Hell comes to Equestria

I used to live a pretty normal life. Didn't have much if the way of personal relationships, didn't get along with other people too well. Had some good friends and a good family. One day while surfing the net I discovered some funny little ponies. MLP FIM, and I liked it a lot! A touching and sweet show.

Like may bronies I wished i could see Equestria, visit even once, even dream about it. Strangely I never could dream of it, not once I could remember. A while after being swept up into the fandom i fell into a deep depression. Life just wasn't what i wanted, everything seemed... Pointless.

Don't get my wrong suicide never entered my mind it’s a foreign concept to me. Life is always worth living but at the time everyday just seemed the same as the last. Strangely the thing to break me out of my funk was Twilight Sparkle.

Now Fluttershy had always been my favourite, her cuteness had converted me to a bronie like a snap. But as I got to know Twilight better thru the show I started to like her a lot then love her.

As silly as I knew this was. Though as I thought about it, well there is a theory that there are an infinite number of universes and dimensions out there aren’t there? Then she must exist somewhere, somehow. At least that was my reasoning.

And if she did exist maybe I could communicate with her somehow… Get her to bring me to her. It could happen right? Well... So I begin "talking" to her every night on my way to work and throughout work as well. Not speaking but just thinking to her. Telling her about my life, what I liked and disliked stuff like that. No she didn't talk back to me, that would either mean it worked (fat chance), or i was just totally insane which wouldn't help any now would it? Strange as it may sound doing so helped me feel better about myself, just talking/thinking my problems to someone (seeming I was pretty sure I was only running them thru my own head.) As a week or two passed I started to feel a bit silly continuing to do so but I’d gotten a bit used to it. Got me thru the long workday ya know?

Getting home after a particularly long workday I showered and hit the sack. Now I said I had never dreamed of MLP before but i do have dreams I remember. Usually fairly violent affairs involving zombie apocalypse or fighting groups of thugs or whatever. I usually manage to have a fair bit of control in them, which is I can recognise them as dreams and make things happen my way.

As i drifted deeper into sleep it seemed to be one of those cases, I was soaring high in the sky. It almost seemed like I was looking over map of a land, I couldn't perceive myself just the landscape. I looked about zooming down and back up from the ground when in the distance I saw smoke rising. A lot of smoke, well we're finally getting somewhere I thought. I pushed my vision in that direction but to my horror as I crested the tree line I beheld Ponyville.
Buildings burning and bodies on the ground, pony bodies!

I zoomed closer there were more then just pony bodies also there were the bodies of small goblin-like creatures, most armed with small swords and spears. What had happened here?! And why was I dreaming this monstrosity? My first MLP dream and this is what I come up with?

I could hear commotion, screams and fighting nearby so I searched around. As I moved thru the town I saw many hastily made barricades and homes boarded up, it seemed many ponies had fought and fell to defend these spots. I saw a few guardsmen but mostly regular pony folk, none I could recognise from the show though many were badly hacked up, as if for the sheer joy of it.

Reaching the outskirts of town I came upon a attack in progress it looked like a group of maybe a few hundred goblins were hemming in the last defenders of Ponyville maybe a hundred ponies, mostly the young and their parents it seemed. The defenders must have paid dearly to get them safely this far. Here I spotted some familiar ponies.

Applejack bucking and kicking goblins away from her, her hide scratched in a few places her hat missing.
Princess Celestia projecting a shield against the attacks standing over her sister Luna's body, dead? No she struggled to bring her head up adding her magic to her sisters weakening shield defending many young foals and other townspeople. Pinkie Pie helping Nurse Redheart tend to the injured and dying tears streaming down her face.

Rarity using her magic to throw rocks and any debris near her at the attacking horde. Spike standing valiantly in front of her one of the goblins swords bloody in his hand fending off any who came too close.

And Fluttershy standing near the front line encouraging her animal friends to fight, a bear and a few birds seemed to be all she had remaining, tears also stained her face as her animal friends got hurt and killed.

