Twilight shrugged, "I have no idea where your friend went. He's Probably out hopping around and having fun with Pinkie Pie."

AJ stopped ," An' here I was thinkin' that jus' one would be bad. Now we got two of them hoppy little guys running around? Think Imma need a good cold shower to get those pictures out from mah head..." He laughed afterwards.

Twilight couldn't help but share the laugh after thinking about some of the things that those two could get into. "Well, how soon do you think the others are gonna wake up?"

AJ shrugged and looked over to the Doctor that was still present and watching over the other 4 ponies that still lay on the ground. "Doc, tell 'em all to head over to Sweet Apple Acres when they wake up."

Doctor Hooves nodded and looked over to his patients, wiping sweat off a certain Cyan ponies head as he thrashed around a bit.

Twilight looked at AJ a they were walking out of the door. "First of all, What is your name?"

The big pony turned his head to her , "Ah'm called AJ. Don't need no fancy name. What's yer's?"

She turned to him ." My name is Twilight Sparkle. So AJ, what was your job before the war came to Equestros?"

AJ closed his eyes and thought. His mind wandered to the time spent in the fields, all the times he had to help out his big sister with her applebucking. To help his little brother find his cutie mark. All the years of apple pulling and baking, "Ah..." He sighed softly, some tears coming to his eyes from remembering those sweet memories that were now so far away.

"Are you okay AJ?" Twilight Sparkle asked, concerned that he was shedding tears for no reason.

"I'm gonna be fine. Jus' remembering all times back on the farm...with my big sis, and lil' brother. I miss 'em both so much..." AJ sniffled and wiped his eyes.

Twilight smiled at him ,"C'mon. I bet some good old fashioned apple deserts will take those tears away."

AJ smiled and nodded at the lavender pony, his spirits already raising up a bit more from her efforts. "Thanks for all of this , Twilight."

"It isn't a problem, It's what I do for all of my friends." She turned and gave a small smile to the colt.

"And I'm lucky to count myself among them." He spoke and smiled back.

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Dusk Shine woke up once more, the anesthesia finally wearing off. He leaned forward slowly, only to feel a hoof gently put him down.

"Now hold on a moment, you aren't ready to sit up or move around just yet. I had to stitch you back together in a few places and you don't wanna rip them." Hooves spoke to the him.

Dusk Shine blinked a few times, "Who are you? Where am I? Where is Barbara?"

The doctor stopped him once more from getting up, "Don't worry, she's just sleeping near the one very light tan pony. To answer your other questions, I am Doctor Hooves. I was pulled from my normal job and made to work in a hospital because no one else around here seemed to have a PhD in anything..."

Dusk leaned forward this time, shoving the doctors hoof out of the way. He looked around and almost immediately recognized the surroundings, "Where in Ponyville aren't we? In the Library."

Doctor Hooves nodded. "Twilight brought you all here and then left you in my care."

Dusk stopped for a moment, thinking about the one pony who had argued with him. Twilight, a play on his own name. He had to be either hallucinating, or he was sent to another Equestros, with everyone as an opposite gender from his world. He prayed it was the first one.

"Yeah well twenty bits says you have no idea where you are in terms of country." The Doctor said as he walked over to Elusive, taking a look at the small chip out of his horn.

Dusk had to chuckle at this, "I'd lose twenty bits if I actually accepted that bet. Where am I?"

The doctor, not moving his gaze from the bandaged horn, looked at the horn a few more times as he slapped on a magic inhibitor. "Your on the continent of Equestria, from what I overheard of the Princess' explanation, it's pretty much the sister to your realm."

Dusk Shine sighed, it was option two. He started getting up, straining against the pain he felt around his chest area. He grimaced at this, "Thank for the help Doc, now take care of the others."

Doctor Hooves almost took down the pony right there as he leaped forward. "You can't go-"

Dusk Shine glared at him.

"They went to Sweet Apple Acres, little farm about a mile to the west."

Dusk Shine smiled, "Thank you." Was all the words that were needed as he walked out of the library and started to move along the road, one painful step at a time.

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AJ looked at Bubble Berry and Pinkie Pie, relieved they were both OK. "So what your saying is that some changelings attacked and then Big Mac fought 'em off?"

Pinkie Pie groaned, "Didn't I just say that?"

Twilight was still recovering from that, she nearly had a heart attack when she heard the story, and now more than ever, wanted to give her deepest thanks to Big Mac.

Then AJ noticed something else. The massive amounts of apple deserts piled up had his vision completely trained on them. He drooled a bit and his stomach gave a loud rumbled considering he hadn't eaten in quite some time.

