As you search around the massive library of the Terran Republic Offshore Training Facility, you find yourself lost in the massive stacks upon stacks of holo disks of information. Still in no sight of your particular goal.

"Do you need any help, son?" asked a gruff voice behind you. You turn to see your drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant R. Woods.

"No, sir, I'm just trying to find a specific file on a Staff Sergeant Matt Jones, I'd like to figure out what happened to such a fine man." you say, "But all the files I find on him are heavily guarded."

Woods then walks over to the computer terminal you are sitting;Where you pull up a file on the man in question, only to find that it takes a level twenty security card and fifteen different passwords.

"Ah, Matt Jones, a fine example of Terran pride. I actually fought with him and the 68th Shock Battalion on the day the Bending happened." proudly stated Woods, though a hint of fear setting in at the word 'Bending'.

"Aye sir." you said. Switching off the computer, a hint of sadness setting in your voice, "I just thought I could solve a mystery of an actual M.I.A. A, thing that has not happened since the great war."

Woods then saw the sadness in your voice, and slackened his shoulders.

"I swear, I'm going to get a court martial for this. But there is something the 68th and Command have kept secret for a long time." said Woods, tensing up. "Something that would mean a change in the fate of humanity forever. Come, follow me."

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Terran Republic Offshore Storage Facility

And as both of you reach the front entry of the facility, you are greeted with the dual M2 Mutilators of an armored MAX Suit; A powerful armored exoskeleton used on the battlefield by both sides.

"State your name, rank, and intention, trespasser!" loudly ordered the MAX, the voice receptor used for communication almost making him sound like a robot.

"He's with me, Frank." nonchalantly said Woods, pointing his thumb at you. "I brought him to see the item."

"Oh- Wh-why of c-course" stammered Frank at the mention of the item.

"Open the door!" shouted Frank upwards, where you see a single Engineer at a console, who pushes several buttons which causes a great moaning from the door. And as the ground shakes, the doors opens with a loud creak.

"Thanks, Frank." said Woods, slowly pushing you forward into the building. "And tell the wife I said hi."

"Will do, sir." said Frank, using his Lockdown ability to continue his unending guard duty.

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After passing several checkpoints, and a few curious Majors, you and Woods finally make it to a small box, small enough to hold several dozen pistols, or a small drone.

"Please, sir. We have been walking for over an hour. Can you please tell me what we are doing here?" You asked, curious as to what this long journey had been about.

"This." blatantly stated Woods, pushing a few buttons on the side of the rectangular container.

And as the container's front panel slowly flipped out, you had expected it to be a great treasure, the preserved head of the original Vanu, or a great ancient weapon. But when it fully opened, the only thing in it was.... a helmet. A standard issue red and black helmet of the Terran Republic, battered, and beaten to near destruction. But as you got closer, you notice it has a strange marking on the back. A mark of a purple star with smaller stars surrounding it.

"Wh-what happened to it. Why is it here?" You quickly ask Woods, who just stands there as you unload the question at him.

"Calm down there, son." says Woods, walking to the helmet and picking it up, "You know how each helmet of the TR has a video camera built into it?"

You then nod to the inquiry.

"Well, when a recon team found this helmet in the Indar desert, all of the functions of the helmet were basically destroyed. Except the video camera." says Woods, who connects the helmet to a wire connected to a projector.

You then pull up the small container and sit on it, thinking this would be like a movie.

"Let's see..Training, no....Defending TR Generals on the front lines, nope." said Woods, scrolling through the different sections of records, "Ah! Here we go, raid on Vanu Project Ark."

"Project Ark?" you ask.

"Project Ark was a Vanu plan to escape Auraxis. Intelligence had learned of it months before the raid had happened." said Woods, checking over the helmet, "We just thought they weren't a major power before the war. But when the declared their independence and won victory after victory, Command thought it would be best to launch the raid. To see what we could get out of a captured Vanu base."

Light then starts to flicker from the projector as the the video begins to play......

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Vanu Project Ark Offshore Facility, Esamir Glaciers, 10:24 PM

As darkness settled on the enormous Vanu Facility, a glint of light hit a sniper scope on an ice ridge overlooking the project.

"Alright, boys, lets do this." said Major John Tillman to the small group of twenty-four assorted troops behind him.

