Equestria
Canterlot castle 7:00pm

I was walking towards the dining hall as Celestia stated that dinner would be at 7:15 because she wanted me to meet her sister, niece, and former student. Being the brony that I am, I already knew exactly who she was talking about but I wasn't gonna pass up the opportunity to meet the other three princesses. I rounded a corner and was stilling thinking about how this would pan out. Would Luna still be socially awkward, How many questions would twilight have? Would cadence be asking about if I was ever in a relationship or if I have plans to? I continued down the hallway and turned a few more corners and arrived at the dining hall. I thanked the guard escorting me and dismissed her for the evening. I went inside and saw Celestia sitting at the head of the table and a plethora of different dishes on the table. There were even a small bit of different meats on the table since the doctors must have told her that I'm an omnivore.

"It's nice to see you again Dakota. My sister is currently on her way down to the dining hall and twilight and cadence will arrive shortly." she said to me. "That's nice to hear Princess." I replied. "Please, calling me by my title is not necessary. After getting to know you, I already consider a good friend of mine, so you may just call me by name." she replied. "Well ok then, Celestia." I simply said with a small chuckle. Just then, the doors to the dinning hall opened up to reveal 3 other alicorns along with a certain white unicorn that was captain of the guard and the older brother to one of the 3 aforementioned alicorns.

25 minutes later

"That was a great dinner sister, and it was nice to get to know this new being a little more." Luna said. "Thank you sister. I only have the best prepared for all who are in the castle and for you." Celestia replied to her sister. I was talking with shining armor and he was pretty relaxed around me after we got to know each other. I had gotten to the other alicorns as well and was waiting for the desert to be brought out until I heard one of my phones ring. Answering it I was schocked by what I heard on the other end. "Gerson!?" I partially shouted. "Dakota!? oh thank god you answered. I tried calling everyone else but you are the only one who would answer. I'm with brian and were in the middle of some random ass forest and there is some creepy ass castle near by." I immediately knew exactly where they were "Alright stay put and stay in your car or cars and stay out of sight. im coming to get you just hold on." I replied and hung up the phone and without a second thought, I bolted out of the dinning hall as fast I could and was hurrying as fast as I could towards the castle gates to get to my truck and save my friends. Starting the Powerstroke engine and putting it in gear, I was about to pull out and floor the accelerator until I saw the alicorns running up behind me.
rolling down my window, I told them what I was doing.

"Two of my friends just got pulled into this world and are in the everfree forest close to your old castle and I got to go an save them. I'll be back as soon as possible but not without them." I told them before driving away towards that dreaded forest.

20 minutes later

I was on the outskirts of ponyville but I kept my distance from the town even though a lot of the towns residents were still out and about. I saw all of them looking right at me as I was making a beeline for the entrance to the forest. Once I was at the edge of the everfree, I immediately hit a button and raised my ford up by about 6 inches and turned on all of the light bars and other auxiliary lights. I saw the ponyville residents looking at me with a look of worry on their faces. I got out of my truck and primed the second engine just in case I needed it. I pulled out my phone and called Gerson to make sure he was alright. "Gerson, ive entered the forest and im on my way. Just hold tight." I told him "Alright but hurry up, There are these wooden wolves that have been walking by and might try something soon." I already knew that he was talking about the timberwolves. "Alright, Keep your head down and if they are looking at you then play dead." I hung up the phone and entered the forest.

I was driving for about roughly 1 hour now and I finally found the old castle. I called Gerson one more time and he guided me over to him. "Oh thank god you found us man. Come on, lets get out of here." Gerson said. "Alright, but I'm gonna check on brian first." I told him while walking over to Brians car. Brian drove a 2010 ford ranger while Gerson had a 2014 Cadillac Escalade EXT. Checking on brian, he was unconscious but he was alive. I got Gerson to help me move him to my truck and grabbed the towing ropes I had in the toolbox and hooked both of their cars. We were about to leave until I heard a low growl from behind me. I knew that it was a timber wolf and went to grab my Ithica shotgun from the little storage compartment under the toolbox but when I opened up the second compartment of the toolbox all I saw was a black void. I thought about it but decided to reach in any way without thinking and it didn't stop. I was shoulder deep until I felt something and pulled it out. Surprisingly, it was what I was looking for. I pulled out my shotgun and reached back in to see if I had any dragonsbreath rounds. pulling out 8 of them, I unloaded the slug rounds and loaded the incendiary shells. I also pulled out a helmet with a flashlight attached to it and stapped it on. I saw about 5 timberwolves emerge from a nearby bush. I handed my FN Five-Seven to Gerson and told him to wait until these wooden pricks got closer. Once they were about 15 feet away from us, we opened fire.

letting lose a spray of white hot pellets, the incendiary rounds found their first target and engulfed the timberwolf in flames as it burnt to ash. The other four wolves then proceded to charge as more of them popped out from the bushes. Gerson got knocked down by one of them and was about to get his throat bitten out until I tackled the wolf and fired another incendiary round. I got some pretty decent cuts and scratches from the wolf but got back up and continued firing.

5 minutes earlier
Celestia POV

I was worried about him. The everfree was a dangerous place, especially during the nighttime. Luna, Cadence, Twilight, And shining armor all came with me to make sure he was ok. Even though cadence had to carry him, they all still came with me none the less. We arrived in ponyville about 10 minutes later and asked if they saw Dakota. I was told that they saw him enter the everfree 20 minutes ago and they heard loud booms coming from the forest 10 minutes ago and they continued for about 3 minutes before they stopped. That immediately worried me and we were about to fly over the forest until I saw his truck emerge from the forest pulling two smaller vehicles behind it. He proceeded to keep going until he arrived at ponyville general hospital. I saw him exit with another human and they pulled a 3rd human out of the back and carried him inside. Rushing inside, I made sure they were ok. The one that helped dakota carry the other human had some deep cuts on his face, arms, and chest while Dakota himself had similar cuts and scratches. I watched the nurses carry the other human away to a hospital room. "Dakota are you ok?" I asked with a lot of worry in my voice. "I'm fine. I've had worse injuries before." He told me while I watched him remove a long brown and gray stick like object from his back while the other human handed him a smaller black L shaped object which he then proceeded to put in some sort of holster in his vest.

I asked him what those objects were and he told me they were called guns and that they were common weapons back home on his world. "I'm just glad you're ok." I told him "Well that's nice to here. Oh, and by the way, Celestia, Gerson. Gerson, Celestia." He told me while introducing me to the other human. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Gerson," I said to the other human.

I saw a nurse walk out with that 3rd human 10 minutes later after we got here. He told me his name is Brian and then Gerson and Brian explained to me how they got here and what happened in the everfree. I was even more concerned about all of them. They lived through a pack of timberwolves and got out with only minor injuries. After they left the hospital. I watched Dakota unhook these yellow straps from the other vehicles and watch them get in. They offered us to ride with them back to the castle. We accepted and got in their vehicles. Naturally, I got in Dakota's truck with him and Luna got in as well. Twilight and Cadence got in with Gerson, and shining armor got in with Brian. We then proceeded on our way back to canterlot.

When we exited ponyville, Dakota asked me a rather interesting and serious question. "Hey Celestia, whats up all of these mares? they've all been looking at me with bedroom eye's like they have a crush on me or something." he said. "Well, in Equestria, a lot of mares are naturally attracted towards other beings that are rather odd. I think all of these mares like you. I even noticed a significant change in the royal guards ever since you showed up. I think they might want to get together with you in a long term relationship. Some of them will even herd so there if there is more than one mare that likes a stallion and they can get along well." I told him "Huh, well if that's the case then I might finally be able to start a relationship. I just wonder which mare or mares will get lucky if and when I make a choice." He replied with a humorous tone. I just laughed a little at his comment even though I was a little nervous about who he would choose because even though ive only known him for a day I already feel something else towards him, something more than friendship. Could it be possible that I have a crush on him? I just pushed this thought to the back of my head and would figure it out later on when I have time.

Author's Note

the stereotypical HiE fic