Gundam Wings, The Story Of a New Beginning

by ShadowFall

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe, Human, Dark, Comedy, Romance
Length: 85463

A deceased Marine is reborn into Equestria. There, he undergoes a very fascinating transformation, as he is blessed with wings from legendary machines.

Quality Warning: This was written when I was MUCH less experienced as an author. Read at your own risk.

When a human is killed in action over the desolate sands of the Middle East, he is brought to Equestria to start over again. Given the blessing of new machine wings and a soulmate he can open his heart to, he believes he has reached heaven. But, his memories still haunt him constantly, he has nightmares about his childhood and his service, and he is on the verge of breaking down. Even in this seemingly perfect, and peaceful world, he will find out much too late, that everything is a lie. But, will a very special cyan mare introduce what life really is to this human?

And when he arrives, he will soon undergo a very fascinating transformation. (It is not a pony.)

This story is rated PG (For Ponies and Gundam).

(Beware, inaccuracies about the Marines and a seemingly overpowered OC maybe/are present. This is an old story.)

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-22 16:00:09 UTC

The First to Die (Edited Slightly)

"Ugh."

I forced open my eyes once I was sure I had regained conciseness. I stared out into a white room that had quite a few lights coming down on me. I easily recognized that this was some sort of hospital room, but where was I? I looked down and saw that I had been stripped of my combat fatigues. Then, remembering the cyan mare from before, I looked down at my half-naked body.

"How could they have removed my fatigues? Don't they-"

My thought was interrupted by a horse coming into the room.

"Oh right", I thought to myself,",I am in a universe that harbors small horses. How could I forget?"

The horse looked at me quite alarmed, but quickly calmed down as it began to speak.

"Uh, hello. My name is Nurse Red Heart. If you don't mind me asking, who are you?"

I quickly looked around the room and found my backpack on a chair and my M4A1 assault rifle leaning against the wall. It was quite obvious they had no idea what it was, nor what I could do with it.

"Where am I?"

"Do you mean the hospital, or did you come from far away?"

"VERY far away"

The nurse took consideration as she continued.

"Well, I've never seen anypony like you, so I believe you might not know that you're in Equestria."

"Equestria?"

"Yes. You are currently in Ponyville right now, and you fracture some parts of your ribcage."

"Wait, how come you said you have never seen anyone like me, yet you let me into a building with a ton of other sick ponies. Arne't you concerned about their safety?"

"Well, of corse, but wouldn't your kind do the same?"

Oh god. They had no idea. I began to quickly play back a memory in my mind. We were trying to destroy a convoy that had a enemy militia war lord traveling with it, and a shit-load of weapons. We had received AC-130 support, and us marines were to check if there were any survivors. The AC-130 nailed a bridge with its howitzer and the convoy fell down into ravine below. As we were checking, Corporal Jameson found a 6-year old girl in the back of one of the vehicles. The reason of the girl's presence in the convoy still remained a mystery to me, but we had much bigger matters. The girl was critically injured and needed immediate medical attention. I radioed high command and explained everything to them. I said that she could be airlifted to a military hospital. High command refused and told me to transport her to an Afghan hospital. I cringed at the thought. There as no way she could survive in those conditions. I argued and argued, but it was no use. The next thing I know, a Black Hawk arrived on the scene and carried her away to the Afghan hospital. I kept bitting my finger nails knowing the girl would not survive A few days later at the base, a marine had told me the girl had just died. I never felt more depressed in my life knowing a innocent 6-year old had died due to our careless actions. It kept paining me to remember that little girl's face, right before the Black Hawk took off.

"Something like that."

Nurse Red Heart brightened at the comment.

"So what do I owe you?", I asked realizing that whatever I had was probably worthless in...wherever I am.

"Oh nothing dear, you looked pretty hurt back there, so I decided we should fix you up as fast as possible."

Okay, this HAD to be heaven.

"So, what is your name?"

I was about to speak before realizing something. What if I had been captured and put on a hallucinative sleep drug? No, I died from a grenade. There was  no way I could survive that. But, something tells me that I could trust these multi-colored ponies.

"Sergeant Lilienfeld."

The nurse looked up.

"Oh, are part of a guard force or something?"

"Ugh, this is going to be a long story..."

"Wait, somepony want's to see you."

The very familiar winged cyan mare strode in before my eyes. She seemed to brighten up as she saw me and smiled.

"Wow! Your okay!"

I tried to smile, but I just couldn't.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

She leaned forward for an embrace and placed her legs around me and squeezed me gently. I was about to pry her off when I realized that my ribs didn't act up when she hugged me.

"How am I not feeling anything in my chest?"

The nurse was about to exit the room before turning around.

"We used unicorn magic to reattach and mend your bones into position. It really doesn't take a long time. We were able to do it overnight."

Overnight? Unicorn magic? What the fuck?! I looked at a nearby clock. 5:30 AM

The cyan colored mare lifted herself up and smiled down at me once again. She hopped off my bed and began to talk.

"So, if you don't mind me asking? What are you?"

"Haven't you seen a human before?"

The mare looked up before replying.

"No."

"Well, you can call me Sergeant Lilienfeld if you wish."

"Sergeant? Are you a guard?"

"I'll have to explain to you sometime else. And you are?"

"Oh! I'm Rainbow Dash! The fasted and awsomest flyer in all of Equestria! No one has ever beaten my record for pulling off the Sonic Rainboom!"

I took all of these facts into consideration. Okay, Rainbow Dash was a very suitable name for this mare, awsomest isn't even a word, Equestria really suited their appearance as they were all Equines, and Sonic Rainboom? I've seen some F18s pull of sonic booms while going at mach speeds, but could this horse really break the sound barrier? I heavily doubt it.

"You know, awsomest isn't even a word.", I chuckled.

Rainbow Dash laughed a little while, and pulled me into a smile. God, she looked so cute when she was happy.

"So, what's all that stuff over there?"

I looked at my backpack, my M4A1 assault rifle, and...my duffle bag? That was supposed to be back at base Echo-5. How could I have ended up with it if I wasn't near it? I decided to ask questions later and spill some of the beans.

"That's my backpack over there, and my duffle bag. I really suggest you-"

Before I could finnish my sentence, Rainbow Dash had somehow unzipped my backpack (WTF?!) and was looking through it. She pulled out a spare clip for my M4A1 out from the side pocket. I opened my eyes wide at the sight of the M4A1 extended ammo clip.

"What's this?", she said through the clip she was holding in her mouth.

"I really think you shouldn't touch that."

"Why?"

"It's quite dangerous if used by the wrong hands...er...hooves."

She immediately, yet gently set the clip back in the backpack. She then feasted her eyes on the M4A1 rifle. Uh-oh.

"What's this?", she asked while poking at it. I thought for a minute. If I told her, then she might think I was dangerous. If i didn't, she would know I would be hiding something and become more suspicious about the M4A1. I sighed as I decided to carefully tell her the truth.

"Okay, but before I tell you, you must trust that I wouldn't hurt any of you. Okay? That is a weapon."

She immediately stopped poking at it.

"A weapon?! Wait, are you a spy?!"

"What did I just say, Rainbow Dash?"

"Oh, sorry, I just get worked up like this at times. So, do you grab it like this?", she said as she took an impossible hold of the rifle with her hooves and held it by the barrel, like a golf club. She rose it up, which I suspected she thought it was some kind of club. Mental facepalm.

"I doesn't seem like it could do a lot of damage. The Equestrian guards' spears could hurt someone more than this."

"It isn't to be held like a club Rainbow Dash, it's a gun."

She set the rifle down back against the wall carefully.

"A what?"

"A gun is a weapon that can fire a metal slab about this big at 833 meters per second."

Rainbow Dash took a look at the rifle that as leaning against the wall, and looked back at me.

"Doesn't look like it would hurt much."

"You have no idea."

I was shot countless times in my service. I remember a 50.cal round grazing the side of my body. Hurt like a mother fucker. I decided to change the subject now.

"Hey, do you mind if you could get my duffle bag?"

"Oh, this one?", she asked, which I nodded to. She trotted over and picked the bag up with her teeth, and set it down next to me. I stretched a bit before realizing something.

"How much longer am I going to be in here?"

"Well, Nurse Red Heart said that you are okay to go out. We just need to check you out."

"We?"

Immediately, Rainbow Dash's cheeks grew red as she realized what she had just said.

"What? I-I didn't mean it like that!", she stuttered.

"Right.", I smiled evilly.

I slowly rose myself and took my belongings. I hoped that the Equestrians wouldn't get the wrong idea with an assault rifle in my arms. It still looked like a club. Rainbow Dash and I check out after receiving some nervous glances around the lobby. The administrator seemed to be in a hurry to get me signed out, which I was a little thankful for. Right as we stepped out, every single pony in the streets of this so-called "Ponyville" turned their heads and immediately began screaming and running for their homes. I just stared dumbfounded at the reaction I have just caused.

"Ugh, it's just like Zecora all over again."

"Who?"

"She's a zebra that lives in the Everfree forest over there.", she said while pointing in some random direction,"When she came to Ponyville, everypony ran for their homes and panicked. Even though Zecora would bring them no harm."

"What did you do?"

Rainbow Dash looked at me a little sheepishly and scratched the ground with her hoof.

"Let me guess, you joined the others."

She nodded guiltfully at me. I just smiled an ruffled her mane.

"Hey! Stop that!", she giggled as she suddenly found herself looking at the five digits from my hand.

"What are those? Are they claws?"

I stared down at my fingers and let out a smile.

"Uh, no, these are fingers.", I said to her waiting for a response. She blinked twice.

"Their little appendages that humans use for grasping objects. Like...", my voice trailed off while I looked for an example.

"Like this.", I said as I picked up a rock while slowly closing my fingers around it.

She seemed a little spooked by this, but she excepted it nonetheless.

"Oh! That's cool! Do all humans have those?"

I remembered a cadet who was immediately booted for having disfigured fingers. Damn guy didn't even have a thumb.

"Yeah, we all have them."

"So, where are you from?"

I suspected that this had to be some other universe, or planet, or dimension, or...what the fuck ever.

"Have you ever heard of Chicago?"

"Uh, doesn't ring a bell."

"I come from this place called Earth. It's a planet that is home to at least 7 billion humans right now.", I explained. Rainbow Dash was completely dumbfounded by the population count.

"7 BILLION?! Dang! That must have been a crowded planet!"

"Oh, it is. And, I live in a city called Chicago. The south side to be exact"

"How is it there?"

Suddenly, I wished that I hadn't brought up the subject. I had the worst experiences as a child in Chicago. Not just the get bullied by the people at school worst. I'm talking about...never mind.

"How is it there? It is just plain horrible."

Rainbow Dash was taken back by the sudden comment.

"How was it so bad?"

"Well, first off, there is a huge crime rate there. Murder is something you always see on the news everyday. There is a countless amount of gangs there, and where I come from, people always bar their windows to stop people from breaking in and stealing all of their belongings. Second, pollution. It is quite hazy, but not from the weather, but from the smoke and car exhaust that crowd the streets every day. Third, I rather not talk about.", I finish my explanation of Chicago.

Rainbow Dash was just horror struck by my explanation of my home.

"How could you live somewhere like that?! It must have been awful!"

"Oh, it was. But I had endured all of the things that had happened to me and Chicago all the way up to when I joined the Marines."

"Marines?"

"That, my dear Rainbow Dash, is a completely different story, for a completely different time.", I said as I shifted the position of my duffle bag that was slung over my shoulder.

"Wait, if you came from a different planet, then that means...YOUR AN ALIEN!"

"Oh god. Look, I already said I wouldn't hurt any of you. And to be honest, I don't know how I got here. First minute I-"

I decided to stop my sentence, as I would eventually lead to my death. Fucking insurgent piece of shit.

"So, do you have a place to stay at all?"

"Well, no. But I really fell like a burden to suddenly move in with some one."

"Oh! maybe you can stay with me in Cloudsdale!"

Cloudsdale? Oh, god that sounds way too much like Scottsdale.

"What is Cloudsdale?"

"Oh! It's a beautiful city in the clouds where I live and work! But, can you walk on clouds?"

Again, heaven.

"No, and it's scientifically impossible to do that."

"Well, my friend Twilight sure knows a thing or two about science. And she could prove you wrong!"

"So, what do we do?"

"Well, silly, we go to Twilight's house!"

I saw Rainbow Dash trot away as I tried my best to keep up with the galloping mare.

Sorry about the delay guys, and about the errors in chapter one. As I promised there was more!

Quote:It is only the dead who have seen the end of war.-Plato

Trickery

A few hours before Ben's arrival.

Celestia gazed from her balcony atop one of the highest turrets of Canterlot. She stared at the sun as it stood in the sky, unmoving, until she needed to shift its position again. The Princess looked behind her. It was her dearest sister, Princess Luna. Luna spoke after a minute's pause and standing by her.

"Has he arrived yet?"

Celestia nodded slowly.

"He has. I've sensed his presence now."

Luna looked at her taller sibling.

"The prophecy depicts that the greatest danger to Equestria is to come. I've seen this "human". No magic, no special abilities, what makes him the right choice?", Luna muttered.

"I've arranged him to gain his abilities, and I've found a motive."

"A motive?"

"I've casted a gradual love spell on the human. I believe that if there is one who he cares for more than anything else, his motivations will be surefire."

"But what pony would ever play this charade with this creature? He's appalling in my view."

Then, a small blur in the sky began to home in on their location. It grew bigger as it got closer, and The Element of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash touched down. She looked at the two regal Alicorns and knelt down to her presence.

"I'm here, your majesties."

"Rise Rainbow Dash. Are you familiar with your task?", Celestia inquired.

Rainbow Dash, however, put her hoof to her chin, and tapped it a bit.

"I'mmmm sorry...can you refresh me?", she tried to seem as innocent as possible. Celestia nodded and began to speak.

"A prophecy tells of a grave danger that is going to fall over Equestria soon. We do not know what it is exactly, but it explains that a hero must be summoned by us, the two Princesses, to defend and preserve Equestria.", she started. it wasn't soon before Rainbow Dash cut in.

"Wait, a danger, a hero? This sounds...awesome!", she smiled, then realized what she had said in front of the Princesses.

"Agh! I'm so sorry your highnesses!", she bowed down again.

"Rainbow Dash, as amazing as this sounds, Equestria could meet its fate if the hero is not up to the challenge."

"So, what did you need me to do again?", she asked.

Celestia looked at Luna before speaking.

"I've casted a love spell on the hero. He needs to develop a relationship with one here to find his greatest motivation."

"Well, I'm pretty sure that pony can find anyone here. I'm not so good with relationships and stuff, so I don't know much about this. So, who's the pony?"

Celestia put her hoof to her face.

"Did I do something wrong?", Rainbow Dash rose her hoof.

"Rainbow Dash, first off, the hero isn't a pony, it's a human. A creature that stands on two legs, has two arms for hands like a Minotaur, doesn't have a tail, its mane is extremely cropped, and are quite taller than your kind."

Rainbow Dash rose an eyebrow.

"Wow, I wonder who's the unlucky pony who has to charade with that."

Again, Celestia shook her head.

"Rainbow Dash, two days ago, I've told you who this pony was going to be."

"Huh? You did? Who?"

"It is you, Element of Loyalty."

Her eyes widened, and she looked around.

"Are you talking about me?", she absolutely knew that they were referring to her, but she asked anyways.

"Yes, thou.", Luna spoke.

Rainbow Dash felt as though her whole world was about to collapse on her.

"B-But, why me?!"

"Because no stallions have their eye out for you at the moment, plus, the pony has to have a significant importance so the human can make a partnershipped bond."

"A partnershipped bond?!"

"No Rainbow Dash, we don't mean sex."

"But how are you sure! What if it tries to-"

"The human is unlike much of his kind. Rape is a complete sin for him, and he grew up to hearing of it much.He is appalled by it."

Rainbow Dash tried to object, but Celestia cut her off.

"The human will be arriving at any moment now. You must find him and greet him to this world. Remember, act like you've been with him a long time and the love spell will take effect. If the human attempts to try anything that you aren't comfortable with, Luna and I shall deal with it. Be interested of what he speaks of. Who knows, maybe what he has to say will be rather...exciting for you."

"Princesses, I just can't do this..."

"Well, you certainly agreed with it a few days before, or maybe you had a little too much Apple Family Cider.", she stifled a giggle.

"I...I...okay...might as well get it over with..."

"Remember, act like you've never seen him or heard of him, slowly introduce him to the rest of your friends, and keep that attitude up."

She nodded and took off. Luna spoke to Celestia.

"Art thou sure this is the right idea, sister?"

"Only time will tell..."

Quote: “If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!” -Adolf Hitler

Defiance of Science

"Jesus! Slow down already!"

Rainbow Dash looked back with a smirk on her face.

"Told ya I could out gallop you!"

"Only because I have all of my equipment on me!"

"Ready to admit I'm faster?"

"I'll never admit anything to you."

I ran and ran for what seemed like forever until we came to a tree. But I took a look closer, and I found a door carved out of the trunk, and window sills coming out of the leaves. I stared at the tree house for a little while before Rainbow Dash gave me a nudge.

"You coming?"

I shrugged as me and Rainbow Dash approached the tree house. The cyan mare held out a hoof and firmly tapped it on the door. Some shuffling was heard inside as Rainbow Dash let herself in and told me to wait outside. I began to whistle out of boredom outside and eventually, I out my ear to the door and began to hear in on the conversation.

"Look, Twilight, I promise you he's not going to hurt you or anypony here."

"Are you sure? From what you have described, he seems a little alarming."

"I just want you to meet him. That's all."

"How do you know it is a he?"

"He says that he's a Mariner...or something like that. Besides, Nurse Red Heart told me that he was a guy after doing a physical while he was knocked out."

So some ponies were looking at my pubic area while I was asleep. That makes me feel secure.

I heard some hoofsteps approaching the door that I was leaning against to hear in on the conversation. I tried to pull back away from it, but the weight of the duffle bag, my backpack, and my M4A1 over weighed me and prevented me from getting up fast enough. The next thing I know, I'm falling forward and preformed a grade-A face plant on the wooden floor. It didn't feel very comfortable. A heard a shriek and got up from my fall position. I laid my eyes on a lavender horse with a black and pink mane. I also noticed a small horn protruding from her head. I guessed this had to be a unicorn. God, every inhabitant on this world seemed to break some scientific law. The mare looked at me nervously, then looked at Rainbow Dash. She then looked back at me a little less alarmed and stepped forward a bit.

"He-hello, my name i-is Twilight Sparkle. What's yours?"

"Sergeant Lilienfeld."

The mare who was named Twilight gave me a little bit of a confused look.

"Uh, no, not your rank, I mean your name."

I sighed before continuing.

"Benjamin."

Rainbow Dash looked at me a little confused, then broke into a sheepish smile.

"What kind of a name is Benjamin?"

"Do you have a problem with that?"

I immediately regretted what i just said as Rainbow Dash sunk down and drooped her head.

"I apologize, I get this way sometimes."

Rainbow Dash seemed to brighten up a bit.

"I hope I didn't offend you."

"Of course not. I've heard WAY more offensive stuff then someone questioning my name."

"So, who are you exactly?"

I turned back to Twilight, who had a scroll levitating and a quill levitating with the scroll. WHAT?! LEVITATING?! I noticed that her horn was glowing too, indicating that the scroll's and quill's floating was connected to it.

"So magic does exist here."

"Of course. Doesn't your kind have magic?"

"Well, no. Not at all."

Twilight suddenly dropped the scroll and quill altogether at once. She stared at me wide-eyed after the answer I had just replied to her.

"What? No magic?! Then, what do you have?!"

I took a little consideration into this. What would be something equivalent to to the horse's magic?

Technology.

Hey, thanks brain.

"Technology", I replied.

Twilight looked at me a little funny, and so did Rainbow Dash. Twilight questioned what technology was, so, I decided to just show them an example. I headed over to my duffle bag that was thrown against the wall and took a look inside. The first thing I noticed was there was stuff in there that wasn't supposed to be. I was originally going to show them my ipod touch (that I secretly kept with me during my service), but I noticed that there was a laptop computer in there. I didn't have a laptop when I was in Afghanistan, so how could a really nice looking computer suddenly appear in my duffle bag? I decided to ask questions later and show them the computer as an example of technology. I brought out the laptop, which really didn't impress Rainbow Dash, but Twilight was looking with interest at the flat device. I opened it up, and Rainbow Dash suddenly became more interested once I turned it on. The screen came to life as I stared at the background of the programs. It was me with a bottle of whisky in my hands cheering with a Marine, who was firing an M134 Minigun at a pickup truck during a New Years celebration back at Echo-5, the base I was stationed at. I really didn't approve shooting every single gun into the air, or emptying every clip you could find for 3 whole minutes, but I really took enjoyment from my happy brothers. (And thank GOD I wore ear plugs that night.)

"Woah! That's cool!", Rainbow Dash gawked at the laptop.

"How do you do that?", Twilight asked.

I lectured them for at least thirty whole minutes about what kinds of machinery and devices humans had to make life easier, or a little bit more entertaining. i told them about what a laptop is, and what kinds of information it harbors. I told them about Google, Wikipedia, Youtube, and Facebook, even though I didn't even have an account of my own on that social network site. I noticed Rainbow Dash getting bored from my lecture after pulling off yet, another yawn. So, I decided to make it worth her while.

"Oh, and you can play games, listen to music, and watch movies."

Rainbow perked her head up and looked at me with interest.

"Really? No way."

"Oh, you just see. I'm gonna play a song that I think you would enjoy."

It took me a tiny bit to navigate around the laptop, until I came to the music library. I scrolled down on the list and found some good songs on the library. I eventually found myself at the top again looking at a very familiar song.

"Blow Me Away, By Breaking Benjamin."

"Wait, you made a song?"

"No, It was made by some guy who has the same name as me. We're not related at all."

"Meh. Whatever song you pull up probably won't beat Vinyl's mixes. She's pretty good."

"We'll see."

I grinned as I selected one of my favorite songs. Okay Breaking Benjamin, you haven't failed me before, so I really hope you won't fail me again.

*Please Note: I have nothing to do with this song, nor am I affiliated with it. I am displaying this so you readers can get a better taste of the story. So don't sue me douche bags. Also, this version of Blow Me Away is edited.*

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I hit the play button and the song started off. Twilight and Rainbow Dash were a little confused at the slow start of the song. Rainbow seemed to be getting bored and decided to speak up.

"See, I told you-"

Then the song hit the 0:17 mark.

The shit hit the fan.

Immediately, Rainbow Dash lurched backwards from the sudden burst of guitars (Or, whatever else). After a few seconds of pure awsome, she began bobbing her head to the beat. It took Twilight a little longer to get the song, but soon enough, she joined in the bobbing of heads. I began singing the lyrics as they came forth, which seemed to have an added effect to the song.

"They fall in line, one at a time, ready to play..."

"I can't see them anyway..."

"No time to loose, we got to move, steady your helm..."

"I am loosing sight again..."

"Fire your guns! It's time to run!"

"Blow me away!"

"I will stay, in the mess I made..."

"After the fall, we'll shake it up!"

"Show me the way!"

"Only the strongest will survive! Lead me to heaven when we die!"

"I am the shadow on the wall! I'll be the one to save us all!"

I then noticed that the volume wasn't set high enough, so I turned it up to maximum kick-ass. Twilight covered her ears with her hoof after the massive blast of sound, then let go and began stamping her hoof to the floor intensively. Rainbow Dash was completely banging her head and pumping her fist...er...hoof into the air. Damn, I really gotta get used to myself being surrounded by ponies. We listened to the song, and I kept mouthing the lyrics perfectly. Eventually, Rainbow Dash began beating her wings, and the next thing I know, she is in the air thrash dancing. That was just plain awesome.

"There's nothing left, so save your breath... Lying in wait..."

"Caught inside this tidal wave..."

"Your cover's blown, no where to go... Holding your fate..."

"Loaded, I will walk alone..."

"Fire your guns! It's time to run!"

"Blow me away!"

"I will stay, in the mess I made..."

"After the fall, we'll shake it up!"

"Show me that way!"

"Only the strongest will survive! Lead me to heaven when we die!"

"I am the shadow on the wall! I'll be the one to save us all!"

"Wanted it back... DON'T FIGHT ME NOW!"

Then, the heavy metal part strolled in. I thrashed my head back and forth extremely hard, at which point, I was concerned I might dislocate it. After a minute more of the song, it ended, and Rainbow Dash broke into an applause.

"That was awesome! I never heard anything like that! Do you have anymore songs?!"

"I'll show you some other songs some other time."

I smiled at her, and she smiled at me. I quickly exited out of the music library, and Twilight began to speak up.

"So, Benjamin, Rainbow Dash wanted me to give you wings so you could go to Cloudsdale. Does that sound good to you?"

I stood there for a moment, before answering back.

"You can do that?"

"Of course. It's a really complicated spell though."

"What kind of wings will I get?"

"Well, that depends. I preformed the same spell on one of my friends, Rarity, and she produced butterfly wings. I don't know what kind of wings you'll get though."

"Why are you doing this all for me? I really don't deserve all of this gratitude."

Rainbow Dash perked up and answered back.

"Because, I helped you earlier, and now, I want to repay you by giving you some wings."

"Is there something you're not telling me Rainbow Dash?"

I saw Rainbow Dash's cheeks light up a bit.

"I think you're really cool too."

I smiled at the compliment. At least I know how it felt like to be cared for by someone But...it felt out of place...why was I feeling so attached to her all of a sudden? I was just sucked into this world. Something didn't make sense...

Twilight walked away and took a book from the large amount of shelves built into the trees and began studying it. She turned around and told us that she was trying to make the spell permanent if it was possible. She asked if that was okay, and I said it was fine. She then told us to wait for at least a while so she can prepare up. Bored, I opened up my laptop again, and I decided to tell Rainbow Dash one of the greatest inventions to the sci-fi universe ever created.

Mecha.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash, do you want to see what a Mecha is?"

Rainbow Dash turned her head towards me and looked at me a little confused.

"Mecha? What's that?"

"They're giant robots that humans pilot inside. They have all sorts of awesome stuff on them and some move incredibly fast. Look, here's a picture."

I quickly pulled up my image library, and I was quite surprised with what I saw. It was completely filled with sketches of Mecha from top to bottom. I scrolled down and noticed at least half of the list consisted of custom mecha drawings from when I was bored in my service, and when I was 16-18 years old. I always wanted to be a Mecha concept artist, and I am looking at a list of over 300 art pieces of Mecha everywhere. I then decided to look up one of the most famous Mecha in history: The RX-72-2 Gundam. I clicked on the picture, and it loaded into the Gundam with different poses. One was just standing so you could see the whole Mecha, another had it firing its Machine Gun, another had it blocking a Zaku's Bullet Spray, a position where it was slicing with its Beam Saber, another with it firing its head vulcans firing at incoming missiles. I lectured Rainbow Dash about what Mecha exactly are, what they do, how they are piloted, and how fast the can sometimes move. Rainbow Dash stared at amazement for quite a time, before asking a question.

"That's so cool. How big are they?"

I thought about it for a moment.

"I think the leg equals the size of Twilight's tree house, or maybe a little smaller."

"WOW! That big?! That's amazing! It must be cool to pilot one of those!"

"Actually, humans don't have anything close to Mecha in real life. This is all make believe. You know, something cool to think and imagine."

Rainbow Dash looked a little disappointed.

"Hey, there's actually movies, games, and TV shows completely modeled after these things."

"Really? Do you think you can show me some?"

I looked at the bottom left of my computer screen, and found that the connectivity to the internet was completely full.

"Okay, how in fuck's name am I getting connection on a another planet?!"

Rainbow Dash sort of flinched at my dropped F-bomb.

"Sorry."

"It's fine. Are you going to show me something?"

I looked up Youtube, then punched in: Gundam Endless Waltz - Final Battle. Immediatly, the search results came up and I clicked on a video.

This are gonna be rad.

Youtube Video

Rainbow Dash was a little nervous at the dark figures lurking in the hanger bay.

"Are those Mecha?"

"Yep. That's Sandrock, that's Deathscythe, and that is my personal favorite, Heavyarms."

After confirming the pilots were ready, Sandrock sliced open the bay doors, and the three Mecha hurtled towards the planet below.

The first question that Rainbow Dash asked was why the song had all of these strange lyrics. I explained while pausing the video that it was made in Japan, a country where they spoke a different language than America. I even told her I'm mostly Japanese. She thinks this is why I know so much about Mecha. Derp. The view changed to the enemy mecha firing, and one looked up too see Deathscythe looming over it. With a completely bad-ass spread of its wings in the moonlight, Deathscythe plunged down and sank his trademark scythe into the enemy Mecha. More and more Mecha fell to Deathscythe's wrath as the view changed to my favorite Mecha of all time, Heavyarms. The enemies stood no chance against Heavyarm's trademark gattling guns as he mowed down every Mecha in sight. To avoid incoming fire, Heavyarms leapt into the air and did a full twist flip (whatever you call it). Right as he landed, my favorite part came into the video. Heavyarms blasted the enemy Mecha with his gattling guns and tore them to pieces. The air assualt of the enemies failed as Heavyarms shot them down from the sky (like the useless little bitches they are). Rainbow Dash stared in amazement as Heavyarms began intercepting the micro-missiles that were launched from an opposing Mecha. Then it was Sandrock's time to shine. Immediately, Sandrock beheaded the enemies and pressed on, slicing more in half and slashing ones's arm off. The dogpile attempt of two enemies went horribly wrong when Sandrock flared up his jets and broke free, dispatching the two Mecha. Then, scenes began switching as the three Mecha began to get overwhelmed and found themselves back-to-back with each other. Rainbow Dash was getting a little concerned, but then, MG Wing Zero Gundam appeared above them and fired his massive cannon directly at the enemies below. Tons of Mecha were incinerated by the blast. MG Wing Zero Gundam fired again, but the resulting succession of firing the cannon rapidly caused his arm to blow off. Then, the enemies caught on to what was happening, and fired at MG Wing Zero. Millions of tracer round lit up the sky as MG Wing Zero Gundam was getting torn apart. After the enemies fired continuously, MG Wing Zero Gundam was blown to pieces. Rainbow Dash let out a gasp as MG Wing Gundam was blow to smithereens. I reassured her that the pilot, Heero, had survived as the chest had remained intact. I paused to movie, and Twilight came over, and was ready with the spell.

I felt like I was going to go through a major operation when the moment came in. Twilight told Rainbow Dash that she was going to be preforming a different version of the spell, so it would look different. Not that I cared. Twilight told me to relax, and set the book down. Her horn started to glow with very intense light, and the whole house became flooded all over with the harsh brightness. She concentrated harder and harder, until a bright beam of light erupted from her horn and was sent directly at my chest. I cringed at the sight at the incoming beam, and...nothing happened. I saw the beam come at me, but to seemed to divert from my direction. Suddenly, I realized that the beam of light had ricocheted off of my dogtags. Oh shit. I looked over to where the beam was being diverted, and it struck my laptop. I quickly grew more and more afraid as the laptop began to glow intensely. Suddenly, the laptop shot out a bigger beam of light, which struck me and sent me flying. I think I blacked out for a second, before opening my eyes to Rainbow Dash and Twilight staring down at me with incredibly worried expressions on their faces.

"Oh my gosh, Benjamin! Are you okay?!", Rainbow Dash pleaded.

"Ugh, yeah, I'm okay."

As I stood up, Twilight looked at me a little disappointed.

"What's wrong?"

"It didn't work."

"Oh."

I looked over at Rainbow Dash, who hung her head low and let out a sniffle. I walked over to her and began to comfort her.

"It's okay Rainbow Dash."

"Suddenly, I felt something erupt from my shoulder blades. It didn't hurt one bit, but Rainbow Dash suddenly leaped away from me and stared at me wide-eyed, as did Twilight.

"What's wrong?"

Slowly, Twilight brought over a mirror, and what I saw, nearly gave me a heart attack. I did have wings, but the were all metal and painted white, like a machine. At the end held sharp points which gleamed in the sunlight that came through the window. I stared at my newly acquired wings for at least three minutes, until I began to think.

"Where have I seen those wings before?"

Suddenly, realization punches me in the face, kicks me in the balls, and punches me in the gut. What was attached to my back, was a human sized pair of MG Wing Zero Gundam wings.

"Holy motherfucking shit."

End of chapter three! Sorry for the delay, and sorry for the people who think that me getting Gundam wings is cheesy. It is very important to the story. Anyways, happy reading!

Quote:I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.-Albert Einstein

Interrogation

"Uhhh..."

"Get up..."

I couldn't see. And the voice I heard wasn't Rainbow Dash's. It sounded...like a Taliban.

Oh no.

I tried to open my eyes, but I found myself in a never ending darkness. I released then I was blind folded.

"Who are you?"

"GET UP!"

I felt a large amount of force on my back, and I was sent towards the ground. My face connected, and my nose began to feel a little wet. I got up, and someone poked me in the back with something sharp.

"Walk forward."

I obliged, and I started forward. I released that I was back in Afghanistan.

"No..."

"What did you say?"

"No...no, no, NO!"

I screamed as I was back to where I started. In a hell-hole of a country, and now isolated from a peaceful world were I could start over. I thrashed around as I could not get back to Equestria. Everything is gone now. I just wanted to smash my head against the wall to kill myself, but someone grabbed a hold of me, and injected me with something. I immediately began to calm down against my will and slump down. I tried to stand up, but someone took me by the stomach and threw me down against a wall. I felt the blindfold being removed as I stared into the eyes of a Taliban insurgent. He smiled at me coldly as he got to business. He stood up, and walked over to a table. He sat down in a chair, and told me to come over so that me and him could have a "chat". As I barely got up, I saw heavily armored guards sporting FAL heavy assault rifles, and Ak-47s. I sat down, and the insurgent began talking.

"Do you know why you're here?"

"What...do...you..want...from...me..."

The insurgent slumped down a bit.

"Oh, don't talk like that. I'm your friend."

"I don't have any."

"Really, then who's that?"

I turned my head around and found Rainbow Dash chained to the wall, with two guards standing by her. I noticed that Rainbow Dash had bruises and cuts all across her. She had blood dripping from her nose and mouth, and seemed as if she would die any second. I turned back to the insurgent, who was picking his finger nails with a really long knife.

"What did you do to her...?"

The insurgent stabbed the knife into the table and looked at me with cold and unforgiving eyes.

"It put up a lot of resistance. Too bad it had to go through all of those beatings."

The insurgent signaled to the two guards and carried Rainbow Dash away towards another room. The door slammed shut, and I looked back at the insurgent.

"What the fuck do you want from me you c**t?"

"I want you to go back to your base where all of your Americana pigs are, place this on the medical bay, and detonate it."

He handed me a sort of canister that had the biohazard mark on it. I stared down at the device and looked back up.

"And if I refuse..."

I heard some buzzing coming from the other room, and it was followed by high-pitched screaming. The buzzing began to get more deep and moist, as I realized what was happening.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER?!"

The insurgent chuckled as he snapped his fingers. The buzzing died down, and the guards emerged with a bloody heap of flesh and feathers in their hands. The slammed down the disgusting heap on the table. Blood soaked my face as I stared down at Rainbow Dash's decapitated wings.

"MOTHER FUCKER!"

I lunged at the insurgent and strangled him with all of my might. He began making gargling noises as the two guards came over and pried me off. One of them smashed me in the forehead with the butt of his rifle. My vision began to fade as another guard came out and tossed the wings down on my chest. The interrogator came over and spoke with a grin on his ugly face.

"Those are very fine trophies mister. Do you want the complete package with the head too?"

I saw the two guards go into the same room, and drag out the bloody Rainbow Dash by her mane. The guard dropped her and kicked her down to the ground. She landed next to me, and I noticed her chest still moving up and down. She was still alive, even after her wings getting sawed off. I looked back to the insurgent, and he knelt down beside me.

"I am loving this, you know."

"You sick c**t sucker."

"Whatever that means."

The insurgent motioned to his guards and they carried me back to the table. They set me down, and the insurgent resumed the conversation.

"Do as I say, and I promise, you will see that thing again."

I looked over at Rainbow Dash, who was crying bloody tears against the wall. I looked back at the interrogator.

"You can't fool me. She will bleed out."

"Well, then, I guess we should just put her out of her misery."

The insurgent took out a 44. Magnum and pointed in at Rainbow Dash's head.

"I always wanted to shoot a horse."

I stared wide eyed at the grinning insurgent, who was about to end the life of my best...no...the most beautiful creature I had laid my eyes on. I barely saw Rainbow Dash whimper something to me.

"Ben...please...", she said while sobbing.

"STOP!"

The insurgent was about to pull the trigger, when he looked at me funny.

"Do you like gambling?"

The insurgent looked at me with interest now, and withdrew his 44. Magnum.

"Ah...I was born to take risks. Such as the way my parents got me...what do you have in mind?"

I thought about it for a moment. Then, my eyes looked at the 44.

"How about Russian Roulette?"

The insurgent smiled.

"I love that game. Everyone loves games. Sure, let us play. What will I get if I win?"

I took a small sheet of paper from my pants pocket. I unfolded it, until it was a full sized map that showed the location of Echo-5, and other based across Afghanistan. The insurgent was fascinated with the map.

"For me?", the insurgent asked sarcastically.

"Okay, this shows the location of Echo-5, my base. Plus, as a bonus, it shows many other bases across the Middle East. It is all yours if you win. But, here's the thing..."

I paused in between my sentence as I took a small rubber band that was sitting in the middle of the table. I picked it up, tied it around the map, and walked over to the other side of the table, where the insurgent sat. As I approached the interrogator, the guards lifted their weapons at me, only to be lowered by a signal from the insurgent interrogator. I tied the map to the right side of his head. The interrogator got the idea right as I finished tying.

"I want you to aim for the map when you shoot. If you loose, the bullet will go trough the map, making it useless, and it will kill you too."

"So, if I loose, the map goes with me?"

"Precisely"

"And if I win?"

"Isn't it obvious? You get me dead, a map for a tactical advantage, and..."

I looked over to Rainbow Dash who was still sobbing in the corner. She looked like she would bleed out any second, so I had to make this fast.

"...and you can execute her.", I said as I pointed to Rainbow Dash,"One bullet trough the head. Nothing less. I wnat her to go quickly."

The insurgent let out another fake smile.

"Oh, I understand. I will end it quickly if you lose."

"Shall we play?"

"Let us play now."

The insurgent set down the 44. Magnum on the table, loaded in a round, closed the chamber, gave it spin, and set it down.

"You may have the honers."

I nervously took the handle of the 44. Magnum, and spun it on the table. After a long time spinning, it came to rest on the insurgent.

"My lucky day."

The insurgent took the Magnum, aimed it at the map that was tied to his head, and pulled the trigger.

Click!

"Ohhh...so close."

He set it down, spun the chamber, and gave it a whirl.

It came to rest on the insurgent again.

"Wow, what do you know?", the interrogator said with a chuckle as he brought the revolver to the map again.

Click!

He spun the chamber, set the 44. Magnum down, and spun it.

It rested on me.

I took the pistol with a shaky grip and brought it up to my head.

Please god...

Click!

I expected my head to get blown to pieces, but I opened my eyes again.

"You are not used to this game, are you?", the insurgent asked.

I spun the chamber, and repeated the spin.

It pointed at the insurgent.

The insurgent brought up the pistol to his head, and pulled the trigger.

Click!

"Oh, winning streak."

He spun the chamber, set the pistol down, and flicked the handle with his wrist. The 44. Magnum spun once again as it pointed at me in its final rotation.

I brought the pistol to my head, and pulled the trigger.

BANG!

The blast deafened me as gore exploded out the other end of my head. i fell out of the seat, yet still managed to see the room. I found it very odd, that after taking a 44. Magnum blast, I was still alive. I felt unbelievable pain in my head, as my fading vision made out the insurgent approaching me. He chuckled and loaded another round into his Magnum. The insurgent turned around and pointed the Magnum at my head. I felt a tear come down my eye as I saw the gun slowly move towards Rainbow Dash. I wanted to scream, but some invisible force prevented me from opening my mouth. The insurgent clicked the hammer into place and put the gun into Rainbow Dash's mouth.

"Ben...", she whispered as the insurgent pulled the trigger.

BANG!

Blood and pieces of flesh sprayed the wall that Rainbow Dash was leaning against. I screamed with agony as Rainbow Dash stared at me with her petrified eyes as she slumped down. The gun then moved towards my head. He let out a smile and loaded another round into the revolver.

"It was nice knowing you."

My vision suddenly whited out as the insurgent pulled the trigger once more.

WOAH! HOLY MOTHER FUCKIN' SHIT! THAT WAS UNEXPECTED! I really had to rush through this chapter to get it done before the weekend was finished. Consider this as a bonus for all of my loyal fans to the story: Tears of War!

Quote: A grenade's blast radius is always one foot larger then your jumping radius.- Infantry Handbook

Like a Boss (Slightly Edited)

"WHA?!"

I shot up from my resting position on the couch. I was dripping with sweat, and I was in complete shock.

"What? But, I was back in Afghanistan, and Rainbow..."

I quickly bolted up from the sofa and sprinted in full speed towards Rainbow Dash's room. I threw the door open, and I found her, still asleep, and hugging a pilow.

She looked so...calm. After the nightmare that I-

"No, it couldn't have been a nightmare. It was too real. I felt pain, and sorrow."

After I spoke the word: sorrow, to myself, I realized something.

Rainbow Dash was involved with the nightmare because, even after two days, I cared about her. I walked over to her and gently stroked her mane. She smiled through her closed eyes, and I couldn't help but smile also. After I smiled, I quickly cringed my face as my nose stung with the terrible stench that wafted around me.

"Aw jesus, I smell awful."

I walked around the rather large house build entirely from clouds, and emerged unsuccessful. I sighed as I applied some deodorant that I had found in my duffle bag. I sniffed myself, smiled at the cover-up, and tried to look for something to eat. As I strode into the kitchen, I heard a knock on the door. Turning around, I raced towards my duffle bag and put on two random articles of clothing. I found myself wearing my combat fatigues, and walked over to the door, which the knocking began to get more rapid, yet still remain solid. I opened the door, and I found two Pegasi in golden armor and one was holding a small scroll. They did not seem alarmed by my presence, and they then handed me the scroll without a word.

"Uh, thank you?"

The just nodded, and flew off. I shrugged as I closed the door. Right there, I realized I was still wearing my boxers.

"Well, that was embarrassing."

I then turned myself to see Rainbow Dash, with her hair ever so ruffled, and looking a little tired and disturbed from her sleep. I immediately gathered she liked to sleep a ton.

"Uh, who was that?"

"Two Pegasi in golden armor. You know them?"

"Oh! Those must be royal guards! What did they say?"

"They really didn't say anything. They just handed this to me.", I said as I held the scroll up to Rainbow Dash.

She seemed to scan it, and she told it to me in a nutshell.

"Well, Princess Celestia wants me to come to Canterlot (Wow, Camalot rip-off) for a while. She says that we are going to have lunch there, and she said to 'Bring the Human'. Does that mean she knows that your here?"

"Wait, wait, wait. Who is Princess Celestia?", I asked finding the name a little hard to say from its girlishness.

"She is the current ruler of Equestria, along side her sister, Princess Luna. Twilight told me she controls the sun, and Luna controls the moon."

I considered these facts for a minute. It is impossible to control the sun. The rotation of a planet around the sun was of gravitational pull. But, then again, I have seen many scientific laws broken on this planet.

"Well, thank you for the information."

"Ben, I think if we are going to eat in Canterlot, I think we should skip breakfast. The amount of food they give you is enormous."

"Ben? I guess you're giving me my own nickname now."

Rainbow Dash blushed again.

"Aw, come on rosy cheeks, how long until we go to this 'Canterlot' place?"

Dashie asked what time it was, so I booted up my laptop, and looked at the time in the bottom right.

"It is about 9 o'clock."

"9?! Wow, I usually get up at 11 or 12."

"Well, I do want to show you something else."

Rainbow Dash perked up at this comment, and she raced over to me and I booted up the laptop and looked through the game library.

"Okay Rainbow Dash, I'm gonna play a really good game."

She looked with interest at the laptop and at me.

"So, what are you going to play on that?"

I scrolled down the list until I came to one of the best games ever invented.

"Battle Field 3."

"Battle Field? That sounds cool!"

"Okay Rainbow Dash, I need you to listen up about what I am about to tell you."

Her smile of excitement disappeared as she took a look of more seriousness.

"Okay, this game is very violent. The objective is to usually capture points on a large map in order to win. But, you have to kill people to get to it."

"Why would you play a game like that?! That's so...evil! What other things are you doing on this game?!"

I smiled.

"What?"

"Well, it is actually really fun. Here, let me summarize what I actually do in this game on a regular basis."

Youtube Video

Rainbow Dash was in hysterics. She was practically laughing her head off from my description of playing Battle Field 3.

"Like a boss?! What does that even mean?!", she snorted in the middle of a giggle.

"Like a boss."

She calmed down a bit and looked at me with exited eyes.

"So, are you going to show me what this game is like?"

"Of course Dashie."

I booted up the game and in no time, I was staring at the server list. I scrolled down the list until I came down to a server that was hosting the map, Metro. I grinned as I selected it. Right as I came on, it appeared they were starting a new match. As I finished selecting my kit like a boss, I turned to Rainbow Dash, who seemed confused at the high-tech appearance of the game.

"Okay, this is what it will seem like in the middle of a battle field in a major war. Okay? There will be a lot of killing."

"Uh, okay."

"Also, I have my headset on. It allows me to talk to other people who are playing this game."

"Wait, you're actually playing with other people right now?"

"Yep."

"And you can talk to them?"

"Yep."

"That's awesome!"

I selected the support class and the match was just starting up. I saw Rainbow Dash scanning the surroundings of the dark Metro station. I saw the rest of the players spawn as we all charged down the station. For a little while, no fire came, until we headed up the escalators, one of the most dangerous zones in the whole map. Immediately, I was shot down.

"What happened?", rainbow dash looked at me with concerning eyes.

"I just died."

She let out a gasp as I continued.

"Remember, it is just a game Rainbow Dash, no one is actually dyeing or getting hurt. It's just for fun."

She seemed to lighten up a bit, when the view suddenly came back to my downed character.

"Wait, I thought you just went down."

I noticed another player with defibrillators out in the back of me.

"No, someone just revived me."

It seemed like Rainbow Dash was about to ask how, but I quickly thanked the medic trough my headset.

"Thanks bro."

"Your welcome. I need you to lay down suppressive fire with your M240."

"Roger that."

I smiled as I drew my machine gun and mounted it on the ground while in my prone position.

"Wait, what's suppressive fire?"

"It's this."

I began emptying round after round in the enemies' positions. Rainbow Dash jumped a bit from the loud noise of the M240. She began questioning what 'suppressive fire' really meant.

"Ben, you didn't answer my question before, and how come you're just shooting so fast without hitting anything?"

"Suppressive fire is when you lay down bullets on the enemies' presumed position so they get into cover, allow your team to move up, and gain ground towards the objectives."

Right as I killed someone in the barrage of bullets, I saw two Assaults, and an Engineer rush ahead and start assisting in the fire. After a few lobbed grenades, and another reload, the enemy was forced to fall back, and we began gaining ground.

