The Journals Of A Human

Why? ......Why am I forbidden to feel happiness? Today is September 21st. It was set to be the best day of my life, the day on which I was going to be married to the one woman who loved me. But instead, I’m here, back in time and stuck here with no way home, sure I may have a house, but all I have is a tree to talk to for now. It’s the fucking elements, this worlds version of some higher power that apparently forbids my living a happy life…. I guess I should explain how I ended up here, Explain the cause of my anger and my misery…Explain my want to die.

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I had woken up later than usual this morning, probably from the fact that me and Tia were celebrating a little early, as we would both probably be too busy with the marriage and then setting up the coronation that we may not have time for a honeymoon, but anyway, this time Tia was up first, and I’ll admit, it a little better than me waking up first. I get to see her beautiful smile as I open my eyes. And the way she wakes me up is perfect. She nuzzles my cheek until I wake up…though there was one time, not long after my “promotion” where she just let me sleep in and raised the sun into my eyes…but I like it when me and her get to do this, I get to hold her close and gently run my fingers through her fur, wings, and mane, and she will lay on top of me and nuzzle me. This is what I lived for. The moments like this, where it’s just me and Tia together, holding each other close, feeling her soft fur on my bare chest. We stayed like that for a while, which made me wonder if something was wrong “Uhh, Tia, is everything alright?”

She smiled and kissed my lips “Everything is fine my sunshine, and after today I will be able to call you my handsome husband.”

Ah yes, today is the wedding “And Ill be able to call you my beautiful wife.” I lowered my head. I finally did something right…or have I? what if the past happens again? I can’t take another loss, being used, I…I don’t want to make her hate me like I have with every other woman I dated. I... I…

Celestia stopped my thoughts by putting her hoof under my chin and raising my head back up. I was expecting to get some form of lecture, but instead what I got was something new, a song. Her angelic voice began to sing and calm my sadness and fear “You are my sunshine... My only sunshine… You make me happy, when times are graaayyy, you’ll never know just…how much I love you…so please don’t take…my sunshine away.” and as she finished she wrapped her wings around me and placed a gentle kiss on my lips.

I think I already knew the answer as to why she sang to me, but I asked anyway “What was the singing for?”

She gave me two answers, one obvious, the other, not so. “Well because you are my sunshine, and I love you, I hate seeing you sad, which is why I’m giving you this.” She levitated up a set of dog tags with my name, Callsign, and rank in her guard on them, and then next to the two tags, was a small pendant with Celestia’s, Luna’s, and Cadances’ marks on it, and she placed it around my neck

I hugged her, but I was still confused “Thank you Tia…but why?”

She smiled “Well now you are in the military, the royal military, you no longer have to see yourself as a pretender, and as for that pendant, it is enchanted, it carries some advice from Luna and a small message from Cadance, and a message from all three of us to my parents.”

“What did you put in?”

“I’ve already placed a message in there too, but I’m also going to our vows in the pendant…and I also put a song in there.”

“Which one?”

“You already know.”

I began to tear up as I looked down at the tags and the pendant around my neck. It was not only a gift, but it was a reminder and a symbol of the love that the three mares had for me, that I was a member of their family. Ever since that day when I accepted their offer to take the throne, Luna has started calling me her little brother, and Cadence has called me her nephew more times than one, and Celestia has never stopped calling me her sunshine or her husband. little did I know that that pendant would soon be the only thing keeping me from putting a bullet in my head.

After some more cuddling, Celestia decided that it was finally time to get up and start getting ready. The rehearsal for the ceremony had taken place the day before and I had made sure to call up all guards to active status for the event. I wasn’t going to let my wedding end up like Cadance and Shining Armors. I had already decided that I was going to wear my military dress uniform with my pistol hidden in its holster at my side, so while Tia raised the sun, I cleaned myself up and got dressed. As usual, Tia was waiting outside the bathroom for me to see how I looked, and as I expected, she found me rather handsome. We had decided to do our wedding a little differently in that the two of us would be walking together down the aisle instead of me waiting for her, or as she put it, “Standing alone” so she had me wait out on the balcony as she got into her dress. While I waited, I took in the view of the city. Most ponies were flocking toward the castle, and I could see the train coming up the mountain. I’m actually kind of surprised at the number of ponies that are attending the wedding, especially because to my knowledge, I wasn’t to popular amongst some of the higher ups of the Canterlot elite, but I guess that some of them have gotten more used to me, maybe because Celestia loves me, or maybe because I’m the only human in equestrian, so I guess that made me a small celebrity, but I still couldn’t stop myself from smiling, sure, they may have been coming for Tia, but they were still coming, and I was going to be married, I was finally going to know love and peace, I wasn’t going to die alone.

