Bloody Show Ponies!by GentlemannlySniperChaptersChapter 1: A taste of something different...Chapter 2: Butter with wings and grapejuice with a pointy strawChapter 3: The story of the never ending war between ex-friendsChapter 3 1/2: The late night dove huntChapter 4: A small problem...Chapter 5: Playing DefenseChapter 6: Come on, slap it now!Chapter 7: Meet the VanChapter 1: A taste of something different...Dear Princess Celestia, I am disappointed to inform you that I will be going on a small trip, and I will not be able to send my letters to you like I have the weeks before. This "trip" is going to be to a very special place, which me and Fluttershy had found not too long ago! We decided that I would be able to open up a portal to this new world and investigate, but until then, please do not forget that I will try my hardest to do as I can and learn as much as I can about this strange world. Love, Twilight Sparkle Twilight read the note over again, and nodded with finality as she rolled up the letter, and tied it up. "Spike!" She called out behind her, to find her number one assistant standing there, with Twilight's saddle bags and his undying attention. "Oh, there you are Spike! Here, I need you to send this letter and-" She was interrupted by the knocking at the door. Spike dropped the bags gently on the floor. "I got it!" He said, as he went over to the door. Twilight grinned as she knew who this probably was. Spike opened the door to reveal Fluttershy standing there. She nodded at Spike, gave him a silent hello, and went inside. "Hey Fluttershy! Are you ready to go yet?" Twilight asked, placing her saddle bags over her back as she walked over to her friend, eager for her answer. "Of course Twilight! I'm ready to help you with whatever you need!" She said, with a gleeful smile, glad to be able to help and accompany her best friend to another world. "Great!" Twilight said in excitement, as she went to go grab the letter she had set on the table to send to Celestia. "Spike! I need you to send this letter right away!" She said, tossing the letter over to Spike, who caught it with ease. "Twilight, are you sure about this?" He asked, with a small hint of uncertainty in his voice. Twilight nodded. "Of course I am! I'm an element of harmony, so I should be able to protect myself quite well! And I'll have Fluttershy with me, incase things get a bit 'rough'" She said encouragingly, but Spike felt very discouraged by that.... "So then, when can we...um...go?" Fluttershy asked sheepishly, afraid to be rude to her friend. Twilight looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, and nodded. "Right now would seem like a good time!" She said, eager to get the portal open before the sun went down. Fluttershy let out a small squeak of excitement, eager to see the new animals this world would harbor and see if she could possibly bring a couple of them into Equestria! Spike sighed, as he breathed fire onto the letter, and sent it out. "Please be careful, Twi!" He said, hopeful that Twilight will heed his warning. "I will Spike! I'll see you in two months!" She said, with a smile, as she made her way for the exit, with an eager Fluttershy following her closely. ================================================================================ "YO INCOMIN'" "MEEEDIIIIIIIC" "THAT SOLDIER IS A BLOODY SPY!" Fire, bullets, missiles, and grenades ran amok within this once peaceful duo of buildings. As of now, these cries of warnings and requests for help were the most common thing in the world. A constant war always went on in this mad world of war and unlimited violence. The smell of death, ash, and beer cloaked every inch of these two buildings that stood side by side, withstanding millions upon millions of fires, explosives and high caliber bullets. Suddenly, among the sound of battle was a loud beep of an intercom. First, it was the building on the left. "We have taken the enemy's intelligence!" an old and nagging voice echoed out of the speakers set up around the base. Then, the building on the right. "The enemy has taken our intelligence! You've all failed me!" It was the same voice, but with just a bit more deadly venom then normal. Everyone stopped everything they were doing, and sighed, half of them were happy, but the other half was the exact opposite. Strangely enough, after all that killing, everyone on the opposing forces shook hands with one another. They had fought for long enough to realize that after they win or lose, another round of firing wouldn't do much use to their current status. Everyone groaned, either in pain or in boredom as they left each other's bases to return to their home bases. "Ah buggah..." said an Australian man in a small room in the front of the red building, as he put down his sniper rifle and took a seat down. "Right when I was gettin' a good killstreak too..." He said, grabbing a nearby coffee cup. The coffee had gone from hot to mild temperature a long time ago, so it was definitely safe to drink. The marksman took a nearby picture of his mum and dad, and sighed as he felt the edge of their worn out faces. He had this picture of home for 3 years, and not once did he dare to try and let it get in harm's way. It was the only thing that reminded him that he wasn't some kind of crazed huntsman, but in fact a normal man. Suddenly, the sound of a cloak device disengaging echoed through the small room, causing the Sniper to fumble about his picture as he was slightly startled, and he shoved it into his vest. "G'day, mate!" Said a french accent, obviously mocking the sniper's voice. The suited man in front of the expert head hunter laughed, before sighing and taking a seat down in front of him. "That display was top notch! I had no idea zat you were so strategic!" The man complimented, as he replaced his now burned out cigarette with a new one. The long range assassin sighed, rolling his eyes. "Wish I could'a said th' same for the bloody bloke on th' other side, eh?" He said, with a small chuckle. The spy simply shrugged with mild uncaring, as he took another drag of his cigarette. "Ah yes, ze reds are losing their touch, no?" He said, offering the sniper a cigarette, which he politely turned down. The sniper sighed, as he looked to the base that was modeled to be just like their base on the inside. On the inside, was the same duo, just in red, staring back at the sniper with a awful sense of defeat. The red spy simply closed the blinds, and sighed, taking a long drag of his cigarette. "Ve are losing our touch, oui?" He said, trying to make things sound better than what they really were. The sniper simply tugged out his shirt and sighed into it. "Ah, bugger...We've just completely lost all togeth'a mate..." He said, with remorse. The spy nodded, trying to put on a smile. "Vell, yes, but think about it zis way...Next time, ve vill know just exactly what they vill be planning, since zeir strategy vas so vell thought out, yes?" He said, with an even bigger smile. The sniper grinned a bit to himself, perking himself upright slowly, "Yeah, I guess your roight then!" he said, with a better mood than before. The spy grinned, happy to raise some moral, even if it is for just one person. Just then, the fastest of the team, the Scout, walked in. "Yo, how's it hangin' fellas?" He said, looking to both his teammates with a little cocky smile, and then gave the Spy a small glare of hatred, before sighing and pulling up a chair in the middle of the duo. "So, ya plannin' somethin' to get those chucklehead's t' drop their stupid crap or what?" He said, with that same cocky smile he had on earlier. The spy thought for a moment, and then opened his mouth to say something. "Vell, I vas thinking zat ve vo-" Suddenly, before the suited assassin could continue his plan, there was a sudden whistle of some sort. It seeped through the planks of the red wood building. "...What in th' bloody 'ell....?" Questioned the Sniper, as he looked to the wall where the sound came from, as a gentle and cold breeze brushed past everyone that got in its way. "'Ey, who turned on the air conditionin'?" The Scout questioned as well, as he got up from his seat and ran out of the room to go investigate. He went down a corner inside of a small hallway, and turned another corner to be surprised by a large, blue portal hovering just a couple of inches off the ground, giving off a very cold wind that sent shivers down into his...well...everything. The Sniper and Spy came and joined him just seconds after him, shivering and almost daring to get closer together for warmth. "W-w-w-w-what in th' bloody 'ell is that thing?!" The sniper said, shivering upclose to the Scout, who was shivering up close to the Spy, who finished the circle but shivering up to the Sniper. "L-l-l-l-looks like a p-p-p-portal...Like in t-them comics I used t-t-ta read!" Scout stated as-a-matter-of-factly. The spy hit him in the back of the head. "Idiot! Zis is no time for zat kind of talk!" He said, with a low growl of disappointment. "God! Jesus man! I was only tryin' ta help ya know what that thing was!" He said, rubbing the back of his head in pain. Suddenly, the portal made a very strong wind blast through it, causing the trio of mercenaries to tumble backwards into a wall. "MERASMUS! TURN THAT GOD DAMN MAGIC DOO-HICKY OFF BEFORE I COME OUT THERE AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!" A very angered man said, as he opened up the metal sliding door and threw it up into the ceiling, only to get a mild surprise of the chill that swept through the building. He groaned in anger, as he grabbed his rocket launcher from the ground and aimed it at the portal, walking closer to it as he loaded his weapon. Eventually, more mercenaries came to seek out answers of the sudden cold and noise.They all had their weapons out and gear on, ready to take on anyone or anything that would dare to come out of that portal... And they were given a large surprise when they saw a duo of colorful ponies. Chapter 2: Butter with wings and grapejuice with a pointy strawFluttershy and Twilight quickly looked around themselves at the scene in front of them, as their portal back home dissipated into nothing, then, all havoc struck loose, as everyone aimed their guns at them, and a little mounted robotic machine gun firing weapon was built for backup. "Alright you little child dreams! Put those hands...er...hooves where we can see em!" The angered man from before said, tipping his rocket launcher as he readied to shoot them if they disobeyed. Fluttershy looked to Twilight with a scared look, as she slowly rose off her front hooves and held them up, with Twilight following suit. "Oi, wouldn't ya think it would be more polite to ask what they're doin' here mate?" The Sniper said, as he emptied out a bullet in his rifle. "Aye, Mr.Aussie's right, let's ask two bloody ponies from another dimension wat their favorite tea is why dont 'cha?!" Said a Scottish accented man, geared up with a flak jacket and bombs attached to said jacket. "I swear, ya seem bloody drunkier than me!" He said, as he shoved a grenade into his launcher and aimed it. "What the hell are those things anyway? One of 'ems got wings too! Think it can carry a person or two?" The Scout said, as he reloaded his shotgun. "Nein, zat little zing vould not be able to carry such a large mass! Despite your slim frame!" A man in a doctor's coat said. "So, what do we bloody do wit' it then?" The Sniper said, as he slowly lowered his rifle to look at his teammates, should they offer an idea. "Ve should slice zem open! Get a look at zeir insides!" "I say we use th' easier way, AN' BLOW EM UP! Heh heh" "Hudda Hudda hu?" A man (Or at least it looked like a man) in a full body firesuit said through his gasmask. Everyone looked at the Pyro in confusion, before it began to speak again. "Hu huddara hudda huh... Huh huddra hu hudda hu hudda huh..." it suggested, lowering its flamethrower down a bit. Everyone looked to each other, then back to the two ponies, who were close to the point of a heart attack due to the amount of stress they were in. "Spy, you tell 'em." Scout said, nodding at Spy, who nodded back and looked to the ponies. "Vell? Say somezing!" The Spy said, rolling the barrel of his revolver around, as he looked to the two ponies. "Are you bloody insane mate?" The bomb expert said, lowering his weapon like everyone else began to do. "Oi, it put its hands up when Soldia told 'em too, didn't they?" the Sniper sided with Spy on this one, if these ponies could understand it, they could most likely speak it. "A-a-a-a-a-actually...Um..." Fluttershy began to speak, but then even more chaos broke out. "OH MY GOD, THAT PONY JUST TALKED!!!" The Soldier yelled, backing away with his rockets aimed for the yellow pony. "'OLY MOTHER OF BEER IN A BOTTLE! IT'S A BLOODY MUTANT!" the Demoman screamed, backing away, grenade launcher aimed. "Yo, could you all...uh..." The Scout tried to say, but to no avail, as the chaos still raged on. "LITTLE TINY PONY THING JUST TALKED!" The biggest of the group said, backing away as he revved up the minigun that he carried around with great ease. "OI!" The Sniper tried to yell, but to only get as far as Scout. "YOU ARE ALL TRYING MY PATIENCE!" The Medic yelled over all the chaos, which seemed to shut everyone up. "That thang ain't like anythang I've ever seen b'fore!" A hardhatted man said, readying his shotgun as he pulled his sentry gun he built earlier closer to him and away from the two colorful ponies in front of him. The Medic sighed in aggravation, and adjusted his glasses, before kneeling down to the ponies, who slowly began taking their four legged position, taking relief off of their hind legs. "Now zen, vat is your name?" He said, trying to be as friendly as possible. Fluttershy bashfully hid behind Twilight sparkle, who gulped a bit and began to sweat. "W-w-well...I am T-T-Twilight S-Sparkle...A-and this is my f-f-friend...F-F-Fluttershy...S-s-say hi F-F-Fluttershy!" She said, as she tried to sound as calm as possible as it was painfully obvious that she was very scared. Fluttershy stuck her head out from behind her friend's mane, as all the other mercenaries slowly collected themselves and began closing in on the colorful duo with a new curiosity. "H-hi...." Fluttershy said in the most quiet voice she could humanly muster. The Medic closed in, on the yellow mare, putting a hand up to his ear. "Vat vas zat?" He asked again, trying to hear the little yellow pony talk a little bit better. "She said 'Hi!' Now if you'll excuse me we really need to get going! We enjoyed the stay but you see my poor little Fluttershy here needs her beauty sleep so I suppose we'll just be taking our leave and-" Twilight turned around to see the big, muscular man standing tall over her. "Little pony try to escape? HA! Only cowards run away from problems!" He said, with a slightly mocking tone. Twilight gulped as she started backing away. "W-w-well...I uh..." Twilight tried to say something, but she was too focused on keeping as much distance from these maniacs as equestrianly as possible, before she bumped into another one, who proceeded to pick her up. "Woah! Look at this one! It's like some kind'a unicorn!" He said, pointing to the little tip of Twilight's horn. "H-HEY! Put me down!" Twilight said, as she squirmed under the slim man's grip, but to no avail. Fluttershy gasped, as she poked the man holding her friend. "U-u-um...Excuse me mister, if you would please be as kind as to d-d-drop my f-friend please...T-t-that is, if you don't mind..." She said, before sheepishly giving a smile. The Scout dropped Twilight gently, as she quickly scooted away from him. Scout picked up Fluttershy, and smiled at her, which led Fluttershy to give a confused smile back. "'Ey, look! She's all concerned an' stuff! Ey, can we keep 'em?!" He asked, looking to his teammates, who all just facepalmed. Scout frowned at this. "Soooo...That's a no?" He asked, before getting smacked in the back of the head, causing him to drop Fluttershy as he covered his head. "Idiot..." The Spy said, with a groan. "Ow! Hey man, I was only askin' a question!...Jeez..." Scout replied, rubbing