The Dead King.

Chapters

Chapter 1: The World Beyond The Rainbow Gate
Chapter 2: The book of Fear
chapter 3: Shy meeting
chapter 4: Innocence
chapter 5: Best Taste Ever
chapter 6: The Song
chapter 7: A Surprise party for the Psycho
chapter 8: Staring down the machine
chapter 9: And now it begins

Chapter 1: The World Beyond The Rainbow Gate

Prologue

Hate and love is there a difference?

In the year 2250, after the Washington Capitol massacre the U.S. ordered for a new rule of government. The decision was brought upon by the actions of The Truth Seeker, a psychologist and Veteran marine turned to the world’s most feared serial killer. The new regime would be one that would support several military projects to insure peace. The regime would maintain civil equality for all nations large or small, through power given to one single government. A regime that wouldn’t even consider morale equality to criminals or terrorists no matter how small the crime. Civil rights would only be given to paying citizens of the nations. So on January 24, 2251 the United States of America officially became the United Federations of America. The new country then ordered for all other nations to unite under the Federations with a promise of peace and equality. By the end of the year almost all of the power nations had sided with the Federations along with several smaller Countries. All except three countries; Mexico, China, and Siberia. Mexico’s new president had believed that the Federations had darker intentions due to information given to him by an anonymous source. Because of its location Mexico was the federation’s prime target. After many months of debate it was decided that the Siberia and Mexico would be dealt with. Silently they planed for an attack on Siberia but continued debate with china. But what was not expected was Mexico sending its military to aid Siberia. For 2 years the silent war raged on in Siberia and china was still refusing the federations offer to unite. Propaganda spread all across the Federations saying that Mexico and Siberia had been staging attacks on several outposts belonging to the U.F. so several other Federations believing that, sent additional support to the U.F. but Mexico still kept fighting alongside Siberia. Finally the Federation had grown tired and on March 15, 2253 after the last strike on Siberia, the U.F. dropped several nuclear bombs on Mexico killing millions of innocent lives. Without the aid of Mexico or Siberia, China had given up and united under the Federation.

For over half a century, the remains of Mexico had been picked through by scavengers looking for fortune. However one hunter found documents for a secret weapon in an abandon ruin. In the documents laid out the plans for a new form of soldier, one that kills with no regret or remorse, one able to kill 30 men in 5 minutes with a single blade. These planes also contained data and information on how to locate and improve these soldiers. They were called…Psychos. On the new century, project claymore had been initiated. Science facility’s had been built to house and experiment with psychos of different races. Sadly the majority of psychos came from the remains of Mexico that weren’t so heavily irradiated. Mothers Fathers and children were taken from their homes and villages and forced into these facilities’ to be experimented on and forced to kill for the federation. On 2358, after a raiding of a village in the desert, facility number: 345, received a newly born infant Hispanic who was tested with a new chemical formula that took years to create that killed several other psychos. But instead he survived with above average results. He was the first psycho who survived the mutation. His blood type was a new unknown type that was dubbed type: MX. By the time he was three, the mutation made his bones into pure bio tungsten, gave him abnormal strength and speed and made his skin incredibly resistant to damage, and covered his internal organs with a protective unknown material. However the mutation caused a change that surprised the researchers after taking away the color of his eyes. One guard who pushed him down was incinerated from the inside out after being stared at by the child. When he turned 5, Project: Halberd was initiated. For five years he was injected with different viruses’ and mutagens and had machines surgically implanted inside him replacing the some internal organs. He trained hard under terrible conditions, the training itself was no less painful. On the side several projects like Halberd had begun at different facilities housing their own Psychos.

He was taught to show no pain, no emotion, No disobedience. When he turned 10, he was sent in the frozen tundra to survive for a year. When he returned, he was scarred, beaten, bruised, and finally ready to serve under the Federation. 10 years of his life was spent fighting, killing and destroying everything for the Federation, he had killed so many that he was given the name killer giant because of his height. On the year 2377 killer went missing for 3 months in an isolated forest region. They finally found him at the edge of a burned down village with a new scar on his face, a wide smiling scar that was stitched on him. After that he started showing emotion and started rebelling against what the federation made him do. One night, he found out what happened to his true home and family, he then killed every guard and scientist at the facility and released all the psychos and started a rampage against a federation city nearby. From then on the psychos referred to him as the king of psychos. On the year 2380, the king befriended two psycho’s one Siberian and one Chinese and together formed the Psychos army. They attacked every facility in each continent freeing every psycho in captivity. On June 16, 2380 he planned an attack on the U.F.S. Augusta that would mark the beginning of the third world war. What the psycho king didn’t know was that they would be heading straight for the triangle that held a doorway to a new world. A world that existed separately from ours, where the violence of our world never existed and harmony rules. A world where killer may find true peace and …something more.

Note: ponies come in next chapter.

Chapter 2: The book of Fear

Chapter 1: A New world

It was early in the morning, on top was the fog covered sea surrounding a large super carrier. But a few miles a away Underneath the sea was an old submarine making its way towards the carrier. Inside was a crew of about 500 men and women sweating. Near a window sat a tall, medium build tanned man with a smiling scar on his mouth and messy short black hair wearing a torn up shirt and dirtied blue jeans with a hole in the right leg holding a machete in its sheath and a revolver wrapped in a grayish blue sweater next to a shorter light build man with wavy short light blond hair wearing a sleeveless tattered brown vest a skinny jeans holding a pair of trench knives with an ak-47. They were conversing about the attack on the super carrier. “I think you should reconsider” said the shorter man in an accent ”there are over 500,000 soldiers on that thing and I don’t think we have a chance”. The taller man assured him that they are going to win “don’t worry, we’ll win the battle after all, were psychos, do you know how hard it is to kill us.” The other still had a worried expression on his face “I just have a bad feeling about this place were going to…” he said in his language “Bermudskiĭ tryeugolʹnik”. The giant turned to him with a confused look on his face.

“what?”

“The Bermuda triangle.”

A siren went off and the captain of the sub spoke “Were almost to the U.F.S.Augusta.” both men stood up from. The giant walked over to the large group of Psychos and spoke “I know a lot of you are probably scared about this mission but remember that we are psychos, we were bred to kill, we were made tough and strong so I want all of you to come back on this sub by my side covered…in their BLOOD!” all the psychos on the sub cheered. His short speech fueled them with joy they were ready to fight.

At the top looking down at the group stood a skinny man with medium straight dark blue hair wearing a black leather pants and a white shirt with a leather jacket wrapped around his face carrying a silver staff his size on his back with a look of despair on his face. He stood next to the captain of the sub when the king gave his speech “Do you think they’re truly ready to fight that many?” said the man. The captain turned from his compass “I don’t know, but I’m ain’t gonna stand around if all hell breaks loose.” He looked down at all the psychos sharpening their blades and loading their guns. “With any luck he’s right.” The giant looked up at where the skinny man was was standing “Hey Tom, smile it’ll keep your spirit’s up.” Tom grinned. The siren went off and the captain spoke” were here, get ready were surfacing” the shorter man walked up to the giant “are you sure about this?” the king pulled out a silvery metallic blade from his sweater.

“All I know is that after this not even hell can stop us.”

“Maybe for once you’ll smile…”

Four hours later-

As the cool breeze of the ocean air passed over them, the men and women of the Federations military elite stood tall and ready for their general to walk back up to the deck of the sea cruiser. In the distance they could see the super carrier Augusta’s half on fire. The deck cluttered with psychos surrounding a platform where the king of psychos and his two generals stood and raised the blades.

The king stood on the stage, his arm raised with his machete in his hand along with his two Generals, Daniel and Tom, watched the crowed of psychos cheering and relishing the victory. The Federations army was no match for the 500 psychos that stormed the super carrier of 500,000 Federation marines. He gave his victory speech he had been waiting to use “Today we struck back at the cruel Federations army and showed them that we are strong and that we will NEVER go back to being their pets!.........”

In the distance, the general looked at his soldiers and gave the order “Men I want you to take a good long look at the deck of Augusta” the elite stood with their’ Barret M80s in their hands and silently locked their sights on the king. ”The tall, medium build, Hispanic in his early 20s whose covered in the blood of your brothers and sisters in arms Should be your target. The order has been given; it’s time to bring the king down” the elite loaded armor piercing explosive rounds and aimed for the chest.

“No matter how many we lose we will never forget that our fathers and mothers are watching us and as long as we fight for the freedom of all our home lands we will NEVER FAIL!” With That statement the 50 psychos cheered the name king of psychos. Even though they had lost a lot of men and women, it still feels good that they can finally be declared free and finally wage the war that brings the Federation down. The king watched the snipers Tom positioned on the balcony’s, he started noticing a few of them were on the ground. He shrugged it off thinking they were just resting from the long day. He started walking to the steps when all of sudden he felt a three strong force’s hit him in the chest and make him fall back.

“THE KINGS DOWN, I REPEAT THE KING IS DOWN ALL FORCES ATTACK THAT CARRIER!”

