Attack on Titan: Friendship is Freedom

by Gidano90

Rating: teen
Tags: Sunset Shimmer, Gore, Violence, Crossover, Alternate Universe, Human, Main 6, Romance, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Adventure
Length: 38761

A young cadet during the battle of Trost will be catapulted into an enchanted land inhabited by magical talking pony and will find himself fighting a battle against a dark being as he seeks a way to return home to help his fellow soldiers.

(Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin X My Little Pony Crossover)

Elias Schützen, a young cadet of the 104th year of the military cadets, will find himself facing the horrors of the battle of Trost, but without knowing how and why, the young Elias will find himself catapulted to Equestria, a magical world inhabited by colorful talking pony and where the peace and harmony reigns supreme, but the latter are threatened by an obscure figure who wants to put an end to the kingdom of peace in Equestria. So the young cadet will not only find a way to return to his world to help his fellow soldiers in the battle, but will also prevent, with the help of new friends who will meet in this magical world, that Equestria be annihilated from the darkness of an obscure enemy. Will he be able to defeat this dark evil and return to his companions to save humanity from the threat of the Titans?

Published 2018-05-29 22:40:12 UTC
Last updated 2019-11-26 12:15:40 UTC

Chapter 1: Graduation, Dreams, Promises and Lightning from the blue!

It was a beautiful day in the district of Trost, the sun was beating hard on the city inside the Wall Rose and the citizens quietly enjoyed the peace and calm that, five years earlier, had been lost due to the invasion of the Titans in the Wall Maria . Meanwhile the citizens were busy in their daily activities, above the walls of the Wall Rose a group of boys and girls was preparing to face the day that would mark their lives forever; "Those boys were the cadets of the 104th Corps Recruits, they would soon receive the diploma for completing their military training and, later, they would choose which body to serve." Above those walls, among the various cadets who were present, two young men were discussing this matter, they were Elias Schützen and Eren Yeager.

Eren is a boy six feet tall, he has a fairly long, rounded face and sizable, expressive green eyes. His hair is short and brown, and his bangs fall in a natural middle-parted curtain-type style. Temperamentally is hardheaded, strong-willed, passionate and impulsive.

Elias is a boy with the same height as Eren, but with the difference that his eyes are a lighter green, his hair is shorter and is white. On his face there is a scar on his left cheek and a severed eyebrow due to an accident that occurred during the training in the academy. Temperamentally is optimistic, calm, rational, strong-willed and passionate.

During the training years they were defined two sides of the same coin because, despite having opposing personalities, the two guys find themselves sharing similar ideas and hopes, and this led to the emergence of a strong bond between Elias and Eren.

"Hey Eren, finally the big day has arrived, eh?" Elias said, patting his friend on the shoulder.

"Yeah! Finally, graduation day has come in. After such a long time I can enter the Survey Corps and exterminate all the Titans!" Eren answered with a determined voice.

"So you're determined to enter the scouts in spite of the dangers you'll face outside the walls?"

I know it's dangerous, but I'm tired of living in terror, I'm tired of seeing innocent people die because of those monsters and I will not rest until all the Titans who infest our world die! " Eren answered even more decisively than before.

"But you Elias?"

"Hmm?" The boy was roused by his thoughts

"Do you, on the other hand, always remain convinced of joining the Body of Garrison to follow in your mother's footsteps?" Eren inquired, curious as to what Elias's decision would be.

"I do not think I'll go into the Garrison," Elias replied, causing Eren to amaze. He was not among the first ten graduates, if he had not chosen the body of Garrison, the choice fell only on that of ...

"What?" He asked, after Elias answered. "So it means you want to come in ..."

"In the Survey Corps? Yes, I decided to become a scout." He answered. In his eyes, Eren could see how hard that decision had been for his friend, but that he would never come back. He was sure of it. But he remained curious to know what were the reasons that had driven him to change his previous idea.

"But why? What made you change your mind? I remember you were very determined to enter the Garrison to be more like your mother, what prompted you to make this decision?"

"The reason why I decided to join the Survey Corps? You, Eren."

"Me?" Eren asked, confused. He did not understand, initially.

"Exactly, You. You see Eren, I, like you, come from Shiganshina district, and I lost my family because of the invasion of the Titans, but the determination to face the monsters that had ripped you away was born in you. I was overwhelmed by despair. When I arrived in Wall Rose I was transferred to a shelter for orphans, but ... I can say that I felt dead more than alive, emotionally speaking, so I did not socialize with anyone, I did not play with nobody, I was practically an empty shell. "

Elias looked at the horizon, his words were full of sadness. Eren was incredulous to hear it, he would never have imagined an Elias so, therefore, just thinking, he felt compassion for that boy who, like him, had torn away everything in one day.

"Really?"

"Is it so difficult to believe it?" Bringing his gaze back to Eren. "In the end I already told you that piece of my life."

"Well ... a little ... And yes, I still remember when you told me this. But, You know in the days of the academy I've always seen you so happy, sunny and optimistic, I really find it hard to imagine you in the opposite way."

"Well, believe me, my friend, once I was like that, but let's say that "events" have led me to the path that has made me what I am."

"And these " events" was the adoption and your special meeting, right?"

"Exactly, but we're going off topic." Resuming the subject of my choice, you played an important part in my decision: all those talk about wanting to exterminate the Titans, your discussion with Jean about wanting to free humanity from the yoke of the Titans And above all, your dream. "

"My dream? You mean ..."

"Wanting to explore the outside world, you know, when I heard you talking to Armin and Mikasa about how you wanted to get out of the walls and search the sea, explore the wonders that lie outside the walls, have made something grow in me, something that I did not know how to explain myself, and afterwards I understood what it was. "

"What?" Eren asked, more and more intrigued by the words of Elias.

"The desire for freedom, a desire that for centuries has been denied us by the Titans, but now I am tired, I am tired of living in terror, I am tired of living like a caged animal, tired of living like a prisoner It is our world, because this Eren is our world and as such we have the right to be free! So I will fight the Titans to get humanity to regain its freedom and its glory! "

With these words, Eren's admiration for Elias could only grow.

"I agree with you, Elias, I'm sick of living like captive animals, and that's why I decided to go into scouts so I could make my dreams come true."

"Listen, Eren."

"Hm?"

"Let's make a promise"

"What promise?"

"The promise that we will fight this war together, that together we will win it and that together we will explore the world outside the walls." "So are you with me?" Elias asked

The strength of mind that came out of those two boys was impressive, if someone had looked at them at that moment, surely would have said that in their eyes burned the most alive of the fires. The two friends felt they had to make the promise they had made real. Elias held out his arm to Eren who did not hesitate to shake his hand. The veins of both pulsed with the trepidation of the moment and nothing, at the moment, could affect their intentions. "Or so they believed. In that instant lightning swooped a few meters away from the two young cadets. And from the explosion of that lightning appeared the creature that had brought chaos and destruction to Shiganshina five years earlier.

"The Colossal Titan ...!" it was the only thing Elias could say.

Author's Note

And here we are at the first chapter of this story. I would like to know your opinions on this story. I accept both positive and negative criticism, the latter only if constructive though. See you at the next chapter!

Chapter 2: The fall of the Wall Rose! The story of Shiganshina is repeated in Trost!

The Colossal Titan. A frightening 60-meter-tall, skinless creature appeared out of nowhere near the Wall Rose. Elias, Eren and several soldiers present at that moment were surprised, incredulous and frightened by the sudden arrival of that monster who had forced humanity to abandon the security of the Wall Maria 5 years earlier. And without even giving the poor soldiers time to recover from the shock of his arrival, humanity's greatest enemy was charging a massive kick towards the wall.

"What the hell ... ?!" he managed to exclaim the young Elias before the mighty foot of the Colossal Titan hit the Wall Rose in full. The strong jolt caused by the heavy impact, forced the soldiers present on the walls to jump off the wall and, thanks to their three-dimensional movement equipment, they arrived safe and sound on the ground. But when they turned to the Wall Rose, horror and terror were the dominant feelings on the faces of the poor soldiers.

"The Wall Rose ..." Eren said weakly, unable to find the strength to continue the sentence.

"was knocked down ...!" Elias concluded, in a trembling voice, looking in horror at the spectacle in front of him: a huge hole was present in the Wall Rose. Just to witness the enormous chasm in the wall brought the terrible memory of Shiganshina into the minds of the two friends. How they lost their home, but above all how those disgusting Titans had ripped off their families' affection.

"Eren, Elias!" On hearing their names, the two soldiers turned to the source of the voice that had called them: they were Sasha Braus and Conny Springer, two of their companions in the military academy.

Sasha is a young girl six feet six inches tall with light brown eyes and reddish brown hair kept in a ponytail that reaches the base of her neck. Her bangs are parted slightly on the left cascading down each side of her face and stopping around the middle of her neck.

Conny is a young boy of one meter high and fifty centimeters. He has a slim build, with bright hazel eyes, and his head is distinctively kept shaved.

"Are you guys okay?" asked the girl still scared for the horrible event that was happening.

"Yes, we are fine, and are you all fine?" Elias asked, worried that their comrades had some wounds.

"Yes, fortunately we are unschated." Conny replied, reassuring Elias and Eren a little.

"And the others, do you have any news of the rest of our comrades?" asked Eren worried about the fate of their companions of the 104th year.

"No. When we got off the wall, we separated and we did not see what happened to them later." Sasha said she was worried about her comrades in arms.

"Do not worry." Conny added in a tone that conveyed security. "I'm 100% sure they're fine, we all know what our teammates are capable of." as well as his companions, with those words, he tried also to cheer himself up.

"Conny is right! We know what our friends are made of, I'm sure they're fine and we'll soon be reunited with them!" Elias exclaimed, instilling a little serenity among his companions, despite the crisis they were facing.
Unfortunately, this serenity hardly hard when the three boys saw on the face of their friend a mask of pure terror.

"Sasha?" but the only thing they got after Eren called her was just a trembling finger pointing toward the hole in the wall.

"T-t-t-t-t ... Titan!" Poor Sasha screamed.

The boys immediately turned to the direction indicated by their terrified friend.
What they saw made the poor group of cadets freeze the blood in their veins: a ten-meter Titan was crossing the threshold of the Wall Rose.

"What do we do now!?" Shouted a frightened Conny at the sight of that terrifying creature that threateningly approached them with an apparently absent look but that actually hid a ferocity to make the spirits of the bravest of the soldiers shake.

"What do we do now?" Eren repeated, but unlike the young Springer, there was no fear in her voice. "I'll tell you what we do now: We will exterminate these abominations from the face of the earth!" And with a look full of determination mixed with rage, he gripped his blades, and lunged for the Titan to kill him.

"I agree with Eren!" Elias exclaimed, earning incredulous looks from Sasha and Conny. "If we do not do something, the Shiganshina tragedy will be repeated here in Trost and we can not allow the Titans to conquer the Wall Rose too." With every word he expressed, his determination grew more and more, in his soul burned a fire so big that nothing could turn him off at that moment, and without thinking twice, he took up his blades and launched into the battle with Eren despite the protests of Conny and Sasha.

"Let's go Eren! Let's show these monsters what humanity is capable of!" Elias shouted in the direction of his companion.

"Well said, let's make them regret that they were born!" Eren answered.

In these two soldiers now the insecurities that had a few minutes ago caused by the unexpected attack of the Titan Colossal were now a distant memory. By now in their hearts and their souls the only thing that burned was a strong determination and a great desire to free humanity from the yoke of the Titans. And this ardent spirit, their passion that was manifesting in them, came to light during their first fight: As soon as the clash began, the Titan immediately attempted to grab the two cadets, but Elias and Eren managed to dodge the monster's offensive without too much trouble. It was not for nothing in the academy that they came 11th and 5th respectively in the rankings, so their skills with the three-dimensional movement equipment were far above the average. Just dodge the first attack of the monster, Elias taking advantage of the moment of advantage, rushed towards the monster and with a precise shot, was able to amputate the right hand of the Titan. Eren soon as he saw that the Titan was distracted because of the hand he had lost, he also launched the offensive with a well-placed shot behind the left knee, and thus putting the creature of ten meters to his knees. The monster was now at the mercy of the two cadets and Eren saw the ideal opportunity launched in the direction of the Titan's collar, the only point where you can kill these beasts, before the wounds of the latter regenerated. But the Titan still had a healthy left arm, and was ready to use it to grab Eren and devour him. But Elias sensing the danger managed to amputate his arm before it came to Eren, so as to allow his partner to launch the last and decisive blow that would have won them the battle.

"We made it!" Elias said satisfied with the victory against the Titan.

"Yes, but our goal is another." Eren said looking at Elias eyes. And from that look the two cadets immediately understood what their next move was. So as the Titan's blood began to evaporate away from their bodies, they both left immediately to return to the walls. Because their goal was now humanity's greatest enemy, and if they defeated him, humanity would have more chances of victory against the Titans.
As soon as they reached the top of the Wall Rose, Elias and Eren found themselves facing the Titan Colossal, the only Titan able to break through the walls. If they had defeated this enemy, humanity could have saved itself. Loads of determination, the two cadets wielded their blades, and prepared to face the battle that would decide the fate of humanity.

Author's Note

And here we are at the end of the second chapter. Prepare for the next Elias to arrive at Equestria. In the next chapter, bye!

Chapter 3: Chaos, Colossal Clash and Interdimensional Travel

The Wall Rose was terribly damaged, a huge hole was present on it, caused by the mighty kick of the Colossal Titan. The worst thing was that, from the chasm created by the 60-meter monster, a disproportionate number of Titans were beginning to enter: asexual humanoid giants whose sole purpose of their existence was to devour human beings. "The most appalling factor of all this was that these beasts hunted humans for the sadistic desire to kill, since they did not have a digestive system. In fact, as soon as a Titan ingested a certain number of humans, he vomited them. And something even more shocking was that these humanoid giants possessed a strange regenerative power: when they were injured or they were amputated limbs, within a few minutes their wounds healed or regrowed. "The Titans apparently would seem immortal, but possess a single weak point: the collar. At that point the Titans are hit and their bodies finally dissolve.

But those creatures, once kept away from humanity thanks to the Wall Rose, were crossing the threshold created by the Titan Colossal. In the district of Trost there was now total panic: Civilians who sought refuge from the Titans, soldiers who tried to return a minimum order to allow a mass evacuation and at the same time repel the Titanic invasion. But nothing seemed to go right. Fear and Despair reigned supreme. The Giants were making a total massacre of soldiers and civilians. But when the chaos was spreading like a poison gas in the Trost district, on the top of the Wall Rose Elias and Eren were about to face a colossal battle.

"Damn bastard, get ready to die!" cried Eren in a voice full of rage for all the damage and the victims that was causing the Colossal Titan.

"You will pay for what you did in Shiganshina, for the loss of the Wall Maria and above all for ripping off our families!" Elias added, just as furious at the atrocities of that 60-meter-tall monster. The Titan Colossal when he saw the two cadets in front of his eyes decided to launch the first attack.
He raised his right arm and with a mighty backhand tried to hit the two soldiers, but the latter, exploiting the slowness of their gigantic enemy, managed to easily avoid the enemy's offensive. They could not, however, fail to notice that the attack of the enemy more than intended for them, seemed directed to the cannons mounted above the walls.

"Eren! We must hurry to shoot it down! This is not a Titan like any other, it's smart!" Elias shouted to his companion.

"This shows that the hole in the wall was not a stroke of luck on his part, he understands how we defend ourselves!" Immediately after the Titan Colossal tried to grab Elias and Eren while they were in the air, but the two friends were much faster than the monster and, using their three-dimensional movement equipment, they managed to avoid its deadly grip and land on the his arm. After that they began a run to the beast's collar and, when they arrived a few meters from the destination, the two cadets prepared to launch the blow that would have enshrined the death of the Titan.

"We got you!" Elias and Eren shouted in unison. But when their blades were now a few inches from the Colossal's neck, the latter released a powerful jet of steam from his body that prevented the two companions from sending the decisive blow.
But the determination of Elias and Eren was too great, and for nothing in the world would have surrendered. With a last and decisive shot, they rushed back to the Colossal Titan's neck, only when they attacked the cloud generated by the gigantic humanoid, they noted with disbelief that it had vanished.

"What?!" exclaimed an amazed Eren.

"Where is it ?!" An equally astonished Elias asked. Before falling, as soon as I recovered from the shock, the two cadets immediately returned to the top of the wall.

"Eren, the Colossal Titan was in front of us, what happened, how did we miss him?" Elias asked, trying to find an answer to that strange phenomenon that had just happened before his eyes.

"I do not know Elias, we hooked him up, it was practically ours, and then ... he's gone, so out of nowhere!" Eren replied, quite confused by the sudden disappearance of the Titan.

"What are we doing now, Elias?"

"I propose to be reunited with our fellow soldiers. For I want to find answers to what happened, our priorities are different.We now have to defend Trost from the invasion of the Titans.You are you ready?" Elias asked, holding out his hand to Eren.

"I'm ready, let's go!" He replied, tightening his friend's hand vigorously. But as they were about to start, something incredible, unexpected and inexplicable happened: "A strange cleft had opened several meters away from them.

"What is that?" Eren asked with wide eyes in amazement.

"I have no idea." Without the time to react, the strange slit began to widen, and began to suck up everything in front of it, Elias and Eren.

The two boys perceiving the danger immediately began to move away from that strange phenomenon, but the force of suction was too powerful and was slowly dragging them to itself.
To avoid being attracted they immediately used the hooks of their equipment to be able to resist, but those of Elias unfortunately did not adhere well to the ground and the poor cadet was dragged towards the rift.

"Elias !!!" Eren shouted in an attempt to save his friend, but unfortunately the force that exerted the phenomenon was too great and did not give him time to reach it.

"Eren !!!" it was the only thing Elias managed to say before being sucked into the mysterious slit, which after taking the boy, closed and disappeared in an instant.

A few moments before in Equestria.

In the magical land of Equestria, a place where magic, harmony and peace usually reign supreme, there was a ferocious battle, or to be more precise in the capital of Equestria, Canterlot. The protagonists taken from the fight were 7 friends, specifically 7 magical talking ponies. They are:

Twilight Sparkle, a purple-colored female unicorn and her hair between blue and purple with pink stripes, and amethyst-colored eyes. She has great potential in the use of magical arts, so much so that she became Princess Celestia's favorite pupil, Sovereign of the kingdom of Equestria. Smart, curious, outgoing and friendly, a lover of reading and everything related to magic.

Sunset Shimmer, another female unicorn, is characterized by a pale yellow coat, a red and yellow mane and tail, and cyan-blue eyes. She, too, like Twilight has a talent out of the ordinary in the use of magic to become one of Princess Celestia's favorite pupils. She is also very intelligent and curious, possesses a strong empathic sense.

Rarity, the third female unicorn of the group with a white coat, purple hair and blue eyes. Unlike her unicorn friends, she does not have any special magical skills. Although it may appear superficial, Rarity has more than once shown to be wise and generous.

Applejack, an orange-colored earth pony with blond hair, green eyes and an inseparable cowboy hat on his head. She is sincere and honest despite the somewhat rude ways, and is also rather stubborn. She is the strongest physically in the group and is always ready to help those who need it.

Rainbow Dash, a blue-mantled pegasus and rainbow hair, magenta eyes and is the fastest of the group. Bold and courageous, always it tends to show off and this sometimes leads her to be very impulsive in what she does. But despite everything, it can be loyal and reliable in times of need.

Fluttershy, also like Rainbow, is a pegasus but with a yellow coat, pink hair and water-green eyes. She is the "weakest" of the group, but her true strength is hidden in her big heart and her gentle soul. Shy, kind and graceful, this pegasus is a lover of animals. Given its sweet and charitable nature, it manages to be obeyed by every kind of creature. But if she were really angry, she would be able to tame the wildest of beasts with one glance.

Pinkie Pie, a pink-mantled Earth Pony, fuzzy fuchsia hair and blue eyes. It is the most unpredictable of the group, you can hardly ever understand when you have to take it seriously or not, but despite the eccentric personality is an exceptional friend, loves to bring a smile on the face of others and above all make new friends.

These 7 friends, bound by a deep feeling of friendship are in a really thorny situation: an evil black-coated alicorn, scarlet red hair and amber eyes with snake irises, named Scarlett Storm, is trying to conquer Equestria and to do so he is using a powerful magical artifact called "The amulet of the alicorn." A powerful but equally dangerous instrument worn by a pony can give incredible magical powers, but the will of the user is completely subjugated. On the other hand, if using it is an alicorn, the will is not altered, but allows the wearer to be able to steal the power from another alicorn. In fact, Scarlett Storm stole the magic of Celestia in order to realize her dream of dominating Equestria. As soon as she managed to seize the magic of the sovereign of Equestria, Twilight, Sunset and the rest of their friends went into action. Despite the combined magic of Celestia's two favorite pupils and the help of the 6 elements of harmony, the group of friends can not get the better of the evil alicorn.

"I have to admit it, to be little cockroaches, you almost made me have fun." Scarlett said in a derisive tone. "But now I really have to go, you know there's a miserable princess waiting just for me to put an end to her useless existence." The evil alicorn added as he created a portal to reach his prey.

"Do not you dare to hurt Princess Celestia" Twilight and Sunset shouted in unison at the same time throwing a magic ray to stop Scarlett. But at the last second the evil alicorn dodged the blow and the magic ray ended up on the portal, making it unstable.

"What have you done disgusting worms ?!" Scarlett screamed. But a few seconds later, from the unstable portal, a strange bipedal creature emerged, involuntarily striking the dark alicorn, causing it to lose the amulet that ended near the strange being that had just emerged from the portal. When the biped opened his eyes after a few moments that had jumped out of the portal and saw what he had in front of him he could only say:

"What the hell ... ?!"

Author's Note

here we are at the third chapter! apparently our Elias ended up in Equestria. but now what will happen? you will find out in the next chapter!

