Hammer in Equestria

(Nevada wasteland)

[HAMMER TEAM THIS IS OVERLORD REROUTE YOUR HEADING TO BEARING 1150]

[ROGER OVERLORD HAMMER ONE REROUTING TO BEARING 1150]

Colonel Jake Hartfield and his team flew in the prototype F-76 Baracuda a new one seated highly advanced highly maneuverable VTOL fighter jet. Modeled after the YF-22 Raptor the Barracuda is a 5th generation fighter combining stealth and overwhelming firepower.

"Why does command always send us out to these solo missions sir?" Mai asked as they flew over the Nevada desert. The year was 2143 and after the third great war ended leaving much of the world in a state of chaos. As they flew they started to get radio static.

[OVERLORD THIS IS HAMMER 1-1 OVER]

[STATIC]

[ I SAY AGAIN OVERLORD THIS IS HAMMER 1-1]

[STATIC]

[ANYONE ON THIS FREQUENCY THIS IS HAMMER 1-1 DO YOU COPY]

[I DONT LIKE THIS SIR. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE FLYING INTO AN AMBUSH]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 1-3 STAY SHARP DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT WITH OUR PANTS DOWN]

As they flew over the once great city of Los Vegas as he his fighter started to rattle

[OVERLORD WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF TURBULENCE PLEASE RESPOND OVER]

[STATIC]

BOOOOOOOM

BEEP BEEP BEEP!

[THIS IS HAMMER 1-1 I'VE LOST POWER AND LOSING ALTITUDE!] Jake fought with the controls of the aircraft before he leveled the aircraft and sighed in relief as he continued to fly across some unknown forrest.

[THIS IS HAMMER 1-1 IS ANYONE ON THIS CHANNEL?] He sighed as he was getting still getting static as he flew over the sudden forrest.

[WE GOT YOU SIR HAMMERS 3 AND 4 ARE WITH ME WE'RE ALL FINE SIR]

[GOOD DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE WE ARE?]

[NEGATIVE SIR ALL I REMEMBER IS THAT WEIRD PULSE AND THEN THIS]

[HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN ABLE TO RAISE OVERLORD?]

[THATS A NEGATIVE AS WELL SIR IT LOOKS LIKE OUR EXTERNAL COMMS ARE DOWN]

[OK ILL SEE IF MINE ARE WORKING]

[OVERLORD THIS IS HAMMER 1-1 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME THEN WE ARE OVER SOME FOREST. PLEASE IF YOU CAN HEAR ME PLEASE ADVISE OVER]

[UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFTS YOU ARE IN EQUESTRIAN AIRSPACE PLEASE CHANGE YOUR HEADING TO ANGELS 3 BEARING 119]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER TEAM CHANGING COURSE TO BEARING 119 AT ANGELS 3]

[WHERE THE HELL IS EQUESTRIA?]

[DON'T KNOW BUT LETS SEE WHATS GOING ON BRING YOUR GUNS ONLINE AND PREPARE FOR BATTLE IF THIS GOES SOUTH]

[ROGER HAMMER LEAD WE'RE FOLLOWING YOU IN]

[HAMMER TEAM YOU WILL BE ESCORTED TO THE LANDING ZONE]

[ROGER THAT] Jake and his team dropped their altitude and headed towards what his HUD was saying was a castle on the side of a mountain. As he flew he saw to his shock three flying horses that looked back at him with just as much shock as him. They were dressed in blue jumpsuits and goggles.

[ESCORT I DON'T KNOW IF ITS A SUNSPOT OR WHAT BUT I THINK IM SEEING FLYING HORSE PEOPLE.]

[HAMMER 1-1 THOSE HORSES ARE US AND WE PREFER THE TERM PONIES]

[R..ROGER ESCORT MAINTAINING SPEED TO MATCH]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 1-1 STAY ON OUR TAILS]

[SIR WHATS GOING ON?]

[DON'T KNOW MAI BUT LETS FOLLOW AND NOT DO ANYTHING DRASTIC WHEN WE GET THERE HANG BACK AND WATCH MY SIX]

Jake saw the castle come in view and it was breath taking. As he came to the LZ he saw four ponies waiting for him as he engaged the landing gear and started to power down the turbines.