his pained head. "Aye, maybe the lad's right..." The Demoman said, holstering his weapon over his back. "Maybe we should keep 'em out of their way..." He suggested. Everyone looked to each other, and nodded in slight agreement. "Um...If I may ask...who are...they?" Twilight asked, with uncertainty in her voice as a new curiosity peaked her interest. Everyone gasped, as they began to chit-chat among each other. "She doesn't know who the bloody blus are? Real shut ins, ain't they?" "I doubt they would hold one lil' ol' minute out there without our help, right fellas?" "I still say we should keep 'em" "Oi lads! The bloody talkin' purple one asked ME, Didn't she?" the Demoman said, which led everyone to shut up. "Aye...now...come 'ere lassies n' sit down so uncle Demo can teach 'ya about..." "The blus!" Twilight and Fluttershy looked at each other, before both slowly nodding in agreement to listen, as they took a small seat down next to each other on the wooden floor in front of the Demoman. The Demoman took out a bottle of beer, and drank it all down, before slamming it on the ground, and leaning in closer to our heroines. "Aye, i've got ye a lil' ol story then lassies! Like a 'lil fairy tale t' ya...but in this story lass..." "There ain't no happy endin'..." Author's Note I tried my best, please send me your comments on what I should improve c: Chapter 3: The story of the never ending war between ex-friendsAbout six years ago, every single one of us were called up and told that "If you fight for us, we will give you money of the likes that you have never seen before!". So, naturally, we accepted! The first place were we got stationed, we ended up getting slaughtered...and then bombed...so we didn't get our paycheck. That happens everytime, right? Sometimes you don't win because you didn't do good enough, right? Wrong... You see, the reason we lost was because they looked just like us! It was like looking at a mirror of demons in blue! And that wasn't the only time.... We had to go capture a small farm shed, which was the center of a warzone already between the blus and half of us reds. We honestly had no idea why they looked just like us, but our Spy, the one with the mask over there, tried to focus on his own weaknesses, and told us that if they were exactly like us, then they should have the same weaknesses, right? So, that's how we won that, but then it started becoming a wild chase to stop the blus from attacking all of our bases, and from capturing all of our control points. Sometimes we win, and sometimes we lose, but as far as we know, they've never given up at all, so we never stopped fighting. After about two years of this, we've both realized that we didn't know what we were fighting for, other than to protect certain areas and attack others. We didn't know why, we just did as we were told, and after a while, we decided that after the battle was over, we would try to sit down and talk, right? Well, apparently, we couldn't do that either. You see, when you make a friend in this place, you end up breaking up and hating each other even more. "Psst, hey, tell 'em about what spy did t' my ma..." "Aye, give me a moment..." Yes, the Scout's story about his mom is a good example...You see Spy over there? Apparently, he...well...slept with Scout's mom, and they've always hated each other since then. Before Scout found out about that, they were apparently the best of friends, and always looked after each other... but that was only before...now they hate each others guts to the point that when they see their opposite on the other side, they drop everything they were doing to completely massacre each other...it's gotten that brutal. "That isn't even th' worse of it either lassies..." The Demoman said, as he took his beer that Scout gave to him, to encourage him to keep talking. "Ya see, I was friends wit' th' blu Soldier, and before we were friends, we 'ated each other already..." He said, rolling his shoulder to cause it to crack. "Afterwards, durin' vacation, we sat down n' talked when we both went t' the same gun show. Apparently, he was workin' for blu, and we became th' best of friends! But then, this announc'a lady came t' me home, and said that he was playin' me fer a fool!" He began to drink down his full bottle of beer...and he kept drinking until it was empty, before he let it drop from his now shaky hands and roll off somewhere. "He neva' cared fer our friendship! As a matta of bloody fact, he said that he would kill me fer a bunch of bloody weapons!" He said, taking his bottle that rolled back and banging it on the ground in anger. The Soldier jumped up from his seated position to butt in. "YOU AGREED TO THEIR OFFER TOO, YA DAMN ENGLISHMAN IN A DRESS!" Fluttershy and Twilight looked to eachother, and they both smelled trouble. "Ah geez, here they go again..." "My money's on th' Demoman..." "Heavy put bet on Soldier this time..." Twilight and Fluttershy looked to the 7 mercenaries, as they reached into their wallets and began betting on who would win this fight. The Demoman got up from his position, and this led our two pony heroines to start taking cover behind the mercenaries betting. "Lad, shouldn't I mention that ya' bloody traded me fer BLOODY WEAPONS?!" "And you didn't?! HA! Don't make me go hysterical, cyclops!" "YA BLOODY BACK STABBIN' SNAKE!" "ONE EYED CROSS-DRESSER" "BLOODY CIVILIAN!" That was when all chaos broke loose yet again, the Soldier threw a hard punch at the Demoman's jaw, knocking it out of place. The Demoman fixed it back, before returning the favor and sending the Soldier into the wall, whilst everyone cheered for whoever they thought would win. This sent Twilight over the top, as she jumped over the 7 mercenaries, and used her magic to stop any other kind of blow that could be thrown at another. "What are you two DOING?!" She questioned, giving both mercenaries a displeasing look, only to notice they were both still trying to fight each other, against Twilight's magic. "It's like you're trying to free discord from his stone prison!" She said, but only for her voice to fall on deaf ears. "Ey, are they cryin'?" the Scout said, as he pointed to the two floating mercenaries. As a matter of fact, they actually were crying! "Oh...my...." Fluttershy gasped, as she flew up to both of them and examined them closely, as they flailed about the magical sphere they floated in, trying to attack each other despite how separated they were. Fluttershy flew to the Demoman, who was openly sobbing, than back to the Soldier who was growling in rage, with tears flowing down his cheeks. So Fluttershy did what she thought was the most sensible thing to do in this kind of situation... And gave them a hug... The Soldier and Demoman abruptly stopped their everything, their crying, their insults towards one another, and began to feel... Slightly awkward... "Oi, is she...." "Hugging us?....I believe so..." The Soldier finished the Demoman's sentence for him. Everyone that was betting earlier began lowering their wallets...then giving all the money they bet to the Pyro, who won the bet because he bet that Fluttershy would win. Fluttershy smiled a shy smile at the two mercenaries. "I hope you feel better now!" She said, as she broke the hug, flying between the two mercenaries, who just blinked at Fluttershy. "Aye, I kinda do feel better...truce fer now, lad?" The Demoman offered, holding his hand out to the Soldier. "Alright...but only if you promise not to call me a civilian anymore..." The Soldier said, as he reached out to shake hands, only to realize that they were still in balls of some some kind of magic force field. "Oh, right, sorry..." Twilight said, feeling a bit stupid afterwards as she lowered the two mercenaries and freed them from their spell. She had momentarily forgot that the fight had been pacified. After they shook hands, and grumbled a bit in anger, everyone was now staring at the two ponies. "What?" Twilight asked, as she looked around at everyone, who continued to stare, dumbfounded by this turn of events. "Well zen...that was a first..." The Spy said, rubbing his chin in thought... "Noone 'as eva' been able ta' pacify a fight between those two...ever..." The Scout explained, twiddling his thumbs a bit. "We gave up on that a long time ago, pardner..." The Engineer said, as he was trying to pack up his sentry in a little toolbox. "Usually, someone like you would'a been killed quicker than a snake would with a gallon of venom..." he said, cracking his fingers individually. "So, why didn't you just try and calm them down?" Twilight suggested, as she took a step closer to the group. "We've tried everything mate, not a bloody thing you can do about them two..." The Sniper said, before tipping his hat. "Until now, that is..." "Aye....anyway, wasn't I tellin' a story or somethin'?" The Demoman said, taking a seat down again, like everyone else did as well. "Anyone else wanna hear the end?" the Scout asked... "Nope" "Nein" "NYET" "Non" "And I vote no too...Come on, we'll hear the end tommorra'...I just wanna go to sleep now..." The Scout said as he was starting to get up and leave. The Spy stopped him half-way through getting up. "Aren't you forgetting something?" He said, nodding to the two ponies, who looked back in slight confusion. "Oh...right...well, I had the idea so, they're sleepin' with me tonight!" He said, feeling proud for making up an idea like that. "And I guess it would be fair for them to cycle with all of ya's, right? We can make plans for that durin' breakfast!" The Scout said with finality, with a cocky little grin that made him feel like he was better than everyone else right now. Everyone looked at each other, than gave a small nod of understanding, and began separating ways, leaving two confused ponies alone with the slim man. "Well? Come on than! My rooms ova' here!" He said, as he quickly walked over to an overly large door, locked by chains, which the Scout used a key to open. Inside the room was just a fairly simple bedroom, with a bed and a closet full of what could only be assumed to as clothes. Fluttershy and Twilight looked to each other in slight fear, but at least it was someplace to stay...and it was getting pretty late... Who knows, maybe they'll wake up early to learn more about this troubled world, and help it develop into a world of friendship! Unluckily for them, they wake up early to an alarm that they would never expect.... Author's Note One of the more emotional chapters. The beginning was supposed to be what the Demoman was telling the ponies, before it went to general narrative afterwards. Just clearing that up just in case you got confused c: Remember to comment, they help make the story better :D Chapter 3 1/2: The late night dove hunt"Psst....Archimeeeeedeeeeeessss! Argh, vere is zat damn bird?" The Medic searched around frantically, wearing his casual shirt and vest, which were cleanly stuffed into his pants so that he could look presentable. "Zat damn bird is alvays flying off! Komm raus, little dove!" He called out softly, as to not wake up anyone. "Doc', what are you doing?" The Soldier asked, coming out fully clothed in pajamas and a triangular hat with a little fuzz ball attached to the end of it. "Oh! Soldier! I vasn't expecting you to be awake! Vould you help me find Archimedes?" He asked, as he continued his search. "Come on Doc', It's probably still sleeping in that bird cage I got 'cha for smissmas..." The Soldier reasoned, as he turned to go back to his room. "If you let me down, you let down America..." The Medic threatened, which made Soldier stand up at attention, as he ran his way over to the Medic. "Lieutenant General Soldier, at your service!" He said, with the flames of a pure american heart beating deep within that war rusted heart of his. The Medic smiled, as he pointed to an untouched part of the room. "Now, check every little nook and cranny of zat part of ze room!" "Sir, yes sir!" The soldier said, as he rushed to the room to search for Archimedes. "Hey Doc'?" The Soldier asked, as he looked over his shoulder at the Medic, who finished looking around his part of the room. "Yes?" He responded as he made his way over to Soldier's side of the room to help him search. "I don't trust those colorful ponies..." The Soldier said, as he looked under a crate. "Really? Zey don't seem like a threat...." Medic replied, as he took out a couple seeds and put them around the ground. "That's what we said about a wounded Heavy, and then he got up while we turned our backs and ripped out our spines!!!" He growled. "Sshhshshshsshhhh!" The Medic warned, which led the Soldier to let out a low growl. "And yes, zat vas very bloody...Don't judge a book by zeir cover, I guess..." He said, with a slow nod of agreement. "Now, vere iz zat damn bird!? It's his bed time, and I von't have ze bird asleep on ze job!....Or better yet not asleep inside ze job..." He said, with a small sigh. "Found it!" The Soldier said, as he held up a small white mouse, that squeaked against the Soldier's grasp. "Oh wait...no that's a- ARRRGGGHHHH! DAMN RAT!" The rat had bitten into the Soldier's hand, and the Medic sushed him up. "Keep quiet, dummkopf!" Medic said, angered by the Soldier's loud voice. "Sorry..." The Soldier said, quietly, before continuing the search, rubbing his aching hand every now and then. "Hey Doc, I know what happened to your bird!" "Vat do you m-" "The ponies ate him!" The Medic facepalmed. "Should I mention zat ponies are herbivorez, Soldier?" He said, in aggravation, no less. "They hugged me! They're obviously planning on doing something here Doc!" The Soldier said, with anger bellowing from deep within his soul. "You've never had a childhood ven you vere younger, did you?" The Medic said, giving the Soldier a displeasing look. "And I'm still the man I am today! And besides! What if they want to get to know us better?" The Soldier asked, closing in on the doctor. "Vat do you mean?" The Medic asked, giving his rocket wielding friend a quizzical look. "You know these two things are in our hands now, right? If they get to know us for who we really are, then they'll go running off! And guess who would find 'em and slaughter 'em?!" The projectile expert said, adjusting his pajama hat over his eyes. "Are you saying zat if zey know about our past...zey vill most likely turn tail and run?" The Medic suggested, as he stopped what he was looking for. "Exactly my point, Doc! They must never know!" The Soldier said, holding his hand to the doctor. The Medic rolled his eyes. "Zat is ze most-...." The Medic stopped himself.... He was right, if they found out about the brutal pasts of him and each of his colleagues, this would spell disaster to these ponies, and they would run the second they could, forgetting about their enemies.... and then, they could die in so many horrific ways... And Medic knew this very well, since he's used to getting blown up, shot at, hit by trains, and falling down very steep cliffs... "Soldier, you are a ficken genuis!" He said, putting his hands on the Soldier's hands. The Soldier blinked. "What? What did I say?" He said, before the Medic left him and went back to his room. The Soldier scratched his head in confusion, before turning around to look for Archimedes again. "Where's that damn bird..." Soon after, the Medic came back, carrying a small book. "Soldier, write in zis book..." He demanded, shoving the book in the Soldier's hands. "....Whhhhyyyyy....?" The Soldier asked cautiously, which led the Medic to grin. "Ve are going to rewrite our history! Unt zen, ven zey ask more about us, zey vill think ve are not zat bad after all!" The Medic said, thinking this idea was fool-proof. "Wow! Good thinkin' Doc!...Er...what should I write about?" He asked, which led the Medic to give a big style. "Ah, yes, Ze Soldier, Ze ace of ze best men in ze army! Highest ranking officer and a man vith a heart of gold! Ze man zat saved our lives, over and over, again and again! Write somezing along zose lines!" He said, with a smile. The Soldier put a thoughtful hand to his chin, and smiled at the thought. "Not like any of this is fake anyway! You've done me proud, son!" He