Dreams are not always dreams..

Chapters

Unexpected Visit
Introductions & Interrogations
My Journey to Canterlot(And what became of it)

Unexpected Visit

A/N: Yes, I know. An HiE Fanfic, as if there isn't enough. But this is my very first fanfic so constructive critism is accepted! Also, I can't draw, sing, or make music so I thought I'd help out the community for FiM in writing stories. BTW, this isn't going to be a boring one, I've been planning this one for awhile, this'll be a prequel for another fic if this is popular. I have the second chapter written out, just say if you want me to post it!

Dreams are not always dreams..
Dreams are supposed to be, just that, dreams. But sometimes they can be much more than that. Sounds like some sappy Cinderella story, in Rainbow Dash’s words. In this story, you’ll hear about some things that’ll sound crazy, my life in a nutshell. Since I was around 5 years old, I liked to keep to myself. I made my own friends & developed a habit to talk to myself and inanimate objects. Because some of the things I’d say are thing only I would understand. I enjoyed the feeling of being alone. The only problem with that was if I was sad, I’d have no one to talk to but me, myself & I. Though don’t think I didn’t have any real friends, I had a lot of those. But I was content to hang out with myself, if need be. But one day I found a whole new world, somewhere I’d dreamed about going anytime I could, but deemed it impossible to travel there. But dreams can sometimes be truth, however wonderful or horrible they seem. And can change a creature’s heart in a blink of an eye.

Chapter 1: Unexpected Visit

It was a delightful pre-spring morning in the Santa Cruz Mountains, if a bit chilly. Some birds were singing their daily reveille, praising another fine March day. Tents were dotted at the bottom of a hill with campers, specifically Boy Scouts, waking up with much grumbling to start packing up & leaving in cars to their homes in the Bay Area. Though three of these tents were unoccupied, their owners were on top of the hill in a shelter. Choosing instead to keep warm with sleeping bags & their comrade’s body warmth, for it wasn’t a very big shelter. Especially for 4 teen boys. One of these scouts was beginning to wake up, his eyelids fluttered and finally opened. He groaned, reading stories late at night wasn’t a very good idea, even about Friendship is Magic. For these scouts slept together for a different purpose, they were all bronies, they just finding this out about each other two days ago. One of them had brought stories about the Mane 6 playing video games & being the “Mythbuckers” that entertained them through the night. Though doing this before the day they leave wasn’t good in hindsight.

The scout got up, slipping on his shoes while frog-walking towards the exit, for the ceiling was around 2-3 feet in height. And he 5’ 6” & qualified to be a teen with dirty blonde hair, glasses, & acne like most his age. He also had a mustache & some chin hairs that were not impressive. He never thought of himself as beautiful, for he wasn’t. Once at the mouth of the shelter, he stretched blissfully. “This was the life.” He thought, “Hanging out with other bronies, talk about our favorite characters. Not having to be scared about being judged. Ahhh…” The scout was surprised that it had been so warm in the shelter, mainly because of their close proximity to each other, it was pleasant to sleep in, the body heat was very welcome on a terribly brisk night. “We should do this when we come here again.” He contemplated. He then ducked his head in the entrance to face his three, sleeping comrades. Whispering loudly so to not wake up the adults, “Hey guys! Wake up & smell the danishes, because I’ll eat them all if you don’t!” “Hey, David, cool it! We’re not all Applejacks when waking up, you know.” Dan, David’s younger brother replied, “What’s the rush? We don’t need to get going ‘til 6:30.” I facehoofed, “Dan, we need to pack up all this AND our tents, not to mention the patrol gear & trash sweep. Wake the others & get your sleeping bags packed.” I walked over to a tree 8 feet away & relieved myself of my liquids. “Why are you slinging orders around to us? We still don’t have to rush.” Asked Dan, adding his ever-present matter-of-fact tone, something that irritated me since Dan started talking. I then replied, “First, I’m the oldest, so that gives me the right to give you orders.” Which I rarely got to do. “And second, Samuel has been hanging out with the older scouts, shirking his Patrol Leader duties, so I’m acting Patrol Leader. Got that?” I eyed him with my best impression of Fluttershy’s Stare, except from the corner of my eye like a bird. “You fail at doing that, you know.” Dan smirked. I shook my head with amusement, “ Just get everybody up.” Half annoying, Half genuinely funny..” I thought. Dan then gave a comical salute, “Yes, sir! Get them up in no time, Sir!” He then started waking them up with rough shakes. “In his own way.” I mused silently.
“Will, Russell! Get up!” commanded Dan, as he tried to wake them up. Will got up first, “Wha ‘s it?” He slurred, obviously not fully awake. “We shouldn’ get up jus’ yet, go back t’sleep.” He then laid back down to dream a few more minutes. “David told us to, so get up.” Stated Dan, then adding smugly, “He said he’s gonna eat all the danishes.” Never!” Will shouted, instantly bolting upright. “Keep it down. People are trying to sleep here.” Russell said under his pillow. “You aren’t going to get anymore sleep, Russ. The adults will take care of that.” Dan retorted. “Speaking of the adults,” I commented but stopped while drinking from my nalgene, “they’ll be so happy that you’re making a bunch of noise to wake everybody up.” I glared at them angrily. “Oops..” Dan realized, now horrified. The adults were not people you wanted to make angry, they’d make your life hell if they had to. “Always new scouts at heart.” I sighed inwardly. Suddenly, my bladder felt full again. “That’s weird..” I thought. “Get packed up & get down there, I have to go. Mind if I read your Skyrim manual, Will?” “Sure.” I rushed over to another tree 20 feet away on the far side of the hill, grabbing my daypack, nalgenes & Will’s Skyrim manual & throwing the latter into the daypack as I speed-walked. Once I got there I relieved my on the tree, which took about a minute. “Why did my bladder do that? Very strange..” I considered. “This day is going to be very strange, I can feel it.” Little did I know how weird it was going to get.

I zipped up my fly and sauntered back to the shelter to pick up my sleeping bag, and begin my walk back to the camp. Once I reached the shelter, I stuck my head in the entrance. “You guys packed up yet?” I called, but was met with no reply. “They must’ve left without me, of course they’d go without me! I’m going to kill Dan!” I berated myself. I picked up my sleeping bag & started my walk down the path to the camp. Around halfway there, I sensed something following me in the bushes. I was thinking about my knife on my pack, I pulled it out. “If it’s a bear, this knife won’t do anything. Though it doesn’t sound very big..” I thought as I looked around worriedly. Rustling soon reached my ears. “I could scream for help, but that might make it charge. Besides, it might be Dan trying to scare me.” I know you’re there! Come out where I can see you!” I commanded to the bush the rustling was coming from. The last thing I expected came from it. A navy blue-purple creature jumped out from it. More specifically, a pony! Whom I recognized as Princess Luna, standing there with head erect and eyes looking up at me, hair waving majestically like it had a mind of it’s own, for she was around four feet tall. I gazed back at her with disbelieving eyes. Here was a pony, an alicorn, here on Earth! “Greetings, human, I hast traveled far to meet one of thou kind. ‘Tia told me about humans and their funny appearances, I’d hath not believe it if I hadn’t seen it with my eyes. “And she’s talking to me! *squee*” I sheathed my knife, so not to scare her. “Uh.. no offense. But I could say the same for yourself. We don’t get many of your kind here either.” I stated slowly, I was still shocked. Luna looked about the same. “You.. don’t say, ‘Tia neglected to tell me this. Please, pray tell.” She looked at me with interest, edging closer to me while she spoke. I looked into her dark, beautiful eyes, I obliged. “Well, there’s other animals on this planet which we call Earth. All sorts, even Equine, but not like your kind of Equine. None of the animals here can talk except Humans, so we’re the masters of this world, I guess.” “You’re such a sucker, you know that?” “Shut up.”

I had some questions of my own. “I know all about your world, so could you please tell me how you got to mine?” I really wanted to know, whether it be magic or another force. The Lunar Princess looked shocked that I knew about her world, but didn’t press me about it. “I found a very complicated spell to transport objects & beings between other worlds, it seems it worked. I desperately wanted to see your kind up close, the mirror that ‘Tia supplied showed me some things about your world, but was insufficient at interacting with you.” Luna finished. She then circled around me, studying every inch of me with much concentration. I let her until she got to my knife, manipulating it with her magic and pulling it out of its sheath. “Hey! Careful with that! I don’t want you getting cut.” I explained to her firmly. “I hath been trained to use knives for self-defense. Thou observe me!” she then did a couple spins with the knife and threw it at the end of an upturned tree trunk, right in the center of the rings. “Wow, she’s really something..” “Wow, that’s amazing!” she was polishing her hoof while sheathing the weapon with her magic, like she did it everyday. “’Tis nothing. I practice with knives everyday. For if my guards were not present, such as they aren’t now, Equestria would not have a princess of the Night for much longer.” “Nailed it on the everyday thing!” I thought. “Would thou fancy a trip to Equestria for a few days? I’m sure thou would enjoy it.” Luna suggested to my disbelieving ears. “A trip to Equestria!? Heck yes!” I screamed inwardly, “I’d be delighted to go!” I answered her enthusiastically. “Perfect! Thou shall see the marvels of Equestria!” she declared, raising a hoof in a dramatic pose. “*Squee* squared!” I rejoiced inside, basically throwing a party, all in my brain. “So, when do we go?” I asked anxiously, “Now, of course!” Luna stated, her horn starting to glow a bright light blue, crackling energy. “Oh crap..” I thought in the seconds when I grabbed my daypack & sleeping bag when we disappeared into nothing, off this world & into another.

