A Marine in Debt (Being Re-Written)

by Thelehpwnage

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe, Human, Romance, Slice of Life
Length: 11183

A Marine was caught into a firefight and was presumed M.I.A after not being found among the alive or dead troops.

Staff Sergeant John Parker was on his tour of Afghanistan. When he was caught in a firefight, and he "Died", he ended up stuck in a new land of technicolor equines. Can he ever manage to get back home? Or will he forever be trapped in this cartoon-like world, in a completely different universe?

REWRITE IN PROGRESS. THERE WILL BE A MISSING CHAPTER HERE AND THERE. ONCE DONE, THEY WILL BE RE-POSTED.

Looking for a proper Cover-Art. Message me for details.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-04-25 22:58:11 UTC

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"NO!" Twilight screamed, just a bit too late.

I opened the fairly heavy oak door. As I started to walk outside, I saw plenty of ponies. I noticed the sky, with its perfect shade of blue. The air was clean, no humidity, no stickiness, just, a nice warm embrace. I was staring for a couple seconds too long, because as if rehearsed, they all looked at me at the same time. With their eye's widening to the size of dinner plates, and jaws dropping, I stood there in silence as an awkward feeling washed over me.

"Uhm... Hi?" I slowly say

I could see the fear in their eyes, all of them in a stance to run.

"MONSTER!!"

They all fled at speeds faster than you could imagine a pony could go, kicking up dirt in their wake. I'm not honestly surprised. If an alien just stepped out of a door where I was from, with clothing covered in blood to rival a slasher flick, panic would be expected. Staring dumbly at the chaos I just caused, “Wow, stereo fear”

"Parker???" Twilight asks

"I may have just... scared these ponies half to death." I chuckle

I walk back inside, only for my face to meet the cold, hard, wooden floor. "Son of a bitch!" I groan. I look behind me and found out that I tripped on a loose board of wood. I get up, and crack my neck to help remove the kinks from it. The loud pops made the girls cringe

Feeling a bit dejected, “I can understand panic, but that was a little much wouldn’t you say?”

Twilight's ear twitched lightly, as she looked to the door with a frown "Ugh, not this again."

"Not what again?" I pace around the hard oak library, looking at the spines of a few dusty books

"A couple of years ago, a zebra named Zecora came into town, and everyone fled and left her into the dust just because she was different." Twilight's expression turned sour

"Are you serious?" I shook my head and pinched the bridge of my nose is frustration

"And I can't believe Ponyville hasn't learned anything from Zecora!" Twilight put her hoof to her face.

"So, the town residents fear me because I'm a 6,4" Bipedal creature?" I start to chuckle "I can't get a fucking break from anyone, can I?" Glaring at the door.

"In a nutshell, yes." Twilight gazed to me, a saddened look plastered onto her face

"That's just great" I say under my breath.

"What was that?" Twilight gave me a questioning look

"Nothing."

"Oooookay, anyways, I can show you the history of Equestria if you want, and you girls don't have to stay if you don't want to."

"Okay" All but 1 said in unison

Fluttershy stood up, and being the timid pony she is, she squeaked when I looked over to her "Parker, just make sure you replace those bandages every day. I-If you don't mind... " Fluttershy tried to hide behind her mane, which made my heart melt.

"Will do Fluttershy, thank you."  I remember the aching pain in my shoulder, it feels like my arm is threatening to dislocate from it's socket every time I move it.

"*eep* I need to get home and feed my animal friends! Bye Twilight and Parker!" She said as she flew out of the doorway

I fail to suppress a grin and chuckle "Heh, anyways, you said something about history?"

Twilight sat on the couch and motioned for me to take a seat "Take a seat Parker, this'll take awhile..."

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5 hours... 5 straight fucking hours of history, and half of it I don't think I can actually believe it... 'Moving Celestial bodies' ... Sadly, It's not the craziest thing I've seen since I've been here... This is a mythological creature world, seriously. I landed in a fairy tale. My legs feel numb for sitting in this position for too long... Ugh - Twilight snapped me out of my thoughts

Twilight gazed to me and gave me a look like she'd won the lottery "So, what's your world like Parker?"

I scrunched my brow sheepishly "Uhm, I was actually wondering if we could wait till tomorrow for an explanation about that."

Her eyes looked to the floor in disappointment "Oh, alright."

I put a small smile on "Hey, it's okay, I'm just beat right now. I promise I can teach you about my world tomorrow."

She visibly brightened up at this statement.

Her grin could almost give Pinkies a run for her money. "Alright, that sounds fun Parker! Yay, I can't wait to hear about your world! *Squee*"

I jokingly rolled my eyes "I'm going to hit the hay, goodnight Twilight" I say

She sat up from the sofa and started for the staircase "Okay, goodnight Parker"

I take my shirt off and I - *Pompf*

I look around and see Twilight's wings out, and I see a massive blush on her face... The hell?

"Uhm, Twilight? What are you doing?"

She responded too quickly to not be suspicious. "Ehheh... N-Nothing... Goodnight!" Claimed Twilight as she ran up to her room.

That pony is a horrible liar. It's so damn easy to tell. "I'll ask her about that tommorow... Whatever." I mumbled before falling into the darkness of sleep

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I wake up, having the most peaceful night of sleep I have had for weeks. I smell the glorious smell of eggs cooking in the kitchen, so I put my shirt back on, and I get up, and head to the kitchen.

"Twilight?" I call out

"Woah! Who are you? Better yet, what are you?" A voice chimed at my feet, I look down to see a small purple and green lizard, fear in his eyes, probably of my height of 6,4"

"I'm Parker, I am a human. What's your name?"

"I'm Spike! I am a dragon... a baby dragon..." Spike claimed sadly

I couldn't help but pity him. He probably doesn't get to do as much as Twilight does. "A dragon? Nice to meet you Spike! Say, have you seen Twilight around?" I asked

"She is in the kitchen at the moment. Oh, and the Princesses are coming over in an hour!" Spike exclaimed

Still in my groggy state, I wipe my eyes "Oh that's nice.... WAIT WHAT?!? The Princesses are coming??"

The dragon covered his ears "Yeah! Calm down though, they are some of the kindest ponies in Equestria. You'll be fine!"

I scratch the back of my head due to the awkward situation "Alright, thanks, I need to talk to Twilight now though."

He rolls his eyes and shakes his head, laughing. "Okay, see you around Parker."

I waved "Bye Spike" I walked through the doorway into the kitchen to find Twilight cooking breakfast, and I walk up to her and say

"Need help?"

"AAH" She screamed, startled

I laugh a bit "Whoops, sorry Twilight."