As I finished that though, I felt something nuzzle my cheek. I turned around to see an absolutely gorgeous Celestia in her wedding dress. The dress had a large purple gem in the front on her chest, and the dress itself was made out of a fabric that reminded me of the sunrise, her hair was mostly flowing until it got to some kind of braid or ponytail thing about two thirds of the way down, and she wore some kind of lace up sandals and pink eyeshadow. She pulled me closer and smiled “How do I look?”

“Absolutely beautiful, like a sunrise.”

She giggled “And you look as handsome and strong as ever, but if you think this dress looks good, wait until you see what I’m wearing under it.” she grabbed my hand with her magic and placed it on her flank letting me feel the lingerie that she had on underneath her dress

“Oh, what’s going to be on the agenda?”

She smiled at me “Everything.”

“Oh, well then I can’t wait.” and as if on queue, bells started to ring, which was our signal to make our way down to the main hall. So, I stuck out my hand to her “Shall we?”

She smiled and placed her hoof in my hand “Lets.” and we walked down to the grand hall together. As we walked by, guards snapped to attention, and then when we hit the set of double doors that lead into the main hall, a chorus of what sounded like birds began to sing the traditional wedding song, I don’t know the title, but it was interesting to hear as me and Celestia walked up to the altar, and standing there, presiding over the wedding, was Cadance. I mean it only made sense, after all, she is the princess of love.

As me and Tia stopped in front of the altar, I turned to see just who was in the room, of course Twilight and her friends were in attendance, there were also a few delegates, and some of the higher ups from the Guards, and to my surprise the Canterlot nobility was in attendance, including blueblood, who was clapping with the rest of them, now that took me by surprise. Anyway, I looked back to Celestia and Cadance, and I nodded “We’re ready.”

Cadance smiled as she spoke “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to unite two lovers in marriage. Now marriage is a wonderful thing, it shows the strength of love that ponies, or in this case, people as well, have for one another.” As Cadence spoke, I began to feel a small pain in my head, but I thought it was nothing, probably just me being nervous, but Celestia seemed to notice that I was looking off as I felt her magic on my shoulder. When I regained my focus, Cadance was reaching one of the more important parts of the Ceremony “..and if there is anypony who objects to the union of these two lovers, speak now or forever hold your peace.”

And as expected, there was no noise whatsoever “Silence is good.” I quipped, getting a small laugh out of every pony in the room, but as they laughed the pain in my head grew, and it began to move down to my chest and arms, but I kept my pain hidden

And then Cadance began to speak the most important part of the ceremony, she was about to have us exchange vows. “We come now to the words the bride and groom want to hear the most today…the words that take them across the threshold from being engaged to being married. A marriage, as most of us understand it, is a voluntary and full commitment. It is made in the deepest sense to the exclusion of all others, and it is entered into with the desire and hope that it will last for life. Before you declare your vows to one another, I want to hear you confirm that it is indeed your intention to be married today. Princess Celestia, do you come here freely and without reservation to give yourself to Johnathan in marriage? If so, answer, I do."

Celestia smiled as she spoke, “I do.”

Cadance looked to me “Johnathan Cormier, do you come here freely and without reservation to give yourself to Celestia in marriage? If so, answer "I do."

I smiled as I spoke, “I do.”

Cadance smiled as she continued “Johnathan and Celestia, having heard that it is your intention to be married to each other, I now ask you to declare your marriage vows. Please face each other and hold each others hooves and or hands.” We did so, barley containing our want to kiss, but my pain spread to my whole body as Cadance continued “Celestia, please repeat after me… I, Celestia take you, Johnathan to be my husband. I will share my life with yours, build our dreams together, support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I promise to give you respect, love and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made new every day of our lives, until death do we part.”

Celestia spoke, with her horn glowing, I don’t know what it was for, but It made me feel better, “I, Celestia take you, Johnathan to be my husband. I will share my life with yours, build our dreams together, support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I promise to give you respect, love and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made new every day of our lives, until death do we part.” I smiled again and I noticed a faint glowing on my chest. Like she said earlier, Celestia was adding our vows to the pendant. But the pain was approaching levels were even Cadance was noticing, but I signaled her to continue, so she did

“Johnathan, please repeat after me… I, Johnathan, take you, Celestia, to be my wife. I will share my life with yours, build our dreams together, support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I promise to give you respect, love and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made new every day of our lives, until death do we part.”

I mustered up all the strength I could to hide the pain from my voice as I spoke “… I, Johnathan, take you, Celestia, to be my wife. I will share my life with yours, build our dreams together, support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I promise to give you respect, love and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made new every day of our lives, until death do we part.”

Cadance smiled as she floated up two rings, and gave Celestia's to me and mine to Celestia. And I watched as Tias horn lifted the ring and placed it on my finger as she spoke “With this ring, I thee wed.” and then she lowered her head as I walked over to her, hiding my pain and placed her ring on her horn as I spoke

“With this ring…I thee wed.”

Celestia lifted her head back up, but as Cadance spoke, my pain reached unbearable levels, and I began to wince as she said the one line that I wanted to her my whole life “Then by the power vested in me, I hereby pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride.”

And just as she finished, Celestia and I moved in close, but before we could kiss, the pain grew too great for me. I fell to the ground and there was a bright flash, and then everything went dark, when I came to, I was on top of a roof slash balcony, there was a camping chair similar to the one that I had back in Canterlot set up, and with the pain in my head lingering, I sat down until it subsided, but as I sat there, I felt some kind of weight on my waist, and chest, I moved my hand over them to feel both my tactical vest, and my battle belt. I was wearing my usual tactical gear, but what happened to my suit? Where was I? I got up from the chair and looked around, there was a mountain which was the same size as Canterlot mountain, but to me shock, there was no Canterlot on the side of it. As I kept looking at my surroundings, the realization hit me, I knew where I was, or more appropriately, WHEN I was, and I know how I got here. I quickly got up, grabbed a face shield to conceal my identity, and ran out of the house to the area where I knew the castle to be, but this time, it wasn’t run down. It was in pristine condition, but I was lucky, the guards seemed to be doing a rotation or something because from what I could see from the tree line, there were none. So, I made my way down to the bottom of the canyon and walked into the cave of the tree of harmony “You son of a bitch, you took me from my wife!”

The tree just stood there…silent

“Put me back! Send me back to her!” I lashed out with my fist and punched the crystal tree, hard. I ignored the pain in my hand as I kept hitting it, tears coming to my eyes as I kept hitting and yelling “I love her! Please!” after a few minutes, I collapsed to my knees in tears. All I had done was bloody my hands at a tree…I had nothing to live for anymore, I had lost Tia. So, I reached for my pistol and put it to my head. With a sob, I pulled back the hammer and pulled the trigger…...and nothing happened. I looked up to the tree to see that it was glowing, along with the rest of my body, but more importantly, the tags and pendant that Tia gave me. As the tree held me in its glow, I closed my eyes and wiped away me tears. I understood what I was doing, it was completing its spell, it was making me immortal, but it was also doing something else. When I opened my eyes, an alicorn the size of Celestia was standing beside me, with her magic preventing the hammer of the pistol from going all the way forward, and thus preventing the pistol from firing. Her eyes were blue like mine, and her mane was red. Her cutie mark was one of a quill in an ink vial. Using her magic, her took my pistol from me, took out its magazine, and removed the chambered round before letting the hammer go forward with a click. She then returned these items to me and sat beside me. As she did this, I realized that she was an image made by the tree, and that the tree was going to keep me alive. it had given me everything that I had seen, the house, my clothes, and now immortality. I looked at the tree, and then to the pony and snarled “You may be keeping me alive, but that doesn’t make up for what you did. You took me away from my wife and I didn’t even get to say goodbye, for all she knows I could be dead.” and then the tree glowed, and a scroll appeared at its base, it was marked with Tias mark! I quickly opened it up and read the letter.

Johnathan, I don’t know where this letter will find you, but know this, I will always love you, I dream both night and day for when we will be reunited, I have been spoken to by the elements, and they have allowed me to send this letter to you, please, put the guns away, we may be apart in time, but we are united in love, and that will transcend all. Know that this is your time to rise, this is your time to spread your wings. And just because you are gone, that doesn’t mean that you will no longer hold a place in my heart.

Your loving wife forever, Celestia.

I held the letter close to my chest as I cried, she knows I’m alive. She sent me a letter. I already have something to remember her by, so I took out a pen and inscribed a message of my own on the back

Celestia, I don’t know when you’ll get this, but know that I got your letter. Know that I will carry on and do what I can to get back to you, even if I have to take the long way back. I will be reunited with you one day, and then we can finally finish our kiss.

Your handsome husband, John.

I placed the letter back on the ground at the base of the tree and looked to the pony “Send that back to her.”

The tree and pony did nothing, “Look here asshole, she has nothing to remember me by, and you owe me for dragging me here against my will, now send the damn letter to my wife!”

There was a flash and the letter disappeared, I looked back up to the tree “Thank you…I’ll probably be back, because until I can get a clear understanding of things, you’re the only one I can talk to.”

The pony walked up and placed a hoof on me, the look in her eyes told me she wanted to say something, but she didn’t. She took her hoof off my shoulder and let me go.

“Even if you don’t talk back.” I got up off my knees and walked back to the edge of the cave, I looked to make sure I was clear, and then I made my way back to my cabin, but as I stopped, I realized something, this was the cabin that I planned to build if I had stayed alone…it was the cabin I wanted to live with Celestia in, the one I was going to build for us, and the tree-pony-thing…Fuck, now I owed it an apology, but first, I needed to get myself situated, so I decided to see if the tree had really gotten the house down. On the outside, it already looked calming and unassuming. It had some solar arrays on the side, as well as a wind turbine, which I assume was what was powering the house. As I opened the front door, it opened right into a hallway, on the right was the den/utility area where I could work on my gear and wash my clothes, I was actually surprised to see a washer and dryer in there, which lead into a garage, and on the left, was the stairs up to the bedrooms, two other bathrooms, and the balcony, and just to the left of the stairs was a bathroom, then moving straight ahead about 15 feet, was the kitchen, which opened right up into the living room and the dining room. It wasn’t a large house, but it was good enough for a small family of three. I walked up the stairs and went into my bedroom, inside the room was a bed (Obviously), a closet, a stand for my gear, a closet, a window with a good view of the lake, and a bathroom. So, I took my stuff off and went to the closet, assuming that it would be empty, but to my surprise, it was stocked with all of the clothes that Rarity made me, and then some of my own from home back on earth, including the rest of my camo types and some relaxation and sleeping clothes. Next to my room was a smaller bedroom, and across from it was another room of the same size, so I guess that they were guest rooms. Across from my bedroom, there looked to be an office space big enough for two, and it even had my laptop. “Well damn, I guess the tree really took the phrase “Go big or go home” to heart here, which kind of made me wonder, what was in the garage? I mean I had seen a safe in the den, but why give me a garage unless….” I flew up off the bed and ran down to the den to the safe, sure enough, it was just the right size to be contain weapons, but to my surprise, it was locked, I mentally slapped myself, of course it's locked. So I looked to the keypad on the safe and entered the first code the only code that came to my mind 23537842, “Celestia.” A grin came across my face as the tumblers fell into place, and I was able to pull the handle on the safe, opening it, and on the inside of it…stairs. I walked down the stairs into what I’m going to guess was the basement, and when I turned on the lights… well at the moment I forgot about everything as my eyes fell upon the fact that the safe opened into a whole damn room filled with weapons and equipment, the safe wasn’t a safe, it was a saferoom! This place even had a fucking minigun! But I’m getting off track here. The room itself wasn’t all too big, maybe 50 feet by 50 feet, but the walls were covered with firearms of all sorts. And in the corner was a work area for repairs or upgrades, and on top of the work table, were two carabiners with keys on them, I walked over to them and picked them up, there was three keys on each one, one key was average size, so I’m assuming that it was the house key, the key next to it was smaller, so I’m going to guess that it was the key to unlock the gun lockers that housed the variable smorgasbord of guns in the room, and the third key, well I think that was the best gift of all, it was a back car key with the GMC logo on it. So, I picked up one of the carabiners, clipped it the belt loop of my pants, walked out of the room and closed the safe door and locked it, then went into the garage to see one of the greatest things of all time. My black 04 GMC canyon, only now it had some improvements, there was a light system now equipped onto the top of the truck, and from the looks of it, the suspension and tires had been changed to larger military grade off road ones, and on the bed on the truck, just behind the crew cab, was a mounted M2 Browning. My truck had been turned into the technical of my dreams, so I opened the door and put in the key, and I was happy to see that it was on a full tank of gas, and from the looks of it, it had two tanks, and I had a gas pump in the garage, I was ecstatic, I mean I’d probably take the gun off it for now, but I couldn’t wait to take Tia for a ride and…. oh…right…I’m alone. I began to feel I slight warmth in my chest, I looked down to see the pendant was glowing, right, they had all left me something, well I guess I should see what they left me. I walked into the house and to the fridge, but unfortunately, the one thing this house didn’t have, was alcohol, but that can be remedied. I saw some spare supplies to make a moonshine still in the garage, and I still remember how to build one thanks to my boss. With a mental checklist of things I needed to do starting to come together, I walked up to my balcony/roof, sat down in my chair, and lifted up the pendant. It had the marks of the three princesses made out of some sort of gem, I ran my hands over Cadance’s mark, “Lets what message the princess of love left me.” As I held it in my hand, the gem that was carved into Cadance’s mark began to glow and the air surround me began to shimmer and Cadance appeared “Cadance? Is that you?” I got up from my chair and walked up to her, but when I touched her, my hand just past through her body and she began to speak.

“John, if you’re seeing this, then you’re probably in the past…alone.” she raised up her hoof and put it on me, and I could feel it. “I know it’s going to be hard, especially after your rough past from your old world, but remember, we love you, you have a lot to look forward to, an eternity with Celestia, the possibility of a family, and many friends in this world. You may be alone now, but your fears can be laid to rest, this world is different from yours, it’s better for you, over the past months, I’ve seen you grow into a different man then the one I first met, a better man.” She giggled “A man that was happy to call my nephew, and now my brother in law. now stay strong, that’s an order.” and she smiled as she faded away. I smiled as the message ended, Cadance had been following me for the entirety of my first few days in Equestria, she had been the mare that showed Celestia and Luna the love in my heart…she was the one who married me to the love of my life. I rested my head back in my chair, and stared at the setting sun and the night sky. “It’s beautiful, right Tia?” I looked over to the empty chair next to me “Oh…. right…. I’m alone.” I sighed again and help back tears “Maybe…maybe I just need rest.” so holding back tears, I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up the next morning to feel a warmth on my chest, the first thing that came to my mind was that it was all a dream, just a nightmare, but when I opened my eyes, I was still alone…the warmth was just the sun…it’s not a dream…its real… “I can’t just sit here, I have to get up…do something…fuck it, I’m making the still.” I got up from my chair and walked down into the house and to the kitchen, it was fully stocked with everything I need from food to drink. “Wow, this place does have everything.” I reached over to the sink and saw that I had running water “Including a kitchen sink.” I took a small second to laugh at my own joke before making myself some coffee and some eggs. When I was finished with my breakfast, I took my coffee and walked into my garage, opened the garage door, grabbed a welding mask, a welding torch, and some metal, and started to work on the still.

After a few hours, I had finished most of the still, when I looked up to the sky to see a set of pegasi guards in the air flying by “Shitbucket!” I turned off the torch and ran into my garage. From the looks of it, they weren’t armed, but I don’t know if they saw me. I waited in the garage and kept my eyes open. The pegasi didn’t land, so I assumed that they didn’t see me…but I’m smarter than that. Since I didn’t want to be out in the open while I worked, I walked back out and pulled the finished components of the still into the garage, all I had to do was make a condenser, and I knew just the thing to use. I walked out to the lake with a 55-gallon drum and a hand truck, I filled the drum with lake water and then brought it back into the garage and set my still up, by the time 1300 rolled around I had the still fully assembled and making its first batch. I looked around the garage once more, and was delighted to find a box full of cigars in the work bench. So while I waited for the first batch to finish, I used the torch to light up the cigar, and sat there, smoking a cigar, and making moonshine. As I sat there, I wondered what else I could do, I mean it’s not like I had a lot to do besides hide and be alone…but then again, I wasn’t alone…I had the tree. So, I shut off the still and geared myself up. I grabbed a 1911 and three non-lethal rounds from the weapons locker, and some flashbangs and smoke grenades, and clipped them to my pouch. Once I had done that, I grabbed a couple of MRE’s and put them in my pack, I then threw my pack over my shoulder and walked out of my house and into the woods.

It took me about an hour, but I finally made it to the castle.I guess that pegasi didn’t spot me, but they did see my house, which probably means I'll need to expect company, because from the tree line, the castle looked like it was on high alert. I mean don’t get me wrong, I still made it to the tree, but it wasn’t as easy as it was last time. As I got there the thing began to glow the pony again appeared, but this time, she had something in her magic. It was a tan had with the word “Cadillac” on it, and the symbol of the Cadillac motor company on the front…I knew this hat…it was the hat my grandfather gave to me. I took it in my hands and rotated it around. It was my hat. I smiled and put it on my head “So I guess you know that I would be coming” I sat down against the wall of the cave and brought out my MRE and started to let it heat itself up as I talked “look…I wanted to thank you for everything you’ve done…I guess I do owe you that, but I miss my wife.”

The pony walked up to me and used her magic to lift up my pendant

“I know I have the pendant, but a pendant can’t hold me close at night…a pendant can’t tell me it loves me, but then again, I’m here talking to a tree that will probably never actually talk to me so there’s that, but then again it keeps me from going mead so…yeah…...so how you been?”

The pony just sat there and did nothing as my MRE began to steam so I pulled it from its packet and cut it open, it was teriyaki chicken with rice.

“Yeah I thought as much…so how do you like your neighbors?” I pointed up toward the castle above me as I began to eat

The pony smiled at me and then she pointed to me and pointed up

I swallowed my food and took a sip of water from my canteen “Yeah, yeah, I know I should talk to them, but I’m waiting for the right time, I want to get an understanding of the area and the situation before I do anything…which begs my next question, did you tell them about me?”

No response

“This morning I almost got spotted by a pegasi patrol and it took me almost an hour longer than it did yesterday to get here because I had to doge their soldiers, so I ask you, did you tell the royal family I was here?”

The tree glowed as three more marks appeared next to the white pony, I can only guess that they were the king and queen’s, and they began to orbit around my mark as if protecting it or loving it, or honestly, I don’t know, they went and floated around my mark ok. Whatever it means is what it means

“Look, you may be all powerful, but I’m not. And even though I may or may not be immortal, I don’t have powers and I don’t want to chance throwing myself into something I don’t know anything about and messing it up, I mean look at me, I don’t exactly scream peaceful.”

The pony just looked at me confused

“I mean what am I supposed to say, hi, I’m a human form the future, oh yeah, I know you just banished all my kind, but I’m different because I’m from the future, and oh, I’m also having sex with and was about to marry your future daughter!”

I watched as the pony face-hoofed and the marks disappeared

“Sorry…it’s just…it’s a complicated situation…but…thanks for being here I guess... you know, giving me someone to talk to…I’ll…I’ll try to come back when I can and maybe not tell you a sob story.” I finished my MRE and put the trash in my pack and brought out a two small shot glasses and brought out a small flask “But before I go, try this, I made some moonshine.” I put some shine in the flasks and raised one up “Here’s to...well shit I got nothing…meh.” and I downed the shot.

The pony used her magic to lift up the glass and then downed its contents, and as she did, she pointed to my glass and made a gagging motion

“Oh come on, it's not that bad.” I picked up the glasses and put them away before slinging my pack over my shoulder again. I walked to the edge of the cave I felt something tap my shoulder.

The alicorn again pointed up and she looked like she was pleading with me.

I shook my head. “I'm sorry, I can't face them yet…the pain of losing Tia is still too great.” She looked to me with that same look as earlier.

“I know your sorry…and I forgive you…I have to accept that what you did was for the greater good….I’ll be back soon, for now, you the only company I’ve got.”

The alicorn smiled and disappeared.

I peaked out of the cave and looked to make sure I was clear, but the castle was still on alert. I made my way back up and into the forest without getting caught, so all I had to do to get back to my house was follow the main path here and then I would find the small trail that went to my place, but with the castle on alert, the path would be watched, so I have to stick to the woods alongside the path. I was able to make it maybe half way home before I heard voices and hoof steps coming up from behind me.

“Fan out men, they said it went this way!”

“Yes sir!”

I immediately broke into a full-on sprint “Shitbucket, they followed me…but how, I didn’t see anypony or…the tree.” I moved deeper into the woods in case they decided to send pegasi up to scout as I heard them calling out

“Human! Show yourself in the name of the king Orbash and Queen Sunflare!”

I kept running as I talked to myself “Yeah that’s not happening.” I kept running for a bit before I climbed up into a tree and hid myself in the leaves. I reached for the flashbang on my belt “Please work.” I pulled the pin and chucked it off to my right, and about 4 or 5 seconds later, the distraction device went off.

I watched as the guards came up and ran in the way of the flashbang “He’s this way, I heard that noise!”

I waited for about ten minutes until I came back down from the tree with my guns drawn. The problem was that they wouldn’t do me much good if I got surrounded, because I wasn’t using regular bullets, instead I loaded soap bullets, they wouldn’t kill, but they would incapacitate and hurt like hell. Eventually I made my way back to my house, and it was just before the sunset. I figured that if the guards didn’t find me, they'd probably come here, or most likely go home. I didn’t see any pegasi with them, so I was hoping that without a guide, they wouldn’t be able to find my house, and let's face it, It's not like the king and queen are gonna come after me.

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I walked into my house, and set my pack down. I went and replaced the non-lethal magazines with standard magazines, and then made my way up to my roof and laid in my chair. I took off my gear and set my weapons down beside my chair so I could grab it if needed, and I watched the sunset. “Well I didn’t get caught, but they're probably gonna be looking for me tomorrow” I looked up to Canterlot mountain as held my pendant in my hand “The sky is beautiful Tia…I only wish I could share this view with you…this was the house we wanted to build after our marriage…the house I’ll build for us when I get back.”

And there was a slight breeze behind me, followed by two sets of hooves walking up behind me, and then a male voice spoke “You are right sir, it is a most beautiful evening”

I moved my hand down to my belt to grab my pistol as another voice spoke up from behind me, female “If you wish to keep your hand, you shall remove it from that weapon.”

I lifted my hand up and away from my pistol “Shitbucket…so who are you, and why are you at my house?” I stood up and turned around to see the king and queen standing behind me, both of them were about Tias size, only their asteral effect was over their entire body instead of their manes. Orbash looked like the night sky while giving me a curious look, and the latter Sunflare, looked almost like Tia, with her colors being that of the morning sky, while she was glaring at me with her horn already channeling magic for a spell. “Ah, the king and queen, well I guess I was going to have to meet you two eventually, though I figured it wasn’t going to be until tomorrow. So, may I ask why the hell you’re going through all this trouble and how the fuck you found me?”