"You see, teamwork is key to success. Have the other classes assist you around your weak points and help the others when they need it."

"Oh, I see."

I smiled at Rainbow Dash as I pushed on and took control of another objective. It was a tough fight, but eventually, my team took all of the objectives, and won shortly after. Rainbow Dash brightened up at the sign: Your Team Won!

"Wow! You won Ben!"

"I sure did Dashie."

She threw her arms and hooves around me and pulled me into a hug. I gently stroked her mane once again as she softly nuzzled her cheek against mine. I loved the feeling of it. We embraced each other for what seemed to be forever, until Rainbow broke away. She blushed again, and I found myself blushing too. Yes, mister hardened Marine as getting rosy cheeks from a rainbow maned horse with wings.

"So, uh, what do you wanna do now?", Rainbow Dash asked a little nervously.

"You wanna see some of my other drawings of Mecha?"

"Sure!"

We looked trough the whole library of Mecha concept art, and I admit, she is getting really interested in this. After a while, I began to get sweaty again, and Rainbow Dash noticed.

"Uh, you smell awful!"

"Aye, I know. You got a shower at all here?"

"Oh! Just wait a second!"

Rainbow Dash quickly zoomed out of the house and arrived back with a cloud. She pointed me to go into a room. I obliged, and I went in. I noticed that the room had nothing in it. It had high ceilings, a small drain at the bottom, but no shower head. To my amazement, Rainbow Dash tugged tugged the cloud over my head. She got to one side, and bucked it with her legs. The cloud began to get darker and thunder clapped inside the cloud. The sudden noise made me jump quite a bit. She got to another side, and bucked it again, producing the same results. She then got on top of the darkening cloud, and began hopping on it, causing it to rain. She flew down next to me and smiled.

"See? In a second.", she said triumphantly,"Also, it's gonna be a little cold. You think you can handle that?"

"Of course. I've been through really cold showers in the Marines."

"You really got to tell me what this whole 'Marine' thing is about soon. I'm starting to get impatient about you always mentioning it."

I grinned as I put myself under the shower. Rainbow Dash was right. The rain water was FREEZING. I nearly went into a state of shock as I entered. After a while, I found myself washing my body and scrubbing down my hair. Only then, I realize that I was absolutely filthy. Sand came out of my hair and in other places (some that I should not describe).  I found that the water had run out, and the cloud was returning to its state as it was before. I quickly began to dress up again as I walked into the hall way. I was now wearing a shirt that said "In case of zombie apocalypse, follow me." and it also had an image of a bloody chain saw. It just looked fucking bad-ass. I walked into the living room and Rainbow Dash noticed my shirt.

The questions shall fly.

"Wait, what is that?"

"It's my awesome shirt. You like it?"

"I don't even know what most of those words even mean. What is a 'zombie apocalypse'?"

"Well, basically, a zombie is a walking dead body that feeds on live humans. They see one, they will head towards it to eat it."

Rainbow Dash was, once again, in shock.

"Oh my gosh! That sounds dangerous! I know what a zombie is in Equestria, but what you mentioned seems real and at least 20% more dangerous!"

"Oh Dashie, it's not real. It is just something cool to think about. Just imagine, in the darkness of night, a lone human is trying to find supplies to aid him in the apocalypse. When suddenly, a ton of zombie appear out of no where. The inexperienced survivor finds himself out numbered and is too late to notice the walking dead and draw his gun. Immediately, the undead close in and devour him. His screams could not be heard in the darkness and isolation of the country side."

"Humph! I think I could take on a zombie!"

"Oh, I believe you could easily defeat a whole hoard!"

"Why do you think that?"

"Because, you're brave, cunning, fast, awesome, and to top it off, zombies have never fought a Pegasi."

Rainbow Dash smiled at the comment.

"Gee, thanks!"

"Hey, I know! Maybe we could watch a zombie movie!"

"Are they scary?"

"Some really are quite horrifying, but there are some that really have some humor in them."

"That sounds cool!"

I was about to reply as I looked at the time on my still running laptop.

"Oh shit, we gotta go soon."

Rainbow Dash flinched at my dropped S-bomb. I was quite obvious, that in this peaceful world, swearing was never heard.

"Why do you say that?!"

I sighed.

"Because, where I come from, swearing was considered cool. You used bad words to let others know that you're in charge by forcing dirty language out of your mouth. It shows that you really don't like to follow rules, and that you were your own minded being. But, in public, it is usually not accepted, as it is very rude."

Rainbow Dash kept nodding at every point I made. I then had a few questions for her.

"But what I want to know is, what is that mark on your flank?"

"Oh, that's my cutie mark! I got it when I pulled off my first Sonic Rainboom! And the funny thing is, that if I hadn't pulled off the Sonic Rainboom, my friends wouldn't have gotten their cutie marks either!"

"So it's like a mark that you get for a special achievement. That's pretty interesting. I still don't follow up with the name: cutie mark. It sounds a bit too much suited for girls. What about males, do they have the same name for their mark?"

"Wow, I never saw it that way, and uh, yeah, it is still called a cutie mark for colts."

Derp.

"Also, I noticed a poster of these Pegasi in blue jumpsuits. They seem to be in a squadron of sorts. What's that all about?"

I could see Rainbow Dash's face light up as if it were about to explode out of pure joy. I braced myself for the following explosion of description.

"Those are the Wonder Bolts! They are the awesomest Pegasi flying force in all of Equestria! They do all sorts of stunts and tricks at their shows every few months! And, you're looking at a future Wonder Bolt!"

I suddenly got what she meant by "Future Wonder Bolt".

"Wow, you're a Wonder Bolt?"

"Uh, not really, I want to join so BADLY! But, I could never make a good impression. Ugh, not after what happened at the Gala."

I could tell that she was getting a little disappointed now, so I altered the subject.

"Wonder Bolts huh? You know, that sounds a lot like the Blue Angles, an elite group of airshow pilots who fly blue and yellow striped planes at airshows. I really got to show you a video about them. They're amazing."

Rainbow Dash was about to say something as I looked at the time.

"Ya know, we REALLY got to pack up and go soon."

With that said, Rainbow Dash zoomed off and was most likely packing her things. I just shrugged as I began doing the same. Over and over, images from the nightmare kept playing in my head. Just seeing her whisper my name through the barrel of the gun, right before she died. It should have been me, after what I had gone through in my life.

I just want to forget it all.

Even though it was a little late, I got this done on Friday like I promised, and of course, more shall come!

Quote: "The more you love something, the better you must protect it."-Anonymous

There is No Meat

I finished jamming my laptop into my duffle bag as I saw Rainbow Dash with two satchels tied around her body. She smiled at me as I grinned at her. I walked over to the door and opened it slowly. I gestured to rainbow Dash to exit before me.

"Mares first."

Rainbow Dash looked at me a little funny as she trotted out. I walked out and was able to see Cloudsdale at normal view, instead of going hypersonic, or wanting to not be found. I still saw the rainbows trickling down all over the place. Countless more houses made from clouds floated around. I was about to point out something else until I got a poke from Rainbow Dash.

"So, you wanna race to Canterlot?"

I took a good look at my duffle bag before answering.

"That won't be a good idea with this.", I said motioning to the duffle bag,"There's quite a lot of fragile things in here."

Rainbow Dash looked at me a little disappointed.

"Aw, well, I guess we could just fly there."

"Who says we can't fly a little fast?"

With that said, my wings shot out of my back, and I could already fell the heat of the rocket pack flaring up. I grinned at Rainbow Dash, and she took her stance. I applied just enough pressure to the rocket pack so on take off, I don't end up shredding my duffle bag from its straps. Right as I felt the rocket pack demand that I go, I looked at Rainbow Dash.

"Ya ready?"

"Of course!"

Instantly, the rocket pack ignited, and I shot forward with incredible speed. I looked back, and sure enough, Rainbow Dash was side-by-side with me. I straitened my body, and i pushed myself a little faster. I looked at my duffle bag. It was still intact. I sighed with relief as I looked forward. Suddenly, rainbow Dash flew at least a million times faster than me at one point.

"Hey! I thought this wasn't a race!"

Rainbow Dash looked back at me with a sheepish smile on her face.

"It isn't! I'm flying fast!"

I rolled my eyes at Rainbow Dash's immaturity as I saw what appeared to be a large palace resting on the side of a mountain.

"Is that Canterlot?"

"Yeah!"

"It's amazing."

"Not as amazing as Cloudsdale!"

Again, I rolled my eyes.

Me and Rainbow Dash began to slow our descent quite nicely as we touched down. My wings shot back into my shoulder blades, and I unslung my duffle bag. What happened next completely caught me off guard. At least hundreds of those golden armored guards stormed down a tower and approached me with their spears drawn. They pointed the sharp polearms at my face as two guards took away Rainbow Dash. She began screaming that I was not going to harm 'anypony'. One told me stand up slowly, but before I could oblige, my wings shot out from my back, forcing me to stand. The guards raised their spears as my wings spread apart and reviled two gattling cannons that shot out from my metal appendages. My targeting eyepiece lowered over my eye and began locking targeting reticles over every single guard in front of me. I recovered from the sudden event as I tried to cancel the action.

"Wings...retract."

The gattling cannons sunk back in, the eyepiece lowered, and my wings folded up and sunk back in. The guards approached me now with more reinforcements as my wings nearly shredded them against my will.

Stupid wings.

One of the guards approached me and poked a spear in my back lightly.

"Move forward."

I raised my hands as I trudged in the direction the guards told me to walk. Some of the guards made way to rainbow Dash, who was released from the guard's hooves and trudged over to me.

"What were you thinking?!", she whispered angrily.

"I didn't control it. The wings acted on their own."

"Yeah right! You can control your wings!"

"That may be true for you, but I have a machine that somehow thinks on its own."

"Silence."

I looked up at the guard who said that. His expression still remained blank, and he kept staring ahead as if he had said nothing. The walk was long, but eventually, we reached the palace. The massive doors swung open, and I found myself staring at a very large unicorn...wait, it has wings to. Okay, so I think I heard Twilight mentioning something about an Alicorn, and Rainbow Dash said that Equestria was ruled by two Alicorns. So, I must be looking at an Alicorn.

Of course.

The guards bowed down and sunk away from Rainbow Dash and me. The large Alicorn slowly walked down the massive stairwell and approached me. She spoke to me in a gentle, yet unnatural voice that sent a shiver down my spine.

"Ah, you must be Benjamin Lilienfeld. Is that correct?"

I replied nervously.

"Uh...yeah. Were you expecting me?"

"Of course, you were the whole reason that I sent invitations to all of Twilight's friends."

"What for?"

"So you could learn a bit about the history of Equestria  and maybe meet Twilight's friends while your at it."

"Well, I've already met one.", I say smiling at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash meekly smiled at the Alicorn.

"Oh, where are my manners? I am Princess Celestia, current ruler of Equestria and controller of the sun."

"Ah, Rainbow Dash told me a bit about you. Funny thing is, I find anything controlling the sun impossible. If you said that where I came from, you would probably be put into a mental institute."

"Well, it is very true that I control the sun. Just look outside."

I looked outside, and suddenly the sun began moving forward much faster than on Earth. It slowly crawled across the sky and rested on the 2:00 position. Then, it moved backwards and rested on the 12:00 position.

"Amazing."

"Thank you. If you want to make yourselves at home for now, your room is down the hallway to the right. I believe you will be staying for the day."

"Much appreciated your highness."

"Please, just call me Celestia."

I laughed a bit and I saw Rainbow Dash break into a smile. We decided to head down the our temporary room as early as possible. I opened the door, and the accommodations were much like a 5-star hotel on Earth...minus the statues and artwork of ponies everywhere.

"Ugh, this is boring."

There is just no pleasing this mare. Well, time to see what i can do on the computer. Right as I was about to boot it up, a guard came by and reminded us that lunch was in an hour. I nodded, and he just walked away with out any further speech.

"Jesus, they're so blank."

"Tell me about it."

I booted up the laptop and decided to go onto Combat Arms. I clicked to shortcut, and immediately, it ran the program. I found myself staring at the vast selection of weapons available.

"Whacha doing?"

I turned around to Rainbow Dash.

"I'm gonna play another game called Combat Arms."

"What's that?"

"It's the same gun action and normally the same objectives as Battle Field 3. With the exception that it is much more fast paced and there is a much bigger selection of weapons."

"Uh, okay.", she said a bit nervously.

I quickly realized something.

"Ya know, I've been showing you all of these games and movies. To put it my way, I've been doing what I want to do. What do you think you want to do for a change?"

Rainbow Dash stared off into space which signaled that she was thinking  for a moment.

"I really want another race. This time, I won't cheat. But I'll still win!"

"Wow, is racing all you ever think about?"

"Well, no...okay yes...pretty much."

I smiled and shook my head.

"Alright, where to Dashie?"

We walked down the hallway and found ourselves in some sort of tower. We stood on the balcony and stared off into the beautiful view of Equestria.

Too bad it was going to be a blur in a few seconds.

I threw down my arms and my wings shot out of my back. My targeting eyepiece came up to my eye and measured the distance to the destination: The farthest edge of the Everfree Forest. I felt the heat radiate once again as I was slowly lifted off my feet and I was hovering out of the tower building more and more pressure in my rocket pack. I saw Rainbow Dash come next to me with her wings beating in the air.

"Okay, this time, I count down."

"Fine."

"3...2...1...GO!"

Immediately, I shot forward again and left Rainbow Dash in the dust. I was ruthless enough to apply more speed to myself as everything pretty much became a blur. I looked back and saw a rainbow colored streak rapidly gaining distance on me.

Oh shit.

"Activate afterburners."

I lurched forward again and heard a banging noise, indicating I had broken the sound barrier. I dove down and pulled off two barrel rolls as I was lining the canopy of the Everfree Forest. I looked up, and sure enough, I saw that same Rainbow colored streak above me. And, IT WAS PASSING ME!

"Oh no you don't."

I rocketed upwards and pulled off two more barrel rolls. I caught Rainbow Dash by surprise as I emerged in front of her, causing her to loose control. She spiraled a bit and flew right back up. She flashed me a dirty look and I just smiled at her, causing her to start laughing. I suddenly saw the turn around point and angled my wings to do a rapid 180 degree turn. I succeeded in the maneuver, and I found myself heading back towards Canterlot. I looked back and sure enough, Rainbow Dash was gaining. But, something about her was different. She was going at supersonic speeds, yet I didn't hear a banging noise. My eyepiece scanned her, and the results were incredible.

Apparently, she had a mach cone surrounding her, but it didn't dissipate. The mach cone itself was forming around her and started to change different colors. I had no idea what was going on, until the mach cone began to spark bolts of multi-colored lightning around it. I braced myself for what was going to happen next.

BOOM!

Rainbow Dash shot forward at speeds that my eyepiece read as "ERROR". I looked around me, and I was in a huge ring of rainbows that seemed to constantly expand outwards. Immediately, I knew, I had lost the race again.

"Aw god damnit."

I arrived at the same tower that we originally took off from and I touched down gently. I looked around trying to find the cyan mare who would obviously rub her victory in my face. I could not find any sigh of Rainbow Dash anywhere. Suddenly, I turned around and I found a rainbow colored streak approaching me with incredible speed. My eyepiece calculated that it would crash into me if it didn't slow down. I waited for a few second, but it only slowed down so much, it would still crash into me with rather high speed. I braced myself for impact too late as i saw rainbow Dash tackle me down. I found myself on the ground trying to recover. I opened my eyes, and I found Rainbow Dash giggling in my face. I broke into a laughing fit as Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"Oh Celestia! That was the most fun I ever had in such a long time!"

I smiled back at her. She was just so cute when she was over-joyed.

"Glad to see you happy, Dashie."

Rainbow Dash then planted a kiss on my forehead. I stared at her wide-eyed.

"I...uh..."

Rainbow Dash smiled at me again, and she hopped off.

"Come on silly, we gotta get to lunch soon."

I quickly wiped my smile off of my face and felt quite embarrassed about myself. I felt my cheeks getting hotter when I passed other ponies with this cyan colored mare who kept looking at me and grinning. We strode down the hallway until we came to a pair of towering wooden doors. It read in fine cursive: DINING HALL.

"Well, this must be the place."

The doors seemed to open themselves as I feasted my eyes on a massive dining hall. I found five other mares in seats, along with Celestia. No, I will NOT say "princess". I recognized one of the mares as Twilight Sparkle, but the others still remained a mystery to me. One had a pink mane and wings tucked at its side, another had a purple mane, white fur and a horn, another with a pink mane and pink fur, an orange pony that had a blonde mane and what seemed to be a cowboy hat. Immediately, the white furred unicorn shrieked, the yellow pegasus slunk down, and the pink pony gasped and rose out of her seat.

"Rainbow Dash! What is tarnation is that?!", the orange pony asked with a heavy southern accent.

"And what is it wearing?!", the unicorn asked appearing all shocked.

"Uh, will it hurt us Rainbow Dash?", the yellow pegasus asked with a large hint of nervousness.

"Omigosh! Omigosh! Omigosh! What is that Rainbow Dash?! Is it an alien?! Or a creature you found in the Everfree Forest?! What is is? Huh? Huh?Huh?", the pink pony babbled all over the place while continuously hopping up and down.

Princess Celestia made no comments, as if she waited for me to do something. I turned to Rainbow Dash.

"Help...me...", I pleaded.

"Oh! Everypony, this is Ben. He may look scary, but he's really gentle and won't hurt any of you. He's actually pretty cool too."

Rainbow said the last line with a little blush. Thankfully, none of the other ponies noticed it. They all looked at Celestia, who gave a nod. One by one, they introduced themselves.

"Ah, hello, mah' name is Applejack. Pleased to meat you partner."

"My name is Rarity. But, we are really going to have to discuss your sense of fashion later darling. Then again, any friend of Rainbow Dash's is a friend of mine."

"Um, hello...my name is Flutershy. I'm pleased to meet you Ben...if that's okay with you..."

Okay, I guess I'm really going to be careful of what I say to the yellow mare. I shifted my head slightly and saw the pink mare with a look like her face was going to explode. She was watering at the eyes and her cheeks were getting dangerously over bloated.

"Let's get this over with."

The pink mare took a deep breath in and i braced my self for a barrage of word missiles. Right as the pink mare let out the word "Hi!", Applejack quickly shut her mouth with her hoof and began to chew her out a bit.

"Okay, just say your name. Is that fine with you?"

"Mmmph mph!", she said through Applejack's hoof. Applejack took her hoof off of the pink pony's mouth and looked at it in disgust at the slobber all over it.

"Hi! My name is Pinkie Pie! Sooooooo glad to meet you!", the pink mare shouted while shaking my hand fast enough that I was worried it might snap off my body. I jerked my hand away gently and I just nodded. Wow, these ponies really warmed up to me fast. Celestia instructed me to take a seat, which I did. Almost immediately, the other mares wanted to know more about me.

"So, what is with your cloths? I'm trying to not be a harsh critic, but why would you have a picture of, uh, what ever that is on your shirt?"

"Well, where I come from, fashion is much different than here. Good fashion now is pretty much having not too elegant, yet not too shabby clothing. The only reason why we wear cloths is because humans, which is what I am, don't have any fur, so we wear cloths to stay warm. Also, nudity is not acceptable in public. And the picture on my shirt, I'll have to tell you later."

"So, where do you live?"

I looked at Celestia, and she nodded. I spent a huge amount of time describing Earth, what everyday life was like, and what technology humans have (in a nutshell). I described some of the bad things about Earth to. Such as violence, poverty, disease, hatred, crime, and all sorts of other things that the ponies found horrifying. I didn't describe what war was, as it was what I thought to be the most sensitive subject.

"Wow, your world seems really dangerous. I still can't believe you didn't know how you got here."

"Me neither. I could still think of a million more people who deserve a second chance in a new world like this."

All of the ponies looked at me a little sad and depressed, so I decided to change the subject.

"How about we could all do something together. you know, as friends", I said thinking that 'friendship' was highly valued here.

"Okie Dokie Lokie!", Pinkie Pie bounced once, allowing the other mares to agree.

Suddenly, the doors to what appeared to be the kitchen swung open and a large line of stallions emerged with a large array of covered silver platters. My stomach gargled as I realized I haven't eaten in a whole day. I was about to dig in, until i lifted the cover off of my dish myself. It was just a salad.

"Uh, is this the appetizer?"

Celestia looked up with a confused look on her face.

"No, this is the main course. Is there something wrong?"

Suddenly, it hit me. I was in a world where ponies were a dominant species and civilized. They were herbivores.

"You realize I am an omnivore, right?"

I saw the rest of the ponies exchange confused glances while Twilight and Celestia looked at each other nervously.

"An omni-what now?", Applejack questioned.

"I eat both plants and meat."

The ponies' mouths hung open, while Flutershy fainted.

"Meat?! Why would anyone eat that? That's just...wrong!", I heard Rainbow Dash.

"Well, I have to get nutrients that are in meat, such as protein."

"Unfortunately Benjamin, we do not store any kind of meat with us.", Celestia said.

"You won't eat my animals, will you?", Flutershy asked after recovering from her fainting.

"Of course not. I eat cow, pig, chicken, and a few others. I know it may sound disgusting, but I know I won't go charging into your house and eat everything. No human I know would do that."

Not true. I found a scrawny old man who kept begging me for food in an Afghan village during my service. I could see the guy's bone through his skin. It was just god-awful. I had the heart to give him some of my rations.

"And wait, did you say that there is no meat here Celestia?"

"No Ben, there is no meat."

I felt my eye twitch a bit. I loved the taste of meat. But now, I am in a world that though nothing but peace and friendship, yet they couldn't grill a burger. I felt my inner rage building up as I tried to force it down, but it was no use. The rage meter went up to "shit has hit the fucking fan point".

"No meat...FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!"

Well, the crap is at its boiling point. I heavily appreciate all feed back for this story. Happy reading!

PS: I COULD consider another OC into the story...but probably not.

Quote:"There is no meat."-The fist victim of my nuclear meltdown.

A Promise (Edited)

"UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! I'm gonna die here!"

I was practically screaming my head off at this moment. My wings have forced themselves out of my back, and every weapon component came online. I realized this and tried to calm down.

"Ohm...ohm...ohm...", I just began saying out of nowhere.

"Why is he saying that?", I heard Applejack through my closed eyes.

"Shhhh...he's trying to calm himself down.", I heard Celestia.

"Ohm...ohm.............ohm..."

I felt my wings retract into my back as I slowly collapsed to my knees.

"Ben, you know that the salad is specially made to accommodate the missing nutrients from your normal diet.", Celestia said warmly.

"That...That doesn't matter. You can't replace well...you know what. I practically lived for it."

"I'm really sorry Ben, but I just can't do that."

"Okay..okay..."

I sat back down. I looked around and saw everyone staring at me wide-eyed.

"Oh god, I'm sorry."

"Ben...why did you act like that?"

I turned and saw Rainbow Dash looking very pissed off at my former display of meat rage. I just looked down at myself ashamed and looked back up.

"Every...uh...was it everypony? Something like that. Anyways, i'm really sorry for what i just acted out. I hope that you all don't think think I'm an animal now."

Everypony had recovered and Flutershy began speaking to me in a barely audible tone.

"It's okay. We know that you don't act like that normally. Rainbow Dash said that you wouldn't hurt anypony."

"Thank you Flutershy. And once again, I'm really sorry."

Rainbow Dash was getting really bored from all of this apologizing.

"Look everypony, our food is sitting right there, yet we haven't started to eat yet?! Can we please dig in already? I'm starving!"

I rolled my eyes.

"Alright, fine, lets eat."

I saw Twilight, Celestia, and Rarity pick up their forks with magic and the others seemed to just take yet, another impossible grip of their forks. I was completely baffled by this. They have no fingers. So how in the name of hell can they actually grip objects like that? I decided not to think so hard about it and picked up my own fork. I stabbed a piece of lettuce, and I took a bite. i said something that you would never hear someone say normally.

"Wow, good lettuce."

Celestia smiled a tiny bit and replied.

"Thank you. It is grown in the Canterlot gardens."

In no time, I finished my salad, and surprisingly, I was full.

"So, your saying that I get all of my nutrients from this?"

"Yes, Ben. Is that what I said?"

"Yes."

Celestia nodded, and I nodded back. Everypony had finished their meals and was no looking at me expecting me to start another random conversation. I just realized something that I could not wait to ask Celestia.

"Wait, I had no idea how I ended up in this world. Did you have to do something with this?"

Suddenly Celestia sank into her chair a bit and exchanged a bit of a nervous glance with me. The other 6 mares were quite interested in the subject and were staring at me.

"Celestia?"

"It..it was about your past."

I then tensed up. I clenched my fist under the table as I slowly spoke through my gritted teeth.

"Who...told you...about...my past?"

"No one told me Ben. I observed you."

I released my grip in my fist and calmed down a bit. But, I still remained very hostile.

"You spied on me?"

"No, I observed your world."

I saw a tear stream down Celestia's face as she continued.

"I never knew what terrible of a place anypony could live in..."

I was about to say something, but I shut my mouth.

"I-I'm sorry. We probably shouldn't be talking about this."

I began to grow more sorry then aggressive towards the Alicorn.

"Ben...are you crying?"

I looked at Rainbow Dash before feeling my face. Sure enough, there were tears streaming down it from the painful memories that had been implanted inside my brain. I sniffled a bit and tried to speak, but my mouth felt as if it were glued. I felt more tears coming down my face as I began to remember more and more.

"Ben...are you alright?"

I looked at the mare through my teared up eyes.

"I-I just remember a lot of things. Things we shouldn't talk about."

Rainbow Dash had a tear streaming down her face too. I looked at the other mares, and they were watching over me with very depressed faces.

"Rainbow Dash, it's okay.", I said as I gently wiped the tear from her eye. She looked even more sad as I did this.

"Ben, I think I want to go."

With a nod of approval from Celestia, me and Rainbow Dash exited the dining hall. The doors slowly closed as we walked down the hall. Rainbow Dash spoke no word as we walked towards our room. We rounded the corner and we got to our room. I closed the door, and Rainbow Dash flopped down on the bed.

"Rainbow Dash? Why were you crying back there?"

Rainbow Dash lurched forward.

"What? I don't cry!"

"Rainbow Dash..."

She began to look at with a very sad look in her eyes. She sniffled a bit as she slowly slunk back down. Rainbow Dash then spoke to me very lightly.

"I just don't know why you were so sad. I really care about you. I never thought I would see you sad. I-I-I..."

Rainbow Dash was now breaking into tears. I saw this and I sat down on the bed with her. I put my arm around her and she leaned into me, which made me blush a bit. She sniffled and turned her head towards me. I closed my eyes, and I hugged the mare gently. I began to rock her back and forth a bit and she buried her chest into me. She sniffled a bit and I just rested my head on her shoulder. She leaned away from me and her magenta eyes met my hazel eyes.

"Ben, do you really like me this way?", Rainbow Dash said with a huge blush on her face. She looked incredibly cute with her cheeks rosy-red.

"Of course Rainbow Dash. I love you."

Rainbow Dash then blushed a bit and smiled.

"So, I guess it's getting pretty late. You wanna turn in?", she said with a perfectly timed yawn.

"Actually, you want to watch another movie?"

Rainbow Dash then lit up with excitement.

"Sure! What are we going to watch?"

I pulled up my laptop, clicked the Netflix program, scrolled down the list, and I eventually came to rest on one movie.

"How about we watch Frank and Robot?"

"Huh?"

"Frank and Robot. It's about a man who gets a robot to care for him. He resents it at first, but he then goes on adventures with it."

"Well, that sounds cool. Sure!"

I hit the play button, let it load for a minute, and started it up.

The movie moved at quite a slow pace. It was rather more of a slice of life movie. Rainbow Dash seemed bored of it for quite a while, but she still remained interested for a few parts in the movie. Before we knew it, we got to the end, and I turned to Rainbow Dash. She was in tears when Frank had to erase the robot's memory and now it shows him in a new life without it. I had to admit that I felt a little sad on the inside. It was just unbelievable from what they went through together, and now, the robot was gone.

"Rainbow Dash? Are you okay?"

She sniffled a bit before replying.

"I just can't believe that the robot is gone now. I don't know what I would do if I lost one of my friends like that..."

"Rainbow Dash, when I realized that I was in another world, and when I was with you, I made a promise."

"You did? What was that?"

"I promised, no, vowed that I would do everything to protect you and every pony on Equestria from harm. I don't want to see anymore killing. Iv'e seen enough from where I was from."

"Ben..."

"Rainbow Dash, do you remember when I said I was a Marine?"

"Uh...yeah. I think?"

I began explaining the basics of what a Marine was, what they did, the life of one today, and what they fought for. I went on and on for quite a while, until I began to fell a bit groggy myself.

"Wow, you really went through all of that?"

"Yes Dashie, I did. And I am proud to be a Marine."

I didn't tell her about all the killing I did, the ambush that ended my life, or the other horrors of war.

"Ugh, it's getting pretty late."

"Oh, okay Ben, good night."

Rainbow kissed me on the cheek one more time as I closed my eyes and drifted off almost instantly. I caught the glance of her cheeks lighting up.

Secretly, Rainbow Dash was beginning to enjoy his company, and enjoy spending time with him. But she remembered. Her duty to the princess must come first. She had to stay strong and not get attached to him. But with each passing hour or day, she began to question that herself.

Ah, yet another chapter cranked out with the song Primo Victoria cranked up dangerously loud, and my Rainbow Dash plush toy at my side. (Believe it or not, this is probably one of the ONLY Rainbow Dash plush toys that was accurate from MLP FiM. Yes, they got the color, the mane, the tail, and the eyes right. Also, sorry about the shortness of this one.

Quote:"Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed."-Mao Zedong

P.S. Nightmare chapter coming up. And it will be scarier than the last one...

Blood is On Me...

I woke up under the feeling of grass. I opened my eyes, but they felt quite wet for some reason. I thought I had been crying in my sleep, but it stung quite a bit. I rose up and whipped my eyes. It stung a bit more.

"What the hell?"

My sight returned as I then looked in front of me. I saw mutilated corpses of ponies everywhere. Blood was all over the grass. Pieces of flesh and bone hung on the surrounding tree branches. My eyes kept flashing around at the horrific image that was in front of me. I then realized that I had blood in my eyes. And all over my fatigues, and my face, and just everywhere. I began to hyperventilate from shock and I collapsed on the bloody grass.

"Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god..."

I was shaking like crazy. I tried to get up, but I vomited from the stench of the corpses. I continued to regurgitate as I realized something.

"Rainbow Dash."

I quickly activated my wings, and I shot forward, effectively ridding my body of some blood and the pieces of skin all over me. I was thankful that some of the horrible smell was gone, but I had bigger worries. Rainbow Dash's house came into view, and already, I could tell something wasn't right. All of the other houses in Cloudsdale were on fire or completely obliterated. Rainbow Dash's house was intact. I feared the worse as I touched down. Right as I touched down, I approached the door. I tried to open it. But it was locked. I then heard voices inside.

"Ben! Please help me!"

It was Rainbow Dash's voice.

"What do you want from me?!"

I noticed that she seemed to be screaming at something else in there. I tried to frantically open the door, but it wouldn't budge. I kept bashing the door, but still no result. I heard more screaming inside as I activated my wings, and every weapon system came online. Gattling guns, missiles, rockets, beam cannons, and all sorts of other weapons emerged from the wings. I fired everything, and doors were pulverized. The dust cleared and I saw a horrific scene.

Rainbow Dash was completely covered in blood and tears. She was being hoisted into the air by a cloaked humanoid figure that had metal-like rods coming from its back. I counted four rods that held Rainbow Dash by her legs, one rod for each leg. Rainbow Dash turned to me weakly while the cloaked figure paid no attention to me.

"Ben...why..."

Suddenly, the rods flexed outwards with great intensity and ripped off Rainbow Dash's appendages from all directions. Blood sprayed and bones cracked as the remaining bloody and lifeless heap of Rainbow Dash fell to the ground with a sickening "SPLUT!"

I began shaking after seeing Rainbow Dash get torn limb from limb. Suddenly, my field of anger, hatred, and revenge took over. My wings shot out, and the next thing I know, the gattling guns are spinning and emptying millions of rounds into the cloaked killer. Dust began rising up and I kept firing while screaming.

"SON OF A BITCH! YOU KILLED HER!"

The gattling guns over heated and sank back into the wings. The dust settled down and the figure was gone. I felt a cold hand get put over my shoulder, and I turned around. I drew my M9 hand gun and pointed it at the figure's head. The same cloaked humanoid was standing right in front of me. The rods were gone and I could not make out the face from the cloak. Suddenly, the figure spoke in a VERY familiar voice.

"Ben? I-Is that you?"

I knew I had heard this voice from before, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Where had I heard this before?

"Ben? It's me."

I spoke no further word and tightened the grip on the M9.

"Ben? You don't recognize me?"

"What...the...fuck...are...you...?"

The figure pulled its bloody and cracked hands over its hood. It lowered the hood onto its back. I only had to see the face to fire a round.

BANG!

The round was fired, but the figure did not flinch, nor show signs of entry.

"Son? Why would you shoot me?"

"Because, you were a bastard that if I knew better in my childhood, I would have found a way to kill you...dad..."

The figure tensed up a bit. It was my dad. The one being that I longed to be expelled from Earth. His face was intact of damage, but I observed that the rest of his body was deathly pale and cracked with blood. His cloak was also covered in gore, and I fired another round.

BANG!

My dad flinched this time, but still, no bullet hole in his ugly face.

"Why are you trying to kill me son?"

"Stop..calling...ME...THAT!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Click! Click!

My hand gun clicked empty and I threw it down. My dad continued to stare at me with his unharmed face.

"So that's how it's going to be..."

"Yes, and I would have done that earlier in my life. You were the reason that I was a waste of life. You never did anything for me.

My dad seemed to take these words hurtfully, which I knew my dad would never do.

"But Ben , I came here to..."

"You came here and murdered all of these innocent ponies..."

"They wouldn't let me see you. I tried to reason with them, but they were too blind."

I gritted my teeth and took a huge inhale. I then screamed with all of my might and my wings shot out and smashed my dad out of Rainbow Dash's house. I stared at my dad as he fell down below into Ponyville. A small "Thunk..." was heard in this unnaturally quite environment. I raced downwards and smashed down into Ponyville. I rose to my feet and began hollering out.

"Alright you fat-ass bastard! Let's end this right now! You and me! I know you always wanted to do this! I know that you enjoy nothing more than beating me to a pulp! At least that's what you did to me as a child!"

Nothing happened. I looked around and saw more mutilated corpses and some were on fire. I saw dead bodies hanging from rope by their necks and more that had been spliced. I then tried a second attempt to call out to my dad.

"I know your there! I know you can't beat me! You can't beat your own son at anything! You're a fat, c**t sucking, heartless, asshole who deserves to be tortured to the end of eternity!"

Again, no response. I found that the sky had turned blood red. Then, as I looked down, the corpses were gone. They just all disappeared. I stumbled back a bit from the sudden change and I heard a thumping noise coming my way. I knew all too well that it was my dad.

"Yeah, that's right. Come to me..."

The cloaked figure was now being transported by those tenticle-like rods. They continued to skitter over the ground as my dad began yelling at me in an unnaturally different voice. It sounded like some sort of creature from hell. It was all gargled, sounded like a screechy machine, and now, the appearance was much different. My dad now had needle sharp teeth, his eyes seemed to be on fire with pure-hatred, his arms had blades all over them, and now, he was heading right for me.

"AHHAHAHAHAHA! I KNEW YOU WOULD NEVER FACE UP TO ME! I WILL END THIS PITIFUL WORLD! And...I...will...kill...you...son."

"Why are you doing this?!"

Suddenly, one of the rods shot forward towards me. I barrel rolled out of the way just in time as the sharp bladed pincers on it sliced into the ground. Then, another rod shot out and barely grazed me on the side. I flinched in pain as my wings emerged. I activated the gattling guns, but they didn't emerge. Suddenly, my wings coiled around me like a snake and began to suffocate me. The evil abomination that was my dad just chuckled.

"Ah, too bad to see your own wings turn against you..."

My wings tightened their grip around me. I squirmed and squirmed to try and pry myself from the metal shell that was enclosing in on me.

"AH! WHAT WARE YOU DOING!"

The abomination smiled coldly and came up to me. He touched my wings and they started to heat up like a furnace. My skin burned like hell. I screamed and screamed as my flesh began melting off my bone and drip down around me. I managed to lift my hand up to observe it. Only chard flesh remained and I could see the bone underneath. I looked up at the smiling evil figure and it came closer to me. It cackled with the same unnatural voice as before and one of the rods extended and coiled around my neck. The metal pincers began applying pressure to throat and caused a small, yet steady flow of blood to trickle down. I suddenly grabbed the rod and pried the metal pincers from their vice-grip. My fingers got cut by the sharp points and they began digging into my fingers, but I continued to pry them off.

"Stop this son."

"I SAID...DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

I ripped the metal pincers from their position. I threw the rod down and my wings came back into control. The sharp metal edges shoved my dad down, cutting his chest open, and then stuck onto his neck. Now I had a vice-grip on him.

"You killed everypony..."

My wings came up and slashed his stomach open. His intestines spattered out and hung over his stomach. My dad looked in horror at me and I continued the onslaught.

"This is for the beatings..."

My wings took hold of his intestines and ripped them out of his body. My dad screamed with agony as the organs left his stomach.

"This is for the isolation..."

I twisted my body and the wings tore through my dad's neck. Blood sprayed out in an enormous rate and began splattering my face my dad's screaming began to turn more wet and gargled. Blood kept splattering out of his mouth and it began to run into his eyes. I tried to look away from the suffering. Not even i wanted anyone, even my dad, to go through all of this. But I knew I was doing the right thing.

"This is for all of the ponies you murdered..."

I stabbed the wings into his heart and the rate of blood increased. I dad was shaking and becoming even more pale from the loss of blood.

"Please...stop this..."

"SHUT UP!"

My wings ripped out his heart and held the bloody organ in front of his face. I then applied pressure to the heart through my wings, and it burst apart like a ballon filled with blood. The pieces of the organ and blood spattered me and my dad.

"This is for the suffering"

My wings straitened and two sharp metal points emerged from them. I stabbed the points down into my dad's eyes and they split in half right into his sockets. Fluid began running out of his eyes and down on his bloody face. My dad was still alive from all of this.

"This is for Rainbow Dash..."

I took a hold of his legs and arms with different points of my wings. I gripped them tightly and hoisted my barley alive day into the air. I strained and strained with pulling my dad from all angles. After a while, I ripped my dad limb from limb, the same way he killed Rainbow Dash. All that was lefty was an armless and legless heap of flesh and blood that was still screaming. I kicked the heap down and screamed into his face.

"HOW DO YOU LIKE IT HUH?! DOES IT FEEL GOOD?!", I yelled in his face.

"Urg...blarg...", my dad spat out a large amount of blood.

"Now...this...is...for...your...existence..."

I flew up into the sky and activated my weapon systems. Every weapon came online and my targeting eye piece lowered over my eye. I saw at least a hundred cross-hairs lock onto the bloody heap on the ground. I gritted my teeth as i hollered the one command.

"Fire."

Immediately, every missile, rocket, and gun fired from my wings. The missiles and rockets streaked and whistled through the air. They collided with their target and sent it ablaze. Tracer rounds shone through the sky and slammed into the ground below. I kept firing and firing until I was sure there was nothing left. I flew down and saw the mess that awaited me. Blood and bone were everywhere. I clenched my fist at the sight. Suddenly, my head began to throb with pain from all measurements. I screamed as my head felt like it was going to explode.

"ARRRRRGH!"

Then, through my teared up eyes, I saw a large black stallion. It had blood red eyes and had a cracked horn on the top of its forehead. I also say wings being drawn, but they looked like blades instead of feathers on closer examination. It approached me, and with every step, my head received a pulse of pain. It continued and I was now ready to pass out from the hurt I felt. The black stallion walked over to me and spoke with a very deep and cold voice.

"You must not interfere..."

"Who are you...?"

The figure smiled and its horn started to glow. I was lifted into the air, and all of my limbs and joints twisted the wrong way. I heard snaps everywhere in my body as my bones were being twisted, broken, and grind into a fine dust. I screamed as my neck snapped back and blood began flowing out of my mouth. The dark alicorn went further by bringing its blade-like wings onto my chest and pinned me down with them. I struggled to get free, but it was no use. The alicorn smiled as the bladed appendages began sinking into my chest.

"I knew that you were weak, but I thought you would have put up a better fight against me..."

With that, one of the wings picked up the mutilated Rainbow Dash's body that somehow appeared next to him. The brought the body to me and his wings now forced open my mouth. The bladed wings sliced off the corpse's ear and forced it down my mouth. Blood and fur filled it as I was forced to choke it down. I gaged at the sickness that I began to feel as the alicorn laughed.

"Let's give you a bigger proportion..."

He tore off the mane, with the scalp still attached. He dangled it over my mouth, and he shoved it in. I choked once more on the hair. I tried to spit it out, but I wouldn't leave. I began shaking from the fact that he was making me eat Rainbow Dash.

"I think you should have one more thing to eat..."

The bladed wings reached into Rainbow Dash's neck and ripped out the skull, with the spine still attached. His wings began whittling at the bottom of the spine making it into a deadly impalement tool made out of bone and marrow. He dangled the sharp object of Rainbow Dash over me and put it to my mouth. He smiled and spoke once more.

"Scream for me please..."

With that, he shoved the spine into my mouth. I felt an enormous amount of pain as the sharpened spine exited the back of my neck. I died. But, I still could see out of my eyes. I couldn't move, but I saw the alicorn walking away through the bloody masses of corpses everywhere. My vision began fading out once again as I saw Rainbow Dash's face smiling at me one last time from the sky.

At least the last thing I saw was the only thing that cared about me...

Quote: "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."-Mother Teresa

Celebrity

"RAINBOW DASH!"

"Ben! Are you okay?!"

I opened my eyes and found myself once again, covered in sweat. I was on the floor and Rainbow Dash was kneeling beside me with a worried look.

"Uh...what just happened?"

"You began screaming all of a sudden and scared the hay out of me. You began thrashing and you fell to the ground. Are you alright? Did you have a bad dream?"

"What? Oh, don't remind me of it. Please."

Rainbow Dash scooted closer to me as I was laying down on the ground.

"What happened in the dream?"

"I-uh...it was just too disturbing to talk out loud."

"Ben, it's okay.You can tell me everything."

"Dashie, it had to do with my past."

"Yeah, why did you start tearing up at lunch last time?"

I shot Rainbow Dash a bit of a agitated glance.

"Oh...I'm sorry. I hope I didn't hurt your feelings..."

"It's fine Dashie. But, my past is one of the most sensitive things that is locked in my mind. I wish every day to forget it all, but it still comes back and haunts me. I-I-I wish so hard for it to be gone...but I still remember it every day..."

"Ben, you can tell me anything. If it makes you feel better, that is."

I thought about it for a minute. I decided that I shouldn't hold back on all of these things that I wasn't telling Rainbow Dash. But, I never told anyone else back on Earth about it. I took a look at Dashie, and she seemed a little sad, yet curious at the same time.

"Okay Rainbow Dash, do you want to talk about this?"

"If it makes you feel better Ben. Sure."

"Rainbow Dash, you have to promise me something."

"Yes?"

"You cannot look at me in anyway different than you see me right now. A lot of this is very disturbing. Do you understand?"

Rainbow Dash was looking much more worried now. Apparently she thought that my past wouldn't be this bad to change someone's perspective.

"Okay Ben. I promise."

I got to my feet and rested myself on the bed. Rainbow Dash flapped her wings once and propelled herself onto the bed next to me. She looked at me with anticipation. Too bad I had to break it to her of what awaited in the solid vault of my mind. I excused myself for one second to go to my duffle bag. Mysteriously, there was a photo album there. I took the book of pictures and sat back down next to Dashie. I opened the album and the first thing I saw was a picture of my once held together family. It showed me when i was at least one or two years old, along with my mom, my brother, and my dad.

"Is that your family?"

"Was my family."

Rainbow Dash took these words hurtfully and looked at me again.

"What happened?"

I began remembering everything that I tried to forget for such a long time. I will finally share my tragic life with someone else.

"This is my mother. She cared for me so much and never let me out of her sight. She loved me with all of her heart. She would always sing me to sleep and play with me when ever the opportunity arose. I could hardly remember her face now because she was gone when I was very young..."

Rainbow dash was looking at me with a tiny tear in her eye.

"What happened to her...?"

"She died of an incurable disease when I was only four years old."

Rainbow Dash gasped.

"Omigosh...I'm so sorry Ben..."

"I would give anything to hear her soft voice one more time."

Rainbow Dash had a tear streaming down her face. She whimpered a bit. I continued.

"This is my brother. He was really fun and cool. He always joked around and laughed so much. I thought he was the coolest person in the world. That was the way i saw him, until he joined a gang and left our family. He just ditched us all of a sudden. And, I think I could list a few good reasons why. But, when I went to school in my early life, I would always pass him hanging out on the corner. I would wave to him and shout his name. He would always wave back and smile at me. But one day, I passed him and I saw a white van pull up at a very high speed around the corner. The van approached my brother and began to slow down when it got near him. My brother then turned around and saw the van too late. The van then approached my brother, who drew a handgun and fired a shot into the van. The van stopped and an automatic weapon poked out the driver's seat window. The weapon fired a barrage of bullets and my brother began thrashing from the numerous impacts. He fell to the ground, dead, and the van speed away. I had just witnessed my brother's death. I just saw someone's life leave them before my eyes. I was only eight then, and I had witnessed my brother's death then"

Rainbow Dash was now crying. She seemed to plead for me to stop from her look, but I continued anyways.

"Now, we come to my dad. I wished I never saw him in my life. He was a drunk and constantly beat me. When I came home after my brother's death, I told him what happened and he didn't believe me. I switched on the news channel on TV and it said that a rival gang had murdered a "bystander". The picture of my brother flashed on the screen and my dad then loaded up on alcohol. Sure enough, he beat me again that day and kept telling me that it was my fault that my brother died."

"But it wasn't your fault Ben!", Rainbow Dash sulked through her tears.

"I know.", I said.

"Why didn't you tell anyone?", Rainbow Dash asked.

"My dad then kept me isolated from the outside world my making me stay inside. Besides, if I told anyone, my dad would be arrested, and I would be put in foster care, which is a hell of a terrible way to live in Chicago. My dad kept me indoors and stopped allowing me to go outside. He even prevented me from going to school. i found education on the internet. To be honest, I found the internet learning process more effective. By the time I was supposed to be in sixth grade, I had an eight grade academics level. I also found that I had to remain fit, as I couldn't get exercise outside, so I spent half the day exercising by push ups, sit ups, pull ups, and every other thing I could imagine. It really did work, but I longed to go outside and see what other things lie ahead out there. My dad still beat me constantly, and kept telling me that it was my fault my mom and brother died. He continued his drinking and said that I was worthless."

"Ben...I can't believe you went through all of that...I'm so sorry...", Rainbow Dash sobbed.

I pulled Rainbow Dash closer to me and she gripped me for a hug. She squeezed me a bit and sobbed into my chest. She cried for a little while and stroked her mane. She continued to cry into my chest and she looked up at me again.

"Ben...can we please stop?"