"Oh, hey Parker, it's fine. How'd you sleep?" She took a glance, and then continued cooking

I pondered on the subject for a few moments before I answered. "Great, actually. It was the best nights sleep that I have had in weeks."

"That's good, I'm guessing Spike told you that the princesses are coming?" She looked at me, waiting for an answer

"Yeah, by the way, what was that thing your wings did last night?"

Her pupils dilated as she looked around nervously. She sighed, I could tell that she knew she wouldn't beable to get out of it this time. "I-It's what they call a.. well... a wing boner..." she claimed, sounding very close to Fluttershy

"Pfffft Bwuahahahaha.... Wait.. You're serious aren't you?" she nodded, ever apparent blush growing a deep crimson red "Oh.." I say, with the awkward situation unfolding.

"So, erm.. anyways..." she stammered

I try to find a way to break the awkward situation I put myself in. "By the way, Got a shower around?" I needed one anyways.

"Yes, to the left and down the hall. And by the way, leave your shirt in the hall, it's got some.. erm.. blood on it.." Twilight said, a little disgusted due to the amount of blood.

As I walk towards the hallway.  "Alright, I'll be out in 5 minutes"

I'm unable to suppress my thoughts any longer.

I hope that 'wing boner' doesn't mean what I think it does. I think about it a bit more before I shrug it off.

After leaving my shirt in the hall and washing myself, which in fact I was quite filthy. I had a seemingly endless amount of sand in my hair and all over my body. But after awhile I think I got it all out. I dry myself off and I changed my bandages. Only to walk out to see Twilight and 2 other alicorns, which means.. Oh shit. I don't even have a shirt... D-did she do this on purpose?!

I look around nervously before I give up. I can't delay the inevitable. "Uhm, hello there..."

"Hello Staff Sergeant John Parker." The white one, which is Princess Celestia from what Twilight told me, the other is Princess Luna

"No need for formalities, just call me Parker. Pleasure to meet you." I said "Sorry for the lack of a shirt... I was... well.. bleeding.. a lot."

"So I've heard, You saved Twilight and her friends from a pack of Timberwolves?" She said in a motherly voice

Dammit... What do I say? Ugh, brain. Help me the fuck out!

Nah, you're on your own.

Motherfucking traitor...

"I was just doing my duty Princess." I monotone

Good one, I hope I don't end up getting executed before this day ends.

She smiled "Please, call me Celestia. I'm ever so grateful for saving my little ponies."

My eyes go to the floor, I should just cut to the chase. "So... Celestia, I was wondering..." I meet her gaze "Am I able to go back to Earth?"

"Hmm, what were you doing before you came here?" She queries

I sighed, knowing I probably can't go back now. "Twilight? Care to play my memories once again?" I ask

She looked at me, and I could see the horrified look in her eyes "S-sure."

She played my memories once again, and it showed the .50 being cocked, to the firefight, and then me being blown up. I would have to say that the princesses looked absolutely horrified.

With her pupils dilated, she slowly answered my question "Oh my... I don't believe you can be sent back, you were killed on your planet."

"Oh.. So... I can never go back.. ever?" I ask, any hope I had was diminishing

"I'm afraid not, I'm very sorry. I can heal your shoulder and arm for you though." Celestia said

I feel the anger, and the sadness building within me, I had to get out of here, soon. "Okay, but I need to take a walk after this."

Her horn glowed as she healed my shoulder, which felt much better now. I rolled it around and it earned a few pops, which felt much better.

"Please excuse me for a couple of moments... I'll be back soon."

I take off, walking out of the library, then onto a jog. I didn't realize on how getting removed from my dimension would anger me so much. If I don't do something to try and remove it soon, I'll take it on on someone.. or in this case, somepony. I run over to a tree, and start punching the hell out of it, soon after I'm starting to leave blood. I continued punching anyways. I hear hoofsteps, and a gasp, which belonged to Twilight.

She looked at me in horror "You're bleeding, stop Parker!"

I glare at her "Twilight. I need to be alone. I can't take this out on anyone... Please leave me be."

She narrowed her eyes "No, I won't let you out here alone."

"You weren't the one plucked from your dimension to never return, Twilight." I growl

She knew she struck a nerve, so she backed away a bit. I just continued hammering on the tree, harder than before. I'm actually leaving dents in the tree. The trees here are more fragile than that of the ones on earth

I felt something wrapping around me, in an embrace... I look down to see Twilight hugging me. I instantly feel all my anger wash away. I decided to hug her back. It was about a minute later before the princesses came along and we broke the hug, smiling sheepishly.

Celestia looked at the tree and saw the blood on it, then looked at me, then my hand. "Parker.. What happened?"

"Well, I kinda took my anger out on this poor tree... This was the result..." I point to the tree and then to my other hand

She healed my hand for me, and then Princess Luna, for the first time, spoke up.

"So you were in a war?" Princess Luna asked

"Yes Princess, I was stationed in Afghanistan in my world. It's basically a desert.." I say

"Please, call me Luna." she giggled "Also, why wouldn't thou use swords?" Luna questioned

"You saw those loud things?" She nodded "Well, my world is much more advanced in technology, and using a sword is a potentially dangerous task. Using these is much more efficient, so to speak.

I pull my .44 and empty the ammunition into my hand, 2 rounds fired from the timberwolf accident.

"This is a gun, and this is it's ammunition." I say as I show them the .44 and the bullets " You may not think that this can't do damage, but it can, this is one of the most powerful handguns in my world."

"Hmm, how powerful is this gun?" Luna asked

" Well, it could probably go through me multiple times before stopping. It would practically rip me apart." I said

Luna shoots me a look as if to say 'I doubt it' at my description, more Luna than Celestia.

"I don't believe it could do that to be honest" Luna claimed

"I'll have to let you shoot it sometime" I chuckle

"I hope you don't intend on using these weapons of yours on my subjects." Celestia said with her unreadable Poker face

"I protect the innocent with my life, I wouldn't dare to hurt them." I say

She relaxed a bit "Good to hear, now, I heard from Twilight that Ponyville's residents are giving you some trouble?"

My face turned into a frown "Well, I opened the door and a couple of seconds later as if rehearsed, they looked at me and ran away."

"I'm sure I can fix that." Celestia said with a hint of authority, she looked up to me and smiled a bit

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We were in the town hall at the time and Celestia was going to introduce me to the town. This is what I could hear:

Citizens of Ponyville! Thank you for coming here on such a short notice. But anyways, on to why we are all here.

