I woke up to the feeling of deep hunger and the feeling that something was microwaving my guts to the point of them being cooked to exploding. That or that chef surprise that I had aboard the Merchant Ship Two-For-Flinching is starting to kick in. Either way my stomach is killing me.

Blinking the sleep from my eyes I took a peek as to see where I am, hoping that what happened yesterday was nothing more then a dream and that I was back in my bunk aboard the Two-For-Flinching, and as soon as my eyes opened up just a crack I saw the darkened screen of my Atlas. This is real, Demeter really happened, I got vaporized in a ball of radioactive heat, I saw a zebra wearing fancy gold rings as if it as bling, and I smelled some strange goop that was between lavender oils or fruity perfume.

And now I am hungry.

Poking around my armor I looked for the one emergency ration that is given to pilots in the event we are stranded behind enemy lines in the event our evac ship ever gets destroyed. The ration is supposed to last for three days, but seeing the size of it now makes me wonder how exactly that three day is actually true.

Unwrapping a small section of the ration I gave it a sniff just to see if it is even edible, and after seeing that it doesn't have the pungent odor of mold or decay I took a small bite and immediately regretted it, the bloody thing was dry as saw dust. I will never know why doctors and scientists create things that are good for mankind but whenever it be medicine or emergency rations it always tastes like someone shoved it up their ass and bottled it up or placed it within plastic wrap.

'You are good for me and yet you taste so bad.'

Taking another small bite I resisted the urge to just cough up the dry granola bar and never touch it again is strong but I soldier on and started to chew, my hatred for the dry granola bar only growing with each jaw straining chew. At first I thought it was bad but as I continued to chew the small one inch block of live-saving essence in nut and sugary false form, it started to taste less like saw dust and more like cardboard but it will keep me alive for now.

'I gotta find some more food cause I highly doubt I can make that six inch bar last three days...and even if I could...starvation is not worth going through again.'

Popping the hatch to my Atlas I leapt out of it before it closed automatically but as soon as he tried to follow me I placed him in standby mode, his reactor said he was at full power but I didn't want to drain the battery just yet, my cloaking field is reliable enough to keep me alive.

'Now time to get a feel for my surroundings, if I am truly on Troy then I should be able to find a colony around here somewhere, I just have to look hard enough.'

Turning on my cloak I faded from view from my Atlas though it knew where I was at the time for he saw me just disappear from view when I stood directly in front of him when I did the deed. Looking around the two of us I tried to define a major landmark and saw that all the trees that are at least fifteen feet around us are burnt because of our impact or from being subjected to the vaporization of Demeter's reactor having a pulse-detonation, either case this could be used a means of direction, assuming we can find which way is north, east, south and west.

"Lets see...heads I go west, tails I go east..." I said to my Atlas and when he picked up a stone that was partially melted I then said burnt side up east and the unburned side west and with a flick of his metal fingers the stone flipped end over end in the air before landing burnt side up.

"East it is then, I'll leave a waypoint here so I can find my way back." and with that I gave a gentle pat to his left hand before walking off, my Kraber still on my back and when I felt the tip of the barrel hit the back of my shin I realized that I still had it and shifted it around till it was being held in my hands.

Once I have left the general vicinity of the crash site I saw that the trees still retained their grey, gnarled and twisted appearance but they now had somewhat lush green leafs to them, there was grass sprouting around here and there and there was also a strange abundance of blue bell flowers. I don't know anything about these plants or what they are capable of doing to a human being so I did what came naturally to a human being. I plucked a single flower from the field of them and took a whiff, the scent of it was strange, almost smelling like lavender and yet it wasn't the purple bush plant, and seeing how humans can't eat flowers I just placed it back in the ground before walking around it, not sure if it has any powder or pollen that can sneak through the Kevlar weave and come into contact with my skin.

Continuing on going east I eventually came across a flowing river, from what I can see that it is give or take a couple of yards across and so many feet deep, and seeing how fast it is going if I was to fall in it I would more then likely get sucked in and get swept away in the current. Taking a glance at the water I saw that it was crystal clear and didn't show any signs of industrial or medical pollution which indicates that if there are any signs of civilization here they are being very careful and extremely conservative of nature, so this has to be a militia planet.

