Tony Atlas: The Titan of Friendship

There was a lot of screaming to say the least. Her name was Twilight Sparkle, I just called her Twilight for short. The whole screaming fiasco was over and done with and now I was sitting in the living room of this horse's.....house I guess? I was being interviewed, my application for McDonalds was never this detail oriented. Then again I only worked there for a week until people tried to murder me to take my super powers.

"So now that all of the freaking out is out of the way Twilight, do you mind telling me where exactly I am?"

"Oh of course. I am honored to be the first pony to introduce an alien species to the land of Equestria."

"Equestria?"

"Yes, I have a feeling you will want to meet with our leaders soon? Establish a working beneficial trade relations?"

"Twilight, I hate to be the one to burst your bubble so soon, but I didn't come to Equestria on purpose."

She grew confused at that. "What do you mean Mr........?"

I forgot to give her my name. "I'm sorry, that was rude of me. I'm Tony Atlas." I held out my hand and she put her hoof in it and I gave her a firm yet soft shake. "What I mean is that I came here by accident and have absolutely no knowledge of getting back home. That thing you just said right then is an impossibility."

"I'm sorry, you must be so lonely."

"I've only been on this planet for the better part of half an hour. Not much to be crying my eyes out yet."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Well, Tony I'm sure that if we work together, the princesses and I will be able to find you a way back home."

"Thanks, you're the nicest tiny talking horse I've ever met."

"Pony."

"What?"

"The species I'm called is a pony the scientific name is equus ferus caballus."

"Oh well then I'm what you call a human, well mostly. The scientific name is homosapiens, but I'm more than that."

"What do you mean?"

"You might want to sit down for what I'm about to tell you." She looked at me, she was already sitting. "Okay, well back on my planet sometimes a human is born with unique abilities. Hidden within their strands of DNA sometimes said person can activate said abilities underneath a unique set of circumstances. I am one of those people, and hidden within my DNA is the ability to push my muscle structure to beyond what humans classify as 'possible'. I have the ability of super strength, I can also increase my body structure and mass to fit the need of what I require at the moment. I also have the ability to heal injuries faster than any human."

"Wow."

"But having these powers doesn't come without a drawback. In my world there are people that don't have these powers and want them all for themselves. We call those the Takers. These people have found a way to extract the power from our DNA and use it to their advantage. The drawback is that the original carrier for that ability is that they die during the process."

"Oh, that's just mean! They sacrifice other lives to get what they want! I'd never be able to do that." She hopped up to her feet, hooves? Now she was clearly angry.

"Calm down Twilight, I'm not done." She sat back down and I continued with my story. "There is an organization that is run by the government called the Tactical Insertion Team of the Allied Nations or T.I.T.A.N. for short. They find these unique individuals and train them to combat and defend not only themselves but other regular humans. Tell me Twilight have you ever read a comic book?"

"I did once. There's more to that story though, but yes."

"Those comics usually have super heroes in them yes?" She nodded. "I am one of those super heroes. I would risk my life if it meant that others would live in my stead. I sacrifice my regular life so that others would follow my example and follow the same path that I walk on. The path of a hero."

I yawned, "But right now this hero is tired. You have anywhere that I could sleep?"

"Yeah I have a spare bed upstairs." She then yawned. "I need some sleep too, I've been studying too hard again. Follow me please."

I followed her to the bedroom. I looked down to see a lizard sleeping in a basket.

"Don't mind him." She said. "That's jus' Spike." She pointed a hoof in the direction of the other bed. "That'z your bed, hopefully it won't be too uncomfortable." The purple pony then got into her own bed and fell asleep before her head hit the pillow. I adjusted to my bed and whispered. "Good night Athena." Then I fell asleep