Accidental Warriorsby lost worldsChaptersChapter 1 (First Impressions)Chapter 2 (Interrogations part 1)Chapter 3 (Interrogations Part 2)Chapter 4 (Preparations)Chapter 5 (Ponyville)Chapter 6 (Nightmare Moon)Chapter 1 (First Impressions)Chapter 1 -Canterlot dungeons, third person- Soft moonlight flooded the mostly barren cell holding five figures new to Equestria. Each one was bipedal in stature and wore singed clothing. Two of the figures had feathery wings while a third had leathery bat-like wings. The other two were taller than the others but lacked the wings they had. All five of the figures were held up by shackles that restricted their hands. Each figure lacked the amount of hair that ponies had, only having a mane and having nearly no hair on the rest of their bodies. All the figures were human males, unconscious to the world as they remained completely motionless. On the far left was a tall and thin human with a moderate muscle build that had a height of 6 foot 2 inches, nearly reaching the ground as he dangled from his shackles, his dirty blond hair hanging limply down his face to cover his closed eyes. His grey T-shirt and blue jeans sported a number of holes burnt into them, as did the others clothes, giving them all the impression of having just gotten out of a fire, though his red sneakers had melted slightly and looked warped. On the second most left was a slightly shorter human with slightly more muscle than the first and had a height of 5 foot 11 inches, his brown hair also hanging limply to cover his face, but reached slightly further to also cover half of his nose. His shirt was covered by a thicker tan jacket, that while was still covered in burn marks, was still more in tact than anyone else's clothing but bulged out slightly due to his hidden bat like wings, while his blue jeans and grey sneakers were more heavily burnt. In the middle was a human with an average muscle build and with height of 5 foot 11 inches, his face unobscured by his spiky brown hair. His black T-shirt and red hooded jacket were heavily burned, allowing one of his silvery feathered wings to hang out limply, while his blue jeans and black sneakers were just as damaged as the others. The human second most to the right was fairly muscular and had a height of 5 foot 10 inches, his dark brown hair reaching half way down his eyelids. The front of his shirt and jacket were fairly untouched, though the backs were nearly non existent and allowed both shadow black feathered wings to hang limply, reaching past his blue jeans and red sneakers. To the very right was an evenly set human with the second largest height of 6 foot, his tight-knit Afro leaving his face completely uncovered. His light yellow hoodie was missing its hood and the left sleeve, both burnt off, as the rest of the hoodie and his blue jeans were littered with burn marks and his white sneakers were melted, though he seemed to have no damages to his actual skin. All but one of the humans were white, with the one furthest to the right being African-American. The cell they were in was empty of all but the people in them, with a single door on the other side of the room and two cell bar windows being all that allowed light into the room. The humans shifted, finally awakening as the sound of the cell door being unlocked rang out through the room. Slowly the door opened as three figures walked in, two unicorn royal guards and Princess Celestia herself. The door closed behind the three after they entered the room. The two unicorns filled the cell with light as a ball of light went to either side of the room from their horns. After a few moments the Humans began to realize their predicament, becoming slightly frantic and struggling to get free. "I wouldn't try escaping if I were you, followers of Nightmare Moon," Celestia said, her voice calm but strict, causing the humans to stop struggling. "Where are we?" The human in the middle asked, his voice scratchy as he realized that it hurt to speak. "You are in the Canterlot dungeons, and you will be held here until Nightmare moon is dealt with," The unicorn to Celestia's left answered. Slowly the humans each looked up and opened their eyes to look at their captors. All but two of them wore looks of shock at what they saw, but those two who didn't had realized where they were at the first mention of Nightmare Moon. "Is your Armor really gold? I was hoping that wasn't a fact but that is just so stupid," The human second most to the left commented, his voice also scratchy from lack of hydration. "Not the time Paddie, listen we aren't with Nightmare Moon, and we'd be willing to prove it," The middle human spoke. With a questioning look The Princess asked him, "And how will you prove to me that you don't work for her?" "Hold up a minute, Nate, Paddie, how the hell do you know what's going on here?" The human second most to the right asked. "Because we do, now let us do the talking Theo," Paddie answered as he rolled his eyes. "Ask us to do something to prove it and we'll do it," Nate responded to the Princess, ignoring his two friend as they began arguing next to him. "How about you start by telling us who and what you are," The princess suggested. Before Nate could answer The human to the farthest left answered, "I'm Jacob, to my right is Paddie, then Nate, Theo, and Wesley, we're humans,". "I have never heard of your kind before, I can't help but wonder where Nightmare Moon found you," "Alright I'm getting real sick of this shit, someone tell me, who the fuck is Nightmare Moon?" Theo demanded. "Princess Luna, she was corrupted by her jealousy towards her sister, upset that the night she worked so hard on was ignored while Princess Celestia's sun was worshiped, After her corruption she was banished to the moon with the use of the elements of harmony, with legend saying that on the 1000th summer sun celebration she would return to plunge the world into eternal night," Nate explained. The three ponies were looking at him in shock while Theo just shut his eyes and muttered about furries and ponies and how much he hated them. After a few moments the Princess finally asked with a glare, "If you don't work for Nightmare Moon then how do you know so much about her?" "I would say to hide the truth, but because you're being such an untrusting bitch, you should know that where we come from you're world is a cartoon, a fantasy world meant to entertain the human race with the fantastical idea of land where peace and the powers of friendship fucking exist," Nate answered again, a sharp edge entering his clearing voice. "Holy shit man, I thought you actually liked Celestia," Paddie said in surprise. "It's really hard to like someone when they FUCKING CHAIN YOU UP!" Nate shouted in anger. "Calm down Nate, Things could be worse," Wesley finally spoke up, trying to calm his angry friend. Taking a few deep breaths Nate nodded and calmed back down. "Wait, we don't exist?" One of the guards asked quietly. "You obviously do, and besides, in the show you all weren't anthropomorphic, it all falls into the multiverse theory," Nate explained, feeling slightly calmer. What he said was true, each of the ponies was anthropomorphic, standing on their two back hooves and having hands instead of having forehooves. They even wore clothes, the guards wearing golden armor, and the Princess wearing a flowing white dress to go along with her regalia. "Speaking of that, how about you send us home so we don't have to stay in some stupid pony land," Theo suggested. With a sigh, out of either annoyance or regret, the Princess said, "I'm sorry but there is no known way to travel through dimensions, there may be some day, but there isn't now." "Actually Starswirl the Bearded did make a way to another world, but there's no way to know if it would work to find our world, though I would like to bring my family here at least," Paddie responded. Yet again the Princess was shocked by how much the humans knew. "How did you know about that?" The princess demanded. "It was talked about in the show," Nate answered. "though that knowledge still doesn't do any good when the portal only opens every thirty moons." "Um, not to be bother or anything, but how long are you gonna leave us chained up here?" Jacob asked, moving his arms slightly to rattle his chains and make his point. "Until I'm sure you aren't a threat," the Princess answered. "Right, the alicorn princess of the sun has to have five tired humans chained up when they're all both hungry and dehydrated, especially when said princess is one of the strongest magic users to ever exist," Paddie said sarcastically. Both of the guards glared at him, but the princess finally relented as she used her magic to lift the five humans and set them on their feet. Upon being set down they all almost buckled, though they also all managed not to fall. "Guards, one of you go and bring back some water and some food for our guests," The princess ordered. Both seemed hesitant, but the one to her right finally gave a small salute and rushed out of the door, obviously uncomfortable with the idea of leaving his princess with only one guard. "So we're guests, does that mean we get to lose the cuffs?" Nate asked as he weakly held up his arms. "Those shall stay on until I'm sure you can be trusted enough not to be dangerous," was her response. "Humans are always dangerous, but we only grow violent when threatened," Nate responded. "Then the cuffs will be removed after I'm sure you're not a threat to my subjects," Celestia spoke with a pointed glare at Nate. "And how will you do that exactly?" Jacob asked as he stretched slightly. "Guard, prepare four other cells and send Captain Gleaming Shield and three guards of her choosing to each one to talk to our guests one on one," Celestia ordered. "Are you sure that's wise Princess?" "Yes, I will be in no danger for the time being, just be quick about it, and also tell the other guard to send some of the food and water to this cell as well as the other four," and with that the guard was out the door and searching for the captain. For twenty-five minutes there was silence, with nothing to say nothing was said. Finally the guard opened the door and said, "Captain Gleaming shield is here, as well as her chosen guards, and they are waiting in a different cell each." "Good, Take all but the middle one out and place each one into one of those cells, tell the captain and the others to just talk until they are sure if these humans are a threat or not," With a nod they were then led out one by one until all that was left was one. Author's Note Alright, so this is how shit starts, already hitting the fan. I really hope that this goes better than the first and that more people like it. If you see anyway for me to improve the story or characters, feel free to mention it in the comments. Just be constructive instead of telling me how much I suck, constructive criticism goes a lot farther to help instead of just being a dick. And yes the descriptions were in a long ass paragraph, but at least they didn't take up most of a chapter this time. Hope you enjoy, and I'll be keeping as strict of a weekly upload schedule as possible from the moment this story gets added. Chapter 2 (Interrogations part 1)Author's Note HELLO EVERYPONY! It's good to see you again. I know this chapter is rather short, but I just needed to keep the first few short so that I could get far enough ahead that I could keep up with my schedule and not miss uploads, I also made this a two parter for that same reason. Pleases leave any constructive criticism in the comments so I can improve, and make this story better. Also from now on my uploads shall take place on Sunday's, so there's that. Anyway enjoy the chapter and be ready for the next one next week. Also a cookie for whoever can guess the name of the mystery stallion at the end (it's not that hard). Chapter 2 (Interrogations part 1) Chapter 2 -Canterlot Dungeons, Paddie POV- After being removed from the others I was quickly placed into another, smaller cell. In this cell was a table with water, food that was comprised of grass, flowers, some fruits, and some vegetables, while sitting at the table was a thestral mare guards pony. "Sit," she said simply, nodding to the chair opposite of her. As I sat down she pushed the plate of food and the glass of water towards me. "I am lieutenant Midnight Blossom of the equestrian royal guard, what is your name, age, and species?," I took note of her name as I drank my water. Despite being surprised at her rank I was actually slightly happy with the fact that I ended up with one of my favorite characters interrogating me. "I'm Paddie, a human from the planet earth, age 19," I answered, figuring I'd keep my liking of her a secret for now. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" "Personally I'd say see if I can use magic, and if I can then learn to use it, fight monsters, and maybe even explore the Everfree forest, if not, then I'll probably do that anyway" I answered. Midnight seemed slightly surprised by my honesty, though she hid it well enough with her eyes only widening slightly, and for a short enough time that had I blinked I would have missed it. "How did you get here?" "No idea, the last thing I remember is my friends me falling and then immense heat before I suddenly woke up here, chained up and in cuffs," I punctuated by rattling my cuffs slightly before grabbing a slice of honeydew to eat. "Last written question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" I could see in her eyes that she didn't even want to ask, as though she thought the question itself was pointless. 'Does she not believe Nightmare Moon is real?' I wondered, curious as to why she would be so uncertain of the question. "None, in fact I know that at least one of my friends and I would be happy to help fight her when she returns," I said. Nodding slightly Midnight stood up and walked over to my side of the table. As she unlocked my cuffs she explained, "The helmet that I am currently wearing has a spell on it to detect lies, had you lied the helmet would have glowed a bright pink,". Curious I thought of a lie to say and decided to just go with an obvious one. "I'm a female," I said as Midnight pulled the cuffs away from me and watched as the helmet began glowing a bright pink that would put even Pinkie Pie to shame. "well at least we know it works," I muttered to myself. With a sigh and a shake of her head Midnight stepped away as I stood up. Stretching slightly I noted the feeling of discomfort coming from my back and turned to see what the problem was, only to notice a huge lump on my jacket. Removing the article of clothing I looked again to see two leathery black wings similar to Midnight's. 'What the fuck?' -Theo POV- Being taken from the others and being placed into a cell by myself was not very calming to say the least. As I was placed into the new cell I noticed a table with another pony sitting at it with a pitcher of water and some vegetables and fruits in front of it. Taking the initiative I sat down in the seat across from it. "*Ahem* I am captain Gleaming Shield of the equestrian royal guard, what is your name, age, and species?" She asked, she based on her feminine voice. "I'm Theo, I'm 19 years old, and I'm human," I answered evenly, hoping for this to be over quickly so I could investigate what that strange weight on my back was. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" "Nothing, I just want to get the hell out of this stupid ass pony land and get home, where it happens to not be a furries damn wet dream," I said. I could see Gleaming was rather surprised by my blatant unhappiness at being here, but I honestly couldn't care how she felt at the moment. "Alright, you want to get home? Then tell us how you got here?" "I have no idea, I'm still not even really sure where I am, the only ones who might know that would be Nate and Paddie because they seem to know where we are, so they might have some ideas," I said with a roll of my eyes. "*sigh* Fine, final question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" "None, I don't even know who the hell that is, all I know about her is what Nate told me, and only he and Paddie seem to actually know anything about her," Somewhat glad that I was done I grabbed the glass of water and downed it quickly before grabbing a carrot to eat. For whatever reason Gleaming took her helmet off, exposing a blue mane with a light blue highlight running through it. Gleaming then began to turn it around and look at it very closely, I just watched her while I grabbed some more food, cursing slightly at the uselessness of my shackled wrists. With a sigh she set her helmet down before walking around the table and grabbing one of my hands. "the hell?" I yelled as she pulled my hand towards her. "Calm down, I'm un-cuffing you since my lie detecting spell didn't detect any lies with your answers," she explained as she pulled out a key from, somewhere. "The hell did you get that key from?" I asked, not seeing any place for pockets on her armor. Now that I actually looked closely I noticed just how different her armor was from the other guards. Instead of the same gold that the others had she had a much more covering purple set with golden borders and a insignia of a purple shield under a magenta six pointed star that sat in the middle of her chest piece. "Does it matter?" She asked back as she finished pulling of my shackles, allowing my arms to be free. "I suppose not," I mumbled out before just letting out another sigh and grabbing some more food to eat and focusing on the table. "Are your wings okay?" Gleaming spoke up after a few minutes. Looking back up I noticed she was sitting back in her seat with her helmet still off while giving me a neutral stare. "What wings?" I inquired. "The ones on your back, you're not too bright are you?" She shot at me with a small eye roll. With a small snort I looked around at my back, since I had the time, only to discover a pair of of shadow black wings attached to my back. 'HOW THE FUCK DID I NOT NOTICE THIS!' I yelled to myself as I looked at the wings in shock. Reaching a hand behind me I could feel the that the feathers were soft to the touch, and that I could actually feel them, not just from my hand, but from my back as well. "SON OF A BITCH!" -Wesley POV- I followed a guard to one of the other cells as my friends were led to their own cells. As I made my way inside I noticed a thestral mare sitting at a table that had water and a variety of food that didn't include meat. The mare gestured to the seat across from her and I took the seat, glad to be able to sit down after hanging for however long I had been. "Greeting, I am Sargent Lunar Shadow, what is your name, age, and species?" She said. "I'm Wesley, a 19 year old human," I answered. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" "I'm not sure, I didn't plan to be here, I just sort of woke up here, chained up," I said as I grabbed some grapes and started eating them. "How did you get here?" "I have no idea." "What is your association with Nightmare Moon?" "None," I answered simply. Lunar took off her helmet and looked at it before shrugging and setting it down on the table. She pulled out a key and slid it over to me. Understanding I picked it up and took off my shackles before gulping down some of the water. "So out of curiosity, what do you hope happens?" She asked. "I'm not sure, I honestly don't know if I would care either way if there was a way back," I answered as I continued eating. "I know I would care if I was suddenly in a strange place where there wasn't many of my own kind," Lunar said while leaning back slightly. I had no response to that so I just continued eating. After a few moments Lunar seemed to catch on to what she had just said and continued with a nervous chuckle, "hehe, I mean, um, I mean I'm sure you and your friends will be fine,". Looking at her I could see her smile was just as nervous as she was. "It's alright, I know there's not many of us, but at least we have each other," I said with a small smile. Thankfully it seemed to help her as her smile became more genuine. -???, third person POV- At the border of Equestria and the Griffon Empire sat a small town where both species could coexist. And a small distance from this town was a large forest stretching as far as the eye could see. The trees swayed with a heavy wind storm that had suddenly started unplanned by the weather team, branches plummeting to the forest floor as they were torn from the trees by the force of the winds. And just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. Silence filled the land as a yellow glow emanated from the forest. No pony was there to witness the light as they were still inside to be protected from the storm. Creating the light was a large sphere of yellow magic in the forest, the sound of jingling bells ringing from inside as the light dimmed enough to see a pony shaped figure in robes. After several minutes the sphere disappeared, and what was left was a crater, with a stallion in the center. Chapter 3 (Interrogations Part 2)Chapter 3 -???, ??? POV- Slowly I blinked the dizziness out of my eyes, looking around all I could see was a burning crater surrounding me. Surrounding that crater was trees and bushes. Standing up onto my hooves I made my way out of the crater, careful not to fall back down. 'It seems that I have accidentally used a powerful long range teleportation spell in place of my summoning spell, looking around I concluded that I was in some form of forest. With a sigh I readied a spell to return to the castle only to realize that I was out of magic. Begrudgingly I began to walk out of the forest, the bells on my hat and robe jingling with each step. Looking around I noticed that the trees around me were beginning to spread out to reveal a small settlement full of both griffons and ponies alike. 'Intriguing, I don't remember there being any settlements like this in Equestria, I must have went further than I previously thought. "Greeting, might I inquire as to where I might find passage to the castle?" I asked a nearby group of ponies as I got closer. "Um... sure I guess, there's a train that can take you to Canterlot that should be here in about twenty minutes," A young stallion answered. "Canterlot? what is this place thou speak of, I mean the castle of the princesses, where they have been ruling from since the defeat of Discord himself," I inquired. "Huh? Two princesses? All I know is that Princess Celestia lives in the Canterlot Castle, I'm not sure about what you're talking about," He answered while giving me the strangest of looks. Deciding to move on I continued to ask others for ten minutes, but no matter what I tried it was the same answer. And in the place of Princess Luna the name I received in her place was Nightmare Moon. 'This is very troubling, where am I that so little in known about the rulers? I thought as I stroked at my long white beard. Going to what the ponies called a train station, I waited for this device to arrive to take me to this supposed castle. After around a 8 minute wait a large machine of metal and wood came screeching down the tracks, black smoke billowing from its front as it slowed to a halt before the very platform I waited on. Doors on the sides of this machine opened as more ponies and a few griffons exited. Moving forward I moved to enter one of the doors but a stallion wearing a blue jacket and hat stopped me. "Ticket?" he requested as he held out a hand to me. "I'm afraid I do not have the ticket thou need," I answered back. With a sigh he responded, "Then you either need to buy one, or you can't get on the train". "Where can I purchase one of these tickets?" "Over there, in that booth is a mare who'll get you settled, but be quick about it, train leaves in five minutes," He said as he pointed over to my left. Looking over I saw a small booth with a glass window that held a rather bored looking mare. With a quick thanks I walked over to the booth. "I would like to purchase one ticket to Canterlot," I said. Looking up at me she grabbed a slip of paper and said, "that'll be twenty bits sir". Grabbing my bits I pulled out the money and slid it through a gap in the glass before she slid the paper over to me. "Thank thee". "Those are some pretty strange robes there, are you dressing up, or do you just like wearing weird clothing?" She asked. "I am Starswirl The Bearded, these are no costume, but my finely crafted mages robes," I answered before turning around and walking towards the train. -Canterlot dungeons, Jacob POV- I had no trouble getting out of the original cell, though I did have to duck slightly to enter the new cell. Looking around I noticed that it was bare, save for a table in the center with a single guard and a tray of food & water. Moving over and sitting across from the guard I grabbed the glass of water in front of me and started to drink it. "Hello, I am major Solar Aura, what is your name, age, and species?" She questioned. "My name's Jacob,and I'm a 19 year old human," I answered. Leaning back slightly in my chair. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" Her eyes seemed to bore into my very soul as she asked that question, her face the very definition of serious. Leaning back slightly farther I thought about the question and what to answer. "I have no idea, it's not like I ever planned to end up here, it just sort of happened," As I answered I realized that I was still rather parched, so I reached over to the water on the table and started drinking more of it. "How did you get here?" "Also not sure, like I said, it just sort of happened," I had moved on from the water and was eating some of the fruit on the table. "Final question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" As she asked that her gaze went from stern, to downright threatening, as though she was just daring me to say the wrong thing. "None, I just know what Nate quickly explained in the other cell," I lightly shrugged as I talked. She took her helmet off and set it on the table while glancing at it. For whatever reason she shrugged to herself and produced a key and tossed it towards me. catching it I looked over to her to see her pointing to my cuffs. Understanding I began to unlock them before handing the key and the cuffs over to her. With nothing better to do we began to engage in small talk until we suddenly hear a shout. "SON OF A BITCH!" The voice was undoubtedly Theo's. "What was that?" Solar asked as she went to stand up. "Sounded like my friend Theo," I said as I stayed seated. Looking at me curiously she asked, "And you're not worried?" "Nah, in a place like this I could only imagine how many things would piss him off," I answered while picking up an apple and taking a bite out of it. With a sigh Solar sat back down and we began to engage in small talk. -Canterlot dungeon, Nate POV- I watched as a table was brought in along with two chairs, a pitcher of water and a cup, as well as some assorted fruits and vegetables. After everything was set up Celestia took the seat closest to the door while motioning to the other for me. "Smart, taking the seat closest to the door makes it so I don't have the advantage if I attempt to run, though I still wouldn't even if you sat here as I would have to fight past countless guards and abandon my friends," I commented as I sat down. "I still know very little about you and what you're capable of, so I would rather have every advantage I can get," She shot back. chuckling I said, "Fair enough Princess, though I'm sure at this point there is no need for introductions, so ask your questions." "You seem to know a lot about my world, what is the extent of that knowledge?" As I looked at her I could see a warning in her gaze, a warning not to lie. "I know quite a bit, not so much the specifics of the land, and I don't know exact dates for some things, but I know quite a bit about the important events to come," I answered calmly as I grabbed the pitcher of water and carefully poured myself a glass of water. "Tell me what you know," She demanded in a low tone. "Ah ah ah Princess, that would be spoilers," I shot back, doing my best to imitate River Song from Doctor Who. "You will get nowhere by holding information about the future of my country from me," She said, a rather sharp edge bordering her words. "Oh, is the Princess upset, well isn't that cute," I mocked, Celestia's gaze turning to a glare as I continued, "you think you can threaten me Princess, go ahead, cause I'm not going to tell you the future." "Why do you refuse to tell me of what is to come?" She questioned. "Because I know the timeline that the show told, not the one that that involves me and my friends," I answered. "Then why won't you tell me?" "Come on Celestia, I know you're smarter than this, and I'm sure you've already figured our why," Leaning back slightly I felt a strange appendage on my back and turned around to see a silvery wing hanging out of a hole in my clothes, while what I could only guess was another one bulged against the intact side. "*sigh* you are right, I have figured it out already," She admitted with a sigh. Looking back over to her I smiled slightly as I decided to instead lean forward. "Then how about you stop treating me like I'm stupid and begin asking the questions you know will have answers," I said. I could see the irritation in her face, and I knew that I should hold back on messing with her, but for whatever reason I was enjoying the moment. "What do you know of Nightmare Moons return?" She asked. That question actually gave me pause as I stopped to think about what to say. "I know when she will return, where she will return, and what is needed to beat her," I answered as I grabbed an orange and started to peel it. "That doesn't answer the question," She said in irritation. "Why of course it does, I told you what I know of her return, I just put what I knew into categories instead of explaining them outright," I shot back, hoping she would catch on to the little game I was playing. After a few moments of watching I saw Celestia's look of anger turn into one of understanding. "You're not answering the questions I want answered, you're just leading me to questions you will answer," she theorized. Wanting to keep the game going I gave her a little wink and waited for her to continue. "What time do you know that she'll return?" "She'll show herself to the public when the sun is ready to be risen during the summer sun celebration," I answered as I finished peeling my orange and pulled of a piece to eat. "Where will she show up?" "She'll show up where the summer sun celebration is being held," I mockingly said, enjoying my time. Making a game out of answering questions has given me the power in the conversation, especially with her playing my game. "So she'll show up in Ponyville," She wasn't asking, she was saying. After nodding a realization hit me, that I was the one being played with. "Very clever Princess," I said with a growing smile, receiving a look of curiosity from her. Elaborating I continued, "you already know what I'm telling you, so you're just keeping me talking until you can trick me into giving you the information that you're really after," her smirk told me I was right almost instantly. "Surprisingly perceptive, even if it did take you awhile to notice." "So if you already know what you want to know then how about we cut the shit then and get to talking about how to get me and my friends out of these cells, cause I'm not gonna tell you the future" I spoke evenly, my joyful mood all but disappearing as I decided to stop fooling around. The Princess gave a slight sigh as she interlocked her fingers on the table. "Fine then, explain the affiliation you and your group have with my sister," Celestia ordered. "We have no affiliation with her, all that we know comes from Paddies and my own knowledge from the show, all I can say is that at the very least, I would be willing to help you, Paddie would likely be willing to help you, and I'm not too sure if the others would be willing to," I explained. After my explanation Celestia just stared at me with firm eyes for what felt like eternity, until finally she smiled and nodded. "Very well, in order to build trust you and your group will be given the choice of either staying in this dungeon as prisoners until Nightmare Moon has been dealt with, or traveling with my personal student, Twilight Sparkle and her assistant spike to set up for the coming summer sun celebration in Ponyville," Celestia smiled as she gave her ultimatum, to either fight what is basically a possessed goddess, or stay in a cell as a prisoner for who knows how long. Chuckling I already knew what Paddie and I would say, and I could guess as to what Jacob and Wesley would say, but I wasn't sure what Theo would answer. "Alright princess, if you would allow us to talk this over I'm sure we can come to a consensus," I said with as much professionalism as possible. "That will be allowed, I shall get the guards to bring your friends in and then we shall await your answer," She said as she stood from her seat and left. As I sat and waited I couldn't help but wonder what was in store for us. -Third person POV- After twenty minutes all the humans had been regrouped in the first cell where Nate sat deep in thought. "Hey Nate, you okay?" Jacob asked when he saw him. "Yeah I'm fine, though I have two choices for our group," He answered as he stood from his seat. "Why are you still in cuffs?" Wesley asked while looking at Nate's hands. Looking at his friends Nate realized he was the only one still in shackles and silently cursed to himself. "Because I forgot to ask to have them removed, now do you wanna hear the ultimatum or not?" Nate said as he moved to stand in front of them. "Just get on it with already, I'd rather just get this over with so we can find a way home already," Theo said in annoyance. "Alright, our two options are to either stay in this cell until Nightmare Moon is dealt with, or help Celestia's Personal Student with the up and coming summer sun celebration in Ponyville," Nate said with finality. The friends looked at each other, each one considering their options before Nate continued with, "the obvious implication is that if we help her student, Twilight Sparkle, we are going to end up fighting Nightmare Moon herself, so it will be dangerous, but personally I'm not afraid, because we have something Nightmare doesn't," with a smile Nate looked at the others and waited to see if anyone wanted to try to guess. "And what would that be?" Jacob finally asked. "Human spirit, human ingenuity, and a predators instincts, the very things that has allowed our people to overcome the worst of challenges, that allowed us to become the most dominant species on our planet, that would allow us to beat her like every other challenge humans have faced, we were practically made for inventive fighting and killing" He spoke while flashing his canines at the end. "I think we should help, it would defiantly help our position if we really are stuck here, and possibly open up avenues for jobs and income if need be" Paddie suggested. All the humans knew that he was right, and fortunately they didn't know enough about where they were so Nate and Paddie were having an easy time convincing them. "Those who say we should go with the better option that comes with getting out of these cells and into the outside world raise your hand," Nate said as he raised his right hand into the air. The others each raised a hand into the air as well, coming to a vote the group had chosen to go to Ponyville and help Twilight Sparkle. with a nod Nate moved over to the cell door and gave it a heavy knock before moving back. After a few moments Celestia re-entered the room with two guards, Gleaming Shield, and Midnight Blossom. "Have you made you're decision?" "We've decided to help, though I think you knew that we would," Celestia's motherly smile was her response, though Nate had already seen a small piece of her devious side and knew she was probably already planning ahead. "We appreciate it, though there will be one little complication until Nightmare Moon is defeated," She said, her smile not faltering. "What kind of complication?" Theo asked. "You'll have to be turned into ponies as to not cause panic and worry among my subjects," She answered. "WHAT!?" All but Nate and Paddie yelled. "What the hell do you mean we have to be ponies!?" Theo demanded. "She means that she'll use a spell to change us on a physical level so that we don't frighten others while we're helping, right Princess" Paddie said with a small smirk. "That is correct, you will only be changed on a physical level, it would take to much time to change you all on a biological level anyway since we only have three days until Nightmare Moon's return," Celestia confirmed. "Then let's get started," Nate said cheerily. Smiling Celestia motioned for the humans to follow her before leading them away from their cell to be changed. Chapter 4 (Preparations)Chapter 4 For almost an hour the humans had been taking turns getting turned into a pony one by one. After the time was over the group was once again gathered as they admired their new looks. Jacob was now a blue earth pony with a dirty blond mane and tail, though the biggest difference was the fact that after the transformation he went from a moderate build to having the build of a body builder, now having a six pack and a larger chest. Paddie was now a grey thestral pony with a black mane and tail with a grey stripe, though the most notable feature were the strange runes that circled around his hands and arms, stopping at his shoulders. Theo was now a black pegasus with a white main and tail. Wesley was now a yellow unicorn with a red and orange mane and tail. Nate was now a silver alicorn with a red mane and tail with a black stripe, though his horn was currently hidden with magic as to not cause a commotion about another alicorn being around. The group of friends sat in awkward silence, each trying their best to look everywhere but each other. "Why the hell did we have to take off our clothes again?" Theo asked bitterly while avoiding eye contact with the others. "Because, the clothes were going to get in the way of our transformations and wouldn't have fit our new forms, not to mention they were all burnt and practically falling off of us anyway," Paddie explained, feeling the least awkward. In order for the transformations to go smoothly the humans had been asked to strip down to their underwear, the one piece of clothing that wouldn't hinder the process, leaving the humans to sit in awkward silence while they were all half-naked. "Well, since we're all alone, can you guys explain what's going on now?" Jacob asked while looking towards Nate and Paddie. "um... sure, why not, what do you want to know?" Nate asked. "Can you explain what we are now," Theo requested. "Jacob is an earth pony, one of the three main tribes, the others being pegasi, like Theo, and