'But which one? I only know of Troy and New Haven...gods I hope its Troy, I could hitch a ride back to the fleet and see what has become of it, hopefully that we won at Demeter and have some time to reprieve and recover from our loses.'

As I looked for a way across the river without it leading to me drowning I heard something splash far up the river, and seeing how it could be a boat of fishermen I jogged along the water's edge and saw that it was not a boat or fishermen, in fact it wasn't even human, hell I don't even know what it is.

Relaxing in the river without a care in the world is an extremely large and quite possibly long purple river snake with arms, what I can assume is hair on his head and a moustache, and both were orange in color and looked almost silky smooth so that indicates that this giant river snake isn't a savage beast, but how it manages to keep it smooth and clean.

Crouching down I placed the butt of my Kraber to my shoulder before looking through the scope and zooming in on the river snake as I take in every single detail I could possibly find about this giant snake.

"Hmm....seems to be three titans long....half a titan thick...hmm its moustache is in the classic handlebar style so I think that would indicate it as a 'he', so that would give the reason as to why his hair was slicked back like a sophisticated gentleman's haircut. Based on the fact that the hairstyle and the presence of a moustache I can assume that this is a he and since I can't see the plumbing from here or from possibly anywhere on the surface I would have to go below the surface, but I rather not since I am trying to remain stealthy so from now on any and all discoveries based on this one river snake shall be in the 'male' reference." I said quietly as the giant river snake started to brush his hair with a large comb that looks like it is made out of plastic due to it being shiny, that or a really well kept metal comb.

"Due to the size of the river snake I can estimate that his strength is that of an Ogre titan's if not more, strength testing can not be done due to unable to figure out if he could speak English or understand a word that I could say to him. Intelligence of the subject is currently seen in the ranges of primitive to intelligent, maybe even the same level that of a human being, and as for a dietary needs I can guess that for being a large snake it is a carnivore."

"Further study of the purple river snake will be placed on hold as I have to move on now, I think he heard me." and as I said that I quickly strapped my Kraber to my back again before pulling out an experimental Hammond P2011 variant, instead of using bullets to kill this prototype instead is a miniature ARC Cannon, on its lowest setting it is capable of stunning unarmored human beings and unshielded robotics, on normal setting it is capable of burning an inch of titanium metal while at the same time incapacitating a fully armored human being while it would take three shots to render unconscious a pilot, on its highest setting it could very easily stop a human being's heart and act as an EMP to machines other then titans.

I stood absolutely still, hoping that my cloak would render me safe from the giant river snake's gaze, I don't know if it heard me or not but it was coming toward my general vicinity, and I was quite afraid of it because it was easily ten times my size and from looks alone could easy swallow me whole. As he came closer and closer to me I saw that his scales were relatively clean and as he got closer they were also highly reflective which only cemented my earlier comment of this river snake being intelligent, he keeps himself clean and tidy, prim and proper, this river snake seems to me to be the very embodiment of a sophisticated gentleman.

'Just keep slithering on by me Mr. Snake...just keep on slithering on by...do not look for anything irregular with the air.' I quietly mumbled to myself, praying to god that he completely ignores me and keeps on going, something that never happened.

As I watched the snake glide through the water with ease I saw him slowly go past me and before I could utter a sigh of relief I heard the water splash suddenly and when I turned my head to see him go by I was face-to-nostril with the giant snake and at that moment I could have sworn that my bladder was on the verge of emptying itself if it opened its mouth just an inch.

'Oh dear god this is a mistake...'

Before I could crap my pants in fear the river snake pulled its head back before...pouting? When does a guy ever pout? Why would a guy pout, unless he just asked his girlfriend or wife for some bedside loving and had his request refused but this guy...he pouted for not being able to see me? So I guess that he is capable of hearing me talk from that far but how well can he hear me when my very footsteps are quiet as the grave?

My stealth kit that I have added to my covert operations armor has done me wonders through the four years I spent with the Militia and now I was putting it to the ultimate test by being stealthy against an indigenous intelligent being that can easily hear my words, now I have to see if he can hear me sneak away.

