Centurion

Two miles East of Ponyville

The Centurion Mk.X's engine was silent. It seemed as if everything was mute. The hatch on the hefty medium tank opened, and the commander climbed out with a set of old, dirty binoculars. He scanned the area and looked for any sign of German occupation, or any hint of gunfire, but there was nothing. Only a small town and an apple orchard was what he could see. He went back to the hatch, peeked his head inside and said," Hey! Come on! We to start up a camp, or at least have something useful!"

Slowly, three pre-teen kids came out, all either looking wary, or clouded with grief for their fallen friends in the battle. They lined up and waited for their commander, who also happened to be their age, to bark out some commands. "Logan! Check the barrel for any grime or dirt, then clean it! Phoenix! I need you to check our supplies, then immediately check the engine for damage! Caden! Help me set up the base camp! Everyone, out", He exclaimed.

The kid's names were Logan, Caden, Pheonix and Trip. Trip was the commander, Logan was the gunner, Phoenix was the loader, and last, but not least, was Caden, the driver.

1 hour later

Everyone was finished and were either wrestling or trying be optimistic about their current situation. Logan, the introverted one, was reading a book, Treasure Island, which he found quite captivating. He didn't talk much, only giving warning when someone made a mistake, or just a normal conversation. Trip and Caden was in a wrestling match while Phoenix just stared into space.

Logan then spoke up, "Trip, shouldn't one of us go on a reconnaissance mission and scout out the area"

"Why yes, and since you asked, you get to go! You want anybody with you?" Trip replied.

"No, I think I can do this mission alone" Logan said.

He opened the hatch of the tank, reached inside and got a nice scoped Lee-Enfeild rifle. He set off in the direction of the town that they saw and brought binoculars with him. As he traveled, he saw a very large forest. It was quite close to the orchard, but somewhat far away from the town. He got into a prone position whipped out his binoculars and scanned the area. What he saw amazed him. There were multicolor ponies walking around, having conversations, which he was sure ponies couldn't do. He also saw ponies selling things like carrots, pies, and apples. He was completely baffled. He couldn't think that anything could get more strange, but it did. There were pegasi moving clouds, and there seemed to be unicorns as well, using magic.

Logan wondered what would happen if he shot one round. He wondered if that would scare them or not. He scoped in his rifle, took a deep breath and shot an apple right off of a pony's head. She was quite startled, but shrugged it off. Every pony there just shrugged the sound off too.

He got up and ran back to the tank. He didn't know that someone had been watching him the entire time. It was a certain blue pegasus mare.