The Tale of a Human's Sanity

I just want you to remember for now.

Making up things in your head won't get you anywhere, but it has in the past, but not for the future.

Do you even want to remember?

Don't you? If not...

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"Oh shit! Is that what I think it is?"

"Yup! Sandstorm, closin' fast!"

"So, get us outta here!"

"Not with these guys on our ass!"

"Then take us in!"

"Into the storm?! Are you nuts?!"

"Guess we will have to find out."

...

"Hold on!"

"Oh shit! Brace-

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"Bah!" I yelled out, immediately bolting up into a sitting position, widening my eyes, after having that odd dream, about three men in a helicopter shooting at other helicopters, while flying through a city that was run down by a sandstorm, while another sandstorm occurred. I was shocked by that last moment, which woke me up, jump scaring me.

But when I sat up, I immediately felt pain around my abdomen and back areas, and closed my eyes shut, moaning while I put my right hand to my stomach and my left to my face.. I then quickly fell back to lying down, on some bed, I think. I still felt pain, which some was coming back to other areas of my body. Mainly my face, head, and stomach areas. Only it didn't hurt as much as when I was in the forest. And I didn't feel any cuts. And my clothes felt different, along with the blankets that were placed over my legs. The hell is this? With my eyes still closed, I guessed as to where I am. I then heard a beeping noise, along with some murmuring that I couldn't exactly make out. I'm… in a Hospital? But how, though? I guess I didn't die, somehow. And Fluttershy got me here somehow, as well. Well, there was clear evidence of magic in that forest I was in, so I guess magic healed me. It's the most likely answer.

There's nothing else to do, as the pain around my body slowly went away, again. I slowly opened my eyes, and leaned up. I looked around the room I was in. It looks like a typical hospital room. But it doesn't seem like an earth hospital. My vision was still blurry. As it was clearing up, I saw Fluttershy to the left of me, having a soft smile, along with all of her cuts and bruises disappearing. Magic is useful for certain things, after all. I made a small weak smile back at her. Then I turned my head to the right when- Hang on, that fucking cyan Pegasus is here. What?! I'm never really angry, but the expression she now sees on mine, makes her' goes to a guilt-filled one with regret and worry. My expression was anger. My eyes twitched, as I wanted to leap at her throat, but then I didn't because I still think she can beat the shit out of me. I nearly did a stupid thing, there.

The Pegasus saw my face again, and looked away, while rubbing her neck and smiling sheepishly. She can be guilty all she wants, I'm not forgiving her. To my right of the batshit crazy pony-thing, I saw a caramel-coloured unicorn. I guess that makes sense in a way. This unicorn had a brown mane and tail, while wearing a- So this guy is the doctor. He looks like a male to me. He was smiling at the sight of me waking up. That's… Alright. And to the righ- Hang on is that a dragon?! Holy fuck, it is! Only, it looks like a baby dragon, coloured in purple and some type of green, who was staring at me. I think he was analysing me. Not sure. My expression was just a confused one, as I looked around the room. Then I saw another unicorn. Only this one looked more like a girl, and had different patterns of the colour purple. She was smiling as well, while making a sigh of relief. I guess the two purple blurs were the unicorn and the dragon. I wonder how they got me here. Maybe teleportation.

"You're awake!" Fluttershy softly spoke, not being shy at all, with some excitement in her eyes. I smiled back at her, somewhat nervously. I don't really converse with anyone, so this will be new to me.

"Yes, how are you feeling, sir?" the Doctor pony asked me.

Sir? Never heard that term used to describe me before. That was new. Well what do I say? I fear for whatever I say wrong, I will regret it. Unless anger takes me over. "I feel better…" was the only words I could mutter. I was honest, I did feel better. I wonder how much magic it took to heal my wounds. Oh, I have bandages. Why didn't I notice that before? And why didn't I notice my bag laying against a wall, next to Fluts. That's a terrible nickname, and that could offend her, don't say that name.

I think Fluttershy sighed in relief, along with the rainbow one. "That's good. You were… quite damaged severely… once you were rushed here." He responded, slightly stammering. Hang on- How severe were my wounds and the damages to my face? And why does my jaw, and everything around my face, feel quite normal, ridden of any pain? I'm starting to respect magic again.

I raised an eyebrow at his words, and then, nervously, spoke "How severe… was it doctor?"

The purple unicorn, the dragon and Fluttershy started to look away nervously, oddly. I don't feel as bad as I did. How badly did rainbow here beat me up?

"Well…" He started to stammer. "You received major cuts to your… central body area, along with major cuts to your face, and minor cuts to your leg, there…" Right, how badly did my face get broken? This will be… interesting to say the least.