"Sir, yes, sir." said the group, slowly creeping up to the edge of the ridge where they could see the whole base.

"On my go, we rush the base." said John, placing his RAM .50 Sniper Rifle on the ridge, "Snipers will cover the rest from the ridge while MAXes be the spear tip;Followed by Heavy Assaults, Medics, and Engineers respectively."

"Three.."

"Two.."

"One.."

"GO GO GO!" shouted John, placing a round in a picket's skull, causing those around him to scramble.

Suddenly, the icy floor began to rumble with the feet of rushing TR foot soldiers.

"For the 68th!" shouted a random Engineer, firing his LC3 Jaguar at a Vanu Infiltrator, sending him toppling to the floor.

The Engineer then rushed up a staircase while putting a new magazine into his Jaguar, while soon after slamming it's stock into the head of VS Engineer.

Suddenly, a Heavy Assault holding a T16 Rhino ran past him, shoving the Engineer into the wall.

"Move it, idiot! I'm the real soldier here!" shouted the Heavy Assault, spraying several rounds into the body of a Medic.

"Hey, I have a name thick-head!" shouted back the Engineer

"Yeah, and what would this name be, huh?" asked the Heavy Assault mockingly.

"It's Matt Jones." said Matt, throwing his Chainblade at a VS MAX's Visor, causing it to crash into a wall, driving the knife further into it's skull, and only seconds later, crumpled to the floor, still bleeding out of it's visor.

"Well move it, Matt, we have a job to do." said the Heavy Assault. pushing into a large room filled with computers and storage containers.

"I'm out! Cover me!" shouted the Heavy, hiding behind a terminal as he put in a new drum into his LMG.

Matt then did just that, and fires several bursts into a group of five Infiltrators, causing them to fall to the floor, blood seeping from several wounds.

But the next five seconds seemed to slow down to almost a complete stop. For before one of the Infiltrators died, he tried to throw a grenade, but slipped out of his hand as he went down. The grenade then bounced around the room as it finally landed next to an Auraxium examination table, causing a gigantic explosion from the amount of Auraxium next to it.

"Run!" shouted Matt, rushing to a nearby door, only to turn around and see the Heavy Assault get consumed by flames. But before the flames reached him, he managed to force his way into the room, only to be met with two men in lab coats.

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As the two scientists were busy deleting all files on the Ark Project, they heard the sound of banging on the door.

"What th-" said one of the scientists, but was interrupted when the door gave way, revealing a TR Engineer to the pair.

"You two, hands in the air!" shouted Matt, pointing his Jaguar at the pair, who quickly followed his instructions.

"Now face the wa-" said Matt, but cut off when he saw what was on the other side of a glass panel in front of a pair of terminals.

"What. The fuck. Is that?" asked Matt, lowering his weapon and walking towards the object in question.

The object, was a small rectangular portal, with weird metal glistening rainbows surrounding it.

"What. The fuck. Is that!" exasperated Matt, staring at the portal with wide eyes.

The first scientist to speak up was a tall, Caucasian male, with blue eyes, with a pair of glasses.

"Y-you see, sir. That is a strange construct that we excavated when we built this place." said the scientist, walking towards Matt, hands still up. "We did not think much of it at the start. We sent in a recon team, but they never reported back."

But before Matt could respond, multiple footsteps were heard outside.

"Fuck." muttered Matt, aiming his Jaguar at the blown down door.

"You two pretty lucky, your buddies are here to see you." said Matt, looking at the pair, "Well, I hate to shoot and run, but..."

The room the echoed with the sound of gunfire and falling bodies as the squad of Spec Ops Vanu neared the door.

"Fire Team Alpha, move in." ordered a VS Light Assault, tossing an Smoke Grenade into the room.

But as Alpha Fire Team moved in, they were only greeted with the sight of a TR Engineer breaking through the protective wall of glass and nearing the portal.

"No, stop!" shouted one of the Vanu, only to be held back by his fellow people of Vanu.

"See yah later, Shitlords!" shouted Matt, before jumping into the portal.

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"..With the marks of our destiny made one, there is magic without end." triumphantly stated Twilight Sparkle as she jotted the final note on Starswirl the Bearded's secret unfinished masterpiece. And as she put the book down, a blast of magic erupted from Element of Magic that was on her head, causing her friends to get blasted back slightly by the wave.