unicorns, like Wesley," Paddie started off. "Each tribe has their own abilities, earth ponies are naturally stronger and hardier, they also have a natural connection with with the planet allowing them to grow crops faster and more efficiently than any other race, pegasi can fly and manipulate clouds to control the weather, while unicorns can use magic," Nate continued. "What about what you are?" Wesley asked. "I'm a thestral, a bat like pegasus that is mainly nocturnal," Paddie answered. "And I am an alicorn, a mix of the three main pony tribes with each of their abilities, but stronger," Nate also answered. "Alright, how about telling us more about where we are," Jacob said. "Right now, we're in the castle of Canterlot, home of Princess Celestia ruler of Equestria and alicorn princess of the sun," Paddie explained. "Then who the hell's Nightmare Moon?" Theo asked. "Like I said she is Celestia's younger sister, she was corrupted by her jealousy of Celestia's day and became what she is now, what could probably be described as a demon, our mission as we know it is to go with Celestia's student, Twilight Sparkle, to help her, and the soon to be elements of harmony stop Nightmare Moon," Nate answered. "So we're going to be glorified bodyguards?" Theo questioned with a frown. "We could be, or we could change history however we want, we seem to have ended up before the start of season 1 so none of the shows canon has happened yet, giving us extreme power over the course of history," Paddie stated. "Should we?" Jacob asked curiously. "Probably not, while we could do any number of things, the best thing we could do is use this time to establish ourselves in this world and keep the flow of history as stable as possible so we can have the advantage," Paddie answered after a few moments of Silence. He was waiting for Nate to answer, but he had just stared at him and waited for him to answer instead. "So until Nightmare get's here, what's the plan?" Wesley asked. "The plan is to blend in as much as possible until Nightmare arrives, after she is purified by the elements we'll reveal ourselves for what we are and try to go from there, though I'm personally not to sure what to do after, but for now I think it will be helpful if Paddie and I explain more about Equestria," Nate explained. And so for the next hour Nate and Paddie informed their friends about their new home. "I can't believe this bullshit, not only do we end up on another world, but it just has to be a world of fucking animals and no humans," Theo complained as he glared up at the ceiling. "Don't go around saying stuff like that, for now it would make you seem crazy, and after we reveal what we really are you'll seem like a racist fuck," Paddie replied. Any further conversation was cut off as Gleaming shield entered the room with a green stallion who had a grey mane and tail. He wore a grey two piece suit with an image of a silver needle connected to silver spool of thread over the left side of his chest and was carrying a brief case with the same image in the middle. "So Captain, who's this?" Jacob asked as everyone's eyes focused on the two newcomers. "Greetings, I am Silver Needle, and I am here to make you five new outfits," Silver introduced with a bow. "Hi, we're..." "busy, after you all get measured and clothed you'll need to be prepped for your mission, especially if my sister is on the line," Gleaming interrupted, her voice dipping into threatening near the end. "So, why are you all in your underwear?" Silver asked as he placed his brief case on a nearby table and opened it, revealing that it housed a small sowing machine as well as some measuring tape and a variety of colored thread spools. "We were told it would make the process quicker," Nate quickly lied. "I suppose that it does mean you won't have to strip," Silver mumbled as he grabbed his measuring tape. Looking a few of the group up and down he also added a bit louder, "and you all are sure taller than I thought you would be,". While none of the group were giants compared to humans, they stood much taller than all but celestia, with Silver Needle standing just over 5 foot, and Gleaming Shield only standing around 5 foot 3 inches. "You're definitely not the first to comment on that," Jacob said with a small smile. "I suppose I wouldn't be, I also suppose I wouldn't be the first to say you look, ravishing," Silver shot back, giving a wink clearly aimed towards Jacob. All Jacob could do in response was blink as Silver lightly eyed him up while grabbing what he needed and most of Jacob's friends burst out in laughter. "*Ahem* Sorry, but I'm not into dudes," Jacob responded, a light blush visible through his fur. "Shame, it's always so hard to find willing stallions in such a mare heavy society," Silver lamented. After a few minutes of asking about designs, conversation cut down as Silver got to work measuring everyone, demanding complete silence so he could concentrate. Three hours later Silver left to begin making the group their clothing, promising that he would be done by the next morning. "Alright, let's go, we need to get you all outfitted with weapons so you'll actually stand a chance against Nightmare Moon," Gleaming spoke with authority. "But we're still in our underwear, shouldn't we have something to cover us up before we go?" Wesley asked, the others nodding their heads in agreement. "Argh, fine I'll work something out, don't move," Gleaming said before leaving the room. "So that was weird," Theo commented a few moments later while they were all alone. Before the others could respond Gleaming returned. "You'll be getting robes shortly," Gleaming said testily. "Thanks, we really appreciate what you're doing to help us, you could have just said no and gotten someone else to do it, but I think..." Jacob said before being rudely interrupted. "Save the talk, If Nightmare Moon does show up, I don't expect any of you to survive the encounter," Gleaming spat back. A heavy silence fell upon the group for several moments before a few knocks were heard at the door. Gleaming broke her stare with the now turned stallions and opened the door, retrieving the robes. "Get dressed," the captain ordered as she threw the robes towards the group. Looking them over the group noticed that they were all a vibrant white in color with a picture of Celestia's cutie mark over the right side of the chest. putting them on the robes managed to cover most of them rather well, while both Wesley and Jacob were only covered half way to their knees. "Let's go," Gleaming commanded, this time not waiting for a rebuttal as she walked out of the room. following behind, the group rather quickly made their way through the castle, making it to the castles blacksmith in ten minutes. Before them stood two doors, reaching 8 feet in height and totaling 7 feet in width with an image of a hammer striking an anvil on both doors. Opening the doors the group was hit with an incredible wave of heat and sound, the constant noise of hammer beating metal and the occasional hissing of red hot metal meeting water to cool filling the air. Glaring at the five Gleaming motioned for them to enter before closing the door behind them. "Damn, it feels like we stepped into a volcano," Jacob commented as they went further inside. "Quit whining, we'll only be here for a short time," Gleaming said unhappily. "You know, I get the feeling that you don't like us," Nate said. Turning to look at him Gleaming responded, "I don't," before turning to face ahead again and walking over to a large stallion. The stallion stood at five foot six inches and had muscles that looked like they were about to tear through his clothing. "Onyx Hammer, I need equipment for these five recruits, they're new, but the Princess has given them a mission already and they need to be ready," Gleaming requested. Stopping what he was doing Onyx gave a small smile and looked the group over. "If they're as tuff as they are big, then I can see why the Princess would send them out, what equipment do they need and when do they need it?" Onyx asked as he picked up the sword he was working on and dipped it into a barrel of water nearby. "We need armor and weapons for them by tomorrow," Gleaming stated. the group could tell from just the look on his face that if onyx had been drinking something, he would have done a spit take. "Armor and Weapons by TOMORROW! Are you insane? it's one thing if they just need some weapons made real quick, but armor, for stallions this big, the armor wouldn't be done for a week, at the soonest," Onyx said in surprise. "I know it's a large order, but can it be done?" Gleaming asked. "No, unfortunately it cannot, I can get you the weapons made, but not the armor, we just don't have enough hands, and not enough time to get more," Onyx stated with finality. with a nod Gleaming ordered the five to tell Onyx what weapons they worked best with. In the end Jacob chose a long sword, Paddie chose a spear with two daggers for backup, Nate chose two short swords, Theo wanted a spinning axe, but had settle for two war axes as Onyx had no idea what a spinning axe was, and Wesley chose a single short sword with a single dagger. "This'll still be iffy, but I should be able to get them all done if I work late and don't have any distractions," Onyx said before shooing them out so he could work. "okay, now what?" Jacob asked once they were back in the hallway. "You five are going to the rooms the Princess has had set up for you, and you aren't leaving them until tomorrow," Gleaming answered as she began walking down the hallway. "What the hell are we supposed to do then? you can't just expect us to sit and stay just because you say so," Theo spoke angrily. "You will wait because you don't have a choice, you will be brought lunch and dinner, and will be allowed to talk with each other, but you will not leave the location of your rooms under any circumstances," Gleaming stated with finality. Before Theo could offer a retort Nate placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head. With a snort Theo closed his mouth as he and the others followed Gleaming to a hallway with six doors. "Choose a room, you'll stay there for tonight before leaving tomorrow, and hopefully won't be coming back," Gleaming said while whispering the last part to herself. "Then we'll see you tomorrow," Nate said evenly.With a small snort Gleaming left, leaving the five alone with their thoughts. "come on, let's choose our rooms and try to rest, we're going to need all the energy we can get," Nate said while walking towards the middle most room. With small sighs the others chose their own rooms, deciding to take their friends advice and spend the day relaxing and saving their energy for what was to come. -train, Starswirl the Bearded POV- I sat alone in my seat, watching the scenery fly by as I pondered on the very machine I was in. Looking around I could see the other passengers, some families seated together, talking merrily away with smiles on their faces. Some were alone, either reading, sleeping, or watching the scenery as object after object disappeared almost as fast as it appeared. Then there were the couples who sat leaning against each other, basking in the gently warmth of another's embrace. Turning my attention back to my window I began stoking my long white beard, wondering how such a creation could have come to be without my knowing. I was brought out of my musing as the train slowly came a stop. At first I had thought that we had arrived at our destination, but when I looked closer I realized that we were in the middle of open field. Suddenly the door to the cabin opened and two large stallions entered the room, one of them holding the bloody and beaten form of what I was told to be the trains conductor. "Listen up, this train belongs to us now, and we're going on a detour," The first stalling said, his fur a deep red and his mane a light blue, both of their clothing consisted of all black with a red patch of clothing covering his face. The second stallion, who had light blue fur and a deep red mane following up by throwing the conductors limp form to the floor. "I'm afraid that I cannot let thou do that," I said as I left my seat. "And who the hay are you to stop us?" The stallion asked in a threatening tone. "I am Starswirl the Bearded, head mage of Princess Celestia's and Princess Luna's court, and I will not be stopped by foolish naves such as thine selves" I said coldly, picking them both up with my magic and slamming them against the floor repeatedly until they both were unconscious. As I dropped the two thugs I realized a grave error I had made. Due to the amount of magic that had I had used to end up where I was, the amount of magic I used to defeat the thugs pushed beyond my limit, causing immense pain to flood my senses as I grabbed my head in suffering. Screaming I fell to the floor, unable to keep myself up as the pain filled all of my senses. I could tell that nearby ponies were rushing to act, but it didn't matter as I soon fell unconscious myself. Chapter 5 (Ponyville)Something has gone wrong. 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Chapter 1 (First Impressions)Chapter 1 -Canterlot dungeons, third person- Soft moonlight flooded the mostly barren cell holding five figures new to Equestria. Each one was bipedal in stature and wore singed clothing. Two of the figures had feathery wings while a third had leathery bat-like wings. The other two were taller than the others but lacked the wings they had. All five of the figures were held up by shackles that restricted their hands. Each figure lacked the amount of hair that ponies had, only having a mane and having nearly no hair on the rest of their bodies. All the figures were human males, unconscious to the world as they remained completely motionless. On the far left was a tall and thin human with a moderate muscle build that had a height of 6 foot 2 inches, nearly reaching the ground as he dangled from his shackles, his dirty blond hair hanging limply down his face to cover his closed eyes. His grey T-shirt and blue jeans sported a number of holes burnt into them, as did the others clothes, giving them all the impression of having just gotten out of a fire, though his red sneakers had melted slightly and looked warped. On the second most left was a slightly shorter human with slightly more muscle than the first and had a height of 5 foot 11 inches, his brown hair also hanging limply to cover his face, but reached slightly further to also cover half of his nose. His shirt was covered by a thicker tan jacket, that while was still covered in burn marks, was still more in tact than anyone else's clothing but bulged out slightly due to his hidden bat like wings, while his blue jeans and grey sneakers were more heavily burnt. In the middle was a human with an average muscle build and with height of 5 foot 11 inches, his face unobscured by his spiky brown hair. His black T-shirt and red hooded jacket were heavily burned, allowing one of his silvery feathered wings to hang out limply, while his blue jeans and black sneakers were just as damaged as the others. The human second most to the right was fairly muscular and had a height of 5 foot 10 inches, his dark brown hair reaching half way down his eyelids. The front of his shirt and jacket were fairly untouched, though the backs were nearly non existent and allowed both shadow black feathered wings to hang limply, reaching past his blue jeans and red sneakers. To the very right was an evenly set human with the second largest height of 6 foot, his tight-knit Afro leaving his face completely uncovered. His light yellow hoodie was missing its hood and the left sleeve, both burnt off, as the rest of the hoodie and his blue jeans were littered with burn marks and his white sneakers were melted, though he seemed to have no damages to his actual skin. All but one of the humans were white, with the one furthest to the right being African-American. The cell they were in was empty of all but the people in them, with a single door on the other side of the room and two cell bar windows being all that allowed light into the room. The humans shifted, finally awakening as the sound of the cell door being unlocked rang out through the room. Slowly the door opened as three figures walked in, two unicorn royal guards and Princess Celestia herself. The door closed behind the three after they entered the room. The two unicorns filled the cell with light as a ball of light went to either side of the room from their horns. After a few moments the Humans began to realize their predicament, becoming slightly frantic and struggling to get free. "I wouldn't try escaping if I were you, followers of Nightmare Moon," Celestia said, her voice calm but strict, causing the humans to stop struggling. "Where are we?" The human in the middle asked, his voice scratchy as he realized that it hurt to speak. "You are in the Canterlot dungeons, and you will be held here until Nightmare moon is dealt with," The unicorn to Celestia's left answered. Slowly the humans each looked up and opened their eyes to look at their captors. All but two of them wore looks of shock at what they saw, but those two who didn't had realized where they were at the first mention of Nightmare Moon. "Is your Armor really gold? I was hoping that wasn't a fact but that is just so stupid," The human second most to the left commented, his voice also scratchy from lack of hydration. "Not the time Paddie, listen we aren't with Nightmare Moon, and we'd be willing to prove it," The middle human spoke. With a questioning look The Princess asked him, "And how will you prove to me that you don't work for her?" "Hold up a minute, Nate, Paddie, how the hell do you know what's going on here?" The human second most to the right asked. "Because we do, now let us do the talking Theo," Paddie answered as he rolled his eyes. "Ask us to do something to prove it and we'll do it," Nate responded to the Princess, ignoring his two friend as they began arguing next to him. "How about you start by telling us who and what you are," The princess suggested. Before Nate could answer The human to the farthest left answered, "I'm Jacob, to my right is Paddie, then Nate, Theo, and Wesley, we're humans,". "I have never heard of your kind before, I can't help but wonder where Nightmare Moon found you," "Alright I'm getting real sick of this shit, someone tell me, who the fuck is Nightmare Moon?" Theo demanded. "Princess Luna, she was corrupted by her jealousy towards her sister, upset that the night she worked so hard on was ignored while Princess Celestia's sun was worshiped, After her corruption she was banished to the moon with the use of the elements of harmony, with legend saying that on the 1000th summer sun celebration she would return to plunge the world into eternal night," Nate explained. The three ponies were looking at him in shock while Theo just shut his eyes and muttered about furries and ponies and how much he hated them. After a few moments the Princess finally asked with a glare, "If you don't work for Nightmare Moon then how do you know so much about her?" "I would say to hide the truth, but because you're being such an untrusting bitch, you should know that where we come from you're world is a cartoon, a fantasy world meant to entertain the human race with the fantastical idea of land where peace and the powers of friendship fucking exist," Nate answered again, a sharp edge entering his clearing voice. "Holy shit man, I thought you actually liked Celestia," Paddie said in surprise. "It's really hard to like someone when they FUCKING CHAIN YOU UP!" Nate shouted in anger. "Calm down Nate, Things could be worse," Wesley finally spoke up, trying to calm his angry friend. Taking a few deep breaths Nate nodded and calmed back down. "Wait, we don't exist?" One of the guards asked quietly. "You obviously do, and besides, in the show you all weren't anthropomorphic, it all falls into the multiverse theory," Nate explained, feeling slightly calmer. What he said was true, each of the ponies was anthropomorphic, standing on their two back hooves and having hands instead of having forehooves. They even wore clothes, the guards wearing golden armor, and the Princess wearing a flowing white dress to go along with her regalia. "Speaking of that, how about you send us home so we don't have to stay in some stupid pony land," Theo suggested. With a sigh, out of either annoyance or regret, the Princess said, "I'm sorry but there is no known way to travel through dimensions, there may be some day, but there isn't now." "Actually Starswirl the Bearded did make a way to another world, but there's no way to know if it would work to find our world, though I would like to bring my family here at least," Paddie responded. Yet again the Princess was shocked by how much the humans knew. "How did you know about that?" The princess demanded. "It was talked about in the show," Nate answered. "though that knowledge still doesn't do any good when the portal only opens every thirty moons." "Um, not to be bother or anything, but how long are you gonna leave us chained up here?" Jacob asked, moving his arms slightly to rattle his chains and make his point. "Until I'm sure you aren't a threat," the Princess answered. "Right, the alicorn princess of the sun has to have five tired humans chained up when they're all both hungry and dehydrated, especially when said princess is one of the strongest magic users to ever exist," Paddie said sarcastically. Both of the guards glared at him, but the princess finally relented as she used her magic to lift the five humans and set them on their feet. Upon being set down they all almost buckled, though they also all managed not to fall. "Guards, one of you go and bring back some water and some food for our guests," The princess ordered. Both seemed hesitant, but the one to her right finally gave a small salute and rushed out of the door, obviously uncomfortable with the idea of leaving his princess with only one guard. "So we're guests, does that mean we get to lose the cuffs?" Nate asked as he weakly held up his arms. "Those shall stay on until I'm sure you can be trusted enough not to be dangerous," was her response. "Humans are always dangerous, but we only grow violent when threatened," Nate responded. "Then the cuffs will be removed after I'm sure you're not a threat to my subjects," Celestia spoke with a pointed glare at Nate. "And how will you do that exactly?" Jacob asked as he stretched slightly. "Guard, prepare four other cells and send Captain Gleaming Shield and three guards of her choosing to each one to talk to our guests one on one," Celestia ordered. "Are you sure that's wise Princess?" "Yes, I will be in no danger for the time being, just be quick about it, and also tell the other guard to send some of the food and water to this cell as well as the other four," and with that the guard was out the door and searching for the captain. For twenty-five minutes there was silence, with nothing to say nothing was said. Finally the guard opened the door and said, "Captain Gleaming shield is here, as well as her chosen guards, and they are waiting in a different cell each." "Good, Take all but the middle one out and place each one into one of those cells, tell the captain and the others to just talk until they are sure if these humans are a threat or not," With a nod they were then led out one by one until all that was left was one. Author's Note Alright, so this is how shit starts, already hitting the fan. I really hope that this goes better than the first and that more people like it. If you see anyway for me to improve the story or characters, feel free to mention it in the comments. Just be constructive instead of telling me how much I suck, constructive criticism goes a lot farther to help instead of just being a dick. And yes the descriptions were in a long ass paragraph, but at least they didn't take up most of a chapter this time. Hope you enjoy, and I'll be keeping as strict of a weekly upload schedule as possible from the moment this story gets added.
Chapter 2 (Interrogations part 1)Author's Note HELLO EVERYPONY! It's good to see you again. I know this chapter is rather short, but I just needed to keep the first few short so that I could get far enough ahead that I could keep up with my schedule and not miss uploads, I also made this a two parter for that same reason. Pleases leave any constructive criticism in the comments so I can improve, and make this story better. Also from now on my uploads shall take place on Sunday's, so there's that. Anyway enjoy the chapter and be ready for the next one next week. Also a cookie for whoever can guess the name of the mystery stallion at the end (it's not that hard). Chapter 2 (Interrogations part 1) Chapter 2 -Canterlot Dungeons, Paddie POV- After being removed from the others I was quickly placed into another, smaller cell. In this cell was a table with water, food that was comprised of grass, flowers, some fruits, and some vegetables, while sitting at the table was a thestral mare guards pony. "Sit," she said simply, nodding to the chair opposite of her. As I sat down she pushed the plate of food and the glass of water towards me. "I am lieutenant Midnight Blossom of the equestrian royal guard, what is your name, age, and species?," I took note of her name as I drank my water. Despite being surprised at her rank I was actually slightly happy with the fact that I ended up with one of my favorite characters interrogating me. "I'm Paddie, a human from the planet earth, age 19," I answered, figuring I'd keep my liking of her a secret for now. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" "Personally I'd say see if I can use magic, and if I can then learn to use it, fight monsters, and maybe even explore the Everfree forest, if not, then I'll probably do that anyway" I answered. Midnight seemed slightly surprised by my honesty, though she hid it well enough with her eyes only widening slightly, and for a short enough time that had I blinked I would have missed it. "How did you get here?" "No idea, the last thing I remember is my friends me falling and then immense heat before I suddenly woke up here, chained up and in cuffs," I punctuated by rattling my cuffs slightly before grabbing a slice of honeydew to eat. "Last written question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" I could see in her eyes that she didn't even want to ask, as though she thought the question itself was pointless. 'Does she not believe Nightmare Moon is real?' I wondered, curious as to why she would be so uncertain of the question. "None, in fact I know that at least one of my friends and I would be happy to help fight her when she returns," I said. Nodding slightly Midnight stood up and walked over to my side of the table. As she unlocked my cuffs she explained, "The helmet that I am currently wearing has a spell on it to detect lies, had you lied the helmet would have glowed a bright pink,". Curious I thought of a lie to say and decided to just go with an obvious one. "I'm a female," I said as Midnight pulled the cuffs away from me and watched as the helmet began glowing a bright pink that would put even Pinkie Pie to shame. "well at least we know it works," I muttered to myself. With a sigh and a shake of her head Midnight stepped away as I stood up. Stretching slightly I noted the feeling of discomfort coming from my back and turned to see what the problem was, only to notice a huge lump on my jacket. Removing the article of clothing I looked again to see two leathery black wings similar to Midnight's. 'What the fuck?' -Theo POV- Being taken from the others and being placed into a cell by myself was not very calming to say the least. As I was placed into the new cell I noticed a table with another pony sitting at it with a pitcher of water and some vegetables and fruits in front of it. Taking the initiative I sat down in the seat across from it. "*Ahem* I am captain Gleaming Shield of the equestrian royal guard, what is your name, age, and species?" She asked, she based on her feminine voice. "I'm Theo, I'm 19 years old, and I'm human," I answered evenly, hoping for this to be over quickly so I could investigate what that strange weight on my back was. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" "Nothing, I just want to get the hell out of this stupid ass pony land and get home, where it happens to not be a furries damn wet dream," I said. I could see Gleaming was rather surprised by my blatant unhappiness at being here, but I honestly couldn't care how she felt at the moment. "Alright, you want to get home? Then tell us how you got here?" "I have no idea, I'm still not even really sure where I am, the only ones who might know that would be Nate and Paddie because they seem to know where we are, so they might have some ideas," I said with a roll of my eyes. "*sigh* Fine, final question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" "None, I don't even know who the hell that is, all I know about her is what Nate told me, and only he and Paddie seem to actually know anything about her," Somewhat glad that I was done I grabbed the glass of water and downed it quickly before grabbing a carrot to eat. For whatever reason Gleaming took her helmet off, exposing a blue mane with a light blue highlight running through it. Gleaming then began to turn it around and look at it very closely, I just watched her while I grabbed some more food, cursing slightly at the uselessness of my shackled wrists. With a sigh she set her helmet down before walking around the table and grabbing one of my hands. "the hell?" I yelled as she pulled my hand towards her. "Calm down, I'm un-cuffing you since my lie detecting spell didn't detect any lies with your answers," she explained as she pulled out a key from, somewhere. "The hell did you get that key from?" I asked, not seeing any place for pockets on her armor. Now that I actually looked closely I noticed just how different her armor was from the other guards. Instead of the same gold that the others had she had a much more covering purple set with golden borders and a insignia of a purple shield under a magenta six pointed star that sat in the middle of her chest piece. "Does it matter?" She asked back as she finished pulling of my shackles, allowing my arms to be free. "I suppose not," I mumbled out before just letting out another sigh and grabbing some more food to eat and focusing on the table. "Are your wings okay?" Gleaming spoke up after a few minutes. Looking back up I noticed she was sitting back in her seat with her helmet still off while giving me a neutral stare. "What wings?" I inquired. "The ones on your back, you're not too bright are you?" She shot at me with a small eye roll. With a small snort I looked around at my back, since I had the time, only to discover a pair of of shadow black wings attached to my back. 'HOW THE FUCK DID I NOT NOTICE THIS!' I yelled to myself as I looked at the wings in shock. Reaching a hand behind me I could feel the that the feathers were soft to the touch, and that I could actually feel them, not just from my hand, but from my back as well. "SON OF A BITCH!" -Wesley POV- I followed a guard to one of the other cells as my friends were led to their own cells. As I made my way inside I noticed a thestral mare sitting at a table that had water and a variety of food that didn't include meat. The mare gestured to the seat across from her and I took the seat, glad to be able to sit down after hanging for however long I had been. "Greeting, I am Sargent Lunar Shadow, what is your name, age, and species?" She said. "I'm Wesley, a 19 year old human," I answered. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" "I'm not sure, I didn't plan to be here, I just sort of woke up here, chained up," I said as I grabbed some grapes and started eating them. "How did you get here?" "I have no idea." "What is your association with Nightmare Moon?" "None," I answered simply. Lunar took off her helmet and looked at it before shrugging and setting it down on the table. She pulled out a key and slid it over to me. Understanding I picked it up and took off my shackles before gulping down some of the water. "So out of curiosity, what do you hope happens?" She asked. "I'm not sure, I honestly don't know if I would care either way if there was a way back," I answered as I continued eating. "I know I would care if I was suddenly in a strange place where there wasn't many of my own kind," Lunar said while leaning back slightly. I had no response to that so I just continued eating. After a few moments Lunar seemed to catch on to what she had just said and continued with a nervous chuckle, "hehe, I mean, um, I mean I'm sure you and your friends will be fine,". Looking at her I could see her smile was just as nervous as she was. "It's alright, I know there's not many of us, but at least we have each other," I said with a small smile. Thankfully it seemed to help her as her smile became more genuine. -???, third person POV- At the border of Equestria and the Griffon Empire sat a small town where both species could coexist. And a small distance from this town was a large forest stretching as far as the eye could see. The trees swayed with a heavy wind storm that had suddenly started unplanned by the weather team, branches plummeting to the forest floor as they were torn from the trees by the force of the winds. And just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. Silence filled the land as a yellow glow emanated from the forest. No pony was there to witness the light as they were still inside to be protected from the storm. Creating the light was a large sphere of yellow magic in the forest, the sound of jingling bells ringing from inside as the light dimmed enough to see a pony shaped figure in robes. After several minutes the sphere disappeared, and what was left was a crater, with a stallion in the center.
Chapter 3 (Interrogations Part 2)Chapter 3 -???, ??? POV- Slowly I blinked the dizziness out of my eyes, looking around all I could see was a burning crater surrounding me. Surrounding that crater was trees and bushes. Standing up onto my hooves I made my way out of the crater, careful not to fall back down. 'It seems that I have accidentally used a powerful long range teleportation spell in place of my summoning spell, looking around I concluded that I was in some form of forest. With a sigh I readied a spell to return to the castle only to realize that I was out of magic. Begrudgingly I began to walk out of the forest, the bells on my hat and robe jingling with each step. Looking around I noticed that the trees around me were beginning to spread out to reveal a small settlement full of both griffons and ponies alike. 'Intriguing, I don't remember there being any settlements like this in Equestria, I must have went further than I previously thought. "Greeting, might I inquire as to where I might find passage to the castle?" I asked a nearby group of ponies as I got closer. "Um... sure I guess, there's a train that can take you to Canterlot that should be here in about twenty minutes," A young stallion answered. "Canterlot? what is this place thou speak of, I mean the castle of the princesses, where they have been ruling from since the defeat of Discord himself," I inquired. "Huh? Two princesses? All I know is that Princess Celestia lives in the Canterlot Castle, I'm not sure about what you're talking about," He answered while giving me the strangest of looks. Deciding to move on I continued to ask others for ten minutes, but no matter what I tried it was the same answer. And in the place of Princess Luna the name I received in her place was Nightmare Moon. 'This is very troubling, where am I that so little in known about the rulers? I thought as I stroked at my long white beard. Going to what the ponies called a train station, I waited for this device to arrive to take me to this supposed castle. After around a 8 minute wait a large machine of metal and wood came screeching down the tracks, black smoke billowing from its front as it slowed to a halt before the very platform I waited on. Doors on the sides of this machine opened as more ponies and a few griffons exited. Moving forward I moved to enter one of the doors but a stallion wearing a blue jacket and hat stopped me. "Ticket?" he requested as he held out a hand to me. "I'm afraid I do not have the ticket thou need," I answered back. With a sigh he responded, "Then you either need to buy one, or you can't get on the train". "Where can I purchase one of these tickets?" "Over there, in that booth is a mare who'll get you settled, but be quick about it, train leaves in five minutes," He said as he pointed over to my left. Looking over I saw a small booth with a glass window that held a rather bored looking mare. With a quick thanks I walked over to the booth. "I would like to purchase one ticket to Canterlot," I said. Looking up at me she grabbed a slip of paper and said, "that'll be twenty bits sir". Grabbing my bits I pulled out the money and slid it through a gap in the glass before she slid the paper over to me. "Thank thee". "Those are some pretty strange robes there, are you dressing up, or do you just like wearing weird clothing?" She asked. "I am Starswirl The Bearded, these are no costume, but my finely crafted mages robes," I answered before turning around and walking towards the train. -Canterlot dungeons, Jacob POV- I had no trouble getting out of the original cell, though I did have to duck slightly to enter the new cell. Looking around I noticed that it was bare, save for a table in the center with a single guard and a tray of food & water. Moving over and sitting across from the guard I grabbed the glass of water in front of me and started to drink it. "Hello, I am major Solar Aura, what is your name, age, and species?" She questioned. "My name's Jacob,and I'm a 19 year old human," I answered. Leaning back slightly in my chair. "What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?" Her eyes seemed to bore into my very soul as she asked that question, her face the very definition of serious. Leaning back slightly farther I thought about the question and what to answer. "I have no idea, it's not like I ever planned to end up here, it just sort of happened," As I answered I realized that I was still rather parched, so I reached over to the water on the table and started drinking more of it. "How did you get here?" "Also not sure, like I said, it just sort of happened," I had moved on from the water and was eating some of the fruit on the table. "Final question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" As she asked that her gaze went from stern, to downright threatening, as though she was just daring me to say the wrong thing. "None, I just know what Nate quickly explained in the other cell," I lightly shrugged as I talked. She took her helmet off and set it on the table while glancing at it. For whatever reason she shrugged to herself and produced a key and tossed it towards me. catching it I looked over to her to see her pointing to my cuffs. Understanding I began to unlock them before handing the key and the cuffs over to her. With nothing better to do we began to engage in small talk until we suddenly hear a shout. "SON OF A BITCH!" The voice was undoubtedly Theo's. "What was that?" Solar asked as she went to stand up. "Sounded like my friend Theo," I said as I stayed seated. Looking at me curiously she asked, "And you're not worried?" "Nah, in a place like this I could only imagine how many things would piss him off," I answered while picking up an apple and taking a bite out of it. With a sigh Solar sat back down and we began to engage in small talk. -Canterlot dungeon, Nate POV- I watched as a table was brought in along with two chairs, a pitcher of water and a cup, as well as some assorted fruits and vegetables. After everything was set up Celestia took the seat closest to the door while motioning to the other for me. "Smart, taking the seat closest to the door makes it so I don't have the advantage if I attempt to run, though I still wouldn't even if you sat here as I would have to fight past countless guards and abandon my friends," I commented as I sat down. "I still know very little about you and what you're capable of, so I would rather have every advantage I can get," She shot back. chuckling I said, "Fair enough Princess, though I'm sure at this point there is no need for introductions, so ask your questions." "You seem to know a lot about my world, what is the extent of that knowledge?" As I looked at her I could see a warning in her gaze, a warning not to lie. "I know quite a bit, not so much the specifics of the land, and I don't know exact dates for some things, but I know quite a bit about the important events to come," I answered calmly as I grabbed the pitcher of water and carefully poured myself a glass of water. "Tell me what you know," She demanded in a low tone. "Ah ah ah Princess, that would be spoilers," I shot back, doing my best to imitate River Song from Doctor Who. "You will get nowhere by holding information about the future of my country from me," She said, a rather sharp edge bordering her words. "Oh, is the Princess upset, well isn't that cute," I mocked, Celestia's gaze turning to a glare as I continued, "you think you can threaten me Princess, go ahead, cause I'm not going to tell you the future." "Why do you refuse to tell me of what is to come?" She questioned. "Because I know the timeline that the show told, not the one that that involves me and my friends," I answered. "Then why won't you tell me?" "Come on Celestia, I know you're smarter than this, and I'm sure you've already figured our why," Leaning back slightly I felt a strange appendage on my back and turned around to see a silvery wing hanging out of a hole in my clothes, while what I could only guess was another one bulged against the intact side. "*sigh* you are right, I have figured it out already," She admitted with a sigh. Looking back over to her I smiled slightly as I decided to instead lean forward. "Then how about you stop treating me like I'm stupid and begin asking the questions you know will have answers," I said. I could see the irritation in her face, and I knew that I should hold back on messing with her, but for whatever reason I was enjoying the moment. "What do you know of Nightmare Moons return?" She asked. That question actually gave me pause as I stopped to think about what to say. "I know when she will return, where she will return, and what is needed to beat her," I answered as I grabbed an orange and started to peel it. "That doesn't answer the question," She said in irritation. "Why of course it does, I told you what I know of her return, I just put what I knew into categories instead of explaining them outright," I shot back, hoping she would catch on to the little game I was playing. After a few moments of watching I saw Celestia's look of anger turn into one of understanding. "You're not answering the questions I want answered, you're just leading me to questions you will answer," she theorized. Wanting to keep the game going I gave her a little wink and waited for her to continue. "What time do you know that she'll return?" "She'll show herself to the public when the sun is ready to be risen during the summer sun celebration," I answered as I finished peeling my orange and pulled of a piece to eat. "Where will she show up?" "She'll show up where the summer sun celebration is being held," I mockingly said, enjoying my time. Making a game out of answering questions has given me the power in the conversation, especially with her playing my game. "So she'll show up in Ponyville," She wasn't asking, she was saying. After nodding a realization hit me, that I was the one being played with. "Very clever Princess," I said with a growing smile, receiving a look of curiosity from her. Elaborating I continued, "you already know what I'm telling you, so you're just keeping me talking until you can trick me into giving you the information that you're really after," her smirk told me I was right almost instantly. "Surprisingly perceptive, even if it did take you awhile to notice." "So if you already know what you want to know then how about we cut the shit then and get to talking about how to get me and my friends out of these cells, cause I'm not gonna tell you the future" I spoke evenly, my joyful mood all but disappearing as I decided to stop fooling around. The Princess gave a slight sigh as she interlocked her fingers on the table. "Fine then, explain the affiliation you and your group have with my sister," Celestia ordered. "We have no affiliation with her, all that we know comes from Paddies and my own knowledge from the show, all I can say is that at the very least, I would be willing to help you, Paddie would likely be willing to help you, and I'm not too sure if the others would be willing to," I explained. After my explanation Celestia just stared at me with firm eyes for what felt like eternity, until finally she smiled and nodded. "Very well, in order to build trust you and your group will be given the choice of either staying in this dungeon as prisoners until Nightmare Moon has been dealt with, or traveling with my personal student, Twilight Sparkle and her assistant spike to set up for the coming summer sun celebration in Ponyville," Celestia smiled as she gave her ultimatum, to either fight what is basically a possessed goddess, or stay in a cell as a prisoner for who knows how long. Chuckling I already knew what Paddie and I would say, and I could guess as to what Jacob and Wesley would say, but I wasn't sure what Theo would answer. "Alright princess, if you would allow us to talk this over I'm sure we can come to a consensus," I said with as much professionalism as possible. "That will be allowed, I shall get the guards to bring your friends in and then we shall await your answer," She said as she stood from her seat and left. As I sat and waited I couldn't help but wonder what was in store for us. -Third person POV- After twenty minutes all the humans had been regrouped in the first cell where Nate sat deep in thought. "Hey Nate, you okay?" Jacob asked when he saw him. "Yeah I'm fine, though I have two choices for our group," He answered as he stood from his seat. "Why are you still in cuffs?" Wesley asked while looking at Nate's hands. Looking at his friends Nate realized he was the only one still in shackles and silently cursed to himself. "Because I forgot to ask to have them removed, now do you wanna hear the ultimatum or not?" Nate said as he moved to stand in front of them. "Just get on it with already, I'd rather just get this over with so we can find a way home already," Theo said in annoyance. "Alright, our two options are to either stay in this cell until Nightmare Moon is dealt with, or help Celestia's Personal Student with the up and coming summer sun celebration in Ponyville," Nate said with finality. The friends looked at each other, each one considering their options before Nate continued with, "the obvious implication is that if we help her student, Twilight Sparkle, we are going to end up fighting Nightmare Moon herself, so it will be dangerous, but personally I'm not afraid, because we have something Nightmare doesn't," with a smile Nate looked at the others and waited to see if anyone wanted to try to guess. "And what would that be?" Jacob finally asked. "Human spirit, human ingenuity, and a predators instincts, the very things that has allowed our people to overcome the worst of challenges, that allowed us to become the most dominant species on our planet, that would allow us to beat her like every other challenge humans have faced, we were practically made for inventive fighting and killing" He spoke while flashing his canines at the end. "I think we should help, it would defiantly help our position if we really are stuck here, and possibly open up avenues for jobs and income if need be" Paddie suggested. All the humans knew that he was right, and fortunately they didn't know enough about where they were so Nate and Paddie were having an easy time convincing them. "Those who say we should go with the better option that comes with getting out of these cells and into the outside world raise your hand," Nate said as he raised his right hand into the air. The others each raised a hand into the air as well, coming to a vote the group had chosen to go to Ponyville and help Twilight Sparkle. with a nod Nate moved over to the cell door and gave it a heavy knock before moving back. After a few moments Celestia re-entered the room with two guards, Gleaming Shield, and Midnight Blossom. "Have you made you're decision?" "We've decided to help, though I think you knew that we would," Celestia's motherly smile was her response, though Nate had already seen a small piece of her devious side and knew she was probably already planning ahead. "We appreciate it, though there will be one little complication until Nightmare Moon is defeated," She said, her smile not faltering. "What kind of complication?" Theo asked. "You'll have to be turned into ponies as to not cause panic and worry among my subjects," She answered. "WHAT!?" All but Nate and Paddie yelled. "What the hell do you mean we have to be ponies!?" Theo demanded. "She means that she'll use a spell to change us on a physical level so that we don't frighten others while we're helping, right Princess" Paddie said with a small smirk. "That is correct, you will only be changed on a physical level, it would take to much time to change you all on a biological level anyway since we only have three days until Nightmare Moon's return," Celestia confirmed. "Then let's get started," Nate said cheerily. Smiling Celestia motioned for the humans to follow her before leading them away from their cell to be changed.
Chapter 4 (Preparations)Chapter 4 For almost an hour the humans had been taking turns getting turned into a pony one by one. After the time was over the group was once again gathered as they admired their new looks. Jacob was now a blue earth pony with a dirty blond mane and tail, though the biggest difference was the fact that after the transformation he went from a moderate build to having the build of a body builder, now having a six pack and a larger chest. Paddie was now a grey thestral pony with a black mane and tail with a grey stripe, though the most notable feature were the strange runes that circled around his hands and arms, stopping at his shoulders. Theo was now a black pegasus with a white main and tail. Wesley was now a yellow unicorn with a red and orange mane and tail. Nate was now a silver alicorn with a red mane and tail with a black stripe, though his horn was currently hidden with magic as to not cause a commotion about another alicorn being around. The group of friends sat in awkward silence, each trying their best to look everywhere but each other. "Why the hell did we have to take off our clothes again?" Theo asked bitterly while avoiding eye contact with the others. "Because, the clothes were going to get in the way of our transformations and wouldn't have fit our new forms, not to mention they were all burnt and practically falling off of us anyway," Paddie explained, feeling the least awkward. In order for the transformations to go smoothly the humans had been asked to strip down to their underwear, the one piece of clothing that wouldn't hinder the process, leaving the humans to sit in awkward silence while they were all half-naked. "Well, since we're all alone, can you guys explain what's going on now?" Jacob asked while looking towards Nate and Paddie. "um... sure, why not, what do you want to know?" Nate asked. "Can you explain what we are now," Theo requested. "Jacob is an earth pony, one of the three main tribes, the others being pegasi, like Theo, and unicorns, like Wesley," Paddie started off. "Each tribe has their own abilities, earth ponies are naturally stronger and hardier, they also have a natural connection with with the planet allowing them to grow crops faster and more efficiently than any other race, pegasi can fly and manipulate clouds to control the weather, while unicorns can use magic," Nate continued. "What about what you are?" Wesley asked. "I'm a thestral, a bat like pegasus that is mainly nocturnal," Paddie answered. "And I am an alicorn, a mix of the three main pony tribes with each of their abilities, but stronger," Nate also answered. "Alright, how about telling us more about where we are," Jacob said. "Right now, we're in the castle of Canterlot, home of Princess Celestia ruler of Equestria and alicorn princess of the sun," Paddie explained. "Then who the hell's Nightmare Moon?" Theo asked. "Like I said she is Celestia's younger sister, she was corrupted by her jealousy of Celestia's day and became what she is now, what could probably be described as a demon, our mission as we know it is to go with Celestia's student, Twilight Sparkle, to help her, and the soon to be elements of harmony stop Nightmare Moon," Nate answered. "So we're going to be glorified bodyguards?" Theo questioned with a frown. "We could be, or we could change history however we want, we seem to have ended up before the start of season 1 so none of the shows canon has happened yet, giving us extreme power over the course of history," Paddie stated. "Should we?" Jacob asked curiously. "Probably not, while we could do any number of things, the best thing we could do is use this time to establish ourselves in this world and keep the flow of history as stable as possible so we can have the advantage," Paddie answered after a few moments of Silence. He was waiting for Nate to answer, but he had just stared at him and waited for him to answer instead. "So until Nightmare get's here, what's the plan?" Wesley asked. "The plan is to blend in as much as possible until Nightmare arrives, after she is purified by the elements we'll reveal ourselves for what we are and try to go from there, though I'm personally not to sure what to do after, but for now I think it will be helpful if Paddie and I explain more about Equestria," Nate explained. And so for the next hour Nate and Paddie informed their friends about their new home. "I can't believe this bullshit, not only do we end up on another world, but it just has to be a world of fucking animals and no humans," Theo complained as he glared up at the ceiling. "Don't go around saying stuff like that, for now it would make you seem crazy, and after we reveal what we really are you'll seem like a racist fuck," Paddie replied. Any further conversation was cut off as Gleaming shield entered the room with a green stallion who had a grey mane and tail. He wore a grey two piece suit with an image of a silver needle connected to silver spool of thread over the left side of his chest and was carrying a brief case with the same image in the middle. "So Captain, who's this?" Jacob asked as everyone's eyes focused on the two newcomers. "Greetings, I am Silver Needle, and I am here to make you five new outfits," Silver introduced with a bow. "Hi, we're..." "busy, after you all get measured and clothed you'll need to be prepped for your mission, especially if my sister is on the line," Gleaming interrupted, her voice dipping into threatening near the end. "So, why are you all in your underwear?" Silver asked as he placed his brief case on a nearby table and opened it, revealing that it housed a small sowing machine as well as some measuring tape and a variety of colored thread spools. "We were told it would make the process quicker," Nate quickly lied. "I suppose that it does mean you won't have to strip," Silver mumbled as he grabbed his measuring tape. Looking a few of the group up and down he also added a bit louder, "and you all are sure taller than I thought you would be,". While none of the group were giants compared to humans, they stood much taller than all but celestia, with Silver Needle standing just over 5 foot, and Gleaming Shield only standing around 5 foot 3 inches. "You're definitely not the first to comment on that," Jacob said with a small smile. "I suppose I wouldn't be, I also suppose I wouldn't be the first to say you look, ravishing," Silver shot back, giving a wink clearly aimed towards Jacob. All Jacob could do in response was blink as Silver lightly eyed him up while grabbing what he needed and most of Jacob's friends burst out in laughter. "*Ahem* Sorry, but I'm not into dudes," Jacob responded, a light blush visible through his fur. "Shame, it's always so hard to find willing stallions in such a mare heavy society," Silver lamented. After a few minutes of asking about designs, conversation cut down as Silver got to work measuring everyone, demanding complete silence so he could concentrate. Three hours later Silver left to begin making the group their clothing, promising that he would be done by the next morning. "Alright, let's go, we need to get you all outfitted with weapons so you'll actually stand a chance against Nightmare Moon," Gleaming spoke with authority. "But we're still in our underwear, shouldn't we have something to cover us up before we go?" Wesley asked, the others nodding their heads in agreement. "Argh, fine I'll work something out, don't move," Gleaming said before leaving the room. "So that was weird," Theo commented a few moments later while they were all alone. Before the others could respond Gleaming returned. "You'll be getting robes shortly," Gleaming said testily. "Thanks, we really appreciate what you're doing to help us, you could have just said no and gotten someone else to do it, but I think..." Jacob said before being rudely interrupted. "Save the talk, If Nightmare Moon does show up, I don't expect any of you to survive the encounter," Gleaming spat back. A heavy silence fell upon the group for several moments before a few knocks were heard at the door. Gleaming broke her stare with the now turned stallions and opened the door, retrieving the robes. "Get dressed," the captain ordered as she threw the robes towards the group. Looking them over the group noticed that they were all a vibrant white in color with a picture of Celestia's cutie mark over the right side of the chest. putting them on the robes managed to cover most of them rather well, while both Wesley and Jacob were only covered half way to their knees. "Let's go," Gleaming commanded, this time not waiting for a rebuttal as she walked out of the room. following behind, the group rather quickly made their way through the castle, making it to the castles blacksmith in ten minutes. Before them stood two doors, reaching 8 feet in height and totaling 7 feet in width with an image of a hammer striking an anvil on both doors. Opening the doors the group was hit with an incredible wave of heat and sound, the constant noise of hammer beating metal and the occasional hissing of red hot metal meeting water to cool filling the air. Glaring at the five Gleaming motioned for them to enter before closing the door behind them. "Damn, it feels like we stepped into a volcano," Jacob commented as they went further inside. "Quit whining, we'll only be here for a short time," Gleaming said unhappily. "You know, I get the feeling that you don't like us," Nate said. Turning to look at him Gleaming responded, "I don't," before turning to face ahead again and walking over to a large stallion. The stallion stood at five foot six inches and had muscles that looked like they were about to tear through his clothing. "Onyx Hammer, I need equipment for these five recruits, they're new, but the Princess has given them a mission already and they need to be ready," Gleaming requested. Stopping what he was doing Onyx gave a small smile and looked the group over. "If they're as tuff as they are big, then I can see why the Princess would send them out, what equipment do they need and when do they need it?" Onyx asked as he picked up the sword he was working on and dipped it into a barrel of water nearby. "We need armor and weapons for them by tomorrow," Gleaming stated. the group could tell from just the look on his face that if onyx had been drinking something, he would have done a spit take. "Armor and Weapons by TOMORROW! Are you insane? it's one thing if they just need some weapons made real quick, but armor, for stallions this big, the armor wouldn't be done for a week, at the soonest," Onyx said in surprise. "I know it's a large order, but can it be done?" Gleaming asked. "No, unfortunately it cannot, I can get you the weapons made, but not the armor, we just don't have enough hands, and not enough time to get more," Onyx stated with finality. with a nod Gleaming ordered the five to tell Onyx what weapons they worked best with. In the end Jacob chose a long sword, Paddie chose a spear with two daggers for backup, Nate chose two short swords, Theo wanted a spinning axe, but had settle for two war axes as Onyx had no idea what a spinning axe was, and Wesley chose a single short sword with a single dagger. "This'll still be iffy, but I should be able to get them all done if I work late and don't have any distractions," Onyx said before shooing them out so he could work. "okay, now what?" Jacob asked once they were back in the hallway. "You five are going to the rooms the Princess has had set up for you, and you aren't leaving them until tomorrow," Gleaming answered as she began walking down the hallway. "What the hell are we supposed to do then? you can't just expect us to sit and stay just because you say so," Theo spoke angrily. "You will wait because you don't have a choice, you will be brought lunch and dinner, and will be allowed to talk with each other, but you will not leave the location of your rooms under any circumstances," Gleaming stated with finality. Before Theo could offer a retort Nate placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head. With a snort Theo closed his mouth as he and the others followed Gleaming to a hallway with six doors. "Choose a room, you'll stay there for tonight before leaving tomorrow, and hopefully won't be coming back," Gleaming said while whispering the last part to herself. "Then we'll see you tomorrow," Nate said evenly.With a small snort Gleaming left, leaving the five alone with their thoughts. "come on, let's choose our rooms and try to rest, we're going to need all the energy we can get," Nate said while walking towards the middle most room. With small sighs the others chose their own rooms, deciding to take their friends advice and spend the day relaxing and saving their energy for what was to come. -train, Starswirl the Bearded POV- I sat alone in my seat, watching the scenery fly by as I pondered on the very machine I was in. Looking around I could see the other passengers, some families seated together, talking merrily away with smiles on their faces. Some were alone, either reading, sleeping, or watching the scenery as object after object disappeared almost as fast as it appeared. Then there were the couples who sat leaning against each other, basking in the gently warmth of another's embrace. Turning my attention back to my window I began stoking my long white beard, wondering how such a creation could have come to be without my knowing. I was brought out of my musing as the train slowly came a stop. At first I had thought that we had arrived at our destination, but when I looked closer I realized that we were in the middle of open field. Suddenly the door to the cabin opened and two large stallions entered the room, one of them holding the bloody and beaten form of what I was told to be the trains conductor. "Listen up, this train belongs to us now, and we're going on a detour," The first stalling said, his fur a deep red and his mane a light blue, both of their clothing consisted of all black with a red patch of clothing covering his face. The second stallion, who had light blue fur and a deep red mane following up by throwing the conductors limp form to the floor. "I'm afraid that I cannot let thou do that," I said as I left my seat. "And who the hay are you to stop us?" The stallion asked in a threatening tone. "I am Starswirl the Bearded, head mage of Princess Celestia's and Princess Luna's court, and I will not be stopped by foolish naves such as thine selves" I said coldly, picking them both up with my magic and slamming them against the floor repeatedly until they both were unconscious. As I dropped the two thugs I realized a grave error I had made. Due to the amount of magic that had I had used to end up where I was, the amount of magic I used to defeat the thugs pushed beyond my limit, causing immense pain to flood my senses as I grabbed my head in suffering. Screaming I fell to the floor, unable to keep myself up as the pain filled all of my senses. I could tell that nearby ponies were rushing to act, but it didn't matter as I soon fell unconscious myself.
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