Cherry Blossom was running for her life... Okay, that wasn't true, if her pursuers caught up she would probably live... Though with the way these savages did things she would be better off dead.

It was just a week after the caribou had invaded Equestria, using the power of the perverted Crystal Heart to twist the minds of the majority of the mares and stallions, turning them into sex-crazed beasts. However, it didn't work on everyone... Some mares and stallions remained sane, resisting the effects. And yet they were outnumbered by their corrupted brethren, not to mention the caribou...

Cherry Blossom was one of those mares. She had been captured and collared in Ponyville, used and abused several times before she managed to escape. There was only one place she could think of that was safe was the Everfree forest... It was strange to think of the place as safe, with all the dangerous monsters that lived in it...

And still, the most dangerous monster for Blossom just reached her, tackling her to the ground. The caribou grabbed her by her mane, pulling roughly as she tried to kick him off.

"You thought you could escape from us, you dumb bitch?" The caribou growled before yelling in pain as she managed to grab his arm and bite it. The male drew his hand back, and the mare used the opportunity to scamper away. Unfortunately she didn't count on his partner, who back-handed her, sending her spiraling to the ground before pinning her down with his hoof.

"You bitch!" The one that got bitten snarled as he walked over to her, ripping his loincloth. "You'll pay for this!" Pushing the other caribou aside he grabbed the pony's tail, lifting it before forcing himself on the mare. Cherry Blossom cried out in pain as she felt his member invade her.

"No! Please no!" She cried out, trying to buck him off her. Unfortunately, he had a good grip on her and couldn't be easily dislodged. As he continued to rape her the crying mare was forced down, her face buried in the grass as her tears flowed freely. She refused to let herself feel any pleasure of the vile act, instead filling her mind with a single plea:

'Help me, help me, oh dear Celestia, anyone, help me!'

She never expected anything to answer her plea... So imagine her surprise when a few seconds later the air in front of her ripped apart, a figure clad in armor falling from the hole with a loud clank...

There was one fact about the Everfree that wasn't common knowledge - it was magical. And not in the way the entire land of Equestria is magical... No. The magic there was powerful, wild, chaotic, raw... And it was old... Older than Equestria, older than the Sisters... Maybe even older than the Alicorn race. And as such it had some level of sentience, even though no unicorn would ever believe this.

It was this magic that felt the mare's plea. It had been a while since it had been addressed... Even if it wasn't directly, the mare had asked for help. The magic "saw" what was happening... Not only in the forest, but throughout Equestria as well. It witnessed one vile act after another - rape, torture, murders... Things that went against the natural order.

There were a number of magical things in the Everfree that had achieved some level of sentience. The Everfree magic "contacted" them, showing them what was happening. What followed was, for a lack of a better words, a "council" of sorts where the various magical entities decided on an action. They needed to find someone to fix this mess... Someone strong, someone with the right ideals, someone who wouldn't give into the temptation that the desecrated Crystal Heart would give him.

And so the combined magic of the Everfree and any Artifact and Entity that dwell in it started to search. It didn't take it much to check all over Equestria. Finding nothing that fit those criteria it expanded its search, drawing magic from all over the lands. Then it did something that hadn't been done before. It pierced the Void Eternal, searching into the neighboring Dimensions. The magic started to search the strange yet familiar creatures there...

And it immediately found a suitable match.

He had the right qualities... He was even addressing himself as a knight...

Yes... He will do nicely.

And so the combined magic of the Everfree pulled him into Equestria.

Of course, it never thought of asking him if he wanted that...

It was another day at the job for me... I was standing in front of the restaurant, dressed in armor that shone under the may sun as I gave out leaflet and greeted the customers... It wasn't a bad job, actually. After all, how many people had the opportunity to dress like a knight for a theme restaurant? I'm sure that there aren't many...

Of course, there were some downsides to the job... Like being put in a stuffy armor for the whole day, for instance. Or the bathroom breaks... Trust me, those sucked. And then there were the different kind of people that I had the misfortune of meeting...

I smiled at a pair of girls as I gave them a leaflet, my eyes lingering on their bodies when they walked away. Turning my head back to the other side I almost yelped in shock as by the smelliest gypsy hobo I've ever seen (there were plenty of those around here) looked at me from less than thirty centimeters from me...

"Ugh... Here you go, ma'am..." I said, trying to be polite as I took a step back and handed her a leaflet in a lame attempt to get her away. It didn't work as planned... She took the leaflet from my hand and stepped even closer to me. I don't think I managed to hide my disgust from her... But it didn't seem like she thought anything of it.

