Chapters [Sector three// AKA: New York city // operation: The hammer of god // Delta 1// Sargent Jacob.s]
I awoke to the sound of gunfire, and explosions from the distance, and looked around the transport and saw my team gearing up. I sighed, and picked up my Rifle, and placed my helmet onto my head. My hud lit up showing my life signals, and mission updates. I looked over to my squad, and stood up. "Alright boys listen up, today we take back New York city, and take out any rebels that remain in the city. I also just got updates from command saying that the rebels have stolen a huge amount of weapons, and supplies from outpost four. So watch your asses, they have better firepower now, and they might be a challenge. We are to dismount from the convoy, and move through the city, and punch straight into the defenses around the city hall. Once we take the city hall, we are to contact command, and dig in." I said. I looked around my team, and noticed that they looked down. And I knew why. I sighed, and continued. "I know we're still not over the rookies death, but we need to stay focused. John knew what he was doing, and if he didn't do what he did, then we all be dead. So lets honor his memory, and kill every one of these fucking rebels, and end this damn war!" I shouted. All of Delta team rose from their seats, and raised their weapons. "FOR JOHN!"
"FOR JOHN!"
I smiled under my helmet, and put a fresh magazine into my rifle. Soon, a large explosion erupted, and the transport was flipped onto it's side. I landed hard against the armored wall, but quickly recovered, and went for the doors. I looked back to my squad, and motioned them to move. "Lets move it people!" I shouted, and kicked open the door. As soon as I did, bullets zipped by, and explosions sent rubble flying. I quickly made my way out of the transport, and dashed for the nearest cover. Soon my team made their way to me, and we regrouped. I peeked out of my cover, and scanned the roof with my hud. I spotted a team of A-T rebels firing rockets down at the streets, and destroyed a armored truck. "Rick, Jack, I want you to suppress the RPG fuckers on the roof at the south east, and Tim, Eddy, I want you to move up the street, and assist Echo 2!" They all answered with "Yes sir!" and jumped right into their objectives. I moved along the edge of the street and fired up at the roofs killing several rebels, but soon I was cut off by rapid gunfire from my left. I ducked into cover and peeked over the edge of my cover. I saw a small nest of rebels firing a 50. Cal from a destroyed building. 'Fuck, how am I going to kill those fuckers!?' I looked over to Rick and jack, and a plan formed in my head. "Rick, Jack, there's a rebel 50. Cal nest on the south end of the street. Put some fire on them while I move to the south east to flank them.!" I yelled over the radio.
*Roger that!*
Soon Rick and Jack moved to a firing position, and begun to put some suppressive fire on the nest. The 50. Cal soon turned his attention to Rick and Jack, and I made my move. I jumped over destroyed cars, and torn apart bodies, and jumped up onto a destroyed armored truck. I pulled out a grenade, and threw it into the nest. The 50.cal stopped firing, and the sound of gunfire was replaced with yelling, and screaming. Soon the entire nest was engulfed in fire, and screaming rebels came crawling out, covered in fire, and begging to be shot. Rick and Jack granted that wish as they let loose a storm of led into the group of suffering rebels. Once they were all dead, Rick and Jack looked over to me, and gave a thumbs up. I was about to say something, but I was cut off by more intense gunfire, and rockets flying by my head. Rick and Jack tried to make their way to me, but failed a they were pushed back by rapid gunfire. I looked down the street, and saw a large armored rebel tank. Soon the rebel tank aimed it's cannon at me, and time seemed to slow down. "Fuck me."
*BOOM*
I was flung off of the armored truck, straight through a window and landed on my side. I quickly recovered, and picked up my rifle. "This is Sargent Jacob of Delta 1, we have been ambushed by multiple hostiles, and I have been separated from my squad! Requesting reinforcements at sector three, how copy!?" I yelled into the radio.
*Negative Delta 1, the rebels have blocked off the main highway that leads to sector three.*
"Damn it! Fine, we wont be able to fight off all of the rebels, so we need an evac, How copy!?"
*Good copy Delta 1, regroup with your squad and place green smoke on your position. Command out.*
I gave a large sigh, and looked out the window I came through. The streets were covered with dead bodies of both Rebels, and marines. Bullets were flying every where, and I could hear several explosions, and screams of pain. I looked up at the roofs to see three Rebels with RPG's, and stolen military rifles firing down onto what's left of the convoy. I aimed down my sights and fired three shots. They made contact, and flew straight through their skulls as red mist sprayed out of the back of their heads. Soon my hud in my helmet started to glow red, and my radar showed four red dots approaching me from behind. As soon as I spun around, four Rebels crashed through the door. I fired four and killing three of the Rebels, but one lived and he charged at me with a knife. I smirked, dodged his attack, and grabbed his arm. I quickly snapped his arm, and put the barrel of my rifle against his back, and emptied the rest of my magazine into him. Blood sprayed onto the walls, and he fell dead onto the ground.
*Jacob, do you read!?*
"Roger that Jack, I read ya loud and clear. What is your position!?"
*Me and the rest of the squad regrouped, and are at the city hall!*
"Roger that, I'll move to your position. Jacob out!" I yelled over the radio. I then reloaded my rifle, and ran through the door the destroyed door. I ended up in a small allyway, and sprinted down it. Once I reached the end of the allway, and turned left to see a Rebel android . I quickly dashed across the street, and nearly got hit by the androids gunfire. I entered another allyway, but the android followed. I sprinted down the ally, dodging bullets, and rockets. The android smashed it's way through the ally, and continued to fire it's weapons. I soon reached the end of the ally, and sprinted down the street. I looked behind me and saw nothing, but in a split second, the android smashed through the ally, and aimed it's weapons. But before it could fire, a giant explosion engulfed the right side of the android. The android crashed to the ground missing it's entire right side. I looked up, and saw a U.S fighter hovering over me.
"Thanks for the assist hornet three."
*No problem Delta.*
I continued through the city, and soon made my way to the city hall. I looked over the battlefield on a roof, and saw my team in the city hall. I jumped down, and landed on a car. I sprinted through the field, dodging bullets, and moving to cover to cover. I soon reached the city hall, and dived behind cover. I got to my feet, and looked at Jackson. "What's our status?"
"The rebels have taken over the entire sector, and are now closing on our position."
"Damn, we'll have to come back for this place. But for now, we get out of here alive."
"But how?" Tom said.
"Command has a evac ship in the air, and is awaiting our signal. Vick, do you have anymore green flares?"
"Yeah, it's our last one."
"Well then use it, and get ready for evac." I said. We all checked our ammo, and Vick lit the flare. I looked out the window, and saw a wave of rebels charging towards the city hall. "Get ready!" I yelled. I aimed down my sights, took a deep breathe, and fired. Soon bullets were flying both ways, and the rebels started to drop like fly's. The rebels were closing in fast, but before they got to close, they were engulfed in a massive explosion of rockets, and torn apart by chain gun fire. Soon, a dropship flew over us, and landed. "MOVE!" I roared to my team. We all jumped out of our covers and sprinted to the drop ship, but before we could get on it, a RPG hit it's right engine. The drop ship raised into the sky, only to be hit with more RPG's. The drop ship spiraled out of control, and crashed in a ball of fire. I was sent flying back into a small crater, and landed hard onto my back. My vision was blurry, and my hud was going crazy. I slowly crawled out of the crater, and saw pure hell. The entire battlefield was covered in fire, and bodies. The air was filled with pitch black smoke, and the glow of bright fires where only thing you could see through them. My team was laying motionless on the ground, and a horde of rebels came storming out of the smoke roaring. I grabbed my rifle, and fired single shots, killing one rebel at a time, but no matter how many rebels I killed, I stood no chance. Soon a rebel, tackled me to the ground. I elbowed him in the stomach, and flipped around. I pulled out my knife, and plunged it into his throat. Blood sprayed onto my helmet, and blinded my vision. I pushed the rebel off, and cleared the blood from my hud. As soon as I turned around, all I saw was the end of a rebels boot slamming into my helmet. I was flung back onto a large hunk of metal, and saw blood spray into the air. I looked down, and saw a large, twisted peace of metal coming out of the right side of my chest. I felt something come up my throat, and soon spat out blood into my helmet. I gasped for air, and began to feel dizzy. I looked up and saw the rebel slowly walking up to me with a large rock in his hands. I pulled out my pistol, and fired a burst round into his chest. The rebel dropped the massive rock, and fell dead. Soon more rebels began to charge out of the smoke roaring. I aimed my shaking hand, and fired more burst shots killing several rebels, but soon heard a sound no soldier wants to hear in a time like this.
*Click*
I gave a heavy sigh, and let my arm go limp. I smirked under my blood filled helmet, and chuckled as a blinking red text saying 'self destruct system activated!' appeared onto my hud. "Lets go for a ride."
Soon everything went dark, and all my pain disappeared into the dark.
[Twilights house]
Twilight yawned, and slammed a book closed. Twilight has been studying non stop for a full week on the strange activities that the humans have been doing through out the past month. Celestia has asked Twilight to do this, for she herself was most curious about this. Spike soon walked into the room with a cup of warm tea for Twilight. "Here ya go Twilight, I thought this might make you feel a little more better." Spike said handing her the cup of tea. Twilight smiled, and levitated the tea into her hands.
"Thanks Spike." She said, and took a sip of the tea. Spike walked over to her, and looked at the table covered in notes, and data.
"How's it coming?" He asked. Twilight sighed, and leaned back in her chair.
"I don't know spike, I just don't know. I've never seen humans do these type of things." She said, and picked up a notepad. "I mean, look at this. A human in Canterlot was seen building a strange statue made out of wood. Then a pony in Ponyville reported their human mumbling in Equestrian about a 'New dawn shall soon arrive.' And finally, a human was killed after attacking anypony in sight at the Crystal Empire." She said, and shivered at the last one. "Eight ponies were injured, and ten were killed." Spike then to shivered, and looked at the notepad.
"This is so weird." He said.
"I know." Soon there was a loud bang from the basement. Twilight groaned, and got out of her seat. "He's supposed to be asleep for a full night." She was about to open the basement door, but stopped when she heard screaming from both the basement, and from outside. She quickly ran to the window, and saw that there was a strange light in the air flying over Ponyville at great speed. She then looked out onto the street, and saw several humans screaming into the air. Soon Twilight spotted Pinkie, Rarity, and the rest of her friends run up to her house, and rush through the front door.
"Twi, what the hay is going on?" Applejack asked.
"I have no idea." She said.
"Well, what ever is happing, these humans are completely going insane." Rarity said.
"Yeah, and did you see that light in the sky, it was going as fast of me." Rainbow Dash said.
"Even my animals are going a bit crazy." Fluttershy said.
"And I have to get up early to plan a PARTY!" Pinkie shouted.
Soon Twilight heard something that sparked up her brain.
"NEW DAWN SHALL SOON ARRIVE!" Twilight looked back at the light in the sky.
"What is it Twi?" Applejack asked. Twilight soon looked back at her friends.
"I think the new dawn has arrived."
Author's Note
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Have a good day, or night. :]
[Jacobs head]
All I saw was pitch black, and felt like my entire body was evaporated in to thin air. All I could was embrace the blissfulness of the silence, and the amazing sensation of peace flow through my mind. Soon there was a bright light that engulfed me, and the sound of several voice chanting something. I couldn't make it out, but they sounded like they were desperate for something. I tried to make out what they were saying, but my train of thought was cut off by a loud crack that destroyed my peace, and silence, and replaced them with pain, and ear piercing explosions. I slowly felt my body return as my skin felt as if it was slowly burning off. I attempted to scream in pain, but all that could be heard was the sound of the massive explosions.
' GOD MAKE IT STOP!!!'
[Jacob]
My eyes snapped open, and I gasped for air. I reached for my helmet, and yanked it off. I threw it to the side, and took in a deep breath. I started to regain my breath, and begun to calm down. My vision was extremely blurry, and my head was pounding. I sat there for a few minutes, and finally started to regain my vision. I looked around my surroundings, and raised an eyebrow. All I could see were large, cartoonish trees. "What the fuck?" I mumbled, and tried to lift myself up to my feet, but failed. My legs felt like jello. I groaned in frustration, and was about to try again, but soon heard a loud growling noise that sounded to close. I froze and scanned my surroundings one last time. I looked to my helmet, and slowly reached for it. Once it was in my hands, I placed it on my head, and my hud activated. I then looked to my left and saw my rifle. I soon dragged myself to a tree, and pulled myself up. I held on to the tree for support, and tried to get control of my legs. Soon my legs relaxed, and I slowly walked around. I then walked over, and picked up my rifle. I looked all around me, and scratched the back of my neck. "What the hell is going on?" I soon started to check my gear, and ammo. I had ten magazines for my rifle, five magazines for my pistol, my combat knife, three grenades, ten shells, four grenade launcher rounds, a small med kit, and two C4 charges.
When I finished looking over my gear, I tried to contact command, but all I got was static. I sighed in frustration, and pulled up a scanning unit on my hud. I scanned fifty clicks away from my position, and soon picked up a signal, a strong signal. I tapped on the side of my helmet in a attempt to fix my scanner. The signal my scanner picked up was off the charts. "Well, I may as well head that way. Hopefully I can find a way to contact command, and get back to base." I said to myself, and started to head North. For some strange reason, I felt like something was watching me. My local scanner wasn't picking up anything, so I just shrugged it off, and continued.
[Twilight and friends]
After Twilight, her friends, and everyone else in Ponyville were able to calm all of the humans down, Twilight and friends went back in side Twilights house. "What in tarnation made all those humans go nuts like that?" Applejack asked rubbing her forehead.
"Maybe they got spooked by that light in the sky." Rainbow Dash shrugged.
"I don't think they were spooked RD, they were speaking Equestrian. What human speaks Equestrian?" Applejack said.
"Twilight, darling, didn't Celestia ask you to study the strange events that have been happening with the humans? Maybe you can answer our question." Rarity said. Everyone in the room looked over to Twilight, waiting for a reply. Soon, Twilight spoke.
"Yes Rarity, Celestia has asked me to look into the humans recent strange behavior, and I think I found a fragment of that answer." She said, causing everyone to raise an eyebrow. "You see, in one of the reports I was looking into was about a human speaking Equestrian, and saying the same thing all of those humans out there were shouting." Twilight said, and paused for a moment, and continued. "What could this 'New dawn' be?"
"It could have something to do with that light from the sky." Fluttershy said.
"Yeah, or it could be aliens!" Rainbow Dash said. "That would be so cool!"
"Even though it would be 'cool' to have aliens here in Equestria, we wont be able to inspect it now that it's gone." Twilight said disappointed.
"Actually, I saw it stop above the Everfree forest, and slowly float down." Fluttershy said. Twilight perked up.
"Really, I was to busy trying to help calm down the humans to see that, if that object is still in the everfree forest, then we could -" Before Twilight could finish, Spike came running with a letter.
"Twilight, I got a message from Celestia." Spike said. Twilight smiled, thanked Spike, took the message, and began to read aloud.
"Dear Princess Twilight.
I am sure you, and your friends spotted the strange object that was going un-pony like speed in the sky last night. I ask you not to investigate this, and continue your research on the strange behavior humans have been showing lately. I already have a team looking into this, and I know how you and your friends like to go on adventures when things like this happen.
Twilight sighed, and didn't bother to read the rest out loud. She looked over to her friends. "What now Twi?" Applejack asked.
Twilight shrugged. "Nothing, Celestia already has a team working on this, so I'll just continue looking into this." She said, and pointed to the table of notebooks, newspapers, notes, and other papers. Twilight smiled, but it was a fake one.
"Well that's lame, we could have seen a real alien." Rainbow Dash huffed.
"RD, there are no such thing as Aliens." Applejack said.
"Actually there is, you'll see when we get further into the story." Pinkie said, looked up, and waved.
Wait, what the fuck? Is she talking to me? You know what, fuck it, I'm not getting sucked into this shit.
"Awww, don't be like that." Pinkie said.
Sorry, I cant hear what your saying.
"But you can."
No I cant.
"Then why did you answer me?"
....Don't you have a party to be planning?
"...OH BUCK, I FORGOT!" Pinkie yelled, and darted out of Twilights house leaving nothing but a cloud of dust of her figure.
Everyone just stared at the dust cloud for a few moments trying to figure out what just happened. Soon Rainbow Dash looked over to everyone else, and broke the silence. "Pinkie's my friend and all, but sometimes I think she needs serious help." she said, and everyone nodded their heads in approval. Twilight side, and looked back to the letter.
'I have a bad feeling about this.'
[Jacob]
"I fucking hate the woods." I mumbled, and cleared another web of vines that were blocking my way. I've been walking through theses damn woods for a full hour, and still felt like something was watching me. I never liked that feeling, and I'm pretty sure a lot of people feel the same. Anyways, I'm starting to hear more, and more strange sounds from all over me, and tightened my grip on my rifle. As the time went by, I began to hear whispering, and what sounded like metal hitting metal. I stopped, and spun around. I listened very closely, and activated my thermal vision to see five, or six un human like figures. "Come out, and do it slowly!" I barked. They just stood there, and that pissed me off, but before I could say another thing, my local scanner picked up two signals coming from behind at great speed. Without a second thought, I pun around, and let loose a storm of lead. As soon as I let go of the trigger, I heard screams of pain, and two loud thuds. Soon there were more battle cry's from behind me. I sun a round, and fired two shots killing three of the strange creatures in gold armor. The other two swung their swords at my face, but I quickly ducked and fired a single shot into both of their stomachs. They fell over dead, and I rose to my full height. I switched off my thermal vision, knelt down to the corpses, and investigated the creatures. They were some kind of anthro horses that wore roman like armor. There were three different kinds of anthro horses, one had wings, one had a horn, and the others had nothing. "What the hell is going on?" I mumbled. Soon I heard a small whimper, and looked to my left, and turned my thermal vision back on to see another anthro hiding. I got up slowly, and quietly made my way to the anthro. As soon as I was close enough, I launched into the bushes, and heard a loud shriek of terror. I held onto the anthro until it finally started to cease moving. I then held down it's arms, and jumped on top of it to make sure it wouldn't go anywhere. I looked down at the creature, and focused on it's face. It was full of tears, and fear. This anthro was different from the others. It had glasses, and was dressed in normal cloths like brown cargo shorts, a white t-shirt, and it had a small backpack. I may be a stone cold soldier, but that face hit me there. I shook that off, and focused. "Do you understand me?" I asked. It nodded quickly. "Good." I said, and got up. I took out my rifle, and aimed it at the creature. "Get up." I ordered. The creature slowly rose to it's, uh, hoofs, and stood there shaking. By the figure of the body, it looked like a female. I took note of this, and spoke again. "Hands on your head." I ordered. She did as I said, and raised her hands onto her head. I walked over, held onto her hands, and reached for a large vine to my left. I grabbed the vine, and begun to tie her hands together. Once I was done, I spun her around, and put my helmet in her face. "Now you listen, and you listen good. Your fucking lucky I even let you live. I have one rule, and one rule only. Don't fuck with me! You do what I say, when I say it. Understood?" I asked. She nodded quickly. I nodded in approval, and grabbed her by the arms. "Lets move." I ordered, and we began to walk deeper into the woods. Once we walked by the first two creatures I killed, I saw that they were holding a large net. What am I, a fucking animal? Anyways, me, and my new friend started our long trip into the woods.
'What the fuck is going on?'
Author's Note
Hey everyone, I hope your enjoying this story so far, and I hope you want more.
I hope you have a good day, or night.
Me and my little friend have been walking through the woods for at least three hours, and found nothing. Soon it began to get dark, and I decided to find a good enough place to set up a camp. So I scouted the area, and spotted a large cave in the side of a mountain. "That'll do." I said, and pushed the anthro towards the caves entrance. It was pitch black, so I turned on my night vision, and scanned the area. It was all clear, so I sat the anthro next to a wall, and quickly walked out side of the tunnel. I spotted a large vine hanging above the caves entrance, and grabbed. I went back into the cave, and walked up to the shacking anthro. I knelt down, and began to tie her legs together. She squeaked for a second, and calmed down once I was done and started to walk away. Once I was back outside, I looked around my area, and saw a large log laying on the ground. I jogged up to it, and gripped a large piece of bark on the log. Soon I began to pull large pieces of bark off of the log, and put them in a pile. Once I got enough bark, I scrapped up the pile of bark, and walked back into the cave. I placed the bark next to the anthro, and started to collect large rocks to make a fire pit. Once I made the fire pit, I threw a few pieces of bark into it, and pulled out a lighter. I looked over to the anthro, and got an idea. I walked over to the anthro, and pulled out my knife. I grabbed a piece of her shirt, and sliced off a large piece. She squirmed a bit, but once I was done she stopped. I walked back to the fire pit, and lit the ripped piece of shirt on fire. I knelt down, and started to make light the bark on fire. Soon the flames rose to life, and lit up the cave. I smiled under my helmet, and sat down on a near by rock. I stared into the flames for a good period of time, and finally looked up at the anthro. She was also staring into the flames with a blank expression.
All that could be heard was the sound of the fire crackling. Soon I gave another sigh, and spoke. "What are you?" I asked. The anthro snapped out of it and looked up at me with a confused look. I hate repeating myself. "I said, what are you?" She didn't reply for awhile, but soon she gulped, and spoke.
"I-I'm a earth pony." She said in a small voice. 'A pony, huh, strange.'
"Alright, pony, do you have a name?" She nodded. "Well, what is it?"
"My name is Tina, but my friends call me T." I chuckled, and leaned closer to the fire.
"Alright, T, I want some answers. Where am I?"
"You don't know where you are?"
"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking. Now answer my question."
"Your in Equestria."
"Equestria huh, never heard of it."
"How have you never heard of Equestria?"
"Maybe it's because I'm not from this world." I said. She just stared at me for a long period of time, and sighed.
"Of course your not, just my luck." She said. She was about to say something else, but was interrupted by a rumbling sound. She looked down to her stomach, and blushed. Kinda cute, not gonna lie.
"Hungry?" I chuckled.
"Y-yeah." She mumbled. I chuckled a bit more, reached for my food packets. I took two, and opened one. Inside were small, thin edible sticks. I looked up at T, got up, and walked to her. I took one of the sticks, and offered her one. She raised an eyebrow, and smelled the stick I rolled my eyes.
"Ya gonna eat it, or not." She huffed, and opened her mouth. Cant believe I'm about to say this, but... I stuck the edible stick into her mouth, and she began to eat it.
Me and my dirty, dirty mind. Oh well!
She soon spat it out with disgust. "What is that crap!?" She asked.
"Quick dinners, or QD's for short. They taste like shit, but they fill ya up for three days." I said. "Look, if you don't want to starve for the night, then I suggest you eat at least one of these." I said, and offered another one to her. She paused for a moment, but soon accepted my offer, and munched on the stick. The look on her face was priceless. Her face looked as if she just drank two tons of freshly squeezed lemonade mixed with an entire garbage dump. I tried to not laugh, but I hardly get to anymore, so, I cracked. I began to laugh out loud as her cheeks began to glow red, which was odd seeing that she had brown fur, but it was still funny. Soon she finished, and swallowed, and I started to calm down. Once I was done, I walked back over to where I was sitting, and opened my bag of QD's.
"How are you gonna eat that?" She asked.
"By taking off my helmet." I said like she was stupid. I raised my hands towards my helmet, and slowly took off my helmet. Her jaw dropped to the ground, I'm not even kidding, it actually hit the ground. How the fuck did that happen!? Anyways, she just stared in disbelief at my me. I raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"Y-your... Human?" She asked with a dumbstruck look.
"Yeah, how did you know?" I asked. Her dumbstruck look disappeared, and was replaced with a look of fear, but soon she snapped out of it, and replied.
"Uhh, a friend of mine studies your race. She's crazy about you guys." She said with a small smile.
She seemed worried, but I paid no mind to her, and shrugged. I took one of the QD's, and began to eat. I've been in the military for years, and have eaten rotten meats, and fruits, but this shit is just disgusting. But ya learn to suck it up, and eat whatever you can. Once I was done with the first one, I placed the bag next to the rock I was sitting on, and just gazed into the fire. My mind was infused with the fire as it danced along the burning bark. It's majestic, but deadly.