Chapter 4: Pony, Magic and a Fierce Tyrant

"What the hell ...?" it was the only thing Elias managed to say when he saw what he was facing: a pack of ponies. A bunch of colorful ponies staring at him, intrigued and at the same time amazed. But the strangeness did not stop there: some of them had wings, some had a horn on their foreheads. One of them even had a hat on his head. Not to mention the larger one that had both wings and the horn, and not knowing how to explain well the reason, looking at that pony in particular with the snake's irises and fangs like those of a ferocious beast, had a very bad feeling, like if the appearance of that strange horse shouted at full force "dangerous".
But despite the moment of disorientation, Elias managed to have a clear mind again and quickly began to analyze the situation.

"So let's recap what happened ..." the young cadet began to think to himself. "Before I was with Eren, we fought against the Colossal Titan, all of a sudden it disappears into thin air, then opens a kind of ... door? Portal? Gash? In short, a sort of passage that sucks me in. I wake up, and I find myself in what looks like a castle, or a very luxurious house with a bunch of colored ponies staring at me, I can certainly say that some of them are unicorns, there is also some pegasus if mythology books tell the truth, and if my instinct does not deceive me, I can say that they are all females, plus we have the biggest one that is not clear to me what it is that has both wings and horn ... maybe a unigasus ... Pegacorn? but one thing I'm sure: this pony is definitely pissed at me, unlike the smaller ponies, this one's looking at me really badly. " But Elias's thoughts were interrupted by the pony's voice with the snake's irises.

"You filthy creature! How dare you hit me, Scarlett Storm !?" The black-mantled alicorn screamed. "And above all how dare you take possession of my artifact ?! Return the amulet immediately!

At first Elias was shocked, not only did these ponies have horns and wings, but they also knew how to talk!

"Good heavens, these ponies can talk!" Elias thought, eyes wide with amazement. "But wait, when did I hit her?" Actually, I remember bumping into something a little while ago, and then what amulet is she talking about? " Elias wondered, but the answer came immediately when his hand touched something: it was a kind of jewel. A dark choker with a red stone set in the middle in the shape of a horse with wings and horn.

"You mean this gem?" Elias asked taking the jewel.

"Exactly! Now return it immediately if you do not want to make a horrible end!" She threatened opening her wings and showing her fangs to intimidate the boy.

"No, please do not do it!" The unicorn with the purple mantle shouted. "If you give her the amulet of the alicorn, she will use the magical powers contained within it to destroy everything she will encounter on her way and a lot of innocents will be injured or worse, killed! I adjure you not to give it to her!"

"I've had enough of you, filthy flea! First I'll take care of all of you once and for all and then I'll get the amulet back from the corpse of that disgusting, hairless monkey!" Elias made a further discovery: not only did these ponies know how to speak and, judging by the presence of wings, fly, but they were also able to do magic! In fact, he immediately noticed that around the Scarlett's horn a strange red aura had appeared, and a sphere of energy of the same color was forming on its tip.

"Get out of my sight, forever!" shouted Scarlett, throwing the energy ball towards the 7 ponies. But without even realizing it Elias found himself running to those mares that were about to be killed.
Instinct, the refusal to see innocents die, the boy did not know what was pushing him to run towards them, the only thing he knew is that a powerful rush of adrenaline was circulating in his body and that he wanted to save at all costs the 7 ponies. Just before the ball hit the target, Elias took one of his swords and, using the blade plate, deflected the blow by sending it back to the sender, thus saving the mares' life.
Scarlett in amazement could not parry the sphere of energy and, this, led her to be hit in full by his own attack.
The impact caused a great fuss to rise, stunning the evil pony.

"Amazing ...!" The mares were astonished by the heroic gesture of that strange creature.
Elias turned to ascertain the conditions of the ponies. Except for the different bruises and, fortunately, not very deep cuts, the mares were fine.

"Are you ok?" Elias asked.

"Yes, we're fine thanks to you." the purple unicorn answered. "But who are you, and above all what are you? I've never seen a creature like you."

"My name is Elias, Elias Schützen, and to answer you what I am, I am a human being."

"A human being?!" exclaimed the orange unicorn "How is it possible? I knew that human beings were mythological creatures, characters present only in fairy tales!"

"Well, in my defense even where I come from, unicorns and pegasi are characters from fairy tales and mythological creatures."

"Really?" The ponies exclaimed in amazement.

"Really, now not to be rude or otherwise, but could you tell me who you are, where I am, what happened and what is this amulet, because I have not the faintest idea what's going on." Elias asked kneeling in front of the ponies as the latter reached a height above their abdomen.

"Oh, you're right, that careless I am, I'm Twilight Sparkle and these are my best friends: Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie." the unicorn answered, introducing her and her friends to Elias.

"Right now you're in Canterlot's palace, the capital of Equestria, and my friends and I came here to stop Scarlett and stop her from winning over Equestria, but she turned out to be more powerful than expected."

"By means of this amulet right?" Elias asked showing the jewel.

"Yeah, if she had not cheated with that choker we would have kicked her flaccid ass without too much trouble!" An irritated Rainbow exclaimed.

"Rainbow, what a language! I understand you're irritated with Scarlett but you do not have to be so vulgar." Rarity said annoyed.

"But what exactly is this amulet?" Elias asked curiously.

"It's a magical artifact that amplifies the magic powers of the wearer, and makes it so powerful as to match the powers of an alicorn, but it also makes the user aggressive and violent." Fluttershy answered feebly.

"And a alicorn would be ...?"

"A alicorn is a breed of pony that has the characteristics of all Equestria pony breeds," Sunset replied, but noticing Elias' confused look, she pointed out which pony breeds existed at Equestria.

"So the psychopath is psychopathic because of the amulet?"

"No sugarcube, that's psycho and crazy like a bull who sees red without the amulet" Responds Applejack

"But being a nature alicorn can take advantage of a hidden power of the jewel: Stealing the magic of another alicorn." Sunset said.

"In fact, Scarlett used the amulet of the alicorn to steal the magic of Princess Celestia, sovereign and most powerfule mage of Equestria and my and Sunset master of the magics arts." Twilight said.

"But if Scarlett was so powerful, why did you go to face her?" Asked Elias amazed by all these revelations.

"Because if we allow her to do what she wants, Equestria will be lost and a lot of innocents would be killed for her thirst for power, so we took the elements of harmony and we went to face it!" Twilight said. Elias could not help but admire these ponies: despite the great danger they were facing, they still decided to fight to protect the innocent.
After all, although the look was completely different, they did not seem so far from him, and from all the soldiers who faced the Titans for a greater good.

"And what are these elements of harmony?"

"There are 6 magical artifacts that protect harmony and peace in the realm of Equestria. Each of them represents a virtue: Magic, Loyalty, Honesty, Kindness, Generosity and Laughter and are respectively held by Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. " Sunset replied, but Elias noticed something strange in the voice of the unicorn, as if talking about this topic was a sore point for her.

"But even though we had the elements on our side, Scarlett proved to be more powerful than expected, and we thought it was the end, then you came and the rest of you knew it." He concluded Twilight.

"I see, but by chance you can tell me how ..." Elias said before being interrupted by Pinkie.

"Look at girls! It's Scarlett!"

Elias and the girls quickly turned their eyes in the direction indicated by Pinkie. Scarlett Storm came out of the dust caused by the magic sphere. If the looks could kill, the black alicorn would have done a massacre at that moment. With bloodshot eyes, teeth grinding with rage, Scarlett turned to the young cadet in a tone full of rage and resentment for the offense she suffered.

"You?! How dare you?! You know who I am?! I am Scarlett Storm! I am the most powerful alicorn in all of Equestria! How dare you stand against me?"

Elias not at all intimidated by the furious tone of the alicorn, stood up, and with a serious look turned to the enemy in front of him.

"The most powerful alicorn of Equestria? I believe that you are the greatest cowardly of Equestria!" The cadet exclaimed.

"How dare you?!" the anger and contempt that Scarlett was feeling for the creature in front of her was growing in immense levels.

"How dare you say? I dare to say this because you say you are the strongest, but you use a talisman that increases your strength and you have to steal the magic of another alicorn. This for me is just a sign of weakness!" Elias exclaimed, exposing the amulet of the alicorn "I really want to see if you're so strong as you say if I destroy this thing now!" and so the young soldier began to crush the jewel in his hand. At the sight of this Scarlett began to laugh.

"Ahahahaha! Do you really believe you can break the amulet of the alicorn with your own strength? You are a fool! No instrument or magic can destroy that ..." but her words died in her throat when she saw the amulet shatter in the hand of Elias, from within the jewel came a magical aura that headed somewhere who knows where.
"Impossible ... but how ... ?!" Scarlett was paralyzed by the vision that stood before her eyes.
The amulet of the alicorn, an artifact impossible to destroy, had been shattered. Taking advantage of the moment of distraction, Elias turned to the ponies.

"Twilight! How long does it take to use the elements?"

"We need at least a couple of minutes to load the magic." The unicorn replied, recovering from the amazement of Elias's action.

"Well, here's what we'll do: You together with the others, prepare the elements and at the right time hit Scarlett with all the power you have." Sunset, instead you and I will keep Mrs Snake Eyes in order to give the girls time to load Elements of Harmony. "

"Do you think we can resist her?" Asked Sunset

"Now she no longer has the amulet on her side, so she will be much weaker than before, I bet what you want we can give the girls all the time they need."

"But I do not know if ..." Sunset began with a low look before being interrupted by Elias.

"Sunset, listen to me." Sunset rested her gaze on Elias. "If I understood correctly you are a student, along with Twilight, of the most powerful sorceress of Equestria right?" Elias asked looking into the orange unicorn's eyes.

"Yes."

"So it means that you are a sorceress with extraordinary magical abilities, right?"

"Well ..."

"Of course Sunny is very good with the magic ! She is the best!" Pinkie answered in a joyous tone.

"Nobody can compete with Sunset when it comes to magic, the only thing that can do is Twilight because they studied together with Princess Celestia." Applejack answers with a decided tone.

"But how can I help you? I have nothing special, I was not even chosen by the elements, how can I help if I do not even have the means to do it." Sunset replied disheartened.

"Oh darling, but you're special," Rarity replied.

"Yeah, remember who helped us defeat Nightmare Moon and had no element of harmony? You Sunset." Rainbow added.

"But it was you who purified Nightmare Moon!"

"It's true, but if it were not for your exceptional magical skills and your intellect we would never have defeated Nightmare Moon." Fluttershy said in a gentle tone.

"Our friends are right Sunset: Maybe you did not become a keeper of the Elements of Harmony, but what makes you special is here." Twilight said placing a hoof on the height of the heart of Sunset.
"So Sunset we ask you: Can you help us defeat Scarlett Storm?"

Sunset after hearing the words of encouragement, began to feel his heart lighter, the doubts and uncertainties that were inside her from the events of Nightmare Moon were disappearing.

"Then Sunset ..." Elias began "Your friends trust you, I trust you, are you ready to kick the ass of a magical snake-eyed tyrant?" He concluded Elias holding out his hand to Sunset.

"Yes, I'm ready!" Sunset exclaimed, shaking hands with Elias. In the eyes of the cadet and the young unicorn burned a fire of determination that nothing in the world could have put out. Ready and loaded, the soldier and the sorceress got in position, ready to face the enemy and save Equestria!

Author's Note

Here we are now the fourth chapter! Elias has not even arrived and is already facing a new battle! What will happen? we'll find out in the next chapter!

Chapter 5: Swords, Magic and Power of Friendship!

Author's Note

Here we are in chapter 5! I wanted to warn you that in chapter one a slight change was made in the conversation between Elias and Eren. That said I leave you to read chapter 5 and let me know in the comments if you like the story. See you soon. Bye!!!

Chapter 5: Swords, Magic and Power of Friendship!

Determination, courage and trust. These were the emotions that at the time were lodged in the hearts of Elias, Sunset and the rest of the girls. Since Sunset heard the words of encouragement from both Elias and her friends, all the doubts and uncertainties that gripped her heart were now dissipated, and she felt her connection with the other ponies become much stronger and at the same time that a connection with the young human was being created. She did not know how to explain it, but she felt he could trust Elias, the latter, although apparently very far from home, went to their rescue without thinking twice and was ready to fight a battle that was not his only to be able to to help.

These same thoughts also swirled in the heads of the other ponies. He had practically appeared out of nowhere, yet this human was risking his life for them. A strong sense of gratitude and admiration felt the seven ponies towards Elias.
The young cadet, although he did not yet have very clear ideas about how he had arrived at Equestria, knew very well what to do at that moment: stop Scarlett Storm. It's true that it was not his battle, but after realizing what kind of subject the black alicorn was, he could not stand aside and, above all, not help those ponies who, despite knowing how powerful Scarlett was, were ready to risk their life to protect Equestria and its inhabitants.

Sunset, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack. In the gaze of each of them burned a flame of determination and courage that incinerated every uncertainty in their spirits and for this Elias, could not help but feel a strong sense of admiration. The same kind of admiration he felt when he thought of the soldiers who bravely fought and died against the Titans in order to save humanity from their yoke. This is why he was determined to help those ponies, and not knowing how to explain why, he was already beginning to perceive something towards them, as if a strong bond was being created. Determined more than ever, Elias gripped his blades, and with Sunset charging his horn, they took up combat positions in front of the ponies that had to load the elements that would defeat Scarlett Storm.

"My amulet ... MY AMULET !!!" but if on the side of the heroes were the dominant emotions confidence and courage, on the side of Scarlett Storm instead of anger and rage boiled in her veins. Not only those pesky ponies were a pain in the ass and did not decide to die, but now that subspecies of hairless primate dared to challenge her! And moreover he had called her a weak one, not to mention the fact that he had destroyed the amulet of the alicorn. An affront that would have paid off with life. "Now you have tired me miserable disgusting worms!" The black alicorn screamed furiously as he conjured up a pair of hooked twin blades with her magic. "This is the last time you get in the way of my plans! You die all of them!" and a powerful magic globe set off from Scarlett's horn in the direction of Elias and Sunset.

But the latter managed to raise a barrier with her magic and protect her and Elias in time. A great fuss rose up from the collision of the globe with the barrier. Not even the time to branch out that Elias came out from it, snapping like a lightning bolt, rushed in the direction of Scarlett to launch his offensive. The alicorn at the sight of the soldier began to launch a series of magical rays against him in an attempt to kill him, but Elias, despite not being able to take advantage of the three-dimensional movement for reduced space, managed to dodge all the blows and launch the first blow with his blades.

But Scarlett was able to see the cadet's offensive and from here began a fierce duel between the two challengers. Each shot that one of the two performed was promptly parried or deflected by the other, and for several seconds the challenge went on so until the alicorn gave a particularly powerful blow that collided with the blades of Elias, threw the latter to several meters away from her.

She did not even have time to recover that was hit by a powerful magic shot of Sunset. The Unicorn just spotted the opening in the defense of Scarlett took the opportunity to be able to hit, and immediately launch a barrage of magic bullets in the direction of the tyrant by the black cloak. But the alicorn, using her hooked swords, deflected all the blows of Celestia's favorite pupil and immediately launched herself into Sunset. The latter managed, thanks to the teleportation help, to avoid the dangerous slings launched by Scarlett. But the prolonged use of the teleportation was consuming a lot of energy at Sunset, so the tyrant took advantage of it for a deadly blow to the unicorn, but despite everything Sunset managed to block the offensive of the enemy with a shield created by magic.

"Give up pathetic excuse of a unicorn!" Scarlett said, putting pressure on Sunset. "You are not worth anything, you are not special, you have not been chosen by the elements, you are a failure as a pupil of that pathetic Celestia! How do you hope to beat me!?" Continued the tyrant in an attempt to break the psyche of Sunset, but the latter was driven by a determination such that those words did not touch her in the slightest.

"You are wrong!" The unicorn answered with a determined voice. "I was chosen by Celestia because she saw something in me and I do not need the elements to be special!" with every sentence she expressed, Sunset managed to push the enemy back. "Because I have something that makes me really special, something you can never have and you will never understand: I have my friends!" And with the power of friendship, Sunset was pushing back the ferocious tyranny, and at that moment Elias arrived to lend the unicorn by striking a double blow against Scarlett, but Scarlett barely stopped the cadet's offensive. Elias and Sunset found themselves together to make the enemy retreat.

"Surrender Scarlett! If there's one thing I understand about these ponies is that they have one thing in common with us human beings: they're damned determined, and believe me, if someone is damned determined, especially if he wants to protect something he loves, it's unstoppable! " The young cadet exclaimed.

Scarlett Storm could not understand, could not find an answer, could not explain how these two miserable were managing to hold her head. And while she was looking for an answer she noticed that her two enemies had exchanged a knowing look and after that interrupted their offensive to move aside. Convinced that they were about to make a cross-attack, Scarlett prepared for the counterattack but when she saw what was in front of her she paled:

the six holders of the Elements of Harmony had loaded the magic of artifacts. Taken by anger, she had not realized the trap Elias and Sunset had given her. Realizing the trap too late, the alicorn was fully invested by the ray of harmony. The mighty blow raised a great fuss and apparently also the definitive defeat of Scarlett Storm.

"We made it?" A tired Elias asked.

"It would seem so." An exhausted Sunset answered, approaching the cadet.

"We did it! We did it!" A joyous Pinkie cheered as she trapped Elias and Sunset in a broken-ribs embrace. "We defeated Scarlett, and it's all about you! You had to see: Scarlett was all a" Wraaaa "and Elias with his swords was all a" Swing Swing "instead Sunset with her magic was all" Pew pew pew "and so there you gave the time to load the elements and be able to defeat her and then ... "continued Pinkie making strange verses and gestures making everyone present laugh.

"Pinkie is right: it was thanks to you if we defeated Scarlett you showed great courage and skill." Said Applejack.

"Yeah, what you did was really cool, if not 20% more cool!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Did you see Sunset? You do not need a magical artifact to be special." Fluttershy said softly, nuzzling Sunset's cheek.

"And Elias, you were really fantastic, you came as a knight in shining armor ready to risk your life for us." Rarity said

"We can never thank you enough for what you did for us Elias, thank you with all my heart" said a grateful Twilight.

"Oh come on, it's not that I did who knows what. After all was that Sunset has done much of the work." An embarrassed Elias answered.

"Do not tear you down like this, Elias. What you did was great, and also thanks to you if we beat Scarlett." Sunset said.

"Well, if I can say, we did a good team job, do not you think?" Elias asked, holding his fist towards Sunset and the latter, with a smile on her lips and holding her hoof towards Elias' fist, answered:

"Yes. We were a fantastic team." But as our heroes celebrated victory, a exhausted but furious Scarlett came out of the dust. Seeing that curtain that made her sick, she charged a ball of energy and threw it at the group. Sunset noticed the blow that was coming toward them, but none of them could have stopped the blow because they had no more forces to use the magic and the time to move was not there. So she did the only thing she could do: stand in front and parry the blow with her body. When the sphere hit the target, a fuss rose up and blocked the view of everyone present. Elias, Twilight and the rest of the girls looked in horror at the spot where Sunset was.

"Sunset !!!" They shouted in terror all in unison.

Chapter 6: A new Artifact, A new Battle and A new Friendship!

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Chapter 7: Royal meeting, Proposal and Remembering a Dream!

"Princess Celestia! Are you all right? Twilight asked heartened to review her mentor in health.

"Yes Twilight, my magic is back a few moments ago, and as soon as I got back in force, I rushed here to help you, but I can see with pleasure that you have already solved the problem." Celestia said, observing the petrified form of Scarlett Storm.

"Yeah, but we could never have done it if Elias did not come to our aid." Sunset said radiantly

"Elias?" Celestia asked curiously.

"Yes, Princess. Scarlett was getting the better of us, but suddenly he appeared out of nowhere and without a moment's hesitation struggled at our side and allowed us to beat her. he's an exceptional warrior and has a big heart, so much as to have temporarily received powers from the Elements of Harmony. " Sunset said as she looked at Elias. The latter could not help but blush for the compliments he was receiving from the orange unicorn.
Celestia as soon as she fixed her gaze on the young warrior, was amazed by what she saw: a human being! Creatures that were cited in legends and fables, and from the appearance, if the descriptions were true, it must have more or less the age of her pupils. But legend or not, this human according to her pupils had helped to save Equestria from a nefarious fate, and for this after the surprise, gratitude grew in the white alicorn.

"Young Elias." Celestia began receiving the complete attention of the cadet. "On behalf of all of Equestria, I would like to thank you for your valuable contribution in the fight against Scarlett Storm, and above all for protecting my little ponies." The princess concluded with a tone full of gratitude. Elias listened to Celestia's thankful words and felt proud. Proud that his help had helped bring peace to that kingdom alien to him. So the young cadet performed the characteristic salute of the soldiers at the service of humanity, with his left hand behind his back and his right hand clenched fist resting at the heart, he answered Celestia.

"It was an honor, your majesty, but above all it was an honor to fight alongside these brave ponies who risked their lives to protect Equestria." Elias said smiling at the ponies who had defeated Scarlett Storm, and the latter at Elias's words gave birth to another group hug involving the young cadet.
Princess Celestia could not help but smile at the scenery in front of her, she could feel the strong bond that united the human with her little ponies.

"Young Elias, can I ask you something?" Celestia asked.

"Tell me your majesty, what do you want to know?" Elias answered.

"I'd like to know how you got here? Not that you're not welcome here at Equestria, but your species is considered a myth, so I can not help wondering how you got here." Celestia said curiously.

"I ... I do not know, I only know that while I was with my friend Eren, at some point a sort of portal opened up and I was soon after, and I found myself here while Sunset and her friends were facing psychopath by snake eyes."

"and you have no idea what could have created that portal?"

"No, I'm sorry."

"Maybe Sunset and I know how you got here Elias" Twilight said after having exchanged a look of agreement with Sunset after hearing the testimony of Elias.

"We believe that we accidentally created an inter dimensional portal as we tried to stop Scarlett from killing Princess Celestia." Said Sunset who then explained in detail to Elias and Celestia how the event that caused the arrival of the human to Equestria.

"So ... did you accidentally create a portal that allowed me to travel to another world?" Elias asked, amazed by the revelation of Sunset and Twilight.