The short man rushed to the kings side and knelt down next to him “Are you alright?” the king sat up “yea I’m alright I jus-“ before he could finish his sentence he felt a burning pain inside his chest ”GAHH!!-the hell was that”. He felt inside his sweater, pulled his hands out and saw blood on his fingers. “Armor piercing explosive rounds”

From out of nowhere, 30 Federation heavy gunships were racing towards the carrier. The king yelled to Tom ”Tom, get the rest of the men off this ship and do it fast!”

Tom nodded in agreement. The king stood back up and picked up his machete “Daniel I’m gonna need you to get them on land safely” Daniel nodded and ran on to a jet ski.

“what exactly are you going to do?”

“El Rey va a proteger y matar.”

Tom knew what the psycho king meant which worried him. “Well, it was an honor serving with you.” The king looked back at Tom “you’ll see me again.” and with that Tom grabbed a rifle and jumped on the boat and took off. Octavio walked at the far front edge of the deck and yelled “AQUI VENGO TRIANGULO”. He reached for his revolver pulled it out aimed for a gunship but before he could pull the trigger, he suddenly fell to his knees and his mouth was coughing out blood. And a thought went to his head “wait…..how am I already dead”.

“Good work soldier that last shot should put him down for good this time” the soldier was being congratulated when suddenly the waters started getting violent. Then something amazing happened.

From the cruiser, the elite stared in awe at the giant white hole that was opening up in front of the carrier. The general just smiled and said “it looks like the seas gonna finish our job”. Their jaws dropped completely as the whole super carrier was lifted off the sea and nosedived into the giant hole. The captain of the ship came up from below and pulled out a map and pointed at where they were. The officer’s eyes went wide ”the Bermuda” he ordered all his men and the gunships to go back to base immediately .

The king opened his eyes and stared in amazement at what was happening around him. Parts of the carrier were being dissolved and evaporating and he was freefalling down a large bright hole. He noticed from the left corner of his eye his hand was glowing bright. Before he could react his whole body was starting to glow and a spectrum of colors started surrounding him. He thought to himself “so…this is what crossing overs like………..kinda pretty”. Another thought went to his head “Hope hells just as pretty.”

Equestria-

Rainbow Dash was flying around the outskirts of town enjoying the bright warm day. She flew fast around and through the clouds and did a perfect flip and landed right on a cloud. “The sky sure does feel’s good during this time of the year.” she laid on a cloud and was about ready to fall asleep when a sudden change in the temperature woke her up. “brrrr-when did it get so cold?” the cold was replaced by strong winds that almost knocked the Pegasus off the cloud. “what’s Happening!?” the winds got picked up stronger and knocked her off the cloud. She flew up before hitting the ground when all of a sudden it stopped. Rainbow Dash was relieved when the strong winds stopped. “Glad that’s over.” She was about to fly off when a bright colorful light shined in the sky. She stared at the giant hole forming and watch something fall out from it and then the light disappeared. She watched the thing fall and disappear behind the trees. Right when she was about to take off after it, a loud boom was heard and an earthquake occurred and knocked some trees down. She thought to herself what caused that?

The king woke up several minutes later on his back in the middle of a crater. His back ached but he sat up and stared up at the bright blue sky and fluffy clouds and the nice weather and said to himself “now I know this is’nt hell.” He tried standing back up but stumbled back down for some reason. He rubbed his eyes, but then his eyes went wide at the sudden realization. “Wait I don’t have hooves” he looked at the rest of his feet which were now grayish blue hooves. Immediately he panicked and ran stumbling at the closet water puddle and saw in his reflection a grayish blue pony with a black mane, black colored eyes, and his large smiling scar across his mouth. He turned his head to look at the rest of his grayish blue body and noticed that on his flank he had a mark of his beloved machete Xico covered in blood. “Alright no need to panic I’m just dreaming….in a few minutes I’ll wake up” he was telling himself this until he saw something flying right for him. Before he could move out of the way a bright blue flash crashed right into him but bounced off with a thud. He was taken by surprise at what he saw before him, a Cyan Pony with a rainbow colored main and tail and…wings.

Rainbow Dash was waking up from the hit and almost screamed at the giant who was staring at her. She was focused on the giant creepy smile he had on his face. Her head started aching “OWW!” the giant was surprised at what this thing did. It talked. He waited for it to say something else. “Hey are you going to help me up or what?” the giant jumped at this and he responded “you can talk?”

“Well yea I can talk now are you going to help me up, my head hurts”

“Uhhh sure”

The giant helped her up

“Sorry about that uh who are you?”

“ you’re talking to the next Ponyville’s best flyer Rainbow Dash ”

She flew up into the air but quickly fell back down and winced “OWW!-did I hit a wall or something?”

“no you hit me.”

She looked at him with a confused expression”so what’s your name?”

“Tavo.”

chapter 3: Shy meeting

Chapter 2: The book of Fear

Twilight was in her home studying after a short earthquake passed by and knocked everything down. After the earth quake passed, she sighed looking at ll her books strewn across the floor. She was wondering where the quake occurred but was too busy to be worrying about it. She was half way done when she noticed a certain book, hidden all in the back of the shelf on its side. She wondered how it got there. When her magic made contact with the book however, her mind flashed an image so horrendous and grotesque, she yelped and fainted.

She awoke several minutes later in a daze. She didn't remember why she was on the floor or why all the books were scattered across the floor. Her assistant Spike had walked in the room and saw her laying on the floor. He helped her up and quickly noticed the confused expression on her face. "spike, What happened why are all the books on the floor?and was i on the floor?" spike just stared at her in confusion and but took hint that she was serious she was serious. "uh don't you remember the earthquake that passed?" she shrugged "I don't remember any earthquake or-" before she could finish her sentence she noticed a book lying next to where she was. It took her a moment to remember what book this was, when all of a sudden her lost memory came racing back to her, which made her shriek and fall back. Spike ran to her side "what happened Twilight!" her face had the look of fear and cold sweet ran down her face. "Spike….have you ever seen that book?" she pointed to the book and spike went over to pick it up off the floor. "no?" she motioned him to give it to her. When spike handed her the book, Twilight was surprised when nothing happened. She examined the dusty old with a weathered black and white picture on the cover and looked to see who the author was and was stunned when she found nothing on it except the title. "The Two on Opposite Roads, How come I've never come across this book before?" spike had left reorganizing some books in the other room. Twilight was examining the cover of the large stallion who was as tall as the princess, and what looked like a timber wolf but completely covered in fur instead of wood. She was a little on edge before she opened it to the first page of the book and read outloud the single sentence on it. "when there is a killer, there is a savior, choose your fate." Twilight started wondering what the sentence meant, and why she's never heard of the book?

She turned the page and it was titled "The Stallion who fell from the gates". She started reading the passage "Beware the stallion of grayish blue who shall fall from the rainbow gates in the sky. When he falls, the ground will tremble at the impact. He is a giant among ponies, his bones are constructed of the hardest metal unknown to our kind. His eyes are colorless and black as ash but change at his command and will incinerate anything in his sight. His mane is black like his eyes and he carries the mark of a blood stand blade. His face and body are covered with the scars of many battles and bloodshed. His face shows the accursed smiling scar which forces him to never smile for if he does…no one will survive."

Twilight shuddered at the thought of who this stallion was but reassured herself that something like this could never exist. And even if there was something like this, he would be no match against the princesses or the Elements of harmony. She closed the book and decided to continue reading it when she was done reorganizing her books.

"So where'd you come from Tavo?"

"That's a hard question to answer."

"why?"

"well you wouldn't believe me if i told you?"

They walked along the trail that lead to Ponyville. Tavo had surprisingly figured out how to walk like a pony and was walking alongside Rainbow Dash. Tavo felt slightly uncomfortable in the new world. the healthy green trees, the bright blues sky's, the nice weather it didn't make sense to him. He was still confused at where he was exactly so he asked "Rainbow dash are there any towns nearby?" Rainbow Dash winced and rubbed her head due to the impact "yea were headed there already." she replied. As they were making there way down the trail in the distance they could see a farm and Rainbow Dash automatically recognized it "that's Sweet Apple acres, that's where we get our apples and it's where my friend AppleJack lives and work's." Tavo felt nervous remembering the last time he was on a farm.

"wanna race?" Tavo noticed Rainbow Dash was all ready to race but he just walked along "nah you go on ahead I'll catch up." before she left Rainbow Dash started noticing that Tavo had the same monotone look on his face since the moment they met "hey would it kill ya to lightin up abit." She quickly flew off over to the farm. Tavo under his breath said "I wish I could."

Applejack was bucking the last apple tree. The earthquake made her job much easier by knocking the apples off most of the trees. She was starting to wonder where the quake came from but quickly shrugged it off when she saw her friend Rainbow Dash flying for the farm. "HEY AJ!" Dash landed in front of AppleJack "howdy Dash". Applejack took notice of the large pony that was following her "Is that a friend of yours Dash?" Rainbow Dash turned her head saw Octavio was still Behind. "Oh yeah, he's a new pony here" Applejack smiled "a new pony" Applejack smiled "well now, a new friend in our little town will always be welcomed" she was already starting to walk over to where he was until she felt a sudden feeling of fear as Tavo got closer. She was on edge when she saw that Tavo was really tall and had a large smile that was stitched on his face, along with other scars all over his body. he walked up to her and spoke "Hey your Applejack right, im Tavo, nice to meet you."