I began to sink into my thoughts, and tried to find joy, but failed. I'm glade I'm alive, but my team... my brothers, I don't know what happened to them. I remember some of the details, but most of it is a blank. The last I could remember about my team was when I saw them laying on the ground. I couldn't check to see if they were alive, but I'm pretty sure it's too late now. I've lost so much, did ungodly things, and seen things that would make a man drown in insanity. I'm not sure if I am insane yet, but I know I'm somewhere around there. It's funny, once your born the world looks as if it's yours to command, that your the main character in some show, and that nothing can beat you... but once you actually get a taste of life, and reality, all that seems to melt away. You get use to it, but there's always a part of you that wishes it could all be fixed, and that everything is put back the way it once was. Unfortunately, life's a bitch.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by the sound of a voice, and looked up to see T. "I said, what's your name?" She asked. I stared for a moment, but snapped out of it, and replied.
"Jacob." I said. We both remained quite for a bit, but soon I asked another question. "Why did you, and your friends attack me in the woods?" I asked. She seemed to freeze, but soon replied.
"Uh, we were sent by princess Celestia, one of the rulers of Equestria, to investigate some kinda light that landed in the Everfree forest. Once we were almost to the landing sight, we ran into you. We thought you were some kinda Alien, so we attempted to catch you, but of course, that failed." She said with a depressed look.
"Why did all of the other ponies have armor, and you didn't?"
"I'm a royal scientist. I was sent with a team of royal guards to investigate." She said.
"A scientist? You don't sound like one." I chuckled.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She said with a frown.
"I mean all of the scientist I've met think their gods, but in reality their just assholes with their thumbs shoved up their asses. You just don't sound like one of those people." I said.
"Well I could easily prove that I am a scientist." She said rolling onto her side, and pointing her ass cheek into the air. I raised an eyebrow, and stared at T's ass. I'm gonna sound like a freak, but it's not that bad of an ass. "See?" She said.
"All I see is your ass." I said. She rolled her eyes.
"Look at the symbol." She said. I looked closer, and saw a huge tattoo, well part of a tattoo. I got up and walked over to T. I grabbed the lower part of her brown shorts, and raised them to reveal a telescope. "There called cutie marks, they tell us what our talents in life are."
"So ya got a tattoo of what you love?"
"No, once a pony finds out what their good at, their cutie marks appear."
"Interesting." I said, and walked back over to my spot. She pulled her self back up right side. We just sat there for a half hour, and she finally fell into a silent slumber. Once she was a sleep, I decided to investigate he backpack. I quietly grabbed the bag, and began to search through it. Soon I found a notebook. I opened the book, and begun to read.
[Day 1 of humans strange activity]
Today is my first day with subject #1. Today we did some simple test on subject #1 like building blocks. The subject was suppose to build a simple triangle. Many doubted subject #1, for a natural human is no smarter than dirt, but everyone, even me, were amazed to see subject #1 successfully build the triangle, and in record time. We continued a few more test, and every time was better than the last. I have a feeling that this human may be special.
[Day 2 of humans strange activity]
Today was a successful day! Subject #1 has spoken Equestrian! We were doing some test on his hearing, but all of a sudden he began to chant something. I cant fully remember what he said, but it was something about a new dawn. I have no idea what that's suppose to mean, but all that I am focused on is that this human can speak. Tomorrow we will do some shock test on the human to try and enter his mind. We would use magic, but we all ready tried. All attempts failed. I think we're onto to something here.
[Day 3 of humans strange activity]
I am afraid that this will be my last entry for subject #1. During our test, everything was going fine, but soon there was a problem. The machine we attached him to couldn't fully enter his mind, so some of the other scientist decided to crank up the machine. It was horrible. Subject #1 went insane, and started screaming, it almost sounded like he was begging for mercy. I tried to stop it, but the others wouldn't let me, they said it's just another human, and that we have plenty to spare. Soon subject #1's eyes exploded out of his eye sockets, and his skin began to smoke. I can still hear the screaming, I know it's just a human, but I had a feeling about this one. Oh well, better luck next time.
I finished the last page, and began to shake in anger. I threw the book to the ground, and looked at T. I took out my combat knife, and approached the sleeping pony.
"Time to get some answers."
Author's Note
Hey everyone, I hope you like this chapter. I know I don't update on any of my stories a lot, but I promise you that once the school year is over, there will be more chapters, and more stories. But for now if you want to, I am starting to do some interactive threads on human hate vs equestria. So you can go and check those out if you want, and even make your own.
Anyways guys, I hope you have a good day, or night. :]
I stood over T, glaring at her with extreme anger. I kicked her in the ribs, and she woke up in a coughing fit. "*Cough* What *Cough* was that for!?" She groaned. She opened her eyes to stare at me with anger, but froze once she saw my face. She looked behind me, and saw the notebook open on the ground. Her pupils got smaller, and she began to sweat. "I-I can explain!" She said with a desperate tone. I snatched her by the neck, and began to tightened my grip around her throat. She choked, and gasped for air as tears began to flow out of her eyes. I soon let go, and grabbed her by the back of her neck. I dragged her next to the fire, and dropped her. I walked back over to the book, picked it up, and walked back over to T. I grabbed her by the hair, and raised her head at eye level with me.
"What is this?" I growled under my teeth. She didn't reply. I slammed her head into the ground, and raised her back up. "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!? ANSWER ME!" I roared, and gave two hard punches to her gut. She sobbed for awhile, but soon replied.
"I-it's m-my journal." She said with fear. I rolled my eyes, and stuck the book in her face.
"I mean what the hell is THIS!? Why the fuck are you doing this to humans!?" I yelled. She shrunk, and started to speak.
"Research." She muttered.
"For what!?" I growled under my teeth.
"Humans have been showing strange activity, and Celestia wanted us to do some research on them." She said.
"So their just guinea pigs?" I asked. She slowly nodded.
"Please, you have to understand, I love humans, ever since subject #1 I couldn't ever think of hurting any other humans. That's why I requested to come out here, so I can get away from that." She said. I just stared at her with a blank look. "Look, if you want more answers, then I'll take you to them. There's a princess not to far from here. Her name is princess Twilight, she'll probably have more information than me since she's Celestias student, well not anymore, but you get my point." She said.
"Why should I go meet a fucking princess? You were one of the scientist that were testing humans, so you should have the answers!" I yelled in her face.
"No, no, I was an assistant, all I did was keep track of the human, and sometimes watch some of the test." She said.
"Bullshit, you said you were a scientist!"
"I'm a scientist in training, but for now I'm an assistant!"
"Then why would they send you here!?"
"Because everyone else was busy, and my mentor thought it would be good training."
"Why the fuck should I trust you!?" I growled.
"You cant, but if you want answers, then she's the one to talk to." She said. I thought for a moment, and pulled out my pistol.
"Fuck no, you better start telling me what you know, and you better do it now!" I ordered, and put the barrel on the side of her head. "NOW TALK!" Tears streamed down her face, and she began to shake violently.
"All I know is in that journal, please I don't want to die!" She screamed. As soon as she finished that sentence, I just blanked out. Soon I snapped back to reality, and stared down at her shaking body. She was whimpering, and whispering something. I sighed, and put away my pistol.
"Fine, I'll let you live, for now, but any tricks, and your going under ground. Got it?" I said. She nodded, and I let her fall to the floor. She curled up in a ball, and just froze like a statue. I walked back to my seat, and sat down. For the rest of the night I wondered what humans lives were like here. It's crazy, humans being used like trash. I just couldn't wrap my head around it. I couldn't get any sleep, and just stared at the fire as it slowly died out as the night went by. The sun soon rose, and I looked over to T who was sleeping. I sighed, got up, and walked over to her. I pulled out my knife, and flicked her on the nose. Her eyes flittered open, and she froze at the sight of my knife.
"Make one fucking move, and I'll tear you to pieces." She quickly nodded, and I cut the vines wrapped around her legs. "Get up, and lets get moving." I ordered. She complied, and began to walk out of the cave. "Where to?" I asked. She sighed.
"We head east." She said. I smiled, and we began to walk east through the forest. After a hour past, I began to feel weak, and tired. I groaned, and stopped walking.
"Hold on." I said, and sat her down against a tree. I opened a small box that was connected to my arm, and pulled out a syringe. I saw her shrink at the sight of it, and she began to mutter something. I rolled my eyes, and looked towards her. "It's not for you, it's for me." I said, and stuck the syringe into my neck. Instantly I was full of energy, and power. It felt as if I had slept for three years! I shuttered a bit, pulled out the syringe, and sighed. "Much better." I said, and threw the syringe to the ground. I walked to T, and picked her up. "Lets keep going." But before we could continue, I heard something snap from behind me. I pushed T to the ground, and quickly spun around with my weapon drawn. I looked to my radar, and saw several red dots approaching me. "Shit." I mumbled. I pulled out a tracking devise, grabbed T, and stuck the devise in the back of her neck. She yelped in pain, and looked at me with fear. "Get out of here! Now!" I shouted. She hesitated, but soon she was like a bullet flying away from me as fast as possible. As soon as she was out of sight, several woodened wolfs surrounded me, and readied their attack. I chuckled, and aimed my rifle towards the first one I could see.
"I'm gonna be warm tonight."
[Ponyville]
Twilight was in her basement testing a few things with a family of humans that were chained to the wall. She thought for a moment, and began to write a sentence in Equestrian. She walked up to the human family, and raised the sentence to them. "Here, how about this?" She said. "I am human. Can any of you read that?" She asked. The humans only stared at her with confusion. She sighed, and wrote another sentence down. "How about, 'A new dawn'? Can you say that?" She asked. Instantly the humans began to chant the sentence. Twilight smiled, and wrote down her notes. Soon Twilight heard the door open, and heard Spike panting.
"Twilight!" Spike yelled. Twilight sighed, and looked to Spike.
"Yes spike, what is it?" She asked.
"You need to come quick, there's a pony who really needs to talk to you." Spike said.
"Tell this pony that I am busy right now."
"But it's urgent! She said she was with the royal team that went into the Everfree forest." Spike said. Instantly this caught Twilights attention, and she put down her notes, and turned to Spike.
"Fine, where is she?"
"She's at ponyville hospital."
"What, why?"
"I'm not sure, but she wanted to see you." Spike said. Twilight nodded, and followed Spike. Once they reached the hospital, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy were waiting by the entrance of the hospital.
"Twi, glade to see ya." Rainbow Dash said with a smile.
"Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, what happened?" Twilight asked.
"Well, Rainbow Dash was at my house helping me take care of a few wild animals, and this pony came knocking on my door as if she was being chased by a pack of timber wolves. We tried asking her what happened, but she just kept saying that she needed to see you." Fluttershy said.
"Yeah, and she was a little banged up too, so we brought her here." Rainbow Dash said.
"Well, what room is she in?" Twilight asked.
"Room 132." Rainbow Dash said. Twilight, and her two friends entered the hospital, and walked up to the front desk. The nurse instantly stopped what she was doing, and bowed. Twilight rolled her eyes, and smiled.
"Please don't bow, there's no reason for it." Twilight said. The nurse blushed, and gave a sheepish smile.
"I'm sorry princess, anyways, what can I help you with?" The nurse asked.
"I am here to see a patient in room 132, can you point me in the direction?"
"Oh, of course. Just head down that hall, and make a left." The nurse said, and pointed down the hall. Twilight thanked the nurse, and she and her friends began to walk down the hall. She looked to Spike, and saw him yawn. She giggled. "You can go back home Spike, we can handle it from here." Twilight said. Spike smiled, and spun around.
"Thanks Twilight!" He shouted while running down the hall. Twilight and her friends all chuckled, and continued down the hall.
"So, Twi, any luck with your studying?" Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight sighed, and shook her head.
"Not really, all I have is that the humans can only say 'A new dawn'. I've tried to get them to say other things, but that's all they say." Twilight said. She then looked to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, since your good with animals, do you mind coming over tomorrow to help me with the human?" Fluttershy was silent for a moment, but she soon replied.
"Of course, I'll come right after I'm done with my shopping." Fluttershy said. Soon the girls made it to the room, and walked in to see a sleeping pony. Twilight knocked on the door, and the pony instantly awoke. As soon as her eyes opened, they were directed towards Twilight.
"Princess!" The pony shouted. "Thank Celestia, I have news." The pony said. Twilight walked over a chair, and sat down next to the bed.
"I know, now what happen?"
"Well, I was part of the team that was sent into the Everfree forest by princess Celestia, and on our way to our objective, we came across a strange creature. We all thought that the creature could have something to do with the bright light, so we decided to capture the creature, and bring it back to Canterlot. But once we attempted to capture the creature, it killed the guards with a strange weapon, and captured me. After that the creature led me to a cave where he made camp. But as time past, the creature soon took off his armor, and I soon saw that this creature, was human." She said. Twilights eyes widened with shock.
"Human!?" She shouted.
"Yes, a very advanced one to. He could speak Equestrian, and I don't think he's even from this world. Soon I fell asleep, and I awoke to him kicking me in the ribs. He found my journal, and learned of the experiments we did at Canterlot. This made him extremely angry, and he begun to beat me for information. I was scared, and I told him that I would bring him here to you for information." She said.
"What!? You told an insane, alien human that you'd bring him here to talk to Twilight!? What were you thinking!?" Rainbow Dash shouted. Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, please, she was scared. She wasn't thinking straight." Twilight said. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. Twilight looked back to the pony. "What is your name?"
"Tina, or just T if you want." T said.
"Well T, how did you escape the human?"
"While we were on our way here, there was a bunch of noises coming from behind us. He cut me loose, and stuck something into my neck. The doctors couldn't find it, so I have no idea what it was. Anyways, after he let me go I began to here loud cracking sound from behind me, and several howls. I didn't want to look back so I just kept running, but I fill down a small rocky hill, and broke a few bones. Luckily they were at that cabin to help me." T said with a smile. Twilight smiled, and nodded.
"Thank you T, now please get some rest." Twilight said, rose from her seat, and walked out of the room. Once the door closed a worried look appeared across her face. The girls noticed this.
"Twi, you alright?" Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight shook her head.
"No, I need to send a message to Celestia, I think I know what the new dawn is."
[Jacobs pov]
"Fucking splinters!" I growled while I picked out several splinters out of my bleeding arm. After my encounter with the wooden wolves, I began to follow the tracker on my helmets hud. An hour has past, and I have yet to find any town. Luckily I put that tracker in T's neck, or I'd be walking blind. As I walked, I began to notice foot prints in the dirt. This caught my eye, and I decided to follow the trail of footprints. Once another hour past, I came across something that made my blood boil. It was a empty camp, and there was a hole in the middle. In that hole were several dead naked humans. Their bodies were decade, and beaten. I grinded my teeth in anger, and removed my helmet. Instantly the smell of death hit me, but my face remained straight as I stared into the pit of dead human flesh rotting away. I scanned the camp a bit more, and I felt my heart skip a beat, and my mind split in two once I saw the fire pit in the middle of the camp. Right in the middle was a torn apart human child with a large, sharp spear stuck through his body. His body was burnt, and looked as if his legs were torn off. I walked closer to the fire, and saw bits and pieces scattered around the fire, and even a few limbs with massive chunks missing. I just stared in shock, and even fear. But soon the fear turned into anger, and rage. I put my helmet back on, and scanned the camp. Instantly I spotted several paw prints. The tracks looked as if they belonged to a large dog of some sorts. I followed the tracks into the forest at great speed. As time went by, I began to hear noises from the distance. I decided to slow down, and I switched to my thermal vision. Right away I spotted several large creatures surrounding a group of humans. I got closer, and hid in some bushes. I turned off my thermal, and peeked through the bushes. Right there were massive dogs with armor, and clothing on. The armored dogs carried spears, and swords, but the few clothed dogs were unarmed. I soon noticed the humans in a large cage in the back of a wagon, and one of the wheels were broken.
"Hurry up you slobbering idiots, this is our last pack of humans, and they are getting weak, and skinny. You know the king wants them plump, and juicy. Now get that wheel fixed!" A clothed dog barked at the armored dogs.
"RrrraaaAAHHH!! Cant we eat one? Like this little one?" A armored dog said, and pointed his spear at a little girl. "She's the weakest one out of them all, why cant we have the kings scrapes?" He asked. Another clothed dog walked up, and slapped him across the head.
"Because these are rare humans, didn't you notice their cloth with the symbols." He said.
"Rare, how?" A armor dog asked.
"These humans can talk." A dead silence filled the air, and all of the armored dogs burst into laughter.
"You fool, these humans are as dumb as rocks." A armored dog said.
"Like you?" A clothed dog said. The armored dog growled, looked at the human girl.
"I don't care if their rare, I'm still hungry. This little one will do just fine." He said, and pulled out a large key to the cage.
"Wait, don't! Those humans are for the king, and you-"
"Shut up! Remember we're the ones protecting you. You wouldn't want to go missing now, would you?" The dog threatened. All of the armored dogs darkly chuckled, and the clothed dogs backed down. The dog, looked back to the girl, and gave a blood thirsty grin. He then opened the cage, and ripped the girl out of the cage. The other humans screamed, and reached for the girl, but several of the dogs pushed them back in, and closed the cage door. The girl screamed, and kicked as the dog pulled her away from the cage. "Come here you little worm." The dog said as he pulled out a knife. I instantly aimed my rifle, and took a deep breathe. "Get the fire wood ready boys, I want this one coo-"
*BANG*
"Before the dog could end his sentence, I pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew straight through his throat. The dog feel to the ground choking on his own blood. The others were shocked, and soon several were meeting the same fate as I let even more bullets fly into the air. Shot, after shot a dog fell limp to the ground, and soon I felt my thirst for blood raise. So I put away my rifle, and charged out of the bushes with my combat knife drawn in my right hand, and my pistol in the left. The dogs saw me, and let out a war cry as they charged at me. I fired a few rounds into three dogs skulls, and ducked as another one was swinging his sword. I quickly grabbed the dog by the throat, and plunged my knife into his eye socket. He let out a howl as I twisted my knife around his eye, and shortly fell limp. I heard another cry from behind me, and I quickly spun around, and threw my knife into a charging dogs skull. Soon I felt a force slam into my back, but I held my ground, and slammed the back of my head into who ever was behind me. I made contact, and I quickly spun around to see a bloody armored dog.
"Come here motherfucker!" I shouted. I gave a hard left blow to his jaw, and two more blows into his gut. He stumbled back a bit, and I charged at him. I grabbed his face, and stuck my thumbs into his eyes. He howled, and begged for death, but I was laughing, and having to much fun. "What's wrong? I thought we were having fun!" I shouted as I dug deeper, and deeper. "JUST DIE!! JUST FUCKING DIE!!" I screamed. Soon the dog let out one last howl, and fell limp. I panted, and chuckled as I slowly pulled out my thumbs from the bloody eye sockets. Before I could get up, a loud roar erupted from behind me. I grabbed a near by spear, and spun around. One of the clothed dogs were charging towards me with a dagger.
"AHHHHHHHH-GAH!"
Before the dog could het close enough, I plunged the spear into his chest. The dog was dead still as he looked at the spear, and back to me. He was about to say something, but soon his eyes rolled back into his skull, and he fell limp. I chuckled, and walked past the bodies, and ripped my knife out of the skull of a dog. I looked over to the wagon, and saw the other clothed dog attempting to push the wagon. I could hear him pleading for something to happen. This only made me smile as I slowly walked towards the dog. He soon spun around, and his pupils got smaller, and his ears lowered as I towered over him. Fear was in his eyes, and I could tell he was about to piss himself. Soon he spoke.
"P-please mighty creature, let me live. I have bits, lots of bits, there all yours if you let me live." He said with fear. "I'm not even armed." I chuckled, and shook my head.
"Once I became a soldier, I promised to myself that I would never hurt a unarmed person." I said. The dog smiled to this, but then took of my helmet, and aimed my pistol between his eyes. "But you aren't a person, your an insect." I said, and pulled the trigger. His brains flew out the back of his head, and he fell like a sack of rocks. I looked down at the body, and spit on the corpse.
"And all insects must be stomped out."
Author's Note
New chapter, YAY! Hope you like it, and I hope you want more.
Have a good day, or night. :]
The blood circled around the demon dogs corpse. I stared at the body for a few more seconds, and finally turned around to see several shocked humans, and a small girl with tears filling her eyes. I quickly formed a smile on my face, and walked over to the girl. She noticed this, and quickly backed away. I wasn't surprised, she was just about to be eaten by human sized dogs. I looked to my left, and saw a dead dog with keys laying next to it's body. I walked to the corpse, picked up the keys, and approached the cage of humans. I smiled, and unlocked the cage door. Instantly a women sprinted out of the cage, and hugged the child.I watched as the women held her crying child in her arms. I soon looked to the rest, and motioned them out. They were worried at first, but soon they all exited the cage. But an elderly man stopped right in front of me, and stared. Soon a smile slapped onto his face, and he began to laugh, and jump around. I raised an eyebrow to this, but soon chuckled at the sight of the dancing man. I cleared my throat, and the old man stopped dancing and looked back to me with the same smile. "Do you speak English pops?" I asked. The old man laughed even harder.
"Of course I speak English you fool!" He shouted, and walked up to me. I sighed with relief. At least they can speak English"Finally, a rescue team has arrived! We can finally escape this place!" I was confused. But before I could ask what he was talking about, a young red haired woman walked up, and put her hand on the old mans shoulder.
"Sorry, you'll have to forgive my father, he's a little crazy when he meets other humans. I'm Lizzy." She said, and pointed to the other humans. "And this is our tribe. Well, whats left of it anyways." She said with a depressed look. The old man flicked the side of her head, and glared at her.
"I'm not crazy! Look at this man, he's from our world you foolish child! The stories said that they would come for us!" He said with so much energy. Lizzy sighed, and shook her head.
"Those stories are a thousand years old. If they were true, then don't you think that this 'Rescue team' would have came by now?" She asked.
"Have you ever traveled through space!?"The old man yelled.
"Have you?" She asked. The old man huffed.
"Of course not." I rubbed the back of my neck, and sighed.
"Look, pops, I'm no rescue team." I said.
"B-but you have the symbol. " He said, and pointed to my shoulder.
"This? I got this when I joined the Marines, but I'm not here to rescue anyone. I actually have no clue where I am." I said. The old mans smile disappeared, and he lowered his head. Lizzy sighed, and put her hand on the old mans shoulder. The old man pulled away, and walked back to the group. Lizzy shrugged, and looked at me.
"So, what tribe are you from?" She asked. I shrugged, and put my helmet back on.
"I'm not from any tribe." I said. She seemed a bit confused, and I just sighed. "Look, I have no clue where I am, so can you give me a few answers to some questions?" I asked. She nodded.
"Sure, what questions do you have?" She asked.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"The land of Equestria, and this is the Everfree forest, our tribes home. Our Tribe used to live in the mountains, but we were chased out." She said.
"By who?" I asked.
"Hunters of course. We thought we could hide in the caves, or bellow the trees, but hunters learned fast and smoked us out." She said.
"Well where is the nearest human military base?" I asked.
"Military, what military?" She asked.
"What about a human city, town, fort, anything?" I asked. She shook her head.
"We've never heard of humans having these things, we humans always hide. So building one of those up would bring the hunters running." She said. I shook my head in disbelief, and sighed.
"Well why are these things hunting you?" I asked, and kicked a near by dead armored dog.
"Well, the Diamond dogs hunt us for food. But they're not the only ones hunting us. The Griffons hunt us for sport, and the Ponies hunt us for slavery, or pets." She said.
"Dear god." I mumbled. "How did this happen?" I asked,
"What d you mean, this is how it's always been." She said. I shook my head.
"No, no, NO! Humans aren't animals! We're bigger than that!" I said. "Shit..."
"Are you alright?" I looked to Lizzy, but she only pointed down. I looked down, and saw the little girl staring at me with confusion, and concern. I sighed.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. How about you, are you alright?" I asked. She smiled, and nodded quickly.
"Yes, thanks to you. I thought they were going to eat me. Like they did with Grandma, and Grandpa." She said. "Thank you." She quickly gave me a hug, and ran back to the group. I chuckled a bit, and looked back to Lizzy.