I was falling fast through the air, very fast. The wind whipped through my hair as I descended down to the earth. “I don’t think I’m supposed to be herrreee!” I yelled to myself, barely making any noise because of the wind. I didn’t see Luna falling with me, or anywhere near me. I didn’t see her anywhere. “Something must’ve gone wrong with the spell. Why else would I be speeding to my very possible death.” I contemplated. *1 hour later* “It’s very beautiful up here.” I said to no one in particular, for it certainly was. The sun was just setting in the West while on what I’d assume was Luna’s moon rising in the East. It looked to be evening on the ground, for I could see it now, the dark land masses and I could make out some mountains along the South-West. I even made out some lights which I assumed were towns or cities. “I’m getting awfully close to the ground!” I realized with much panic. I was stuck on the course I’d been taking for the past hour. So unless I landed in a lake, I was doomed. *5 minutes later* The land was approaching at alarming speeds. I gave it another minute before I reached the ground. A forest that I recognized as the Everfree Forest was only 275 feet from where I assumed I would land. ”At least I know I’m in Equestria.” I thought happily, but my happiness was short-lived as I was 100 feet from the ground. “Oh jeez, oh jeez, oh jeez!” I screamed loud enough to be heard over the wind. When I landed, I landed in a tree so my fall was broken, but hit my head on a bulky limb in the process and went unconscious.

I woke up in a world of pain, my head on fire with some of my other limbs. I was surprised that I was in a tree & was wondering how I got there when I saw my pack. Instantly my memories flooded back into my mind. “I’m in Equestria..” I mumbled, my pain forgotten but now in shock about the recent turn of events. I just hung there for about ten minutes, musing over my situation. “Will my parents find out I’m missing? Where will they look? Will anyone miss me?” Finally, I climbed out of the tree to retrieve my daypack on the ground. It was a beautiful morning, some birds were singing. A couple clouds in the air as I checked my watch, “8:30, Seems about right.” There was a note on the top of the bag. Puzzled I began to read it. “Dear human, I hope you like our land of Equestria. I got some things from your house, your favorite things in the world. They are in the bag with your toothbrush, don’t forget to brush. Love, Luna.” I thought about the note, “That’s nice of her, I wonder what she put in there. ‘Don’t forget to brush’?” I was baffled about the last sentence in her note, but quickly dismissed it. “Well, let’s see what she put in here..” I put the note in my pocket & zipped the main compartment open. In it was: my Playstation 3 with 4 controllers & some of my games, my phone, my laptop w/ charging cord & memory stick, my old 2005 Zen Nano with my headphones, a flashlight, my 1st aid kit, my iPod touch, & some of my favorite books including my Bible. I pondered about all the things in the bag. “Wow, she really knows what I like, even my religion. How does she know all this about me? And how did she fit all that in there?” I did a mental facehoof. “Duh. She’s a demi-god who’s around 980 years old.” “This is a historic day for man & equine.” I stated to the tree, I’d always wanted to be in a history book. I’d always loved history since I was 6 years old. And now I’m the first person ever to be in Equestria, historic no matter how you slice it. “Though you weren’t.” “Shush, you’re giving stuff away!” I looked to the Everfree Forest in the distance, about 250 feet away. “I might need to travel a bit to get to civilization, preferably Ponyville.” I stated inwardly, I started to turn around, observing the terrain. “I wonder.. where I’ll have to.. go..” I stopped in my tracks. “You moron..” The irritating side of my brain said. The thing that met my eyes was around 125 feet away, it was a cottage. With bird houses in the trees close to it. A stream babbling near it, and a bridge over the stream with animals of all kinds, mostly rodents, scampering over it to get to the building. I knew exactly what it was, “Fluttershy’s Cottage..” was all I could say, flabbergasted. I started heading towards it, walking at first but soon running. I was running as fast as I could, even with all the stuff in my daypack and my cumbersome sleeping bag in my hands. “What a stroke of luck! I can’t wait to meet her!” I yelled in my mind.

I stopped within 10 feet of the cottage, I was at the back, facing a window to the building. I stood there for about a minute, unsure of what to do. Excitement overtook me and I started jumping in the air yelling & hooting for joy, even dancing. I then yelled, “I’M IN EQUESTRIA!”

Fluttershy was in her living room with the animals in her care. Most of them were sick or injured and required medical attention. That was no problem for her, since she was a skilled nurse. She was treating some animals before breakfast to get an early start on the day. She was placing a splint on a rabbit’s foreleg while calming it down, “There, there. See? It didn’t hurt a bit now, did it?” The rabbit looked at its foreleg in disgust, then tried to hop but fell flat on its face. Fluttershy chuckled, she sounded like an angel, “Don’t hop around with that splint on your leg, keep off of it for 3 weeks. Otherwise I might have to put a splint on your face.” She joked. The rabbit nuzzled her foreleg as a sign of thanks. “Oh, no need. I was happy to help.” She then trotted off to her next patient. But she was interrupted by another bunny, her pet bunny Angel. He jumped in front of her, trying to get her attention. “Oh, what is it, Angel?” Angel pointed to the kitchen with an urgent look in his eyes. “Oh, but it’s not breakfast yet.” Fluttershy pointed out. Angel looked at her with an unamused stare before bouncing into the kitchen, Fluttershy following close behind. He then pointed at the window, gesturing that she look outside. “What’s outside? I know it’s going to be a beautif-“ She stopped, frozen at what she saw. There was something she’s never seen before. Outside was a hairless monkey with hair only on its head, in clothes, jumping up and down yelling & screaming. It had a saddlebag-like thing and another bag. But what she noticed most was a knife on the saddlebag, her pupils were almost pinpricks as she saw the weapon. She screamed and galloped into the nearest closet, Angel running after her. She closed the door to the closet before Angel could reach it, he knocked on the door hard. “Angel!” she shouted in terror, “Find someplace to hide! That thing will kill us all!” Angel had other plans for her, he knocked ever harder on the wooden door. Fluttershy cracked it open & looked at Angel. “What is it? Can’t you see that it had a weapon!” she said in horror, obviously shaken at what she had seen. Angel started to stare at her like her “Stare” and pointed out at the window. “No, Angel, I’m not sure it would work. Besides we’d be better off hiding.” she stated meekly. Angel now pointing at the injured animals in her living room, his face almost seemed to say, “What about them? They’re in no condition to run & hide. Do it for them.” She then stopped shaking, having a determined look on her face. Then said, “You’re right, Angel. I’ll do it for the animals, to neutralize that, dumb, MEANIE!” She then walked toward the door to fix the ape with the “Stare”. Angel hopped behind with a contented look on his face. “This is gonna be good..” he thought as they exited the cottage.

I was heading to the front door to knock on it, when Fluttershy herself walks out with Angel beside her. “Hi! I’m not from h-“ was all I got to saying when I looked into Fluttershy’s eyes. She was using the “Stare”. Instantly I was frozen, those eyes taking up all my memories. Everything I had remembered, everything I cared about was taken up by those eyes of brilliant azure fury. I dropped to the ground in a fetal position, paralyzed as I couldn’t forget those piercing eyes.
Fluttershy was pleased that the creature was incapacitated for the time being. Her animals were safebut she was unsure on what to do with the hairless being, who was now hyperventilating, frozen as a statue. Angel grabbed its leg and started to pull it towards the house. Fluttershy was happy to comply, sensing that her companion had a plan. They both hauled the creature inside her cottage. She took off its saddlebags, being careful with the knife. They then pushed it into the closet Fluttershy was in earlier and locked the door. “Whew, I’m glad that’s over.” She announced, “I’m going to get the others over here, you stand guard, Angel.” The bunny threw a smart salute & stood by the closet door. Fluttershy saluted back & trotted out the door. She took off into the morning air, flying softly over rolling plains. “I wonder what everyone will make of this.” She thought as she headed towards Ponyville.

A/N: Video games in Equestria? Nopony else has done it..
Please comment, I'd like to correct my mistakes.

Introductions & Interrogations

Chapter 2

Introductions & Interrogations

The day started out pretty much the same every day in Ponyville. When there wasn’t an impending disaster, by a jealous sister turned evil to make it night forever, to a draconequus that’s obsessed with chaos and made king. But more often than not, other disasters rear their ugly heads. But life still goes on as normal, and today was no exception. If painfully slow.

The Ponyville Library was more quiet than usual, not many ponies paid much attention to books for recreation unless they needed information. But that was changing as well. Somepony invented a piece of equipment called a “Television” just 2 months ago. Twilight got her hooves on the revolutionary device a week after it was invented. Though she didn’t anticipate the crowd of ponies trying to see it do what it did. At the moment, Twilight was in her basement, reading the owner’s manual about it & learning about what made it tick. For Celestia had asked her to use it & tell her what she thought of it. While Spike was using it, He enjoyed the channels it had to offer and the shows that came with them, despite the number of channels that were on.

