My face deeply paled at what I just heard, he already knew the ponies were still here even though I just lied to them about them gone.

"Morgan, come in."I heard Chris say over the radio. I slowly reached for it and held it up to my mouth.

"Yeah?" I quietly answered.

"We have broken through the bedrock and into the sewer tunnel, but we're still packing up things, hurry up and get down here." He replied.

"I hope we didn't interrupt your moving day, Morgan," Razor smirked, seeing the fear in my eyes as he slowly walking towards me. "Either that or you're trying to help your pony friends to escape. My Morgan, not only did you kill one of Queen Chrysalis' favored generals, but you're harboring her most hated enemies as well, your day is not going as planned, is it? Now, be a good boy and hand over the ponies and I'll consider giving you and your friends a painless death. Deal?"

I closed my eyes and breathed in deeply, knowing the answer I chose, would change our group's lives, forever. After about a minute, I opened my eyes as I had made my final decision. "You know what, I've wanted to say this to your kind since the day you first stepped foot on this planet. Screw you and your Queen!" With that said, I held my gun up and fired two shots, killing a changeling standing next to him. Razor and his crew then returned fire while Chris and Evan gave me cover fire as I got behind the archway.

"You rigged the entire school to blow! Morgan, are you insane?" He yelled over the gunfire and flying spells.

"No, I just planned ahead," I replied, firing my gun, killing a Changeling.

"Planned ahead? When did you come with this stupid idea like this?" he exasperated.

"About two months ago... Maybe three," I answered as he facepalmed.

"Oh my god Morgan, if we die, I am so gonna-"

"Hey, guys?" Evan interrupted. "Less talking, more killing changelings so we can all go on with our lives!" Jacob and I got out of our argument and continued shooting.

"You and your group are going to die here, Morgan!" Razor yelled as he fired a bolt that whizzed past my head by mere inches.

"Over My, Dead, Body!" I yelled back, firing my gun at him which missed as he ducks behind some lockers.

While firing my gun, it made a clicking sound and stopped firing. realizing that I needed to reload, I got back behind the arch and pulled a magazine from my pocket, but the sound of glass shattering caught my attention. "Evan, what the hell was That?” I questioned with a hint of worry in my voice.

"Uhh, Three Changelings just flew out through the window." He replied.

Jacob looked at him, confused. "Why the hell would they-" He was interrupted as the wall beside us imploded, leaving a large hole outside. I knew what they were planning.

"Crap, they're making a shortcut!" I yelled as I ran over to the hole and saw the three Changelings darting towards it. I fired my gun at them as two of them were shot in the head while the other was grazed by the bullet. I didn't have enough time to react as I was then shoved to the floor by the changeling, I quickly got up, only for the changeling to push me up against the wall, snapping its fangs at me. I grabbed him by his hooves, trying to push him off but to no avail. Just when I thought I was going to be Changeling chow, a golden bolt hit him in the side, making him fly out through the hole, hitting a tree in the process. I looked to where it came from, only to see Celestia standing in the doorway in a defensive stance, her horn still glowing. I just stared at her, flabbergasted and out of breath.

"Nice shot your Highness!"

"Thank you." She said as Markus then ran up alongside her, out of breath after running up so many stairs.

"Morgan... Everything is packed... But if we're going to make a break for it, we need to do it, now!"

"And how is that going to happen with them up our asses?" Jacob yelled as two bolts hit the floor next to him.

"With a little something I grabbed on the way up," Markus said as he handed me a flashbang. "Once you throw it, Celestia is going to conjure a barrier around the Changelings, just to give us a head start and make sure that no Changelings follow us."

"Ok, let's do this," I said as I pulled the pin and threw the grenade down the hallway to where the changelings were. The sound of a large bang was heard, followed by groans from multiple Changeling. As on cue, Celestia's horn lit up as a golden transparent wall appeared in the in the hallway around them.

"Right, with that taken care of," I said as I pulled out the detonator and pulled the trigger. "Now it's time to RUN LIKE HELL!" I screamed as we all darted down the stairs.

*******

Once we made it to the basement, I locked the door behind us, in case Razor or one of his crew got through the barrier. As we got into the lounge, I grabbed my stuff from the table and was about to follow the others through the tunnel till I realized that my wallet was still in my room. It contained the only things I had left of my family.