"Yeah, we're sorry to have you dragged here against your will." Twilight said frightened that Elias could get angry with them.

"Can you do it again?" Elias wondered all of a sudden.

"What?"

"Can you do it again? I adjure you, you must make me return to my world, there is a crisis going on and my friends need my help!" Elias pleaded, taking Sunset and Twilight's hooves and looking them in their eyes appealingly.

"What's going on in your world, young Elias?" Celestia asked, noting the concern and fear that was growing in him.

"You see Princess Celestia, in my world humanity is at risk of extinction."

"What?!" They exclaimed all the ponies to the words of Elias.

"What do you mean humanity is at risk of extinction?" Celestia demanded shocked by the revelation of the human.

"You see, it all started ..." so Elias told the audience the story of his world: how suddenly the Titans arrived, what they were, how they decimated humanity, how the latter was saved thanks to the walls, the birth of military bodies and anti-titan fight techniques, the fall of the Wall Maria and also of the imminent attack on the Wall Rose. The ponies as they listened to the terrible story of Elias felt horror for those creatures who were slaughtering an entire race without an apparent motive and above all so much sadness for poor Elias who had been forced to live those horrors.

"and this is all." Elias concluded.

"But why do you want to go back there?" Fluttershy asked with tears in her eyes. "Why do you want to go back to that cruel world, why do not you stay here with us?

"Fluttershy is right." Sunset said. "Why do not you stay here with us? Here you would be safe, you should not be imprisoned behind walls, you should not live in terror of the Titans anymore.

Elias was moved to see and hear the ponies who wanted him to stay in Equestria to keep him safe from the Titans' threat. The young cadet found himself reflecting on the questions of Sunset and Fluttershy: Why did he want to return to a cruel world when he had the perfect opportunity to live a life free from walls and fear? Why not stay here in Equestria to live a happy life with your new friends? These were the questions that swirled furiously in Elias's head. For a moment he was tempted to say yes, he wanted to stay in Equestria, but ... he knew he could not stay. He had made a promise.

"I'm sorry girls, but I can not stay." Elias said, shocking everyone present.

"But why?" Asked Sunset with tears in her eyes "Why do not you want to stay here?"

Elias knelt in front of the orange unicorn, placed his hand on his cheek and with his thumb wiped the tear that streaked his face.

"It's not that I do not want, it's that I can not, you're right, my world is cruel, but it's my world, and I promised with one of my dear friends that together we fought the Titans, that together we won and that together we will have realized our dream: to see what is in the world beyond the walls. If I decided to stay here, I would break that promise and abandon all the people dear to me who are risking their lives right now. " Elias said with determination mixed with melancholy. Now he could no longer deny it: he had grown fond of those ponies, and having to say goodbye made his heart grow tight.

"You know Elias, you are really brave, I hope you can realize your dream." Sunset said with a sweet smile as she rested her hoof on the young soldier's hand.

"Thanks Sunset, and then who knows, maybe we'll meet again one day, if we met now, why we should not meet again in the future?" Elias said smiling at Sunset.

"Young Elias!" Princess Celestia suddenly exclaimed. "I admire your courage and your determination to save your world from the evil threat of the Titans, so I will give you all my help to make you safe and sound in the world you come from."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Elias said gratefully.

"But first, we need to take care of Scarlett Storm." Celestia said, turning her gaze to the petrified shape of the black alicorn.

"What are you going to do?" Elias asked.

"She will be exiled to Tartarus, a place where all those who have committed serious crimes against Equestria are exiled."

But before Celestia could do anything, something happened that no one expected at that moment: a mysterious portal appeared behind Scarlett. Elias instinctively gripped his swords and stood in front of the ponies to protect them from whatever was to come. But the only thing that happened was the appearance of strange hands with claws from the portal. These hands did not seem interested in Elias or the ponies, but Scarlett. In fact without delay they grabbed the statue of the black alicorn to drag it into the portal. As soon as the statue crossed the threshold of the portal, the latter closed. Disbelief and confusion now hovered in the room for the event that had just happened, and only one thing came out of Elias's mouth as evidence of all this:

"What the hell ...?"

Author's Note

And here we are in chapter 7. What the hell happened? Where has Scarlett gone? Will Elias be able to return to Trost in time? All this in the next chapters.

If you like the story please let me know in the comments and above all let me know what in particular you are enjoying.

If you do not like the story please let me know in the comments and tell me what you're not particularly fond of.

see you soon. Bye!

Chapter 9: Time of Stories, Curses and Revelations!

"What?!" the ponies exclaimed at Elias's statement.

"What do you mean it happened exactly a year ago?" Rainbow Dash asked Incredulous.

"Exactly what I said, this event we just saw happened a year ago." Elias answered.

"But you are sure?" Applejack asked, unable to make sense of what she had just seen.

"Yes, I'm sure, I remember exactly this event because it happened the day after the accident." Elias said as he looked at the dimensional window.

"What incident?" Fluttershy asked.

"The day before the hand-to-hand training session we saw, we cadets practiced with our three-dimensional movement devices, and I made a mistake with a maneuver that caused the scar I now wear on my face." Elias said as he placed his hand on the cheek marked by the scar. "In fact, if you saw, I still had the dressing on my face when I faced Eren."

"But this does not explain how there are two Elly!" said Pinkie. "So, should not we see Elly's world without Elly inside?"

"Pinkie is right, maybe there was a mistake during the spell?" Rarity asked. "Otherwise I do not know how to explain this strange event."

Despite the confusion that reigned supreme at that moment among those present, Princess Celestia remained strangely calm, as if she knew something, as if she understood what had happened and that she expected something like that would have happened.
Twilight and Sunset were the first to notice this strange attitude of their mentor.

"Princess Celestia, do you have any idea what happened?" Twilight asked.

"It looks like you expected something like that to happen." Sunset said. "Did you know from the beginning that this would happen?"

After Sunset asked the question, everyone's attention focused on Celestia. But the latter, despite being the center of attention, did not lose the calm in the least and said:

"Let's say that rather than expecting this unfolding of events, I have confirmed some doubts."

"What do you mean?" Elias asked.

"Tell me Elias..." Celestia began as she closed the window and held out her gaze to the cadet. "Can you give me the confirmation that it was you who shattered the amulet of the alicorn?"

"Yes..." Elias replied, confused by the question that the monarch of Equestria had asked him. "But what does this have to do with what we've seen?"

"See young Elias, the amulet of the alicorn was an ancient magical artifact created by Scarlett Storm after she lost the right to hold the Elements of Harmony."

"Scarlett created the amulet?!" Sunset and Twilight exclaimed shocked.

"Scarlett was a holder of the Elements of Harmony?!" The Pony group shocked.

"But the Elements can not be used only by those who represent its virtues?" Elias asked. "Because I honestly have not seen any of the virtues that represent the elements in Scarlett."

"Initially the seven Elements of Harmony were magical artifacts that could only be used by those who possessed exceptional magical power, but over time they evolved, and became what they are now. And because of their evolution, Scarlett was not more able to use them. "

"But how did Scarlett primarily have the Elements?" Rarity asked

"Remember that before I had mentioned a terrible dark force that threatened to bring Equestria into oblivion?" Celestia asked, receiving a sign of confirmation from those present. "Well, at the time only four ponies had the power to master the powerful magic, those four ponies were me, my sister Luna, Starswirl and Scarlett." Elias and the ponies were shocked to hear Scarlett's name.

"So you're saying that Scarlett was once on the good side?" A stupefied Elias asked.

"Not exactly, you see Scarlett joining the battle only for personal interest. After all, how could she conquer Equestria if it was destroyed by an external force? After we repelled the darkness, the elements underwent an evolution: Two Elements became the representation of Magic and the others became the representation of Laughter, Generosity, Kindness, Honesty and Loyalty. " Celestia said as she remembered with horror the period when Equestria was about to be destroyed.

"And then what happened?" Twilight asked.

"Starswirl set off on a journey to try and figure out what the origin of the threat was that almost destroyed Equestria, so he entrusted the Elements to me and Luna, and from that journey he never returned, we never knew what happened to him." Celestia said with a heart full of sadness for the unknown fate of her old and dear friend.

"And what happened to Scarlett instead?" Sunset asked.

"Scarlett can no longer rely on the Elements of Harmony, since now they were no longer simple magic instruments but shields to defend the peace and harmony of Equestria, she decided to find something alternative to the Elements in order to satisfy their desires."

"And that something was the amulet of the alicorn, right?" Elias asked.

"Exactly"

"But I still can not figure out what the amulet has to do with what happened before."

"Now I'll explain." Scarlett no longer had the elements on her side, she decided to create a new artifact that could have countered anything, and that artifact was just the amulet of the alicorn.I do not know how she managed to create it, but she did so that no physical or magical force could destroy it. "

"Wait a minute, if the amulet you said was indestructible, how did I destroy it so easily?" Elias asked.

"The curse." Celestia answered.

"The curse?" All present asked confused by the response of the monarch.

"See, when I confronted Scarlett I knew immediately that the artifact would be a source of enormous misfortunes, and being indestructible, I attempted a dangerous magic in the hope that it could help me to destroy the amulet. The luck was on my side, and I discovered that the weakness of the artifact were the curses, so I decided that the amulet could be destroyed by the will of a noble soul. But Scarlett succeeded in altering the curse. "

"Alter?" Sunset asked. "Why did not Scarlett try to cancel it?"

"Because once a curse has been cast, it can only be undone by the person who threw the curse, so Scarlett using her alicorn magic altered the curse: The amulet could be destroyed by a noble soul, but this must have belonged to a world, and at a different time. "

"So I destroyed the amulet because I come from a different world, but I still do not understand... wait a moment...!" Elias at one point understood everything. He understood why he had succeeded in destroying the amulet, but above all, he had understood that...

"I have not only traveled to another world, but I have also done..."

"Exactly, Elias... At the same time you also did a time trip, a journey that took you back a year."

Meanwhile in an unknown part of Equestria

Hidden in a very deep cave, in an undefined point of Equestria, was the statue of Scarlett Storm. Since she had been "taken", Scarlett, still in petrified form, had been deposited in this mysterious hiding place. Shortly after the snake-eye alicorn arrived, another figure appeared. Not much was seen, since it was hidden in the shadows of the shelter. The only certain things were that the mysterious creature was a pony, male, and taller than Scarlett.

"Scarlett, Scarlett, Scarlett." The mysterious figure began. "You possessed great potential, a magical power to envy even the princesses, but your stupidity, your idiocy, your impatience cost you not only victory but you've even lost forever the amulet you were so proud of . " The pony said as he turned around the petrified tyrant. "How much potential wasted, so much power, in a pathetic and useless creature like you, but do not fear my dear, I know how not to waste your power You are not able to express your magic at best, so I will take it." With these words, from Scarlett's stone body came out all the magic she possessed, and slowly entered the body of the mystery pony.

"Ahhh, Very good! How much energy! How much power! And to think that a useless and pathetic being like you possessed such a magic ... but now it is useless to talk about it ... I think this is the moment of goodbyes." The mysterious figure with his magic made a mighty war hammer appear. "Bye bye Scarlett Storm." And after these words the mighty hammer, guided by the magic of the mysterious pony, violently hit the statue of Scarlett Storm, reducing it to a pile of rubble.

"Well, Scarlett is settled in. It's a pity that the amulet was lost, it would have saved me a lot of time. Patience, it will mean that I will have to use the longest method. After all, the victory goes to those who can wait." And the mysterious figure began to laugh. His laughter, which would have made the blood freeze even to the most fearless of the heroes, echoed throughout the cave like thunder in a storm. A storm that predicted disasters.

Author's Note

Chapter 9 is here! I hope you enjoyed the twist. Let me know in the comments what you think. See you at the next chapter, bye!

Chapter 10: it's time to go home while waiting to go home.

"WHAT!?!?!?!?!" The ponies exclaimed at the shocking revelation of the monarch.

"Do you mean that Elias comes from the future?" Asked Applejack in awe.

"Exact Applejack, your human friend has taken a trip that brought him back in a year's time." Celestia answered.

"So what happens now, do I have to take a time trip to get home?" Elias asked

"I'm sorry, Elias, but I can not afford to take this trip." The princess said.

"What?!?!?!" They all exclaimed at the monarch's response.

"Why can not you afford it?" Elias asked, astonished by Celestia's decision not to want to help him.

"Why do not you want to help him, Your Majesty?" Rarity asked, confused by the monarch's words. Usually she was always the first to help those who needed help, but now he could not really understand the reason for her refusal.

"Sunset, Twilight, when I started teaching you the magic arts, I explained to you that there are three types of forbidden spells, do you remember what they are?" Celestia asked all of a sudden, confusing everyone present.

"Forbidden magic? Well ... there's mind control." Twilight started.

"Necromancy." Sunset continued, and both she and Twilight when they remembered what was the last forbidden art immediately understood why their teacher did not want Elias to do that kind of journey. And together they gave the last answer. "Temporal Journey."

"Very well, my favorite pupils." Celestia said proud of her students.

"Why is time travel considered a forbidden art?" They asked all those present at the same time.

"It is forbidden for a number of reasons: to prevent the course of history from being altered.There is only one tiny variation in history that could cause enormous changes from the catastrophic result.It could cause the deletion of places or individuals from history permanently. Or end up literally in another timeline with little chance of returning to your original timeline. Not to mention the possible temporal implosion if the same individual of two different times met. "Answered Celestia" In fact you were very lucky Elias. "

"Why?"

"Remember when I first told you the odds of getting out unscathed from an inter dimensional portal?" the young cadet made a sign of yes to the monarch. "These are MUCH lower than normal, it's a miracle that you did not come here as minced meat."

"Minced ... meat? Oh my ..." Rarity said before fainting again in the arms of Applejack.

"Is it really so dangerous to travel in time?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yes, Rainbow Dash The consequences of a temporal journey can be catastrophic, both for those who make the trip, and for the course of history." Celestia said.

"So ..." Elias began. "Does that mean I'm stuck here, at Equestria?"
A sense of despondency and sadness began to grow in the young cadet's soul. He could not go home, he could not help his companions, he could not fulfill his dream and he would never see his friends again. But these negative thoughts were interrupted by the voice of Celestia.

"Yes, Elias, but only for a year."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"See my young human, when I said you were lucky, I was not just referring to being safe and sound, but also that you did not move away from your timeline."

"I can not follow your Majesty." Elias said confused.

"When we opened the window, we could see what was happening in your world, but we managed to see it because that was the timeline you came from."

"And what does this mean, Princess Celestia?" Applejack asked after taking Rarity's senses back.

"It means Elias can safely return to his world, but he will have to wait exactly one year to get back." Celestia answered.

"This is to avoid the side effects of the temporal journey mentioned before by you, right?" Elias asked with the hope that he would grow in him again.

"Exactly Elias, right now Trost and all your friends are safe, but as I said before, if you do not wait until next year, you will not be able to return to your world without risking serious danger."

After these words, Elias felt the hope grow in him again. He could have come home! Of course, he would have to wait a year, but always better than nothing. But now there was only one problem to solve.

"Ok, I'll wait a year, but ... now I do not know where to stay, I do not know anything about Equestria, where will I stay?" Elias asked.

"You can always come with us to Ponyville," Sunset said.

"Ponyville?"

"Yes. It's where I, Sunset and our friends live." Twilight answered.

"Well, thank you, but there is always the problem that I do not have a house or money."

"Do not worry, you can always come and live with me and Twilight, do you agree?" Sunset asked Twilight.

"I agree, we have a room for guests that you can use safely." Twilight said.

"and as for the money ..." Celestia said holding out a bag full of coins towards Elias. "Consider it a thank you for saving my little ponies."

"Thank you so much, to all of you." Elias said, moved by so much generosity.

"Girls, do you know what this means?" A happy Pinkie Pie asked.

"What's time for a party?" Rainbow Dash said knowing the answer to this question that Pinkie often did.

"Not a party, but three parties!" I exclaimed the pink pony as she threw confetti coming out of her hair.

"Three?" Everyone asked.

"Yes, because we have to have the party" Welcome to Equestria, Elias! ", Then the party" Thank you for saving us, Elias! "And finally the party" Welcome to Ponyville, Elias! "Pinkie exclaimed as she hopped on all sides leaving confetti for the whole room.

"Wow, I do not know what to say, thank you." Elias said while looking at the pink pony wondering why she had confetti in her hair and especially those who had seen that it seemed not to end anymore.

"Your welcome, Elias, after all we are friends, right?" Sunset said, smiling at Elias.

"Right Sunset, we are friends." Elias answered. And from this came another group hug.

"Come on girls, it's time to go home, and if we hurry up, we can catch the next train to Ponyville." Twilight said.

When it was time to say goodbye, Celestia gave her pupils a special casket where they could store the Elements of Harmony, and could only be opened by the magic of Twilight or Sunset. After the ponies and Elias greeted the princess, they headed for the train station. The boy while he followed the ponies could not help but think about the incredible situation and at the same time absurd in which it was. Despite everything, he could not help smiling. He had met some people, or rather pony, exceptional. He had helped to save a world from the ferocity of a psychopathic tyrant and had known that one day he could return to his companions. Beyond this there was one thing Elias was wondering and could not find an answer.

"What the hell is a train?"

Author's Note

Here we are at the tenth chapter. is a little short I admit, but despite everything I'm happy with how it came out. I hope to read as soon as you readers think about my story. See you at the next chapter. See you soon!

Chapter 11: Presentations Time!

"Wow!" it was the only thing Elias managed to say when he was in front of the train, his astonishment grew even more when he entered the vehicle and together with the ponies began his journey to go to Ponyville. He had never seen such a large means of transport that he could transport so many people, or rather pony, at once. In fact, the young cadet for at least ten minutes had remained to observe the landscape through the window. The view was fantastic, but above all the thing that made it magnificent was the absence of gigantic walls. Unfortunately in his world due to the Titans the horizon was obstructed by the mighty walls that protected humanity from their threat. Despite the initial confusion for the cadet's enthusiasm, the ponies could not help but understand his wonder. The boy was in a different world from his own so it was natural that he was amazed at things that for the ponies was simple everyday life.

"Hey, Gaia calls Elias, are you there?" Called Rainbow Dash.

"Hmm? Oh sorry, I was admiring the view, where I come from, such a means of transport had never been seen, the view is spectacular." Elias said enchanted by all he was seeing.

"In your world there are no similar views?" Applejack asked.

"Theoretically yes, but ... With the Titans who invaded our lands and the walls that obstruct the view of the landscape, unfortunately there is not much to admire." Elias said with a note of sadness in his voice.

"It must be horrible." Fluttershy said saddened by the horrible situation in which the world of his human friend was located.

"Yeah ... but I do not have to break down!" One day humanity will return to its former glory! "And then, me and Eren made a promise." Elias said with the determination that grew in his voice.

"What promise have you made?" Pinkie asked curiously.

"We promised that together we would fight the Titans, that together we would win the war against them and that we would realize our dream: explore the outside world together! So I can not give up, even if the situation seems desperate. If we do not try to reacting to the situation will never change, so I decided to join the Scouts, I want to contribute to the freedom of humanity from the tyranny of the Titans. " Elias said charged with determination. The ponies could not help but admire the determination and courage that this boy had. Although the enemy was much stronger and more dangerous, he had no intention of withdrawing from the terrible battle that awaited him.

"I hope you can realize your dream Elias." Sunset said with admiration towards the cadet.

"Thanks Sunset." Elias replied smiling at the orange unicorn.

"Listen Elias, could you tell us something about yourself and your world? It's true that you've already mentioned something to the castle, but could you tell us something more?" Asked Twilight.

"Of course, but on one condition."

"And it would be?"

"Since I am a "guest" of this world, I would like you to tell me who you are exactly, except for the fact that you are heroines, I know very little about you."

"We are not heroines, Elias." Said Sunset with cheeks that turned red with embarrassment.

"No? You are holders of magical artifacts that only a select few can use, you have defeated in the past this Nightmare Moon who wanted to bring the eternal night on Equestria, even if I confess I'm still not clear the dynamic but I must deduce that it was a very serious. You have defeated a power-hungry psychopath by putting your lives at stake to protect Equestria and its inhabitants. If this does not make you heroines, I do not know what to say. "Elias said as he listed the heroic deeds with his fingers.

"Well, if we are heroines, we can say that you too are a hero Elias." Sunset said.

"Me? Why?" Elias asked, confused by the affirmation of the unicorn.

"Because you decided to dedicate your life to protecting the innocent by fighting the Titans who are threatening humanity, and although they are bigger and stronger than you, you have decided to fight them anyway, and when we were in trouble you did not hesitate not even a second to stand with us and fight Scarlett, and then you together with mine, in fact, our friends gave me confidence when I needed it, so if Equestria is saved today it is also your merit, thanks Elias. " Sunset said as she smiled sweetly at Elias. The young cadet could not blush at the words of the orange unicorn, but above all he could not blush in front of her smile.

"It was a pleasure to help you, and it's not like I did much to restore your confidence, it was the others who said and did it all."

"Do not say that, Elly, it's true, we anticipated you, but we knew you would tell Sunset that being the princess's personal student meant she was a magician with exceptional gifts and we had let her come with us despite not she had an Element of Harmony could only say that we believed in her and that in one way or another it would help us win, which actually happened because our Sunny not only helped us win, but she also reborn the Seventh Element of Harmony that had been lost ... Wait a minute! This means that besides organizing three parties for Elly, I have to organize a party for Sunny! So now in the list now I have to add the party "Congratulation Sunset for awakening the Lost Element of Harmony "!

"Pinkie ... how do you know that this was what I wanted to say to Sunset?" Elias asked in shock.

"Just a hunch." Simply answered the pink pony.

"Just a hunch? it seems more than you read my mind."

"Nah, I can not do that, at least not yet, we have to wait a long while before."

"What?" Elias asked even more confused than before.

"Whoops, spoiler." Pinkie said, putting her hooves in front of her mouth.

"I advise you to forget about Elias, it's just like that, sometimes even we who are her best friends can not quite understand it," said Twilight. "Anyway, coming back to us, we'll tell you a little bit more about us."