“Twilight, the Princess asked you to experience the Television, not read about it.” Spike complained, his eyes glued to the screen while watching “Little Stable on the Prairie” on EBC, the Equestrian Broadcasting Channel.”Applebloom does a great job as Laura, she was practically born for the role.”

“There’s due time for that later, Spike,” Twilight stated. “I just want to know what makes this thing work, it’s very interesting if you care to read it.” She levitated the manual over to her assistant, not hearing a word she said. Spike noticed the manual floating by his head and paged through it for several seconds then handing it back over to Twilight.

“High-powered radio-frequencies, huh? That’d put me to sleep sooner than warm lava can.” He said, focusing his attention back to the Television, lost to the world. Twilight shook her head with a chuckle,

“Same old Spike.” She said to herself. “I wouldn’t want it any other way..” She opened the manual back to where she left off, reading more about the fledgling device that changed Equestria in an instant.

*1 hour later* Twilight heard a flurry of knocking unleashed on her door, all seeming urgent. She put down the book & walked to the door, opening it. A rainbow mane appeared in her face a split-second after she opened the door, pushing Twilight back into some bookshelves. Spike didn’t even acknowledge this, still watching the television. Twilight, on her back, looked down at a cyan, rainbow-maned Pegasus on her stomach. Twilight pushed Rainbow Dash off of her,

“Rainbow, I told you if you burst through my door it had to be an emergency!” She exclaimed. “It is an emergency! Fluttershy caught a weird creature outside her house, she said it looked like a monkey. Except it’s hairless.” Dash explained to the irritated unicorn. The rest of the Mane 6 came in rather hurriedly, with worried looks on their faces.

“Yeah,” Said the orange Earth Pony in her unique accent, “From what ah heard of it, ‘sounds like a queer little critter. Ah can’t wait t’ see it.”

“Seeing it is probably the worst thing we can do, Applejack.” Rarity commented on her friend’s wishes to see the beast. “It’s most likely dangerous, with that ghastly knife Fluttershy said it had.”

“The knife was taken away from it when Fluttershy captured it, you should pay attention more, Rarity.” Pinkie corrected her, it was almost impossible to understand her with the pink pony’s permanent sugar rush. “Besides, it probably looks funny. I’d love a good laugh!”

“I’m not afraid of it! Even with its knife.” Rainbow Dash boasted, jumping up to hover in the air. Twilight rolled her eyes at Rainbow’s comment, then facing the others. “Ok, I need to see this creature. Where is it being held?”

“Over at Fluttershy’s, Pinkie answered, “She used the Stare on it, you know about that, it fell like a leaf!” the Earth Pony toppled over for emphasis. Twilight ignored her, this wasn’t the time or the place for Pinkie’s antics.

"Ok, then. Let’s go!” she dictated to her friends. They all shuffled out the door, then headed out to Fluttershy’s cottage. Spike then blinked and shook his head to clear it. He noticed that Twilight wasn’t in the building. Spike shrugged, then continued watching the television. “Yes! New episode of Dr. Whooves! My favorite!”

I was unconscious for 30 minutes. The perks to living alone were few, but useful. One of them was my ability to mentally heal myself. Because that Stare was MENTAL! I awoke from my slumber to find myself sucking my thumb in the fetal position, I pulled it out as fast as I could. Embarrassed, I found myself in a closet.

“Fluttershy must’ve been threatened by me, that hurts my soul.” I thought achingly, “But understandable, I’m the first human to come to Equestria. It’d be weird if they weren’t threatened by me.” I knocked on the door, “Is anyone here?” I asked through the door. I heard some thumps on the door, obviously to quiet me. “Angel must be here,” I smiled at the thought of Angel guarding the door. “The door is probably locked so I’m not going to bother. Maybe there’s something useful in my pockets.” I checked my pockets fervently, I found my headphones & Zen. “Good, at least I won’t be bored. Dubtrot here I come!” I thought happily, I put them on and turned on the music, patiently awaiting my captors.

Twilight and the other Mane 6 finally made it to Fluttershy’s cottage. They found a wounded dog on the side of the road and had to wait a half-hour for Fluttershy to patch it up & put it on her back. With the 50 lb. dog on her back, she was slowed down considerably. But they were here, and Twilight was itching to see and research everything about the creature. Rarity looked like she wanted to be anywhere else, even with Sweetie Belle, except here. Pinkie was bouncing up & down excitedly as usual. Applejack was slightly nervous, Rainbow was the same. Fluttershy, however, was not holding back her fear, with eyes the size of medium-size plates. Twilight started giving out orders,

“Fluttershy, you need to get your Stare ready if it charges, Pinkie will distract it by running around if the Stare doesn’t work. Rainbow & Applejack will be cover to keep the heat off both of you. I will get a sleeping spell prepared to tranquilize it, if all else fails. Rarity, you should run for cover if any of this happens.”

“Do not fear, Twilight, I will watch from a safe distance.” She declared. Twilight nodded,

“Good, I’ll try to communicate. It might be able to speak our language.” Twilight opened the door and went inside followed by the others, Fluttershy leaving the dog by the door. Twilight’s eyes were greeted by Angel digging through the creature’s backpack on the kitchen table. Pulling out a flat, rectangular device, most of the space taken up by the screen, except for a button near the bottom. Angel, quite impressed with it, pushed the button. The screen lighted up with the time & a rectangle with the words, “Slide to unlock” on it. Angel touched the rectangle and it moved to his delight. Twilight trotted over to Angel & the device,

“May I?” she asked the bunny politely. The bunny held it closer to his body, until Fluttershy coughed. He stared at it wistfully, then handing it over to Twilight. “Thank you.” She said and slid the slider until it reached the end. A keypad appeared where the slider was, disappointing the purple unicorn. She recognized the numbers on the keypad, “It’s in our language!” She exclaimed excitedly. “Even though its password protected, we’ll have to ask the creature to unlock it.” She stated.

“Well, let’s git to it.” Applejack concluded with no further ceremony.

They all approached the closet door warily except Rarity, who was hiding behind a couch, despite the dust. “Ready, everyone?” Twilight asked.

“R-r-ready as we’ll ever be.” stated Fluttershy with unbridled anxiety. Pinkie was providing covering fire with her party cannon, which she was never without. Much to the chagrin of her comrades, for Pinkie’s place in the plan was to distract the beast. Twilight exasperated with fear and annoyance herself, and spoke to the creature in the closet.

“H-hello, creature. Can you understand us?” There was a rustle from behind the door. Then a voice came out with deep, gruff tones.

“No, I cannot understand your language.” Everyone whimpered at the demonic voice, until hearty laughing came from inside the closet. “Hahaha! I gotcha didn’t I? Heehee, yes, Twilight Sparkle. I can understand your language.” The voice that came from the door sounded young & male.

Twilight was relieved that it sounded friendly, “Okay, wait. How do you know my name?” She asked, puzzled.

“I’d love to tell you, but it’s not fun in here. I’d be grateful if you let me out.” There was silence for a few moments, the ponies unsure of whether to let him out. “Pinkie promise.” Again said the voice, Pinkie was ecstatic.

“Okie Dokie Lokie!” She said happily, bouncing over to the doorknob before anyone could stop her.

“Pinkie, wait!” Twilight shouted, but the deed was done. The door creaked open to reveal the being behind it. Rarity was peeking out from behind the couch, before screaming,

“You monster! Look at its clothes, so drab!” Everyone else was speechless, it was like nothing they’d ever seen. The creature was not at all upset at Rarity’s outburst.

“I’m sorry if my choice of clothes offends you. I was on a campout when Luna came out of nowhere and teleported me your land. I landed near Fluttershy’s cottage and I really wanted to meet you, Fluttershy.” At this, Fluttershy blushed & hid her face in her mane, even though Rarity looked at it with eyes narrowed. “I’m really happy to be here, it is near-impossible where I live. I’ve heard the stories about this place, and about the Elements of Harmony. I’ve wanted to meet you for so long and now I have.” It said all but the last bit briskly but contentedly.

Twilight was burning with questions but the main one on her mind was, “What are you? And how can you talk, in our language as well?”

The creature thought for a moment, stroking its chin. “Well, to explain that, we should probably sit down.” The ape suggested.

Twilight could barely stop herself from tackling the beast & demanding it to answer all her questions right then & there. But if she did that, if it came from a civilized society at least, it would not make a good impression on its leaders. So she simply stated,“That would be excellent, does that sound good to everypony?”

Needless to say, not everypony was happy with the idea.

Rainbow hovered right next to Twilight’s ear, whispering to her as she did, “I don’t think so, Twi, haven’t you seen his knife? I don’t think we can trust him, but if we had some Royal Guards here, well..”

“I’ll send a message to the Princess right before we interrogate him ourselves. Besides, he did Pinkie promise.” Twilight responded, glancing at the being, it now sitting down nervously on Fluttershy’s sofa.

“And that’s another thing, how does he know about that? He talks about Equestria as if it’s the Wonderbolts or something. They’re probably just old mare’s tale where he comes from.”

“I’m afraid I have to side with Rainbow Dash on this one,” Rarity chimed in, scooting up to Twilight’s left. “We don’t know what it’s capable of or what mission it has here. I don’t believe for a second Princess Luna just appeared in his world, teleported him to our world, then came back here for a spot of tea. I find these circumstances quite dubious.”