"Yes Dashie, we can stop if you find it too sensitive."

"Thank you Ben..."

Dashie continued to cry for a little while until we heard a knock on the door. I rose to my feet and wiped my eyes. I opened it and found a note on the floor. I took it and Rainbow dash seemed interested in the note and asked what it said on it. I read it out loud.

Dear Benjamin Lilienfeld,

I have recently been reviewing some matters right now, and I have decided that I should reveal you to the public of Ponyville and Twilight's friends will give you a tour of the town. I have already set up your schedule for the day and you must be fully dressed by 2:00AM today. I hope that Canterlot was to your liking and I do bid you a fare time in Equestria.

-Princess Celestia

"So, you're going to be shown to everypony?"

"Wow, she didn't even ask me first. It also says that we should head down to Rarity's boutique and get myself some "adequate clothing".

"Oh, she must mean for you to get some better cloths."

I shrugged as I put on my T-shirt and strapped my duffle bag over my shoulder. I walked out into the hallway and Rainbow Dash came up to me on the side. Once we stepped outside, I activated my wings and took off at a rather casual speed. The wind swept through my face and helped some of the sweat come off, which I was a little thankful for. In no time, I saw the boutique come into view. I slowed my decent and touched down, being once again thankful that nopony saw me. I quickly knocked on the door and soon heard shuffling inside. The door flew open and I saw the very familiar white mare with the purple mane before my eyes.

"Welcome to the Carousal...oh, hello Benjamin, what are you doing here?"

I opened up my duffle bag and handed Rarity the note. She took a pair of glasses and her eyes began moving left to right as she began to read the note. Rainbow Dash began to tap her hoof impatiently as Rarity finished up.

"Wait, you want me to make you cloths?"

"Isn't that what it says on the letter?"

"Oh thank Celestia! I thought I couldn't take another look at your..."

I shot Rarity an angry glance at her criticism.

"Oh, I apologize Ben, I do happen to get caught up with judging others about their fashion sense at times. But not to worry! I will produce something marvelous to wear! Something so marvelous, that every high-ranking pony in Equestria will want to bow down to you!"

With that sentence finished, Rarity hurried off into her boutique, and about a few second later, I heard a sewing machine operating in the building. I kept remembering about what Rarity had said about how "marvelous" my cloths are going to be. I walked in and found that all of the cloths were just WAY to elegant and colorful. Rarity began taking measurements and sizing me up. I looked back at the gowns that had so much color, that it would give anyone a seizure.

I'm fucked.

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Rainbow Dash was sitting down backstage. Her mind kept realing over what ben had told her before. She feared that she was beginning to get attacked to Ben...but she couldn't help it...he needed it...

It was about ten minutes to my appearance in public, and I wasn't all that shaken up.

Okay, I was getting pretty sweaty from anticipation, but I mostly blame the tuxedo that Rarity made me. I had to admit, it actually looked really nice on me, and I really had to give rarity credit for producing it so fast and made it rather towards my liking. It was a black overcoat with a white button shit underneath. But what I really kept staring at was a diamond that was emplaced to the left of my chest, similar to where a rose would be. I don't know what to call it. A corsage maybe? I don't give a shit. I heard a crowd gathering outside and from the loudness of the murmurs outside, it sounded like that all of Ponyville had gathered right outside the stage. A quick peak out of the curtains confirmed my theory. There were hundreds of Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi right out there, waiting for my appearance.

Now if my legs would stop shaking, I would go outside.

I heard Celestia finishing some speech and I heard my part to come on.

"And now everypony, I ask you to warmly welcome...Benjamin Lilienfeld!"

I inhaled as I walked out onto the stage. The curtains retracted and I found myself face-to-face with at least hundreds of all Equestrian species. Some of the ponies looked with interest, some were just shocked, a few looked disgusted, and some looked with a little fear in their eyes. The began chattering amongst themselves once again.

"Now Benjamin, would you like to say something to anypony?"

I thought about it for a minute.

"I don't know what to say, maybe you could start them off."

"Okay Benjamin."

Celestia cleared her throat.

"Everypony, may I please have your attention please?"

All the Equestrians immediately shut up and snapped their heads around to face Celestia so fast, I thought that one may have snapped it.

"I see that you seem to be very eager to ask Ben a few questions. I hope that you will warm up to Ben and help him find his hooves-erm-feet here in Ponyville."

Wow, really Celestia?

All the ponies began asking all sorts of random questions. I think I only had time to answer at least one out of every ten questions that were shot at me.

"So, what are you exactly?"

"I am a human, a creature that walks on two legs, has no hooves, has two arms, and are much taller than most of you."

"What do you eat?"

"Uh... I'll get back to you on that one."

"Are there any unicorn humans or pegasi humans?"

"No, humans only come in one variation. They have no horns, wings, or even magic at all."

Everypony seemed shocked by this.

"No magic?! Wow, that must be one tough place to live in."

"Actually, us humans have something that you Equestrians to not have."

Everypony now looked at me with a mixture os suspicion, anticipation, and curiosity.

"That is advanced technology."

Now they all looked confused.

"Huh?"

"What?"

"What do you mean by 'technology'?"

"Well, technology comes in the form of machinery, devices, and ideas. Technology helps us make life easier, or makes it a little more fun or entertaining. Us humans strive to replace other inventions of technology that have already been invented."

I thought about the iphone 5. Jesus, how many are they going to make?"

I spent a good amount of time continuing about technology and showed them my ipod. I just slid the witch and it made the "click" noise. Everypony looked amazed at this, as if they were cavemen looking at fire. I put away the ipod and I continued.

"Any other questions?"

"Wait, wait, you said that there are no pegasi humans, but how come I found you flying with huge white wings? You nearly ran into me!"

I looked into the crowd and I found a seemingly familiar gray mare who had one lazy eye. Upon closer observation, she had a blonde mane and had some bubbles or pearls for a cutie mark. I really couldn't tell from this distance.

"Now, what might your name be?"

"Oh! I'm Ditzy Do. Pleased to meet a human! Wow! I feel so famous to meet you in person!"

She flew up onto the stage and she put a hoof out with a really wide grin on her face. I guess that the smile was catching, and I found myself smiling also. I took a firm grip of her hoof and I shook it.

"I am very pleased to meet you Ditzy Do."

She smiled again and she flew up into the air.

"So, why do you have wings?"

"That's something I should be explaining some other time."

"Please, everypony, call me Ben."

"So, what do you come from?"

I knew this moment would come.

"Well, believe it or not, I actually come from a different planet."

Everypony then broke into another fit of murmuring and gasps. Suddenly, one of the ponies shouted out above the others.

"ALIEN!"

Ugh.

Now everypony was looking at me with insecurity and suspicion. I think some pegasi flew behind some buildings as if I were going to pull out some ray gun and disintegrate all of them.

"Look, I won't hurt any of you okay? Iv'e been through so much on my world, that I just want to start over again. The world of Equestria is in nearly a million times better than my world."

"But didn't you say that it had all of this 'technology'?"

"Yes, but somethings, that technology is what make my world so bad."

Now they were all looking at me with concern.

"What was so bad about your world?"

I sighed.

"So much."

Everypony gasped.

"What was so bad about my world you ask? How about the poverty, the crime, the killing, the hatred, the difference, the denial, corruption, evil, and those who would take advantage of you just to get a tiny bit of money."

"How do you live in that world and survive?!"

"Endurance, and lots of it. Basically, life was a load of shit."

They all gasped from my dropped S-bomb.

"Yeah, that's right, I said it, and it's true. There is so much cluster fuck in my world, that I hope I never remember it. Life was a waste. It was just bad all the time. Sometimes, for some people, it got so bad, they commit suicide, just to get out of it. Hardly anything happens good to you. And friends? Hah! At least the people who you think are your friends would mock you for some bad attribute of you, and you wouldn't notice! Other times, they are just some people that want to scam you out of your money! And belive me when I say this, I had those kinds of 'friends'!"

Now everyone was looking at me with complete horror and disbelief. I turned back and saw Celestia to the side of the stage waving the tip of her hoof across her neck, indicating the "stop" sign.

"Okay, I believe that this is enough. Now, let me tell you some of the good things about my world. As I had mentioned before, the technology is a great advancement in mankind. With technology, we were able to disprove many super-sticous beliefs. If you were to say that Princess Celestia was to raise the sun every day, humans would find that to be a huge dis-belief. Our planet's sun raises every day from the Earth, which relies on the gravitational pull of the sun, and it revolves around it."

I looked at everypony and they seemed to have the "dafuq" face on them. I looked back at Celestia and she however was looking with great interest.

"Also, philosophy has a great impact on how humans think. It usually comes in the form of religion."

I also spent a bit of the event talking about the different beliefs, such as Christianity, Muslims, and Jews.

"Excuse me? But do you believe in any of this?"

"No. I don't have a Religion."

I was about to answer another question when Celestia walked out onto the stage and began to interrupt me.

"Everypony, I must apologize, but we've run out of time for further questions. Now, I have asked Twilight, and her five friends to give Benjamin here a special tour of Ponyville. I do hope that everypony of you would help fell Benjamin at home. Good day my little ponies."

And with that, Celestia walked off the stage. Twilight's friends walked out onto the stage now and then escorted me off. Right as my foot touched the ground, I was streamed by ponies of all shapes and sizes wanting to get an autograph.

"Can I get your signature?!"

"Write your name on my forehead!"

"Can you take a picture with me?!"

"I want to see what that little black thing on his waist does!"

I looked down at my M9 hanging on my hip and I realized that things were about to turn ugly fast. I looked back and saw my escort get streamed away by the crowd. I began to push my way towards where the six mares were getting overwhelmed by the crowd. Suddenly, like a tidal wave, I was swept back once again. I began to get a little pissed of at this constant pushing, shoving, and wanting of my personal belongings.

"Can I have your mane?!"

"I want your vest!"

"I knew humans were real!"

Huh?

"Have my fillies!"

"STOP!"

My wings shot out and outspread once and caused a massive gust of wind that blew everypony off their hooves. Some pegasi were sent spiraling away, while the other species of the crowed landed on their bottoms from the gust. I guess at this point, I looked much taller to anypony from my wings, so they got the right idea, and went on their regular business and shooed away. I sighed with relief as the six mare caught up with me.

"Wow, thank Celestia. I thought they would trample us all!", Twilight thanked me.

"Ah, such as the way the paparazzi works.", Rarity sighed while brushing off her coat.

"So, uh, where should we visit first?", Fluttershy asked.

I thought about it for a minute, and I came with a reasonable conclusion.

"Twilight, I never fully saw your house, maybe you could give me a better tour of the library."

"Wow, I never thought anypony would be interested in a bunch of dusty books. Sure!"

We walked off into the village of Ponyville, and before long, we came to the familiar tree that housed the internal library.

"Well, here we are!"

Twilight opened the door with her magic and we all walked inside. I then say the familiar interior with the books everywhere. Some were on the ground, and I saw some purple and green spiked lizard picking them up.

"Who's that?"

"Oh, that's Spike. He's my best helper around the library.", Twilight said proudly.

"Twilight, I think he's your only helper.", Rainbow Dash snorted from a giggle.

"Spike! I would like you to meet somepony!"

"Spike" turned around and he almost freaked out at the sight of me.

"Wow! Twilight! Is this the human that Princess Celestia was talking about?!"

"Wait, how do you know it was a human?"

"Uhhhhh..."

"Did you sneak out to go to the stage instead of cleaning up like I told you?"

"Uhhhhh..."

"Spike, it's okay."

"Oh thank Celestia! I thought you would-"

"Spike, it's okay to go out once in a while, but can you PLEASE warn me ahead of time so I don't get the wrong idea?"

"Yes Twilight."

I stretched my arms a bit and I turned towards Spike.

"So, how do ya do?"

I outstretched my hand indicating I wanted a handshake. Spike stared at it for a minute or two until Twilight spoke up.

"Well now Spike, we shouldn't be rude."

"Oh...Oh! Yeah! I'm sorry!"

Spike took a firm grip of my hand and began to shake it up and down awkwardly. I smiled as I broke the grip.

"Nice to meet you, lizard."

Suddenly, Spike froze and looked at me with a face that would make Chuck Norris actually think twice for something.

Shit I fucked up.

"Lizard? LIZARD?! I am a dragon! Do you think a lizard would do this?"

He took a large inhale and I braced myself for what I would have guessed to be a built-in natural flamethrower. I braced myself harder, until I heard a small hack and a cough.

I opened my eyes, and I saw Spike more or less, regurgitating the flames, instead of shooting them. Oh god, that looked pretty painful.

"Uh, I'm sorry I called you a lizard, Spike. I think you can stop now. That looks painful."

Spike stopped and he looked back at me.

"Uh, sorry. It's just that wasn't the first time someone called me a lizard."

"Okay everypony! Are we going to see the rest of the town, or spend all day looking at a dusty collection of books?"

I shot an angry glance at Rainbow Dash, and her face a a hybrid of a blush and ashamed.

"Well, were should we go next?"

"Oh! How bout' Sweet Apple Acres? Do ya' like apples Ben?"

"Oh yeah, who doesn't?"

We bid farewell to spike, who resumed his cleaning. We walked out the door and stared ahead at Ponyville.

This is going to be a long day.

Okay everypony, I apologize about the lateness and delay of all of these chapters. School and other events aren't making it easy. So, there you have it! Stay tuned!

Quote:

"Come you masters of war

You that build all the guns

You that build the death planes

You that build the big bombs

You that hide behind walls

You that hide behind desks

I just want you to know I can see through your masks." -Bob Dylan

Corrosive

We all had a good time. We walked, talked a bit, and we stopped at the Sugar Cube Corner for a small snack of sweets. I heard the ponies talking about something in the other room, but I really couldn't put my finger on what they were conversing about.

"So? What were you all talking about?"

"Oh, nothing really Ben."

I smiled.

"Alright, are we going to see Sweet Apple Acres?"

"Of course partner'!"

We headed out and I suddenly noticed that Pinkie Pie was missing from the group. I surveyed the area, but I found no trace of the rather bubbly-personalised mare. I just shrugged and kept walking. I got more secure and bright glances from the surrounding citizens this time. I really felt better knowing that ponies wouldn't think I would kill them all. We continued the walk for a little while, and from what I guessed to be about half way there, Rainbow Dash started another conversation.

"Anyways Ben, did you know that the Nightmare Moon Festival is coming in about a week?"

"Nightmare Moon Festival?"

"It's when little fillies go around door-to-door and get candy from everypony. But, we go to the carnival and play all sorts of games, listen to Zecora's scary stories, and I go around pranking everypony. I really hope you enjoy pranking!"

"Heh, I've been known to pull a few tricks on some Marines in my service, and about the Nightmare Moon Festival, it sounds a lot like a holiday that us humans celebrate back on Earth."

Twilight now gained interest, along with the other ponies.

"What's that holiday?"

"It's called Halloween, it's when little children go around trick-or-treating and get a ton of free candy. Sometimes, other events are held. I remember a time when I snuck out of my house when my dad was asleep and me and a couple of kids started a paintball war right in the streets. It was such a mess afterwards. And, we all got away scot free."

"So do you want to go with me?", Rainbow Dash asked.

"Huh?"

"To the Nightmare Moon Festival of course!"

"Huh? Oh, yeah! Of course! Why wouldn't I?"

Rainbow Dash blushed a bit.

Suddenly, the other ponies looked at me a little funny. I thought they must have gotten the right idea from Dashie's face. She suddenly stopped and she started exclaiming.

"What? No! I don't like him in that way! We're just friends!"

I just gave myself a facepalm. Wow Rainbow Dash.

"Girls, let's leave them alone.", Rarity said.

I smiled, and Rainbow Dash continued to look unamused. Eventually, I saw a massive orchard of apple trees with all sorts of apples on them. I stared out into the endless green and red-dotted sea of trees as I turned to Applejack.

"Is this Sweet Apple Acres?"

"Well, of course. Did ya' tell by the apple trees here and there?"

"Heh, I guess it always sounds stupid when I ask these things."

Everypony laughed a bit, and I found myself snickering as well. We spent a few minutes smiling, laughing, and trying to breath as we eventually recovered and headed out towards the trees. We stopped by one tree and Applejack gestured for me to take an apple. I took one off a branch and I inspected it, as it was a nervous habit of mine. I bit into it and my mouth flowed with flavor. I smiled as I had probably tasted the best apple in the world-er-two worlds.

"Wow, this apple is so delicious! I never had anything like this back on Earth! Man, if you sold these things where I came from, you would be famous!"

Applejack smiled at the complement.

"Why thank you Ben'. I really poured my heart into this orchard. Oh, and the rest of the Apple Family really did pour every bit of their effort to this land."

I looked around the landscape one more time and I turned back to Applejack.

"I can only imagine you did."

Applejack smiled and we headed down towards the orchard. I noticed a red barn and a dog sleeping on one of the many fences everywhere. I began to walk towards the barn, but Rainbow Dash quickly tugged on my leg. I looked down and she began to speak up.

"Ben, what's that little black thing on your waist?"

I looked down at my M9 Handgun.

"Rainbow Dash, remember what I said about guns?"

"Uh, yeah...?"

She started to look a bit more concerned.

"What's a gun?"

I heard Rarity coming our way, and sure enough, the rest of the mares followed. They seemed to be looking at me with great anticipation and at the little black device at my leg. I sighed. I knew this moment would have to come at one point.

"This is a weapon."

Suddenly, all the mares except for Rainbow Dash backed away.

"A weapon? You're not going to hurt us...or anypony...are you?", Fluttershy whimpered.

"No, of course not. But I was a soldier from where I came from, and we always carried these things."

"Wait Ben, that is a gun to? I thought that bigger thing was a gun. Why is this one so small?"

"The reason is because it is a different type of firearm. What you saw was an M4A1 Assualt Rifle. This is an M9 Handgun. It is smaller, but it designed to be used when you have run out of bullets in your other gun."

"Okay, wait, what is a gun, how could that little thing be a weapon, and what in the name of Equestria are you two talking about."

We both looked at Twilight, who was flashing her eyes left and right at us wondering who would talk first.

"I gun is a weapon that fires out a metal slab about this big in most models."

I stretched my fingers to about the width of an AK-47 bullet.

"It doesn't seem like it could hurt much.", Applejack commented.

"Ah yes, but it shoots it faster that two times the speed of sound. If you are struck by a bullet, and you are unprotected, it will impact directly into your skin. It will slice through your internals and if it has enough power, exit out the back end and cause a bigger hole to appear out of your back. And believe me, I was shot a few times."

The mares appeared in shock at my explanation of weaponry.

"And these are only the basic weapons that humans have created. Tanks, aircraft, artillery, bombs, and all sorts of other things."

"Why would you need at of those things to hurt anypony?", I heard Fluttershy ask. I looked down, then back up.

"There is another bad thing about my world Earth, and it may be the worst of all."

"What's that?", all the mares asked in unison.

"War. Constant war."

They all grew wide-eyed faces full of dread and shock. Apparently, they were not familiar by the art and pain of war.

"War? But, why?"

"You see, Twilight, there are many reasons for war. Sometimes, it has to do with religion differences. Other times, it has to do with one country being heavily against another country's way of thinking or governing. There are countless reasons, some that may be ridiculous."

"Are you fighting a war right now?"

"Actually, yes. I was stationed in a country called Afghanistan, where it was suspected to be a training country for terrorists."

"What's a terrorist?"

"Okay, this may sound confusing and disturbing, but it is all very true. Terrorism is a kind of warfare that involves fear and insecurity around a certain political base. It is a network of people ranging from a couple of cronies, to a whole network filled with more than a thousand people. What they do to get their way is unbelievable. Okay, war in general is to fight the enemies army and force them to surrender by winning battles that both armies fight? Is that correct?"

"Uh, I think so.", Twilight replied.

"Okay, terrorism is much different. It involves propaganda and fear towards a certain group or country. Acts of terrorism are violent, brutal, and always cause an outspark in the media when they take place."

"What do they do so bad?", Rarity asked.

"Common tactics are they smuggle bombs into civilian properties a detonate them, killing many in the vicinity or the blast area. Others even go to extreme lengths and hide bombs on themselves, walk into a crowded area, and blow themselves up, catching many people around them and killing them."

"But, that would kill them to!", Rainbow Dash cried.

"I know, but they believed they were fighting for the right cause by killing innocents. Then, they go into hiding like it never happened, and they plot their next attack."

All the mares seemed to be ready to faint at any moment, except or Rarity, who was passed out already.

"That's awful!", Applejack cried out.

"I know, but thankfully, many countries oppose terrorists. Right now, America is fighting a war against terrorism as we speak. And so far, we have prevented at least countless attacks against other countries and our own."

"Uh, Ben, I hate to ask this, but can we please stop? This is a little sensitive."

I looked at Fluttershy who looked like she could pass out from any second now.

"Alright, let's stop. It's a little sensitive topic for me to, as I am a soldier myself."

The mares nodded and rarity recovered.

"Ben, I still would like to see what that M9-er-thingy does. If that's okay with you.", Applejack asked.

"Alright."

I walked over to the fence and shooed away the dog. I began to look around for any sign of life. After looking in every direction ten times and viewed an area where nopony can stray on the range randomly. I began to pick up a few apples that were really bruised and were already on the ground. I put them on top of the fence and shouted out.

"Range is hot! No one is allowed to go past me unless I say so!"

I loaded in a clip and clicked off the safety. I looked back at the mares, who were hiding behind a rock. I carefully lines up the sights with the first apple and slowed my breathing. I took a few more second waiting for the sights to aim up just right and...

BANG!

The shot echoed throughout Sweet Apple Acres and caused the apple to explode into a million pieces.

"I still got it."

I lined up for another shot. Again, I slowed my breathing, and...

BANG!

The heard the familiar sound of a bullet shell hitting a small rock next to me on the ground.

I lined up for the last shot in the last apple. Steady...steady...steady......

BANG!

The last apple exploded into yet another million pieces. I then decided to show off and I emptied the whole clip into the ground behind the fence. Dust scattered as the rounds impacted. I dropped out the clip, turned on the safety, and tuned around while holstering the pistol.

"And that is only the small gun."

The mares seemed quite shaken up at the loud noise of the M9. They looked with a little horror at the exploded apples around the fence.

"Wow, that was...loud.", Rainbow Dash said.

"Oh man, you should have heard the other guns I used back in my service."

God, I wonder if that M134 Minigun still has reduced my hearing a little.

"Well, you wanna check out the barn?", Applejack asked with a little anticipation.

"What's there to see in the barn?"

"Oh, you'l find out.", Twilight said. I found it a little suspicious. Anyways, I turned towards the barn and put a grip on the barn door. I slid the door open, and found the barn to be completely dark.

"Hello?"

"SURPRISE!"

I jumped back at the sudden explosion of light, ponies, and a pink pony hopping up and down in front of me. I never had been scared in my whole life. And I had been scared quite a few times. (Don't remember the flashbang incident. Don't remember the helicopter incident. Please don't make me remember, brain.)

"Were you surprised, or were you REALLY surprised?!", Pinkie Pie said while constantly hopping up and down.

"Oh god, don't ever do that to me again."

"Well, I always throw a party for new ponies...er...humans!"

"Wait, party?"

"Of course!"

I looked around and I saw ponies of all colors and shapes everywhere. Some were by a table that seemed to be loaded with sweets, some were drinking from some cheap plastic cups, and others were still setting up a few decorations.

"Oh, and sorry all the decorations weren't set up. You came a little too early! So...Ima use my party cannon!"

"Party what?"

Pinkie Pie pulled out what was a medieval artillery piece and aimed it directly at me. I think I didn't register what was happening fast enough, because my wings suddenly registered this as a threat and made me take to the air. I heard a loud bang and a pink blast sailed under my feet. I gathered that the "party cannon" was some sort of device that shoots decorations to set up a party really fast. Before I could apologize to Pinkie, MG Wing Zero Gundam's Buster Rifle appeared in my hands (Yes, that was what the giant laser gun was called). I noticed light forming around the barrel indicating it was charging for a blast. Pinkie Pie seemed unaware of the terrible danger she was in, since she was just gawking at my wings. I began some fast thinking and turned myself around and pointed the Buster Rifle into the evening sky. More and more light gathered around the barrel as my targeting eyepiece said: Fully charged. Firing.

A massive blast of pure white light exited the Buster Rifle and lit up the sky as the beam traveled into the sky. I was blown into the ground from the massive kickback from the fired weapon.(Now I understand why MG Wing Zero Gundam's arm was blown off after firing this thing in rapid succession) I sailed downwards and I crashed into the barn floor, which was thankfully covered with hay. I still felt a blunt pain in my back after connecting with the hard soil underneath. All the air was expelled out of me as everypony began to gather around my crash site.

"Ben! What was that all about!", Rainbow Dash yelled angrily, yet she was still concerned at my condition.

"Ugh..."

"Ben? Are you okay?"

I opened my mouth for a reply.

"Fucking wings..."

"Whew! Thank Celestia you're okay! Anyways, what was that all about?!"

I regained my composure and I stood among the other ponies.

"I HATE it when my wings to that. You guys really have to remember not to startle me. If I didn't think fast enough, you would have all been vaporized."

Everypony was just looking at me at me with confusion, when the beam detonated after reaching its maximum range in the sky. All of the ponies forgot about the fact that they could have been turned into a crater and looked up amazed at the evening sky where the beam had exploded. The evening sky began to take on a flash of white as multiple explosion riddled it. Suddenly, the shockwave expanded and blew a gust of air all around the barn, blowing off a few tiles of the roof, sending some tables and ponies toppling over, and causing Rarity to scream at her slightly ruffled mane. I looked around at the destruction and I just smiled.

"Opps?"

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Well, the party began to kick up after turning over the tables and Pinkie bringing more treats from...somewhere...(Seriously, that pink pony freaks me out). I began observing where the party was going, and I saw the tables have been completely restocked with sweets. I walked over to the table, and I found Rainbow Dash at my side once again following me. I got to the table and observed the goods. So far, at least 75% of the food had enough frosting to give a sloth a hyper-sonic sugar rush, and the other half had so much I would conceder it to be inedible from sugar overload. I looked nervously at the sweets and I saw Rainbow Dash take one and plop it into her mouth. She then looked in a few directions and took two more sweets and hid them under her wings. She then looked up at me, realizing that I had been watching the whole time. She smiled sheepishly and blushed a bit.

"Didn't Pinkie Pie say to take one so far?", I asked with an evil smile on my face.

"Uh...no?", Rainbow Dash lied.

"Don't worry, I wont tell anypony."

"Oh, thank you! Ya know, Pinkie Pie's treats are really the best in Equestria. You should have some!"

I took a nervous look at the ridiculously over frosted cupcakes and I turned back to Rainbow Dash.

"Oh god, that's way to much frosting for me."

"Oh lighten up and eat it you wimp."

"I'll pa-MPH!"

I was about to say "I'll pass", when Rainbow Dash quickly took some random sweet from the table and shoved it into my mouth. I began to choke a bit, but I managed to swallow it down in small bits and pieces. I shuddered at the sweetness level which was probably over nine thousand. (See what I did there?) Right as the last piece of the...cupcake I think? Meh, what ever Rainbow Dash nearly made me choke to death on. Anyways, as I swallowed the last piece of it, I felt my brain go into super-overdrive and I think I know know what it feels like to activate slow motion inside a game. I began to shake a bit and I think my wings were trying to force themselves out of my back. I tried to cancel the effect of what would have been a catastrophe, and I succeeded barely. I feel to the ground and looked very pissed off at Rainbow Dash.

"Ya know, there is a reason why humans can't consume that much sugar in three seconds."

Rainbow Dash looked a little hurt at my comment.

"Oh, I'm sorry Ben. Did I hurt you?"

I rose to my feet and shook off the rest of the effects and the world seemed to be speeding up to normal time. I shook my head one more time.

"Naw, I've been through much worse."

Rainbow Dash seemed relieved as it seemed like my head was going to explode from the massive sugar rush.

"Sorry I did that to you..."

"Like I said before, It's fine."

She smiled at me as Pinkie Pie then made an announcement.

"Alright everypony! How about some music!"

Everypony cheered as Pinkie Pie headed over to a...phonograph? Oh, god no.

Pinkie Pie began to crank the handle and placed a record on the phonograph. What came out of the machine was just awful for human party standards. My ears seemed like they would melt from the classical mixed with funk music. I noticed that everypony seemed to be dancing anyways to it, so I decided to not interfere. Heck, ponies should have their own music to listen to. They outnumber me here anyways.

(Five Minutes Later)

Oh god, I can't take anymore of this. I marched down to the phonograph, stopped it, and removed the record. Immediately, everypony stopped and looked around until they found me holding the record. The looked a little confused at me until I began to speak up.

"Alright, the music is good and all, but I just can't stand it after a while. Another good thing about Earth is that they always come out with incredibly good music. I think I should give this party a little boost with some songs that are my personal favorites."

I turned around and walked towards a corner where my duffle bag laid. I opened it and found my laptop in there, along with too booster speakers for it. I hooked up mu ipod touch with the laptop, turned on the speakers and began cycling through the playlist. Everypony was gawking at the laptop over my shoulder, so I had to explain that this was an example of technology at its finest. I cycled down and I came to the song Dynamite. Meh, Iv'e heard this song about a million times, yet I still can't stop repeating it in my head. It was a pretty decent song, and I wondered about the ponies reactions to the song. It was pretty decent with parties, so I guess this was the right time to play it Screw it. Ima play it.

"Alright, now this is what we humans call music.", I said as I hit the play button and cranked up the volume to "Aw Shit Yeah"

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The song started up pretty well, and the ponies started to look a little confused at the style of the song. I saw some loosing interest immediately. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash flew into the air, and she spoke a bit to the ponies.

"Everypony, I heard one of these human songs before, and they are really good! Just give Ben a chance!"

Everypony now looked with interest, and the lyrics rolled in. I began to bob my head and I sung out the lyrics in perfect synch.

"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes! Saying ayyyo, gotta let go!"

In a spit second, I saw Rainbow Dash in the air bobbing her head to the beat, causing a few other ponies to nod their heads lightly.

"I wanna celebrate and live my life! Saying ayyyo, baby let's go!"

"I came to dance, dance, dance, dance...I hit the floor cause that's my plans, plans, plans, plans. I'm wearing all my favorite brands, brands, brands, brands. Give me space for my hands, hands, hands, hands."

The ponies were getting a little more confused at the repeating lyrics. I saw Pinkie Pie really shaking her head to the beat, even though the song hadn't picked up yet.

"You, you. Cause it goes on, and on, and on..."

I began to sway my body to the lyrics, and sure enough, Rainbow Dash was next to me doing the same. I guess our swaying was hypnotic, because a ton of ponies were now swaying with us. The others that were swaying were now forced out of outnumbering, so they started swaying, and I think they found it quite pleasant.

"And it goes on, and on, and on...I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayyyo, gotta let go."

"I wanna celebrate and live my life, saying ayyyo! Baby let's go!"

Now the awesome part came in.

"Cause we gon' rock this club, we gon' go all night, we gon' light it up, like it's dynamite! Cause I told you once, now I told you twice, we gon' light this up, like it's dynamite!"

Now everypony pony was now dancing on their hooves and shaking their heads to the beat. As the song progressed, Rainbow Dash got used to the lyrics, so she began singing with me at the "dynamite" part of the song. Now, all of the ponies were now dancing to the song and some began to sing even though they had heard the song once. Heh, I guess Equestrians catch on fast to songs. After a few more minutes, the song faded out and I heard a very familiar intro to a rather popular song that I was so-so with listening to. I looked back at my laptop, and it was set on shuffle. I was about to change the song to something better, but everypony was looking at me like they wanted to hear this song, so I just went along.

"Alright everypony, let's get ready for Poker Face!"

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The song started to pick up, and everypony was bopping their head to the fast beat of the song. I smiled as I began to sing the lyrics as they came forth.

"I wanna hold them like they do in Texas please. Fold them, let them hit me, raise it baby, stay with me. Luck and intuition play the cards with spades to start. And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart."

Ponies were cheering and Rainbow Dash and her friends were dancing behind me, and I had to admit, for creatures that walk on four hooves, they were pretty good.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'll get him shot show him what I've got. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'll get him shot show him what I've got."

Heh, hope they like this part.

"Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker faaaace. Can't read my, can't read my, no he can't read my poker faaaace. "

Heh, I've really made myself the life of the party just by showing these ponies what "music" is.

"P-p-p-poker face p-p-poker face. I want to roll with him a hard pair we will be..."

The rest of the song went along and everypony was on the dance floor. I was getting a little tired from the constant dancing, so I looked outside. It was night. Funny how the sky changes so fast here. I snuck outside, and I saw Rainbow Dash leaning against the barn on the outside. I turned back and saw that the computer was still on shuffle. I guess that means the computer can take over the party. Heh, I wonder what else machinery will take over. HUMANITY?! Naw...

Anyways, I walked outside and I plopped myself down next to Rainbow Dash, who was gazing into the sky.

"Hey Dashie."

Rainbow Dash suddenly turned around.

"Woah! You scared they hay out of me Ben!"

I laughed a bit, and make Rainbow Dash giggle. She smiled at me and I smiled at her.

"So, what are you doing out here?"

"Eh, I knid of get sick of parties after a while, so I decided to take a break."

She continued to gaze off into the sky and I found myself doing the same.

"Wow, back in Afghanistan, me and the other Marines would lay out inside the base and look up into the sky at night. It was beautiful seeing all of the stars in the night sky. We really couldn't do it for long, and eventually, we had to stop."

Rainbow Dash turned to me.

"Why?"

"Well, the commanding officer said that there was sniper danger out in these deserts of the Middle East. So, to prevent anyone of us loosing out heads, we just stayed in out quarters with noting to do but sleep."

"What's a sniper?"

"A sniper is an enemy that hides somewhere very far away and uses a very long gun to pick off people one person at a time. They were considered very dangerous at these times as they were very hard to find. Believe me, I was shot by a sniper."

"Really?! How did you survive?"

"Oh, I got shot in the side when I was rushing across a street."

I pulled up my shirt, and there was the same scar that the Dragonov SVD had left on me. Rainbow Dash gasped at the sight and looked up to me with a little bit of a worried glance in her eyes.

"Wow, that must have hurt."

"Oh yeah, that stung like a fucker."

Rainbow Dash cringed at my curse, and I apologized. I pulled my shirt down, and I continued to look up. I looked up into the sky once more, and so did Rainbow Dash.

"SHOOTING STAR!", Rainbow Dash screamed. I was scared shitless and thankfully, my wings didn't emerge and activate a nuclear bomb this time.

"Oh god! What did I say about scaring me?!"

Rainbow Dash smiled at me.

"Oh, sorry Ben."

"Ya saw a shooting star?"

"Yeah. Of course I did."

"So...what did you wish for?"

Rainbow Dash began to look a little sheepish.

"I'm not telling you!"

"What's there not to tell me?"

"Twilight said that if you tell anypony, it won't come true!"

"Well, I guess I will have to interrogate you."

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash's smile turned into a hybrid look of confusion, concern, and suspicion.

"What does that mean?"

Suddenly, I outstretched my fingers and raised my arms. I brought them down suddenly and began to tickle Rainbow Dash under her armpits and stomach. She suddenly burst out laughing and began to roll around in hopes to escape my extreme methods of getting information.

"Stop! Stop!", Rainbow Dash pleaded while smiling.

"MOAR?", I raised my arms for a second attack.

"No! BWAHAHAHA!"

I started again and she began to pound her hooves on the ground out of agony. I continued and she began getting tears in her eyes from the constant laughter. I noticed that she was dying for air, so I stopped and she began to calm down, taking short breaths in the middle of every giggle. She stopped laughing and recovered.

"Don't do that! I'm ticklish!"

I raised my arms again.

"O R U?"

Suddenly, I felt something tackle me to the ground like a million freight trains all packed into one engine. Rainbow Dash screamed as I was sent tumbling down a hill. I opened my eyes and I saw a scaled colt with sharp teeth baring down into may face. I squirmed from his grip and he then rose a hoof up to punch me. Right as it got to its maximum height, I blurted out.

"What are you doing?!"

The scaled colt spat out the words with his needle like teeth.

"You corrupted my sister you sick fuck."

OMFG THE OC IZ HERE! The next chapter will be a short background story of the OC. READ IT!

Quote: "If you go into war without believing your country has the right, commit suicide. You will not last a day."-Anonymous

Do note that an image here is not present anymore. That is due to the fact that i used a Deviantart user's image without premission or credit. I deeply apologise to this. The image belonged to RonToday2012.(On Fimfiction)

Corrosive's Journy

This is the OC's background story. I did not write this at all. Please give positive credit to Corrosive Dash for producing such a great background story in the nick of time.

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A stallion sat astride a burning earth hound tank, looking towards the hills where the victory gaining explosion had come from. He stared towards it with his glowing yellow eyes and pondered the meaning. Surely it was an omen, and the possibility of his sister being near sent his heart racing in his chest. The smoke drifted calmly around him.

He was named Corrosive Dash, elder brother of Rainbow Dash, and he was twenty three years old. He idly scraped at a long and razor sharp canine with a hoof capable of penetrating steel. He looked towards the fleeing earth hound forces as they were chased by the armed zebra tribestallions and E.N.G. forces alongside them. He had been integral but really the sonic rainboom made the difference, it had startled all but no ally of the dogs could do such a thing. As such they were demoralized and caught off guard when the ponies broke from their stupor and attacked with renewed force. The starlight gleamed off his blood stained red scales and reflected in his neon eyes as he thought back to the events leading to this point in time, this opportunity to reunite with his beloved...

Twelve years ago...

“You stay here and don’t come after me you freak!” That was his mother, Sunny Skies.

“But- but mom! I don’t wanna stay here! I won’t last a day on my own! Please don’t leave me here!” He cried. Why was she being so mean? Why did she look so angry? What had he done wrong?

“You know why I’m leaving you here?” She hissed venomously.

“Please! Tell me what I did wrong mommy! I’ll make it up to you I swear! I’ll do the dishes, I’ll take out the garbage, I’ll clean my room, I’ll even stop beating on Soarin when he comes over even though he’s a pervert!” He pleaded while falling to his belly and grabbing her knee. He began to cry pitifully. He hoped she would relent and let him come home

with her.

She shook him off callously before snarling, “You f****** corrupted your little sister is what! How could you Corrosive? She. Is. Your. Sister! You are to protect your sister, you are to look after your sister, and yes you are to love your sister! But you! You are sick! I saw what you two were doing! Brother and sister should never mesh tongues you sicko!”

She sneered at him, “I’m leaving you here to protect our only good child from your foul influence. I won’t have her brought down by the likes of you. You are never to return home and will never see her again.” She proclaimed and

leapt into the sky.

“Nooo!” Corrosive cried as flew after her desperately. He couldn’t stay out here, he couldn’t never see his sister again, he loved her more than life itself! She was losing him, she was bigger and more experienced and therefore faster. However he was smaller and thus more agile, he could also go where she couldn’t. She went around a great web of thorny vines, to abandon the path she had used was potentially death in the Everfree, especially this deep in where the trees turned day into night. Corrosive went through the airborne hedge and though he was cut and scraped he burst through the end before his mother and

grabbed onto her neck.

“Get off you cretinous scum!” She yelled before slamming him into a branch overhead. He fell, breathless, to the earth. He gasped for air and watched his mother’s form vanish through the trees. He passed out from pain and exhaustion moments later.

Two years ago...

Corrosive looked at the ill dragon and felt pity. It looked sick, like it was dying even. The sight of the magnificent red being brought low stirred old sadness in his own heart. He had survived despite his claim all those years ago, thrived even. He was lean but he was pure muscle and could lift twice his weight with ease. He was tall, as tall as the average Royal Guard though he didn’t know. He had not seen a mirror or compared himself in a long time. His fur was red like blood and his hair was hues of black and yellow, cut short and messy with improvised knives. The local predators left him alone now, hanging their brethren’s skulls from the branches of his home tree might have had something to do with that. The ones that might have preyed on him gave his turf a wide berth, the ones too small to be a threat were ignored, and the ones too huge for him to stand a chance against ignored him as it wouldn’t be worth the effort invested to catch the speedy stallion.

When he lay in the boughs of his claimed home he thought of his precious sister and almost wept. He’d hardly a clue what she looked like, he only hoped she still had her beautiful rainbow mane. He imagined her beautiful cyan fur and her amazing pink eyes. He still loved her. In fact his love for her had only grown with his miserable isolation. He’d tried to find a way out from time to time but always returned to the place he knew lest he become lost and encounter something he couldn’t escape from or fight off.

Looking at the dragon he felt pity. He had seen other dragons but never one like this. He had seen this one before too. Always alone, even as he lay dying. It reminded him of himself. Corrosive made the decision and approached his fellow outcast. He approached the beast with its greying scales and heaving chest. He came around its side to within sight of its pained eyes but unfortunately in range of its limp tail.

“I mean you no harm friend! I only wish to hel-” He said in his rough voice, unused in who knew how long, before he was impaled in the flank by its formerly limp tail. It impacted just behind his left wing and he fell without a sound, he never even got to scream. He twitched in place, his eyes open wide and his mouth frozen shut. The soulsplitter dragon gazed balefully into his eyes as it grinned painfully. Then the flood of memories hit and its eyes widened. Such pain, such love, so alone...

He decided that his last actions in life would not be to selfishly extend his own life by perhaps a year. Instead he would give this lonely stallion a gift, he certainly deserved it for all his pain.

As the remnant of the dragon’s soul surged into him the dragon looked into Corrosive’s eyes and spoke, “This is my gift to you Corrosive.” Then he ripped his stinger free and turned into ash. Corrosive stared for a moment before making a final twitch and falling unconscious.

One year ago...

Corrosive slammed a hoof into a rocky cliffside. His hooves were tougher than steel but he scarcely noticed. He was covered in tough red scales in place of fur but he didn’t really care. His wings were twice the length of his body but it barely registered. His teeth were tougher and sharp like a dragons but it didn’t matter. He was tall enough to look a pegacorn on eye level without taking flight but he didn’t even know that. He dreamed of his sister every night now. Sometimes he woke up drenched in sweat and screaming her name. He knew he had an obsession but it was all he had, so he didn’t try to curb it. He went further in his attempts to find a way out of this accursed forest but failed all the same. He hated like few others.

Two months ago...

He did not struggle as the alicorn held him against the tree. He had learned in his life when to back down. Life in the Everfree was tough, tougher still for a mere pony. Almost certain death for a yearling. You had to be both smart and strong to survive and Corrosive Dash was both of these things. The three alicorns had flown into his territory and, upon spotting him, slammed him into a tree with their magic and vigorously scanned him. When they were done they released him and he slid down the tree. He rose to his hooves and glared warily. He might have attacked despite knowing it was suicide but they had not truly harmed him and he refused to succumb to the lure of the wild. He refused to let the Everfree turn him into a violent murder machine, refused to become a monster.

“We apologise sir. We are hunting a monster that recently escaped captivity. It has the ability to mask its true appearance so we must examine all things we find suspect. We would advise you to evacuate as it has already ravaged two cities and has a taste for pony flesh.” A mare with teal fur and a mane like liquid emeralds advised as she spread her wings.

“Wait! I’m kind of lost, could you maybe point me in the right direction?” He asked while nervously smiling. He did not remember his razor sharp teeth and as such his attempt at friendliness looked terrifying. The alicorn was not impressed, she had seen worse.

“Follow this light.” She ordered and conjured up a purple light which hovered in place momentarily before flying off.

“Thanks!” Corrosive yelled as he took off after the light.

Present day...

Corrosive finally ventured out of the Everfree forest, but he felt a little sad leaving the horrible place. He followed the dirt pathway to the nearest town but halted by the sound of laughter? But the laugh he heard was strangly familliar. He trotted toward the laughter and disovered something he though he would never see again, his sister. Corrosive was about to call out to her until he spotted a being he never seen before, it stood on it's hind legs and it was laughing, more importantly with his sister. He felt rage build up inside him but seeing his sister so happy broke his heart, he huffed and trotted toward the two thinking to himself,"I hope she remembers me..."

Ben vs. Corrosive

"You corrupted my sister you sick fuck."

I opened my eyes wide into the stallion's face. He had mentioned that Rainbow Dash was his sister. Could this be true? Before I could answer, he brought down his hoof on my stomach, and all of my air was expelled from me. The pain was immense, as I tried to pry off the scaled horse off of me. He brought down another hoof, and once again, more oxygen was forced out of my lungs. A cyan streak slammed into the attacker and sent him careering down the hill. They rolled for a bit and Rainbow Dash rose and galloped back to me, staying at my side.

"Thanks."

"Who is that pony?"

Suddenly, trees began crashing down as the stallion took flight with immensely large wings. He gave a giant roar that sounded like a monster and sent a massive ball of fire at me. My wings wrapped around me and absorbed the flaming projectile. I brought up my targeting eyepiece and began locking onto the air-born pegasus.

"He says that your his sister. Do you know him?"

Rainbow Dash suddenly looked with a huge amount of surprise at me.

"Sister?! I don't have a brother!"

I looked at the enraged figure who was still recovering from his massive attack.

"That's all I need to know, Rainbow Dash."

My eye piece began showing a million cross-hairs moving over the pegasus. They all moved over him and turned red indicating a lock-on was acquired. The HUD inside my targeting eyepiece was now cycling through all sorts of missiles.

"Explosive, fragmentation, bunker buster, armor piercing, incendiary, HEAT (High Explosive, Anti Tank), E.M.P, Anti-Air, Cluster, and...Tear Gas?"

I looked at the stallion who had recovered from his previous attack and opened his mouth once again. This time, a huge jet of flames erupted from his mouth and scorched my wings, which were thankfully, fire-proof. I spread out my wings, causing a gust to dissipate the jet of pure fire. I then angled my wings, and they folded into a rack. The missiles dropped down from my wings and my eyepiece and lazed the target for them.

"All right, say hello to my weapon."

Immediately, smoke flew out the back of my wings as the Tear Gas missiles were ejected. They suddenly ignited and charged towards the attacker. The scaled stallion realized the imminent danger that he was in and bolted upwards towards the night sky. The missiles did their job and sailed upwards with him. The stallion the tried to veer down, and managed to shake two of the missiles, but he still had at least 10 projectiles homing in on him. He tried a zero-g roll, but the missiles remained unshaken. Suddenly, the missiles caught up and collided with their target, releasing a massive cloud of the highly noxious smoke to linger in the air. A silhouette then fell from the cloud and smashed into the trees below. I looked back, and I saw at least the majority of the party population had found themselves outside and wondering what was going on outside. Then, the trees began toppling down and I warned the ponies to flee the area, which they all did. But Rainbow Dash and her friends stayed and watched, despite my arguments against them. The trees continued to crash and Applejack cried out in horror.

"My trees!"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this."

I rocked towards the area and I found more trees crashing to the ground. I observed the area, when suddenly, a hypersonic figure shot out from the trees and tackled me higher into the air. I quickly pried off the attacker and I loaded another batch of Tear Gas missiles.

"UGH! Who are you?!"

The figure grappled onto my shirt and pulled me to his face. He bared his needle sharp teeth at me and glared at me with his ruby red eyes.

"I am Corrosive Dash, and I am Rainbow Dash's eldest brother. I should be asking of what kind of abomination of Nightmare Moon you should be."

He punched at me, and my wings pushed him off just in time, and allowed him to punch the air. He screamed and a lizard-like frill appeared on his neck. He opened his mouth wide after hollering an enraged statement.

"STAY AWAY FROM HER!"

A sphere of some liquid shot out from his mouth and splattered me in the face. The only reason I couldn't dodge was that the sphere was clear, so it blended in with the night-sky. Plus, I had no idea of the immense velocity that thing held. It splattered adjacent my face, and I tried to wipe the spit away. I opened my eyes, but I couldn't see. I shook my head, but my vision didn't return. I felt an enormous punch get delivered to my chest, and I heard a few cracking noises. I sailed downwards and crashed into the ground. All of the oxygen flew out of my lungs as I felt something land on my chest. Blood began trailing down my mouth as I regained a tiny bit of vision to see Corrosive over me.

"You are not fit to love her... I had been rotting in the Everfree for 12 years, and I come back to see my beloved Rainbow Dash, and I see her with THIS! You, disgusting, wretched, BEAST! If I can't have her, THEN I WILL END YOU!"

I opened my eyes wide as he sent his hoof into my face.

--

Beep...

Beep...

Beep...

"Ugh, what?"

I opened my eyes and I stared into a white landscape.

"Am I dead?"

"No, you're in the hospital."

My vision lost its blurriness and I stared at the familiar hospital ceiling. I turned my head and  found a brown stallion sporting a light brown mane and wearing something that a human would call a "Doctor's Coat".

"What happened?"

"I will explain."

I looked towards the door way and I saw a dark blue mare with constant flowing hair, similar to Celestia's hair, but it was a complete shade of blue. The mare strode in, and cause the doctor to quickly collapse to the floor, like some sort of desperate bow to a royal figure.

"Princess Luna! I must apologize for I had not known you would be visiting!"

Okay, so it was a desperate bow to a royal figure.

"Please rise Diagnostic Mane. It is forgiven."

"Wait, I thought that there was only one...ugh...princess that ruled Equestria. Are you both..."

"Yes Benjamin, I am Princess Luna, co-ruler of Equestria, and sister of Princess Celestia. I am very intrigued by a being like you appearing here. It must have been my sister's doing. She has plenty of free time on herself."

I looked around before replying.

"So, what happened?"

"Oh, the stallion by the name of Corrosive Dash attacked you, correct?"

"Yes. And he claimed to be Rainbow Dash's sister."

"That is imposible. As the Princesses of Equestria, we must keep strict records of all ponies, both newborn and deceased. There are no records for Rainbow Dash's brother, as they state that she has none."

"Do you think somepony may had tampered with them?"

Suddenly Luna began to take a much more concerned tone.

"If somepony did, then Corrosive Dash is much more dangerous than we thought."

"That could be a concerning thought. What else happened?"

"Well, after Corrosive had knocked you out, then the Equestrian royal guards arrived from commotion and apprehended the perpetrator. He is currently being held in Canterlot and os undergoing interrogation. We have discovered some...disturbing features of him."

"Like what?"

"It turns out that he is mentally unstable from spending 12 years in the Everfree Forest. Also, he appears to be some sort of Dragon-Pegasus hybrid."

A hybrid? So that explains the fire and the venom spit attack. And the scales too.

"We find it very hard to believe that a pegusas would have mated with a dragon, so I believe this was a major genetic mutation."

"What is happening to him right now?"

"He is currently being questioned, but not injured at all. But, we can't get information out of him as he keeps babbling on about how he finally saw Rainbow Dash again."

I stared down at my chest and I looked back up to Luna.

"Is my chest healed?"

"Yes Ben, they have been repaired."

"Then I will go question him myself. I believe that he would tell me a few things."

Luna nodded and helped me to my feet. It turns out that she was at least twice as small as her sister, Celestia. I walked outside and I made a short flight to Canterlot.

--

I touched down, and I was escorted up to one of the towers of Canterlot, after explaining what I had come here for. They lead me up, and I turned towards a cell and saw the familiar stallion sitting on a stone bench inside. I walked in, and the guards leveled their crossbows at Corrosive incase he tried to burn off my face. I took a seat down on another stone bench and I began my "talk."

"Hello Corrosive, don't you just hate the confinements? I'm sure that being the ruler of Equestria, Celestia has to spend at least a tiny bit to better suit important visitors."

I saw the tiniest of smiles form of Corrosive's mouth, and he quickly changed it to a scowl.

"Why should I listen you you? I was just trying to see my love again, but you had to interfere. What kind of sick creation are you anyways?"

"I am a human, and I actually come from a very distant place"

"How distant?"

"You have know idea."

"It doesn't matter, you just had to try and ruin everything."

"Technically, I wasn't the first to attack. You throw a mean tackle by the way."

Corrosive grunted.

"Please, tell me why your sister means so much to you."

I saw Corrosive shiver a bit and glanced down to the floor and look back up at me. Then, he looked at the guards who still had their crossbows drawn, then looked back at me once more. I knew I had hit a sensitive subject, now to close in.

"Is there something wrong?"

Corrosive didn't reply.

"What's a matter? You can tell my anything."

Corrosive looked at the guards and still remained silent. I turned to them and waved my hand, signaling for them to leave. They looked at each other a little concerningly, and they left. I turned back to Corrosive and resumed the interrogation.

"Okay, don't try any funny business. Please tell me what's on your mind."

Corrosive looked outside and around the cell, then looked back at me.

"I love my sister."

I raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, she is your sister. I would understand of why you would go to these lengths to protect her. But why would you do it if she was so happy?"

Corrosive looked at me with his red, unforgiving eyes.

"I LOVE HER!"

After five seconds, I suddenly got what he meant by that.

"Come again?", I said while rubbing my ear.

"I love her with all of my heart."

I shook my head at this.

"I find it a little...unusual to love your sister in this way. But, now I understand why you would attack me. I believe that the Everfree has done a number against you, hasn't it?"

Corrosive nodded.

"Tell me, do you really want to be here right now?"

Corrosive didn't answer.

"Are you really angry at me for being with Rainbow Dash?"

Corrosive bared his teeth at me and shouted at me furiously.

"What do you think? I had been in the Everfree for more than 12 years, and what do I come home to?! A two legged beast trading mouths with my sister, who I longed to see for so long!"

"I was not kissing her."

"That doesn't matter! I loved her! And now, she will never accept me because she is with you."

"We aren't going in that direction", I lied.

"Is that so?", Corrosive snarled.

"Corrosive, stop this, I know that you feel deep emotion for your sister, but you must know that this is wrong. Do you understand?"

Corrosive bared his needle teeth once more, but quickly snapped out of it.

"I-I..."

"You have to understand."

Corrosive looked up at me.

"I guess that you are right. But, I won't be able to get over loosing my sister this way."

"Give it time.", I said as I exited out and walked towards palace. I reached Celestia and told her that Corrosive means no harm to anypony of us. It took quite a while, but eventually, I convinced her, and she ordered some guards to release him. I walked back and told Corrosive that he would be staying in Canterlot. He would be placed under heavy guard, but he was free to visit Ponyville from time to time. Corrosive agreed to these conditions, and I bid him farewell. Corrosive just snarled at me. I shook my head as I quickly exited Canterlot and headed back to Rainbow Dash's house in Cloudsdale. I came inside and suddenly, Rainbow Dash flew in from the hallway and crashed-hugged me. She then kissed me on the cheek, and I blushed a bit, and so did Rainbow Dash.

"Wow! Thank Celestia that you're okay! I was so worried!"

Rainbow Dash then opened her eyes wide, and flew right off of me with her same rosy-red cheeks as many time before.

"Uh, I was so worried that I wouldn't have someone fast enough to race me! Y-yeah! That's why!"

I just rolled my eyes and smiled.

"So, what happened out there? Did they catch that bad-colt? I bet they banished him!"

I got up and rested myself on the couch. Rainbow Dash flew to my side and looked at me with her magenta eyes.

"So, what happened?"

I groaned.

"This is going to be a long story."

Unfortunately, this may the be only chapter this weekend, due to the fact I will be visiting my grandparents, and their computer doesn't have the grammar correct function. Also, I have developed an addiction to Gundam Capsule Fighters Online. (Look it up).

No quote today :(

Preparations Part. 1

"Wha? But, I told you before! I don't have a brother!", Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"You don't remember a brother, Rainbow Dash. You're going to go to Canterlot tomorrow and take a blood test. Their going to compare it to Corrosive's and see if they match.", I said.

"B-Blood test? Y-you mean with n-needles?", Rainbow Dash stammered nervously while slinking back down into the couch.

"Yes Rainbow Dash. Are you afraid of needles?"

Rainbow Dash looked down sheepishly at the floor and shuddered.

"Uh...no?"

I narrowed my eyes and she got right up.

"Alright! I am afraid of needles! Can you just...uh...not tell anypony else?"

"Of course Dashie.", I smiled.

"Anyways, the Nightmare Moon Festival is in a few days. What are you going to go as?"

Oh shit. I completely forgot about the festival when I was at the party and when Corrosive was beating the crap out of me. I just scratched my head nervously as Rainbow Dash smiled suspiciously at me.

"Let me guess, you don't know what you're going to go as."

"Well, what are you going to go as?", I asked Dashie.

"Well, I though about it for a while, and I think me being a Wonderbolt for the 5th year in the row has kind of lost its flare. So, I'm going to be a Shadowbolt!"

I immediately took a look of concern.

"From what I read recently at Twilight's library, when Nightmare Moon tried to cast Equestria in eternal night, aren't the Shadowbolts a trail to test if you would ditch your friends for your own desires?"

"Uh, yeah. But it didn't work! I just thought I would try something completely different this year. You don't mind, do you?"

"Of course not. Be who you want to be, Rainbow Dash. I've dress in some more offensive stuff at one point."

I once dress as a Viet Cong on a Halloween night when I was able to go outside. I think that was what I wore when me and my friends started the massive paintball fight.

"So, what do you thin you should wear?"

I thought about it for a solid 30 seconds and I pulled up my laptop from my duffle bag and turned it on. I went on Google and typed up "Samurai".

"What's a Sa-ma-rih?", Rainbow Dash tried to pronounce Samurai.

"It's samurai, Rainbow Dash."

"That's what I said."

I rolled my eyes.

"A samurai is a ancient warrior who fought in a different country called Japan a long time ago. I have some samurai heritage in me, and I even do a martial art that samurai use."

"Wow! That sounds cool!"

"Here's a picture."

Rainbow Dash looked at the picture a little confused, and she turned to me.

"Ugh, what he's wearing would probably give Rarity a heart-attack. If a samurai is a warrior, then where is his armor and weapon?"

"The cloths are armor. It's leather with metal scales interwoven between them. It doesn't sound like much, but it is very resistant. His weapons is the wooden looking thing on his side. It is a sheath that holds his weapon, the katana. Here, let me show you a picture of a katana."

"Doesn't look like it could do much. The Equestrian guards' sword are much bigger."

"The katana is not meant for its size, it is meant for its slicing ability. Believe it or not, this was one of the deadliest blades ever crafted. I even have a wooden model that i use for practicing my martial art, kendo."

"You do martial arts? I do karate!"

Karate? That is a martial art that humans practiced back on Earth. There is something weird about this world.

"Interesting. Ya know, I think I could be a samurai for the Nightmare Moon Festival. I would look so awesome!"

Rainbow Dash giggled a bit and I smiled.

"Well Ben, I think Rarity could probably help you with that. I mean, she's done all sorts of cloths, not that I'm really interested with it."

"Thanks Rainbow Dash."

I walked out the house and my wings shot out my back and sent my flying down towards Ponyville. I flew through a few clouds and touched down gently on the ground. I looked around and I set off towards the Carousal Boutique. I walked a bit and some white unicorn with a blue mane walked up to me and asked me for my time.

"Hello. Are you that guy from the party?"

"Uh, yes?"

"Oh, my name is Vinyl Scratch, and I just loved those songs that you played at the party! Did you make them?"

I scratched my head.

"Uh, no. Ya see, different artists produce different songs, and they realize the albums for people to buy and listen to. Hey, aren't you that DJ that everypony was talking about at the party?"

The white mare took off her goggles and I was a little shocked at the sudden red eyes. Looked a bit like Corrosive's.

"Sure am. Ya think you could probably show me some other songs at one point?"

I looked off into the sky and thought about it for a minute.

"Of course, Vinyl."

"Wow! Thanks! I can believe I'm going to to some mixing with a human!"

I smiled and bid her farewell. I continued my walk towards the Carousal Boutique and eventually, I got to the boutique and knocked on the door. I heard something get knocked over inside.

"Aw horsefeathers.", a voice came from inside.

The door flew open and I saw the familiar white unicorn with the purple mane.

"Welcome to the Carousal...Ben! It's so nice to see you! What brings you here?"

"May I come inside?"

"Certainly!"

I walked inside and Rarity used her magic to shut the door after me. I looked around and I saw every possible fashion combination that anyone could think of.

"So, the Nightmare Moon Festival is coming up and I was thinking-"

"Oh! You want me to make you a costume? Certainly! What are going to be going as?"

I opened my laptop and pulled up the same picture. I guess Rarity had her hopes really high for me, because when she saw the picture, her jaw pretty much fell to the floor and she was rubbing her eyes to make sure that they weren't deceiving her. After he was done, she loked at me with a look that said: "R u serouz?"

"Uh, what is that?", she asked with a bit of a worried and disgusted expression on her face.

"It is a samurai, an ancient human warrior that is part of my heritage. I thought that you being an incredible fashion designer would make an incredible production of this."

Suddenly, she snapped back to a more pride look and put her hoof to her chest.

"Well! I have never been given an order like this, but I am sure I could produce something wonderful!"

"Oh, I forgot. Rarity, thanks for the tux at the presentation. I really appreciate it."

Rarity blushed and she thanked me back.

"So, what am I going to be working with on this, uh, what is this again?"

"Samurai armor. It is made with leather and interwoven metal scales. The leather must be very heard, let flexible and I would really love the golden crest on the helmet."

"I'm not very good with leather, or metal in that case, and it looks a little boxy too. But nonetheless! I shall succeed!"

I reached for the bag of bits that Celestia gave me and I opened it.

"So, should I pay up front or..."

"Oh, that won't be necessary!"

"Are you sure? This looks a little expensive."

"Well, I am the Element of Generosity after all."

"So I have read. I turns out that you and your friends are some sort of heros. Correct?"

"Well, I'd hate to boast, but yes, that's correct. And I bet Rainbow Dash isn't making you hear the end of it."

"You have no idea."

Rarity walked away, and I thanked her for her time. I walked outside and I decided to head back to Rainbow Dash's house. My wings emerged and I rocked forth. I sailed through the sky and did a few loops and a corkscrew just for the fun of it. I saw Rainbow Dash's house come into view and I walked towards the door. I knocked a few times.

"Hello? Rainbow Dash?"

No answer.

"Hello?"

No answer still.

"Hmph, must have gone out."

I opened the door and I walked inside. I headed up to the couch and took out my laptop.

"Ugh, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored."

I got the laptop out and decided to go onto Combat Arms. I loaded it up, and it had to get another update. I groaned, as updates take hours, and it slows down my computer so I couldn't do anything else. Suddenly, the bar filled all the way in three seconds, and I just stared dumbfounded at the sudden loaded update bar, and I just shrugged. I got on the game and I rented a few weapons, such as the M416 with ACOG and Suppressor, and an M200. I joined the oil rig map and in no time, I was kicking ass. My skills were a little rusty, but I quickly recovered and I began killing everything I saw. Headshot after headshot, and spraying and praying. I looted an RPG from a guy I just killed and I replaced my M200 that was out of ammo. I launched the rocket and killed two snipers that were hiding behind some crates. I was about to put a bullet into some n00b's head, when I heard the door of Rainbow Dash's house open, and quickly bashed shut with a great "SLAM!" I jumped off the couch and I saw Rainbow Dash quickly fly to her room in a cyan blur. And, I think I noticed a tear on her eye. A tear? This can't be good. I walked over to Rainbow Dash's room and I knocked softly on the door.

"Rainbow dash? Are you okay?"

I heard some sniffling coming from the room.

"I-I-I Don't want to talk right now!"

I stepped back from the multitude of the voice.

"Rainbow Dash? Are you crying?"

"I don't cry Ben!"

I looked down at the ground and I looked back up.

"Come on Dashie. What's wrong?"

I heard some hoof steps approaching the door and it squeaked open. Rainbow Dash had a few tears trickling down her eye, and she tried to wipe them away really fast. She sniffled and I came inside her room and sat down on her bed. She climbed up and sat herself down next to me and leaned against my shoulder. She sniffled one more time and looked at me with her tear filled magenta eyes.

Dawwww.

Ben, it's me, your brain. This r no time for dawwwws.

Stfu brain. Ur an asshole.

Fuck you.

Rainbow Dash began.

"I-Its nothing Ben. Its just s-some pegasi being mean to me."

I opened my eyes wide and I suddenly blurted out.

"JUST some pegasi being mean to you? You were crying! What the hell did they do to you?"

"Well, do you know what someponies think of me?"

"What?"

"They think I like other mares.", she said with her head down.

I was completely baffled. LESBIANISM?! ON A WORLD OF HORSES?! Okay, calm the fuck down Ben. Just sort this out right now.

"Why would they think of you like that way?"

"Well, they say that I act like a boy, and they always see me with a tom-coltish personality so they think I... (She was going to continue, but her crying cut her off.) And...and I used to date Applejack."

I did not change the look on my face.

"I don't think that you'll ever look at me the same way again. I-I just want it to stop! And now some pegasi are calling me "Rainbow Dick" and "Fillyfooler.", she said with a sob.

"Ben? Do you hate me now? Because...I..."

I pulled her into an embrace and I looked into her eyes.

"Rainbow Dash. I don't care if ponies think you like other mares. I think you're beautiful. Don't think that I would hate you for telling me this."

"Thank you Ben. I never had somepony who cared about me so much."

I stared out of the window and the sky was turning into a orange evening.

"Neither have I..."

YES! I did it! I have actually gotten one more chapter done this weekend! Ya'll enjoy last chapter's video?Also, sorry about the shortness.

Quote: "War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."-Jimmy Carter

Remember every image I use in this fiction is what I found on Google Images.

Preparations Part. 2 (Edited)

I wiped my eyes from the "morning crud" and I sat upright on the bed. For some reason, I expected myself to be laying in my dirty cot back at Echo-5, but I found myself in the same cloud bed with the cyan mare's back turned to me and taking in small and little breaths. I smiled as I got up and tried my best not to disturb Rainbow Dash. I walked out into the living room and I opened the duffle bag to get my cloths, put them on, and booted up my laptop. I opened Combat Arms and renewed the weapons, closed it, and went onto SD Gundam Capsule Fighting. It really wasn't the best game I've played, but it was the only decent Gundam game in the whole USA, so I had to cope with that. I selected Freedom Gundam and I began blowing Zakus' heads off with my beam rifle. I played for a bit until I heard a yawn come from my left. I paused the game and I looked over to see Rainbow Dash with her mane ever so ruffled.

"Ya sleep well?", I asked.

"Well, for the first time you weren't tossing in your sleep, so yeah, I'm fine.", she giggled.

I scratched my head and smiled until I realized something. I didn't have another nightmare.

"Wow, I didn't have a nightmare this time.", I said.

Rainbow Dash smiled at me and came over to my laptop.

"So, what cool thing are ya doing now?"

I unpaused the game and I quickly explained what I was doing.

"Remember what Mecha are?"

"Of course! Those giant awesome robots!"

"Well, I'm playing a game where you could pilot those Mecha and blow others in half."

"Wow! That's so cool!"

Rainbow Dash suddenly got a look of suspicion in her eye.

"Wait, the Mecha that you're using doesn't look like the others I saw. These look a little, ummmm..., chunky."

(Reference)

"That's what makes it so unique."

Rainbow Dash was about to say something, but I just closed the game, which seemed to surprise Rainbow Dash.

"Why'ed you stop the game?"

"Eh, isn't important. Anyways, I need to go to Vinyl Scratch's to do some mixing."

Rainbow dash seemed to get a little suspicious, but I saw her thought leave her face.

"Okay! Don't be gone too long, cause I wanna race you again!"

I smiled and I headed out the doorway. My wings emerged and I shot downwards towards Ponyville. I did a few rolls and just embraced the feeling of the wind in my face before I touched down in front of Vinyl's house. I knocked, and I was greeted by a familiar white mare.

"Ah, there you are! I was wondering when you were going to show up. Come inside!"

I smiled and my wings retracted.

"Cool wings."

"Freak accident."

Vinyl laughed and I stepped inside. I stared at the millions of records that were piled up, a keyboard right smack in the middle of the living room, and a speaker built into nearly every square inch of the walls.

"Wow."

"Thanks. Anyways, come to the basement so I could see the song you told me about earlier."

I came inside the basement and I found a small DJ booth that was hooked up to a pair of giant speakers. I took out a flash drive, inserted it in, and turned on the booth.

"Okay, here's what I've been working on from the start."

The song started off with a few clicks then became a dirty synch followed by some bass inserts here and there. I really did not have much experience with mixing, but I tried my hardest to put something decent. Vinyl came over to the DJ booth and began adding more effects to the song that I hadn't thought of before. I began to bob my head to the beat a bit and so did Vinyl. After a few minutes, the song stopped.

"Hmmm...pretty good. Needs some work though. Anything else you got me?"

I took out another flash drive.

"Okay, I didn't make this one, but I think it would be a good example of what techno music would sound like on Earth."

"What is it?"

"It's from a game called Pokemon. And I'm going to be showing you some battle music from it. I'll tell you a bit about the game latter, but they have really made some good works of art in music of the techno category."

I put in the flash drive.

"So, which one do you want to hear?"

"All of them of course."

I smiled.

"As you wish."

Turning up the volume to "Shit-yeah", I played the first song.

Link for music.

I started with the Hoenn songs (being my favorite region) and Vinyl really showed liking for the battle themes. The first few songs rolled past pretty fast until Vinyl spoke something.

"These songs are awesome! It makes me feel like I wanna battle somepony!"

That's how I always feel when I listen to these. Ah, I still remember the first day I got Red version. At least Pokemon BLack and White 2 kind of improved from the downfall that Pearl/Diamond and Black/White held. The Kanto songs began and I had to admit, Black and White 2 did a pretty good job of remixing everything. The Kanto was over, so we finished with the Johto and Sinnoh themes. Before we knew it, the songs were over and Vinyl Scratch stopped shaking her head intensely.

"Wow! Those songs were awesome! It fills me with energy! Hmmm... ya know, I could probably put some better work on those songs. Come back later and I'll show you what I've got!"

I handed her another flash drive which had all the other songs on it.

"Take care.", I said while heading up stairs.

"You too, DJ Ben.", I smiled before a mare appeared at the top of the stair case in a robe and a rather disturbed look on her face.

"Ugh, Vinyl, It's seven in the morning. Can't you PLEASE go one day without pumping Dupstep into the house?"

"Sorry Octavia. Oh, and it's techno."

The mare who was named Octavia sighed before walking down stairs. She paused and looked at me a little funny.

"Hello, are you that human from before?", she asked simply to me.

"Yes. And I believe your name is Octavia. Correct?"

"Yes sir. I play the cello in the Equestria Orchestra."

I turned around and I found a cello resting against the wall.

"So I heard. Anyways, what's up?"

"Well, Vinyl apparently couldn't go one day with out filling the house with every category of music anypony could imagine. She even cleans the dishes with wub!"

"Huh?"

"Aw come on Octavia. Just chill out."

Octavia sighed and she regained her footing a bit.

"Okay Vinyl. Can you just please keep it down in the morning? I really do not want to wake up to High Riffs."

"Okay, Tavi'."

Vinyl and Octavia looked at each other a little funny, and they both began to blush a bit. I looked at Octavia, then Vinyl, until I realized what was going on.

"Ohhhhhhhh...", I said dumbly yet silently.

"Well, I need to get going. See you mares later"

I was about to head up the stair until Vinyl called out.

"Hey! Ben!"

I turned around.

"Yeah?"

"From what I heard, are you and Rainbow Dash dating?"

Octavia kind of seemed disgusted at the question, as did I.

"Vinyl! Do you not know what "Personal Life" means?!", Octavia scolded her.

"Oh come on. One meeeeeeasly question couldn't hurt. And anyways, don't you want to know to?"

"Ugh, I suppose I do... but that makes no excuse for invading something private in somepony!"

"Ben!"

Shit, they caught me trying to sneak out.

"So? Are you and Rainbow Dash in looooove?", Vinyl asked like some suspicious 1st grade girl. Octavia threw a dirty look at Vinyl when she asked like that.

"Who told you this?"

"Pinkie Pie of course. She has quite the knack for gossip, don't you thi-"

Her phrase was abruptly interrupted by my wings which sprouted out of my back and made me shoot away.

"I KNEW THAT MARE WAS EVIL!"

"I knew they was something suspicious about that Earth Pony.", a different voice rang through the air.

"AS DID I!"

"Wait, who's talking to me?"

I stopped in mid air and looked around to find the source of the voice.

"Hello?"

"There is no need to greet me, twit. I've been with you the whole time." the machine like voice said again. Great, it's creepy and rude.

"Where are you?"

"I'm on your back."

I turned around, but I only found my wings. Wait a minute.

"Are you my wings?"

"No, I'm an A.I. that was downloaded into your flight system. So far, I've been reacting on impulse in dire situations."

"Wait, so were you the reason I nearly disintegrated everypony at the party? Not to mention the other times?"

"Yes, Benjamin Lilienfeld. Your safety is my priority in this world."

"Dude, you gotta quit that. Because of you, I would have murdered innocents!"

"I apologize. But, you cannot keep me from my programing."

"God, fine."

I was really getting frustrated with this A.I.

"So, we were going to kill Pinkie Pie?", the A.I. said sarcastically,"Rainbow Dash said you wouldn't hurt a fly."

I turned around towards Rarity's boutique instead of the Sugar Cube Corner.

"I hate you."

"I know, dick biscuit."

I touched down at Rarity's boutique to see how my armor was coming on. I knocked on the door, and it was filled with more shuffling, and something getting knocked over. The door opened, and I was greeted by the familiar unicorn.

"Ah, hello Ben!  Are you here for your costume?"

"Armor."

"Yes, that's what I said."

"No, you said costume."

"Escuse me?", Rarity looked at me a little annoyed.

I turned back to my wings and and pointed at one.

"You. Don't speak unless I tell you to."

"Fine."

"Who was that?"

"Ugh, it's a long story. Basically, my wings can talk now like a machine."

Rarity blinked twice.

"Okaaaay then. Please, come inside."

I stepped inside and Rarity told me to wait where I was. She scampered off and my A.I. began to speak up.

"How are you enjoying your life in Equestria? Quite a difference from Earth. Is it not?"

I thought about it.

"Yes. defiantly."

"Have you thought of a name for me?"

Again, I began to think.

"I'll decide that later. And Rarity is coming back. So keep your mouth shut."

"Fine, fine."

Rarity was pushing a stand with a tarp over it. I was staring with anticipation at the pedestal and Rarity got on two legs and put her hoof over the tarp. She whisked it off and I feasted my eyes on the beautiful armor that rarity produced.

"And, here it is! Just as you requested. So, do you love it? Or do you REALLY love it?", she asked me with sparkling eyes.

I just found myself running my fingers over the leather and cloth and the metal scales interwoven between them. My finger and eyes slowly ascended and found themselves staring at the golden crest at the top. It was two wings, completely golden. I touched the gold, and it was rather cold to the touch. I turned around and I looked back at Rarity.

"I...don't know what to say. This is completely accurate of what I would have pictured. This armor will be very important to me because of my heritage. This is so generous of you to do this without at pay. I feel so evil not to give you anything."

"Please Benjamin, I am the Element of Generosity. I simply cannot take every bit I find for my projects. I am completely overwhelmed by orders for costumes."

I looked at my costume before stepping away.

"Okay, mind if I just leave this here and come back for it on the Nightmare Moon Festival?"

"Of course darling."

"Okay, see you!"

"Oh Ben! Be sure to say hi to Rainbow Dash for me!", she giggled.

"Wait what?"

"Nothing.", she said a little sheepishly.

I flew out the door way and I felt the wind in my face. Ah, I loved the feeling. I flew up into the sky towards Cloudsdale and I did a few twists again. I looked from side to side and saw the wonderful buildings with streams of Rainbows trickling down from them. I continued to fly until something rammed into me like a bull on steroids. I spiraled out of control and my A.I. began to speak up.

"Ambush is in progress. Activating Buster Rifle."

Suddenly, my wings took the two sections of the rifle from my back and shoved them into my hands. I smacked down onto a cloud and the Buster Rifle sections began to charge up and my targeting reticle began to lock onto a familiar gray mare with a blond mane and tail.

"Sorry! So sorry!", the familiar voice called out while approaching me.

"WAIT CANCEL LOCK!"

The Buster Rifles forced shutdown and I put them onto my back and my wings folded up to concealed them. The gray mare landed down next to me and smiled.

"Oh, hey Ben! Sorry about knocking you down. Did I hurt you?"

"You...have...no...idea...what...would..have...happened..."

Ditzy looked at me a little confused and she wiped the looked off of her face. She smiled again, which forced me to smile.

"Ah...hey Ditzy. What's up?"

"Oh, I just flew into you. Literally. I just wanted to say hi! But I nearly got hit by a flying ice cream truck. Anyways, how's it going for you? Someponies told me you got a really cool costume that Rarity made for you!"

"Yeah, that's true. You fine?"

"Oh yeah.", she said while one of her eyes moved a bit off of center. I accidentally laughed. Ditzy laughed too, despite the fact I may have offended her. She stuck her tongue out and her eyes completely went off center. I found myself laughing and she was giggling. We both shared a little bit of hysteria until I remembered I had to get back to Rainbow Dash's house.

"Well, I gotta go. Take care of your self.", I replied.

"You too! Oh, and is it true that you and Rainbow Dash are dating?", Ditzy asked.

Well, I'm off to Costa Rica!(Screw you guys. Ima leave.) Naw, my mom said there will be computer access, so MOAR!

Quote: "We are not retreating. We are advancing in the other direction."-Yogscast

Preperations Part 3.

"Phew, finally home."

I smiled as I saw the familiar cloud house come into view. At least I was away from the media for now. I touched down on the porch and opened the door. I looked around and I saw no sign of Rainbow Dash, at least if she comes down and tackles me. I walked forward and sure enough, Rainbow Dash walked out of the hallway and greeted me with a warm smile.

"Hey Ben. What's up?"

"Nothing really."

"How was Vinyl's?"

"Fine."

Rainbow Dash got that suspicious look on her face, but she erased it when she came to a table and picked up a scroll.

"Um, this came for you.", she said while flying over, "It says that Princess Celestia wants you to come to Canterlot immediately."

I turned my head.

"Huh? What for?"

"I don't really know, but she says it's urgent."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"Alright. Could have given me a bit of time though."

I packed up my duffle bag and my laptop and I started towards the door before turning back to Rainbow Dash.

"You coming?"

Rainbow Dash suddenly perked up.

"You want me to come?"

"Of course. Wouldn't want to go anywhere without you."

Rainbow Dash blushed at my compliment and she out stretched her wings.

"You wanna race there?", I asked while my wings shot out of my back.

"Actually, the letter said specifically: no races. It turns out that they get a little destructive."

I nodded and smiled as I shot forward and my wings extended. I felt that feeling in my face when the wind seeps into it as I traveled at hyper velocities. Rainbow Dash pulled up to me and smiled with a devious grin. Immediately, I knew what she wanted.

I guess rules have to be broken some time.

My wings extended even further and the afterburners activated, making me lurch forward and cause a banging noise. I looked back, and sure enough, the cyan mare was hot on my trail. I smiled as I pushed the speed limit to its max and made everything I see become a blur. Suddenly, I saw a rainbow-colored streak PASS me. I shook my head as my grin became a scowl of competition.

Not this time Rainbow Dash.

I withdrew my Buster Rifle and connected them to make the giant cannon. I aimed up into the sky and my A.I. scanned for any life in the skies.

"What are you doing Ben? I though this wasn't the time for target practice, more like a race with your love.", my A.I. said sarcastically.

"Oh god, not you too.", I muttered.

"No life spotted in sky, you are free to fire."

"Great."

The barrel began to charge up as I was heading backwards. More and more light came into the barrels until suddenly, two spheres of light rested on the tips of them, as my A.I. said,"Ready to fire."

"Fire."

Immediately, the Buster Rifle fired the beam of pure light and sent me flying with even greater speed from the kick back. I traveled for a few seconds as I passed right over Rainbow Dash.

For a quick second, I put my hand over my head and made the "L" shape with it. Rainbow Dash's mouth just hung open as I sailed overhead and quickly change into a scowl when I was done passing her. Then, it turned into a look of distress.

"BEN! LOOK OUT!"

"Wha-?"

I didn't even have time to turn around as I crashed through a solid surface of pure stone. Thankfully, if it weren't for my wings facing towards the wall, I would have become yet another bug splatter you see on the windshield of an 18-wheeler. I found myself laying face up inside an observatory with a massive winged-human shaped hole in the wall. Rainbow Dash flew through it with a frightened expression on her face and touched down beside me.

"Ben! Are you okay...?"

...

"Ben! Please speak to me!"

...

"No...Ben..."

I slowly shifted myself and Rainbow Dash suddenly looked into my eyes. I pointed to her.

"I......beat......you......"

In an instant, her face turned into a look that would have sent anything running with its tail between its legs.

"Beat me? BEAT ME?! IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY TO ME NOW?! I WAS COMPLETELY WORRIED YOU SERIOUSLY INJURED YOURSELF! WHY DON'T YOU BEAT THIS!"

She then reared up and punched me across the face leaving a massive bruise on my cheek.

I guess I deserved that.

I let out a yelp of pain when her hoof collided with my face. She still had the same pissed off look on her face when she punched me, but her anger quickly died down and was replaced with an expression of concern.

"Omigosh, did I hurt you? Are you already hurt? I'm so sorry!"

"Urg", I said while getting to my feet,"I'm fine. Ya know, you throw a mean punch."

Rainbow Dash's eyes sort of avoided my line of sight, which made me feel terrible. God, why do I screw up on things like these? Probably cause' I'm a waste. We proceeded down the hallways of Canterlot without any other conversation. I tried to look at her a few times, but her eyes would quickly flash to her other side. I hung my head low and my A.I. began to patch through.

"Aw, shame it had to go that way.", the A.I. messaged into my brain for the first time. Feeling very pissed off, I did something that I would most likely be doing a million times.

"Shut off code: 00001"

"Wait, how did you-BZZZT!"

Me and Rainbow Dash continued to walk down the hallway until we got to the doorway that Princess Celestia was standing in front of, flanked by two guards. She smiled at me and urged me to come inside with her. I turned back to Rainbow Dash who was making faces at the guards in order to change their expression. Yeah, good luck. It's pretty much like doing that to a British Royal Guard, who are equivalent to rocks with arms and legs. I came inside and Princess Celestia sat down on a large chair. She picked up a cup of tea with her magic and she took in a sip.

"So, what did you need to see me for?"

She opened one eye in the middle of a sip and she set the cup and plate down.

"Yes. Now Ben, I need to ask you somethings."

"Shot."

"What?"

"It pretty much means go ahead."

"Oh...yes, anyways, have you felt your maturity level change a bit?"

I thought about it before realizing, yes, it has gone down drastically. I never made comments anymore. For instance, I never said "Like a Boss" in my service. And I found myself laughing more often and acting so much more childish.

"Uh, yes. I think it has."

"I think I may know why", Princess Celestia said while walking towards a massive window and staring out of it.

"You appear to be 24 on the outside, but on the inside, you are acting like you are 18 years old."

"What?! How is that possible?"

"I think it may have to do with you arriving in Equestria, but I have been studying you through magic. I have detected nothing alarming about this, but I just wanted to tell you what was happening with you."

I nodded and I looked at the door.

"Anyways, what's going on with you and Rainbow Dash?"

Face palm.

"This is getting ridiculous..."

--

I opened the door and I saw Rainbow Dash still making faces to the guards, producing no effect. I just walked over to Rainbow Dash and tapped her on the shoulder while she was shaking her head and waving her tongue in front of a guard's face.

"Oh, uh...", she muttered as she avoided eye contact.

"Look, for what it's worth, I'm really sorry for saying that back there. You were really concerned about me and I just knocked you off like that."

"Oh, well, I'm sorry for punching you in the face and yelling at you."

We pulled each other into a hug and Rainbow Dash kissed me on the cheek. I smiled until i heard the guards behind us.

"I knew it!"

"Aw come on."

I slightly opened my eyes and saw one guard hand ten bits to the other while they were watching us. I pulled away and turned towards the guards. I was a little taller than them, so it added some effect.

"Guys, what the fuck."

They both turned their heads to each other and they turned them back to me.

"Shit! Run Iron Shield!", one of the guards said to the other and they both took off down the hallway.

"What was that all about?", Rainbow Dash asked me.

"Beats me.", I lied.

"So, is your costume-"

"-armor"

"Whatever. Is your armor ready for Nightmare Night tonight?"

"Oh yeah, cant wait to see what other costumes ponies have."

"Aw yeah! This is gonna be awesome!"

Hey hey hey bitches! I'm back for Costa Rica! Sorry about not producing any chapters while I was there. Oh, and sorry for the shortness. Anyways, I just got a book that's full of Chuck Norris facts. If you want me to do those for the quotes now, please leave a comment below.

Example: Chuck Norris's round house kick is an optical illusion. He does not spin around and hit your face with his right foot. His left foot digs into the ground and spins the Earth so your face hits his foot.

A Night to Remember

"Whew. I wonder where Rainbow Dash is?"

I finished suiting up in my armor, and I have to admit, Rarity really made this thing well. I never knew the fasionista could produce ancient human armor, and in such short time. Again, it kind of pains me that she didn't receive any sort of payment. I mean, this should have costed a fortune to make. The only thing I couldn't argue against was the fact that she was the Element of Generosity. I did a check in the mirror and took my Bokken and hitched it onto my hip. I gave a bow in front of the mirror and smiled at myself. Twilight had even enhanced the armor with a spell that it won't get torn if my wings emerge. I walked outside deciding that Rainbow Dash was somewhere down there. I walked out to the front, spread my wings, and flew downwards towards the lights that now decorate Ponyville.

I looked back then pushed forward towards the tiny town and touched down right in the town square. I looked around and saw ponies of all shapes and sizes gawking at my armor. I kept my eyes fixed into the distance as I headed west towards a few set-up carnival tents.

"I'm pretty sure that's where they wanted me to meet up."

I walked forward and found Appplejack. I guessed she was dressed as a scarecrow, which didn't surprise me at all. I trudged over to her, until she looked up from an apple bobbing tank and smiled at me.

"Ah', there ya' are! I was wondering when you would turn up.", she said with that undeniable Southern accent.

"Am I late?", I asked.

"Naw'. Here! Why don't you try bobbing for some apples?", she pointed at the tank.

I smiled and tried to stick my head in, but I hit my head on something soft and hard at the same time. I withdrew my face and I found myself staring to a very similar pair of uneven eyes. Right as I was about to ask what Ditzy was doing completely submerged in an apple bobbing tank, she took a beaded metal string and pulled it upwards with her mouth and on the end, was a bathtub-like plug. All the water drained out and Applejack and me just looked at Ditzy bewildered.

"I didn't know this bucket had a drain plug.", Applejack's mouth hung open.

"Niether did I!", Ditzy smiled, which caused me to smile again. (Seriously, it's like a disease)

Ditzy looked down at the piled of wet apples that were now sitting in the tup and drooped her ears down flat against her head.

"Oh, sorry Applejack. I din't mean to destroy your game. I just don't know what went wrong.", Ditzy lowered her eyes and frowned, which made me a little depressed too.

"Ah, that's all right partner. Here, let me get you cleaned up."

Applejack grabbed a towel with her mouth and began to dry up Ditzy. After she was dry, she gave another cross-eyed smile at Applejack and me and perked her head up.

"Omigosh! I forgot my costume at home! I hope Dinky is with her friends... Anyways, bye everypony!", she said before flying off and nearly getting run over by the flying ice cream truck.

Right as Ditzy had left, I saw a familiar lavender mare show up, dressed in a cape and a pointed hat, both covered in stars. She came up and turned her side to Applejack. She seemed to wait for Applejack to say something.

"Uhhhh... wait! I know this time! It's that ol' uh..."

"Ugh! Not this year too!"

I stepped forward.

"Aren't you Starswirl the Bearded? From the books I've read?"

Twilight suddenly lit up with excitement, as if Chuck Norris had revived a dead puppy by smiling at it.

"YES! Finally somepony gets it right! FINALLY!"

"Ya know, if you would have dressed up like that on my home world, people would think that you're queer."

"What does queer mean?"

*Whisper* *Whisper*

Twilight suddenly stared wide-eyed at me.

"Oooookay..."

I laughed a bit. Then, I was trampled by an over-sized chicken. I coughed out a few feathers that fell out of it and found myself staring eye-to-eye with Pinkie Pie.

"You have any candy?", she asked in a millisecond.

"Uh...no. Sorry Pinkie."

She looked down for one second and then got off of me and smiled.

"Oh, that's fine. I should probably look over-"

BANG!

Pinkie Pie shrieked and galloped away at the speed of light as I saw a lighting bolt strike down. I found myself quite started as well and I heard my A.I. talking inside my head.

"Ambush in progress, activa-", it said in my mind.

"DON'T YOU DARE!", I mentally shouted.

"Fine."

I thanked myself that my A.I. didn't blast every thing in sight again and I heard some familiar laughter coming from a black cloud. I flew upwards and found Rainbow Dash with tears of laughter in her eyes.

"Geh-", she stammered while smiling and bringering her hoof up to her chin.

"BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!", she began thrashing hysterecly and pointed at me while she flopped down on the cloud.

I just was floating there, looking at the laughing cyan mare with a rather unamused look.

"Wahahaha! You should have seen the look on your face Ben! Priceless!"

Rainbow Dash was thrashing around on the cloud from pure laughter. I looked down at my armor and found dirt and soil smashed all over it. I flew down, looked up angrily at the cloud, and took a smaller bucket full of water that Applejack had at her stand. I silently flew up to the cloud, and sure enough, Rainbow Dash was up there, laughing her head off.

Too bad she looked so cute when she was in hysterics.

She snorted a few times from laughter and she opened her eyes. Her smiled suddenly turned into a frown as she saw me in front of her with the bucket of water.

Ka-spash!

I outstretched the bucket and the green-dyed water drenched Rainbow Dash. Her mane flew back as the water completely swept over her. I smiled at the unamused sight of a soaked Rainbow Dash and i burst out laughing.

"Hahahahaha! You mess with me, I mess with you even harder! Hahahaha!"

Rainbow Dash continued to stare at me with the "wtf bro" face. My laughter began to die down as Rainbow Dash suddenly outspread her wings. She flew forward and bashed into me incredibly hard. She sent me careering into an alleyway and made me smash down into a pile of hay. I spat out the straw from my mouth and Rainbow Dash landed on my chest and stared me down with a very pissed-off face. She suddenly raised her hoof.

"What? Can't take a joke?", I smiled.

Her eye twitched.

She suddenly slammed both of her hooves in the hay and began laughing her head off right on my chest. She began rolling around in the hay and I fell into hysterics too. We laughed, and laughed, and laughed in the hay and we began throwing the hay at one another. Right as we both nailed each other at the same time with a wad of straw, I found myself staring at Rainbow Dash in the middle of her giggle. She opened her eyes and found herself staring into mine. We stared for a minute until Rainbow Dash withdrew her face and laughed a bit.

"Oh, come on Ben! None of this mushy stuff!"

I chucked to myself and smiled.

"Heh. Whatever you want, Dashie."

"Pffft, Dashie?"

She laughed a bit and took to the skies.

"Hey, I'm gonna go prank some other ponies. I'll see ya later!"

She flew off.

"Don't get into any trouble!"

She turned back of a second.

"Oh, and by the way, I'm totally pranking you back."

She flew off and I waved to her. I walked out of the alleyway covered in hay, and I turned to corner and saw Octavia and Vinyl Scratch walking towards me.

"Yo! There you are!", Vinyl shouted.

I turned towards the familiar DJ's voice.

"Hey, how's it going for you two?"

Octavia, who was dressed as a cello (Gee, that's original), stepped forward.

"Oh, we were more interested in what your costume is."

I looked down.

"Oh, this? Well, it's actually an armor worn by ancient human warriors."

Vinyl looked up with interest.

"Wow! That's so cool! Is that the sword that they used hanging right there?", she asked while pointing to my hip.

"Yes; it's actually a wooden model."

Vinyl smiled and nodded her head while Octavia looked at the sword with the same expression as I always see her.

"Well, see ya girls later, I gotta catch up to some friends.", I waved while my wings shot out of my back. The two mares were quite awestruck by the pure white metal flight tools on my back.

"Wow! Your wings look so cool up close!", Vinyl exclaimed.

"Yes, quite fascinating.", Octavia noted.

I smiled and my wing's rocket pack ignited, allowing me to shoot off into the night sky. I did a barrel roll and started to home into the location Rainbow Dash was supposed to be.

--

"So, Tavi'?", Vinyl Scratch spoke up.

"Yes Vinyl?"

"Did you notice Rainbow Dash also coming from the alleyway that Ben was in?"

"Yes Vinyl. So?"

"They were totally bucking each other."

Octavia threw her mouth open at both Vinyl's foul language, and her remark.

"Vinyl! Your language! And how could you think of that?! They aren't even the same species!"

"Don't judge me."

Octavia slapped Vinyl.

--

I twisted my head from side to side until I found Rainbow Dash, sitting on a cloud, snipe pranking with lighting.

"Yep, that's her.", I murmured to myself as I pitched down. I suddenly got an idea. An awesome idea. A carless idea. A carless, awesome, and most likely irresponsible idea. I was going to do some demonstrating. I pitched myself straight down towards the mare and got many other ponies to point their hooves into the air and start gawking at the sky from my two blueish jet trails following my rocket back. I did three barrel rolls and made the jet trails interweave into a double-helix pattern. I then pitched up and did a large loop in the air and started for the ground again. I fell like a meteor and plummeted straight for the cloud that Rainbow Dash was snipe-pranking from. I gained enough speed so I heard a sonic boom behind me.

That was my signal.

I applied the air brakes and I began to slow my descent. I turned upright and the jet worked against gravity and slowed my decent even more. If my A.I. calculated this right, then I would go right beside the cloud and do an epic touch down.

I should have known better then to trust my A.I.

My A.I. made my fly away from the cloud and sent me closer the the ground. My A.I. suddenly cut the jets and made my wings retract. I looked at my back and then the the ground. I misjudged the landing force and one of my feet slipped. I found myself about to fall backwards and I looked around franticly for anypony that would help me. I looked around, but nopony would help me from falling on my back.

Then, I saw Rainbow Dash fly down and walk up to me with a smile on her face.

"Please hurry.", I said as I began to loose my balance even more.

But then, I saw a devious smile on her face.

"Oh no. Don't you freakin' dare."

She approached me and got closer and took in a breath. She then exhaled on my chest ever so slightly.

I began to tip over.