"And your face," the cyan one flinched at the sound of those words, oddly. "Had, or so we believed, a broken jaw, chin and two broken teeth." Wow that Pegasus can punch. I don't think I want to get on her bad side. Unless I ever get real pissed off. I still hate her. Wait, did he say 'or so we believed'?

"But keep in mind, we have never met your kind before, so the anatomy of your body was somewhat hard to heal, but it's mostly healed now." He said with a smile. Makes sense now. So I am the only human inhabited on this world of… ponies and fucking wild animals.

I just moaned as I laid back, thinking about the events that transpired, and the dream I had. Why did I dream about that? Why does 'Phil' sound familiar?

I then laid back up and asked "How was I rushed here exactly?" curious as to how they did this.

I saw the cyan one, shaking in… fear maybe, chuckling nervously, still looking away to the side, floating slowly towards me, while still rubbing her neck with her… hoof. "Yeah… I flew you here as quickly as I could." She spoke. Really? I don't know if I should believe that. Why the fuck should I trust her, again?

"Yeah, after nearly killing me…" I muttered under my own breath, looking away to my left in the process while also crossing me arms, hoping that it was loud enough so that she heard what I said. I think she got the message, as she immediately flinched backwards.

Now she started to stammer "Y-Yea-yeah…" while it looked like she was choking, and maybe her eyes were getting teary. But it looked like she manned up a bit. "…I-I'm sorry, fo-for… punching yo-"

I then decided to cut her off and make her feel even guiltier. "-Me after beating me for no fucking REASON!" I shouted with anger and hatred. Wait, I've never felt like this, before. So this is how having a passion to kill feels like. It doesn't really feel good.

The looks on everyone's faces had mixed expressions. Fluttershy made some 'Eep!' sound again, the doctor, Twilight and Spike looked between me and the Pegasus in shock of some sort, and the cyan pony looked like she was starting… to get mad? For me standing up for myself? How much of this can I-

"Look, I said I was sorry, alright? You don't need to make me feel guilty." The bitch just scolded me, moving much closer, with an irritated expression. I've never felt this angry before, but I was going to release it. I think the purple unicorn could tell was I was going to do, but I wasn't sure.

"Then why the FUCK DID YOU ATTACK ME FOR?!" I shouted at her, while giving the rainbow bitch a glare that said 'I'm going to kill you, now'. I went straight up into her face, staring into her eyes with hatred and pain. I think Fluttershy, the dragon and the Doc may have flinched, being surprised that I was this- Well, how are they surprised that I'm angry? Fucking… I don't even know.

Rainbow, instead of backing away, she butted her forehead against mine, surprising me. "Because I thought you ate Fluttershy!" she yelled at me with her raspy voice. I raised another eyebrow while we both glared at each other. I think Fluttershy said something, but it was so soft, I didn't hear it.

Then suddenly, a purple aura formed around me, and pulled me back towards the pillows I was sleeping on. A caramel aura formed around the crazy rainbow pony and pulled her back too, surprising both of us. We both looked around for a moment, when I saw the source of the auras. The purple unicorn pulled me back with her own magic, with her horn glowing a purple colour, while the doctor pulled back the rainbow-cyan freak. I muttered "The hell…" in a lot of confusion, with my anger dying down, but it was still there.

"Ok, that's enough, you two." Said the purple one, with a serious face, looking at me for a second, while I looked away, in shame for whatever reason. I didn't want to look her in the eyes for some reason. I then looked back, when she was glaring at the Pegasus, with a shameful look reappearing on the cyan's face. Simultaneously both of our auras that held us disappeared, and the cyan one floated disorganised, trying to get her balance. That was kinda funny. I snickered a bit, looking at her. She glared right back at me. Then I saw the purple unicorn turn back towards me, now smiling. The doctor was also smiling again.

"Now, I'm sorry for my friend here, and her… actions…" She continued. Wait, this thing is your friend? You may have some issues, lady. I wasn't sure how to answer this, so I just looked at her, while she kept talking. "…Rainbow Dash here- I just got her off, laughing for a moment. Oh, these fucking names. Their stupid and priceless. Four of them just looked at me in confusion, while Dash looked irritated. Alright. "What's so funny?" the purple unicorn asked curiously.

I sighed as I stopped laughing. "Sorry, it's just- You won't get it. Please continue." I smirked for a few moments after that. Rainbow Dash. These names, man.

"O-Okay then. Dash here thought… that you ate Fluttershy." She then spoke, making me raise an eyebrow, before looking at Dash, who seemed like she was angry and guilty at the same time. If she is really sorry, she's good at not showing it. But really no one ever cares for me. Except in this moment, when at the least three (I don't know about the dragon) actually cares for me.

