Danger. Danger.
Suit Integrity at Twenty five percent
Energy at ten percent
Danger. Danger.

My visor was glitching as it kept showing the error. Through the message I can see the cause of my suits problems as it tried to bite me again, but holding his lower and upper jaws apart made it difficult to do so.

It was becoming extremely difficult to keep its jaws apart. I looked on the ground next to me and saw my Hammer. Looking back at the beast on top of me, the suit used a high pitched frequency - which got the desired effect from the beast.

It roared in pain and had let go of me. Looking over to it, I could see it trying to cover its ears using its paws. Quickly grabbing my Hammer, I then aimed at the beast and fired.

Two bullets fired, and two hits confirmed. Seeing two bullet wounds on its upper body, I quickly stood up and fired two more times this time hitting in more critical areas.

I had shot it through the side of the head and it fell limp on the floor and allowed me to catch my breath. Once I looked at the corpse, I could fully see that it was similar to the beast that I had killed before. A Manticore.

Taking a single step was rewarded with surge of absolute pain, making me fall to my knee. The manticore had gotten by surprise earlier.

I had just finished eating another rabbit when I was suddenly pulled onto the floor by a scorpion's tail, before being forcefully dragged out of the cave. Because it surprised me I couldn't do much to defend myself until it tried to bite my head - that's when I had held its jaws apart, but because it had strong jaws, the more I held them apart the more the suit’s energy would deplete and damage the suit itself.

It had been a day since the storm had passed, and I could tell that the forest couldn't give less than damn as nothing in the forest damaged or destroyed by the storm. I had taken a quick inventory check of my ammunition, and I had realized that I was running low on ammo for the Hammer.

I looked up at the sky, seeing the sun close to the center of the sky, and guessed that it was at least eleven fifty in the morning. Of course I haven't forgotten what happened yesterday, so seeing that it was almost noon, I began to make my way to the meeting point.

It was a long walk and after almost being monster chow mere moments ago, it only made it much longer. Because the suit was spending the remained energy to repair itself, it left me with the injuries from the fight.

As I walked (well, limped, rather) towards the meeting spot, I could already hear the sounds of flapping wings above me. I managed to catch a glimpse of what I could tell was a chariot.

I decided to speed up, and as it turns out, it was the most idiotic thing I had ever done. Receiving an immense surge of pain, I started regretting my decision and chose to stop beside a large tree and heal before traveling farther.

Suit Integrity at Seventy Percent
Energy levels stabilizing
Stabilisation Complete
Energy at one hundred percent

Hearing this, I let out a grunt of pain as the suit began to heal my injuries. To be honest, the healing process hurts more than my actual injuries.

It wasn't long before the healing was done, and feeling more energetic than before, I began sprinting towards the meeting point. The suit could possibly outrun a car with enough momentum, but that may also just be me overthinking it.

As I ran, I saw a large boulder in my way and jumped over it. Getting some air from the jump, I positioned myself for landing and it worked. I landed on my feet like a cat.

I ran out of the forest and into the clearing, seeing the chariot with a few guards. Coming to a full stop, I saw the doors to the chariot open before the two royals and their guest walked out of the chariot.

“We thank you for escorting us, but this conversation is one of a private matter.” Luna informed the guards. Looking towards Celestia, the guards saw her nod before flying off. As they flew off, I tagged them to make sure.

“Now that we are alone, we can begin.” Celestia said. Both her sister and Twilight Sparkle nodded before looking towards me.

“We'll start with the question we both have.” I told them. Nodding, Celestia began first.

“Are you here to cause harm to my kingdom and it's ponies?” She asked with a serious tone. I rolled my eyes under my helmet.

“No. I never even intended to be here, I was supposed to be dead.” I answered with annoyance evident in my voice. Luna looked at me with a questioning look.

“You've mentioned before that you have died, how?” Luna asked. Placing a hand onto my chest, vividly remembering the spire’s entry point.

“That's none of your business.” My answer didn't seem to satisfy her curiosity as she frowned. Shifting my gaze towards the schoolgirl lookalike, I waited for her question.

“How were you able to survive the fall from Canterlot mountain?” Twilight asked with notebook and pen in her hands.

“You're looking at the reason. The suit is your answer.” I answered her. Celestia noticed my vague answers and frowned.

“You're not answering us truthfully.” She said out loud. Chuckling, I looked towards her.

“I have no reason to be truthful. You don't have my trust.” I told her.

“We're trying to gain your trust but you're making it incredibly difficult to do so.” She retorted in a slightly angered tone.

“Who said it was easy?” I asked her. This brought her to silence. “Without my trust, you three only have a single question each to ask me. If I see at a personal question then you'll get no answer, same rules apply for the suit.” I told them. Both royal sisters frowned at me.

“We accept those conditions.” Luna said after a brief moment of silence. Celestia nodded in defeat before Twilight asked me her question.

“Who are you? I mean we know your name but you act like a soldier who's been through tartarus and back.” She asked, making sure to further explain her question. Not seeing this as a personal question, I answered to the best of my abilities.

“That's because I am a soldier, a soldier who's willing to go through Hell for his country.” I answered, earning a questioning look from them. They didn't ask about what I said, not wanting to waste their one question.

“Twilight has told us that you had declined her offer in staying at Ponyville. Why is that?” Luna asked. Another non-personal question.

“Because living out here has kept me in fighting conditions, and I'd rather be ready for anything than sitting around and playing nice.” I told her. Seeing that she hadn't frowned, I guess she accepted my answer. Looking next to Luna, Celestia patiently to the side, knowing she had already asked her question.

“Questions aside, you mentioned that I could request anything that is within your power, correct?” I brought up, earning a nod from Celestia while both Twilight and Luna looked at her in surprise.

“Yes, that's correct.” Celestia answered. Nodding with a smirk under my helmet, I pulled out my holstered Hammer before I ejected the magazine from the weapon, and removed three .50 Compact rounds from the magazine itself.

“First, I need you to duplicate these three little guys.” I said as I showed them the bullets. “Six duplicates to be exact.”

Celestia did just that, and duplicated six more in my hands. Putting them back inside the magazine, I then showed the magazine itself.

“As well as three more of these.” Without delay, Celestia duplicated the magazine three times, passing them to me before I put them away on the satchel of the suit.

“Will that be all?” The royal asked. Thinking about it, I nodded. I have more weapons, but I hadn't used them yet, so I didn't need more ammo.

“Will you be coming with us back to the palace?” Luna asked, gaining a nervous look from her sister. Narrowing my eyes at her, the suit’s visor displayed her vitals before I blinked.

Thinking about it, the more I deny them the more they'll keep pestering me about it. So, with a sigh, I answered.

“Alright, fine. I just need to grab my things and-”

“No need, we will have guards transport your belongings to the palace.” Celestia said, cutting me off. Confused, I then wondered what she meant before remembering the two guards I had tagged. I chuckled at the realization, they're smarter than they look.

“You knew where I've been the entire time.” I said with a smirk under my helmet. Celestia gave a nod.

“Yes, a tracking spell I cast yesterday during our encounter.” She said with a smirk. Twilight looked at Celestia in disbelief while Luna looked surprised.

I had no answer to that but to clap, I had to give her credit for that stunt.

“Let's not waste time, my guards should already be at the palace with your equipment.” Celestia said as she got back on the chariot. Following her were Twilight then Luna before I entered.

Once I sat down, both Celestia and Luna's horns shone their respective colors. The chariot shook slightly before I looked out the window, seeing that the chariot was going up.

Deep inside the dungeons of Canterlot, crying could be heard echoing through the halls of the dungeon. The cries were one of misery.

Those cries were from a lone changeling, though this changeling was unlike any other. This changeling was a female for starters, making her different from the invading drones, but what the guards didn't quite understand is why she had given herself up by walking into a patrol.

Her captors informed their officers and explained that the changeling was lost and utterly terrified of the guards along with the citizens. After bringing the female changeling in, she wouldn't speak to anypony.

What nopony knew was that the changeling wasn't always a changeling. She was a human, but fate has a weird way in saddening her.

The cries stopped and were replaced with silence. In the cell stood the changeling. She looked onto the wall before thinking out loud.

“What would Sam do?”

Author's Note

That last part is my poor excuse in adding another character. Please if you think it needs to be better, I'll try my best in doing so.

Hope you enjoyed and sorry for the wait, got the lazies.

Edited by CommanderWolffe and Dragonoidsix Seekers.