I guess starting a new life won’t be so bad…then again, I literally just got here…I still have my bullet wounds, however…wished those could’ve healed. Oh well…I can heal them myself…if I had a medkit, my problems and objectives are the same…find out what I’m supposed to do…and such…hopefully, everything will be fine.

Cooper, Out.

Ethan was looking through his Weapons & Equipment, seeing everything was okay…he as well looks through his weapons bullet count, making sure everything was good. Ethan then looks at his helmet which he took off earlier, it didn’t seem Damaged but at the same time, it had some scratches…but there was a crack in the bottom left side of his HUD Screen.

“I better find out where I have to go.”

Screeches are then heard from afar, as well as screaming.

“What the hell?”

Ethan stands up to only fall back down on all fours, “Fucking wounds,” Ethan taps his datapad which lights up ‘Stim Active’, “Let’s go.”

Ethan grabs his weapons and puts on his helmet to locate the sounds and see where they are coming from.

His Radar didn’t show a map but it was pointing him towards the source of the sound, he keeps running with his weapon at the ready, as he gets closer…more sounds were heard like…growling, hissing, and cries.

Ethan arrives, taking cover behind a tree, he gets a look at what he’s in.

He spots two…anthropomorphic ponies…much like the goddess that saved him…but both only had wings. One was Yellow-Furred with long Pink Hair, she had a blue hoodie which had bunny ears on them, along with a blue skirt, & blue socks for her hooves. Ethan looked at what she was trying to communicate with and it looked like a…lion with bat wings?

“Please! She didn’t mean it, she’s just protective of me...don’t hurt her anymore!”

The Lion growled as it attempted to slash at the yellow Pegasus.

“Ah!”

“Get away from her you son of a--“

“Dashie no!”

The other Pegasus got up and charged at the Lion, she was Blue-furred with a Rainbow Hairstyle, she only had a tank-top and some shorts, but she looked…beaten up…she had scratches on her arm and one close to her eye, and a bleeding one on her chest which had the tank-top somewhat ripped on the front showing some revealing cleavage but not all.

She spread her wings getting the yellow Pegasus away from the Lion.

“Flutters forget it! This Manticore won’t listen, it’s too feral to hear you!”

A Manticore…that sounded pretty familiar…a Greek Mythological Creature exists in this world?

The Yellow Pony hugs the Blue one and walks to the Manticore…which then she starts to stare at it…

“What the hell is she doing?”

The Manticore started to stay still and just stare back.

“You think you can hurt my friend like that and try to hurt me? You’re a bad kitty, thinking that you can just do that to other creatures!”

The Manticore whimpers…backing away…it turns around immediately and walks slowly.

The Yellow Pegasus goes over to her friend…but they both didn’t see the deceiving Manticore turning around and growl.

“Oh fuck no.”

Ethan then pulls something…folded from his back…it then slowly materialized and straightened into a large rifle…a Scope spins to the top of the gun, the stock extends and connects to the handle of the rifle…the outer barrel comes out as Ethan loads in a magazine and pulls the bolt.

‘EAMR-84 Loaded and Ready to fire…use with caution.’

The Manticore roars at the ponies and they turn around to see a charging monster heading towards them…they both hold each other close and scream.

Ethan squints his eye looking through the scope…aiming at the Manicore’s head…he clicks a switch and slowly squeezes the trigger.

A loud 'Voom' sound was heard along with small electricity…then the splatter of liquid and non-solid objects was heard along with the thud of a large being.

Ethan pulls the bolt again…a silver, black, and red tipped bullet ejecting as the barrel of the Sniper had small electricity jolts coming from it as well as light smoke.

The two ponies look behind them to see a dead Manticore…with most of its head blown off…pieces of its brain spattered everywhere along with blood and a severely shattered skull.

“O-Oh…m-my…” The Yellow Pegasus hugged her friend.

“It’s okay Flutters…it’s okay…we’re safe.”

The Blue Pony had an expression of total shock…while her friend cried in fear…what saved her and herself in such a…gruesome way?