"Cute." I said. She nodded in agreement, and chuckled. "Well, I'm glade I could help. Now please take care, hopefully I can change some things here so you can be safe." I said, and turned around to walk towards my objective, but before I could take one step, and she grabbed my arm.
"Wait, your leaving?" She asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, so?" I said.
"We were about to be turned into food, and you saved us. We need your protection." She said. I shook my head.
"You don't need my protection, defend yourselves." I said.
"How are we going to fight?" She asked. I sighed, and walked over to a dead dog. I pulled it's spear out of it's dead hands, and gave it to her.
"Plunge this into any asshole who fucks with you." I said. "Have a few other people grab a weapon too, ya know for extra power." She stared at the spear, and looked back to me with confusion.
"But we never used these kind of weapons. Actually, we never used any weapons at all. The warriors, and hunters from our tribe are the ones who trained with any sort of weapons." She said.
"Well your humans, so learn how to fight with weapons." I said, and patted her on the shoulder. "Look, once I'm done with my mission, I'll come find you guys, but for now find a place to hide." I said. She sighed, and nodded.
"Fine, but please come back. We need a great warrior, and that warrior is you." She said, and stuck out her hand. "Good luck on your mission." I nodded, and shook her hand.
"Thanks, and stay safe." I said. She nodded, and walked back to her tribe. I waved goodbye, looked at my helmets hud, and began to walk towards the direction of my tracker.
[Canterlot]
Celestia sat in the throne, reading over a few documents that were given to her, and yawned. 'Ugh, sometimes being princess is tiring, but someone has to do it.' Celestia thought. Celestia soon finished up with the rest of the documents, and sighed.'Finally, that's the last one. Just in time too, I can spend some time with Luna while I have the chance.' Celestia thought, and looked to a near by guard. "Excuse me, can you please send a message to my sister. I request a meeting in the garden." Celestia said. The guard nodded, and hurried out of the room. Celestia smiled, and rose from her throne, but before she could take one step a scroll appeared in front of her. Celestia took the scroll, opened it, and begun to read. As she read the scroll, her eyes widened with surprise. Soon that surprise turned into fear, and worry, but she did not show it. She kept a cool head, and quickly walked out of the throne room. As Celestia walked through the halls towards the royal garden, Celestia began to think. 'This isn't good, this isn't good at all! I must tell Luna.' She thought. Soon she reached the garden, and saw Luna sitting in the park awaiting for her. Luna saw her Celestia, and smiled.
"Ah, sister, I'm glade your free for a bit, I've been stressed for awhile. Some relaxation with my sister is just what I need." Luna said. Celestia sighed, and gave her little sister a worried look. Luna returned that look with a confused one. "Is something wrong?" Celestia sat next to Luna, and took a deep breath.
"I've received a message from Twilight, and I'm afraid something has just awoken in Equestria." Celestia said. Luna confused look turned into a worried one.
"What is going on?" Luna asked.
"Remember that blinding light?" Luna nodded. "Well when I sent that team to investigate, they were all killed by a human."
"A human!?" Luna asked.
"Yes, but a human with weapons that we have never seen before. After the human killed the guards, it captured Victors assistant, Tina. She said the human spoke clear Equestrian, and that this human wasn't from this world. She also said that the human may be on it's way to Ponyville." Celestia said.
"How, didn't we take care of the humans?" Luna asked.
"Yes, but it seems there is one last human we must take care of. If we don't, then I fear other humans will start to fight back." Celestia said. Luna shook her head.
"You know we can't let that happen again." Luna said.
"Of course Luna, we won't let that happen again. I'll have my best guards sent to Ponyville, hopefully if the human plans on attacking the town my guards will be there to stop it." Celestia said. Luna nodded.
"And I'll have my guards patrol Ponyville at night." Luna said. Celestia nodded, and sighed. Both Celestia, and Luna sat quietly in the garden. Soon Luna broke the silence. "I can sense your worry sister, but I am sure we well overcome this." Celestia smiled.
"Thank you Luna, I'm just concerned about Twilight." Celestia said.
"Twilight is smart, and strong. There is no need to worry about her." Luna said. Luna then got up, and placed her hand on Celestia's shoulder. "Well I must be going. Thank you for telling me this sister." Celestia smiled, and Luna walked out of sight. Celestia sat in the garden, and closed her eyes. She thought long, and hard, and finally relaxed. She took a deep breathe, and sighed.
'Everything will be fine.' She thought to herself. She then got up, and walked back to her quarters.
[Ponyville Library]
Twilight sat in the library with a nervous look on her face. Ever since she learned of the human, she began to worry about it coming to Ponyville. She was worried about civilians being hurt, or worse. But the civilians weren't the only thing she was worried about. What about the other humans? What will happen when they see this human? Will they turn against them? Will they kill others? These questions scared Twilight in a way. She has no idea what to do if Ponyville was under attack. She has no military training, and there are no guards in Ponyville. They are all defenseless. Though Twilight does have magic of an alicorn, she has no idea what this human can do. Twilight tried her best to shake these thoughts out of her head, but she was awaiting a letter from Celestia. Twilight sighed,and rubbed her neck. 'Calm down Twilight, calm down.' She thought to herself. 'Everything is going to be fine. There is no human attack coming. I mean, how stupid does that sound?' She chuckled a bit, and relaxed a bit. She sat in silence for a few more minutes, but Spike quickly broke the silence once he ran towards Twilight with a letter in his hand. Twilight jumped, and snatched the letter from his hand. She quickly thanked Spike, and begun to read.
Dear Twilight, thank you for informing me about this. This sounds like a serious situation, so I am sending several guards to Ponyville for protection until this human is captured. I'm sorry for this short letter, but I have just received several other documents. Please be safe Twilight.
Yours truly- Princess Celestia.
"Whoa, she's sending guards here? This must be big." Spike said.
"I guess it is, but I'm sure the guards will handle this human. Though I do want this human for testing. Maybe I'll have the guards bring the human to me first before they take it back to Canterlot." Twilight said.
"You sure, because from what you told me this human is no normal human." Spike said with a bit of worry.
"I'm sure the guards will be able to restrain the human." Twilight said. Spike kept his worried look, but Twilight only patted him on the head. "Don't worry Spike, nothing is going to happen." Twilight said, and walked towards the front door. "I mean one human can't be that hard to handle, right?" Spike was quite for a second, and then he nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, yeah your right. It's just one human, no big deal." Spike said. Twilight smiled, and opened the front door.
"Well I'm going to grab dinner for tonight, can you watch the library while I'm gone?" Twilight asked. Spike nodded.
"Sure, but don't be to long. I promised Rarity I'd help her with a few chores." Spike said.
"Don't worry Spike, I won't take long." Twilight said, and walked out the door.
[Jacobs pov]
After twenty minutes of walking through the forest, I came across a small village. I laid low on the edge of the forest, and scanned the village with my helmets hud. The place was crawling with ponies. As I scanned the village, I noticed that there were three kinds of ponies. Ponies with horns, ponies with wings, and ponies that had nothing. I was a bit confused with the ponies with horns, but I just shook that off once I saw humans. They were half naked, and they were being treated like dogs. I growled with anger, and began to think. My tracker had located T, who was in what looked like a hospital. I could find her in the hospital, and force her to take me to this princess, or I could just cause some chaos until the princess comes out. The last one seemed fun, but to be honest I have no interest in hurting civilians, or humans. So I decided to sneak into the hospital, and find T. I was about to jump to it, but I stopped once I spotted several flying chariots approaching the village. I zoomed in on the chariots, and saw armored ponies. Most likely soldiers. They landed in the village, and started to quickly spread out through the village. "Shit." I mumbled. With soldiers now in the village, it would be a lot harder to sneak into the hospital. That is in the day time. If I waited till nightfall I could easily past through, so I sighed, and sat up against a tree.
"Don't worry T, I'm coming." I said with a evil grin, and chuckled.
Author's Note
Yay, another fucking chapter! Sorry for the wait, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Anyways, have a good day, or night. :]
Why are you here?
The day went by rather slowly, and I felt like I had waited in the forest for days. I was even about to just charge right in, but luckily the night slowly swept across the village, and the streets were soon empty. Silence filled the cool night air, and all I could hear was my own breathing. I scanned the village one last time, and targeted all the guards that were spread out through village. Luckily very few guards were in the alleyways, so I made a rout towards the hospital. I sighed, and checked my weapons. I had half a magazine in my rifle, and three full magazines. And for my pistol I had five full magazines. My knife was sharper than a motherfucker, and I had two flash bangs just in case shit gets out of hand. Before I exited the forest I had highlighted the hospital on my hud, and took one step out of the forest. "Lets go." I mumbled, and quickly sprinted towards the village with great speed. I looked to my hud, and saw that a small patrol was heading in my direction, so I quickly changed directions, and sprinted towards a small bridge. I jumped into a small ditch, and crawled under the bridge. I was now breathing heavily, and poked my head out from under the bridge to see two guards walking towards the bridge. I quickly pulled back under the bridge, and held my breath. Their footsteps soon got closer, and they began to talk. I listened closely.
"Can you imagine, a human attacking this worthless village?" A young voice asked, and chuckled. "It's ridiculous I tell you."
"Yeah I guess it is, but if the princess tells us to guard this village, than we guard this village. No matter how idiotic it is." A rough voice said. Their footsteps soon stopped above the bridge.
"What are you doing?" The young voice asked.
"What do you think, I'm taking a piss. I've been holding it in all day." The rough voice said. Soon enough a small waterfall of piss spilled near me, and into the small river of water.
"Whatever, I'll meet you at the library." The young voice said. Soon I heard his footsteps fade away. I pulled out my knife, and went to the other side of the bridge. I silently climbed up the bridge, and saw a large guard. I slowly walked towards the guard, and gave an evil grin. I was about to plunge my blade into the back of his head, but I stopped. Instead I sheathed my knife, and wrapped my arms around his neck. He instantly paniced, and started to struggle, but I was to strong, and the guard slowly started to calm down as he soon fell asleep. I then pushed the sleeping guard over the bridge, and into the piss filled river.
"Nighty, night." I whispered, and quickly ran into the village. I ran into an alley, and looked towards the highlighted hospital. I raised my rifle, and slowly walked through the alleyway. I reached the end of the alley, and checked both sides of the streets. A small patrol was at the end of the streets to my left, and my other side was clear. So I went to the right side, and kept close to the buildings. I soon reached what looked like a market, and hid behind a small stand filled with fresh fruits. I took in a deep breath, and looked to my radar. I saw three red dots approach the stand I was hiding behind, and readied myself. Luckily they stopped, but they stopped right next to the stand.
"Do any of you guys know why Princess Luna sent us here?" A female voice asked.
"Because these golden dicks need our help to protect this small village." A deep voice said.
"Pfft, from what?" A young voice asked.
"Weren't you two listening when Luna gave us this mission?" The deep voice asked with an annoyed tone.
"I was late, so I miss the whole thing." The female voice said.
"Uhhhh, well, I was...sleeping." The young voice said, and chuckled nervously.
"Sleeping!? Really!?" The female voice said.
"What? I work at night, and I sleep in the day time. I can't help it." The young voice said. One of them sighed, and the deep voice one spoke.
"Whatever. Let me give you the short version of why we're here. We're here because a strange wild human killed a group of those golden dicks, and she thinks it's coming here for Princess Twilight." The deep voice said.
"I don't blame the human then, that Princess isn't that bad of a looker." The young voice chuckled. There was a loud slap. "OW!"
"Shut up you horny bastard." The female voice said.
"Look, can we just keep going? We have to patrol through the alleyways. These golden dicks forgot to check them." The deep voice said. Soon they began to walk away, and I cussed under my breath.
"Well, there goes my rout." I whispered to myself. I slowly poked my head out from the stand, and looked around the small market to see two guards with their backs turned to me. I cussed under my breath, and began to think up a plan. I could either blow my cover, and waste ammo, or I could cause a distraction. I chose the distraction, and looked around for the perfect distraction. Soon I spotted a torch, and a stand filled with with what looked like alcohol, and smiled. "Perfect." I mumbled, and checked my surroundings. It was clear, so I quietly ran to the stand, and grabbed the, and a bottle of alcohol. I opened the bottle, and covered the stand with the alcohol. I then lit the alcohol with the torch, and threw it into the several other bottles, making the fire grow even faster. I sprinted away from the distraction, and dived into cover. Soon enough several guards left their positions, and ran towards the quickly growing fire to help bring it down.
I took my chance, and quickly ran for an empty alleyway that lead to my objective. I almost ran into a few guards while sprinting for the alleyway, but I quickly dodged them, and continued towards the alley. Soon I reached the alley, and quickly ran through it with my finger on the trigger. I reached the end of the alley with no problems, and saw the front doors of the hospital. I smiled, and ran towards the entrance, but before I could reach the doors a pony dressed like a nurse ran out, and stopped dead in her tracks once she saw me. She was about to scream, but I quickly covered her mouth, wrapped my free arm around her waste, and lifted her into the air. I quickly carried her into the hospital, and threw her to the ground. She scrambled to her feet, and backed away towards the front desk. I walked towards the fear filled pony, and began to chuckle. She was now against the desk, and shaking with tears in her eyes. I grabbed her by the throat, and pulled back a fist. "Lights out freak." I then slammed my fist into her face, knocking her out cold. I threw the motionless pony over the desk, and looked to my hud to see a bright orange line leading me towards my objective. I quickly jogged through the halls, and ran up the stairs to the second floor. I soon reached the room, and slowly cracked the door open. I smiled at the sight of my target. She was wide awake at her window, staring in awe at the roaring fire coming from the market. I slowly walked into the room, and closed the door. She jumped, and spun around with wide eyes. Fear instantly filled her eyes, and she began to shake. "Hi T, remember me?" I said, and chuckled.
"Y-you, how did you find me?" She asked. I shrugged.
"I have my ways." I said, and began to walk towards her. "Now, lets go." I said.
"Go where?" She asked with fear.
"To find this princess that lives here. You said you knew where she lived, right?" I asked. She nodded, looked out the window, and pointed at a large tree that peeked up over a few other buildings.
"She lives in that library." She said. I looked out the window, and saw several guards scattering throughout the village. I smiled to see them leaving the hospital, and directing all of their attention towards the large fire in the middle of the village, but before I could say something, I saw the pony I had knocked out run out of the hospital, and screaming for help.
"Damn!" I hissed as a large group of soldiers run to her aid. I looked to T, then at the two brown curtains above the window, then to a wheelchair next to the door, and then back to T. I smiled under my helmet, and chuckled. T soon had a worried look, and backed away slowly.
"W-what? I told you where she lived, and I won't tell them you were here. What else do you want?" She asked, and put her back against the wall. I tore one of the curtains down, and put it on my head.
"Your taking your grandfather out for a walk."
[Twilight]
Twilight was running through the streets in her pajamas, trying to figure out what was happening as all of Ponyville was in chaos. The streets were filled with royal guards, and civilians carrying buckets of water with panic, and fear across their faces as they sprinted towards the market that was up in flames. Twilight stopped a guard that was covered in soot, and drenched in sweat. "Guard, what happened? Are we under attack?!" Twilight asked with worry.
"I'm not sure your highness, but I must return to the market. the fire is growing, and I must help bring it down." The guard said, and quickly ran towards the market. Twilight sighed in frustration, and flew up into the sky. She now had a better view, and could see the burning market a lot better. The fire was indeed growing, and Twilight saw a few unicorns trying to use magic on the fire, but it's flames were to strong. Twilight had to think fast as the fire begun to near the buildings, and grow even stronger. Soon she remembered a spell she had read about, and closed her eyes. She began to think hard, and focused. Soon she opened her eyes, and saw that the fire was now in a large dome of energy. Twilight could feel the pressure of the magic taking affect as she began to grow tired, but she used all of her strength to stay in the air. Soon the dome of energy began to grow smaller, and started to push the fire back until it was only a small ball of fire. Twilight then lifted the ball of fire, and flew off out of Ponyville. Soon she reached a large open field with nothing but land, and released the fire. The flames spilled out onto the land, but only burnt grass. Twilight then created a mote around the fire, and sighed. Covered the young princess as she panted, and rubbed her head.
"Dear Celestia that took a lot out of me." Twilight said, and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "And it didn't help that I had just woken up. Ugh, oh well. I better see if anyone was hurt." Twilight said to herself, and flew back towards Ponyville. When she reached the destroyed market, several tired soot covered ponies cheered at the return of the princess. They laughed, and cheered her name as she landed. Twilight blushed, and smiled. Soon all of her Rainbow Dash landed next her, and brushed off the soot from her shoulder.
"Hey Twi, good job. I don't think we could have put out that fire without your help. Heck, not even all the rain from our cloud could calm it down." Rainbow Dash said with a grin.
"Twilight!" Both Rainbow Dash, and Twilight looked to their left, and saw the rest of their friends run over with worried looks, except for Pinkie who had a smile as usual.
"Twilight that was so cool!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Dear we saw what you did, are you okay?" Rarity asked as she inspected Twilight, and gasped. "Dear Celestia, your main! IT'S A NIGHTMARE!" Rarity said as she stared in horror at the princesses wild, dirty main. The others rolled their eyes, and ignored that comment.
"Twi, is every thing alright, what happened?!" Applejack asked as she looked around at the destroyed market.
"Is anyone hurt?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight raised a hand to calm her friends, and smiled.
"Everything's fine girls. No one's hurt, and my main will survive Rarity." Twilight said. The rest of the main six gave a look of relief, and looked at the markets ruins.
"What caused the fire." Applejack asked?
"I don't know, maybe one of the guards know." Twilight said. "You guard." Twilight pointed to a young guard, who stopped, and saluted. "What caused this fire?"
"It seems to have started by a torch that had fallen in the booth that contained several bottles of alcohol." The guard said. Twilight nodded, and dismissed the guard.
"A single torch caused this?" Rarity said.
"Yeah, and how convenient that it fell into a booth filled with alcohol." Rainbow Dash said. She then looked to Twilight. "Do you think that the human has anything to do with this?"
"Most likely yes." Twilight said.
"But why would he do this? Isn't he after ya Twi?" Applejack asked. Twilight shrugged.
"That's what Tina said." Twilight said.
"Maybe he used the fire as a distraction." Rarity said.
"But for what?" Fluttershy asked. The group was quite for a moment, but soon Rainbow Dash's eyes widened.
"Maybe he's going after Tina!" Rainbow Dash said. The rest of the group gave the same look of worry, and began to quickly make their way towards the hospital. When they reached the hospital, they saw several guards surrounding the building.
"What happened?" Twilight asked one of the Lunar guards. The guard bowed.
"A strange creature attacked one of the night nurses, and now one of the hospitals patients are missing. We have searched the entire hospital, but we have found nothing." The guard said. Twilight's worry increased, and she looked to her friends who looked as worried has her.
"Girls, we need to search through the town, and find Tina." Twilight said. The girls nodded, and begun to look for the missing pony. Twilight looked back to the guard. "Same goes for you. alert the rest of the guards, and search for a pony with a strange human like creature." Twilight ordered.
"Yes your highness." The guard said, and went to alert the others. Twilight sighed, and begun to head back to the library. Once she reached the library, she noticed that the door was cracked open.
'Must have not closed it all the way.' Twilight thought, and entered the library. "Spike! Spike, I need you to write a letter to Celestia. Sp-"
*SLAM!*
Twilight jumped as she was cut of by a loud slam from behind her. She looked back, and saw Tina who had a shameful look. Twilight smiled with joy. "Tina, your okay. Thank Celestia, where is the human? Did he hurt you?" Twilight asked. Tina only looked down. "Tina?" Twilight asked with a more concerned look, and tone. Soon Tina spoke.
"I'm sorry princess." Tina sobbed as tears fell from her face, and onto the wood floor. Twilight was about to say something, but she was cut off by a hard object slamming into the back of her head. She felt her body tense up, and then go numb as she fell to her knees, and fell to the cold floor. Her vision was blurred, and a throbbing pain was in the back of her skull. She was then turned over onto her back, and saw a large blurry figure. It was as tall as Big Mac, and it's eye was glowing red. It wore strange metal clothing, and it held a strange object. Soon Twilight realized what the creature was, and fear filled her entire soul as she could not move. It was the human. The human knelt down, and gave a dark chuckle. It was a strange, metallic chuckle that sent chills through her spine. Soon it spoke, and it's voice sent more than chills through her soul. It sent dread, and horror into her mind.
"Why, hello princess. I think we need to have a little talk." The human said. Twilight could no longer keep her eyes opened as they were now to heavy to keep open, and everything went dark.
Author's Note
Finally! This was like my third re-due of this damn chapter. I had to start over because the others were so bad, and made no since. But thankfully I finished it, and you all hopefully enjoyed it.
Anyways have a good day, or night.
I awoke feeling extreme pain in my head, and groaned. I slowly opened my eyes, only to see darkness from a blindfold, and heard two voices. "Please, just let me go. I did as you said, please." Begged a female voice. There was a deep chuckle, and soon a strange voice replied.
"You think I'm dumb? Your just gonna go and call for help. Nope, sorry T, your staying here until I get what I want." A metallic voice said. Soon I had remembered what had happened, and I could feel my heart begin to race, and I began to feel sweat roll down my face as I started to breathe faster. Soon I heard heavy footsteps, and I could just feel a large creature standing over me. "So, your awake. Good, we have much to talk about, princess." Soon my blindfold was torn off, and for a moment I felt relief that I could see again, but as soon as I looked up I wished for the blindfold to be but back on. Standing over me was the human with his armored clothing, and felt fear surge through my mind as I looked into his helmets glowing red eye. I wanted to say something, but my throat was dry, and I couldn't think straight. The human chuckled again, and walked to a table with my tools on it. As he walked away I looked to my left, and saw Tina, and Spike tied up in a chair. I looked down, and saw that I was also tied up. I looked back over to Spike and saw that he was gagged, and had a bloody nose and a black eye. A few tears filled his eyes as he looked at me, waiting for me to do something. Anger filled my soul as I saw my assistant gagged, and injured. I snapped my head towards the whistling human, and focused all of my power into a paralyzing spell, but all that happen was a loud hissing sound. I looked up at my horn, and saw that it was covered in some kind of glowing lights.
"W-what the?" The human chuckled again as he turned towards me.
"Like it? Those are EMP bugs. They're real good at taking down large power sources, such as your horn there. By the way, thanks for the heads up about that T." The human said, and nodded towards T. I looked over to her, and glared as she looked down to the ground in shame.
"I'm sorry princess." Tina whispered. The human chuckled once more, and walked over to Tina. He pulled out a knife, and grabbed her by the hair. My eyes widened with fear as he lifted up her head. Tina's eyes were also filled with fear as she continued to struggle. The human flicked her nose, and sighed.
"Calm down, I only want my chip." He said, lowered her head down. "Now just hold still, I don't want to kill ya." He said, and slowly dug the knife into her skin. She yelped, and winced at the pain, but she stayed still as if she were stone. The human took his time trying to find this "Chip", but soon he chuckled, and held a small blood covered object. "There ya are." He said, and placed it in a small metal container. He patched up Tina's small wound, and clapped his hands. "Alright then, lets get down to business." The human grabbed a chair, and placed it right in front of me. He sat down, and stared at me for a few seconds before he reached for his helmet. There was a small hiss, and finally his helmet came off revealing his pale white face. He had short brown hair, and a short beard. His eyes were pale blue, and he looked very tired, but he had a small smile planted on his face. The human place his helmet down next to his chair, and leaned forward towards me. Everything was silent for what felt like hours until he finally spoke in his normal voice. "So, Princess Twilight, correct?" The human asked. I nodded. His smile grew as he chuckled. "Good, I'm glade I didn't fuck up."
"What is going on? Why are you here?" I asked. The human shrugged.
"Well I'm here because of the foul crimes several races, such as yours, have committed on kind." The human said with a now stern, hard face.