ApppleJack shrugged it off and tried to act confident "well nice ta meet ya too." Tavo noticed that when he shook her hoof it trembled more than it should and that her gaze was focused on his mouth and away from his eyes. "hey, you wanna come ta town with us Octavio?" Octavio nodded in agreement and the three of them where headed to ponyville. AppleJack and Rainbow Dash exchanged looks and AppleJack whispered to her "so where did you find him?"

"well I found him in a hole just talking to himself before I crashed into him"

"well didn't ya feel somethin when you met him?"

Rainbow Dash tried remembering what she felt "I don't know I "crashed" right into him" Applejack had a confused look on her face "wait, why would you crash into him"

"I was looking to see where the earthquake came from and then I crashed into a wall"

Applejack looked more confused "wait I thought you said you crashed into him?" Rainbow Dash was rubbing her head and wincing a bit "well yea he's the wall" Applejack stared at Rainbow then Tavo then Rainbow again "and how is he a wall?" rainbow replied " well I don't know he just felt like a wall" Tavo could hear them whispering to each other about him but pretended not to notice.

Fluttershy and Rarity were leaving the spa feeling relaxed and stress free when they spotted they're friends Applejack ,Rainbow Dash and a tall pony walking with them. Rarity gasped "a new pony, well im sure Pinkie Pie is going to throw him a party soon as she meets the dear." Fluttershy had a nervous look on her face "I hope he's nice?" Rarity waved at them and they walked over "I wonder if he's a sophisticated pony" As their friends approached, they suddenly got a feeling of fear. Then they saw Tavo. Rarity's jaw dropped at the sight of all those scars on him and the big creepy smile on his face and Fluttershy cowered and hid behind her. AppleJack came first "Hey Fluttershy and Rarity, we'd like ya'll to meet our new friend."

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chapter 4: Innocence

chapter 3: Shy meeting

"well um its nice to meet you uh….Tavo" Tavo noticed the same expression Applejack had on Rarity's face with a hint of disgust. "well nice to meet you Rarity" Tavo took noticed that none of them had once tried to harm him even though he knew they were afraid of him. They treated him like any normal person which confused him. He noticed that something was shaking right behind her. Rarity quickly shook off her fear and decided to introduce Fluttershy to him. "oh-this is my good friend Fluttershy."

Fluttershy felt complete horror when the giant pony came. She knew that it wasn't nice to judge someone on the outside but still she felt a fear beyond anything she ever felt before. When Rarity introduced her, she thought that she was just overreacting until she looked up at him. Cold sweat ran down her face as she stared at the smiling, colorless eyed, beast. It was the worse feeling she had ever felt before and suddenly her 'Stare' kicked in when she gazed into his ash-colored eyes. However She realized she made the wrong move and fell silent.

Tavo stared at Fluttershy for a short time. He had never seen anyone like her before in his world and felt a strange feeling that gave him goosebumps. Her face expressed terror so he tried not to rush. "uh hi.." she responded with a sort of squeak which for some reason he found cute. He slowly took one step forward but she lifted herself off the ground and before Tavo could say something she dashed off at top speed screaming all the way. Before she flew off, Tavo eyes met hers for half a second and in that moment gave him another strange feeling he never felt before. It felt warm.

Before she knew it, she was already at her cottage. She was panting fast and sweating pro furiously. This was the first time her stare didn't work. Above all else it was the first time her stare actually opened a door into someones mind. at least that's what she believed she saw. What she saw was hateful evil and acts of pure violence flashing by in her head. She also saw some kind off smiling monster with demonic glowing eyes. By this time she was holding her bunny Angel and was still trembling still seeing every gruesome detail of everything she saw. But…she remembered looking deeper into his mind and found some small bit of innocence. She saw a lonely young grayish blue colt in a cage…crying. A single tear dropped from her face. She stopped shaking and suddenly felt depressed. "who is he?"

Tavo was still confused about what just happened. He was a little disheartened but didn't show it. When he turned around to ask the three ponies with him what just occurred they just stared at him with wide eyes. "she used her stare on ya and ya didn't feel anything?" asked AppleJack. Tavo lifted his eyes brows and still felt confusion. "my goodness, sir are you sure you are fine?" Tavo responded "sure." the three of them exchanged looks. Rainbow Dash flew right up to him " are you made of steel or something?" Tavo responded "nope… bio tungsten, harder than steel and kind of heavier." the ponies looked confused and went quite before Applejack spoke "well I gotta head back to the farm and buck the last apples down sooo ill be seein ya Tavo" AppleJack galloped off to the the farm. "I'm gonna go see whats up with Fluttershy so…..see ya!" Rainbow dashed off in the direction Fluttershy flew in. Tavo was still a little confused "….now what?" Rarity was walking down the path Rainbow Dash took. "well you could always see the town and enjoy what our little town, so long." She galloped off. Now Tavo was all alone at where ever he was. " hmm maybe I should do what she said…no tengo nada más que hacer." Tavo turned and walked in the direction of the town square.

chapter 5: Best Taste Ever

chapter 4: Innocence

Twilight was just about done with the books. She was pondering what the image she saw was, but couldn't remember a thing. She was wondering if the princess had ever heard of the book before realizing that she was sitting on the floor. She didn't know why she was on the floor but decided to use the opportunity to continue reading the book. She chose not to use her magic on the book out of fear and picked it up in her mouth.

She opened the book from the page she read and began reading: "In his world, he is a king among beasts of his kind. He is the last of his family line. He was already surrounded by death even at birth. He holds the strength of ten Ursa majors and is resistant to extreme cold, heat, and pain. He cannot be stopped with disease, he fights with complete fury. He is feared by many in his world. the only thing that can stop him is a being with ultimate power but that only exists in his world. when he comes to our world…never try to fight him for he will slay us all."

Twilight was unsure why but whoever this pony is or was must be a terrible cruel pony. "oh my" she mumbled. She was considering sending a report to the princess to warn her, but she reassured herself again that this thing does not exist, so there was nothing to be afraid of. She turned the page and read out loud the single strange sentence on it: "Until light fades from our hearts, let us know that there is always a chance, when the world falls, let us know that he will save us from death."

" Huh, I wander what this means?" Twilight was wondering what this meant for a moment. When she turned the page however, it was blank. She continued turning the pages all the way to the end. "blank" she could not understand the nature of this book at all. She closed the book and started wondering about what the sentence meant.

Tavo was walking through the town gazing at everything around him. He'd been wandering around the town for a couple minutes, it had never occurred to him how wonderful it was just walking. He had seen a lot during his time in captivity and his time of freedom, but this place was completely different from anywhere he was sent. It was colorful, peaceful, and warm happiness could be felt from all over. He could see all the ponies walking around talking, laughing, playing, and a few singing. If he could, he would smile. He looked up to the sky and stared at the clouds and pegasi flying to and fro. All the while he felt that their where also naïve "they don't know how lucky they are." he said to himself he remembered how terrible his world was and tried comparing it to this world. He could not. silently he thanked whoever killed him. Should have killed me years ago. he thought. He wondered about the town, noticing that not a single pony had yelled at him. Or cursed him, or threw rocks at him, or stared down at him, or aim weapons at him. a few had even waved at him. Other than that they didn't do anything, except the ones that got to close. They ran off at the sight of him. But it was nothing new to him, he was used to that.

He shortly passed what looked like a school house He walked along the fence studying the small one-building school house. It looked almost like one his Great-Grandfather described in a letter. He was watching all the little filly's, playing around, and laughing. They were too innocent and carefree, he just wished the orphan's in his world had this kind of life instead of the one he had. He was about ready to leave when he heard three little voice's from the school that made him stop. "So, cutie mark crusaders, what are we gonna do today?" the voices of the three girls made him twist his head to see three filly's discussing their plans for the day. " we should try skydiving, I heard it's a lot of fun" said the orange Pegasus." How bout somthin a little less dangerous." The yellow filly replied. "how about painting Mountains?" said the white unicorn." no, we already did that." answered the yellow one.

Tavo was still watching them with curiosity at what they would come up with. The three filly's had thought hard about what they could do. The white filly broke the silence "hey, what about something that has to do with the earthquake that passed?" all three of them smiled about the idea. "yeah, I heard that it started from the border of the town we could investigate it." Said the orange filly. The yellow filly smiled joyfully with the idea " oh my gosh, we could be cutie mark crusader earthquake investigators!" all three of them cheered their name loudly " CUTIE MARK CRUSADER EARTHQUAKE INVESTIGATORS, yay!"

At this point Tavo( still wishing he could smile)was watching the display of innocence shown. He'd only seen this once in his life though that didn't end well. He suddenly felt sorrow by the thought and dropped a single tear, but to his own amazement a completely different response came out of his mouth.

All the filly's at the school including the cutie mark crusader's, were shaken by the short, quick, extremely loud, cackling maniac-like laugh that lasted for about a second but shook them to their very souls. " AY QUE ME CHINGAN." Tavo blurted before shaking his head and biting his tongue hard, then running off before being noticed.

"w-what was that?" Sweetie Bell said "i-I don't know" answered Scootaloo. They clung to each other for about ten seconds before heading off to the edge of town.