Twilight looked at him, "Are you OK AJ?"

"Oh sweet Heavenly Solaris...." Bubble Berry spoke as he noticed the food. He walked closer and took a spot right next to AJ.

"It's just food, you eat it every day!" Pinkie exclaimed at the two.

AJ shook his head, "None of us have eaten in the last 2 days..."

Bubble Berry looked at Twilight, "Is this all for us?!"

Twilight nodded, "For you and the other 4 that dropped down from the sky."

As soon as she was done speaking the two colts leaped into the air and nearly dive bombed the tray of food. Large chunks of it were disappearing as Bubble Berry and AJ took turns throwing random apple deserts into each others mouths.

Twilight and Pinkie both had no choice but sit on their rumps and watch the spectacle that was two full grown colts eating.

By the time they had finished, half of the deserts had been eaten, and the two bloated ponies were contentedly sitting on the ground.

Bubble Berry gave a loud belch, "I haven't eaten that good since Prince Tempo's Coronation as Captain of the Royal guard!"

AJ couldn't do anything else other than nod, his stomach had been filled to the limit.

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Dusk Shine saw the barn in the distance, and heard sounds of groaning. He recognized each of the voices that the groans belonged to. "BUBBLES! AJ! DON'T WORRY I'M ON MY WAY!"

Dusk ran forward, ready to blow up the barn at the mere sight of his friends being hurt.

Instead when he charged into the barn he saw the two very fat ponies sitting on the ground in a euphoric state, their stomachs bulging with food. He took a long sniff and saw the table of food. It was nearly half gone.

Twilight looked at the colt version of herself and smiled, "Great timing. You're just in the nick of time to get some of the food."

Dusk shine looked at Twilight, confused. Then after a few seconds of thinking he turned without a word and levitated on of the bite sized apple fritters to his mouth and ate the thing whole.

His irises grew to take up most of his eye and his mind was sent on a roller coaster of amazing flavor that sent him out of the drag he had been in.

Twilight walked over to him and waved a hoof in front of his face, "Are you- WOAH!" She was shoved out of the way as the lavender colt dug into the food, much like the other two. Twilight shook the birds out of her eyes just as the pony finished eating.

Holding a toothpick he inexplicably obtained in his mouth, Dusk shine offered a hoof down to her, which Twilight gladly accepted. "So you all aren't changelings...I'm Dusk Shine. Thanks for getting me and my friends out of trouble."

She stood up and nodded, "Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you Dusk Shine."

AJ groaned, "ughh... Dusk? I think I'm finally in love for the first time since the war started... Urp."

Dusk smiled at his friends and helped them both to their feet.

Twilight was next to follow, "We need to talk..."

Dusk looked at her and with a nod of his head, the two ponies started to walk out of the barn and back to the library.

Twilight sighed and looked at Dusk, "Teach me how to fight."

Dusk twisted his head and looked at her like she was crazy, "I'm sorry but what did you just say?"

Twilight took a deep breath and let out everything she was thinking out in one burst, "I need a person to teach me how to fight so I can protect my friends if they are ever in harm!"

Dusk looked at her for a moment before closing his eyes, "Alright, but there is one condition."

Twilight looked at him, her eyes full of fighting spirit and hope. "Anything!"

She meant it too...If this army of the evilest creatures alive was coming she would have to steel herself and train beyond the limits she had before.

"Each one of your friends must agree to this, and to train underneath the colt that matches them the most. I won't train just one person to stop an army. That sort of stuff only happens in fairy tails." He spoke pushing his snout right against hers as his eyes met hers.

Twilight stood up and gave a salute much like the one AJ had given, "I'll try my best to get them ready sir."

Dusk gave her a quick hit in the shoulder, "Don't worry about it. I'm interested in keeping this realm safe as much as the next pony."

Twilight did something that stunned Dusk for a bit though. Twilight had rushed up to him, and wrapped her two front legs around him in a hug.

Dusk froze, and with a sigh of resignation he hugged her back, "Don't get too affectionate....it'll save you some heartbreak later." He spoke just as he shoved her away.

Twilight merely smiled at him, "But being a little affectionate can push us through a war."

Dusk just sighed at this impossible pony. "We'll start tomorrow...get all your friends answers by then."

Twilight smiled even wider and saluted once more, "Sir yes Sir Dusk Shine!"

Author's Note

Well how will they all turn out in the end? Good trainee's or failures? Take a look at the next chapter to find out.