Lost in Equestria

Two miles southeast of Fort David….

A small convoy of four 2014 military class Humvees and an AM General M35A2 truck traveled on the paved road that’s

between Fort David and Frankville. The Hummers and the truck are modified with the ‘green gas’ engines and gas tanks.

“Anything strange going on Corporal?” The sergeant asked.

“Nothing yet Sarge, looks normal to me.” The corporal answers.

“OK Corporal, keep an eye out for anything.” The sergeant said.

The sergeant is named Edwin Foley, an African American born in 1984 and raised in New York City, he graduated in 2002 and joined the United States Army the year after the 9/11 attack the year early and fought in the War of Iraq and Afghanistan. He became sergeant during the Second Korean War and lead Delta Squad to liberate Seoul from North Korean occupation. He never like politics very much since the ‘Anti-Censor riots in 2012’ he believes that the Government abused their power to enforce ‘Copyright Laws’ on everyone and prosecuting innocent citizens while the Government and Corporations become richer. But since John Henry Campbell was elected as President of the United States in 2012 and promised to restore and preserve freedom that the Government has damaged during the Obama Administration. He thought that having a man of his race in office would be a nice change of pace for the nation but when the National Debt risen as well as gas prices he lost his faith in Obama and the US Government when they’ve tried to pass Internet-Censorship bills in order to save money and to enforce Copyright Laws on its citizens.

Edwin Foley is a married man and the father of two children, a three-year old son named Jayden Jr. and a six-year old daughter named Jessica. Married in 2009 to Elaine Washington they settled down in Union, West Virginia. He returned to Fort David and became in charge of Delta Squad of Fort David.

As Delta Squad continued down the road that leads out of Frankville, then the convoy stopped.

“What’s the trouble Corporal?” Foley asked.

“There’s something strange here, Sarge.” The Corporal responded as he points out in front of the Humvee and they see that they’ve reached at the edge of the paved road. Edwin Foley looks up and sees there are no more roads, nothing but a dirt trail that leads in the other direction.

“What the hell?” Foley said to himself. “Something’s not right about all this.” He picks up the CB radio in his hand.

“Control, this is Sergeant Foley of Delta Squad. There’s something strange going around here. The paved road ended two miles southeast from your location has disappeared, over.”

“Are you sure, Sergeant Foley? Over.”

“Affirmative Control.”

“Copy that Delta; keep searching for any more unusual activity.”

“Copy that Control, Delta Out.” Foley continued to stare at the dirt trail wondering where it leads.

“I wonder if Privates Mason and Miller came across this?” Foley said to himself and then the CB radio went off, could it be Control trying to contact them again? He picks it up.

“This is Sergeant Foley here, what’s your status? Over”

“This is Privates Mason and Miller; we just stumbled onto what appears to be a small town out here! Over!”

“What is your location? Over!”

“Four miles southeast of your location Sarge!”

“Very good, meet us here at the…Frankville edge and lead us the way.”

“Roger that Sarge! Mason and Miller out!”

Minutes later, the two dirt bikes appeared on the dirt trail and approached the convoy.

“We spotted a small town a few miles from here, but I’m not sure about the residents.” Mason reported to Foley.

“What do you mean Mason?” Foley asked.

“When Miller and I got there it appears to be live stock there and just in a blink of an eye, they vanished. I’m not sure what

happened but I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”

“Okay, I’ll take your word for it…for now until you show us this town.”

“Alright.” And with that the two scouts took off in their dirt bikes and Delta Squad followed them off the paved road and onto the dirt trail…

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On the trail that leads to the Everfree forest Twilight Sparkle is walking down the trail heading into Ponyville, with Spike on her back.

“Zecora was very nice of giving me one of her potion spells.” Twilight beamed. “I can try out that new magic spell when we get back.”

“Yeah, and I can get some sleep.” Spike yawned as he tries to stay awake as long as he could as Twilight nears Ponyville but he ended up sleeping on Twi’s back.

“Rainbow Dash did a very good job clearing…the…skies…” Twilight stops as she sees Ponyville deserted? “Where is everypony?”

The streets are deserted; she saw a tumbleweed being blown past her purple hooves.

“Twi, stop bugging me I'm trying to get some rest.” Spike grunted with his eyes closed.

Twilight just stood there, looking around trying to figure out why is every pony hiding from.

“Hey, what did happen to everypony?” Spike said as he noticed Twilight is not moving and opens his eyes.

“That’s what I’m trying to figure out.” Twilight said as she begins walking through the empty streets.

“Hello!?”

“One pony shut her window closed.

“Maybe it’s some sort of holiday.” Spike suggested.

“Maybe,” Twilight added.  “This doesn't make sense...”

“You don't think that they're all still afraid of Zecora, do you?” Spike gasped as he still remembers the ponies were afraid of Zecora when she came into Ponyville.

“Nah, we became friends afterwards... But still...”

“Well you're the smart one; don't you have a clue about what's going on?”

“Let's try to find the others to see what's going on...”

