The Devil Dog

Time:2340
Location:Castle of the two sisters mage chambers.

I flew through thess books trying to find anything about teleportation at a cosmic scale but this Star Swirl dude didn't even complete half his shit. I see why the dude just up and left he never got his shit done, my drill instructor would have a field day with this guy. Lyra mentioned something about other places we could go to but I wanted to clear the while place just in case.

"This place is scrapped let's go" I picked up my rifle and we headed upstairs and into the throne room. I was the first to enter the room and knew something was off. I held up my hand to signal to Lyra to stop, I looked over to the table near the entrance and it was moved about four feet closer to the door way.

"What is it?" Lyra asked slightly worried.

"We have company, get to cover now!" I ordered. We took cover behind the broken shelf and I pointed my rifle at the table. What felt like hours was only a few seconds as I saw a purple mohawk appear from the table. I immediately fired two rounds dropping the sneaky bastards, soon after other enemy forces made themselves known and fired crossbow bolts at me.

I scooted to the left and shot one of them in the leg making them fall and their head in my sights. I pulled the trigger and dropped him, I aimed at the next target who was running to cover but was too slow for my bullet to the skull. I waited a full minute before moving forward, I shot each body just to be sure and when I cleared the room I gave the all clear.

"Their dead Lyra you can come out now" I bent down and noticed the attackers had sun tags as their symbols. They were Equestrian guards alright, so that means the leaders here want me dead.

"Y-You killed them" Lyra sounded scared and surprised. I just shrugged and stepped over the body.

"They were gonna kill us whether I fired first or not" I justified. We were taught to kill before our enemy could kill us and that's something that stuck with me deeply.

"We should have tried to atleast talk our way out but I guess that's not gonna happen, we should get moving" Lyra suggested moving to the door. I couldn't agree more and followed her outside whilst checking the perimeter for enemy forces. We were gonna head North to a place called the 'Crystal Empire' it's libraries hold ancient knowledge used to teach unicorns like Lyra.

"You will need to get winter gear so we don't die of hypothermia you know" I chastised to her.

"What about you?" She turned to face me and I just patted my pack.

"I have a jacket in my pack I used as a blanket back home, it was warm like a pair of tits" I grinned at the memory of me and my platoon getting sent to Germany and the finest women came by making me wish I was a women sometimes. Wait no I need to focus on my mission! I shook my head and continued our march to our next destination.

We couldn't take the train as I would cause a stir and most likely there would be guards on the train. The Crystal empire was going to be a a week long hike unless we find a shortcut. I thought about cutting through the mountains but apparently dragons live there, yes fucking dragons exist here too it's bullshit and dumb. We were about to exit the forest when I spotted a group of ponies ahead, I grabbed Lyra and hid behind the tall grass.

"Unknown bodies at the twelve, my count is seven" I say to her peeking out with my nods. Lyra peeks over and quickly shoots back down.

"It's Twilight and her friends they are probably the ones who sent those guards in there!" Lyra whispered freaking out.

"You know I always could just..."I pointed to my rifle. Lyra smacked me across the helmet with a frown on her face.

"Are you crazy?!" She flabbergasted. I had to stifle a laugh and lowered my gun.

"You don't know the half of it lady, what should we do now?" My plan was shot down so now it's her turn.

"I know a spell that can project other ponies or some creatures but I need to have a visual version of them" She said. We could project a copy of me and have them chase after the hologram while we got the he'll out of dodge.

"Ok make a projection of me and use it to distract them and then we'll move out" she nodded and her horn lit up then I watched as a paler version of me just poofed into exsistance. I...it looked around before looking at me then saluted.

I gave an awkward salute back and was still shocked at how well made it was. The projection stood up and walked towards the group of ponies.

"Hey it's the thing that attacked Flutter Shy get it!" Skittles shouted before diving after it. The projection dodged the attack then ran towards the town with the others in tow. We quickly got up and ran across the large field towards the mountains. The night covered us like shadows and made us invisible to anyone.

I noticed Lyra was getting tired so we set up camp with a small fire. Lyra passed out as soon as she hit the ground, I moved her a little closer to the fire so she could stay warm. I opened up an MRE since I couldn't go out and hunt without leaving Lyra alone and possibly get captured. I started thinking about how I would go about being in this strange world and how I'd be in hiding for the rest of my time here. There's no telling how long I'd even be stuck here with all their magic bullshit and they can even fly which is pretty fucked in my favor.

The sound sound of the wind picking up put me on edge and made me clutch my rifle tighter. I always followed my instincts like we were taught, it even saved me a few times back when I was a grunt on the front lines. Me and my lieutenant along with five other marines were riding down a road and came to a fork, I originally wanted to go down the left road as we always do but a little voice inside said not to.

Lets go right sir

Why? We always go on the left

I have a bad feeling about it sir I can't explain

We missed four IEDs that day and not a single marine was killed. I missed those days of just sitting around and shooting at the local goat fuckers for fun. A smile crept onto my face and I pulled out a photo of my squad out of my pocket. Me and my friends from highschool all joined at the same time through the buddy system and managed to make through over 16 years of combat deployments. In the picture I was in the middle for being the tallest with my two friends on my sides and our lieutenant on our far left. Sleep was nagging at me so I put the photo in my pocket and used my pack as a pillow. I closed my eyes and waited for the nightmares to start.

"Your skills are working well for you" A voice said. I opened my eyes and saw Luna standing above me, I tried to kick her but my boot just faded through. I rolled over and pulled out my pistol and aimed st her head.

"What the hell do you want with me?" I hissed at her.

"I only wish to talk with you" She held a hoof up and two chairs poofed into exsistance. She sat down and nodded forme to sit. I kept my pistol trained on her and sat down.