"Aw, shucks. If he tries somthin’ funny, me & Rainbow can sort ‘im out easily. We have ‘is knife, right?” Applejack stated, siding up on Twilight’s right. “Ahm good with us askin’ it a few questions before some guards get ‘ere.”

“Oh, but I don’t want him to be too burdened with questions,” Fluttershy said, fluttering above Applejack’s head. “He’s probably tired from his trip over here, and just look at those bruises on his arms. I just have to help him, Twilight, I just have to.”

“Yeah! I have some very important questions I want him to answer!” Pinkie agreed with Fluttershy, with Pinkie now on her back under Twilight’s body since there was no more room on her sides & Pinkie couldn’t fly. “Which reminds me,” Pinkie remembered, facing the creature while still under Twilight with her head upside-down. “Do you have parties on your planet? And do you like them?” She inquired with her signature smile plastered on her face.

The creature brightened up after Pinkie Pie talked to him, mostly at her antics than somepony acknowledging him. “Of course, who doesn’t?” Pinkie was overjoyed at this answer,

“Yaaaayyy!” She then appeared at the creature’s side, blowing a party blower.

“Pinkie!” Twilight said sternly, “Interrogate first, party later.” Pinkie’s expression darkened for a moment, then grew sunny again.

“Of course! I need to get the party set up!” She sped out the door in a pink blur, anxious to create her first party for an alien. Twilight shook her head with an amused smile. Same old Pinkie Pie..

“You must excuse Pinkie Pie, she’s.. sporadic at best.”
The creature nodded understandably,

“Yes, I understand. She always made me laugh.” He chuckled at her previous act just several seconds ago.

“Well then, on that note. Shall we begin?” Twilight requested with an eager look in her eye. The creature nodded,

“Yeah, let’s get to it.”

We were all sitting on chairs with me on the sofa, Applejack & Rainbow Dash on either side of me. I could tell this was to discourage me from running or hurting one of them, but the way Rainbow looked at me was enough to keep me planted there. Twilight was in front of me, with a notebook & quill to take things down.

“Ready?” She asked me, cheerful to begin questioning. I nodded grimly to the two guarding me.

“I think I have no choice, ow!” I joked before Rainbow nudged me hard with her elbow, clearly taking offense.

Twilight glared at her, “He hasn’t made any motion to hurt us yet, Rainbow.” She reminded the fidgeting Pegasus.

“Fine.” Rainbow replied, not too happy about it. Twilight focused her attention to me.

“Okay, first off. What is your name?”

“David Plaiddson.”

“Where do you live?”

“Planet Earth, North America, California.”

“What is your species?”

“Human.”

What is your race, if any?”

“1/2 Norwegian, 1/2 Mexican, 1/8 German, & a bit of Polish.”

“Is there any difference between these races?”

“Not much, Mexicans are darker-skinned, Germans, Polish, & Norwegians lighter-skinned. We don’t have wings or horns, for magic doesn’t exist in my world.”

“Tch, no wings. How’s that for useless?” Rainbow scoffed. I looked at her & replied,

“We have jets, they are machines that can fly through the air just as fast as you can. Maybe even faster.”

Rainbow just stared at me as if I’d grown a horn then proceeded to laugh non-stop. “Bahahahaha! Machines that can fly as fast as me! I’d love to see one try.” She boasted, still giggling. I just rolled my eyes at her cockiness. Twilight was looking troubled,

“You don’t have magic? Then how do you power your things? Or how you raise the sun and moon?”

“Well, we use electricity from all sorts of things. Hydroelectricity, wind, nuclear, coal, gas, cooking oil. It’s endless, but the Earth is supplying our needs. As to the sun & moon, it does it by itself. Like your Everfree Forest. The Earth rotates around the sun, the moon rotates around the Earth. Inertia pulling the moon away, gravity pulling it to the earth, it’s in perfect balance.” The others were shocked when I told them about the moon, as I expected.

“All on its own? Why, that’s crazy talk that’s what it is.” I guess Applejack is denying it. Twilight shook her head.

“Maybe not here in Equestria, but it must be for Earth.” I nodded,

“I must admit, when I heard of the way you ponies do it, it sounded like crazy talk as well.”

Twilight furiously scribbled this down, but had another question on her mind, “How many humans are on the Earth, and do you live at peace? No wars with other species?” I was apprehensive about the war question, but I obliged.

“Well, *cough* we have 7 billion. Not as crowded as you think, at least, you get used to it.” This was the second time I’d shocked them.

“Se-seven billion? How do you even feed yourselves? Are the forests still there?” Fluttershy ventured, whom had stayed silent until now.

“Some places have famines, I live in the United States so there’s not many famines there. It’s a privilege, really. The forests are still there as well, I just came out of one.” I assured them. Twilight was interested about this “United States” “The United States, that’s a country, right?”

“Yes.” I nodded. “But you said that you were Norwegian, Mexican and all that other stuff. Why didn’t you stay there?” She inquired.

“My ancestors were Norwegian but they came to the US to have a better standard of living. My parents & I were born in the US. The United States has always been about freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the right to bear arms, the list goes on. It’s one of the superpowers of the world.” Twilight considered this for a moment, then glanced at my bag.

“Well, before I ask you about your bag, you still haven’t answered my question. Have you had wars with other species?”

I shook my head, “No, we’re the dominant species. We have Equine like yourself, but they don’t talk, make cities, or are brightly colored. No cutie marks either. We just war with each other, country verses country. I can’t remember a time when there wasn’t a war going on. We just develop better technology to kill each other with, robots, guns, even a bomb dropped out of a jet that can decimate whole cities.” I said this very grimly, which I regretted instantly. There was a sickening silence in the room, obviously I scared them too much. They were frozen in place, staring at me. War must’ve been rare here.

“Of course, I didn’t bring anything like that with me. Really that bomb is never used anymore.”

“You monsters..” was all that Rarity uttered before she fainted with much fanfare, Fluttershy looked to be almost there herself.

“I wouldn’t dream of doing that to your society, you’re peaceful and it would be just plain evil if someone did that.” I was trying to salvage the conversation, otherwise they’d think my species as barbaric.

“Well,” Twilight said, starting to recover from the shock, “I think I should ask you about the gadgets you brought with you if you don’t mind.”

“Of course,” I said briskly, grasping the chance. “I think we’ve spent enough time with the interrogations.” I hurried over to the table in the kitchen where my stuff was spread out. Angel was trying to unlock my iPod, looking frustrated as his attempts at unlocking it had failed. I wasn’t going to bother him, it’d probably be permanently locked for an hour anyway. I rummaged through my stuff, marveling at how much stuff was packed in there at one time, and finally selecting my laptop. “This should wow ‘em.” I thought.

“There, this is called a computer, laptop to be specific.” I placed it on Fluttershy’s coffee table and opened the lid. Lastly, I got out my travel mouse and pad, turning on the mouse. Twilight took the opportunity to tap at the keys, which she’d press three of them if she placed her hoof on it. By now, everyone had gathered around the table, wanting to see this “computer” I pressed the on button on the upper left of the keyboard, the screen didn’t respond for a few seconds, then lighted up with the words “Lenovo” The screen went dark for a couple seconds more, then coming to the login screen. I clicked my name & typed in the password. “I’d appreciate it if you turned away, if you don’t mind.” Rainbow merely laughed right in my face,

“Who do you think you’re foalin’? Why should we turn around? Just so you can stab us in the back?”

“No, it’s my password. It’s supposed to be personal and it’s only for me to know it.” I explained with as much patience as I could muster, “She wasn’t this annoying in the show..” I lamented inside. I knew it’d be some time before they’d trust me as a friend, especially since I told them about my kind.

“Uh, Rainbow. I don’t think he will. Otherwise he would have done it by now.” Fluttershy stated, noticing she was attracting attention after her declaration. “Oh, but. You know, whatever you want is fine.” Fluttershy added, hiding once again in her pink mane. “Daaawwww..” I gushed inwardly, that was probably the most adorable thing I’d seen here yet. I composed myself & coughed.

“Well, yes. I’m not here to hurt you. So if you please don’t mind.” Everyone complied except Rainbow, she shot a disgusted glare at me before she finally turned around. “Thank you!” I exhaled in my mind, as soon as I typed in the password, it brought me to my desktop. “Good thing I didn’t have my pony theme on..” I breathed inwardly, but my relief was short-lived. “My pony icons!” I shouted deep down, as quick as a wink I clicked the first thing my cursor rested on.

“Oh!” Twilight exclaimed, is this what it’s like?” She implored, I nodded.

“Yeah, it must’ve turned on Minecraft when it started up. By the way, it’s a game, very complex on how it works. It uses a series of classes, with code typed on it, and those are run by an application to start up the game.” I glanced at Twilight to see what she thought, her pupils were abnormally large for a pony. A very hungry look was right in her eyes, just waiting. It was something new to learn, of course. She’d be all over it if I wasn’t careful.

“Um, Twilight? Are you alright?”

“Hmm?” She snapped out of her spell, shaking her head to clear it as she did. “Oh! Sorry, I just thought your explanation to be.. very interesting..”

