The Sister's POV

Luna woke up feeling strange, it was almost as if a large wing was laid over her. She knew this couldn't be possible because her sister's wing really wasn't that large. She slowly opened her eyes looking around slightly and saw a large blanket laid over her with a strange coloring on it. It almost blended into the floor with how it was colored, kind of like how animals would camouflage themselves in the wild to hunt for prey or hide from predators. She found this was rather odd so she stood up shedding the blanket off of herself and almost instantly froze with fear, at the entrance of the cave were two strange Bipedal figures.

She was staring to panic before she felt her sisters wing over her shoulders.

"Lulu you're finally awake, you were asleep all day," she said.

"T-tia, what a-are those," Luna squeaked point at the two figures with a hoof.

Celestia put a hoof to her chin looking thoughtful before saying "You know Lulu I never really asked what they were, I was too surprised. I know who they are though. The one on the left is named Steven Edwards, and the one of the right is named Lewis Perkins. There are three others, but they left to go get a 'Humvee' whatever that is. They're rather odd, but I guess so are we. They said they'd take us in with them for the time being seeing as they said they're new here," Luna looked over to Celestia looking more happy then she had in a long time.

"They d-did tia?" She asked a look of pure hope and joy in her eyes.

"Yes Lulu, they did. We finally have some friends," Celestia said a large smile on her face as she pulled Luna into a tight hug which was returned. They were interrupted from their embrace by a loud rumbling outside as the two bipeds in the front of the cave started cheering and moving to the side of the mouth of the cave. Luna was confused as to why they moved at first, but then saw a large creature entering the cave, it was a strange beast with skin the color of desert sand. She saw another of the bipeds inside of it and one in some strange hatch on the top. It then suddenly dawned on her that it was some kind of strange carriage as a door on the side opened and the one in the front disembarked from it.

Captain Gerald Wilkins POV

I turned off the Humvee after turning it around to face the front of the cave and opened the drivers door exiting the vehicle Anderson and Thorn following my example.

Perkins approaches me placing a hand on my shoulder and saying "Well Captain, I was worried she wouldn't fit in the cave, but I guess that was unfounded. We should try to get her deeper into the cave it widens out into a large cavern at the back, so we should be alright when it comes to space,"

"Agreed Sergeant I'll get to it in a few minutes for now, I think our small friends have awoken," I say gesturing over to where Celestia and Luna were staring at the Humvee with wide eyed amazement. I chuckle to myself walking over to them and kneeling so that I can be closer to their eye level, though I still tower over them by a good eight or nine inches. "Good morning young ones, I trust you slept well?" I inquire glancing down at Luna who was staring at me with wide eyes. I look down at her in mock surprise and say "Well, now who are you little one?"

She looks to the floor and mutters something which I don't hear, her sister nudges her and whispers something in her ear causing Luna to look up and say slightly louder "M-my names Woona, who awe you?" She asks causing me to mentally 'Daww' I pat her on the head ruffling hear teal mane slightly.

"I am Captain Gerald Wilkins of the United States Army Rangers," I say causing her to stare up at me in wonder after brushing some of her mane out of the way of her eyesight.

"You awe a sowdier?" She asks tilting her head to the side slightly.

"Yes, me and my squad are soldiers," I confirm nodding my head. "Den you can hewp us?" She asks a hopeful look in her eyes. I tilt my head slightly "Help you with what?" I ask to which she responds saying "T-the other ponies hurt me and my s-sister for being diffwent from dem," I look to Celestia my eyebrow slightly raised and she just nods her head at me. It was at this moment that I truly took a second to examine them, not just briefly looking over them. I saw many things that made me instantly concerned for them and angry at anyone who could do such a thing to children, especially ones as innocent as these appear to be. They we're covered in bruises that we're hard to see with their fur, they were also extremely matted as if they hadn't bathed in weeks, and on top of that they we're also skinny to the point where their ribs were showing.

"Medic!" I shouted, causing Perkins to rush over.

"Yes Cap'n?" He asks looking over me for any injuries. I quickly point over the two sisters in-front of us causing him to take a quick intake of breath. "Damn...who did this to you to two?" He asks his eyes portraying he was clearly concerned, yet tremendously angry. As he pulled them both to him checking them for any more serious injures his medical bag already out and open.

Luna looked to him and said "T-the other ponies," She says barely able to be heard over the sound of Perkins pulling out bandages and such for their more serious injuries. He had a look of pure rage on his face, but he didn't convey it to the two sisters in-front us.

Meanwhile I was taking out one of my MREs that didn't have meat in it, It was some sort of salad based meal. I opened it and handed it to them. They quickly devoured it not a single piece of food left inside of it after they were done. I would've chuckled at how fast they ate it if I wasn't aware of their situation and wasn't pissed off to high hell.

Seven hours later

After quite a few hours of Perkins patching up their injuries they two sisters laid down on the temporary bedding we had laid out for them. After they we're asleep we quietly talked among ourselves about their situation. None of us were happy and all of us wanted to do something about it, but today wasn't the day I informed them. We all decided to was time to hit the 'bunks' as they said and set up a watch for the night and went to bed, but before I was slept off into the deep abyss that was sleep I promised to myself that I would make this right for the two fillies hell or high water.

Author's Note

Hello again! I'd just like to say I'm very happy that you're reading this and I really appreciate that you took the time of your day to read my story.