Part 1: Prologue; High Altitude-Low Opening
Part 1
Prologue
High Altitude-Low Opening
Luna PoV
"I now pronounce you mare and co-" Celestia was cut off from marrying Twilight Sparkle and Flash Sentry when something smashed through the window, bringing with it a strange burning odor. On it's back was a cloth rectangle attached by strings and on it's chest was a large dog wearing strange tubes. The creature appeared to either be dead or unconscious. It was covered head to hoof in a multicolored clothing with a vest and helmet. While hanging there, the dog came to. It was confused at first and whimpered at the creature. Celestia asked me to view the creature's memory and I did.
2 Hours Earlier
Operation Green Day
April 2, 2025
4:15 a.m
MSG* Benjamin D. Williams
SEAL Team 4 Headquarters
Little Creek, Virginia
I grabbed my M27 and Five-Seven before putting on my helmet, calling Konrad, the team dog, to my side and headed to the hangar. Our mission was to invade a compound that a rogue general was hiding out in. It was going to be tough, the guy struck a religious fervor into his battalion and they would probably slaughter a farm of puppies,kittens and bunnies if he asked. Take a V-44 Griffon(V-22 Osprey with jet engines instead of turboprops) to the compound, HALO into the compound, clear courtyard of hostiles, capture if possible, kill if not. I boarded the Griffon and waited for take-off. The other members of the team boarded and soon we joined the fleet of V-44s and F/A-38s(VTOL F-22) in the air.
After an hour of waiting, we arrived over the drop-zone. I strapped Konrad to my chest and waited to be checked by the jump-master. Everyone was given the thumbs up and he opened the ramp. Suddenly, the Griffon was rocked by anti-air missiles. The pilot remarked "Holy shit! That was close." I inched my way closer to the ramp and looked out over the scene. Then the Griffon was struck by another missile. The jump-master was thrown off his feet and sucked into the sky. Captain Stuck ran up to me, shouting at everyone to go. He then kicked me off the ramp as the Griffon erupted into flame.
Konrad and I were thrown away from the blast and for a few seconds I tried contacting the people on the Griffon for a few seconds. "Anybody there. Answer me damn it. Come on answer me. Damn it, I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch!" I made myself straight as an arrow and pointed myself down. I dodged the various AA missiles and destroyed Griffons until there was one I couldn't dodge. I screamed and covered Konrad as well as I could as it detonated and the fire ball engulfed us.
Surprisingly, I awoke still heading towards the ground. I saw a city nearby and deployed my wing suit before gliding towards the city. I deployed my parachute and disoriented, I couldn't control myself and smashed into a window, were I was knocked out.
Present
4:17 a.m
April 2, 1006 ANM(After Nightmare Moon)
MSG Benjamin D. Williams
Canterlot, Equestria
Royal Palace
I awoke hanging from the from off the window I smashed through. Konrad was whimpering from my chest so I rubbed the area I thought his head was. I muttered to myself "I guess My vision was fuzzy and I could only see colorful blobs. The J.A.R.V.I.S(Just A Rather Intelligent System) A.I was alerting my to burns that had been stopped by the fire retardant suit I was wearing.
JARVIS was a recent technological advancement that came with the with long used T.A.G(Tactical Assistance Glasses) and I.W.M.D(Interactive Wrist Mounted Display). It monitored health and injuries and JARVIS gave the best medical course, the TAGs gave a HUD that monitored ammo and direction of which you are taking fire.
I looked down and saw that when I covered Konrad, I managed to stop most of the burns though he had some fur singed off. I reached to detach myself from the harness, but when I looked down I saw I was fairly high up. Seeing no other way down, I tried to detach from the harness only to discover that it was jammed. I drew my knife, cut the lines to the parachute, covered Konrad and brassed myself for impact. Remembering that I read somewhere there was a scientific study that proved that if you say profanity when you're hurt, it'll hurt less**. So as I landed, felt my legs break or come close to it and fell flat on my ass, I shouted "FUCK THAT HURTS!" through my teeth. JARVIS informed me that my left tibia was fractured. I detached Konrad from my chest, took off his oxygen mask and did the same to my own.
Suddenly, something pounced on my leg. JARVIS declared my left tibia was now fully broken. I tried to punch it in the head, only to punch something made of metal. Whatever it was was taken off of me by Konrad. Not wanting to be in a fight with a broken leg, I said "Konrad, heel." Almost immediately, Konrad got off it and walked back to me growling at it. Something approached me and said
"Hello, Master Sergeant Benjamin Donald Williams I presume. I am Princess Celestia. Care to explain why you just smashed through the window during a royal wedding?"