Tavo was about a quarter mile way from the school, still freaking out about the laugh that came out of nowhere. "the hell was that? That's never happened before." Before Tavo said anymore, a thought and grumbling feeling hit him "when was the last time I ate?….thats right, 2 weeks ago" he decided to ignore the laugh and began walking to where ever there was a place to eat. He kept walking until he noticed something flying in the sky.

From his distance he could see a gray, blonde-mane Pegasus flying around without paying attention to what was in front of her and crashed into a tree. She flew out of the tree just to crash into the side of a building. She recovered but flew through another tree, spin, and crashed right in front of him. "hey, you alright?" he asked helping the dizzy Pegasus up. "yep, I'm ok!" said the Pegasus standing up straight like nothing happened. He was thrown off by the fact that one eye looked up and the other looked down. "hi, my name's …uuhh…Derpy!" the cross-eyed mare said with a joyful look."uuhhh my name's Tavo, it's nice to meet you" he said still a bit confused as to how the pony can fly around cross-eyed. Tavo remembered what he was supposed to be looking for "hey is their a place to eat?" asked Tavo "well, if you're hungry, There's sugar cube corner, it's the best bakery in town!" she pointed to a house that resembled a gingerbread house. "me and my little muffin go their every few weeks, they make the best blue berry muffins." Wait is she a mother he thought as he watched her fly up "see ya later tavo!" with that she flew off awkwardly still staring back at him. "see ya Derpy" he yelled at the distant Pegasus who was waving and crashed into another tree.

Octavio was slightly mixed up at the thought of Derpy being a mother "well atleast she loves and cares about her" he said to himself. In his world, he'd only seen a mother once and that was about it. in one of his great-grandfather's letters he described the look of a mother. How even the ones that don't look like it are the best mothers a child could ever ask for. To him as long as she didn't have to live in the kind of world he lived and actually had a mother, the child was okay.

note: im still wondering why there are alot of dislikes to the story.....but then again i'll still be writing and no ones gonna stop me.

chapter 6: The Song

chapter 5: Best Taste Ever

The CDC were walking down the road that led to the edge of town. They avoided the short cut that cut through the everfree forest and took the long way. On the way there, they noticed bits of rocks scattered all over as they neared the border. They kept walking and noticed a few trees were unbalanced or leaning, then they saw trees either on the ground or ripped in half by a rock as they continued on. "Wonder what happened here?" said Applebloom, in the distance they could see a large dirt mound that spread wide. "Hey, what's that?" Asked Sweetie Bell pointing at the dirt mound. "Let's go check it out" said Scootalo, the other two agreed. When they reached the bottom of what now seemed like a dirt hill they heard giggling coming from behind the mound. They began climbing the mound. When they reached the top, their jaws dropped and their eyes widened at the sight of the enormous crater!

The crater was as huge as a mountain and deeper than the lakes. "This thing is huge!" Scootalo exclaimed and the other two were speechless at the sight of the giant crater. "Did a meteor crash here?!" exclaimed Applebloom as she was lowering herself down the crater followed by the others. " how come no pony else saw this!" exclaimed Applebloom as she neared the bottom "come on girls lets be the first ones ta reach the bottom." When they reach the bottom they heard the giggling again they wondered what it was though it sounded familiar.

As they walked anxiously they could hear it getting closer and closer. The crater was so large it was hard to point out any figures in the distance. When the giggling stopped the girls got really scared. They trembled at the silence and held on to each other. "I'm starting to think it was a bad idea coming here?" said Sweetie Bell as they clung to each other. Before any of them could say another word, they felt heavy breathing down the backs of their necks. When they turned around to meet whoever it was behind them, the moment went by faster than the speed of sound. The Cutie mark Crusaders screamed louder then they had ever screamed before and all three of them fainted.

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Tavo was walking up to the bakery when he realized something. He was broke. He was used to making his own food or scavenging for it in the old city's and rarely ever ate due to the machines replacing his damaged stomach, but for some reason he felt starved. Suddenly he heard the rustling of garbage cans in an alley way near him. when he walked through the alley he saw no one. He looked around but no one was insight. The only thing that stood out was a bland large sack with a note on it just laying on the floor. When he picked up the note it read: "use these for whatever purposes you need but know that's all you'll get until you find a job in this world. Also when you're done head over to the town library and have a look around, learn from them.-Tavo"

"Wait, I never wrote this note?" he wondered if someone else knew he was their? He felt around the bag than opened it. Inside were gold coins. whats this supposed to be? thought Tavo as he pondered who it belonged to or how anyone knew that he was poor. For now, he thought I might as well use it. He put the note in the sack, slung it over his back and made his way over to Sugar cube corner.

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Mr. and Mrs. Cake were in their bakery spending some time with their kids. The week had been filled with so much work that they didn't have time to be with their babies. But they had Pinkie Pie around to play with them so the cakes could fill out orders. Today however Pinkie Pie had left early in the morning, but business was slow and when the chores were done they finally had time to be together as a family.

In the middle of making dinner They heard the door bells ring and the door opening. "Be right there." answered Mrs. Cake putting down the kitchen utensils and heading for the counter. Before she could reach it however, she felt a sudden feeling of terror. She froze, looked back at her family and she didn't know why but she smiled feeling mixed emotions of happiness and fear. She shook her head, and walked over to meet the costumer. When she got there she was dumbstruck at the pony that towered over her and creepily smiled at her.

Tavo was going to ask her for something to eat but was distracted by the look on her face that almost everyone else had. he stood still for a moment then she spoke "uhh can I help you dear?" she asked, her gaze still concentrated on his mouth. He didn't know what exactly to say so he thought about what Derpy said " uh I'd like a blue berry muffin?" he asked feeling a bit nervous. "Right away dearie." She said going back into the kitchen trembling all the way.

Now this time he was really confused. He knew that she was terrified yet she still was polite to him. In his world no one was ever this polite, as soon as they saw him they would usually throw things at him till he left. He was mixed up in this new world he didn't know how it worked or why the inhabitant's were so nice. he was just glad he finally caught a break from the same shit people threw at him.

"Who was it honey bun?"

"Oh it was a new Pony, he ordered a blueberry muffin." She said with a frightened tone which Mr. Cake noticed "is everything alright?" he said as he went for a muffin. She shook her head "oh it's nothing" she said, he didn't believe her, he could see something was bothering her. "are you sure everything's alright Cupcake?" he said with a worried expression. She frowned and told him everything that happened. The terror, the feeling and the smiling grayish blue giant waiting at the counter. "that's crazy" he said as he started walking over to the counter as his wife stared " I'll give him a welcoming-" before he could finish his sentence the terror that she described set in. Than the feeling. She was right along. he thought "I'm so sorry i doubted you." He said with an apologetic expression "it's alright Carrot." she replied, they smiled as they gazed into each other's eyes. Suddenly they both had a realization and gasped "where are the babies?"

Tavo was standing by the door and wondered how different this world was to his. There were major differences like how every ones nice, every ponies happy and at peace, and how lucky they were to never know what true violence is like. But among these differences, there were still some similarity's. His world was cruel and painful and the only ones with any actual heart were the psycho's and they were bred to be mindless killers, especially him. Yet when he thought all of this, one single thought emerged and it was the only difference between his world and this world…Fluttershy.

Ever since that short meeting he hasn't been able to stop thinking about her. In both of his lives he's seen the emotions of people. Whether it was the deep sadness of an orphan, the unending fear of his victims, the hatefulness of the military elite, the emptiness of the rich bigots, the joys' of his generals at battles, the happiness of 100,000 psychos cheering, or the new mixed emotions on these ponies it was all the same, except for her. For the first time in his life he actually felt the emotions when he locked eyes with her,he felt a heat from inside, warmer than any fire he's ever been in but instead of burning he felt happiness, if only he could show it. He wasn't used to these new feelings and he didn't understand them either. But one thing came perfectly clear. She is the only thing he never knew.

As he was in deep thought, his silence was broken by light cooing coming from his feet. He looked down and saw to his surprise an infant. A light orange unicorn baby and she hugged his hoof. This was the first time for him seeing an actual baby because he'd never seen an actual infant before. In his world rescued children were kept in a hidden location far enough away from the fighting but close enough for food and supplies to get there. As he lifted his hoof with the small child still holding on and watched her coo and gurgle with glee, another popped out from his mane on top of his head. This one was a whitish brown Pegasus and apparently had strong hooves as it pounded Tavo head. They both giggled making Tavo want to smile. Suddenly someone called for them "Pound cake, Pumpkin cake!" And the two foals ran off to the back. Than came a dark yellowish pony who brought a muffin.

"Here you go sir, a nice warm blueberry muffin." Said the pony who gave him the muffin. Tavo stared at the muffin which looked a whole lot better than anything he'd ever eaten and decided to ask him something "Hey, whats your name?" he asked. "uh call me Mr. cake" he replied "Say, are you new here?" Tavo nodded "And you already met my wife right?" asked Mr. cake. Tavo nodded again. "thats great." said Mr. Cake with a gulp. "That'll be four bits." He said. Tavo turned his head felt inside the sack and pulled out four coins. "thank you sir, have a nice day" said Mr.Cake with a smile and with that Tavo turned and left with the muffin in his mouth.

As soon as the door closed, Mr.Cake let out a long sigh and rubbed the sweat off his brow.

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As he was walking down the street his tong licked the top of the muffin, it left an incredibly sweet taste in his mouth. He decided to take a bite out of it and in that moment froze with his eyes wide open savoring the greatest thing he ever tasted and finished the whole thing. That was second best thing that could happen to me. he thought.

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Note: i changed my name because i thought people hated it at first because they thought it was a self-insert. the only thing that's self inserted was his ethnicity, that's it.

chapter 7: A Surprise party for the Psycho

chapter 6: The Song

As the world falls apart,the beast shall rise again.

He'l send your souls to hell

He'l send your heads to the skys

The devils smile is the last you see, Our beast god will not sleep

Till there is no life left

and The beastking shall lead us back to hell

For the true terror lives in our sins.........

.....let it all fade away....or have it burn us for an eternity.

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Applebloom awoke in a daze and yawned. She found both of her friends asleep next her. She took notice to her surroundings and couldn't remember how they got there? She suddenly felt tears rolling down her face. Confused she tried waking up her sleeping friends. "come on girls wake up" she nudged them until she heard a strange sound coming from the blowing wind that vaguely sounded like a whispering voice. she looked around hoping to find the source of the sound but couldn't see anyone else. The sound suddenly got louder sounding less of a whisper and more of a distant scream. Then from out of nowhere she felt a wisp of air blow in her direction

"Dread sees you....."

Hearing the voice gave her a sudden fear. Her eyes widened, cold sweat ran down her face, she breathed furiously, and then…a song played in her head. Suddenly everything that had happened came back in a flash. The earthquake, the maniacal laugh, the reason for being at the crater, the familiar giggling and the wide nightmarish yellow smile she remembered seeing before passing out. Her two friends had suddenly arisen from their sleep. She shook her head until she got the expression of fear off her face. She didn't want her friends to know "hey AppleBloom what are you doing?" Scootalo yawned. AppleBloom was about to answer when she was cut off by the giggling.

They straightened up faster than when they fainted the memories came back yet they had no clue what was it they saw yet they remember the giggling. They were terrified and ran off but were suddenly cut off by the giant sides of the crater so they closed their eyes and waited for it to come.......

"Hi."

The crusaders screamed before cowering in fear. Then looking up, they sighed in relief when it was just Pinkie Pie. "What are you three doing down here? Ouu are you here to play in the hole too?" they stared at their pink friend in confusion. Why would anyone want to play around in a hole this size? they thought. Yet here she was rolling and jumping around like it was a giant soft bed. "uh pinkie how can ya like this giant hole it's too dark and deep?" said Applebloom raising her hoofs and pointed to everything surrounding them. "Not to mention really scary" added Sweetie bell. Pinkie Pie just answered "it feels like a giant fluffy cloud and it makes me feel all special inside!" she kept bouncing around playfully and the girls just kept getting more and more confused. Scootalo Broke the silence "she's just being Pinkie Pie" and the other two agreed.

They started wondering what could have made a hole this size while at the same time thinking it might get them their cutie marks "maybe a meteor?" Applebloom asked " if a meteor had crashed here ponies would have already seen it." Scootalo replied "then what else could make a hole this big?" asked Sweetie Bell "maybe a pony?" Pinkie Pie randomly added out of nowhere. "how can a pony do this" said AppleBloom "well I saw one land right here." She said pointing at a spot that had a print almost looked like a pony. From the size they could tell the pony was big "wait howd you know it was a pony?" asked AppleBloom.

Pinkie Pie smiled "well while I was walking to the place where Rainbow Dash was, the air started going really really fast to where I was going" as she went on she twirled and laughed "everything was going so fast that I had to hold onto a tree, it was getting really scary!" she said "than the wind stopped…." She stopped dancing and suddenly looked at the sky "when I thought everything was over, an amazing giant hole formed in the sky, it was colorful and pretty then my tail twitched and I saw something fall from the hole" when she said this she jumped into the air and landed on her back giggling "it was falling super duper fast and when I saw that it was a pony I wanted to go over there and say hi.Only I couldn't because the ground started shaking and this big blast of air made me go flying away so I never got to see who it was." The girls thought hard about it and then Applebloom remembered "wait remember when we were at school and there was this loud laugh i remember seein a black tail before it disappeared." said Applebloom, suddenly Pinkies pie face lit up.

"OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH maybe he's still here in ponyville, I cant wait to throw a welcome party!"with that the four climbed back up the sides and headed for ponyville. AppleBloom still had that terrible song going in her head "whats is that?"

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Tavo was trotting down the road that lead to the library, after asking directions from a nervous pony. When he got there he stared at it with interest " how'ed they get a tree that size to be a library?…. then again how is there unicorns and Pegasus who talk and acted like people I don't know?" after saying that he walked up to the door and knocked.

Twilight was still searching for anything about a giant grayish blue stallion in all her books and could never find anything. Even though she thought that it wasn't real she still had to look in case it was. "I find a book lying in the middle of a mess with no author and only three pages written and still nothing about it or the king exist anywhere in any book!" as she was about to give up, a sudden fear came over her then she heard knocking from her front door "coming." she said. Right before opening the door she felt like something was about to happen, something bad. She hesitated for a moment before opening the door. When she opened it to greet the pony, her eyes widened at the giant pony in front of her. just like the book said she thought. Her fears were coming to life as the giant king of beasts stood right in front of her. then "hello, my names Ta-!"

Before he could finish his sentence The lavender unicorn yelped and slammed the door in his face. Finally someone acts normal he thought She was the first one to actually react like anyone in his world would, for once it didn't confuse him. he turned and started walking when suddenly the door opened and the same pony who yelped sheepishly peered out of her door. "please come in."

She didn't understand why but when she slamed the door she suddenly felt anxious and nervous like it was a mistake to close the door.

When he walked in, he was an exact match of the thing in the book. Grayish blue, black mane and tail, as tall as the The princess book said, had the giant smilling scar that reached behind his ears, had no color in his eyes only blackness, had scars all over his body, and a cutie mark of a large blood stained knife. That was all she could confirm but she assured her self that it could just be coincidence. Yet she still had to be sure that it was. As she was thinking of a question to ask him, she observed him looking at her map of Equestria.

As Tavo study the map he noticed one giant portion of the map is covered by a forest called Everfree. He was more interested in the name than the actual forest itself "What kind of a name is that?" he asked himself without noticing Twilight watching him. "Hey, whats your name?" he asked "My name is Twilight Sparkle" acting calm "Twilight Sparkle can I ask you a question?" asked Tavo which alarmed Twilight

"I guess?".

"Good, I wanted to ask you something about this forest called Everfree?"

"what would you like to ask?".

"why is it called Everfree?"

Twilight had always known a lot about the Everfree forest but she'd never bothered to look about how it got it name. "Honestly I don't know, Everfree is a mysterious place that just isn't normal." said Twilight "what do you mean by that?" he asked "well, everything that we make, it creates by itself." Tavo didn't know what she meant "What do you ponies do exactly?" Twilight was a little surprised to hear this "Well, we cultivate our own Plants and fruit, and decide what weather should the day be while the Everfree forest just does it all on its own its just not normal." said Twilight "seems normal to me" this confused Twilight "why is it normal to you?" she asked. Tavo hesitated "well, where I come from things like forests making its own plants and weather acting on its own was normal, however I've never heard of ponies deciding what weather a day Should have." replied Tavo "Oh not regular ponies, the Pegasus ponies decide on what the weather would be" "so what do unicorns do?" he asked "Oh, we use our magic to do our jobs here?" Tavo suddenly hesitated "wait you use magic?" she got confused "uh yes, we've always used magic" he didn't believe her

"show me."

"what?"

"show me what this magic looks like?"

"o…k…" she hesitated. She concentrated her magic, her horn started glowing with energy and all the books levitated off the shelves and reorganized back into their shelves while a few remained suspended in the air.

Tavo couldn't believe his eyes. " that was amazing!" She felt humbled herself even though it was only a small amount of magic. He didn't look impressed though but she remembered something in the book about him not being able to smile. " I think I understand now…" he said, she grew interest "understand what?" she asked listening more attentively

"I understand why its' called Everfree forest now…"

"why?"

"Because Everfree, is truly Foreverfree." this got her excited, she never thought about it that way but Everfree Forest was Foreverfree from the boundaries that other forests had. "How did you know it was called that?" she asked "well where i come from i always dreamed about freedom." This puzzled her and there was a long moment of silence "well I better get out of your hair and let you go back to whatever so ill be leaving" before he could leave Twilight stepped in front of him. she had finally figured out what she wanted to ask "um, Tavo where did you get that scar on your face?' she pointed to the smile stitched on his face. The memory about how he got it made him feel sorrowful. "it's uh personal." he said looking down "oh …well I be glad to see you again soon" with that they begged fair well and Tavo walked out of the Library with that feeling over him.

Twilight was still watching him before he disappeared and wondered where he came from and if he was the same stallion in the book. Just then Scootalo came racing by in her scooter and stopped near Twilight "oh hi Scootalo, what are you up to today" she asked "Me and the others are going out giving invitation's to a surprise party. Oh by the way, here's yours" Scootalo handed Twilight an invitation to the party. She was afraid to ask who the party was for

"who's the party for?"

"the new stallion in ponyville."

chapter 8: Staring down the machine

chapter 7: A Surprise party for the Psycho

It was in the late afternoon, and Tavo was trotting down a road outside of town with questions in his head he should have asked Twilight, when he spotted a gazebo. It was different from the ones he'd seen in his world, namely cause it wasn't in piece's. It was held up by trees instead of poles and had a natural sense to it. As he walked towards it, it reminded him of one he had lived in once. As he sat on down, he recalled the time before his revolution, when he was still a mindless, emotionless killer for the Federation and when he had almost died had it not been for someone from a village.

As he remembered that time in his life, he lifted his hoof and felt the scar on his face which was the painful reminder of why he can't ever feel happiness. A heat had grown inside that wasn't the same kind as before. It was a burning feeling that angered him that filled him with an intense rage and hatred. He felt the hate boil inside him. All that hate inside pointed towards one beast that resides in him and the accursed remainder of the demons existence always showing in his reflection. "Damn you Dead!" he grunted grinding his teeth with seething rage. Then he realized that he wasn't in a place of cruelty anymore. He sat in a world without pain, without suffering, and finally with true peace.

This world and its inhabitants have never even seen what true violence is and they probably never will. he thought. It's better that way. They were too innocent and probably wouldn't last even a second in a battle. In his thought he was looking out over the serene pastures of green grass, the tall healthy trees, and the beautiful afternoon sky. He felt the calming air gently blow past him and as he watched the sunset over the horizon, his eyelids felt heavy and he suddenly yawned.

He never noticed it before but when he thought about it, this world made him weaker. The last time he slept was a month and he could have kept going. But now he felt extremely tired and the yawning was proof of it. He didn't question it and for once he let it take over. He leaned back on a boulder which was placed at the edge of the gazebo. He slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep asleep.

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When they reached Fluttershy's cottage, Rainbow Dash and Rarity where both contemplating on how they would assess the situation. Fluttershy was a shy, timid, easily frightened equine but she was always open to friends. This was something that hadn't happened before. Whatever was it Tavo did could have provoked the poor girl into fleeing at blinding speed, they couldn't figure it out? They reached the door and before doing anything Rarity spoke "Should we knock?" Rainbow dash shrugged. They didn't know what to expect in there. Fluttershy was never as scared before as she was when she met Tavo and he didn't seem like a bad person aside from all the scars. What was even more strange was that all her animals had not shown themselves at all. They would usually be seen running around here and there but today there wasn't a single sign of them.

"well, no sense in standing around." rarity motioned for Rainbow Dash to knock on the door. "uh, fluttershy, are you home?" she said as she finished knocking on her door. After a few minutes of silence, a reply came back. "come in" there was a long pause before Rainbow Dash opened the door. They imagined the place would be empty and fluttershy would be hiding under something. What they found inside however, completely took them by surprise.

Fluttershy was sitting in her sofa staring out the window, along with most of her little friends. They nervously walked in and looked around the cottage. The room was lit only by the sunlight. They approached her but where cut off by Angel who motioned them to sit. They did as commanded and wondered suspiciously at what happened. Rarity Spoke up "Uh darling, a-are you alright?" she asked nervously. Fluttershy turned to face them. She had a blank expression and a single tear running down her face. Before they could say anything, she spoke "I'm not sure?" said Fluttershy "what do you mean your not sure?" Rainbow Dash asked turning evermore suspicious. "well…i'm…just confused" said Fluttershy "why?" Rarity asked "Well...Its him that confuses me." she said her expression deepening. " who?" asked Rarity " you mean Tavo, I don't see how he can be confusing dear? What makes you say that?" Rarity asked with growing concern for her friend.

Fluttershy cleared her throat and said "Well I don't know what happened but when I used my stare, I looked into his eyes and I started seeing things. Awful horrible things, it felt like a nightmare and I just wanted run away as fast as I could." She said her tone getting louder and more terrified. "I flew as fast as I could to home but they kept appearing in my head! It was painful!" she started sweating and continued " I saw these horrified faces being murdered in the most sickest ways and I heard these screams that seemed like they came from all directions, It felt like I was being tortured by this unending violent Pain! IT WAS UNBEARABLE!" she grew more terrified like she was staring at death and her heart pulsed faster as she started crying "The worst of it was seeing that horrible horrible beast and its disgusting rotted smile and those terrible glowing Eyes that Pierced my very soul!" she yelled recalling each image in detail "but then….." she paused. her heart beat slowing to a steady pulse her face turned from fear to grief. And the tears stopped. "…t-t-then...w-what?" asked Rarity. They both looked even more terrified than her. she cleared her throat again and looked out the window. Her grief stricken face had given them the impression that something bad happened.

"Then …I saw a little grayish blue colt with a black mane,…sitting in a cage all alone. his face was buried in his hooves and it sounded like he was crying but I couldn't tell." She said with a heartbroken tone that even made Rainbow Dash and Rarity feel sad. "I called to out him, I wanted to help him…but when he lifted his face, there were tears covering his face and running down his bleeding colorless eyes and he said " you can never help me…" she finished and tears slowly fell from her face along with rarity. "what do you suppose it means" asked Rainbow dash. Fluttershy just looked at them like they already knew the answer. "…wait…you don't suppose that little colt is….." before Rarity could finish her sentence Fluttershy interrupted "Please don't tell him." She insisted with tears in her eyes. They couldn't say no. Rarity wiped away tears and Rainbow Dash asked "what do you think happened to him?" they shrugged and just as they were about to leave, a knock came on the door.

They opened it and outside was Sweetie Bell holding three invitations in her mouth. "Sweetie Bell, what are you doing with those invitations?" asked Rarity "Pinkie Pie's having a surprise welcome party for the new pony in town" they didn't even have to think who it was, they grew evermore nervous. "The party's gonna be at Sugar Cube Corner it's starting in an hour!" said Sweetie Bell with excitement. They each took a ticket and the four of them headed off to Sugar Cube Corner. Silently though Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity whispered to each other about the party "He's gonna find out eventually Fluttershy?" said Rainbow Dash. "I know, so....i'll tell him when the time is right." she gulped.

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At a train factory not too far away from Ponyville, group of engineers congratulated themselves at their new accomplishment. the experimental alpha series locomotive that was larger and heavier than regular trains but was faster and magic-powered. It could carry even larger weight than regular locomotives and was virtually indestructible. "this is going to revolutionize transportation for all pony-kind." one of them cheered. One of the engineers than put a wooden block in front of the wheels and the group left the factory. However unaware to them a sudden wisp of air, came in through the window. And pushed the block out of the way. The alpha slowly moved forward.

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"You're a beast!"

"Why would you do this?"

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!"

"I have too much to live for!"

"You're a monster!"

"I'm sorry…..Please don't kill them."

"I hate you!"

"STAY AWAY YOU PSYCHO!"

All the voices kept getting louder. They were more than a thousand voices yet each one had the same thing to say. They kept Torturing Tavo, piercing his ears like burning spears. They never ended, they never stopped, they hungered for blood. "Go away…" he said but the voices got louder and more hateful tones picked up. Tavo fell to his knees and cupped his hands over his ears, but still he heard them. He bashed his head repeatedly into the floor, which made his forehead bleed then His eardrums began to bleed and the pain grew even worse. Yet they kept getting louder and louder to the point where he couldn't take it anymore."please...please for the love of god, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" he yelled slamming his fist on the ground making a large cracked hole where his fist hit. The voices stopped. Silence haunted the dark room where Tavo was on his knees. Then a deep demonic voice broke the silence " Death doesn't change Anything ….Tavo."when the voice stopped a circle of fire ignited around Tavo who was still bleeding. "Remember all the voices of the People who's lives you took…" a dark figure emerged from the fire. His face was hidden by the hood of jacket but his large disgusting smile could be seen. " you are born monster and you lived like one…." Tavo glared at the figure "I'm not the monster here, you are!" he yelled at the man who was now holding a machete. " You're the one who made me kill all those innocent Villagers, you're the one who-" before he could finish his sentence, in a flash the beast had appeared in front, grabbed and picked him up by his shirt with one arm and brought him close to its face. " Remember, you are the one who had the intent of killing them in the first place! I just decided to give you a little help." without even a moment to react, the blade had pierced Tavo's body and was already bleeding out. He dropped Tavo from his grasp who had fallen to his knees, pulled out a revolver and aimed for Tavo's head. "Consider yourself lucky that i cant do anything here…yet!"

Tavo woke up from the nightmare in a cold sweat. It was night and the last thing he saw was a bright flash. It had already gotten close to night and Tavo was panting fast. "I hate that thing" he said to himself before standing back up on his hooves. As he walked onto the road he heard someone calling his name. He trotted towards the voice only to discover that it was Applejack. "where in Equestria have ya been Tavo? We've been lookin for ya for almost three hours." She said looking tired. "I've been sleeping over there." He answered pointing towards the gazebo. "why have you been looking for me?" he asked curiously. "well I hav somethin ta show ya over at Sugar Cube Corner." She said.

"what is it?" asked Tavo.

"you'll see" she said chuckling a bit. Octavio got nervous, he didn't like surprise's but he assured himself that these ponies couldn't be planning something bad so he agreed and then she yelled out "Applebloom, I found him!" than a filly with a hair bow came running out. Tavo recognized the child as one of those filly's who called themselves Cutie Mark Crusaders. She ran up to him all excited " Howdy, I'm Applebloom Nice ta meet ya." She said "uh, hello I'm Tavo nice to meet you too." He said unsure of what to say considering he's only known one child in his life "gosh mister you sure are big" she happily said "well she sure is excited to meet ya Tavo" said Applejack still smiling. He already figured out that they were sisters.

As they were walking through town, Tavo noticed that a few ponies weren't in their home's. He could tell by how he couldn't hear their breathing. He developed this skill in the wilderness. While he was wondering where they could be, Applebloom Asked him a Peculiar question "Hey Tavo, how'd ya get your Cutie Mark?" she pointed at the mark on his flank. That's what they were called. he thought to himself as he was thinking of an answer. " Is your special talent cuttin tomatoes with big knifes?" she asked curiously. He looked at his mark of Xico, his machete, covered in blood with the blade pointed down. The blood sorta looks like tomato juice? he thought. "something like that" he said finally coming up with an answer. He now knew that the marks had something to do with talent. He then noticed that AppleJack had three apples has her's so it had something to do with apples but AppleBloom had nothing on her's. He wondered why she had nothing on her flank? But then he had a sudden realization that he was looking at their rumps and quickly looked away hoping they didn't notice.

"Sugar Cube corners' right over there." said Applejack

AppleJack pointed towards the bakery where Tavo got his blueberry muffin. As they neared the bakery, Tavo heard a lot of breathing in the bakery than noticed moving silouttes in the windows. He felt nervous, were they planning something for him, an ambush. His muscles tensed and he braced himself for whatever happened. "well why are ya standin out here, come on in" she said. Tavo slowly walked to the door looking for any kind of sign that might point to any kind of danger. As he walked into the bakery, the door behind him suddenly shut. Tavo's sense's went up when the door shut. They were planning something against him. He quickly thought about how he would go about this, he could break through the door, follow the breathing patterns, or face them head on. But before he could decide on what to do, a bright light went up and completely took him off guard and then in a split second…..

"SURPRISE!"

chapter 9: And now it begins

chapter 8: Staring down the machine

Princess Celestia was in her throne room feeling especially happy today. Today was the anniversary of a very special day near and dear to her heart. She asked her guards to leave the room for the day and deemed that no one would bother her. Plus she didn't want anyone to see her giggling and dancing around the room doing twirls and flying around the columns. On this day exactly 5,660 years ago when she and her sister ruled Equestria after imprisoning Discord, was the day that changed her whole life and made her into the caring, majestic, princess she is today. She would always start the day by suspending all her royal duty's, then she would enjoy a nice hot bath singing a special song to her hearts content. After that she would enjoy a lovely feast with her sister and other guests, she would then thank them for their visit and politely ask them to not disturb her in her throne room.

So far the day had gone nice and smooth and the moon light luna made illuminating the room made her feel like the way she did on that day with that special pony in her life. Before she could sing a special song however, Princess Luna burst through the doors. When she turned around to face her little sister, Luna spoke "something terrible is about to happen to Ponyville!" she said with a look of concern. "why? What happened?" she said now interested at this "We've just received a report from the train factory up the mountain , the Experimental Alpha series train prototype has broken away from the factory and is on a non-stop course directly for Ponyville's train station!" Celestia was in shock at this. She had seen the train during its early stages and something of that size could possibly destroy a small town like Ponyville. "order the guards to prepare a chariot for my arrival. Only powerful magic can stop that beast train from destroying the town." They left the throne room in a hurry and the guards had already prepared a chariot. "Fly fast to Ponyville!" she ordered the pegasai guards and they flew off in a dash.

Even though she doesn't get to enjoy her day, her royal duty as princess of Equestria was to protect all under her rule. She

had too for the sake of her ponies and to honor the memory of him. He would have done it.

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The bright flash, the loud noises's, and the mob of ponies waiting for his arrival, it was the kind of scene he was all too familiar with. Unfortunately for them, they had the bad luck for ambushing a psycho and the worst psycho of them all, the king of psychos. He only needed a split second to come up with five different attack planes. He could take Applejack hostage and demand for a way out of this mess, he could throw Applejack and Applebloom at them for a good distraction to attack, he could easily bash and gore his way through the ponies and out the wall, he could run outside lock them in and burn the whole place down, or he could make this simple and easy by using That unnatural ability. All and all he was completely prepared for whatever they would throw at him. that is, until he feels that strange feeling again, that same warm feeling that he got when he met her. It threw him completely off and he had lost his intention of killing them.

Before he could say anything, a Pink pony appeared out of nowhere and put a party hat right on top of his head. " HIYA I'm Pinkie Pie, wow you really are big , I heard you where tall but I didn't think you'd be This tall, sorry about the party hat not being big enough for your head but they didn't have extra extra large." She snickered "And the cake too, so what's your name?" she said finally finishing her long sentence that Tavo got lost in "uh, Tavo" he said still a tad bit confused by the hyperactive pony. "Tavo, i've never heard that of name before did you get from your parents, does it have something to do with your cutie mark, how'ed you get so tall anyway, why is their tomato juice on your cutie mark, i feel silly now because these questions are incoherent and i don't know what that means!" she giggled.

"Have we met before?" asked Pinkie Pie "uh i... don't think so." said Tavo who was impressed. Hes never seen anyone who could say that many words in one breath. "You really like to smile Tavo, and that's okay because a smile's always fun to share with friends." She added " I'm not smiling that's, just my scar." he pointed to his mouth and then his stitches to point out the difference between them "Oh silly me I guess I didn't see it there." she said giggling all the while. Before he got anymore confused by the girl, he noticed that none of the ponies had attacked. He stared at his surroundings, unsure of what to make of it. Confetti's, balloons, party hats, a cake, a banner that said welcome, he was puzzled by whatever was happening here. He turned to the pony who was already conversing with Twilight about something that he didn't understand he asked "uh Pinkie Pie, what is this" he pointed at all the things mentioned "why, it's a surprise welcome party I threw for you with some help from my friends" she said with a smile as wide as his scar. His face went blank.

His great grandfather had once wrote how a party was a celebration of something or someone. A welcome party for example was the celebration of someone being welcomed into a place or group and being accepted and celebrated as such. And if it is a surprise party,that just means that they care and want you with them.

He's never had a party before in his whole life, especially a surprise party. He was generally never welcomed anywhere. Hell, the nicest thing anyone has ever done to him was throw a rock instead of a brick at him. But this was the best thing anyone has ever done to him. It made his heart beat even faster and a joyful feeling was overcoming him. He wish he could have enjoyed it forever, but sadly he remembered what happens if he does.

The six ponies got nervous at what was happening. They stared at Tavo who was biting hard on his lips and fought back tears. His eyes had dilated and looked more like dots, he was sweating hard, he was trembling and they were starting to get worried. Soon all the ponies were staring at the odd display. Applejack trotted over to him "you alright sugar-" before she could finish her sentence, Tavo suddenly vanished in thin air leaving behind a cloud of dust. "how did he do that? He's not a unicorn." Asked Twilight who was among the crowed of ponies trying to comprehend what had just happened. Then Applejack noticed Skid marks on the ground and a twisted dirt trail "He didn't disappear. That giant ran like a lighting bolt" she said pointing out the marks and trail. The others were confused on how such tall guy can run so fast.

Tavo was looking for something to get the smile already conforming off his face. He used one of his unnatural abilities to run as fast as he could out of there. (Which in retrospect was at a speed way above the speed of sound.) He needed the speed in case "He" got out. He noticed a large mountain side that looked strong and thought he can use that. He slowed down his speed just enough to slam head-first directly into the side of the mountain. It wasn't enough to get it out. Before he ran again however, a giant boulder fell on his head, knocking him on the ground. As he lifted the boulder off, he noticed he didn't have that feeling anymore and sighed peacefully. He looked out at ponyville, which was a few yards away from him. He then got back up and took off into the direction of Sugar Cube Corner without cleaning himself up.

As the ponies where about ready to go find him, a gust of wind hit them and there standing at the door way was Tavo. However they're expression turned from happy to shocked. Tavo noticed how their faces changed when he got back and how a few of them fainted on the spot. "what?" he asked wondering what the problem was when Twilight and Rarity brought out a mirror to show him. In his reflection he saw his face was dripping with blood where the boulder hit. "Didn't even noticed that" he said amused at his appearance. "Doesn't it hurt?" Twilight asked nervously "nah these kinds of things are normal for me." He said like nothing was wrong. Rarity handed him a towel "well you should at least clean yourself up. your leaving icky blood droplets all over the floor." She added being grossed out by the amount of blood. Tavo didn't understand but he did as told not wanting to start an argument. When he finished wiping his face Pinkie Pie Shouted "Alright now that the guest of honor is back and clear faced, lets get this party started!"

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Princess Celestia and Luna were soaring in the sky hoping to reach their destination. They were half way to ponyville hoping to warn them about the impending danger when they saw it. The alpha series prototype rode through the mountain side at top speed, crushing anything in its way. This was Celestia's chance to stop that thing before it reached Ponyville. She ordered her guards to stop miles enough ahead of the train. When they reached a far enough place, she jumped up and began building up energy in her horn. She aimed to destroy that train before it reached them. Luna got out of the chariot and stood near the guards at the side. She watched the train speeding up its pace and was worried for her older sister. "Are you sure you can do this on your own Celestia?" She asked seeing the train approaching. "I can't risk getting any of you hurt so I must." She said still charging up her magic. She focused her magic at the approaching giant and was ready for it when it appeared. A smile as wide and grotesque as anything she's ever seen. It spoke to her in a deep demonic voice " They will burn, you and your sister shall be mine." This shook Celestia to her core and caused the magic buildup to weaken. When it disappeared, the train was now only 20 feet away. She had to act fast, so she shot out the premature beam of magic to stop that thing. When it hit, it caused a flash of light that should have gone through, hitting the engine stopping it in its tracks.

However it kept going and was only inches away from hitting Celestia, Luckily though she flew quickly up into the air before it hit her. However it did run over the chariot completely destroying it. they were dismayed at their failure, especially Celestia who couldn't stop that thing. "how could this be? even that amount of magic should be able to destroy any form of giant." She said to herself feeling ashamed. But she still at least had to warn them about the impending danger, "We have to fly as quickly as possible to warn them of this crisis." She ordered and they flew off towards the direction of the tracks as fast as they could. But the train was faster and was already a few meters from the town.

She was growing more and more concern and worried she'd never make it. but she had to at least evacuate them, to keep them safe and to keep the promise she made.

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Even though the guest of honor vanished for a few seconds then appeared again all bloodied and unaware of it, the party went great. Tavo learned the names of the ponies he saw during his walk, they played a game he didn't quite understand with the fact that they were pinning the tail on an image of themselves, drank a cup of some kind of red stuff Pinkie Pie gave him and didn't understand why they were amazed, and a lot of ponies asked him why he smiled a lot, but he answered that he wasn't smiling, that's just a scar. As they danced to the music playing (except Octavio who didn't know how to dance) Fluttershy left, unsure why but she felt like she had to. She probably still didn't want to meet him for fear of the horrid images.

Outside it was already dark but the streets were lit by street lights. As she began walking home, she heard a distant Raptor-like calling. She searched for where the squawking came from and it sounded like it was coming from the train station. Even though she knew not to go there at night, she had to see what was making the noise. In the far distance she heard a rumbling metallic sound and felt the ground shake. Now the call was getting louder.

It was getting late and some party guests where already leaving. The remaining guests were the five ponies and Tavo who was already about to leave. "thank you for the Party Pinkie Pie" he said to the still hyperactive pony enjoying a piece of cake " aw it was nothing." She said joyfully "no i mean it, where I come from, nice things like this never exist so thank you for the party." He said leaving the Sugar Cube Corner happy on the inside(luckily not on the outside)hoping to have a good night sleep at the gazebo. As the party was winding down, they all began to leave the bakery but Rarity noticed that Fluttershy wasn't with them, "has anyone seen Fluttershy" they all shrugged. Than Pinkie Pie came outside with them "She left when everyone was dancing" .they asked how she knew and she answered that she saw her leave. Before they could say anything else the ground started shaking and they could hear in the distance what sounded like a train but slightly harder. Rainbow Dash Flew up to see what it was. When she did see it her jaw dropped at the sight of a giant train that had a hole in the front."look at the size of that thing!" It didn't look like it was slowing down at any rate so they started worrying. "if it doesn't slow down it might crash into something." Twilight said and the others agreed. They shared the same worry but shrugged it off, thinking it might slow down at some point.

Fluttershy found the source of the call, a large hawk had got it's left talon stuck in the front plow of a train. it had brown feathers and white thunder-like patterns on its wings. it was slightly bigger than regular sized hawks and upon close inspection it had bright blue glowing electrical like patterns on its chest. she wasn't aware of the runaway Prototype train at the time so she jumped right on the tracks to help the large poor bird. the bird was startled by the pony as it was trying to escape "don't worry little birdie, i'm here to help." she said calming the bird down. she tried pulling the talon out but to no avail. so she then stuck her hoof in the slits of the plow and pushed the talon out. The bird stretched its wing out and began flapping its wings which made a light electrical sound and lifted up into the air. It cawed at Fluttershy like saying thank you "oh your welcome, now go on home little bird." She said to the bird and it flew off into the air and disappeared in a flash of lighting leaving behind it, rain.

she was amazed at the spectacle the bird did and vaguely remembered reading something about that kind of bird. When she was about to leave she couldn't move. She turned around to notice that her left hoof was stuck in the slit. She struggled pulling herself out but to no avail. she tried and tried but it didn't come out. "Is any Pony around Please help me!" she called out hoping that someone would hear her. After a few calls no one came and she thought she'd be stuck there in the rain, but then a voice called out "Fluttershy, what's happened to ya" the voice sounded like Appleblooms voice and as she looked up, AppleBloom, Scootalo, and Sweetie Bell were standing right on the platform above her." Oh thank goodness, girls I need you to go get some-" before she could finish her sentence a loud horn blasted out startling everyone. "what was that?" asked Scootalo rubbing her ears. The ground rumbled and they could hear what sounded like a train. The CDC couldn't see it but Fluttershy could. Her eyes widened at the Alpha series train that was approaching at top speed on the same track she was on. She panicked struggling more and more to pull herself out but her hoof wouldn't budge. The CDC noticed this and jumped off the platform to help. "no girls get off the tracks and go get help!" she begged "no, Fluttershy were gettin you out of there." Said Applebloom. They tried pulling her out from all angles but she couldn't move. They tried and tried but she was stuck good and the train was finally in view. The CDC panicked and kept trying too free her. She was even more terrified now than before, not only was she in danger but now she's put the three fillys in danger, and when that thing hits the train their will be a large explosion that could destroy the town. In a last ditch effort she breathed in deeper than she's ever done before and let out a loud scream.

"That sounded like Fluttershy and it's coming from the train station!"

The others gasped. Now they were fully aware of the danger, as it started to rain. They feared for their shy friend "I'll go on ahead!" Said Rainbow Dash and she had already dashed off into the direction of the train station. She feared for her friends' life so she flew fast hoping to reach it in time. The train was already approaching and she was too far away. I'll never make it she thought, already giving up hope. But before she did, a big blue flash going faster than she was, knocked her out of the way sending her crashing into a tree. "What was that!"

Tavo was speeding up his pace hoping to reach the tracks before the train got close. A few minutes ago, Tavo was about to go to sleep when it started raining. he suddenly heard a train horn blast out. He got up and watched the giant approaching the train station thinking it was more Ponies. But before he could go back to sleep, he heard a scream. His Pulse pounded, his muscles tensed, his eyes widened, and he knew exactly who it was. When he figured out where it was coming from, he got up and ran towards it. But he was too far away. Then he came up with an idea. Even though he used it to much and he knew what could happen to him, he couldnt let anything happen to her. so he used his unnatural speed which he dubbed "Psycho Lighting" and shot across the fields, through the forest, across the streets accidently knocking Rainbow Dash out of the way, and made it to the entrance of the station.

Fluttershy gave up all hope, the train was only 10 miles away but was approaching faster and she despaired in grief stricken sadness and tears began flowing down her face. "Please, Please move out of the way!" she Pleaded but they wouldn't move She wasn't strong enough to throw them out of the way, they were too stubborn to move, and above all else the town would be destroyed. There was no hope, and in this horror, the three filly's panicked and clung to her like she was their mother and also started crying. "girls please go." she whimpered but they where too scared to listen to her. This made her sadness grow deeper, now they lost hope and she wasn't a good enough friend to protect the family of her friends. She did what anyone in her state would do and held them closer and wrapped her wings around them.

She hoped that by wrapping her wings around them they wouldn't see their death approaching. she closed her eyes and she saw her life flash before her eyes. She held them tighter. She cried harder not noticing the gust of wind that hit her.

Tavo had reached the train station and suddenly everything seemed to slow down. He was positioned in between the train and Fluttershy who was clinging on to something. He didn't know what to do the train was only inches away and he'd never tried stopping something this big and in his current form he didn't think he could. But he turned and saw Fluttershy crying and holding on to the three filly's that reminded him of the little girl in the village. Weak or not he couldn't let such a kind spirit and three innocent girls die. He faced the train breathed in deep and reared up. He had to time this right or he could end up dead and they would die as well. How can I stop this thing he thought he knew he was too weak anyway he was already loosing hope. But he remembered a passage from his Great Grand Fathers letters and read it in his head: "life is a valuable thing and the life of someone you care about should always be on top of yours so no matter what, you use every bit of strength, energy, and power to keep them alive no matter what the cost."

time went back to normal When the train was only inches away and using all his strength Tavo Lunged his hooves forward.