But then, a powerful ray of magic erupted from each of her friends hit Twilight, each element having their own color identical to their respective element. And as the beams enveloped Twilight, she closed her eyes, realizing her fate. But when a single tear slid down her face, a bright white light blasted out of the library. Nearly blinding anybody who stared directly into it.

"Wh-what happened?" asked Fluttershy from behind her hoof.

The room the filled with screams and cries of disbelief as the five ponies stared where their friend was supposed to be located.

"Where 'd she go!?" cried Applejack, a face of pure surprise on her face.

And after a few seconds of a disbelieving outburst from Rainbow Dash, a bright light shining like a star outside caught the Mane 5 and Spike's attention, driving them outside. But when they got out there, they saw no light, only the falling figure of a strange creature.

"What the?" asked Pinkie Pie, mouth nearly reaching the floor.

And as the creature got closer to the ground, the ponies noticed that it was heading right for them!

"Hit the deck!" shouted Rainbow Dash, blasting towards the nearest cloud.

The rest of the ponies and the dragon did the same, finding cover behind random objects from trees to barrels.

But, as it neared the ground, the ponies could hear it say.. actual words come from it.

"Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-" screamed the creature, but was cut off as it slammed into the earth, causing dust to fly in different directions.

"What th' hay is that thing?" asked Applejack, emerging from behind the sign of the library.

As the rest of the Mane 5 emerged from their own hiding spots, they began to hear the sounds of moaning and groaning from the creature that was indented into the earth.

"Hey, buddy, you all right?" asked Spike, staring over the body of the creature, the rest soon joining him in looking over the new arrival.

"W-what the fuck?" asked/groaned the creature.

"Do. You. Speak. Equestrian?" asked Pinkie Pie very slowly to the creature, but was only greeted by more groaning.

"I think this poor fella's hurt." said Applejack, placing her signature stetson on her chest.

"N-no, jackass. My armor's self-repairing system is just healing my body." said the creature, grabbing his strange stick to balance himself.

"It speaks Equestrian! " screamed Pinkie, her mane standing basically standing upright at the shock.

But instead of responding to the comment, the creature began to walk away, using the strange stick as a cane.

"Hey!" shouted Rainbow Dash, speeding up to chase after the strange arrival, "You can't just walk away!"

"And what's stopping me?" asked the creature over his shoulder, continuing his walk.

But before Rainbow Dash could retort, another bright light shone over the star. But this time it was a sight each of the ponies knew. The cutie mark of their friend: Twilight Sparkle. But unfamiliar to the human.

"Sweet Celestia.." muttered Applejack, eyes wide at the familiar sight.

And as the star descended to the ground, it took the shape of Twilight herself. Except it she had a new appendage: A pair of wings.

"Twilight, is that you?" asked Applejack, shielding herself from the rays of light.

And as the light finally faded from view. Twilight proudly stood up, her wing rising into Luna's bright night sky.

The ponies then gasped at the sight of their friend's new wings.

'Ah, ah've never seen anything like it." muttered Applejack, following the rest of her friends over to Twilight to greet their friend back.

"Alright! A new flying buddy!" shouted Rainbow Dash, investigating Twilight's wings with ultra speed.

"Why, you're an Alicorn, darling!" squealed Rarity, "I didn't even know that was possible."

"Um, Twilight?" meekly asked Fluttershy, standing over the now unconscious human.

"Wohoo! Alicorn Party!" shouted Pinkie, gliding in of a pair of cardboard wings and horn while being hung from on of the library's tree branches.

"T-Twilight?" asked Fluttershy yet again, pushing her hoof against the unconscious body of the human.

"Wah, you even look like ah princess." said Applejack, but was turned away as yet another light shone from the sky.

"That's because she is." said the God-like form of Princess Celestia, descending on the group.

"Huh?" asked everypony, save Pinkie pie.

"Hold on a second." said Pinkie Pie, grabbing a glass of water from a nearby trough, drinking it, and immediately spitting it out.

"A-a prin-" asked Twilight sadly, but was cut off when a robotic voice from the human's helmet making a weird beeping noise.

"Nanite Auto-repair Complete, please standby for subject awakening." said the voice in a near digitized voice, the only normal aspect being the fact that it spoke in a womanly tone.

"What in Celestia's name is that!?" screamed Twilight, quickly turning around to see Celestia herself standing behind her, eyebrow raised.

