X-COM: Allies Unknown

“Ah’m sure ah saw something round’ here,” said a muffled feminine voice to the operative. Where… where am I?

“Well, what in the hay do yah think It could’ve been big sis’?” The soldier had been grasping his plasma sniper ever since... whatever the hell just happened. He only had one thought glazing across his half-unconcious mind," What just happened?" All he could remember was the operation. There was some sort of X-ray. Dressed in a robe and chock-full of psionic power. There were Mutons with a form of plasma weapon… a huge robot - wait, could it have been biological AND mechanical like the floaters? - that took many blows before going down and an extremely tougher variant of the floaters… But that doesn’t matter right now. What matters is that there’s a civilian on the UFO crash site.

He had quickly gotten up from the ground, taking in his surroundings. Something was off, and he knew it right from the start. He was in what seemed to be a field of… apple trees. This wasn’t a scorched forest, none of his squad-mates were in site, and there was no UFO what-so-ever in sight. Just him and a bright field… but there was those voices. Both had a southern accent to them, and quite a thick one at that. the operative began to ponder what was going on until he heard one of them beyond the bushes and shrubs he was concealed them. “Ah think It was somewhere right here. The operative’s mind shifted into full gear and worry. No one had known of the   X-COM Organization, and no one would ever learn of it until Earth was out of the fray! Swiftly, he gathered up his items, running off his mental check list as he went. Plasma pistol: Check. Archangel Armor: Check. S.C.O.P.E: Check. He had quite a handful on him and he swore he heard four sets of footsteps closing in on him. His hasty attempt was complete with every bit of his gear in his inventory, and he knew what was coming next.

A feeling of pins and needles enveloped his body-a feeling he became accustomed to-as he began fading away, as if his body were being vaporized. Still, he could see everything as he made a mad dash towards a nearby tree. He made a small chuckle as he leaped straight up into the tree, remembering the time he was promoted to the position of Colonel for his tactics. He nestled in and let his sight take over, all that was below him becoming extremely clear-razor sharp one might say. The soldier felt quite confident until he saw the source of the voices. He thought there was FOUR people moving over to him, based off the sound of the many footsteps, but there was only two of them. They weren’t anything from the aliens OR Earth. One creature was Orange, with what seemed to be blonde hair protruding over its head and from it’s rump. It wore what seemed to be a southern or… cowboy hat and had a red ribbon wrapped around its tail. A smaller version ( about half the size of the original ) of the original organism tagged along with the orange… pony, having red hair and a light yellow body color.

The soldier’s mind had only thought going through it before he fell out of the tree. What… the… fuck. A thud had followed before darkness enveloped him.

It was a great morning on the Apple family's farm. The barn stood up over the land proudly, the sun shined over the fields with waves of warmth and light, and of course, the apple trees had sprouted bundles and bundles of delicious, juicy apples! The orange pony of the happy farmland had trotted right out of the home, hat sitting on her head with pride and a smile spread across her face. Seeing all the apples across the field, she knew one thing for sure. "Hooboy! Ah sure have mah work cut out for me today," she exclaimed with eagerness. She began to walk out to the fields of apple trees, but not before something particularly happened. A flash of bright white light had shone out from the trees, and slowly faded into a purple hue before disappearing completely.

This had already left the pony alarmed, but unsurprised. This stuff happened all the time, right? Her happy demeanor transform into a quite annoyed one as her ears had flopped down. "What's wrong now Twilight," She yelled out, but got no response. Just silence...and the chirping of birds. "Pinkie, ah swear to Celestia if yer just pulling mah leg here, then-," She yelled as she began to advance toward the site of the flash, but was interrupted by a small tug on her tail. "What's goin' on big sis? Why're you yelling' so early in the morning'?" said the culprit, a small pale yellow earth pony with red hair and a bow. "Don't mind me Applebloom. Just go back in and get some more rest," said the orange pony in reply, covering her annoyed expression with one of caring. "But sis, ah heard you talking bout' some pony pulling yer leg!," said the little filly, Applebloom. "I wanna see who it is!"

"Well, ah'm sorry sugar cube, but ah don't even know for sure what that was. For all I know, whatever that thing-er-ma-bob is could be dangerous! I ain't gonna take any chances of you gettin' hurt!"

The little filly had expected this to happen, so she unleashed her secret weapon. She'd sat on the ground, tail tucked up and eyes wide, and said,"But Applejack! I could get a cutiemark if I do this! And I really really need one! Don't yah remember me and the Cutie Mark Crusaders?"

Applejack hadn't even taken a second to respond to her. "Ah said that you could get hurt! Ah'd never forgive myself if somethin' ever happened to you!"

"But please?" "No!" "Please?" "NO!" "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-"

Applejack knew she'd have to give in at some point. That darn filly wouldn't just give up too easily. If anything, she'd probably already have a cutiemark for persistance if there were such a thing! "Alright! You can come along, but if you even go as far as a foot away from me..."

"YAAAAAY," Applebloom had squealed out at her success.

Applejack rolled her eyes, letting out a sigh. It was going to be a long day, wasn't it?

The two approached the site of the flash cautiously, until approaching a group of bushes. "Ah'm sure ah saw something round' here..." said the orange pony with confusion. "Well, what in the hay do yah think it could've been Big Sis," questioned her little yellow sister. Applejack was just about to respond when she heard the muffled sound of hoof steps in the grass to her side. Both ponies turned to see what the source of the noise was only to be greeted by nothing. Nothing at all, just thin air. And then the sound of leaves shuffling in the trees. It didn't take long for them to find out what caused it as something had dropped to the grass with a thud, appearing almost out of thin air. It looked almost like some sort of monkey, but... it held some different things. One was a silvery sort of tube that held some green... stuff inside. Another was almost the same as the first, but much smaller. It was covered in something that was completely black, with the exception of silvery sorts of parts in certain places. One could go on and on about the different things that this creature had, but Applejack didn't need to know anything else. Her eyes were wide with surprise as she took off. "Get back inside Applebloom! Don't question it," she yelled out between pants. The only thing she thought was that she needed to get the others, and she needed to get them fast.