Taking my first step away from the snake I didn't see its head come close to me nor did its facial expression change from his pout, and when I took a few more steps I got the same result. With a silent 'Yes!' I started to pick up the pace from a slow walk to a jog and as I got within a tenth of a mile away from the snake I let out a breath that I didn't know was holding before finally being out of sight from the snake to quietly and almost shamefully check myself to see if I have accidentally evacuated in fear, and by the good grace of god I didn't.

'My mission easily was a successful failure, I managed to go as far east as I could be seeing how even if I sprinted and double jumped I wouldn't make it across the rapidly moving flow of water. I have encountered by going east a new type of flower, a river snake that might as well be a Sauvé gentleman, and a river that is meant for a titan to get across. Now it is time for me to head north, then west and lastly south.'

Keeping my Hammond Taser out I started to walk north along the river edge, my eyes slightly lingering onto the water, imagining myself and Ingrid swimming together in the hopefully cold water to wash away the sweat, grime, blood and shame from our bodies after a day of hard work and fighting against the IMC, but as my daydreaming started to veer off course into a much more mature setting I heard the cawing of a chicken nearby, and at first I thought I was just hearing things. Cause honestly, how is a chicken even being able to survive all the way out here when there are wolves made of wood out here and mutant lions out here next to a river snake as big as a freight train.

Staring to the source of the disturbance I saw that it was a chicken, a very white, big as a normal sized chicken from the head up...but when my eyes saw below the head it was ungodly ugly. It had the body of a dragon from the Boneyard, and its legs were chicken legs, and those piercing red eyes chilled me but it wasn't much looking at me but through me.

Leaning down to the floor I picked up a stick and broke it at my feet, hoping to lure the beast to me so I could get a better look at it, and when it actually did get closer it was being cautious from the sudden twig-snapping.

'It's eyes must be bad, I snapped the twig practically in its field of vision and yet it was confused as to where it came from but when it confirmed where it was it made tentative steps towards me, scratching and pecking at the ground while at the same time flapping its leathery wings a bit to scatter light debris out of its path.

As I stood still I watched with amazement as the strange mutated chicken looked around trying to find me, its feet kicking up a storm of broken twigs and leaves, trying in vain to find what broke the twig a few feet in front of it but to no avail did it ever find me, in fact it couldn't because I am invisible and also quietly climbing up the tree that was kind enough to be next to me.

'New Species discovered, Name: Umm.....Lizard Chicken, Dietary Needs....Omnivore? Maybe?, Appearance: Has the body of a chicken but from the neck down it is scaly, leathery wings instead of feathered ones, glowing red eyes, I think I saw some teeth in that beak of his, the tail has what I think are triangular spines for grooming purposes or for inflicting damage to its prey.'

Watching the little Lizard Chicken walking around the tree was starting to get boring, and seeing that it is made of meat I decided that if I am going to be stuck out here I might as well figure out what I could eat and what I can't, namely flowers and plants, but for now I am going to start with this new species, hopefully it isn't the last of its kind.

Pulling out my data knife I slowly moved on the branch that was directly over the strange bird, my grip was tight and with a sigh that I didn't want to kill another being I told myself that if I don't eat actual food and get used to the world around me, then I would starve and die. Alone.

A short prayer and a grunt later I dropped from the branch directly and on top of the hybrid, my knife plunging deep into its skull as the weight of the impact shoved its head into the ground, the blade stuck in its braincase as the beast's body shook and twitched before finally dying with a low growl then going absolutely still.

"It's you or me...and its better you then me." I said as I removed my knife from its skull and for an added measure I made a shallow hole in the dirt with my bare hands before cutting off its head with a few short slashes and once the dirty deed was done I buried the head, taking some precaution since I have no idea on what it could do once its dead.

Once I had my prize of a dead lizard chicken hybrid in my hands I started to make my way back to my Atlas, knowing full well that I had to get this thing skinned, gutted, and cooked before nightfall since most survival books say that is when the beasts of the wild comes out to hunt.