Ethan materializes and packs the rifle back onto his back, putting his Assault Rifle in front of him as he walks away.

The Blue Pony looks to the right side of her to see the tall cliff that was there…there was…rustling leaves and…steps? She looked for a few seconds and thought she saw something but…nothing.

Ethan looked on the top right side of his Helmet HUD, which said ‘Cloak Power Low, Deactivate to Recharge.’ He waited for the two ponies to leave…he didn’t feel it was right to reveal himself just yet…suddenly a new species with extremely dangerous weapons is in their world? Doesn’t sound peaceful really…he may not be at the cliff but he didn’t want to risk getting caught.

“C’mon Flutters…let’s go…ugh, can you help me out?” ‘Dashie’ says.

“Y-Yeah.” ‘Flutters’ says.

Fluttershy picks her up from under her arm, Dashie puts her arm around Flutters’ neck.

“We should go see the others…and tell them what just happened here.”

“I’ll get her after I get you to a hospital.” Flutters replies.

Ethan smiles for a bit knowing he saved a couple of lives, he then grunts in pain…his Stimulants have worn off. He gets back down on all fours as he looks to see some blood was dripping on his HUD.

“My Injuries are exceeding--“

Ethan starts coughing to see some small blood come out.

“Fff…fuck…it’s either I die to my injuries or have them properly treated…that is if they even know how to treat a--agh! H-Human.”

Ethan slowly tries to get up…the mechs around his body making it pretty difficult…it almost felt tight around him for some reason…usually, it never feels like that.

“I really wished Faust helped me out with my injuries.”

Just then, he started hearing footsteps and he checks to see how much of his Stim Power was recharged…there was barely any…he’ll have to make due.

“Turn Around!”

Ethan quickly grabs his Rifle and gets into a crouching stance and turns around, aiming his Rifle…to see ponies in gold and blue armor along with their white fur with their spears pointing at Ethan.

“Ugh…Look, I want no trouble, I’m just looking for--“

“Silence creature! You are a threat to our land…considering what we just saw what you did to that Manticore!”

“You didn’t see the two ponies I saved?”

“Doesn’t mean you were gonna leave them alone.”

“What?! Agh…This is a fucking joke…just leave ME alone…I don’t want trouble seriously…I’m just trying to find someone named…Celestia.”

“And just what do you want with Celestia?”

“Ugh…why should I tell you? From the looks of it, you look like you’re gonna murder a new creature and say it was self-defense.”

‘Stim ready at 40%’

“That should be enough,” Ethan says.

“What should be enough?” One of the ponies ask.

Ethan taps his Wristpad and gets up, running to the apparently five guards…Ethan activates his Wrist Shield and bashes it against the spears pointed at him, making the Ponies back up and stunned for a bit…Ethan then activates his boosters and jumps over the Guards as he starts to run.

“Don’t follow me!” Ethan warns them.

Ethan kept running for a bit until his HUD flashed red.

‘Suit Power Low…recharge as soon as possible’

Fuck…I forgot about that.

Ethan keeps running until he could no more.

‘Functions shutting down

Wrist Launcher: OFFLINE

-Wrist Shield

-Wrist Grapple

-Tranquilizer Darts

“Shit…”

Ethan quickly grabs a Tactical Cycle Grenade and switches it to Smoke and drops it behind him, he keeps running as his pain starts to slowly come back, he hears some type of shining or mystical sound as he kept running…

“Did Faust send me to the right world?”

‘Boosters: OFFLINE

-Jump Boost

-Hover Movement

-Boost Stomp

‘Suit Abilities: OFFLINE’

Fuck…

‘-Cloak

-Overclock’

Nonononono…

‘-Stimulant’

The pain kept rushing back as Ethan immediately grunted and growled in pain…more blood dripping from his head and mouth.

“You better stop right there!”

Guessing I’m about to face death again.

‘HUD Shutting Down…backup power activating to removing Exo Suit and Armor…use Wristpad.’