"Sorry." said Twilight, slightly blushing.

"It's okay, Princess Twilight." said Celestia, a half smile taking shape.

But then, the human's body started to rise, fully capable after the few minutes of self-repair.

"W-where the hell am I?" asked the human, staring at his surroundings.

The first pony to speak was Celestia, who walked and had the look of an experienced diplomat.

"Hello there, I am Princess Celestia of the Sovereignty of Equestria, and I would like to welcome you to Ponyville, one of our most humble places of hospitality." said Celestia, an aura of formality and grace surrounding her. "And may I ask who you are?"

"Well, considering I'm in a place that looks like it was made for kids, I'm just going to assume you're peaceful." groggily stated the human, getting no response from Celestia, but a mild shrug from a flying pony, something he definitely found interesting. "Very well, I am Staff Sergeant Matt Jones of the 68th Terran Republic Shock Troops. And a proud citizen of the Terran Republic, and tell me, could one of you catch me in few seconds? I've had a really long day and I thi-"

Suddenly, Matt fell to the floor asleep, snoring so loud that I caused the light in one of the houses to turn on.

"Ugh, lets get him to guest bedroom." groaned Twilight, picking up Matt by the shoulders with her magic and pulling him towards the library.

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash flew in front of Twilight. "So, who do you thing this is, Twi?"

"I don't know Rainbow, I've never seen anything like this before. Not even in the books of old in the Canterlot Library." said Twilight, stopping for a second to think. Placing a hoof to her chin. "The only thing I've ever seen that would come close to this creature, would probably be the Diamond Dogs, but we've all seen how they are."

"Well, whoever this might be. I entrust in your care." gracefully said Princess Celestia, unfurling her wings into the sky, causing for wide eyes to stare at her. "I must leave for Canterlot to prepare for Twilight's coronation."

The Sun Goddess the flew into the air, wings shining in the night sky. Flying towards in bustling city of Canterlot.

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As Twilight, Spike, and the rest of the ponies entered through the bedroom door, they were greeted with a small room, big enough to house two ponies. On the far side there was a single window providing a large view of Ponyville. In the center was a small bed, with bedside tables accompanying both sides. And a small dresser in front of the bed.

And as Twilight placed Matt on the bed, she noticed he was holding a long stick that had not left his grasp since he fell asleep.

"I wonder what it's purpose is?", thought Twilight, searching over the stick to see if it had anything on it that would better explain it's function. and as she studied the stick, she noticed a small trigger where Matt's hand once was. "Maybe this activates it."

But to the surprise of the ponies in the room, before Twilight could pull the trigger, a red and black armored hand reached out and grabbed the stick, making Twilight's magical aura to disperse from around it.

"The first rule of the Terran Republic 68th Shock Troops, never touch another man's gun." said Matt, sitting up from the bed, pulling out a cigar and lighter, lit the cigar, and took a long inhale and exhale from the brown stick. Matt then sat on the floor and stared at the group of ponies eyeing him curiously."And I believe we have a lot of basics to cover."

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Matt P.O.V.

Aliens, that's something we had been told what the Vanu were fighting for. Some thought it was for technology. Others thought it was because of the experiments that we prohibited that they were using. Well, if they were fighting for aliens, I've might have just met them.

Horses, that's what I was greeted by when I came here. Miniature horses with weird butt tattoos, but what was really weird was that some were flying, and some were using some strange form of technology to levitate things, mainly me. One even had both. They may not be the aliens we have had described to us by Vanu prisoners. But at least I am not alone in this world. The scientist spoke of a unit that went to do reconnaissance here. So maybe my job as a soldier is not completely useless here.

My name is Matt Jones. I'm a Staff Sergeant in the Terran Republic 68th Shock Regiment. And I'm in some crazy Horse Land with no end in sight. It is my job to find my way back to Auraxis, and fight for Duty, for Honor, for Loyalty Unto Death.

Author's Note

So, I thought it would be best to create a story not set in PS2, but eventually I went back to this. But I guess that means I now have two stories on my plate. Ideas and criticism are welcome. I feel as if I have gotten better since Equestriaside, but I just may be talking out of my ass! Anyway, I thought it would be best to see what it would be like to do a fic as a TR, considering that is where I began in PS2. And I plan on seeing were we are going with this...

Interrogation next chapter