"You will have an interesting time." I gagged as the stench of her breath hit me. Thankfully, I had the space to bend over as I fought to keep my lunch in since she walked away.

"Damn bitch..." I muttered, glaring at the gypsy's back before turning around. I had to continue with my job, after all. Unfortunately, my foot slipped on something. As I lost my footing and fell I closed my eyes instinctively, bracing myself, waiting for the impact with the sidewalk and the loud clanking that my armor was going to cause...

And waited...

When nothing happened for a couple of seconds I opened my eyes.I was met with... Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Gone was the restaurant, gone was the street and the pedestrians... Only emptiness surrounded me. It wasn't even black or dark or anything... It was just... I don't even know the words to describe it.

Of course, I did what any reasonable, sane individual would do in my situation - I panicked. What? Don't blame me, you would've done the same. So, as I said, I panicked. Normally, that would help me get the fear out of my system. But now it did nothing... Flailing my arms just had me slowly spin through the air, and screaming accomplished even less... I'd love to think that my voice had echoed over the abyss, but I couldn't hear it at all... It was as if there was no sound in this place.

"This sucks..." I muttered, or at least tried to. I don't know how long was I falling through the abyss... If I was falling at all, that is. Motion and gravity seemed to be another two things that didn't exist in this place... Was I even moving? Or was I just staying in one place? As I was thinking about that my mind trailed off into other directions. How much time would I spend in here? Will starve or thirst to death? Will I...

My train of thought was derailed as a speck of color drew my attention to itself. I watched wide-eyed as it grew... It was something... Something that was approaching... Something green... As it came closer I realized I was seeing grass... It was a way out! And I was headed straight towards it!

As I passed through the portal I felt a few very familiar and welcomed things, like the motion of my body and the hold of gravity. I almost laughed in joy at being able to feel those...

And then came the inevitable end of all flying things. The ground.

There was a loud clank as I impacted the dirt and grass, my armor voicing out my arrival. Groaning, I lifted my head and spat out the dirt from my mouth. I felt like passing out... Too much happened for me... But that was the last thing someone in a new situation needs to do. And so I looked around.

Well, not exactly around, since the moment I lifted my eyes from the ground I was met with a sight that quickly shot up on the top of my "Weird Shit List". A trio of beings stood there... One obviously female, if the breasts were any indication, with the other two looking male... Their feet ended with hooves, their faces in short muzzles... They were covered in fur, with the female being a cherry red color and the two males' being brown. The males had deer-like horns on their heads... Oh, and the tails... Let's not forget the tails.

As an avid roleplayer I knew the right term for that thing. Anthro. The bane of fandoms and good roleplays everywhere...

Oh, and it seems that they were in the middle of having sex. Yeah, typical anthros... I stood up, ignoring how shocked they looked, and brushed the dirt off the armor. Was it me, or did it weight more than it used to? Oh well, it didn't matter. I was about to apologize and turn around before the female cried out a single word that made me stop:

"Help!"

Now, I've always been a sucker for a female needing help... Well, with a few exceptions, but still... And I couldn't ignore this. Especially when the male deer that was fucking her pulled her head and slapped her hard.

"Hey!" I shouted, stepping forward. "What is going on?" The other male stepped in front of me, blocking my sight of the female.

"Shut up, ugly. This doesn't concern you." He growled, coming up to me. He probably looked tough, he definitely thought he was tough... But he was standing in a loincloth in front of a guy who was wearing full plate armor... So yeah, I wasn't very impressed.

"Have you looked in the mirror lately?" I quipped and stepped closer. It turned out I was half a head taller than the anthro, which kind of intimidated him, if the way he took a step back was any indication. Still, its antlers were a bit higher than me... But not by much.

"Shut the fuck up!" He growled again, slamming his fist in my chest in an intimidation attempt. I fell to the ground in a clang of metal, but that was all the effect it had on me. He was another case though... Apparently nobody taught him how to punch, if the way he howled in pain and clutched at his thumb was any indication. Yeah... Dumb anthro. You don't punch with your thumb in your fist, you're just begging to get it smashed.

"Hey! What gives?" I shouted. Seriously, what was his problem?