Jogging in the woods sounds something like most people would say is nice and enjoyable to do but these woods, you might as well take the long way around then go through it because I just saw a plant as tall as my legs just lash out and swallow whole a bird. I could only stare in shock and horror as the lump in the plant's stalk steadily goes downward and also at the same time, gets slimmer and thinner before finally disappearing below the surface. I ended up destroying the planet by cutting it in half and cutting the stalk to bits and pieces out of fear for my own limbs.

'New Flora, giant venus fly trap, hostile, kill on sight.'

As soon as I got back to my Atlas I saw that it was busy by making a compass of sorts by removing all but four of the dead trees forming the 'North, West, East and South' points and right in the middle of the four points was a smoothed and shaped rock and that was when I realized that it was the same stone that we used to flip to determine which direction I go in, except it was now in the shape of an obelisk.

"I see that you have been busy Atlas." I said as my titan turned around with a two pieces of gnarled tree in his hands, the central eye tilted a bit before placing the chunks of wood down into a pile near the rest of the shredded wood.

Staring at the work he has done I gave the large machine a soft grin, I knew that having the Guardian Chip installed would have improved its cybernetic intelligence significantly but I never thought that it would act like a human being, hell it had even made a small clearing around the four trees to make an efficient compass and seeing how that it turned the uprooted trees into usable firewood I can say that it has my survival has its best interest at heart...or core...whatever it uses for a heart.

'First step...skinning the chicken lizard hybrid...'

With my data knife in hand I laid the dead thing down on the now cool glass floor, the thing looked appetizing enough since it looked meaty and plump but as I started to remove the hard leathery skin from the muscle layer below it I saw my Atlas stomping around placing the last of the firewood into a pile away from everything before coming back to me and kneeled down ready to be used.

"God this thing stinks...I wish this helmet had a function to turn off the smell...now I can see why those IMC pilots never had any trouble on the planets that had foul stenches...bloody methane planet was horrible." I muttered to myself, the leathery skin steadily being peeled off from the rest of the body and as I skinned the thing I thought I heard some snap and I quickly looked up from where I was kneeling in the general direction of the disturbance.

Off in the distance waiting at the new tree line was a wooden wolf, the emerald green glowing eyes stared at what I believe was the freshly skinned chicken lizard and as I stared at it I saw the wolf raise its head, its muzzle pointing to the sky as it let out a loud howl, signaling its pack or mates or whatever, but what I do know is that I could expect more of them to show up.

Spying on the wooden wolf I pulled out my Kraber-AP and zoomed in on the lone wolf, my scope working flawlessly as I took in the shape of its body.

Standing alone in full view was the beastie, in every way it resembled and looked like a wolf with the exception that instead of fur and flesh for a body it was replaced with wood, branches, twigs and leaves, the head was wolf like but instead of normal canine ears they were replaced with wooden antler-like pieces and from what I can see just behind them was a pair of soft looking wooden ears. There was a few small thin twigs on its head representing fur tufts and along its back was more thin twigs to make it look shaggy and all along its back was twigs and even if its tail that I got a brief glimpse of was virtually a large branch. Its legs were just that of a wolf but I could see the joints and it looked almost doll-like which means that these things couldn't be quite possibly alive so these must be like machines but only made of natural products.

The wolf has been standing there in place for little more then ten minutes and it wasn't before long that the wolf's friends would show up, I saw the rest of his pack assemble on behind him, there was a total of fourteen of them and they all were just like the first wolf but varied in wood coloration, amounts of twigs on the back of the head and body, even the shape of the body had variations to it but all I could think of for the wood colors and body shapes was that there had to be male and female versions of these wooden constructs.

'How does one make a gender for something made out of wood and give it life? Does it still function as an organic being or does it just replicate the same actions the real one would do because its creator gave it memories of an actual wolf...and why the hell do they all have the same color of eyes and why in good gods name are they glowing like that! Its like there the unholy spawns of Satan!'

Turning my rifle to a different wolf I saw that it had the same green glowing eyes but it was more slanted, as if it was glaring at me or just not being in a happy mood. Shifting to the next wolf I saw that it was panting lightly before pushing its leafy-looking tongue back in its maw, the teeth looks like sharpened bits of wood and less like actual teeth.

