The Raid of Equestria

Ferro groaned as he came to.  He found himself lying on a sofa in a cottage.  "I'm terribly sorry about that" a soft kind voice said.  A yellow Pegasus with a pink mane flew into the room holding an ice pack with her forehooves.  She gently placed it on his head.  Ferro winced in pain.  He noticed his cap lying on the floor.

"You know, I don't think I've ever seen you around here" she said.

"Oh, I'm sorry" Ferro said.  "My name is Ferro, and I'm a human."

"Hello Ferro, my name is Fluttershy." Ferro struggled to sit up straight.  "Sorry about tackling you.  I thought you were going to harm that baby bird."

"You don't have to be sorry" he said.  "When it comes to injured creatures especially humans, I always..." It hit him that he was the only human here.  "Wait, have you seen any other humans?"

"There are more?" Fluttershy asked a little worried.

"Five others.  But don't worry they're my friends...." 'Yeah, five others whom I just met today' he thought to himself.

"I'm sorry Ferro, but I haven't seen any other humans.  You're the first one.  But if you want, I can help you find them."

"That'll be great" he said.

"But you need to rest first" she said, gently laying him back down.  "You hit your head pretty hard from that tackle."

Ferro sighed and relaxed.  "You're right... I need to relax.  Wouldn't want to waste my strength immediately after getting hurt badly."  Fluttershy smiled at him.  "But then again, I'm worried that my friends are worrying about me."

Fluttershy still kept her smile.  "Ok.  But I'm going with you.  That way I'm going to make sure that help is needed whenever you're in trouble.

'I feel like it's the other way around' Ferro thought to himself.  He carefully got up and walked steadily towards the door with Fluttershy walking close behind.  'Then again, I'm the one with a really bad headache with an ice pack on my head.' Ferro and Fluttershy exited the cottage.

Raleigh sat up, groaning.  "What happened?" He asked himself as he rubbed his head.  He looked around and saw that he was still near Carousel Boutique.  He removed his medal and examined it.  For safe keeping, he stuffed it in his pocket.  He glanced to the side and saw a Pegasus mare with a blue coat and rainbow colored mane and tail.  The Pegasus groaned and got to her hooves.

"That was awesome!" She said with excitement.  Raleigh looked at her confused.

"Awesome? You crashed into me, head on."

"No not that" she said as she walked over to him.  At this point, Raleigh is suddenly getting used to this place all because Rarity made him a shirt that is way more comfortable than the shirts back on Earth.  "I was doing this awesome trick! But then I made one tiny mistake and that caused me to crash into you."

"Oh.  What was the mistake?" He asked.

"Seeing you."  She walked a little closer to him.  "I've never seen you around here before."

"Oh, I'm Raleigh.  And I'm a human."

"The name's Rainbow Dash" she said, giving him a playful punch with her forehoof.  "Greatest flyer of Equestria" she said boastfully.  She she said this, she hovered in the air, leaving a rainbow streak behind.

'But you crashed into me' Raleigh thought to himself.

"So what brings you here?" She asked.  Before he could answer, the door of Carousel Boutique opened and Ronnie stepped out laughing with Rarity.

"That's great" he said, trying to catch his breath.

"Sorry.  Rarity was telling me a funny story."  He leaned over to her.

"Oh.  Ronnie, this is Rainbow Dash" Raleigh introduced.

"Hello" Ronnie greeted.  "So Rarity was just going to show me around.  You guys wanna come?" Raleigh looked at Rainbow Dash and they both nodded.

"Yeah, we'll join."

Sweet Apple Acres

Ace and I just met Applejack and her family and Princess Twilight left us behind because of some errands.  "Hey thanks for doing my favor" Ace said as he bit into an apple.  The both of us were away from the family for one reason.

"Me hiding your revolver and every single bullet you had on your belt in my pockets?" I asked.  "Why am I holding your gun?  Now when I walk, the revolver will slow me down and the bullets will rattle against each other.  It's like holding a wallet filled with bills and cards in one pocket and several coins in the other."

"Relax.  It's only temporary" Ace said as he bit into the apple again.  Just then, Applejack approached us.

"Howdy y'all.  Our famous apple pie is ready!" She said excitedly.

"Yum!" Ace said, as he tossed the apple aside.

'Once we leave Sweet Apple Acres, I'm giving back your gun and bullets' I thought to myself.

"Are you ok?" Fluttershy asked.  Ferro was sitting against a brick wall.  By now, the ice melted and he was drinking the water out of the plastic bag.

"Yeah I just got thirsty" he said.  He looked around and saw multi-colored ponies roaming about.  "Is... Ponyville this busy?" He asked.

"Always" Fluttershy said.  Ferro got nervous.

"But won't they freak out if--"

"There he is! Hey, baseball player!" Someone called.  Ferro turned his head and saw Raleigh and Ronnie waving at him.  Ferro and Fluttershy approached them.  After introductions were made, Ferro looked around.

"Where's Patton?" He asked.  "Last time I saw him, he went to Sugar Cube Corner.  Fluttershy, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash looked at each other.

"We have to get you over there now" they said in unison.

"What?" Ronnie asked.  The three mares began urging them.

"Come on, we have to get you to Sugar Cube Corner now.  The boys began asking and questions and moaning as they were shoved and pulled away from the cafe.

"What's going on?" Raleigh asked.

"I don't know" Ferro said.

At Sweet Apple Acres

"This apple pie is delicious! And so is the cider!" Ace exclaimed.

"Oh yeah, very good" I agreed.  "Thank you for this awesome brunch."

"No problem!" Applejack answered.

"So are you guys the only ones here?" Granny Smith asked.

"Actually no, there are four others" I answered.  I took another sip of cider.  "Oh this is great!"

"Hey, when we're done with brunch, I should show you Sugar Cube Corner!" Applejack said with a smile.

"Yeah, sure!" Ace and I said in unison.  This is probably the best brunch we had so far.

Near Ponyville, a portal opened and Moriarty stepped out with 10 soldiers.  "This is going to be fun" he said with a smile.