"The fuck you want to talk about?" I asked.

"I have a proposition for you, if you come to Canterlot and help us we can guarantee your safety back to your home" She explained. I didn't buy it as we were almost ambushed by guards.

"You really think you can bullshit me bitch? You just want to experiment on me and God knows what else you plan on doing so no I will not go to Canterlot and fuck you" I stood up and aimed the pistol at her forehead. Just before I pulled the trigger my vision went white and I was back in Afghanistan.

"Gunny we got them on the run should we chase after them?" A marine asks. I look down from my humvee at the marine then at the retreating enemy.

"No corporal they'll lead us to a trap most likely let's rendezvous with Fox-6 and set up a defensive perimeter along the Southern embassy gate" I ordered him. The marine nodded before hoping in the drive side and turning us around.

"You and the human soldiers kill other humans. Why?" Lunas voice called out. I snapped out of the dream and looked at her.

"Stay out of my head!" I raised my pistol and pulled the trigger making everything go black.

Time:0830
Location:Dragon mount basin

I didn't get much sleep so today was slow for us. Lyra and I aren't even close to the Crystal fields since this mountain is in the was so now we are climbing around it to get across. So far I've yet to see a dragon which is my plan for the whole fucking trip, I couldn't focus due to my paranoia and lack of sleep. I don't know why I felt drained I've gone days without sleep and that was during a week long firefight in Mosul.

"You okay Marine?" Lura bumped my shoulder.

"Your princess won't stay out of my head, she keeps trying to play back old memories of my time as a grunt. I think she's trying to learn how I fight so they could kill me quicker" I fumbled over my words but she understood somehow. I felt a cold breeze his so I put my mask and goggles on as warmth.

"If we can get to the Crystal Library I could try to find a spell that protects your mind from invasions" She offered. I gladly accepted and we continued our march. I started to sing some cadence from boot camp and it confused the hell out of Lyra with most of the songs about killing and kicking ass.

I felt a strange feeling in my body as though I was paralyzed but could somehow still move. My knees felt like strings and I fell down, my body locked up like it was being held in place then the sound of wings could be heard.

"Marine come on we got to go now!" Lyra screamed. She lifted me up and fireman carried me on her back and ran full speed down the mountain side. I looked behind us and saw a blue pony flying at us. It was Luna and that pissed me off as she was the one fucking me up.

I lifted my M4 and began firing at her but with the running it was kinda hard. I took a deep breath and waited for my sights to be right above her left wing and pulled the trigger. Time slowed down as the bullet flew through the air and clipped her wing causing her to crash into the ground.

"I hit her!" I shouted to Lyra.

"Oh that's just great!" She yelled back sarcastically. I consider it a big win now that she can't fly.

"We should go back so I can finish her off" I suggested. Lyra used her magic to smack my helmet around my face.

We stopped at a broken barn near a dried river and hid inside. I was finally able to move again and set up a cover position on the window. A buzzing sound filled my ears and from our old position a squad of bug looking ponies. They seemed to be looking for something then Luna came out of the blue but a green fire engulfed her and another bug looking pony took her place.

"What the fuck?" I aimed down my sights and aimed at the bugs head. It turned to my direction and earned a bullet to the forehead, it fell like a fly and twitched around while its buddies fired green bolts at me.

I ducked behind cover and pulled out a fragile, I threw it right under them and it exploded in a beautiful green blaze of guts and glory. I waited a bit longer then stepped out to check the bodies, the bugs were made of chitin that protected their outer layers but wasn't strong enough to stop a .556 which is good for me now that I know their not strong and can be taken down easily.

"Lyra what are these things?" I poked the one that took Lunas form.

"Those are changlings, they reside in the badlands under queen Chrysalis's rule, changlings can change into anypony or creature it sees. She and Starlight Glimmer have some sort of hatered for each other but that's probably cause shes stopped Chrysalis a few times" She tapped her chin thinking. I pulled out my knife and cut off one of their ears and put it in my pocket for later. Lyra watched in horror but couldn't do anything to stop me, I wiped my green covered gloves off and we began walking to our original destination.

Time:1120
Location:Drake fields

The cold rocky fields of this place makes me feel like I'm in Ireland again when we stopped to refuel and we had a rock dodge ball fight with the Irish Soldiers. They were always drunk bastards but showed a good time. A loud roar pulled me out of my thoughts and I looked up to see what I never though I would in my entire life was a fucking dragon just flying on by with no fucks given. If my jaw could drop to the floor it would have, the dragon flew up to a cliff and dissapeard into a cave.

"You coming or what?" Lyra bumped my arm. I looked down at her and awkwardly smiled.

"I think I shit my pants but that could also be the bangers" I said reaching behind me. I was about to just shrugged it off but then a voice came over my comms.

"...this....Master....Moore...does anyone co..." Immediately I ripped my walkie out of my clip and pressed the button.

"Master Sergeant Moore this is Spear-1 can you hear me?" I quickly said into the walkie.

"Rea...I'm...snow" I couldn't understand what he was saying. I tried adjusting the antenna but to no avail.

"Fuck...Okay Master Sergeant if you can hear me stay away from any ponies I repeat stay away from the ponies over and out" I put the radio back in my belt clip and felt a wave of unease come over me.

"Who is Master Sergeant Moore?" Lyra asked.

"He's my old instructor from boot camp, I don't know how hes here but he said something about snow" I thought for a moment of what he was talking about then the Crystal Empire came to my mind. "There's a chance he could be at the Crystal Empire since the place has snow"

"Then we better get moving before your friends gets captured" Lyra began trotting across the field. I went into a jog by her side and prayed we'd get to him in time, my new mission now is to regroup with my old instructor before it's too late.