complimented, as he took out a pencil he had in his pocket, and began writing in the book, as he walked back to his room. Medic clapped silently. "Excellent! Now, ve vill make zure zey are out of harms way!" He said, and waited for a bit. "Vait...oh Scheiße, I forgot about Archimedes..." The Medic remembered, as he then began to look for his bird again... Author's Note Don't forget to comment! It keeps me motivated :D Chapter 4: A small problem...Fluttershy yawned as she slowly woke up, eyes covered in all different kinds of dust and strands of hay from the floor of the room. Don't these people know what a broom is? Fluttershy let out another small yawn, and looked to the right to see a little dove, to see some kind of red...paint of sorts splattered over its feathers. "Oh! Hey little guy!" Fluttershy said, as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes with the wrists of her hooves. "What's your name?" She asked, with a little smile. "Oooohhh...Fluttershy, quit messing with those animals for a second and...Go...Back...To..." Twilight was going to finish her sentence, but dozed straight back to sleep. Fluttershy let out a small giggle, as she focused her attention back to the red and white bird, that only cooed in some kind of strange language. "Oh, my, I haven't heard that language before!" Fluttershy responded. "Hey...Yellow wing horse, quit messin' with that bird...You dunno where it's been..." The Scout said, with a grumble as he covered his ears with his pillow. Fluttershy let out a small blush, which beget another small giggle. She paid her attention back to the dove, which had began to nestle itself into Fluttershy's hair. "Awww, it must like me..." She said, as she let out a small yawn, and lied her head down, realizing she was a lot more tired than she thought she was. Later that day, while everyone else was still asleep, Scout was beginning to get up, and hastily got out of bed and to his wardrobe. "Jeez, what time is it..." He asked nobody in particular, as he grabbed his normal shirt, pants and socks, throwing them lazily onto the bed to put on later. He stretched out a bit, as he began undressing himself of the dirty clothes he wore before, and putting them in a big pile of clothes that just clumped together on the bottom of the wardrobe. After he closed the wardrobe, he got dressed...Pretty normal, right? After the Scout put on his clothes, he went over and kicked the yellow pony, which caused the dove to fly out of her hair, and begin attacking. "Woah! Hey! Jeez! Would 'ya freaking...." The scout flailed about, trying to swat the bird away from his face as it continued its onslaught of defense for Fluttershy. After successfully battling the bird away from him, he was left breathing heavily, with peck bites covering a solid 95% of his face, but at least the bird flew away! "Jeez, not even Archimedes bites me that hard..." He said, rubbing every mark on his face that pained him. The Scout looked to Fluttershy, who stayed asleep through all that, nuzzling her head about her hooves to get them a bit more comfortable. The Soldier walked in shortly after this chain of events, fully clothed with a book attached to his waist. "Private Scout! Put your frilly panties on and help us cap that intel!" He commanded, throwing the Scout his bag of weapons. "Alright! I'll hurry up already! Just wait with th' gang and I'll be out in a jiffy!" Scout responded, placing the bag down and hurrying to his clothes to put them on. "And Scout, I want you to write a story about how...Urgh....Excellent... You are and about your amazing story..." The Soldier said, as he held the book on his waist out to the Scout, who cautiously took it from him. "Sooo...Just keep doin' what I've been doin'?" He asked for clarification. "Yes! Now shut up and put your clothes on! Those Blu bastards won't stand a chance with the plan we've cooked up for 'em! It's like we were cooking up a grenade, and it's gonna go big!" The Soldier laughed, as he closed the door behind him on his way out, leaving a very confused Scout in his wake, and two seemingly very lazy ponies who continued to peacefully sleep in their self appointed parts of the room. Scout quickly put on all his clothes, tied his shoes, and slung his bag over his shoulder, before running outside, and closing the door behind him. ================================================================================ "IIIIINNNNNCOOOOOMMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!" A large, muscular Russian man in red bellowed over the chaos of the bullets being fired between the two teams, before getting shot straight in the head, and falling over, dead. "Heavy down!" The Soldier proclaimed, reloading his rocket launcher. "Someone get that Sniper!" He said, pointing up at the Sniper's watch spot, before almost getting a fate similar to the heavy weapon's man. He quickly took cover again "I am fully charged!" The Medic proclaimed for anyone nearby. The Soldier voluntarily got up for this chance, exposing his back fully. "Ready for that charge, Doct-AAAAAAARGGHHH, MY SPIIIIINNNEEEEE!" The Soldier had gotten back stabbed, as he fell over his cover, now dead. "I never really was on your side..." the Blu Spy said, as he got rid of his disguise, flicking his used up cigarette and replacing it. The spy looked around, the coast was clear for now, and he began running into the Red's base, disguised as the Soldier he just killed. He passed some of his 'teammates', giving them a small cheer of encouragement, as he delved deeper into enemy territory. Then, the Spy stopped by a certain room, which had two, large double doors. He knew this to be the Scout's room, because it's in the exact same place as on their side of the battlefield...but he could have sworn he heard...talking from inside... The Spy adjusted his mask, and walked in, only to be surprised by the two colorful ponies, which stopped their conversation and looked straight at the Soldier. They both stared at each other, dumbfounded. The ponies saw through the Blu Spy's disguise, and the Blu Spy was looking at multicolored ponies, with wings or a unicorn horn. Then, they both freaked out, as the ponies zoomed out of the room and past the Spy, as he screamed in fright and covered himself in defense. Soon after, Twilight and Fluttershy stopped themselves to get a breather. They were in the basement level, as far as they knew. "Phew! That was close!" Twilight said, obviously shaken. Fluttershy could only mumble out a silent "Yeah", before looking around, confused about where they were. "Um, Twilight, where are we...?" She asked, hoping her friend would know. "I have no idea Fluttershy, but we're probably in the basement of the house...We should go investigate and see if there's somepony...or...something here that's willing to protect us..." Twilight said, looking around again. She saw three hallways, and just picked one, going deeper into the basement... And what she saw horrified her. Author's Note CHAPTER COMPLETE SSS RATING ACQUIRED Oh, by the way, sorry it took me so long, but I was a bit stumped on what to write, don't forget to send me comments, they always help me improve and motivate me to work c: Chapter 5: Playing DefenseTwilight gulped, as she hid herself behind the corner, with a concerned Fluttershy right behind her. "W-What is it Twilight?" She couldn't help but ask, as she slowly made her way around her friend to get a look around the corner, then hid behind the wall again. "T-Twilight! I-i-i-it's those B-B-Blue p-p-ponies t-that the b-brown pony was talking about!" Fluttershy said softly, fearing for the worst. "I know that Fluttershy, but I don't know why they would be here other than to..." Twilight stopped for a brief moment, then gasped. "They're here to take control of everything here! Fluttershy, we have to do something and stop them!" She said, fear striking every cord in her vocals. "B-But how?" Fluttershy shivered at the thought of having to hurt something, even for protection. "Just do as I say Fluttershy! There, see if you can get into that metal pipe and find a way into that room!" Twilight commanded. Fluttershy gave a shaky nod, before looking for a way into the vents. Twilight kept looking around the corner, waiting to see if they would notice anything before her plan was made. She began counting the number of blue figures in the room, until she finished at about six of them. She was dangerously outnumbered and out skilled. There was no way this was going to work! Suddenly, Twilight felt a gloved hand on her shoulder, and she reacted with a frantic buck from her hindlegs, trying to kick away her attacker, only to miss. By pure instinct, she readied herself for a scream, before a second hand silenced her. "Sush! Do not worry, Itz only me..." Said a familiar french accent. Twilight quickly calmed down, and looked to the sleeve of the suit the man was wearing. It was definitely red, she could definitely relax. After the hands were removed from Twilight's body, the Spy leaned up against the wall, and peeked over. "Merde...zere is six of zem... You, Twilight, was it?" He said, as he lit up a cigarette and placed it in his mouth. Twilight gave a small nod. "Y-Yes?" She said, still shaken from the recent turn of events that had taken place. "I have a plan..." He said, turning his head around the corner. "You do?!" Twilight said, surprised he came up with one so quick. "Yes...Run out zer..." "Alri- wait what?!" Twilight exclaimed in disbelief, before covering her mouth with her hooves, afraid the Blu would hear her. "You heard me! Go out zer and distract zem for as long as you can!" The Spy said, now more urgently than before. "You have to be joking, right?" Twilight said, still in disbelief. "Would you rather zat ve lose everything ve have fought for? Think of zis as a heroic act! You have zose where you come from, oui?" The Spy said in a calming voice. "W-Well we do but-" "Then get out zer!" Twilight was pushed out into the open. The Blus had barely noticed her. "Go on zen! I have your back!" The Spy encouraged Twilight on. She gulped, and then ran forward, eyes closed and hoping for the best, as she shielded herself with magic. "YO INCOMING!" Said a Boston accented voice that sounded way too similar to the Scout's voice. Twilight heard the sounds of very loud popping, forcing her eyes open as she saw that she was heading straight into a wall. She made a sharp turn, evading a rocket that was shot in her direction. "Vat is zat thing?!" Said an all too familiar German voice, paired up with the revving of another kind of gun, and the yelling of the familiar Russian powerhouse. Suddenly, Twilight tripped on her hooves, barreling into a wall, as her shield broke within making contact with the cold hard floor. All firing of any weapon ceased, and the Blus began closing in on Twilight, without her noticing as she was still dazed. When she looked up though, she was completely surrounded by angered men in blue, who were asking all kinds of questions and throwing all different kinds of death threats her way, she looked up again, and saw a very familiar yellow color through the grates of the vent. So she gulped, and screamed out. "Fluttershy, do it NOW!" Fluttershy gulped, as she kicked down the grate to the vent, knocking it down onto the unlucky head of the Blu Heavy Weapons Guy, who fell over unconscious. Twilight quickly took this opportunity and fired magic bolts at everyone that surrounded her, sending them flying into the wall, except one who managed to dodge the attack just in time. It was the Scout, but he was in blue! The Reds weren't kidding when they said they looked just like each other! But there was no time to elaborate on how this was possible, as she felt the cold, metal shaft of the steel baseball bat hit her in the side of the face, sending her spiraling towards the wall. Again, Twilight was dazed, and when she looked up, she saw what looked like her final moments pass by, as the Scout walked over to Twilight, readying his baseball bat for a finishing swing. Twilight closed her eyes, and covered her face, but the finishing game swing never came. Twilight opened her eyes, to see the Scout, eyes wide and mouth open, as he let out silent screams, before dropping his baseball bat, and falling over, backwards, with a Red Spy adjusting his tie, with a frightened Fluttershy hiding behind his legs. "Did you forget about me?" He said, with a comical grin. Twilight blinked, and then looked to the Blu Scout's lifeless body on the floor. "D-...Did you use a sleeping spell of some sort?" She couldn't help but ask. "Erhm....Yes, Vhy not?" He said, as his smile flickered between slightly guilty and regularly comical. "Wow Twilight, I didn't know you had it in you!" Fluttershy complimented, with a gleeful little smile. "Actually, I didn't..." She said, glaring at the Spy. "Hey, you survived! I vouldn't complain!" He responded, with a shrug. Suddenly, the beep of the intercom in the building rang throughout the halls. "We have taken the enemy intelligence...Congratulations..." Said the old voice, not exactly with a congratulatory tone. The Spy quickly looked to a desk in the room, and barely noticed that Scout had come, carrying a blue briefcase. "Yo, whats up?" He said comically, carrying a smile with it. The Spy let out a smile, then took out his cigarette and flicked it away. "Vell then, this calls for celebration!" "You mean like a p-" Twilight was going to finish her sentence, before being rudely intervened by the Spy holding his hand out, and simply saying... "Slap my hand!" Author's Note EXACTLY THAT Don't forget to criticize me! I'm not some kind of leetle baby man. Heavy weapons guy can take words! Chapter 6: Come on, slap it now!Twilight blinked, then let out a small giggle. "Um, excuse me?" She said, with another giggle. That's an abnormal request if she's ever heard one! "Go on! Give 'im a high five!" Scout said, with a smile. "Ya got high fives where ya come from, right?" He said, with a chuckle. Fluttershy shook her head, obviously confused. "No, we don't actually...." she said, idly circling her hoof on the ground. "C-Could you p-please show us? I-If you don't mind, that is...." She said, with a sheepish little smile. Spy and Scout looked at each other, then looked away and folded their arms in denial. "No way I'm high fivin' that backstabbin' paper mask impersonatin' rat!" "I vill not high five a little bunny rabbit!" Twilight and Fluttershy looked at each other with a worried expression, before giving of a hopeless sigh. Twilight looked up at the Spy, and nodded towards the exit. "We might as well head back and see how everyone is doing, right?" She said, with a little smile that had a small hint of concern in it. "Yeah, got'cha!" The Scout responded, as he jumped over Twilight, who ducked under her hooves reflexively as he did. She then turned around to watch him barreling down the hallway at a fast speed that could only match Rainbow Dash... That caught Twilight off guard, as she blinked at what she had just thought. There's no way they could be that similar, right? As far as she knew, Rainbow Dash could easily beat that guy in a race, no sweat! It's just not likely to beat her like that! Besides, He can't even make a sonic rainboom, and Rainbow Dash could beat him easily with that! Spy sighed, as he walked out, his shoes barely making a sound as he seemingly glided to the stairs. Twilight and Fluttershy looked at eachother, then at the scene before them. They quickly got rid of those intruders! They'll probably be carried out of here later, probably by that big guy they met with when they got here! Speaking of which, where is Heavy? Oh well, they'll find out soon enough... "Come on Twilight! We better meet with the rest of the others! I'm sure they have a lot to tell!" Fluttershy said, as she trotted off. Twilight looked back again, then nodded as she trotted up to and with Fluttershy... But for some weird reason, she smelled something...off.... Kinda smells like....copper? "Alright, am I the only one that saw a friggin' purple unicorn beat our asses in?!" The BLU Scout said, as he took off his cap and waved it around to put