Golden Oaks Library, Equestria, 10:56 PM

The first one to speak up was Twilight, who bombarded Matt with questions without end.

"Whereareyoufrom?Howdidyougethere?Whatspeciesareyou?Whatarethosethingsattheendsofyourarms?Doyouplantoinva-"

Quickly, Matt's index finger pushed against Twilight's lips, effectively quieting the new alicorn.

"Speak, slowly." said Matt, slowly, taking his finger from Twilight's lips, "Now, what would you like to know?"

"Hmm," said Twilight, placing a hoof to her chin, "What are you?"

Matt then stood up, and rubbed the cigar into his shoulder pad, leaving a dark black mark on the once grey armor.

"I am a human, homo-sapien if you want to get scientific." said Matt, dropping the doused cigar on the wooden floor with a soft *thunk*, "My race comes from Earth, but we eventually settled on Auraxis; a lush, bountiful world with beauty beyond compare."

"It sounds wonderful." said Twilight, smiling at the thought of said planet, "But why are you here?"

Matt then stood up, and walked over to the window next to the bed. "You know, I have no idea, we were just doing a standard raid against insurgents. But they had this weird portal, something you would expect in a badly written story. And I was alone, no one around me. And with a squad preparing to rush me, I had no choice but to go through the portal. And so I'm here. But what I want to know, who are you?"

"Well, I am Twilight Sparkle," said Twilight, then turning to the rest of the mane six and outstretched a hoof to Pinkie Pie, "that's Pinkie Pie."

"Hi!"

Twilight then moved to hoof the point towards Rarity, "That's Rarity."

"It's a pleasure, darling."

Then to Applejack, "That's Applejack."

"Howdy!"

To Fluttershy, "That's Fluttershy."

"Hello."

And finally to Rainbow Dash, "And that's Rainbow Dash."

"'Sup?"

"Um, hello." said Matt wearily. "Say, is it possible I could crash here for a while while Elise does a scan of the area to find any form of human life out here?"

"Who's Elise?" asked Twilight, raising an eyebrow.

Matt then smirked at the question, "Oh, Elise, we have someone who wants to meet you." said Matt to no one in particular.

Suddenly, the gauntlet on Matt's right arm shone a bright red, earning the attention of everypony's eyes. Then, a small humanoid-like being appeared out of the gauntlet;The being itself feminine in appearance, with a bright red hue almost engulfing it.

"Everyone, I would like you to meet Elise, my Artificial Intelligence that I helped design to suit my combat needs." said Matt proudly.

"Hello everybody," said Elise, waving to the group of ponies, "I am Elise, a prototype A.I. that Matt was designing for the Terran Republic Army. I am a 'Strong' Artificial Intelligence. Meaning I can learn, adapt, and do many things a regular person can. Matt and a small group wanted to design me to help our operatives in the field an edge in combat. Matt himself wanted to try out me as the prototype, and was supposed to present it to Terran Republic Command, but now we are here."

"Wow!" exclaimed Twilight in astonishment, "And actual Artificial Intelligence! The scientific community has just thought of it as a theory, but you've done something that would take decades just to create a basic prototype!"

"Yeah, well, she's just a prototype, so, this is fairly new for us as well." said Matt, grinning at Twilight's interest in technology, "Which reminds me, Elise, could you run a scan of the area, see if you can find any human life."

"Right away, Matt." said Elise, disappearing inside Matt's right gauntlet, the helmet itself starting to glow a bright red and emitting a beep once every few seconds

The room then became as quiet as a mouse, the only sounds being made were the beeps from Matt's right gauntlet with Elise running the scan, and the occasional hoof/foot shifting.

Finally, it was Twilight that broke the silence. "So, you designed Elise?"

"Well, not exactly." said Matt awkwardly, "You see, our side was being pushed in on all sides, with the funding of the New Conglomerate and the advanced technology of the Vanu pushing down on us. My regiment was assigned to create a new device that was capable of saving lives, and destroying enemy ones. We eventually created Elise over here." Matt then tapped on his glowing helmet. "She was actually named after her donor, Elise Maxton. We spent months perfecting her, and eventually she was matched with a partner for field testing, which so happened to be me. We were actually supposed to go to Terran Command to present her after the raid. But I guess the universe thought otherwise.

Suddenly, Elise popped out of Matt's helmet, causing the ponies to jump in shock. "Oh, hello." said Elise, surveying the ponies, "Anyway, I've finished the scan, and it seems there is no Terran Republic signals...or human life." Elise said, slowing down when she started to see Matt's facial expression.