"I- Okay… go on…" Those were the only words that I could stammer out of that remark. I really didn't know what to say to that. When you think about it, it kinda made some degree of sense, but she didn't give me a chance to explain. The benefit of the doubt is being shown here.

She then continued "But you actually… saved her life… from a Timberwolf, no less." Okay, so they are called Timberwolves. And she seems surprised that I saved her life from those badass/deadly fucks that are magical beasts. Huh. "And, we thank you for your service, for saving Fluttershy." That sounds like I'm getting laid off of work or something. I wasn't sure if she really meant that, so I stared at her for a couple of seconds. She wasn't budging- She meant that? Okay… "And… I apologised for my friend… nearly killing you… For some random stranger…" She looked like she was starting to choke up there. That… okay. She's really grateful that her friend didn't die. That makes sense. But for how long though? That is the main question.

I looked towards Fluttershy, who softly said "Thank you." I smiled and nodded back at her. Wait- I rarely ever smile. And before, I smiled. The hell is happening here? What the fuck is this magic doing?

"No worries." I replied with slowly, meaning it. I hoped she believed that I meant it.

Thankfully, it looked like it did, and had a slightly bigger smile on her face, which was hard to tell with her pink mane going over her face. The Doc was still smiling, while 'Rainbow Dash' continued to look both angry and guilty.

"Will you be okay?" the purple unicorn asked me. I turned to her.

"I think I will be. I feel much better than… before." I responded with, remembering the pain I suffered. I shuddered in slight fear of those moments.

The purple unicorn then smiled. "I'm sorry, I don't think you know our names." That caught me off guard, somewhat. I really wasn't curious, but it's not a bad thing to know. "My name is Twilight Sparkle." She said, while I was trying my hardest not to laugh, but these names man… "This here, is my assistant, Spike." She pointed to the baby dragon, who waved a hand. Assistant? How does that work? I guess I can find out later. I just waved back to him.

Then the Doc stepped forwards and spoke "My name is Doctor Horse." I gave him a slight deadpanned stare. Is that really is fucking name? That is stupid. Is he supposed to be 'Doctor House'? This seems like a rip-off.

Now, I turned towards Dash, whose name I already know. But I didn't interrupt the introductions here. She looked at me, then at Twilight, raising an eyebrow. Twilight nodded, and Dash just sighed. Then she bolted up, looking proud, for whatever reason. "My name is Rainbow Dash, the fastest flier in Equestria!" She bragged. An egotist. I forget how many of those that I've met. A lot. Too many, is a better number. I wasn't sure if she was lying or not, but it would make sense that she calls herself the 'faster flier', as she apparently rushed me here. I really wonder how guilty she really is, if she is remorseful, or just acting this awkward play. Hope it's not the latter. And- Equestria? That… I'll ask later.

But, hang on, this one is an egotist. I bet I can piss her off. I've never done this, because that wouldn't help me socially. "Yeah, sure." I bluntly stated. I don't want to push her too far. And the reaction I kinda predicted, occurred, as she just glared at me. I shrugged in response.

"And I've met Fluttershy." I said, turning around the room, noticing something. These ponies seem too happy. Something is up. How are they always smiling, except for when I yelled? No one is this friendly. Hmm.

"So Doc, when can I leave?" I turned towards him, not sure if I should leave town, or just stay. Guess it's not much of a choice.

"Well, we want to make sure you get a full recovery," Really? "So you will be in here for a few more hours." I sighed as I laid back on my pillow. I just said alright, as he spoke again.

"Okay, I think I want to be alone for a while, so I can think things over." I said, wondering whether I should stay or leave.

Twilight interrupted my thoughts, as the Doc nodded and starting leaving the room. She said something about her wanting to show her around town. I replied with "Okay…" suspiciously, as she just smiled, and left the room with Spike, what a name for a dragon, of all things, and Fluttershy. Rainbow didn't leave, for some reason.

When the other four left, Dash started glaring at me. "Okay, I don't know if you are trustworthy or not, but you saved my friends life, so I can trust you for now." Wow. Is she starting to make a threat? "But if you ever mess with anyone of my friends," she has a more of an angry tone in her voice as she starting moving straight into my face. "I will beat the crap out of you!" She then snarled right at me, in my face. She was a lot angrier than I expected. And she'll beat the crap out of me again. Yeah, ain't that great. I didn't do anything but glare at her still.

For a while. Maybe like a minute, before my expression started to become more of a calmer nature. She looked surprised at my expression, backing off slightly. She then, flew towards the door, opening it before looking back at me, and then flew off out the room.

I then just sighed and laid back again, wondering why there are always people like that. Loyal to their friends and themselves and no one else. I put both of my hands on my face, while thinking this. I don't know what to do. I could make some friends here. I hope. Unless the Rainbow one runs me out of town, and/or gets the rest of this apparent town that I'm in, against me. I don't know.