in more emphasis in his question. "Heavy not think that is normal..." Heavy commented, rubbing his aching head in pain. "Of course not! That was obviously their spy playing tricks on us!" The Soldier chimed in, as he took out a deck of cards and began playing with them. "Zen explain ze magic force field... Ve vere not able to break through vith our guns, and ve had Heavy zere! Sasha couldn't even break zat! I've never seen any spy be able to do zat! So vat do you think it is now, soldier?" The Medic pushed his glasses close to his face, as he leaned on the table, waiting for an answer. "Ya wanna know what I think, doc?" The Soldier said, as he played out two cards for himself, Heavy, Scout, and Spy, then three cards in the middle, to start off their poker game. "I bet..." He said, placing down a hat on the table. "That their Engineer built a teleporter that could teleport between dimensions!" He said, while everyone else 'called' with a singular hat. "And with that teleporter, he brought in something magical! And I can probably guarantee you he plans on using that magic against us!" He said, as an extra card was delt into the middle, along with the other three. "I bet that will raise ze stakes up, non?" The Spy said, as he placed down two hats in the pile of hats. "So, whatta ya think we do? Call 'em up for some kind'a tea party and then take their lil' pets or whateva' while they ain't lookin'?" Scout chuckled, as he placed down two hats in the pile of hats that began to get bigger. Heavy chuckled, as he placed down a hat that was on fire! Green flames erupted from the baseball cap. "Heavy think little pony is about friendship and magic....Vell heavy think zat friendship, is stoopid magic! Hahaha!" He said, while everyone was looking at the rather impressive hat. Soldier chuckled as he placed down another card. "Amen" He said, as he showed his cards, showing a 5 and a 6. Spy let out a sly smile as he placed down his ace and jack on the table. The Scout let out an ecstatic grin as he placed down his king and queen on the table. Heavy frowned, as he placed down his two aces. "Darn it Scout! How'd ya manage that flush?!" The Soldier said, as the Scout began pulling in his winnings "I'm jus' good at bettin' man!" He said, as he put on his new unusual backwards ballcap. The Medic sighed, as he took a seat down. "Soldier, play me some cardz, if you vould? Zis is going to be a long night for me...." Heavy let out a small chuckle, patting the Medic on the back encouragingly, before Soldier took everyone's cards and started dealing new ones. A full moon began to raise itself into the sky, high above the clouds, as midnight began to come around... ==================================================================================== "A'ight, who's lookin' after 'em tonight?" Scout said, as he looked at everyone, one by one. None of them really looking very excited about the idea of looking after two ponies... "Aye, I've got an idea!" Demoman said, as he placed his bottle on the ground. "'Ow 'bout a game of 'spin th' scrumpy'?" He suggested, with a smile. Everyone looked at eachother, then nodded in slight agreement as they crouched down and watched the bottle, as Demoman spun it. Everyone said their prayer against themselves, in hopes the bottle of fate would refuse to pick them... But the Sniper was the unlucky one to be picked by the wrath of a drunk man's bottle of scrumpy. "Ah buggah..." Scout shrugged. "Hey, it 'ain't that bad! Just give 'em like, a soft place to nap or somethin'! Ya got that in your truck, right?" "First of all, it's a bloody van, and second of all, I'd like ya all t' STOP MAKIN' FUN OF IT!" He growled. "It's th' best four wheeled device a man can ask for! It's all terrain, an' runs smoother than a bloody jeep with a good engine on it's best day!" He said, with a more excruciatingly furious growl. "Um...Is...Is something wrong?" Fluttershy interjected, sneaking her way into the conversation, causing everyone to jump in mild fright. "Jeez! Ya scared th' livin' crap outta' me man!" The Scout said, adjusting his cap which had loosened out of place. The Soldier laughed as he nudged Spy, who was sitting next to him at the moment. "So, who got here first, you or the pony?" The Spy simply sighed and rolled his eyes, as he looked towards the Sniper's decreasing rage. "Nah mate, everythin's fine...We was jus' settin arangements fer' yer new roomma-" "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, MR.CAMPER VAN!" The Soldier objected, getting up and putting his finger right up the Snipers chin. "If I knew this was about who was staying with who, I would have said 'Sign me up, scotty!' But you beat me to that! How does it feel to have a good roommate now, huh?!" He yelled, causing Fluttershy to assume the defensive position behind Scout. "Ah quit yer' moanin' already, it ain't like they're gonna liv' wit' me fer th' rest o' our lives...Jus' temporary 'til we can send 'em back, and we're rotatin' em every night anyway..." The Sniper retaliated, as he pushed the Soldier out of his face. Twilight groaned as she made it to the meeting point. "Why is there so many different paths to everywhere here?" She asked, with a tired voice. "Hallways are not problem, is small ones that Heavy have hard time fitting into that are problem... Is not good area for cowards to run away from, and hard to move in..." Heavy said informatively. "Ah would ya just pipe up n' let me jus' show th' blokes their new temporary 'ome already?! I've got a LOT t' do today, and I don't want you blokes keepin' me 'ere all night!" He said, with rising anger. This unsettled the ponies, and it unsettled them even more that everyone just seemed perfectly okay with the fact that he was unnaturally angry... Sniper let out a soft sigh, then patted Fluttershy on the head. "Come on then...I'll show ya t' yer new room I guess..." He said, as he motioned for Twilight to follow him and Fluttershy. They looked at eachother, requiring confirmation from eachother on this, and before reluctantly agreeing, they began trotting behind the Sniper in silence, as not to disrupt the Sniper's more than sensitive mood. "So, I found the playing cards, anyone wanna play Texas hold 'em?" The Soldier suggested when the trio left their presence, as he took out a deck of cards that were contained only by a rubber band. Everyone around them simply looked at each other, and let out a simple shrug. What better way to pass the night by then a good game of poker? "Ah crap, I just remembered, I lost th' chips..." The Scout said, smacking his leg in annoyance. "Heavy think we should bet with hats..." He said, with a little devilish and sly smile. This was the part where some of them backed up from the circle, leaving only the Scout, Heavy, Soldier and the Spy to play this poker game. "Alright, all in men!" The Soldier said, and then the game began... But it was only just about to end, too... Author's Note I put a bit more effort into this one then I had before, and I also put a LOT more time to thinking over on how to advance this story. I do hope you guys enjoy this long awaited chapter c: Remember to comment! Criticism is important! Chapter 7: Meet the VanSniper sighed, as he took a bullet out from his chest pouch and fiddled around with it idly. The bullet glinted off the moonlight, accomplishing a cleaner look that not even his eyesight could ever hope to succeed at acquiring. This glinting piece of copper quickly caught the attention of the ponies that walked on both of his sides. "Hey, what's that?" Twilight inquired, turning a newfound thought of the bullet in Snipers hand. "Oi, this lil' beaut' 'ere?" Sniper asked, as he casually held the bullet in between his index finger and middle finger, much like he would if he held a cigarette. "Still 'aven't 'ad a chance t' use this ol' piece o' devastation yet... New lil' gizmo that me n' th' Engineer made a while ago... Supposed to be used fer some kind o' 'special occasion' or somethin'... Neva' gave it much thought really...." He said, as he began rubbing his chin in contemplation. "Um...M-Mr. Sniper, sir, ummm...Can I please a-ask where we're going? I-If you don't mind me asking, that is..." This gave Twilight a chance to chime in. "Yeah, we are straying a bit far off from the base, do you have your own special building you live in?" The Sniper placed his special bullet in his chest pouch, and only let out a small chuckle, before responding. "Yeah, somethin' like that!" He said, adjusting his glasses coolly as he did so. Twilight raised her eye in interest and confusion, as they continued their walk towards the ominous van that was parked on the side of the road that they were walking on. The Sniper opened the door into the dark van, making a creak as he did so, which only purposed itself to make the van even more sketchy than it should... Fluttershy and Twilight looked to eachother in slight fright, but saw nothing of it as they hesitantly made their way inside, clambering over the two seats in the front in the darkness. The Sniper sought out to fix this problem, as he hopped in and looked for something around the van. After reaching under the steering wheel for a short while, he found what he was looking for and clicked it, making the Van light up, illuminating every dark area of the van with its in-built lighting system. Fluttershy and Twilight were dazed for a short time, but sighed in relief, knowing that they can now see where they were... Speaking of which, considering the space outside the van, it's pretty small in here...How are they even supposed to sleep here? This thought was quickly dismissed as the Sniper opened up a small door inbetween the driver seat and the passenger seat, which led into a much bigger room. After showing the two ponies inside, he sat on the bed and watched the ponies closely, making them feel more than just a tad bit nervous. After collecting his thoughts, he took a deep breath, and got up from the makeshift bed, which was just three small mattresses piled up on the corner, with a blanket and a pillow. "Alrighty then, Twilight, was it? You can sleep on m' bed fer tonight...As fer you miss butterfly, you can 'ave th' couch. Neither of 'em are primarily comfy, but I ain't really got much better..." He said, with a simple shrug. "Make yerselves at 'ome, I guess..." He said with another shrug, as he made his way to the front of the van, closing the door behind him and leaving our two heroines to their thoughts. Twilight began taking in her surroundings, climbing up onto the bed and giving everything a small mental note. She inspected the walls, first, which had one large window on the left and right side of the van, both of them being covered by shutters, so that the light from the outside would not get inside, and vice versa. Next, she inspected what was inside the room altogether. What she saw was the aforementioned makeshift bed and couch, along with a white box of some sort at the end of the couch, which had a wire hooked into it that snaked its way deeper into the back of the van. That was quite an interesting pattern Twilight was seeing there. Most things that would normally be powered by some kind of magic is connected by some kind of rubbery string to a wall or something. This was quite weird... After Twilight inspected all that she could she sighed, and assumed the position of sleep on the unnaturally firm, yet soft bed that she was assigned to for sleep. It was surprisingly easy to find a comfortable position to sleep on the bed, actually, despite its firmness... Fluttershy on the other hand, was poking at the white box with her hoof in confusion and curiosity. Soon after doing this, the door for the container slowly opened itself up, a white light peering out from the confines of the white box from its new opening. Fluttershy opened the container all the way and looked at all the different varieties of drinks that was stored inside, before closing it, hoping that the Sniper wouldn't get angry that she was looking through his stuff. She soon hopped onto the couch, and made herself comfortable, falling asleep a tad bit quickly. Twilight was going to ask a question, but when she saw her companion out cold, she sealed her lips, and just let out a soundless sigh. She began to close her eyes and try to sleep... only to find it a bit harder than it should be. She kept fidgeting in her sleep, moving to get a new comfortable position, or just opening her eyes and just ruining any kind of sleep at that moment. She let out a bored sigh. This was going to be a long night... Of course, these lights weren't helping either. That thought was quickly quelled when the lights suddenly went out with a simple click of a switch. This slightly startled Twilight, but she probably thought it was just Sniper turning the lights off... Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Twilight just began to tense up on instinct. After reminding herself of her somewhat protected state, she quickly calmed down. Her ears twitched at the footsteps of whom she could only assume was the Snipers, and the she could feel the force of another body on the bed laying down with her. "Um, excuse me...what are you doing?" She asked shakily, moving herself to the edge of the bed to make room for the much bigger animal in the bed. "Sleepin' in me bed...why?" He asked, as he adjusted himself in the bed to get comfortable. "Well, why are you sleeping with me? In the bed, I mean..." She asked, fidgeting about nervously. "Well, nowhere else to really sleep, and yer small enough t' make enough room fer' th' two of us...." The Sniper explained. Twilight nodded to herself in acceptance to that logic. She didn't really see a place anywhere else to sleep, so it would make sense that somepony would be sharing beds with somepony else...or in this case someone else... She let out a bored sigh, as she waited for her eyes to adjust to the dark, as she blankly stared at the ceiling of the van. There was no sleep for this pony tonight... The Sniper let out a soft growl, incase Twilight was asleep. He adjusted his glasses, as he stared blankly at the ceiling. The expert headhunter sat up, slowly, and went to the front to see if he could do something... Twilight looked over to Fluttershy, who was sleeping peacefully throughout the night in complete bliss, and sighed in envy as she moved up to the front with sniper, taking the passenger seat as her own. "So then..." Twilight started out, trying to think of a topic to talk about. "Yeah...?" Sniper said. Trying to get Twilight to go on. Twilight let out a soft sigh, before finally coming up with a question to ask. "Can we...go...somewhere?" She asked. Sniper blinked, then looked over to Twilight with a confused look. "Go somewhere? Where would we go?" Twilight looked out the window, and adjusted herself in her seat. "Well, neither of us can't sleep, so why not go for a walk?" She suggested. Sniper put a hand to his chin in thought, before chuckling. "Nah...We can't walk, but we can certainly drive there!" He said, as he strapped in Twilight in a quick motion, causing her to jump. "W-Wait, what are you doing?" She asked, getting comfortable with the new belt fastened across her hip. "Takin a little trip. That's what ya want, right?" He asked, as he fastened himself into his seat. He searched a compartment on the ceiling of the car, before grabbing a set of keys and putting them into the appropriate slot. He twisted the key, making the car softly roar to life. Twilight squeaked and jumped in fear, contracting her legs onto the seat as she did. The Sniper let out a small laugh and patted Twilight on the head comfortingly, as he began to slowly drive his car forward. "W-Where are we going?" Twilight couldn't help but ask, as she slowly calmed down and slid into a normal seating position. Sniper shrugged, "Dunno, we're jus' going." He said plainly. Sniper let out a small chuckle, as he drove past the two forts, with a familiar looking car a small distance behind the BLU base... A few seconds after the car passed by, it roared to life, and began tailing its twin, making sure to keep a far distance from it... The hunt was on...
