A Lone Rifleman in Equestria

[Ponyville. Few minutes after the events of chapter three.]

As we walked through the town, I could see that something drastic has taken place here. A few buildings were collapsed, or just barely standing at all with large holes in them from either the roofs or sides of the buildings. Guards were everywhere, patrolling the area and making sure that everything remained calm and collective. What I assumed to be firefighter ponies were attending the rubble of the damaged houses, and a few ponies were sorting through the rubble looking for what I assumed to be valuable things that belonged to them. The guards and firefighter ponies watched and monitored the ponies who were digging through the rubble, from what I think was to make sure that the right ponies were searching for valuables that belonged to them in the first place, and were probably the ones who lived in those houses before they got destroyed.

We continued to walk across town, while getting a few shocked faces and occasional gasps from the ponies who noticed my presence. It didn’t take long until we reach to what looked like a crystal castle, this must be where the princess lived. We made our way inside the castle, which when we entered, I was actually surprised of how nice the place looked.

“Here we are everypony, welcome to my castle.” Twilight proudly said to me and the guards who were watching me closely.

“You got a pretty nice set-up here, Twilight.” I commented.

“Thanks Wolf.” she replied.

“Now then, let’s get down to business.” Twilight said, while using her magic to open a nearby door to that lead into what looked like a meeting room.

I was then escorted to that room by the guards and Twilight, when we entered the room it was actually some kind of meeting room that had a round table in the center of the room. Around that table was six thrones, and a smaller one throne that was next to one of the larger thrones that had the same symbol on it that Twilight had on her rear, note to self, ask about that whole tattoo on the ass thing that all these ponies had for some reason.

“Please take a seat, Wolf, we have much to talk about.” said Twilight that directed me to take a seat in one of the thrones. I complied and took a seat into one of the thrones. The throne that I took a seat in had a rainbow coloured lighting bolt and a white cloud at the top of the throne. It wasn’t exactly comfortable, but it was fine for the most part. Twilight took a seat at the opposite side of the table, while the guards took position around the room while keeping a steady and calm posture, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice if called forth by something that would cause them to take action. I was about to say something, when I saw Twilight's horn lit up and levitated a piece of paper and quill to her. She also waved over a guard and asked that he went and fetch someone by the name of “Spike”. The guard complied and took off to do the thing that he was just instructed to do, while me and Twilight got down to business on figuring each other out.

She got herself ready to write down answers, but at that moment I decided to break the silence.

“That’s a pretty unique trick you have there, Twilight. I’ve never seen anything like that before, well aside from fictional folklore.” I said in a polite and calm tone.

“It’s just magic, Wolf. You never seen magic before?” Twilight asked.

“Not before I met you, where I come from magic doesn’t exist and is only a myth.”

“Really? Hmm, interesting.” said Twilight while writing down this information on her piece of paper.

“So, Wolf. What exactly are you and where did you come from?”

“My species are called “humans” and we come from the planet Earth. I honestly have no idea of how I got here, one minute I was checking over my weapons on my ranch, then the next thing I knew I woke up in that forest.” I replied, while lying about how I actually got here. I don’t know how these ponies would react if I were to tell them the truth of my past.

“Interesting, tell me, why do you have those weapons in the first place?” asked Twilight.

“Well for multiple reason, one being that it helps keep coyotes and vermin off of my property and to protect a small live stock that I have on my ranch.”

“Okay, I understand.” said Twilight as she wrote down my answer. As she was writing, the door to the room slowly opened and the guard returned with what looked like a small purple and green Dragon…. “well this shit just keeps on getting better and better.” I thought to myself.

“Hey Twilight, what do you need?” asked the small dragon who suddenly stopped in his tracks when he first caught sight of me. “What in celestia is that?!” asked the now frightened dragon.

“Hey! Watch your tongue, Spike.” snapped Twilight at the nervous dragon.

“... Sorry Twilight. So what is it that you want?” asked Spike.

“First off, I would like you to apologize to Wolf for being rude. Secondly, I’d like you to send a letter to Princess Celestia about Wolf. I want her informed about our new friend. Can you do that Spike?”

“Yeah… sure thing Twilight. Hey, Wolf, sorry about being a little rude to you.”

“Don’t worry about it, I’d do the same thing as you did.” I replied to Spike, while accepting his apology. With that, Spike went off to complete his new tasks. Meanwhile me and Twilight got back to Q&A stuff.

“So Wolf, I’m assuming that you have some questions of your own?” asked Twilight.

“Yeah I do, are you willing to answer them?” I asked, while getting a nod from Twilight to ask away.

“Right. So first question, what exactly happened before I showed up?”

“The Changelings and Sombra happened…” replied Twilight with a now sad expression on her face.

“The Changelings are a group of ponies that feed off the love and power of ponies like me and everyone else in Ponyville.” she explained.

“Sombra is a ruthless leader that at one point enslaved an entire empire, and cause a massive civil war in Equestria. However he was defeated by my mentors Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, and was banished for all eternity. He somehow managed to return, and despite being defeated a second time by me and my friends, he came back stronger than ever with the Changelings. They were working together, but fortunately we managed to fend off their attack. However, the queen of the changelings and Sombra managed to escape and we’ve been on high alert ever since.”

“Well… It seems like you ponies have been having a couple of bad days, eh?” I asked sarcastically.

“Tell me about it” replied Twilight with a small smirk.

I was about to ask another question when the small dragon from before returned with what appeared to be a message in claw.

“Twilight, I got news from Princess Celestia. She says that her and Luna will be here tomorrow to meet Wolf.” said Spike.

“I see, thank you Spike. Could you actually do one more thing for us?”

“Sure thing Twilight, what do you need?”

“Can you prepare our guest some food and water? I’m sure that he’s quite famished from everything he’s been through, isn’t that right Wolf?”

“Yeah. Some food and Drink would be nice, Twilight.”

“You heard him Spike, please get to it.”

“Sure thing.” replied Spike, and with that he took off.

“Sorry about that, please continue with what you’re about to ask.” said Twilight.

“How’s Celestia and Luna?” I asked.

“My mentors and current rulers of Equestria. Don’t worry, they’re quite nice and as long as you don’t go do something foolish, you’ll be fine.” responded Twilight.

“Good to know.”