I then reached over and grabbed my bag, and pulled out my journal book, and started writing in it, recalling the previous day. Come to think of it, I never asked how long I was out for. And then- Wait, where's my watch? No- no! Fucking hell! I lost my watch. How?! Great.

Guess I have to live without it.

After an unknown amount of time, I finished writing, and placed it back in my bag, zipping it up. I noticed that my letter was still there, and didn't look like it was opened. Good. Everything else was in there, as well, thankfully. Unsure of what to do know. I decided to go back to sleep.

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Blackness was the only thing that was in vision. Then the sun's light appeared with dust. The vision then scanned a tree from the top to the bottom roots, with the light shining through the holes from behind.

Then the vision moves out, showing the tree, which is a very small one placed on a desk, where there is a couple of books placed on top of it. There is a wooden chair, and a bookcase connecting to the right of it.

The vision then moves even further outwards, showing an entire room. The desk/bookcase is in the right-hand corner, with to the right, three glass doors are shown, with a small relaxing chair on a balcony outside, along with one large open glass door window open, with the blinds moved to the far left. There are a few plants in front of the curtains as well. In front of that, is a man lying halfway on a giant bed. The blankets have been moved down most of the way on the bed. The pillows are stacked neatly. The man, then started to wake up.

"Is Michael-Luke Buchanan the greatest man I ever worked with?" Phil asked, voicing over the vision. The man, who is now shown to have a short buzz cut, and looking like he is in his early forties, is now sitting up over the side of the large bed, panning around him. "Well, I don't know." Phil continued.

The vision now moves back outwards, showing the entire room again, with Buchanan still sitting. "There was this one time in Kabul when he dragged my bleeding carcass half a mile to an evac-chopper." Phil explained his backstory of the man, who now stood up and looked outside the large open window.

"So maybe I'm biased" Phil said, as Buchanan was now in a black shirt, walking across the vision, where, concealed in a glass case that was hanged against a wall, was four medals that looked like they were received by the United States army. There, also, was a golden statue, looking like a woman, pointing to the sky with her right hand, and a sword drawn, that was pointed down, in her left. "But the facts don't lie, the man's a fuckin' hero."

The vision then panned over a couple of pictures. On the left, was Buchanan and a blonde woman in a suit, while on the right, is Buchanan with a man looking like he was from Arabia. "Remember when the storms first hit Dubai?" Phil asked, while the vision panned over a picture of Buchanan talking, and shaking, President Barack Obama's hand, while being given the four medals from before. This picture was place in the centre. To the left, there was a newspaper clipping saying 'Sandstorms come to Dubai', and to the right, another newspaper clip says 'UAE Denied Need for Foreign Aid'.

"You were probably safe and sound at home, watching TV. Well, Konrad was leadin' the Dammed 33rd outta Afghanistan." Phil said as more pictures and newspaper clippings were being shown.

Then the vision showed Buchanan's army jacket being placed on a stand. "Stead of comin' home, he volunteered his entire battalion to help with the evac."

The vision turned towards a set of stair, where Buchanan started to walk up them. "I bet all you did was send a check." Phil guessed, still voicing-over all of this. "Rumour is Buchanan was ordered to abandon the city."

The vision then moved to a table, where a bunch of newspaper articles were stacked, all relating to the sandstorms in Dubai. There was a loaded gun on top of the stack. There was a briefcase as well, along with three pencils and a bunch of books. "Rumour is Konrad was ordered to abandon the city. He defied that order."

"And the 33rd stood with him." Buchanan is then shown to grab the gun. The vision turns to follow Buchanan, who is now wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, along with green baggy pants, looking clean. The gun was holstered in a Handgun holster on his right side. He was drinking coffee, while reading an article. "Now, the official story's still hazy 'bout what happened next. All we know for sure is the storms got worse. Much worse."

Buchanan is then standing in front of an open shōji, with a Zen Garden to the right of him. He then proceeded to walk out the open door. "Last thing we heard outta Dubai was the Konrad was leading a caravan of survivors' outta the city."

"That was six months ago." Buchanan is then shown looking over a glass railing on a big balcony, looking at the city of Dubai in its pre-sandstorm state, looking normal. There was dust clouds blocking half of his view. He smiled as he saw the city.

"Then, about two weeks ago, we picked up this transmission…" Phil said, as the vision slowly cut to black.

Static appeared at random times during the transmission. "This is Colonel "Luktz" Buchanan, United States Army. Attempted evacuation of Dubai ended in complete... failure. Death toll... too many..." And static was played for another ten seconds before it ended, and the vision cut to darkness, once again.