"One, I have no idea. I thought I was going to die in an explosion, but I ended up falling from the sky. Two, how do you know my name? Three, why was I attacked, as I now have a broken leg."
"I am sorry about your leg Sergeant, thank you for calling your dog off of the guard. My sister viewed your memories when you were unconscious, that is why I know your name. She also mentioned something about an explosion. As for why you were attacked, as I mentioned, you crashed into a royal wedding." I began tapping on my IWMD and began projecting a hologram of JARVIS.
"Hello ma'am, I am JARVIS, which stands for Just A Rather Intelligent System. Master Sergeant William's left tibia is broken. Your medical personal most likely will not know how to make it heal properly, of which I can be of assistance. I recommend moving him to the nearest hospital immediately."
"Ok. You 2, take him to the Royal Infirmary." 2 Guards picked me up and took me to the Royal Infirmary. The doctors were surprised to see me but with the help of JARVIS, they were able to fix it. Apparently they used some magic after learning the basics of human physiology from JARVIS. It'll be sore for a few days but other than that fine.
I was busy testing my leg when a guard walked up to me. "Mr. Williams, Princess Celestia has requested your presence at the reception of Princess Twilight Sparkle and Flash Sentry." I simply nodded and followed him. We walked through multiple doors in complete silence and eventually arrived at a garden. He turned to me and said "She will be with you shortly." before walking back towards the castle. I took a seat and muttered to Konrad
"Just think about it Konrad, a few hours ago the situation was FUBB(Fucked Up Beyond Belief) but now we're sitting at the reception of a princess in a world full of technicolor ponies." I then noticed Celestia standing nearby. I looked up and said "Oh, Hello Princess Celestia."
"So, what does FUBB mean."
"It's a military slang in my world. It stands for Fucked Up Beyond Belief. So, what did you call me down here for."
"Ah, yes. What can you tell me about what happened before you came here"
I was about to answer when JARVIS cut me off. "Ma'am I can do you 1 better. I am set to record all missions that Master Sergeant Williams partakes in. Would you wish for me to play Operation Green Day."
She considered for a moment and said "Yes, thank you JARVIS." JARVIS began projecting the last events on Earth I partook in. It cut off after the explosion and she stood there in awe for a few seconds. I didn't want to see her reaction to a mission that involved combat. "Well, that was interesting to say the least. Also we have decided what will happen to you. You will be a guard at the Friendship Castle, which is the castle of Princess Twilight. It won't be exciting but it gives you something to do. We haven't had a war in thousands of years. However, we haven't decided your rank."
"In my book, experience is the only rank that matters. So in my book compared to your best soldier, not to brag or anything, but I'm probably a Five-Star General. I don't like what I do, but someone's gotta do it." She called over who I assumed was Twilight and Flash and when they arrived, I gave them a 2 finger salute.
"Twilight and Flash, I have a proposal for you. Our friend here is military in his world and he needs a job. The captain of Friendship Castle has recently retired and I would like to instate our friend here in as captain. My sister says that he is a capable warrior. But the final decision comes to you."
Flash asked "What's your current rank?"
"Master Sergeant Benjamin Donald Williams at your service, but you can call me Ben. And this is Konrad."
"Master Sergeant, what's that? I recognize sergeant but that's not a rank in our military. What are the ranks in your army?"
"Enlisted ranks are Private, Private First Class, Specialist, Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Master of the Army. Officer ranks are Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General and finally General. Why what are your ranks?"
"Um, Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain. That's a lot less than your army." Before we could go any further, 2 more ponies arrived. They were Twilight's brother and sister-in-law. We told them what we were pondering and they helped us figure it out. I noticed that Flash's expression and asked "Hey Flash, what's wrong?"
"Well, it's just that I kinda want to see your ability. You say experience is the only rank that matters."
"Ok, but I'm not gonna be known as the creature that kicked your ass at his own wedding. Celestia, you said that your sister viewed my memories, correct? Do you know what she did?"
"Yes Mr. Williams I do. Which memory would you like me to view?"
"Operation Rising Sun, April 5, 2019. Begins at noon. Also, October 5, 2020." She preformed the spell and everything faded to black.
Operation Rising Sun
April 5, 2019
12:03 p.m
CPL*** Benjamin D. Williams
Somewhere in the Caribbean
Shadow Company Mercenary Group Compound
The MH-6 Little Bird and AH-6 Little Bird, crested the mountain of an nearby island. I could see the compounds we were invading and the hovercraft of the USMC soldiers that were there to get us to the compound. "Williams, get on your IWMD and soften them up with the Reaper drone." said Cpt. Howard. I activated my IWMD and the screen became infrared as the images from the MQ-9 Reaper appeared. After a few seconds, the words 'AGM-114 Hellfire Online' appeared. I moved the crosshairs over a bunker on the beach and fired. The missile entered the screen and after a few seconds, the bunker was engulfed in a fireball.
