From the apocalypse to Equestria

Johann was walking through the hallways (he had given up on running long time ago) seeing as he had run into a big problem. He was lost and absolutely lost. He wouldn’t even know the way to the first room anymore if he tried not that he would that would just be plain idiotic. He was getting truly agitated as he needed to carry his sport bag and his backpack with all his stuff in them with him whilst needing to be stealthy not really something he really liked combining.

He hadn’t seen many guards or anyone at all so that was a plus although that also meant he couldn’t extract information out of them to solve his little problem. Suddenly he heard an extremely snobbish voice which he remembered from the show. “Oh great.”

Johann quickly searched a good hiding spot and waited a little while after a minute or so he saw mister douchebag AKA prince Blueblood walk past him accompanied by some unknown nobles from his hiding spot he managed to overhear their conversation. “So I said they needed to solve it immediately or otherwise I would fire them. Finally those fools managed to find a way so that I didn’t need to walk I mean how dare they I am royalty and they expected me to walk like a commoner because the carriage broke down disgraceful!” The others said something in agreement the rest of their conversation he didn’t hear as they got out of hearing range.

“Some exercise would do your fat ass good,” Johann mumbled before continuing his random path after a while he decided that there was a small problem with his escape plan if he remembered correct the city was on a mountain. He couldn’t just keep talking aimlessly around like the infected did that would get him nowhere except perhaps in the dungeon.

He found a stair case that led down when he followed it he arrived by what looked was a storage room lots of food, lots of alcoholic beverages and above all a cool temperature excellent for him seeing as he wore quite heavy clothes. “What we got here I guess it’s paradise.”

If he would go down he would at least go down after having a nice meal.

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The princesses had a lot less stressful moment in fact their stress had just been increased not only was one creature unconscious and the second running freely in the castle with all of his possessions for which Celestia had already scolded her sister for not putting them somewhere safe and out of the creatures reach, but now Celestia also needed to deal with noon court (=listening to the most idiotic requests her subjects had to offer her most of the time) and Luna needed to get some sleep meaning that neither of the princesses could organize the search to the second creature or explain the situation to the first should it wake up.

Needless to say they weren’t comfortable Celestia had trouble keeping focus in court and Luna had difficulties sleeping (how would you be if a creature of unknown origin ran loose in your home).

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James woke up a couple of hours later with a stinging headache his eyes stung from the sunlight making him roll over so he laid facing the wall. “Too damn bright!”

Princess Celestia appeared in front of his eyes in an even more heavy light earning another set of curses from James. “So you’re awake.” He heard her state.

“Yes, What happened?”

“My sister thought I was in danger and knocked you unconscious with a vase please forgive her.”

James grunted before saying. “This is real isn’t it? Not a dream, not the result of any drugs from the Medicine man or someone else, not a strange version of the afterlife?”

“I am sorry, but all of this is real and afterlife? You think you died?”

“Yes, or I should be death the Medicine man hit me damn good with those accursed ice picks of his not to mention the berserker, the two story fall and getting almost an entire floor dropped on top of me so yeah I find it hard to believe I was able to survive all of that.”
“Berserker? Medicine man?”

“Yeah berserker big ass type of infected one of the nastiest types of them.”

“Them?”

“Yeah the infected, the crazed calling them zombies would be inaccurate as they aren’t undead, but they behave similar behavior at least during the day. As long as the sun shines they are slow and mostly brainless easy to deal with, but shit hits the fan when the moon comes up during the night those slow, brainless infected become true nightmares and we need to hide,” James explained his story had clearly shocked Celestia.

“Perhaps you could tell us more about these infected at another time I am sure my sister Luna and my former student Twilight would also be interested in hearing this story perhaps you could in the meantime tell me more about this Medicine man?”

“Isn’t much to tell about him all we know about him is that he is capable of creating medicines meaning he probably was a pharmacist or a student pharmacist before the outbreak besides that not much is known of this guy except that he really wanted a map we found and was even willing to murder for it,” James answered trying to get out of the subject as he really didn’t like to talk about him anymore.