"T-thank you Elise. Y-you can l-log off for now." said Matt, trying his best to keep his voice from breaking up.

"Goodnight, Matt." said Elise, jumping inside Matt's gauntlet once more.

Matt then walked over to his bed, threw his LC3 Jaguar on the floor, and sat in the fetal position on the bed, wrapping the blankets over him in a cocoon-like shell.

'Well...goodnight." said Twilight, shutting off the bedside table's lamp with a flick of her magic. "Come on girls, I think we all deserve a good night's rest after all that has happened today."

But as Twilight and the rest if the Mane 6 left the room, a certain yellow Pegasus stayed behind.

"Um...Matt?" meekly asked Fluttershy, nearing closer to the small bed with steps as quiet as a mouse.

"Ugh, go away."

"Listen, I know what it's like to be surrounded by ponies you're not used too," said Fluttershy, standing next to the bed as Matt grunted at the statement, "I was all by myself when I moved to Ponyville, my friend, Rainbow Dash was too busy trying to become a Wonderbolt to spend time with me. But then, some ponies eventually came to visit, and I got to enjoy being here. It's not that bad when you get to know it."

"I said, go away." mumbled Matt again, tightening the covers around him.

"Look, I'm not going to force you to like your stay here. But if you don't want to be happy, that's your choice." said Fluttershy, walking out of the door, "Goodbye, Matt."

Fluttershy then closed the door, leaving Matt to himself, and out of all the things he could have thought about there was one thing on his mind....

Auraxis

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The bottom floor of the library was buzzing with questions and comments about Matt. Each mind of everypony was filling to the brim with questions. And sadly, no answers.

"Honestly, darling. I can't believe those rags his military has him wear." said Rarity to Applejack, "I swear, the next chance I get, I'm going to offer to make him a whole new wardrobe as a sign of goodwill."

"Now hold on a sec' Rarity." said Applejack, full of doubt, " Matt maight not want new 'fancy shmancy' clothin'. Besides, ah' reckon he won't need it in his line of work. Did ya see that fall he took? Ah don't think one of you suits would have survived that."

"Oh please, Applejack." retorted Rarity scornfully. " I use only use the toughest quality thread for my clothing. And it very well could take that fall. Do you remember the dresses we used for the Galla? Even after everything that happened, it only took some simple stitches to fix them."

"And yet you won't let them near mah farm." said Applejack with a smirk.

"Well, just because I make them durable, doesn't mean I want them being splashed with mud and grime. Does it?" replied Rarity, walking quickly away, head held high. To avoid Applejack making another comeback.

But while Rarity's and Applejack's discussion was about fashion choice, Rainbow's and Twilight's were about trust.

"...I mean, he falls from the sky, and immediately trusts us?" questioned Rainbow, hovering just above Twilight so she could maneuver her hooves. "I mean, who does that?"

"Well, I do admit that is a bit strange." said Twilight thoughtfully, "But think about it; He's been sent from a distant world with no idea where he is, and there is none of his kind that I've seen before. So it would make sense to try and be friendly us, considering we seem peaceful and kind."

"Yeah, well. You do your egg-head rationalization." said Rainbow, crossing her front hoves while in flight, "But my gut tells me that there is some freaky stuff about him."

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie ran straight in between the Alicorn and Pegasus, seeming to shake with energy. "Yeah, well, we all have secrets, isn't that right, Dashie? And that's what makes friendships fun!" said Pinkie, almost shacking with excitement because of the new arrival, "And what could even be funner is when I get to throw him his 'Welcome to Ponyville' party. And not only that, but I get to throw his 'Welcome to Equestria' party at the same time! So it will be double the fun! Do you think he likes cupcakes?"

Then, the familiar Element of Kindness emerged from Matt's room.

"Hey 'Shy!" said Rainbow, flying over to Fluttershy to greeter her fellow Pegasus/friend. But slowed down as she got nearer to Fluttershy. "Say, why did you stay behind? I thought out of all ponies, you would be out first....No offense."

"It's alright, I was just wanting to tell Matt something." said Fluttershy, her meek voice seeming to have it's own peaceful aura. "I just wanted to make him feel more welcome."

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A single rooster crowed over Ponyville as Celestia's sun came over the horizon. It's light showing the true beauty of Equestria's countryside. With a few light rays flowing into Matt's room, splashing across his face.