These visions mean something. But what?

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How much of this is real, Phil? How much of this is a lie? How much hope do you really have? You think you can run from your terrible past? Remember. You cannot forget the past, and you must accept that. Remember, Phil. Otherwise…

Otherwise, it will end in your death. You brought this on your ambitious self.

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I woke up, looking straight up at a white ceiling. Although, something woke me up. This place… looks like a hospital. What did I do? Why am I here? Hopefully, my parents don't kill me when they find out I'm here.

Wait… how did I get here? I can't remember. I can remember who I am… But… Oh, my fucking head. I guess I have amnesia.

Now, where am I? And… who woke me up?

I was woken up by a doctor, I think. It probably was. It makes sense, with the current surroundings that I have taken in.

Before I decided to get up, I thought about the dreams that I've been having since I got to this new world. First, a Helicopter battle through a city that was destroyed by a sandstorm, and then a guy called 'Phil' was talking about this man named 'Buchanan', who saved his life in Kabul, and then, presumably, died in Dubai, which was the apparent town Phil was fighting in the first dream. Why was I dreaming this? There has to be a meaning. Pain?

Pain will take me over again in the future, like always. It's more than likely to happen.

Think about the positives… Think about the positives… Forget the negatives… Okay, just get up, and deal with this pony that woke me up.

I went into a sitting position, rubbing my eyes. It looked like it was in the afternoon, around… maybe four o'clock. It's hard to tell without my watch- Which I apparently lost. Great.

As my vision was starting to get clearer from the blurriness, I saw this pony, which was smiling, kinda creepily. There is something wrong in this place. I'm getting a creepy vibe. Anyways, this pony looked like a female to me. Mares I think their called. And she looked like a nurse. Her fur was a fully white, along with a pink mane. There was a Red Cross symbol on her back legs, and on her cap as well. She was smiling, hopefully she doesn't-

"Hello, sir! Good to see that you're awake." She spoke.

"Ugh…" I moaned, rubbing my head, my vision was becoming less blurry and blurrier by the second. "Where… am I? And how did… I get here?" I asked, slowly as my head was throbbing.

"Oh! Well, you're in Ponyville Hospital!" She said, cheerily.

What? Ponyville…? Okay, some things are starting to come back. Me, attempting to run away from home, when I was mysteriously transported to that darken-filled place of a forest, when I saved the life of another pony… from a wolf of sorts… There also was something about a guy named 'Discord', and a Chimera…

"And you arrived here a few days ago, when you were rushed by Rainbow Dash." She continued. Okay… That name… sounds familiar, slightly… something to do with pain. I don't know why, exactly…

"After you- I wasn't told actually. It's just that you were in this terrible condition." So, either the word didn't get around… or… it was all a dream. I sighed. I don't feel like I'm in any pain.

How did I get amnesia, anyways? I rubbed my head, again.

"I'm sorry sir, but may I ask, what is your name?" She asked

"My name is Walker…" I said, slowly and cautiously. I made this up on the spot. I wonder why Walker came to mind.

"Well, hello Walker, my name is Nurse Redheart." She said with a smile. Redheart… Odd name for a pony, but… I don't want to think about this now. I have more important things to worry about.

"How long have I been out?" I asked, slowly and suspiciously. She said I was here for a few days. I wonder what has happened during that time period.

"Well, when you first came in, you were knocked out for two days while we healed most of your wounds." How badly were my wounds? I had wounds? "And you woke up three days ago for a few seconds, apparently. Then, you passed out."

Wait, what?

"Passed out?" I asked, confusingly. I was only up for a moment, before I passed out? But, I met those four ponies then, which I now remember. I didn't remember what they looked like… so… how? It made no sense to me. How did that happen?

"Yep! Twilight said you poked your head up for a second, before passing out again, three days ago." She, somewhat, repeated. Twilight… That name sounds familiar to me. Was she one of the ponies I met? I know that Shy-like one, but I couldn't remember the rest. Or, what they looked like.

The fuck?

The pony I saved in the dark forest, was yellow and pink, named… Flutter… Shy I think. Wha- Why can't I exactly remember what happened?

There was a wolf… made out of wood, that attacked the pony… and I saved her… nearly passed out, got the shit beaten out of me from some rainbow pony… then I was confronted by four ponies… and… some other thing, then…

What happened? Why do I have amnesia? How come I just got thi-

Holy shit… He made me forget about what happened? Or… was it all a dream? It can't be- I'm lying in front of a Nurse pony… In a hospital. Is it a dream? Is this one? N-No it can't-

"Sir? Are you alright there?" I got out of my trance there. She looked somewhat worried at my expression, which had a disbelieving and panicking one.