A new species has been discovered called a human. He isn't from this universe and is going to be staying in Ponyville for now. How about a warm welcome for Staff Sergeant John Parker?" Celestia said

I walk out on stage next to Celestia, and I see that they all have eyes the size of dinner plates currently. One starts to... stomp there hooves? I guess that's how they clap. They all start stomping and Celestia raised a hoof which then they all stopped. A couple looked at me with amazement. Others a hint of disgust, some just look like they can't give two shits, and 1 unicorn, was jumping up and down in pure excitement.

Hello, I'm Staff Sergeant John Parker, But, you can call me Parker if you want. But, I'm assuming that you all have questions for me?"

"How did you get here?" One said, now they are all silenced, awaiting my answer

I think about on how to give them the best answer "Uhm, well, how to put this lightly? I believe I died. Killed in action"

A series of gasps erupted from the crowd.

"How could you have died if you're right here?" Another asked

"Well, I was blown up, in a war, but some reason, I ended up here." I say. They look at me like they've never seen a w- Oh... yeah... I forgot these Equestrians haven't had a war in a long time.

Their jaws were dropped, some looked with saddened expressions, some with horrified or disgusted looks. I'm not surprised.

I jokingly roll my eyes "Calm down, I'm not going to hurt any of you.

Their expressions for the most part turned back to their smiles of seeming endless joy.

"Whats that metal thing on your hip?" one says. My eyes widen, and I freeze, and I look down, only to find my shiny .44 sitting in it's holster.

"I forgot I had this with me" I mumble "That's classified." I don't want to reveal that I have a deadly weapon that could slaughter everyone here. "I can do one more question for now."

That mint green unicorn rose her hoof with so much excitement, so I picked her. "What was your world like?"

I ponder on how I could answer this question, so, I just did. "Well, it was beautiful in some spots, but other spots were corrupted. A fraction of the people there were nice, and caring. But a lot would screw you over, money was a big thing that people fucked you over for. Hell, even some people will just walk right on by if your were getting the shit beat out of you. In other regards, the bad mainly overruled the good."

The mint green unicorn rose her hoof again "What kind of bad?"

"Let me list a few... How about the poverty, the crime, the hatred, the difference, the killing, the denial, the corruption, and the evil." I look to the ground and then the ocean blue sky.

Celestia looked at me sadly. Wow, I didn't expect your world to be like that, Parker.

"Sadly, it is. But, I'm not on that world, or apparently in that universe anymore, but anyways, that is all for now. Goodbye"

"Good point, I think I'll take my leave then. I have to get back to Canterlot- Oh, and here, you may need this." Celestia said "Goodbye Parker" She gave me a pouch of something, I open it up and see a bunch of coins which I'm going to guess is currency. It has a note attached, it says:

Here you go Parker, consider this a token of appreciation for saving my star pupil and her friends.

This is Equestrian currency, a total of 2500 bits. This should get you started in Ponyville. If you need anything else, you can easily contact me through Spike the Dragon. Enjoy!

-Princess Celestia

"Thank you Celestia." I look up, but she was already gone

I made a mental note to thank her for the bits

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I got lost on the way back to Twilight's place. I should have left with her, but I decided I wanted to look around town. I take a look into a store window, which is still open. And it looks like a music store. The music inside is making my ears ring, which is saying something. I walk in to find a white unicorn with a blue mane. As soon as she see's me she turns the ear splitting music down.

She looks at me with shock, then excitement "Heeey, you're that human guy! Parker right? I nod "I'm Vinyl Scratch, whatcha lookin' for?"

"Got an acoustic guitar?" I ask, with my ears still ringing.

"Yeah! I've got a couple around, follow me!" she says

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I eventually picked out an acoustic guitar, it's a nice deep blue color.

"How much for this one?" I ask

"500 bits, I'll cut it in half if you can play it."

I consider it, 250 bits doesn't seem too bad. "Challenge accepted."

After a moment of thinking for the right song, I find it. "I got a song"

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Divine intervention

So few and far between

Like lightning when it touches to the ground

Answer me the question

I'm ready to believe

I hold my breath before I let it out

The face we show

The one we hide

The hands we hold and leave behind

For all we lose

And all we find

Here while we live and while we die.

The wait for redemption

It gets heavy on the mind

And I burn my eyes out staring at the sun

At this intersection

We are looking for the signs

And up ahead these roads they bend to one

The ties we bind

The ones we break

The solid ground beneath us shakes

What it tears down and what it makes

And what we give is all we'll take

(To ride along the horizon

When these days are gone

It's what we become

As we ride along the horizon

When theses days are gone

It's what we become.)

The face we show

The one we hide

The hands we hold and leave behind

For all we lose

And all we find

Here while we live and while we die.

The ties we bind

The ones we break

The solid ground beneath us shakes

What it tears down and what it makes

And what we give is all we'll take.

Divine intervention

Hanging in the air we breathe

And I'll fill my lungs with all that they can hold

As for all the questions

We've got everything we need

To guide us now whichever way we go.

I looked over to her, and saw that her jaw was dropped.

I look around the shop, looking at the guitars and other musical equipment. "How was that?"

She gave me a look of amazement. "That... was... AWESOME!"

"Heh, I didn't know I could sing all that well." I laugh "So, how much for this and a guitar case?"

"250 for the guitar, 25 for a case." She said

"Hmm.. Alright, here you go, 275 bits." I said as I gave her the bits. She left and then returned soon after with a guitar case.

She gave me a small smile "Also, here, you may need some guitar picks."

I start to walk to the exit "Thank you Vinyl! I'll make sure to come back soon."

"No problem! Heeey, you should join me at the club one night, with skills like that!" She looks at me happily

"I can consider it." I wink

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After 15 minutes of walking, I find Twilight's house, lights are off. I walk in and can't see anything, just pitch black darkness. I find the lightswitch, and turn it on, only to find it empty, so I went to look for Twilight. As I climbed the rickety stairs up to her room, I saw her sitting down on her bed, looking a bit sad, mixed with anger, and fear. So I walked over to her and said:

"What's wrong Twilight?" I spoke with worry as I sat down next to her on this amazingly comfy bed

"Nothing..." She looked at me, and I could see all the emotions in her eyes

"Twilight, come on, what's wrong?" I persisted

"Nothing!" Her lying was horrible.

"Twilight, I can tell when someone is lying. Please... Don't lie to me..." I meet her gaze, only to see tears building up.

She sighed, and said:

"I heard Rarity went out looking for her little sister and friends, something about catching monsters. She hasn't come back yet, and it was an hour ago-" she said before I cut her off

This is something I've done before, a search and rescue, I take a look around her bedroom, a small shelf of personal books, a window, and a balcony. "Would you like me to help you find her?"