Suddenly, a large buzzing began to sound in Matt's helmet, causing his head to shake in the process.

"Gaah!" shouted Matt, bolting upright, Jaguar in hand, aiming it in all directions.

"Oh," said Matt, setting down his carbine and hitting a button on the side of his helmet, effectively turning off the buzzing, "And to think it was a dream."

Matt then picked up his carbine and left his room, beginning his trip downstairs, walking to the base of the house.

But the first thing Matt noticed when he made his way downstairs, was the fact it had shelves upon shelves of books. Curious, Matt picked one up and opened it, and old leather-red book, with yellow pages worn from age. Surprisingly, the literature was actually in English.

"A Traveler's Guide to Equestria?" thought Matt, flipping through the book to see entire paragraphs of words filled to the brim with information on his new environment.

But then, a weird smell made it's way to Matt's nose, but not the smell of gunpowder, blood, or burning flesh, but the smell of....food. And not the regular MRE's that was served in the Mess Halls, actual food that did not come in a tube, or plastic wrapping layered in preservatives and artificial flavoring.

Matt then placed the book in his standard issue Engineer knapsack, and gradually made his way to the smell. Passing several stacks of books, scrolls, and statue of a horse head along the way.

And as Matt finally made his way to the origins of the smell, he was greeted with the sight of a scaly, purple and green reptile wearing a pink apron; cooking pancakes. The room itself was relatively small, holding a single refrigerator, a stove/oven, a sink, and several cupboards.

"Hey there, weird, lizard..thing." said Matt, waving his hand at the reptile.

The reptile then turned around, bits of pancake batter plastered across the apron, and holding a spatula

"I'll have you know," said the reptile, pointing the spatula at him like a spear, "That I am a ferocious, fire breathing, dragon!"

"That's wearing an apron." said Matt, pointing at the the laced kitchen protection-ware.

"Hey! Do you have any idea how hard it is too get rid of batter from scales!" retorted the dragon, cheeks bright red.

Matt then got in the dragon's face, to the point of where his nose was scrunched up.

"No." said Matt, slowly backing away, " And to be fair, I've never seen a talking lizard before."

"Well I've never seen a hairless ape before." said the dragon, smirking at the retort.

"Touche," said Matt, looking around the room. "So, wheres Twilert Sprinkle, or whatever the heck her name is?"

"You mean Twilight?" said the dragon, placing several cooked pancakes on a tray, "She and the rest of the girls went to Canterlot for her coronation."

Matt then walked over to the tray of pancakes, quickly inspected it, and plopped one of the cooked batter circles in his mouth. Slowly chewing to elongate the taste of it.

"So, coronation, huh?" asked Matt, through a stuffed face.

The dragon then took off the apron and placed it in the sink, while simultaneously turning two valves to let water flow into the small basin. "Yeah, Twilight became a princess last night, and they are having a huge coronation ceremony to commemorate it. They decided to have me stay here to look after you."

"What do you mean look after me?" asked Matt inquisitively, finally swallowing the pancake,"I am a soldier from another world, I don't need to be babysat."

The purple and green dragon then walked past Matt, and began to sort through books in the main section of the house. "She thought you would just go on a rampage if you woke up and found nopony here. Besides, I'm not one for stuffy events like that."

"Why?" asked Matt.

"Well, the last time I went to one of those events, it was ruined by an army of shape-shifting bugs." said Spike, receiving only a curious glance from Matt.

"Huh," said Matt, regaining his composure and finding a seat on the floor and starting to read the book he had picked up from earlier, " So, do you have a name, exactly? Or does this world's law forbid it?"

The dragon then turned around, eyes wide at the accusation, " Um, No, but if you wanted my name, it's Spike."

Matt then flipped another page on the book, all the while not looking up from it. "Huh, well that's....original. So, when do you think purple horse will be back?"

Spike all the while, had not stopped sorting books since he started. But he finally decided to stop sorting, and walk over to Matt. "Well, I saw the girls leave a couple of hours ago, so they should be back in a little bit. Say, what are you reading?"

"Oh nothing, " said Matt, folding a small bit of the page into a make-do bookmark. "Just a little information on your world."

Suddenly, a loud crash came from upstairs, shaking the house from top to bottom. Even a couple of books fell from their shelves.

Then, quick as as a flash, Matt placed his Jaguar in a holster on his knapsack and whipped out his TX2, aiming it upstairs. "Spike, stay here, I'll go check and see what's going on."