"Good kill Alpha Team, hostile bunker destroyed." said Overlord.
"Roger that Overlord. Williams shift aim to AA emplacements." I did as told and shifted the aim over the Anti Air emplacements and SAM(Surface to Air Missile) sites. After about 30 minutes of raining down death, the AH-6 began strafing runs on the compound. On the final strafing run, the helicopter in the lead fired a missile at the wall. "Overlord, this is Alpha. Compound wall destroyed. Permission to begin raid."
"Permission granted Captain. This is Overlord to all units, Phase 2 has begun. Repeat. Raid on Compound is beginning." The helicopters moved to a clearing and landed. I checked my rifle and unhooked from the seat. As my feet the ground and we turned towards the compound, I heard many soldiers yelling
"GO, GO, GO."
"We got the main compound, boys. Johnson, Davis and Jackson go around the back. Set C4 on the wall and breach the wall. The rest of you are with me. Charge the breach in the wall!" shouted Howard, as we sprinted towards the compound. 3 peeled off and the 3 of us left continued forward. We slowed as we reached the wall and after a few moments we heard C4 detonate as the 3 that split off made their entrance. MSG Philips and Cpt Howard began moving into the breach before the mercs inside opened fire. Philips was killed and Howard was wounded. I tackled him behind a nearby rock and checked his wounds. After I made sure he wouldn't bleed out, I began frantically calling Overlord for air support.
"Overlord, Overlord, this is Corporal Williams. Captain Howard and I are pinned down by enemy mercenaries. Situation is FUBAR BUNDY(Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair/Reason But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet). Requesting air support."
"Negative Corporal. Thermal scans reveal that your teammates are inside the building. Using air support will kill them. I'm sorry Corporal. Reinforcements are on their way."
"Damn it Overlord. If we don't get something soon, your gonna have 5 more dead SEALs. Captain Howard is wounded and won't last much longer." I again stood up and fired randomly at the mercs before being forced down again. Howard patted me and said
"Williams, I'm not gonna last much longer. There are 3 ways of this ending; You doing something worthy of the Medal of Honor and me surviving, you doing something worthy of the Medal of Honor and me dying, or we both die here. Here are my grenades, flashbags, smoke grenades, and all my ammo except 2 pistol mags. Now, go get a Medal of Honor or die trying." He handed me the things he named and patted me again.
After staring at him for a few seconds, I said "See ya in hell man." I took a flashbang and frag, pulled the pins, waited 2 seconds and threw them. Then I did the same to all the grenades I had before throwing the smoke grenades to cover my approach. I turned around and started to fire at everyone I could see. All the mercs were disoriented from all the grenades and were quickly killed by my M27. I quickly arrived at the door of the compound. I kicked the door and as I charged inside, a merc that was hiding next to the door hit me in the head with the butt(stock) of his rifle. As I blacked out, the merc checked my dog tags and I could hear a man speak in an South African accent.
"Another one, eh." I could hear the merc say something" What's that? It's Williams. Bring him to me. IT'S POKER NIGHT!"
I awoke at a poker table sitting across from a man in a suit with messy dark brown hair. On either side of us were 2 dead mercs, one with what I could only describe as a giant fucking knife in his neck. We were in the second and top floor of the compound I was breaching. We were surrounded by mercs and on the other side of the room, I could see the 3 teammates I came here to save, on their knees with their hands behind their backs. As he saw me awake he said, "Ahhhh, you're finally awake. Corporal Benjamin D. Williams, I presume. I believe you would call this SNAFU(Situation Normal: All Fucked Up). You SEALs have caused me a lot of trouble, but I believe in forgiveness. So, I hope your good at five card hold-em, because let's just say, it'll be a long and painful death if you aren't."
He took the cards and gave us both 2 cards before placing two 6s and a 7 in the middle face up. He placed 2 cards face down before placing an ace and 4 face up. We revealed our cards; I had a 5 and 8, he had a 6 and Jack. He gathered the cards and again gave us 2 cards. He placed a 5, Jack and 10. He placed 2 cards face down, off to the side, and placed a 2 and 7 face up. We revealed our cards; I had two 4s, he had a Jack and King. He laughed before standing up and saying "You know what, Corporal Williams? I'm going to go easy on you. 1 finger every time you lose." The mercs behind me grabbed my hands and held them to the table. He took the giant fucking knife from the dead merc, who fell out out the chair. After cleaning it of blood with his sleeve and saying "I think I'll start with," and after a moment of thought "the ring finger." Then he cut off my ring finger at the bending point, to which I screamed in pain. As he held my finger like a trophy, I grabbed the knife of the merc on the right holding me down, stabbed him in the neck, before retracting and stabbed the one on the left in the stomach and after a few flashes of white, everything except me and the man faded to black.