"What crimes?! We have done nothing!" I said. The human only glared, and rose from his seat. He then walked towards a large table that had several documents, notes, and records from the investigation I had been working on. He picked up a folder, and opened it. Instantly a look of disgust covered his face as he looked at me. His pale blue eyes were filled with rage, and I felt a chill run down my spine. He walked back to me, and showed me the folder that contained records of human hunting licenses, the locations of personal human sex slaves that were 50% off, human labor camps, and finally pictures of failed human test that ended with the brutal death of over a thousand humans. I gulped, and looked up at the angry human with sweat running down my face, and fear filling my soul.
"You've done nothing wrong huh? Not only are you disgusting creatures, but your also shitty liars." He said, and threw the folder onto the ground. He sat back down, and stared at me. He then pulled out a strange object, and pointed it at Spike. "You know what this is?" I shook my head, but I knew it was deadly. His smile returned, but this smile was now a sick, and twisted smile. "I can easily blow that little shits head off with one press of a button." He said with a chuckle. My eyes widened with terror as I looked to spike who eyes were even wider with fear.
"P-please no." I pleaded with a few tears escaping my eyes. The human sighed, and lowered the object.
"Don't start the water works now, princess. I won't kill him, unless you tell me what I want to know, and do what I want. Understood?" He asked. I sighed, and nodded. "Good, now I want to know why the hell humans are like this? Why are we animals?" He said with a bit of anger.
"Because your kind has always been that way. You have a savage nature ever since Celestia, and Luna found your kin. With now way to teach you magic, or of civilized ways, humans became our servants." I said. This seemed to only anger the human even more as he gritted his teeth.
"Bullshit!" He growled.
"It's true. It was written in the history of Equestria." I said. The human was silent, but soon he spoke.
"Are there any cities, villages, or even tribes that are filled with humans?" He asked. I shook my head.
"No, humans are not allowed to create a home without a owner. If they attempt this than they will be captured, and sold to other kingdoms." I said. The human growled, and ran his fingers threw his short hair.
"Are there any human labor camps near by?" I nodded. "Do you have control over them?"
"Only one in ponyville." I said. The human scratched his beard, and nodded. He seemed to be thinking as he kept quite for several minutes. Everything was silent as we sat there, and soon I noticed something. Where was the human I was testing on? I looked around the room, and found nothing. That is until I spotted a trail of blood. I followed the trail with my eyes, and went wide eyed to see a snow white sheet covering a motionless figure. The sheet was stained with blood, and a single hand poked out from under the covers. I looked back to the thinking human. "You killed him?" I asked. The human looked up, and then turned his head to the corps.
"He was suffering. His wounds were to great for me to deal with, so I put him to rest." He said, and looked back at me with a cold look in his eyes. "I saved him from this hell." I wanted to say something, but a small voice in my head told me to shut it. So I did.
The human sighed, and leaned back in his seat. "You know princess, I have seen several horrific things in my life. I've seen war, hunger, disease, corruption, and way to much death for any man to handle. I've also done unholy things for the greater good. But that's a long list that I don't have time to talk about. I just want to let you know,that what I've read from your notes, and other important documents makes me disgusted. It's like nothing I've ever seen. Humans, young and old, being used as tools. Not even the children are safe from your sick pleasures." He said with a shutter from his last comment. His smile then returned as he rose from his seat, and began to slowly walk towards me. "So princess, tell me, what do you see me as? An animal? A alien? A slave without his master?" He was now towering over me, his eyes fixed with mine as he reached towards my face. I flinched once I felt his hand touch my cheek, and closed my eyes, waiting for something to happen. Nothing happen, so I slowly opened my eyes to see the human staring into my eyes. His eyes, with a cold and tired look stared right into my soul as he shook his head. "It's amazing how much you look human, but I guess a monster has several forms, right?" I looked away from his eyes, and to the ground.
"It's not my fault, it's just the way things are. It's always been like this." I said quietly. He chuckled, placed his finger under my chin, and lifted my head back up to see his eyes.
"Well then, I'll have to make a lot of changes won't I?" He asked, and looked away. "Damn, looks like I spent to much time dicking around." He said. I looked to the clock, and saw that it was almost morning. "I better get a move on, but I need a new hostage. T here deserves a break." He said, and winked at Tina who gave a sigh of relief. "I could take you, but carrying a royal princess through the town may be a bad move. So I'll just take the lizard." He said. My eyes widened.
"NO!" I shouted, and tried to break free. "You can't take Spike! Please just take me!" I pleaded. He shook his head.
"Nah, he's small so it'll be easier getting around, and he seems to mean a lot to you so I'll have an advantage over you since his fate is in my hands." He said, and walked over to Spike who was shaking his head, and trying to break free. "Now don't try to burn me again ya little shit." The human said as he cut Spikes ropes. Instantly Spike tried to run, but the human grabbed him by his tail, and lifted him up in the air. "Shit, this ones a fighter!" The human chuckled as Spike threw punches towards the human. Finally the human gave a quick blow to spikes head, and he went limp.
"Spike!" I screamed with tears running down my face. I struggled, only to fall to the floor with my chair. The human threw Spike into a sack, and swung it over his shoulders. "He's just a child! He has nothing to do with any of this!" I shouted. He walked past me towards the table, grabbed a large object, and swung it onto his other shoulder. "Please no!" I pleaded. He ignored me, and picked up his helmet from the ground. "Please, I'll do anything, just don't take him away!" He sighed, and walked past me as I struggled to break free.
"Don't worry princess. As long as you do as I say, he'll live." He stopped at the stairs, and looked back. His smile was wide as he placed the helmet back over his head with a hiss. He then spoke in his mechanical voice. "But if ya piss me off, I'll kill him." And with that the human began to quickly climb the stairs.
"Spike! Spike! SPIIIIIKE!!"
[Jacob's Pov outside of Ponyville]
I stood outside of the forest with a smile under my helmet, and a folder filled with five documents. I opened the folder, and saw a picture of a smiling orange pony with a cowboy hat. Several humans stood in chains behind her, and they were all holding baskets filled with apples. I chuckled. "So, miss Applejack, you want to use humans as slaves huh? Well I'll just have to pay you, and your little farm a visit." I said, and closed the folder. The little lizard began to mumble something, but I only ignored him, and entered the forest.
"But first, I need a base of operations."
Author's Note
New chapter, yay! This may not be a great chapter, but I felt like I need to update something. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Have a good day, or night!
I groaned as I stretched my arms, and threw the sack onto the ground. "OW!" The lizard yelled as he slammed into the ground. I removed my helmet, and knelt down next to a large, calm river. I smiled as I splashed the cool, refreshing water onto my face, and chuckled. The water seemed to shine from suns morning light, the trees swayed back and forth in the air, and the sound of birds singing filled my ears. It was all very calm, and I enjoyed the beauty, but soon I was pulled out of the beauty by the lizards loud yelling. "Let me out you hairless monkey! When I get out of here I'll show you who's boss!" He shouted. I sighed, and quickly refilled my empty canteen.
"Will you shut it." I said, and stood up. "If I knew you were this annoying, I would have taken that princess." I mumbled.
"Can I at least stick my head out? It's hard to breathe in here." He said. I thought for a moment, and shrugged. I walked over to the sack, and opened it a bit just for his head to stick out. His head popped out, and he took a deep breathe. "Thank Celestia, it was getting kinda smelly in there." I sat down, and leaned against a tree. We were both quite as I drank from my canteen, and continued to listen to the calming sound of the forest. I stared up into the sky, and saw bright white clouds float lazily throughout sky, and a few birds fly by. "Uhh, what are you going to do to me?" He asked.
"Nothing as long as your princess doesn't try anything." I said, and rose to my feet. "So be a good lizard, and play nice."
"I'm not a lizard, I'm a dragon" He said. I raised an eyebrow.
"A dragon? Bull, your no dragon. Your to small." I said, and grabbed my helmet.
"Well that's because I'm a baby dragon." He said.
"Well I don't care what you are, your my hostage until I get what I want." I said, and placed my helmet back on.
"What is it you want?" He asked.
"Isn't it obvious? I want humans to be free." I said with a smile. "I want to give humans a chance, and break their chains. I know for a fact that when humans break free from the other races, they can develop a new home, and have their revenge. It may take time, but I'm willing to set them free, no matter how long it takes." I said with pride, and picked up the lizard. "And as long as I have you, I have a princess that will do as I say." I chuckled, and turned away from the river. "Now, where do I go from here. Surely they can't be far." I mumbled to myself. Soon enough the sound of a horn filled the forest, and several strange creatures with nets, spears, and crossbows flew over head. "Shit." I quickly took off following the flying creatures. I sprinted through the woods, jumping over logs, and holes, and soon I came to a stop as I reached the edge of a wide clearing. In the middle of the clearing was the group of humans from yesterday, and a few of the creatures laid dead around them. Blood soaked the humans, and their weapons as they began to bunch up into a circle. More of the creatures surrounded them form air, and ground.
"Kill the humans with weapons, and take the rest back to the hunting camp!" Shouted a bird like creature who stood far from the battle. I looked up into the air, and saw six of the creatures slowly aiming their crossbows at the group. I quickly hanged the lizard on a near by branch, and aimed my rifle at the first creature I saw. I took a deep breathe, and fired a single shot. The creatures head snapped back with a mist of blood shooting out, and it fell to the ground with a loud thud. The creatures froze, and began to look for whatever killed their ally, but before they could even see me I fired five more shots, and every shot hit their targets. They feel to the earth, and the creatures on the ground began to shout in panic, and fear.
"What happened to them!?"
"Where did that come from!?"
"Someone find out where that came from!"
"What the fuck is going on!?"
As the last one shouted out, I pulled the trigger, and it fell dead under it's own weight. As the others watched their ally fall dead, one of the humans from the group lunged at one of the cowering creatures, and plunged his spear into it's chest. It let out a scream, and the other humans with weapons charged forth at the remaining creatures. Two of them were hacked down while the rest who tried to fly away were shot down by me. I looked to the other side of the clearing, and saw a shocked leader staring at what was left of his soldiers. His wings shot up, but I quickly fired a few shots. Most of them missed it, but luckily two shots injured one of his wings, and his left leg. I smiled, and pulled out the magazine from my rifle. Half a mag left, nice. I slapped it back in, and looked to the lizard who was staring in shock, and fear. His mouth hanged opened, and his eyes were wide as dinner plates. I chuckled, and grabbed the lizard from the branch, and walked out of the forest, and into the clearing. "Magical morning isn't it?" I said with a chuckle. The humans quickly snapped towards me with battle ready faces, but soon their faces calmed, and they all smiled with relief. Soon Lizzy made her way out of the group caring a bloody spear, and waved.
"Warrior, you found us!" She said happily. I smirked.
"Told ya I'd find you didn't I?" I said. I looked at the group, and smiled. "I knew you all could fight." I said. She smiled, and chuckled. The rest of the humans walked towards me, and began to thank me for saving them. I got pats on the back from the men, and a few kisses on the side of my helmet from the women. I never liked being the center of attention, but this time it felt good, but as I enjoyed the peoples praise, I remembered the injured creature, and looked to the edge of the forest where a groaning creature could be seen. I handed one of the men the lizard. "Hold this for a sec." I said, and walked past the humans. Soon I reached the creature who was now trying to crawl away, but I quickly shot his other leg. He let out a scream, and held his leg in pain. I then placed my boot onto his throat, and pointed the barrel of my rifle between his fear filled eyes.
"What are you? A demon!?" It asked with fear. I chuckled, and put pressure onto his throat. He gagged, and began to struggle.
"No, I'm much worst then a demon." I chuckled, and put all my weight down onto his neck. Their was a loud crack, and he started to twitch before it laid still with tears running down it's face. I sighed, and turned back to the humans who were all surrounding the man holding the lizard. The lizard was being held up over the mans head as a few of the men slightly poked the bag.
"Ow! OW! OW! WILL YOU STOP THAT, IT HURTS!" The lizard screamed. The humans just laughed, and began to play with the lizard some more. "I can't feel my butt anymore!" He cried out. I snickered, and rolled my eyes. I walked back to the group, and grabbed the lizard from the man.
"Alright, alright, that's enough." I said with a grin under my helmet. I looked to Lizzy who made her way through the group. "We may want to leave before more of those...what were those things actually?" I asked.
"Those were Griffons, but we never seen them this far in Equestria. They mostly hunt in their own kingdom." She said.
"Well, if there are more out there than we may want to find a place to old out." I said. She nodded, and pointed towards a large mountain.
"We were actually going to go try and hide in those mountains there, and with you there I'm sure we will be safe from hunters." She said with confidence. I chuckled, but I knew I didn't have a lot of ammo left. Half a clip, and three more left. Not sure I can take out an army. Luckily I have more ammo for my pistol, but still I'm worried about running into a big group.
"Well lets not stay in the open, lets get a move on." I said, and began to walk towards the mountain. They followed, and Lizzy ran up beside me. I looked at her, and smiled. She was covered in blood, and she wore smile on her face. Her brown ragged clothing was drenched in blood, and a few scratches covered her arms, legs, and even a few on her face. Her short red hair was messy, and all over the place. Her smile was small, and I had just noticed her eyes. They were... white? I never noticed until now. Strange, but really cute.
"Uhh, you okay?" She asked. I snapped out of my trance, and cleared my throat.
"W-What? Yeah, it's just that... your eyes. I've never seen anything like it." I said.
"My eyes?" She asked with a look of confusion.
"Yeah, why are they white?" I asked. She shrugged.
"I don't know. I've seen other humans with colored eyes, thought it was normal." She said. I chuckled. Soon she looked to the lizard, and poked his head.
"Hey!" The lizard shouted. Lizzy giggled.
"Where did you get this little guy, he's really cute." She said. I looked to the lizard, and chuckled at his blushed face.
"Well, lizard boy here is part of my mission. I need him to complete it." I said. He growled.
"I'm not a lizard! I'm a dragon, and my name's Spike!" He shouted.
"Well, Spike, you look cute in that sack." Lizzy said. Spike blushed even harder, and I growled. Cute my ass! I can be cuter than him... I think.
"So, Lizzy, I noticed your group has grown a bit." I said, trying to take the attention away from that little bastard Spike. She looked to me. Yes!
"Oh yeah, we found more of our tribe that escaped the attack on our village." She said. "Luckily a few children survived, but most of their parents didn't make it." She said with a sad look. I shook my head.
"Makes me sick." I mumbled. She nodded in agreement, and we both were silent.
"Uhh, where are we going again?" Spike asked. I sighed.
"To the mountains." I said quickly.
"Why?" He asked.
"To hide from hunters."
"But why don't you humans just go to ponyville, and find a master?" He asked. I was about to snap, but Lizzy spoke first.
"Because we don't want masters Spike." Lizzy said calmly. I on the other hand felt like screaming at the little prick. I was actually surprised at Lizzy's calm attitude.
"Why not? You humans can't do any sort of magic, and you live in the woods like animals. Don't you want a safe home, and be clean, and to be fed fresh food instead of eating whatever you eat out here?" He asked. She chuckled.
"Of course I do, that sounds like heaven! Not being scared every day, and having good food instead hunting, and scavenging whatever we could find. I want to be full, and clean, and free! I want my tribe to live in peace, and I want our children to sleep without any worries." She said with hope, but soon the hope left her voice as she frowned, and looked to the ground. "But that's only a dream, there's no way that will ever happen." I growled, and grind my teeth in anger.
"Your wrong." I mumbled. She looked to me with a bit of confusion. "That's not a dream, it will happen!"
"How do you know that?" She asked.
"Because I've seen it happen, I lived in that kind of world once. I know for a fact that we can create that kind of place. Just trust me Lizzy, that dream will soon become a reality." I said. She chuckled, and shook her head.
"Sure it will warrior, sure it will." She said with a smile.
"Also, my names not warrior." I said.
"Then what is it?" She asked. I thought for a moment, and smiled.
"Delta."
"Delta? What kind of name is that?" She asked with a grin.
"It was the name of my team." I said with pride.
"Your team? Is that what you call your tribes?" She asked. I shrugged.
"I guess." I said. She chuckled, and we were both quite for the rest of the walk there. It took about an hour, but soon we reached the bottom of the mountain. I looked to Lizzy. "So we're gonna climb that?" I asked. She shook her head.
"No, that would be to obvious. The Griffons would search their first." She said, and pointed towards a small hole in the side of the mountain. "That hole leads to a large cave that we can all hide in." She said. I walked over to the hole, and inspected it. It was just large enough to fit a full grown man. I nodded,and looked back to the group. There were at least 15, or 16 people waiting for the okay.
"Alright, everyone in!" I said, and motioned the group towards the hole. They quickly made their way to the hole, and began to climb through the hole one by one. I kept an eye out, and handed Spike to Lizzy as she climbed in. I collected a few branches, and as the last person made their way through I started to climb in with the branches. As I made it through I stuffed the branches in the hole, and covered It up. I turned around to see a dark tunnel with several shadows of human figures. I activated my night vision on my hud, and smiled.
"I can't see."
"Hey watch it!"
"Hey, I found some fluffy pillows!"
"AH!"
*SMACK*
"Sorry!"
I chuckled at the sight of people fumbling around each other, and sighed. "Okay everyone follow the sound of my voice, and stay close." I said, and walked by the group. I began to hum loudly, and watched as the humans blindly followed me. They stumbled, and tripped over each other. It was truly amusing. Even the guy who kept grabbing women's ass, and chest.
"Hey, I see something." Lizzy said, and pointed behind me. I turned, and saw a dim light. I deactivated my night vision, and began to walk faster towards the light. I made sure I was at a good distance from the group, and made my way to the light. I soon noticed the light begin to turn blue, and raised my rifle. Soon I felt a cool breeze rush against my bare arms as I reached the entrance that led to a large open area. Glowing flowers, and mushrooms hanged off the walls, and a clear blue pond sat right in the middle of the room. I entered the room, and scanned the area. I then noticed a trail that led up to the ceiling, but there was another entrance that was blocked off.
"What is this place?" I asked myself.
"My favorite place to relax." Lizzy said, and past by me. Soon the rest of the group entered, and gave the same look of surprise as they scanned the room. "Cool, huh?"
"Yeah it is!" One of the men said.
"It's so beautiful." One of the women said.
"It's perfect!" The old man shouted. "Liz, why didn't you tell us of this place sooner?" Lizzy shrugged.
"It didn't come to mind. Sorry." She said, and rubbed her neck. The old man sighed, and waved his hand.
"No matter, we're here now so lets get comfortable." He said with a smile. Everyone agreed, and started to explore the area.
"Delta." I looked to Lizzy who held Spike in her right hand. "What do you want me to do with Spike here?" She asked.
"Just keep an eye on him, I'm going to go and make sure this place is clear." I said. She nodded, and walked away towards a group of women.
"Oh how cute!"
"He's so adorable!"
"Look, he's blushing!"
I chuckled as Spike looked back to me with a pleading look. I shook my head, and began to check for any other entrances. Luckily there were none, and everything seemed to be fine about this place. No sign of hunters, and no other open entrances that could be dangerous. I looked around, and smiled to see the group relaxing next to the water. They talked, laughed, and just acted like nothing was wrong. I wanted to join them, but relaxation wasn't on my list right now. I found the group, and we found a place to set up, but I still need them to get on the same page with me. I walked to Lizzy who was still with the other women. They surrounded Spike who seemed to have gotten used to all of the attention. I tapped Lizzy on the shoulder, and she looked to me. "Hey, can I talk to you for a moment." I said motioning her away from the group.
"Sure." She said, and we broke away from the laughing group of girls. We reached a empty part of the room. "So, what do you think. This place is great huh?" She asked.
"Yeah, it's a slice of heaven, but I need to talk to you about something important." I said, and took of my helmet. My face was stern, and serious. "Remember my mission I was talking about?" She nodded. "And remember that dream of yours?" She nodded again. "Well your dream is my mission." I said. Her eyes went wide, and she only had a face of confusion.
"Wait, what?" She asked.
"My mission is to make a home for humans. A free home." I said with a small smile. Now her face showed only disbelief as she looked at me as if I was crazy.
"Delta, that's nuts! There's no way any of that will happen. It's not like we can just make a home, hunters will come for us, and tear it down." She said.
"Then we fight!" I said.
"That's even more nuts!" She said.
"Why is that nuts? You, and your group just fought off a group of hunters today. I mean just look at you! Your covered in their blood!" I said.
"Delta we got lucky, and we only killed a few hunters when they weren't paying attention, you killed the rest when you found us." She said, and sighed. "I can't believe we're even talking about this."
"Lizzy, trust me, we can build that dream of yours. We just half to fight for it!" I said, and put a hand on her shoulder. "Lizzy, I need you, and your group to help me in my mission." I said. She looked at me, and pushed my hand off of her shoulder.
"No way, you can fight for this 'dream', but your not pulling my family into this!" She hissed.
"Then would you rather your family just stand here, and wait for those fucking things to come, and drag you away, and do god knows what to you!?" I shouted.Everything was quite, and even the rest of the group stopped what they were doing, and just stared at us. I sighed. "Lizzy I need you, please help me make a world better for humans." I said. She shook her head, and looked to the ground.
"What are we going to do? It's not like we can affect anything." She said.
"Your wrong again." I said with a smile. She looked up with confusion. "We can make a new world as long as we try. If we just sit back, and suffer, then the dream of freedom will only be a dream. We have to build, we have to give hope, and we have to fight. If we don't do that, then who will?" I asked. She was quite, but soon she spoke.
"Fine, I'll help, but I'm not sure about everyone else." She said, and looked to the others. I thought for a moment, and smiled.
"Later tonight we'll talk about it when we're all together, but for now let's just set up. I'll go hunting while the rest of you set up." I said, and placed my helmet back over my head.
"Well why don't you take Abe, and Glenn? They're our best hunters." She said, and pointed to two young men talking with the group of girls. I thought for a moment, and shrugged.
"Fine. Hey Abe, Glenn! Come here!" I shouted. Both of the men, looked to us, said their goodbyes to the women, and ran to us.
"What's up?" Glenn said. His hair was dark black, and his dark skin had several cuts. His eyes were green, and he gave off this serious, but kind look. He was big, and obviously had some muscles.
"Yeah, hope this is important." Abe said. His hair was blonde, and his tanned skin was covered in dirt, and scratches from head to toe. His eyes were blue, and he gave off a cocky vibe by just smiling. He was skinny, and lacked muscles.
"Delta here is going hunting, and I want you guys to go out with him." Lizzy said.
"What? Why should we?" Abe asked. Lizzy glared at him.
"Cause I said so, or do you want me to tell my father about your little stunt you tried to pull?" She asked with a evil smile. Abe growled, and folded his arms.
"You know that's not fair." He said.
"Does it look like I care?" She said. Glenn laughed, and rubbed his neck.
"No problem, we'll go hunting with the warrior." Glenn said, and stuck out his hand towards me. "It may be fun." I chuckled, and shook his hand.
"Good, and call me Delta." I said. Glenn nodded with a smile.
"Well are we going or not?" Abe asked. Me, and Glenn chuckled, and we all began to walk towards the tunnel we came from. We left the room, and walked back through the dark tunnel. As we walked back through the tunnel, a thought entered my mind.
'Just a dream, huh? Well we'll just have to make it a reality.'
Author's Note
Hey everybody, hope you enjoyed the chapter! Also, I have decided to add some characters, and I want to know if any of you want to send me your epic OC's, please send them in the mail. They can be human, Pony, Griffon, Dragon, tree, doesn't matter.
Anyways, have a good day, or night.
Celestia sat in her throne with a dark tired look, and gave a heavy sigh. She rubbed her eyes, and rose from her throne. "I'm going for a walk in the garden. If any news concerning last nights attack on Ponyville is brought forth, then please find me." Celestia said to the guard.
"Of course your highness." The guard said. Celestia walked down from her throne, and exited the the room. Ever since Luna told Celestia about the attack she has not been able to think straight, she hasn't even smile once, which worried many of the guards, and servants as their princess of the sun walked through the halls with a dark, blank look. They are so use to her generous loving spark that always flickered in her eyes, and her kind smile that brought a peaceful warmth to all of their hearts, but today they see a new princess. Not one of peace, and harmony, but one of worry, and darkness. Even the sun seemed different. It didn't shine as bright as it always does, and it didn't give as much warmth, and comfort. Celestia sighed as she entered the gardens, and took a deep breath of fresh air. She smiled gave a small, and began to walk through the calm gardens. The wind blew gently against her face, and the sound of the birds singing filled her ears. She soon reached a benched that was near a small pond with crystal clear water, and sat down. She sighed, and stared into the sky. The clouds floated in the blue sky, and several flocks of birds flew by. For a second Celestia's worried mind was relaxed, but her relaxation soon died as she felt someone near her. It took her a few seconds to figure out who it was, and once she realized who was she chuckled.