The Queen spoke “How dare you speak in such a vulgar manner to us!”

“Well you did kind of just break into my house and threaten me, now how about you calm down QUEEN Sunflare.” I looked to Orbash, “King Orbash, help a guy out here?”

they took a step back baffled as she “H-How did you know our names?”

“It’s a long story.”

The queen hardened herself again “Well you shall have plenty of time to tell it in a cell.”

I smiled and slowly moved my hand for the smoke grenade on my belt “Yeah not going to happen.” I pulled the pin and smoke began to pour out of the grenade. The king and queen moved towards me, but by the time they got to my position, the smoke was too thick for them to see me, so I moved back into it and raised my pistol.

The king called out “You seem like a warrior, and a skilled one at that, but you should know, we are alicorns, and your home has been surrounded by our forces.”

I smiled as I moved out of the smoke behind them with my pistol drawn “You mean the guards I’ve slipped past three times now?”

The king and queen turned around with their horns glowing as a shield formed around them and I was levitated into the air, but I still kept my aim on them, then the king began to speak again “Impressive, you are right dear, he is definitely a skilled warrior.” he looked back to me “Now you’ll be coming with us.”

“Not happening, you’re not taking me prisoner”

The queen put her magic around me and began to levitate up cuffs, “You don’t have much of a choice”

“Oh that’s bullshit, I didn’t even do anything to you. All I’ve done is keep to myself and talk to the tree of harmony, which form the looks of it, has stabbed me in the fucking back.”

Orbash and his wife looked at each other and whispered to each other before Orbash looked to me and spoke “You won’t be our prisoner, you will be our guest. Surely that will be better than being here alone.”

“Bullshit.” I replied “...and you should probably pick a side because this whole thing where you flip from wanting to arrest me to wanting to befriend me is not really convincing.”

“We have changed our minds because of what you have said.” Orbash replied, “If the tree of harmony is responsible here, then that is a good sign about your character. So please, allow us to make you our guest.”

I stayed silent for a minute as they held me in their magic “Well I guess I don’t have much of an option, do I?”

Sunflare spoke “No, you don’t.” and she quickly spread her wings and took off as I looked to Orbash

“She doesn’t like me that much, does she?”

He sighed “No, and I am suspicious of you as well, but from what I’ve seen and heard from you, you seem pure of heart. Afterall, the tree of harmony protects our land. But mark my words, if you are a threat, you will-”

“Yeah, Yeah, I know, I’m either dead or I join my people.”

“How do you-?”

“Trust me, it’s a long story.”

“One I look forward to hearing.” and with that he took off into the air holding me in his magic.

One short flight later, we had reached the castle. It looked like a typical castle on the outside, but on the inside, it looked very similar to that of Canterlot castle. Anyway, they carried me in their magic until we reached the throne room, and then they proceeded to clear it and lock the doors before setting me down. “Huh, this is a nice place you’ve got here, but honestly I prefer mine, it's more…relaxing.”

Sunflare spoke “Silence, we have brought you here so you can answer our questions.”

“Funny, considering you haven’t answered mine, how did you find me?”

Sunflare smiled as she looked off to her left “You may come out now.”

A third and fourth party came out from behind the thrones, it was a gray unicorn with a long gray beard and he was wearing a cape and hat adorned with bells, and next to him, was the pony form the tree. “Starswirl the Bearded and the tree of harmony, of course.” The pony of the tree of harmony went to my side and left Starswirl standing alone with a priceless look on his face.

Starswirl looked shocked as he spoke “W-What? How does he know my name!?”

I smiled “Oh I know a whole lot of things.”

“Like what?” he asked

“We were just about to find that out.” Sunflare said “Now then, you are going to answer our questions truthfully.”

“I have no intention of doing otherwise.”

“And why is that?” Orbash asked

“Because I have a house and a still that I want to get back to, if you haven’t noticed, there all I have now for the foreseeable future….and because I’ve been through this before, I mean you have no idea how much of a déjà vu sensation I’m getting right now.”

I felt Sunflare’s gaze on me soften a bit, then harden again as I made my smartass remark before she spoke “Let’s start with the simple things, who are you?”

“My name is Johnathan Cormier and I think you already know what I am.”

Orbash spoke “Yes we do, which is why I ask you, why are you dressed in that fashion and why were you armed, and how are you still here?”

“I'm here because the tree decided to put me here, and I’m a soldier.”

He scratched his chin with his hoof “Yes, your mannerisms were indicative of that.”

Sunflare spoke “Among other things, which then brings me to my next question, why are you armed, and what kind of weapon is this?” she levitated up my pistol and I became immediately worried as she proceeded to flag it all over the place.

“Be careful with that! It’s dangerous! Give me my fucking weapon back!”