He reached for his rifle and opened canopy and aimed his rifle at them as he saw his escort land.

"Step away from the aircraft! Back up!" He yelled as he saw armored guards with what looked like heavy weapons pointed at him.

"Stand down captain. He will not fire on us." A tall white pony said as she stepped forward.

"I am Princess Celestia of Equestria. Who and what are you?" She asked as he lowered his weapon.

"Colonel Jake Hartfield of the 131st Joint Fighter Wing Battalion of the United States Armed Forces. I'm a human of earth." He said as she smiled.

"Its good to meet you Colonel Hartfield we mean you no harm colonel please lower your weapon." She said as he looked at the castle walls.

"Tell your soldiers to lower theirs first ma'am I've just come from a world war and I'm a little on edge with snipers aiming at me." He said as she nodded and waved her hand to the towers.

"Thats nice now tell your little friend with the glowing horn to stop whatever it is she's doing."He said as Celestia looked at Twilight with surprise.

"Twilight Sparkle stop that! You are not helping." She said as Twilight looked down.

"Sorry Celestia its just I don't trust it." She said as the colonel scoffed.

"It has a name and would like you to call him by it ma'am" He said as he lowered his weapon and pulled out a ladder from the side of the fighter as he climbed down facing towards them.

"Princess Celestia. Thank you for your hospitality." He said as she nodded to him with a smile.

"You are welcome Colonel please come with me and so we can talk about your appearance in my kingdom." She said as he nodded and signaled for his friends to land.

As the other three fighters touched down they all came out with their weapons and side arms. They ran to the colonel who smiled at them.

"Men and lady this is Princess Celestia of Equestria. Princess these are my team mates, Captain Mia, Chief Warrant Officer Luke, and Captain Kenichi aka Iceman." He said introducing his team as they nodded to the princess who smiled.

Mai was a Korean woman that was toned with black hair and blue eyes and was wearing her flight suit and around 5'7". She was armed with XM-556 and a Ph-45 sidearm. She was Luke's best friend.

Luke was 5'11" and toned, he had brown hair and blue eyes as well and was Mai's best friend. The two had been to flight school and been on the same team for the last 10 years together with Colonel Jake. Luke was promoted for heroic actions in combat for saving the life of his team when they were shot down in Washington DC. He was armed with the same as Mai.

Kenichi was 6'3" and built like an Ox.No one but Colonel Jake knows about his past and even though he was a replacement for a team member that was lost during the Battle Of Germany. He has cybernetic implants in both eyes and right arm he lost them in a crash in the Belkans. He was armed with the RX6A2 heavy sniper rifle and Ph-45.

"Colonel Jake if you would please." She said as he nodded and turned to his team.

"Guard the birds with your life if you get overwhelmed you know what to do." He said as they nodded and took up positions around their fighters as the ponies took up positions around them and the entrance to the castle.

(3 hours later)

Mai was running a diagnostic check and systems check on her fighter as WO Luke helped her.

"HEY CHIEF! Hows the camera working?" Mia called from the cockpit with the HUD on.

"IF YOU QUIT MOVING AROUND THEN I COULD LOOK AT IT CAPTAIN!" He yelled back in frustration as she smiled and shook her head hearing him yelp.

"THATS IT!" He yelled and jumped up into the cockpit as the two wrestled around inside before she pinned him to the seat.

"Pinned you again Luke." She said smiling as he sighed.

"Fine as soon as we get back I buy the drinks" he said as she gave him a peck on the cheek.

"Oh you're such a sweet talker." She said laughing as he smiled.

"Ok so how are the systems going for you since we got here?" He asked as she sighed.

"Same as before no contact with Overlord or anyone on emergency channels. GPS is fine and all of our weapon systems check out. Its just the comms that's acting up." She said as they saw Kenichi walk up.

"Sup Iceman?" Luke said as he smiled.

"You two on a erotic date?" He asked as the two's jaw dropped.

"Did he just make a joke?"

"I think he did." Luke said as Iceman sighed.

"Look why don't you guys help me with my bird I'm having some trouble with my gun." He said as they nodded and climbed down and closed the canopy.

As the team walked over they saw a rainbow haired mare flying about the cockpit.

"HEY GET AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT NOW!" They all had their weapons trained on the pegasus as she shrieked and took cover behind one of the sidewinder rockets.

"WHOA WHOA CHILL! I wasn't touching anything I swear!" She yelled as a squad of stallions ran over to them as Luke and Mai trained their weapons on them.

"Get your mare off my bird now! That is top secret tech in and on that bird." Iceman yelled as they lowered their weapons.

"She isn't one of mine she's a civilian and one of Princess Twilights friends." A white stallion said as Iceman growled.

"I really don't care who she is I want her down off my bird! Get off now!" He said as the pegasus climbed down and ran over to the stallions as the airmen lowered their weapons.

"Keep off the birds those are prototype and highly classified." Luke said as they nodded.

"Sorry we'll keep a better eye on them." The stallion said as Mai sighed.

"Its fine just keep them away from the birds." She said as the mare popped her head from behind a stallion.

"Sorry really I didn't know I thought it was our stuff." She said as Iceman growled and headed for his fighter with Mai behind him.

"Its ok just dont do it again ok?" He said as she nodded and flew up to him and stuck out her hand.

"Names Rainbow Dash fastest flyer in Equestria." She boasted as he smiled and gave a firm handshake.

"Chief Warrant Officer Luke Valentine, 131st Joint Fighter Wing, United States armed forces." He said as she whistled.

"Thats a mouth full. Do I have to call you that every time I talk to you?" She asked as he smiled.

"No just Chief or Luke is fine. So Rainbow Dash was it? You mind if I call you Rain?" He asked as she smirked.

"Nah its cool man so what are you guys?" She asked getting a closer look at him.

"Im a human of Earth. More specifically the United States of America or at least what's left of it." He said sighing as she looked at him concerned.

"You ok?"

"Yeah Ill be fine just lost a lot of things back home is all." He said as he went and sat down on the wing of his fighter and patted the spot next to him. She smiled and jumped up on the wing beside him as he pulled out a electric cig and took a deep inhale before he blew it out.

"Over 86 years ago our world was plunged into the greatest war mankind had ever known. It truly was the war to end all wars. Over 4 billion people lost their lives in the war from nuclear fire." He said as his eyes became distant.

"I was born during near the end of the war and when the worst of the fighting was happening. Over a 196 countries fighting each other to gain some of their lost ground or gain new ground. I've been with Colonel Jake and the others since the beginning." He said taking a drag of his cig as the end lit up in a blue color. Rainbow looked shocked at this information before he continued.

"Rain I've seen some of the worst mankind has to offer and some of its best. But most of the time the worst out weights the best of us. I had to do many things to ensure my and my teams survival. I'm not proud of them but I would do them over a thousand times if it kept me and my team alive." He said taking another drag.

"So for the last 86 years your world has been at war with itself?" She asked as he nodded taking another drag.

"Yep whole countries reduced to ash or radioactive wastelands full of nothing but dirt and dead bodies and wrecks. Fucking Iranies." He said as she looked at him confused.

"Hey Chief come help me with this thing!" They heard Mai yell as he smiled.

"Well back to work." He said as he jumped off the fighter and headed over to his friends to help with the gun.

As he got to his friends Mai sided up beside him as he looked over the gun.

"Heres your problem Cap the gears in here are jammed." He said as he put his arm inside.

"Ahhh I can't quite reach it. Mai see if you can reach it." He said as she reached inside grunting before she sighed.

"No I can't reach it my arms are too short." She said as someone tapped Luke's shoulder making him turn around.

"Oh Rain. Whats up?" He asked as she smiled at him.

"You guys having trouble?" She asked as Mai stood up.

"Look girl we told you to step away from the birds." She said as Iceman growled at her.

"Calm down Captain, Rain you think you can help us?" Luke asked as Mai and Iceman looked at him.

"Chief what are you doing?" She asked as he rolled his eyes.

"Mai if his gun isn't up to standard and we need it for whatever reason then what? If she can help let her. Besides its not like we're telling her how it works." He said as Mai sighed.

"Fine." She said as he nudged her shoulder making her smile as he turned to Rainbow that was looking at the gun.

"So what do you guys need me to do?" She asked as Luke motioned for her to come over to him.

"Ok see those gears right there?"

"Yeah."

"I need you to knock them back into place." He said handing her a rubber mallet.

"Got it." She said taking the mallet and reaching inside as he stood back and heard some knocking before a loud clank.

"I got it!" She yelled from the inside of the nose of the fighter.

"Thanks Rain!" He said as he looked at Iceman as she came out of it while he looked at Iceman.

"Guns up sir." He said as Luke nodded.

"Good, Mai go over the systems and double check them ok I dont want any surprises." He said as she nodded.

"Got it sir." She said as she climbed up to Iceman while Luke smiled at Rainbow.

"Thanks again Rain you really helped out." He said as she smiled.

"No problem Luke. So what now?" She asked as he sighed.

"Back to work I'm gonna go over my systems and make sure they work right." He said as she sighed.

"Ugh don't you do anything fun?" She said as he smiled.

"Yeah we do but my baby only lets me fly her. Id take you up but I don't really know you and I only have one seat." He said as she sighed.

"Well besides flying what do you do for fun?"

"Eh mostly drink or go to the range. Me and Mai are the top shots in our class while Iceman over there is the top shot at long range on the entire base." He said as she looked at his weapon.

"So do you have time to kill right now?" She asked as he shook his head.

"Sorry Rain but work comes first before play." He said climbing into his cockpit just as Colonel Jake walked out with Princess Celestia.

"Team front and center!" He called as they scrambled up to him and saluted.

"Sir!"

"Team I have some bad news, we will not be returning home anytime soon. It looks like Princess Twilight and Celestia botched something in a experiment and the shock wave we experienced was of our worlds becoming one for a split second. We happened to be the closest to the blast which is why we are here. Celestia tells me we have little to no chance of returning to our world." He said as the three sighed but weren't overly upset.

"Sir permission to speak freely?" Luke asked as the colonel nodded.

"Sir with all do respect I don't really mind being stuck here. We have our fighters and from the looks of this place it hasn't seen a war ever. I wish to stay sir its a lot better than what's left of the planet back home." He said as the colonel nodded.

"What about the rest of you?" He asked as Mai nodded.

"Iceman? What do you think of all of this?" He asked as Iceman sighed.

"Sir I want to leave. I want to go home and finish what I was trained to do sir. I want to fight." He said as Jake nodded.

"Well until then Princess Celestia has offered us a place to stay in a little place call Ponyville." He said as Mai and Luke held in a chuckle.

"SWEET! Thats where I live I can fly you guys there if you want?" She said a Celestia nodded to her making her smile as she flew up to Colonel Jake.

"Um sir do you mind if I ride with Chief Luke?" She asked as he looked at his oldest team mate with a raised eyebrow.

"Made a new friend Chief?" He asked as Luke smiled.

"Roger sir. She helped fix Icemans gun today I don't see any harm in flying with her sir." He said as Jake nodded.

"If you're fine with it and the princesses are ok with one of there people with us then I don't see the problem." He said looking at Celestia.

"I don't see why not." She said as Rainbow jumped in the air.

"AWESOME!" She said as she zipped up beside Mai and saluted.

"Ready for duty sir!" She said as he chuckled.

"Very well dismissed you four. Be prepped in five minutes." He said as they scrambled to the birds as Jake looked at Celestia.

"Colonel if you would could you stay here I need some advice on a matter that is developing and you seem to have seen your fair share of battle." She said as he nodded.

"We are at your service till we leave." He said as he called Luke over him.

"Sir?"

"Im staying here Chief until I return your in charge." He said as he nodded.

"Won't let you down sir."

"I know you won't son now go and get ready and head out. Dismissed." He said as Luke saluted again and ran back to his bird and climbed in as Twilight and Dash flew up in front of him.

"Hey Twi you riding with us?" She asked as Twilight nodded eyeing Luke as he went through his flight checks he looked over at Rainbow and motioned for her to come to him.

"What's up chief?"

"You got anyway to for us to contact you?" He asked as she nodded and flew over to one of the towers coming back with a headset for her and Twilight.

"Got it covered."

[READY FOR TAKE OFF]

[ROGER THAT. PREFLIGHT CHECK COMPLETE, NEURAL UPLINK ESTABLISHED. READY FOR TAKE OFF]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 2, HAMMER 4 RADIO CHECK OVER]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 3 I HAVE YOU BOTH READY FOR TAKE OFF]

[ROGER FOLLOW ME OUT AND SPREAD OUT ONCE WE CLEAR THE CASTLE]

[ROGER FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD HAMMER 2]

Luke lifted off and turned the fighter towards the forest they flew over earlier when they got there.

[HAMMER 2 THIS IS HAMMER 3 WE'RE ON YOUR SIX AND CLEAR OF THE CASTLE]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 3] He said as he turned to Rainbow and gave a thumbs up as she nodded.

[OK RAIN YOU DIRECT ME FROM HERE.]

[OK BANK RIGHT FROM HERE. OK STOP YOU SEE THAT LITTLE VILLAGE? THATS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO] She said in her head set as he banked the fighter towards the village.

[PRINCESS WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO SET THIS BIRD DOWN AT?] He said surprising the mare as she looked at him.

[OUTSIDE TOWN NEAR THE OLD MANSION THAT CELESTIA IS GIVING YOU GUYS WHILE YOU STAY THERE.] She said as he followed Dash towards town.

[MA'AM IS THERE SUPPOSE TO BE A BUNCH OF DOG THINGS HEADED TOWARDS TOWN]

[WHAT!? WHERE?]

[ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THE TOWN IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ARMED MA'AM]

[CRAP! RAINBOW GET THE GUARD POST IN TOWN AND HAVE THEM GET READY FOR THE ATTACK]

[GOT IT!] Rainbow said as he could see her shoot towards the town losing her headset in the progress.

[HAMMER TEAM ENGAGE CLOAK AND WAIT FOR ORDERS]

[HAMMER 1 THIS IS HAMMER 2 OVER]

[HAMMER 2 THIS IS HAMMER 1 SEND IT]

[ROGER PLEASE ADVISE WE HAVE HOSTILE SOLDIERS MARCHING ON THE TOWN. HOSTILES ARE ARMED]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 2 WAIT ONE] Luke waited as he watched one of the Guards be shot by the enemy troops.

[HAMMER 2 YOUR TEAM IS TO ENGAGE AND DESTROY THE HOSTILES]

[ROGER THAT HAMMER 1 HAMMER TEAM GOING HOT] Luke looked down as the soldiers charged the town before they Hammer team jumped into action.

[OK TEAM LIGHT'EM UP ALL TARGETS EAST OF THE TOWN ARE HOSTILE.]

[TALLY TARGET 12 O CLOCK LOW ONE MILE]

[ROGER THAT! GUNS GUNS GUNS!]

[ENGAGING]

(PONYVILLE)

Rainbow ran into the guard post just as the first shots were fired.

"Get up we got Diamond Dogs a mile outside town!" She yelled as they jumped up.

"Captain gather the others and meet me outside tow----

VRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!

She grabbed a radio nearby as she looked for Hammer teams channel but couldn't find it as she saw one of Hammer team swoop in low to the as they fired into the lines of Diamond dogs making her cover her ears at the loud roar of the 20mm vulcan gatling gun shredding the enemy apart.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Twilight walk up next to her with her ears covered as they watched the destruction of the surprise attack.

[HAMMER 2 COMING AROUND WEAPON RELEASE IN 5.2 SECONDS]

Rainbow watched as one of Hammer team came in and watched as something fell from under the plane as it fell towards the dogs.

BOOOOOM!

Rainbow watched slack jawed at the destruction that the team of three were dishing out to the dog as she heard the sound of the dogs retreat.

(With Colonel Jake)

Jake watched from the balcony of the castle as his team laid waste to the enemy as Celestia walked up beside him.

"Colonel?" She asked as he sighed.

"I believe Chief Valentine will make a great leader to the team. They trust him and he is solid under fire." He said as Celestia looked at him confused.

"I've been dodging the desk job for a while now and since we are here I might as well get used to it. Ill give my chief the news and have him take my bird to the manor till I find a rookie to take over for me." He said as she nodded.

(Ponyville)

Rainbow watched as two of the fighters touched down outside by the manor that they were staying at before she took off towards them. She saw the fighters powering down and the canopy open up on the middle one and saw Mia get out followed by Iceman making her stop.

She looked around but couldn't see the huge aircraft that her new friend was flying. Before she saw it appear right above her making her yelp and take off out of the way. She flew up to the cockpit where she saw a laughing Luke.

[YOU IDIOT YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH!] She yelled into the mike she got from Twilight as she heard him laugh harder.

[OH COME ON RAIN YOU KNOW IT WAS FUNNY. HEY YOU WANT TO FLY WITH ME?] He said as she squealed.

[REALLY YOU THINK THIS THING COULD KEEP UP WITH ME?] She asked with a cocky smirk as he smiled.

[THIS GIRL CAN GET MACH 6 WITH AFTERBURNERS ON OF COURSE IT WOULD BURN MY BATTERY UP LIKE CRAZY TO MAINTAIN THAT SPEED FOR LONG BUT SHE CAN GET UP AND GO] He said as she smiled with a sparkle in her eyes before Twilight flew up beside her.

[UM CHIEF I THINK TWILIGHT IS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION] She said as she motioned for him to land making him and Dash groan as he moved the aircraft over to where the others where and landed.

As Luke was joined by Rainbow and his team getting a nod from them as Twilight came up to them.

"Hey thank you for saving the town and my home. I think we got off on the wrong foot um my name is Twilight Sparkle. My friends call me Twi." She said as they smiled making her smile before a grumpy Rainbow Dash stomped up to her.

"Yay we're all friends, now Twilight why did you want the Chief to land when we were just going to go flying together." She said still with her headset on making Twilight raise a eyebrow at her.

"Fly together? But Rainbow you never let anyone fly with you." She said as Rainbow sighed.

"Thats because no one could keep up with me and I want to see what this guy has." She said nudging the chief as he smiled at her.

"Look I was just told to tell you guys to meet at Pinkie's place." She said as Luke nodded.

"Sure just let us get our stuff." He said as they grabbed their gear and followed the princess as Rainbow grumbled the entire way beside Mai.

As the group made it to Pinkies house they opened the door to see a dark room. The three soldiers stepped in front of the other mares as Luke shouldered his weapon as his team stacked up on the door.

"Princess Twilight, Rain stand back." He said as they charged their weapons.

"Whoa whoa whoa! Calm down guys." Twilight said as she ran to the team.

"Its ok guys its just a party for you for saving us and a welcoming party for you." She said as the team sighed and holstered their weapons.

"Oh man that could have been bad." Mai said as the two boys nodded.

"Well now that thats over with and my heart is back down to normal lets go in." She said as everyone followed her inside.

"SURPRISE!"

Mai and the others cracked a smile as they nodded to everyone and started to mingle in the crowd.

"So you're a human. I've read about you guys your very fascinating." A sea green mare said to Mai as she smiled.

"Really?"

"Yeah the books say that you're mostly just a myth." She said as Mai nodded and the two sat down with Lyra's friend as Iceman sat with Big Mac at the bar.

"Hey Captain Mai do you know where the Chief is?"

Mai looked up to see Rainbow Dash and another mare were hovering beside her.

"Um he is probably over by his bird. He's not really a um party person." She said as Rainbow and the other mare looked at each other.

"Um thanks." Rainbow said as the other mare sighed and left back to the bar. Rainbow looked over at Pinkie and jogged up to her.

"Hey Pinks I'm going to go get some uh more punch ok." She said as Pinkie looked at her confused.

"Ummmm ok Dashie." She said as Dash jogged out of the door and went towards the airfield.

As she crested the hill to the manor she heard the turbines starting up making her run up the hill to see the chief's fighter taking off.

"Where is he going?" She said to herself as she ran and grabbed her helmet and threw it on before she shot into the sky after him.

[CHIEF WHERE ARE YOU GOING?]

[RAIN? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?] He asked as she flew up beside his plane as he looked over at her.

[JUST TRYING TO RELAX RAIN AND FLYING HELPS ME RELAX. SO HOW BOUT WE GO FLYING TOGETHER] He radioed as she smiled.

[ROGER THAT CHIEF I'M ON YOUR WING] She radioed back as she leveled on his right wing.

WO Luke smiled as he looked over at the mare on his right wing as a wicked smile.

[OK RAIN LETS SEE WHAT YOU GOT. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE TEST IN SPEED] He said looked over at her as she looked at him and could feel the smile.

[YOUR ON CHIEF!] She said as he pushed the throttle up and shot off with her beside him breaking the sound barrier in seconds. Luke banked hard right before pulling his throttle down flipping the bird upside down and engaging his thrusters taking off past Rainbow as she flipped over and shot after him.

As the two flew together they shot over Ponyville they could hear the engines from the Barracuda and Rainbows screams of joy as they came in low over the town.

"THIS IS AWESOME!" She screamed over the town as they rocketed towards the forest.

(3 hours later)

Luke landed by his friends fighters before powering down his bird and climbing out as Rainbow flew up to him.

"Dude that was awesome I haven't flown like that in so long! I didn't think that thing could get that fast! Man Im tired." She said as he closed the cockpit.

"Well how bout we get a bite to eat and drink?" He asked as she smiled at him.

"Sounds like a plan chief." She said as Luke smiled.

"Ok so whats the plan Im the new guy in town." He said as she smiled.

"Ok well how bout we go over to this bar downtown I know the guy there and he's great with drinks." She said as he nodded.

"Ok well Im gonna set some of my gear down inside ok." He said as she nodded.

"Ok but hurry up." She said as he nodded and jogged inside.

(Manor)

As the chief walked in he saw a six bedroom house with four bedrooms upstairs and two bedrooms downstairs and three bath with a large living room to the right of the door and a well stocked kitchen to the left. Luke walked upstairs and took the second door on the right and set his gear and primary weapon by the head board.

"Hey chief you in there?" Iceman called from the room across from Mai's room that was next to his.

"Yeah whats up?" He called back as he walked in.

"Hey listen the colonel wants you ASAP tomorrow its very important." He said as he nodded.

"Roger that. I'll see him in the morning." He said putting his flight helmet on the bed.

"Hey Im going out for some drinks with Rain tonight." He said as he looked at him surprised.

"You're going with that pony girl?" He asked as he nodded.

"Yeah she's a new friend that wants to have a drink. Is that a bad thing?" He asked as he leaned against the door frame.

"Yeah kind of Luke we're in a new world and you blow it off as a vacation. You're going out for a night on the town with some horse girl that you just met only 7 hours ago." He said as he crossed his arms.

"You know captain I don't think you have a say in how I run my personal life. First of all Im friendly with the natives because I don't want us to look bad. I want to show them the good of humanity. I've seen the way they look at us like some monster that just came from the forest. Why are you upset anyway its not like Im sleeping with her for gods sakes." He said as he scoffed at him.

"Whatever sir do what you want. The faster I get out of here the better I'll be." He said as he stormed out of the room as Luke growled.

"Damn asshole." He said as he walked downstairs with his flight suit on before heading outside slamming the door seeing Rainbow jump in surprise.

"Hey you ok dude?" She asked as he sighed.

"Yeah Im fine just had a disagreement with one of my wingmen." He said as she flinched.

"Yeah I almost quit the Wonderbolts because I disagreed about my wingmare. You want to talk about it?" She asked as he smiled at her.

"Nah not without a stiff drink first." He said as she smiled.

"Cool lets go then." She said as she hovered next to him as they went down the road towards the bar.

(20 min later, Bar)

"So then he just storms out like some pissy girl or something. No offense." Luke said as he took another shot.

"Wow really what a dick. Seriously what did we ever do to him?"

"Nothing Rain its not you it just him because he joined up for the "Action" and when he did the war was over and he didn't see any combat and is pissed because of it. I really need to get him to a shrink and find out his mental state of mind." He said as she nodded with wide eyes and a look of disbelief on her face.

"Seriously. So Chief about that bird of yours." She said as he looked at her with raised eyebrow.