"Yeah, I'm just thinking over some things…" I calmly said, trying to regain myself. What else could I say? If I explained things to this one, she might think I'm crazy. I don't want that to happen, me going to an asylum.

Oh… my fucking head…

"Oh, well… You have a few visitors that want to see you…" Visitors? Who exactly? I guess it makes sense if Fluttershy wants to thank me, but… who else? Maybe that 'Twilight' or 'Rainbow Dash' names I heard.

I looked around for my bag wher- The only thing I remembered… It's gone. W-What?! Where my bag?!

"Where's my bag gone?" I asked worryingly and somewhat angrily. If someone stole my bag, then I'm going to be real mad. Or, if that was a dream, and my bag was never found… Oh, great.

"E-Eh… What bag? When you arrived, there was no bag with you when Dash brought you in… in a… disturbing state…" She looked horrified at those last words. It, most likely, was a dream. Fuck. I didn't know the guys' names anyways.

Dash? Was that the name of the one that beat the shit out of me? Or was she the friend of Fluttershy? My head…

"O-Oh yeah… Send them in." I didn't want to think about this right now. Let's just get this over with.

She nodded, and opened the door, leaving the room in the process. Don't know why. It looked like she murmured something to someone else.

Then came in two ponies. One was yellow and had a pink mane (memories are slowly starting to come back), so that was Fluttershy. And then there were was another, with different colours. Hmm. Technicoloured ponies. This world really is fucking insane. And I'm talking about this purple… unicorn? Every pony I've met has different colours for some reason. Magic has done a lot to this place, hasn't it?

Also, why the fuck are there these random tattoos on their back legs? Magic, I suppose. Ow! My head.

"Are you all right?" the purple unicorn asked, looking slightly worried. I was rubbing my head, while drifting off into space. She seemed like she meant that. Why would she care? Would- Oh, is she one of Fluttershy's friends? I… guess it makes sense that she is here… as well.

Now, let me think about this. Are these three ponies here to congratulate me for saving one of their friends? Maybe. Or… maybe they are here to take advantage of me. Again. Like every fucking time.

For now, I'll play along with this. "Yeah…" I mumbled, sounding somewhat negatively. I tried to be in a positive manner, but I'm in a new world, where I don't know anything, other that it's inhabited by ponies, pegasi, and unicorns.

The yellow pegasi, I think is Fluttershy, stepped forwards from the three that was there. "T-Tha-Thank…" She started off, stuttering while also looking shy. Clue's in the name, for some stupid reason. Is every pony named after their profession or their characteristics? She then continued, looking slightly braver. "Thank you, for saving my life…" She apologised, saying something after that which was so soft that I couldn't hear.

"Yeah, sure." I stated bluntly. A thanks is all I'm going to get out of that?

She jumped back, slightly, after that remark, in shock perhaps. Don't know why. I didn't care why, though it was odd nonetheless. I think it's better to not provoke them right now.

That kinda didn't work. The purple unicorn narrowed her eyes for a second, ever so slightly, before shaking her head and smiling, confusingly. This place is odd. "Well, we all thank you for such an action, and…" the purple unicorn paused for a moment. "We apologise for putting you in that… event." She looked guilty. Why do I get the feeling of Déjà vu? I felt like this conversation has happened before, but I can't remember when.

Well, does it matter? How much of this is truth or bullshit. Or, maybe horseshit in this case. I can't tell if she is acting or not, but It's safe to assume she is. And Fluttershy may be sincere with her words, but I can't trust any of them.

"Alright." I responded with, acting as if I don't care about her apology while looking away for a moment, which I believe is false. If I think she was telling the truth here, which I think I don't, I would say that it wasn't her fault, but as if she could give a real fuck.

Only a matter of time before they turn. Hope is blunt and thin.

I wonder what will happen now. I feel fine, for some reason. I can't remember how badly I was hurt, but I guess that doesn't matter now, as I don't feel any real pain, except for my head a few moments ago, which has now disappeared, surprisingly.

"So, I think you have met Fluttershy here," She said as she waved a hoof towards Fluttershy, who nodded while also smiling. "And now for me…" She softly spoke to herself, which I still heard. "My name is Twilight Sparkle…" I raised an eyebrow while also getting a sightly confused look on my face. So this is that big purple blur at the mossy Darken Africa-like forest, known as Twilight. Names in this world makes no sense to me. And she's a unicorn, in human myth. Don't know why that is, along with pegasi. "…And may I ask…" She paused, awaiting a response from me over my name, which I'm debating over whether to reveal. I decided to keep them guessing.

"Nemarluk is my name." I told them. I've used this name before, and it has some history as to where I was from. Though I'm white for the most part. Wait, why did I think that?

