The Rise of the Dragon Prince

As I wake up, I notice myself in the middle of a forest; well I was in a forest until I blacked out. But this seemed how I should say…different. It was really fogy and dark, I could barely see my hands and I wore bright white officer gloves! I try to stand and wince in pain. ‘I almost forgot that I got shot in my stomach before I blacked out’ I thought. I force myself to my feet and checked for any additional damage. My midnight blue Prussian officer’s uniform with black pants and my shako with a tall and thin white plum. At my stomach my jacket was blood red. I remember how I got the wound from the battle that seemed like it never happened.

(Earlier)

My men and I were in a large battle against the French. Apparently tension has been running high for years that it escalated to war. I was sent out with a company of my full regiment as lead scouts of the army. We were ambushed by French skirmishers. For the next hour each side put in reinforcements into the fray and it grew to a full out battle of 140,000 men. Each side had around 70,000, anyway on my part of the battlefield we pushed back the French and by the time they broke a retreating skirmisher noticed my officer’s uniform and shot me. I quickly lost consciousness.

(Present)

“How am I still alive?” I asked myself. Right then I heard the most terrifying growl I’ve ever heard in my life. I quickly take out my Colt Revolver I got from an American officer as a gift and check the chamber. I had a bit of relief when I saw the chamber was full. Then pair of gold eyes made me forget that relief. As it steps out, I see a shadow figure of what seemed to be a wolf. It steps into the moonlight and what caught me off guard was it was larger than a normal wolf, not only that it seemed to be made out of…wood? My questioning look vanished when the wolf like creature pounced; I barely was able to side step out of the way. I fall to one knee as my stomach thrives in pain as I try to move. Seeing my weakness the wooden wolf moves in for the kill. I raise my colt and fire two rounds directly to its head. With a pained yelp the creature drops to the ground and make no more sounds as what looks like sap drips out of the bullet holes I sent though it skull. “The bastard wasn’t that though” I chuckled to myself then again wincing at the pain in my stomach. “Ok laughing bad idea.” I started walking an unknown way when I heard a scream.

“help! Somepony help!” ‘somepony?’ confused “Help!” Ignoring that one comment I rush towards the screaming. As I come across the location of the screaming what I saw again confused me, Three small and I mean really small ponies with extreme colors that no pony in existence should be those colors were huddled together as another of those wolves I saw just a second ago was stalking up to them. One of the ponies I noticed was yellow with a cherry red mane and tail, another orange with a sort of purple red-ish and shaggy mane and had wings, and the finally one that was white with a light purple and a streak of pink mane and instead of wings had a horn. Ignoring the obvious fact that the ponies were strange, I aim my pistol at the wolf and send a bullet in the right side of its head. The three ponies I just saved from being dinner for the wolf stared at me with horror in their eyes. What seemed to be forever in reality a few seconds they ran away.

Now free of my attackers and saving three extremely small colorful ponies, I take the time to patch up my wound with the first aid kit I had on the opposite side of my sword. I force myself up ignoring the pain and walk the direction the small ponies ran hoping to find civilization. As I walked, I had my pistol in my hand just in case of another attack, so far in what I believe has been an half an hour I find a cave and decide to rest. The cave wasn’t that deep you could see the back wall from the outside. I sit myself down and thought about my situation. ‘Alright I wake up from a battle still wounded and yet no signs that a battle took place around me. I get attacked by a unnatural wolf made of wood and save three colorful ponies for another. What the hell did I just get myself into and where the hell am I?’ Thinking on that I shut my eyes and drift to sleep.

I wake up the next morning a little bit refreshed. I take some antibiotics to make sure my wound won’t get infected. My wound at this point is no longer bleeding but still in risk of reopening. I carefully get up and start walking in the direction I was before. Looking at this forest in the daylight was different than before, The place was beautiful and could hear the chirping of birds. After five minutes the forest starts to thin and now I look on to what seems like a village. I take out my binoculars to get a closer look. What imminently attracted my attention was a full-sized gingerbread house. Next I see a lot of those colorful ponies I saw but they were nearly twice as big. I figured out the ones I saved must have been children. Why in the hell would they be in a forest in the middle of the night? I also figured I might need a doctor after this because I might go insane after this.

I decided to take my chances and try to talk with them. I walk down the slope into the clearing and to the town. Then I saw what seemed to be ponies in gold armor running towards me with spears. “You got to be kidding me. Well so much for that plan.” I took off in the other direction towards the woods with the guards right on my ass. I was about to hit the tree line when a larger white ponies lands in my path. This one had both wings and a horn. The pony was at my eye level and had a crown of its head with a heavy looking necklace. ‘This must be their queen.’ Before I could react the guards caught up and now have surrounded me with their spears pointed at me. Judging by the armor and weapons as well as the town I must be in some sort of Medieval universe where ponies were the dominating race.

“Identify yourself creature.” The large White pony demanded, wait creature? ‘It seems I may have stumbled into a different world where humans don’t exist. I need to think about this. I must seem to them a weird creature in clothing armed with a sword. I might be able to convince them that I’m harmless and let me go. I guess the good news is that they speak English.’ I decided to take a diplomatic approach to this.

“Greetings.” The ponies gasp except the queen but she had a surprised look on her. I must have surprised the ponies that I could speak.

“You speak Equestrian.”

“Wait what?” Confused by what the white alicorn I decided to continue. “My name is Oberst Justin Date, I’m an officer of the Prussian Empire may I ask who you are?”

“I’m Princess Celestia Co-Ruler of Equestria. Not to be rude but what are you?” ok so it seems queen what a bit much there. I tried to walk closer to the alicorn but was stopped by two spears in my face by one of the guards in gold armor and one in a more decorative purple. He must be an officer.

“I’m a part of a race called Humans; I think I may have stumbled onto your world by accident.”

“How did you get hurt?” the alicorn motioned to my uniform.

“My country is at war with another and I was wounded in a battle and knocked unconscious.” I noticed a look I couldn’t decipher in the alicorn’s eyes.

“I will have to ask you to come with me and give up your weapons.” That annoyed me no diplomatic meeting required an officer to give up his arms.

“I will do as you ask and come with you. But I’m afraid I can’t give up my arms you highness.” An annoyed look came from the alicorn and the officer spoke up.

“How dare you! Who do you think you are to refuse.” The alicorn raised a hoof to silence to unicorn. She shot a glance at him and nodded, the officer nodded in return and move away from her out of my sight. The alicorn turned her gaze toward me once again.

“As you wish.” The last thing I felt was something hitting the back of my head and hitting the ground.