Chapter 1: A taste of something different...Dear Princess Celestia, I am disappointed to inform you that I will be going on a small trip, and I will not be able to send my letters to you like I have the weeks before. This "trip" is going to be to a very special place, which me and Fluttershy had found not too long ago! We decided that I would be able to open up a portal to this new world and investigate, but until then, please do not forget that I will try my hardest to do as I can and learn as much as I can about this strange world. Love, Twilight Sparkle Twilight read the note over again, and nodded with finality as she rolled up the letter, and tied it up. "Spike!" She called out behind her, to find her number one assistant standing there, with Twilight's saddle bags and his undying attention. "Oh, there you are Spike! Here, I need you to send this letter and-" She was interrupted by the knocking at the door. Spike dropped the bags gently on the floor. "I got it!" He said, as he went over to the door. Twilight grinned as she knew who this probably was. Spike opened the door to reveal Fluttershy standing there. She nodded at Spike, gave him a silent hello, and went inside. "Hey Fluttershy! Are you ready to go yet?" Twilight asked, placing her saddle bags over her back as she walked over to her friend, eager for her answer. "Of course Twilight! I'm ready to help you with whatever you need!" She said, with a gleeful smile, glad to be able to help and accompany her best friend to another world. "Great!" Twilight said in excitement, as she went to go grab the letter she had set on the table to send to Celestia. "Spike! I need you to send this letter right away!" She said, tossing the letter over to Spike, who caught it with ease. "Twilight, are you sure about this?" He asked, with a small hint of uncertainty in his voice. Twilight nodded. "Of course I am! I'm an element of harmony, so I should be able to protect myself quite well! And I'll have Fluttershy with me, incase things get a bit 'rough'" She said encouragingly, but Spike felt very discouraged by that.... "So then, when can we...um...go?" Fluttershy asked sheepishly, afraid to be rude to her friend. Twilight looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, and nodded. "Right now would seem like a good time!" She said, eager to get the portal open before the sun went down. Fluttershy let out a small squeak of excitement, eager to see the new animals this world would harbor and see if she could possibly bring a couple of them into Equestria! Spike sighed, as he breathed fire onto the letter, and sent it out. "Please be careful, Twi!" He said, hopeful that Twilight will heed his warning. "I will Spike! I'll see you in two months!" She said, with a smile, as she made her way for the exit, with an eager Fluttershy following her closely. ================================================================================ "YO INCOMIN'" "MEEEDIIIIIIIC" "THAT SOLDIER IS A BLOODY SPY!" Fire, bullets, missiles, and grenades ran amok within this once peaceful duo of buildings. As of now, these cries of warnings and requests for help were the most common thing in the world. A constant war always went on in this mad world of war and unlimited violence. The smell of death, ash, and beer cloaked every inch of these two buildings that stood side by side, withstanding millions upon millions of fires, explosives and high caliber bullets. Suddenly, among the sound of battle was a loud beep of an intercom. First, it was the building on the left. "We have taken the enemy's intelligence!" an old and nagging voice echoed out of the speakers set up around the base. Then, the building on the right. "The enemy has taken our intelligence! You've all failed me!" It was the same voice, but with just a bit more deadly venom then normal. Everyone stopped everything they were doing, and sighed, half of them were happy, but the other half was the exact opposite. Strangely enough, after all that killing, everyone on the opposing forces shook hands with one another. They had fought for long enough to realize that after they win or lose, another round of firing wouldn't do much use to their current status. Everyone groaned, either in pain or in boredom as they left each other's bases to return to their home bases. "Ah buggah..." said an Australian man in a small room in the front of the red building, as he put down his sniper rifle and took a seat down. "Right when I was gettin' a good killstreak too..." He said, grabbing a nearby coffee cup. The coffee had gone from hot to mild temperature a long time ago, so it was definitely safe to drink. The marksman took a nearby picture of his mum and dad, and sighed as he felt the edge of their worn out faces. He had this picture of home for 3 years, and not once did he dare to try and let it get in harm's way. It was the only thing that reminded him that he wasn't some kind of crazed huntsman, but in fact a normal man. Suddenly, the sound of a cloak device disengaging echoed through the small room, causing the Sniper to fumble about his picture as he was slightly startled, and he shoved it into his vest. "G'day, mate!" Said a french accent, obviously mocking the sniper's voice. The suited man in front of the expert head hunter laughed, before sighing and taking a seat down in front of him. "That display was top notch! I had no idea zat you were so strategic!" The man complimented, as he replaced his now burned out cigarette with a new one. The long range assassin sighed, rolling his eyes. "Wish I could'a said th' same for the bloody bloke on th' other side, eh?" He said, with a small chuckle. The spy simply shrugged with mild uncaring, as he took another drag of his cigarette. "Ah yes, ze reds are losing their touch, no?" He said, offering the sniper a cigarette, which he politely turned down. The sniper sighed, as he looked to the base that was modeled to be just like their base on the inside. On the inside, was the same duo, just in red, staring back at the sniper with a awful sense of defeat. The red spy simply closed the blinds, and sighed, taking a long drag of his cigarette. "Ve are losing our touch, oui?" He said, trying to make things sound better than what they really were. The sniper simply tugged out his shirt and sighed into it. "Ah, bugger...We've just completely lost all togeth'a mate..." He said, with remorse. The spy nodded, trying to put on a smile. "Vell, yes, but think about it zis way...Next time, ve vill know just exactly what they vill be planning, since zeir strategy vas so vell thought out, yes?" He said, with an even bigger smile. The sniper grinned a bit to himself, perking himself upright slowly, "Yeah, I guess your roight then!" he said, with a better mood than before. The spy grinned, happy to raise some moral, even if it is for just one person. Just then, the fastest of the team, the Scout, walked in. "Yo, how's it hangin' fellas?" He said, looking to both his teammates with a little cocky smile, and then gave the Spy a small glare of hatred, before sighing and pulling up a chair in the middle of the duo. "So, ya plannin' somethin' to get those chucklehead's t' drop their stupid crap or what?" He said, with that same cocky smile he had on earlier. The spy thought for a moment, and then opened his mouth to say something. "Vell, I vas thinking zat ve vo-" Suddenly, before the suited assassin could continue his plan, there was a sudden whistle of some sort. It seeped through the planks of the red wood building. "...What in th' bloody 'ell....?" Questioned the Sniper, as he looked to the wall where the sound came from, as a gentle and cold breeze brushed past everyone that got in its way. "'Ey, who turned on the air conditionin'?" The Scout questioned as well, as he got up from his seat and ran out of the room to go investigate. He went down a corner inside of a small hallway, and turned another corner to be surprised by a large, blue portal hovering just a couple of inches off the ground, giving off a very cold wind that sent shivers down into his...well...everything. The Sniper and Spy came and joined him just seconds after him, shivering and almost daring to get closer together for warmth. "W-w-w-w-what in th' bloody 'ell is that thing?!" The sniper said, shivering upclose to the Scout, who was shivering up close to the Spy, who finished the circle but shivering up to the Sniper. "L-l-l-l-looks like a p-p-p-portal...Like in t-them comics I used t-t-ta read!" Scout stated as-a-matter-of-factly. The spy hit him in the back of the head. "Idiot! Zis is no time for zat kind of talk!" He said, with a low growl of disappointment. "God! Jesus man! I was only tryin' ta help ya know what that thing was!" He said, rubbing the back of his head in pain. Suddenly, the portal made a very strong wind blast through it, causing the trio of mercenaries to tumble backwards into a wall. "MERASMUS! TURN THAT GOD DAMN MAGIC DOO-HICKY OFF BEFORE I COME OUT THERE AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!" A very angered man said, as he opened up the metal sliding door and threw it up into the ceiling, only to get a mild surprise of the chill that swept through the building. He groaned in anger, as he grabbed his rocket launcher from the ground and aimed it at the portal, walking closer to it as he loaded his weapon. Eventually, more mercenaries came to seek out answers of the sudden cold and noise.They all had their weapons out and gear on, ready to take on anyone or anything that would dare to come out of that portal... And they were given a large surprise when they saw a duo of colorful ponies.
Chapter 2: Butter with wings and grapejuice with a pointy strawFluttershy and Twilight quickly looked around themselves at the scene in front of them, as their portal back home dissipated into nothing, then, all havoc struck loose, as everyone aimed their guns at them, and a little mounted robotic machine gun firing weapon was built for backup. "Alright you little child dreams! Put those hands...er...hooves where we can see em!" The angered man from before said, tipping his rocket launcher as he readied to shoot them if they disobeyed. Fluttershy looked to Twilight with a scared look, as she slowly rose off her front hooves and held them up, with Twilight following suit. "Oi, wouldn't ya think it would be more polite to ask what they're doin' here mate?" The Sniper said, as he emptied out a bullet in his rifle. "Aye, Mr.Aussie's right, let's ask two bloody ponies from another dimension wat their favorite tea is why dont 'cha?!" Said a Scottish accented man, geared up with a flak jacket and bombs attached to said jacket. "I swear, ya seem bloody drunkier than me!" He said, as he shoved a grenade into his launcher and aimed it. "What the hell are those things anyway? One of 'ems got wings too! Think it can carry a person or two?" The Scout said, as he reloaded his shotgun. "Nein, zat little zing vould not be able to carry such a large mass! Despite your slim frame!" A man in a doctor's coat said. "So, what do we bloody do wit' it then?" The Sniper said, as he slowly lowered his rifle to look at his teammates, should they offer an idea. "Ve should slice zem open! Get a look at zeir insides!" "I say we use th' easier way, AN' BLOW EM UP! Heh heh" "Hudda Hudda hu?" A man (Or at least it looked like a man) in a full body firesuit said through his gasmask. Everyone looked at the Pyro in confusion, before it began to speak again. "Hu huddara hudda huh... Huh huddra hu hudda hu hudda huh..." it suggested, lowering its flamethrower down a bit. Everyone looked to each other, then back to the two ponies, who were close to the point of a heart attack due to the amount of stress they were in. "Spy, you tell 'em." Scout said, nodding at Spy, who nodded back and looked to the ponies. "Vell? Say somezing!" The Spy said, rolling the barrel of his revolver around, as he looked to the two ponies. "Are you bloody insane mate?" The bomb expert said, lowering his weapon like everyone else began to do. "Oi, it put its hands up when Soldia told 'em too, didn't they?" the Sniper sided with Spy on this one, if these ponies could understand it, they could most likely speak it. "A-a-a-a-a-actually...Um..." Fluttershy began to speak, but then even more chaos broke out. "OH MY GOD, THAT PONY JUST TALKED!!!" The Soldier yelled, backing away with his rockets aimed for the yellow pony. "'OLY MOTHER OF BEER IN A BOTTLE! IT'S A BLOODY MUTANT!" the Demoman screamed, backing away, grenade launcher aimed. "Yo, could you all...uh..." The Scout tried to say, but to no avail, as the chaos still raged on. "LITTLE TINY PONY THING JUST TALKED!" The biggest of the group said, backing away as he revved up the minigun that he carried around with great ease. "OI!" The Sniper tried to yell, but to only get as far as Scout. "YOU ARE ALL TRYING MY PATIENCE!" The Medic yelled over all the chaos, which seemed to shut everyone up. "That thang ain't like anythang I've ever seen b'fore!" A hardhatted man said, readying his shotgun as he pulled his sentry gun he built earlier closer to him and away from the two colorful ponies in front of him. The Medic sighed in aggravation, and adjusted his glasses, before kneeling down to the ponies, who slowly began taking their four legged position, taking relief off of their hind legs. "Now zen, vat is your name?" He said, trying to be as friendly as possible. Fluttershy bashfully hid behind Twilight sparkle, who gulped a bit and began to sweat. "W-w-well...I am T-T-Twilight S-Sparkle...A-and this is my f-f-friend...F-F-Fluttershy...S-s-say hi F-F-Fluttershy!" She said, as she tried to sound as calm as possible as it was painfully obvious that she was very scared. Fluttershy stuck her head out from behind her friend's mane, as all the other mercenaries slowly collected themselves and began closing in on the colorful duo with a new curiosity. "H-hi...." Fluttershy said in the most quiet voice she could humanly muster. The Medic closed in, on the yellow mare, putting a hand up to his ear. "Vat vas zat?" He asked again, trying to hear the little yellow pony talk a little bit better. "She said 'Hi!' Now if you'll excuse me we really need to get going! We enjoyed the stay but you see my poor little Fluttershy here needs her beauty sleep so I suppose we'll just be taking our leave and-" Twilight turned around to see the big, muscular man standing tall over her. "Little pony try to escape? HA! Only cowards run away from problems!" He said, with a slightly mocking tone. Twilight gulped as she started backing away. "W-w-well...I uh..." Twilight tried to say something, but she was too focused on keeping as much distance from these maniacs as equestrianly as possible, before she bumped into another one, who proceeded to pick her up. "Woah! Look at this one! It's like some kind'a unicorn!" He said, pointing to the little tip of Twilight's horn. "H-HEY! Put me down!" Twilight said, as she squirmed under the slim man's grip, but to no avail. Fluttershy gasped, as she poked the man holding her friend. "U-u-um...Excuse me mister, if you would please be as kind as to d-d-drop my f-friend please...T-t-that is, if you don't mind..." She said, before sheepishly giving a smile. The Scout dropped Twilight gently, as she quickly scooted away from him. Scout picked up Fluttershy, and smiled at her, which led Fluttershy to give a confused smile back. "'Ey, look! She's all concerned an' stuff! Ey, can we keep 'em?!" He asked, looking to his teammates, who all just facepalmed. Scout frowned at this. "Soooo...That's a no?" He asked, before getting smacked in the back of the head, causing him to drop Fluttershy as he covered his head. "Idiot..." The Spy said, with a groan. "Ow! Hey man, I was only askin' a question!...Jeez..." Scout replied, rubbing his pained head. "Aye, maybe the lad's right..." The Demoman said, holstering his weapon over his back. "Maybe we should keep 'em out of their way..." He suggested. Everyone looked to each other, and nodded in slight agreement. "Um...If I may ask...who are...they?" Twilight asked, with uncertainty in her voice as a new curiosity peaked her interest. Everyone gasped, as they began to chit-chat among each other. "She doesn't know who the bloody blus are? Real shut ins, ain't they?" "I doubt they would hold one lil' ol' minute out there without our help, right fellas?" "I still say we should keep 'em" "Oi lads! The bloody talkin' purple one asked ME, Didn't she?" the Demoman said, which led everyone to shut up. "Aye...now...come 'ere lassies n' sit down so uncle Demo can teach 'ya about..." "The blus!" Twilight and Fluttershy looked at each other, before both slowly nodding in agreement to listen, as they took a small seat down next to each other on the wooden floor in front of the Demoman. The Demoman took out a bottle of beer, and drank it all down, before slamming it on the ground, and leaning in closer to our heroines. "Aye, i've got ye a lil' ol story then lassies! Like a 'lil fairy tale t' ya...but in this story lass..." "There ain't no happy endin'..." Author's Note I tried my best, please send me your comments on what I should improve c:
Chapter 3: The story of the never ending war between ex-friendsAbout six years ago, every single one of us were called up and told that "If you fight for us, we will give you money of the likes that you have never seen before!". So, naturally, we accepted! The first place were we got stationed, we ended up getting slaughtered...and then bombed...so we didn't get our paycheck. That happens everytime, right? Sometimes you don't win because you didn't do good enough, right? Wrong... You see, the reason we lost was because they looked just like us! It was like looking at a mirror of demons in blue! And that wasn't the only time.... We had to go capture a small farm shed, which was the center of a warzone already between the blus and half of us reds. We honestly had no idea why they looked just like us, but our Spy, the one with the mask over there, tried to focus on his own weaknesses, and told us that if they were exactly like us, then they should have the same weaknesses, right? So, that's how we won that, but then it started becoming a wild chase to stop the blus from attacking all of our bases, and from capturing all of our control points. Sometimes we win, and sometimes we lose, but as far as we know, they've never given up at all, so we never stopped fighting. After about two years of this, we've both realized that we didn't know what we were fighting for, other than to protect certain areas and attack others. We didn't know why, we just did as we were told, and after a while, we decided that after the battle was over, we would try to sit down and talk, right? Well, apparently, we couldn't do that either. You see, when you make a friend in this place, you end up breaking up and hating each other even more. "Psst, hey, tell 'em about what spy did t' my ma..." "Aye, give me a moment..." Yes, the Scout's story about his mom is a good example...You see Spy over there? Apparently, he...well...slept with Scout's mom, and they've always hated each other since then. Before Scout found out about that, they were apparently the best of friends, and always looked after each other... but that was only before...now they hate each others guts to the point that when they see their opposite on the other side, they drop everything they were doing to completely massacre each other...it's gotten that brutal. "That isn't even th' worse of it either lassies..." The Demoman said, as he took his beer that Scout gave to him, to encourage him to keep talking. "Ya see, I was friends wit' th' blu Soldier, and before we were friends, we 'ated each other already..." He said, rolling his shoulder to cause it to crack. "Afterwards, durin' vacation, we sat down n' talked when we both went t' the same gun show. Apparently, he was workin' for blu, and we became th' best of friends! But then, this announc'a lady came t' me home, and said that he was playin' me fer a fool!" He began to drink down his full bottle of beer...and he kept drinking until it was empty, before he let it drop from his now shaky hands and roll off somewhere. "He neva' cared fer our friendship! As a matta of bloody fact, he said that he would kill me fer a bunch of bloody weapons!" He said, taking his bottle that rolled back and banging it on the ground in anger. The Soldier jumped up from his seated position to butt in. "YOU AGREED TO THEIR OFFER TOO, YA DAMN ENGLISHMAN IN A DRESS!" Fluttershy and Twilight looked to eachother, and they both smelled trouble. "Ah geez, here they go again..." "My money's on th' Demoman..." "Heavy put bet on Soldier this time..." Twilight and Fluttershy looked to the 7 mercenaries, as they reached into their wallets and began betting on who would win this fight. The Demoman got up from his position, and this led our two pony heroines to start taking cover behind the mercenaries betting. "Lad, shouldn't I mention that ya' bloody traded me fer BLOODY WEAPONS?!" "And you didn't?! HA! Don't make me go hysterical, cyclops!" "YA BLOODY BACK STABBIN' SNAKE!" "ONE EYED CROSS-DRESSER" "BLOODY CIVILIAN!" That was when all chaos broke loose yet again, the Soldier threw a hard punch at the Demoman's jaw, knocking it out of place. The Demoman fixed it back, before returning the favor and sending the Soldier into the wall, whilst everyone cheered for whoever they thought would win. This sent Twilight over the top, as she jumped over the 7 mercenaries, and used her magic to stop any other kind of blow that could be thrown at another. "What are you two DOING?!" She questioned, giving both mercenaries a displeasing look, only to notice they were both still trying to fight each other, against Twilight's magic. "It's like you're trying to free discord from his stone prison!" She said, but only for her voice to fall on deaf ears. "Ey, are they cryin'?" the Scout said, as he pointed to the two floating mercenaries. As a matter of fact, they actually were crying! "Oh...my...." Fluttershy gasped, as she flew up to both of them and examined them closely, as they flailed about the magical sphere they floated in, trying to attack each other despite how separated they were. Fluttershy flew to the Demoman, who was openly sobbing, than back to the Soldier who was growling in rage, with tears flowing down his cheeks. So Fluttershy did what she thought was the most sensible thing to do in this kind of situation... And gave them a hug... The Soldier and Demoman abruptly stopped their everything, their crying, their insults towards one another, and began to feel... Slightly awkward... "Oi, is she...." "Hugging us?....I believe so..." The Soldier finished the Demoman's sentence for him. Everyone that was betting earlier began lowering their wallets...then giving all the money they bet to the Pyro, who won the bet because he bet that Fluttershy would win. Fluttershy smiled a shy smile at the two mercenaries. "I hope you feel better now!" She said, as she broke the hug, flying between the two mercenaries, who just blinked at Fluttershy. "Aye, I kinda do feel better...truce fer now, lad?" The Demoman offered, holding his hand out to the Soldier. "Alright...but only if you promise not to call me a civilian anymore..." The Soldier said, as he reached out to shake hands, only to realize that they were still in balls of some some kind of magic force field. "Oh, right, sorry..." Twilight said, feeling a bit stupid afterwards as she lowered the two mercenaries and freed them from their spell. She had momentarily forgot that the fight had been pacified. After they shook hands, and grumbled a bit in anger, everyone was now staring at the two ponies. "What?" Twilight asked, as she looked around at everyone, who continued to stare, dumbfounded by this turn of events. "Well zen...that was a first..." The Spy said, rubbing his chin in thought... "Noone 'as eva' been able ta' pacify a fight between those two...ever..." The Scout explained, twiddling his thumbs a bit. "We gave up on that a long time ago, pardner..." The Engineer said, as he was trying to pack up his sentry in a little toolbox. "Usually, someone like you would'a been killed quicker than a snake would with a gallon of venom..." he said, cracking his fingers individually. "So, why didn't you just try and calm them down?" Twilight suggested, as she took a step closer to the group. "We've tried everything mate, not a bloody thing you can do about them two..." The Sniper said, before tipping his hat. "Until now, that is..." "Aye....anyway, wasn't I tellin' a story or somethin'?" The Demoman said, taking a seat down again, like everyone else did as well. "Anyone else wanna hear the end?" the Scout asked... "Nope" "Nein" "NYET" "Non" "And I vote no too...Come on, we'll hear the end tommorra'...I just wanna go to sleep now..." The Scout said as he was starting to get up and leave. The Spy stopped him half-way through getting up. "Aren't you forgetting something?" He said, nodding to the two ponies, who looked back in slight confusion. "Oh...right...well, I had the idea so, they're sleepin' with me tonight!" He said, feeling proud for making up an idea like that. "And I guess it would be fair for them to cycle with all of ya's, right? We can make plans for that durin' breakfast!" The Scout said with finality, with a cocky little grin that made him feel like he was better than everyone else right now. Everyone looked at each other, than gave a small nod of understanding, and began separating ways, leaving two confused ponies alone with the slim man. "Well? Come on than! My rooms ova' here!" He said, as he quickly walked over to an overly large door, locked by chains, which the Scout used a key to open. Inside the room was just a fairly simple bedroom, with a bed and a closet full of what could only be assumed to as clothes. Fluttershy and Twilight looked to each other in slight fear, but at least it was someplace to stay...and it was getting pretty late... Who knows, maybe they'll wake up early to learn more about this troubled world, and help it develop into a world of friendship! Unluckily for them, they wake up early to an alarm that they would never expect.... Author's Note One of the more emotional chapters. The beginning was supposed to be what the Demoman was telling the ponies, before it went to general narrative afterwards. Just clearing that up just in case you got confused c: Remember to comment, they help make the story better :D
Chapter 3 1/2: The late night dove hunt"Psst....Archimeeeeedeeeeeessss! Argh, vere is zat damn bird?" The Medic searched around frantically, wearing his casual shirt and vest, which were cleanly stuffed into his pants so that he could look presentable. "Zat damn bird is alvays flying off! Komm raus, little dove!" He called out softly, as to not wake up anyone. "Doc', what are you doing?" The Soldier asked, coming out fully clothed in pajamas and a triangular hat with a little fuzz ball attached to the end of it. "Oh! Soldier! I vasn't expecting you to be awake! Vould you help me find Archimedes?" He asked, as he continued his search. "Come on Doc', It's probably still sleeping in that bird cage I got 'cha for smissmas..." The Soldier reasoned, as he turned to go back to his room. "If you let me down, you let down America..." The Medic threatened, which made Soldier stand up at attention, as he ran his way over to the Medic. "Lieutenant General Soldier, at your service!" He said, with the flames of a pure american heart beating deep within that war rusted heart of his. The Medic smiled, as he pointed to an untouched part of the room. "Now, check every little nook and cranny of zat part of ze room!" "Sir, yes sir!" The soldier said, as he rushed to the room to search for Archimedes. "Hey Doc'?" The Soldier asked, as he looked over his shoulder at the Medic, who finished looking around his part of the room. "Yes?" He responded as he made his way over to Soldier's side of the room to help him search. "I don't trust those colorful ponies..." The Soldier said, as he looked under a crate. "Really? Zey don't seem like a threat...." Medic replied, as he took out a couple seeds and put them around the ground. "That's what we said about a wounded Heavy, and then he got up while we turned our backs and ripped out our spines!!!" He growled. "Sshhshshshsshhhh!" The Medic warned, which led the Soldier to let out a low growl. "And yes, zat vas very bloody...Don't judge a book by zeir cover, I guess..." He said, with a slow nod of agreement. "Now, vere iz zat damn bird!? It's his bed time, and I von't have ze bird asleep on ze job!....Or better yet not asleep inside ze job..." He said, with a small sigh. "Found it!" The Soldier said, as he held up a small white mouse, that squeaked against the Soldier's grasp. "Oh wait...no that's a- ARRRGGGHHHH! DAMN RAT!" The rat had bitten into the Soldier's hand, and the Medic sushed him up. "Keep quiet, dummkopf!" Medic said, angered by the Soldier's loud voice. "Sorry..." The Soldier said, quietly, before continuing the search, rubbing his aching hand every now and then. "Hey Doc, I know what happened to your bird!" "Vat do you m-" "The ponies ate him!" The Medic facepalmed. "Should I mention zat ponies are herbivorez, Soldier?" He said, in aggravation, no less. "They hugged me! They're obviously planning on doing something here Doc!" The Soldier said, with anger bellowing from deep within his soul. "You've never had a childhood ven you vere younger, did you?" The Medic said, giving the Soldier a displeasing look. "And I'm still the man I am today! And besides! What if they want to get to know us better?" The Soldier asked, closing in on the doctor. "Vat do you mean?" The Medic asked, giving his rocket wielding friend a quizzical look. "You know these two things are in our hands now, right? If they get to know us for who we really are, then they'll go running off! And guess who would find 'em and slaughter 'em?!" The projectile expert said, adjusting his pajama hat over his eyes. "Are you saying zat if zey know about our past...zey vill most likely turn tail and run?" The Medic suggested, as he stopped what he was looking for. "Exactly my point, Doc! They must never know!" The Soldier said, holding his hand to the doctor. The Medic rolled his eyes. "Zat is ze most-...." The Medic stopped himself.... He was right, if they found out about the brutal pasts of him and each of his colleagues, this would spell disaster to these ponies, and they would run the second they could, forgetting about their enemies.... and then, they could die in so many horrific ways... And Medic knew this very well, since he's used to getting blown up, shot at, hit by trains, and falling down very steep cliffs... "Soldier, you are a ficken genuis!" He said, putting his hands on the Soldier's hands. The Soldier blinked. "What? What did I say?" He said, before the Medic left him and went back to his room. The Soldier scratched his head in confusion, before turning around to look for Archimedes again. "Where's that damn bird..." Soon after, the Medic came back, carrying a small book. "Soldier, write in zis book..." He demanded, shoving the book in the Soldier's hands. "....Whhhhyyyyy....?" The Soldier asked cautiously, which led the Medic to grin. "Ve are going to rewrite our history! Unt zen, ven zey ask more about us, zey vill think ve are not zat bad after all!" The Medic said, thinking this idea was fool-proof. "Wow! Good thinkin' Doc!...Er...what should I write about?" He asked, which led the Medic to give a big style. "Ah, yes, Ze Soldier, Ze ace of ze best men in ze army! Highest ranking officer and a man vith a heart of gold! Ze man zat saved our lives, over and over, again and again! Write somezing along zose lines!" He said, with a smile. The Soldier put a thoughtful hand to his chin, and smiled at the thought. "Not like any of this is fake anyway! You've done me proud, son!" He complimented, as he took out a pencil he had in his pocket, and began writing in the book, as he walked back to his room. Medic clapped silently. "Excellent! Now, ve vill make zure zey are out of harms way!" He said, and waited for a bit. "Vait...oh Scheiße, I forgot about Archimedes..." The Medic remembered, as he then began to look for his bird again... Author's Note Don't forget to comment! It keeps me motivated :D