"Nemarluk, may I ask…" She stuttered when she said my name, and looked like she was confused over something. "Where did you come from?" Twilight asked curiously. I wasn't sure how to answer this question. I don't think she would believe me. I then was going to answer honestly over some of the events that happened, before she cut me off.

"Because I have never seen your bi-pedal kind before." She stated, giving further facts that I'm the only human on this new world. I sighed thinking this, wondering how I'm the last human, or really the only human on this world. A terrifying thought. Guess there really isn't a future for me.

So I decided to tell the two that I woke up in the deadly forest, in the morning, while I wandered around for an hour before discovering the pony being confronted by some beast, which I couldn't fully remember. They don't need to know everything that I remembered, and did.

"So…" Twilight started to speak, "You're not from this world." Stating the now obvious, proving my suspicions.

"Yeah, alright…" I muttered, feeling somewhat das that I'm the only human around. But it was somewhat relieving that I don't need to meet more fucking scumbags everywhere… Hopefully these ponies aren't. I wonder how ponies are the sentient beings around.

The two then looked gloomily and sad, and then slowly approached me as I was sitting up over the side of the bed, looking at them as… Wait, are they going to hug me? "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I exclaimed pushing them both back. "As you can see, I'm fine." I stated. Hugging me won't make me feel better. The thought won't ever go away.

Ever.

I think they were both taken back, surprised at my action. They then both postured themselves, very quickly while still looking sad. I guess they knew what I was thinking. "Well, alright." The purple unicorn spoke in a sad tone. She then shook it and was suddenly enthusiastic, for some- "What are you? What kind of species are you? How are you standing on two hooves? Where did you-

I cut her off before things started to get personal. And she was starting to get annoying, asking these questions all at once, and immediately forgetting the moment that just transpired, oddly. This place has some kinds of crazy.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down there." I tried to calm down Twilight. "Okay…" I then tried to compose myself. "I am a human. We are bipedal in nature. How that happened is… a very long story… but yeah." Fuck that is a long story.

"Human… Human… I've never heard of you before." She stated, somewhat obviously. Fluttershy was quiet throughout all of this, surprisingly.

I didn't really wanted to continue with this conversation. "Yeah, alright." I stated once more. I rather not talk about my own kind, which doesn't exist on this planet, thank you very much. Thinking about it, I have to ask "Where am I?" Because I'd rather at least get some information about this place.

"Well, Nemarluk, you are in Ponyville," Oh boy, I sighed and face palmed. How original. I'm guessing this place is mostly, or 100% fully inhabited with ponies, with names that are based of their characteristics and personality. How fucking original. I get the feeling that this is cliché somehow.

Also now that I'm thinking about it, this place feels awfully cartoonish to me, anyways. The art style of everything I see, it makes some sort of sense.

And I could go on with this train of thought, before Twilight continued. "…which is a small village in Equestria." Equestria? The hell- What kind of name is that? Why a nation/country is called Equestria, I don't know. This place is gaining more reasons that this world is crazy. I then thought about the ruler of this land, which I'm guessing is big, for some reason. I then dreaded to ask the question, but she told me so that I didn't have to ask. "Equestria is ruled by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna."

I gave her a deadpanned glare. A Diarchy? How the fuck- That would never work. I mean, how? Humans would tear each other apart, trying to get to power. And no queen. Odd. And their names. 'Celestia' and 'Luna'. Those names have something to do with the sun and moon, I'm betting. This world is starting to get more predictable by the second.

"Alright." I responded with, not giving her any ideas over what I'm thinking. I rubbed my face with my right hand, while standing up, and seeing how taller I am then they are. I'm over a meter taller, that's for sure, but I'm not exactly sure by how much. They flinched when they saw how taller I was over them. I think Twilight's jaw opened up in… awe? I just ignored that.

"Well, I was permitted to leave the hospital now." I looked at a window while saying that, looking at three or four ponies walking past, in different colours, and different tattoos on their back legs. I'm getting even more confused now.

Is there any reasonable logic in this world?

"W-Well," Twilight stuttered, composing herself, yet again, "Would you like a tour of Ponyville?" She asked. That is a stupid name, Ponyville.

I'm still sceptical over what they were going to do, and whether or not they really are nice or not. Time will tell, so I went with it. "Fine, sure." I somewhat stuttered, looking like I didn't care.

"Oh, sure! Let me lead…"

I walked out of the hospital, after getting looks my other patients (there are so few of them), and personnel (which proves that their profession is their characteristic, for some god-awfully weird reason), and… this town, or village, as it seems, looks quite nice. Although it looks medieval to me. The hospital was also designed quite well. The trees and the bushes looked quite nice as well. There were very few other people- or ponies for that matter, who were walking by, on four legs. They gave me odd looks, which I guess is expected.