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Equestria's Skies, 500 Meters from Golden Oaks Library, Equestria

Twilight's takeoff at started as planned, she had planned on finishing the coronation, and to fly towards Ponyville to check up on Matt. But she had not taken into account the fact that she was new to flying, and the closest she had ever gotten to it was in the Royal Guard's sky chariots.

But as she got closer to the library, Twilight noticed that she was going out of control, and was spiraling towards her bedroom window!

"Aaaah!" screamed Twilight as she finally touched (More like crashed) down through the bedroom's (thankfully) open window. Sending a couple of books scattered across the floor.

Uh," moaned Twilight, rubbing her head from the crash. And after a few seconds of stretching out her wings from flying such a long distance, she finally noticed the mess she had caused when she crashed, and began to pick up the mess with her magic.

Suddenly, the sound of heavy footsteps came from the other side of the door, causing Twilight to quickly finish placing the books back on the shelves and see who was coming up. But before she could even reach the first step down, she was greeted with the sight of Matt and one of his mysterious weapons; pointed right at her!

But, as soon as Matt saw Twilight, he put the weapon down. "Seriously? You nearly got yourself killed!" shouted Matt, "Fucking civvies." Muttering the last bit to himself

This sudden outburst saddened Twilight, causing her to lower her head. But Matt, seeing this, regained his composure, and knelt next the Twilight.

"Sorry, kid. It's just that, well, I've had people die because of me before, and it's not a good feeling. Every single person, whether they get re-birthed or not, leaves a scar. And by now, I'm just a giant gash in a suit." sadly said Matt, lowering his head, tears forming, "I've seen cities burn, entire families murdered, and even entire armies, destroyed in the blink of an eye."

Twilight then lifted her head, trying to meet Matt's eyes.

"And you know whats worse?" asked Matt, trying his best to not choke up, "Is the fact that I had family back on Auraxis, friends, comrades in arms. And they probably think I'm captured, or I got stuck in the re-birthing process."

Twilight's mouth was left partly agape as to what Matt had just said. And pure shock filled her mind because of Matt had described, and what else he probably has experienced.

"I-i'm sorry," said Twilight, putting her left hoof on Matt's left shoulder. "I'm sorry you have been through so much."

"It doesn't matter anymore, " said Matt solemnly, "To my unit, my country, I'm dead."

Matt then stood up, and walked to the window next Twilight's bed. And just stared out of it, eyeing all the ponies go about their day, talking, shopping, and even playing.

"Your world, it's so different, so peaceful." said Matt, turning his head slightly to the left to partially face Twilight, "Something Auraxis could never be. And maybe, just maybe, this is some divine entities' way of giving me another chance. So, the question is: What am I going to do with it?"

Twilight then sat up, and trotted over to Matt, trying to keep a decent composure, "Equestria's a place of second chances Matt, my friends and I, we've been able to make even to most evil of creatures see good. And I'm sure you are no exception." she said, a mixture of emotions filling her, feelings of compassion, pity, and a bundle of others.

"Yeah, I guess." said Matt, putting his hands on the window sill. "But where do I begin?"

"You could start by being friends with us." suggested Twilight, outstretching her hoof to Matt.

Matt then turned to face Twilight, who in turn stretched out a big smile, "It's a deal then." said Matt, grabbing the hoof and shaking it slowly.

Suddenly, a loud knock came from the from door, causing Mat to stop the handshake and walk to the door. "Who is it?"

"The ginger bread pony." said a voice. Causing Matt to just stare.

"......Really?"

"No, it's me, Rainbow. Now let me talk to Twilight." said Rainbow Dash. Making Matt open the door, letting the rainbow-maned Pegasus donned in her coronation attire walk in.

"What's up Rainbow?' asked Twilight, walking towards her friend.

"So, yeah, the princesses want to talk with Matt on the current situation." said Rainbow Dash, rubbing the back of her head with her right hoof. "I really didn't pay attention to the details, but they sent me here to tell you. Also, you might want to take off those coronation clothes, they make you look like a walking fashion show."

"Oh. right." said Twilight sheepishly, lighting up her horn to levitate the eloquent clothing article off of her, and on to one of the Library's bookshelves. "I'm sure Rarity will want this back."

"So, wait. What do you mean by 'Princesses'? I only met one." said Matt.

"Well, you met Princess Celestia, she is the older of the two sisters. Then there is Luna, the younger of the two. And finally, there is Princess Cadence. She rules over the Crystal Empire with my brother." stated Twilight proudly. "They all rule Equestria equally, and do their best to maintain peace."