"Hello Discord." Celestia said, and looked over her shoulder to see a smiling Discord lazily floating to her left. Discord chuckled, and rested his head into his hand.
"Hello Celestia, how are you on this find day?" Discord asked. Celestia shook her head.
"Today is not a find day Discord, you know that." Celestia said. Discord gasped, and snapped his fingers. A news paper then appeared into his hands, and he pointed at the article with the picture of a burnt market.
"Haven't you seen the paper? Ponyville was attacked by a strange creature, and the entire town was almost set ablaze." He laughed. Celestia gave Discord a angry look.
"Do you think this is funny?" She asked. Discord stopped laughing, and rolled his eyes.
"Oh lighten up Celestia, you know I still love some good chaos." He said. Celestia sighed.
"What is it you want Discord? I only want to relax for at least a few minutes." She asked. Discord then got one of his old evil smiles, and chuckled.
"Well I was going on another vacation, but when I heard about your problem I couldn't help but join in the fun." Discord said.
"What do you mean?" Celestia asked.
"Well I wanted to let you know that you won't need to worry about that human anymore." Discord said.
"Why is that?" Celestia asked.
"I will be taking the human as my personal play toy." Discord chuckled darkly. Celestia was about to ask what he meant, but something had crossed her mind.
"How did you know it's a human?" Celestia asked.
"Oh I knew from day one. I knew I felt something strange, but I thought you could handle it. Looks like I was wrong." Discord chuckled. Celestia rose to her feet with anger in her eyes.
"You knew the entire time!? If you would have captured him, none of this would have happened!" Celestia shouted with rage. Discord nodded.
"Yes, if I would have captured this human all of this could have been avoided, but this human had a spark in him. A spark that that had potential to start a fire in this world." Discord said with a evil grin.
"What spark? What fire? Why are you speaking this nonsense?" Celestia asked. Discord laughed, and flew high up into the air.
"Oh don't worry about it Celestia, I'm just speaking nonsense as usual. Just relax, and know that the human will soon be out of your hair." Discord said, and opened a portal, but before he could get through, Celestia stopped him.
"Wait!" Discord looked back, and smiled.
"Yes?" Discord asked.
"What are you going to do with him?" She asked.
"You know I like to collect rare, and interesting creatures. Even though he's not rare, he's very interesting." Discord said. Celestia sighed, and nodded.
"Very well, just make sure he does not cause any more problems." Celestia said. Discord nodded, and smiled.
"Don't worry, you can count on me." Discord said, and entered the portal. The portal disappeared, and Celestia was left alone again in the gardens. Celestia sighed, and sat back down on the bench, and smiled.
[Jacobs prov]
I laid on the ground panting, and sweating buckets. I stared up at the sky, and chuckled. I looked to my left, and saw my helmet next to both a bloody, and out of breathe Abe, and Glenn. They saw me chuckling, and soon joined me. I then looked to my right, and saw a blood stained lion with a scorpion tail, and the wings of a bat, laying on the ground without any motion. I sat up, and sighed. "Well, that was fun." I chuckled.
"Sure, almost getting torn apart by a Manticore was fun." Abe said sarcastically.
"Well at least we got food for the tribe. This meat should last for a few days." Glenn said, and pulled out a sharp, curved blade. "And now I get to test my new knife."
"Where did you get that?" Abe asked.
"Those damn griffin's had a few of them, so I took one for myself." Glenn said, and walked over to the dead Manticore. "Help me out with this." Abe groaned, and walked over to Glenn with his satchel, and pulled out a dull blade. They began to cut chunks of flesh from our kill, and Abe looked back at me.
"Ya gonna help?" He asked. I sighed, and rose to my feet.
"Might as well." I said, and pulled out my own knife. I walked up to our kill, but stopped dead in my tracks. I felt like something was watching us, and looked over my shoulder. I saw nothing but the woods, and I was about to turn back around towards the kill, but I soon noticed that my helmet was missing. "You guys have my helmet?" I asked.
"No." Glenn said.
"It was over there." Abe said. I grabbed my rifle, and scanned the area.
"Yeah, that's what I thought to." I muttered. I slowly walked towards the spot where my helmet was, and kept my finger on the trigger as I kept scanning my surroundings, but before I could reach the spot, something shot out of a near by bush, and wrapped around my legs. Before I could do anything I was pulled off the ground, and slammed hard onto the ground. I aimed my rifle at the bush, and fired several shots, but it didn't help. I was slammed into a tree, and lost my rifle as it flew into the woods. "Shit!" I shouted. My attacker soon let go of me once there were two loud battle cry's. I looked up and saw Abe, and Glenn charging towards the bush with their blades, but before they were even close, several chains shot out of the ground, and wrapped around both Abe and Glenn like snakes.
"What the he-!" Before Abe could finish, he and Glenn were pulled into the earth. They tried to grab onto something, anything to help them escape, but soon nothing was left.
"Glenn! Abe!" I shouted, and ran towards the spot where they had disappeared. I started to claw at the ground, trying to find them, but before I could continue I heard a low chuckle. I turned around, and saw some kind of demon floating in the air, and giving me a evil smile. The demon was made up of different animal body parts, and just by staring into his eyes had sent chills through my body, but I showed no fear, and stood tall. I glared at the demon, and readied myself for a fight. The demon gave one more chuckle, and snapped his fingers. Out of thin air my helmet had appeared in his hand, and he threw it to me.
"I think this is yours." He said. I didn't catch the helmet, and let it fall to the ground. He gave me a disappointed look. "Have you ever played catch?" He asked. I glared even harder.
"Shut up freak!" I growled. He did a dramatic gasped, and gave fake tears. Soon he disappeared, and left me confused, but soon I was lifted into the air, and heard a chilling voice behind me.
"It's not nice to call people names." He said, and chuckled. I tried to move my body, but it felt as if it was turned into stone. I struggled, and struggled, but it never worked. There was a loud yawn, and the creature appeared right in front of me. "It's no use you know, I have you in my grip." I snarled, and gave a death glare, but he only returned it with a cocky smile.
"Who, and what are you!?" I growled. He chuckled, and patted me on the head.
"Aren't you cute." He said. He laughed, and snapped his finger. I soon fell to the ground, and looked up to see him sitting on the dead Manticore. I rose to my feet, and clenched my fist with rage. He must have noticed this, and smiled as he crossed his legs, and rested his head on his hand. "Calm your self human, I'm not here to fight." He said.
"Bullshit! You just killed those men!" I shouted. He laughed, and snapped his fingers. Soon both Abe, and Glenn's heads popped our of the ground, and they both gasped for air.
"HOLY SHIT!!" Abe yelled.
"FUUUCK!" Glenn shouted. As I saw that they were both alive, I gave a sigh of relief, and chuckled.
"Thank god you two are alive, I would have had to carry all of the food back myself." I said.
"THAT'S ALL YOU CARED ABOUT?!" They shouted giving me dirty glares. I chuckled, and rubbed the back of my neck. Soon the creature cleared his throat, and spoke.
"Can we continue this conversation later? I wish to make this fast." He said. I looked to the creature.
"Who, and what are you?" I asked. He cracked a smile, and tilted his head sideways.
"You can just call me a friend." He said, and chuckled.
"A friend huh? What kind of friend?" I asked, and crossed my arms. His smile slowly turned into a wicked one as he gave a dark chuckle.
"A friend who want's the same goal as you." He said.
"You want to free humans?" I asked.
"Something like that, yes. Freeing humans is step one in my plan." He said, and snapped his fingers. Abe, and Glenn soon escaped the earth, and my helmet, and weapons appeared in front of my feet. I looked at him, and raised an eyebrow.
"What plan?" I asked. He shook his hand, and waved the question off.
"Doesn't matter right now, so just know that you have an ally inside of the Equestrian government." He snapped his fingers again, and a file cabinet appeared next to him. He opened the cabinet, and flipped through different folders until he stopped on a blue folder. He took the folder out, and handed it to me with a devilish smile. I was hesitant at first, but soon I reached for the folder, and took it. I opened the folder, and saw that it was a map of Equestria, and a road was circled, and labeled as, "The target". I turned the page, and saw a document, and a picture of a minotaur with black fur, and scars around his body. I looked to him, and gave a confused look.
"What's this?" I asked.
"Another ally that you may want to meet. Everything about him is in that folder, and if you want to find him you'll only have one chance, and that's in two days." He said.
"Wait, wait, wait, what's going on here?!" Abe asked.
"Yeah, who is this, and what's he talking about?" Glenn asked.
"Guys I don't fucking know! So calm down, and listen." I said. I looked to the creature, and smiled. "So, you say your an ally that is inside the Equestrian government, right?" I asked. He nodded. "Then this might be very useful. Alright, but know that I still don't trust you. If you fuck me over, I'll kill you. Got it?" I asked.
"Ooo, hostile huh? I like it." He said, and snapped his fingers. A backpack appeared in his hands, and he threw it to me. I caught the backpack, and opened it to see extra magazines off ammo, and a few medical supplies. I looked up at him with a surprised look.
"How did you get this stuff?" I asked.
"Well it was nothing really. Just wanted to give you a little gift is all." He said, and smiled. He soon yawned, and snapped his fingers. A portal instantly opened next to him, and he looked to me. "Well I guess that's all for now, so I'll be going now. I'm having tea with my dear friend Fluttershy, and I don't want to be late. So goodbye!" He said, and entered the portal, but before it closed he poked his head out. "Oh, before I go, may I have your name?" He asked.
"It's Delta." I said.
"Delta huh? Well Delta, I pray that you don't fail in reaching your goal. If you do fail then that means my plan won't work, so please don't die." He said, and disappeared. Everything was quiet once again, and we stood there trying to figure out what had happened.I looked to the folder of info, and smiled. I closed the folder, and looked to Abe, and Glenn.
"Alright boy's, lets get this food, and head back." I said, and walked towards the the dead Manticore.
"So we're just going to forget about this? We're not going to ask any questions about what that thing was, we're just going to get the food, and head back?" Abe asked.
"We'll talk about it later, so stop moaning about it, and finish this already." I said, and grabbed my knife. Abe was about to talk again, but Glenn sighed, and walked over to me.
"Come on, the faster we do this, the faster we can go home." Glenn said. Abe lowered his head, and sighed.
"Whatever." He mumbled, and joined us.
[Later on]
After we had gathered as much meat as we could, we started to head back to the cave, but as I was walking, I couldn't help but think about that strange creature. Why would he want to help me, and what was this plan he spoke of? I didn't like it one bit, but how he just snapped his fingers, and gave me this bag of ammo, and medical supplies got me thinking that we can gain new weapons, or tools that could help with our survival, and our road to victory. The information would be very helpful as well. Knowing military schedules and secrets, or having info about different slave owners, and large companies that keep the Equestrian government alive. With information like that things could be real easier.
I was pulled out of my thoughts once we reached the cave, and we climbed through the entrance. Once we were through, we covered the entrance, and began to walk through the dark cave. "Fuck, it's way to dark in here. We need to put up some torches." Abe complained. I looked to him with my night vision on, and chuckled.
"Oh it's not that bad, I can see fine." I said with a huge grin.
"Easy for you to say, you have that weird helmet to help you out." He said.
"Don't worry, we'll have a few torches placed in the cave later. Lets just get back to the tribe." Glenn said. Abe huffed, and was silent. Soon we reached a bright light, and entered the wide clearing filled with people. People were around the pond with friends, or family laughing, and just talking. Some were still working on a few huts made from sticks, and others were just sitting around. We walked into the clearing, and I looked over to see Lizzy walking towards us with a smile. I took off my helmet, and smiled back.
"Hey guys, you catch dinner?" She asked. Abe laughed, and held up a full bag of meat.
"Hell yeah!" He said with a large grin, and laughed. Glenn chuckled.
"We got some Manticore meat, so get ready for a feast.
"A Manticore? No wonder you guys look like crap." She said. We examined ourselves, and laughed as we saw ourselves. We were all covered in dirt, sweat, blood, and scratches. I rubbed the back of my neck, and chuckled.
"Yeah, that prick didn't go down without a fight." I said, and handed my bag of meat to Glenn. "Take this, I need to talk to Lizzy." I said. Glenn nodded, and took the bag. Abe, and Glenn walked away, and left me and Lizzy alone. She looked to me, and smiled.
"So, what's up?" She asked. My smile disappeared, and I replaced it with a more serious look. She saw this, and replaced her smile with a frown. "What now?"
"Well, I'm not sure really, but I think I met a new friend." I said, and pulled out the blue folder. "He gave me this, and I plan to inform everyone about this." I said. I gave her the folder, and she began to scan it. Soon she looked to me his an uneasy look.
"Delta, I'm not sure about this." She said. I nodded.
"I know how you feel, but we may have to trust this guy if we want to get anywhere." I said, and crossed my arms. "But I need to talk to your dad."
"Why?" She asked.
"If I can get him on my side, then everyone else should be on board." I said. "Where is he?" Lizzy looked around and groaned.
"Oh geez, he's over there." She said, and pointed to the edge of the room where three old men sat in a circle, laughing their asses off. "I thought they finished that stuff off." She mumbled.
"Finish what off?" I asked.
"Well a few weeks ago, a group of ponies lost a bunch of cargo filled with some strange liquids that made them really crazy, and stupid. I never tried it because I didn't want to look like a fool in front of everyone." She said. I thought for a moment, and smiled once I realized what she was talking about.
"They're drunk." I chuckled, and shook my head. Lizzy looked to me with confusion.
"Drunk, whats that?" She asked.
"What, you don't know what being drunk is?" I asked. She shook her head, and I only laughed.
"Whats so funny?" She asked a bit annoyed.
"Well lets just say being drunk is kinda fun, and hell, I wouldn't mind joining the,." I said, and walked towards the group of drunk men who were laughing, and shouting. I reached them, and smiled. "Hey guys, having fun?" I asked. Lizzy's father saw me, and stood up.
"Ah, my friend, and my tribes savior! Come, come, join us!" He said, and handed me a dirty bottle. I grabbed the bottle, and took a swig of the strong drink. I coughed a bit, and laughed as I felt the drink already kicking in.
"Holy shit, that stuffs ungodly strong." I chuckled. The men laughed, and I handed the man his drink back.
"So young man, what is it you want?" He asked.
"I actually need to talk to you alone." I said with a serious look. He seemed to understand, and nodded.
"Very well, can we be left alone?" He asked his drinking buddies. They nodded, and left us alone. I sat near him, and he took a sip of his drink. "So, what is it?" He asked.
"It's about my mission, and how you, and your tribe can help me complete it." I said.
"Oh? How can this tribe help you? Also, what is your mission?" He asked.
"Well my mission is to bring down the Equestrian government, and any other government that is an enemy of the human race." I said, but before I could say anything else, the old man just laughed.
"You, taking down a government?" He said, and laughed even harder. "And people call me crazy!" He shouted. He continued to laugh until he saw my stone like face, and stopped himself. "Your serious?"
"Yeah, and I need your help." I said. He shook his head, and sighed.
"My friend, you saved my tribe, and for that I am grateful, but what you are asking me is to send my children off to war. A war where the world his our enemy." He said.
"But don't you see, if we don't fight we'll just be hunted down until we die." I said. He nodded.
"If that is our fate, then so be it." He said.
"Chief listen to me, we need to fight. We need to create a world where our future children can embrace the world with open arms instead of shackled ones. Don't you want a real home, and don't you want your tribe to be free?" I asked with clenched fist, and anger. He sighed, and nodded.
"Of course I do, but fighting the world would just bring death to our tribe." He said.
"But not fighting will also bring death, or even worse fates for the men, women, and children." I said. The chief was silent, and only stared at the ground. "Chief, listen to me, if we fight we won't just save this tribe, but our entire race." I said. The chief took a sip of his drink, and looked to me.
"Why do you want to fight so bad?" He asked. I smiled, and leaned back onto the wall.
"It's my job to fight, simple as that." I said. The Chief chuckled, and sighed.
"Fine, we'll help you." He said, and looked around the room. "Wonder how the rest will feel about this." He muttered. I patted him on the shoulder, and rose to my feet.
"Hopefully they'll understand." I said. "When do you want to tell them?" I asked.
"In a few minutes, I want to get this over with." He said, and rose to his feet. "I'm going to gather my thoughts." He said, and walked away. I sighed, and looked to Lizzy who was walking towards me.
"So, what did he say?" She asked.
"He's in, and he's going to tell everyone soon." I said.
"How soon?" She asked, but before I could answer her I was interrupted by the chiefs voice.
"Gather around everyone, gather around! I have urgent news!" He shouted on top of a large rock.
"Huh, thought he was gathering his thoughts." I said, and shrugged. "Oh well, he said he wanted to get this over with so, whatever." I said. Lizzy sighed, rolled her eyes.
"Great." She mumbled, and walked towards the group of gathered people. I shortly followed her, but I didn't join the group, and instead joined the chief on the rock. We waited until everyone was gathered, and I looked to the chief.
"So, you want t kick this off, or do you want me to?" I asked. He smiled, and waved me off.
"I'll start." He said, and looked to the crowd.
"What's going of chief?" A man asked.
"Is something wrong?" A women asked.
"Do you want more of that crazy juice?" Another women asked. The chief shook his head, and waved at the crowd to calm down.
"Listen to me, listen, what I'm going to tell you all will start a new path for our tribe." He said, and sighed. "For as long as I could remember we've been hunted, murdered, and enslaved by nearly every race that lives on this world. Why? I don't know why. Maybe it was because of our ancestors, or maybe it's because they enjoy watching our race suffer. I watched family, friends, and even my beloved wife fall victim to the other races, and they're vile acts, and I never fought back. I never fought for my tribe, I never fought for my family and friends, and I never fought for... I never fought for others. I hid." He said with shame, and clenched his fist. "None of us have fought, we only ran, and prayed for a lucky break, but the lucky break never came. So, I have chosen a new path, and the very warrior who saved us will help us on that path." He said, and gestured to me with a smile. "I have decided that now is the time we fought." He said. The entire crowd only stared in a mix of confusion, and shock as the chief finished his decision. Soon, a man spoke.
"You mean, you want us to fight the other races?" He asked. The chief nodded.
"That's insane!" Another man shouted.
"But he's right, we can't just run." A women said.
"Yeah, hiding won't work forever. Soon we'll be another slave to the other races." A man said.
"Yeah, besides, I'm getting tired of hiding from those ponies." Abe said with a grin. The group was soon a cluster of people approving about the decision, or disagreeing about it. Getting annoyed, I cleared my throat, and spoke.
"Everyone, everyone, calm down! Now I know some of you are unsure about this, but know that we have many advantages that will aid us in our fight." I said.
"Like what?" A man asked. I pulled out the folders filled with information, and raised it into the air to show everyone.
"This holds information about a group of ponies of the Equestrian government that are very close with the princesses of Equestria, and I plan to pay each one of them a visit. My first target will be Applejack, a owner of a apple farm, and a owner of fifty slaves." I said, and showed them the picture of the orange pony with slaves lined up behind her. "I want to burn this place to the ground, and rescue the slaves." I said.
"Well that sounds good and all, but most humans have been brained washed into mindless slaves. They don't know anything else but following orders." Glenn said. "It's sad, but it's the truth."
"Well we'll still save them no matter what. Besides, this pony is my main target." I said. He shrugged.
"Just saying, saving brainwashed humans will be a waste of time, and effort, but I do want to take down this slave owner. So I'm with ya." He said. People began to mummer some things, and soon the chief spoke.
"So, what say you all? Shall we fight, or shall we hide?" He asked. No one spoke a word for what felt like hours, and I could see some of the hesitation in the faces of the people. But soon Lizzy walked through the crowd, and spoke.
"I want a real home. A place where I can live out my life, have a family, raise my children, and die happily knowing that my children, and their children will have better lives than me. So if I have to fight an entire world to make that happen, then so be it." She said with a determined look in her eyes. I smiled, and looked around the crowd to see the hesitation from the crowd slowly disappear. Soon a man spoke.
"Fine, lets fight these bastards!" He shouted, and shot his fist into the air. Soon a wave people raised their fist, and shouted in agreement. I looked around the crowd, and chuckled as the sight of a new force was born. I looked to Lizzy, and nodded. She nodded back, and shot her fist into the air, joining the crowd. I looked to the Chief.
"Guess it's time to change our fates, huh?" I asked. He chuckled, and nodded.
"Yes, it's time to follow a new path." He said. I patted him on the back, and walked off of the rock. I looked to a hut, and saw a struggling Spike. I smiled, and walked towards the hut. He saw me, and fear covered his face like a mask as he struggled even harder. I reached the hut, and knelt down next to him.
"Hey there buddy, wanna have some fun?" I asked, and gave a evil smile.
[Ponyville]
Twilight sat in the middle of the library sobbing, and surrounded by her friends who attempted to comfort her. Tears filled the girls eyes, but they choked back the urge to join Twilight's sobbing, and comforted her. "How can that monster take such an innocent child who hasn't even done anything to him. Humans are nothing but beast!" Rarity said, and wiped away a tear that had escaped her eye. Rainbow Dash clenched her fist, and huffed.
"He's a coward!" She growled. Applejack nodded.
"Ya got that right. Only gutless varmints would do this." Applejack said.
"How are we going to get Spike back?" Fluttershy asked.
"We have to go, and get him!" Rainbow Dash said. Twilight shook her head, and sniffed.
"No Rainbow Dash, he'll kill him before we could reach him. We have no choice but to do as he says, and pray that Spike will come back to us once this is all over." Twilight said.
"But how long will that be, we need to get him now!" Rainbow Dash said. Twilight only looked to the floor, and clenched her fist.
"Please, Rainbow Dash, please just listen to me. I don't want Spike to get hurt! Please!" She pleaded through clenched teeth, and tears flowing down her face, and onto the floor. Rainbow Dash wanted to protest, but Fluttershy placed her hand onto Rainbow Dashes shoulder, and shook her head. Soon Applejack spoke.
"She's right RD, we can't take the chance. I hate it as much as you do, but the only thing we can do is pray that he'll come back." Applejack said. Rainbow Dash sighed, and lowered her head in defeat.
"Maybe the royal guards will find them, and bring back Spike." Pinkie Pie said trying to bring a little hope.
"Yes, I'm sure those trained soldiers can track down one human." Rarity said.
"I hope so Rarity, I hope so." Twilight said, and sighed. "Look girls, thank you for being here for me, but I just want to be left alone right now." She said. The others looked at each other, and soon they all nodded.
"Alright Twi, we'll leave ya be for a bit." Applejack said, and began to walk towards the front door with the rest of the girls following her.
"We'll come back later to check on you." Pinkie Pie said. Twilight nodded, and the girls left the library. Everyone went their separate ways, but as they left each other, Rainbow Dash clenched her fist, and bit her lip.
"Sorry girls, but I can't just sit here and wait. I'll bring back Spike, and the human in chains." She said to herself, shot into the air, and changed her direction towards the Everfree forest.
Author's Note
Hey guys, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry that it took me a while to update my stories, but I've just been kinda lazy. Like, really, really lazy. But I promise another update will come soon.
Anyways, have a good day, or night!
The first strike.
I yawned and stretched my limbs until there was a loud pop. "Ah yeah, that felt good," I muttered and looked to the group of men and women who volunteered to fight. About thirteen volunteers sat in a circle, including Lizzy, Glenn, and Abe. I sighed before grabbing the map that creature gave me. I walked to the group and laid the map out in the middle of the circle. "Okay people, let’s get down to it," I said, pointing to the bottom of a large mountain in the middle of the Everfree forest. "From what I know, we're here at the bottom of this mountain. We're also not that far from the village named Ponyville, so we'll have to keep an eye on that," I said.
"How?" Abe asked.
"Simple, have two, or three scouts keep an eye on the village, and if anything happens have one man come back and report it," I answered.