'Okay...fourteen wolves, six rounds of high explosive ammunition, an unlimited taser that has a varying recharge rate depending on setting and an Atlas with an ARC Cannon....we can totally handle this.'

Looking back to the wooden wolves I turned down to look at the dead skinned beast before back to the wolves before sighing in defeat that it would seem that I have to give up my meal to not make any kind of disturbance, if a zebra in a hut that wears gold jewelry can be out here I am afraid what is could be living around here, and the sound of a Kraber is exactly what I need to bring in anything to come find me, especially if it involves the IMC.

"Atlas, do not engage, just toss this thing over to them, and if they come charging forward then weapons free with only the ARC Cannon, your hands and feet, nothing else." and with that I kept my Kraber pointed at them and as soon as my Atlas grabbed the little bloody mass of meat before tossing it towards the wolves but as soon as it landed in the middle of the pack all I saw was snapping jaws and bloody bits flying everywhere but as soon as I saw that it my meal was gone they went back to looking at me but since I had nothing else to give them I saw that one started to come toward me and soon afterwards the rest of them.

'Aw crap...'

Staring at my Atlas I gave it a nod and with it the chest cavity opened up and I jumped into it before slamming it closed and stood up at my full height, the wolves stopped in their tracks as they saw me at my tallest.

When the wolves started to stop coming towards me I stood at my full height with my ARC Cannon pointed right at them, and as soon as the lead wolf took a step forward I stomped hard right in front of it before letting out a silent roar, flinging my arms open as if I was going to take a swing at them but I didn't, just my attempt at intimidating them. And it worked, the wolves started to back off but a few growled but when I shot the glass beneath their feet they scurried back faster then they would have liked, the wooden beasts now fleeing me but with my skinned meal gone I now had to go back to that dry tasting granola.

I am just hoping that the zebra back in that hut doesn't try to investigate the stomp I did...pffft yeah right, a zebra investigating anything, that zebra most likely has an owner and he or she lives in that hut with the exotic equine...and if that zebra is there alone then I think I might be leading myself to a really painful headache if I keep thinking on that subject.

Zecora's POV

It happened again.

I was out gathering more carnis roots and silver petals to be used in the salves and potions that I give to the ponies of Ponyville whenever they scrap or burn themselves on a semi-regular basis, and it was when I was digging for another cluster of carnis roots did the earthquake begin and end just as it did last night.

The large beast was back, and it wasn't very far away from me, maybe six or ten minutes away if I moved at an even trotting pace.

Taking a risk on the beast discovering me I decided on finding out more about it, if I could find out what this creature is and if it is a previously unknown species then there could be many more in hiding within the boundaries of these cursed and sacred woods.

Placing my saddlebag on the ground I grabbed what I could get from the cluster of roots near a dead tree before closing the flap and pulling the strap tightly to keep the contents from spilling out. With a deep breath and a small prayer to Celestia I started to trot toward the source of the shaking, my eyes looking around for anything that does belong in the Everfree such as the manticores, cockatrices and timber wolves but as time went on and all I heard was the occasional bird call or my hooves clopping on the compact dirt or in few spots fresh mud and not a single sign of the strange beast.

As I kept on trotting along an imaginary path that hopefully led to whatever it is I am going to I heard something moving but it was quiet but I largely ignored it because I was too focused on going forward, that is until I saw a wide clearing straight ahead of me did I find what I was looking for.

In the middle of this clearing was four blackened trees, not a single leaf on its broken branches and in the center of those trees was a single pointed partially burnt rock but what somewhat drew my eyes was the ground surrounding the trees and rock. The very soil surrounding those trees was not even considered soil as it was more along the thing called glass, how hot the ground must have been for the earth itself to boil and melt into something like glass is beyond me but that isn't what really caught my eyes.