'Wow," said Matt in awe, "That....actually sounds pretty badass."

But now it was Rainbow Dash's turn to butt in. "Yeah, well, we have these awesome things called the Elements of Harmony that shoot cool lasers that look like rainbows and can do almost everything!" she said excitedly.

"Actually, Rainbow," interjected Twilight in an annoyed tone, "The Elements of Harmony use the magical talents of it's user to focus it into a beam based on which element of friendship they are. Like how I'm magic, and Rainbow here is loyalty."

"So, you save the world with rainbows?" asked Matt sarcastically.

"Well, it's more complicated than that. I've still not been able to unlock the hidden potential they might hold." said Twilight, pacing around Matt, "But, yeah, we....Uh, save the world with rainbows."

Suddenly, the sound of a loud burp and a gust of fire came from the kitchen, soon followed by Spike rushing towards Twilight.

"Twilight!" said Spike, rushing towards Twilight with a paper scroll. That Twilight soon picked up with her magic, and opened.

Twilight then skimmed quickly through the scroll before giving it back to Spike. Who walked off with the scroll back to the kitchen.

"So, what was that about?" asked Matt.Matt

"Oh, nothing." said Twilight, calmly, " It was just Princess Celestia wanting to let us know that Rainbow Dash was coming to see how we are doing with Matt. And that she has sent a sky chariot to pick us up outside Ponyville."

"And yet another pony who underestimates my awesome flying ability." said Rainbow in a brash manner.

"Now wait a second." said Matt, ignoring Rainbow's comment. " If we just want to go to Princess Celestia, then why are we being all secretive about it?"

"Well, the last time everypony saw somepony not familiar to them, the entire town went into hiding out of fear." said Twilight, for she realized the town might react the same-or worse- way with Matt as they had with Zecora.

"Well, I guess that makes sense.." said Matt haltingly. "So, when can we go?"

"Well, we could go right now." said Twilight, "If your ready, that is."

"Well, I pack light. If that helps." said Matt, "So, how are we getting there?"

"Teleport."

"What!?" shouted Matt, his voice full of disbelief in what he just heart. "You didn't tell me you had teleport!"

Twilight only blushed at the comment. "Thank you, Matt. I've been trying to master it ever since I accidentally teleported a few inches while trying to levitate a few books when I was a filly. And I believe I could try and teleport us to the outskirts of Ponyville, where we will meet up with a sky chariot that Princess Celestia said she sent in the letter."

"Woa, whoa, wait a sec." interrupted Matt, " What do you mean you 'teleported yourself'? Are you telling me that you can manipulate the fields of space and time?!"

"Well, yes." said Twilight, feeling better knowing she had impressed an advanced alien twice in a row. "Not most unicorns can use magic in the way I can. It takes a lot of studying and practice. but most of all, it takes-"

"Okay, now I know you are just fucking with me." interrupted Matt once again, "Now, I know I may not be the cleanest gun in the armory. But there is no way that it is just, 'magic'. It has to be some form of energy, or magnets. It could even be a type of laser for all I care. But your species decides to go with, magic. I swear, next thing you'll tell me is that Rainbow-Face over here can manipulate the weather."

But all Mat got out of his little rant was Rainbow falling on the floor laughing. And even Twilight was trying not to laugh. Leaving Matt with a flabbergasted mind. And it was finally a few minutes before the two ponies had returned to their former selves.

"Now wait a sec', Twi'," said Rainbow cautiously Coming to realization of danger to her friend"I know you are a powerful pony and all, but I don't think that you can teleport us all that far."

Twilight then placed her hoof on her chin in contemplation; for she too did not know if she could be able to teleport them all out of town.

But suddenly, Matt's gauntlet started glowing again. With Elise emerging from it soon after.

"I believe I may have the answer." said Elise, receiving surprised looks from Rainbow and Twilight. even Matt had a look of confusion plastered on his face.

"What do you mean?" asked Matt.

"Well, while you three were conversing, I was able to take a bio-scan of Twilight, and I believe I can transfer some of my power to match her's. Thus giving Twilight the boost she needs." explained Elise, her cortex itself running through various outcomes and variables to look out for. "But it does have a chance of Twilight exploding. Though it's very small." Elise then added a small smile to have an effect of innocence.

"I don't know, what do you think?" asked Matt to Twilight. Fearing to have to clean up horse guts off of the walls.