"Hey, what's that area marked on the map?" a man said, pointing at the circled part of the map.
I waved it off, "It's something we will have to prepare for in two days, but for now we're going to focus on that farm.”
"What's the plan to take the farm?" Lizzy questioned.
I nodded, "We'll have three teams of four who will take different sections of the farm. Team one will take this area in the south, team two will take the west, and team three will take the north."
"What about the east?" a woman asked.
"Since there are fourteen of us, I will take someone with me and clear the east side of the farm. Once we take these areas, we will move in onto the center of the farm and wipe it out."
"Why do we have to take the farm from all these areas? Can't we just rush in and take it?" another woman asked, causing me to shake my head.
"We can, but I don't want anyone to escape and get help. Taking this farm will be much easier by surrounding it." I cracked my neck briefly before continuing. "We will also take whatever food we can find and save as many humans as we can. Understood?" Everyone nodded, but Glenn soon spoke.
"What will we do with the ponies that live on the farm?" he asked.
"Kill them if they try to stop you. I don't care about their age or gender; if they're hostile, then take them down." I said, Glenn nodding in confirmation.
"What if the soldiers from that village come to the farm?" Abe asked.
"Then we may be out numbered, so we'll pull back to the forest. I'll create a distraction while you all retreat. I don't want to lose anyone after this attack, so I want to be careful," I said. Everyone nodded before speaking to one another in quiet voices.
"So, when do we attack?" Lizzy asked. I was silent for a moment and looked up to the group with a smile.
"Tonight." Mostly everyone seemed surprised by my answer, their faces had worried looks. "Tonight we'll leave our mark and start the flames of war by setting that entire farm ablaze," I said.
Lizzy sighed before shrugging. "Well, if ya think we should attack tonight, then I guess we attack tonight," she said and looked around the group. "Remember everyone, as long as we watch each others back and do our jobs, we should all make it back alive." Soon the worried looks on their faces seemed to dull a bit and everyone nodded in agreement.
"That's right, do this and we'll all be home by sunrise," I tacked on, rising to my feet." Alright everyone, go prepare for the attack and we'll all meet up by the entrance. We got a few hours, so take that time to relax with your friends and family, or get some sleep. I don't want anyone to be tired during the attack." I said.
Abe sighed and stood up. "Might as well light up that dark ass tunnel. Glenn, wanna help?" Abe asked.
Glenn shrugged before getting up. "Sure, why not." Everyone stood up and went off to prepare, but Lizzy stayed put on the ground with a blank look as she only stared at the ground. I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow.
"You alright?" I asked, but she didn't reply. I walked over to her and poked her in the head. She seemed to snap out of some kind of trance before looking up to me.
"W-what?" she spluttered. I chuckled.
"You alright?" I questioned again.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking to myself,” she replied.
"Worried?" I asked.
She chuckled and shook her head. "The opposite actually. I'm excited, but I'm just still amazed that we're doing this," she said. "I can't believe we're actually going to fight back. I would have never dreamed about this in a million years." She looked up at me with a smile. "Thanks."
"Why are you thanking me?" I asked.
"Thanks to you, we're fighting for our freedom," she said, rising to her feet.
I chuckled and shook my head. "Don't thank me yet, we haven't even made our first move," I said, rubbing my neck. "Besides, it's my job." I patted her on the shoulder. "Well, talk to you later. I gotta have a little chat with our lizard friend," I said. She nodded, letting me walk away towards the hut where I had left Spike. I reached the hut and saw the little lizard in the bag sitting quietly in the middle of the hut. Spike looked up and only glared at me with disgust and hatred. I returned with an emotionless look before sitting down near him. "Hello Spike," I said.
"Leave me alone." He said. I shook my head and sighed.
"Ya know I can't do that Spike," I said, smirking. "I need you to tell me about your friends. I wanted to talk to you earlier, but you refused to, so I decided to give you some time. Your time is up now, so start answering my questions.”
"Make me, freak!" Spike said. I gave a heavy sigh and leaned in close to his face. Our eyes were now locked together, my smile having disappeared and replaced with a frown.
"Listen buddy, I tried to be nice, I really did. You know how hard it is being nice to someone who uses humans like tools? It's almost fucking impossible, but somehow I did it. Now? You’re pissing me off. Answer my fucking questions, or I swear to god I won't only hurt you, but I'll hurt all of your friends and burn down that entire village. Now, TALK!" I shouted.
Spike's attitude seemed to change. "What do you want to know?" he asked. I smirked and patted him on the head.
"Good. Now, what kind of relationship do you have with the ponies in these documents?" I asked, pulling out the documents of the ponies. "Let’s start, shall we?" Spike gritted his teeth and gave me a death glare.
"We're f-friends, that's all," he said.
I shook my head. "Need more details Spike, like what are they to you? What are you to them? Do they have any secrets that these documents don't have? What are their fears? What are their weaknesses? What are they like? I need answers Spike. These documents have their history, but they don't have their emotions or thoughts, but you do," I said.
"Why do you want to know this stuff?" he asked.
"Don't worry about it little buddy, just answer them and we'll both be happy," I replied.
"I can't."
"You what?" I asked, a bit annoyed.
"I-I just can't." He stuttered.
"Spike, I'm getting pissed again, so you better start ta-" before I could finish, he cut me off.
"I won't tell you anything that will help you hurt them and you can't make me!" he shouted. It was silent for a moment, my eyes staring into the small dragon. I sighed and placed my hand on the top of his head.
"Your young Spike, but do you want to die young?" I asked. Fear covered his face like a mask and he looked away from me, but I forced him to look back into my eyes. "Don't make me kill a kid Spike, even though you’re with those damn ponies, I don't want to kill you. Just talk, or you'll miss out on the rest of your life. Don't you wanna find love? Meet new people? Have a family?" I asked. He only looked down and closed his eyes. "This is your last warning Spike, talk, or feel pain," I threatened with a cold voice. Spike began to shake and opened his fear filled eyes. "Talk." Spike closed his eyes again, shaking his head.
"No! I'll never help you hurt my friends, or other ponies! I don't care what you do with me, I won't talk! I won't help you!" he screamed, keeping his eyes sealed shut as a few tears leaked out of his eyes. I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth in anger. I looked outside of the hut and saw a few people staring at the scene. My fist shook with rage as I looked back to Spike who kept his eyes shut. I pulled back my fist and nearly delivered a blow to the shaking dragon, but before I could I was stopped by a voice from behind me.
"Jacob!" I looked over my shoulder and saw a shocked Lizzy staring at me. I looked past her and saw a bigger crowd staring at me with mixed emotions.
I looked to Spike and sighed. "Fine, I'll give you more time to think about it. Please make the right choice when I come back," I whispered, rising to my feet. I turned to the crowd and Lizzy with an emotionless face. I walked past Lizzy and through the crowd. "Three hours, we leave towards the farm. Be ready," I said, before walking toward the newly lit tunnel, but as I entered the tunnel I felt someone pull on my arm, forcing me to stop. I looked back and saw an angry Lizzy. "What?"
"Don't 'what ' me! What the fuck was that?!" she shouted in rage.
"I was getting information, nothing more," I said.
She pushed my shoulder and glared at me. "By beating up a child!?" she shouted.
"I didn't even hit him," I defended.
"But you were going to! Besides, what the hell would he even know that would be of use?!" she hissed.
"He lived with the princess and the other ponies that I've targeted. He may only know a little information,
"But why beat it out of him?" she asked.
"Why do you even care!? He lived with those fucking ponies, so that means he part of their
"He is different! I've talked to him and he's a good kid,” she fired back.
"Even if he is a good kid, in his mind slavery of humans is a good, innocent thing," I said.
She huffed and rolled her eyes. "If you would have talked to him more, then you would know that he doesn't see it as slavery, he see's it as having a pet or a personal helper. Not once has he called humans slaves, and he even talked to me as an equal. He never talked down to me and he never insulted me. He never talked to a human before, so it was new to him," she exclaimed. I sighed and rubbed my neck. Lizzy continued, "Delta, I know what you’re saying. I understand, but he's just a child. Beating him will only make him see us as monsters that need to be in chains." I looked over Lizzy and saw some of the women tending to the cowering dragon, causing me to groan.
"Okay, maybe you’re right, but sometimes you have to use force to get what you want," I said.
She nodded, "I agree, but you don't have to force a kid. You just need to get on his good side."
I lowered my head, and sighed. "Sorry, I'm just used to doing it my way," I said, raising my head. "It's ugly and hard to do Lizzy. I've never liked hurting civilians for information, but it's something you have to do in my world." I turned away from her.
"But you’re in this world now," she said.
I chuckled and nodded. "I guess you're right. I'll take your advice and get on his good side. For now just to comfort him, and I'll try again after the attack,” I stated, beginning to walk through the tunnel. Lizzy's words sunk into my thoughts and I gave a mental sigh. 'Getting on his good side, eh? Well, it's worth a try,' I thought to myself. Soon I was pulled out of my thoughts as I reached Abe and Glenn, who were lighting torches and placing them throughout the tunnel. Abe saw me and waved.
"Hey Delta, wanna help?" he asked.
I was quiet for a minute before smiling. "Sure, got nothing better to do," I said, reaching and grabbing a torch.
[Rainbow Dashes prov, three hours later]
"For the love of Celestia, where are they!" I shouted in frustration, leaning against a tree with sweat running down my face. It had been hours since I left Ponyville and it's starting to get dark. My brain keeps shouting at me to go back, but my body moved on it's own, and it didn't let me turn back. So I just kept walking deeper and deeper into the dark forest. I knew it was dangerous, but I was determined to get Spike back. I took a deep breath and began to walk through the forest again, but soon I smelled something that nearly made me puke. I wanted to get away from the smell, but I couldn't help but walk towards it.
I walked through a few bushes before freezing as I saw the horrific sight of a mutilated Manticore. Large sections of its body were picked clean and its bones were sticking out of its body as if they had impaled the creature. Its entrails were exposed and sprawled all over the ground. I slowly walked towards the corpse while attempting to hold my vomit down in my gut and soon saw several holes in the corpse’s head and back. I felt my heart beat faster and faster by the second, feeling fear crawl up my spine as I started to regret coming here.
"W-what in Equestria did that?" I asked myself and looked to the ground to see three pairs of footprints. "T-three humans?! I thought there was only one," I said with panic in my voice. I sighed and ran my shaking fingers through my short hair. "Alright Rainbow, just relax. They're humans, no big deal. You've beat several bad guys, so why can't ya beat three dumb humans." I said to myself and started to relax a bit. I smiled, shaking my head. "Geez, I was getting worried for nothing. I almost forgot that this is the Everfree forest, the place where animals kill animals, so this should be normal. Right?" I asked myself, chuckling. I looked to the tracks and followed them with my eyes deeper and deeper into the woods. I decided to follow the tracks, hoping to find the humans who did this. "Maybe the human I'm looking for is with them," I said, beginning to follow the trail of footprints.
Soon I reached a river and knelt down next to the river. I splashed the cold water onto my face, taking a sip of the refreshing water. Not satisfied, I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and dunked my head into the river. I felt joy as the water flowed against my face, easing my mind. I left my head in the river for a few more seconds before I finally emerged from the cold waters with a refreshed smile. I opened my eyes and chuckled, but soon froze from the sound of a stick snapping. I scanned my surroundings and soon heard a few voices. I slowly stood up, moving slowly in pursuit of the voices. I readied my wings just in case I had to use them. I soon reached the voices, taking cover behind a tree. I peeked out from behind the tree and saw a group of humans with weapons following an armored creature, but soon I realized that it was the human who caused all of the trouble in Ponyville, and the one who kidnapped Spike. I clenched my fist in anger and was about to lunge out at him, but soon noticed that the humans who were following him were armed with spears. 'This looks bad,' I said in my mind.
"Delta, how much farther?" a skinny human asked. I was surprised by the human’s ability to speak, snapping out of it to listen for a few minutes. The human in the front groaned and spoke in a mechanical voice.
"Just a few more minutes Abe, so calm down, and keep your voice down,” he said. The human named Abe sighed before he remained silent. They started to get farther away, but I needed to know where Spike was, so I took another deep breath and flew up into the air.
"Alright human, time to teach you a lesson!" I said, shooting towards the lead human. The wind brushed against my face and my speed increase by the second. I narrowed my eyes and gave a loud war cry as I neared my target. The human turned and looked up, but before he could do anything I slammed into him, sending him flying into a tree. The human grunted before he clenched his fist in rage.
"Delta!" A woman's voice shouted. I turned around and saw several humans pointing their weapons towards me. The look of rage was plastered on their faces as they slowly walked towards me. I backed up a bit and got into a fighting stance.
"Come on ya dirty humans, I'll take you all on!" I shouted and shot into the air. I aimed for the nearest human, and dashed towards him. I gave a hard blow to his jaw, sending him to the ground. I looked over my shoulder as the woman charged. I reeled back my left leg and sent it slamming into her gut. She gasped and fell back, holding onto her gut. I smiled before spinning around towards the other humans. "That all you got? I can beat you guys without my wings!" I laughed. The humans only glared even harder, but soon the look of rage left their faces, smiles taking its place. Soon the humans lowered their weapons and only stared at me. Confused, I was about to ask them why they were smiling, but soon my entire body froze from a chilling and mechanical voice inches from my ears.
"So you can beat us without your wings?" the voice asked. I couldn't move as I was frozen in fear and felt my heart sink as I felt something grab my wings, its grip tightening. "Let’s test that theory." Before I had time to react, a loud crack filled the air and I could hear a bloodcurdling scream. But soon I realized that the scream was coming from me. The pain surged through my body and I fell to my knees still screaming. My nails dug into the dirt as I tried to fight through the pain, clenching my teeth. Tears blinded my vision as I reached for my wings, but before I could feel them, the human grabbed my arm and I was yanked up to my feet. I came face to face with the armored human and heard a low chuckle. "Well, aren't you going to beat us? Or was all that talk since you got a lucky shot off on me?" The human laughed and grabbed my throat, choking me. I struggled to breathe and violently twisted and turned, trying to get out of his grasp, but he was too strong. I started to scratch at his arms, but he didn't flinch. He sighed and, before I could react, his fist slammed into the left side of my jaw. I cringed, energy surging through me as I retaliated with a hard punch to his jaw, but all I hit was his helmet. He laughed and shot his knee into my gut. I gasped as I felt the air escape my lungs, desperately trying to draw air back in as I wheezed. He threw me to the ground and kicked my in the ribs.
"Ha! Fight you damn pony!" a human shouted and laughed. I tried to get up, but the human slammed his foot into my back, pinning me to the ground.
"She's all bark and no bite," the human above me laughed. I tried to crawl out from under his foot, but my body froze in pain as he slammed his foot back down onto my back, pinning my wings to my body. I screamed out in pain, blood running down my back.
"Stop!" I screamed. All I heard was his dark, mechanical chuckle, and closed my eyes as I buried my nails into the dirt.
"Why should I you rainbow haired bitch!" he shouted and stomped down on my wings again. I tried to scream, but nothing came out. Only a pathetic whimper escaped my lips as the pain flowed through me. "Why the fuck would I show a creature- no I'm sorry, a monster any mercy?! HUH!?" he shouted with anger in his voice.
"You're the monster!" I screamed out. Everything seemed to go quiet in an instant as I said those words and I knew I would soon regret those words as I felt the pressure of his foot grow heavier, and heavier.
"I'm the monster?" he whispered. A few more seconds of silence went by before a bone chilling laugh filled the air. "I'm the monster?!" he shouted. In an instant his foot lifted off my back and came crashing down even harder than before on my wings. I heard several cracks and felt my entire body scream out in pain as he delivered several more stomps to my injured wings. The pain was so intense that I couldn't even scream, my body going numb. It felt like hours until he finally stopped his attack, his heavy breathing and my weak wheezing echoing around us. The human soon lifted his foot off of my back and grabbed me by the neck. He pulled me up and started to tighten his grip around my throat. "You have the nerve to call me the monster?" he interrogated. I choked and gasped for air as I scratched at his arms, trying to get free, but his grip was made of stone and didn't budge. "You’re trash and nothing more," he whispered.
Soon the human stopped choking me and chuckled. "Wait a minute," he said, pulling out a folder. He soon chuckled. "You’re one of the ponies on my list,” he said, laughing as he showed me my picture. "A Ms.Rainbow Dash," he said before looking to the other humans. "Aren't we lucky?" he stated. The other humans all nodded and gave big smiles, but luckily, the human who was choking me, wasn't paying attention, so I took this chance to escape.
"GET OFF OF ME FREAK!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, slamming my knee into his crotch. The human froze for a few seconds before letting go, releasing a terrible howl of pain. I gasped for air and pushed the human away as I stumbled away in the opposite direction. I heard shouting and yelling from the humans, but I couldn't understand what they were saying as I only focused on getting away. I felt my heart race as I stumbled through the pitch black forest, tears escaping my eyes. My body screamed in pain after every step I made, but my fear kept me moving. At one point I tripped, catching myself on a nearby tree. "W-where am I?" I asked myself, tears streaming down my face. I pushed off the tree, but barely stayed up on my shaking legs. I stumbled a few times and looked around the dark forest. "I can't see anything, where am I?!" I shouted, hoping for an answer, but all I received where the sounds of the forest. I felt my legs finally give in and fell to my knees. "Damn it! Why didn't I listen to the others?" I asked myself.
"I think she went this way!" a voice shouted in the distance. Soon I could hear several other voices start to approach, my fear forcing me up on my legs, followed by running away from the voices with what little strength I had left, but the voices seemed to grow closer and closer no matter how hard I tried.
"Please, please, please, PLEASE! Celestia help me!" I cried out, but as soon as I pleaded for Celestia's help I felt the ground under me disappear. I fell down a small hill and landed hard on my broken wings. I closed my eyes and screamed in pain as I clenched my fist, quickly rolling over onto my stomach. I slowly cracked my eyes open, a dim light shining beyond the dark forest. At first I was scared and I was about to run away from it, but soon the voices of the humans grew too close and I decided to take my chances. I crawled to my feet and started to run towards the light with the rest of my strength.
"There she is!" another voice shouted from behind me. As I ran towards the light, I could hear the humans grow closer, but I didn't dare look back and only focused on escaping. Soon, I reached the light and smiled in relief as I saw the Apple family's farm glow in the darkness.
"APPLEJAC-" before I could finish her name, I felt a hand cover my mouth and a sharp knife pressed against my throat. I was frozen in fear as my capture slowly ran the knife down my neck, a low chuckle filling my ears.
"You know, I could kill you right here," he said with his mechanical voice. He then took the knife away from my throat and pointed it at the farm. "But I’d rather make you suffer as I burn your friends home to the ground. Seems fair, right? You make my race suffer, so I'll make your race suffer,” he said. "All teams, move into position! We'll attack once I fire a round into the air!" he shouted. I tried to scream as the humans ran past me, but all that came out were the muffled sounds of my voice. I started to struggle, but the human holding me spun me around and placed the knife on my cheek. "Don't worry, you'll live, but you better pray for your friends,” he spoke darkly and, before I could react, he slammed his head into mine, my world going black.
[Jacob’s pov]
The body of the rainbow haired pony fell to the ground motionless, causing me to chuckle. “Goodnight,” I whispered, looking up to see Abe, Glenn, and Lizzy waiting for my orders. I sighed and pointed to Abe. “You go with team one.” Abe grinned and nodded.
“Sounds good to me,” he said, starting to run off after team one. I then looked to Glenn.
“Team two,” I said. He nodded and left without a word. I finally looked to Lizzy. “You’re with me since team three is full,” I ordered.
“Alright, let’s get moving,” she said. I nodded and we began to move towards the east side of the farm. Lizzy looked to me with an uncertain look and I spoke.
“What?” I asked.
“Do you think it was a good idea to let that rainbow pony live? What if she wakes up?” she asked.
An evil smile crawled under my helmet as I chuckled. “Don’t worry, I hit her real hard. She ain’t gonna get up for a while,” I said. Soon we reached a small shack and took cover behind it. I poked my head out and scanned the opening, spotting nothing. I then started to scan the house and saw that two lights were on upstairs. The downstairs were pitch black and the only thing that could be heard were the crickets chirping.
I looked back to Lizzy. “Listen, I’m going to start the attack, but once I do, I need you to keep an eye on the house’s front door. Whoever comes out that’s not me, you have to kill. Understood?” I asked. Lizzy nodded and tightened her grip on her spear. I saw the nervousness on her face and patted her on the shoulder. “Don’t worry. Remember, keep your cool and do your job. As long as you do that, you’ll be alright,” I said. She gave a small smile and nodded. I gave one more pat and raised my rifle into the air. I gave a short prayer before pulling the trigger. The gunshot echoed throughout the air, my body lurching as I sprinted towards the house. Soon the sound of several loud war cries filled the my ears and a smile came to my face. I slammed through the door with a loud crack and raised my rifle. I saw nothing but darkness, but the sound of a confused and frightened voice came from upstairs. I quickly turned on my night vision and moved to the stairs. I aimed up the stairs, noticing a green pony with a walking cane staring towards me with surprise and confusion.
“What in tarnation!” she yelled.
“On the ground, NOW!” I screamed.
“Granny Smith, what’s going on?!” a voice asked from upstairs. The green pony looked back to reply, but she was cut off by the sound of a gunshot. Blood sprayed into the air and she let out a scream of pain as she tumbled down the stairs. Sho soon reached the bottom of the stairs, laying at the bottom of my feet moaning in pain. I pressed my rifle onto her skull, shaking my head.
“I said get onto the ground.” I pulled the trigger. Blood sprayed out from her skull and her body ceased to move. I sighed, but I quickly aimed back up the stairs once a light turned on, revealing a smaller pony with a bow in her hair, wearing a red dress, and a look of absolute horror painted onto her face. A child most likely.
“G-Granny…” she said with tears running down her face. I cursed under my breathe and quickly ran up the stairs to catch her. The child let out a scream and ran away from the stairs.
“Hey! Get back here you-!” Before I could finish, I reached the top of the stairs, only to be greeted by a large red pony in shorts and a white shirt. He let out a loud roar and tackled me, sending us both tumbling down the stairs. We landed on top of the dead pony. I quickly pushed off my attacker with both of my feet. I rolled to my knee and aimed my rifle at the large red pony, but before I could fire, a pot slammed into my head and dirt covered my visor. I quickly wiped the dirt from my vision, but as the dirt was cleaned off of my visor, the red pony shot his knee into my helmet. Holy shit did that hurt! I fell onto my back and lost my rifle as it slid away under a table.
“Shit!” I yelled. I tried to get up, but my attacker was already on top of me. The look of rage and bloodlust filled his eyes as he delivered blows to my helmet. I knew I had protection, but this guys punch’s felt like a horse’s kick, and I started to taste blood in my mouth. Soon I had enough and dodged his next punch. I then delivered a hard punch to his jaw, but it only seemed to get him even angrier. He grabbed my helmet and slammed it into the wooden floor. I cringed and reached for my knife, but I was instead yanked up off of the floor and thrown into kitchen. I landed onto the kitchen table and fell to the floor. I took a deep breath before I jumped to my feet. “Holy fucking shit! What are you, the red version of the hulk?!” I shouted.
“I’ll kill you!” the red pony screamed and charged into the kitchen.
“I’ll take that as a yes,” I said and flipped the kitchen table over. I jumped to my right and dodged the charging pony just in time as he smashed through the table. I grabbed a nearby chair and smashed the chair into his back. The chair shattered and the large pony shot up with rage. “Shit!” I hissed, ducking as the pony threw a punch over my head, my body retaliating as I shot a hard uppercut, hitting his jaw and sending him stumbling back. He quickly recovered and clenched his teeth.
“I’ll kill you, ya murder!” he growled. I smiled under my helmet and pulled out my knife.
“I’d like to see you try asshole,” I muttered. We stood there for a good thirty seconds, waiting for someone to make a move, but finally he gave a loud roar and charged towards me like a bull. I took a quick breath and charged forward with all of my speed, crashing into each other. Luckily, I was victorious in the charge and he was pushed back, but he had grabbed my arm that held the knife, resulting in a duel of strength. He delivered blow after blow to my helmet, but I returned his blows with several hard punches to his jaw and sent my knee into his gut a couple of times. Rage and pain were all I felt as we returned blows to each other, but while we were pounding away, I still struggled to send my knife into his damn throat! But luck seemed to be on my side as a voice filled the room.