"Shit. Shit. Shit! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIIIIIT!"

THUD!

"Ow, my back."

I clutched the back of my head and saw Rainbow Dash smiling down at me.

"Gotcha."

I stood up and towered over Rainbow Dash and pointed a finger at her, which made her kind of frightened.

"You have started a war that you will not win, Rainbow Dash."

She brightened up and got a smirk on her face.

"Oh really?! No one has ever beat The Amazing and totally aweso-"

"I get the point."

Rainbow Dash gave out a frustrated "Arrrrgh!", and made me chuckle to myself.

"Hmph! Just you wait! I'm going to make the biggest prank you will ever imagine! Just you wait and see!"

"You have no idea what a human is capable of with a little determination, Rainbow Dash."

"Whatever!"

Rainbow Dash flew off. I just shook my head towards the sky at Rainbow Dash's none-relenting determination. That mare had no idea what she had gotten herself into. I decided to try and sneak up Rainbow Dash to find out what she was up to.

Besides, what's a better prank then sabotaging someone else's?

I walked around Ponyville and got 'ooohhh's and 'ahhhhh's from everypony that saw me. They kept wondering what I was wearing, and I just had to answer a quickly as possible. I decided to run when ten mares asked the same question at once. I hid in an alleyway and waited for the stampede of mares to pass. I heard the stampede come, and it sounded like a herd of charging bulls. I breathed a quick "Phew.", to myself and turned around.

"Hey, there's another end to this alley."

I looked back to make sure there wasn't anypony following me and I proceeded down the alley. I trudged along and came closer and closer to the end. Suddenly, I heard something. It sounded like...

...a whimper?

I poked my head around the corner and I found Rainbow Dash sitting down the the middle of a small square in the roads. I looked around, but I couldn't find anypony else around. But, I looked closer, and I found Rainbow Dash surrounded by three pegasi. One was grey and had significant size, another was tan, and one had a slight orange coat. I didn't know what they were doing, but they were approaching Rainbow Dash.

"Hey look guys! It's Rainbow Dick! Whatcha' got there?", the tan one said. Rainbow Dash suddenly took a small device and held it behind her back.

"Wha?! Nothing!"

They began to close in on her. Suddenly, the orange-ish coated one flew right over Rainbow Dash's head and snatched the little device she was hiding.

"Hey! Give that back!"

The pegasus turned the device over. There must have been an inscription on the back of it, because he began reading something.

"Prank-o-matic 5000. Guarantied to give your friends the right humiliation and satisfaction to you."

Suddenly, the orange-ish pegasus threw the device to the ground and smashed it with his hoof. The little gadget was crushed to pieces and began to spark.

"No! That costed 100 bits!"

The three pegasi then turned to Rainbow Dash and stepped closer to her, making her shrink down.

"Hah! And what is a little fillyfooler like you going to do about it, Rainbow Dick?"

"Dah, good one Kevin.", the larger and most likely dumber one said. The three laughed in unison and made Rainbow Dash slink down. I was on the edge of the wall and my fingers were crushing themselves into the corner. I waited for the right moment...

Then, the orange-ish one punched Rainbow Dash in the wing. She yelped and the three laughed.

"Hoops! What the hay?!"

"Awww, did I hurt the little fillyfooler? Now listen up Rainbow Crash, I believe that dykes like you shouldn't live anywhere near here or in Cloudsdale.", Hoops snarled.

Then, Kevin punched Rainbow Dash in the face.

Rainbow Dash began to cry.

The shit hit the fucking fan.

"HEY! DIPSHITS!"

Startled, the three pegasi whirled around and came face to face with me, hand on my Bokken, teeth clenched, and a killing look in my eyes.

Kevin smiled.

"Hey! Look! It's that freak from earlier!"

Hoops and Score suddenly got over their frightful look and now painted a smirk on their face. Rainbow Dash got up and hid behind my legs.

"Awwww, isn't that cute? Little Rainbow Dick hiding behind the ugly creature. Hey, Rainbow Dick? Fooled him yet?", Kevin laughed.

"Yeah? Fooled him yet?", Hoops smirked.

"Good one guys.", Score stupidly commented.

"You're making a big mistake. I recommend you stand down, and I won't have to shove this boot up your asses.", I commanded.

"Pffft, you can't take us on. You're a freak!", Kevin remarked.

Then, the three pegasi began to test their luck by walking up to me. As I saw this, I quickly whispered to Rainbow Dash.

"Dashie, get out of here. Things are about to turn ugly."

"What? You can't take them all on by your own! And if you use those weapons in your wings, you could kill them!"

"GO!"

She was taken aback by my sudden demand, but she complied and flew away. I watched her disappearing silhouette in the night sky as she flew away.

"What's wrong, your only chance of standing up to us flying away with her tail in between her legs? I'm not surprised."

My vision began to get more blurry, and I felt my wing's anticipation to burst out of my back and slice them to pieces like the little bitches that they are.

"So? How's it like to buck it with Rainbow Dash? She was only a sex toy to start with. So, it must have been decent. Right, you bitch?", Hoops said.

My wings were now trying to break themselves out, as my A.I. had a sense what was an asshole, and how to deal with the true ones in front of me.

"Dah, hahahaha. Fillyfooler.", Score said.

God, what a dipshit.

Then, the three walked right up to me, and Kevin glared into my eyes. I could feel his breath push against my face. He opened his mouth for an insult.

"I hope you got what you wanted with Rainbow Dash. I know you two have bucked it already. You two are perfect for each other. You both are whores and sluts. So, did it feel good FREAK?"

I suddenly calmed down. At the mere mention of the word, freak, my child hood memories flashed before my eyes. Kids calling me all sorts of names. Psychopath. Antisocial. Retarded. So many times, I hear the insults thrown at me. And I ignore them the best I can. But the one name I could never keep myself from remembering was said right in front of me.

Freak.

I felt my anger building up again, and my vision began to turn a hazy red. I rose taller and taller, until I was easily towering over the three assholes. They appeared unintimidated, so this should be all the better.

"Call...me...freak...one...more...time..."

My body was shaking, my back felt like it could burst at any second, and for a moment, I felt like flaying something when Kevin got brave and stupid enough for his own good.

"Freeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaak.", he smiled as he said it.

Suddenly, my wings ERUPTED from my back picked Hoops and Score from the air. It took a firm hold of them, and threw them together.

SMASH!

The two collided and landed on their back sides.

Kevin was watching behind him at the scene that had unfolded, but failed to pay any attention to my, with my wings that are now glowing black with a white aura outlining them. My wings suddenly took Kevin by his stomach and threw him at the other two fuckers. He sailed through the air and crashed into his cronies. I landed right in front of them and my wings outspread, making myself look much bigger than before.

"Y-y-y-y-you have WINGS?!", Hoops burst out.

"Yes, I do. Haven't seen much of me, have you.", I gritted.

Then, my wings retracted and my vision began to return to normal.

"How about this, no wings."

My stretched my arms out and showed that my MG Wing Zero Gundam wings wouldn't emerge.

"No Bokken."

I slowly bent down and let my wooden sword rest on the ground. I have respect for my precious belongings. I wasn't going to drop it.

"No armor."

I slowly began to take off my armor and set it down neatly on the ground. After that was finished, I saw the three dickasses rise from their crash site and glare at me angrily. They took their stances, which obviously meant they wanted to beat me to a pulp.

"Ben, the pegasi are taking an aggressive stance. Recommended tactic: kill the larger one, then finish off the others while they are startled. Recommended weapon: wing mounted gatling cannons.", my A.I. gathered.

"What? No! I'm not going to kill them!", I talked to myself.

"Hey look, the freak's got no friends, so he's talking to himself. Isn't that special?"

"Ha. Good one Kevin."

"Hey freak! You can't take us all on at once. You might as well run with your tail tucked in between your legs. Oh, and go home to Rainbow Dash. You got no way to win. You've pretty much screwed yourself.", Kevin smirked.

"You forget one thing."

The three stopped.

"Hah, and what would that be freak?", Hoops said with an over confident smile on his face.

I took a wide combat stance and gave myself a wide birth of space.

"You're dealing with a Marine."

Well...uh...THE SHIT HAS HIS THE FUCKING FAN ONCE AGAIN! Plz leave comments down below like good people, and happy reading! Sorry about not producing a chapter last weekend. Blame it on my SD Gundam Capsule Fighter addiction.

Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

Yes, but with real birds and real pigs.

How To Fuck Up Three Dipshits.

Edit: Changed the name. I just can't decide what to call thsi chapter! Anypony got sum ideas? Any tasty ideas anypony...?

I assumed my position and made a Japanese style fighting pose. I glared at every one of those douches with all the hatred that has stored up inside of me. I took a step forward and made a Samurai fighting cry.

"Hiyaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Wow, you trying to sing in the middle of this? I'm surprise why would even defend that slut.", Kevin smirked.

"Dahaha.", Score said with his retarded voice.

The three began to close in on me, and right as they got within range, I launched my first attack. I clentched my fingers into a fist and raised with. With lighting speed, I smashed it into Hoops. Hoops staggered backwards, and made Kevin and Score back up and look at him. Hoops took his hoof and whipped his nose. He looked down and saw a stream of red on it and began to whimper.

"Oh yeah, and don't think I'm stopping there you fuckers."

Kevin then glared at me and shouted his command.

"Score! Sick that whore!"

"Dah. Okay."

Score began to levitate on his tiny wings and locked himself into position. He then shot forward at a speed I rather had not expected to be as fast. I readjusted myself quickly and slid under his tackle. I grabbed a hold of his legs after my under pass and pulled down with my arms, effectively slamming the retard into the ground. Then, I felt a blow come to the back of my head. I stumbled forward and found Kevin attempting to beat me down. He stood on his hind legs and began throwing punch after punch at me. He landed a few blows against my head and smiled at his triumph. Only to realize, that I took no flinching from his punches. I pulled my arm backwards, clenched my fingers into a fist, and like a shotgun, I slugged Kevin in the stomach, then kneed him in the face.

Kevin staggered backwards and wiped the blood from his lip, then I rubbed the blood from mine. The three regrouped and took another combat stance.

Wow, these assholes think they can finish this.

Then, Kevin took a baseball bat leaning against a wall.

"Woah guys, let's not get any stupid ideas here. Someone could get seriously hurt."

Kevin smirked.

"Yeah, you."

He lunged forward and swung with the bat. I did a matrix-bullet time dodge from his first swing, but Score came and bashed me to the ground like a freight train. A mentally retarded freight train. Score had pinned me with his body weight on the ground Kevin and Hoops closed in on me. Kevin took a baseball bat and slammed it down on my chest. I looked around, and we had gathered quite a large crowd. I looked around and saw Rainbow Dash in the air, nearly about to break down at my bleeding sight.

"Hey, look. Your little fillyfooler is getting a little worried about you. Isn't that nice?", Kevin said again. Then, when he tried to bring down the baseball bat on my head, I grabbed it from mid swing. I actually rose from Score's body slam and had my hand firmly on the bat. Kevin began to take a much more fearful look as I towered over him. He looked at me, and then the bat. I yanked it out of his hoof, then kicked Kevin down to the ground. I held the bat like a golf club and took my swing for the 200 yard shot.

"FORE!"

I literally smashed that fucker in the ass.

Kevin was sent flying for 100 feet and the crowd began to get gasps of all sorts. I suddenly punched backwards and my fist collided with Hoop's face. He whimpered from the smash and fell backwards. Score then tried to dive-bomb me, and I just swung the baseball bat so hard, it broke over his body and sent him spiraling into a building. Score smashed through the wall, and a pink pony with a lily in her hair shrieked and smashed out Score, making him land back into the battlefield.

"Ouch."

I walked over to Hoops and Kevin, took one by each arm (Found Score to be a little difficult to carry), and set them down by Kevin. They all opened their eyes and shrunk down in fear at the sight of me towering over them with the baseball bat in my hands.

I could have sworn I heard the Mortal Kombat announcer say, "Finish them off!"

I threw down the baseball bat to the side, took a hold of all of their necks at once, and slammed them into the ground. I then started what could have been the most brutal speech in history.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? We have an fucktard, an asshole, and a motherfucker over all of them."

The ponies gasped at my language.

"Yeah, you heard what I said.", I turned towards the crowd,"And if you don't want to hear the most brutal, curse filled, and hurtful speech in your history, then I suggest you go."

The ponies began to shift their positions nervously, but none of them left.

"So be it."

I turned back to the three assholes trying to sneak away. My wings shot out of my back, scooped them up, and smashed them down right in front of me. They opened their eyes once again.

Oh god, they had no idea what was about to come to them.

"Okay, let's start with the dipshit."

"Dah? Me?", Score asked.

"I think you should know that I'm talking to you. Just listen to yourself for ONE FUCKING SECOND. Are you even aware of your own existence? Do you know what Equestria is? Is you fat-ass body mass a cover-up for your obvious lack of a brain?! Damn! Where I come from, bullies think of insults to be hurled! When I hear you talk, you sound like you're giving yourself the name, "fucktard" over your head. And did you even graduate KINDERGARDEN?! To me, you're just another retard who passes himself of for a bully."

I turned towards Hoops.

"What's wrong? Did I hurt you too bad?", I said while I raised my fist into the air, effectively making Hoops cower in terror,"Yeah. Now think about other ponies when you insult them. Do you think you should be deserving all of those insults to?"

Hoops shook his head. Immediately, I brought my fist down onto his face, earning multiple shocked pony expressions from the crowd.

"GUESS WHAT BITCH?! YOU DESERVE EVERY NEGATIVE THING THAT ANYPONY HAS TO SAY TO YOU!"

I stood over him with a snarl. He cowered even more.

Then I turned to Kevin.

"Oh, I'm going to fucking enjoy this.", I whispered to myself.

I stepped over to Kevin and began the funnest part of my speech.

"You. YOU! The Adolf Hitler of bullies on the list of fucked up people in Equestria! Do you really think you look cool by harassing other ponies? Well...DO YOU?!"

Kevin was just shaking from pure fear. I quickly flashed my eyes to the crowd, and I found everypony stunned with shock. I continued.

"Well, guess what fucker? YOU DON'T! DO YOU ENJOY SEEING OTHER PONIES BREAK DOWN INTO TEARS FROM YOUR INSULTS?! Do you think you can just get away with this?! Well guess what? Other ponies may put up with your shit, well on the other hand...I WON'T! I am sick and tired of fuckshits like you! I had to deal with a lot of bullshit in my childhood, and seeing you three brings back a lot of those memories. And, what about all of this shit about "Fillyfooler"? And Rainbow Dick"? Is this all true?"

I look around and saw Score nod his head. I narrowed my eyes at them and spat right into Kevin's eye.

"Well guess what?", I said as I motioned for Rainbow Dash to come from the crowd. She landed behind my legs, and I pointed at the three dickfucks.

"Apologize to her."

The three bullies were completely shaking from fear. I made myself look even taller and shouted in their faces.

"Apologize to her. NOW."

The three still wouldn't open their mouths.

"SPEAK UP!"

The three had literally burst into tears.

"We're sorry!", Hoops blurted out.

"We're sorry we called you all of those things!", Kevin said.

"Dah, fillyfooler.", Score cocked his head.

I roundhouse kicked the fucktard in the face. Just like Chuck Norris would have done to Osama Bin Laden.

"Dah, I'm *cough* sorry.", Score admitted.

I turned around and still found Rainbow Dash hiding behind my legs, but had a little sense of satisfaction in her from the forced apologies. Rainbow Dash nodded to me and flew back into the crowd. I turned to the three assholes who started this.

"Now, if you catch you harassing, teasing, hurting anypony at ALL! And god help you if that pony is Rainbow Dash...I WILL SHOVE THIS BOOT SO FAR UP YOUR VAGINAS, YOU WILL CHOKE ON THAT THING IN YOUR THROAT! And be glad I'm saying this, because that will not be the worst of the things I would do to you."

I began to walk away, then I turned back.

"NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE BEFORE I DO THOSE THINGS TO YOU RIGHT NOW!", I shouted with all of my might. The three suddenly took to the skies with their tails in between their legs. I turned to the crowd, and saw that everypony had a horrified expression on my face. I stared at them all for I minute, then I dropped my head. Then, I heard a small pattern of clapping, then it turned to applause, then it turned into a standing ovation. I looked around and realize that those assholes had quite the reputation.

"Yeah! That oughta' teach em'!", I heard one shout.

"Hahaha! Look at them fly away!", I heard another.

"They deserved every bit of that!", I listened to one more.

The crowd began to disipitate, and I saw Rainbow Dash fly down to me. She was wearing a smile on her face.

"Wow, thanks Ben. Those pegasi really ruined my childhood. You know, no one has ever stood up to me like that."

Rainbow Dash quickly gave me a kiss on the cheek. I frowned and shook my head.

"I hate having to insult people-uh-ponies. I just makes me feel like the true asshole."

Rainbow Dash shook her head.

"Ben! Those bullies have been teasing more than just me! You've pretty much solved so many ponies' problems right now! Quit acting like this!"

I recovered.

"I'm sorry. I guess I did do the right thing. I just have such a hard time deciding if I actually did."

Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Come on Ben, lets get out of here."

I looked at the sky and saw a faint orange light shining above the horizon. Celestia was rising the sun.

"Okay, where do you want to go Rainbow Dash?"

Rainbow Dash stuck her head up and put a hoof to her chin.

"How about The Sugar Cube Corner? I hope you can handle all of the sugar this time you wimp.", Rainbow Dash chuckled.

I sighed and smiled.

Then, I saw something in the air. It was a pegasi. It touched down, and I could easily recognize it as Corrosive. He walked forward and the same slight scowl he always wore.

"Hello. I-um...Princess Celestia allowed me to go down to Ponyville after the Nightmare Moon festival had ended. I would like to go with you to the Sugar Cube Corner, if you don't mind. I just need to de-stress myself."

"How did you...?"

"Dragons have excellent hearing."

I thought about it for a minute and considered that his guy really need this.

"Alright. Come with us."

For the first time, I saw Corrosive's lips form into a passive shape, which was close enough for a smile for me. Rainbow Dash seemed a little uncomfortable with Corrosive coming along, but I talked her over it, and in no time, we were heading down towards the Sugar Cube Corner.

Awwwww, yeaaaah. Man I always wanted to do that to those assholes once I saw the Sonic Rainboom episode. Also, credit to Locoattack1 for part of the speech.

Chuck Norris once walked into a pub and drank down a whole keg of Guinness. When the bartender asked for his money, Chuck Norris produced a 39 minute and 33 second long belch. A recording station nearby recorded this event as The Beatle's White Album.

Why Me?

"*Sigh*, When is he going to learn?", Rainbow Dash said to herself as she struggled to remain airborne with the weight of Ben. She had to take him back home to Cloudsdale after he got knocked out from a sugar-overload when Pinkie Pie challenged him to a cupcake eating contest. Rainbow Dash looked back to see Ben with his mouth open, and drooling all over her coat. She rolled her eyes as she pressed forward. She looked around the night sky to see if there was anypony at all following her, and touched down at the porch of her house. She opened the door, made sure she didn't drop him, and carried Ben off to her bed. She walked under the heavy weight quite clumsily, and gently set Ben down on the cloud bed. She smiled at the sight of Ben all wrapped up comfortably in the blanket.

Then, Ben began to stir. He groaned and turned to his side, unaware that to his left was where the bed ended. Shifting left, he fell straight out of the bed, and smashed onto the hard cloud floor. Rainbow Dash stifled a giggle as Ben face-planted onto the floor and come back to his senses.

"Ugh, my face.", Ben groaned.

Rainbow Dash smiled and helped him up.

"What happened?"

"Pinkie Pie-"

"That's all I needed to hear."

Ben turned and flopped down on the bed. He looked up, then looked out the window. He got that look when he was thinking of something incredibly hard.

"Ben?"

He just stared out the window. He turned around and began to speak.

"Look, Rainbow Dash?"

Rainbow Dash flew up onto the bed and looked into Ben's eyes.

"Yeah?"

"I know this is a bit sudden to ask, but...why me?"

Rainbow Dash's smiled suddenly turned into a look of both concern and confusion.

"What?"

"Why me?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you see in me? I'm a completely different species than you, yet you're not taken aback by this. I love you, but what is it that you find in me?"

Rainbow Dash was taken aback by Ben's question. She had never felt more like her life was in jeopardy, even more when she was convinced she could not preform the Sonic Rainboom. Rainbow Dash could not avoid Ben's gaze, and she had to tell him what happened.

What happened when Ben was in the hospital.

"Ben? Remember when you were in the hospital?"

"Yes."

"And you were out for a whole day?"

"Yes, Rainbow Dash."

"There was a bit more that happened in between those 24 hours."

Ben's eyebrow rose.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, after I took you into the hospital, I had to convince the staff to let you in...and...I started to yell at them to take care of you. After they ran a diagnostic, they said that a fraction of your ribcage had pierced your lung. We were able to remove the splinter, but the doctors said that your lung would collapse over night, and you would...", Rainbow Dash stopped there with tears in her eyes.

"I was going to die overnight. Wasn't I."

Rainbow Dash nodded and sniffled.

"I-I just met you, a-a-and I couldn't believe my ears when Nurse Red Heart said that you were awake the next day. I stayed by your side for twelve hours straight. I-I've never seen anypony die before, and if you came back to your senses, I wanted to be there for you. I didn't care that you were something that nopony has ever seen before. You were hurt, and you needed help."

Rainbow Dash was now crying. Ben had never seen this side of her before, and come to think of it, probably nopony has.

"When you woke up, I wanted to be there for you. I wanted to see you open your eyes, and I wanted to see you...smile.", she started again.

"Rainbow Dash. There is something else you need to know."

"Y-yes?"

"Back on Earth, do you remember how i said I was a Marine? A soldier? How I fought in Afghanistan?", Ben looked down at the floor.

"Yes, Ben."

Ben knew this moment would come.

"I died. I died back on Earth."

Rainbow Dash's mouth suddenly flew open.

"Y-you what?"

"I died."

"Then, how are you still alive?!"

"That, I don't know. What I do know, is that my stomach was blown to shreds."

Rainbow Dash gasped at the level of my explanation.

"H-how..."

I stopped her.

"Safeguard, bootup please."

Rainbow Dash turned her head.

"Safeguard?"

"He's my A.I., or Artificial Intelligence. He is a part of my wings."

"Yes Ben?", Safeguard asked in a somewhat annoyed tone,"What do you need?"

"Are you able to play a hologram of my memories?"

"I am restricted to do so."

"Override code: 8365723", Ben commanded.

"Very well."

A flash of light appeared, and instead of Rainbow Dash's room, we were back in the desolate sands of the middle east. We were floating above our convoy, and the area where the ambush happened.

"Who are those two?", Rainbow Dash pointed at two marines.

"That's me, and DJ, a brother in arms."

Rainbow Dash continued to watch, and DJ began to head for the ice cream truck that had rounded the corner. I kept my eyes focused on the truck as hard as possible. Then, it happened.

KA-BOOM!

Rainbow Dash's face turned from anticipation to shock as the ice cream truck was blown to bits from an IED.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!"

"That was a terrorist tactic. Hide a bomb into something ordinary, then detonate it."

"BUT THOSE LOOKED LIKE  CHILDREN WHO DIED!"

"I know."

Rainbow Dash turned her head to me, then looked back at the ambush that had begun. I could clearly see the RPG troopers lining the buildings and blasting every single vehicle in the convoy to a smoldering wreck. I had to quickly explain what an RPG was, and what they did, until the BTR came. Round after round was shot out of the cannon as I saw marines take shots and collapse to the ground.

"Ben...please...no more.", I heard Rainbow Dash sulk. I came over to her and covered her in my wings. I shielded her from all of the noise that had erupted in the once quiet street. Then, it came. The marine's order to get to the schoolhouse and find an anti-tank weapon. The insurgent rounded the corner and attempted to rifle-but me. I dodged and implated my knife into his back and my fellow marine blasted him with the Benelli M4 shotgun. Then, it came. I convinced Rainbow Dash to open her eyes for this one moment. With tears streaming down her face, she opened her eyes.

"Ben? W-what's that the enemy threw?"

"That's a grenade. A hand-thrown explosive device."

"Wait, but it's-"

Rainbow Dash was cut off when the insurgent threw the explosive. It bounced twice, and my past-self shouted.

"GRENADE!"

"No. NO!", Rainbow Dash screamed as I threw myself over the explosive. Rainbow Dash just wanted to reach out and cradle my past self in her arms. Tell him that the fighting was going to be over.

Comfort him...

...but I knew I had done the right thing and saved my squad.

The grenade exploded. Blood flew everywhere. It splattered against the walls, the windows, and my marines. I rose three feet into the air, and landed back down, making a puddle of blood slowly pour out of my insides and onto the floor.

"LILIENFELD!"

My brothers in arms began crowding around my body and began preforming futile attempts to see if I was alive. Shaking me, patting me, shining a small flashlight into my eyes, and then they decided that it was impossible and they had to continue with the situation at hand, and left my body.

Just like good marines.

I dared not look back at Rainbow Dash, and I did. She looked like she could pass out at any moment. She was staring to get pale, she was staring out at the battlefield like a ghost, and her eyes were bloodshot from tears. I commanded Safeguard to stop the simulation, and he obliged. The simulation ended, and we were standing in Rainbow Dash's room. I looked back, and Rainbow Dash was staring at the wall, unsure of what had just happened.

"Ben. I can't believe what I just saw. Your world. It's so..."

"I know."

"Ben?"

He turned his head to face Rainbow Dash.

"Nopony ever sees me act like this. They all think I'm cool, and brave, and...*sniff*...'Rainbow Dash'. Do you think I'm not as cool now? After telling you all of these things in the hospital?"

Ben bent down and stroked her chin.

"Of course not. An I should be apologizing too. For...showing you what my memories hold. I'm really sorry."

Rainbow Dash walked up.

"It's really okay. Do you still like me?"

Ben shook his head.

"Wha-? What?"

"Rainbow Dash, I love you. You were the reason I didn't consider suicide from my nightmares. You are practically my whole world to me."

"Ben..."

Rainbow Dash lept forward and squeezed Ben tightly. She was sobbing, and the tears rolled down his back. Ben tried the best to comfort Rainbow Dash. She cried for a few more minutes and Ben decided it was best for her to lay down in bed and calm down. So, he carried her sulking body, and set it down on the cloud bed as gently as possible. He laid himself down on the bed and once he did just that, Rainbow Dash grasped on to him and began to cry a little bit again.

"Ben?"

"Yeah Dashie?"

"Please...please don't leave me."

"I wouldn't imagine doing that."

Alright guys. Sorry for the shortness. But trust me. Next chapter, the action will pick up.

The Dawning Eclipse

Take note that the next chapters will be in third-person.

Celestia stared off into the evening sky carefully watching the sun and trying to position it correctly into the sky. She strained a little to keep it into that position, and released her grip on the sun. She once again gazed into the sky with her eyes and looked bak to see her sister approaching.

"Ah, there you are Luna.", she smiled warmly.

Luna smiled back and kept walking forward.

"Hello sister. Have thou position the sun in the thy sky correctly?", she asked.

Celestia nodded.

"Now, it is time for you to do the same with the moon."

Luna nodded with a grin and her horn started to glow. A small white spot rose into the sky and began to head towards the sun. Luna concentrated with all of her might to push the moon in front of the sun.

"Would like some help little sister?", Celestia asked in a half-concerned and half-mocking tone.

Luna shook her head and continued to concentrate. The moon began to overlap the sun and the sky was filled with a seemingly unnatural, yet beautiful darkness, with a white ring in the middle of the sky.

"Wow, it's beautiful, sister.", Luna said through her amazed eyes.

"I think this could be the best we have ever done for a solar eclipse.", Celestia replied.

They continued to watch the amazing sight that some ponies had only seen a few times in their whole life. Everywhere in Ponyville, ponies looked up at the sky and pointed at the eclipse. Many gazed in awe. Young fillies were confused. Others saw this as a blessing from the princesses. Yet, all stopped what they were doing to look.

Celestia then looked down at her sister proudly and spoke.

"I'm very glad we could share this moment together. I had to admit, while you were banished to the moon, I was very lonely in Canterlot. I'm so glad that you have returned."

Luna smiled up to the taller Alicorn.

"As am I..."

They both shared a warm hug, and continued to watch the eclipse. Sister and sister together.

Suddenly, a migraine slashed across Celstia's mind and caused her to collapse to the ground screaming in pain. Luna recovered from what just happened and turned to her sister.

"Celestia?! What has ha-", Luna was abruptly cut off by another migraine searing into her head and forced her to drop to the ground in agony.

"What's happening?!", Celestia screamed.

"Thy don't know!", Luna replied through the pain.

Then, she managed to open her eyes and stare off into the eclipse. Suddenly, she knew something wasn't right. The eclipse had two gleaming red spots on it. And the way they were pointed and seem like slashes, they seemed to form two blood red eyes staring down at Equestria.

"Sister! Look!"

Celestia opened her eyes and stared off into the eclipse. It took her a few seconds to realize what was happening.

"No...i-it can't be..."

"What sister?"

"He's returning."

Two royal guards rushed onto the balcony and helped the princesses up.

"Please...summon Twilight Sparkle at once...", Celestia said before passing out.

--

Twilight walked through the gates of Canterlot, with Spike at least carrying 75% of the books and scrolls that Twilight decided to bring.

"Spike, I can take some of those off your hands if you want. You don't need to carry that much. We passed Rarity already.", Twilight spoke up to break the silence.

"Wha...we did? Did she see me carrying all of this heavy stuff?", Spike asked suddenly.

"Uhhhh...no. She didn't."

"Urg, fine."

Twilight's horn began to glow as the numerous books and scrolls came off of Spike's hands and onto Twilight's back. She immediately stumbled with the weight.

"Wow, I really did pack a lot. Thankfully, I know I'm prepared for the test that Celestia has to throw at me!"

"Uh, all of this just for a little test?"

Twilight's eye twitched and she whirled around to face Spike, despite the immense weight on her back.

"A little test? Just, a LITTLE TEST?! Are you serious?! This could mean the future of me being Celestia's student! And-and...actually, I don't know what the test is about. But, I always come prepared!", Twilight said triumphantly.

Spike rolled his eyes.

"Now where have I seen this before?", he said sarcastically.

The two continued through Canterlot, and noticed that there were quite a bit of guards. And, they were armed. Twilight couldn't remember when the guards had been armed with weapons on patrol in Canterlot for quite a while. The guard's eyes never left Twilight, and she was sure that they were all following her. She came to the doorway and walked inside to proceed to Celestia's throne room. Once she was inside the throne room, she smiled at the sight of Celestia. Celestia could only manage a weak smile back. Immediately, Twilight knew something wasn't right.

"Celestia, I'm ready for the test you have to give to me! I've studied up on..."

"Never mind that Twilight. There is something bigger on our hooves at the moment."

Celestia stepped down, and Twilight noticed that she had bags on her eyes and she limped a bit when she walked.

"Princess! Are you okay?!"

"I-I'm fine Sparkle, but I must show you something. Come outside."

Twilight walked off after Celestia, after telling Spike to "Stay". Twilight continued the walk upstairs and meet Celestia at the balcony. She took her side by her teacher.

"Twilight, look.", Celestia pointed at the eclipse.

"Yes, it's the eclipse. What's so...what in Equestria?", Twilight stammered when she saw the two glowing red eyes glaring down at the two,"Celestia, what's that? Did you do that?"

"No Twilight."

Celestia remained silent for quite a while, until she spoke up after a minute.

"I believe it is time for you to know one of my darkest and most kept hidden secrets."

Twilight gasped.

"Celestia? Are you sure?"

Celestia nodded and instructed Twilight to follow her. Celestia's horn began to glow, and in a split second, they were in a dark area in Canterlot that Twilight didn't recognize.

"Wha? Where are we? I don't recognize this place in Canterlot."

"That is because nopony has ever known of this place except for me and my sister, Luna.", Celestia said to Twilight while walking towards a massive vault.

"Why go through all that trouble to protect this place? Do any guards ver come here?"

"No, they aren't even aware."

Twilight stared at the vault that Celestia was trudging to.

"What's that Celestia?"

Celestia just walked up to the vault and closed her eyes. Her horn glowed golden, and the whole door before then began to shift it's position, as if it were one giant lock. Every section of the door turned and shifted until a very large "CLANG!" was heard. The door began to rumble, and quite a bit of dust came off of it and flew around the two. Twilight sneezed, yet Celestia was not disturbed by the dust. Celestia walked in and used her magic to clear the dust, revealing a small black crystal, sitting on a pedestal. Celestia took the crystal and instructed Twilight to come back to the throne room. Twilight obeyed and Celestia teleported them back. Once inside, she instructed the guards to leave and prevent anypony from coming anywhere near the throne room.

"Isn't this a little too much security?"

"Listen Twilight, for I'm about to tell you something that I have not told anypony else."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Twilight. Now listen."

Celestia fired a blast of energy into the crystal. The crystal began to shake and it shot out another beam of light at the floor, allowing an image to grow on the floor, similar to the images that Twilight saw when she learned of the Crystal Empire. Twilight jumped back at the sudden image and stared up at Celestia.

"Twilight, I had a brother."

Twilight's eyes suddenly widened.

"You had a brother?! Wow! I wished I could meet him-"

"Twilight, trust me when I say you wouldn't."

"Really? What's wrong?"

"A little over one thousand years ago, before Luna fell to Nightmare Moon, I looked up to my older brother, Eclipse. He was a natural-born leader and was very smart for himself. He constantly wanted to make a perfect world in which we could live in, but he nearly succeeded."

"Nearly? What happened?"

"He used the wrong Elements. He turned to the Elements of Corruption, the original Elements."

The image on the ground showed six stones, but with different images.

"Wait, I thought that the Elements of Harmony were the only Elements to exist."

"No, those weren't even the original Elements. The Elements of Harmony were created to combat the Elements of Corruption."

"Why did he seek out the Elements of Corruption?"

"He believed that Equestria had to be molded with force. If he got a hold of the Elements of Corruption, then nopony could stand in his way. But, the sad thing was...that he was doing this for me and Luna. I remember when he had finally harnessed the Elements of Corruption, oblivious to the true power that the Elements held. Once he tried to use them, they were absorbed into his body, becoming one with him, and turning the brother that I once loved into an abomination that saw every living thing as something to eradicate. I tried to reason with him, but he lashed out and tried to kill me. And...to this day, I still believe he was responsible for laying that curse on Luna which eventually led to her transformation to Nightmare Moon."

Twilight gasped.

"Your brother did that?!"

"Yes, Eclipse did. And he tried to kill both of us, believing that he could force his way to the throne and gain complete power."

"Unbelievable...", Twilight shuddered.

"He nearly defeated us, and me and Luna had to do what was right and imprisoned him in a stone and banished him to the Chasm of Shadows. I always regret that I had made hat decision, but deep down, I knew it was for his own good. And, I had learned that if Eclipse was to ever return, this would happen.", Celestia said while pointing towards the glaring solar eclipse.

"Wait...ECLIPSE IS GOING TO RETURN?!", Twilight freaked out.

"Unfortunately, yes. But, there is a way to prevent his return. In the Chasm of Shadows, you must use the Elements of Harmony to destroy the stone Eclipse is imprisoned in. I could not do it myself as I had to use the Elements to defeat Nightmare Moon shortly after."

Twilight looked down at the floor.

"Twilight, I need you to take your friends to the Chasm of Shadows and prevent Eclipse from ever rising.This is a very dangerous mission. He is sealed with the abominations of his own make, and you must go under heavy escort. Are you up for the task?", Celestia asked.

Twilight again looked at the floor, and looked back up.

"I-I don't know. He's your brother. And...what if we can't do it?"

"Twilight, you and your friends had changed Nightmare Moon back into Luna, you have released your friends from the trance of Discord, you have done quite a part in defeating Chrysalis, and King Sombra..."

"Alright Princess, I kno- I mean, we know.", Twilight blushed.

Celestia did not change her look.

"Okay Celestia, we are up to the task.", Twilight said proudly.

"Yes, but be warned, Eclipse's creations still lurk the Chasm of Shadows, and you must wear your Element Amulets at all times, or the lingering essence of Eclipse will posses your body."

Now Twilight seemed more afraid.

"O-okay Princess. I'll get everypony together so we can stop Eclipse!", she said before she teleported to Ponyville.

Princess Celestia continued to look up into the sky at the solar eclipse that had refused to give way. The crimson red eyes continued to glare down at Celestia.

"Why brother?"

--

"So wait. Yer' tellin' me, that Celestia has a brother?!", Applejack demanded.

"Yes! I know it seems unlikely, but Princess Celestia said we have to go to the Chasm of Shadows and destroy the Eclipse stone. We don't have much time, and as soon as Rainbow Dash gets here, I'm teleporting us to Canterlot."

"Well, I've certainly waited long enough. Isn't Rainbow Dash supposed to be the 'Fastest Flyer in all of Equestria'? She really ins't living up to her name now.", Rarity fumed.

"Yay! Roadtrip!", Pinkie Pie squeed.

"Pinkie Pie! This is serious! Equestria is at stake! We could be destroyed!"

"Oh, well... Capt. Pinkie Pie reporting for duty!", she boomed while giving a military salute.

"That's better...I guess.", Twilight face-hoofed.

"Oh. There they are. If, anypony want's to pay attention.", Fluttershy said inaudibly.

The five ponies looked into the sky, and saw a familiar cyan speck in the sky with a trail of rainbows coming behind her, but to her right, there was a larger figure with large and pure white wings. It didn't take the ponies long to recognize the other silhouette.

"Why's Ben coming?"

"Beats me."

The two touched down in the middle of the group and recovered from their landing.

"Well! It took you two long enough!"

"Heh, sorry. Your 'invitation' came a little late.", Ben said.

"Alright, now that everypony is here, we now need to head to Canterlot.", Twilight broke the comment.

"Wait, what about Ben?", Rainbow Dash pointed at the human.

Ben looked down at Rainbow Dash a little funny, and she kind of slunk down. Twilight failed to notice this as she was weighing wether it was wise to take Ben or not. She then considered to take Ben as she readied the teleportation spell.

"Wait, what are you doing?", Ben asked.

"I'm preforming a teleportation spell. Can I please have some silence?"

Ben kept his mouth shut. Twilight's horn started to glow, and a purple aura began to surround the group. Ben looked at his hands, and they were fading away from view. In an instant, a flash of light enveloped the mares and he human.

--

The six mares and the human teleported straight into Princess Celestia's throne room. Immediately, Ben didn't feel so pretty.

"Oh god, I think I'm gonna hurl..."

Ben mustered up all the strength he could store and forced his stomach down. Ben shook his head and caught up with the six mares. They continued to walk until they came face to face with Celestia. She walked down from her throne and the mares bowed in respect. Ben looked at the formalities and just did a Japanesse-style bow. Celestia seemed satisfied and looked over to Ben.

"Um...what's Benjamin doing here?", Celestia asked.

"Uh, your highness. I thought it would be wise for him to hear in on the situation.", Twilight explained.

Celestia's expression changed into a small frown.

"I prefer that the human does not go along.", Celestia stated.

"I think it would be a wise decision.", another voice spoke up.

Everypony and Ben turned to face a familiar scaled pegasus.

"Corrosive? What are you doing outside of your quarters?", Celestia demanded.

"I was curious. Now, before you chew me out, hear me out. The human is practically a living arsenal. If you take him along, he would completely negate the need for a military escort."

"Wait? What is all of this about 'Eclipse' and 'Military Escort'?", Ben asked.

Celestia sighed.

"Time is running out. Ben, come with me. I'll have to summarize everything."

Ben nodded, and Celestia told him her long kept secret.

--

"Unbelievable."

"I know. Now that he could rise once again, will you help in bringing him down?"

Ben looked at the floor, the quickly looked up.

"As a former Marine, I will do everything to protect the innocent and stop the ponies who threaten them."

Celestia nodded.

"Thank you. And...oh, here come my hand-picked royal guards."

The group turned their heads and striding into the throne room, were three unicorns and two pegasi. They stood at attention and drew their swords, spun them in their hooves impossibly, and stamped the ground while slinging their swords on their back. They all stood at attention once more and shouted,"AttennnnnnTION!" The sheer multitude of their voices shook the whole room and caused Fluttershy to slink back down a bit.

"Before you stand Fire Mane, Golden Blade, Raptor Eye, Righteous Light, and Captain of them all, Shining Armor.", Celestia called them off. Apparently, Twilight had recognized the one named "Shining Armor".

"Twilight!", Shining Armor called out and ran for her.

"Shining!", Twilight cried with delight.

"I'm so glad to see you again sister!"

"Wow! It's been quite a while!"

I smiled at the bonding between those two. I brought up memories about my brother. And for once, it didn't pain me.

"Please, you must depart now if you have a chance to stop Eclipse!", Celestia yelled over all of the rest of the ponies and the one human.

"Wait, how are we going to get to the Chasm of Shadows?", Ben asked up.

"I have a Zeppelin we can use. It can fly us there in a few hours at the most.", Shining Armor explained.

"Alright. Let's pack up and go."

Ben managed to heave his duffle bag over his shoulders and checked to make sure everything was in there. After smiling at his preparations he headed towards the Zeppelin where everypony else was waiting.

Before Ben could board the airship, Corrosive came up to him.

"Benjamin, I'm coming along."

"You? Why?"

"I have to make sure my sister is safe. Also, Equestria is my home and everypony else's, so i must do what is right and help destroy Eclipse. And...I have fought one or two of his creations before."

Ben stepped back.

"What the- you have?", he stammered.

"Yes. And they are as ugly as they are dangerous."

Ben nodded.

The two boarded the airship unaware to what was waiting to be unleashed at Equestria.

And the true story begins...

Stowaways and the Chasm

Ben picked his nails with his KA-BAR combat knife he had received in the Marines. It was emblazoned with a cloud and a rainbow-colored lightning bolt emerging from it, which he had painted on it in his free time. Ben continued to stare at the masses of clouds through the one window that was located in his quarters and then, a knock came on the door.

*Tap!*

*Tap!*

"Hey Ben, it's me. Can I come in?", Ben heard the familiar voice of Rainbow Dash. Ben sighed as he flicked his wrist, retracting his knife and got up from his cot. He walked a bit until he came to the door and tried to get it open.

"Damn doorknobs that are made for hooves."

After quite a while, Ben just pretty much tore open the door with his wings and saw Rainbow Dash. She had a rather shocked face frozen on her, and she stood there for at least 5 minutes until Ben spoke up.

"Yes?"

Rainbow Dash shook her head from her daze.

"Oh! Uh, well...I kind of wanted to ask you if you've seen anything weird about Corrosive. Ya know, the way he smiles at me sometimes.", she told Ben.

He stroked his chin with his finger.

"I have seem it before, but I need to ask you something."

"Huh?"

"Listen, this is a very high-risk mission, and I had run a lot of those back in my Marine days. So, I need you to trust Shining Armor and me when we tell you to do something. Okay?"

She nodded immediately, which rather surprised Ben.

"Okay Ben."

Ben smiled. Then, Shining Armor walked up and told him that he was needed in the mission room. (The Zeppelin was pretty massive.) Ben nodded and walked downstairs with Shining Armor. When they walked down, Ben spoke up.

"Ya know, that's a pretty big Chasm in the ground. It kind of reminds me of an ass.", Ben smiled.

"It is an ass, cause everything down there is a hole!", Shinning laughed. They both chucked at their clever puns (or something else).

"Why did you even build this war machine anyways? I thought your kind had not fought any wars."

"I requested that the Zeppelin was built in case Nightmare Moon were to ever gain full power and attempt a hostile take over. There is enough weapons on this ship to level Canterlot in a matter of minutes. Not that I would ever intend to."

"That's a pretty impressive arment you have there. I should defiantly show you human military technology if we survive."

Ben and Shinning Armor had a good laugh. As they walked down yet, another length of stairs, they reached the mission room, where Twilight and the other elite guards were discussing how to get into the Chasm without exposing the Zeppelin.

"Maybe those who are Pegasi could fly down, and Unicorns could teleport.", Raptor Eye suggested.

"Unicorns become dazed after teleporting long distances, and if the Chasm as is deep as you say, then we would be knocked out-cold.", Twilight argued.

"True...", Righteous Light muttered.

"What if I flew down, secured the landing zone, then have each Pegasi take one other pony at a time down there?", Ben pointed.

"Hmmm... that's actually not a bad idea.", Shining Armor noted.

Ben heard Corrosive somewhere grunt.

The group talked it out, countering any objections that had arisen, and then decided on the action of entering the Chasm of Shadows.

"Alright Ben, your idea is the best so far. I want you to check and make sure that everypony is ready to head down into the Chasm. Then, you and Corrosive will head down there and secure the area. Got it?"

"Right."

Ben headed up the stairs to check on the Elements of Harmony. It was quite eventful (Ben nearly tried to run away from Pinkie Pie's door after believing she was going to throw yet another party for him.) So, Ben came down to the storage area where the armor ways stored. It was pretty impressive, broadswords, spears, longswords, glaives, and crossbows. Ben had to admit that seeing an armory like this, compared to a species that didn't fight any wars had to be called remarkable. Then, Ben heard a thump inside a chest to his left...

--

"Applebloom! Quit shoving your leg into my face!"

"I'm sorry Scootaloo, but it's so tight in here!"

"Uh, who licked me?"

"This better pay off Scootaloo. It's so cramped in here!"

"Look, if I see a giant ballon...or whatever we saw, it means that there's going to be an adventure! So, we can get our Cutie Marks!"

"Okay, but I don't know how worried Rarity would be when she found out that I was gone..."

"I don't know about that. I think I saw Rarity and her friends come onboard."

"Yeah, I think I saw them too."

"Okay, if you girls say so."

"Wait! I think I hear somepony coming!"

"Shhhhh!"

*thump...*

*Thump...*

*Thump*

*Thump!*

*Click!*

--

Ben opened the chest, and to his surprise, three fillies were scrunched up in there. Ben's eyebrow raised, and then they both lowered into a scowl.

"What are you three doing on board?", Ben said coldly.

"Oh! Wait! Are you that human'er thingy that we saw earlier?!", the yellowish coated and red maned one said with the bow that looked much too big for her head. Ben also took notice in a southern accent similar to Applejack's.

"Never mind what I am! You three girls are in serious trouble!", Ben yelled causing the three to bunch up in fear.

And in great danger too if I don't do anything, Ben thought.

"Alright, you three are coming with me!"

Ben scooped up the yellow and white coated fillies, but the orange one with a purple mane quickly fluttered with her tiny wings and avoided Ben's reach. She leapt over him and gained airtime by using Ben's face as a boost pad. When the orange one did this, Ben loosened his grip on the two others, and they seized this opportunity to escape. Ben was recovering from the smash to the face and the three fillies bolted up the stairs. However, once they got to the top and opened the door, they ran right into Shinning Armor, who stood like a wall and sent them tumbling back downstairs again. They smashed and rolled down the wooden staircase, and landed right at Benjamin's feet. They looked up and saw Ben and Shinning Armor glaring down at him.

"Ya know these three?"

"I think so, and two of them are going to get a family reunion right on this ship they will never forget."

Ben and Shinning Armor walked them up and found the entire Elements of Harmony to be assembled right on the deck of the Zeppelin. Shinning Armor was holding the yellow and white one and Ben was holding the orange one, who apparently was squirming to get free.

"Let go of me!", the orange one screamed.

"Shut up you little rat.", Ben muttered.

The Elements turned around to see what the commotion was, and apparently, they all recognized the fillies.

"Sweetie Belle?!", Rarity exclaimed.

"Applebloom!", Applejack shouted.

Then they all looked at the orange one.

"Scootaloo?!"

"What in tarnation' are ya' all doin' here?! This is a very dangerous place to be for you fillies!", Applejack panicked.

"Well! I expect better from you then to sneak onboard of this contraption-"

"Zeppelin.", Shinning Armor corrected.

"Yes! Anyways, you three should be ashamed of yourselves!", Rarity fumed.

"Yes sis...", the one named "Sweetie Belle" lowered her ears.

Rainbow Dash came over to the one dubbed "Scootaloo".

"Squirt! What on Equestria are you doing here?!"

"I uh...wanted to go on an adventure?", Scootaloo gave a wide grin.

"Ugh, I don't have time for this!", she said while rounding them all up. Shinning Armor came over and stood rather largely over them.

"You three trouble makers are to stay here with Righteous Light and follow all of his orders! It's enough that we have to have three stowaways at a moment like this...", Shinning ordered.

The three nodded and Applebloom turned to Scootaloo.

"So, some 'adventure' huh, Scootaloo...", she mocked in her southern accent.

Scootaloo lept at Applebloom and they began to get into a quarrel. Dust began to rise up, and Sweetie Belle was pulled into it. Righteous Light's horn glowed and the fillies were encased in a golden aura. They began to pull away from each other and they slammed on their rumps right in front of the unicorn soldier.

"STAY!"

The three shivered at Righteous Light's booming voice, so that ensured that they would in fact, 'stay'.

"Alright everypony, let's get a move on, we got to get into the Chasm now!", Shinning Armor yelled. Immediately, the Elements began to run in all sorts of directions and they took their places at the side of the Zeppelin. Immediately, Fluttershy looked down (WHY DO THEY ALWAYS LOOK DOWN FIRST?!) and began to whimper.

"Uh...everypony...? What if we can't fly down there soon enough before our wings give out?"

Corrosive came over.

"If you want somepony else to carry you, just say so so that we won't have to waste our time!", he growled.

Fluttershy nodded and Corrosive glared down.

"Okay, I'm flying down.", Ben said.

His wings emerged from his back, which caused the guards and the three fillies to stare in awe. Ben's rocket pack ignighted, and he was thankful that the wood that constructed the Zeppelin was fire-proof. He flew down in a flash and the Chasm seemed to get bigger, and bigger,and bigger the more he approached it. Ben swore he heard whispers in his head as he flew down, but Corrosive had instructed him that he could not be possessed by Eclipse as he is a human, and he couldn't either, since he's a dragon-pegasus. Plus, the Elements of Harmony have their amulets and the elite guards these special helmets. Ben touched down and his Gating guns emerged from his wings, and his A.I. began to scan for any threats.  So far, the only message in his targeting eyepiece said "No threats detected." Ben turned his body, and fire his signal to tell that it was all clear: a single Buster Rifle beam. He then saw numerous shadows approaching him from the sky above. Ben scanned at least most of the Elements and the guards approaching down towards him. After a few more journeys, all of the Elements have landed, and the guards were up in front discussing how they were going to advance through the Chasm and the Elements were making sure their amulets were around their necks (discluding Twilight and her tiara).

"Alright Ben. Let's go.", Shinning Armor came up to him.

Ben nodded, and he turned to face the entrance to the cave in The Chasm of Shadows. Already, he knew that Fluttershy couldn't handle what was inside. There was deep whispers coming from the tunnel.

"Blood..."

"Why..."

"Leave...please..."

Ben shuddered and he stepped in first. The rest of the guards, the six mares, and Corrosive reluctantly followed. Drops of water were heard all around.

"Be brave...be brave...be brave...", Fluttershy was whispering to herself with her eyes closed.

SNAP!

"EEEP!"

"I just stepped on a twig.", Ben said. But, he knew it wasn't a twig. It was a bone from a remain of some animal. Most likely a pony. He made the rest move along before any of them could find out. The group continued to march into the caverns with the numerous whispers coming into ben's head.

"You hear that?", Ben questioned.

"What?", Shinning Armor asked.

"The whispers. They're everywhere."

"You can hear the whispers because you have no magic protection. I can hear them too, but the Elements and the guards have some magical articles that prevents them from hearing the voices of Eclipse's essence.", Corrosive explained.

"How do you know so much of Eclipse?", Raptor Eye asked suspiciously, "For all we know, you could be working with him. An outside job."

Corrosive sighed.

"When I was in the Everfree, a cult still worshiping Eclipse captured my and tried to sacrifice me to him. I quickly escaped and obliterated the cult, but I found one book. It was everything the cult had known. And, I decided to have a peek.", Corrosive whispered.

"Don't think this means I'm going to take my eyes off of you for one second.", scolded Fire Mane.

Corrosive growled like a reptile.

Ben kept staring forward that the darkness that his targeting eyepiece mounted flashlight failed to illuminate. Fluttershy was whimpering yet still managing to carry on, Rainbow Dash was eyeing her surrounding, ready for a fight, Applejack was doing the same, with a little sense of insecurity, Rarity was looking at her hooves with the mud clumped around them in disgust, but kept remembering the objective at hand, Twilight was looking ahead with determination, and Pinkie Pie...was bouncing up and down.

"Are you really doing that in a time like this?", Ben asked a little bit annoyed.

"Well...what wouldn't I be doing this?! I just love to bounce, bounce, bounce! Maybe you should try it. It helps to make the scary things seem funny! Oh! Maybe you should smile! Ya know, giggle at the gho-"

"Quiet!", Ben quickly covered Pinkie Pie's mouth, making a bit of slobber fall into his hand. Ben was panting, and Pinkie remained silent.

"Do you hear that?", Ben asked everypony. They all stopped and perked their ears up. A small tapping noise was heard throughout the caverns.

"I hear it too.", Corrosive muttered.

"I think I hear tapping." Shinning Armor whispered.

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Tap...

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

...

"Huh?"

The guards formed a shield wall, the Elements retreated behind it, and Corrosive got into a fighting stance. Ben's weapons system came online and his Gating guns emerged.

"No! If you use those weapons, then you'll bring the cavern down on us!", Corrosive scolded.

Ben retracted the Gatling guns, but kept his wings out.

TAP!

TAP!

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

A shadow lept out of the darkness and slammed into Corrosive. It was slender in shape, but the most distinct feature was that it was bi-pedal, and it had razor-sharp teeth. And apparently, no eyes. The figure slashed at Corrosive, but he was quicker and smashed the attacker off. Ben slashed with his wings, but the figure backflipped and evaded the attack. The guards came in front and formed the shield wall again.

"It's a needle tooth!", Corrosive shouted.

The creature lept at the shield wall, but was deflected by the wall of gold. The needle tooth bounced off and it hissed, making most of the Elements slink down. Suddenly, a purple blast came from behind the shield wall, and smashed into the needle tooth, causing it to flip over like a rag doll, and collapse. Ben and everypony looked behind to find Twilight blow a small gust of breath to cool off her steaming horn.

"What? Just because I'm smart doesn't mean I can't fight.", she said triumphantly.

The needle tooth began to get back up.

"Oh no you don't!" Golden Blade shouted as he leapt for the downed creature and shoved his sword down the needle tooth's mouth. He twisted the sword, and a sickening "SNAP!" was heard. Golden Blade came backwards towards the group, and Corrosive's nose perked up.

"We are still not alone..."

"What? I don't see anything.", Rainbow Dash grunted.

"My nose cannot lie; they are near."

"How near?", Shinning Armor asked.

"Very near."

Ben began scanning down the corridor and nothing came up. Yet, a small mini-radar showed that there were multiple signatures coming from the caverns. Then, it hit him.

Look up.

Ben switched on thermal imaging, and what he saw up above nearly made him faint.

There were at least a hundred of needle teeth crawling around the ceiling. They kept skittering around and they commonly interwove with each other. They kept murmuring, until they all stopped. All of their heads turned 180 degrees until they faced downwards at the potential victims of brutal butchering down below. Just as one hissed, Shinning Armor shouted above everypony.

"SHIELDS UP!"

Well, how is everypony liking the new story?

I Knew Something Was Evil With That Mare...

The needle teeth screeched and lept down from the ceiling to claw us to bits. My wings came over my head and blocked the monsters that tried to pounce on me and sent them flying off. The Royal Guards' shield wall held and they raised their shields to knock the attackers off. The needle teeth bounced off the shields and they regained their composure. They all hissed in unison and charged. Corrosive opened his mouth, and a jet of blue flame ejected out and sprayed the needle teeth. They all went sprawling on the ground and tried to leap over the flame, but they were quickly caught by a fireball exploding in their faces from Corrosive. The Elite Guards charged through the flames and began to slice and dice the needle teeth. One leapt over the brawling and opened its mouth to take a bite out of Applejack. My wings quickly shot forwards and sliced the monster in half. Black blood sprayed everywhere, and soaked everypony. Many of the Elements were now shivering and looking in disgust from the blood stains. Suddenly, all the needle teeth froze, and they quickly retreated back into the depths of the caverns.

"Wha? What happened?", Raptor Eye asked while looking at the retreating needle teeth.

"I don't know.", Ben replied.

"Hmph! They probably ran to get away from us!", Rainbow Dash boasted.

The caverns began to rumble.

"Uh, everypony? What's going on?", Twilight asked while trying to regain her composure from the shaking.

"This can't be good.", Corrosive sneered as he raised his dragon wings.

"Something's coming!", Shining Armor pointed his hoof into one of the caves.

The rumbling began to get harsher, and harsher. Then, all at once, it stopped.

"What?"

"Why did it-"

BOOM!

The ground in front of the group erupted and dirt flew everywhere. Rarity screamed over her ruined coat, but she turned her attention to a bigger problem. A MUCH bigger problem. Towering over everypony and the human, was a massive worm-like creature. It roared at the group reviling four sets of teeth; each row spinning like a grinder in the opposite direction to the other.

"That's a death wyrm!", Corrosive shouted.

Before anyone could register what happened, the death wyrm tunneled underground and the cavern began to shake from its burrowing. The ground rose from the position of the wyrm as it tunneled to its first target. The ground began to head for Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow Dash! Get airborne!", Ben yelled.

The Element of Loyalty looked down and saw the ground cracking at her hooves. She looked up and spread her wings. Just a second after she had departed, the ground underneath her exploded as the wyrm attempted to snatch Rainbow Dash in its inter grinding teeth. It failed by a hair. Seeing its failure, it arched downwards and burrowed again. Once agin, the ground began to rumble. And this time, Shining Armor began to run as fast as he could. The ground erupted once again as the wyrm began to pursue Shining at ground level. The wyrm began to speed up as Twilight shouted.

"Shining!", she yelled as she fired the biggest magic bolt anypony had ever seen in their lives. It collided with the wyrm, and made it tower up, howling in pain. It began to sway side to side indicating that it was dazed.

"Oh! I have an idea!", Pinkie Pie said while she hopped over to Twilight, grabbed her tail, and began to lever it up and down in rapid succession. Magic bolts began to spray out of Twilights horn at an incredible rate. They began to smash into the wyrm, which helped in its already large amount of pain. Suddenly, Applejack ran head and build enough speed to run up a mound in the ground. She charged upwards and kicked herself off and headed directly towards the towering monster, that was currently under fire. She sailed through the air, and right as she came across the wyrm's face, she gave a buck so hard to the wyrm's mouth, everypony could have sworn they heard the sound barrier break. In reality, it was the wyrm that had been broken. Blood gushed out of its mouth, and it fell down, dead. Applejack smiled, touched down, and crossed her right front hoof over her left.

Everypony and human just stared.

"I'm not even going to ask.", somepony said.

"We must push on." Corrosive demanded.

"Uh, I think I'm just going to stay here. if that's okay with everypony.", Fluttershy whispered.

"So that's it. You're going to ditch us. After what we have all gone through? After hearing that Equestria rests on our hooves?", Corrosive snarled.

"Leave her alone.", Ben stepped forward. Corrosive growled at Fluttershy and he began to walk towards the deeper part of the caverns.

"Let's go."

The caverns only got darker, and darker. Ben switched his targeting eyepiece mounted light and the LED lights lit up the caverns. Drops of water were heard from all around, and everypony looked from left to right. Ben and the rest of the Elements strived to keep Fluttershy from crying after all the bloodshed, and all it was doing was delaying it.

"She isn't going to last much longer.", Ben said after a moment of silence.

"Poor Flutters.", Rarity softly spoke to calm Fluttershy.

Then, a flash of metal shone into Ben's light and with a millisecond's notice, his wings sprouted in front of him and a *THUNK* was heard. Ben's wings lowered and he observed the damage. There, stabbed into the wing, was a kama, a Japanese farming tool, and a weapon of a ninja.

"What the...", Ben hung his word of a while.

"Wow, that was close.", Shining Armor huffed.

"This is a weapon that ancient humans used."

"Really?! But, what could something like that be doing here?", Shinning asked again.

"I think i know the answer, but I pray we don't run into that very one.", Corrosive muttered,"Look, a clearing."

The group walked into the largest cavern in the Chasm. The strange thing was, that even though there was no opening in the ceiling to let in light, the room was bright enough for normal vision. And stranger, there was an abundance in plants. There were bamboo shoots, a cherry blossom tree, grass, and even a small river that seemed to flow with pure water.

"Oh no.", Corrosive muttered.

"Oh no? What's 'oh no'?", Golden Blade asked.

Right as Corrosive was about to reply, a figure leapt down from nowhere. It seemed calm, and it was breathing as if he didn't jump. But, it was wielding no weapons. It tilted its head up and its straw hat rose to reveal three glowing red eyes. Fluttershy slunk down and whimpered. It took rather cautious steps forward and Rainbow Dash spread her wings.

"Alright mister! We've gone through plenty of your monsters, so step out of our way! If you don't, I'm gonna-"

Her treat was interrupted as in a flash, the figure outstretched its arm and Fire Mane fell downwards with a *THUD*. Everypony and human stared down at Fire Mane, who's eyes were petrified and blood was pouring from his neck from a knife that was embedded in it. Twilight covered Fluttershy's eyes. The figure laughed.

"I see that I have new visitors. So many new heads for my collection.", the figure pointed upwards, and heads of decapitated ponies hung by chains. from the walls. Twilight could not stop fluttershy from looking up, and she began to cry.

"Oh, I apologize if I made the yellow one cry. I will kill her first so she won't feel sad anymore. I'm not a monster you know.", the creature spoke with an unnatural demonic voice. Now Fluttershy was truly terrified.

"What are you?!", Shining Armor shouted. His voice echoed throughout the cavern.

"What am I? I am Fillos," He said while giving a bow, "one of Eclipse's most dangerous creations, and guardian of the Elements of Corruption. You might as well turn back now, and I won't have to kill all of you.", the creature stated.

"M-m-m-maybe he's right. I think we should go back...", Fluttershy whispered.

Rainbow Dash stepped forward.

"Oh yeah?! One of you versus...uh...one...two...four...uh...twelve of us! Did I get that right?"

"Mhmhmhahahahaha...", Fillos chuckled,"Twelve lives. Take away twelve heads, and I get twelve new trophies..."

Fillos backflipped and he drew two incredibly sharp blades from his back. He let them drop ever so slowly to hear the whistle in the air from the blades, indicating that they would hack off a limb from a single tap. He spread his stance and let loose a low and quiet growl.

"Who's first to die?"

"SHIELDS UP!", Shining ordred and the guards linked shields to form the impenetrable shield wall. Fillos just laughed and threw down a smoke bomb. Twilight was used to seeing Trixie throw down a puff of smoke and "disappear", but Fillos really was gone. A deep and dark laughed echoed throughout the lush and fertile cavern. Ben's targeting eyepiece scanned for a thermal signature, but nothing came up. The pattering of feet continued throughout the cavern, and suddenly, a whistling was heard. The royal guards shifted their shield wall to the sound, and an arrow stuck into one of their shields uselessly.

"Ha! You're going to have to do better than that!", Golden Blade teased.

The arrow exploded and sent the guards sprawling to the ground. Fillos came out of no where and grabbed a hold of Golden Blade. Sword in one hand, and pony in the other, he shoved the blade through Golden Blade's chest. A fountain of blood splattered the guards, Rarity fainted, and Fluttershy continued to cry. Golden Blade screamed as Fillos twisted the blade while it was submerged into the youngest guard. A snap was heard, and Golden Blade fell limp.

"Hahahaha...the ignorent ones always die first..."

Shining Armor now got over his state of shock, and drew his shortsword. He spun the blade and locked his eyes with Fillos's. Shining charged and leapt up into the air. Fillos brought his swords up to block Shining's blow, but he fired a blot of magic, rather than striking.  The blast collided with Fillos's swords and sent him staggering backwards. Shining brought his sword down, only to find nothing to hit. He landed on his hooves and started to look around for the assassin. Ben heard a whistle to to his left.

"Shining Armor! Left!"

Shining swung his sword and hit a small knife that was dripping in green ooze. Fillos appeared again and kicked Shining in the back. He fell to the ground with a *THUD* and wheezed for air. Fillos grabbed Shining Armor by his mane and brought one of the blades to his neck. Raptor Eye attempted to shoot Fillos through the head with his legendary aiming skills, but Fillos's foot shot up and caught the arrow two inches from his face.

Then, it was Ben's turn.

His wings ejected some sort of canister at Fillos and Shining Armor. The canister bounced uselessly at Fillos's foot. He was about to chuckle, until he heard the loudest sound he ever heard. A blinding flash of white light entered his eyes, and a massive *BANG!* echoed throughout the cavern. Fillos staggered backwards and tried to slit Shining's throat, but he felt no blood splatter. Fillos regained his senses and stared at Ben, who was carrying Shining Armor in his arms. He dropped him off with Twilight, and faced Fillos.

"I've had enough of this. First you kill one of Shining's friends, now you attempt to kill family. All of this for trophies. Well guess what? I'm gonna make a trophy out of you when I'm done.", Ben threatened.

"Excellent. I thought I would never have a good fight.", Fillos chuckled.

"All of you. Go. I'll hold him off.", Ben told the ponies. They rushed past Ben, but Rainbow Dash stopped for a moment.

"Ben? Uh...I don't want you to...uh...what I meant was...beat him to a pulp!", Rainbow Dash told him.

Ben smiled as Rainbow Dash ran past.

"Ah...just the two of us...", Fillos observed the fleeing ponies.

"Just the way I like it.", Ben said.

They both gave their war-cries and charged forward. Fillos leapt up into the air, both swords raised, while Ben's wings brought themselves upwards and blocked Fillos's strike. Fillos's swords screeched off Ben's wings and he regained his composure. Fillos growled and lunged at Ben. His wings came forward, but no impact occurred. Then, his targeting eyepiece detected movement coming from the back. Ben's rocket pack boosted him upwards, and a shadow zoomed underneath him. Ben smiled at his evasion, but saw Fillos coming at him again. He brought his wings in front of him, and Fillos's swords bounced off of Ben's wings. Now, Ben caught him in close combat. His wings slashed at Fillos, but he parried them with his swords. Ben tried to slash again, but what ever attack he made, was only deflected by Fillos's superior sword fighting ability. Ben landed back on the ground rather exhausted. Fillos just landed on one foot and stood there gracefully, as if untouched by fatigue. He let his swords drop down near his waist and gave yet another chuckle.

"I hate to see that this fight ended so fast. What makes you think you can even defeat Eclipse? Or even me?", Fillos asked.

Ben roared and shot forwards with a jet blast. He slashed with his wings and caught Fillos off guard. A veil of black blood splattered Ben's face as he passed the staggering Fillos. Ben turned around to see Fillos clutching his chest.

"That's more like it..."

Fillos shot forward with even greater speed, but Ben's targeting system was faster. His wings loaded a missile and shot it at Fillos. Unable to dodge due to his airborne status, the missile collided with Fillos resulting in a massive explosion that shook the cavern. Ben cringed at the rocks falling from the ceiling and remembered Corrosive's warning. Out of the dust, Fillos lunged again, both blades drawn, and slashed. Ben deflected the first two strikes, but Fillos managed to find a gap in Ben's defenses and slash him across the chest. Blood flew as ben staggered backwards, looking at his "X" wound on his chest. When he looked up, Fillos was gone. No motion showed on the motion tracker, and no heat signature showed up on the thermal imaging camera. Then, as Ben predicted. Fillos charged out of the walls and angled his swords for a clean cut. Ben prepared and brought his wings to deflect. Sparks flew as the swords collided, and Ben could not stand the friction anymore, and gave way. Fillos kicked him down to the ground and laughed.

"Pathetic."

Fillos grabbed Ben by the neck and dragged him over to the river. Making sure his wings were disabled from fatigue, Fillos plunged Ben's head into the river. Gargling was heard as Ben gasped for oxygen underwater. Fillos sky-hooked Ben right out, and with a grin, he plunged him right back in. Fillos brought him out and punched him in the face, causing Ben to black out a bit. Sure that this will be the killing attempt, Fillos threw Ben's head into the pure and fresh water. Gargling was heard...until it stopped.

Fillos smiled. He drew a sword and angled it over Ben's neck to take a trophy. Suddenly, Ben's wings sprouted out and smashed Fillos away, much to his surprise. Ben stood up with a pure face that displayed nothing but rage. Ben screamed and he drew his Buster Rifle. He connected the two to make the Buster Cannon, and aimed it straight up to the ceiling. Ben's targeting systems came online as Fillos figured out what Ben was about to do. He was going to bury this chamber. To his horror, a beam of pure-white light exited the cannon and flew straight towards the ceiling.

*BOOM!*

Rocks and dust flew as the beam collided and shook the cavern. Chunks of the ceiling started to fall down as Ben turned towards the exit to get away from the collapse. Fillos furiously charged after Ben in hopes to pull him back so he could escape, but Ben's rocket pack was being used to its full effect, allowing him to zoom away from the danger. Fillos was not leaping in strides to catch up, but Ben exited the cavern. More boulders began to fall from the ceiling as Ben turned his head to watch while in the safety of the corridor that lead out of Fillos's cavern. Fillos sprinted to try and escape, but he was unsuccessful. The entire cavern collapsed and Ben covered his face from the dust that flew into the corridor. He opened his eyes and found in front of him, nothing but boulders to block the way back. Ben looked forwards and hurried to reach the rest of the Elements and ponies.

--

"Where could Ben be?", Twilight asked after a rather long period of silence.

"I hope he didn't get hurt...", Fluttershy whispered.

Rainbow Dash continued to look down. She kept thinking of how Ben had never exited the cavern. How Fillos had killed him and taken his 'trophy'.

"He's okay. He always is...", Rainbow Dash looked back.

"Maybe we should face the fact that he's gone.", Raptor Eye spoke up.

"Good riddance...", Corrosive muttered quiet enough that nopony else heard him. Suddenly, a small light shone through the corridor. The light began to get brighter, and brighter, until a small winged figure came from the darkness. A blue trail was trailing behind it, as the Elements became over joyed.

"Did anypony miss me?", Ben smiled.

"BEN!", The Elements shouted as they embraced him into a massive hug. Ben smiled as he felt the warmth in the chilly caverns of The Chasm of Shadows. The Element broke away after a while, but Rainbow Dash still lingered, trapping Ben in his hooves. She blushes as she realized that she had hugged WAY too long, and flapped her wings to move away. Ben chuckled until he remembered the situation on hand.

"Okay, we have to get a move o-"

Ben's sentence was abruptly cut short as a screech filled the air and a shadow leapt out and tackled down Pinkie Pie. Shrieks were heard as a surviving Needle Tooth opened its mouth to take a bite of Pinkie Pie. It pinned her down and attempted to sink its teeth into her. Raptor Eye acted on impulse and took his crossbow. A milisecond later, a bolt was sent flying, and it struck the Needle Tooth in the forehead. It fell off and collapsed. Everypony and Ben rushed to see that pinkie Pie wasn't moving. Surely the Needle tooth didn't inflict any damage...

...did it?

Ben observed that no wounds were present on Pinkie Pie's body. Fluttershy crept closer to the unmoving Pinkie Pie.

"Um...Pinkie Pie? Are you okay...?", she whispered.

Then, Pinkie Pie moved.

"Yes. I'm fine."

She talked in a voice that really didn't sound like the hyper-active and possibly mentally unstable Pinkie Pie that everypony loved. And something else was off too.

Her hair was flat against her head, instead in being all puffy. Ben looked at Pinkie's side and found her Elemental amulet on the ground. It wasn't attached to Pinkie's neck. That meant that Eclipse's essence had entered Pinkies' body. Slowly, she turned her head. One look from it made everypony, even Corrosive back up.

The Pact

"Pinkie Pie...?", Fluttershy asked as quietly as possible.

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie drew a metal-like object from her tail, which turned out to be a chain with a hook attached to the end. She threw it with incredible precision and in a split second, slit Raptor Eye's throat open. Blood splattered everywhere as everypony screamed. Pinkie Pie lurched forward and grabbed Raptor Eye's body, then ran deeper into the Chasm.

"Wha?! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!", Shining Armor yelled over the panicked screams of some of the Elements.

"I-I don't know!", Twilight stuttered.

"Why did Pinkie Pie just do that?!", Rainbow Dash demanded.

"Wait, her amulet was knocked off by that Needle Tooth. So that means that Eclipse has control of her.", Ben said.

"We have to go after her!", Shining Armor yelled.

"Right!", Everypony said in unison.

The group ran after the alleged path Pinkie had ran down with the body of Raptor Eye. They kept rounding corners and Corrosive stayed hot on Pinkie's scent, which oddly enough smelled like cotton candy. Now, it reeked of gore.

"I never seen Pinkie like this. And why would she take Raptor Eye's body?", Twilight asked.

"I-I don't know sis.", Shining replied. He looked down. He had lost a lot of his best men on this mission. He hoped that their search wouldn't be in vain. The ponies kept rounding corners again until they came to a single stone doorway that halted their advance. The ponies and the human looked up at the solid rock gate, and etched into it, were ominous symbols. Corrosive stepped forwards and examined the carvings.

"Ben? Do you think pinkie's alright?", Rainbow Dash asked silently.

"We won't know unless we try and get her to her senses.", Ben kept staring at Corrosive while he deciphered the symbols.

"I mean, she's a really good friend. And...I don't think we could all be friends without her.", she said again.

"I have translated the symbols.", Corrosive grunted.

Ben stepped forward.

"Well?"

"It says this. 'Here the rightful king sleeps. Non shall disturb his slumber, unless he gains the Elements, of which he keeps. Ponies who come in will never come out, without becoming a trophy, no doubt. The Elements and the elder stay here, as they will be resurrected, and Equestria will sear.", Corrosive translated. All of the ponies looked at the door. They suddenly noticed a carved picture in it. It looked like this:

"What is that?", Rarity asked rather looking uneasy at the picture.

"It is a dragon.", Corrosive replied,"But I'm not sure what a dragon must do with all of this."

"Well, I better believe that we should get movin'. Who knows where Pinkie' went.", Applejack broke the conversation.

"There is one more thing.", Corrosive mentioned.

"What's that?", the ponies asked in unison.

"This is the resting place of Eclipse himself."

The Elements gasped and Shining stepped away from the door.

"Well, what do we do now?", Ben questioned.

"We go in.", Corrosive replied.

"I-In there?!", Twilight studdered.

"Oh come on! What ever danger comes, I'll kick its flank!", Rainbow Dash boasted.

"This is no time for fooling around Rainbow Dash. Twilight, Rarity, Shining, I need you to lift the stone slabs gently.", Ben spoke. The unicorns obliged and their horns glowed. The stone slabs began to turn all sorts of colors and it began to lift up. Everypony noticed the unicorns staring, so Ben's wings activated and pushed upwards on the slabs, making the unicorns' efforts slightly more manageable. One by one, the ponies passed through. Ben released his grip on the slab, and the unicorns passed slowly underneath. Twilight managed to open her eyes to the massive stone door piece that was looming over her head, and closed them to concentrate more. Eventually, the magic ponies passed underneath, and set the stone slab down as gently as possible.

"Phew.", Twilight whispered.

The group turned around and looked at the cavern that they were in. Crystals lined the ceiling, and whispers echoed throughout the dark chamber. Rarity's eyes sparkled from the crystals, and everypony else looked in wonder. They all thought the chamber was magnificent, then they realized that this was the tomb of Eclipse. They all felt ashamed for thinking so finely for the chamber of Equestria's greatest sin ever made. Then, they noticed that light was reflecting off of the crystals. It was transferring like a wave inwards. And the wave inwards began to move towards two silhouettes in the center of the chamber.

"Look, there's two ponies in the center.", Shining pointed out.

"They seem to be talkin", Applejack noted.

"Let's get closer.", Ben ordered.

The group uneasily made themselves around the crystals that doubled Ben's height that were jutting from the ground. The crystals radiated with energy, and they constantly gave out light. The group had to skim along the chamber in such a way as their shadows didn't overlap the two silhouettes hunched up in the center. They kept creeping about until the hid behind a crystal wall and peaked over. They strained their eyes to look at the two outlines.

"Hey! One's Pinkie Pie!", Rainbow Dash whispered.

"Quiet!", Shining Armor growled.

The two figures in the middle kept conversing silently. But, the ponies were able to make out the voices.

"I have what you desired, my lord.", the brainwashed Pinkie Pie said ever so quietly.

"Bring...it...forth...", the other silhouette spoke. This one was unrecognizable. It was a pure black coat with a long mane to conceal its face, as it was drooping down. It was wearing a cloak that seemed torn, and it draped all around it. The figure breathed heavily, as in pain. Ben looked at the figure's side and noticed a small silver rock. It was split in half. Wait, could this actually be Eclipse?!

"Everypony, the other figure is Eclipse.", Ben whispered.

Everypony let out a silent gasp.

The two in the center kept talking.

"I said to bring the body forth.", the one suspected to be Eclipse demanded. Pinkie Pie dragged the slit body of Raptor Eye towards the other pony. She set it down in front of him and Pinkie Pie bowed.

"Please, accept my offering."

Eclipse twitched and flesh-like wires shot out of his back, making blood splatter around. The Elements couldn't look as the wires impaled themselves into the body of the elite guard and began to drain the blood. The wires turned crimson red as the body fluid began to get drained. The body began to shrivel up and Eclipse's breathing began to get more controlled. The ELements nearly fainted as Eclipse's wires plucked themselves out of the body. Eclipse now regained his composure and stood up. His mane shifted to his left and he was wearing some sort of mask. It did a good job at concealing his face, but why use a mask?

"Now my slave, I need a little more blood.", Eclipse said again. Pinkie Pie nodded and dropped down to the floor. She spread her arms out so her stomach was pointing upwards. Suddenly, the same wires come out of Eclipse's back and they angled themselves down on Pinkie Pie.

They were going to drain her! This was a sacrifice!

Ben took the Element of Laughter from his side and threw it downwards. It sailed through the air until it snapped into place on Pinkie's neck. Suddenly, her mane puffed outwards and fluffed into Eclipse's face. Eclipse stumbled backwards and the wires retracted into his body.

"What the hell is this?!", he growled in his unnatural voice. He roared and his wings extended. Ben realized something. His wings were bladed. Just as the alicorn in his nightmare. Ben shook his head.

"No, don't remember the nightmare", Ben thought to himself. Then, he shifted his attention to pinkie Pie, who was in danger. Eclipse suddenly looked down at pinkie Pie's neck. He saw the elemental amulet.

"You're an Element of Harmony!", he growled. Eclipse raised his wings to slice Pinkie Pie, who was shriveling in fear. Ben hopped over the crystal that the group was taking shelter behind, drew one of his Buster Rifles, and fired at Eclipse. A quick flash of light emerged and Eclipse was blasted away from Pinkie Pie. He flipped over backwards and came to his feet. He raised his head and glared at Pinkie Pie, who retreated to the now visible group that was standing over the crystal formations. Ben had his wings drawn, Corrosive had his teeth bared into a snarl, The Elements now took their stances, and Shining Armor drew his sword.

Eclipse laughed.

"These are what Celestia sends after me? A handful of ponies and this...demon?", Eclipse questioned as he got to his hooves.

"I'm not a demon.", Ben replied while his Buster Rifle recharged.

"I know a demon when I see one.", Eclipse growled. He turned to Corrosive.

"Ah, there you are. As promised, I have kept my pact and you may have your wish fulfilled.", Eclipse said.

"WHAT?!", The ELements screamed.

"Corrosive? What is he talking about?!", Ben yelled. No reply came. Ben looked at his side and found that Corrosive was not there.

"Corrosive...?"

Ben looked up and found Corrosive at Eclipse's side.

"No...you wouldn't...", Ben muttered.

"It is of no concern to you. I am doing what is right for my sister.", Corrosive said.

"What?! What do you mean?!", Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Please calm down. I'm doing this for you."

"What are you talking about?!"

Eclipse spoke up.

"As I have promised, I have kept my promise. And now, it is time for your part."

"Yes Eclipse."

"Traitor!", Rarity screamed.

Upon hearing this, Ben fired his Buster Rifle at Eclipse and Corrosive, but the beam was deflected by a red force field that was produced by Eclipse. The beam reflected off and was sent streaking towards the Elements. Out of panic, Twilight put up a make-shift shield to protect her friends. The shield hardly stood, and it shattered from the impact and sent the Elements toppling down.

"Such pathetic magic.", Eclipse growled as Twilight got to her feet.

"Pathetic magic?! I'll have you know that I'm Princess Celestia's student!", Twilight screamed.

"Is that so?", Eclipse smiled,"Corrosive, take the student. I will need all the power I can get."

"Yes, my lord."

Corrosive barreled forwards and smashed Ben and Shining down. He swooped over Twilight and planted a firm blow to her forehead, knocking her out. He took the knocked out lavender mare into his arms and he flew back to Eclipse.

"Twilight!", Shining Armor screamed.

Once at his side, Eclipse casted another shield and spoke.

"Now, for your part of the pact. Give me your gift."

"Yes, my lord."

Corrosive's tail emerged, but something was different. It was not a horse's tail. It was a scaled tail with a stinger like appendage sticking out of the end. It reared up and it jabbed into Eclipse's side. He grunted as the stinger entered his skin, but then he started to laugh.

"Yes! I have the gift! I can feel the power surging through my veins!", Eclipse shouted,"Now, I must get even more power..."

"Might I suggest draining the magic from Celestia and Luna? Your sisters?", Corrosive suggested. Eclipse suddenly took Corrosive and bashed him in front of a crystal.

"You are not to speak of my blood! You will remain silent about that subject, or I will not fulfill my promise!", Eclipse shouted.

"I...*cough*...yes lord."

Eclipse threw Corrosive down and commanded him to pick up the unconscious body of Twilight that was leaning against a crystal.

"We shall depart now. And now, you will feel what I had to go through for over one thousand years...", Eclipse trailed off as his horn started to glow. It glowed crimson red and a rune-like symbol appeared over his horn.

"He-he's using forbidden magic!", Shining yelled. Eclipse laughed as a bright red beam shot out of the symbol and smashed into the ceiling. A large hole opened up in the ceiling and he and Corrosive flew up. Corrosive exited first with Twilight and Eclipse stayed back for a moment.

"Yes...my gift has arrived...", Eclipse mumbled as he suddenly began twitching from all angles. His side exploded and two massive wings emerged. Before anymore disgusting transformations took place, a pillar of black smoke rose and clouded the cavern in a thick and un-visable haze. The Elements and Shining coughed and Ben put his hand over his mouth to block out the fumes. A large roar was heard and the cavern shook. Through the smoke, Ben could see Fluttershy crying and when he turned around, two yellow eyes were staring at him. Ben stepped back, and a massive gust of wind blew away the smoke and sent the group toppling down. Ben looked up and found Corrosive and Eclipse no where in sight. The hole that they exited through was gone.

Suddenly, the cavern began to rumble...

"Ahhh! What in tarnation' is happening?", Applejack shifted her head side-to-side as rocks and crystal began to fall all around her.

"The Chasm is becoming buried! He have to get out!", Shining yelled over the rumbling.

"We can't go back! Look!", Rainbow Dash pointed out as the stone slabs were missing. Ben scowled as he saw no traces of the doors, but he then looked at the ceiling.

"I have an idea!", he said as he drew both of his Buster Rifles and connected them into the Buster Cannon. He began charging up and a harsh white glow appeared on the barrels.

"Why don't you shoot your weapon now?!", Rainbow Dash screamed over the collapsing rocks and crystal.

"It has to charge up!", Ben replied.

"Hurry! The cavern is about to collapse right on us!", Shining yelled as a crystal nearly impaled him.

"Ben, Buster Cannon is fully charged and awaiting fire command.", Safeguard said ever so calmly.

"Fire."

"Acknowledged"

GLA-ZERRRRRK!

The massive beam of white light fired out and caused Ben to be pushed down due to the kick-back. The beam shot upwards towards the ceiling and connected.

KA-BOOOOOOOM!

The dust cleared and a massive hole was punched through the ceiling, and just in time, as more and more debris began to rumble down.

"Everypony! Out! Shining! Teleport back to the ship! Rainbow Dash, carry Rarity! I'll take the rest! MOVE IT!"

The two others complied and they did their orders. Ben came over to Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. He extended his wings and scooped them up into them. He crouched and his rocket pack ignited and shot him and the mares out.

"This is so cool!", Pinkie Pie exclaimed as Ben flew through the air with his rocket packs.

"Really?! In a time like this you say 'cool?"

"Oh, sorry!"

Ben found the Zeppelin in sight and rounded his jets to land on top of the surface. He touched down and let go of the mares, who regrouped with the rest of their friends. Right as Shining Armor appeared back on the ship from teleportation, Be looked back and saw the whole Chasm collapse into a massive dust-cloud. Righteous Light came back up to Shining Armor and demanded what happened.

"Okay! You want to explain to me why I saw the whole Chasm collapse and a massive dragon flying out?!"

"Dragon?", Shining asked after breathing heavily.

"Yes! Some massive dragon flew out and...where is Twilight, and our comrades?"

"Twilight was...captured. And our brothers...", Shining sniffled and a tear fell down his eye.

"No...", Righteous Light trailed,"And what of Corrosive?"

"He betrayed us."

"He what?!"

"Where are the three fillies?", Ben demanded.

"They are in the lower decks doing what ever. I don't have time to babysit. Besides, shouldn't we be more concerned of where that dragon went?"

"Hey, guys?", Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"I think that dragon is Eclipse."

"No, it can't be. But... Corrosive...oh no.", Ben muttered.

"Quick! We need to set a course for Canterlot immediately!"

Righteous Light spoke up.

"Yes! I saw the dragon head in that direction! If we can take *this* route, we can beat them there!"

"Let's go now!", Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Uh...? Anypony? Hey...", Fluttershy whispered.

"Okay, we need to give the sails full wind coverage and..."

"Hello? Anypony?"

"And then we need to..."

"Anypony? Please...?"

"Okay! Are corse for Canterlot is set! Lets-"

"CAN ANYPONY LISTEN TO ME FOR ONE FUKIN SECOND?!"

Everyone turned to Fluttershy, who was breathing heavily.

"What is it already?!", Righteous Light demanded.

"Um, it's just a massive flock of creatures heading towards us..."

Ben looked out the window and saw a dreadful sight. There was a whole swarm of Needle teeth with WINGS heading for the Zeppelin. And looking down below, Ben saw a massive lizard-like creature with four heads down below. Some of the ponies came over to the window and looked at the cloud of Needle Teeth and the lizard-monster down below.

"That's a Hydra!", Righteous Light exclaimed while pointing at the lizard beast.

"But wait. Aren't Hydras supposed ta' be much smaller?", Applejack asked.

"That's no ordinary Hydra. It's a Battle Hydra. Look, its heads are encased in golden armor."

They stared at the Hydra for a few seconds before everypony realized something. The Zeppelin was at a rather low altitude, therefore, the massive Hydra was clearly in view from below. Seeing the immediate approaching danger, Ben shouted over everypony.

"WE GOT A FORCE INBOUND!"

"RIGHT! EVERYPONY TO BATTLE STATIONS!", Shining yelled.

The Elements just stood there looking confused.

"Ugh, it means to load the cannons! Can you do that?"

The Elements nodded and they climbed up the stairs to find the stair case to the lower decks. Shining and Righteous went upstairs, but Ben stopped Fluttershy before she could head up.

"Why didn't you tell us before?"

Fluttershy's eye twitched.

--

The Elements were at works with the battle systems. Rarity and Applejack loaded the cannons with grapeshot (Rarity was disgusted by the gunpowder ruining her coat, again.), Rainbow Dash was keeping a look-out, Fluttershy was looking in every direction nervously, Pinkie Pie had added her Party Cannon to the arsenal, and Shining and Righteous were on the top deck. Ben walked up to them.

"Well, its good that you're a Captain. At least I'm sure you've fought a whole army close up before."

"Uh...actually, this is my first time fighting a force without any back up and being out numbered 500-1."

"Well, I guess I'm in charge."

Righteous was about to say something, but Shining cut him off.

"Let him. He knows what he's doing."

Ben walked around the ship making sure that every cannon was loaded, all battle scenarios were thought of, and kept a visual on the approaching enemy. Sure, the Zeppelin was heading for Canterlot, but the enemy forces were bound to be here within a minute. Suddenly, a pillar of fire rose from the surface and barely skinned the fire-proof wood of the Zeppelin. Ben hit the deck, and so did the guards. Ben looked over the side and found the Battle Hydra with one of its mouths open. Another mouth opened and this time, an arc of electricity was shot out and skinned the bottom of the Zeppelin. The airship rocked, and Rarity and Applejack fell forwards. Ben staggered and glared down at the Hydra.

"I'll take care of the ugly thing! By the time I get back, the swarm should be at least five minutes away from the range from our cannons."

"Are you sure about this Ben?!", Shining yelled while another arc of electricity struck the airship, sending everypony on boards tumbling.

"Don't worry! I have Gundam power!"

"What?!"

Ben ignited his rocket pack and shot downwards.

"What did he say?!", Righteous Light shouted.

"I think he said he has Gangnam power!"

Shining Armor did what Ben wanted and continued to check the statistics of the ship. Rainbow Dash however had noticed Ben's departure towards the Hydra, and bit her lip.

She hoped that he would be okay...

WHO! Sorry about the delay. I have been fighting some writer's block at the moment. Anyways, the next parts will be so freaking epic, that Chuck Norris himself will look at this story, nod with approval, then roundhouse kick me in the face for doing such a good job. I will die the happiest person on Earth. But, who says there's no such thing as continuing my story in heaven! Or hell, which ever I get sent to. I hope for the first option. And once again, I AM NOT RELIGIOUS.

Fire in the Sky

Ben spired downwards, heading for the roaring monstrosity that opened one of its mouths. It roared and a pure blue beam shot out and speed towards Ben. He dodged to the right and felt a chill come across the air as the beam passed. Suddenly, his wings bean to falter, and he found frost growing on the wings.

"Not good."

Ben lost his course and he strained to defrost his wings. He tried to pound on them, but he only hurt his hand over the metal. He tried to raise his wings, and flap them down. That had better results. The frost shattered off of his wings, and Ben sped down towards the hulking beast. One of the heads began to collect electricity from its body, and suddenly, it realized it and sent a massive volt at Ben. Out of instinct, Ben held up his wings and the lightning was absorbed into it.

"Systems operating at 500%.", Safeguard notified.

"How about that?", Ben grinned.

Ben drew one of his Buster Rifles and aimed it down at the Hydra. Weapons systems came online and the calculated path of the beam was projected.

"Ready to fire, Ben."

"Fire."

GLA-ZERK!

The beam shot out and this time, with the added energy, it became a massive beacon of death. In one giant white flash, one of the Hydra's heads were gone. The beast roared in agony at the bloody slab of meat that remained of one of its necks, and Ben shot downwards. He inter-wove between the necks of the Hydra, and activated the Gatling gun system.

"Vulcan 20mm gun system engaged"

"Light em' up, Safeguard."

The Gatling guns began to spin, making an easy breeze flow on Ben's face. Then, the wind was all swept away as the six-barreled guns began emptying lead on the Hydra. Tracers shone through the sky and thousands of shells were thrown out the side of the guns. Ben kept a steady backwards pace as the barrage continued. Eventually, the guns' barrels began to turn a bright red, and the fire rate began to decrease, indicating that the guns were over heating. The 20mm cannons stopped firing, but kept spinning. Smoke filled the area that Ben had fired upon, and no movement was seen by him. Flashing brief grin at the smoke, Ben turned around and looked at the Zeppelin. Now, he had to get back, and defend from the incoming flock of winged Needle Teeth. Ben activated his boosters, but something grabbed one of his wings, and pulled him downwards. Ben's arms flailed as he was yanked backwards, and he turned his head. The Hydra was still alive, despite the Gatling gun blast.

"Oh shit!", Ben shouted as he was jerked. He looked behind him and found one of the heads clamping its teeth down on his wing.

"Funny, I thought I killed you."

Ben ripped his wing from the Hydra's mouth and slashed. In a shower of blood, one of the Hydra's heads fell downwards towards the ground, decapitated from its neck. The beast staggered backwards, then began to twitch. Ben stared in puzzlement as the Hydra's neck suddenly split in two, then grow its skin back. Two heads began to form in the most disgusting way that could be witnessed. Ben cringed as two meaty slabs entered from its neck, then roar.

"Shit, greek mythology. You decapitate one head, two grow back."

Suddenly, one of the heads reared up and spat a wad of green slime at Ben. He could not react in time, and the slime splattered against his chest. Immediately, Ben felt a burning sensation in the middle of his chest. He looked down at the slime on his chest, and realized that it was acid. Eyes widening, he began to fly in a corkscrew to rid himself of the melting toxin. As a last resort, Ben just wiped the acid off with his hands. Sure it stung like a mofo, but it effectively ridded Ben of the acid. Ben looked downwards, and found the fire-breathing head opening its mouth. Ben dived downwards and wrapped the wings around himself as the flames barreled towards him. Once again, the wings did their job and allowed the flames to spread around the metal appendages and he dived faster. Once he was at the right distance, he spread his wings to decelerate and readied his missile rack. The targeting eyepiece locked onto the head that produced an ice beam and readied a bunker buster missile. The lock acquisition sound blared and Ben fired the missile. The ordinance ejected and lit up as it sailed towards the Hydra. The beast looked upwards at the smoking tail of the missile and roared at the sky. Realizing its blunder too late, the missile sailed down the ice producing head's mouth and turned it into a massive gore splatter. The missile detonated and a shower of blood splattered Ben. Feeling disgusted, he wiped the blood from his face, and opened his eyes to find one of the heads lashing out towards Ben. Reaction time dwindling, Ben could only flex his wings to the jaws of the Hydra, and prevented them from clamping down on him. Ben strained to keep the jaws apart, and Safeguard groaned as the pressure increased.

"Ben! I can't keep this up for any longer!"

"Just...keep...pushing!"

Then, the Hydra's jaws clamped shut and Ben found nothing but darkness.

--

"Where's Ben?!", SHining Armor demanded. Righteous Light had witnessed everything from a pair of binoculars and turned around to face the unicorn captain.

