Authors note:

Chapter has been rewritten

Chapter 5: So many questions

There was a long moment where the three of us just stared at each other. Twilight's mouth was agape with shock, while Master Chief's helmet just kept pulsing with blue light.

Finally, Twilight decided to break the silence, "Did that... THING just turn into a pony!? After being crushed by whatever the heck that thing is!" she gestured to the Warthog. Before I could say anything to try and calm the situation before it escalates, Master Chief decided to start asking a slew of questions, "A talking pony? That's unlike anything I've seen before. And it speaks English no less. Can you tell me what planet I'm on? Are there any parasitic or 'unfriendly' creatures nearby? And could you please explain to me why I am now Quadrupedal?"

I took that chance to speak up, "Uh, I can explain all of- I mean, some of this, Twiligh- I mean Princess and uh... Whoever you are...?" Jesus, what am I, a stuttering fan? There is no way I'm going to get out of this easily... Both of them just looked at me blankly, as if they'd only just noticed I was there.

"I hope I'm not being rude by asking this but, who are you? And why are you in the Everfree Forest at this hour?" Now these are questions I can answer.

"Sorry Princess, my name is Jacob, I'm in the Everfree because... Well, who didn't hear that explosion? I came to investigate and..." I trailed off, not knowing what else to say. Twilight narrowed her eyes at me, making me gulp am I that bad of a liar?

"Hm, well you said you could explain, so. I'm listening." Twilight waited expectantly for my explanation, Master Chief, feeling curious and wanting to know just where the heck he was, just sat there watching the exchange.

"I can't talk out here, it's a bit hard to explain... Plus it's not safe..." I trailed off as Twilight narrowed her eyes at me again.

"I don't know why, but I feel like I can trust you... Very well, you're right, it is not safe out here, we can talk in the Library, follow me." With that, she walked past me in the direction of the Ponyville Library, glancing back to see if we were following. I glanced towards Master Chief, only to gasp when he wasn't there! I panicked and looked for him, only to realise he was with Twilight and they were both waiting for me. I sighed, Oh thank god... and Celestia... I chuckled a little at the fact that instead of saying 'God' I would have to say 'Celestia'. I turned and followed Twilight to the library...

We walked in Silence the whole way there, as there wasn't much to talk about, I was stuck in my thoughts, trying to go through a way of how I would explain this to Twilight without telling her of anything outside her dimension. I eventually settled on something, but I wasn't happy about it. I decided that the best option was to talk to Twilight and Master Chief separately to develop a story. I'd have to convince Master Chief to go with it however. And that's what I'm worried about...

We arrived at the library fairly quickly, probably because Twilight knew her way around Ponyville as well as some of the Everfree Forest. Twilight just immediately walked in, but I hesitated, along with Master Chief, it wasn't a long hesitation however. Once I set foot in the library I immediately felt warmer, How the heck do they keep their houses warm without heaters or fireplaces? I shook the question out of my head, leaving it down to magic and walked up to Twilight, "I'd like to talk with him" I gestured to Master Chief, "alone first." Twilight facehoofed, much to my chagrin.

"Fine, just, make it fast, I want to get an explanation for this as fast as possible so I can report this to Princess Celestia." I nodded and walked(Trotted?) over to Master Chief as Twilight trotted upstairs. He turned to me and his mood instantly dropped, I widened my eyes in surprise.

"I'm extremely confused here with talking ponies on a planet I have obviously never heard of, being turned into a Pony as well and being crushed by a warthog when I was pulled through a Portal from an important mission that my team somehow escaped from. Apparently you can explain things to me and for some odd reason you want to talk to me alone, it was obvious to me before you even started talking that you knew everything about what's going on, so I want you to tell me every. Single. Detail." By the time he had finished talking I was backed up to the opposite wall and had been poked in the neck with a hoof WHICH IS PAINFUL BY THE WAY about 7 times. I was sweating up a storm and breathing hard, I'd never had anyone do this to me.

"I, uh..." Everything I had thought to say had left my mind, I was completely at a loss for words, "I c-can't tell you everything, and w-what I c-can tell you obviously won't s-satisfy you, but I need you to b-bear with me." As I talked I regained my confidence, "Something extremely bad is happening and some people are trying to stop it. I can't tell you what it is, nor who the people are. But I can tell you that you can NOT tell anyone where you are from, nor about anything from where you are from. You're origin must remain secret. This also applies to everything on this planet, do not ask for the history, nor research it. Do not ask for any information on anything that is not relevant to your current situation, and do not, I repeat, do not harm anything, while you are here. The ponies are peaceful and as far as I know have never experienced unnatural death." I gaped, most of what I had just said I didn't even mean to say! That's when I noticed the flashing sign in the top right corner of my vision...

Override order: Oral Override code=411849558
Override password accepted
Override user: LightningClaw
User message: Sorry for effectively taking control of your body but, knowing you, you'd screw it up.

These were the thoughts that were flowing through my head in order:
HOLY CRAP THIS THING CAN CONTROL ME!? GETITOUTGETITOUTGETITOUTGETITOUT!!!!
How did he know I'd be talking to Master Chief now?
GET THIS THING OUT OF MY BODY!!!
Gotta calm down before I do something everyone will regret

I was lost in my thoughts for so long, it took me a moment to realise Twilight was waving her hoof in front of my face and she was talking to Master Chief, "-appened?"

"I don't know! I just, asked him some questions and he answered them and then he just, well, did this!" I pushed Twilight's hoof away from my face(muzzle?) which instantly got their attention, "Are you okay?" Twilight was the first to ask, not surprising seeing as it was her hoof I knocked out of the way.

"Yeah, just, got lost in thought... Very lost in thought..." I answered, attempting to grin cutely, I know I succeeded when I heard a 'squee' noise, I thought that was a Non-diegetic sound! Maybe I should ask Twilight about it...

Twilight sighed, "Well, as long as you're okay... Now, are you two done talking? Because i'm still expecting an explanation..."

I sighed and got ready to explain, just in case though, I kept my eye on the top right corner of my vision...

Author's Note

Oh god, I almost made Master Chief English... What is wrong with me?

Anyway, I hadn't had any time to do research so I'm just going off what I know and what I've been told. I know, it's horrible...
It's going to be hard for me to come up with an explanation for everything to give to twilight. That's why this chapter is short, I wanted to make it a long chapter but i failed. I also failed in the fact that I couldn't come up with a chapter name...

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