Standing there in the center of everything was the beast, and by Celestia's teats it was huge! It was easily standing give or take four Celestia's tall and it is...unique. The beast a similar body structure of a diamond dog but it didn't have much of a visible head but it instead had what must be two sets of eyes, the one that was at the center of its torso had two icy powder blue eyes with one on the upper left and lower right while the other set of eyes was a single ocular orb and it was just as icy blue as the other eyes. As my eyes went from staring at its own I went to its body as it seems to be encased in metal, like a suit of armor but its design is strange, very different from what the typical diamond dog soldier wears or even what the one minotaur wore, and when my eyes got to the shoulders it was just strange, as if parts of its skeleton was exposed for some reason or another. On its chest looked like a red painting of a buffalo skull with a lightning bolt through it, whatever it means I can plainly see that it isn't friendly or peaceful, a warrior for some new species but whether they are carnivorous or not is up to debate.

As my eyes kept on drifting along its body did they eventually find its way to its legs, the joints itself look exposed to the world but what truly caught my eye was its feet, from here it looks rectangular and had two toes, the same kind of tracks that was left behind in front of my hut the other day.

'Wow...such a strange being...whatever it is must have seen some terrible things for its body to be exposed to the world like that...the bones itself at the shoulders and knees are exposed but its eyes...so strange to have two different sets, not like a spider or well...that is all I can think of.' just as I thought of that I saw the unknown being move a bit, the sudden shift in its weight caused me to move a bit in fear that I have been spotted but when I turned my head to see what it was doing I saw something that both shocked and amazed me at the same time.

It kneeled down and let its left hand touch the glass and as it did so I saw its chest open up into two parts like a double door swinging open but up and down instead of side-to-side and something small and covered came popping out of it. Standing right in front of the now obvious large suit of armor was the same lithe diamond dog-like being that entered my hut the other day, but this time there was something different from it, it look like...like it was having some sort of trouble.

Before I could figure out what this strange being is exactly I stepped forward to get a better look at it but when my hoof came forward I stepped on a twig and that was when everything came tumbling down. As I looked down at the twig I silently cursed myself for making such a foalish mistake like that but when I looked up the strange being was gone like the leaves in the wind.

'Where did it go?'

I started to breath fast as I felt the wind suddenly change directions but when I took a step back I felt something bump into me and when I turned around I saw nothing but when I took a closer look I saw that the air was displaced, as if some above water bubble was blocking me from moving backwards.

Just as I started to get a closer look at the bubble it started to get some color, I saw olive green and brown with bits of orange but my eyes widened in fear as I saw that it was the same being that entered my home last night.

Before I could even scream it pressed its gloved hands to my muzzle and held me down, I tried to scream and fight back but it was so strong, perhaps strong enough to even break my neck and be done with me. I closed my eyes and waited for my end to come, I waited patiently and after what felt like an eternity nothing happened and as to see why it never came what I saw was beyond believing.

The strange beast was crouching over me, its hands holding me tightly as my eyes saw past him a Hydra, the large four-headed monster was right behind it and as it roared I closed my eyes and felt tears start to fall, what I thought was going to be my end by a pair of hands was now replaced by being eaten by one of the Everfree's most dangerous beasts. I kept my eyes shut and waited for those teeth to clamp down on the both of us but as I smelt its horrid breath the sound of lightning came behind me and the feeling of rolling thunder soon followed as the ground shook to no end before I couldn't handle it anymore and started to slowly fade from consciousness.

The last few fleeting things I saw before losing consciousness was the large suit of armor charging right at us a strange object in its hands before it was dropped, and as if enraged that we are in danger from the Hydra bearing down on us both it came running to our aid, the being taking me to the center of the four trees before laying be down and lastly running to its giant suit of armor before it leapt into the air and grabbed right out of it before being placed back inside.

Anthony's POV

Kneeling down on top of the zebra I covered 'her' with my body, my armor providing her with the best protection against any stray electrical discharge coming the ARC Cannon, the bolt of energy striking the Hydra square in the center of mass forcing the air out of its lungs and melting a large patch of its scales into a mess of burnt flesh and broken blood vessels as its blood started to drip from the wound.

'Damn zebra...how the hell did it find me? It doesn't matter now cause we have this freaking beast to deal with!'