He laughed as he threw my finger aside and said "Ah, we can't get married. You could have joined me Williams. Every kill rewarded by money. We could use your talent. I've been watching you for a while now and I was most excited when I found out that your squad was deployed to invade my compound personally."
I looked briefly at the stump that now was my ring finger and went into a fighting stance before stuttering out "Fuck you."
He held his arms out and said "I take no pleasure in this, really, I don't."
I spat back "I don't need 10 fingers to use a knife!"
He tossed his knife between his hands before saying "I've been doing this longer than you've been born kid."
Again I spat back "Bring it on, old man." After a moment of staring at him, I kicked him in his leg. He spun around and tried to stab me, which I blocked with my own knife. He tried to stab me in the shoulder but I blocked that attack too. He violently thrust his knife forward before I grabbed his arm and threw it back before punching him in the head. We broke combat and he said
"I'm very disappointed in you Williams. You could have joined me. Everything you ever wanted yours. Money, women, power but when my agent approached you, you declined for the fucking United States Navy Sea, Air and Land Teams. We had plans to kidnap your family, friends, girlfriend and if need be that fucking mutt, Konrad.
Taken by rage, I didn't let him go further as I said through my teeth "I'm going to kill you!" as I lashed out with my knife, which he back stepped to.
He laughed and said "I have very powerful friends that will hunt you down."
"And I have a fucking army at my back." He tried to punch me in the stomach with his left hand and I blocked as he tried to stab me in the shoulder. I caught it and threw it back and immediately he tried to slash me. I quickly stabbed him in the shoulder and backed up.
He began to become furious and nearly screamed "You can't win! I hold all the cards."
I intimidated him by saying "Then why are you afraid?" He lashed at me again. I blocked it and the following attack with my knife before crouching down quickly to dodge a slash and kicking him in the leg again. This time, he tripped me. He tried to deliver a killing blow before I quickly moved out of the way and his knife hit the area in between my arm and side. I tried to slash his arm but he pulled the knife out of the floor, however I slashed his leg. I got up and we stepped around each other. He tried to thrust his blade into my chest before I blocked it with my knife and the following attack. I tried to move in and stab him in the stomach. However he blocked it, but in the process he got in the perfect position for a kick in the stomach. The kick sent him to the floor but as I tried to stab him, he kicked me with both legs in the head. The light head I would have had from blood loss was killed by adrenaline and rage. I recoiled from the kicks and accidentally dropped my knife as I went on my hands and knees. Before he could attack, I grabbed the knife in a reverse grip. He himself attacked in a reverse grip which I dodged by grabbing his leg and stabbing him in the back. I let go and grabbed the knife from his hand I then promptly shoved the knife into his throat. He staggered back a bit and as he did, I grabbed the knife out of his back and stabbed him on the top of his head. I looked at his corpse after white flashes, the black that enveloped us faded away.
Once all the black faded away, I saw the corpses of all the mercs that were in the room, which was strange as none of them were in the I guess hallucination. Quickly remembering the reason I was here, I ran over to the squad mates that had been captured and cut their bonds. One of them asked "Dude, what the fuck was that? You just took on 4 mercs and that Australian dude, with a knife and a missing ring finger."
"I don't know man. Everything just faded to black except me and the dude. Speaking of missing ring finger, I think I'm about to pass out." Then I promptly passed out from blood loose. As blackness enveloped my vision, I could hear the door being kicked down.
I awoke hours later in a hospital with my ring finger bandaged.
18 Months Later
Sgt Benjamin D. Williams
Washington D.C, USA
White House
The President ended his speech "For his bravery under hostile fire and dedication to the mission when wounded and outnumbered, I present to Sergeant Benjamin Donald Williams, the Medal of Honor." I walked up and the president pinned the medal on my chest. Then he whispered to me "I believe you have a speech son." I nodded to him and walked to the podium.
