Lost Soldier

Twilight Sparkle rushed around her library franticly. Her assistant Spike came down the stairs.

“Twilight, You've been at this for awhile now, get some sleep” he said

“No, I have to find out what that thing was and where it is now”

“Twilight listen, it's been 12 days, I haven't heard of anypony else seeing it since then”

“But it still could be found and if that happens, I'm in big trouble” She said while flipping through a textbook with her magic

“Twilight looked at the picture of the creature falling from the sky that she had taken with her photoshoot spell 12 days ago. The creature was a light color and only had a small amount of fur on the top of it's head. It was wearing a dark green clothing over all of it's body and a dark green helmet. It seemed that it walked around on 2 legs instead of 4 and It had a very severe looking wound on it's chest. The ponies who saw it had all ran away when it landed and could not provide her with any more information about it. All they told her was that when they came back, the creature was gone.

Twilight couldn't tell anybody about this. The magic that she had used to bring the creature here was extremely powerful and only the most experienced of unicorns were allowed to use it. If the princess found out about her using this type of magic, then she would receive a very harsh punishment. Word of this creature was already spreading throughout Ponyville and it wouldn't be long before someone associated this strange creature with her.

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I walked out the front doors of the hospital. Dr. Stable was right, It was quite hot today.

“Alrighty then, do ya want to go on a full tour of Ponyville or head straight to Twilight's place” Said Applejack

It was a tough decision, Do I want to learn how I got here immediately or have a look at this new world? I decided to go on a tour.

“I think Ill take the tour.” I said

“Alright then, right this way.”

Applejack walked away from the hospital and I followed. After about a minute, we walked by a group of 5 ponies eating breakfast at a restaurant. They all to tensed up when they saw me. I could tell that they were quite scared. They had every reason to be scared, I was quite larger than most ponies and then there's also the fact that they have never seen a human before. I decided to try to talk to them.

“Mornin'” I said to them

They all seemed to calm down after I spoke to them. 2 of them gave me a quick nod and then went back to eating.

Applejack and I toured the city for the next 45 minutes. I received several nervous glances from ponies as I was walking by, but I just tried to smile and say good morning whenever I could. We were walking by a café when my stomach growled.

“Ah think somepony's hungry” said Applejack

I smiled

“I didn't have any breakfast at the hospital today.” I replied

“Say no more, were going into this here café, It's a great place for breakfast”

“Alright then”

Applejack and I walked into the restaurant. I got a nervous glance from the waiter but he said nothing. Applejack and I were sitting on the patio when a light blue pony with wings and a rainbow colored mane flew up to us. She had a picture of a cloud and lightning on her flank. Using what I learned from Dr. Stable, I identified her as a Pegasus.

The blue pony landed in front of me and stared at me.

“Who are you and what are you doing with my friend?” She said rather viciously

“Well I-” I began

“I'm not afraid of you!, I could fight you! Put em up pal!” she said, raising her hooves

“Woah there Rainbow, this is John, he's a human” Said Applejack

“What's a human”

Applejack explained to the blue pony about how I had got here and where I was from.

The blue pony stood still for about 10 seconds, then she turned to me.

“Sorry for being so rude to you, It's just, you know I thought you were a monster or something”

“Hey, no harm done, do you want to join us for breakfast?” I asked, trying to be polite

“Sure, my name's Rainbow Dash by the way. You can call me Dash though” She said

Rainbow dash sat down at the table as the waiter brought menus.

All I had to eat in the hospital were carrots and other vegetables. I was hoping for some meat but was disappointed when I saw the menu, hay fries, daisy sandwich and lots of vegetables. I was just about to ask Applejack where the meat was when I remembered something.

Ponies are herbivores, so it makes sense that there is no meat on the menu. I would have scared them if I asked for meat. Probably best that I didn't.

“Hey John, what do humans eat anyways?” asked Applejack

Darn, the exact question I was trying to avoid.