"He...the Hydra ate him...", Righteous Light muttered.

Shining gasped as he galloped over to the deck of the Zeppelin. He found the Hydra waving its only three necks around. Shining couldn't believe his eyes. Ben was gone.

"What happened?!", Rainbow Dash suddenly came over to Shining upon hearing Ben's name mentioned. Shining pointed down at the Hydra. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash knew what he meant.

"No...he's okay! I know it!", Rainbow Dash screamed. Shining Armor could not bare to look at Rainbow Dash. She was crying, and despite what he knew about the Wonderbolt wannabe, he completely felt that all of her bravery had been lost to Ben's death. Now, he knew that she had feelings for him. Now, seeing Ben gone, rage and hatred filled his eyes and he marched down to the cannon loading bay where Applejack and Rarity loaded in the last cannon ball.

"Oh! Shinin', we were wonderin' when you would-"

"Applejack, Rarity, aim all cannons at the Battle Hydra down below."

"Wait, didn't you say we should 'save the ammunition for the incoming flock'?", Rarity questioned, obviously not used to battle strategies, therefore saying it with a bit of confusion at the last part.

"I said to aim all the cannons down at the Hydra."

The farm girl and the fasionista were rather shocked at the multitude at the honorable and the kind captain's voice.

"At my mark, use your magic to pull this string with your magic, Rarity. It will activate all of the cannons and make them all fire. Got it?"

"Uh, I think so..."

Before Rarity could finish, Shining stormed upstairs and took his spy glass. He observed the Hydra glaring up at the Zeppelin.

"Now to finish what Ben started..."

He raised his hoof.

"Ready...!"

The latches opened on the side of the ship and every cannon jutted out.

"Aim...!"

Applejack made sure that all of the cannons were directed towards the Hydra. She couldn't help but feel sorry for Shining. She had never seen him act like this. Rarity shared the same feelings, but she had the string in the grip of her magic. She waited for Shining's order to fire.

"Fi-"

Shining Armor's order was abruptly interrupted when the Hydra roared in agony. Applejack and Rarity stopped what they were doing, and looked out of one cannon bay window, Pinkie pie hopped over to a window and peered outside, Fluttershy had gotten over her fear and poked out of a barrel, Righteous Light looked downwards, and Rainbow Dash flew up and stared down at the Hydra roaring in pain.

"What in the name of-", Shining Armor was cut off by seeing the Hydra's stomach get blown outwards, spewing blood and bile all over the ground. Suddenly, a grey blur flew out of the Hydra's stomach and took a coil of intestines in its grip. The ponies realized that it was Ben, and stared in shock.

What Ben did next made nearly everypony freeze with horror.

The blur took the coil of intestines and literally strangled one of the heads with the rope-like guts. One of the other heads opened its mouth, but Ben drew one of his Buster Rifles and shot it at the head, making it explode into a million bits. Ben continued the choking onslaught against the head, and another head rose and attempted to take a bite out of Ben. Ben angled his other Buster Rifle at the head and fired. Blood erupted and splattered Ben in the face. Ben now looked back to the head that he was strangling, and he found its eyes tearing up, as if pleading for Ben to stop.

But Ben knew what he had to go through to this point.

He tightened his grip on the coils and stretched them outwards. The Hydra gagged and it struggled to get free. Ben pulled tighter and a *SNAP!* was heard. Ben opened his eyes and found the Hydra staring at him with stone-solid eyes, and its tongue was hanging out. Ben released his grip on the Hydra and he suddenly realized what he had done.

He traveled to the stomach, ripped his way out, took the monster's own guts, and killed it with them.

Ben stumbled backwards after realization punched him in the face. He looked down at his hands and found that they were covered in blood and bits of the guts that he killed the Hydra with. Ben felt like he could pass out, but he mustered enough strength to activate his wings and fly back to the Zeppelin. Ben just could not believe what he did. He was just as bad as the other murderers back on Earth. And nothing had ever displayed as much brutality as he did on another planet, with a species what had near to no experience with war. Ben flew back to the massive airship and touched down. He looked around and he was immediately greeted by the Elements, who wore the brightest smiles on their faces. But, Ben could not shake the idea of what he did to the beast in his mind. The Elements pulled him into an embrace and they all were so thankful that one human was alive.

Ben couldn't help but smile.

Then, the Elements pulled away after realizing that Ben was covered in bile in blood. Rarity freaked out. But Ben still found Rainbow Dash clinging on to him. She had tears in her eyes and she kept sniffling and smiling. Then, Ben remembered why he did that to the beast. He was literally sliding down the throat of the Hydra, and he blacked out when he reached half way. His life flashed before his eyes briefly, and fully for the first time. Seeing his mom and dad for the first time, seeing his brother, his childhood wonders, his friends, his teenage years, nearly getting accepted for Harvard University, his Marine service, his proud promotion to Sergeant 2nd Class, his first sight at Rainbow Dash, waking up again, meeting the Elements, the party, the nightmares, and now...

...he saw Rainbow Dash's beautiful face, smiling down at him as he plunged down into the Hydra...

"Ben? Do you really feel this way about me...?"

"Of course I do Dashie.........."

Ben plunged down even lower. Until he hit the wet stomach interior. He could feel burning all around him.

"No..."

Ben stood up.

"I will not..."

Ben's wings flexed outwards and flicked off the bile.

"...die..."

He angled his wings.

"...after coming THIS FAR IN EQUESTRIA!!!!!"

"YAARRRRRRRRRRGH!", Ben screamed as he slashed and slash everything he saw. His wings had become black with a dark aura that surrounded them, and his targeting reticle had gone blank. Then...everything became a blur.

The next thing he knew, he was staring back down into Rainbow Dash's crying face as she hugged him as hard as a bear. She kept sniffling. Then, she looked up and opened her eyes. Ben's eyes meet hers and Rainbow Dash smiled. Ben would have done anything to see Rainbow Dash smile like that. Then, Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and gently pursed her lips. She started to lean forwards and Ben realized what she was going to do. Closing his eyes, he leaned closer to Rainbow Dash. Ben had waited for a moment like this his whole life, and Rainbow dash never thought that she would ever kiss somepony. Especially a human like Ben. Applejack was smiling, yet felt a little disappointed but quickly wiped it away, Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down with joy, Rarity was bawling dramatically, Fluttershy was blushing at the display, and the guards could not help but watch. They moved closer and closer until...

RARRRRRRRRRRGH!

A massive screech sliced through the sky like a hot knife on butter. Ben and Rainbow Dash stumbled backwards and hit the deck. The guard immediately cut their viewing and looked at the shy. The cloud of winged Needle Teeth were drawing dangerously near.

"Rarity! Applejack! Get to the cannon loading room, and prepare for a starboard broadside!", Shining Armor ordered.

"What?!", they both said in unison. Shining Armor groaned.

"Prepare to fire all of the cannons on the right side of the ship!"

"Well tell us earlier!", Applejack fumed. Shining Armor could not help but facehoof. Amidst the confusion and orders, Ben recovered from his fall on his back. He saw Rainbow Dash getting up and approached her to help, but she just opened her eyes wide at him and flew away. Ben stared at her fleeing shape. Was she ashamed that she nearly kissed him? Ben shook his head. He had much bigger dangers on his mind. Say, the huge flock of Needle Teeth heading for the airship? Ben got to the side of the ship and activated his Gatling guns.

"Loading in 20mm flak ammunition.", Safeguard announced.

"Thanks mate."

"Oh, and I apologize about what happened back there"

"Don't rub it in, douche."

The swarm of Needle Teeth began to draw closer, and closer. Ben's Gatling cannons began to rev up as Shining Armor shouted:

"FIRE BROADSIDE STARBOARD!"

The entire Zeppelin lurched to the left as every cannon on the right side fired. Thousands of grapeshot spheres were sent flying through the sky. Everypony stumbled as they watched at least a large portion of the swarm drop like flies. Ben's Gatling guns have reached their top speed and were ready to fire to full effect.

"Safeguard, light em' up."

"Lighting."

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

The guns started as a buzzing noise that pretty much sounded like a swarm of bees on steroids. Black explosions of shrapnel began to explode around the swarm, causing them to scatter and dive to avoid the deadly anti-aircraft rounds. More and more Needle Teeth fell towards the ground. Suddenly, they suddenly gave way to a large winged lizard creature, that produced a roar with such ferocity, it riddled the airship.

"Dragon!", Shining Armor yelled.

The creature dived downwards towards the ship and shot out a ball of pure fire. The sphere of incineration smashed into the deck, which was not breached, nor lit up. But, Ben and Shining Armor barely had enough time to dodge the blast, and Righteous Light found himself hiding behind the wrong cover: a barrel filled to the brim with gunpowder. He stared wide eyed at the barrel and kicked it away as fast as he could. The barrel only traveled a few meters before it ignited and detonated. Righteous Light was thrown against the wall of a cabin and smashed right through it. Shining Armor recovered and drew his short sword. He charged at the beast that was drawing closer to Righteous Light, who was currently smashed into the cabin. Shining Armor leaped up and stabbed his blade into the dragon's back. The beast roared with pain and flew upwards to get away from the Zeppelin. Shining Armor drew his sword from the dragon's back, causing blood to spray, and impaled it back in. The dragon roared once again and turned its head to glare at Shining. It opened its mouth and a stream of blue fire exited out with tremendous velocity. Shining Armor leapt up in panic and the flames barely singed his hooves. He landed down and tried to draw his sword, but the blast of fire had scathed the sword. Shining Armor gave a yelp in the sense his sword was completely heated up. Ben was watching all of this until he got an idea.

"Shining! Get the dragon to expose its belly!"

Shining Armor must have heard Ben's request, but found it difficult to handle, as he was practically riding a mechanical bull that was set on "IMA FUK U UP" mode. Ben looked back at Righteous Light, who wasn't moving through the wreckage of the cabin. Ben rushed towards his body and picked him up. A small stream of blood was flowing through his mouth, and he had multiple splinter wounds.

"Where the fuck is Fluttershy?!", Ben gritted through his teeth. He found her where he expected her: in a barrel cringing up through the entire fighting.

"Hey! Fluttershy! Take Righteous Light to the lower decks where Applejack and Rarity are!"

Fluttershy mustered enough courage to crawl out of the barrel and pick up Righteous Light. Immediately, she looked at his barely breathing body and found herself growing pale.

"Come on Flutters, just get him down there and he'll be okay."

"Um...okay."

She nodded and levitated off the ground with her wings as she headed downstairs. Ben turned his attention towards Shining Armor clinging on the dragon for his dear life.

"Hey! A little help here?!", Shining shouted as the dragon pulled into a corkscrew. Ben charged towards the edge of the deck and drew both of his Buster Rifles and connected them into the Buster Cannon. Making sure he had firm footing, he called out to Shining Armor.

"Make the dragon come towards the Zeppelin and pull him up at the last second!", Ben commanded while his cannon charged up.

Shining Armor must have heard Ben's request, because he plunged the sword deeper into the dragon's back, causing it to veer off course and head directly for the airship. It came closer, and closer, and closer until the dragon pulled upwards.

"Shining! Teleport!"

A flash appeared on the dragon's back, and Ben had successfully locked on.

Ben pulled the trigger.

The Buster Cannon shot out a blast of white light, and the next thing Ben knew, the dragon was falling down towards Equestria, with a massive hole punched through its chest. Ben staggered upwards to regain his footing due to the cannon's redonkulous kickback. Ben turned around and found Shining Armor getting to his feet, and regurgitate into a barrel.

"Ugh, you have no idea what it's like on a dragon's back. And with the added teleportation, I don't think I feel so well."

Ben just kept looking up.

"Are you listening to me?"

"Yes, and I hope you fell better, cause here comes the swarm on portside."

Shining looked up and found a huge cloud of winged Needle Teeth diving down towards the air ship. He opened his eyes wide and dashed towards a control console. He pushed a big red button and a large turreted cannon rose out of the deck. Upon closer observation, the coon was very thin, and a wick of flame came from another point and burned in front of the barrel.

"Is that what I think that is?"

"Yep, a fire cannon. Great for deck defense, and the one of the many reasons this ship is fire proof."

Ben was about to reply, until he saw the first wave of Needle Teeth drop down. Already, he could tell that the Needle Teeth bore weapons, such as swords, axes, maces, and various other killing tools. They touched down and snarled at Shining Armor, who was manning the fire cannon. Shining Armor got a glint in his eye, and Ben smiled.

"SHINING ARMOR! KILL THEM WITH FIRE!!!!!!"

Shining Armor laughed maniacally as a jet of flames erupted from the cannon. The Needle Teeth screeched with agony as the flames rolled over them and sent them ablaze. Shining Armor kept spraying flames on the creatures until they became shriveled up and burnt to a crisp. Immediately, more weapon-wielding Needle Teeth dropped down on the deck. Shining Armor just leveled the fire cannon towards them and smiled.

"Wow, first time shooting this thing, and I'm having the time of my life."

FWOOOOOOOSH!

Ben turned his attention to numerous more Needle Teeth landing on the deck of the ship behind him. Ben turned around and angled his wings. One Needle Tooth carelessly leapt forward, and was hacked in half by a quick slice of Ben's wings. Ben activated his Gatling cannons, and began spraying rounds in front of him. Two Needle Teeth were mowed down into a bloody heap, but four others leapt up and attempted to slice from above. They landed round him and closed in, but Ben just spun like a windmill, and so did his wings. In a second later, they were falling off the edge of the deck, split in two. Ben was about to turn around, until he heard a crack, and a Needle Tooth flailed off the ship, apparently with both wings broken. Ben turned around and found Rainbow Dash, with both hind legs in a bucking position. She staggered to regain her footing, and flashed one of those "u owe me now" smiles.

"Okay, thanks.", Ben smiled.

Rainbow Dash smiled at Ben, but she was quickly interrupted when Ben drew his Buster Rifle and fired a shot right over Rainbow Dash's head. A Needle Tooth hit the ground with its head missing.

"Phew, that was close."

Then, another Needle Tooth dive-bombed Ben and Rainbow Dash. Dash kicked the Needle Tooth to the side, and Ben fired off another blast.

"It's getting too dangerous here! Get to the lower decks!"

"But I want to stay here and fight!"

"GO!"

Ben couldn't even finish what he was going to say when another Needle Tooth slashed him in the back. Ben's wings blocked the slash and beheaded the monster. Rainbow Dash now complied and headed down to the lower decks.

--

"Wow, what do you think is going on up there?"

"Well, I think they're fighting something! I wanna go see!"

"Maybe it's best we don't go up there Scootaloo."

"Oh come on! Don't you wanna see Rainbow Dash getting whatever's up there's flanks handed to them?"

"Scootaloo! Watch your darn' language!"

"I can say what ever I want Applebloom. And I say we should go up there and watch what's happening!"

"No, don't you remember what that guard said? "STAY". So that's what we should do. Besides, Rarity would be so mad at me..."

"Pfffft, it's only for a few seconds. That's all."

Right as Scootaloo stepped on the first stair plank, the window next to Applebloom and Sweetiebell smashed open into millions of tiny pieces. A black figure crashed into a crate as the two other fillies screamed and ran towards Scootaloo. The three fillies grabbed each other and huddled up in fear. The black figure rose from the demolished crate and turned around. What the fillies saw of it was horrifying. The creature stood on two legs, like a minotaur, and had black leathery skin. It had no eyes, and it was sporting razor sharp claws. But what the fillies found completely terrifying was its mouth. The creature bared its teeth, which were practically syringes and had green slime forming around them. Upon even closer observation, the teeth seemed to be producing the green slime. The fillies tried to back up against the wall as the creature drew two swords from its back, and folded away its wings. The beast hissed and raised one of its blades. The Cutie Mark Crusaders screamed as they leapt away in different directions, causing the monster to miss calculate its swings and embed its sword into the wooden floor. The monster yanked his sword loose, and found the fillies nowhere to be found. Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetiebell had gone their opposite directions out of panic. They ran through the rather spacious cargo hold as fast as their little legs could travel. Their hearts pounded and they kept looking back to see fi the monster was on their trail, but they found nothing. They each breathed a sigh of relief when they nearly ran into each other at an intersection. They watched around each other for a solid minute, then they relaxed a little.

"Whew. What was that thing?", Sweetiebell panted.

"I-I don't know. What ever it was, it was sure scary.", Applebloom breathed heavily.

"Um, what is this?", Scootaloo asked. She pointed to four drops of green slime on the ground din the center of them. Then, another drop fell down, making it five drops of ooze.

The fillies looked up.

There, hanging on the ceiling, was the same monster that chased them before. It bared its teeth, then dropped one of its swords in hopes to skewer a filly. Sweetiebell jumped back, and the blade jabbed into the wooden floor inches away from her nose. A screech filled the air as the monster leaped down and impacted in the middle of the Crusaders. The monster screamed maniacally as it began swinging its swords around. The fillies shrieked once again as they ran for their lives. Boxes and crates were being sliced in half and into splinters. The fillies galloped away from the monster as it screeched and gave pursuit via ceiling.

"Sweetiebell, did your mane get a little shorter?!", Scootaloo asked as she tried to flutter her wings to gain speed. Sweetiebell reached up and padded her mane with her hoof. Applebloom looked up and found a chunk of Sweetiebell's mane cleaved away.

"What?! Rarity's going to be so mad at me..."

"You're worried about Rarity in a time like this?! That monster is going to hack us to pieces!"

Right on cue, the beast leapt down from the ceiling and growled in front of them. The fillies screamed and ran the other way, only to be blocked by a large crate. They looked around and found no possible means of escaping. The creature laughed.

"Why must you leave so soon...? I was about to skin you alive...", the black monster barely spoke through its needle like teeth.

The fillies cringed in pure fear as the monster raised one of its swords. Suddenly, a trail of multi-colors smashed into the creature, sending it crashing out the window. The three were blinded for a short time due to the colors, but it faded into a familiar cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail.

"Rainbow Dash!", Scootaloo lit up with wonder.

"You okay squirt? Are any of you hurt?", Rainbow Dash began looking at everypony to see if any were hurt.

"Not unless you count Sweetiebell's mane...", Applebloom smiled. Sweetiebell was not amused. Out of no where, the same black creature came right back into the cargo hold and tackled down Rainbow Dash. Screaming was heard from the fillies as Rainbow Dash opened her eyes to see the same winged Needle Tooth with its sword drawn, inching over her neck. The Needle tooth attempted to jab the sword into Rainbow Dash, but she kicked the creature off with one of her hooves. The Needle Tooth flipped backwards and landed on its feet perfectly. It drew both of its swords and Rainbow Dash snorted.

"Alright ugly. You and me. Let's go. Right here, right now."

"Let's..."

The creature barreled towards Rainbow Dash with both swords spinning through the air.

An Empire Falls (Edited, read the end)

The Needle Tooth Elite sailed through the air and emitted a low whining sound as the blades sliced through the air. Fearing her imminent fate of she did not take action, Rainbow Dash rolled to the left and barely avoided getting her coat skinned off by one of the Elite's swords. Frustrated with slashing nothing, the Needle Tooth sliced to its right and caught Rainbow Dash by her left hind leg. Rainbow Dash yelped in pain as her leg began to feel warm and wet. She looked upwards, the and Needle Tooth was skittering across the ceiling like an enraged spider. It leapt down attempted to skewer the pegasus. Rainbow Dash however found a rather small crate at her side as she was galloping away from the Elite. She positioned herself accordingly, took half of a second to find her target, drew in her two hind legs, and gave the hardest back she could ever attempt in her lifetime at up to this moment. The crate was sent airborne at the already airborne Needle Tooth. Seeing no way to avoid the incoming projectile, the monster braced itself for impact. The crate smashed into tiny splinters, drew the Needle Tooth off-course and sent it crashing down into another larger crate. Splinters were sent flying as Rainbow Dash found the Cutie Mark Crusaders holed up next to another large crate. She touched down gently, and stumbled due to her leg injury.

"There you fillies are. Look, I want to to go for the exit as quietly and as fast as you can. When you get outside, run for Shining Armor's cabin. Okay?", Rainbow Dash pleaded.

The fillies nodded.

"Okay, be safe and-"

Rainbow Dash's last sentence was interrupted by the Needle Tooth locating her and tackling her down to the ground. The two rolled on the splintering wood surface.

"Rainbow Dash!", Scootaloo screamed as the Needle Tooth towered over her.

"GO!", Rainbow Dash demanded. The fillies turned and ran as fast as their little legs could carry them. Rainbow Dash looked up just in time to see the monster slash her chest open with its five-inch long scythe-like claws. Blood flew as the pegasus screamed in pain. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes with a much more enraged looked and sent the attacker off of her with a powerful kick with both of her hind legs. Rainbow Dash stumbled upwards and began to feel unnaturally tired. Dash's vision began to get more and more burry as time passed, and after a while, everything seemed distorted.  The only thing that she could see clearly was the Needle Tooth lunging again and preforming a much more dangerous attack.

The Needle Tooth Elite sank its teeth into Rainbow Dash.

If Rainbow Dash had ever felt great pain in her life, nothing prepared her for this moment. Ten complete seconds of pure agony and burning. As Rainbow Dash squirmed, the monster held its grip tighter and meshed its teeth around. The pegasus then felt something else adding to the pain. Something was being ejected into her. The Needle Tooth Elite let go gently and formed a sickening smile with its mouth. Green slime formed around the borders of its teeth, and it drew one of its swords.

"Master will be very pleased of my trophy from the Element of Loyalty."

The sword inched for Rainbow Dash's neck. The pegusus could only close here eyes as the venom was taking effect by keeping her still. Out of nowhere, a yellow blur rushed up to the Needle Tooth, ran up a slanted crate, and shoved both of its legs into the monster. Applebloom flipped backwards and did a curtsy much like her sister's. The Needle Tooth stumbled backwards.

"You puny whelp!", The Needle Tooth Elite growled. Then, a sword rack behind the monster began to glow. Two blades levitated off of the rack and angled themselves to attack the Needle tooth. Rainbow Dash turned to see the source of magic, and found Sweetiebell straining to use her horn. Sweat was beading on her forehead and she could hardly keep the swords up. The Needle Tooth saw through his non-existant eyes and jumped upwards the avoid the blades charging at him. Its dodge was successful, and the two swords flew underneath. Realizing this, Sweetiebell strained even harder to reverse the direction of the blades, and send them back hurtling at the Needle Tooth. This time, collision was unavoidable. The monster gave an eerie and horridness screech as its wings were sliced clean off. Black blood gushed out like a river. The two fillies screamed and drew backwards at the sight. However, one didn't, and she had a score to settle. Scootaloo used all of her might to get her tiny wings fluttering rapidly. Through the corners of Rainbow Dash's failing vision, she saw Scootaloo levitating off the ground ever so slightly. Scootaloo lunged with great velocity at the Needle Tooth and smashed it straight in the chest. Due to the fact that the Needle Tooth was just recovering from getting its wings slashed off, Scootaloo managed to knock it off its feet and send it sailing towards a window. The monster crashed right through and screamed as it fell towards Equestria.

"Way to go squirt...", Rainbow Dash smiled as she began to fade away.

"Omigosh! She doesn't look so good.", Scootaloo panicked.

"Come on Crusaders! We have ta' take her to Shinin'!", Applebloom said through her fatigue. The other crusaders got underneath Rainbow Dash and lifted her up with all of the strength they had. They slowly climbed up the wooden steps with the weight of Rainbow Dash and reached the upper deck. Immediately, they saw the battle field in the sky before them.

Cannons erupted from the massive airship and shot down more and more creatures. Ben's Gatling cannons were bearing extreme effect against the enemy, but the Crusaders could see him getting worn-down. The buzzing stopped as Ben's guns were overheating. He turned around and stared wide-eyed at the Cutie Mark Crusaders who were trying to lift Rainbow Dash. With one flap of his massive wings, Ben landed next to the fillies and the pegasus.

"Holy shit! What happened?!", Ben demanded.

"One of those monsters bit her. I don't know what's wrong with her.", Scootaloo replied.

Ben carefully turned Rainbow Dash over and saw the bite mark. Already, he could tell it was the source of the problem. It was oozing out green slime and it smelled like death. Ben waved his hand in front of his nose to try and cancel the smell. Then, Ben looked at the fillies, who still seemed quite shaken up.

"Are you three okay?"

"Yeah, we're fine. What are ya' goin' to do with Rainbow Dash?", Applebloom wondered.

"Give her here. I need to take her. You fillies get to Shining Armor's cabin and look yourselves in."

"Alright!", the fillies shouted in unison.

Upon seeing the fillies flee the battlefield, one said, "Cutie Mark Crusader Life Savers YAY!"

Ben looked down at Rainbow Dash. She was turning pale and it drove a katana into Ben's heart to see her like this.

"Hold on Dashie."

Ben began to make pace across the deck of the ship and found three Needle Teeth blocking his path and slowly walking towards him, swords raised. Ben pulled out his lucky M9 from his hip and fired bullet after bullet at the monsters. One by one they fell, until the last one jumped up and slashed with one of its swords. Ben stumbled back slightly to avoid getting his face cut off and fired a bullet directly into the Needle Tooth's head. Black blood splattered out and Ben pressed on. Shining Armor stabbed down a Needle Tooth and found Ben trying to carry Rainbow dash amongst the battle raging on around them.

"Righteous Light! Protect Benjamin!"

Righteous Light kicked off a Needle Tooth with both wings severed from it and acknowledged the order. He rushed towards Ben and Rainbow Dash and shot down a Needle Tooth from the air with a bolt of magic. He got around the human and the out-cold pegasus and signaled them to come into this direction with a point of his hoof. Ben managed to exit the upper deck and began to step down the wooden staircase to the next floor down. He kicked open the door to the nearest room and set Rainbow Dash down on a bed that was lining one of the walls. He positioned her accordingly on the cot and stepped away from her. He stared down at her pale body and leaned down to her. He began to stroke her mane and put his chest to her heart. After a few seconds, Ben felt her chest twitch and drew his head upwards. To his surprise, Rainbow Dash opened her eyes slowly and turned her head to her side. Her passive look faded into a smile and she reached for Ben's hand. Ben opened his fingers and Rainbow Dash's hoof slid in. To Ben, her hand was warm and had a funny feeling to it. He guessed it was her fur, but he let go, which disappointed Rainbow Dash.

"Sorry, but I have to take a look at you."

Ben rose one of Rainbow Dash's forelegs and examined the bite mark. it was still dripping green slime, which Ben guessed was a venom of some sort.

"This came from a Needle Tooth?"

Rainbow Dash nodded.

"Hmmm...I need to go up to the deck and finish off the remaining monsters. Then, Shining and Righteous need to get a look at you. Hang on. Okay?", Ben muttered. Rainbow Dash nodded slightly and closed her eyes. Ben got up and gently shut the door behind him. He looked down the hallway, advanced down it, and walked out to the upper deck. More flak was exploding around the sky, and the enemy was in much smaller numbers than before. Ben still had a job to do. His wings shot out for his back and his 20mm Vulcan Gun System began spraying lead into the air.

--

"My Lord, I must ask why we are straying away from our path from Canterlot.", Corrosive spoke without shifting his eyes to bearer of The Elements Of Corruption as they shot across the sky at super-sonic speeds.

Eclipse narrowed his eyes underneath his mask. Specifically, the mask was an Oni face, something that clearly gave intimidation.

"If any of my other subjects asked such an inferior question, I would splice their internals. But, I need you for my plans, and I promised you that after my raze of Equestria, I would build up my ideal world and make you and Rainbow Dash the last surviving Equestrians."

Corrosive smiled at the picture of him and Rainbow Dash as the last two ponies.

"And...you swore to erase her memory. Right?"

"Of course, my pawn.", Eclipse smiled underneath his mask.

Corrosive could not stand that "human" thing around his love. He knew that he was in love with her, and he had to kill him.

"Eclipse, I would like to kill the human."

"Celestia's pet you mean? Fine. I have no use to kill it."

Corrosive looked at his hoof and glared at it.

"Now, if you must know the reason we have diverted from out path, is due to the fact I need to receive as much magic as possible to transform into my true self."

"Where would that be my lord?"

"In a kingdom of crystals..."

"The Crystal Empire?"

"Yes. It has been quite a while since I have seen Equestria. It has been quite a while since my empire had fallen due to my sisters."

The dragon-pegasus hybrid and the deity of corruption flew faster until a faint pink dome came onto the horizon. Immediately, Eclipse slowed his flight speed, and Corrosive did the same. They touched down on the new grass lands outside the Crystal Empire. Eclipse slowly walked forward and snarled in disgust.

"What is this?! The Crystal Empire is a land of slavery!"

"My lord, The unicorn, Shining Armor and his wife, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza had prevented another attack on the crystal kingdom when Sombra had attempted a take-over."

"Wait, who was this "Shining Armor's" wife?"

"Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Why is it your concern my lord?"

Eclipse smashed his cracked hoof into the ground, making a tiny fissure appear on the grass.

"It is my concern due to the fact that she is my niece. So yes...IT IS OF MY CONCERN!", Eclipse lashed out at Corrosive and grabbed him with one hoof. The dragon-pegasus hybrid gagged and padded Eclipse's forearm to let go. Eclipse forcefully slammed Corrosive into the ground and smiled into the sky.

"My niece now runs this empire, the better for me. Come, we attack now."

"My lord, is it wise was attack without an army to support us?"

"Don't you get it? Equestria is WEAK!", Eclipse growled as he trudged forwards toward the pink shield over the kingdom of crystals. He simply trudged up towards the edge of the shield and peered inside. Ponies of crystalline structure were trotting around without a worry to their lives. Unaware that the deity of corruption was right at the shield, the only thing isolating him from the city.

"Corrosive, attack that pathetic shield."

"As you wish, my lord."

Corrosive lunged upwards, and his dragon-like wings spread and sent him hurtling upwards. He reached maximum altitude and he hovered over his target. With a closing of his wings, he dived down and flexed out one of his hooves to preform a malevolent strike.

--

Cadance stumbled backwards in her throne room as she was just going around and watch everypony trot around happily and do their everyday tasks. Cadance rubbed her forehead and shook it.

"Ugh. I wonder what that was all about.", she muttered to herself. Cadance poked her head out of the window and looked at the shield. However, it was not the shield that had caught her eye. Rather it was the faint silhouette of a pegasus flying upwards, trying to batter the shield. She narrowed her eyes at it as she tried to focus it out. Suddenly, the pegasus dived again and smashed into the shield with greater force. The Princess's head throbbed with pain once again and she fell to the hard, and cold crystal surface. She recovered and looked at the figure again.

"What in the name of Equestria? A pegasus can't cause that much damage to the shield. Let alone...why would it attack it?", Cadance said as she turned her head to another silhouette that seemed to be patiently waiting at the edge of the shield. Suddenly, there was no more edge to the shield. The force field suddenly shattered to pieces as the pegasus smashed straight through it. He landed on the ground and caused a panic among the civilians.

What happened next truly made the Princess panic in terror. There, standing right outside of the once-standing shield, was a much larger pony. Black coat, grey mane, and wearing some sort of hideous mask. It looked like some sort of really tall unicorn, but it spread a pair of wings and it took flight.

"I-It's an alicorn. Wait a minute, the Crystal Empire is under attack!", Cadance screamed as two guards arrived into her throne room.

"Crystal Princess Cadance, two ponies are causing massive destruction to the kingdom. One is just destroying everything, and that black unicorn is no where to be seen.", one of the guards spoke.

"Get that pegasus under control. I need every other guard to protect the Crystal Heart. It's surely what that alicorn is after."

"Alicorn?", one of the guards blinked.

"I need those orders carried out immediately.", Cadance ordered.

"Yes Princess."

The two guards rushed down the seemingly endless flight of stairs leading down to the ground. Cadance looked out a window. The pegasus was spewing out flames from its mouth and torching the civilians down below.

"What the..."

"How could a pegasus breath fire?", she thought.

Then, her attention turned to the alicorn. But, it was no where to be found. Unknown to her, it had already penetrated the castle.

--

Eclipse casually walked forward past two dead guards who had so unfortunately encountered him when they reached the bottom of a very large stairwell. Eclipse stopped in front of the crystalline castle and stared at the wall. Suddenly, Eclipse's horn glowed a blood red and a rune symbol etched itself into the air above his horn. The symbol disappeared all at once, and Eclipse phased through the wall. He took a look at his surroundings.

"Hmmm...must be the lower wells of the castle.", Eclipse growled. He continued to walk forward and began to climb a flight of stairs. He reached the next floor, and found what he was looking for. It was a turquoise heart-shaped crystal, that Eclipse knew powered the entire empire. Something he need to gain even more power. Celestia's student wouldn't be nearly enough to reach his "true form".

"Yes...the Crystal Heart..."

Eclipse walked forwards and took a good look at the crystal.  He examined it carefully, then abruptly ripped it from its holding alter. He glared into the crystal with as much hatred as possible and muttered to himself.

"Element of Greed. Rip the very power of the Crystal Heart.", Eclipse smiled dreadfully. The crystal began to shudder. Then, a black cloud seemed to be forming inside the Crystal Heart. It began to crack and Eclipse's eyes grew in amazement. He looked down. All of his scars, wounds, and injuries began to scab over with red crystals. His body began to grow crystals all over him as the Crystal Heart was ripped of its magic. Eclipse laughed maniacally as his body was now protruding crystals everywhere.

It felt good.

Eclipse smiled at the now lifeless crystal that he had stolen the magic from, and tossed it aside.

"HALT!"

Eclipse perked his head to the left and found guards pouring out of the large doorway. He looked to his right and found even more coming out of another archway. They formed up in a circle, drew their swords and shields, and pegasus guards up above aimed crossbows at Eclipse.

"Back down and we will- wait, where is the Crystal Heart?!", one of the guards began to scan around the room, and found it lying at the alicorn's hoof.

"What heart? This one?", Eclipse said with no smile. He brought up his hoof and smashed the heart to pieces. The shattered remains of the heart evaporated into Eclipse's body and he shuddered as the crystals grew even longer on his back.

"He's stolen the Crystal Heart! Pegasi, fire!"

The flying crystal ponies suddenly lost their crystal skin and looked down at themselves in shock. The same thing happened to the unicorn guards down below.

"Think nothing of it! FIRE!", the unicorn guard commanded once again. The pegasi recovered and aimed their crossbows down below. A little less than one hundred bolts were sent hurtling at Eclipse down below. Eclipse just raised an eyebrow and a blood-red shield formed over him. The bolts bounced off uselessly against the force field. Eclipse deactivated the shield and looked up at the pegasi, who were trying desperately to reload. The alicorn's horn blowed black this time and a different symbol was etched into the air. The pegasi had no time to register what happened to them, the the unicorns certainly saw what had happened. The pegasi and all of their limbs snapped in the direction they shouldn't be. Their heads recoiled backwards, their legs snapped to opposite direction, and their wings were broken in half. The lifeless bodies were just tossed aside by Eclipse's magic, and next, the unicorns pointed their spears at Eclipse.

"CHARGE!", one ordered as they all galloped forward. They angled their at Eclipse, who was drawing a new symbol into the air with his horn.

"HYAAAAHHHHH!", Eclipse shouted as a massive shockwave erupted from his position and blasted the guards out of the crystal windows. They screamed as they fell helplessly down towards the ground.

"Well, lets see what this heart allows me to do.", Eclipse muttered as he raised a hoof. The ground beneath the unicorns grew jagged black crystals that stuck out of the ground like spears. One of the unicorns actually got to see the sight on the ground and screamed even louder. One by one, blood splattered as the unicorns were impaled on the crystals . More civilians screamed down below, and were silenced by another carpet bomb of fireballs by Corrosive. His diversion had been a successes for Eclipse to get to the castle without trouble. Now, he had to find his niece.

The alicorn trudged up the stairs until he reached the top floor. He turned his head, and he found his niece, Cadance, gathering what just happened to the unicorns down below. She had lost her crystalline structure, due to the Crystal Heart loosing its magic.

"Isn't it lovely?", Eclipse smiled. Cadance whirled around and glared at Eclipse.

"You! I demand to know who you are!"

"Ah...Celestia and Luna must have wiped your memory, along with many others. No?"

"What?"

"Please, don't resist your uncle, Cadance."

"Y-your not my uncle. I never had an uncle..."

Eclipse slowly walked forward.

"You shall be another addition to my fuel for my true form.", Eclipse said as he shot out a beam of black magic at Cadance. The Princess on the other hand, intercepted it with a golden spear of magic that caused Eclipse's spell to fail.

"Hmmm...so that is how its going to be. I would hate to have to defeat my own niece."

"You won't defeat me you monster! You murdered those guards out there!"

"Enough, Cadance. Stand down."

"No!", Cadance screamed as she shot forward a sphere of golden magic. Eclipse didn't have time to react as the sphere collided with Eclipse's mask. No damage was done to it, but Eclipse was blinded and his ears rang from the sudden bang. As his vision returned, Cadance stepped away from a large chest and faced Eclipse. She was dressed in golden armor and bore a sword made entirely of diamond, a shield of gold,a nd was standing on two hooves with her wings balancing her.

"Ah, finally following in the footsteps of your warrior ancestors?"

"Shut up!", Cadance lunged forward with her sword aimed at Eclipse's chest. Eclipse aimed a well placed kick into Cadance's gut and sent her staggering back, gasping for air.

"Yes, my niece, a decedent from the Black Gem Empire King, Argoth. This is truly a battle of my standards."

Eclipse got on his twos and flexed out one hoof. A giant black Katar blade attached itself to Eclipse's hoof. The alicorn held out another hoof, and an identical Katar was attached to his other hoof. Eclipse raised both arms, and grey armor studded his body. He pointed a Katar at Cadance and growled.

"Now, a battle of the last Black Gem begins."

CADANCE VS. ECLIPSE

COMMENCE EPIC BATTLE MUSIC!

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Eclipse roared and lunged forward. He swung down both of his massive Katars, which were stopped by Cadance holding up her shield. Sparks flew as the Katars grinded on the shield and let out an ear-piercing screech. Cadance threw away Eclipse, who backflipped and landed with nearly no sound at all. Cadance's horn charged up and fire a beam of golden magic. Eclipse angled his Katars and the beam was deflected off and smashed into the ceiling. A portion collapsed and seemingly buried Eclipse. Cadance slowly approached the wreckage, and Eclipse smashed out of it. She lunged again and spun in the air, creating a spiraling blade attack. Cadance held up her shield and more sparks flew as the shield barely held against Eclipse's onslaught. She pushed Eclipse off and swung with her sword. Eclipse brought up a Katar and intercepted it, creating a very frightening "CLANG!". Cadance withdrew and swung again, only to be met by another Katar interception. Eclipse's horn glowed red and blasted Cadance right in the face. She was sent flying and crashed into the wall. She fell down and staggered to her feet, but fell flat on the ground. She tried to get up, and open her eyes, but when she did open them, she found Eclipse standing over her with a Katar in hoof. He jabbed it down, and Cadance rolled out of the way. He stabbed with the other, and Cadance dodged it again by rolling. Cadance kicked away Eclipse, who landed on the ground, as if no harm came to him. Eclipse roared again and he held out on of his Katars. His horn glowed back, and the crystals on his back turned the same color. It was at that point Cadance saw the crystals and realised that Eclipse had taken the Crystal Heart.

"Oh no."

Eclipse raised one of his Katars, and a black crystal formation erupted out of the floor. Then, more and more black crystals spouted from the ground in a pattern-like sequence and was direct towards Cadance. When the formation reached her, a massive explosion riddled the castle and black crystal shards flew everywhere. Cadance appeared with a pink forcefield around her and picked up her sword and her shield. Eclipse scowled underneath his mask and preformed another crystal magic-based spell. Three of the crystals on his back unhinged and floated upwards. They began surrounding Eclipse and began moving in a circular motion around himself. Cadance's eyes tried to keep track of how fast each crystal was moving, but found her eyes resting on one that broke away from the rest and was sent flying at her with the point aimed at her eye. Cadance's eyes widened and held up her shield. The crystal impacted and the other end stuck out the other side, indicating that the crystal had pierced the shield, but had not continued through. Eclipse sent the other two floating crystals at Cadance, who backflipped out of the way of one and knocked down the other with her sword. The other crystal of which she had dodged reversed direction and impacted itself into her back. The armor was pierced and a small stream of blood began flowing out. Cadance felt pain like never before with the crystal in her back and she glared at Eclipse.

"What do you want from me?!"

"Your magic..."

"What for?!"

Eclipse lashed out again and stabbed with both Katars at once. Cadance flipped over Eclipse's head and attempted to slash his back, but she realized too late that Eclipse had crystals growing out of his back, so her attack was useless. Eclipse reared and slashed at Cadance's neck. She ducked and the Katar barely skinned her horn. Eclipse slashed again, and Cadance parried. The Princess bashed Eclipse with her shield and sent a sphere of golden magic hurtling at Eclipse. Eclipse  could only look up as the sphere connected and sent him hurling towards a wall. Eclipse smashed a hole into it, and was dug in. Cadance came forward and held the sword at Eclipse's throat.

"Surrender, and your life will be spared.", she said calmly and in a rather sweet voice. Eclipse grunted and put a hoof on his mask.

"What are you doing?"

"This."

Eclipse ripped off his mask.

Cadance's pupils shrunk dangerously small. She stumbled backwards and her breathing seemed to slow. Eclipse put back on his Oni mask and he got up from the hole that he was buried into the wall. Eclipse took one of his Katars and spoke.

"Celestia and Luna did that to me. Must I really walk this land with such wounds?", he growled as his horn glowed once again. A symbol was etched into the air and the castle began to rumble. Eclipse smiled as Cadance returned to her senses. She tried to slash, but Eclipse's face reappeared in her mind. She was stopped and Eclipse slashed upwards. A tiny cut appeared in her armor, and the smallest trickle of blood flowed down her armor. She looked up and found crystals crashing into the floor and the entire castle collapsing on itself. Eclipse now prepared a new spell. Two beams shot out and interwove in a double-helix pattern. They collided with Cadance's forehead and smashed her out the window. Eclipse looked down and saw Corrosive fly underneath and catch the falling Princess. Eclipse looked back into the castle and found everything falling in on itself. Eclipse teleported after muttering to himself.

"As the last Black Gem is defeated."

Eclipse teleported.

"I must gain my true form."

(End Music)

--

Eclipse reappeared and looked back at the Empire from its borders. Everything was in flames and collapsed to the ground.

"My lord, she is unconscious."

Eclipse walked over. He shut his eyes under his mask and concentrated. His horn glowed and another symbol was etched into the air. Cadance suddenly disappeared and reappeared as a small amulet. Eclipse picked up the amulet with his magic and examined it. The amulet had Cadance's Cutie Mark design, much like the Crystal Heart's appearance. Eclipse placed the amulet net to another, bearing Twilight's Cutie Mark.

"What must we do now, my lord?"

Eclipse looked into the sky.

"We head for Canterlot to begin my perfect world..."

Eclipse adjusted his mask, and Corrosive for once got a close-up look at it.

It's All Fake...

Ben wiped the black blood off of his face as he sprayed the last Needle Tooth's face with lead. It fell off of the Zeppelin and Ben turned around to see Shining Armor stab down another Needle Tooth.

"Phew, that's the last of them."

"Okay Shining Armor, should we keep our course for Canterlot."

"Actually, Canterlot is only a few miles away."

Ben was rather bewildered at the speed of the seemingly massive vessel. He looked onwards and found a small white speck resting on a mountain. He suddenly though about the battle that was surely going to take place after he arrived and spoke:

"This is impossible."

--

"Don't worry Rainbow Dash, I'll take good care of you.", Fluttershy whispered while trying her best to smile amidst the situation. Fluttershy came back across the room with a sort of greenish liquid. She trudged over to Rainbow Dash's bed and brought up the liquid.

"Here, if you drink this, you'll feel much less pain.", Fluttershy said while Rainbow Dash took a hold of the open bottle with her teeth. She knocked her head back and the liquid flowed down Rainbow Dash's throat. Right when the liquid was completely swallowed, she recoiled in disgust.

"Blahg! That was the worst thing that I ever tasted Fluttershy! Ugh, the aftertaste!", Rainbow Dash pouted.

"Oh, well...I'm sorry about that. But look, your attitude is back, so I think you're feeling better."

"Huh, I guess your right. Uh, sorry and thank you Fluttershy."

Fluttershy guessed that this was pretty much what her life was meant for and she squealed with joy, she leaped onto Rainbow Dash, giving her a bear hug.

"Wha- I just said I'm sorry and thank you!"

Fluttershy opened her eyes and felt rather sheepish.

"Oops, sorry.", she said as she hovered off of Rainbow Dash. Then, a knock came on the door, and hearing where it was centered, the pony must have been a little less than 6 feet tall. Rainbow Dash motioned for Fluttershy to exit. She didn't guess why Rainbow Dash would want her to leave all of the sudden, then she remembered what Pinkie Pie said about the Rainbow Dash and Ben.

--

"Really Pinkie Pie? Is that true?", Fluttershy asked while she had a milkshake in her hooves.

"Of course it is! I mean, don't you see the two so happy with each other?", Pinkie Pie answered while she handed a bag of blueberry muffins to a grey mare with crossed eyes.

"Just a minute Fluttershy. You're welcome Ditzy Do!", Pinkie Pie shifted to who she was talking to.

"Mmmfph mmmpf mpf."

"You too! Bye-bye!", Pinkie Pie waved a hoof while Ditzy trotted for the exit looking as cheerful as always.

"So, where was I...oh yeah! So I was saying, don't you see them so happy together?"

"Well, I guess so..."

"Wait, what are you two talking about? Is it about Ben?", Ditzy asked after hearing over and setting down her bag of  muffins.

"Oh yeah! Did you know that Ben and Rainbow Dash are totally in love with each other?", Pinkie giggled.

"Really?! But, Ben is so different!", one of Ditzy's eyes moved off center.

"Oh, but they always look so happy together! And, I know for a fact that Rainbow Dash has a crush on him!"

"How do you think Ben has a crush on her?", Fluttershy asked timidly.

"Don't you remember on nightmare night? I saw them playing in some hay with each other! They were laughing and throwing hay at each other, and at one point, they were staring into each other's eyes, and had the perfect time to kiss!", Pinkie Pie squealed while she hopped up and down.

"Wow, I didn't know that Ben and Rainbow Dash actually did that. How did you know they played in some hay like that?"

"Because, I always knew that they had something for each other!"

"I never would have guess that Ben liked Rainbow Dash like that.", Ditzy said before looking at her mail list.

"Oops! I'm running late! See ya all later!", Ditzy flew out of the Sugar Cube Corner and nearly got hit by the flying ice cream truck.

"Bye Pinkie Pie. And, uh...thanks for all the information.", Fluttershy whispered.

--

Fluttershy snapped back to reality.

"Oh, okay Rainbow Dash.", she whispered with a blush on her face.

"Huh? No! That's not what I meant!", Rainbow Dash noticed the blush on her face. Before she could say anything else, Fluttershy had exited. When Fluttershy had gone out the door, Ben spoke to her quickly.

"Thank you Fluttershy. For all that you've done."

"Oh, you don't have to thank me Benjamin. That is, if its okay with you..."

"It's fine."