"You would do that for me?" She says happily

"Of course!" I say "Let me grab my gun, meet me outside." I told her

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I geared up and I went outside, only to find the rest of Twilight's friends minus Rarity. I lead the way, and I followed 3 small sets of hoofprints. We continue this until we hear:

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS MONSTER ESCAPERS GO!" I hear 3 voices shriek

"When we get out of here you are all in a lot of trouble!" Rarity shrieked

*ROAR*

I ready my M249 and the ponies come running out, along with.. The fuck.. That's.... a what the fuck is that?

"A manticore!" They all screech, I look back to see horrified looks on their faces, mixed with a whole lot of fear;

"Oh.. great. A mother fuckin' manticore, straight out of the legends... Like everything else in this eye murdering colorful world! "Hey, asshole! Over here!" I say as I step forward. The thing charges at me with a murderous look in its eyes. The kind I've seen in my enemies before they were killed. So I fired.

'RATATATAT' The light machine gun barked, but it got to me before I could do real damage. It slashed my chest, and I could feel the warm crimson liquid gush out of me, running down my stomach. I grab my gun once more and fire.

'RATATATATATA' Which, only some hit the cat. Mainly in the legs. I decided to to grab a frag off of my vest.

"Girls, RUN, now, what I'm about to do is going to be very dangerous, just fucking RUN!" I yell

"He's being s-serious, run!" Twilight said. Which they did

I pulled the safety pin, removed the handle, and I chucked it and limped away.

*BOOM*

I look back, and I took a moment of victory, the cat was over there, over there, and up there. Basically a mangled mixture of flesh, blood and bones. I allow a smirk. Until I was swiftly brought back to reality "Argh!" I wince, in serious pain. With my vision blackening due to blood loss, I drop to my knees.

"Parker!" I hear the girls yell

I look over to them "Are they okay? The kids?"

"Yes, they're fine." Twilight says, starting to tear up. Girls, we need to get him to the hospital, now!

I was levitated up by Twilight and she took flight, towards Ponyville. I'm trying to not pass out, but with my current situation it's proving more difficult with every passing second. I push through it, but I know I won't last much longer If I don't get to a hospital soon.

"Parker, are you still awake?" She glanced back at me

"N-Not for long I don't think"

"You can't die! And I won't let you!" Twilight screamed, going much faster than before. "Stay awake!" Now her tears are flowing freely, I didn't know she cared so much for me.

"I'll be fine-" Is all I said before I coughed up a lot of blood. "I-It'll take more than that to kill me...." I chuckle, earning more painful coughs "H-he got me pretty good, I'll say that." With that, the darkness in my vision is slowly consuming everything.

"We're almost there, You better stay with me Parker! Because If you die, I will bring you back to life and kill you! She threatened

"H-How much farther? I can't hold this up much lon-"

"We're here!" Twilight says to me. "Get him in a room. Hurry!"

I was fighting a losing battle with consciousness, 4 lives are better than one, human or pony. As I pass out I hear a doctor say: "We're losing him, shock him!" With that, and a crying Twilight, I pass out.

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Twilight's POV

I saw him pass out, and the doctors are losing him... My tears are flowing freely. I may have only known him a couple of days, but I consider him to be a close friend; A friend I don't want to lose. *BRZZT* The zap startled me, I look over to find that they zapped him. I mentally browse my spell list, before coming on a small healing spell. It won't heal to quickly, but it's better than nothing.

I walk over to where the doctors are helping Parker. I charge my horn up with the healing spell, and I release it. A steady stream of purple magic flowed into him as his wounds from the manticore start to slowly mend together. The bleeding stopped almost immediately.

Approximately thirty six minutes after I started the spell, his wounds closed completely. But, he was still unconscious. I took a seat, and just waited for him to wake up. It felt like hours. Soon after the rest of the gang comes in. Rainbow, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy. We watched in silence, other than the shallow breathing of Parker. Rarity broke the silence.

She looked towards me with a depressed expression "What did the doctors say Twilight?"

I look to the white tile floor, to Parker, then back to Rarity. "They are not sure, which is why I'm so worried... Anything could happen!" With that said, I look to the floor as a tear dripped from my face, and hit the tiles. "I could've helped stop the manticore, but I just stood there... I -

"He's waking up!" Pinkie got into my face and startled me. I look to Parker, and sure enough, he was starting to awake.

"Am I dead?" He groaned as he looked around and his eyes landed on us. "That's good at least, heh." He tried to stand, but he immediately sat back down, he did lose a lot of blood...

He looked at me, wide eyed. He looks down to his chest; only to find it fully healed. "Hey... How long was I out?! How am I fully healed?"

I giggle, I haven't told him much about magic... hmm... "You were out for a year Parker! We're so glad you're awake though!" The girls look at me, and then laugh.

His expression soured, glaring, he lays back down, and points one of his fingers, pointing up and towards us. "Bullshit, How long was I actually out?" He glares at me, albeit jokingly.

I jokingly stick my tongue out at him, "Only a couple of hours, calm down, I used a healing spell on you. But I can't put your blood inside of your body, and you've lost a lot. So you will have to stay here," I paused, "You should have been unconscious for longer... I'm curious if my spell did that, I'll have to look at it again."

He looks to each one of us. He rose a brow "Where is my -" He was cut off by 3 mares hugging him. They just couldn't hold back any longer. With eyes of gratitude, Rarity, Applejack, and even Rainbow surprisingly hugged Parker, and, if he was standing, he would have been tackled.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" They wept. He looked over to us with confusion and mouthed 'Help me'.

"Ahem, girls..." They look at me and smile sheepishly.

"What's up with the sudden hugging?" Parker looks to each of the mares

"You saved our sisters and me darling!" Rarity exclaimed

"It's what I was trained to do. But usually I don't have to deal with a fucking manticore," With a pause, he shook his head in disbelief before continuing, "But as I was saying, where is my uniform at?" He glances around the room before stopping at a corner. Only to see his uniform, half torn up. He sighed.

I glace over to the corner, and pick it up with my magic. I levitate it over to him, which he then grabs and reaches into a pocket, pulling out this black and silver item which gleamed in the sunlight streaming through the window. "Parker, what is that?"

"My I-Pod. I don't want to be bored, now do I?" He presses a button on the 'I-Pod' and it lights up. He moves a finger across the device and he taps a few times.

Rainbow just looked at him, like he's gone bonkers. "How could that be entertaining? It's a piece of metal..."

He glared at her, then smirked. "It's called human technology. I have tons of songs on this thing, and you can also play games, watch movies, etc."

Rainbow scoffed "Ha! I doubt that."

"Oh really? How about a demonstration then?" He smirked, and tapped it a bit more. He played this...