"I don't know." said Twilight. for she too had a fear of becoming pink mist. "What are the odds of me exploding?"

"About 13,245,632,355 to one." said Elise quickly.

"....Say what now?" asked Rainbow, trying to wrap her head around the large number.

"She means it's virtually impossible." said Twilight, "And I believe I will take it."

Twilight's horn then began to glow it's familiar lavender glow. With various sparks of electricity circling around it. Then, Elise's then went inside of Twilight's horn, causing it to turn a burgundy-like color, with even more sparks of electricity starting to emerge, and a few even hitting the floor. Suddenly, a bright light exploded out of Twilight's horn, enveloping the room. Causing
Matt to shield his eyes, while Rainbow just donned a pair of shades.

And with a flash of light, the group vanished from the library, only leaving behind an occasional spark in the air.

But then, Spike emerged from the kitchen, holding a giant stack of pancakes, covered in syrup and a slice of butter on top.

"Hey Twilight, I made breakfast." said Spike, seeing the vacant area where the three had been moments earlier. Spike then looked at the stack of pancakes in his arms, seeing his hard work go to waste. "Oh come on!"

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Location: Unknown, Equestria

All was quiet in the forested area, the birds were chirping. Small animals played in the grass, and deer raced around in the trees. But with a bright flash, the forest's sound nearly stopped as the bright light dispersed to reveal Rainbow, Matt, and Twilight standing in a small field of grass. But instead of everything to start back again in the forest, all the animals just stared as the group tried to get their wits about them as the checked their surroundings.

"Hey, where are we?" asked Matt, hoping that one of his pony companions would have an answer.

"Uh," said Rainbow, looking around at the trees and grass. "I don't think I've seen this place before."

Suddenly, the two heard a loud *plop* from behind them, which revealed to be Twilight, passed out cold in the grass; Her horn glowing a bright red from heat.

"Twilight!" shouted Rainbow, rushing to her downed friend. "Hey, Matt! Get that A.I. of yours to run a bio-whatchamacallit."

"Sure." said Matt indifferently, "Hey, Elise, run a medical diagnostic on Twilight, see if there is anything wrong with her. And try and scan to see where we are."

"Already done," said Elise, emerging from Twilight, "She just became too tired after the teleport, and just fell asleep. Where we are? Well, by compiling images from Twilight's mind, and using the built in GPS in your helmet. I have determined we are in an area of this, 'Everfree Forest'.

"Did you say the 'Everfree Forest'!" screamed Rainbow, looking up from her fallen friend.

"Um, yes." said Elise, "Is there a problem?"

"A problem? Of course there's a problem!" said Rainbow, exasperated at the current situation. "The Everfree Forest is home to some of the most deadly creatures in Equestria!"

"Oh, so that's why I'm seeing several pairs of green eyes." said Matt, who did, indeed, see numerous pairs of eyes of green in the greenery.

Suddenly, a foul stench seemed to blanket the forest, driving off any other creatures that had stayed after the group arrived. And soon, the eyes in the forest grew closer to the three, enormous growls filling the air. The eyes then made it to the clearing, to reveal the creatures to be made of wood, made in the shape of a large dog.

"Um, Rainbow, please tell me these are some of the, 'Not so evil' creatures of the Everfree." said Matt, pulling out his Jaguar and aiming it at one of the wooden monsters.

"Oh, bucking horse apples."

Author's Note

Well, turns out this story is not dead! Yeah, sorry about the wait guys and gals, I've just got a lot on my plate, and this, honestly, is not my #1 priority. Does that mean I will one day abandon this fic? Probably not, but it's not going to come out like a speeding bullet every day.

And on a side note: This is why Matt is all badass. It's all an A.I.! Technological Macguffin for the win!

Also, the part with Spike staying at the library is why I thank God for the Alternate Universe tag.

Matt's Armor:
Helmet:Default
Armor: Composite Armor
Default Camo

Matt's Loadout:
LC3 Jaguar with Foreward Grip
TX2 Emperor
Claymore X2
Ripper Knife, because bad asses always carry more than one knife.
And of course the ammo box. Ya can't be a fungineer without some rounds!
And more will be added as the story progresses. Hold onto your anus!

Question of the chapter: What TR or NS weapon would you like to replace Matt's Jaguar?

And on a final note: No pony x human shipping is to be involved in this story, but if people are going to make fan art out of this, I won't stop you. I'm just here to write. And now a Public Service Announcement from the Terran Republic Military News Network: