Chapter 9 Reunion

At the library, John and the ponies stared at the six bodies, who were friends of John’s from Earth. It was strange that he hadn’t seen them in over a month, and now they were all together in a world inhabited by ponies. As for the ponies, questions roamed through their minds.They wanted to know not just them, but why the same tornado that brought John to Equestria. Not to mention, their hair was identical to the ponies, which simultaneously confused John, and amused him greatly. Luckily enough, there was nopony in the street when they had taken his friends to the library.

"Tell me again who they are?" Twilight questioned.

"Well, the one you carried was Tyler," John replied, "Applejack carried Aaron. Fluttershy carried Phil. Pinkie with Peter. Rainbow Dash with Ryan. And Rarity carried Richard."

The purple unicorn nodded.

Then, John came to his sense that each friend of his represented each of the pony that he knew since he got here. It was ironic how each one matched with each pony. Their hair color matched their manes. It all made sense.

"John, what are these?" Twilight pointed to the objects that were brought with them.

John gave a quick look at them before setting his eyes back to his friends.

"Those are guns," John replied, "Don't touch them though."

"What are guns?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Guns are the most highly advanced weapons humans have made. They’re more efficient than the weapons here in Equestria."

The ponies gasped in horror.

"So those are the weapons humans used for war?" asked Rarity.

"Yes, they are," John sighed.

Spike taken a closer look at the weapons with a unpleasant glare.

"Just think if these weapons were invented here in Equestria, it would change not only warfare, but everything else."

"Good thing no pony has even thought about it yet," said Twilight.

The others seemed to agree.

"So John, these friends of yours, did they join the army?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Actually...no," said John, "My best guess is that the war back home got out of hand, and, they were fleeing the enemy. They probably only have the guns for self-defense"

Suddenly, there was a moan from the group of unconscious humans. Everyone looked around to locate the sound was coming from. As they looked, more moaning sound appeared and eventually, it was cleared that the sounds came from John's friends.

The teen went closer to the waking group like a curious child saw something he never saw before.

"What the hell happened?" one of John's friends mumbled.

"Tyler." John identified the person.

Tyler sat up, scratched his eyes, and saw his friend in front of him.

"John...you're alive," Tyler said, then scratched his head, "How?"

"Umm... ponies." John gave his friend a hint that they're in a world of them, but he seemed to ignore it.

Tylor then, looked to his left and called out his friends.

"Guys! Wake up and guess who's here."

There were more mumbles from the humans annually, before they looked at their friend. Once they did, they grew a wide smile with tears filled their eyes. All of them got up and hugged John.

"Man. You guys missed me that much," John said jokingly, grunting from the strength of his friends.

Then, one of his friends started to cry out of the blue, but John knew who it was.

"There,there, Phil." He patted his friend's shoulder.

"Aww..." The six ponies were touched by the affectionate display.

At the noise, the guys let go of John and turned their attention to the ponies.

"John," said Tyler.

"Yeah?" said John.

"This may seem crazy, but are we seeing colored ponies and a dragon in this room?"

"You are, my friend," John smiled, "These creatures are my friends."

"Eeyup," said Applejack, "And we're glad to be able to make new ones."

The six new humans gaped at how Applejack just talked like a regular human being.

"Let me introduce my friends," said John, "Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy."

"Hi," They all say in a unison.

"And of course, Spike."

Suddenly, one of John's friends approached to the little dragon with a smile on his face.

"Oh my god. You're real." The friend then grabbed Spike's right arm. "And so adorable."

"Uhh...hi." The dragon seemed to be confused by this action.

"And you talk! This is so awesome!"

"Okay Phil," said Tyler, "You can play with him later."

Phil gave Tyler a glare.

"Come on. You know how I like creatures."

So, John explained to the guys everything from his times as a soldier to the recent events in the past ten days.

"Wow! So much for one day," said Tyler, rubbing his head.

"You came here exactly like us," said an astonished Richard, "Talk about a wild ride."

"And you saved three fillies from a fire?!" said Aaron, "That's wonderful!"

"Not to mention, you and Spike took down an Ursa-Major," said Ryan, "now that's just plain awesome."

"Well, someone had to do it." said John. "So what's up with the guns and the stuff. Not to mention your guys' hair."

The guys looked away because of the embarrassment of their hair.

"Well...you see," said Tyler.

***

Back at Earth, it was hell all over the place. The war had gotten to the point where there's no possible win on either side. The major continents, like Asia and Europe, were mostly covered by radiation, dead bodies, and fire. The only continent that remained untouched was the South American countries, all of which had remained neutral during the war. Not to mention, natural disasters had recently occurred worldwide, causing more tragedies all around. Thousands of people were dying by the day because of mother nature and the scarcity of food. Humanity had finally reached it’s climax.

Almost all the survivors of the war had left their countries as refugees. They headed for anywhere that wasn’t irradiated, or on fire. As for us, we stayed behind. Though we should've left with everyone else, we were so dumb that we stayed. We thought that people would come to us for help, but we were stupid.

So, we decided to head south, where everyone else was at. We packed guns, food, clothing, all enough to survive for months on end. We took Aaron's uncle's old truck to carry the supplies we had. I'm mean, if Phil haven't discovered the mother load, we would be starving.

***

As Tyler finished his short story, Aaron inhaled silently.

"Everybody we knew started to go crazy," said Aaron, "They were fighting for food and water. Things were out of hands for Earth."

"Oh, my goodness," said Fluttershy, "And what about the animals?"

The guys exchange looks as Phil began to shake.

"You... don't want to know," said Richard.

"Gosh, that's horrible," said Twilight.

John was saddened to hear what had happened to Earth, to humanity, to his home.

"As for our hair," continued Tyler as he and the other guys looked at Peter, "Peter dared all of us to dye our hair and apparently, the hair product we used is permanent, so we’ll just have to grow our hair out again."

Peter chuckled with a sheeply smile.

"What about my mom and my brother?" asked John.

The guys’ eyes grew wide as they avoided eye contact. They didn't want to tell what happened to his family. His friends looked at him and he showed that he was worried and serious. They exchanged looks to each other and had to come up with answer. So out of his friends, Aaron told John the truth.

"John...your mom...she," stuttered Aaron sadly, "She died in a horrible car accident."

John was still as a statue.

"Come again?" said John like if he had heard it right.

"She died in a horrible car accident."

At first John thought Aaron was joking, but then, Aaron was the honest friend and the way he spoke was pure sadness.

"How?" the tone of John’s voice was rising with anger and sadness.

"She was driving on her way home and it was at night. Then, it started to get foggy. The fog was so thick that she couldn't even see about three feet ahead. As she was driving, cars began to crash into each other. The victims were crying as cars kept on piling up. Your mom was the last one to crash before...an eighteen wheeler smashed through every car in it's way. Twenty cars were totaled, including the eighteen wheeler. There were no survivors," Aaron continued, “as for your brother, he suddenly disappeared. He just left without a trace. I'm sorry John."

John couldn't believe what he just heard. His own mother was dead. His brother was gone. Because of this tragic news, he clenched his fists as he began to breath a little fast. Rage and sadness was all over him.

Twilight and the others looked at him and saw tears coming out. They didn't what to say to him. The guys were the same thing. They watched him as tears dropped to the floor.

"I need some time alone," said John as he got up and went to the guest room.

John locked the door and looked at the window. He kept on staring at the window till he burst to despair and sadness. He got on the bed and curled himself up. He cried and whined silently. He hadn't cried much since his dad passed away. And his brother gone missing, it fed the sadness of his heart. John can't be more of this feeling than he was now. He only wished that he never joined the army.

As he cried in despair, John heard a knock from the door.

"John, your friends are going to set up their tents here in the library. If you want anything, just ask," said Twilight.

What John wanted was to go back in time and never join the Army. He got up and unlocked the door, but didn't open it. John went back to the bed and stared at the ceiling. He kept on staring until he fell asleep. So much for today.

Author's Note

Yeah, I know.

Edit by Narlepoax III and Theblacksmithbrony

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