I looked around, seeing where I am. I started to follow Twilight, who went down the right path. Fluttershy then spoke up for the first time in, five minutes or so. "Sorry, I would like to stay, but my animals need to be fed right now." Animals, eh? So, are ponies the only sentient being around here? Considering the fact that pegasi and unicorns, both are which are myths, do exist, I'm going to take a stab in the dark that Griffons, Dragons, Minotaur, Naga, and other mythical animals exist. Hell, I met a chimera, so it's most likely true.

"If… that's okay with you…" She then softly spoke, shyly.

I shrugged, not really caring if she stays or goes. She may have smiled, not that I could really see it, and ran off somewhere, while I was looking at the sky… There were no clouds anywhere, other than a few places, but they are really small. Also, the sky looks more colourful and brighter than usual, on earth. I guess these places don't have any pollution. But then again, these houses look like they were from the medieval era.

So apart from that, I and the small purple unicorn started walking. The places around here look really nice and… peaceful. It was silence, as I was just taking in the sights. She may have spoken a few times, but I ignored them, because nothing looked that important at the moment.

I was getting even more looks by multiple ponies, all with different colours. I tried to ignore them, but they were starting to get on my nerves. They, or most of them, were murmuring something. I didn't want to hear what they were talking about.

We were both walking over a hill, when I saw a big tree, which looked like someone lived inside of it. That's… somewhat impressive, but then again, magic probably did that. Come to think of it, most of these houses look more or less the same, except for a select few. I wondered who lived in the big tree, before Twilight started walking towards it, while I followed.

"This is my home," She started, looking back at me, while raising a hoof at the tree. "Golden Oak Library." Library? So… she's a librarian? I… guess that could be useful in wanting to know more about this place. That is, if I cared.

But… I just had to ask "How do you live in a tree? And… Why?" because it doesn't seem possible to me. But, magic I suppose. If that's the case, nonetheless 'Magic' is starting to become annoying.

"Well, because it was given to me when I first moved here." Okay I think there's a story behind that, which wasn't interesting to me now.

Now, I would ask her another question, or she would continue explaining illogical sense, before I heard a shriek coming from inside the tree, followed by small flames, which slowly started to spread. "Oh no! I'm sorry, but I have to deal with this! Sorry, but I think you can look around the town by yourself!" She quickly yelled at me, while she ran inside the tree.

Well, that was somewhat rude towards me. First, she didn't ask for my help, for some reason. Two, she just… deserted me in the middle of the grassy street. I wondered if she just hated my presence, and saw this as a reason to ditch me. Maybe, I sighed.

Maybe.

But now, I guess I could wander around by myself, not that I think that I'm in any danger. The flames disappeared as I looked around, being replaced by smoke, drifting into the sky. I wanted to look around the town by myself, but…

I'm completely lost.

I didn't really want to wander around by myself… because other ponies may kick me out of this village for… being different is a plausible term here. As racist as it sounds, it could happen. There were many directions I could walk down. I turned my head in both directions, left and right, and didn't see much of any reason to go down either. Randomly, I started walking right.

Before I heard a yelling coming from behind me, somewhere. I then saw another blue blur, coming at a really fast pace, when I realise that I couldn't move out of the way in time. I tried to brace for the inevitable impact, before I was knocked out. "Oh shit! Brace!" I then heard, followed by a crashing noise was echoed in the complete blackness.

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Then the vision slowly came into view, with the whistling of sand flying through, at a high speed. Three men, with black scarf masks, along with goggles, where tracking through a sandstorm, with the colours from dark red to orange being shown from the sand to the sky. One of them was walking a few metres in front of the other two.

"Gentlemen," Phil started, looking at Henry to his left for a second before looking back at the city, again. "Welcome to Dubai!"

"Yep… it's still dead." Henry stated, looking between Phil and the ruins that laid in front of them, a section of a highway covered in large amounts of sand.

"Yet to be seen, sergeant." Gary stated, walking next to Phil, looking at the city.

"You got a lock on that transmission?" Phil asked, stepping forward.

"Yes, sir! About 800 yards away." Henry answered, with all men looking at the path that laid in front of them.

"Then, we are 800 yards away from findin' out whose more fulla shit - you or Intel." Phil stated, looking at Henry, before walking towards the city, as Henry ran in front them.

The three-man team preceded towards the ruins. "Wow. If I wasn't a hardened kill' machine, that mighta hurt." Henry sarcastically shot back, as the vision showed the city of Dubai far, far away, with dust scuttling around their area. Several sand hills were formed, as they walked down one, towards a section of a ruined highway.

The vision then shoots towards a worn upside-down American flag on a single pole, with the whistling of the wind hitting the flag, before everything faded to white.