I was a little concerned by her behavior, “Uhh, okay. Anyway, this is Minecraft. It’s a sandbox game, you can do anything you want. The world is essentially made of blocks, you can either survive, hunt for food, fight monsters at night, and have limited resources.” I paused for some air, “I suggest you start out on that one if you want to play. Then you’ll get more experience. But I must warn you, it is extremely addicting.” I added on a slightly sinister note, no one noticed.

“It’s mine!” Rarity shouted, contrary to her lady-like stature. She grabbed the mouse & slid the cursor over to the “start game” prompt. But before she could select this option, two Royal Guards, one Pegasus with his near-white coat patched with black spots & one green unicorn with busy eyebrows, entered Fluttershy’s domain.

“Whoa, I guess that pink Earth Pony was right, and I thought she was just high.” The Pegasus murmured, amazed that an alien had arrived in their world.

“Silence,” His companion ordered, apparently the officer of the two with the blue star in his armor. “I’m afraid you’ll have to come with us mister..”

“I’m a human.” I informed him. “Human, that’s a weird name.” The Pegasus remarked. The unicorn took no notice of him, instead turning his attention to my things.

“Those’ll have to come along as well, our princess would love to talk to you.” The unicorn commanded, none too trusting. My heart leaped at the mention of the princess.

“Great! I’d love to meet Princess Celestia.” I happily chirped, I gathered my stuff & stuffed it into my bag, leaving the laptop last. The unicorn guard was always behind me waiting for me to make a move. Rarity clutched at my laptop, disappointed that she couldn’t experience it just yet. I gently grabbed it, then pulled it away. The Pegasus guard became interested in my laptop,

“What does that thing do?” He ventured, I looked straight at him.

“Stuff you couldn’t even imagine.” I answered with mystery. The unicorn guard took this as a threat, using his magic to snatch it out of my hands.

“I’ll have to confiscate that, I think our techies will want to see that.” He put the laptop into his armored saddlebags. I shrugged,

“Fine, will I get it back later?” I questioned, the Pegasus shook his head.

“Nope, they’ll figure out if it’s dangerous or not. We can’t take your word for it, obviously, so we’ll have to take all your stuff.” He pulled out some rope from his saddlebags, “We’re gonna have to tie your paws up as well, Guard rules. I would use hoofcuffs, but they’re too big for your arms.” The Pegasus forewarned. I hesitated for a moment,

“Err, okay.. And they’re hands.” I responded, I wanted to show that I was peaceful.

“Cool, just tell me if they’re too tight.” He started to tie the rope around my wrists, they were scratchy but tolerable. It was amazing how they did it, without fingers and all. I gave him a thumbs up.

“They’re good.” The unicorn checked his comrade’s handiwork,

“Hmm, good enough. You still need to work on your knots, Cloud Shot.” I noticed their cutie marks for the first time. The Pegasus’ was a speeding cloud, the unicorn’s, a helmet with an arrow being broken against it by its strength.

"You’ve told me that since I was a private, Helmet Head.” Cloud Shot retorted, receiving an angry glare from his brother in arms.

“That’s Sargent Helmet Head Sir to you! Don’t make me have to report you for insubordination! Do you understand?” The Sargent bellowed suddenly. Cloud Shot instantly snapped into place, saluting as he did.

“Sir yes sir, Understood sir!” He yelled, amusement still in his eyes at irritating a fellow officer.

“Can we come along too? I have some information to deliver to the princess that should be delivered in person.” Twilight piped in. Helmet Head raised his bushy eyebrows with recognition,

“Shining Armor’s sister? Of course, I hear from him that you’re her prized student.” He remarked, Twilight blushed at the compliment. “Any info about this beast will be greatly appreciated.” Needless to say, I was indignant about being called a beast,

“Hey! This beast has a name, you know.” I complained. Cloud Shot smirked,

“Sorry, Human, Helmet Head has a rep for being insensitive.” Helmet Head grumbled at this but let it slide.

“Okay, let’s move out.” He ordered in a commanding voice, everyone complied. Helmet Head was in front, me behind him. Cloud Shot, who was supposed to be guarding me, ended up whispering to Twilight about what I’d assume to be her brother. Either there was an episode about him, or the writers didn’t mention him. Everyone else was behind them. We marched with a flowery meadow on our right and a small woods on the left, with Ponyville in the distance. Helmet said that we’d travel by train to Canterlot once we got there.

“I just didn’t think I’d meet the princess bound..” I contemplated, looking up to the sky at the glorious, sunny day.

Unbeknownst to the party of Equine, someone was following them. The figure in question was in one of the trees in the woods, waiting for them to pass before dropping silently from his bough. It was a pegasus, white fur, dark sunglasses and clothed in a mute green combat attire with a scarf over his muzzle. He didn’t have a cutie mark, stating that, officially, he wasn’t even there. He stared in the direction the ponies had gone.

“Code name: Obelisk is en route to Ponyville with escort, no sign of hostiles so far. Copy, Upbeat?” He notified into his microphone, there was a bit of static before a reply came.

“Solid copy, Sights, I’ve got you on my LMIP. Do ya need Flip to assist you?” The voice was feminine, with a curious accent. The white pony thought about this before responding.

"I shant ask how his mission went, Obelisk is here. So the mission went alright?" He asked, the response was more than ecstatic.

"It actually worked! He was disguised as Code name: Dusk & mimicked her magic signature! He could assist ya, ya know." She informed him. “Negative, I’ll be fine on my own, I don't need that life-devoid ferret on my ops.This shape-shifting thing is going to make combat very weird though. Especially since I can't use a gun. I’m a Support, not Stealth, I’m pretty sure we can go without disguises. Just stick to the shadows and keep a low profile, like the boss taught us.” Sights heard what sounded like a sigh and a groan, all at the same time, before an answer came.

“It’s still beta testing, what’cha expect? It’s very new technology. The boss didn’t get to polish its performance before it happened.” The white pony frowned under his turtleneck, he didn’t like talking about that about as much as Upbeat did. Why she brought that up wasn’t going to solve any problems.

“Besides, there shouldn’t be any hostiles around for at least a week, they haven’t got their forces organized. We're retrofitting attachments for pony cameras for guns. So don't worry, they'll come with the care package. Their Stealth might be around Canterlot though, keeping an eye on Code name: Dusk & Dawn. It looks like they also inserted someone in & "invented" television, not sure why but we'll keep an eye on it. Their CProgram is up too, but they shouldn’t use that until they have a clear shot of Obelisk. Fritzy must’ve been working overtime, yes?” All of this pleased Sights except for the possibility of Stealth crawling about. He smiled beneath his scarf, actually believing that this could go easily for once.

“Copy, Upbeat. I’ll follow them on the train & set up shop in Canterlot. Electronic silence until I reach destination.” He took to the air with his wings, flying low to avoid detection in order to intercept the train without a hitch.

“Good luck, Sights. Bring the boss back home.” Upbeat said before Sights turned off his comms.

My Journey to Canterlot(And what became of it)

Chapter 3

The Journey to Canterlot(And what became of it)

Being deep in the Everfree forest is never a good thing, it's akin to jumping into a pool of very hungry sharks. For that reason, it's the perfect location for a secret base, be it for good or bad. Anyone trying to find your base will either be dead within a few hours or at your doorstep, begging for you to finish him off. Many bases scattered throughout the forest are uninhabited, once used by revolutionaries & black market individuals. One of these was inhabited by creatures not in those catagories, and twice as bad.

"The ground forces need to be deployed!" A deep voice shouted out in the council of war. The room in question was desperately in need of better lighting, but stayed dark at the forceful suggestion of a member of said Council. "Our enemy is here, on our very doorstep no less! We need to strike hard & fast to destroy him before he gains his powers again. Why do all of you disagree and hold back?" The voice, whom was very irritated, belonged to a broad-shouldered, dark tabby, oversized cat.

"I'm very sure we can conquer this land quite quickly, it will be much harder if the AFM show up & alert the current government about our existance," He emphesized the fact by banging his paw onto the long, spindly table.

"I agree, this base cannot stay hidden for long. We must attack tomorrow! These pathetic ponies will bend to our will," a second feline, a female, anthromorphic wildcat clad in furs, concurred with him.

"I don't think so, puny beings, there are a number of problems with this plan," A very demonic-sounding voice chimed in. The creature whom it belonged to was a biomechanical being, shrouded in shadow as if it were a cloak. His armor once colored maroon, now spotted green with age. He was as old as time itself..

"Firstly, these beings are stronger than you think, our forces are not organized neither equipped to launch an assault on this land. I can feel the power like the sun eminating from the capital city, much like Metru Nui in its time. Oh how I wish to crush this place in my shadows." He said slowly and with menace, the shadows around him were eminating a faint piercing screech, wishing it to be so. "Second, I'm sure our dear friend Dr. Fleischer has the solution to destroy the Kobald. Doctor?" The shadowed being gestured to a white, middle-aged Earth Pony with a black & red mane, lab coat & goggles strapped to his forehead. He bowed his head at his introduction.

"Zhank you, Teridax," He thinly smiled when Teridax growled at being addressed by his former name. "As you know, I vas a human before I became stranded here in Eqvestria. I vas part of zhe Fuher's research of mind control, a very ambitious idea at zhe time, by putting electronics in a subject's brain. It would give zhem specific commands und still allow zhem zheir full personalities, so zhat you vouldn't even realize zhat zhey're mind-controlled," Dr. Fleischer paused as if it was something to be proud of. "I even worked in zhe same facility as Dr. Maxis, Sam's father, rest his soul."