Rainbow Dash soaring thru the sky smashing down thru the goblin lines again and again causing a lot of destruction but taking many small wounds, as I watched she fell to the ground bleeding and exhausted. Fluttershy swooped forward as quickly as Rainbow Dash herself to grab her friend and get her back to the makeshift infirmary.

And Twilight Sparkle... Standing alone off to the side she seemed to be distracting quite a few of the goblins, a pile of bodies surrounded her. As I got closer she levitated a large rock and dropped it crushing several goblins and charged forward spearing another with her small horn taking a cut across her shoulder in the process. My heart ached seeing her like this. I noticed another goblin sneaking up behind her spear raised to slay. I couldn't shout but I felt I could still do something.

I was still above the action but I reached out with my mind? My will, grabbing the goblins head and twisting it sharply, with a loud crack he fell to the ground his head turned the wrong way. Well at least I can have some effect I thought. Twilight then turned and seemed to see me.

"Oh thank Celestia you heard my summons. Wake up! Wake up! I am going to open the portal! We need your help!" She yelled.

Suddenly I found myself sitting up wide awake in bed. What the hell just happened? That couldn't have been... Could it? I knew I wasn't going to be getting back to sleep regardless so I jumped out of bed putting my Jeans and t-shirt on. As I left my room I could feel something... An electricity in the air, like a coming storm. I wasn't sure what was going to happen but if anything did happen I was going to be ready.

I grabbed my boots and put them on an old jean jacket which I figured would be better protection than anything else i had. Grabbed my backpack and dumped water bottles and all the fruit and vegetables I had into it. Admittedly not much but better then nothing. Slinging it over my back I grabbed my hunting knife, a seven inch bladed knife I used mainly for opening potato chip bags and belted it on. Then I grabbed my crowbar. Why would I have a crowbar? Always be ready for a zombie apocalypse right? No? Well each to their own. I paced back and forth waiting feeling more and more foolish by the moment.

When suddenly in my living room something appeared. A portal? I guess? I didn't know what I was expecting, something more sci-fi perhaps?

It was a door; perfectly normal in all respects except it was in the middle of my living room. Shaking my head I rushed forward grabbing the handle. It wouldn't turn! I jammed my shoulder against the door with no give. I grabbed the handle with both hands twisting and turning willing it to open, for Twilight! The door flew open suddenly pulling my thru it landing my heavily on the ground.

The smell of smoke and blood was heavy in the air as well as the stench of death, urine and feces from the fallen added to the vile odour making me want to retch. I had never smelled anything like this before.

This was no dream. I struggled to my feet shucking off my backpack and came face to face with Twilight.

"You… You came." She said tears filling her violet eyes.

"What’s happened Twilight?! How can I help?!" I shouted. Feeling very confused I spun around. The scene was much the same as I had beheld before, only much more terrible in person. A goblin charged up his sword at the ready. A little over half my height he seemed puny to me but there was blood on his weapon. Pony blood! I brought my crowbar down hard toward him. He tried to block but his strength was not up to the task his sword was smashed down cutting into his shoulder while my crowbar smashed his skull.

I stepped back repulsed by what I had just done. I had never killed anything before exempting insects. While I am large and strong I have never been a violent person.

"Behind you!" Twilight screamed. I turned to see I was too late a goblin had snuck up behind me and thrust with his spear, everything seemed in slow motion. I could see I wasn't going to be able to avoid it, was my adventure here coming to an end so quickly? How would I help the ponies? Help Twilight?

As I braced myself for the pain I was about to feel the spear jammed thru my jean jacket and shirt effortlessly and then snapped trapping the head in my shirt. What? I didn't take time to wonder as I brought down my crowbar smashing the goblin aside. Something shoved at the back of my knee pushing me forward eye to eye with Twilight her eyes filled with fear. I turned to see another goblin again attacking from behind his small sword slashed thru my pants at my tendons. I should be on the ground screaming in pain but again no damage. Before I could strike at him he scurried away along with the others that had been assaulting Twilight.