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Fall

Now the dark begins to rise

Save your breath, it's far from over

Leave the lost and dead behind

Now's your chance to run for cover

I don't wanna change the world

I just wanna leave it colder

Light the fuse and burn it up

Take the path that leads to nowhere

All is lost again

But I'm not giving in

I will not bow

I will not break

I will shut the world away

I will not fall

I will not fade

I will take your breath away

Fall

Watch the end through dying eyes

Now the dark is taking over

Show me where forever dies

Take the fall and run to Heaven

All is lost again

But I'm not giving in

I will not bow

I will not break

I will shut the world away

I will not fall

I will not fade

I will take your breath away

And I'll survive, paranoid

I have lost the will to change

And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate

I will shut the world away

I will not bow

I will not break

I will shut the world away

I will not fall

I will not fade

I will take your breath away

And I'll survive; paranoid

I have lost the will to change

And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fate

I will shut the world away

We just looked at him in disbelief. We don't have music quite like that, we have things like Vinyl's music... But nothing like that. "Oh, that band is called Breaking Benjamin, one of my favorites."  He caught on to our expressions and put another song on. "This is a slightly calmer song."

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Another day in this carnival of souls

Another night's sands end as quickly as it goes

The memories are shadows; ink on the page

And I can't seem to find my way home

And it's almost like

Your heaven's trying everything

Your heaven's trying everything

To keep me out

All the places I've been and things I've seen

A million stories that made up a million shattered dreams

The faces of people I'll never see again

And I can't seem to find my way home

Cause it's almost like

Your heaven's trying everything

To break me down

Cause it's almost like

Your heaven's trying everything

To keep me out

Cause it's almost like

Your heaven's trying everything

To break me down

Cause it's almost like

Your heaven's trying everything

Your heaven's trying everything

To break me down

To break me down

To break me down

Your heavens trying everything

Your heavens trying everything

To break me... down

He individually looks to all of us, and chuckles. "Is that good enough Rainbow?" He looks to her, and she just nods. "That... was... SO AWESOME! Rainbow squealed.

Parker POV

Since they've never heard this type of music, they just look at me with amazed expressions. Except Pinkie... She is just sporting that face-splitting grin. I couldn't help but smirk once again. "What's your opinion on the music?" Surprisingly, even Fluttershy and Rarity nodded in approval. Twilight broke the silence

"Come on girls, he needs his rest." Was all she said before the girls scurried out of the room. "Awww..." Pinkie said. Twilight walked up to me, and said,

"Parker, I'm glad you're okay. Thank you... for saving my friend and their sisters, again. I'm going to try to visit you every day. Oh, and the doctors said you can be out in a week, minimum."

I groaned, I'm not going to be looking forward to this long week. "Alright, thank you Twilight. Oh, by the way... Were you crying?" She looked away, sheepishly

Twilight looked back to me, blushing. "Yes, Parker, I was... even though you were here for only a few days, I consider you a good friend. She walks over and gives me a hug, which I return. "Thank you for saving me Twilight."

She broke the hug and had a smile on my face "I still owe you one Parker, I'll be back later."

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A day after the incident

I was lying in my bed, and it was 12:23 PM according to my I-Pod, which I think the time is different around here, due to Celestia actually moving the sun and whatnot. But I just want out, I can't be confined to this bed for the entire week. Twilight is coming to visit me soon I imagine.

I wait for what seems like hours, but it was actually 20 minutes when Twilight finally entered my room. I look over to her, only to find a lot of parchment, quills, and ink wells. I forgot that I had promised to teach her about my world. She assorts her stuff as neatly as possible, Smiling like a certain Pink pony. And then asks me about it.

"So, are you ready to teach me about your world?" She just looks at me, with pure excitement.

"Honestly, I don't even care. Anything to keep from starting at a white wall all day. I'll tell you about my world."

She levitated a quill and dipped it in one of the inkwells, then levitated up a piece of parchment. She finally asked the first question, "What was your home and family like?"

"I... would rather not talk about that, maybe some other time, but not now." I glance to the wall next to me, then back back to Twilight

Twilight had raised an eyebrow before she understood that I didn't want to speak about it "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude." She looked at me "It's fine Twilight, you didn't mean to, How about I teach you about my worlds history?"

She perked up immediately at this statement. "Alright! Sounds fun!"

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Awhile later, I finished telling her about my world, and its history. All I saw was a couple of empty inkwells, broken quills, a lot of parchment filled, and a very tired Twilight. Visiting hours are over soon, so we finished for now.

Twilight gathered her new information and supplies "Thank you Parker, I'll see you again tomorrow. I can only imagine how boring it can be sitting there doing nothing."

"Oh well, anyways, thank you for keeping me company. I just hope I can get out of here soon. I hate being confined to a bed 24/7." I glance to Twilight, she had a small frown on.

"It's okay, the girls and I are going to stop by tomorrow, as three other guests you didn't officially meet yet. We'll be here around 3:00 PM." Twilight looked at me, with a renewed smile, before she left the room I was in.

I was wondering what she could be talking about, before I noticed I was getting fairly tired, my last thought of the evening was, I'm so going to run 10 fucking miles when I get out of this place. And, I'm so going to run 10 fucking miles when I get out of this place.Which I smirked to, before drifting off into sleeps embrace.

Twilight POV

I left the hospital, and I was walking home. My mind raced with one particular unanswered question. 'What was your family like?' I'm going to get that out of him, one way or the other. But for now, I need to get some sleep, but before I do that I have to send Celestia a letter about what happened. So I focus my energy into my horn, and I teleport myself to the library. I took one of my unbroken quills, a half empty ink well, and an unused piece of parchment and I started to write.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I am reluctant to say, that our human friend, Parker, had a serious injury while protecting 4 ponies from a manticore. He had saved the 4 ponies, 3 of which were fillies, Scootaloo, Applebloom, And Sweetie Belle. Along with my best friend Rarity, who went in the Everfree forest looking for the fillies. No ponies were harmed. But for Parker it was a different story. He had deep lacerations to the abdominal and chest area. He is currently stable at Ponyville's emergency center. I had healed his current wounds, but the doctors said he had to stay there and recover for a week at least, due to blood loss.. I am really worried about him.

Yours truly, Princess Twilight Sparkle

I charged my horn up once more, and sent the scroll to Princess Celestia. After a long day, I finally walked upstairs, where I plopped onto the bed, exhausted. I pulled the warm comforter over me, and I gently descend into the embrace of sleep.