Holding the zebra in my arms I stayed still as my Atlas charged at us, its heavy foot steps thudding against the hard dirt and over to the tree line, and as soon as it was right in front of us I lifted the zebra off the ground before running between his legs and kept on running until I was at the half-burnt stone and placed her down before turning around and ran back to my Atlas, it may have an enhanced combat matrix algorithm from the chip but it needed a pilot to unlock its full potential.

Once the zebra was safe by the obelisk I quickly turned around and started to run right at my Atlas cause I knew that it needed me now more then ever. I watched from a rapidly closing distance that it was so far a draw between the two colossal beings, it was a slug fest as the four headed beast head-butted and chomped on my Atlas as the head-butt forced its bodyshield to take the full blunt of the force while the biting resulted in its teeth being chipped and broken. My Atlas responded in kind by reaching back with its right arm and clocked its far left head, the sound of bones breaking and cracking can be heard and before it could give it another haymaker it stopped as a head lashed out and took a bite at the left forearm, its teeth getting stuck in the small holes protecting it.

Angrily growling at the four-headed beast I kept on running before finally leaping in the air and as soon as I started to fall I turned on my jumpjet and given some extra air time just for my Atlas to turn around and grabbed me from midair and as I laid there in his hand it placed me within the cockpit, the hatch sealing itself off form the outside world and when the screens turned on I saw the right hand still close to my 'face' and when I saw a head lunge at me I did what was normal for a fist fight with a titan, I backhanded it.

This beast was reeling from being hit by a hundred tone death machine and as its four heads rose up to try and take advantage with its numbers I took the initiative and kicked it in the chest, forcing it back down on its tail and before it had a chance to get back up I pulled both of my arms back before clocking the other two heads in the face, breaking whatever bones there is and as it fell backwards the last head managed to take control of the body before limping off, the last head letting out a fearful warbling noise as it ran into the forest disappearing from sight.

As soon as I lost sight of the beast I went back to where the zebra was located and found she was still there, not moving but when I kneeled down to get a closer look I saw that she was still breathing. Remembering where she lived I gingerly picked her up before walking back into the forest, leading straight back to the hut I found earlier yesterday, and as it was starting to get dark we arrived at the strange hut and as soon as my titan kneeled down I hopped on out and took the zebra from his hands, the zebra alone weight only about eighty pounds, about roughly the same weight of my Kraber and with a bit of a grunt of exertion I hefted the girl and pushed in her front door before looking around with her in my arms until I finally found her bedroom, it looked small but the bed was more of a hammock but at least it serves its purpose well enough.

Just as I placed the zebra in her hammock she began to stir, waking up and seeing how this is her home I turned back on my invisibility before quickly running out of her home, not making a single sound as I closed the front door almost with a slam, and just as I entered my Atlas I turned around and pushed the dash thrusters on and was gone from path to the hut.

'I just hope she thought all of this was a dream.'

Zecora's POV

"Gah!" I shouted loudly as a few birds that were resting on my windowsill flew off in panic, my eyes looking around for the strange being but all I found was my bedroom, I was laying in my hammock, I was back home. I reached a hoof to my muzzle as I felt around to see if anything was broken but my mind was thinking back at when it grabbed me, its hand was on my muzzle and back holding me in place, it was trying to protect me from the hydra and I thought it was just going to hurt me.

Sighing sadly at the thought that this new race was I think friendly and how quickly I judged it, even thought its body had the appearance of a predator along with the suit of living armor it had, and with that rapid judgment did I realize that the ponies of Ponyville did the same thing to me, and I suddenly felt ashamed of myself, I judged a book by its cover without even getting to know it.

Getting out of my hammock I moved through my to the front door and looked outside, my eyes catching the sight of the two sets of footprints and recognizing the first one was the large suit of armor, the second set must be the actual gentle creature that saved my life.

'Tomorrow, I must find it, and thank it for saving my life from meeting such a grizzly end.'

With a new sense of resolve in mind I turned around and went back inside, brainstorming of a way to come up with a way to thank my savior and hopefully get new insight on who my savior is.

Anthony's POV

'This granola bar tastes like shit...'

Author's Note