Looking at her again I could see she had been struck many times and was bleeding freely from the shallow cuts. Hanging my crowbar on my belt I grabbed my backpack and put it on then scooped up the little mare. How many times I had fantasised about doing so but never in this sort of a situation.

"No, I have to stay… To fight…” She murmured. I quickly walked toward the makeshift infirmary keeping my eyes open but the goblins seemed to be in a temporary retreat. Somehow I could feel their nasty presence pulling away as I could feel the gentle ponies that I was coming too. Every pony looked at me with fear in their eyes as I strode into their camp and I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. With my close cropped hair and unshaven face I must have seemed very rough. As well as being a biped of which they were currently having so much trouble.

"Pinkie Pie!" I yelled hoarsely from all the smoke in the air.

"Y-yes..." She stammered poking her head out of a tent her eyes wide.

"Take her." I stepped forward gently placing Twilight over her friends back. She backed away quickly as I turned and headed towards where I had seen the Princess.

As I approached I could "sense" the goblins presence beyond the shield the princess’s were generating but nothing from within. I approached and stopped a few feet away from the edge of it. Bowing down on one knee.

"Princess Celestia. Twilight Sparkle brought me here to help. I'll do all I can." Looking up I could she her regarding me with her ageless eyes her sister looking between us uncertainly.

"So she has disobeyed me." She stated.

"Maybe she has your highness. But I am here to help. Please let me." I begged quietly.

"Sister perhaps he can…” Luna began.

"Shh sister, conserve your strength. Very well human. What do you propose?" Celestia asked.

"Well, they outnumber you I can see…” I began.

"This is but a fraction of their strength human." She hangs her head sadly. "All other cities have been taken. All refuges I know of overrun."

"I see… This force seems to have been weakened by their assault though. Perhaps they could be persuaded to leave? At least for now? So you would have time to regain your strength." I offered.

"You want to offer them safe passage?! After our subjects that they have killed?! Our homes burned?!" She asked angrily.

"If you continue to fight them now more lives will be lost. Maybe all..." I pleaded with her. Turning her eyes to her sister she said simply.

"Very well. Try."

I got up and moved past the shield to where the main force of goblins was, I could feel the presence in houses and alleys all around. At the head of this army was a much larger goblin, perhaps 5 feet tall slapping around one of his subordinates.

"Why has the attack stopped wretch!" He demanded. His subordinate could only babble then point towards me.

"Ooh they got a big-um do they? What do you want freak? You'll stew up just like the others." He laughed at me. Gritting my teeth I said.

"Princess Celestia is willing to let you leave, now. Despite the damage you have done and lives you have taken further conflict will only cause more grief. Leave now and live to tell the tale."

Stunned silence was my only response. Then bursting out in laughter his cohorts following suit he replied.

"That’s a good one freak. Ya see Queen Chrysalis wants them all dead. And that includes you as well now. Take this back to your Princess in reply." He stooped down slashing with his sword and tossed a bloody bundle at my feet.

As I gently turned it over I saw it was little Snails head, his body hacked down at the leaders feet, blood on his horn he hadn't gone down without a fight. Something snapped in me at that moment.

I got up screaming as loud as I could pushing my will out to every goblin presence I could feel… And grabbing and twisting violently. As if a switch had suddenly gone off every goblin I could see and all those I couldn't I knew, suddenly spewed up gouts of blood as their insides were ripped free of their interior connections and crushed. Almost as one they fell to the ground horrible gurgles eminating from them.

At the same time I felt all my energy pulled out of me, exhausting me like I have never been before. As I collapsed to the ground the shield winked out of existence, as everything went black I heard the Princess.

"Twilight, what kind of monster have your brought among us?"