The Titanfall

I met up with the six to talk to them, and they all decided to give me a tour. Leading me out of the airship from the hangar, we also lead the titans to their docks in the stronghold. After we left them to the technicians to wax and polish, we left for the tour.

All of them showed me their homes. Applejack worked in the farming district with her family, the Apples, growing pear and Apple trees. When I asked about the pear trees, she got a sad look, and I didnt ask more.

"I'm sorry for your loss." I said.

"It's alright. I just miss them." She says. I nod.

"Same for me." And she nods. The others didnt ask me, thankfully. It would be hard to explain a titan with the same name as my dead wife. I place a hand over my left breast pocket, we're I kept our rings. Hers was a nice ring.

It was a silver version of the One Ring, from LOTR. I had a gold one like in the movie.

Rainbow worked in the farming district as well, as a cloud carrier. When she showed me her house, it was fairly large, but plain. It had a small pond out front with some fish in it. She showed me what she did, and flew up to grab a cloud that floated overhead. Brining it down over the fish pond, she gave it a shake, and rain started to come out of it, into the pond. I was impressed.

Rarity lived and worked in her shop, in the business area of the city. I kept looking around, though, and it looked to be as bright as day. I had to ask, before we reached Rarity's home.

"Hey, girls. I have a question. Why is it as bright in here as it is outside?" Twilight points up, and I look.

"Do you see the giant crystal that glows like the sun?" I turn to look, and finally blind myself when I finally see it. From the brief glimpse I had, it was indeed a crystal, and shone like the sun. Twilight noticed I was blind, and said.

"Yeah, I know. That crystal is infused with solar energy. Every day, Celestia raises the sun, and charges the crystal with a portion of its light. She only has the energy to do it to last a day though, and has to charge it again the next morning. It levitate through the air in the regular pattern of the sun, and during the night, Luna raises the moon, and charges it with a portion of its light, and sends it back along its levitation path. Then the cycle repeats every day. It's pretty efficient, and keeps us going." I just walk along with them, amazed at the power of the two commanders, if they raise and lower the sun and moon. And use those energies to power this crystal to give the people and plants life. I am amazed.

Finally reaching Rarity's place, I see it is a clothing store. Rarity grabs my hand, and drags me inside.

"Okay, darling. I will need your outfit. I can make you another set of the one piece suit, and possibly get you another vest, but I can also take measurements for your clothes to wear outside of work time." I struggle to stay standing against the now stronger than before unicorn, but it takes a little balance. I speak up.

"You dont have to do that Rarity." She drags me over to a room, and says strip, then also says.

"I dont have to, but I want to. Besides, you will need new clothes soon anyways. You'll smell if you just stay in those. I can make you some regular clothes for now, and get your suit ready before tomorrow. It will take a bit of time, but I can get it done, especially if the, pilot kits, as Twilight called them, are ready before 3, and we can get them on." I sigh.

"Okay. Also, the kits are called jump kits, because they help a pilot jump around and use the terrain. With it, you can run on walls, double jump, fall from about a 15 story building, or at least a high altitude, with little to no damage, lets you do a power slide, and with the right mods, it can let you hover when aiming down sights. Its a pretty useful tool on the field." Rarity was looking at me while she measured me, stripped down some to get better measurement.

"Really? Well, it seems like we will be getting quite the workout in the next few days after the course is set up, correct?" I nod.

"Yes. All of you will need to be at your best. Also, for the Pegasus, I will need to restrain your wings. I was told to only do it when training though, because it is painful, but its so you can learn how to not use them, in case of injury or loss. With that in mind, I want when I get them, for you to take them home, and at some point in the day, wear them for thirty minutes to an hour, to help get used to the pain." Both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were looking pained, but nodded.

"If it will help me get better at helping protect ponies, I'll do it. Just don't expect me to not complain at some points." Rainbow says. Fluttershy nods.

Shortly after, I am done being measured, and all of us are walking around again. We head over to Fluttershy's place of work, and I find out she is the local vet for the entire city. We reach her place, and I see that her home also is a pound. We go into the house, and every creature looks over at us, and perks up to look it's prettiest.

"Now now, none of that. Your all the prettiest, so stop trying to make yourself look better." From overhead, a large snake dropped down. It wasn't huge, but it was still large enough to make a decent scarf for Fluttershy. Which it was doing.