And so for the following minutes, Elias listened to the seven ponies telling him who they were and especially in what world it was. The young cadet learned that he was on the planet Gaia, a place where they lived many different types of creatures: Pony, Dragons, Minotaurs, Zebras and many other creatures that seemed to come out of mythology books. He found that he was, to be precise, in the kingdom of Equestria, a place inhabited mostly by ponies. But not just pony, but even three types of ponies:
Unicorns, who were able to cast spells using their horn as a catalyst.
Pegasi, who were able to fly and command the weather.
And finally the Earth Pony, physically stronger than the other types of ponies, they are able to carry out the heaviest tasks without problems and are those more in contact with nature.
He also learned that the kingdom was governed by a diarch with the two alicorns in power, ponies that contain all the characteristics of the three pony tribes, Princess Celestia, ruler of the day, and Princess Luna, sovereign of the night. Elias was amazed to know that the two princesses were able to raise and set the sun and the moon, and the ponies were equally astonished to know that on Earth there were no entities that governed the celestial bodies.

Elias finally managed to understand what were those brands that were on the sides of the ponies. She learned that they were called Cutie Marks, and according to the ponies, they are magic marks that appear when the pony discovers her special talent. Elias explained to the ponies that humans did not own the Cutie Marks, which made the ponies amaze at this statement. Sunset and Twilight hypothesized that the humans did not appear Cutie Mark because of the lack of magic in the world of Elias and that even if a human discovered his specialty, he did not have the brand like the ponies.
The young cadet was also told about the story about Nightmare Moon, about how the ponies faced the evil entity that had taken over the princess of the night taking advantage of the growing jealousy of her older sister and how they managed to purify Princess Luna with the elements of 'Harmony. After telling a little about Equestria to the young Elias, the ponies began to talk about them and the soldier was fascinated by everything he was listening to.

Twilight and Sunset were two fifteen year old unicorns who possessed an innate talent for magic, and their abilities were so amazing that they caught Princess Celestia's attention in person. The monarch, seeing the abilities of the two little magicians out of the ordinary, decided to take them under his wing. Their Cutie Mark, respectively a star and a sun, represented their ability in the magical arts. Elias said that Celestia had seen right with them, especially after seeing what Sunset was able to do against Scarlett. The two students of the sun monarch thanked him, and Sunset could not help blushing at the soldier's comment.

Rarity was a unicorn of seventeen, but unlike the two friends and students of Celestia, she did not have great skills in the field of magical arts, but she was an exceptional fashion designer. In fact, he dreamed of becoming a successful fashion designer known throughout Equestria. Her Cutie Mark are three sparkling diamonds that represent her innate ability to find hidden gems and gemstones with her magic, which she then used to adorn her clothes. The cadet also learned that ponies in this world used them for more important events or for work reasons. While the ponies discovered that humans instead always wore their clothes both to protect them from the climate since they did not have the mantle, both to cover the most "intimate" areas of their body since they did not have natural elements to cover them. Rarity promised the human that as soon as possible he would take his measures to make clothes for him to give as a thank you for helping them in their time of need. Elias thanked the white unicorn from the heart and said he could not wait to see his work.

Rainbow Dash was a pegasus of sixteen, captain of the Ponyville meteorological team and an exceptional acrobat. She dreams of becoming a member of Wonderbolt, a team of famous professional acrobats throughout Equestria. Her Cutie Mark is a rainbow-colored lightning that represented her ability to generate a Sonic Rainboom, a particular phenomenon that manifested itself when the pegasus with her speed managed to break the sound barrier. Elias was amazed by the skill of the rainbow-colored pegasus, who made himself promise to show him the Sonic Rainboom someday.

Fluttershy, unlike Rainbow, was a sixteen-year-old pegasus who preferred to stick with her hooves on the ground rather than her head in the clouds. An animal lover, she lives in a small cottage that also serves as a sanctuary for all the creatures that need treatment. In fact, her Cutie Mark, three pink butterflies, represents her ability to understand and talk with animals. Elias said that only a good and kind heart like hers could have such a gift. The yellow pegasus thanked him heartily for the nice words.

Applejack was a sixteen-year-old Earth Pony with a strong sense of duty that together with her family ran a farm known as the "Sweet Apple Acres" famous mainly for the large apple fields on the farm, the pride of the Apple family. Her Cutie Mark, three apples, represents her ability in agricultural work, but above all in the cultivation of apples. The human stated that as soon as possible, he would try the apples of the Apple family with great pleasure, and Applejack proudly said he would not regret it.

Pinkie Pie was also a fifteen-year-old Earth Pony. Talented pastry chef who works at the "Sugarcube Corner" pastry shop and professional party organizer. Whether it's birthday, anniversary or anything else for the pink pony was worth celebrating. In fact, her Cutie Mark, three balloons, represented precisely her ability to create parties, small and large, able to bring smiles to anyone who participated. Elias said that he could not wait to attend one of her parties and taste one of her desserts, which brought a gigantic smile on the face of the pink pony. Elias could not help but think of a particularly gluttonous friend of hims who would not hesitate for such an opportunity.

When the ponies finished their presentations, it was Elias' turn to introduce themselves.

"Ok, so my name is Elias Schützen I'm fifteen and I come from the Earth: a planet that's similar to yours but with the difference that there is no magic there and the only sentient creatures are the Human Beings. I am a soldier, or rather, today I would officially become a soldier as it was the day of graduation and I would have to choose which military body to enter. "

"At Canterlot you mentioned these military bodies." "What are they?" He asked Twilight.

"They are the Military Police Regiment, Garrison Regiment and Scout Regiment." These three bodies were each created with specific roles, but all three share the same purpose: to fight the Titans. "

"What differentiates the three military bodies?" Sunset asked.

"But above all, what the heck are the Titans?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Let's start by saying that the Titans are humanoid creatures that reach from three to fifteen meters in height. Years ago they appeared out of nowhere and began to exterminate the humans without mercy, eating them. Luckily mankind managed to create three giant walls fifty meters high, so that he could protect himself from the threat of the Titans even if the price was freedom. The walls are called Wall Maria which is the outermost wall, Wall Rose the central one, and Wall Sina is the innermost one, but the most terrifying thing is that these monsters do not eat humans for hunger, but for the sheer pleasure of killing."

"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked, terrified by what she was hearing about the Titans.

"They do not have a digestive system." Elias answered.

"What?!" The pony shocked by the human answer exclaimed.

"What do you mean they do not have a digestive system?" Twilight asked shocked.

"It's not natural! How the hell do they feed?" Sunset asked.

"And this is not just the unnatural thing about these monsters."

"What other surprises do these beasts have?" Applejack asked.

"Besides the lack of a digestive system, they also lack a reproductive apparatus."

"What?!" The ponies again exclaimed.

"But then how do they reproduce?" Rarity asked.

"What kind of creatures are the Titans ?!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

"We do not know." "The only thing certain is that they only attack humans." Animals like dogs, cats, horses are completely ignored.This is where the three military bodies come into play: The Military Police Regiment is in charge of protecting the cities inside the Wall Sina and are under direct order of the King. In order to enter this body you must have graduated from the top ten of your class.The soldiers of this body are recognized with the image of a unicorn on their uniforms."

"What place were you in your class?" Sunset asked.

"Eleventh, but honestly I was not interested in coming in the top ten because I did not want to get into this military body."

"You wanted to enter the Scout Regiment, right?" Asked Twilight.

"Not immediately. Initially I wanted to get into the Garrison Regiment to follow my mother's footsteps. This body has the task of monitoring and reinforce the walls, and has the duty to protect the population in case of the Titans attack. The soldiers of Garrison are recognized with the effigy of the two red roses on the uniform, but after a while 'time I decided to enter the Scout Regiment, which has the task of exploring the territories outside the walls to try to discover the origin of the Titans and find a way to defeat them definitively. This Body on the uniform has the image of two wings that represent the hope of humanity in order to be free from the yoke of the Titans."

"Judging from what you told us, you chose to enter the most dangerous body." Said Sunset worried.

"Yes, because it is the body with the highest mortality rate." Elias said in a serious tone.

"And in spite of everything, do you still want to enter the Scout Regiment, why?"

"The promise."

"The promise? You mean that promise to your dear friend, Eren right?"

"Exactly. You see girls, as I told you before, I and Eren promised that together we would free humanity from the threat of the Titans, because we are tired of living like caged animals We are tired of living with the fear of being devoured by monsters without a brain and a heart that practically play with our lives, that's why I have to go back, that's why I decided to enter the Scout Regiment, because we are tired of surviving, we want to live and I will not rest until we win this war!" Elias said in a voice full of determination. "But as soon as we made our promise, the Titans attacked us and shortly after I finished here." The young soldier found himself thinking about the events that had occurred as soon as he reached Equestria and could not help but laugh.

"Why are you laughing, darling?" Rarity asked intrigued by the strange behavior of Elias.

"I was thinking that the way I became your friend is more or less like I became friends with Eren."

"You mean you found yourself fighting alongside Eren to defeat an evil being who wanted to conquer the world?" Pinkie asked.

"No. No evil being ready to conquer the world, but let's say that I found myself in a battle that was not mine, but that in spite of everything I could not help but intervene."

"Can you tell us what happened, please?" Begged Pinkie with two adorable eyes. The young cadet could not resist the look of the pink pony and decided to tell how he met Eren.

"Ok, ok, I'll tell you what happened, so it all started ..."

Author's Note

The eleventh chapter !!! Finally I managed to publish it! First of all I wanted to apologize if I took so long to publish it, but the work kept me busy, then the pc had problems with the display and I had to take it to repair. I hope you like the chapter. I recommend letting me know what you think about the chapter and the story with a comment. See you next time.

P.S: small spoiler of the next chapter: we will know the identity of the mother of Elias and I can anticipate that it is a canonical character of the saga of the Attack On Titans. Can you figure out who it is?

Chapter 12: Story Time!

Author's Note

little guide for reading this chapter:

When you find it written like this, it means that Elias is telling the story.

When you find it written like this, it means that the story is told in the third person in the flashback.

When you find it written this way, the story is returned to be told in the original way.

I always wait for your comments. Enjoy the reading.

Chapter 12: Story Time!

Four years before Trost's attack on Earth.

So ... I remember that the day I met Eren was the first sunny day after an endless week of rain. In fact, the streets were full of puddles, and many children who enjoyed jumping in there. I was coming home after ... visiting a friend when at some point I hear voices, and from the tones I felt it did not seem a friendly conversation. Intrigued, I went to see what was happening, and I found a group of four kids who were a few years older than me, who were bothering two other kids, and one of them was Eren. I remember that the "boss" of the group had a book in hand and was making fun of the owner of the aforementioned book that was a friend Eren.

"But are not you ashamed to read these suckling idiocies?" the bully chief said in a derisive tone.

"They are not idiocies! Give me back the book, it's a gift from my grandfather!" said the blond-haired boy who had stolen the book.

"Then your grandfather had to be a real idiot for giving you this useless trash." said one of the bullies.

"Do not you dare talk about Armin's grandfather in this way! He was an exceptional man and died bravely in the battle to reconquer the Wall Maria. " Enraged Eren said.

"Oh sorry, you're right, your grandfather was not an idiot ... he was a perfect fool!" said the same bully making his companions laugh."

I still remember how the blood rippled with rage to feel those clowns who were practically denigrating a man's sacrifice.
"Ok enough guys." The head of the bullies said after suppressing laughter. "It is time to teach these babies to keep their feet on the ground."

And after these words, that damned took the book and threw it away to one of the puddles that had formed after the week of rain. When I saw where the book was about to fall, I instinctively threw myself to retrieve it before it was ruined by the water. Fortunately I managed to prevent the book from being damaged, but I took a plunge into the puddle. Eren and his friend reached me soon after.

"Hey, is everything ok?" Asked Eren.

"Yes, thanks." Elias replied, soaking wet, and then turned to the other boy. "You are Armin, right?"

"Yes, it's me, but who are you?" The blond boy asked.

"I'm Elias, hold, I think this is yours." Elias replied by handing the book to Armin.

"Thank you so much Elias." Armin said relieved to see that his grandfather's gift was intact.

"You had incredible reflections Elias, by the way, I'm Eren." The boy said holding out his hand to Elias to help him get up.

"It's a pleasure to meet you guys." Elias said, accepting Eren's hand.

"But look, we have a little hero here, get out of the boxes if you do not want to hurt yourself, these are not your business!" The bully boss said in a threatening manner.

"You're right, it's none of my business, but after all the shit you shot out of your mouth, I can not sit back and you should be ashamed: four of you against two kids younger than you. Someone ought to kick your disgusting butts! "

"And let's hear, would you be the one who should kick us?"

"No. I'm the one that will make you spit out all the teeth in the mouth you have!"

And there the fight started. Eren and I against the four bullies. Normally I am a peaceful guy, who always tries to solve the situation with the dear and old diplomacy, but in that situation I was so furious that I did not even think for a second to use diplomacy with those four idiots. I remember that flew kicks, punches, insults and I think even some teeth to be honest. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Eren and I managed to launch decisive blows against our opponents. I can not explain why, but although I was practically blinded by the fury at that moment, I managed to coordinate perfectly with Eren, as if we had known each other for a lifetime. In fact, we managed to make a combined kick that put one of the bullies to the ground. But the numerical advantage in the long run made itself felt and we began to suffer several strokes. But even though we were losing, we kept fighting. The bullies threw us on the ground, we always got up. Armin, seeing that we were losing, tried to dissuade us from continuing, but we undeterred always threw ourselves into the fray. But suddenly something happened that completely reversed the situation in our favor. Eren's adoptive sister came to give us a hand.

"Mikasa, what are you doing here?" Eren asked, amazed by his sister's presence.

"Hannes sent me to look for you, saw that you were late and asked me to see what you were holding back." Mikasa replied after knocking down one of the three remaining bullies.

"You stupid brat, you'll pay for intruding!" Take the girl, you fool!" The bully chief said to the last henchman who remained.

And so the second round of the fight started. Eren and I against the bully boss, and Mikasa instead against the last henchman. Eren's sister was something exceptional: she seemed born for the fight, her every move, her every shot was always precise and she scored. In fact, the henchman could not even touch it once. Eren and I had gained the numerical advantage and managed to get the better of the boss. Remember when I first told you that with Eren I had a sync out of the ordinary? Practically thanks to this we succeeded in giving a lesson to that bully.

"So you learn to do the bully, asshole!" Eren said bruised.

"Next time, you'll think twice about being an asshole with us!" Elias said he too bruised.

After the fight, Eren thanked me for helping him and even got to know Mikasa, his adoptive sister. But a few moments later the bullies got up ready for a third round. Third round that never happened because at that moment two Garrison soldiers arrived who had been called to stop the fight. Bullies soon as they saw the soldiers took to their heels.

"Well done, run away! You do a lot of bullies, but in the end you're just a bunch of sheep!" Elias screamed at the fleeing mobs.

"Elias, explain to me what the heck are you doing, and why did I find you involved in a fight?" One of the soldiers who had arrived said.

My blood froze when I realized who was one of the two soldiers: It was my mother.

"So, young man, what do you have to say in your defense?" said the mother of Elias nervous.

"Come on Rico, do not be so harsh with the guy, I'm sure there's a very good reason why the boys got involved in the fight, why do not you explain what happened?" The other soldier asked.

And so we told everything about my mother and Hannes, the name of the other soldier who had arrived and who was the "foster father" of Eren, Mikasa and Armin. When we finished telling what had happened, my mother calmed down a little when she realized I had taken part in the fight to help a person in need, and said she was also proud. But he scolded me anyway, telling me that even if I was driven by noble intentions, I had to go and call the soldiers and not throw my head down as I had done before. In the end, when we said goodbye, I asked Eren if we could meet again before I went to the military academy and discovered that he too, Mikasa and Armin would enroll in the academy. From there we were born a great friendship between the four of us and we decided to go all together to enroll in the military academy.

Present on Gaia.

"And that's how my friendship with Eren came in. We came out battered and bruised, but the relationship between me and Eren was worth it." Elias said ending up telling his story.

"Even when you were little you had the stuff of the hero." Sunset said.

"I? S Hero? No. I simply could not ignore what was happening, that's all."

"Instead you have the stuff of hero Elias, and your mother was proud of you for helping those in need." Said Applejack.

"Those bullies were lucky they did not find themselves against me, otherwise I would have laid them in ten seconds flats." Rainbow Dash said.

"Although I do not approve of violent methods to solve problems, I can not help thinking that you did the right thing by giving a lesson to those cheap bullets." said Rarity.

"You are an Elias hero because you are so humble." Fluttershy said

"Thanks girls, I do not know what to say." Elias said embarrassed.

Shortly after the train began to whistle, signaling that they had arrived at their destination.

"Apparently we got to Ponyville ... Come on girls, we have a friend to show our beautiful little town to." Twilight said.

"Oh how beautiful! I can not wait to get you a full tour of Ponyville, Elias. You'll see you'll love it: there are so many ponies to make friends with, lots of smiles, lots of fun, lots of colors, but most of all FUN!!" Pinkie Pie said super euphoric.

"Ok, Ok, I understand Pinkie, now calm down a little, otherwise you'll get tired earlier than expected and you will not be able to show me anything." Elias said, laughing at the playful and somewhat childish behavior of the pink pony. But when the eight friends got out of the train they found a gruesome sight: The city was invaded by monstrous creatures. Many houses were destroyed, some were on fire and there was total panic among the population. At the sight of all this the only thing that came to mind to the eight friends was ...

"What the hell is happening ?!"

Chapter 13: A human, Seven ponies and Twenty monsters! Part 1

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Chapter 14: A Human, Seven ponies and Twenty monsters! Part 2

The battle in Ponyville between the monsters that had invaded the city and the eight friends was turning in favor of the latter: Pinkie Pie with her cannon had managed to eliminate one of the two quadruped beasts. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had killed two of the twelve winged beasts. Elias had instead eliminated four of the six bipedal creatures, but with the help of the pink pony, he had managed to kill the last two biped monsters and four winged monsters. Now the young soldier flanked by Pinkie Pie was heading quickly to the two students of Princess Celestia and the cowpony to help them defeat the last remaining quadruped beast. As soon as Elias and Pinkie reached Twilight, Sunset and Applejack, they immediately noticed that the two unicorns and the Earth Pony were surrounded by a red and purple protective magic sphere and that the quadruped was trying to penetrate the barrier through bites.

"Resist girls!" Elias shouted. The cadet without further delay immediately launched himself on the offensive, and activated his equipment of the three-dimensional movement by shooting the hooks towards the hideous beast. As soon as the hooks pierced the monster's flesh, Elias catapulted to the enemy thanks to the acceleration generated by the gas of his equipment, quickly arrived at the monster and to stick the blades on his back. The beast at the impact of the blades in his flesh, he stopped attacking the ponies and tried to shake off the cadet, struggling violently. The young soldier of the 104th cadet corps despite the ferocity with which the beast wanted to throw him away, kept his grip and slowly was approaching the head of the monster to be able to eliminated it permanently. But Elias, in approaching his goal had not realized that the quadruped had an ace up his sleeve.

"Elias, behind you!" The ponies screamed. A tail emerged from the back of the repulsive beast. But this was completely composed of bones and the shape resembled that of a scorpion. Thanks to the ponies Elias was able to notice in time the surprise attack and to divert the attack with one of his blades, but the undaunted beast continued to launch several shots with his tail. The young cadet found himself in great difficulty: with one hand he had to keep his grip on the beast, with the other he had to deviate and parry the attacks and all this he had to do while the beast tried to get it off his back. But the difficulties lasted very little for the young cadet, because the monster's tail was blocked by a lapse launched by Applejack, which with the help of Pinkie Pie, held the deadly weapon of the quadruped. At the same time Twilight and Sunset made their move, both of them creating magical laces with which the purple unicorn used them to grab the right hind leg and the right front leg, while the orange unicorn grabbed the left hind leg and the left front leg. Doing so, the ponies immobilized the hideous beast, and Elias took advantage of the opportunity given by the ponies to balance on the back of the monster, and stuck the blade into the monster's skull, ending his life.

"We ... we did it." Said panting Applejack.

"Yes, we did it, great girls, you were fantastic!" Elias exclaimed.

"Thanks Elias, you were exceptional too." Sunset said.

"Yippie! We have defeated the monster!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

"It's still early to celebrate guys, we still have to help Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow." Twilight said.

"Twilight is right." Elias said. "Our friends need our help, let's go!"

"Ok!" the ponies exclaimed. The five friends after killing the last four-legged beast began to head quickly to the three ponies that were busy fighting the last four winged beasts, which shortly after became three thanks to Rarity, who with a paralyzing spell had hit one of the creatures making it fall towards one of the burning houses, and so make it die charred.

"Nice shot, Rarity! You did a great job." Said Applejack.

"Oh Applejack, it was a simple self-defense spell, it was nothing exceptional." Rarity said, blushing at the farmer's words.

"That does not mean that what you did was not exceptional." You were very good. " Applejack said looking into the eyes of the beautiful white-coated pony with a smile.

"Thanks Applejack." Elias could not help but notice the "curious" interaction between Applejack and Rarity. That there was something special between the two ponies? Doubt was put into the background when he noticed one of the winged beasts he had brought behind Fluttershy and the scarlet flames were brewing in his jaws.

"Fluttershy, behind you!" Elias shouted. The timid pegasus hearing the scream of his friend turned quickly behind him and saw in time the monster who was about to shoot a fireball from his mouth. As soon as the beast launched its attack, Fluttershy, thanks to Elias' warning, managed to avoid the fiery attack, but now the flaming ball was approaching dangerously towards Rainbow Dash who was busy fighting one of the other winged beasts.

"Dashie, Careful!" Pinkie shouted to warn her friend of the imminent danger. But Rainbow not only managed to dodge the blow with mastery, but also made sure that the fireball hit the enemy she was facing.

"Oh Yeah, Here's what it means to stand against the most awesome pegasus in all of Equestria!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as the monster was consumed by the flames.