Chapter 4: A small problem...Fluttershy yawned as she slowly woke up, eyes covered in all different kinds of dust and strands of hay from the floor of the room. Don't these people know what a broom is? Fluttershy let out another small yawn, and looked to the right to see a little dove, to see some kind of red...paint of sorts splattered over its feathers. "Oh! Hey little guy!" Fluttershy said, as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes with the wrists of her hooves. "What's your name?" She asked, with a little smile. "Oooohhh...Fluttershy, quit messing with those animals for a second and...Go...Back...To..." Twilight was going to finish her sentence, but dozed straight back to sleep. Fluttershy let out a small giggle, as she focused her attention back to the red and white bird, that only cooed in some kind of strange language. "Oh, my, I haven't heard that language before!" Fluttershy responded. "Hey...Yellow wing horse, quit messin' with that bird...You dunno where it's been..." The Scout said, with a grumble as he covered his ears with his pillow. Fluttershy let out a small blush, which beget another small giggle. She paid her attention back to the dove, which had began to nestle itself into Fluttershy's hair. "Awww, it must like me..." She said, as she let out a small yawn, and lied her head down, realizing she was a lot more tired than she thought she was. Later that day, while everyone else was still asleep, Scout was beginning to get up, and hastily got out of bed and to his wardrobe. "Jeez, what time is it..." He asked nobody in particular, as he grabbed his normal shirt, pants and socks, throwing them lazily onto the bed to put on later. He stretched out a bit, as he began undressing himself of the dirty clothes he wore before, and putting them in a big pile of clothes that just clumped together on the bottom of the wardrobe. After he closed the wardrobe, he got dressed...Pretty normal, right? After the Scout put on his clothes, he went over and kicked the yellow pony, which caused the dove to fly out of her hair, and begin attacking. "Woah! Hey! Jeez! Would 'ya freaking...." The scout flailed about, trying to swat the bird away from his face as it continued its onslaught of defense for Fluttershy. After successfully battling the bird away from him, he was left breathing heavily, with peck bites covering a solid 95% of his face, but at least the bird flew away! "Jeez, not even Archimedes bites me that hard..." He said, rubbing every mark on his face that pained him. The Scout looked to Fluttershy, who stayed asleep through all that, nuzzling her head about her hooves to get them a bit more comfortable. The Soldier walked in shortly after this chain of events, fully clothed with a book attached to his waist. "Private Scout! Put your frilly panties on and help us cap that intel!" He commanded, throwing the Scout his bag of weapons. "Alright! I'll hurry up already! Just wait with th' gang and I'll be out in a jiffy!" Scout responded, placing the bag down and hurrying to his clothes to put them on. "And Scout, I want you to write a story about how...Urgh....Excellent... You are and about your amazing story..." The Soldier said, as he held the book on his waist out to the Scout, who cautiously took it from him. "Sooo...Just keep doin' what I've been doin'?" He asked for clarification. "Yes! Now shut up and put your clothes on! Those Blu bastards won't stand a chance with the plan we've cooked up for 'em! It's like we were cooking up a grenade, and it's gonna go big!" The Soldier laughed, as he closed the door behind him on his way out, leaving a very confused Scout in his wake, and two seemingly very lazy ponies who continued to peacefully sleep in their self appointed parts of the room. Scout quickly put on all his clothes, tied his shoes, and slung his bag over his shoulder, before running outside, and closing the door behind him. ================================================================================ "IIIIINNNNNCOOOOOMMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!" A large, muscular Russian man in red bellowed over the chaos of the bullets being fired between the two teams, before getting shot straight in the head, and falling over, dead. "Heavy down!" The Soldier proclaimed, reloading his rocket launcher. "Someone get that Sniper!" He said, pointing up at the Sniper's watch spot, before almost getting a fate similar to the heavy weapon's man. He quickly took cover again "I am fully charged!" The Medic proclaimed for anyone nearby. The Soldier voluntarily got up for this chance, exposing his back fully. "Ready for that charge, Doct-AAAAAAARGGHHH, MY SPIIIIINNNEEEEE!" The Soldier had gotten back stabbed, as he fell over his cover, now dead. "I never really was on your side..." the Blu Spy said, as he got rid of his disguise, flicking his used up cigarette and replacing it. The spy looked around, the coast was clear for now, and he began running into the Red's base, disguised as the Soldier he just killed. He passed some of his 'teammates', giving them a small cheer of encouragement, as he delved deeper into enemy territory. Then, the Spy stopped by a certain room, which had two, large double doors. He knew this to be the Scout's room, because it's in the exact same place as on their side of the battlefield...but he could have sworn he heard...talking from inside... The Spy adjusted his mask, and walked in, only to be surprised by the two colorful ponies, which stopped their conversation and looked straight at the Soldier. They both stared at each other, dumbfounded. The ponies saw through the Blu Spy's disguise, and the Blu Spy was looking at multicolored ponies, with wings or a unicorn horn. Then, they both freaked out, as the ponies zoomed out of the room and past the Spy, as he screamed in fright and covered himself in defense. Soon after, Twilight and Fluttershy stopped themselves to get a breather. They were in the basement level, as far as they knew. "Phew! That was close!" Twilight said, obviously shaken. Fluttershy could only mumble out a silent "Yeah", before looking around, confused about where they were. "Um, Twilight, where are we...?" She asked, hoping her friend would know. "I have no idea Fluttershy, but we're probably in the basement of the house...We should go investigate and see if there's somepony...or...something here that's willing to protect us..." Twilight said, looking around again. She saw three hallways, and just picked one, going deeper into the basement... And what she saw horrified her. Author's Note CHAPTER COMPLETE SSS RATING ACQUIRED Oh, by the way, sorry it took me so long, but I was a bit stumped on what to write, don't forget to send me comments, they always help me improve and motivate me to work c:
Chapter 5: Playing DefenseTwilight gulped, as she hid herself behind the corner, with a concerned Fluttershy right behind her. "W-What is it Twilight?" She couldn't help but ask, as she slowly made her way around her friend to get a look around the corner, then hid behind the wall again. "T-Twilight! I-i-i-it's those B-B-Blue p-p-ponies t-that the b-brown pony was talking about!" Fluttershy said softly, fearing for the worst. "I know that Fluttershy, but I don't know why they would be here other than to..." Twilight stopped for a brief moment, then gasped. "They're here to take control of everything here! Fluttershy, we have to do something and stop them!" She said, fear striking every cord in her vocals. "B-But how?" Fluttershy shivered at the thought of having to hurt something, even for protection. "Just do as I say Fluttershy! There, see if you can get into that metal pipe and find a way into that room!" Twilight commanded. Fluttershy gave a shaky nod, before looking for a way into the vents. Twilight kept looking around the corner, waiting to see if they would notice anything before her plan was made. She began counting the number of blue figures in the room, until she finished at about six of them. She was dangerously outnumbered and out skilled. There was no way this was going to work! Suddenly, Twilight felt a gloved hand on her shoulder, and she reacted with a frantic buck from her hindlegs, trying to kick away her attacker, only to miss. By pure instinct, she readied herself for a scream, before a second hand silenced her. "Sush! Do not worry, Itz only me..." Said a familiar french accent. Twilight quickly calmed down, and looked to the sleeve of the suit the man was wearing. It was definitely red, she could definitely relax. After the hands were removed from Twilight's body, the Spy leaned up against the wall, and peeked over. "Merde...zere is six of zem... You, Twilight, was it?" He said, as he lit up a cigarette and placed it in his mouth. Twilight gave a small nod. "Y-Yes?" She said, still shaken from the recent turn of events that had taken place. "I have a plan..." He said, turning his head around the corner. "You do?!" Twilight said, surprised he came up with one so quick. "Yes...Run out zer..." "Alri- wait what?!" Twilight exclaimed in disbelief, before covering her mouth with her hooves, afraid the Blu would hear her. "You heard me! Go out zer and distract zem for as long as you can!" The Spy said, now more urgently than before. "You have to be joking, right?" Twilight said, still in disbelief. "Would you rather zat ve lose everything ve have fought for? Think of zis as a heroic act! You have zose where you come from, oui?" The Spy said in a calming voice. "W-Well we do but-" "Then get out zer!" Twilight was pushed out into the open. The Blus had barely noticed her. "Go on zen! I have your back!" The Spy encouraged Twilight on. She gulped, and then ran forward, eyes closed and hoping for the best, as she shielded herself with magic. "YO INCOMING!" Said a Boston accented voice that sounded way too similar to the Scout's voice. Twilight heard the sounds of very loud popping, forcing her eyes open as she saw that she was heading straight into a wall. She made a sharp turn, evading a rocket that was shot in her direction. "Vat is zat thing?!" Said an all too familiar German voice, paired up with the revving of another kind of gun, and the yelling of the familiar Russian powerhouse. Suddenly, Twilight tripped on her hooves, barreling into a wall, as her shield broke within making contact with the cold hard floor. All firing of any weapon ceased, and the Blus began closing in on Twilight, without her noticing as she was still dazed. When she looked up though, she was completely surrounded by angered men in blue, who were asking all kinds of questions and throwing all different kinds of death threats her way, she looked up again, and saw a very familiar yellow color through the grates of the vent. So she gulped, and screamed out. "Fluttershy, do it NOW!" Fluttershy gulped, as she kicked down the grate to the vent, knocking it down onto the unlucky head of the Blu Heavy Weapons Guy, who fell over unconscious. Twilight quickly took this opportunity and fired magic bolts at everyone that surrounded her, sending them flying into the wall, except one who managed to dodge the attack just in time. It was the Scout, but he was in blue! The Reds weren't kidding when they said they looked just like each other! But there was no time to elaborate on how this was possible, as she felt the cold, metal shaft of the steel baseball bat hit her in the side of the face, sending her spiraling towards the wall. Again, Twilight was dazed, and when she looked up, she saw what looked like her final moments pass by, as the Scout walked over to Twilight, readying his baseball bat for a finishing swing. Twilight closed her eyes, and covered her face, but the finishing game swing never came. Twilight opened her eyes, to see the Scout, eyes wide and mouth open, as he let out silent screams, before dropping his baseball bat, and falling over, backwards, with a Red Spy adjusting his tie, with a frightened Fluttershy hiding behind his legs. "Did you forget about me?" He said, with a comical grin. Twilight blinked, and then looked to the Blu Scout's lifeless body on the floor. "D-...Did you use a sleeping spell of some sort?" She couldn't help but ask. "Erhm....Yes, Vhy not?" He said, as his smile flickered between slightly guilty and regularly comical. "Wow Twilight, I didn't know you had it in you!" Fluttershy complimented, with a gleeful little smile. "Actually, I didn't..." She said, glaring at the Spy. "Hey, you survived! I vouldn't complain!" He responded, with a shrug. Suddenly, the beep of the intercom in the building rang throughout the halls. "We have taken the enemy intelligence...Congratulations..." Said the old voice, not exactly with a congratulatory tone. The Spy quickly looked to a desk in the room, and barely noticed that Scout had come, carrying a blue briefcase. "Yo, whats up?" He said comically, carrying a smile with it. The Spy let out a smile, then took out his cigarette and flicked it away. "Vell then, this calls for celebration!" "You mean like a p-" Twilight was going to finish her sentence, before being rudely intervened by the Spy holding his hand out, and simply saying... "Slap my hand!" Author's Note EXACTLY THAT Don't forget to criticize me! I'm not some kind of leetle baby man. Heavy weapons guy can take words!