"Oh, hey Angel. Are you behaving?" The snake looks at her and nods. I ask.

"Hey, Fluttershy, what type of snake is Angel?" Sge looks at me, and says.

"She's a black mamba. And yes, I know they are one of the most deadly snakes in the world. Don't worry, she wont hurt anyone." I just take a step back, and the girls chuckle. Fluttershy then asks me.

"Would you like a pet? I'm sure theres someone here for you." I think for a moment.

"You have any birds? Crows or ravens, specifically. I've always liked crows and ravens." She nods, and we go to an atrium like area. She then looks up, and makes a perfect crow call.

Moments later, about fifteen crows land nearby, along with a couple of large ravens. They all look around, and Fluttershy hands me a bag.

"Here, give them some food. If they arent hungry, they'll fly away. If not, then thats fine. Though, I dont see all of them, though it might be because of eggs." I nod, and start to throw out some feed lightly. Most of the crows and the two ravens peck at the food, but others fly away.

After feeding the crows, they all fly off while cawing. One of the ravens comes over to me, and looks at me. Fluttershy reaches down and it hops on her arm.

"Can you say hello?" The raven nods, and says.

"Hello." I look shocked. I had heard that they can mimic humans speak, but never seen it. I raise my hand gently to stroke the feathers of the raven. It looks at me, and I start to stroke it.

After a minute, it hops over to my arm. Fluttershy then says.

"I'll get the papers for it ready, but what will his name be?"

"His name is Apollo." She nods, and leaves. I wait for a moment, before walking out the atrium with Apollo.

Fluttershy was at the front desk, shuffling a few papers around, and finally held one out to me on a clipboard with pen.

"Here you go. If you could sign the circled lines, then hes all yours." I nod, sign, and he crows out. After that, the tour begins again, but Twilight takes a call, and then says.

"Okay, the jump kits are ready, so we can go pick them up whenever. Also, the wing restraints are ready as well." I nod, and ask.

"Anywhere else important to head too before we go get your gear?" Pinkie nods.

"Yepperooni. But it's on the way, so it wont be out of the way." I nod, and she bounces down the street. I just shake my head, and we all follow her.

She leads us to a bakery. The sign above the door says Donut Joe's. I smile, and we all head in. Behind the counter inside is who I presume to be Joe. Pinkie bounces up to him, and he gets an angry look on his face.

"Pinkie, how many times do I have to tell you, don't hide your party supplies here. I went in the back storeroom, and bout got blasted by your party cannon." Pinkie looked sad.

"Oh, I'm sorry Joe. I meant to get them out earlier. I put them in there because I was planning his welcome to Equestria party." And she points to me.

He looks past her and sees me, and nods.

"Okay, but make sure it's out by the end of the day. Now, new guy, what you want? On the house for today, since apparently your new to Equestria." I look at him.

"You'll just let me pick some donuts despite never having met any of my species, let alone me?" He nods.

"Your with the 6 elements. They're pretty much your ticket into anything. They all are a vouch for you." I look at them, and they all nod. I shrug.

"Maple frosted with bacon bits, if you have it. And a nice lemon filled, frosted donut please." Donut Joe nods, and grabs a box out from behind the counter.
"So, thats one dozen. Whats the next seven?" Twilight speaks up.

"Make it ten. And I'll pay for the commanders usual. Also, our usuals." Donut Joe nods, and starts grabbing out donuts from behind the counter, back in the back of the store, and placing them in the boxes. Five minutes later, he's done.

"Okay, that will be about 35 bits." Twilight nods, and pulls out a pouch, grabs some gold coins from it, and hands it to him.

"Here you go. Thanks for the donuts Joe." He nods, and we all wave bye. Twilight wraps the boxes in her magic, and floats them alongside us as we head off. Pinkie bounces next to me.

"That is the best donut shop in all Equestria. Not even I can compete with Joe. I work in Ponyvile, but live here for the most part, as does the other girls." They all nod, and she giggles, and we head on.

They lead me through the city, Twilight in the front. We eventually make it back to the upper levels, and the titan hangers. Continuing on, we finally come to a storeroom, with both the commanders in it, plus some technicians. Commander Celestia sees us, and then the donuts, and doesnt greet us. She just walks over, and Twilight hands her a box.

"Thank you Twilight. Now, if youd set aside my sisters box for my later consumption, that would be appreciated." Luna appears to hear that, looks at us, and doesnt greet us. She just dashes over, and Twilight hands her another box.

"Thank you Twilight. We are grateful for the donuts." And shoves one in her mouth. All the girls are giggling at their antics, and Twilight just smiles, and distributes the boxes.

The technicians get a box too, and Luna says.

"We have the jump kits ready, as well as the restraints. Let us eat first, and then we shall outfit the girls." We all nod, and continue eating the donuts.

Afterwords, the girls are given the jumpsuits, and told to change. Rarity scoffs at her suit.

"Why must we wear these horrid things again?" I say.

"These wont get in the way of the kit, and won't ride up and let the belts chafe you. I know from experience that it isnt fun without these suits. Also, they have lead in them, to help protect from radiation. If you want, take it home and fix it up, but nothing shiny, you dont want to attract attention." She nods in understanding, and the rest of the girls get dressed in the jumpsuits.

"Okay, next is the straps. They go around your body, to help with the balance. Start with the straps at the feet, and it will continue up the body, wrapping around vital balance points." They all nod, and the technicians help them with the straps. Once all of them are done, they put their boots on.

"And now, the bulletproof vest. It's not entirely bulletproof, so do get into cover, but it won't hurt when you get shot a couple times." They nod again, and are given the vests.

"And the helmet and jump kit. These are the two most important pieces of your pilot gear. Keep them maintained, and they wont fail you. Commanders, do you have any special equipment, stuff that was found that you don't know what it does?" The commanders nod. Luna points to a nearby table.

"All of the unidentifiable objects are over there." I thank her and walk over. Looking at the table, I see most of the gear I have. Picking up a 4 inch disk, I turn.

"This is the particle wall. You toss it out, and it makes a deployable cover with light, that you can shoot through, but others cant hit you back." I toss the disk, and the cover springs up, glowing a light blue color. Everyone is astonished at the sight, and I turn to commander Luna.

"May I borrow your weapon, please?" She pulls out her P2020 pistol, and hands it to me. I walk to the front of the shield, and fire three shots at it. They all bounce off. Going behind, I fire three more shots, and they go through, into the wall. I then hand the gun back to Luna.

"That is the partcle wall. The next equipment we have, is the pulse blade." I pick up an arm gauntlet, and pull out the knife inside.

"This gets thrown into a wall, and it sends out a radar pulse, that is sent back to the knife, and then to the helmet, and lets you locate enemies through walls or in the immediate vicinity." I then demonstrate its ability. They were surprised.

I grab the next piece of equipment. The phase shift.

"This is the phase shift." Rainbow looksat me intensely.

"Yes Rainbow, just like your titans. It allows you to slip out of reality for a few seconds and get behind your enemies." I then activate my phase shift, and walk behind Rainbow, and pull out my data knife. I then put it to her throat, and phase back into the world. She tenses up when she feels the knife.

"Its a thing you need to watch out for. If you see an enemy go in to a phase, watch out. You'll probably have only a few seconds to see them when the come out." I remove the knife from Rainbows throat, and go back to the table.

"One more piece, the hack knife. It is used to kill, and to hack into enemy computers or ships, and sometimes enemy robots." They all nod.

"That's all that you have, and what I have. Now, lets get running. We need to get the jump kits calibrated to your bodies and center of gravity. Techs, if you could please put the restraints on Rainbow and Fluttershy. I'm sorry, but it's for training, and if you go flying, it might mess it up." They both nod, and Rainbow grits her teeth.

They are then put in the restraints, and I say.

"Okay, were going to run around the hanger. I'll be ahead of you, and if you cant do it, dont try. The jump kit will calibrate itself, and it helps to move to give it a better chance to do so. Helmets on, and follow me." They put on their helmets, each a different look, and I run out the room. I go left out the room, and wait to see what will happen, and eventually they all come out.

"Girls, I said run. So, that means run. I dont want anyone slacking, or I'll talk to the commanders about cleaning duty." The girls all get in gear after that, and follow me as I run. If I remembered correctly, it was the walls in that calibrated first, and then the double jump comes later, with the slide being almost immediate. So, with that in mind, I start the run.

This was going to be fun.