Hannah

7:00 PM, 15th of July, 2045

El Paso, Texas, U.S.N.A

"Ah, Shit!"

The girl cried out as crimson liquid trailed down her thumb.

"You alright Hannah?"

"Ah'm fine, Jed. Just a bug bite."

The short, stocky farm boy turned to his sister. "You should head back to th' house. This is the third time you've been bit by them bugs today, and you've worked yer ass off anyway. Go relax! I'll finish up here."

Hannah glanced at the full basket of cabbage she held. "Ah suppose I could go... Ya shouldn't be orderin' yer big sister around, though. Ah'm only listening to what ya said 'cause I really am beat." She sat her basket down and turned to their home.

Jedediah grinned, the rising moon shining off his glasses. As Hannah took off for the house, Jed wiped the sweat off his brow as he continued to till.

Reaching the house, Hannah noticed her bike. “I should go ridin’ Tomorrow” She thought to herself as a wave of fatigue hit her. Before she knew it, she was…

Inside he house, and on her bed. A note next to her read: Found you passed out near the house, brought you in. ~Jed.Hannah then glanced at her clock- it was 8:00.

“That's not so bad. only been an hour-”

Until the sun's shining rays nearly blinded her.

"AH!"

It was going to be a long day.

After a quick shower, Hannah started donning her bike riding gear. After getting the last kneepad on, she turned to her map.

Most days, she had a route picked out through the hills near her home. Hannah loved to ride, and had a goal to do so every day. But today was different. Later tonight, she would be attending the secret brony convention in the city with a friend who invited her. The city was actually rather far away, she'd bike to a nearby town and kill time with her friend before taking a bus.

Grabbing her bike Hannah made for the path that would lead her to her new route. As she rode, Hannah noticed someone on the trail ahead of her. Curiosity getting the best of her, Hannah pedaled faster, trying to catch up to the mystery person.

After rounding a bend, Hannah couldn’t see the person on the trail anymore. She did, however, notice an old cave nearby. “Maybe whoever that was went in there.” Hannah thought to herself.

Without wasting another minute, Hannah rushed into the cave, only to find her best friend, Fiora.

"Hey, Fi," she called as she jogged towards her "Thought ya didn't like biking. Or spelunking. Or anything five miles outside the City- why exactly are ya here?”

The redhead blinked in surprise. "I just wanted to get you for the convention! But, this biking stuff was really tiring, so I just pulled over here, and you come strolling up!"

"Ya don't have to sound so surprised, Ah just woke up, hell, you can see the sunrise over there!" She pointed to the horizon, the crimson orb was only half-visible but still moving upwards to gift the earth with warmth and-

"You dummy! It's 7:45! In the AFTERNOON! Girl, you have to get yourself a watch."

Hannah deadpanned. "For real?" Fiora nodded. "Crap... did I miss the... you know..."

Fiora smiled. "No, the convention starts at 8:30, we've got plenty of time!" she started to get her bike from its resting place on the wall when Hannah grabbed her shoulder.

She sighed. "Listen, Fi, Ah know I said I'd try this out, but Ah'm seriously starting to doubt that talking technicolor Equines are something worth my time… Ah mean, I know I saw it as a kid, but that was like, ages ago! Ah guess Ah'm just nervous... or something..." She trailed off, her voice now echoing into the cave entrance as she slowly rose in volume.

Fiora paused for a second, taking this in. Finally, after what seemed to be an eternity, she gave another smile. "That's fine.. your trip to Equestria-on-earth can wait, I suppose. Whaddaya wanna do now?"

Hannah pretended to think while silently cheering that she didn't freak out But hey, that's classic Fi- always a spaz.

"Well, since we're already here, why don't we poke around here for a bit?" After all, Hannah loved a bit of exploring.

Her friend's eyes lit up, "Sounds fun- let me get a light first!" She walked over to her survivalist pack, (as usual, she brings it. thought Hannah.) and pulled out a white bar with a short black rubber grip on the end. Clicking the button on the bottom of the handle, the bar lit up, revealing the path forward.

Fiora ran ahead into the cave, before turning back to shout at Hannah, "Hey, get my pack, will ya? Thanks!"

"Get your own-" too late, she was gone. Hannah sighed, pulling out the other light in the pack, and slung it over her shoulder as she walked in after her friend.

As the minutes ticked by, Hannah still couldn’t see Fiora anywhere. “Fi? Fi, ya there?” She called out. No response was heard. Grumbling to herself, Hannah continued on.

Suddenly, she heard a shriek not far from her. Running as fast as she could, Hannah finally came into a room where she saw Fiora looking at a wall full of sparkling crystals and jewels.