"You fucking cunt!" He yelled. I could see the tears in his eyes from where I was sprawled down. Then he tried to kick me, bringing his hoof further back than necessary before swinging it forward. Seriously? I had more than enough time to roll to the side, making the stooge stagger as he didn't hit anything. But it didn't seem to deter him much as he managed to get his bearings before I could stand up, and tackled me. Then he started punching me as I was trying to push him off... I didn't feel the ones that landed on my armor, but the few that hit me in the head... Those I definitely felt, prompting me to fight back. Rearing my fist, I punched him in the face once, twice, three times. There was a satisfying crunch and a gush of blood from his nose. His hands moved back to clutch at it, opening him for a punch to his chest that expelled all the air from his lungs. I pushed his body off me and I scrambled to get up.

"What's your problem?" I shouted at him, rubbing my cheek. "I didn't do anything to-"

"Look out!" The girl's shout made me turn around, just in time to get a thick tree branch to the face which sent me back on the ground. Shit... I had forgotten about the other two. I guess that they didn't continue to fuck while the other guy attacked me... Shaking my head to clear it I looked up and immediately rolled to the side with a yell, the branch impacting the ground where my head was just a second ago. The damn deer just tried to brain me!

"Stay still, you stupid cunt!" He grunted as he swung at me and I scrambled on all fours to get out of the way. The fucker was much stronger than the other guy... He was also bigger, standing almost as tall as me (sans the antlers).

"Yeah, right!" I shouted, jumping back. Thankfully, his swings were clumsy even against an opponent like me, so I dodged them without that much trouble. The deer even managed to overextend his swing, which allowed me to try to tackle and disarm him. It didn't work though as he pushed me away with ease and even smacked me in the chest with the branch with enough force to make me loose my breath.

"You dare interrupt my time with that mare? I'm going to kill you and rape your corpse before I rape her again!" That made me freeze for a moment, which was enough for him to try and brain me again, my helmet clanking like a bell as I was sent on the ground. And yet I didn't feel the blow as much as the others as my mind locked on one word that he said:

Rape...

Now, there are a few things that I don't condone... Rape was one of them. As a matter of fact, it was one of the things that really pushed my buttons, and it pushed them hard. Now it made sense... The damn things were rapists... It explained the girl's plea for help, the hostility, the attempt to kill me...

I saw the branch coming down to hit me again, but it never hit as I rolled out of the way. I was feeling angry... No, enraged was much more fitting. My vision went red as I pulled the decorative sword from the scabbard on my side. The thing was just there to complete my suit, but it was still made of metal which was sturdy enough to beat some sense in the rapists.

Now, the fact that the armor I was wearing was heavier than before I arrived here, wherever it is, should've told me that something was wrong... But then again, I was fighting a naked anthro deer rapist, so odd weight was very low on my list of things to think about. And so I swung the sword, aiming to hit the deer's wrist, a half-forgotten memory telling me that it would make them drop the branch.

Of course, things didn't go as planned. Not only did I miss his wrist, but the edge of the sword that I knew from experience was so dull that it couldn't even cut cheese somehow managed to bite in his forearm, eliciting a scream from the anthro. I was too angry to care though and pulled the weapon, a gush of blood flowing out of the wound. I swung again, this time the blade hitting its intended target - the side of his head. Once again the sword bit deep in bone and was almost pulled off my hands as the anthro's whole body turned into dead weight, emphasis on dead.

Turning around I homed in on the other rapist. I don't know what was he planning to do before I had killed his comrade, but now he was staring at me horrified. With an almost feral growl I charged at him. I didn't think, I just let my body move on its own. I barely felt any resistance as the blade skewered his body. I could see the bloodied tip that had emerged from his back... With a kick I pushed the anthro from the sword and onto the grass. The thing was either in too much pain or shock to even scamper away as I raised the sword high before bringing it down with a roar of anger. Maybe it was a trick of my mind, but the anthro's eyes seemed to cross as it looked at the blade wedged between them before the life left his body... Putting a boot on his head I pulled the sword from his cranium, ignoring the bits of brain matter, blood and bone that came out with it. A shake of the blade got rid of most of that before I leaned down and wiped the rest off his coat before sheathing it. My body was still moving by autopilot, acting after things I've read in books and off the internet.

A sound made me turn around just in time to catch the sobbing girl as she slammed in my chest. At first I thought she was attacking me, but her arms wrapped around me as she buried her face in my chest and started sobbing. I could hear the words "Thank you" being muttered over and over again. The rage from earlier melted away, replaced with feeling of awkwardness. Crying girls was something I had little to no experience in...

"Shh... It's okay..." I whispered patting her back. It took me a few minutes before she calmed down. I managed to get her to sit on a log and flipped my visor up so that I could look at her face.

"Now, what's your name?" I asked her.

"Ch-Cherry... Cherry Blossom..." She sniffed.