Rainbow POV

I was at home, in my bed, restless. I was just thinking of what happened the other night with Parker... And how he just risked himself for 4 ponies he barely knew. That was not the only thing invading my mind, the explosion, the scattered parts of mangled flesh and bones of the manticore... I can't get them out of my head. I also need to talk to Scootaloo about going into a certain forest, and being chased by a certain animal, and having to be saved by a certain human, who almost died.

Rarity POV

"Ugh, sometimes.. What am I to do with you Sweetie Belle? You nearly got yourself, and Parker killed!

"You mean that monster guy?" She squeaked

"Sweetie Belle! He saved us! How could you even think of calling him a monster?!"

The filly looked down at the ground in shame. She just called the one who saved them a monster.

"Not only that, but he was almost dead when he got to the hospital! Darling, what do you have to say to yourself?"

Sweetie belle looked to to her sister, and started to apologize. "I'm s-sorry, I didn't realize..." With tears brimming, now Rarity knew it was her time to apologize to her little sister

"I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have been so harsh... He just threw himself in front of us to protect us..."

Sweetie belle looked to her bigger sister, and their gazes met Sweetie Belle embraced her sister in a hug, which Rarity returned.

Applejack POV

I was scoldin' Applebloom for going into the Everfree. Ah' told her to never go in to that musky ol' forest. Now jus' look at the consequences! Parker almost had gotten killed defendin' us. After ah' scolded her, and grounded her. Ah' told her to go to bed. Then I headed in to mah' bed. Ah' continued to think about how everything went down with the manticore an' all... It scared me to death! Just thinkin' about what could've happened to AppleBloom... ah' jus' don't want her to get hurt or anythin'...

Pinkie POV

OhmygodIneedtoplanParker'spartystillbuthe'sinthehospitalnowhowcanidoanything?!

There was too much commotion in Pinkie Pie's head, that's all I could get.

Fluttershy POV

I just hope Parker is okay... He is so nice... And brave. He helped us without caring about is own well being. Although that he k-killed that manticore, he did it to save us. I'll have to thank him... For saving us that is.

Parker POV

I awoke fairly early in the morning, or so I thought. I glance around; Still in a hospital, in an alien world. I'm not exactly happy with this whole hospital business. I take a look at my IPod, It's ... 1:12 PM? But... Oh, the blinds are closed. I open them, and rays from the sun start shining in. I noticed that I'm pretty hungry, so I hit the buzzer and a nurse comes in. I asked her about lunch and she would bring it in soon.

I had eaten lunch, which was a salad, carrots and apple juice. Man, do I miss meat. Even if it was the M.R.E. stuff, I wish here was some way to get some. I look around a bit, before checking the time on my IPod. "2:25 PM." I mumble. It felt like an eternity later, but I heard a lot of hoof steps in the hallway outside of my door. I lift my head up a bit, and then the door opened and the girls entered, along with the three fillies I saw in the forest.

"Hey Parker" All the girls said at once. They looked at each other and laughed

"Hey girls, how are things? I ask them

"Everything is fine, nothing bad has happened recently, and-" Twilight was cut off

"Oh yeah! The Princesses are coming!" Rainbow exclaimed

"Actually, Rainbow Dash, we are already here," A motherly voice came from the doorway. "Teleporting is much quicker than a chariot."

The girls and three fillies looked towards the doorway, only to spot Celestia and Luna standing in the doorway. The ponies all bowed, I waved.

"Hey, Princess Celestia, Hello Princess Luna." I say.

"Parker, I've already told you to call me Celestia," She giggled "Anyhow, I heard about what happened, and I would like to hear about it from you directly."

"Are you sure? It's a long story..." She nodded, "Well, I was walking to the library, and when I walked in, and found Twilight upset. I had asked her what was wrong. Twilight told me how Rarity had went into the Everfree to look for her sister and their friends. I gathered my gear up, and headed out of the door. Once we had gotten to the forest, these 3 fillies had come charging out with Rarity behind them, and behind her was a manticore. I had started to shoot it, but I forgot to deploy the bi-pod on my M249. The recoil from the rifle was too much, and I ended up missing a lot. It hit me in the chest, along with my stomach, and I had just forgotten about my rifle and I decided to use one of my M67 frag grenades. It blew the manticore up, killing it. I collapsed, and Twilight here flew me to the hospital."

Celestia looked like she was thinking about something. She has one hell of a Poker face. Luna just sat there, jaw wide open.

Celestia looked at me with a brow raised. "Parker, could I speak to you privately for a moment?"

"Sure-" Was all I got to say before a flash of light engulfed my vision, blinding me momentarily. We land in Twilight's library. I fall over due to nausea, stiffness, and considering the lack of blood, I would have fallen over anyhow. My face connected with oak, which stung to no end. I attempted to stand, and managed,

"Are you okay Parker?" Celestia asked me, with a sheepish smile on her face.

"Yes, it wasn't my first time being teleported." I get up off of the oak floor.

Celestia suddenly went very serious. "Well, anyways, I wanted to ask you about a job offer. It seems, that, in the past few years, a lot of things have been happening around Ponyville. Such as Discord, for one example. I, would like to know if you wanted to be a bodyguard for my little ponies. You would get paid every week, 250 bits a week, and you get your own squad of my elite day guards. As again, I ask you this because with the recent commotion, which always seems to be getting worse by the day. Do you accept this offer?

I think about it before deciding. "Hmm, ah hell, why not? I don't have a job currently, and I hate mooching off of people, or ponies in this case. I'll do it."

"Splendid, lets get you back to the hospital though, you still need to rest," She looked at me with worry.

"Dammit, I don't want to go back to that place," I fake pout.

She giggled, "Sorry, you have to," She sticks her tongue out at me jokingly. Troll.

"Okay, I'm ready to faceplant." I say to Celestia, to which she giggles. She charges her horn, which glows a radiant yellow. Bracing myself, I-

*FLASH*

*Thump*

Chapter 3

*FLASH*

*Thump*

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A few days later

It has been a few days since I had accepted Celestia's 'job'. Honestly, before I did anything, I'm going for a nice long run after I'm allowed out of this place. I had ran out of things to do. I'm trying to spare my IPod's battery, I've counted every ceiling tile, (There are 42 tiles by the way.) Basically, the only fun I get is when Twilight or her friends come and visit, and the occasional nurse or doctor. I only have tomorrow, just until two, and I can get out of here. I'm ecstatic about that.

Yesterday

"Huh? What do you mean you can't come tomorrow?" I asked with poorly hidden disappointment.

Twilight looked at me with a small frown, "Tomorrow, Spike and I have to re-organize the library."

With a sigh, I rested my head down, dreading the next day. I suppose I could understand it, they have things to do. Also, it wouldn't be fair for me to demand they come and visit me.

"Alright, I suppose..."