"Come on, there are only two girls left, we can do it!" He encouraged Elias, but Sunset noticed something strange in the last two creatures left.

"Elias, girls, look!" The orange unicorn said, indicating the two winged beasts.

"What are they doing?" He asked Twilight, seeing the two monsters that had begun to fly in a circle between them. It was as if they were performing a dance in the sky.

"Maybe they're doing a courtship dance between them?" Pinkie said.

"I seriously doubt that at any moment those monsters start doing courtship dances." Said Applejack.

"Why not? Love can bloom at any moment."

"As much as I can agree with you Pinkie that love can bloom at any moment, in this case I agree with the thought of Applejack, those two monsters are not wooing, in short, look at them! They are so ungainly in their movements Even Rainbow when she's drunk could be more graceful than they, and she's practically nothing about grace and composure. " Rarity said.

"Thank you ... Hey, look, I can be graceful every time I want, I just do not like it."

Elias, meanwhile, the ponies argued with each other, had remained to watch the two creatures, the more he watched them and the more a bad feeling grew inside him. And that feeling became certain when the beasts interrupted their "dance".

"Girls, beware! Whatever they are doing does not bode well!" Elias said warning the owners of the Harmony. Shortly after stopping their dance, the two monsters rushed toward each other at full speed. But instead of crashing, a strange light enveloped them. The eight friends had to cover their eyes so much that the light that had been generated by the beasts was dazzling. When Elias and the ponies opened their eyes at the end of the strange phenomenon, they were shocked by what they saw: the two beasts had merged, and had generated a winged creature that had to reach at least seven meters in height. The only thing that the eight heroes managed to say was ...

"What the hell ... ?!" but their thoughts were interrupted when the seven-meter beast uttered a mighty roar and swooped toward the heroes.

"Attention, monster coming in at twelve o'clock!" Rainbow Dash screamed.

"Twelve o'clock, but if it's ten o'clock in the morning!" Pinkie said, confused by the affirmation of the multi-chrome pony.

"It's a way of saying Pinkie. Careful!" the eight heroes managed to dodge the ferocious assault of the gigantic monster at the last moment. Elias took advantage of the fact that the monster was giving his back trying to grab him with the hooks of his equipment to be able to launch the attack, but the monster with one of his wings deflected the hooks making nothing the offensive of the cadet. Elias tried twice more, but the monster seemed to understand the intentions of the soldier in advance and for two times he avoided being taken. After having avoided Elias' second attempt to hook up, the beast shot a powerful tongue of fire out of its jaws to the soldier who was hit in full. But the timely intervention of Sunset Shimmer prevented to make Elias roasted meat protecting it with a magic sphere.

"Thanks Sunset" The soldier said to the orange unicorn. "Damn! I can not catch it with the equipment and the houses are too low and damaged to be able to use them efficiently."

"Maybe I can help you." Sunset said. "I think I know a suitable spell for the occassion." Princess Celestia's student, after loading the spell, placed her horn on Elias's equipment.

"What spell did you use?" Elias asked curiously.

"Wait, it's not finished yet." Sunset charged his horn again, but this time he cast the spell to the sky, and several light spheres began to spawn at various points and heights of Ponyville.

"I have enchanted your equipment so that it can hook onto the shining spheres I have created, so you can use them to give you the thrust necessary to engage in an airshift, and do not worry, except for the equipment hooks, the spheres are intangible so do not worry about banging us. "

"Sunset, you are great and brilliant! It is not hard to believe that Celestia has chosen you as her pupil." Elias said enthusiastically, making the orange unicorn blush. "Ok, now let's get rid of this monster once and for all." The soldier taking advantage of the spell of Sunset, began to twirl in the sky thanks to the equipment of the three-dimensional movement. The young cadet without delay, he launched towards the monster to launch the offensive, but the giant was faster than its smaller counterparts, so he managed to dodge the attack without too much trouble. But it was not only Elias who attacked, the monster also launched several attacks, but the young cadet, thanks to his training and the spell of Sunset managed to avoid the blows of the horrid beast. The ponies were enchanted by the skill of the soldier with the equipment of the three-dimensional movement.

"Wow, Elias is magnificent, even if 20% less than me, but it's still magnificent!" Rainbow Dash said stupefied.

"It almost seems like a second nature for him to fly in the sky like this." Fluttershy said, kidnapped by the soldier's skill.

"We see that our friend has trained hard to master this style." Said Applejack

"I bet if it was a pony, our Elias would be a fabulous pegasus." Rarity said while admiring her human friend.

"Nah, it would be an Earth Pony like me and Applejack." Pinkie said.

"Why an Earth Pony?" Twilight asked.

"Because the author said that by answering a CupidCupcake's question that asked him if Elias would become a pony in this story and he told him no, he would not have become a pony otherwise this story, which is a Human in Equestria, it would have lost its charm, but if Elias had become a pony it would have been an Earth Pony. " The other ponies at Pinkie's answer remained extremely confused.

"Pinkie ... but what ...?"

"FIRE BALL IN ARRIVAL !!" shouted the pink pony, pointing to the flaming sphere that was coming in their direction. But Twilight and Sunset quickly created a protective barrier that made her escape from the attack of the disgusting beast.

"Ok girls, let's stop wasting time, we have to help our friend get rid of that monster." Sunset said

"But how can we do?" Fluttershy asked

"In the same way we defeated Scarlett."

"But it will take a few minutes before we can launch the Ray of Harmony. Do you believe that Elias will be able to resist while we load the attack?" Twilight asked.

"I do not believe it, I'm sure." Sunset replied "Elias! Hold on for a few minutes, and our signal attracts the monster to us!"

"All right!" Elias answered. The young cadet had sensed the intentions of the ponies, and so the only thing to do was try not to get killed. The monster was trying in every way to kill the human, but without success. Elias, thanks to the training and the magic of the Elements managed to keep up the monster, in fact the young cadet took advantage of an opening that was created in the defense of the monster had managed to hit him in one eye. The monster in this affront became more angry and fierce than ever to begin to put Elias in trouble. But when the monster seemed to get the better of it, Sunset called the soldier, so the latter launched himself in the direction of the pony chased by the horrid winged beast. As Elias and the monster found themselves within the range of the keepers, the latter launched the powerful ray of Harmony towards them, but the soldier using one of the bright spheres created by Sunset, avoided the ray, but the winged beast did not he had the necessary readiness to dodge the pony's offensive and was hit in full. The monster was turned into stone by the Ray of Harmony and when it reached the ground it shattered into pieces. Elias and the ponies approached the remains of the monster to make sure it was actually dead while the magical aura that covered the heroes faded to disappear.

"We did it!" the eight heroes shouted at the monster's defeat.

"We were awesome!" Rainbow Dash screamed.

"I'm glad this nightmare is over." Fluttershy said.

"Now that the last monster is dead, we must go to help the citizens of Ponyville." Twilight said.

"Twilight is right, let's split up and try to help those in need." Elias said.

"Ok!" said the other ponies. So the group split up to be able to help the citizens who had suffered the attack of the beasts.

Author's Note

here is the final part of the battle of Ponyville. I hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think in the comments and let me know if you liked the monsters I created for this battle. See you at the next chapter.

P.S: In this chapter I wanted to pay a small tribute to CupidCupcake to thank her for the support she is giving me for this story.

Chapter 15: The Aftermath of Ponyville's Battle

After killing all the beasts that had tried to invade Ponyville, the eight friends had split up to offer relief to the citizens.
Rainbow Dash with the help of the meteorological team was working to extinguish the fires caused by winged beasts bringing rain clouds on the areas and homes affected by the flames.
Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie had joined the hospital doctors and nurses to provide first aid to the injured.
Elias, Sunset and Twilight were busy searching for missing and wounded in the ruins of the destroyed buildings.
Rarity and Applejack instead took care of bringing the injured to the hospital.
Fortunately there were no casualties during the attack, but several houses had been destroyed and several injured, even if they were not in danger of life, were serious. It took a couple of hours, but eventually the eight friends managed to calm the flames and bring the injured to the hospital. The citizens were grateful for the heroes who had saved them, and to thank them they had decided to have a party in their honor that evening.

"They were really kind to organize a party for us tonight." Fluttershy said.

"Yeah. If I have to be honest, I was convinced that when they saw me, the citizens would have been afraid, but instead they welcomed me with practically open arms. " Elias said as he thought of the warm welcome of the Ponyville ponies.

"Obviously they would have given you a warm welcome! You are a hero, Elly! You saved Ponyville from the attack of twenty monsters that appeared out of nowhere!" Pinkie said.

"We, Pinkie, we saved Ponyville from monsters, right girls, girls?" Elias when he turned he saw that Twilight, Sunset, Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash seemed distracted, as if they were looking for someone.
"Girls, is everything ok?" asked the cadet worried about the ponies.

"We can not find our little sisters." Applejack said worried.

"And we can not even find Spike." Twilight said sharing the same feeling of Applejack.

"What if they were taken by those horrid creatures ?! For Celestia, please tell me they're fine!" Rarity said on the verge of tears.

"Girls calm down! Not necessarily the fact that they are not found have to be a bad thing." Elias said trying to calm the ponies.

"How is it a good thing that Spike and our sisters the are not found?!" Rainbow Dash asked furiously.

"For the simple fact that during the attack, they could find a place to hide in. They will probably still be hidden somewhere." Elias replied, keeping calm. "In fact I would propose to start looking in the places that they frequent the most, a few suggestions?"

"Well ... there's the Golden Oaks bookstore where I , Twilight and Spike live, then there's the Sugarcube Corner, the Sweet Apple Acres where Applejack lives and all his family, and then there's the Carousel Boutique where Rarity lives and finally, the Clubhouse where the little ones meet most of the time. " Sunset replied.

"Ok, so I would suggest starting from the nearest place, what would it be ...?"

"The Golden Oaks bookshop!" They answered in unison Sunset and Twilight.

"Okay, so let's start the research from there. Let's go girls, show the way." Elias and the seven ponies quickly headed for the bookshelf hoping to find Spike and the missing sisters. When they reached their destination, he was amazed to see that the library where they lived Sunset and Twilight was a giant tree. But the detail that had attracted the cadet most was that, beyond the broken door, the bookstore and the houses around it had not been damaged. But when they entered, they found the library in a state of absolute chaos. The various furniture was reversed and all the books scattered around the room.

"Looks like a tornado has gone in here." Elias said

"Come on girls, let's start the research." Twilight said, beginning to wander around the library hoping to find Spike and her friends' sisters. The cadet and the seven ponies began their search by examining all the rooms and calling out the four missing children. At one point during the research, the eight friends heard a voice.

"Twilight? Is that you?"

"Spike? Spike is that you? Where are you? Are you okay?"

"It's me, and we're fine but we're stuck in the closet."

"Are we? Who is with you?"

"There are the Cutie Mark Crusaders here with me."

"Cutie Mark Crusaders?" Elias asked curiously.

"Our sisters!" They told Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity happy to hear that their sisters were safe.

"But we can not get out, the door is locked." Spike said as he tried to open the locked door.

"Get away from the door, now I'll let you out." Elias said approaching the door.

"Who are you?" Spike asked, hearing Elias's voice for the first time.

"It's a friend Spike, do as he tells you." Sunset said reassuring Spike.

"All right, girls, let's get away from the door." As Spike and the CMC moved away, Elias approached the door and saw several cut marks on the surface and noticed that it was also damaged as if someone or something had tried to enter, but only getting the result of blocking it. In fact, the young soldier tried to open it with the handle, but the door remained closed.

"As I imagined." Elias said to himself. "You have turned away from the door?" When asked what he did, the cadet received a positive response from the four voices on the other side of the room. Then Elias having the certainty that no one was behind the door, charged a powerful kick towards it, made her break off the walls and with another kick made her fall. After the door was knocked down, Elias stepped aside to allow Spike and the CMCs to get out. When the latter came out of the closet were greeted with a hug breaks bones from their sisters.

"Spike, thanks to Celestia, you're fine." Twilight said happy to see her "brother" safe and sound.

"We were worried that something had happened to you little guy." Said Sunset also glad to see Spike unscathed.

"I'm glad to see that you're fine girls too." Said the small purple dragon embracing his "big sisters".

"Oh Sweetie Belle, I was so worried! I was afraid that those hideous creatures had hurt you!" Rarity said in tears as she hugged her little sister tightly.

"We're fine with Rarity, and it's thanks to Spike that nothing happened to us." Said the little unicorn with a white mantle and a pink and purple mane.

"Spike?" Applejack asked.

"Yes, one of those monsters with knives was chasing us and was about to pick us up, but Spike spat a small flame on the face and made us buy time to escape." The little Earth Pony answered with a yellow cloak and a red mane. "

"Did Spike really do this, Applebloom?"

"And not just this!" Said the little pegasus with the orange mantle and the purple mane.

"What else did Spike, Scootaloo?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"After Spike distracted the monster, the four of us rushed to the bookstore to hide, but the monster chased us in. We thought we were being knocked out, but Spike put a bucket on the head of the monster and hit it repeatedly with a pan in order to stun him. Soon after we closed the closet, though the monster tried to enter but Spike was able to stop him. Then at some point the monster has not attempted more enter, as if it were gone. but when we tried to go out, the door was locked."

"Our little Spike is a great hero!" Pinkie said, hugging the little dragon.

"Oh come on, I did not do much." Spike said, blushing at the words of the pink pony.

"But you've done a lot. You risked your life to be able to buy time in order to allow your friends to save themself. This where I come from, it is a gesture that only the heroes do." Elias said to the young dragon.

"Thank you ... um ..."

"Oh right, you're right I did not introduce myself: My name is Elias Schützen, and if you're asking, I'm a human."

"Pleasure Elias, I'm Spike, I'm the number one assistant for Twilight and Sunset."

"I'm Applebloom, Applejack's sister."

"I'm Sweetie Belle. Rarity's sister."

"I'm Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash's sister."

"And the three of us are ... THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS !!!" the three little pony screamed in unison.

After having made the necessary presentations, both the eight friends and Spike and the CMC, they told each other what happened in the time frame in which they were separated. After finishing their stories, everyone decided to help Sunset, Twilight and Spike set up the bookshelf. Thanks to teamwork and the collaboration of everyone, the library was back as new, except for the front door and the closet that had to be replaced.

"Thank you very much, I do not know how long it would take me, Sunset and Spike if we had to fix all this mess alone." Twilight said thanking everyone for the help.

"It was a pleasure Twilight." Elias said.

"You do not need to thank us, we are friends and friends always help each other in time of need." Fluttershy said.

"Hey Twilight, Sunset, I took inventory of books in the bookstore and apparently one is missing." Spike said with a list in his hand.

"What book is missing?" Sunset asked.

"Tales and Stories, volume one of ScaleShell the Bald."

"If I have to be honest, it's not a serious loss." Rarity said in a disgusted tone at the thought of the book mentioned by Spike.

"Why, what book is it?" Elias asked curiously.

"It's a storybook for young audiences, but the stories inside are badly written and all have a negative and depressing ending." Sunset replied.

"In fact, no one has ever taken this book, and in fact has not been very successful, even if the author has written at least two or three more." I honestly do not remember. " Twilight said.

"..."

"Girls do not know about you, but I got hungry. Why do not we eat something?" Pinkie asked, rubbing her stomach.

"Pinkie's right! It's pretty much since this morning that we're not putting anything under our teeth." Rainbow Dash said.

"Ok girls, let's go out and eat something." In the meantime, I write a letter to Princess Celestia to explain what happened. " Twilight said.

That said, the ponies and the little dragon came out of the library to reach some place where they could go and eat something. But Elias remained behind, lost in thought. Sunset noticing the strange behavior of the cadet approached him to know if it was all right.

"Hey Elias, are you okay?" Asked the unicorn worried about the soldier.

"Mh ... Oh, I'm fine, it's just ..."

"It's just what?"

"It's just that I have a bad feeling Sunset."

"What do you mean?" The pupil of Celestia asked, confused by the words of Elias.

"You see, there's one thing I noticed when we came to the bookstore, i noticed that this area of the city was almost untouched by monsters. True, the inside of the bookstore looked like a hurricane had passed, but in the middle to the confusion, only one book disappeared from the building. "

"Why so many worries for a book that nobody likes?"

"In other circumstances I would not give so much weight to this thing, but ..."

"But…"

"But I can not get rid of the head that the invasion of monsters is not a random thing."

"And what makes you believe it?" Sunset said amazed by the statement of Elias.

"See, after we defeated Scarlett, the strange portal that sucked it appeared, and soon there are monsters appearing in Ponyville, which seems too strange to me to be a coincidence." The cadet answered to the events that happened during the day.

"So you think Scarlett is responsible for all this?"

"Unfortunately, my are only conjecture, but based on everything that happened today, I strongly suspect that she is somehow linked to the invasion of Ponyville, and searching for something in the library, and that something was the fairy tales book. "

"Let us assume for the moment that your conjectures are correct, Why would Scarlett want to take such an insignificant book? I mean, why be interested in a book of fairy tales virtually unknown?"

"I have no idea, I know it may seem crazy what I'm saying, but I can not get rid of this bad feeling and get rid of the head that this invasion was programmed and that the book plays an important role in all of this."

"So now what do we do?"

"I would say at the moment to keep the guard high, and maybe to do some research regarding this book and its author. I hope to be wrong, but something tells me that the troubles are not over yet."

In a cave in an unknown point of Equestria

"Well, well, well, I finally found what I was looking for, even if because of that stupid beast I risked losing it. But now let's not waste time, it's time to reveal your secrets my dear "ScaleShell the Bald"."

A terrible laugh echoed throughout the cave.

Author's Note

Chapter 15! Hooray! The battle is over, but can one say the same for trouble? We will find out in the next chapters. I recommend, let me know your opinions in the comments!

Chapter 16: Family Reunion!

The eight friends finally decided, under the advice of Applejack, to head to Sweet Apple Acres, so as to accommodate everyone and at the same time make sure that the family of the Earth Pony were fine. On the way to the farm, Elias exposed the doubts he had already told Sunset to the whole group based on the events that had happened during the day. Initially, the ponies were a little skeptical about it, but after the soldier pointed out the details of the area untouched by the monsters, the sense of doubt began to creep into the whole group and they decided by mutual consent that they would do some depth research as soon as possible. As soon as they arrived at their destination, Applejack and Applebloom began calling their family members in hopes of finding them safe and sound. Elias meanwhile began to observe the surroundings and in addition to admire the beauty of the landscape that offered the farm, the cadet noticed that the place had remained untouched by the fury of the beasts. The soldier found that the farm was probably not overrun because it was outside the town and so the monsters had not focused their fury on the house of the Detentee of Honesty. Luckily at the call of the Apple sisters, there was an immediate response and two ponies came out of the farm: A big red-clad Earth Pony and another very old Earth pony with a lemon-green mantle.

"Big Mac! Granny Smith!" The Apple sisters screamed as they ran from their family members.

"Applejack? Applebloom? What's up, what's all this excitement?" The old pony asked.

"Oh grandma, we thought those monsters had hurt you and Big Mac." The youngest of the Apple said as she hugged her grandmother.

"Monsters? What monsters?" The mighty red pony asked.

"See brother, Ponyville had been invaded by a group of monsters that were causing people to panic, but fortunately we managed to eradicate the attack thanks to the help of our new friend." Said Applejack.

"New friend?" The grandmother of Applejack asked, turning his gaze to the human.

"Nice to meet you ma'am, my name is Elias Schützen and if you're wondering, I'm human." The cadet said in a polite tone.

"Do not call me ma'am, young man. I'm not an old decrepit. Call me Granny." The old Earth Pony said. "But now I want you to tell me what happened, but in front of a nice lunch, you can see from your faces that you have faced a really grueling morning." And so the eight friends, Spike and the CMCs at the invitation of Granny Smith, settled into the house to finally be able to rest from the grueling events of the morning. While the old pony, Big Mac and the little ones in the gang were in the kitchen to prepare lunch, the cadet and the owners of the Elements of Harmony were in the dining room preparing the table. But during the preparations at Elias a detail came to the eye.

"Hey Applejack." Called Elias.

"Tell me Elias." Applejack replied without turning around as he finished the table.

"I noticed that we are preparing the table for fourteen people, but your parents do not eat with us?" When the young soldier asked the question, the faces of everyone present frowned, especially that of the cowpony.

"Applejack?" Called Elias worried about the sudden change of mood of his friends.

"My ... parents do not eat with us because they are ... gone." Applejack said covering her eyes with her hat.

"Gone? What do you ... oh ... "The soldier immediately understood the reason for the sudden change of mood. "I'm sorry, Applejack, I did not want to be insensitive!" Elias said in a sorry tone.

"Do not worry Elias, you did not know, yours was a legitimate question." Applejack said with tears in her eyes.

"Anyway, I had to be more sensitive, since I lost my parents too." Elias said, too, with tears in his eyes at the memory of his parents.

"You too…?"

"Yeah... you see, five years ago i lived in Shiganshina, a district that was inside the outer wall, the Wall Maria. It was a day like many others, me, mom and dad went out for a walk because It was a beautiful sunny day, I remember we had so much fun and we were coming home when at some point the sky darkened. We initially thought it was going to rain, and instead... "Elias's face was a mask of tears .

"And instead?" Applejack asked. Everyone was now listening to the story of the young cadet and in the hearts of those present there was a great sadness in seeing Elias with his face streaked with tears.

"And instead it was the Colossal Titan, and without even having the time to realize that there was a Titan that would exceed the walls in height, he kicked such a powerful kick that created a huge chasm in the Wall Maria. I remember the screams, the fear, the destruction , the death. My father died crushed by a giant boulder thrown by the Colossal Titan when he kicked the walls. My mother and I tried to escape, and we had almost succeeded, but when we were about to get to the port to take the ship that would brought us safely to the Wall Rose, a Titan appeared before us." The ponies jumped when Elias arrived at this point in the story, because they had already guessed unfortunately, how it would end.