"Jacob, my wallet is still in my room!" I said. As I ran towards the door, I could hear Jacob calling after me.

"Morgan, it's just a wallet, leave it!" He yelled, but I was already out of the room. He cursed to himself, knowing that I was going to get myself killed yet again.

As I burst through the door, I checked the timer on the detonator and saw I only had thirty seconds left before the entire school collapsed. I started rummaging through everything as fast as humanly possible. I was about to give up looking, till I remembered where I had left it, under my bed. I darted over to my mattress and yanked it off the frame and there it was. I immediately grabbed it and stuffed it in my pocket, I then held up the detonator and saw that I had ten seconds left, I really wasted my time.

“Well, shit!” I said out loud and without hesitation, I ran into the lounged and towards the tunnel, diving into it and started crawling. As I was halfway through, the entire tunnel started to shake, like an earthquake hit the city. The C-4 around the school had gone off. I then noticed an increasing amount of loose dirt falling from the ceiling and that's when it hit me, the tunnel was starting to collapse.

I started crawling faster than before, but more amounts of dirt fell on me, slowing me down, seeing that I was about to die by suffocation, I started accepting my death, ready to see my parents again. All of a sudden, my body was then surrounded by a golden aura as I was then quickly pulled out of the tunnel and was thrown onto the floor, just as the tunnel behind me completely collapsed.

Wondering what the hell had just happened, I was then pulled off the ground by Evan and Celestia. "Morgan, are you ok?" Twilight asked worryingly but I gave her a smile. " Well... I just survived my second near-death experience today, so... yeah I'm fine." I answered as I got my feet, till I was then approached by Markus. "Morgan, either you are that suicidal, or you were born a badass!" Markus yelled, lightly punching me in the shoulder. He then backed up as Celestia then walked up to me.

"Morgan Grey, you didn't just save us once today, but twice. I-I don't know what to say," she said, her eyes slightly teary.

"Like I said at the stadium, Celestia, THAT... was nothing," I said, gesturing to the now collapsed tunnel. Celestia then walked up to me and did something that I was not expecting from a princess from another world. I was pulled into a hug. I was unsure about it at first, till I then relaxed and returned the hug.

"I-I thank you, Morgan, my sister thanks you, my subjects thank you." She said, trying to prevent herself from crying in front of the others.

"Everything's fine Celestia," I said reassuringly as I patted the back of her neck. She then released me from the hug as I looked at everyone, but saw that someone was missing.

"Wait, where's Jacob?" I questioned as Chris pointed towards him who was kneeling only a few feet away from us. I cautiously walked up to him, knowing that he was not in a good mood. "Jacob, you all right?" I asked as he then stood up and slowly turned to me.

"You invited these ponies to come with us, you gave them our food even though we were running low, you led a Changeling General right to us, you destroyed our home and you almost died again, all because of a stupid wallet." He said emotionlessly. "No Morgan... I am not alright." Next thing I knew, Jacob was repeatedly started punching me in the face and it took Markus and Chris, just to hold him back.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, MORGAN!" He screamed as he was held against the wall, still trying lunging at me.

"None of this is my fault, Jake!" I shot back.

"Do not de-WILL YOU GET OFF ME!" He yelled as he released himself from their grasp. They were about to grab him again but I held up my hand, telling them not to and to let Jacob finish. "Do not deny it, ever since you found these ponies at the stadium, you've been putting their safety first. I've been telling you again and again and again, that we were done letting other survivors in!"

"Jacob, calm-" I started as I was quickly interrupted by him.

"No, Morgan, I am not going to calm down, now shut up and listen to me for once!" He yelled as he continuing his rant. "When you found me kneeling at my family's grave and wanted me to live with you, I thought we would actually have a chance. But when you invited Chris and Markus into the group, I started questioning your ideas and I specifically told you 'Morgan, we'd be better off without them' but you just kept saying 'Don't worry Jacob, they'll help pitch in'. After that, our supply went from five years to two and a half years, all because you thought a larger group would increase the odds of survival!"

"Jacob!" I said, raising my voice, warning him but he just kept talking.

"And about this!" He said as he swiftly reached into my pocket and grabbed my wallet. I tried to take it back from him, but he just held it away from me. "You stayed inside the building and risked your life all for a goddamn wallet. I know you keep memories of you and your family inside it, well guess what, I-Don't-Care. Your mom and dad are dead, so what? I've lost my family, Chris and Markus lost their family, millions of people in this country have lost their families. You should be glad that they're dead, not just to suffer through the war, but so that they didn't have to witness your screw ups. Face it, Morgan, you don't know how to lead this group, because you are a stupid, little-" He didn't get to finish as I completely lost it and uppercutted him so hard, he went flying back eight feet. Jacob laid on the floor, hold his jaw from the sudden punch. He then noticed that I had walked up to him, not just to help him up, but to share my opinion with him.

"Will you, SHUT UP!!! " I screamed as my voice bounced off the walls of the sewer. The echoing lasted for five seconds, till I shared what I felt about him.

"Ooh, I'm Jacob, and just because my family is dead, means I can act like a piece of shit to everyone around me whenever the hell I want." I mocked, trying to make the best impression of him as I could as he looked at me in shock. "I'm freaking sick of it Jacob! For five years I had to put up with your complaining, but you have driven me to my last nerve! I'm sorry if your family is dead, I'm sorry that I invited these ponies into our home after we saved them from Changelings, I'm sorry if I had to sacrifice our home in order for all of us to survive! So please, for the love of God, SHUT THE HELL-"

"ENOUGH!" Celestia yelled, her loud voice echoing through the sewer, making us cover our ears. After the reverb stopped, she then walking up to both of us. "Morgan, I understand that you are tired of Jacob always judging your ideas and motives, but yelling at him is not going to change anything. Remember what I said, 'As long as your group cares for your friend-"

"He will not go down the wrong path’, yeah I remember," I said, finishing her sentence. She then looked down at Jacob with a stern look.

"But Morgan is right, Jacob. Just because you do not have a family anymore, doesn't mean you should bottle up all that anger and hatred and use it against others, including us and your friends. We're sorry if you were against the idea of wanting to give us hospitality, but it is all in the past now and you must learn to accept it, ok? she asked as he looked at the ground, away from her powerful gaze.

"Alright." He said quietly.

The tunnel was quiet for a long minute, not counting the water dripping from the ceiling, Twilight was the first to talk. "So... What happens now?" She asked.

"Well, the original plan was to use these tunnels to travel to the outskirts of the city and travel south from there. But seeing how we are all labeled as terrorists for killing a general, blowing up a building close to the city and saving you guys, life is going to be a lot harder for us now." Chris sighed.

"Chris is right," Markus said. "With everything that has happened in the last twelve hours, Changeling patrols are going to triple in size and start searching inside buildings. I say we start making our way the border into the next state while it's still night, find a new place to call home and-"

"No," I said loudly as Chris, Markus, Evan, and Jacob looked at me with confusion as to why I would disagree. "For five years we've been scrounging for supplies like ravens and hiding inside buildings like rats in the shadows. I'm done cowering and fighting for our food. Now's the time we show these freaks that enough is enough.”

Chris looked at me with a look of shock. "Morgan, are you saying what I think you're saying?"

"I think it's time that we take back our home from Chrysalis and her army and show her that us humans were here first!" I announced as everyone and everypony just stared at me disbelievingly till Jacob got back on his feet and stepped towards me.

"Morgan, with what you just said, I have a lot of things I want to say to you about how stupid your suicidal idea is." He said, raising his voice. "But I'm not going to." He continues, shaking his head as I raised an eyebrow in confusion. "You and Celestia are right, for too long I've been complaining about everything around me, bottling up all my emotions and being a complete ass towards everyone. I'm supporting your plan." He finished, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I then looked at Chris, Markus, and Evan as they nodded in agreement. "We're with you all the way Morgan, until the day we die."

I finally looked towards Celestia and the others with a confident smile. "Well Princess Celestia, seeing how both our groups want Chrysalis and her army taken care of, I propose that-" I was interrupted as she held up her hoof.

"You don't have to say anything, Morgan Grey. We will help you." She said as we just stared at her wide-eyed.

"Really, just like that?" Jacob questioned.

"Well we are responsible for dragging you into our little 'quarrel' with Chrysalis and her army, so it's the least we can do," Twilight stated as Everypony else nodded in agreement.

"Then it’s settled then, we’re all in this together, no matter what,” I said confidently.

"Aww yeah, fighting Changelings alongside aliens on another planet, this is so awesome!" Rainbow yelled as she shoots a hoof in the air, but slowly lowered it, unsure about what happens next. "So...What now?" She asked.

"Now? Well before we do anything else, we need to collect some people that I know of." I said.

"And who might they be?" Luna asked.

"My uncle Kenny and his family," I stated. “But getting to them is going to prove quite a challenge.”

"Why is that?" Twilight asked as I then gave out a deep sigh.

"Because they are currently living in Saint Paul, more specifically, the city where Razorfang came from," I said plainly as some of the ponies gasped.

"Now hold on one second." Applejack yelled, stepping forward. "Yer saying that before we take back yer home, you want to break into a city full of Changelings and rescue yer family?"

"Well when you put it like that, yeah," I said plainly as Applejack raised a brow at me. I quickly decided to reassure them. "Listen, guys, I know that you think that is plan is insane, but you have to understand that my Uncle and I are very close, he's always been there for me when things got tough and he’s helped me make the right choices to become the man I am today. If we're going to make this happen, we need his help to take back our home." Celestia, Luna, and Twilight huddled together and started talking about whether this plan was smart or not. After about a minute, they broke from the huddle and Celestia and Luna walked up to me.

"Alright Morgan, we'll help you rescue your Uncle," Celestia said calmly

"But what is he going to think of eight ponies helping you and your friends take back your home?" Luna added.

"You just leave that part to me, alright?" I said as I then looked around the sewer. "Well I don't know about you, but I think we've spent enough time here.

"You can say that again." Rarity stated with a disgusted look while staring at a pile of sewage on the floor.

I then looked at Chris with a concerned look. "Chris, were you able to grab the-"

"You mean this?" He said, interrupting me as he pulled out a folded piece of paper. He unfolded it, as it revealed a map of the sewer system. I walked up next to him and stared at the piece of paper that he held as Jacob, Evan, Markus and the ponies gathered 'round.

"Ok, we're here," I said as I pointed to an area of where we were on the map. I then dragged my finger along the lines, indicating the route we had to take. "If we follow this path, it should lead us to the Church of St. Louis which is only a few blocks away from Kenny's place, hoping he's still there." I then looked back at Celestia with a concerned look. "You guys don't have to help us, you know," I said, unsure if these ponies were up to the task of helping us take back our home, even if it meant killing a few Changelings in the process.

"Like Twilight said, Morgan, we're responsible for Chrysalis making her way through the Ark and taking control of your home. If you're going up against a Changeling Queen and her army, you are going to need our help." She said with a confident smile. She was right, the odds of five humans going up against a city full of Changelings wasn't great, but them here, those odds could be changed.

"Then let's go kick some Changeling ass," I announced. Everyone and everypony cheered as we then started our walk through the sewers till I something then grabbed hold of my shoulder and when I turned to see, I saw that it was Jacob who stopped me, it looks like he had something to say to me as he had a nervous look on him. I looked back at the others to see Chris and Luna staring at me with worried looks. "You guys keep going, we'll be right with you," I told them as they continued walking. I turned my attention back to Jacob who then released his hand from my shoulder.

"Morgan... I-I wanna apologize to you about everything I've done to you, Chris, Markus, Evan and these ponies. I-I-It's just-" I held up my hand interrupting him and sighed.

"You don't have to say anything Jacob. Anger and hatred always make us do the most idiotic things in our lives, but you, it's been controlling you ever since this war started. I forgive you Jacob and so do the others, but I don't want to see that rage in you ever again, Ok?” He looked at the ground and slightly nodded in response. "And Jacob," I started as he looked up at me. "Don't ever talk about my family like that ever again, you hear me?" I asked, glaring at him sternly as he vigorously nodded.

"Y-Yeah, of course! Uhh, speaking of your family," He said as held out his hand which had my wallet. "I believe this is yours?" I slowly took it back from him and placed it back into my pocket.

"Thanks. Now let's go before we lose the others" I chuckled as we started jogging to catch up with the rest of our now larger group, about to go on the journey that would entirely change our lives.

Author's Note

3/5/18 I know that this is the third time I've changed the name of this chapter, but I promise that this is the last time I will do it. But if you have a better name in mind, let me know.