“Aren’t they beautiful?” Fiora asked her.

“Y-yeah they are Fi, but please don’t scream like that! Ya’ll had me plumb worried!” Hannah rebuked her friend.

“Fine.” Fiora sighed, “But I think you’re just jumpy.”

As Hannah rolled her eyes, the flashlights started to flicker. “Um Fi? Do you have spare batteries?”

“Yeah, they’re in my pack.” Fiora answered without turning around.

Hannah flicked off her flashlight before opening Fiora’s pack. As she rummaged, Fiora’s light flickered off.

“Fi, could ya turn yer light on?” Hannah asked without turning around. Suddenly there was a small gasp and a loud snap.

“Fi?” Hannah whispered, turning around. At first, Hannah thought she was seeing things but as her eyes adjusted to the dark cave, she saw her friends still body on the ground. Neck snapped.

"Oh no..."Her blood ran cold. Quickly closing her eyes, Hannah whispered, “Yer, dreamin. That’s all. It’s just a dream.” Hannah then opened her eyes to find Fiora’s body was gone. Hannah sighed, “Thank goodness it was just a dream.”

Some would say it was an illusion.

Hannah jumped at the new voice. It sounded feminine, but rather gravelly as well.

Time to feast, child of Gaia!

Hannah turned around to face a woman with red skin, patterned with what looked like black tattoos. From her head protruded two black horns. She carried no weapons, but the large obsidian gauntlets on her arms made her look just as dangerous as if she held a gun.

Giving one good scream, Hannah turned and ran. After about five minutes, she tripped and fell. "Damn backpack!"

“I’m dead!” She thought, “I’m dead! And I’m going to die all alone in a forest!” A forest?

Opening her eyes, Hannah found herself lying on her back, the tops of bright green trees were above her. "What the actual hell just happened."

Poke Poke

Hannah felt something hard poke her side.

“What a strange situation, that occurs while I’m away from my station.” A deep voice spoke.

“Was that a. . . rhyme?” Hannah thought to herself.

“Excuse me, dear friend or foe, but tell me who you are so that I may know.” the deep feminine voice asked.

“Ah’m Hannaaaaaa...” Hannah trailed off, slowly standing up and looking around for the owner of the voice. But the only thing there besides her was a zebra wearing some strange gold bracelets.

“Hannah you are called, but pony you are not, for you are bald.” The zebra said.
Two things ran through Hannah’s mind, the zebra can talk, and it called her bald.

"How hard did I hit my head when I fell?"

“Excuse me?” Hannah asked looking down at the Zebra.

“Because a pony you do not seem, tell me what it is you’re meant to be.” The Zebra asked.

“Ah’m a human, and Ah’d like to know where I am.” Hannah demanded.

“Perhaps I should send you to Celestia, for this place is called ‘Equestria’”. The Zebra answered.

Before Hannah could ask if this was a joke, two things happened at once. Hannah remembered a rhyming zebra on My Little Pony. And a man screamed as he fell.

“AHHHHHHH!!!” Thud.

Instinct kicking in, Hannah ran towards the sound, seeing a man in the distance. He had gotten up, and was starting to walk away, with some flower in his hand. Hannah re-slung her pack over her shoulder and called out to him.

“Hey, you alive?” She shouted.

“Why wouldn’t I be?” an english accented voice replied, “Where am I?”

Hannah finally got close enough to see him, and he was definitely a human. Looking at that flower he had. Which was all the proof Hannah needed.

“Never thought I’d see logic again round these parts!” Hannah replied, “Welcome to Equestria!”

The man -Logan, was his name- muttered something under his breath, before glancing to the Zebra, about to ask her a question-

Then both of them froze when a deep russian voice asked, “Is that what this place is called?”

Hannah and Logan turned around to find a man crouched on a tree limb, his face covered in dirt. He wore jeans, combat boots, a dark blue jacket underneath riot gear chest armor, and a baseball cap. However, his attire was not what scared them. He had two rifles slung over his back, dual revolvers at his hips, and handgun and knife holsters on his thighs.

“Who are ya?” Hannah managed to ask through her fear.

“Call me Ace.” The man replied, drawing a magnum and pointing it at the Zebra. “Now who are you?”

Author's Note

U.S.N.A: United Sovereign North America. The USA annexed Canada and Mexico by 2045.

Probably should have looked over this more, but I had to do something for this story.

Paradox did the farm sence, the caves, and the end, and I filled in the gaps and polished it up.

~Wywint
_Paradox Theory