"Thank you, sir. 18 months ago, I was hiding behind a rock with my wounded captain. The situation was FUBAR BUNDY. We were surrounded by enemies and taking heavy fire. Unable to use air support due to the presence of friendly prisoners in the compound, Captain Howard gave me all his grenades and ammo. He told me 'This will end 3 ways. With me doing something worthy of the Medal of Honor and him surviving, With me doing something worthy of the Medal of Honor and him dying or with both of us dying.' Captain Howard survived but Master Sergeant Philips wasn't so lucky. He was killed by enemy fire and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery with his comrades in arms; past, present and future. 8 years ago, when I first joined the Navy, I listened to a speech given by Ronald Reagan about Private Martin Treptow, a barber who enlisted in the Iowa National Guard and became part of the famed Rainbow Division during World War 1. He was killed by enemy machine gun fire while delivering a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire. On his body was his diary, and under the flyleaf 'My Pledge' these words were written. 'America must win this fight. Therefore, I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure. I will fight cheerfully and do my upmost, as if the whole struggle rested on me alone.' At the beginning and end of the day during basic training, I recited those words. I would like to thank each and every one of you for this."
Flash whistled and said "Wow, that was something. I vote for captain." The ponies cast their votes.
I bowed and Twilight said "I here by promote you, Master Sergeant Benjamin Donald Williams to captain."
I thought to myself 'Wow, I just jumped up 8 pay grades.'
Then Celestia said "Follow me, we have an announcement." We walked out to the stage that had been set up for the party. Celestia took a mic and said "Hello everypony, we have an announcement to make. You may recognize this guy from earlier this afternoon. He is Sergeant Master Benjamin Donald Williams and as the title suggests, he is military in his world. He has no idea how he got here and he thought that he had been killed in his world. After hours of pondering what to do, I now present you the new captain of the Friendship Castle Guard." She cleared the way for me and gave me the mark.
"Ah, yes hello. Don't worry about me, you'll hardly notice the me." I thought to myself Yep, you won't even notice the 6'1, 200lb creature that's armed to the teeth. "Well, this is a party right," an all pink pony jumped up screaming 'YEAH!' and then I continued "So why don't I introduce you to some human music." and with that I walked over to the turn table and inserted a cable from the IWMD into the speakers. I muttered "Alright JARVIS, play Carry On by Avenge Sevenfold and Thriller by Michael Jackson.
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When Thriller came on, I began projecting the music video after setting up a white sheet. The crowd loved both and most began chanting for more. So I said "Alright this is the last one." I turned to JARVIS and said "Time to close out JARVIS. Ummmm, If Today Was Your Last Day, Nickleback."
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I took the cable out of the speaker and walked into the crowd. Celestia greeted me and walked me over to 5 mares and a reptile about 3 feet high. She said "These are Twilight's friends and you'll be taking the train to Ponyville with them. And this is Spike, Twilight's Personal Assistant. He'll help you settle in at the castle."
They introduced themselves and I gave a simple 'Nice to meet ya." before asking when the train was leaving. They responded with tomorrow morning and I excused myself, stating "Today, I was thrown out of a plane by an explosion, hit by an explosion, taken to another dimension, crashed through a window during a royal wedding, had my leg broken and magically fixed." Celestia had a guard escort me to my room. I took off my equipment before laying down on the bed, on which Konrad hopped up with me after taking off his ballistic vest. I fell asleep shortly after.
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Part 1 Chapter 1; Ponyville
Part 1
Chapter 1
Ponyville
I was back on the V-44 that I was on a few hours earlier. We were crashed in the compound from Operation Rising Sun. Around me were the corpses of my teammates. I was lying on the back of the pilot's chair. My IWMD and TAGs were busted, the screen smashed and a lens popped out, and my FDBV(Fire Retardant Ballistic Vest), shirt and pants were torn up. I got up and walked towards the ramp at the back, the words of Cpt. Stuck before the Griffon exploded echoing in my ears. I looked at the sun and saw that it was a solar eclipse. I hopped to the ground and in front of me stood the mercs I killed during Rising Sun. I began walking forward and quickly tripped over something. When I looked at what it was, I saw the corpse of Cpt. Howard hugging the corpse of Konrad. I looked back towards the building and saw it had been replaced by a staircase. I heard something behind me and when I looked, a large horde of spiders was coming out the back of the Griffon. I, being a huge arachnophobe, began sprinting towards the staircase. When I looked at the ground, I saw more spiders coming out of the mouths of the dead.