“Big Mac!” My attacker quickly looked to the left and grin shot onto my face.
“Wrong move asshole!” I yelled as I tore his hand off of my arm and shot my knife down. Unfortunately, he stumbled back a little and my knife ended up digging into his shoulder. He yelled in pain and pushed me away. I took my knife with me and stumbled back a bit. He held his bleeding shoulder and looked to his left. I looked to where he was looking, noticing the child pony hiding behind one of my targets. Applejack! Fear, anger, and confusion covered her face as she stared at the larger pony.
“Applejack, take Applebloom and run! I’ll hold this bastard off!” he shouted. Right on cue, a rock smashed through the window and the entire room lit up with a bright light from outside. I looked out the window and smiled as I saw several humans causing chaos outside. My smile grew even larger as I saw Abe and Glenn leading out other humans with chains around them from a burning barn. I turned my head towards the ponies to see shock and fear. I couldn’t help but laugh. Anger had replaced the red ponies face, or ‘Big Mac’ as Applejack had called him, but the anger quickly disappeared as he looked to the two ponies with a small, gentle smile. “Applejack, Applebloom, I’ve watched both of you grow up into the ponies you are today. Both of you make me proud to be your older brother and I’m happy to have worked on this farm with you, but please do something for me,” he said, looking to me with a stern face. “RUN!” he shouted, again charging at me.
“Big Mac!” the child screamed. I soon took my attention away from them and focused only on the charging Big Mac. I lifted up my boot and smashed it into Big Macs face, but surprisingly, this didn’t affect him and he grabbed my leg.
“SHIT!” I shouted as he kicked my other leg, sending both of us falling to the floor. He attempted to throw a punch, but before he could land it, I sent my knife into his gut and smiled as he yelled in pain. I thought it was now over, but before I could react, he slammed his forehead into my helmet, my visor cracking from the impact. He then stumbled to his feet and took a few steps back as he grabbed my knife that was in his gut. I crawled to my feet and shook my head, trying to clear my head. “Holy shit! This asshole hurts!” I mumbled, looking up to see Big Mac pulling out my knife and throwing it aside. He held onto his injury and panted heavily as a small stream of blood ran down his face. I smiled and took off my helmet to inspect it. “Aw man, look what ya did! You know how hard it is to fix this?” I asked. A smile appeared on his face as he coughed a bit.
“Oh well,” he muttered. I sighed and placed my helmet on a nearby counter.
“Whatever, let’s just finish this,” I said, looking over to the spot where Applejack and the small child once was. “I want to have a little chat with your sister,” I said with a smile. He only glared at me and growled. I chuckled and sprinted towards him with a warcry. He took a deep breath and charged towards me. We smashed into each other, surprising me as I was lifted off the ground and carried through a wall. I grunted and slammed my elbow into his head several times, but soon I was slammed onto the floor and felt my back crack. “Oh shit! Yeah, that hurt!” I groaned. I looked up to see Big Mac raising his leg up and rolled to my left as he brought his hoof smashing to the floor, leaving an imprint. I jumped to my feet and slammed my shoulder into his side, sending him to the ground. I panted and waited for him to get up, but took a quick glance down, noticing my rifle poking out of the bottom of a table. I ran to the table, snatched my rifle, and spun around with my rifle raised, watching as Big Mac staggered to his feet. I smiled and cleared my throat. He looked up and anger was plastered on his face.
“You’re a coward,” he said with disgust. I shrugged.
“Maybe, but guess what,” I said, aiming towards his head. “I win.” And with that, I pulled the trigger and his head snapped back with a bloody mist spraying out the back of his skull. He crumpled under his own weight and laid motionless on the hardwood floor. Blood leaked out of his head and I gave a heavy sigh. “Well, that's over with,” I muttered, cracking my back. “And holy shit am I gonna be sore,” I moaned and walked through the hole leading to the kitchen. I grabbed my helmet and snatched my bloody knife from the ground before heading towards the front door. Once I reached the front door, I saw Lizzy standing there with a happy look, but no Applejack.
“Jacob!” she said, running to me. I held up a hand and she stopped dead in her tracks. “What?”
“Did you see any ponies come out the front door?” I asked.
“No, you’re the only who’s walked through those doors,” she said. I sighed and scanned the area. My luck seemed to have run out.
“Damn, they got away,” I muttered, looking around the farm. I saw Glenn and Abe at the entrance of the farm with several humans. “Come on, let’s go get a report,” I said. We both began to walk towards the group of humans. I walked with a bit of a limp and winced at the pain in my back. Lizzy offered to help me, but I waved her away and we continued towards the farm’s entrance. Soon we reached the group of humans, Abe noticing me.
“Holy shit, what happened to you?” he asked, chuckling. “You look like shit.”
I smiled and rubbed the back of my neck. “I was having a little fun,” I said with a chuckle.
“Clearly,” Glenn said. I looked to the chained humans and frowned. They all had this confused face as they looked around the farm, wondering what was going on. They were all covered head to toe with dirt and they wore ragged clothes with several holes in them, some of the holes revealing large sections of their bodies. Soon I noticed the children who hid behind the larger humans and felt sadness as I saw that they were in the same state as the older humans. I growled as I saw iron collars around each of their necks and looked to Glenn.
“Why are they still chained up?” I asked. He shrugged.
“We were too busy on gathering food into a cart,” he said, pointing his thumb over to a small cart filled with food.
I sighed. “Fine, but did anyone here notice two fucking ponies running from the farm?!” I asked.
“Yeah, three of our guys went after them,” a man said and pointed towards the main dirt road.
“Should we send help?” Lizzy asked.
“Yeah. Abe, take your guys and help them catch those ponies,” I said. Abe nodded, rallied his men, and started to head down the dirt road. I looked to Glenn. “Glenn, I need you to take the humans and food back to the cave. Move fast and try to cover up your tracks,” I said. Glenn nodded and they began to lead the chained humans towards the Everfree forest with the cart following behind. But I stopped two other men and motioned them to me. “You two are with me,” I said. “We’re going to burn this place to the ground.” They nodded and ran off to get to work.
“Alright, lets get cooking,” Lizzy said, but I stopped her.
“No, you go with Glenn. He’ll need some help since he’s down two men,” I said. Lizzy seemed confused, but soon she was instantly angry.
“What!? But I want to burn this place down too!” she shouted.
“Look, just do as I say. I know you want to help burn this shit land, but if Abe and the others don’t catch those two ponies, I need you to be the one to be there to help Glenn, Abe, and the others get back to the cave alive. Alright?” I asked. Lizzy stilled look pissed, but she soon had a look of worry.
“But if they don’t get those ponies, and the Equestrian armies come here, what will you do? What if you get hurt, or worse?” she asked with fear. I stood there silent for a moment before sighing.
“Then I’ll have to hope for luck to be on my side,” I said, placing my hand on her shoulder. “But if the worst happens, I need you to take my place,” I said.
“What, why me?” she asked. I shrugged.
“Cause you seem right for the job,” I said, smiling. Her cheeks seemed to light up a bit, but she closed her eyes and sighed.
“Fine, I guess you’re right,” she said with a smile and gave a soft punch to my shoulder. “But you better not die; I don’t feel like leading an army,” she said before walking past me. I smiled and looked back as she jogged off down the road after Glenn and the others. I sighed and looked back to the farm to see one of the men throw a burning torch through a window. Soon, fire began to spread throughout the house and I placed my helmet back onto my head. I walked over to one of the men who held two torches and chuckled.
“Alright, you go set the apple trees ablaze and I’ll finish here,” I said. He nodded with a smile and handed me a torch.
“Have fun,” he said, running off towards the acres of apple trees.
I smiled. “Oh I will,” I said before walking towards the house.
Author's Note
Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the chapter. I want to give a big thank you to Requiem17 for editing this chapter! Thank you so much for the help! You guys should go and check him out he's a cool guy and he can help you out with any editing.
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Twilight sat alone in her empty library and held a picture of all five of her friends and Spike together at one of Pinkie’s parties. She stared at the picture with tears filling her eyes and felt so many emotions fill her mind, but she had no idea how to deal with them. She wanted to scream, but sadness held her back to only sobs. She wanted to tell herself that everything would be alright and that her dear little brother will be back at her side helping her around the library, but fear seemed to poison her hope and filled her mind with nothing but doubt. She wanted to remember the good times she had with Spike, but the guilt of not saving Spike pulled her back to the night he was thrown into that bag and carried up those stairs from her. Twilight began to sob as the image of the human hitting Spike filled her mind. “I’m so sorry Spike…” she whispered and hugged the picture. “Forgive me,”
“Princess?” a deep voice called from the other side of the library’s front door. Twilight looked to the door and gave a small sigh. She placed the picture onto a nearby table and whipped the tears from her eyes as she rose from her chair and composed herself. She took one last deep breath and cleared her throat.
“Yes, who is it?” she asked.
“Commander Silver Heart of the Royal Guards. May I enter?” he asked.
“Yes, please enter Commander,” Twilight said. The door slowly opened and a silver stallion with black hair walked through the door with his helmet under his right arm. He closed the door and bowed.
“Y-your highness,” he said. It was obvious he was nervous by the way he looked at Twilight and by the way he spoke. Twilight couldn’t help but give a small smile as she saw the nervous commander nearly fall over as he rose from his bow too fast. It’s been awhile since she had smiled and it felt good, but though a smile had made it’s way onto her face her emotions were still being held inside her. Silver Heart gave a sheepish smile and cleared his throat. “Um, I’ve come from Canterlot with the platoon you requested your highness,” he said.
“Ah yes, very good. I’m happy you’re here Commander Silver Heart. To be honest, I’ve never heard of you. Were you recently promoted?” Twilight asked. Silver Heart nodded with a proud look planted on his face.
“Yes your highness, I was promoted last month after a victory against the Changeling forces that attempted to sneak past the border,” he said and his smile grew large as Twilight’s face seemed to light up in surprise.
“Changelings passed through the borders? How have I not heard about this?” she asked.
“Well we don’t want all of Equestria thinking that the Changelings can just pass through the borders whenever they want, it would cause panic. Besides, it was just a hundred or so, we quickly took care of them,” Silver Heart said and cleared his throat. “Anyways, I’ve come here to share some details with you,” Twilight’s smile slowly disappeared and she gave a nod.
“I see. We have much to talk about then Commander, please sit,” Twilight motioned Silver Heart to a chair and sat back down into her seat. Silver Heart quickly made his way to the chair and pulled out a map as he sat down. He cleared the table in front of him and Twilight and laid out the map of the Everfree forest. Twilight quickly scanned the map and saw that four large circles around the Everfree forest were numbered from 1 to 4 and were labeled “Patrol teams”. Twilight looked up to the Sargent. “So, what is your plan Commander?” Twilight asked. Silver Heart looked up and pointed at one of the circles.
“Well as you can see, I’ve already set up patrol routes for the squads and I plan on having four more scouting outposts set up between each of these patrol routes. At least two or three guards will be set up at the entrances of the town and around the library,” he stated as he pointed at a large square that was outside of the town. “This is where we will put Dr. Vex and his team. The remaining guards will be posted here to guard them,” he said and smiled.
“Wait, Dr. Vex and his team? Who are they?” Twilight asked.
“They’re the scientists that will be doing research on the human and his surroundings.”
“Wait, wait, wait, why are scientists here? I requested you here to save my assistant, that’s it,” Twilight said with confusion and a bit of anger. Silver Heart’s smile seemed to fade away as a nervous look returned to his face. “Commander, what is your plan to save my assistant?” Twilight asked with a glare. Silver Heart was silent for a full thirty seconds until he finally let out a heavy sigh and rubbed the back of his neck.
“There is no plan your highness,” he said. Twilight’s eyes went wide and she shot from her seat as her wings unfurled and stretched out as far as it could. Anger was now plastered on her face and she clenched her fists.
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE A PLAN TO SAVE SPIKE?!” Twilight yelled in anger. Silver Heart fell out of his chair and quickly scrambled to his feet. He stared at the enraged princess and fear filled his heart as he backed away until he was stopped by the wall.
“Y-your highness p-please calm down. I-”
“Do not tell me to calm down Commander! How can I be calm when my little brother is being held hostage by some damn human!?” Twilight yelled. “I requested you and your guards here to save him! What else did you think I requested you here for?!” Silver Heart closed his eyes and gave a heavy sigh.
“Well, you see your highness… we didn’t come here because of your request,” he said and looked to Twilight with a sorry expression.
“What? Then why are you here?!” Twilight asked as she gritted her teeth. Silver Heart gave another heavy sigh and reached into his satchel. His hand soon came into view and it was now holding a scroll with a royal crest. “What is that?” Twilight asked.
“It’s a letter from Dr. Reaper. He’s the head scientist of Canterlot’s Royal Human Research Team and he has given us a mission to protect Dr. Vex, his team, and his student, Tina, while they are here doing their research. For now, our mission is to secure the area while they set up their labs,” Silver Heart said.
“I don’t care if your mission is to guard the scientists, I order you to begin planning on how you will save my assistant now!” Twilight ordered with anger.
“Well, normally I would be forced to follow your orders, but I’m afraid that I cannot. You see, Dr. Reaper knew you would react to this so he spoke to Princess Luna and he has gained her permission to take full control over this research mission,” Silver Heart said and saw Twilight’s confused face.
“What are you telling me Commander?” Twilight asked with anger and a hint of fear. Silver Heart looked to the scroll in his hand before he handed it towards her.
“You have no authority in this operation your highness and I’m afraid the guards who were stationed here during the night of the attack are being redeployed to another area due to some border issues with the Changelings, I’m sorry,” Silver Heart said as he looked to the ground to avoid the pure shock that had covered Twilight’s face. She stared at the scroll for what felt like hours until she gained the strength to reach for it and take it out of the commander’s hand. She slowly opened the scroll and began to read.
Dear Princess Twilight
I am Dr. Reaper, head scientist of Canterlot’s Royal Human Research Team, and I am writing you this letter to inform you of the situation and how it will be handled by my fellow scientist, Dr. Vex, and his team. Now I understand your assistant has been taken hostage by the human, but I’m afraid I can’t let you interfere in this once in a lifetime chance to study a human who not only can speak clear Equestrian, but is from another world that clearly has more technology. So I have spoken to Princess Luna and I have gained full control over this operation. I’m sorry, but this is something that will most likely never happen again in my lifetime and I plan on to learn as much as I can from this human. Unfortunately, due to some personal issues that I must see to, I can not be there to lead the operation myself, so Dr. Vex will fill my role. The human is to be left alone and Dr. Vex and his team will be allowed to work in peace.
-Dr. Reaper
Twilight stared at the letter with intense rage and felt something snap as she saw a royal stamp from princess Luna that officially approved this ‘operation’. Twilight couldn’t believe what she was reading and she couldn’t believe that Luna, a friend of hers, was letting this happen. Doesn’t she know that she’s putting Spike in danger by leaving him with that damn human?! Why are they just going to study the human and not capture him? He’s dangerous! Twilight was now just numb with rage as she thought about the situation more and more, crushing the letter in her hands before she threw it to the ground with a shout. “Damn you!” she screamed with tears overwhelming her eyes. Why? Why would she do this?! Spike needs help and they’re just going to do research?! WHAT THE HELL!? Twilight couldn’t hold it in anymore as she fell back into her seat and began to bawl her heart out.
Silver Heart lowered his head and felt pity for the princess. He could never imagine what it was like to be in this position. He’d always been able to help his friends and family and in the end everything would work out. But this situation didn’t look good for the princess or her assistant. “Commander,” Silver Heart quickly looked up to see the teary eyed princess looking at him with a desperate look. “You have to help me get him back. I can’t live with myself knowing that I wasn’t able to save someone I’ve grown up with and basically raised. Please help me,” Twilight pleaded. Silver Heart was shocked. Never would he have thought a princess, nevertheless a goddess, would have begged for help. He was so used to the princesses being strong, noble, and proud, but here was the princess of magic begging for help from a newly promoted commander who got lucky in one battle. For a while he was silent as a rock and stared at Twilight with a shocked look, but soon he composed himself and cleared his throat.
“I’m sorry your highness, but I have orders from Dr. Reaper and princess Luna to protect the scientists as they do their work, nothing more. I wish I could help, but orders are orders,” he said with a stern look and placed his helmet back onto his head. He did a quick bow and walked towards the door. Twilight clenched her teeth and fists as she watched the commander walk away towards the door, ignoring her request for help. Silver Heart reached the door and opened the door, but before he exited the library, he looked back one last time with a sorry look. “I’m sorry,” he said and walked out of the building. The door closed and Twilight was once again left alone. Twilight shook with anger as she glared at the front door and smashed her fist onto the table, causing the picture of her, her friends, and Spike to fall over and shatter on the ground. Twilight slowly looked to the picture and the anger had faded from her face and was replaced with sadness. She grabbed the picture out of the shattered frame and stared at the picture for what seemed like hours until she finally looked away and placed it back on the table. She sighed and buried her face into her hands.
“What am I going to do?” she asked herself as she sunk deeper and deeper into her thoughts.
[Silver Heart]
The commander closed the door and let out a heavy sigh. “Well, that sure was uncomfortable,” he muttered to himself and scratched his chin. Silver Heart stared at the ground with sadness as he thought of the princess’ plead for help. He felt guilty for not being able to help the princess, but what was he to do? Luna herself ordered him and his guards to follow Dr. Reaper’s orders without any problems and he can’t just ignore his duties as a Royal Guard. “Sorry your highness,” Silver Heart whispered.
“Sir?” the commander looked up and saw one of his guards giving him a curious look. “Is everything alright?” he asked. Silver Heart chuckled and shrugged.
“Could be worse private, could be worse,” he said as he stretched his arms up into the air until a satisfying pop filled his ears. He sighed and walked past the guard. “Follow me private,” Silver Heart said. The guard quickly walked to the commander’s side and both of them continued to walk through the town. The night was silent and Silver Heart felt relaxed as the cool night breeze blew against his face. He glanced up at the sky and smiled as he saw thousands of stars seemingly filling up every inch of the night sky. “She really knows what she’s doing,” he said.
“Sir?” Silver Heart shook his head and pulled his eyes from the amazing view and placed them back onto earth.
“Never mind,” he said and looked back at the guard. “So, are the scientist all set up yet?”
“Not yet sir, they’re still setting up their equipment. The tents have been made and Sergeant Helm is having his guards set up defenses around the scientist’s tents,” he said. Silver Heart nodded his head in approval and looked forward.
“How about teams one through four, are they on their patrol routes yet?” he asked.
“Yes sir, they just left.”
“Good, we’ll have the scouting outposts set up tomorrow morning,” he said and yawned. “Geez, I miss sleeping whenever I wanted,” the commander grumbled. The guard huffed.
“Tell me about it,” the guard muttered. Silver Heart chuckled and looked to the guard.
“You’re new right?” Silver Heart asked.
“Yes sir.”
“What’s your name?”
“My friends call me Will sir,” Silver Heart nodded.
“Why did you join the Royal Guard?” he asked. Will smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.
“To be honest sir, I just joined to see some action,” he said with a smile.
“Action huh? Heh, that’s actually why I joined the Royal Guard.”
“Really?” Silver Heart nodded. “So there’s gonna be a lot of it then huh?”
“Oh yeah, there will be plenty of action,” Silver Heart said with a grin. Will seemed to like those words as his smile grew larger. Silver Heart chuckled and looked forward to see another guard sprinting towards them. Shock and fear plastered the guard’s face as he ran towards them and started to shout.
“Sir! Sir we have trouble!” he shouted and stopped three feet in front of Silver Heart. He tried to talk but only incomplete frantic gibberish escaped his mouth and Silver Heart couldn’t understand a single word he was saying. Soon Silver Heart saw blood on the guards armor and fear struck his soul as he grabbed the guard by the shoulders and glared into his eyes.
“Calm the fuck down and tell me what happened!” he shouted as he shook the guard. The frantic guard closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening his eyes.
“T-the humans, t-t-they attacked Sweet Apple Acres and then attacked patrol team four. One of the guards from that team flew back to the town with a bloody child and injured child. He went back to regroup with another team while the child was taken to the hospital,” he finished and Silver Heart was dead silent for a moment. The gears in his head were racing until he took a deep breath and looked back to Will.
“Private, we’re going to alert everyone building around the scientists to stop what they’re doing and move towards Sweet Apple Acres,” he snapped his head back to the bloody guard. “Have the guards defending the town on full alert and keep the civilians in their homes no matter what.”
“Yes sir,” the guard saluted and Silver Heart motioned Will to move. Both of the guards took off through the towns streets and the bloody guard ran in the opposite direction to alert the guards around the town. Will was keeping up with Silver Heart with a grin.
“Finally some action!” he laughed. Silver Heart rolled his eyes.
“Calm down Will, we got an injured child and our fellow guards are in combat. Clear your mind and focus.” Will’s smile quickly died and he cleared his throat.
“Yes sir, sorry sir.” Silver Heart smiled.
“Don’t worry Will, I was just like you when I joined. Just remember that we must protect Equestria from its enemies no matter what.” Will nodded and both of the guards raced through the streets until they finally exited the town to see several guards surrounding large white tents. Silver Heart scanned the guards until he spotted a rather large red pony with orange hair and beat up armor, Sergeant Helm. Silver Heart ran towards Helm. “Sergeant, stop what you’re doing and ready your troops.” Silver Heart raised an eyebrow as he saw Helm and his guards staring wide eyed and jaw dropped at something he couldn’t see. Silver Heart ran to his side and grabbed his shoulder. “Sergeant, did you hear me?” Helm nodded.
“Yes sir, but I think you wanna have a look at this,” he said and pointed to Silver Heart’s left.
“What?” he looked to the left and his eyes instantly went wide with shock at the sight of a massive glowing ball of fire that shined brightly in the distance. “Dear Celestia…” he whispered and quickly shook his head. “Damn it, everyone get your shit and let’s move out! It looks like there’s more than one human since patrol team four has made first contact with a pack of humans.” everyone seemed to snap out of their trance and scrambled to gather their weapons. Helm snatched his sword from the ground and began to shout commands while Silver Heart looked back to the burning ball of fire. “What kind of humans are we dealing with?” Silver Heart whispered to himself. Humans, creatures that obey, that’s how it’s always been for Silver Heart, but to think that humans are causing this kind of damage is shocking. Before SIlver Heart could think more about the subject, Helm tapped his shoulder. Silver Heart broke away from the sight and looked to Helm.
“We’re moving out sir,” Helm said and jabbed his thumb towards the marching guards. “Wanna join us?” Silver Heart grinned.
“Of course, what kind of leader would I be if I didn’t lead my guards into battle?” he asked and unsheathed his sword. Both Silver Heart and Helm rushed to the front of the marching guards and Silver Heart looked back. “Come on boys, let’s go put these humans in their place!” he shouted. The guards gave a mighty warcry and begun to quickly jog towards a dirt road that led to the burning farm.
[20 minutes earlier, Abe’s prov]
“There they are!” one of the men in my group shouted and pointed towards an open field. I ran to his side and looked towards where he was pointing and smiled as I saw three humans surrounding two ponies. I didn’t recognize the small one, but I instantly noticed the blond haired one as Applejack. My smile grew larger as I let out a chuckle.
“Good, looks like we got them. Let’s get down there and bring them back,” I said began to run towards the surrounded ponies. I heard a few of the men chuckle behind me as they quickly followed behind me. As we grew closer I started to hear shouting and screaming and saw that one of the men had grabbed our target Applejack by the back of the hair. She went to punch the man, but as she did one of the other men yanked the smaller pony from her arms.
“NO!” she screamed and delivered a hard kick to the man with the smaller pony. He fell onto his ass and dropped the pony, but before she could get back on her feet me and my men were already there. One of the men slammed their foot onto her back and pinned her to the ground with his foot. I grinned and gave him a thumbs up.
“Good job,” I chuckled. He smiled and looked towards the fighting blond haired pony. She had freed herself from one of the men and kicked him in the crotch. I cringed as the man let out a squeal of pain and fell onto his back while holding onto his injury. “Damn,” I whispered and shook my head. I looked back towards three of my men and motioned them forward. “You mind helping them take care of this bitch?” I asked. The men grinned and stuck their spears into the ground as they moved towards the fighting pony. Two of the men who had suffered from the ponies kick stumbled back to their feet and surrounded the pony. The man with the injured crotch growled.
“Damn it you cunt, I’ll kill ya!” he shouted and pulled out a blade made from flint, but before he could charge I held up my hand.
“No, Delta wants to talk to her so keep her alive,” the man gave a annoyed look and sighed as he put away his weapon. I smiled and looked towards the pony with a cocky grin. She only glared and clenched her fist. It was silent for a few seconds, but finally I broke the silence by a single clap of my hands. “So, miss Applejack of Sweet Apple Acres, hows your night going?” I asked. Anger filled her eyes as she now showed her teeth and began to tremble in rage. “Hmm, by the look of things, it seems your having a pretty rough one, eh?” I looked towards the struggling pony that laid under one of the men’s foot and chuckled as she froze once we made eye contact. Her pupils shrunk and tears began to run down her face as I started to walk towards her.
“Stay away from her!” Applejack shouted and charged towards me, but before she could even get close two of the men behind her grabbed her hair and yanked her back. She stumbled backwards and both of the men released her hair and grabbed her by the arms. She struggled and tried to give a few hard kicks, but before she could two more men grabbed her legs and forced her to the ground. One of the men who had her left leg laughed.
“Just give up skank, we got ya-”
*CRACK*
Before he could finish the pony managed to free her leg and gave a hard kick to his face. He fell back holding his nose and howled in pain. “AHHH FUCK!! MY NOSE!” he shouted with blood leaking down his face and onto the green grass. I faced palmed as another one of the men grabbed her leg.
“Don’t let down your guards boys, she’s a fighter,” I said and chuckled as one of the men helped up the bleeding man.
“Damn you’re like a fucking fountain,” one of the men chuckled as he helped him up.
“Shut up!” he snapped. I shook my head and looked towards the restrained pony who was now forced onto her knees. I smiled and rested my spear onto my shoulder. “Well boys let’s head back and-”
“Look out!” instantly I snapped my head back towards one of the men and saw that he was pointing into the sky. I looked up and saw four flying armored ponies in the moon’s light shooting towards us at high speeds. Before I could give orders a howl of pain filled my ears and I looked to my left to see one of the men with a spear in his leg. “Shit!” I shouted and looked back up only to see a pony only two or three feet away from me with his sword coming down towards my head. I quickly raised my spear up and blocked his sword as it slammed down hard onto my spear. “Want some motherfucker!?” I sidestepped to the right, and delivered a hard kick to his knee. A sickening crack filled the air and he fell forward onto the ground screaming in pain. I raised my spear and plunged it through his throat. His eyes went wide as he choked on his blood and reached out towards my spear in attempts to save is life, but I just smirked and twisted my spear. There was a crack and the life in his eyes faded as he went limp. I tore my weapon out of his throat, and looked away from the body and saw the men fighting with two of the pegasuses and sprinted to help, but I quickly noticed that one of the attackers were helping the two ponies get away. I growled and raised my spear into the air and aimed for the pegasus helping them. I took a deep breath and used all of my strength to chuck my spear towards him. As the guard helped up Applejack, the damned blonde pony decided to be a hero, and pushed the soldier out of the way. The spear plunged through her left shoulder and she let out a shriek of pain as she fell to her knees.
"Applejack!" The child screamed and ran to her sisters side. I smirked and charged towards the injured Applejack. I pulled out a flint knife and let out a war cry, but before I could reach the Applejack the Pegasus soldier jumped in front of her and charged at me. He shot his spear towards me, but before he could make contact I dodged to the right and delivered a hard left blow to the side of his face. He stumbled back, but quickly recovered and charged forward. He aimed for my gut and sent his spear flying towards its target, but before he could land the hit I just barely dodged it with a quick jump to the right. I smirked and saw a perfect opening in the side of his neck. I tightened my grip on my flint knife and went for the killing blow.
"NO!" Before I could finish the bastard off the kid came out of no where and pushed the guard out of the way. My eyes widened as I missed my original target and instead plunged my knife into the kids back. She let out a shriek of pain and crumpled to the ground. The soldier she saved had fallen to the ground and looked at her quivering body with shock and horror. I frowned and sighed.
"Damn, kid tried to be a hero. What a shame," I shook my head and turned to the soldier with a smirk. "Shall we continue?" He looked away from the kid and glared at me with intense rage as he slowly stood up and got into combat stance. I pointed my blood covered knife towards him and chuckled. "There we go, that's the spirit,"
"I'll kill you!" he growled and showed his teeth. I chuckled and was about to say something, but before I could say a single thing I felt a hand tightly grip my shoulder. I slowly looked over my shoulder and saw an enraged Applejack pulling back a trembling fist. Her grip on my shoulder was like iron and her eyes were filled with bloodlust.
"Bastard!" She roared and before I knew it her fist had crashed into my nose. A crack filled the air and my vision was blurred as I dropped my knife to hold onto my newly injured nose. I stumbled back while clutching by bleeding broken nose and growled.
"Bitch!" As my vision came back my eyes widened with shock as another blow was only inches away from my face. It made contact with the left side of my jaw and forced me to my knee. I tightened my fist and looked up, ready to fight back, but the second I looked up I was met with a hard kick to my temple. I fell onto my back and groaned. How the hell is she so strong, and why can't I stop her!? I growled rolled back and jumped to my feet. I was panting heavily and felt my body aching in pain after every breath I took. I quickly composed myself and looked up towards the heavily breathing Applejack with anger. I felt blood trickle down my chin and wiped it off with my wrist. A smirk formed on my mouth and chuckled. "Damn, I guess our little farm pony can scrap huh?"
"Hey, hey! Stay with me!" Applejack snapped her head back and looked back at the soldier tending to the injured kid. "Come on, I need you to keep your eyes open!"
"How is she?" Applejack asked in a worrying voice. The soldier looked up with an equally worried expression.
"She's alive, but she needs medical attention as soon as possible. If not, then..." he trailed off and looked to the kid with a mixture of guilt and sadness. I cracked my neck and sighed.
'Geez, how long they gonna talk?' I thought and heard a scream of pain from behind me. I looked back and saw a Pegasus soldier fall to the ground with a spear into his chest. One of the men placed their foot onto the body and ripped the spear from the body. I scanned the battle, and felt relieved to see that none of the men were killed in the fight. Only dead equestrian soldiers laid on the ground with shocked and pained looks plastered on their faces. I chuckled and looked back to Applejack who was still staring at her injured sister. I sighed and cleared my throat. "You haven't forgotten about me now have ya?" Her fist tightened and she slowly looked towards me with the same rage from before.
"Get my sister back to town, I need to settle things here with these bastards," she said to the soldier.
"What!? But you can't take these guys on by yourself, you'll get destroyed!"
"I know, but they're after me, so I'm gonna make them fight for me," she cracked her knuckles and glared at me. I smirked and looked to my right and left to see my men gather to my side. The soldier stood up with the injured kid in his arms and stared at Applejack with worry for a few seconds until he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Alright, but I'll be back with help. Just hold out until then, got it?" Applejack only nodded and kept her eyes on me. The soldier spread out his wings and shot up into the air. In the matter of seconds he was flying away towards the town and was quickly out of sight. I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.
"Maaan, looks like we'll have to make this quick boys," I groaned and motioned for the men to move in. "Take this cunt down, and lets drag her fat ass back to Delta," I ordered and slightly poked my broken nose and winced in pain. "Also, break something of hers."
"With pleasure," one of the men who suffered a broken nose from Applejack chuckled and cracked his knuckles. The rest of the men chuckled and began to slowly incircle the blonde pony. I looked to her bloody leg, and smiled as I saw her attempt to put no weight on her injured leg.
"This should be quick."
[Jacobs prov]
"Come on you lazy pricks, move it!" I shouted over the raging fires that surrounded the farm. "We're done here so now get started on the acres so we can get out of here!"
"Got it boss!" one of the men shouted and ran towards the acres with a partner of his. I sighed and wiped the sweat from my forehead. I smiled and gazed at my work. The farm was being consumed by the flames and a feeling of pride seem to fill my soul as I continued to stare at the dancing flames.
"I could use a smoke," I chuckled and crossed my arms.
"Here," a claw reached over my shoulder holding a pack of cigarettes.
"Thanks," I said and grabbed one of the cigarettes without even thinking about it. Before I finally realized it the cigarette was already in my mouth and my eyes went wide as I jumped forward and turned around. Floating in the air was the creature from the forest. I reached for my weapon on my back, but before I could reach it he held up his hand and smiled.
"Whoa now cowboy, I'm not your enemy," he said and popped one of the cigarettes into his mouth. I slowly lowered my hand and crossed my arms.
"How do I know that?" I asked. He rolled his eyes and sighed.
"If I was your enemy I would have kill you in the forest. Plus, I just gave you a smoke and a light," he then snapped his fingers and both of our cigarettes lit up. "See?" I raised an eyebrow, and slowly took a puff. I closed my eyes and released the smoke back into the world through out my nose. I gave a relaxed sigh and opened my eyes to see him with the same smile. I smirked and shrugged.
"Fine, I'll trust ya for now, but why are you here?" I asked. His smile grew even larger as he looked away from me and stared at the burning farm with such joy.
"To witness the beginning," he said and spit out his cigarette. I raised an eyebrow and tilted my head.
"The beginning of what?"
"Why the beginning of a revolution of an entire race!" he shouted and flew higher into the air. "I came to see how bright the fire of humanity glowed in the final nights of peace!" he shouted even louder and cackled with joy. I scratched my chin and waited for him to stop his cackling. Once he stopped he looked to me and cleared his throat as he lowered himself to the ground. "Anyways, I just came to not only see the show, but to add my own little touch to it," he said and looked to the acres of apple trees. "Do you mind?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Sure, if it will make this faster then go all out," I said. He chuckled and flew back into the night sky and towards the acres. I waited for a few minutes and soon a large fire erupted throughout the fields. The flames spread throughout the fields and grew larger and large by the second. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped, making my cigarette fall to the ground. "Holy shit, what the hell is this thing?"
"You can call me Discord," the creature appeared out of no where to my left. I looked to him and smiled.
"So Discord, you say you want to see the fire of humanity glow huh?" he smirked and nodded. I turned towards him, and extended my hand to him. "Then help supply some fuel to flame, and I promise you a fire that would make a blind man look away," Discords smile grew ear to ear and without any hesitation he gripped my hand and shook firmly with a devilish look in his eyes.
"Lets cause some chaos."
Author's Note
Yay new chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed! Uhhhhh.... more shouting!!
Have a good night, or day!!
“Ugh, what’s taking them so long?” I groaned and looked towards the two men who and stayed with me to burn the farm. They simply shrugged and continued to keep an eye out for Abe and his men. I clicked my tongue in annoyance and leaned against a tree with my arms crossed. “Maybe I should ask Discord for some walkie talkies,” I mumbled and turned my head towards the distant glow of the burning farm and its fields. A smirk formed on my lips as I stared at the sight of our work and chuckled.
We had made some distance from the scene of the crime and set up near the dirt road on the edge of the forest. We were on a slight hill that gave us a decent view of the road and were waiting to see Abe and his men hopefully return with our target still alive. I used my slightly damaged helmet as binoculars and scanned the distance for any signs of Abe, or unwelcomed visitors. Luckily no one seemed to want to visit, but there were still no signs of Abe or his men. Most of the time that’s not a very good sign.
“Hey, you think they’re okay?” one of the men asked. I turned back to one of younger men with short dirty blonde hair. I looked at him for a few seconds before shrugging and returning my gaze towards the distance in attempts to spot them.
“Not sure, not seeing them so far. Not a good sign.”
“Then how about we go after them?” I rolled my eyes and looked back to the other man with a shaved head. He looked a few years older and seemed to look a bit annoyed.
“We will, but I have a feeling we should give them some time.”
“But what if they were caught, or killed?” the younger man asked with fear.
“If they’re caught then I’ll find a way to bring them back, but if they’ve been killed…” I trailed off and sighed. “Hopefully that’s not the case,” both of the men gave worried glances to each other and looked out into the distance in hopes to find some sign of their comrades. I joined in their attempts for a few more minutes, but unfortunately we had no luck. I sighed, knelt down and began to check my gear. Looked like I was going to go after them.
“Six mags for my rifle, five for my pistol, combat knife, two grenades, two flash bangs and three grenade launcher rounds,” I sighed and put everything back into place. “Well it should do,” I said and looked back to the two men who seemed ready for my orders. “Okay, listen up boys!” I said as I rose to my feet. “I’m going to go look for Abe and his group. I need you two to head back and tell everyone the situation, but do NOT let Lizzy or anyone else come looking for us. If we’re not back by morning... then start preparing for the worse,” they both looked at each other and wore the same disappointed looks on their faces. They seemed to want to argue with my orders, but they both sighed and rose to their feet.
“Fine, we’ll do it, but don’t die. Lizzy would go fucking nuts if you died,” the older man chuckled. I grinned and shrugged as they passed me.
“Have a good night boss!” the younger man shouted as they both walked deeper into the forest. My grin grew a bit more as I began to make my way down the small hill and onto the dirt road. After rotating my shoulders I gave a small groan and started to jog along the side of the dirt road. I made sure to stay close to the forest just in case I needed to get into cover. After a few minutes of jogging my hud began to give off a slight red glow and I glanced down to the bottom left to see a few red dots quickly coming up from up ahead. I was about to head into the forest for cover, but the sudden roar of battle in the distance came to my ears and my legs instantly put me into a full sprint down the road. As I grew closer several more dots began to appear onto my hud and were surrounding seven blue dots with a pink one in the middle. Guess they caught our target.
Soon I made my way over a ridge and stopped to see the battle raging on. Several ponies of different races in heavy looking golden armor had surrounded Abe and his men and could easily cut them down, but Abe held a bloodied and beaten Applejack in his arms with a flint knife pressed against her throat and was barking orders towards the ponies. Him and his men looked injured and some had to be supported by others so they wouldn’t fall. “Shit!” I hissed and began to quickly think of a plan of attack.
Abe and his men don’t look like they can handle any more fighting, so I should clear a path for them towards the forest. That means I need the ponies to direct their attack towards me. A smirk came to my face as I slowly loaded a round into my rifles grenade launcher. “That should be easy,” I muttered as I aimed my weapon using my hud to determine the trajectory of my shot. After finding my target I pulled the trigger and a familiar *Thump* sound could be heard as my shot flew towards it target. After a few seconds it landed into a group of soldiers that were the farthest away from Abe and his men and a explosion erupted, sending the screaming soldiers flying in a bloody mess.
Everyone’s attention instantly snapped towards me and I could see smiles come from Abe and his men as they saw their savior. The ponies on the other hand seemed paralyzed with shock and fear as they stared at me. I would have loved to let them continue to stare at me, but I had a job to do. I aimed down my sights and placed them on a unicorn soldier. “Lovely night isn’t it!?” I shouted and pulled the trigger. His head snapped back as a mist of blood covered his near by comrades and seemed to pull them from their shock. I quickly changed targets and fired burst rounds into the crowded soldiers. They let out howls of pain and fell to the ground either still screaming in pain or choking on their own blood.
“Disperse! Disperse!” a silver pony shouted as he sprinted for cover with his fellow soldiers. Guess he’s in charge since the soldiers followed his orders. Unicorn soldiers used their magic to form shields or teleport to safety, pegasus soldiers flew into the air and began to make an obvious attempt to flank me and regular soldiers simply hauled ass for cover. A few of them got ballsy and charged towards me with their weapons ready. I quickly picked them off with a few rounds and glanced to the right side of my hud to see the remaining rounds in my rifle. “Half a mag and I’ve already racked up my kills to twenty,” I mumbled with a slight grin.
“Die freak!” I snapped my head up and saw an enraged pegasus diving down on my position. I rolled to left and barely dodged his attack. With a grunt I laid on my back and switched to burst fire before pulling the trigger. He hardly made a scream as he crumbled to the ground in a bloody mess.
“Shit, guess I need to get a bit serious,” I mumbled as jumped to my feet. Once I was back on my feet I saw that the soldiers had moved fast and already began to move towards me in a magical shield wall. The regular soldiers formed up behind the unicorn soldiers and marched in a steady pace up the hill I was on while pegasus soldiers circled me from the sky. Didn’t expect them to be this well trained. I raised my rifle and fired a few burst rounds into the approaching forces. Unfortunately every shot was deflected and I began to get real annoyed. “Fucking magic,” I growled as freed my empty mag from my rifle and slapped in a fresh new one.
“Delta!” I turned my attention passed the approaching soldiers and saw Abe being pulled away towards the forest by his men. “Delta!” he shouted again as his men continued to struggle with him. I clenched my teeth in annoyance as the silver pony from before pointed his sword towards the others and shouted an order. A few soldiers broke of and moved charged towards them. I loaded another round into my grenade launcher and let my helmet aim for me. There was a *thump* and after a few seconds the charging soldiers were blown away by an explosion. Abe and the others flinched from the explosion and just stared at me with wide eyes. Abe yelled something and pointed into the air.
The sound of wings beating from behind filled my ears and my instincts took over as I ducked. I felt steel scrap against the back of my helmet and growled as rolled to the left and landed on my knee. I raised my rifle and went wide eyed as the spear of a pegasus soldier was only inches away from my helmet. With only seconds to spare I leaned my helmet to the right and felt his spear run against the left side of my helmet. I let out a growl, grabbed the soldier by the arm and pulled his chest into my rifle. Before I pulled the trigger I saw three more soldiers charging from the right and swung the soldier in my grasped in their directions. In a flash I switched my rifle into full-auto and held the trigger down. The bullets ripped through the pegasus chest as he screamed in agony and riddled the charging soldiers behind him. They let out a similar agonized yell and fell to the ground in a bloody pile.
“Charge! Restrict the human!” a voiced cried out and was quickly followed by a roar of several shouts. I snapped my head over my left shoulder and clenched my teeth in anger to see the horde of soldiers charging towards me. With all of my strength I heaved the pegasuses corps towards the charging horde and sent it flying into the several soldiers. They fell to the ground, but were quickly replaced by their allies. With one arm I aimed my rifle towards the horde of soldiers and pulled the trigger while I grabbed a grenade from my belt. A storm of lead tore apart the charging soldiers, but an unwelcome clicking sound replaced the rifles barrage and I clicked my tounge in annoyance as I ripped the grenade from my belt and pressed the red button on the top. There was a *Clink* as the pin was freed from its prison and I tossed it into the charging soldiers.
“Fuck!” I shouted in anger and panic as I used all of my strength to dive down the hill.
*BOOM*
I felt the heat of the explosion against my back and winced as I felt something graze the left side of mt waist. As I landed on the ground I blocked out the pain and scrambled to my knees to see several soldiers scattered around the top of the hill. A few screamed and groaned in pain as others took their final breath. I released my empty mag and fumbled to put in a new one. My breathing was heavy and a wet liquid ran down the left side of my waist. I winced at the stinging pain and groaned as a familiar marching sound echoed from above the hill. I glanced up and saw the silver pony and his remaining soldiers standing tall on the hill. They all looked banged up, but they all seemed ready to keep the fight going. Me on the other hand was getting annoyed and tired of this.
I slowly rose to my feet and instantly the soldiers with magic formed shields around their leader. I chuckled cracked my neck. "Ya know, you guys are actually alright. Of course if you had guns this would be more interesting, but I guess the magic makes up for that," I chuckled as my hand slowly crept over my wound and into one of my pouches that held a flash bang. The silver pony glared at my comment and pushed forward from his soldiers shields. I raised an eyebrow and decided to see what he had to say before blinding these pricks and making my get away. He walked a few feet from his men and glared at me.
"Human, for your crimes against the lands of Equestria and it's people I order you to lay down your arms and surrender!" he barked with authority in his voice. I grinned and chuckled a bit.
"Really? You think I'm going to surrender now after what I just did?" the leader sighed and shook his head.
"Of course not, I'm not foolish enough to think that you would, but I am bound by my duty as a royal guard of Equestria to at least offer you a chance of surrender. It is clear you have no interest of stopping your fight," my grin grew and I chuckled again. He raised an eyebrow and gave a look of annoyance. "Is there something funny about that?" he asked. I shook my head and sighed.
"No, I'm just glade to see that you creatures at least have a code of honor," I said and gripped the flash bang in my pouch.
"All soldiers should have a code to follow, it gives some a meaning to keep fighting." I nodded.
"Agreed, years of serves can be hard without a meaning to fight," I said with honesty. I readied my thumb over the red button on the top of the flash bang and chuckled. "What's your name kid?" his eyebrow twitched a bit from annoyance, from that kid comment no doubt.
"Silver Heart, commander of the royal guards," he said.
"Silver Heart, huh? I'll just call ya Silver. Anyways let me give you a few tips. Next time your fighting an enemy make sure you have your flanks and rears covered, it can be a huge mess if you get some unwelcomed company. Secondly, get better control over you men. A few got their heads blown up because you didn't get them in order. Not your fault though, greenhorns have a problem with doing what they want," Silvers fists tightened as his glare grew harder on me. "Oh, and one more thing," I pulled out my flash bang, pressed the button and tossed it into the air. "Never chit chat with the enemy in the middle of a fucking battlefield!" I shouted as I sprinted in the direction of the woods. Silver shouted something, but the explosion of the flash bang drowned him out. As I neared the forest I looked over my shoulder and grinned to see them barely recovering from the explosion. By the time Silver recovered I was already in the safety of the forest.
As I sprinted through the forest I winced at the stinging pain from my wound. It wasn't life threatening, but it still hurt like a bitch. After what felt like twenty minutes of running I reached a large hill and began to slow down as I walked to the top. As I reached the top I laid my rifle down and fell onto my back. I panted heavily and took my helmet off. Instantly my skin was greeted my the cool night air and a smile graced my lips. After a minute or two of just laying there I slowly sat myself up and was greeted with a lovely sight. The moon and what seemed like an endless amount of stars filled the night sky and a bright glowing light shined above the tree line. My smile grew larger as I stared at the sight. This world really can be amazing at times.
"Delta!" I was brought out of my thoughts and looked down the hill to see Abe, his men and a beaten Applejack slung over his shoulders. I chuckled as grabbed my helmet and slung my rifle over my shoulder.
"Yo, good job boys!" I shouted with a large grin. A smile just as large grew on all their faces and Abe handed Applejack off to the closes man next to him before walking up the hill towards me. As he reached the top he slapped his hand onto my right shoulder and chuckled.
"Glade to see you in one piece buddy," he said with a huge grin. I patted him on the shoulder and chuckled.
"Trust me, it's going to take a lot more than that to take me down. Is everyone alright?" I asked gesturing back to his group. Abe looked back and chuckled.
"Eh, we'll be fine. We'll just be sore in the morning," he said and rubbed his neck. I groaned and nodded my head as I rotated my left shoulder.
"Yeah, thinks that's the case for everyone tonight."
"So," Abe looked back to me a jabbed a thumb in the direction of the base. "Wanna head back?"
"Would love nothing more, lets go home boys!" I shouted down to Abe's group. They let out a cheer and began to walk, or for some limp back home. I gave Abe a pat on the back and smile. He smiled back and we began to walk down the hill together.
"What a night, huh?" Abe asked. I chuckled and rolled my eyes.
"Tell me about it."
Author's Note
Yes folks a new chapter! Sorry that it took a long ass time, life has not been to kind to me for the past few months. Also sorry if this chapter seems rushed, which it was, but I wanted to get it out there to continue the story. Promise to put way more work into the next one.
He's lying.
Fuck off Jacob, why are you even here? This isn't your story.
Yeah, but I haven't said shit since that stupid hurricane! I deserve a little screen time damn it!!
*Sigh* Fine you attention whore.
Gonna have to try harder if you want to hurt my feelings.
Your discord bacon sucks.
.....That was uncalled for.
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