Present day

With a sigh, I did the one thing that I could at the time. I closed my eyes, and tried to drift into a small slumber.

No luck.

Muttering a small curse, I tried to get a bit more comfortable, to no avail. That was practically impossible with these beds, but, they were admittedly better than the arrangements than what I was used to. Shifting and turning an awful lot, I finally got a bit more comfortable, and drifted into a light sleep.

I was hiding behind a wall. Gunfire streaked past the corner of said wall. Looking over, I saw a few Marines with their backs turned to me. It felt hot, and it looked like it was midday. The gunfire was never ending; as if they had someone shoot while another reloads, and when that person who was shooting runs out and the other continues. It was like there was a hundred soldiers firing at one position. Looking over once more, I tapped one of the turned Marine's shoulder. He looked over in question, only to realize, his face...

It was so familiar.

The one person I always could count on.

My brother. My motherfucking brother.

I gasped when I saw his face. It was forever since I've seen him. So, I did the one thing that popped into my mind right then and there. I grabbed him, and gave him the manliest hug ever.

"Gah! Too tight! Need air!" He wheezed. Oops...

"Sorry," I looked to him as he gasped for air dramatically. "You're a drama king."

"Ah, fuck you," He said in that brotherly type of way.

Shaking my head, I motioned to the nonstop rain of bullets, "What're we going to do about that?"

"We were working on that. We're going to give suppressing fire. Now, if that doesn't work out as planned, we're going to take a back alleyway and flank them," He explained.

"Sounds good." He motioned to me and another Marine to follow him. My brother's name is Scott, and he was two years and three months older than I. I myself am twenty-three, and I enlisted at eighteen. We came up to a waist high wall and crouched behind it.

A few cracks of gunfire boomed in the distance. Lifting my SAW up, I started firing in their general area. I unloaded a two hundred round belt into their vicinity. The recoil of the large, bulky weapon shook me, but I shrugged it off. Soon enough, my weapon made an audible 'clicking' sound, indicating that it ran out of ammunition. I placed my gun down against the wall, bi-pod extended to keep the muzzle from digging into the ground. I went and took out another box of two hundred, and I placed the old box back onto my chest. Reloading the weapon, I fed the belt into the rifle, and closed it. I pulled back the charging handle, and started sending bursts back into the previous area.

The enemies gunfire still boomed in the distance.

"What the fuck?!" I yelled out in an annoyed manner. I sent a few more bullets in their surrounding area.

Their gunfire still echoed.

"This isn't working as planned!" I looked over to my older brother, "We'll run out of ammunition as this rate. Plan B?"

"Yeah. I saw a great alleyway over there," He pointed to an opening between two buildings which were spotted with old bullet holes. It was about twenty meters away. "We can take that there, and it'll give us a great position to flank them."

"Alright. I'm going to provide suppressing fire as we run," He did a silent nod, before inching to the edge of the short wall. He looked to me and the other Marine in confirmation. He took off in a jog, which I followed behind. Albeit at a slower pace to keep my rifle steady. I was firing near the enemy position. Sadly, for me, I was a big target. I ended up taking a round to my chest, but the Kevlar stopped the round from penetrating. It didn't stop the wind being forcefully taken from my lungs, or the inevitable large bruise to show up. I grunted, but for some reason, I didn't feel next to no pain. It felt as it was there, but it wasn't.

"I'm hit! I'm hit!" I wheezed as I regained my breath. I then felt a set of eyes watching me, but then that feeling soon disappeared. Little did I know, is that a certain dream walking pony was watching this entire thing from the start.

A loud crack of a sniper rifle echoed in the distance. My eyes widened. I thought I was in the scopes of a Russian issued Mosin Nagant. Although sometimes a bit uncommon for a taliban to have, they manage to get them. They are spot on rifles, and that tends to scare me a bit. All you need is either a good shot or a lucky shot.

I ran to where my brother was. Turning a corner, I see him down on the ground, grasping at a wound in his leg. The Marine next to him was calling in reinforcements. Shocked at the sight, I manage to quickly make my way over to his side. I took a piece of cloth I had and wrapped it tight around the wound, causing the bleeding to slow. I drug him into cover, only to actually notice where the bullet hit.

"No... no no No NO NO NO NO!" The sniper round hit his leg, yeah. But it hit the Femoral artery. There wouldn't be enough time... I looked away, and when I looked back, he was gone. Vanished into thin air. The other Marine was gone too. The gunfire that was echoing in the distance stopped, static.

I looked around in confusion, regret, guilt, and anger. I screamed out. And then I woke up.

Twilight's POV,

"Well, it looks like we're done a bit earlier this time, Spike!" I said to the irate dragon.

"Well, this time, we didn't organize the books fifty different ways, and restart again." He grumbled, exhausted.

I rolled my eyes, "You're exaggerating, it was only forty three times last week." He put a claw up to his forehead, effectively dragging his palm down across his face.

I giggled, "Hmm, how about you go take a nap? It's the least you deserve." I said, ruffling his spiky head.

Spike brightened up, and climbed upstairs quickly. But not before muttering a quick thanks. I considered going to the hospital to see Parker for a bit if we got done early. We rarely do, so this is good. With that, I trotted out of the library and to the direction of the hospital.

Some time later.

I had arrived at the hospital, and I went down the hall towards Parker's room. A scream then pierced the rather silent hospital. I recognized the scream as Parker's. My eyes widened. My movement turned from a trot to a fast jogging pace. His room approached, and as it did, so did the... sobbing?

I burst into his room. He was stumbling around the room like a crazy pony.

"Scott! Where the fuck did you go?! No no no NO!" He fell over onto the ground, sobbing. I made attempts to comfort him, but when I put my hoof on his shoulder, he grabbed me, spun me around, and slammed me onto the ground. I grunted at the pain, and then I really felt it. I was scared for my life at this point. Instinctively, my horn started to glow.

"I'm going to kill you, you fucking taliban bastard!" He roared, "You killed my motherfucking brother!"

"Parker! Stop! What are you doing? What are you even talking about?!" I was going to settle on pure energy... I don't want to do this, but I may need to...

Right before he went to grab me, he snapped out of it. "What?" He looked down at me, and he noticed I was shaking in fear.

"Oh my god... Twilight, what did I do?" He went to help me up, and I released a breath I didn't even know I was holding.

"I heard a crash from your room, yelling, and sobbing. I entered and you fell to the floor, sobbing about someone named 'Scott,'" He paled at the mentioning of that name, "and when I went to comfort you, you flipped me over and smashed me into the floor..."