I ran up the stairs and the tropical island was replaced by a Brazilian Favela. It was my first mission as a SEAL. In the mission, I was hauling ass from an armed Militia instead of spiders. I ran onto a rooftop and was hoping from rooftop to rooftop towards the helicopter. On a rooftop within jumping distance to the chopper, I ran into a militia member. He was carrying a pistol, which he dropped when I accidentally pushed him off the roof. Then I heard someone behind me pulling the charging handle of an AK-47, so I immediately grabbed the pistol and turned to face the threat. What I saw made my heart skip a beat. Standing there, with an AK-47 in his hands, was a teenager, no more than 14 years old. Acting on instinct, I took aim. The voice of Cpt. Howard was blaring in my ears and I could hear the faint sound of helicopter blades. "SPECIALIST WILLIAMS, WE SEE YOU DON'T STOP!" The boy raised the rifle to his shoulder and before I knew what was happening, I pulled the trigger. Everything went in slow motion. I could see the bullet casing flying from the chamber and the bullet flying towards it's target. I could see the expression of surprise on the boy as heard a loud bang, then he looked down and saw the bullet wound in his stomach. He dropped to his knees and our eyes locked. The sound of a helicopter overwhelmed my sense of sound as the boy's face hit the roof and the AK-47 clattered to the floor. Before I knew it, I was sitting in the back of a MH-53 Pave Low with my teammates attempting to calm me down.
I awoke in a cold sweat. Konrad was disturbed by my sudden movement and looked at me with concern. I patted his head before walking to the bathroom and splashing water on my face. I walked onto the balcony and looked over Canterlot, at least that's what Celestia told me the city was called. By my estimation, it was 4 in the morning. Deciding that a walk would clear my head, I put on my IWMD and TAG before walking out the door. Before I left, I looked back at Konrad. He was already back asleep and so I continued walking. I activated the electronics, which are solar powered so I don't have to worry about them not working, and was greeted by JARVIS. "A little early for a walk sir. It is 3:47, most everyone else is sleeping."
"I know JARVIS, had a really bad nightmare. It was from Operation Clean House. I don't know what brought it up. I haven't seen anything reminding me of it, unless you can find a connection to me killing a 14 year old in self defense and me being taken to a world of technicolor ponies after being kicked out of an exploding VTOL."
"Actually sir, I believe I can. Why were you in the area when you killed him?"
"I was running for my life."
"But who were you with?"
"I wasn't. I got seperated from my team. So you're saying that because I'm alone, without my team, in this world that brought back the memory."
"Exactly sir, but I believe you have company." Our conversation was interrupted as I looked up and saw Princess Luna walking towards me.
" Hello Captain Williams, what are you doing up so late?"
"Hello Princess Luna. I had a nightmare, from my time in my world. About something I did."
"And what did you do, Captain?"
I sighed and said "You won't understand without without context." I stopped at a window and began leaning on it. "It was January during 2017. I was a specialist. There was a drug lord who making moves into weapons trafficking that was hiding out in a Brazilian favela. We called it Operation Clean House. Our team was sent to capture and interrogate his right hand man. Everything went well until the time came for exfil. We were on the rooftops running from Brazilian Militia. I was knocked of the roof by an RPG and knocked out.
I came to a few seconds later and reported to my captain the situation was FUBAR BUNDY. He told me to run to the rooftops and after a few minutes of running, I came to the place the helicopter was going to pick me up. There were 2 militia members waiting. I ran into 1 immediately, knocking him off the roof. The other was behind me with a rifle. But, but he was different from the others. He was a kid, no more than 14 years old. On instinct, I grabbed the pistol that the other one dropped and pointed it at him. He raised the rifle to his shoulder and before I knew what I was doing, I... I shot him and killed him. Before I knew it, I was in the back of the helicopter. Do you know the strange thing? I haven't had these dreams in years." I sighed again and said "Thanks for letting me tell you the story. It fells good to talk about it."
After moments of thought, she said "Certainly strange Captain. Well, I need to go to night court. Good bye. Oh yes, a guard will come to escort you to the station at 9 in the morning." I continued looking out the window before looking at the clock on my IWMD and after seeing that it was 4:15 in the morning, I walked back to my room. Konrad's ears perked as I opened the door and laid down on the bed.
After staring at the celling for a few minutes, I began browsing files on my IWMD. I eventually came across my file and began reading.
Rank; Master Sergeant
Branch; US Navy Sea Air and Land Teams: SEAL Team 4
Serial Number; 408151623
Blood Type; A-
Age; 32
Height; 6'1
Weight; 200 lb
Hair; Brown
Eyes; Hazel
Race; Caucasian
Distinguishing Marks; Missing Left Ring Finger, Tattoo of an Eagle holding an Olive Branch and a Colt M1911 on Upper Back, Tattoo of Captain David L. Howard(Deceased) on Right Upper Arm, Tattoo of SEAL Team 4 Emblem above the words The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday on Left Forearm
Birthdate; November 26, 1993
Immediate Family; Martha(Mother Deceased), Steven(Father 57), Matthew(Older Brother 37), Susan(Younger Sister 30)
Issued Equipment; Interactive Wrist Mounted Display, Tactical Assistance Glasses, Fire Retardant Ballistic Vest, Nano Gloves, Binoculars, Wrist Mounted Grenade Launcher
Psyc Report; MSG Williams shows signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after Operation Clean House, due to him shooting and killing a 14 year old boy in self defense. After Operation Rising Sun, claims that after his ring finger was cut off, bright white flashes brought the leader of Shadow Company and he were brought to a wallless room and they fought. He claims that only the leader and him were in the room. However the SEAL members in the room claim that he fought the leader of Shadow Company and 2 members of Shadow Company with a knife.