The fifth creature, merely a ghost, hovered near his side holding a teddy bear dripping with blood. She was in control of endless armies of undead after a freak accident that killed her father. Sam had been trying to kill the man responsible for as long as she had given her minions orders.

"Vhen I vas teleported here to escape certain death, I vas turned into an Eqvine. I soon discovered zhat zhis land vas filled vith zhem, I decided to continue mein vork here, avay from mein Fuher.

"By pure coincedence, three young ponies played very near to mein shack. I invited zhem in for some nonexistant cupcakes, zhen I trapped zhem und experimented on zhem, trying to reprogram zheir minds to obey me. Zhe first one didn't survive zhe tests. Luckily, zhe second one did, a pink filly. I vould have vorked on zhe third one undtil I vas found out. I escaped and fled to zhe Everfree Forest."

"That's all very well, but how will this "mind-control" get rid of the Kobald?" The tabby demanded impatiently. Dr. Fleischer looked slightly annoyed at this interruption, but recovered his composure.

"I vas getting to zhat, perhaps I should elaborate. Bring in zhe blue one!" He commanded, Teridax nodded at one of his minions, the Rahkshi, who disappeared into the shadows before returning with a cage big enough to keep a pony inside. In fact, there was a pony inside. A light blue mare with two horseshoes as a cutie mark, a periwinkle mane and fandango eyes filled with fear, curled up in the fetal position. The Doctor took joy in her suffering, leaning down to the cage to peer through the bars at her before facing his audience.

"Zhis pony has a sucessfully implanted microchip in her brain. Zhe chip is not activated right now, so she is in control of her thoughts. But vhen it is turned on, she vill still keep her personality, desires und priorities. But vill carry out my commands as a primary objective." He faced his captive, leaning down just inches from her muzzle to muzzle. "Vould you consider me your friend?" he inquired with an evil smile on his face. The mare looked at him with astonishment and fear before replying.

"Go to the moon," She spat at him with anger before snorting in his face. Dr. Fleischer wiped his face with a hankerchief from his pocket.

"Isn't she a charmer?" He teased the light blue mare as he trotted to a control panel behind the oversized tabby, manipulated some buttons & levers before pressing a big red button.

The mare stopped looking angry, rather, she looked somewhat content. Dr. Fleischer returned to the cage with a smug look.

"Vould you consider me your friend?" He asked with a look to send chills down anyone's spine. The mare stared at him for a few seconds, looking him over.

"Of course, Dr. Fleischer, we were foalhood friends," She said happily. The Doctor took the time to shoot an "I told you so" look at the tabby, who growled angrily. Dr. Fleischer then struck up a conversation with the mare.

"Yes, ve vere. By zhe vay, could you do a small favor for your old friend?" The mare nodded, smiling as she did.

"Of course, Fritzy, what would that be?" She tilted her head to the side as she inquired of the German scientist. His face flashed annoyance at being called by his old nickname, one of the guards must've called him that name behind his back. Nevertheless, he regained his smile.

"Could you take zhis knife und plunge it into your chest?" He pulled out a long-bladed, wickedly sharp pocket knife and gave it to the pony. The pony stared at it for a moment and smiled once again.

"Anything for you, my friend," She wasted no time in stabbing herself in the chest, the punture bleeding profusely.

"Thank you.. Mein friend," The Doctor left her there to die as the Rahkshi dragged the cage away and he turned to face his comrades. Teridax looked thoughtful, the tabby looked hopeful, the wildcat had a very toothy smile.

Sam, however, just laughed at the death of the creature.

"Ha! Look at it wizzer!" She giggled at the dying creature with glee, much of it inherited from her father's assistant.

Teridax finally thought it best to ask a question, "When will we have a pony outfitted with these devices, and how will this be used in the plan to bring the Kobald down?"

The Doctor smiled, "Zhat is zhe best part, we already have one," his smile grew wider at his companions' confusion.

"I know you are confused, zhis is not news to me. You see, zhe very first pony I implanted vith zhe chips all zhose years ago is in close proximity vith zhe target. She vill receive zhe commands und procede to bring zhe Kobalt here."

The wildcat grew furious, "What? Then why haven't you sent the commands!" She shrieked, the Doctor narrowed his eyes in frustration.

"Ve can't just off him like zhat. He is a Kobald, there's only one way of killing them. Ve need to break his vill, his hope. Und I have a plan for zhat," He sniggered with unbridled malevolence.

"Oh gosh, this is just too coincedental," I thought to myself. The walk to the train ride went quite smoothly, except for a mint-green mare I recognized as Lyra harrassing me with questions. When I addressed her by her name she fainted dead away, her friend Bon-Bon having to drag her home. Other ponies just wanted to get a look at me, I finally knew how it felt to be ET or that astronaut from Planet 51.

I wasn't worried that I'd threaten the ponies, having my hands bound probably made me a lot less scary. Since the Royal Guards were escorting me & the Mane Six to Canterlot we got on for free. But we had to share seats.

The Mane Six managed to stay together with Helmet Head at the back of the passenger car. Me & Cloud Shot, who was supposed to guard me, ended up sharing seats with some schoolchildren going to Canterlot for a field trip up front. The same class that the CMCs were in. "Just too coincedental.." I thought again.

Sights was hidden near the traintracks a couple miles away from the train station. The bush he was hiding in providing excellent cover for his white fur, which could attract attention to enemy Recon that might be in the countryside. He thought it best to intercept the train after it had departed to keep from being detected.

The cool breeze was pleasant along his flanks, Celestia's sun beating down with soothing heat. Few clouds were in the sky, the few that existed were calling to the tired Pegasus, requesting him to slumber on their soft, downy bodies. His wings spread to their full extent, sensing the glorious day unconsiously to Sights, he forced them back down with prejudice.

"Dang wings, I hate this body." he muttered in his brain, looking up to notice the fine spring day at last. "It was a nice day too when h-" he stopped himself. He wasn't as bad as Upbeat about reminising of that day, but he'd catch himself doing it from time to time. It'd been so long since he had even argued with his creator and friend, being his slightly darker side after all. It was painful, like someone stomped on his heart and diced it up for sushi.

Actually, that had happened to a couple squads in the 1st Quarter, they were scouting out Onu-Metru for anything useful when they were ambushed. The survivors made tasty treats for the enemy's Visorak calvary. But Sights didn't want to dwell on that.

Soon, he'd bring the boss back to his home, to fight again side by side against the ones who wished to kill him.

A train whistle brought Sights out of his dreaming, he spotted the train 200 feet away. "No time, you have a mission." He chided himself. He prepared to jump aboard, his body falling into position.

A couple minutes passed before the train started to pass him, the pink and yellow colors were hard for Sights' eyes to follow. He looked down to what was left of the train approaching, sighting a opening in a boxcar. He grimaced as he prepared himself again.

"Here't goes!" he shouted deep down before leaping, his wings helping him the rest of the way. He slammed into the wall opposite of the car, a wooden crate falling onto Sights in the process. The crate released its load, a large pile of hay poured out onto Sights' head.

Moments later, his head popped out from the bale, comically spitting out strands. "Least I get a snack and a bed." He chuckled. He munched on some of it wishing they were M-rations, even though he despised them. However, Sights recalled that M-rations were the boss' favorite meal on the go. He choked back a sob as he settled down on the comfortable hay. Dreams about the good times & bad times he had with his boss filled his head as he slept, while the train continued onwards toward its destination.

Don't panic, don't panic, don't panic. Mein Gott! I was on DEFCON 1, my hair slick with sweat. Cloud Shot was facing me on the bench across from me, a pony I recalled as Silver Spoon sitting next to him. But that wasn't what got me all in a tizzy. Next to me, to my horror, was Diamond Tiara.

Why me? It just couldn't be Scootaloo or Applebloom or even Sweetie Belle! I lamented to myself, Just my luck I have to meet Diamond Tiara first. The scariest filly in their school. Speaking of Diamond Tiara, she really looked ticked off that she had to sit next to me. After Cheerilee's back was turned, she wasted no time to complain to Cloud Shot.

"Shouldn't this ugly beast be put in the boxcar? I'm sure it'd be much more comfortable for it there." Silver spoon giggled at this, goading Tiara on. I'm sure you two would be more comfortable there as well, I bit back the response. Mein Gott, she really was this mean in the show.

"He's not hurting anyone, he won't bite." Cloud Shot reassured her, I could clearly see his gaze was starting to fill with irritation.

"He smells!" Tiara exclaimed, launching her hooves up in the air to make her point, before covering her nose to further it. Hey! It's not MY fault that the forest doesn't have showers! I raged inside, it was just a matter of time before I broke my silence.

"Ma'am, I think you're hurting his feelings," he informed her with a level, tact voice. He reminded me of my dad, whom could always stay calm in a tough situation. Yeah, before I get very cross. Oh wait, I'm already cross! I steamed silently.

"Oh, now it's a he! You're acting like it could talk. When has it ever talked?"

"Since right now," a deep, throaty voice said right behind her. Her pupils shrinking in fear as she turned around to find a very infuriated human, grinning like a madmare. "Boo."