“Did he wear a strange white/black metal mask by any chance?”

“Yep, that’s him why you know him?”

“He’s here.”

Time seemed to stop for James after he heard those words his mad arch nemesis was in Equestria.

****

Meanwhile Johann was having a good time he had installed himself in a more secluded part of the storage room and had taken a bit of food not too much as to not try and make those horses suspicious it felt good eating a bit of fresh food after having eaten so many days nothing else, but canned food.

However he was pulled out of his daydreaming when he heard two voices approaching. “Great,” He mumbled annoyed as he took cover.

“So this is like you can see the storage room it’s important you know we-here everything lays as the chefs are not the most patient ponies.” He heard a male voice say.

“Yes, sir I shall make sure of it I know all the ingredients place,” A female voice exclaimed obviously happy.

The enthusiasm of the female actually made a small smile creep on Johann’s face as he remembered how enthusiastic he had been his first day. How the desire to create medicine had been so big he had needed to keep himself in check or he would have started hopping in the hospital corridors.

Once again he was brought out of his daydreaming when he heard hoof steps getting closer and he prepared to if necessary knock the two out. He heard the two walking on the other side of the storage cabinet.

“Uhm sir is this cabinet stable it looks like it is rather unstable,” The female asked.

“Yes, it is completely stable here see,” The stallion said and Johann heard the sound of someone pushing against the wood, but the cabinet didn’t move. “You see. You try!”

“Uhm alright sir,” The female said hesitantly and she pushed unfortunately that was the moment on which a support decided to break causing the cabinet to fall. “Oh shit.”

Johann tried to get away, but was caught by the cabinet. BOOM!!! The cabinet hit the floor and to Johann’s horror he was stuck his entire lower body was stuck underneath the cabinet. “What have you done Dream Treasure?!”

“I just pushed like you said,” The mare stuttered.

Johann groaned loudly as he felt more weight being put on the cabinet and a few moments later a blue stallion with a black mane appeared directly above him and Johann started the countdown. “3….2….1… and now!”

Perfectly timed the stallion let out a scream as he noticed Johann directly underneath him. “It’s the creature Dream do you know what you did you captured the escaped creature of the princesses,” The stallion exclaimed at the confused mare.

The mare walked around the fallen cabinet so she could look at the creature from the side and indeed there laid a bipedal creature his lower body stuck under the cabinet. “Get the fuck off of that cabinet that thing is heavy enough without you on it!!!”

The stallion let out a shriek and retreated further away scared from both the act that it spoke and from the voice the voice was raspy and cold extremely unpleasant to hear.

“Did you just speak?”

No I was singing of course I was speaking you see anyone else here capable of producing a real male voice?”

“We have to report this to the princesses Dream you guard the creature!” before the mare could retort the stallion had run off leaving an extremely nervous Dream with the bipedal creature like the voice wasn’t worse enough it turned his eyes towards her.

Those dull green eyes reflected so many feelings of the creature’s feelings hatred, confusion, curiosity, irritation to name a few. “You,” It suddenly said whilst pointing a finger at her.

“Y-Y-Yes.” She stuttered.

What is going to happen to all the food on the ground?”

“It will probably be thrown away no nobility wants food that has been on the ground,” She found herself replying quite smooth.

“What a waste could you give me those grapes over there so I can eat a bit while we wait?”

“Sure.” She hesitantly threw the grapes over to him.

And that glass?” Once gain she handed it him only then he noticed that she had wings “hmp a white horse with wings and a blonde mane is this normal around here?”

“Kind of and I am not a horse. I am a pony a pegasi to be precise,” She replied nervously.

“Your name is Dream Treasure correct?” to this she simply nodded whilst he started eating from his grapes after a few he opened a bottle he managed to get his hands on and poured a bit in the glass before putting a straw in the glass and then he started drinking obviously he liked it as he drunk a good bit before stopping.

“You want some too?” He offered

“I can’t that Is castle property I am not allowed to take anything form here,” Dream replied.