I stopped reading after the Psyc Report. It was 4:32 and I could feel myself falling asleep. Before I fell asleep and broke them, I took off my TAG and IWMD. I placed my hand on Konrad's head before I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
I was awoken by Konrad licking my face. "Alright, alright, I'm up. Stop it Konrad." I rubbed his head for a minute before getting up and putting on my IWMD and TAG. I turned on my IWMD and checked the time. The time was 8:34. Seeing nothing better to do, I grabbed my firearms and began cleaning them. After I had cleaned them I began counting my ammo. I finished counting and discovered I had 330 rifle rounds and 220 pistol.
Suddenly there came a knocking at my door. I got up and answered the door. I saw a guard and said "Oh yeah, here to take me to the train station." He nodded and I said "Give me a minute to put on my equipment." I left the door ajar and went to put on my vest, nano gloves and WMGL. I put the pistol in the holster and grabbed the rifle before taking out the magazine, ejecting the round from the chamber, putting it in the mag and putting the safety on. I put Konrad's vest on him before whistling for him to follow.
After a few minutes of walking, we came across Twilight's friends. They convinced the guard that they would take me to the train station. After we exited the palace and began walking the streets of Canterlot, we were bumped into a white unicorn a light brown mane and his entourage. "Oh it's you. The apple farmer, shut in vet, hyperactive partier, failing racer, backwoods fashionista and the little lizard. Where's the commoner turned princess?" The prick noticed me and said "So you're the ruffian that crashed that commoner's wedding. I heard you were different but I didn't expect a hairless monkey."
Before he could go any further, I said "There's a BIG difference between me and a monkey. A monkey will throw it's shit at you. I will send a small piece of copper through your skull at 884 miles per second, from half a mile away. So, no matter who the fuck you are, if you enjoy blood in your veins and air in your lungs, it is in your best interest to not get on my bad side." Having clearly struck fear into him, he ran off taking his entourage with him.
Rainbow Dash said "That was awesome!" and after I asked what was wrong, Rarity said
"Well, it's just that nopony has ever dealed with Prince Blueblood like that. Everpony wants to but due to his position, they're afraid of what will happen. Uh, is it true what you said?"
"Yes but only those that attack me or my friends. Let's go, we don't want to miss the train." After a moment of silence, we continued walking. The train station was a few minutes away and after buying our tickets, or in my case, have someone buy my ticket because they don't accept dollars. We sat on a bench and waited for the train. I again began browsing files on my IWMD. Before long the train arrived and after giving the conductor, we took our seats. Having browsed all files on my IWMD that interested me, I took a nap.
I was awoken by the train abruptly stopping. Then I heard someone yell "THIS IS A ROBBERY!". I immediately grabbed my pistol and inserted a magazine, deciding that the rifle isn't fit for close quarters. I began screwing on the silencer when Fluttershy asked me what I'm doing.
I simply replied "Stopping the robbery." I drew my knife, took it in a reverse grip in my left hand and waited for the robbers. I heard the door to our car open and the threats of injury from the robbers. I ordered Konrad to not attack, waited for the robber to appear and when he did, I slammed his head onto the back of the seat, threw him forward and put him into a choke hold. I turned us around and saw more robbers. I immediately pointed the pistol at them and said "You don't know what this does, so let me give you pricks some facts. I, standing right here, can kill you with this. This turns metal armor into tissue paper, so what will happen to your skin." I took the safety off and said "I just turned off the last thing stopping me from painting the walls with your brain matter and blood. Now, give everything back and leave."
"No, we're being paid to bring you to our client."
"And who would that be?"
"Let's just call him the ultimate royal pain in the flank."
"I just wonder who that could be. Let me guess, uhhh, Prince Blueblood."
He quickly said "No." but his expression betrayed his answer.
I smirked and said "Your expression is all I need. Now, the only question is whether you're going to come quietly, will force me to knock you out or force me to kill you." The robber that was in my choke hold was now unconscious. I released him, stood at full height, put the knife back in it's sheath and held the pistol in one hand. It did a good job at intimidating the robbers and the 2 behind the leader surrendered. His was determined but was visibly scared. To try and talk him down, I said "Careful, I got half a mind to kill you," I placed the other hand on the bottom of the grip and continued "and the other half agrees.". After I finished the sentence, he quickly surrendered. "Good, now tell your men to surrender, give everything back you took. You are all going to jail."