Twilight wandered the empty streets. She sees all of the carts are abandoned It was all too quiet. Jump ropes and other toys that belonged to fillies and colts lie on the street as if they were just abandoned. Even some carts carrying supplies were abandoned. They tilted forward, which caused some of supplies to spill out. The squashed apples and pastries gave evidence that everypony left in a hurry to hide from whatever somepony saw.

Twilight and Spike arrived at Rarity’s Boutique; The Carousel Boutique is one of Rarity’s place of business, in which she makes dresses for customers and sometimes for her friends, also doubles as her home.

“APPLEJACK! RARITY! IS ANYPONY OUT HERE?!” Spike shouted at the top of his lungs only to get a reply by a gush of wind. Then out of the door of Rarity’s boutique Applejack’s head popped out.

“Shh...Twi…Spike…Git in here you two..”  Applejack said in a hush voice before he head disappears back in the shop.

They both entered Rarity’s shop and the door closes behind them. Then the light comes on and Applejack, along with Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are seen.

“What’s going on here?” Twilight asked the five frightening ponies.

“You two never seem to know what's happening in this town...” Rarity said, Rarity is one of Twilight’s friends and Equestria’s fashion queen. “A couple of weird creatures came here that we've never seen before!”

“Really?” Twilight asked. “What kind of creatures?”

“Don’t know Twi. But but it happened when Applebloom came down all terrified!”  Applejack replied as she shook Applebloom as she was scared.

“Applejack!” The yellow, red mane filly said. “Ah was NOT scared!”

“So ah swept her up and brought her here.” Applejack swept up Applebloom up off her little hooves and placed her on AJ’s back.

“Did not! Ah walked here myself!” Applebloom protested.

“For Safety”

“Applejack!” Applebloom climbed down her older sister’s back. “Ah'm not that young and helpless, you know...”

Twilight rolls her eyes as she’s hearing this, then suddenly they all heard a noise from outside.

“It’s gotta be them!” Applejack exclaimed as the mane six including Applebloom and Spike peered out the window of the shop and they saw two figures appearing down the street. The two figures are mounted on top of these ‘strange wheeled stallions’. They stopped in the middle of town square and in plain view for the ponies to see.

“What do you think they’re doing?” Rarity asked with a hint of fear in her voice.

“I don’t know.” Pinkie Pie replied.” But they’re kicking up a lot of dust.”

Then one of the figures takes off its helmet off and its face is shown. Is peach skin is not a fur coat or scales like Spike but flesh, and it has a brown colored mane on its head but it doesn’t seem to run down the back of its neck and it has a firm chin. The Mane six gasped in shock and disgust save for Applebloom and Spike.

“Wha…what are they?” Twilight stammered by the sight of these creatures.

“Dear Celestia! They’re hideous!” Rarity shouted in fear before fainting. Applejack tries to cover her little sister’s eyes but managed to resist it.

“Wow! They look awesome!” Spike exclaimed with a memorized tone in his voice.

“Spike!” Twilight scolded the little dragon. “We don’t know what they are. They could be dangerous!”

“Oh come on Twilight. You don’t know if they’re dangerous or not.”

“But…But what are they doing here?” The yellow timid Pegasus asked.

“Yeah, what do they want?” The cowpony joined.

“They might’ve gotten lost or something.” Spike answered.

“Yeah.” Applebloom joined Spike. “Ah think…” She was cut off by her big sister.

“Applebloom! Ah told you to…” Then they hear more noise coming from outside. The ponies looked out the window and at first they don't see anything, then they saw strange carriages coming down the street.

The first carriage was moving on its own, it’s not being towed by ponies or any creature of any kind. The front of the alien carriage has grill-like teeth in the middle and it has white/grey round eyes that don’t seem to blink as if it’s trying out a staring contest or something, it also has another pair of eyes that don’t blink on the edges but they have a yellow/orange color. The front of its eyes and face it has what appears to be black wire structures or something wrapped around the edges. It has wheels of unknown designs, it’s not made of wood like other wheels on carriages in Ponyville, the wheels are black and it has what appears to be, the middle of the wheels have a grey color and has a shine to it as the sun is seen reflecting off the surfaces. The body of it is colored dark green and has doors on the side, the doors however have windows on them just like the doors of the buildings and shops in Ponyville. Then the Mane Six spotted three more identical carriages behind the one.

“What in Tarnation?” Applejack exclaimed.

“Wow. What are those things?” Spike said astonished.

Then they spotted yet another one behind the two but this one is different. It’s bigger than the first two and it has six wheels on it, two in the front and four in the back. The wheels are slightly larger and the edges are jagged looking. The middle of the wheels is the same color as the wheels and the body has a mix of dark green, light green and tan on the body, it also has a small smokestack on the side of it. The back of the large carriage appears to be covered with either a canvas or tarp and it’s the same color as the body. They watched as the three carriages come to a full stop next to the two figures, they saw something on the side of the large carriage. It reads ‘US ARMY’ on the side of it in white bold letters; it also has a big white star in the middle of US and ARMY. All three of these carriages made rumbling noises that resembles between a group of bears and the Manticore.