Chapter 6: Come on, slap it now!Twilight blinked, then let out a small giggle. "Um, excuse me?" She said, with another giggle. That's an abnormal request if she's ever heard one! "Go on! Give 'im a high five!" Scout said, with a smile. "Ya got high fives where ya come from, right?" He said, with a chuckle. Fluttershy shook her head, obviously confused. "No, we don't actually...." she said, idly circling her hoof on the ground. "C-Could you p-please show us? I-If you don't mind, that is...." She said, with a sheepish little smile. Spy and Scout looked at each other, then looked away and folded their arms in denial. "No way I'm high fivin' that backstabbin' paper mask impersonatin' rat!" "I vill not high five a little bunny rabbit!" Twilight and Fluttershy looked at each other with a worried expression, before giving of a hopeless sigh. Twilight looked up at the Spy, and nodded towards the exit. "We might as well head back and see how everyone is doing, right?" She said, with a little smile that had a small hint of concern in it. "Yeah, got'cha!" The Scout responded, as he jumped over Twilight, who ducked under her hooves reflexively as he did. She then turned around to watch him barreling down the hallway at a fast speed that could only match Rainbow Dash... That caught Twilight off guard, as she blinked at what she had just thought. There's no way they could be that similar, right? As far as she knew, Rainbow Dash could easily beat that guy in a race, no sweat! It's just not likely to beat her like that! Besides, He can't even make a sonic rainboom, and Rainbow Dash could beat him easily with that! Spy sighed, as he walked out, his shoes barely making a sound as he seemingly glided to the stairs. Twilight and Fluttershy looked at eachother, then at the scene before them. They quickly got rid of those intruders! They'll probably be carried out of here later, probably by that big guy they met with when they got here! Speaking of which, where is Heavy? Oh well, they'll find out soon enough... "Come on Twilight! We better meet with the rest of the others! I'm sure they have a lot to tell!" Fluttershy said, as she trotted off. Twilight looked back again, then nodded as she trotted up to and with Fluttershy... But for some weird reason, she smelled something...off.... Kinda smells like....copper? "Alright, am I the only one that saw a friggin' purple unicorn beat our asses in?!" The BLU Scout said, as he took off his cap and waved it around to put in more emphasis in his question. "Heavy not think that is normal..." Heavy commented, rubbing his aching head in pain. "Of course not! That was obviously their spy playing tricks on us!" The Soldier chimed in, as he took out a deck of cards and began playing with them. "Zen explain ze magic force field... Ve vere not able to break through vith our guns, and ve had Heavy zere! Sasha couldn't even break zat! I've never seen any spy be able to do zat! So vat do you think it is now, soldier?" The Medic pushed his glasses close to his face, as he leaned on the table, waiting for an answer. "Ya wanna know what I think, doc?" The Soldier said, as he played out two cards for himself, Heavy, Scout, and Spy, then three cards in the middle, to start off their poker game. "I bet..." He said, placing down a hat on the table. "That their Engineer built a teleporter that could teleport between dimensions!" He said, while everyone else 'called' with a singular hat. "And with that teleporter, he brought in something magical! And I can probably guarantee you he plans on using that magic against us!" He said, as an extra card was delt into the middle, along with the other three. "I bet that will raise ze stakes up, non?" The Spy said, as he placed down two hats in the pile of hats. "So, whatta ya think we do? Call 'em up for some kind'a tea party and then take their lil' pets or whateva' while they ain't lookin'?" Scout chuckled, as he placed down two hats in the pile of hats that began to get bigger. Heavy chuckled, as he placed down a hat that was on fire! Green flames erupted from the baseball cap. "Heavy think little pony is about friendship and magic....Vell heavy think zat friendship, is stoopid magic! Hahaha!" He said, while everyone was looking at the rather impressive hat. Soldier chuckled as he placed down another card. "Amen" He said, as he showed his cards, showing a 5 and a 6. Spy let out a sly smile as he placed down his ace and jack on the table. The Scout let out an ecstatic grin as he placed down his king and queen on the table. Heavy frowned, as he placed down his two aces. "Darn it Scout! How'd ya manage that flush?!" The Soldier said, as the Scout began pulling in his winnings "I'm jus' good at bettin' man!" He said, as he put on his new unusual backwards ballcap. The Medic sighed, as he took a seat down. "Soldier, play me some cardz, if you vould? Zis is going to be a long night for me...." Heavy let out a small chuckle, patting the Medic on the back encouragingly, before Soldier took everyone's cards and started dealing new ones. A full moon began to raise itself into the sky, high above the clouds, as midnight began to come around... ==================================================================================== "A'ight, who's lookin' after 'em tonight?" Scout said, as he looked at everyone, one by one. None of them really looking very excited about the idea of looking after two ponies... "Aye, I've got an idea!" Demoman said, as he placed his bottle on the ground. "'Ow 'bout a game of 'spin th' scrumpy'?" He suggested, with a smile. Everyone looked at eachother, then nodded in slight agreement as they crouched down and watched the bottle, as Demoman spun it. Everyone said their prayer against themselves, in hopes the bottle of fate would refuse to pick them... But the Sniper was the unlucky one to be picked by the wrath of a drunk man's bottle of scrumpy. "Ah buggah..." Scout shrugged. "Hey, it 'ain't that bad! Just give 'em like, a soft place to nap or somethin'! Ya got that in your truck, right?" "First of all, it's a bloody van, and second of all, I'd like ya all t' STOP MAKIN' FUN OF IT!" He growled. "It's th' best four wheeled device a man can ask for! It's all terrain, an' runs smoother than a bloody jeep with a good engine on it's best day!" He said, with a more excruciatingly furious growl. "Um...Is...Is something wrong?" Fluttershy interjected, sneaking her way into the conversation, causing everyone to jump in mild fright. "Jeez! Ya scared th' livin' crap outta' me man!" The Scout said, adjusting his cap which had loosened out of place. The Soldier laughed as he nudged Spy, who was sitting next to him at the moment. "So, who got here first, you or the pony?" The Spy simply sighed and rolled his eyes, as he looked towards the Sniper's decreasing rage. "Nah mate, everythin's fine...We was jus' settin arangements fer' yer new roomma-" "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, MR.CAMPER VAN!" The Soldier objected, getting up and putting his finger right up the Snipers chin. "If I knew this was about who was staying with who, I would have said 'Sign me up, scotty!' But you beat me to that! How does it feel to have a good roommate now, huh?!" He yelled, causing Fluttershy to assume the defensive position behind Scout. "Ah quit yer' moanin' already, it ain't like they're gonna liv' wit' me fer th' rest o' our lives...Jus' temporary 'til we can send 'em back, and we're rotatin' em every night anyway..." The Sniper retaliated, as he pushed the Soldier out of his face. Twilight groaned as she made it to the meeting point. "Why is there so many different paths to everywhere here?" She asked, with a tired voice. "Hallways are not problem, is small ones that Heavy have hard time fitting into that are problem... Is not good area for cowards to run away from, and hard to move in..." Heavy said informatively. "Ah would ya just pipe up n' let me jus' show th' blokes their new temporary 'ome already?! I've got a LOT t' do today, and I don't want you blokes keepin' me 'ere all night!" He said, with rising anger. This unsettled the ponies, and it unsettled them even more that everyone just seemed perfectly okay with the fact that he was unnaturally angry... Sniper let out a soft sigh, then patted Fluttershy on the head. "Come on then...I'll show ya t' yer new room I guess..." He said, as he motioned for Twilight to follow him and Fluttershy. They looked at eachother, requiring confirmation from eachother on this, and before reluctantly agreeing, they began trotting behind the Sniper in silence, as not to disrupt the Sniper's more than sensitive mood. "So, I found the playing cards, anyone wanna play Texas hold 'em?" The Soldier suggested when the trio left their presence, as he took out a deck of cards that were contained only by a rubber band. Everyone around them simply looked at each other, and let out a simple shrug. What better way to pass the night by then a good game of poker? "Ah crap, I just remembered, I lost th' chips..." The Scout said, smacking his leg in annoyance. "Heavy think we should bet with hats..." He said, with a little devilish and sly smile. This was the part where some of them backed up from the circle, leaving only the Scout, Heavy, Soldier and the Spy to play this poker game. "Alright, all in men!" The Soldier said, and then the game began... But it was only just about to end, too... Author's Note I put a bit more effort into this one then I had before, and I also put a LOT more time to thinking over on how to advance this story. I do hope you guys enjoy this long awaited chapter c: Remember to comment! Criticism is important!
Chapter 7: Meet the VanSniper sighed, as he took a bullet out from his chest pouch and fiddled around with it idly. The bullet glinted off the moonlight, accomplishing a cleaner look that not even his eyesight could ever hope to succeed at acquiring. This glinting piece of copper quickly caught the attention of the ponies that walked on both of his sides. "Hey, what's that?" Twilight inquired, turning a newfound thought of the bullet in Snipers hand. "Oi, this lil' beaut' 'ere?" Sniper asked, as he casually held the bullet in between his index finger and middle finger, much like he would if he held a cigarette. "Still 'aven't 'ad a chance t' use this ol' piece o' devastation yet... New lil' gizmo that me n' th' Engineer made a while ago... Supposed to be used fer some kind o' 'special occasion' or somethin'... Neva' gave it much thought really...." He said, as he began rubbing his chin in contemplation. "Um...M-Mr. Sniper, sir, ummm...Can I please a-ask where we're going? I-If you don't mind me asking, that is..." This gave Twilight a chance to chime in. "Yeah, we are straying a bit far off from the base, do you have your own special building you live in?" The Sniper placed his special bullet in his chest pouch, and only let out a small chuckle, before responding. "Yeah, somethin' like that!" He said, adjusting his glasses coolly as he did so. Twilight raised her eye in interest and confusion, as they continued their walk towards the ominous van that was parked on the side of the road that they were walking on. The Sniper opened the door into the dark van, making a creak as he did so, which only purposed itself to make the van even more sketchy than it should... Fluttershy and Twilight looked to eachother in slight fright, but saw nothing of it as they hesitantly made their way inside, clambering over the two seats in the front in the darkness. The Sniper sought out to fix this problem, as he hopped in and looked for something around the van. After reaching under the steering wheel for a short while, he found what he was looking for and clicked it, making the Van light up, illuminating every dark area of the van with its in-built lighting system. Fluttershy and Twilight were dazed for a short time, but sighed in relief, knowing that they can now see where they were... Speaking of which, considering the space outside the van, it's pretty small in here...How are they even supposed to sleep here? This thought was quickly dismissed as the Sniper opened up a small door inbetween the driver seat and the passenger seat, which led into a much bigger room. After showing the two ponies inside, he sat on the bed and watched the ponies closely, making them feel more than just a tad bit nervous. After collecting his thoughts, he took a deep breath, and got up from the makeshift bed, which was just three small mattresses piled up on the corner, with a blanket and a pillow. "Alrighty then, Twilight, was it? You can sleep on m' bed fer tonight...As fer you miss butterfly, you can 'ave th' couch. Neither of 'em are primarily comfy, but I ain't really got much better..." He said, with a simple shrug. "Make yerselves at 'ome, I guess..." He said with another shrug, as he made his way to the front of the van, closing the door behind him and leaving our two heroines to their thoughts. Twilight began taking in her surroundings, climbing up onto the bed and giving everything a small mental note. She inspected the walls, first, which had one large window on the left and right side of the van, both of them being covered by shutters, so that the light from the outside would not get inside, and vice versa. Next, she inspected what was inside the room altogether. What she saw was the aforementioned makeshift bed and couch, along with a white box of some sort at the end of the couch, which had a wire hooked into it that snaked its way deeper into the back of the van. That was quite an interesting pattern Twilight was seeing there. Most things that would normally be powered by some kind of magic is connected by some kind of rubbery string to a wall or something. This was quite weird... After Twilight inspected all that she could she sighed, and assumed the position of sleep on the unnaturally firm, yet soft bed that she was assigned to for sleep. It was surprisingly easy to find a comfortable position to sleep on the bed, actually, despite its firmness... Fluttershy on the other hand, was poking at the white box with her hoof in confusion and curiosity. Soon after doing this, the door for the container slowly opened itself up, a white light peering out from the confines of the white box from its new opening. Fluttershy opened the container all the way and looked at all the different varieties of drinks that was stored inside, before closing it, hoping that the Sniper wouldn't get angry that she was looking through his stuff. She soon hopped onto the couch, and made herself comfortable, falling asleep a tad bit quickly. Twilight was going to ask a question, but when she saw her companion out cold, she sealed her lips, and just let out a soundless sigh. She began to close her eyes and try to sleep... only to find it a bit harder than it should be. She kept fidgeting in her sleep, moving to get a new comfortable position, or just opening her eyes and just ruining any kind of sleep at that moment. She let out a bored sigh. This was going to be a long night... Of course, these lights weren't helping either. That thought was quickly quelled when the lights suddenly went out with a simple click of a switch. This slightly startled Twilight, but she probably thought it was just Sniper turning the lights off... Suddenly, the door creaked open, and Twilight just began to tense up on instinct. After reminding herself of her somewhat protected state, she quickly calmed down. Her ears twitched at the footsteps of whom she could only assume was the Snipers, and the she could feel the force of another body on the bed laying down with her. "Um, excuse me...what are you doing?" She asked shakily, moving herself to the edge of the bed to make room for the much bigger animal in the bed. "Sleepin' in me bed...why?" He asked, as he adjusted himself in the bed to get comfortable. "Well, why are you sleeping with me? In the bed, I mean..." She asked, fidgeting about nervously. "Well, nowhere else to really sleep, and yer small enough t' make enough room fer' th' two of us...." The Sniper explained. Twilight nodded to herself in acceptance to that logic. She didn't really see a place anywhere else to sleep, so it would make sense that somepony would be sharing beds with somepony else...or in this case someone else... She let out a bored sigh, as she waited for her eyes to adjust to the dark, as she blankly stared at the ceiling of the van. There was no sleep for this pony tonight... The Sniper let out a soft growl, incase Twilight was asleep. He adjusted his glasses, as he stared blankly at the ceiling. The expert headhunter sat up, slowly, and went to the front to see if he could do something... Twilight looked over to Fluttershy, who was sleeping peacefully throughout the night in complete bliss, and sighed in envy as she moved up to the front with sniper, taking the passenger seat as her own. "So then..." Twilight started out, trying to think of a topic to talk about. "Yeah...?" Sniper said. Trying to get Twilight to go on. Twilight let out a soft sigh, before finally coming up with a question to ask. "Can we...go...somewhere?" She asked. Sniper blinked, then looked over to Twilight with a confused look. "Go somewhere? Where would we go?" Twilight looked out the window, and adjusted herself in her seat. "Well, neither of us can't sleep, so why not go for a walk?" She suggested. Sniper put a hand to his chin in thought, before chuckling. "Nah...We can't walk, but we can certainly drive there!" He said, as he strapped in Twilight in a quick motion, causing her to jump. "W-Wait, what are you doing?" She asked, getting comfortable with the new belt fastened across her hip. "Takin a little trip. That's what ya want, right?" He asked, as he fastened himself into his seat. He searched a compartment on the ceiling of the car, before grabbing a set of keys and putting them into the appropriate slot. He twisted the key, making the car softly roar to life. Twilight squeaked and jumped in fear, contracting her legs onto the seat as she did. The Sniper let out a small laugh and patted Twilight on the head comfortingly, as he began to slowly drive his car forward. "W-Where are we going?" Twilight couldn't help but ask, as she slowly calmed down and slid into a normal seating position. Sniper shrugged, "Dunno, we're jus' going." He said plainly. Sniper let out a small chuckle, as he drove past the two forts, with a familiar looking car a small distance behind the BLU base... A few seconds after the car passed by, it roared to life, and began tailing its twin, making sure to keep a far distance from it... The hunt was on...