The queen glared at me “You will not address me in that tone, and it does not appear dangerous.”

“Trust me, it is, and if you want to keep yourself free from injury, you give that gun and let me disable it.”

Her horn glowed as she lifted me up into the air “Was that a threat?”

“No, it’s a warning, what you hold in your magic, besides me, is a pistol.”

Both of them looked at me inquisitively as the king spoke “A pistol?”

“Yes, it’s a type of gun.”

The queen spoke now “What is a gun?”

I answered “It’s a dangerous human weapon that uses an explosive power called gunpower to launch a metal projectile at very high speeds, now can I please have mine back.”

The queen spoke “HA! Do you really think that I am a fool!?”

“No, but your messing with something you don’t quite understand.”

Orbash came to my rescue “My love, please, give him his weapon, if it is a dangerous as he says, it would be wise to let him lower its danger, because from what we have seen, he is the only one who knows how to disable this weapon.”

Sunflare looked to her husband, then back to me, then to my gun, then back to me “Fine, but know this, make one wrong move, and you will have the a thousand years to think about what you’ve done in the sun.” she floated my gun over to me and I took it in my hand.

“Thank you, your highness.” I pressed the magazine release on the pistol, letting the magazine fall out into my hand and placed it in my dump pouch, I then pulled the slide back removing the chambered round, and I then took that and put it in my pouch as well, I felt the slide locked in its open position. “There, its secured.”

The queen looked surprised, and so did the king, but not to the extent that she was. It took some time before she spoke “I…Well thank you…but may I ask, why you did this?”

“It’s my job to protect the royal family.”

The king stood up “What do you mean, I don’t recall seeing you in the ranks of our royal guard.”

Then Starswirl stepped forward “He’s from the future.”

I pointed to Starswirl, “Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner, how’d you guess?”

He smiled “Because I’m working on the same kind of spell, plus what else could be used to explain your unheard of weapons?”

Finally, both the king and queen were now surprised, “So…I’m guessing that you want me to tell you my story?”

The king spoke “Yes, I think that would be very helpful.”

“Well then in that case, get comfortable, because this is going to take a while…and perhaps you could maybe set me down.”

Sunflare set me down “Ah, yes, I think you have earned that.”

“Thank you, now then where to start…. well I guess it would be when I first was brought to Equestria.” As I began my tale they listened intently, but as I began to speak of my time with the sisters, and my….um… fun with Celestia, well let’s just say, the queen was pissed again

“YOU HAD SEX WITH OUR DAUGHTER!?!?” The queens yelling was probably heard throughout the castle as she jumped off her throne and she stood right in front of me

I backed away slightly as i spoke “In my defense, she hasn’t been born yet, and it was her idea.”

Unfortunately, that didn't help me. The queen picked my up in her magic her horn began to glow “That’s it! your going to the sun!” she screamed.

I was lucky that orbash was there. The queens horn glowed brighter and brighter, but Orbash put his hoof on her shoulder “My love, calm down, harming him will do us no good, and if the tree really did send him here, then he is here for our benefit.”

I looked to the tree-pony and spoke, “Speaking of the tree, why did it take me back in time just before I was about to kiss her?”

The king stood up “What do you mean?”

“I mean I was about to marry her.” I looked down and closed my eyes, trying to hold back tears. I sat like that until I felt wings on my shoulder I looked up to see the king and queen in front of me, the anger in their eyes gone was gone, and replaced with one of concern. “I’m…I’m sorry, I shouldn’t be crying right now…look uh…if you want, I’ll leave, and if you want me to vacate my house, I’ll do that as well.”

The king spoke “You will do no such things, in fact, you will be offered a room here in the castle and an opportunity to continue your duties to the royal family.”

Now I was speechless “W…. Why, after all I’ve done.”

Sunflare took me in her magic and levitated me up to look her in the eyes, “Because you love our daughter, and because I can see the pain that being separated from her and being cast into the time alone has caused you.”

“But why?” I asked

The king spoke “Let me ask you this, if we had not been led to you, would you have turned that weapon on yourself?”

I looked down, if only they knew. “I don’t know…I miss her.”

“We can see that.” he replied

The queen stood up and began to drag me with her using her magic “Now the hour grows late, come, we shall show you your new quarters and let you rest.” the two of them led me to a room in the castle almost like the one that I was first in when I was in Canterlot. “You will be quartered in here.”

I walked in and lain down on the bed “Thanks.”

The queen continued “Your welcome, we can continue our earlier discussion tomorrow over breakfast.”

“Alright then, goodnight.” and with that the door closed, leaving me alone again.

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So now you know why I want to die. I want this all to end. I didn't ask for this, all I wanted out of life was a peaceful life with Celestia. I almost had it too, if it wasn’t for the fucking tree….im going to bed.