“Us Army?” Applejack reads the name on the side. “What in tarnation is Us Army?”

“Don’t know Applejack.” Twilight said.

Then another figure steps out one of the carriages, it has dark skin and short black hair. He's wearing unusual clothing that almost matches the colors on the carriages and a helmet with a glass lens over its right eye. It’s holding what appears to be a weapon of sorts but it’s not like a sword or a spear.

“What’s that it his hands?” Twilight asked and then two more came out and has similar of these weapons in their hands, the ponies gasped when they saw them.

“Ah think those are….weapons?” Applejack answers, she begins to move away from the window slowly. “Ah never seen them before.”

“Me neither…” Spike replied. “But they look cool.”  Then the two figures from the ‘false’ stallions walked up and talked to the figure with the dark skin.

“Wh…what are they’re s.saying?” Fluttershy asked in a shaky voice.

“Let me try this hearing-enhancement spell I’m been working on.” Twilight said.

“You sure that’s a good idea, Sugarcube?”

“Yes Applejack, we got to find out about these creatures and maybe we can learn where they’re form.” Twilight leans towards the window; the tip of her horn glows and begins to listen.

“Sergeant Foley, here’s the town we came across.” Said one figure. “But like I said, it’s deserted now.”

“You two scout ahead and the rest of Delta Team will head east from here.” Said the one with the weapon. Then the two figures made a salute to him and got on their ‘two wheeled bikes’ and took off. A few seconds later one of the carriages and the large one left as well, leaving two carriages and the others behind.

“Any idea where we are, Sarge?” One asked.

“Nope, no one has.” Another said. “It's weird we're experienced a storm last night from the weather satellite yesterday and now...our communications went offline.”

“ Yeah,” sighed another. “I sure hope the locals here are friendly...if they're any...”

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Twilight told the others what she heard.

“What should we do now?” Rarity asked Twilight. “I hope they’re not gonna come in here and take my stuff.”

“I’m not sure Rarity.” Twilight answered the Fashion Queen. “But let’s watch and see what they do next.”

The Mane six, Applebloom and Spike peered to the window, watching the figures.

“I’m sure there's locals here...It must be some sort of holiday in this world.” One figure said.

“Let’s check on that place over there.” Said another pointing its figure to Rarity's shop. “I'm sure there's someone in there...” They headed towards Rarity Shop.

“Sweet Sugarcubes! We gotta hide!” Applejack panicked and took Applebloom with her. The other ponies ducked behind the deck, Twilight snatched Spike by the tail and took him behind the desk as well.

“Twilight! What the hay…” Spike was interrupted when they hear a knock on Rarity’s front door.

“Hello? Is there anybody there?” A voice said followed by three more knocks on the door

.

“Everypony stay hidden and keep quiet.” Applejack whispered while trying to Protect Applebloom who is not amused.

Twilight slowly peeks around the corner and sees a shadow figure at the window and ducks quickly.

“It’s still there.” Twilight whispered to the others, the news caused Fluttershy to squeak in fear and curl into a ball. The figure stood there at the window trying to look through the darkness inside the shop.

“I can't see anything, Sarge. It's too dark…” Said the figure looking into the window.

“Use the headgear, Dunn.” Said another as the one looking in the window uses the night vision and still don't see anything.

"Nope. No one's inside."

“Let's head back to the Humvee.”

They both leave the entrance and headed back. The ponies came out from behind the desk and let out a sigh of relief.

“That was close.” Applejack stated.

“You got that right.” Rarity added.

“You’re all being ridiculous.” Spike said to the other ponies.

“We have no idea who they are or what they want and you just walk to waltz up to them?” Twilight said to Spike

“Yeah Spike, Ah don’t think that’s a good idea.” Applejack joined in.

“Well if you ponies are brave enough to talk to them, you wouldn't be so paranoid” Spike said. While Spike and the Mane six are doing a standoff of arguments Applebloom sees this opportunity to sneak out.

“Well Ah’m not scared. Ah’ll go to them myself.” Applebloom said to herself as she opens the door and snuck out.

Applebloom hid behind the corner of the building, she peaks around the corner to see the bipedal creatures near the carriage. One of the turned its head to face Applebloom but she managed to hide behind the corner just as it did, she let out a small gasp as she ducks and then she pokes her head out to see if they heard her. Luckily they didn’t. Then she sneaks around them behind market carts and trash cans as quickly and quietly as she could. She tries to listen to what they’re saying but can’t hear from behind the trash can. She moves closer and closer to them slowly now.

“Ah gotta get a closer look.” Applebloom thought to herself as she moves forward towards a trashcan near them, if she’s quiet she can hide behind it and listen to what they’re saying……….and then…

clank

A glass bottle made a clank that echoed through the empty streets as it was knocked over by Applebloom’s foreleg. She let out a gasp and froze in fear as the bipedal creatures spotted them. She doesn’t know what to do, should she run?

Hello...I hope you're enjoying this story so far. I had this idea mulling around my head for a while and decided to write it. But I didn't do this on my own, I had some help with a couple of friends on DA...Anyway, hope you enjoyed it..