“Don’t give me that the bottle has been opened and either you wait here with a dry throat which I know you have or you share a drink with probably the first of my kind you pones have ever seen what shall it be?”

Well perhaps one glass can’t hurt and it would only be polite to take you up on such offer.”

“Now you’re talking.” Johann said happily as she brought a glass with her and he poured her a drink.

Princess Luna was trying to sleep, but so far she had no luck she was just too nervous for the creature that was still running freely around the castle when suddenly she heard a knock on her door. “Enter!”

The door opened revealing a guard. “Princess, we found the second creature in the storage room it’s stuck underneath a storage cabinet.” The guard needed to say no more as Luna disappeared in a flash if light reappearing in the storage room where she saw a group of guards standing around a fallen cabinet so she went to it what she saw she hadn’t exactly expected.

The creature was having a small talk with a pegasi mare even giving her an ear rub?!?!?! The mare clearly in a bliss When the ponies noticed her they immediately bowed.

“Rise my faithful subjects.”

“Ah I suppose you are the one named Luna am I correct?”

“Princess Luna, but thee art correct we art the one thee refers to.” Earning a nod from the creature, but it didn’t reply. Luna cringed slightly from it’s voice it had been long ago since she had heard such a cold voice.

“May we know thine name?”

“You know normally seen one would first ask the man stuck underneath a storage cabinet how it is going with him same for your guards is my health really that uninteresting?”

“Of course forgive us how art thee?” Luna asked sincerely.

“I cannot feel my balls or anything of my lower body so if you could get me out of here I would be quite grateful.”

Luna’s horn lit up and the cabinet was put back into place she could hear the creature mutter something that sounded like “About bloody time I got from underneath that thing.”

After it had gotten back up and dusted itself off she truly realized how big it was it could easily rival her sister in height. She found herself drawn to the mask it was wearing it was like a representation of his personality of which his voice was also an evidence cold and calculating. He picked up his belongings before speaking.

“Good you helped me, but let’s sweeten the deal tell you what I tell you my name, my nickname and you get to ask a few questions if you share a drink with me.”

“We accept thine conditions prepare thee for some dizziness,” Luna said as she charged her horn.

“What do you mea…” before he could finish Luna teleported him to her room when they arrived Johann indeed needed to find his balance again. Luna had already taken a seat on her bed and had poured two glasses with a liquid from a bottle. “We hope thou aren’t a lightweight because this is heavy stuff.

“I shall take your word for it.” Johann said down and pulled a straw out sticking it in the beverage before sucking it had a good taste.

“Now we have honored thine request will thy honor thine part of our deal?”

“Of course although I still want the right to refuse answers on questions too personal, but as starter my name is Johann wolf most people these days only know me as the Medicine man.”

“Art we allowed to call thee with thine real name?” This earned her an affirmative nod from Johann.

“Next question why art thou hiding thine face behind a mask?”

“I didn’t get along with a lot of people back from where I am the mask is to protect my identity.”

Luna wanted to question about this further, but knew that he would refuse to answer so she sighted and searched a different question.

“Where art thou from?”

“Depends there are many answers to that question do you mean where was I before I was brought here? Or where was I born? Or from where did I come before going to the place where I got sucked into your world?”

“We art interested in the answers on all those questions.”

“Chicago USA, Antwerp Belgium and New York city USA.”

“Can I ask you a few questions as well,” Johann asked Luna before drinking a bit more from his drink.

“Ask away.”

“How is it going with you?”

Luna was a bit confused from the question, but answered regardless. “Quite well thank thee.”

“How late is it?”

“twenty after four.”

“My turn what are thou?”

“I am a human or for the scientific name homo sapien.”

“How did I arrive here?”

“Our fellow princess Twilight Sparkle was experimenting with a spell which seemingly pulled you two in.”

“Two?”

“Yes, you and the other one. He wore a helmet, blue pants, grey shirt and brown jacket if that helps,”

“That definitely helps,” Johann replied emotionless his voice if possible even colder than before however before she could question him about it a flash of white light appeared in the room and there stood her sister and the second creature.

“Missed me?” Johann asked amused.