“Fruits, Vegetables and well... meat”

A look of horror appeared on both of the pony's faces.

“I knew it, I knew that he was a monster!” said Rainbow Dash, Jumping out of her chair and pointing at me

“Is that really true, do ya eat like.... Ponies?” asked Applejack

“No no no, Please calm down. Meat is only a small part of a humans diet. We DO NOT eat ponies and we can also live on a diet of only fruits and vegetables.”

Rainbow Dash sat back down, eying me suspiciously. The waiter came back just as she sat down.

“May I take your orders?” He asked

“Ill get the hay fries and a side of carrots.” Said Applejack

“Ill get the daisy sandwich” Said Rainbow Dash

“Ill have the vegetable plate” I said

The waiter took our menus and left.

“Just a vegetable plate? You should have gotten the daisy sandwich, best food ever.” said Rainbow Dash

I laughed

“Whats so funny?” asked Rainbow Dash

“Oh, its just that humans don't eat daisies” I replied

“Really? You should try one, there great!”

I laughed again

“I think I'll pass on that one Dash” I said

Rainbow Dash then asked me questions about Earth with Applejack occasionally speaking. After 10 minutes the waiter returned with our food. The vegetable plate consisted of carrots, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower. It was actually quite tasty, Much better than the food we ate in the trenches.

Rainbow Dash continued to ask me questions while she was eating and I answered all of them. We finished our food and the waiter brought us the bill.

“I'm payin'” said Applejack

“Gee thanks” Rainbow Dash and I both said

“Normal I would offer to pay, but I don't have any money.” I said, slightly embarrassed

“Hey, ya just fell out of the sky and ya were in the hospital for 12 days, of course ya don't have any cash.”

“Well I owe you one. What type of currency do you use here anyways?”

“We use bits.” said Applejack, holding up a gold colored coin.

Applejack paid the bill and we all stepped out of the restaurant.

“So where to now? Twilight's house?” I asked

“Yep, hey Rainbow were goin' to Twilight's house to find out more about how John came here. ya wanna come?”

“Gee, I really would, but the weather factory has rain planned for tomorrow and I gotta get prepared.” Said Rainbow Dash

“Wait, weather factory?” I interrupted

“Yes silly, how do you control the weather on Earth?” asked Rainbow Dash

“We don't”

Rainbow Dash seemed confused

“Your world is sounding stranger and stranger to me all the time.” She said as she flew off

Applejack turned to me.

“Don't mind that Rainbow, She's just a tad bit hard on newcomers like yourself” Said Applejack

“It's alright, I'm sure humans would act even worse if talking ponies came to Earth”

Applejack chuckled.

“Well we'd best be goin'”

Applejack walked away from the restaurant and I followed. While we were walking I decided to ask Applejack something I hadn't understood since I came here.

“Applejack what are those pictures on everypony's flanks?” I asked

“Oh, yer talkin' about cutie marks.” she replied

“Cutie marks?”

“Yep, they appear when a pony finds out their special talent.”

“You mean something that their good at?”

“Yep, or sometin' that sets them apart from other ponies, I got mine when I realized that I belonged at Sweet Apple Acres and not in the city.” Said Applejack, pointing to the picture of 3 apples on her flank

“Oh, I see”

We walked for about 10 more minutes before approaching a large tree with windows and a door.

“This is Twilight's house?” I asked, surprised

“Yep, sure is, Whats the matter?”

“Oh nothing, People just don't live in trees on Earth.”

We both walked up to the front door of the house. Applejack knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” Said a sleepy sounding voice inside

“Its me, Applejack. Twi can we talk for a bit? I got sometin' I wanna show ya.” Applejack asked

“Alright, Give me a second” the voice replied

The door opened and I looked down to see a purple unicorn that I assumed was Twilight staring up at me.

“AHHHHHHHH, IT'S HERE!” she screamed

Then Twilight fainted.