"Yesssssssss. Rain you know that bird of mine is a prototype and I can't tell you anything since its top secret." He said as she sighed.

"Fine. I just want to know if all of your planes were like that from where you're from?" She asked as he smiled.

"No not all of them but a lot of the fighters can go a minimum of Mach 3 but thats mostly just fighter jets." He said as she nodded with a big grin on her face.

"So when did you want to be a pilot?" She asked as he leaned back in his chair.

"Well I guess all my life... Well except for this one time I wanted to be a snake but that was it." He said as she laughed and took a shot.

"Your lucky Rain." He said as he looked at him confused.

"Why?"

"Cause you have the gift of true freedom of flight. I guess I'm a little jealous of you. But anyway I got to go it's late and I got to head to Canterland tomorrow." He said as she laughed.

"You mean Canterlot right?" She asked as he smiled.

"Right. What did I say?"

"Canterland." She said smiling as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Eh same difference." He said as she rolled her eyes with smile on her face as they walked out of the bar and headed to the manor.

"So Rain where do you live?"

"I live in a cloud home about half a mile from here." She said

"Really thats pretty cool Rain. You might have to show me sometime when you get the chance." He said as she nudged him.

"Oh you only known me for a day and already trying to get me to take you home with me?" She asked as he stuttered over himself as she laughed.

"Im just messin with you dude. I think it would be fun I know that Twi could help you with staying on the clouds. Oh and my friend Rarity wants you all to come to her place to get fitted for new clothes." She said as he sighed.

"Man I really dont want to but I guess I can't walk around in this all the time." He said as they came up to the house as he looked at Rainbow.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow Rain after I get back from Canterland." He said as she rolled her eyes smiling.

'' Yeah Ill see you then chief I had fun today we should go flying again tomorrow sometime." She said as he nodded.

"Oh yeah. Once I get back you want to do some flying with me and my team?" He asked as she nodded.

"Yeah that sounds cool what are you guys gonna do?"

"Mock dog fighting. Just practise and some good training and after that I'm going to the gym so if you want you are welcome to join us as well as your friends." He said as she gave a big smile.

"Sweet you got a deal but I think I'm the only one that will be at the gym. My buddy Spike might come but don't count on it." She said as he nodded.

"Ok well I'll be headed for Canterlot at 8am so depending on how soon I get out we'll do our dog fight and then the gym." He said as she nodded.

"Got it Ill see you then." She said as she shot into the sky before turning back and waving at him as he went inside.

(Manor)

As Luke walked inside he saw Mai in the kitchen with a grim look on her face.

"Mai you ok?"

"No."

"And why is that?" He asked as he walked up to her.

"They dont have any meat in the fridge." She said as he sighed.

"Ugh fine we can go to town and get some or we can hunt for it." He said as he started to walk out and towards one of the bathrooms.

"Good I want some bacon." She said as he closed the door to the shower.

"We'll see about it tomorrow right now get a shower and go to bed we got a mock dogfight tomorrow and Rain is gonna be with us so we're gonna take it slow. If your locked for more than 3 seconds you're dead." He said through the shower door.

"Got it boss I'll see you in the morning." She said as he came out after a few minutes and headed upstairs before he stopped.

"Oh yeah Rain told me that some lady named Rarity wanted to see us tomorrow. Something about clothes measurements." He said

"Ok! We can do that after the gym is done." She said through the door as he headed to his room and plopped down on the bed with a sigh and pulled the covers over him.

"Mmmmm, yeah so much better than a bunk." He said to himself as he snuggled into his pillow.

(Rainbows house)

"Come on Twilight they're not some evil monster like in the books, you really need to talk to them before you judge them." Rainbow said over the phone in her room. She had a towel on her head and nothing else as she layed down on her bed.

{Look Im just saying Dash to be careful I don't trust them and that Luke guy has me nervous.} Twilight said as Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"Luke? Really? Come on Twilight you don't even try to get to know them and Luke is a really cool guy. I'm actually going to be a part of their training tomorrow." She said with a small smile

{Just be careful Dash.}

"Whatever Twilight. Look I got to go its getting late and I got a lot of weather jobs to do tomorrow." She said as she hung up the phone before sighing and pulled the covers over herself.