He asked "Who are you?"
"Benjamin Donald Williams, the new Captain of the Ponyville guard." He quickly went outside and began yelling that if they don't surrender it's their funeral. All the ponies that were in the cart stared at me with expressions of shock, gratefulness and fear. I went to my seat, grabbed my M27 and inserted a magazine. After taking the safety off and pulling the priming handle twice, I walked out of the cart and looked at the ex-robbers. "You come quietly or the last thing you hear is a loud bang before you fall dead or dying." They didn't look convinced that I could kill them where they stand, so I drew the pistol, took aim at someone's leg and fired. Seeing a creature take the leg out from under your buddy from 5 feet away will send fear through anyone and they quickly surrendered. "Good choice, now give everything you stole back or it's 2 in the chest and 1 in the head."
The leader said "We only got onto your car and you stopped us before we took anything."
"Well then into the caboose." Under the watchful eye of Konrad and I and the threat of attack dog and rifle, the failed robbers moved into the caboose. The caboose was empty and the conductor locked the doors to the caboose. Remembering the robber I choked out in the car, I set the rifle in my seat and threw him over my shoulder. I walked to the caboose, asked the conductor for the key and continued for the caboose. I drew my pistol and shouted "I'm coming in." I unlocked the door and added "And bullets can go through things like wood." I opened the door and dropped the robber on the floor. I immediately backed out and closed the door. I locked the door and shouted that we were ready to go. The pony at the engine car called me up and when I arrived he said
"Everything's ready to go but there's something blocking the tracks." I looked at the tracks and saw multiple tables and chairs. Deducting in my head, I decided that explosives would destroy the tracks and fire would do the same. "Looks like we have to move them by hand or in your case hoof." I walked to the pile and picked up a table on top when suddenly the whole pile was surrounded by a brown aura. I locked back at the engineer and saw the same aura around his horn. I looked back at the pile and saw that it was being moved aside. "Well then, never mind. Nifty trick. I think I'm gonna ride up front and watch for anything." I hopped on, felt the train lurch forward and went to the car where my gear was. I grabbed my rifle and was about to go back up front when Rainbow Dash stopped me
"Hey, where are you going?"
"I'm gonna stay in the engine car and look for anything else. A few shots should scare anything off."
"Alright, I'm gonna say this for everypony, so thank you."
"No big deal. Besides my country didn't train me to die for my country, they trained me to help others die for theirs. Uh, what's up with Pinkie?" I could practically see wheels turning in her head.
Pinkie noticed my question and said "I'm trying to figure out the parties you'll need. Let's see Welcome to Equestria, Welcome to Ponyville, Congratulations on the New Job, Congratulations on Promotion and Thank You for Stopping the Train Robbery. Now, would you like separate parties or one big mega party?"
"Uh, the mega party I guess but if you'll excuse me I need to go." I cut the conversation short and moved back towards the front of the train, saying "It was nothing." when ponies thanked me for stopping the robbery. When I arrived at the engine at the engine car, I let go of the grip and began hanging of the side of the train with the grip of the rifle in my right hand.
After a largely uneventful ride, what I assumed was Ponyville came into view. "That Ponyville." The engineer nodded. I propped the rifle against the wall and took out my binoculars. I looked out towards the town and saw a large group of ponies gathering around the train station. "There's a large group of ponies gathering around the train station. Any idea why?"
"Maybe a roaming pegasus saw the robbery. Maybe word spread fast on how you accidentally crashed the princess's wedding. Other than that, maybe I didn't notice a celebrity get on." I looked back through the binoculars and saw cameras and what looked like stereotypical reporter hats.
"Hey looks like reporters." I put the binoculars away and grabbed the rifle before putting the safety on and muttering "Never did like the media." The train approached the station and I began formulating a plan in my head. First find a guard or have someone do it for me. Then transport prisoners to jail. Then and only then, will I deal with media. That is if they are waiting for me. Hell, something like me in a word like this will get me questioned by media.
The train ground to a halt and the flash of camera bulbs began. I hopped off the car and quickly said "Before anyone asks me a question, I need a guard ASAP." I guard walked through the crowd and I said "I have 6 prisoners in the caboose, who tried to rob the train. One is injured."
He quickly asked "How did you stop them alone?"
"Let's just say my country didn't train me to die for my country, they trained me to help others die for theirs."
He looked at me confusedly but said "I'll organize transport to the dungeon."