Ethan sighs as he feels some spears behind his back…not stabbing him but pointing against him.

“Stand down!”

The Ponies behind him then kneel and put their spears down.

Ethan looks up to see a white figure approach…she had rainbow hair but only in specific royal colors…she had a horn and wings just like Faust…but this one seemed a little shorter.

‘Helmet Mask Opening’

Ethan looks face to face with another goddess.

“Who wanted you to find me?”

Ethan was thinking if this was her…maybe it is…considering she almost looks like Faust and such…maybe her Daughter…her Daughter is Celestia?

His Helmet Mask split into three parts going into the helmet…his face revealed to another Goddess…however he had some black dust on him as well as blood from his mouth and forehead.

“Goddess Faust…”

The Female Pony’s eyes widen but before she could say anything…Ethan’s world was going dark…he was losing too much blood.

“Guards get a Med Evac for this one!”

“But, your Majesty--“

“Now!”

The Guard bowed and walked away.

“Ughnnn…am I in the right world?”

Ethan’s world completely blacked out.

"We must figure out his intentions though...he's an alien!"

"We don't know if it's bad or not."

"I heard it blew a Manticore's head off! Then attacked the Guards and said it's after Celestia! It's obviously here to kill her."

"Enough!"

The noble ponies stopped talking and looked forward to see their princess.

"The creature has no ill intentions, however, I do not know it's true intentions either...the creature killed a Manticore to save two ponies...I believe if it was evil it would've let them die."

The voices are whispers after what their princess said.

"What do you propose your majesty?"

"I'm going to find out his intentions myself, and see how he got into this world."

"But Princess, I thought he was after you?"

"Clearly, you have been hearing false rumors, so do not worry about me."

The Princess stands up and walks away from the nobles...for a while she thought of what his intentions would be, every possibility ran through her head, Is he here for peace or invasion? Is he here to take control of the monarchy? Is he sent by Nightmare Moon? All these thoughts ran through her head...however he did speak her mother's name...not many know who Faust is...and she was warned by her mother that a descendant will arrive...could he be the one to save us all?

Celestia approaches the medical wing to see the creature...it was stuck in its armor still...it looked interesting, however. There were two doctors and three nurses all there to try to help.

"Doctor, how is he?" The Princess asks.

"Not good, and it's hard with all this armor...it won't come off at all."

Celestia looks at his face to see the blood was wiped clean...they were able to get the helmet off at least, she truly saw his face and all...

"We used magic to see what was wrong with him...there is a metallic object stuck in its knee, and there are burn wounds over its right arm, and there is another metallic object stuck in right shoulder...this creature has the same structure as us...but there is no tail, no muzzle, and no hooves."

Suddenly, coughing is heard from the creature....everyone gasps as blood drips from its mouth, it slowly started to move...

"Hey! Easy, you're in the Castle's Hosptial now...take it easy...don't move."

The creature had its eyes half shut...as if its vision was blurry...

"S-Stand me...up..."

"Sir, you're in no condition to move!"

"Stand me up...take off...armor." The creature coughed.

Celestia walks over and slowly stands him up and he used the surgical bed and The Princess for support.

"Princess, what are you doing--"

Celestia puts her hand up to silence the doctor, "How do I remove your armor?"

"Wrist...pad."

Celestia looks at its wrist and sees a rectangular object on his left arm...it somewhat lit up with a box in it that had a small sentence.

"Okay, what do I do with this wristpad?"

The creature coughed as it collapsed...Celestia caught him, however.

"T-Tap...the...command...option."

Celestia looks at the blinking box on the screen of his Wrist, it said 'Remove Exo Suit.' She tapped the command and slowly his armor started to move.

The slim metal box on his back along with the vest started to click as first the slim armor and plates unlocked from its arms, the metal keeping the datapad on unlocked as well...his hands which were covered by gloves had its rods disconnect from the knuckles...next his leg's armor clicked and unlocked...the plates and pads surrounding his thighs, legs, and shins all loosened and soon all of his armor fell off...there were still hard plastic pads on his knees and arms...his clothes had a snow white type of camouflage on them...white and grey...there was a hood as well.

"The pad...unstrap...them." The creature said faintly...as he attempted to get back on the bed...Celestia and the nurses assisted him and took off the rest of the armor...the staff immediately got to work on him as taking off the clothes were easy...but it took a while to take off the boots...since they've never seen them.

"Princess, I recommend leaving...this will get messy." The Doctor said.

"No, I want to see his form and see these... 'Metallic objects' that you claim is in him."

"As you wish Princess," The Doctor notices there was metal covering his left arm, "Wait, there's another piece of armor...nurse?"

One of the nurses look at its arm and see what she could do, she saw the glove but first, she looked at the arm and noticed...the shoulder wasn't made of metal...she assumed it was some type of glove that covered this creature's arm, so she pulls on the arm.

Suddenly the creature grunts and clenches its teeth soon it turns into light yells as the nurse tried to pull the 'glove' off.

Celestia notices this and she looks at the nurse and the creature, "Stop!"

The nurse stops and looks at Celestia, the Princess walks over to the nurse's side and her horn glows, her eyes glow white and she stares at the arm...soon she looks at the hand and she pulls on it...the actual glove comes off revealing more metal covering the arm.

"This is apart of his body," Celestia holds the hand and twiddles with the fingers as the creature moves them himself as well to ease himself....as the yelling stops, "There are nerves but they are different from the rest of his body."

"His?"

"When I heard his voice I recognized it was stallion," Celestia says.

"...He...has a metal arm?" The Doctor asks.

"Yes, however that is not the concern...it is the metal stuck in his body...I can see how it is causing him pain, we must extract it without killing him...I will help you since this is a being we have never seen."

"Yes, your Majesty."

"Did the creature have anything else on him?"

"We found some strange objects on him including a...strange shaped knife or sword...it didn't look like a kitchen knife but it wasn't as big as a Sword."

"Alright, we will not mess with them because we do not know if they are dangerous or not...we will ask him after we have helped him and he had fully healed," Celestia says.

"As you wish...let's get started."

"Do not die yet, you have just arrived."

"Huh?"

Ethan wakes up, his eyes slowly crack open to see he was in a hospital bed...he groans as he slowly attempts to stretch but feels pain in his shoulder...he looks...his vision still slightly blurred but he could see bandages around the shoulder and arm, he notices he had no armor either as he didn't feel the metal around his body that slightly would tighten him and protect him.

Just then he spots someone walks in...his vision still blurry but he could tell it was a nurse...he saw...wings, the nurse leaves.

"Must be the blurs..."

After a bit, he sees...a bright white and lightly rainbowed figure and a purple figure.

"Can you hear us?" A Motherly voice asked.

"Y-Yeah...but my vision is still blurry." Ethan answers.

"What is your name?"

"Ethan Cooper...U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant."

"That is quite a long name..."

Ethan chuckles as his vision slowly gets better.

"My name is Ethan Cooper...I am a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marines."

"Ah...I see."

Ethan's vision finally clears up and he looks at the two in front of them...The White Furred Goddess who was with him before he blacked out and a Purple furred Pony that reached up below the Goddess' breasts...he widened his eyes in surprise as he sat up.

"Do not panic...we're not here to hurt you."

"There were others with you, they tried to attack me."

"And I ordered them to stand down...remember? I brought you here...you even helped me take off your armor."

"Wait, that was you?"

The White furred Pony nodded, "What are you, where are you from, and what do you plan to do here?"

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"I could've thrown you into the dungeons without your wounds treated if I didn't like you...here, if you answer my questions...you can ask me some...because you seem curious to where you are as well?"

Ethan scratched his head...and thought...what's to lose, he's dead...technically.

"Well ma'am, I am a Human, we evolved from Apes in the Primitive ages to make it short. I come from a Planet called Earth which has lived for over 4.2 Billion Years, The human race also is from Earth, we have lived there for quite some time." Ethan says, he looks to see The Purple Pony writing in her notepad.