Tiara screamed as she ran to the other end of the passenger car as if her tail was on fire, Silver Spoon right behind her.

I felt as if a great weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. "Finally!" I exclaimed in my normal voice, "I can get some rest." I attempted to lean back in my seat before remembering that there was no back. I fell back onto the floor, my neck taking most of the weight. That was very painful.

Cloud Shot became alarmed, "You alright, bud?" he asked anxiously. My neck wasn't too hot, but other than that, I was fine.

"E-eeyup," I managed to say before I picked myself up. my neck hurt like the devil, "That was not a good idea, in hindsight." Cloud Shot grinned, amused at my derpyness.

"You got that right, Human," he sat back down and fluttered his wings, stretching them out, Just relaxing.

Still in rage from the incident with Diamond Tiara, I was indignant at not being addressed by my name. I sat down next to him before correcting him. "My name's David, not human. That's my species," I paused before continuing, "I don't call you horse." he tensed up at this.

"That sounds like an insult," he playfully pushed me to the side, I pushed him back harder. He shoved me with force close to a buck.

"Cloud Shot!" he froze at the voice he had dreaded for many seasons and turned his head around. Helmet Head was staring straight at him several rows back, his mouth in an wrathful-looking frown. We both stopped our horsing around at once, Cloud Shot had caused his superior to explode in anger already today, he didn't dare do it twice. Not unless he wanted to polish Helmet Head's hooves for a month or two.

"Sorry about the Sarge, he can get a bit uptight," he whispered apoligetically, I gave a very slight nod.

" 'S alright, I've seen my share of senior officers getting upset over lack of discipline," I assured him. Cloud Shot had a knowing look in his eye as we sat.

I turned my head and got a glimpse of Scootaloo in the back, chatting with a pony I didn't recognize. Since none of the CMC showed any interest in me, I got up & laid down on the bench in front of us. It was vacant and had pillows for sitting on, perfect for a nap. Being flung into Equestria tires you out after the adrenaline wears off.

"Imma take a nap, if that's alright with the guard," I informed Cloud Shot. He shrugged,

"Be my guest," I grinned gratefully, I settled down onto one of the pillows. The total length wasn't enough for my whole body, but I didn't care, feeling instantly sapped of all my energy. Closing my eyes, I started to dream about my home on Earth. My family & friends as well. Homesickness panged deeply inside of me, as I was lost to the land of dreams.

"Wake up!" A voice came from darkness, I opened my eyes to see Cloud Shot's green ones gaze into mine. I hadn't fully recovered from my lethargy to form a coherent answer, so all I could manage was:

"Momsitimerty kobealiteed," the words coming out even worse than I thought, Cloud Shot smirked at my incapiblility at talking.

"C'mon! The carriage is waiting to take you to the Castle!" A few loose connections reunited in my brain, I got off of the floor and got on my feet. I finally noticed where I woke up.

"Um, was I on the floor?" I knew I tossed and turned in bed, so it could've been that. Cloud Shot shook his head,

"Yup, You pretty much were hanging from the bench before that filly, somethin' Spoon trotted by and tipped you over. Caused a good ruckus from the other foals." "Diamond Tiara," I muttered grimly to myself, she fought dirty. I spotted the pink filly exiting from the front of the passenger car with her minion Silver Spoon. Looking back at me, they had triumphant looks on their faces, bathing in their victory. I knew they were gonna pull something, just something so trivial I never would've guessed. Deciding to ignore it, I focused my attention to my guard, who was nudging me along to the exit.

"Why didn't you wake me up when it happened?" I asked. Cloud Shot smiled with a teasing look on his face, stopping a few feet away from the door to explain.

"You looked so peaceful sleeping on the floor, it'd be a shame to wake you. Big softie." "He reminds me of someone I know, it's on the tip of my tongue," I thought absent-mindedly, but proceded to more important matters as I sauntered out the exit. Like the 20 Royal Guards surrounding the door outside.

Sargent Helmet Head took command of the squad, issuing orders to individual guards. Behind the ring of Royal Guards stood 3 carts; one of luxury, for the Mane Six, I assumed. An armored cart with minimal comforts, obviously for the guards. And a third cart with bars on the windows, locks on the door, and even less comforts than the troop transport. I earnestly hoped it was for a wild beast they stored in the back.

A small crowd had gathered a safe distance behind the carts, multi-colored ponies of all kinds, gazing at me and conversing with one another. I got a glimpse of Cheerilee's class observing further away from the main crowd. A couple of the upper-class ponies started laughing about my ridiculous bipedal stance and my garments that lacked any class. I whispered to Cloud Shot very quietly,

"Guard rules?" he nodded glumly. I understood about the level of precaution they were taking, our government would do the same, except they would take it to the max. I took a deep breath and took a couple steps forwards.

"Freeze!" a command from one of the soldiers and about 20 spears pointed at me stopped me in my tracks, I put my bound hands up in obedience and kneeled to the ground. A Guard Officer approached me with caution, a sour expression on his face. His head was about level with mine, a first for me in this world. He looked me over in disdain before speaking.

"The Sargent over there tells me you're somewhat friendly. I don't buy it. I'll have to ask you to step into the cart in peace."

I eyed the cart with the bars, this wasn't very diplomatic, "That one?" I gestured with my bound hands to the one in question.

"Yes. That one," he stated, as if I was an irritating toddler. I sighed as I got up off the ground and trudged to the cart. I climed in and sat down cross-legged on the hard wood floor as the officer locked the door, prohibiting any escape.

The Mane Six piled into theirs, worry appearing on Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rarity's faces. Pinkie must've got on the train without me seeing her, as I spotted her in the window of the carriage making funny faces at me, having the time of her life. I wished I could be like that, but with you being in a cart/cage and your hands bound, life can push you down. The guards that participated in the ring literally piled into their cart by twos, squeezing together ten in one row.

The carts started off, the luxury one leading mine, as the armored cart came in behind my cart. We disembarked from the train stations, heading through the grand streets of Canterlot to its castle.

*Seven minutes earlier*

The train slowed down to a gentle crawl, a few hisses from the wheel hydraulics signaled that the train was at a complete stop. Nopony even noticed a white Pegasus clad in mute green & sunglasses exit out the back over the noise.

He ran stealthily around the back of the train station, crossing the street behind it to an abandoned alley. Sights crouched low, almost invisible under some grain sacks & garbage. He consulted his METS, a military-grade 7-inch tablet, from his saddlebags to show him the live OAR images coming into Logistics HQ. He noticed the carts moving into the train station, an armored cart carrying about 15-20 Royal Guards were taking position around one of the passenger cars. The passengers themselves were suprised at the barricade of soldiers and hurriedly fled behind it.

Aha, there you are boss, He thought with relief, he now knew exactly where the boss was. Sights also knew that he could do nothing about the guards, those weren't his orders. He decided to hitchhike on one of the carts, preferably the luxury one, so he could set up shop around the castle grounds and mark where he wanted the care package. He could almost feel the safety of a LMG by his side. He also felt pain as someone picked him up & threw him at the wall.

"Foolish AFM Support, don't you creatures ever watch your miserably armored backsides?" the voice cackled at a joke only it could understand. Whatever it was, its voice sounded like it ate rusty nails for MREs today. The stars finally ceased dancing in Sights' vision so he could make out his assailant.

It was from the 1st Quarter, this was evident from its biomechanical form. The armor it wore was colored dark blue with a small Descent marking on its right chestplate that distinguished it as a hostile, Sights guessed that it specialized in water-based attacks. On its mask it had a beak, peculiar for any 1Q being, but masks usually illustrated their personality. No Kanohi mask, thank The One, but Sights didn't fancy fighting with any elemental power that some 1Q beings possessed. Duel-wielding two small blades dripping with poison, it leaned over Sights and sheathed one of the weapons to stroke his cheek with its free hand.

"Looks like this Stealth caught a high-value target, Murka will have fun with this lost Rahi," It purred, like a cat that had captured a mouse. It had to be a she, He lamented quietly as he noticed its voice was slightly feminine. Sights cursed that he didn't bring a weapon on this op. He scooted away from her, scrabbling for anything near him that could be used, Murka advanced on him with undisguised pleasure.

Thwock! He had grabbed the METS unit from the ground and slammed it into Murka's mask, stunning her and causing the dagger to launch into the air. Sights wasted no time to take flight, grabbing the blade in mid-air.

Murka had regained her senses, sending a high-pressure stream of boiling liquid his way, her anger keeping the water hot. Sights barrel-rolled as he dived, narrowly missing the projectile. He swung around behind her and nicked the unarmored part of her calf with her own blade, the poison seeping into the wound. Murka froze up, the poison was paralyzing to any creature unlucky enough to get it into their bloodstream. She fell helplessly on her back while Sights retrieved his METS, no scratches on the screen whatsoever.

"I love how the boss made these tougher than steel," Sights remarked out loud, focusing his attention on his attacker. Her heartlight on her chest was flashing at the speed of sound as her eyes stared at him in anguish. He knelt down near her head, whispering his last rites, before using the blade to disconnect it. Her heartlight stopped immediately, signaling that Murka was gone for good.

