony. His coat was blue, with a blue mane, and was slightly taller than Luna. His cutie mark was a sun rising over a grassy field.

"Hello. You must be here to rescue me. It's nice to meet you. I'm Dawnfang."

"Wha- What do you mean rescue?" The butler asked

"Well you see, I broke the pipe in hopes that you would search out help. I can see that worked out well. Lets get out of here."

"Now wait just a minute! You're telling me you couldn't overpower this old pony?" Snowflake said

"Wha- What's going on?" The butler stuttered out confusedly

"He never opened the door. My food comes in through a hatch, and I have my own water supply. So I never really had the chance to. And when I figured out that Scorch was out of the picture, I figured I could make a move, but I didn't know how." He said

At this point we all entered into the cell, and started to undo his restraints.

"So what, did he do some crazy experiment on you to, and give you crazy powers?"

"Not quite, but close." He said

Just then, we heard a slam behind us. We turned around, to see the butler with a worried look on his face.

"N-Now I don't know what's going on here, b-but I think you ponies had something to do with Master Scorch's disappearance. And I'm keeping you here until I get to the bottom of this!" He said as he huffed and walked away

Dawnfang's head twitched, and he galloped up to the cell door.

"LET US OUT OF HERE YOU CRAZY BASTARD!"

I looked down to his cutie mark, and saw that it was no longer a sun rising, but a moon.