"I see, and how did you come to Equestria and what do you plan to do here?"

"I was sent by...a Goddess...her name was Faust...she gave me a second chance at life in exchange to protect her world known as Equestria...at least she did send me to the correct world."

"You were sent by Faust?!" The Purple Pony asks.

Ethan nods and gets comfortable.

"I lost my life...I was sent on a Mission along with my squad to take out an Insurrectionist base...everything went fine...but then I was forced to stay behind to blow up the entire base...I sacrificed myself and saved my Soldiers from death...I should've died...but Faust saved me...and she sent me here."

The White Pony was shocked along with the Purple one...

"Enough about me...who are you two?"

"Oh, I apologize, My name is Princess Celestia, ruler of the Sun and Equestria."

Ethan gets a good look at her...she wore a white gown which had a brown strap around her waist along with a golden buckle or something, her top only had one strap which went over her left shoulder...but she had a very large form...tall and hourglass-shaped....she had wings and a horn like Faust, her hair flowed Green, Pink, and Blue along with her tail. Her legs were wide and she had hooves instead of feet...she notices a slight V hole in her long skirt revealing the lower part of her thighs...He then sees a mark on the thigh and her shoulder...they both were a picture of the Sun...she also had a Crown.

"And I am Twilight Sparkle, Celestia's Personal and Faithful Student."

Ethan looked at her, she had midnight blue hair with a pink line in the style but didn't flow like Celestia's, she only had a horn, she wore a typical type of Schoolgirl Outfit, A Dark Vest with a Dark Purple Shirt and a Light Purple Tie, along with a Short Skirt and Tights around her legs.

"It's nice to meet you both...now the second question."

"Shoot," Celestia says.

"Where are my Weapons and Equipment?"

"Ah, they are over there at the end of the room," Celestia says.

Ethan looks to his right to see his Weapons, Armor, and Equipment all there.

"You guys never messed with it?"

"We wanted to ask you about them since they were yours," Celestia says.

"I see...how about this, once I have fully recovered, I will show you them and such...for now...may I have my Backpack that is right next to my Armor?" Ethan asks.

"I accept your offer and yes." Celestia smiles and her horn glows, the Backpack levitates over to Ethan.

"...Whoa...what was that?" Ethan asks.

"Magic, do you not know of this?"

"I do...however Magic is a myth on Earth."

Twilight gasps and writes it down, "No Magic where you come from?"

"Nope...just nature and the way of life...as well as Technology," Ethan says.

"We shall discuss this once you recover...for now, you rest and take care...what do you like to eat, I will have my chefs cook for you," Celestia asks.

Ethan smiles...hearing that he could have a chance to eat some real food besides the MREs, "I could go for a Country-Fried Steak right now."

He looks back at the two ponies to see their eyes wide open.

"What?" Ethan asks.

"You eat meat?" Twilight asks.

"Yes, why--oh shit, you're equines so you don't eat that type of stuff...Humans are Omnivores, we can eat both Meat and things that aren't meat, however, we need it for our nutrition and health." Ethan says.

"I see," Celestia says, she looks at Twilight who wrote this down, "Thankfully there are other species here in this world that are also Omnivores so we have chefs who cook meat and such...I will have your food ready...for now, you should lie down...getting that Shrapnel out of you wasn't pretty." Celestia says.

"Alright...thank you very much for your hospitality Princess Celestia," Ethan says as he nods at the Princess.

"You are quite welcome, farewell Ethan Cooper." Celestia winks at Ethan, as she and Twilight leave the room.

Ethan smiles as he goes into his bag...he pulls out a music player, he taps on the device and takes out some Beats Earphones and lies back and lets the music play.

Author's Note

I listened to that song while I typed this...anyhoo WELCOME TO SOLDIER: FUTURE OF DARKNESS

I have this, The Titan of Equestria, The Guardian Lycan, and The Shadow Guardian which I have to keep track of...will it be stressful...possibly...is it worth it? Yes, it is. XD