After waiting for the head to drain of its liquids, Sights dragged the head and body deeper into the alley, he gave it about 1 hour before they'd be discovered so he needed to get to the castle garden to hide out. He exited the alley into the street, a crowd had gathered at the entrance of the train station so he had a chance to hitch-hike on one of the carts.

Sights snuck around the luxury carriage, diving under it before a guard passed by to aid the ring of soldiers. Shifting his gaze upwards, Sights had an idea.

He observed that each axle had a parallel beam of wood above it, the beam being part of the chassis. It was also flat enough to lie on, perfect for sneaking into the castle unnoticed. Sights slithered onto the beam, wrapping his hooves around it to prevent falling. Now all he had to do was wait.

A couple of minutes later, Sights heard clops of hooves approaching the carriage, followed by the voices of whom he recognized as the Mane Six. The carriage began to move forwards, gaining speed with every passing second. Sights kept a firm hold on the beam, wobbling a bit when the carriage hit a bumpy part in the road. After a few minutes, an argument broke out inside. He couldn't make out what they were saying, the voices were too blended together for that. This continued for a minute or two before one voice silenced the others.

"Girls, girls! I understand we don't know why he's here, but Princess Celestia will decide what to do with him once she meets him." It was obvious that "he" was the boss. Sights knew the history that humans had in Equestria, Celestia had experienced this first-hand and none of it was pretty. He just hoped that the Princess would be merciful.

"Here is your cell," the guard commanded, stopping next to the cell he indicated. The trip to Canterlot Castle in the barred cart was uneventful, minus the throngs of ponies that followed to gape at me. When we got there, the Mane Six were escorted to the throne room to meet the Princess. Me, however, I was escorted to the dungeons until I would meet Celestia. As the guard opened the barred door, I could observe the room I would be staying in.

The cells had floors and walls of cobblestone, the ceiling was wooden planks. Some of the cells had mold growing inside, some taking up two to three of the cells' floors. Luckily, I received a cell with a large mold growth in the upper-right corner. Inside the confinement area, a toilet sat near the mold towards the right. A wooden bed lain on the left, the sheets looked faded in color, as if they hadn't been used for ages.

The guard motioned for me to enter, I obeyed, shuffling in apprehensively. As I grew acustomed to the room, the guard shut the door with a clang, locking it as he did.

Well, to be honest. This wasn't what I was expecting when I dreamed about going to Equestria, I mused, I hadn't received a good rest on the train, so I thought it best to get some sleep now.

I sat down on the bed to take off my shoes, the sheets crackled as I shifted. These must be more than one hundred years old! I laid down onto the bed, sleep fast overtook me as my vision grew dim.

Sights found himself crouching under a bush again, his comms was giving him some trouble as he tried to fix the problem. He had slipped by the guards to get where he was now, in the Canterlot Gardens inside the boundries of Canterlot Castle. He had followed his orders given by Upbeat to take position near the west wall, where he would mark where he wanted the care package.

The west wall itself was covered in creeping vines, this part of the wall surrounding Canterlot Castle was not as well maintained as the other walls since it faced the mountain. Therefore, because of the mountain, none had tried to keep the wall primed for an attack.

The only creature in the vicinity was a lone watchpony on the nearest tower. The guards themselves had been very unalert so far, this one being no different. Proving the point that the 1000 year peace had lulled Equestria into deeming itself untouchable. If only they knew.. Sights thought wistfully.

Sights noticed that the guard was starting to nod off, the time had come to use the IR mark.

Swiftly, he placed a bullet-shaped object in the clearing near his bush hideout, then leaping back into it. He turned on his METS and navigated the interface before him, pressing a button in the "Marker" menu. Nothing happened in the clearing, but Sights could see a red dot on his OAR images he was receiving.

A few seconds had passed before he heard a dull "Thunk!" in the clearing. Sights popped his head out to see a matte black, unbreakable Protodermis case where the IR marker had been before. Sights checked to see if the guard on the tower was still asleep. A snore greeted his relieved ears as he continued to approach the care package.

Sights punched in the unlock code for the package, the touch screen there to prevent the enemy getting their hands on the contents. The contents themselves were enough to make the Support smile like a filly that had received a beautiful doll.

The first thing Sights pulled out was a camo saddle with saddlebags on the sides. It had pockets for frags, ammo, his METS and more. But most importantly, two mechanical arms on the front designed for the carrying of a firearm. The left one was telescopic for aiming & bringing it close to his chest. He fitted it on his back, fitting perfectly with his spine. I wonder how they knew my size as a pony. Sights mused, but another oject within the case stopped him from pursuing the thought.

Sights' weapon of choice was always an LMG, it was his job to suppress enemies to allow his squadmates to advance & hand out ammo and other weapons. The weapon he retrieved from the case was made for the task, the UM-made MF-84, a very accurate, light-weight LMG with low rate of fire & recoil. He enjoyed that gun on many missions before, but the only thing he didn't like was Upbeat must've ordered the PKEs to fit a suppressor to it. Sights detested these attachments, they reduced his range and didn't allow the weapon to make a comforting sound of it firing. The other attachments were a unique, square RDS that only MFs had, and a grip. He attached the LMG to his metal arms, it fit just like his saddle, perfectly.

Some M-rations were in there as well, but Sights put those in his saddlebags before he thought much about them. A small box for four frags was stashed in the corner, Sights gave them a new home in his combat saddlebags. The last item the case held almost made him squeal like a fangirl of any band.

One of the oldest and most widely used equipment in the AFM was the Xtype Multi Use Combat Droid, commonly known as the Xtype. It had a square, stubby black body & white feet, only about 2.5 feet tall, with round, color-mismatched eyes taking up half of its face. Which said a lot because the face was all of the front. The other half of the face was a plate of armor containing its speech circuitry and GPS. The brain, which the design hadn't changed for 3,100 years, sat behind the eyes. Sights was happy to see that he would have some company on this op as he activated it.

The right eye emmited a faint blue light as it went through the startup processes, the left eye was colored black, which led to mismatched eyes. This was a common trait in some Xtypes as there was a fifty-fifty chance of that happening. Why is anycreature's guess.

"Hello, Codename: Sights." it chirped in a female voice, it marched outside to scan its enviroment.

"Hello, Xtype. ID, class and build number, please." he snapped the droid out of its curiousity, pulling it back in the bush. Xtypes almost always had some sort of personality, mainly because the majority of them were very old. The company that manufactured them hadn't made a single one in 254 years. The average age for an Xtype was around 1,250 years, it took about 150 years for it to develop sentient thoughts.

"My name is Psuedo, I am a Logistics and my build number is 0000006. I am thrilled to accompany you on this operation." the answer it gave was cheerful and content as she focused her eyes on her squadmate.

"Six? So you were one of the first ones built?"

"Yes, I was very close to the creator. It saddened me when he was presumed KIA. At least now we know that he didn't croak, eh?" Sights nodded and grinned, Pseudo was an optimist to the max, just like him.

"Aye, I'm gonna patch myself through to base, thanking Upbeat for the charming gifts."

If an Xtype could blush, Pseudo would be a deep maroon as she scuffed her foot around on the grass.

"This is Codename: Sights inside Canterlot Gardens. One enemy Alfa Stealth has been eliminated, received care package. You there, Upbeat?" the response nearly scared Sights out of his fur.

"This is Codename: Flip. Solid copy, Sights. Orders are to continue protecting Obelisk at all costs." a male, professional-sounding voice greeted Sights ears.

"Flip? Where's Upbeat, you robot!" he demanded, Sights and Flip had a long-standing rivalry for the boss's right-hand man.

"She's busy with the Senate. I just got back from my last mission," he stated with his ever-present nonchalant tone. Damn. The Senate is probably getting suspicious. Sights worried. He shifted his gaze to Pseudo, whom was patched into his comms. She knew about the deal with the Senate & twitched apprehensively.

"My mission went smoothly, except it brought Obelisk to the 5th Quarter. The magic the Princess possesses is very easy to botch up, I'm lucky that it didn't kill Obelisk."

"Well, you didn't. Anything else we should know about?" There was a pause from the other end, like he purposely paused for dramatic effect.

"There's a possibility of a Krahka in your vicinity." Pseudo instantly started shaking with fear, her irises darting from left to right.

Oh crap.."T-t-the same one?" A Krahka is a shape-shifting Rahi from the 1st Quarter. They are very intelligent, very protective of their territory, and extremely dangerous. They can even replicate powers and voices of creatures it has encountered. If it was the one Sights was thinking of, then they were in for a difficult fight.

"Affirmitive. She's going to try to neutralize anyone protecting Obelisk, then bring him to their base."

There was an agonizing silence, followed by Pseudo giving a high mechanical whine.

"Ok," his voice kept level, "We'll eliminate it." Sights switched off his comms, He let the information soak into his brain with terror and cursing.

Pseudo was still very shaken up, her artificial brain must've blown a few circuits, "P-permission to lubricate?" She inquired as she leaked oil all over the grass under her before a response came.

*A/N*

Sorry it took so long, I prefer quality over quanity. Please comment so I can fix anything you bring to my attention! Also, I'd appreciate it if you thumb this up if you liked. Since my story was kinda weak at the start, hopefully I can get it up to 20 likes.

Can you guess what franchises these characters came from? Tell me what you think their from! Think of it as a challenge. ;)

With all due respect,