"After five years I still remember the look of that monster: Eyes amber, anorexic, long arms and an ash-colored goatee.That abominable being fortunately had not seen us yet because my mother and I had hidden, but it was a matter of time before he found us. "Mom knew we would not survive both, so just to save me, she ... she ... "

"She decided to sacrifice herself ... is not it?" Sunset said with her eyes wet with tears.

"Yes ... she decided to act as bait to distract the Titan and give me time to escape, I strongly opposed her decision but she said that if she did not we would both have died." She kissed my forehead and told me that she loved me and went out of hiding to get the monster's attention.The monster saw it and started to follow it. I started running towards the harbor and when I turned back, I saw that the Titan had grabbed my mother and she in spite of everything, she shouted to run to the harbor and not look back. That was the last time I saw her. " When Elias finished his story, his face was a mask of tears and in a moment was enveloped by the embrace of all his friends who had a heart full of sadness for their human friend.

"Elias, we're so sorry for what happened to you." Sunset said with her face streaked with tears.

"What happened to your parents is horrible, know that for everything, you can count on all of us." Applejack said with swollen eyes for the tears caused by the tragedy told by the cadet.

"Thanks girls, and Applejack, know that for anything, you can count on me too, ok?" Elias said encouraged by the knowledge that he had some wonderful friends he could count on.

"I know thanks." The eight friends were still holding each other for a minute before detaching.

"Sorry girls, we had to have a quiet lunch to rest and instead I made you depress." The cadet said.

"Do not worry Elias, you do not have to apologize for anything." Twilight said, handing a smile to the soldier.

"Thanks again girls."

"But forgive my question, but there is something I can not understand."

"What Twilight?"

"In the train you told us about how you met Eren four years ago."

"Yes, and so?"

"In the story you told us that at some point your mother came because she was called to suppress the fight, how could she be if she disappeared five years ago?"

"Simple: she was not there." The woman who came four years ago to suppress the fight was my foster mother. "

"Your foster mother?" Exclaimed the surprises pony.

"So you mean you've been adopted?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Exactly, from Rico Brzenska, one of the best soldiers the body of Garrison can have." Elias said proudly.

"How did it happen? If you want to tell it." Fluttershy asked quietly.

"Of course I want to tell Fluttershy, at least that's a happy story."

"Yippie, it's time for a story!" Pinkie exclaimed, jumping joyfully across the dining room.

"But first we finish preparing the table ... After facing a psychopath, an army of monsters and having vented to tears, the next story I want to tell with a lunch in front of me." and so the eight friends finished preparing the table to eat. As soon as they finished the last things, Elias and the ponies took their seats and the cadet began to tell how he became the son of Rico Brzenska.

Chapter 17: How I Met My Mother! Part 1

Author's Note

First of all, I would like to apologize for taking all this time to publish a new chapter. In these last months I have very little time for history because of work. I hope I can publish the next chapter as soon as possible. Now I leave you to read, I recommend let me know if you like the story with a comment. One last thing:

when the writing is this way it means that Elias is telling the past events.

When the writing is this way it means that the narration is in the present.

enjoy the reading!

Chapter 17: How I Met My Mother! Part 1

So girls, everything happened about a year after the fall of the Wall Maria. I remember I was walking around. When at a certain point I hear voices, or rather a voice, not far from where I was. Intrigued I approached to see who it was, since the owner of the voice seemed quite irritated.

"In the end you understood who the mysterious voice was?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Yes ... of Father Nick." Elias replied, darkening in the face.

"Father Nick, who is Father Nick?" Twilight asked, noting, along with all the others, that Elias's mood had changed.

"is the most important figure of the Cult of the Walls."

"The Cult of the Walls?" They asked all those confused.

"It is a sort of religious movement where the walls are venerated as a kind of divine gift, in fact the names Maria, Rose and Sina would be the three deities who created the walls." Elias said, turning his gaze to his listeners who were seated around the table.

"But had not the humans created the walls?" Applejack asked, remembering the words of the cadet when they met.

"Indeed!" Elias answered. "But when people are afraid, they tend to believe everything, even bullshit of this kind, and this is how the cult of the walls has achieved such a high social power." hate and contempt accompanied the young cadet's words as he provided the young ponies with information on the Cult of the Walls.

"I feel a bit of hatred towards the Cult of the Walls, or am I wrong Elias?" Asked the pegasus with its polychrome crown, noting the hostility in the words of the soldier.

"You do not have the slightest idea, Dash, and now I'll explain another reason why I can not stand these parasites." And so Elias resumed talking.

When I approached enough I saw that it was Father Nick who was shouting at a Garrison soldier. This soldier was a minute of physique, she had glasses and platinum hair. And unfortunately a lecture was being sung at the simple fact that the soldiers had "profaned" the walls by putting the cannons on them and that they dared to set foot on a gift made by the deities. Already at that time I hated the cult of the walls and the fact that Father Nick was at the time criticizing a soldier for free did nothing but increase my hatred of him. So I decided it was time to show everyone who the Cult of the Walls really were, at least as I see them.

"And how do you see them? If you want to say it." Fluttershy asked timidly, hiding hier face behind her long pink hair.

"Well, my dear Fluttershy, I have always seen them as walking parasites of shit." The soldier answered with all the hatred he felt toward the Ministry.

"Elias! I understand your hatred of these individuals, but you do not need to be so scurrilous." Rarity said annoyed by the vulgar language of the cadet.

"Forgive me Rarity, but when it comes to the Cult of the Walls, good manners literally make a flight out of the window."

"So what did you do?" Sunset asked, curious to know what Elias did to Father Nick.

Elias leaned his elbows on the table, rested his chin on his fists and with a slightly malicious smile said:

"I can tell you that at that moment I had a slingshot with me and a few feet of me there was a fresh horse excrement."

"A slingshot and an excrement?" Twilight asked, rubbing her chin trying to understand what his human friend had done. Then she had the lighting. "Wait! You do not mean that ...?

"No, please, tell me you did not!" Rarity said, carrying a clog in front of her mouth, disgusted by the gesture the cadet had made clear.

"Please, tell me you did it!" Said Rainbow Dash repeatedly slamming her hooves on the table excited unlike Rarity.

"I took the sling, loaded the bullet, took aim and ..." Elias said while mimicking the gestures he did.

"And ... Courage do not keep us on thorns!" Exclaimed the polychrome pegasus impatient to know what happened next.

"I did not shoot." Elias said, surprising those present.

"What!?" They all exclaimed.

"But you did not say that you hated the Cult of the Walls, why did you hold back?" Pinkie Pie asked, confused by the sudden change of Elias's idea.

"You're right Pinkie, I feel a visceral hatred of the Cult, in fact I was about to shoot, but I stopped, and I stopped because at one point the soldier replied to Father Nick and what she said struck me so much that made me desist from hitting my target, and even today I remember these words as if they were said yesterday. " Elias said with a smile on his face as he recalled the words that made him esteem for the military body, but above all towards that soldier who had answered boldly to Father Nick.

"What did the soldier say?" Applejack wondered, intrigued by the words that had so impressed the cadet.

"She said:"

"You church dogs keep barking and growling at us soldiers calling us sinners for profaning the sacredness of the walls. We have not defiled the walls, we have strengthened them. Reinforced to protect humanity from the plague of the titans that afflicts it for years, and to help all those who are giving away their lives in the hope of regaining long-lost freedom. If we soldiers are sinners because we seek and fight, then I will be the first to be proud of being a sinner."

"Those words struck me so deeply in my soul that deep respect and admiration for the soldier who had faced Father Nick was born in me. I renounced to strike the priest, at least until ... "

"Until?" Asked Pinkie Pie.

"Until Father Nick said,"

"You are a fool! It is because of people like you that humanity can never receive divine salvation. Everyone like you deserve the sad epilogue that comes to you, deeming you superior to the deities who have blessed us with the walls. May your souls burn in hell while you are being massacred by the titans!"

The ponies were shocked and altered by these words.

"What a wretch!" Rarity said disgusted by what Father Nick had said.

"How dare he ?!" Sunset exclaimed violently, slamming her hooves on the table. "Should he be grateful to the soldiers who risk their lives to protect humanity and instead he wishes them death? What kind of monster is Father Nick?"

"The worst kind: Coward, cruel and selfish." Elias replied seriously as he turned his gaze to the fired pony. "When he said those cruelties, I became literally red with rage, and without thinking twice I shot him with that excrement straight in his face!"

"Ah, he deserve it!" So he learns to say all those stupid things, I would have liked to see his face when you hit him. " Rainbow Dash said, laughing at the idea of Father Nick with his face covered with excrement.

"As much as I can agree that Father Nick deserves a lesson to be an insensitive peasant, I just can not approve of the gesture you have made Elias, to take some droppings with hooves, bleah! Rarity said, shuddering with disgust and retching at the young cadet's gesture.

"If you can comfort Rarity, I took the excrement with a cloth so luckily I did not get my hands dirty." Elias said showing his hands to the white-coated pony. "As for his face Rainbow, let's just say it was priceless." the cadet laughed at the memory of Father Nick's reaction.

"I guess Father Nick did not take this affront very well, right Elias?" Asked Twilight.

"Not at all, in fact, his reaction was a mixture of shock, disgust and rage, and when he realized that it was I who threw the excrement, his shouts overwhelmed the laughter of the people who had witnessed the scene at that moment.

"How dare you hooligan !? How did you dare to hit a high official of the Cult of the Walls ?! Do you have any idea who I am !? I am Father Nick! I am the one who spreads the word and the will of our divinities! I Am..." but he never finished the speech because a second shot of horse excrement made another center on his face.

"An incredible shitty parasit! That's what you're asshole! I just made sure you could get all the shit that you spit from that sewer that you find yourself like a mouth!" I told him with all the rage I had in my body.

"Damned delinquent! Come here to teach you to bring respect to the Cult of the Walls!" Having said this, Father Nick began to follow me, but I was definitely faster than that idiot and I used this to my advantage. I moved away enough to prepare a small trap. It was not anything special, just a small string that at the right time I would have pulled, Nick would have tripped and would have made the figure of the idiot. When he arrived at the designated point I made the trap and the priest ended up with his face inside a dog's excrement, which I honestly had not noticed until the idiot ended up in it.

"Ahahaha! You deserve it parasite! That's your place, inside the shit like you!" And I started running away taking advantage of Father Nick recovering from the fall. I remember that I ran for a long time to get rid of my tracks. When I stopped, I checked if anyone had followed me. When I turned around I saw that nobody was following me, so I reassured myself. But when I turned around I saw someone had joined me. It was the soldier who was catching the lecture from Father Nick, the soldier who began to feel a great respect for the answer she had given to that parasite and above all, the soldier who would one day become my mother.

Chapter 18: How I Met My Mother! Part 2

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Chapter 19: How I Met My Mother! Part 3

At the farm Apples Sweet Acres was back air of serenity: The young cadet Elias Schützen after a moment of fear created by the unknown fate of their loved ones on Earth, had found comfort and safety thanks to the support of her new friends. Elias could not help but smile as his eyes rested on those young pony that he had known only that morning, but for a reason mysterious to him, he felt a strong bond that joined them. Although for the young cadet an event of this kind was not entirely foreign, in fact the boy remembered that twice he felt a sensation similar to what he was feeling at that moment: when he met Eren after the clash with the bullies who were tormenting Armin , and when he met Sasha in the first days at the military academy.

"So Elias, you said you had this innate ability to get you into trouble." What did you mean? " Sunset asked, resuming the speech that had been interrupted before.

"See Sunset, when Sasha first told me this thing I asked her what she meant, and she told me that I had an innate talent in getting myself into battles that were not mine, and I must admit she was right." The cadet answered.

"What do you mean, darling?" Rarity asked, intrigued by the answer given by Elias.

"To quote a few examples: This morning when we met, the battle between you and Scarlett was not my deal and despite everything I stepped in and fought at your side when I could very well ignore the whole thing and go about my business. Another example it is when I helped Eren against the bullies who were tormenting Armin. I did not know Eren and Armin at the time and in that situation normally nobody would have interfered, but I threw myself headlong, not to mention the various situations in which I found myself in fights where some idiot said or did something against the soldiers or those who were weaker, and it was thanks to the latter that I had several chances to meet Rico. "

"We're a little bit troublemaker, are not we?" Rainbow Dash said with a little sneer.

"As a certain pegasus of our knowledge, is not it Rainbow?" Applejack said about the polychrome pony.

"What is not true!" Rainbow answered slightly angry "I'm not a troblemaker!"

"Sure." The orange pony said sarcastically. "You're just an impulsive hot head."

"I'm just an impulsive hot head? Ok farmpony, come here to tell me in the face if you dare!" Rainbow said, posing as a fight. But after a few seconds she found herself overwhelmed by the laughter of Elias and her friends.

"I'm not a hot head, nor a troublemaker." Said the polychrome pony with a pout and a red face embarrassed. Elias after recovering from laughter and having dried the tears for the curtain started by Rainbow he started talking.

"I would not say really troublemaker, this title fits much more to Eren than to me."

"Why?" Fluttershy asked.

"You see, Eren has always been the most impulsive and irascible between the two of us, in fact because of his temperament were two situations in which I was often when I was with him: or I had to try to calm the minds or I found myself in a fight because Eren's level of patience was as big as a peanut. Which is also why I was one of the best in my class in the fight with bare hands? " The cadet asked himself thoughtfully. "However, I am more the type who prefers to have a somewhat more peaceful and diplomatic approach, although I confess there are times when impulsivity prevails over me."

"Moments like that with Father Nick and when you met Eren, right?" Sunset asked.

As I said before, I just can not digest the Cult of the Walls and when they give those airs of superiority they make me want to take a bat and smash all their teeth. " Elias said mimicking the gesture of hitting someone with the aforementioned bat. "And then I have never endured those who take it with the weakest by pretending to be strong, for it is in fact that some of my subsequent meetings with Rico have occurred."

"Have you ever met in calmer circumstances?" Asked Twilight.

"Yes, in fact it was thanks to these quieter circumstances that we learned to know each other better, in fact I learned that she had become a soldier to show that even a small woman like her could be strong and independent, I learned from her the importance of work team even in circumstances of disharmony of the group and that even if it does not seem the type, she likes the stories of love. But above all I learned that his biggest dream was to create a family of her own, which was not easy for her." Elias said in a melancholy tone at the last statement.

"Why was not it easy?" Pinkie asked, intrigued by the statement of the cadet.

"Because from the outside, Rico looked like a strict woman, unfriendly and too independent to some pigs who sought obedient and" weak woman "can be controlled, when she was much more than a simple soldier loyal to his duty. And then ... sterility. " The albino soldier added.

"Sterility?" They asked the ponies in chorus as they exchanged confused looks.

The boy, before continuing, took a deep breath, the event he was about to tell for him was important because he had made a change in his life, but he could not help but think that his turn took place through the pain of a another person, his future mother.

"One afternoon, I was taking a walk when I see Rico in civilian clothes for the first time, sitting on a bench with a broken look on a piece of paper she was holding in his hands, I honestly did not know when I saw her in that state to do: a part of me said that I had to leave because probably she wanted to be left alone, but on the other hand ..."

"He said to go to her, is not it?" Fluttershy said in an apprehensive voice.

"Yeah, I remember I stood there like a statue for a minute to decide what to do." The answer came shortly after, when Rico threw away the paper she was holding in her hands, without realizing it, she threw it toward my direction. Taken from the curiosity to know what could be on that sheet to make it so bad, I picked it up and read the contents."

"And what was written on it?" Twilight asked, even though she and all the girls had guessed what the contents of the sheet might be. Elias, before answering, closed his eyes, lowered his gaze and with a melancholy voice answered:

"That she was sterile, so she could not have had her own children." After giving the answer, the cadet opened his eyes and looked at his friends. "When I read the contents of the paper, I realized that it was a medical report and that the analyzes Rico had performed proved to be sterile, at which time I understood why she was so upset. She told me that one day she wanted to give birth to a child all of it, to feel that feeling of a small creature growing slowly inside her, but life has had other plans for her. " The seven ponies after hearing the answer, all saddened at the thought of Rico who had been stolen from the dream of becoming a mother. They could only imagine the pain the poor woman could experience when she was told of her sterility.

"And what did you do next?" Rarity asked.

"After reading the report I knew exactly what to do." I went to her. "The nervous cadet bit his lip, just like the day he had done many years before, a few steps away from the woman who would soon be take care of him. "When I went I did the only thing I could do at the moment, I hugged her. There were no words that could help her overcome this moment of pain and then hugged her to let her know he had my full support. I remember that we remained embraced at least for about ten minutes, I silently while she let out her sorrow with tears, when she cried, she thanked me for comforting her and decided to take me home."

"Home ... Wait Elias, after the collapse of the Wall Maria, where did you go to live?" Sunset asked, bringing a hoof to her chin thoughtfully.

"When the Wall fell Maria, all the children who had lost their families during the invasion were housed in an unused building that was converted into an orphanage. I still remember the shock of Rico, in front of the orphanage. It was then that i realized that, like her, I was alone too. "
Alone. For many nights a young Elias had not closed his eyes, with only a thought on his mind. He was alone.
But, at that moment, he was pleasantly convinced to admit to himself that, alone, he had not felt for a long time.

"She did not know, why did not you talk to her before?" "Sure, it's not a nice topic of conversation, but ... You were quite in tune, right?" Twilight gave voice to her thoughts and questions. She had often felt a sense of loneliness in the past but, since she had her friends, everything had changed. She always wanted to tell them everything that happened to them.
Which is not the same for humans? She found herself thinking.

The boy sighed, searching for the right words "No, Twilight, she did not know it, I never mentioned it to anyone, to be honest ... Anyone who knew it, knew it because it was part of the orphanage."

"And after what happened?" Pinkie asked, taken from the story. At Equestria they always had exciting stories of adventurous ponies with complicated lives and tears, but Elias surpassed them all.

"I said goodbye and without giving her time to say anything, I went back to the orphanage, and two days passed from that meeting, and something magnificent happened." The soldier had a smile on his lips and a beautiful memory in his mind.

"What happened!?" The ponies in the choir leaned toward him, their ear piercing more curious than ever, even if, the ending of the story, they had already understood.

"The person in charge of the orphanage came to wake me up and told me to get ready quickly because there was someone who wanted to meet me. She was a rather strict old woman, she had lost her only two children, no one blamed her for spending her days mumbling insults incomprehensible."Elias scratched his chin, looking over the window, before starting to talk" Even today I'm not sure but, that morning, I thought I saw a slight smile on his lips. Who knows, maybe he was happy for that Well, I certainly was."A small laugh escaped, making one thing very clear to the ponies: That was one of the best moments, or perhaps the most beautiful, of which Elias had made them participate. "When I stood in front of Rico, I was stunned, and at that moment I thought that she had come to see me, maybe she wanted to repay the company I had done in a difficult situation and, instead, my friends, she told me clearly that she was there to take me to At home. That moment, I, Elias the orphan, became the son of someone again. I'm not ashamed to admit that both of us could not hold back the tears. She had fulfilled her dream and I was no longer alone . "
His face shone, as the sun shone high in the sky that day. Elias was happy. Glad to have someone waiting for him at home, and he, never like in that moment, had a crazy desire to come back.

"We're happy for you, Elias, if there's anyone who deserves to be happy, that's you," said Sunset, pleased with the positive epilogue. She felt he was very fond of Elias, she could not lie to herself.

"Thanks Sunset" gave her a smile.

"I hope you're hungry, because lunch is ready and I want to see every single empty plate," exclaimed the grandmother of Applejack, peeping out in the hall where her nephew and her friends were busy talking

"Finally, it took three chapters to prepare this lunch!" "Come on, friends!" Let's get down, "exclaimed a joyous and hungry Pinkie Pie.

Those present turned at once to her, confused once again by what was passing through her head but, with a shrug, they decided that there was a more important question to be resolved: To fill their stomachs.

Author's Note

Finally!!! The story of the adoption of Elias is over! So, as always, I ask you to leave a comment to know what you think of the story. I will try to update as soon as possible. A small preview for the next chapter: It will be titled "How I Lost My Parents" and we will see Applejack telling Elias about how she lost her parents. But beware of people because this event will play an important role in the future of history.

Chapter 20: Stormy Air On The Horizon

Author's Note

I am still alive! I am so sorry that it took me so long to write this chapter, but the work over the past few months is literally killing me. I know that in the previous chapter I said I would call this chapter "How the Lost My Parents" but as this chapter came out I preferred to postpone it to the next one. That said, I wish you good reading and I recommend you let me know in the comments what you think of the story.

Chapter 20: Stormy Air On The Horizon

After the long-awaited lunch, prepared with good patience by Applejack's grandmother, those present had decided to spend their free time chatting over and over. The ponies and the little dragon, Spike who owed Elias his salvation, treated the boy like a long-time friend and not someone he met only that morning, during unpleasant circumstances.
During Spike's long and loud laugh, an involuntary fiery regurgitation almost burned the hair of poor Fluttershy, who hastened to change places in a few seconds.
Elias's bulging eyes towards what was happening betrayed his fake normal behavior, as if he were used to all those strangenesses in the world he had been catapulted into. In a few seconds, among Twilight's hooves, a letter from the royal crest. Enthusiasm died down. It was not good news.
Princess Celestia had replied to her student that, before, she had written a letter to the sovereign telling the strange events that involved the monsters that had frightened the inhabitants of Equestria.
Celestia, therefore, had considered it appropriate to warn her of the decision she had taken: The girls who held the elements of harmony, at dawn, would leave again for Canterlot. The monarch of the sun was waiting for them. A carriage would have been sent to escort them there. The panic settled in the comfortable and rustic room where everyone was present. General thoughts turned to every possible negative conclusion.
That those monsters were an omen of something even more dangerous?
No one could give an answer so they simply decided, in a bad mood, to prepare for the tiring day ahead.
Elias, with the experience of a soldier weighing on his shoulders, realized that something big was about to happen, so he firmly decided to accompany his new friends the following day. Despite the claims of the ponies on making him stay in Ponyville after a well-earned rest, he remained of his opinions.
Twilight sent a letter to her teacher to confirm it all.

Elias got up from his seat, because, according to his opinion, he had been sitting for too long without stretching his legs. He approached one of the windows and looked far away, beyond the hills, at the green and the cloudless sky. Far almost to his district, to his city surrounded by walls, to the creak of soldiers' boots. He snorted. He turned to the girls.
"What is the plan now?"

"Given that we have to leave tomorrow at the first light of dawn, I think it would be better to take advantage of today's day to conclude our personal affairs. The urgency of Princess Celestia to see us makes us understand that it is unlikely that we will return to Ponyville very soon. We'll meet again at dinner time here. What do you think? " Everyone nodded at Sunset's proposal.

"We must warn the mayor to cancel the party in our honor." Twilight reminded everyone

"The party ?! No! Do we really have to ?! We'll leave tomorrow, not tonight! We could miss it for a long time." Pinkie jumped off her chair, pouting and angry. She saw no reason to cancel the party.

"Don't be sad Pinkie, when all this is over you'll be able to organize the biggest and most beautiful party for me and Sunset that no pony has ever seen. Sunset and I can't wait to participate. Isn't it Sunset?" Elias said looking at his friend, at that moment from the other side of the room.

"It's true, Elias. So Pinkie has just a little patience. Let's solve this so we can participate in the party you promised." Sunset added.
Pinkie at the words of his friends immediately returned in a good mood and promised Sunset and Elias that she would organize the most beautiful party they had ever seen.

"Okay everypony, then we meet again here all tonight, so tomorrow we can leave right away without wasting too much time." Twilight said, heading for the door already, so as not to waste precious time.

Everyone greeted each other and each took his own way.

Applejack was lucky enough not to have to move because she was already on the farm. She helped her family members with the agricultural tasks they were entitled to, to prepare the house to welcome the guests who would come that evening and, in moments of tranquility, she told how that young cadet had joined their group.

Rarity, accompanied as always by her little sister Sweetie Belle, returned to the Carousel Boutique, tailoring but at the same time home of the two unicorns. Rarity, far-sighted, had taken advantage of the brief moment of tranquility at Applejack's farm to get Elias's measurements so he could make new custom-made clothes. His stay would have been long, he could not live wearing only a pair of clothes. So she decided to make him new ones, including military uniforms among them. On the latter, however, the unicorn decided to make a small change from the main one, exploiting the information learned from the young friend.

Rainbow Dash, after taking Scootaloo home, headed for the climate control team. After carrying out her daily tasks, she advised her colleagues that she would be missing and that she did not know for how long. While waiting for dinner time, she decided to train in her stunts.

Fluttershy returned to her cottage, taking care of the sweet animals she cared for. She would have been away for a long time, had to supply them with food, care, water and everything that could serve them during her absence. She also asked one of her dear friends, Tree Hugger, to come and visit them from time to time.

Pinkie had returned to the Sugarcube Corner, full of hungry ponies as usual. Before leaving she wanted to take one last turn and say goodbye to the ponies who ran the place. For her they were like a family. And between one order and another, the pink pony organized in her head the wonderful party for Sunset and Elias.

Twilight, Spike and Sunset, finally, with Elias on his heels, returned to the library.
There were many chores to do there but, first of all, there was the task of entrusting a bed to Elias who, from that day onwards, would become their roommate.

"We have an extra room," said Sunset, climbing the long staircase that led to their dormitories.

"It's a bit small, but we'll work on it" Twilight said, exchanging a look of understanding with her friend.
Were they laughing under their mustaches?
Elias understood this only when they passed through the door of his alleged room.

The saliva dried up. Was he too rough to say what he thought?
"Er .. Thank you girls but .. I think I won't go in here"

The ponies burst out laughing at the boy's disoriented face. In front of them a bed so small that, not even curled up, for Elias there was hope to enter.

"We said we would work on" Disse Twilight

"O We could just let him sleep on the floor" Sunset teased him

"Do not be evil!" Elias joined in the laughter, which stopped when, in a few minutes and with a few sparks in the air, the bed became big enough to accommodate the boy.

"Wow. I want one too" Elias pointed to the magic horn of the purple pony.

Later, when the sun was down, the group found themselves again in front of the farm entrance that had welcomed them that morning. Elias, yawning because of the nap, found himself thinking that, whatever they would have to face, it wouldn't have been so scary if it was to help her friends. Applejack, as a good hostess, had the guests seated in the dining room as dinner would soon be served. Taking advantage of the wait, Rarity decided to give Elias new clothes including the new uniforms. The young cadet warmly thanked the seamstress with the white coat, but when she was about to take out the money to be able to repay the work she had done, the white unicorn refused the money with absolute determination.

"You owe me absolutely nothing, Elias. Consider these clothes as a welcome gift and above all as thanks for helping us this morning. Come on, why don't you at least try on the uniforms and show me how they fit?"

Elias was literally speechless in the face of Rarity's generosity. Then he decided to satisfy her request and try on the uniforms. One thing the cadet immediately noticed was the emblem engraved on the jacket: instead of the symbol of the cadets there was the effigy of the Wings of Freedom but with a slight modification, around the wings there were rose petals, as if they were twirling around them.

"I hope you like it, Elias. I based myself on what you told us and thought I'd sew a uniform that from a certain point of view reflects what you are."

"What am I?" Elias asked, confused by Rarity's statement.

"A dreamer." The white unicorn replied.

"A dreamer? Forgive me Rarity, but I can't follow you." The soldier said even more confused than before.

"See Elias, you told us that you come from a cruel and violent world because of the Titans who invaded it, and that humanity is facing a terrible crisis. But despite everything you have not given up, you have found the strength of go ahead and the courage to face the cruelties that grip your world, but above all, you have found the strength to dream, to dream of a better future, and that is why you have decided to fight, so that you can realize your dream and do open the wings of freedom to humanity. That's why I wanted to put the wings that represent the division in which you want to enter. " Rarity said.

"And the rose petals? Why did you add these petals?" He asked Elias in disbelief at the dressmaker's motivation for changing his uniform.

"For your good soul." Fluttershy answered timidly.

"What?"

"See Elias, in a crisis situation, feelings like altruism, kindness and generosity are rare to find, especially when survival is at stake. But despite everything, even in unfavorable situations or where you had nothing to gain, you have always shown a noble and selfless heart Just think of when you defended your mother from the horrible words of Father Nick, putting your safety at risk by going against a high official of your society, or when you faced those bullies who were tormenting Eren and Armin. Not to mention that this morning, despite the fact that you literally found yourself in a world unknown to you, you didn't hesitate for a moment to help us both against Scarlett and against the monsters that had invaded Ponyville. but you have shown a pure and gentle heart because you have never acted with ulterior motives, and above all you have never wanted anything in return, and it is this that represents the rose petals. Isn't that true Rarity? "Fluttershy said, handing the question to the white unicorn.

"Very true dear Fluttershy. I could not have used better words to describe our dear friend Elias." Rarity said smiling at her friend Pegasus. Elias was literally dumbfounded, flattered and touched by the high regard the ponies had towards him.

"Do you really think all this? In short, we met only this morning and already you consider me as if I were your best friend." The astonished young cadet asked.

"But you are our best friend, Elias. We have already told you. And yes, everything we said we really do think." Fluttershy replied with her characteristic gentle voice. Elias was left speechless. He didn't know how to behave or what to say in front of the words full of sweetness, kindness and admiration that his new friends were addressing to him. A thank you full of emotion came out of his lips.

"Do you know now what it takes?" Pinkie Pie suddenly exclaimed. "A nice group hug!" and in less than a second, Elias and the ponies found themselves caught up in a super group hug.

"Dinner is ready!" Applejack's grandmother screamed from the kitchen.

"Hurray! And we didn't have to wait for three chapters this time!" Pinkie exclaimed joyously at the prospect of a nice Apple family meal. Elias had by now given up understanding the randomness of Pinkie's actions and sentences. He preferred to keep his sanity at normal levels, even though he was in a totally new world that would have made anyone crazy. So leaving aside randomness, he decided to join together with the little ponies at the dinner.

Chapter 21: How i Lost My Parents.

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Chapter 22: Can you feel the love tonight?

"Rarity? What are you doing here?" Applejack asked intrigued by the presence of her friend designer.

"I had gone to drink some water and noticed that you were not there. Since what we went through today I realized you were clearing your head, and knowing you are two possible things you do: Immerse yourself in work in the fields, or come here in your parents' garden. " Rarity replied as she approached Applejack.

"You guessed right. After all that happened today I needed to refresh the ideas."

"How to blame you? Not every day you experience adventures like this morning." Rarity added as she took a seat next to Applejack without ever looking away from her. Elias noticed something special in the eyes of his friends as they talked, and this detail he had noticed even that morning during the battle against the monsters and doubts had begun to flash in his head. Then the young cadet decided to have a final confirmation on these doubts that had taken place in his mind when he saw Applejack and Rarity together.

"I think I'll go back to the farm, girls." Elias said turning to his pony friends who turned their gaze to the soldier when they heard his voice.

"Is something wrong, Elias?" Asked Rarity worried.

"No problem Rarity. Simply the fatigue accumulated during the day is making itself overwhelmingly right now." The soldier said, feigning a sudden attack of fatigue. "I wish you a good night young ladies." Elias flaunted a very exaggerated gentleman bow that made the two ponies laugh.

"I wish you a good night too, Mr. Schützen." Rarity replied, still laughing at the awkward interpretation of the cadet. The soldier started to go but first turned one last look at the farmer pony.

"Hey Applejack."

"Yes, Elias?"

"Thank you."

"For what?" Applejack asked, confused by the sudden gratitude.

"For sharing all this with me." Elias said pointing to the whole landscape around him. "I guess it's not a light-hearted thing to share, and for that I thank you for confiding in me, even though we've known each other for less than 24 hours." Concluded Elias.

"It's true that we've known Elias for less than a day, but I can't help but consider you a friend of mine after what we've been through this morning, and I'm not the only one who thinks that way." Rarity made a confirmation sign with her head at Applejack's words. "This is why I decided to share all this with you, because together with the others, you are a precious friend. Try to remember this time, since you sometimes seem to forget it, okay?" Applejack said with a wink.

"I will try not to forget it. Thanks again and good night." The soldier said before taking his leave.

"Good night, Elias." The two ponies were said in chorus to their human friend as he walked away. But the latter taking advantage of the moment when Rarity and Applejack were no longer watching him hid behind one of the trees in the clearing. Elias was not the type to spy on people, or ponies in this case, but if there was one thing he had inherited from his biological mother was the passion for, as he called it, "the pink factor".

Elias's mother was a person who loved romance, so much so that the young cadet told his mother that her passion for romance was at titanic levels. Over the years, Elias also developed a passion for romanticism, certainly not at the same level as his mother, but enough to be called a romantic. In fact, since he had seen Applejack and Rarity behaving "suspiciously" when they were together, Elias's instinct began to rattle and began to clink louder when Rarity had joined them and hadn't taken her eyes off her even for a moment from Applejack and they began to shine with a particular light. Which also happened on Applejack's side. So the soldier wanted to have a final confirmation on the suspicions that soon, they would become certainties.

"Do you really think my parents would be proud of me?" Applejack asked Rarity.

"I don't think so, I'm sure your parents would be proud of you. In short, why shouldn't they? You are a wonderful pony both inside and outside, you manage the farm magnificently, you are a holder of an Element of Harmony, you have saved Equestria: if they wouldn't be proud of it. " The stylist answered the peasant's question.

"You're too good, Rarity." Said the blonde-haired pony while her cheeks turned red.

"Nah, that's the job of Fluttershy. I'm just saying the pure truth."

"Shouldn't the role of honesty be mine?" Applejack asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile on his face.

"Usually yes, but this time it's up to me." Rarity replied, lowering her friend's hat to her eyes. The two friends began to laugh after this little exchange and immediately began to admire the stars in the sky, but shortly after Rarity began a speech.

"You know Applejack, since I was a filly who dreamed of finding the prince of my dreams. I imagined him beautiful, blond, with blue eyes and shining armor ready to save me and come whenever I needed help. over time this dream seemed increasingly unattainable until I understood something. " Rarity said without looking away from the starry sky.

"What?" Asked Applejack as she watched the beautiful pony that was at her side.

"That the prince I was waiting for is not a prince. He is beautiful, he is blond, but instead of blue eyes he has them as the color of emeralds, and instead of a shining armor he wears a stetson." Rarity replied, turning her gaze to her "prince". "But one detail of this dream has not changed a bit: I wish it was he who stole my first kiss." Rarity concluded closing her eyes as her cheeks turned red.

Applejack after listening to Rarity's speech found herself admiring the lips of her stylist friend, those same lips that had been invading her thoughts for a long time. Many times the peasant had fantasized about the possible sensations she could have felt if her lips had rested on those of Rarity, on how she would have felt after having tasted the taste of the kiss stolen from the designer who in one way or another had done breach in her heart. The blonde-haired pony closed her eyes and she too, with ruby-colored cheeks, put her lips to those of the pony who had long been the protagonist of her thoughts.

Eventually, with a gentle movement, Applejack sealed her lips with Rarity's. There were no words that could describe the emotions that were inebriating the two ponies at the time. The latter didn't know what words to use to describe what they were feeling, but at the moment they didn't care. It was beautiful, it was gratifying, it was right, but above all, it was magical. The kiss lasted several seconds, Applejack and Rarity opened their eyes, looked at each other and smiled. They said nothing, because there was nothing to say. The kiss that the peasant pony had stolen from the designer amounted to more than a million words, and without saying anything they went back to looking at the stars, with Rarity leaning her head on Applejack's shoulder as she clutched the white-pony pony next to her.

Elias saw the whole scene, and his suspicions turned into certainties. After his doubts were confirmed, the soldier decided to return to the farm, with a smile on his lips. His mother was right: sometimes a little romance as well as helping the heart, also helps to alleviate mind and spirit.

Author's Note

Incredible! another chapter in a month! something to mark on the history books! idiocies aside, here is chapter 22. it's a bit small compared to the previous ones, but I hope that despite this you like it anyway. Obviously let me know what you think with a comment.

Chapter 23: Night Chat!

Elias after having had his confirmations on the "Rarijack" question, decided to return to the farm. Despite all the events that took place that day, the soldier was in a good mood: attending that pleasant event between Rarity and Applejack had reinvigorated his spirit and calmed his worries. After a few minutes of walking, the cadet returned to the Sweet Apple Acres and in the same manner as he had left, he returned to the house making as little noise as possible. But when he came in, he didn't expect to find anyone else awake besides Applejack and Rarity.

"Mrs. Smith? Why is she already awake?" Elias asked, surprised to see Applejack's grandmother wake up.

"I have to make breakfast, boy." The elderly pony promptly answered as she fumbled with various kitchen utensils.

"The breakfast?" The cadet said, confused by Granny Smith's answer.

"Sure! You guys have to leave for Canterlot at dawn, so you'll need a hearty and nutritious breakfast to keep you going. Who knows what a busy day awaits you tomorrow." The old pony said without looking away from the dishes he was preparing.

"You are very kind, Mrs. Smith, but it was not necessary for you to wake up so early. We would have prepared breakfast ourselves."

"First of all, young man, no formalism with me, my great-grandmother was Mrs. Smith. Call me Granny." Applejack's grandmother said, turning to Elias with a serious look but hiding a playful note. "Have I been clear?"

"Crystalline, Granny." Elias replied, smiling at the old pony.

"Very good. And secondly, let you prepare breakfast for yourself? But please! If you let yourself do, you would probably eat less than a newborn chick. You young people always go so fast that you hardly put anything in your stomach, that's why you look toothpicks that are walking, so it is better to make sure that you leave in full force tomorrow. "

Elias could not help laughing at Granny Smith's words: no matter if he was a pony or a human being, a grandmother is always a grandmother. You could have been a 300-pound obese, but you always had a toothpick in her eyes that needed to eat to put some substance in his bones.

"Rather, what are you doing already awake?" Granny asked, intrigued by the presence of the human at that late hour of the night.

"I couldn't get to sleep. So I thought about taking a walk to clear my head and while I was walking I crossed over with Applejack."

"My niece? Why was she awake?" Asked the old pony worried about Applejack.

"She too, like me, couldn't sleep because of recent events. I started following her because I thought she had some problems, but she couldn't sleep for my own reasons and we started chatting in her garden parents. "

"Do you mean The Corner of Paradise?"

"The Corner of Paradise?" Elias asked, confused.

"it is the name of the garden of my son and my daughter-in-law. When they decided to give life to the garden they decided by mutual agreement to call it that. It is a pity that they could not see it at the height of its splendor." Granny Smith said in a melancholy voice.

"I'm sorry." Elias said understanding the pain caused by the death of someone very dear. "Before Rarity joined us, Applejack told me how she lost his parents. She told me that the cause was the" Timberwolf "if I understand it."

"Unfortunately, you didn't get it wrong, boy. They were Timberwolves. They came from Everfree Forest and started attacking anyone they were in front of." Applejack's grandmother said as the atrocious memory of that ruthless assault resurfaced in her mind.

"Everfree Forest? What is it?" Asked Elias as he listened to the words of the old pony.

"Is a forest that is located outside Ponyville. It is very dangerous if you do not know the safe routes that lie within it. Not to mention the strangeness of the place."

"Weird? What kind of strange things?" The cadet asked, intrigued by this strange forest.

"To begin with, the climate changes them without the intervention of the pegasi. The vegetation grows by itself, without the minimum help of magic or without the intervention of any kind by the Earth Pony. Not to mention the ferocious creatures that live there inside." Granny Smith replied. The young soldier at the end of the explanation made a confused face, a detail that did not escape the old pony. "There is something wrong?"

"No, no, nothing wrong. It's just that ... since I arrived in Equestria this is the first normal thing I hear about this place." Elias answered.

"What do you mean?" Granny asked, now she with a confused face.

"Where I come from, all forests are like this Everfree Forest, except for Timberwolf." The cadet answered.

"What a strange place you come from a boy."

"Well, not even this world is so normal." The young soldier replied, causing a giggle attack on him and on the old pony standing in front of him.

"Believe me, you haven't seen a quarter of the oddities of this place." Granny said in laughter, but soon the laughter stopped, and a melancholy look formed on the old pony's face.

"Granny Smith?" Elias asked, worried by the sudden change of mood of the old pony.

"Don't worry Elias. Just a little melancholy of an old pony. Despite the passage of time, I still miss my son and daughter-in-law so much." Granny replied with a melancholy smile.

"I'm sorry. I know very well what it means to lose someone very dear." Elias said as he thought about his biological mother.

"I know. But the important thing is to keep their memory alive in our hearts, so it is as if they were always close to us." The old pony said. "But despite all these years, there's still something I can't understand."

"What?" Asked Elias, intrigued by Granny's strange statement.

"The Timberwolfs." The old pony answered in earnest.

"The Timberwolfs?" Elias asked more confused than before.

"Yeah. See the Timberwolves are famous for being literally the guardians of Everfree Forest and for no reason leave the borders of the latter."

"Maybe because they were hungry and they went hunting?" The cadet hypothesized.

"No. Timberwolves are magical creatures and don't need nourishment like us. In addition, as I said before, they never leave the forest. So my question is: Why did they leave Everfree Forest?"

The soldier of humanity to this question remained silent. From what he could understand, these Timberwolves for no reason in the world set foot outside their territory. But no matter how he tried to find an answer to the question asked by the old owner of the farm, none appeared in his mind.

"Enough with these dismal thoughts now." Granny said drawing the soldier's attention. "You should go to sleep as tomorrow you have a journey to deal with."

"Ok. So good night Granny Smith." Elias said heading towards his room.

"Good night to you too. Ah, Elias?" the old pony called the cadet making him stop.

"Yes?"

"You said Rarity had reached Applejack before, right?"

"Yes." The boy confirmed.

"Have they finally declared themselves?" Granny asked, taking Elias by surprise.

"Yes ... Did you already suspect something?"

"I suspected? My boy, did I KNOW that those two felt something for each other. Finally they decided to confess their feelings." Granny said with a big smile on her face. "And to think that, initially, most of the time they did nothing but quarrel."

"Really?" The soldier asked curiously.

"Of course! Due to different personalities and interests they were always in conflict, but after the events of Nightmare Moon, the quarrels have diminished, until they took advantage of every possible moment to see each other." Applejack's grandmother said as she remembered how her granddaughter's eyes and Rarity's eyes shone when they met. "Ok, now all it takes is wasting time, go to bed that a great day awaits you tomorrow." Granny said in mock authoritarian tone.

"Yes, ma'am," the cadet replied with a military salute and a smile on his face. Elias headed for his room ready to go to sleep. When he arrived in the room, however, he did not immediately go to bed. He decided to take his diary and start writing the beginning of this new adventure in the magical world of Equestria.

Chapter 24: All together for breakfast!

It was only a few minutes that in the enchanted world of Equestria, the sun had replaced the pale moon, and with its warm light began to illuminate the splendid landscapes of which Equestria was rich. One of these magnificent landscapes was the renowned "Sweet Apples Acres" farm owned by the Apple family. And it is precisely here that the young human being Elias, together with his new pony friends, was having a rich breakfast prepared by the old mare, but still perky Granny Smith. Although he was about to embark on a long journey that had been worrying him the day before, given the urgency required by the monarch of the sun Princess Celestia, Elias's appetite had remained unchanged. The little ponies were amazed by the large appetite of the cadet since the day before he had eaten in "normal" quantity. Today, on the other hand, his appetite was comparable to that of the lively and tireless Pinkie Pie.

"Nervous hunger, Elias?" Rainbow Dash asked as she watched the cadet ravenously devour breakfast.

"Nervous hunger?" The soldier asked, confused by the question of the pony with the polychromatic hair.

"For the meeting with Princess Celestia." Rarity replied. "Surely you must be very worried given the voracity with which you are eating breakfast this morning." Elias after listening to the words of the ponies remained a few seconds in silence to observe the dishes in front.