"Cherry Blossom... That's a beautiful name." I smiled reassuringly. "I'm Jordan... Now, Blossom... Can I call you Blossom?" She gave me a nod and I continued, asking the most important question: "Where am I and what is going on?"

It wasn't long after she started explaining to me that my smile faded and I started to curse inside my mind...

So here I was, in a place that combine two things I didn't particularly like - the show "My Little Pony" and Anthros... Normally that would have already had me walking away and letting the ponies take care of whatever they were facing with their rainbows, "Magic of Friendship" and whatever other shit they used. And yet... I would have to be a heartless bastard to leave behind the girl that was sobbing in my chest. She was a living, breathing, sentient being that I had just saved from being gang-raped. I would be no better than those deer I just killed if I walked away and left her to her own devices.

"Alright, alright..." I said, awkwardly patting her back. "You can come with me..." My words had the effect of unleashing another round of tears, this time of joy. The girl... No, wait, the right word for a female horse was mare, right? Yes, the mare was now trying to crush my armor with all her strength as she thanked me again and again and... You probably realize how awkward and uncomfortable I felt, right? I mean, less than an hour ago I was just giving out leaflets, dressed in a cool armor and sweating under the sun. Now I had become a knight in shining armor for this mare after I had... I had...

And then it hit me.

I had killed.

I had killed a living, breathing, sentient being. And not one, but three of them... Sure, it was self-defense, and they were about to rape someone, something that they probably did quite a few times before this encounter, but still... I killed them... I felt sick to the bottom of my soul... The world seemed to spin as the words kept repeating in my mind.

I killed.

I barely managed to push Blossom from me before I bend over, dropping on my knees as I emptied the contents of my stomach onto the grass. The worried mare crouched next to me, her hands holding me as I heaved.

"Oh god..." I breathed out. "I killed them... I killed them..." The armor rattled a bit as my body began shaking from the shock. I was a monster, I was a murderer, I was...

I felt my helmet being lifted up, allowing my long hair to spill out. A soft hand touched my cheek, turning my head up. I found myself blinking against the cerulean eyes of the mare I saved.

"You saved me from those caribou... No, from those monsters... They deserved to die... They would have done the same to you if you hadn't defended yourself... If you hadn't defended me. What you did was putting down a bunch of animals..." Her voice was soft, and yet her words carried to my soul, for a lack of a better word. Maybe it was the way she said it, or because it was what I wanted, no, what I needed to hear, but I calmed down a bit. And she was right now that I think of it... They were like rabid animals, and they had to be put down like ones. It wasn't easy, but I guess it spoke a lot about my character if I felt bad... Right?

"You're right..." I breathed out and lowered my head... That had the side effect of having her breasts in my view, but those were the last things on my mind right now. "Rabid animals need to be put down, even if it pains us to do that..." Still shaking, I pushed myself off the ground and rose up. The mare was smiling up at me and I smiled faintly in return. "Thank you..."

"No." She interrupted me. "Thank you. Thank you for saving me. Thank you for letting me come with you. Thank you for..." She tried to hold back her tears. "For protecting me..." Wiping her eyes she looked away from me. Her eyes spotted my helmet from where she had set it on the ground and she bent down to pick it up. Wiping some dirt from where it had clung onto the metal she lifted it up to me. Taking it in my hands I looked over the thing. It looked pretty ordinary, with a narrow slit for the eyes and holes below it... The only decoration on it was the cross in the front. The thing was really constricting, not allowing for a wide field of vision... a real knight's helmet.

Using one hand to hold my hair back I put the helmet on, trying to ignore how uncomfortable it felt now. It took me several minutes of fixing my hair before it would fit comfortably... I realized something: I would have to cut my hair short if I wanted to be able to put this thing on without trouble...

"Fuuuuuck..." I groaned out to Blossom's befuddlement...

Author's Note

Hello my dear readers. You're probably wondering "What the hell is this?" Well, the answer is simple: an idea that just wouldn't leave me alone, making sure I wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything else until I wrote it. And so here you go. The main character is a human, an average Joe (or Jordan in this case) who will have to deal with a lot of things throughout the course of this story. He won't have any magic or be a master swordsman... But he still has his humanity, with all its pros and cons. And that's something that no creature on Equis has ever dealt with...

Hopefully now I'll be able to finish the next chapter of EAFaW...

As usual, read, review and point out any mistakes I have made in my sleep-deprived state. And if you have any ideas and suggestions then toss them my way, I'll take good care of them.

Also, if this gets featured I'm eating my hat...