He put his hands on his head in shame, "I'm so sorry... It's just... The things I've experienced do that to me..." He looked at me, with a lone tear running down his face. "I'm not expected to be forgiven, but... Well, I feel as if I owe you a favor, to pay you back for what I did.."

"Hey, it's fine. I'm not sure on what you've gone through, but I'm fairly sure it was pretty bad." I explained.

He smiled at me, and then did something I didn't expect. He hugged me.

Some more time later.

Finally, the time has come. Twilight is checking me out of this damned place now. Despite what just happened about twenty minutes ago, she was fine... I still feel like a dick. She's been nothing but nice to me and I slammed her down belly up on hard, cold tiling... Banishing the thoughts from my head, I get up, and changed into what was left of my gear. Basically, just the pants. Feeling slightly disappointed in the condition of the thing. I picked it up, gazing solemnly at it. It could be fixed, possibly. I just held the top part; It wouldn't help anyhow. I heard the clip-clops of hooves coming this way down the hall. Looking up, happy at the prospect of leaving this building. I peek out the door, only to see Twilight about five meters away. She waved with a small smile. Grinning, I walked out.

"Hey, Twilight, I'll be back in an hour!" I laugh gloriously.

"Wha- Where are you going?"

"I don't know, somewhere! Gotta run! See you later!" I jogged past her, glancing back to see a confused look on her face. She facepalm- facehoofed? I have no idea.

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I ran through the market, the town square, jumped over a wall, nearly slammed into a pony I've never seen before. That was just some of the events. I ran by Rainbow Dash, who was confused, shrugged, and gave chase. You know what? You wouldn't ever see this type of scene anywhere. A rainbow-maned, cyan pegasus giving chase after a jogging human who is ecstatic. Odd picture, right?

I took a sharp right, bounded over a small wall, only to meet a dead end. Panting, I turn around to see Dash, coming at me full force. She attempts to pull up, and successfully does at the speed she's going. Doing a semi back flip, she landed on her hooves and looked at me confused, and competitively.

"Hello, Rainbow," I smirk, running in the direction of Twilight's library. I sprinted, slowing down slightly to look back and not trip. I saw her, once again, giving chase, "Doesn't give up easy, does she?" I see Twilight's abode, a half a mile away. I put an extra boost in my run. I look back, and I can tell she isn't even trying. In about thirty seconds, I reached the door of the library, opened and closed it. I heard a screeching sound, like a car's tires type of screech.

"Take that, Dash." I chuckle, before turning around, facing the dark room, 'What the hell...?" The lights turn on.

"Surprise!" Said a small mass of ponies. Startled and acting on instinct, I reach for my .44, and yank it out of the holster.

A voice to the side of me speaks at an almost incomprehensible blob of words.

"Do you like the party?! Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh?" I shrink back at the word 'party'. Looking around, I notice the colossal mass of ponies. I turn around, bashing my boot into the door, sending it off of it's hinges, and take off.

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"F-fuck that..." I mutter, panting from the sprint. I heard a couple things about Pinkie, saying she would throw a welcoming party to anyone who moved or joined Ponyville in any other means. I didn't actually take that seriously. I thought Twilight was joking when she said something about it. I was never a social person, I can deal with maybe ten people, maximum. There had to be at least fifty or sixty ponies there. It was cold outside, and, if my iPod is correct, it's only six. Something tells me it's a late winter... I can't stay out here long. If this world is any the same as my own, then it gets really cold at nighttime, and I don't have a shirt on. Muttering a curse, I start the inevitable trek back to the library. I think I have to fix that door...

I get to the library a few minutes later. Peering in, I noticed nobody's left, except the first six I met. They were speaking softly, as if disappointed. Even Pinkie was sad... her mane was, deflated?  Sighing, I looked to the door, which lay four feet from it's original position. I picked it up, and, on the outside, put it back into the place it was at. It was like my boot had never had that pleasant conversation with the door earlier..

I heard a singular set of hooves coming to the standing, unhinged door. I expected Twilight. A hoof pushed at the oaken door, and it fell over. It was not Twilight, rather, it was Rainbow. She looked at me with a mixture of disappointment, anger, and annoyance.

"What do you want?" She half-glared at me.

"Er, to apologize? I would like to explain myself before you throw me out of the town or some shit."

She looked at me once over, "Fine." She said, before she let me walk in the library.

They looked at me expectantly, "Where do I start?"

"Well, I'm sure you could start on why you flipped out and kicked Twilight's door off its hinges." Rainbow spoke, to which I glared too.

"Okay, fine. To make it brief, I thought Twilight was joking when she mentioned a party. I don't mind parties, I just don't like dealing with more than ten people, or ponies, at once. I already did it enough as a Marine. I wasn't normally too social. I avoided what situations I could, and had to deal with the ones I couldn't. I don't like being the center of attention, and being in a world with mutli-colored ponies doesn't help when I'm a human. I won't say why now, that's something I'll reserve for when I think it should be said. But honestly? I don't care. I'm not sorry about the door being broken down, mistakes happen. Because, God fucking forbid if I show an emotion other than happiness or joy! I understand you were trying to surprise me-- Trust me, you did-- but, in all honesty, you have no fucking idea what I have gone through in the past week! I was plucked out of my own damn dimension or universe- Whatever it was! Do you realize how much shit is on my damn plate right now? I'm the only fucking human being on this damned planet! Do you know how alone that makes one feel? Really. Fucking. Alone. Everything I ever knew, anyone I have ever loved; Taken away just like that, with no remorse. But no! You wouldn't understand that! Because all your lives are just so damn perfect! All this stupid shit, and you," I pointed to Rainbow, "Try to yell at me for booting down a door for being nervous? Well, I have one thing to say to you, Little Ms. perfect, Fuck you!" I heaved in anger, they just looked at where I used to be, jaw dropped, eyes pinpricked. I scoffed at them. I'm not sure why I ranted like that, but I need to get my anger physically under control.

I never really meant it to Twilight, given the fact that she was probably the only one who gave a shit about me here.

I went to 'my' room, gathered my various-- (Albeit it being a small amount.) -- items. Finally, I picked up my M249. I walked out into the main room, past the group of ponies, and out the doorway. I took the door that belonged to the library, and, leaned it up against the tree. Glaring back once more to the group of equines, I took my leave.

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Twilight's POV

I.. I just...

'I'm the only fucking human being on this damned planet! Do you know how alone that makes one feel?'

I knew he felt... alone... but not that much...

'Really. Fucking. Alone.'

Even if he came here by an accident...

'Everything I ever knew, anyone I have ever loved; Taken away just like that, with no remorse.'

What he said kept replaying in my mind...

And there was one question of my own...

"What did we do wrong...?" I whispered.