"You are right that I am worried about the meeting with the princess." Elias said turning his gaze to the holders of the Elements of Harmony. "But this isn't nervous hunger, it's my normal appetite."

"What?" The ponies exclaimed stunned by Elias's statement.

"How is it possible? You're so skinny! How can you be so skinny if you eat practically for an army ?!" Asked a bewildered Rarity.

"I don't know ..." Elias replied, taken aback by the reaction of the white-haired pony. "Mom always says I'm a bottomless pit when it comes to eating. In fact, she always says she didn't actually adopt a child, but a battalion when it's time to eat." The cadet finished smiling at the memory of his mother's "desperation" when she had to cook.

"I'm so envious!" The white unicorn exclaimed sullenly. "All I need to do is look at the food that I become like an obese whale! How I wish I had your Elias metabolism."

"You don't need his metabolism, Rarity: you are as perfect as you are." Applejack said.

"You say that just to say Applejack."

"You know me sugarcube. You know I only tell the truth, and the truth in this case is that you are as perfect as you are." Concluded Applejack by winking at the designer.

"Flatterer." Rarity said smiling and printing a small kiss on the peasant's cheek. But this small gesture literally made everybody present eyes and mouth open, except for Elias who smiled at the scene. The newly-couple, realizing all the eyes on them, suddenly blushed, and clearing their throats they declared, very nervously, that they had a romantic relationship. After several seconds of silence all those present, except the young cadet, exclaimed a vigorous and powerful "Finally!" Even Granny Smith who was in the next room joined the choir. Applejack and Rarity were confused by the strange reaction of their friends.

"Finally?" At the same time they asked the designer and the peasant, confused by the response of those present in the room.

"The fact is that ... really you ... that is us ..." Fluttershy began stammering with the fear of saying something that could offend or irritate her friends.

"We knew there was something between the two of you but that neither of us had made the first move yet. In fact we were waiting on when you would have got together, and finally the wait is over." Finished Sunset Shimmer. "By the way, Rainbow Dash, I won. "The flaming mane unicorn added a grin to the polychromed pegasus.

"Damn you Shimmer, you and your brash luck!" Rainbow said irritated, handing coins to Sunset.

"It is a pleasure to do business with you Dash." Sunset said taking the coins with his magic.

"Wait a minute ..." began the peasant pony seeing the passage of money. "Did you bet if Rarity and I will be got together?" Asked Applejack.

"But what do you say silly. They didn't bet if you and Rarity became a couple." Pinkie Pie said with her ever-present smile. "They bet on when you and Rarity would become a couple!"

"What?" Rarity asked more confused than ever.

"As we said before, we all noticed that you two were feeling something for each other. The only thing we didn't know was when you decided to go to confession. Rainbow said you would confess either during the morning or during the afternoon." Twilight said beginning to explain the bet to the two interested parties.

"While Sunset, I have to deduce, she bet that they would declare themselves in the evening or at night. Right, Twilight?" Elias concluded by guessing the rest of the bet.

"Exactly Elias. So that's why Sunset is the winner of the bet." Applejack and Rarity were literally speechless at the end of the explanation.

"Was it so obvious that we were feeling something for each other?" Asked Applejack.

"Like a bull in the midst of a flock of sheep!" Granny Smith promptly answered as she entered the room. "and to think that once you could barely tolerate each other."

"Really?" He asked Elias, amazed by the statement of the old pony.

"Exactly my young human being. When this group was not born yet, my niece and Rarity were always on a war footing. They fought over every little nonsense. Then over time they began to tolerate each other, respect each other and eventually became friends. At one point, they took advantage of every single occasion to see each other and invented every kind of excuse to spend some time together.

"This is not true!" Said Applejack completely embarrassed.

"Do I have to remind you of all the times you had to help Rarity with her garden, when you had already been there the day before to help her? Or maybe I have to remind you when Rarity came here saying that the landscape of our farm helped her find inspiration for new clothes, but in the landscape she admired was you always one way or another? " Granny said to the new couple with their faces completely red from embarrassment.

"It looks like one of those stories that mom likes so much to read: Two people from two different social classes meet, initially they hate each other so much that they fight over every little thing and then slowly, they can't do without each other." Elias said thinking about how Applejack's relationship and Rarity looked like one of those stories he and his mother had a soft spot.

"Ok, now you can stop Granny, please. It's embarrassing." The peasant pony said with her red face and hat over her eyes to cover herself with shame.

"Haha, you do not worry my niece. I'm just glad that finally you and Rarity have decided to take this step together." Applejack's grandmother said, pinching her niece's cheek. "And fear not, I'll embarrass you just until it's time for Applebloom."

"Applebloom? What does Applebloom have to do with it now?" Asked Applejack, confused by her grandmother's statement.

"Oh nothing, it's just that I've noticed that he spends a lot of time with Filthy Rich's daughter."

"You mean Diamond Tiara? But they spend time together just for the project the school has assigned to them. Not to mention the fact that there is no good blood between Diamond Tiara and the CMC."

"Now that I think of it, sweetie Belle told me that there is something different about the relationship between them." Rarity told her girlfriend.

"What do you mean sugarcube?"

"From what my sister told me, Diamond Tiara has become more tolerant of her and of Scootaloo. But with Applebloom she always finds herself fighting." Rarity replied.

"Even Scoot told me this." Said Rainbow Dash. "She also told me that once Silver Spoon, Diamond Tiara's best friend, said that during one of Tiara's outbursts against Applebloom, she complimented her on her appearance, even though she believes she didn't notice."

"Even Applebloom did the same thing." Granny Smith intervened. "One day after returning home, she began to let off steam towards Diamond Tiara, and without realizing it between insults and others, she began to compliment her without being aware of it." Despite the testimonies, Applejack was not convinced that between her sister and Diamond Tiara something could be born and while she was about to report her thoughts on the subject, someone knocked on the door of the farm.

"I think your transport has arrived." Granny said as she went to open the door. When the old pony opened the door she found herself a pony with a white coat and wearing a golden armor that asked if the holders of the harmony were ready to go. Elias and the ponies exchanged a glance of understanding, and together they set off for the carriage that awaited them outside ready to leave for Canterlot, unaware, however, that they would soon take part in an event of titanic proportions.

Author's Note

this chapter initially had to also contain the part where Elias told how he had known and befriended Sasha, but I didn't expect the breakfast part to be so long, so I decided to write this flashback in the next chapter. and I warn you that the next chapter will be the prelude to something of "titanic" proportions.

Prologue

Fear, terror, despair. Here's what I'm feeling right now.

Why are you wondering? Let's say that being hunted by a group of humanoid giants who want to make you their afternoon snack is not exactly synonymous with peace and joy. Especially when you see that one of your dearest friends is about to be devoured by one of these monsters and that despite you are fifteen meters tall you can not do anything to save your winged friend. I bet you're understanding even less, right?

Then we start with order: My name is Elias Schützen, I'm 16, and I'm part of the 104th year of the military cadets.
Today I would have had to choose which military body I'd have to serve, but so many things have happened that I do not know where to start. Perhaps I could begin to explain to you a little about the current situation:

Humanity is at risk of extinction, caused by the sudden arrival of the Titans, humanoid creatures that start at 3 and can reach 15 meters in height, and that feed on human beings. Fortunately, 100 years ago, humanity succeeded in creating three gigantic 50-meter-high walls, named, from the outer wall to the interior wall, Wall Maria, Wall Rose and Wall Sina. Thanks to these massive walls, humanity has managed to secure itself from the Titans, but the price it has had to pay was its freedom.

Later, three military corps were created with the unanimous purpose of protecting humanity from the threat of the Titans: The Military Police, which is located in the innermost walls and is the body under the direct control of the King. Also keep peace in the most internal territories.
The Garrison Corps instead has the task of monitoring the walls to prevent the attack of Titans and maintain order in the cities.
Last but not least, the Survey Corps. This military body aims to explore the territories outside the walls in order to discover how to break down the Titans and be able to regain freedom.

Unfortunately, 5 years ago a catastrophe fell on humanity: The Wall Maria was demolished by a Titan that reached 60 meters in height and a Titan of 15 meters that had hard skin like a shell. Only a quarter of the Wall Maria population managed to save themselves and find shelter in the Wall Rose, including myself.

Today the tragedy is being repeated, I seem to relive the same horrors of 5 years ago, or maybe I should say 6? The only difference is that now I'm 15 meters tall and my pegasus friend is about to be eaten alive. Did I mention that this pegasus friend of mine is a magical talking pony from an enchanted world named Equestria? Are you confusing the ideas even more? Then it is better that you tell my story from the beginning, or from this morning, or to be more precise, from this morning of a year ago.

Do not be afraid, as soon as everything is revealed to you.

Author's Note

Here is the beginning of this story. except for the prologue that is so short, the next few chapters will have at least 1000 words inside them. First of all I would like to make some clarifications on this story: Unfortunately, not being English in advance, I already apologize for any grammatical errors, if you want to take it with someone angry with Google translator. Second: I will try to give the story of new events compared to the canonical stories so do not be scared if you see light ooc or several changes of events. Third: already as I said before not being English by nature I do not know how to write certain dialects, such as that of Applejack. So if you see that you speak normal English please do not lynch me. For the moment everything is, and I hope I have captured some of your interest.

Chapter 8: Rebirth of the Element, Research of the World and a Strange Event!

"What the hell ...?" it was the only thing Elias managed to say after witnessing the strange phenomenon that had just occurred. Before Celestia could exile Scarlett Storm in Tartarus, a strange portal had appeared behind the stone statue in which the tyrann was imprisoned, from which several monstrous hands had crossed the threshold, and in an instant they took the black alicorn dragging it into the portal . Confusion, amazement, and disbelief were the dominant emotions in Elias and ponies.

"But what happened ?!" Exclaimed Pinkie exclaimed.

"I do not know what to tell you, darling, I'm as confused as you are." Rarity answered.

"Do you know what happened, Princess Celestia?" Fluttershy asked.

"I do not know exactly, probably Scarlett Storm had considered the possibility of being defeated and then prepared a plan to escape if the situation were out of her control." Celestia said as she watched the spot where Scarlett's statue had disappeared.

"But she was turned into stone! How would she escape? Maybe she has an ally that allowed her to escape." Said Applejack.

"Scarlett Storm with an ally? Please Applejack, not even a pony with the brain upside down would work with that crazy unleashed. And then Scarlett is the type that does not trust anyone, so figured if she asked someone for help." Rainbow Dash replied.

"Well, ally or not, Scarlett managed to escape somehow, and that means she could still have problems, so we do not have to let our guard down, and from what little I could understand she's not the type that forgives easily. , always if she is able to forgive. " Elias said as he sheathed his swords.

"Whatever her next move would be we will be ready, right girls?" Twilight said charged with determination.

"Well said Twilight! If we stay together, nothing can stop us! Do you agree with me?" Sunset asked with the same determination of Twilight.

"Yes!" they all shouted together, fed by a very strong spirit of sisterhood and friendship.
Celestia's heart warmed when she saw the strong bond that connected the seven little ponies she was facing. But above all, she could not help being proud of his students, Sunset and Twilight.
They two from an early age had demonstrated an innate talent for the magical arts and that's why Celestia decided to take them under her wing. Although they had exceptional magical gifts, the princess of Equestria was worried that to concentrate on their studies, their growth would have negative implications.
In fact, both ponies had developed antisocial and solitary characters, but who cared most for Celestia was Sunset. She had also become arrogant and presumptuous and began a feud against Twilight to prove who was the most powerful sorceress.
Then Celestia, to try to teach them the values of friendship and collaboration, decided to send her two students to the small town of Ponyville to organize the Summer Sun Festival. But during the preparations something unexpected happened: Nightmare Moon made his return from exile to the moon.
This pony was once known as Princess Luna, Celestia's younger sister. But Luna's jealousy of his elder sister became so great that corrupted her and made her Nightmare Moon. The latter threatened to plunge Equestria into an eternal night, so that all ponies would appreciate her night more than the day her sister created. Celestia with a heart full of sadness, was forced to face her younger sister. The battle was fierce, but in the end it was the princess of the sun to win by exiling the princess of the night on the moon.
But despite the exile, Nightmare Moon made his return, and with her also the desire to lead to the oblivion of Equestria. Twilight and Sunset, thanks to their intellect, they quickly managed to find the solution to be able to defeat the cause of all the problems, but while the unicorn violet during the preparations of the Summer Sun Party was learning the values of friendship , the orange one was still blinded by the arrogance and presumption so much to go alone to challenge the princess of the night.
Sunset managed to find Nightmare Moon first, but after a hard battle, Celestia's pupil was defeated. Fortunately, Twilight, along with Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, arrived in time to help Sunset. Even if they had unlocked the powers of the Elements of Harmony, they could not launch the attack that would have granted them victory, but thanks to the intervention of Sunset that with his intelligence and his magical talents, kept Nightmare Moon engaged time necessary to allow Twilight to launch the winning shot.
From this battle two events took place: Nightmare Moon was purified and the princess of the night returned to its original form, but most importantly, she reunited with her sister. Now Princess Luna had returned to the moon, but this time not for exile, but to be able to restore her powers so that she could reign alongside Celestia.
The other event was that Twilight and Sunset finally learned the feeling that would accompany them from there forward, as their mentor desired. Although Sunset, at least until then, had lost a lot of self-esteem due to the events of the Princess of the Moon, but the battle against Scarlett and the appearance of a new Element, had given the orange unicorn self-confidence.

"My little ponies, we'll take care of Scarlett in another moment, even knowing that the amulet of the alicorn is still in her possession, now we should focus on how to make the young Elias return to his world." Celestia said calling the attention of those present.

"Do not worry princess, Elly destroyed the amulet." Pinkie said, surprising Celestia.

"Really?" Celestia asked, holding her gaze to the cadet. "How did you do, young Elias?"

"I just crushed it tightly in my hand, and from what I understood it was a very powerful artifact, but with the ease with which I destroyed it I must infer that it was not very strong." Elias said as he remembered the ease with which he had destroyed the jewel

"Incredible!" She found herself thinking of. "The Alicorn's Amulet was famous for being indestructible, but if Elias managed to destroy it, that means ..."

"Princess Celestia do you already have an idea how to help Elias?" Sunset asked.

"Of course Sunset." The princess replied after recovering from the surprise. "But first we have to go to the castle's library."

"The library of the castle?" asked Twilight.

"Yes Twilight, there should be a tome written by Starswirl the Bearded that will help us return Elias to his world." Celestia answered, starting to move towards the library.

"Really?!" The two pupils exclaimed in amazement at the revelation of their mentor as they also began to move towards the bookshop followed by Elias and their friends.

"For real my little ponies." You see, Starswirl was very interested in the multiverse theory for a while, and his curiosity pushed him to find a way to travel between the universes. " Celestia said as she led the group towards their destination.

"And did he manage to find a way to make these trips?" At the same time they asked Sunset and Twilight without being able to control the excitement for a new possible magical discovery. These two enchantresses, when faced with a new magical discovery, felt an uncontrollable joy, as if they were two little girls facing Christmas presents.

"Unfortunately, the results of these experiments are unknown to me, so we have to find this tome, so that we can discover how his research ended." Celestia said while the enthusiasm of her students increased more and more. But despite the growing enthusiasm, Sunset could not help but think of something ...

"Princess Celestia?"

"Yes, my student?"

"You first said that I did not create a new Element of Harmony, but that I made him born again." What did you mean? " With this question everyone put their full attention on the white alicorn. Even Elias, who knew very little about the magical artifacts held by his new friends, remained very curious about the appearance of a seventh element, since he knew of the existence of only six Elements.

"You must know, my dear Sunset, long ago Equestria was threatened by a terrible dark force that tried to send the whole kingdom into oblivion, on which magical artifacts were created that contained the power needed to counter the imminent threat. the Elements were created to protect the peace and harmony of Equestria, they were simple gems with a great magic power.In the time these special gems evolved and each of them became more powerful thanks to a particular virtue that represented them: Laughter , Generosity, Kindness, Honesty, Loyalty and the last two represented by Magic. "

"Two Elements of Magic?!" The ponies exclaimed shocked.

"So you want to say that Sunset brought the second Element of Magic back to life?" Elias inquired intrigued by the story of Celestia.

"Exactly young Elias ... The one who's wearing Sunset Shimmer right now is the second Element of Magic lost since time immemorial." Celestia said as she stood in front of the library door.

"But how? How did I get it back?" Sunset wondered, shocked and confused by the revelations of Celestia.

"Tell me Sunset." Celestia began as she opened the library door. "What is the power of the Elements fueled by?"

"From the Magic of Friendship!" The orange unicorn promptly answered.

"Exactly, my student, so think carefully: what was the factor that triggered the rebirth of the Element of Magic?" Asked the white alicorn entering the library and immediately looking for the tome.

"My attempt to protect my friends As soon as I saw Elias and the girls about to be hit, I acted instinctively and used my body to stop the blow." Sunset replied, recalling the moment when the Element of Harmony had appeared on her head.

"Exactly, Sunset. Your bond with your friends was so strong that it sparked the spark that allowed the rebirth of the second Element of Magic."

"But what triggered the disappearance of this Element, Princess Celestia?" Asked Twilight.

"This, my dear Twilight, is a story for another occasion, and now we need to focus on bringing Elias home." Celestia said as she held Starswirl's tome with her magic.

"The tome! Now Elly can go home!" A joyous Pinkie exclaimed as she hopped through the library.

"So Your Majesty, is there a solution for our valiant friend?" Rarity asked.

Celestia did not answer right away. But after analyzing the contents of the tome on the parts that interested her, she said.

"Yes, I found the solution to the problem of Elias, but I have to say my young human, that you were very lucky."

"Lucky?" Elias asked, intrigued by the affirmation of Celestia.

"Yes. According to this tome, the odds of getting out of an unstable inter dimensional portal are 1 in 76243."

Elias and the ponies paled in front of the affirmation of the alicorn.

"And what would have happened if Elias had not been lucky?" Fluttershy asked, fearing the answer from the alicorn.

"In the best case ... he would have arrived in our world ... like a corpse." Celestia answered in a serious tone.

"Oh ... My ..." It was the only thing that managed to say Rarity before fainting into the arms of Applejack. The latter tried to awaken the white unicorn making her wind with her hat.

"And ... in the worst case ...?" A hesitant Elias asked. If death was the "best" negative consequence that could happen to him, he did not dare to imagine the worst case.

"your body and your mind would have been irreparably deformed." You would not have been more capable of understanding or wanting and would not have been able to perform any physical action without further damaging your body. "

"Oh ... My ..." Rarity repeated again, who had just recovered in time to feel the negative consequences, only to resurface in the arms of Applejack.

"But is it safe to send Elias into his world?" Sunset asked, fearing for the safety of the human being.

"Yes, we want to help him, do not kill him!" Rainbow said. Pinkie, who does not know for what dark reason her straight hair had been done, ran with tears in her eyes towards Elias, trapping him in a powerful embrace breaking bones.

"Noooooo! Please do not kill Elias! He is our dearest friend! We love him!" The pink pony screamed desperately.

"P-P-Pinkie ... not ... breath." mumbled a poor Elias who was turning blue because of the lack of oxygen.

"Pinkie! So you kill him!" Twilight said that she took Pinkie with her magic and freed the cadet from the deadly grip of the pink pony.

"Do not despair of my little ponies, Starswirl has taken steps to find ways to travel safely." Celestia hastened to bring the order back. At the words of the alicorn everyone here breathed a sigh of relief, Pinkie came back the fluffy mane as before, and Elias could again feel the oxygen flavor.

"According to Starswirl, in order to reach a new dimension, with a spell created by him, you must first create a" Window "that allows you to observe other worlds, in order to be sure in which world to go. Once you have found the desired world, you must, with another spell created by Starswirl, create a "Door" that allows you to travel safely from one world to another. But…"

"But ...? What Princess Celestia? Do not keep us in suspense!" Rainbow Dash said.

"The problem is that the research could take a long time to find the desired destination, even years."

"What?!" They all exclaimed.

"But I can not lose all this time! Trost is in danger! I have to go back to my friends and help them defeat the Titans!" Desperate Elias exclaimed.

"Do not be afraid of Elias, Starswirl has also thought about this: here he says that if you have an object, material or something that originates from the world concerned, you can use it as a catalyst to drastically reduce the search times of the desired world." Celestia said.

"Something that originates from my world? Maybe ..." Elias took one of the reserve blades he had in his scabbard and handed it to Celestia. "Your Majesty, this blade is made of a special metal that is able to pierce the flesh of the Titans, perhaps it can be useful for the search for my world." Celestia took the blade with her magic and smiling at Elias said:

"I'm sure it will be all right, so let's proceed with the opening of the window." Following the directions of the tome, the princess began to open the window. When the latter was opened Elias expected to see Trost again, but what he saw surprised him: It was the training camp of the military academy. But what he saw later left him really stunned: There was him! Only that Elias had a dressing on his left cheek and in front of him was his best friend Eren.

"But what the heck ...? How is it possible that I am there? But wait ... why is this scene familiar to me?" He found himself thinking, but when he saw what happened next, he understood why the scene was familiar to him: it was a training session he had faced with Eren!

"Elly, you did not tell us you had a twin!" Pinkie exclaimed, which she and the other ponies were observing in the window.

"Pinkie, that's not my twin, that's me, and I also know what's going to happen!"

"What?!" The little ponies exclaimed. Celestia, on the other hand, seemed strangely peaceful to what she was observing.

"Yes, look, now I make a sign to Eren to get in. After I start provoking him, he begins to lose his temper, so I start to go down with insults and he gets raging. Taking advantage of the moment I can knock him out. I approach him and explain to him that I began to provoke him not out of malice, but to make him understand that in a fight, maintaining concentration is important, otherwise you're just signing the contract for failure. "

The ponies were shocked by how Elias knew how to anticipate all events before they even happened.

"Elias, darling, how did you know what would happen?" Rarity asked in disbelief at what she had seen.

"Because, I lived these events exactly one year ago."

Author's Note

Chapter 8 is here! But what did Elias and the ponies just see in the dimensional window? the answer in the next chapter!