Ben stepped around Fluttershy and he trudged into the wooden cabin. He found Rainbow Dash on the very same bed where he had dropped her off. Ben closed the door and he walked over to Rainbow Dash. She appeared to be knocked out.

Ben approached her and he knelled down. He began to stroke her mane. But, much to Ben's surprise, she swatted away his hand.

Rainbow Dash tensed up a bit and she slunk beneath the covers.

"Rainbow Dash? What's wrong?"

"I..."

Rainbow Dash just had to let it out.

"I...I...", she started.

"I just don't want anypony to find out about us!", Rainbow Dash suddenly burst out, which made Ben stumble backwards.

"You just had to look at me that way when we were on the deck! IN FRONT OF EVERYPONY!", she screamed.

"Dashie-"

"Don't Dashie me! If anypony finds out about what's going on between you and me, MY LIFE IS RUINED! It's enough that you tried to kiss me on the bridge!", she began to get tears in her eyes. Ben tightened his glare on her.

"You were acting so different before. When I took you into here."

He got up and turned his back.

"Can you just leave? This wasn't my idea in the first place anyways.", Rainbow Dash sulked.

Ben suddenly stopped and spoke without turning around.

"Wasn't your idea in the first place...?", Ben lowered his head and gritted his teeth,"What do you mean, wasn't your idea...?"

"I-I didn't say that Ben. I think you're-"

"What is going on?!", Ben turned around and gritted his teeth.

"No, Ben, I didn't-"

"Tell me. What's this all about? Now."

"I...I'm not telling you anything."

"You're the Element of Loyalty! What are you hiding from me?!", Ben shouted.

"It's all faked!"

Ben stopped.

"It's all faked! You were supposed to fall in love with me! Otherwise, you would have no purpose to save Equestria!"

"Rainbow Dash...what the fuck are you talking about?"

"Okay...Princess Celestia had told me that a creature was going to descend from the sky and he needed to have a reason to save us all. I think she meant that she had sensed Eclipse's return, and had to call forth a hero in order for him or her to save Equestria. Out of all of the beings she could have pulled from space and time, she chose you. She told us all about you, and I was of course the one that was suspicious about you."

Rainbow Dash took a moment to rest, then continued.

"I was told by the Princess herself to give you a reason to stay and grow to defend Equestria from Eclipse. Without you, Equestria has no chance at survival. So, Celestia asked from to befriend you, but Twilight said that wouldn't be enough. She...she said I had to make you fall in love with me. And...it worked. But then...I-"

Ben was staring at the ground, speechless, until he decided to open his mouth.

"Let me fucking guess, you fell in love with me in the process."

"If you want the truth. Yes Ben."

"Fuck, whenever something good comes into my life, it is taken away."

Ben got up and put his arms to the sides of Rainbow Dash. He lowered his head and he opened his mouth in front of her face.

"DO YOU HEAR ME?! WHEN EVER SOMETHING GOOD COMES INTO MY LIFE, IT IS TAKEN AWAY!!! My whole life has been a waste! My brother was shot to peices, my mom died and I hardly ever got to see her face, my dad abused me like an ugly dog, I came to Equestria after I died, and the mare that I thought loved me, turned out to be AN ACTRESS! No wonder you let me sleep with you! THIS WAS ALL A FRAUD!"

Rainbow Dash was crying as Ben continued to yell in random directions.

"But Ben-"

"SHUT UP!"

Ben turned around and shouted with all of his might.

Rainbow Dash stumbled backwards and dug up the covers of the bed over her body to prevent feeling vulnerable.

"TELL ME! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE AUDIENCE?! This is all fake! Where is the god damn crowd to start throwing you roses, because you faked this so well?!"

"Ben...please stop...", Rainbow Dash sobbed.

"For some innocent and colorful ponies, you sure have a sick sense of mind.", Ben snarled.

"Wait, this doesn't mean that you'll-", Rainbow Dash was cut off by Ben.

"It's tempting, but no. I won't abandon saving this world...", Ben stood up and he walked towards the door.

"...but if I succeed, I'm going home to Earth. One way or another."

Ben ducked his head as he walked through the door.

"Ben wait...!"

It was too late. The human had exited and the pegasus was just sitting upright on the bed. Rainbow Dash flopped down and for once, because she knew that Ben was going to leave her...

...she cried.

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Ben slammed his fist on a crate in the storage room, effectively splintering the area of impact. He just stared at the ground and shook his head. Rainbow Dash never loved him in the first place. She let him sleep with her so he would be motivated to save a world he had no idea existed. In his own mind, he thought as it was a sin. But Rainbow Dash said that she had fallen in love with Ben in the process.

"Probably just a coverup.", Ben snarled at the empty space in front of him.

"Ragh! I can't believe that she did this to me!", Ben's wings shot out and tore the crate to pieces. The human backed away.

"Benjamin. Listen to me, if you keep following up your emotions like this, then I believe you will never mend your relationship with the pegasus.", Safeguard hummed in his mind.

"What do you know about love?", Ben shifted his position and crossed his arms in the empty void that was the cargo bay.

"I know nothing, but I know what is right for your life."

Ben ignored Safeguard and walked up the stairs. It wasn't long until he got to the upper deck. He saw the remaining Elements of Harmony on the top level, as the exception of Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Ben approached Shining Armor. Immediately, Shining Armor could tell that Ben was not in a good mood, so he turned his head around to face the front of the ship, and just wait for Ben to ask whatever was on his mind to him.

"How long until we arrive at Canterlot.", Ben said with a blank expression. It was not a question, but a demand due to the tone in his voice.

"We will descend from this cloud bank and arrive at Canterlot within a few minutes or so.", Shining Armor informed. Before he could ask what was on Ben's mind, he just walked away, as if he had heard nothing. Ben looked over the side of the airship as they descended from the cloud back and rested his eyes on the massive castle resting on top of the mountain overlooking Ponyville. Nothing seemed to be smoking or battered to pieces, so he gathered that Eclipse has not arrived. But he swore at the speed he saw him traveling that he would have beaten them there.

"Ben, we've arrived. Mind if you gather everypony so we can dock?", Shining Armor asked as politely as possible. Ben grunted and walked down to the lower levels to alert everypony that it was time to come home.

--

"My lord, I estimate with your current power, we- I apoligise- you shall reach Canterlot within mere minutes.", Corrosive stated as Eclipse and the dragon-hybrid rocketed across the sky.

"In time Corrosive. In time...", Eclipse muttered. The alicorn looked down at the two amulets around his neck. One of his niece who so failed in battle, and the other being Celestia's student. Eclipse could really feel more and more power coursing through his once dead veins, but he needed more...

"Corrosive, I will reshape Equestria..."

Then, behind Eclipse was a massive flock of winged Needle Teeth, Dragoons (Not Dragons), Demons, and many other unnamed and even more deadly creatures.

"...and anything that stands in my way..."

The massive air force gave a shrill and terrifying roar and screech.

"...shall be eradicated."

--

The Zeppelin touched down as Princess Celestia had expected. The propellers halted their movement and various guards lined up and stood at attention when the bridge lowered. Princess Celestia breathed a sigh as she saw Benjamin come down first. Then she saw Shining Armor, Righteous Light, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash...with badgaes over herself, and Pinkie Pie. Celestia narrowed her eyes at three fillies that were sneaking away from the group. She dismissed the idea that they actually came from the warship, but she would have to order some guard to take them home.

Then, nopony else came down from the ship.

"What? But I thought there were more guards. And...where's Twilight Sparkle?"

Shining Armor walked up to her and put a hoof on her shoulder.

"The guards didn't make it. They're dead. As for Twilight..."

Princess Celestia began to grow tears in her eyes. She began to shake her head.

"No. No! Don't you tell me that Twilight Sparkle died!", Princess Celestia screamed.

"She didn't die your highness. She was captured by Eclipse."

"Oh no. This is even worse. At least she isn't dead."

Shining Armor looked back and found some other guards motioning for Shining Armor to assist them in loading up a ballista to the castle wall defenses. Shining Armor said his farewells, and hoped to Celestia that they would rescue Twilight and stop Eclipse, and strode away.

Princess Celestia lowered her head and tried to clear her mind.She looked up and found Benjamin approaching her. She tried to smile at his approach, but he did not slow down. Instead, when he got to the Princess of the sun, his wings burst out of his back as glared at Celestia.

"I know what's going on."

Celestia began to shift her eyes to opposite sides of the throne room.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play this fucking game. I know what you made Rainbow Dash do."

"I still have no idea what you're going on about."

"For the love of mother fucking god! She staged everything! She was supposed to fall in love with me?! Bullshit! How could you fucking do that to me?! You sick minded and twisted so called 'Princess'!"

Princess Celestia grabbed Benjamin by the stomach and pinned him against the the solid marble wall. Celestia growled in anger.

"You have the nerve to address me like that?! Do you know what has just happened to me?! I have lost three of my best men, and my student is in the hands of Eclipse! Do you know how that feels to have something precious ripped away from you?!"

"Yes...my entire life was that experience. I have lost every single family member that I know of in front of my eyes, and when I thought somebody actually cared about me, IT WAS A FRAUD!"

Celestia slammed Ben harder into the marble, but he still went on.

"Why does it have to be me anyways?! Why out of 7 billion humans and even more possible species out in the universe would a lonely and struggling human be chosen?! Anything would be a better candidate that the worthless piece of crap that I am."

Princess Celestia was about to slam Benjamin harder into the wall, until she saw a speck of water flow down from Ben's eye.

"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME?!", Benjamin screamed through his tears.

Princess Celestia looked at Benjamin, who was still in her grasp. She widened her eyes and released Benjamin.

"What am I doing?", Princess Celestia looked at her hoof. Ben landed on his stomach and got to his feet.

"If I save Equestria, send me home, and make everypony watch."

Ben walked away from Celestia, who had heard him well, but was still looking at her hoof.

"What have I done...?"

Suddenly, a thunderous roar screeched across Canterlot as the battle horn signaled that Eclipse was drawing near. Celestia and Luna were to stay in Canterlot withg the remaining Elements of Harmony and Shining Armor, while Ben was to lead the frontal defense against Eclipse's invasion.

Celestia prayed to the gods to Benjamin would strive to do his best...

...even after what she had done to him.

--

Ben touched down at the soft grasslands battlefield and began to order around everypony to set up as much artillery as possible. The unicorns were to lead the first charge against the enemy, and the pegasi were ordered to stay back and fire their crossbows at the advance.

Ben just could not shake the fact that Rainbow Dash never loved him in the first place. But, he shook his head and did his best to lock away the memory when he heard a unicorn shouted that Eclipse's forces were spotted a few miles away. Ben activated his wings and flew upwards. Sure enough, he saw multiple columns of marching black dots carrying various weapons advance across the grass lands. Ben magnified on his targeting eyepiece and found that they were not Needle Teeth, but some sort of demon creations. Then, Ben realized something.

They were humans.

And they were dressed in all sorts of armor.

Greek, Roman, Saxon, English...the list goes on.

Ben shook his head and magnified closer. No, they were not human. They had multiple horns jutting from their heads, and their eyes were deathly crimson. Ben looked at the front lines. He saw Revolutionary War era British foot soldier marching in perfect form. Ben looked around more and saw true demons marching around, axes and swords in hand.

Ben flew backwards and strained to reach the front lines in time. He landed and ordered one of the pegasi to immediately send a message to Canterlot informing about the enemy. The pegasus nodded and took off for the castle in the distance.

Minutes seemed like hours. And more time meant more stress for Princess Celestia's forces. Then, Ben found a familiar unicorn walking up to him.

"Shining Armor, what the hell are you doing here?", Ben asked while at the same time keeping an eye on the front lines.

"Princess Celestia sent me down to gather information about the enemy."

"There is something you must know. These enemies are even more dangerous than the demons that Eclipse created."

Shining Armor took one step back.

"What-what do you mean?"

"They're humans."

"Humans?! Why would that be a greater threat?"

"Because humans were created for war and adaptiveness, and these humans are sporting gear of the most powerful armies in history."

"Oh dear Celestia, how will we manage to hold them off?"

"I have these."

Ben sprouted out his wings, causing the surrounding soldiers to stare in awe at his wings. Shining Armor still felt down and Ben knew exactly what it was.

"Don't worry, I won't stop tearing through the enemy until I get your sister back. And when I do, I'll maul that army some more."

Shining Armor chuckled.

Ben then saw several guards run past with long weapons of some kind. It didn't take long to recognize what they were.

"Are those muskets?"

"Sure are. Imported from the Griffon Kingdom."

"Griffons, oh yeah, I've studied about them a little bit. But, you're going to need something better that just muskets of what you're going up against."

"Enemies spotted! Three miles!", a unicorn shouted as the first volley of artillery rocketed towards the enemy.

"Shining Armor, I will lead the first charge against the enemy."

"Good luck Benjamin."

Benjamin just nodded and took to the skies. A massive wave of pegasi followed him and unicorns on the ground rushed to keep up. Ben began to scan the skies for signs of flying enemies, and found them way in the back, out of danger each of the main charging force. Ben stopped in midair and ordered the pegasi to open fire from above. The pegasi drew their muskets and began to pepper the enemy position with deadly .50 lead spheres. Numerous enemies fell from the first volley, and Ben took advantage of the reload of the pegasi and open fired with his Buster Rifles. White beams streaked the enemy positions and humans were sent flying from the blasts. Suddenly, farther back,he saw the unicorns charging for the enemy with their weapons drawn. Before Ben could react, the British soldier drew their firearms and the front row knelt down and fired. The back row fired another volley over their heads and unicorns began to fall from the musket blasts. The rest of the unicorns raised their shields, which surprisingly stopped the balls from piecing through. After firing another volley with insufficient results, the British began fitting spike-like blades to the end of their rifles in response to the rapidly approaching unicorns. Bayonets. With a battle cry, the British charged, with all sorts of warriors of Greece behind them.

Ben, on the other hand was unable to attack due to his Gatling cannons reloading and his Buster Rifles have overheated and need to recharge. then, he remembered his missiles.

"Oh yeah, forgot about those."

Ben's wings straightened and the missiles unloaded into the wings.

"Fire HE missiles."

"Acknowledged, firing High Explosive."

Smoke filled the area around Ben as smoke trails sailed out and began streaking and spiraling towards the enemy with a deadly screech. Explosions enveloped the frontal columns and destroyed most of the enemy foot soldiers. Suddenly, numerous contacts in the sky appeared. Ben looked closer and he immediately gasped in horror.

They were P-51 Mustangs, the deadliest fighters in World War II. Ben shot backwards to avoid the deadly bullets and fired his Gatling guns in response after reloading. The planes began to dive and climb to avoid the rounds, but many were torn to pieces in the cross fire. The Mustangs that had dodged came up and down to attack Ben. Bullets rained all over Ben from opposite directions as his wings did the best they could to stop the rounds. He looked down and found that more unicorns had added to the frontal columns, and were fighting skirmishes with Roman legionaries. But, due to the sheer amount of Mustangs swarming around him and gunning to effect, Ben could not assist them below. Suddenly, in the corner of his eye, Ben saw a brown blur latch onto one of the Mustangs and tear open the cockpit. More and more brown specks latched onto more and more Mustangs and rip the pilots out. The pilots pulled their parachutes, but the blurs torn through them, making sure that there were no survivors. Then, one of the brown specks came closer to Ben. Then, he realized it was a griffon. The griffon was holding two swords of some kind and it approached Ben and stopped in front of him.

"We have responded to your letters, human. We are here to assist."

"Heh, I knew some griffons got my messages."

"Lilienfeld, enemies are over running the unicorns, they are pushing towards Canterlot."

"Go assist the unicorns. I'll hit them from the back."

"Yes sir."

The griffon flew off as Ben flew around all of the massive advances of humans and in no time, he was at the back. A wicked grin  came across his face as he began unloading missiles, Gatling cannon rounds, and Buster Rifle beams on the enemies. They all turned around and tried to attack Ben with muskets, crossbows, and even javelins. Ben just kep unloading rounds until a massive force hit his back and sent him hurtling in the air. He looked at where the ram had come from, and picked up a winged lizard, smaller than a dragon, with sections of blades on its back. More and more started to appear.

"Dragoons..."

The dragoons seemed to glide on the air as they switched their direction and turned their back to Ben. The blades on their backs linked together and they speed towards Ben. He now knew their method of attack. They planned on gutting him by running him with the blades on their backs. Ben open fired with his Buster Rifles and began dropping them one by one. But, he felt a massive pain on his back as one dragoon sliced through it. Ben screamed as he tried to find the dragoon that sliced his back. He found the last dragoon with red on its back blades, which Ben immediately shot down with a burst from his rifle.

Ben ordered Safeguard what he could do about the wound on his back, and he said he would get right to work. Ben looked down and the unicorns were barely holding off the invaders. Ben reared downwards and began spraying more lead into the human attackers. This gave the unicorns, pegasi, and the griffons some breathing space, and they strained to push back.

--

Eclipse casually flew through the air, unknown to anypony down below. The humans were doing a very good job at keeping the ponies and griffons at bay. Now, Eclipse had to reach Canterlot, over power the resistance, and use his sister's magic to unleash his true form. Eclipse pressed onwards towards Canterlot. Then, Corrosive appeared next to Eclipse.

"I am glad that the diversion army was a success."

"Yes, I myself could easily overpower Equestria, but I must reach my true form."

"Yes, my lord."

"There is one thing that still ponders my mind."

"What is that, my lord?"

"The prophecy of my return spoke of a hero, descending from the sky to put me to an end. We cannot take any risks. I order you to kill the human."

"Gladly, my lord."

--

Rainbow Dash managed to get over her wounds from the airship and snuck out of the castle. She had to take one look at the battlefield in order to feel dizzy. Thousands of bodies littered the grasslands and the once green land was stained with a sickly red. Rainbow Dash resisted the urge to vomit as she tried to find Ben in the sky.

Just to make sure that he was okay...

--

"Hello, Benjamin.", Corrosive muttered to him after finding the human.

"You.", Ben growled.

"I know what has happened. It is a shame that she never loved you in the first place."

Ben felt every ounce of pure anger and hatred building up in him.

"This is it then."

"I will have her. And nothing will stop me."

BENJAMIN VS. CORROSIVECOMMENCE EPIC BATTLE MUSIC!

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Ben gritted his teeth and charged forward. It was obvious that Corrosive intended to end Benjamin. Ben suddenly threw himself backwards and locked onto Corrosive with every anti-air missile that was stored in his wings. Ben fired and missiles streaked out in all directions. Ben kept a close eye on Corrosive, who did not turn away from the incoming projectiles. Instead, he allowed them to collide with him, creating a massive explosion to erupt in the sky. Then, out of the smoke, Corrosive emerged and kept charging forwards.

"What in the name of-"

Ben's question was abruptly cut as Corrosive slammed himself into Ben. In midair, he drew a sword and began to slash away. Ben countered with his wings, and blocked every attack. Then, Corrosive spewed forth massive amounts of pure fire from his mouth and seared Ben's left arm. He screamed as Corrosive found and opening. He slashed across Ben's chest creating a large gash to appear in it. Ben cringed as he recovered and he slashed with his wings. He caught Corrosive on his right foreleg and he screeched with pain. Ben suddenly activated his Gatling cannons and sprayed in front of him. Corrosive barely dodged as the tracer rounds streaked around him.

"You cannot kill me. Rainbow Dash never loved you."

Ben gritted his teeth harder and slashed as hard as he could with his wings. Corrosive backed away and smashed Ben with his steel-hard hoof. All oxygen was expelled from his lungs as Ben fell downwards towards Equestria. Unknown to him, Rainbow dash was watching all of this, and screamed at Ben's falling body. Then, Ben straightened out and flew upwards and slashed again. Corrosive dodged and firmly landed another blow onto ben's stomach. Every time Corrosive hit Ben in the gut, it weakened him and caused him to give into fatigue.

"She played you Benjamin."

"Shut up!"

Rainbow Dash could only watch as Ben and Corrosive exchanged blades with one another. She couldn't bring herself to help Ben, not after what she did to him...

In Canterlot, it was the same, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and the remaining Elements of Harmony watched as Ben tried to strike down Corrosive.

Eclipse on the other hand had breached Canterlot's defenses and was heading up the stairwell towards Princess Celestia's throne room.

Corrosive slashed as fast as his hoof would allow and Ben dodged as best as his wings could.

"You corrupted her. She would never love you. You are a demon."

Ben stopped cold. He thought about what he had done in the cabin. When he saw Rainbow Dash break down into tears...

Corrosive seized this opportunity and struck.

Everypony saw the horrifying moment that followed.

Corrosive skewered Ben with his sword.

Corrosive smiled menacingly as he twisted the blade.

The only other pony that had seen this was Rainbow Dash.

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She screamed as Ben was kicked down towards Equestria. Corrosive just left as ben hurtled towards the ground.

Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could to catch Ben. She had tears in her eyes as she strained to reach the falling human. She knew she truly loved him, no matter what she was told otherwise. The rainbow maned pegasus approached the falling human.

Just closer...

closer...

closer...

She reached out with her hooves to catch Benjamin, but...

...she missed.

Missed.

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That was all that appeared in her mind as Ben continued to sail downwards towards Equestria. A "Thunk" was heard as Ben impacted. Rainbow Dash cringed as she dived to inspect the crash site. It was horrible. Ben was found in a crater, blood pouring out of his chest, and his right wing was torn off, crackling energy. Rainbow Dash touched down outside of the crater and looked at Ben. He was lying there. He seemed at peace.

Rainbow Dash lost him. She lost Benjamin.

It was over.

Then, Ben's fingers twitched. Rainbow Dash looked back and found Ben turning his head towards the cyan mare. The pegasus slowly floated down inside the crater. She gently touched down next to him and her magenta eyes met his hazel eyes.

"Ben..."

"Rainbow Dash. What are you doing here...?"

"I..."

"You have to get back to your friends. They're in great danger."

"I'm not going to leave you!", she shouted with tears growing in her eyes.

"Eclipse is in Canterlot. Please Rainbow Dash...go..."

"You don't understand. I let you sleep with me because I truly loved you, not because it was staged. Nothing was staged Ben.", Rainbow Dash spoke softly.

"Then, why did you say it was staged, and Princess Celestia admitted to it."

"No, Ben. T-that's not true."

"Rainbow Dash. I want you to go and protect your friends. You can't save me."

"I can't, but I won't leave your side.

"Please Rainbow Dash...just leave."

"I can't. And this is why."

Then, Rainbow Dash lowered her head and kissed Ben. She closed her eyes and Ben closed his. The human managed to gather enough strength to stroke Rainbow Dash's mane. It flowed in the moon light. Rainbow Dash turned her head, and Ben returned the gesture. Rainbow Dash collapsed on top of Ben as she kept kissing him and Ben embraced her warm fur. Her mane brushed against Ben's face and Ben began to lower down. From lowering down, Ben broke away from Rainbow Dash and he turned his head to the side. Rainbow dash opened her eyes and rested her eyes on ben, who was lying motionless on the dirt in the crater.

"Ben...?"

No response came from the human.

"Ben?", Rainbow Dash nudged Ben with her nose.

"No...no-no-no-no!", she screamed. She cried over Ben's lifeless body.

Why did it end like this?

"You said you would never leave me..."

--

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Eclipse kept climbing the stairs towards Celestia's throne room. Every guard the stood in his way was now a lifeless corpse that was completely stripped of all life. Eclipse never felt so powerful in his life...and he was about to feel even more. He smiled as he reached the top steps of the throne room. He slowly opened the door, and found the remaining Elements, and the Princesses conversing. Eclipse shot out a beam of energy from his horn and sent everypony flying in an opposite direction. While they were in mid air, he encased the Elements of Harmony in spheres of magic, and turned them into the very same amulets of which were around his neck. The guard pony that sported blue and white hair was utterly absorbed into the same spheres adding more power.

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna recovered. Luna was the first to fire a magic sphere at Eclipse. Due to the fact that he was off guard by absorbing the Elements, the sphere struck him squarely in the mask, and made it burst into pieces. Bits of the mask tumbled to the floor as Eclipse raise his head and his face underneath was reviled to his sisters.

His face was completely burnt off, making scabs and blood fill his face. His eyes were blood-red. His mouth was completely torn along his lip line. This did not shock the princesses.

"Why did you do this to me?"

"Enough, stand down Eclipse."

"But I am more powerful than what you would have ever imagined.", he said as he once again, caught the princesses off guard and absorbed them. They put up a huge fight, but it was inevitable. They were absorbed into his body and he grew larger and his horn and wings were fully repaired. Then, he heard the beat of wings outside. it was Corrosive.

"My lord, the human is slain."

"Very good Corrosive."

"Do you have all of your power yet?"

"Never mind that, there is still one thing you must do.", Eclipse said while staring off into the sky.

"What is that, my lord?"

Eclipse suddenly whirled around, produced his katar, and jabbed Corrosive straight through his stomach. He gasped as the blade entered and he screamed as Eclipse twisted the katar. The blood that flowed out crept along the blade and it flowed back into Eclipse's body.

"My lord. What is the meaning of this?! We had a pact!"

"No, you were the key to my true form. Without your gift, I would never be able to transform.", Eclipse continued as more blood flowed into Eclipse's body.

"You have failed in your life-long quest to protect your sister, and you will endeavor the consequences.", Eclipse began to grow scales along his body. Corrosive was released from the katar and he stumbled backwards.

"You...deceived me..."

"Did you really trust the bearer of the Element of Betrayal? Your downfall will cost your sisters life."

"No..."

Eclipse pulled the blade from Corrosive's body.

Corrosive stumbled backwards and collapsed on the marble floor.

"Rainbow Dash shall join you in death."

Corrosive died.

(End Music)

The Stage is Set

Eclipse stood proudly over the remains of Corrosive. He now had his gift. And now...he was ready. Eclipse shuddered and twitched. He screamed in both agony and in accomplishment. And then suddenly, he was gone.

Eclipse reappeared in the void that he was keeping the Elements of Harmony, the Princesses, and the guard pony. In the void, there was nothing there, save for the ponies. He walked over to each seeing that they were still lying on the ground. Eclipse grinned menacingly as the flesh-like wires erupted from his back, allowing blood to go flying everywhere. They each connected to the ponies' necks and Eclipse could feel himself calming down. He looked to his left and found Luna and Cadance grappled by the wires and drained of their power. Then, he looked to his right and Celestia was no where to be found.

"What...?", Eclipse muttered. Celestia was missing. But, Eclipse brushed off the idea. He had enough power. And, it was time.

It was time....

"Elements of Corruption. I had long sought to find you. I had sheltered the Elements of Corruption from the Elements of Harmony. Now, it is time for you to repay me back for my deeds."

The area around Eclipse began to glow with blood-red light.

"Elements, give me power!"

The light began to intensify.

"Darkness, Betrayal, Deception, Greed, Brutality, and Fear...MAKE ME INTO WHAT I AM!"

Eclipse and the rest of the void vanished.

--

Ben still lay there on the ground motionless. A small stream of blood began to trickle out of his mouth, and Rainbow Dash still remained by Ben, convinced that he wasn't dead.

Then, a white hoof rested on Rainbow Dash's shoulder. She looked up slowly through her tearing eyes and she found the kind-hearted and soft-speaking ruler of Equestria behind her, Princess Celestia.

"Wha-Princess?! How did you-", Rainbow Dash stammered while trying to bow down as fast and clumsily as she could.

"Do not be alarmed by my presence. I am not actually here. I am channeling my being from my mind as I am in Eclipse's void. And I am sorry to say that time is running out."

"But, Ben's..."

"I know he is dead...but there is a way..."

"What? Y-you can bring Ben back to life?"

"Yes. But it is a forbidden spell in the highest form of Necromancy. I wish for you to leave us for a moment."

Knowing that there was a chance to save Ben, Rainbow Dash trudged away. She looked at the ruins of Canterlot. Everything was so silent...

Celestia began to chant while her horn etched a symbol into the air.

"Rise the hero that has fallen. Rise the one to save us all. Rise the one to bring redemption. Death hear me...bring him back."

At the end of the last verse, a cloaked pony trudged up the hill and tapped Celestia's shoulder. The pony was wearing a black cloak that was torn from all edges, it had a small case with it, and it was carrying a scythe on its back.

"Death...you came."

"What is it that you desire, Princess?"

"Resurrect him.", Celestia pointed at Ben's body.

Death stroked the base of his hood with his hoof.

"What do you offer me?"

Celestia's eyes moved to her left and saw Rainbow Dash watching the silent Canterlot.

"My immortality."

"This is not a trick now...is it Princess?"

"I would not lie to Death."

"Very well."

Death drew his scythe and slashed Celestia. Celestia gasped in pain as the scythe had gone clean through. But, no blood was shed, there was not even a cut. On the tip of Death's scythe was a tiny speck of golden energy. He stowed Celestia's immortality into his case and he looked at Ben. He walked over and took a small blue orb that showed an image of Ben crouching in it. He placed the sphere on Ben's body and stepped away.

"Farewell, Princess.", Death whispered as he suddenly vanished from sight. Celestia looked down at the orb and found that it was slowly sinking into Ben's body. Celestia yelled for Rainbow Dash to come at once. Rainbow Dash now shifted her attention from Canterlot and rushed over to Ben's side, just as the orb had buried itself into Ben's chest. Rainbow Dash touched down and knelt down next to Ben. The orb had submerged into Ben.

Ben's finger twitched.

Then, Ben's eyes opened.His first sight was Rainbow Dash, with tears in her bloodshot eyes. Immediately, Rainbow Dash lunged downwards and caught Ben off guard for a quick kiss. This startled Ben, but he relaxed and went along with it.

Until he found out that he was alive. He broke the kiss, and stood up.

"What the...How the- how am I alive?", Ben looked towards Celestia,"And depending on how long I was dead, how did you escape from Eclipse?"

"I did not escape, I am channeling my essence through my mind. And how you came back to life...I had a deal with Death."

"Wait, Death, the actual being is real?"

"He is very real, and I gave up my immortality in order to resurrect you."

"You what?!", Ben and Rainbow Dash both gagged at the same time.

"You must both understand, it was the only way for you to gain another chance at saving Equestria.", Celestia pleaded.

"I can't say I like you giving up your immortality to bring me back to life, but when there is a world on the line..."

"Ben, Eclipse is in Canterlot. He currently has The rest of the Elements, the Princesses, and Shining Armor's power in him. I don't know how you will even be able to remotely match his strength now, but you must stop him."

"My friends!", Rainbow Dash screamed.

Suddenly, the sky began to draw hazy red. The ground around the three began to die and crack. As this was happening, Celestia's form began to dissipate.

"Ben, Equestria is in your hands! Please, save everypony!", Celestia shouted as she disappeared. Ben just had no idea what happened. Then, the feeling sunk in.

He was to go up against an impossible enemy and if he failed to defeat him, then all living things on Equestria would perish, and a new horrid world would build over it.

"I don't think I can do this.", Ben panted.

"I hope to disagree.", a familiar voice rang in ben's head. It didn't take long for him to realize who it was.

"Safeguard!", Ben cried out with joy.

"Yes, that's my name. Any other brilliant observations like the world is literally crumbling around you?"

"Shut up Safeguard. You know what to do."

"Ah yes, I must tell you that I have received some new software with that resurrection."

"Like what?"

Suddenly, Ben floated into the air. Then his wing emerged slowly from his body, but they weren't all white with metallic feathers making them up. They were blue and in the shape of spires. The blue wings were absolutely pulsing with energy, and Ben took a good look at his wings.

"Strike Freedom? Well, now that's an upgrade.", Ben smiled at his new wings. Then, pure white armor began to encase him from all angles of his body. It built around him at all corners and every exposed area. It continued to build until it reached his head. A helmet was formed onto Ben's head and it continued to build. Then, it suddenly stopped after creating a large V-shaped antenna on his forehead. When all of the construction was done, this was what Ben looked like:

He just floated down slowly and looked at his side. Rainbow Dash could not stop staring at him in awe.

"Wow, Ben. You look...amazing."

"That's Strike Freedom right there."

"Just...wow Ben.", Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Alright, ya ready to save your friends and kick Eclipse's ass straight to hell?", Ben smirked.

"Do you really have to ask that?", Rainbow Dash challenged.

"Let's go."

--

It was really a short flight with Ben's new wings. They provided an amazing amount of thrust due to the fact that every inch of his wings were covered in boosters. Canterlot had come into view from the smoke and ashes. Ben and Rainbow Dash touched down into the open roof leading to the throne room. Ben stood up and saw nothing in the room, save for various guard ponies laying in their own blood here and there. Then, squinting into the center of the room, Ben found Eclipse kneeling down and panting heavily. Ben found his mask on the floor.

"Rainbow Dash, stay the fuck back."

Eclipse then looked up. Ben got a good look at his face now. The skin was nearly completely burnt off and scabs of red and black blood dotted it. Only his skeletal formation remains of his face, save for his blood-red eyes. He realized why Eclipse had worn his mask. It was to cover his scared and torn face from the rest of the world.

"So the demon and the Element of Loyalty come.", Eclipse growled. His voice echoed unnaturally and he stood up. Ben  scowled at Eclipse's depiction of Ben being a "demon." Ben looked to his side and found the Elements of Harmony, The Princesses and Shining Armor laying on the ground, motionless.

"I have no use for them anymore.", Eclipse's horn glowed black and teleported the ground of ponies out of Canterlot.

"You won't succeed."

"It is too late already. I have reached my true form. There is no hope for anything still remaining on this pathetic world."

"I beg to differ.", Ben challenged Eclipse.

"Ahahahaha...your ignorance shall be your death.", Eclipse walked backwards into the smoke. Ben's targeting systems came online. He drew two Beam Rifles and aimed into the cloud.

Then, a roar shook Canterlot. The entire foundation shook as Ben and Rainbow Dash lost their footing. Ben boosted backwards and grabbed Rainbow Dash. He over boosted and shot straight out of Canterlot. After reaching an appropriate distance, they both witnessed Canterlot crumble to ashes. Everything was destroyed in it. Ben shielded Rainbow Dash into his chest as she cried when Canterlot was demolished.

A roar echoed throughout Equestria.

The isolated demons looked at the ruins of Canterlot in pure amazement.

Ben looked in complete horror.

Suddenly, the ruins of Canterlot were thrown into the air as a massive beast emerged from the wreckage. After the dust cleared, Ben and Rainbow Dash rested their eyes on the biggest dragon they had ever seen in their lives. This dragon made the one that Fluttershy evicted from the cave seem like a puppy compared to a bear. The dragon gave a mighty roar that shook Equestria and riddled Ben and Rainbow Dash.

"I-is that...?", Rainbow Dash asked in horror.

"That's Eclipse's true form.", Ben answered.

"Rainbow Dash, go back to your friends and help them get back to their senses. I'll kill Eclipse."

"Ben, I can't leave you."

"Rainbow Dash, just please...you have to go."

Rainbow dash shed a tear through the ashes as she slowly hovered away. She looked back and flew back to Ben. Before he could protest, she kissed him quickly and flew away as fast as she could.

"Good luck, Dashie.", Ben muttered to himself as he turned around and faced Eclipse. Eclipse now got an eye-sigh of Ben. He roared and bared his teeth. Ben drew both of his Beam Rifles and aimed down below at Eclipse.

The battle for Equestria had begun.
BEN STRIKE FREEDOM FORMVS.ECLIPSE TRUE FORM
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Ben suddenly whipped forwards and fired both of his beam rifles. Green lazers streamed out and exploded all over Eclipse. unable to see any damage, Ben flew in for another attack. Eclipse roared and flew up and darted forward at incredible speed. The dragon's mouth opened and green flames spewed out. The emerald-colored fire encased Ben in  flames. Ben screamed in agony as he flew upwards to escape the fire. Eclipse then detached crystals from his back and sent them flying towards Ben. The crystals seemed to have a mind of their own as they pursued Ben and exploded into razor-sharp fragments around Ben. He flew backwards, drew his Beam Rifles, and fired at the incoming shards. He managed to intercept half of them, but the rest were still incoming. He turned around and hoped to outfly them, but a jet of emerald fire erupted in front of Ben. He flew to his left and burnt his right side on the fire.

"Ben, DRAGOON systems are online.", Safeguard alerted.

"DRAGOONS, how could I forget one of Strike Freedom's greatest weapons?", Ben spoke as the crystals continued their pursuit.

"Engage DRAGOONS."

"Releasing."

The spires on Ben's wings detached and floated around him. His wings now glowed with a magnificent blue fire surrounding the different points as they were now called, "Wings of Light". The DRAGOONS suddenly launched forward and began to fly around in random directions. At one point, they all lined up and fired their laser batteries. Green beams of energy struck the incoming crystals and blew them into little fragments, which then exploded. The DRAGOONS now found a new target. Eclipse. They suddenly formed back up and launched towards him. They began rapid-fireing their weapons at him. Green and Yellow explosions riddled the dragon as the DRAGOONS open fired. Eclipse roared as a slot on his scalp opened. His horn emerged from the slot and began to glow red. The DRAGOONS were immediately caught into the red aura and were sent hurling in different directions. Many crashed into the surrounding burning landscape and exploded, but two were sent right back at Ben. At the current velocity that the projectiles were incoming, Ben had no choice but to use his Beam Rifles and obliterate the two DRAGOONS.

"Ben, all DRAGOONS have been destroyed. I must produce more."

"You do that Safeguard. Hey, where's that Assault Cannon?"

"Ah, I see you know quite a bit about Strike Freedom."

"New favorite."

Ben then drew the massive Assault Cannon and directed it at Eclipse.

Ben fired the massive cannon. Eclipse managed to put up a shield in order to block the incoming laser, and it succeeded. Ben then fired in rapid succession as the second laser struck the shield. Eclipse now flew up and let loose another blast of green flames. The fire bathed around Ben and he screamed in agony. He flew upwards, but was caught into Eclipse's magic aura and flung into the ground. Ben impacted with great force and dug out a massive crater. He strained to open his eyes, and when he did, Eclipse was attempting to end him with a well-placed fireball. ben immediately reacted by angling his Assault Cannon and fired into the fireball. The sphere of flames exploded as it connected with the beam, but the laser kept traveling until it hit Eclipse square in the chest. Eclipse staggered backwards, but seemed unharmed. The smoke disappeared from his chest, but Ben fired again. However, Eclipse, despite his huge size, flapped his wings and sailed over the laser. He opened his mouth and roared with great intensity. Rings of sonic energy shot out and caused Equestria to be riddled by massive screeches. The waves of sonic energy managed to wake up the rest of the Elements, but the Princesses and Shining Armor remained knocked out.

--

*Note, stop music, then resume at the perspective change.

"What...the...what happened?", Twilight rubbed her forehead.

"Twilight!", Rainbow Dash squealed as she came in for a hug.

"Uh, Rainbow Dash, you're okay.", Twilight smiled weakly,"Uh, my head."

"Gaagh, where in tarnation are we?", Applejack mused.

"I-I just can't say how glad I am to see you all okay girls.", Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Rainbow Dash darling, are you okay?", Rarity asked while touching her forehead.

"Uh, yeah, why?"

"Well, you're not as upbeat as usual."

"I told you all, I'm fine. I'm just glad you're all okay."

"Wait, what about the Princesses?", Fluttershy asked.

"We'll have to wake them up."

"Hiya everypony!", Pinkie Pie suddenly popped up from her spot.

"There's our Pinkie.", Twilight smiled,"Wait, where's Ben?"

They all suddenly turned towards the screeching and found the human with a set of new wings under horrendous stress from the sonic attack from the dragon.

"I-IS THAT ECLIPSE?!", Twilight panicked.

"It is."

"We have to help Ben some how!"

"He told me to help you girls wake up and protect you."

"Well, we jus' can't stand here an' do nothing!", Applejack protested.

Rainbow Dash just looked back.

"You're right. Follow me girls! Fluttershy, Rarity, stay with the Princesses!"

Fluttershy did not have to protest twice. She did not need another bad experience with a dragon. And Rarity would defiantly not fight a dragon of that size.

The four ponies galloped down the road and were ready to help Ben.

--

Eclipse continued the sonic attack against the human. Pieces of Ben's wings were being torn off from pure sonic force, and Ben had gone deaf. He managed to open his eyes at Eclipse's mouth, still producing the sonic waves. Suddenly, a bolt of purple magic collided with Eclipse's face and forced him to stop the attack. No damage was done, but Eclipse had turned his head sideways to see a familiar purple mare with a determined look on her face. Ben turned his head as well, and observed the mare. It didn't take long to figure out who that pony was.

"Twilight?! That the fuck are you doing?!"

Twilight seemed to ignore Ben and fired another bolt. The sphere of magic exploded against Eclipse's face and only proceeded to annoy him. He opened his mouth and fired a jet of flames at Twilight. She merely teleported and avoided getting barbaqued alive.

"Damnit damnit damnit!", Ben began to curse.

"Wait, the Elements are creating a distraction. Fire now."

Ben did not hesitate and shot his Assault Cannon. The laser collided with Eclipse and sent him sprawling backwards. Smoke and fire erupted on Eclipse's chest as he strained to recover. It didn't take long for him to do that, but right as he recovered, Ben sent another blast at him. Eclipse flapped his wings and few up over the beam. But, a boulder was sent straight at Eclipse and smashed him in the left eye. The dragon roared with pain as Ben turned his head and found Applejack running along a clif and bucking boulders as hard as she could. Ben found another opportunity and drew Beam Rifles. Multiple blasts of lasers struck Eclipse over and over again. He could not recover in time, as he was temporarily blinded in one eye, but he did manage to put up a defensive shield to protect against further damage. After recovering fully, Eclipse launched a fireball at Ben. The fireball managed to strike Ben as he was waiting for his Beam Rifles to cool down and sent him flying into the side of a mountain. Ben fell into darkness after impacting. He strained to recover, but only saw Eclipse approaching him with his mouth open. As he got closer, it was clear that he intended to end Ben with a sonic pulse. Suddenly, a blast of pink collided with Eclipse. He turned his head, and Ben turned his head. Ben managed to see Pinkie Pie on a cliff with a very familiar cannon on her.

"Get ready for a party you'll never forget.", Ben could barely hear Pinkie in his helmet.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Four blasts of various party favors were sent at Eclipse, exploding all around his body. Eclipse roared in annoyance and sent his tail smashing into the cliff. Pinkie amazingly just hopped away and avoided the attack. Suddenly, two cannons swiveled to the front of Ben's waist.

It was clear to Ben that those were the Railguns.

They spat out their hypersonic projectiles immediately and battered Eclipse. The dragon staggered backwards and it became evident that ben had damaged Eclipse, due to two bloody holes in his chest. Eclipse flew backwards and spun himself. His tail collided with Ben and sent him tumbling down towards Equestria. He collided with the ground and stared blankly up ahead.

"Fuck, I can only hurt him because of those distractions."

Then, a boom was emitted from the sky. A massive trail of Rainbows emerged from a ring of multicolors and a very familiar cyan mare sailed at Mach 10 speeds down towards Eclipse. Rainbow Dash collided and caused a massive rainbow colored mushroom cloud to build up from Eclipse's position. Ben covered his face from the incoming shockwave, but his wings did that for him. The dust had cleared, and Eclipse was on his back. He suddenly managed to get over and regain his stability. Rainbow Dash tried to get clear from the dragon as it got up.

"This is becoming annoying.", the dragon growled. Eclipse's horn appeared from the slot and it began to glow black. SUddenly, Rainbow dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack were caught in black force fields. They floated towards one point and were trapped in the shield.

"I prefer to remove all distractions from battle. Don't worry demon, I won't kill them. When I burn over Equestria, they will have a much more painful death than what I can give them right now. That goes for my sisters and my niece.", Eclipse growled as he caught the still unconscious Princesses into he same kind of sphere.

"One last thing. My dragon form is too clumsy to kill you. I must adapt."

Eclipse suddenly began to shrink and roar while disappearing into a cloud of thick black smoke. The smoke quickly disappeared and Eclipse strode out of it in his normal Alicorn form.

"Why did he change into something weaker?", Ben wondered.

"Be on your guard Ben, Eclipse still retains his power from his true form.", Safeguard warned.

Eclipse then flew upwards with his blade-like wings and flicked his hoof. Immediately, his Katars appeared in hand and he was encased in armor. He angled one Katar at Ben, signaling him that Eclipse intended to flay Ben alive.

"Ben, prepare for close-quarters combat. Might I suggest the Lacerta Beam Sabers?"

"Ah, of course."

Ben grabbed the two white hilts attached to his waist and activated them. Magenta colored blades of light ignited from the hilts and glowed violently in the burning landscape.

"Hmmm...such technology.", Eclipse snarled. He suddenly lashed forward and brought down one of his deadly blade onto Ben. The human quickly brought up his left sword to parry the attack, but only managed to lock the two weapons. Eclipse attempted to skewer Ben with the other, so he smashed it away from harm's way with his right Beam Saber. Eclipse kicked Ben away to break the lock and he fired an energy pulse from his horn. Ben could not recover in time from the kick and was blown towards Equestria by the black blast. Ben impacted painfully in the ground, but recovered in time to see Eclipse diving downwards with both Katars in front. Ben rolled to the side and narrowly avoided getting his face split in half by the deadly blade. He attempted to slash Eclipse with his beam saber, but he flew off and fired another blast. It collided with Ben sending him further underground. Eclipse stood over the hole in the surface and began to charge up another large blast to send down the pit. Suddenly, a green laser streaked out and impacted with Eclipse, sending him tumbling backwards. Ben flew up from the hole and again released the DRAGOONS. The little spires proceeded to gun down Eclipse. After regaining his senses from the laser, Eclipse once again had to deal with those little annoying weapons.

His horn glowed red and the DRAGOONS stopped in midair. His horn suddenly glowed green and the DRAGOONS exploded. However, as he was taking time to do this, Ben appeared behind him all of a sudden and blasted him with the Assault Cannon.

"ARRRGH!", Eclipse growled as the beam exploded on his back. He turned around and rapidly fired magic blasts as Ben, who flew around and dodged one after another. But, Ben was exhausted from the dodging and one sphere collided with him, sending him toppling through the air. Ben clutched his side and found his armor had been breached. A tiny trail of blood trickled out and Ben didn't like the sight of that.

"Safeguard, can you do something about that?", Ben asked while dodging a Katar slash from Eclipse.

"Engaging Auto-repair.", Safeguard replied. Slowly, but steadily, Ben's armor began to regrow like a plant.

Ben breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't get over confident. I cannot repair every part of your armor. And I can only do this for a limited time- Incoming at your six!", Safeguard warned as Ben flew upwards to avoid a backblast from an energy sphere.

"He's teleporting the pulses!", Ben shouted out loud as Eclipse sent another volley of magic spheres from all directions. Ben had to fly at an incredibly stressed speed to avoid the magic missiles. After dodging one more, he quickdraw fired his Beam Rifle. The laser connected with Eclipse and sent him staggering back in the sky. Ben found this breathing-space opportunity and fired his other Rifle. This blast however was deflected right back by Eclipse's Katar. The blast smashed into Ben and blew him out of the sky. He crashed through a marble pillar in the ruins of Canterlot and smashed into the hard tiled ground. Eclipse dived down to strike again, but this time, ben rocket forward in response to his intention to strike fast and hard. He drew his Beam Sabers, and connected the bottom of the two hilts so it had made the Beam Spear. Otherwise known as a double bladed Beam Saber. Taken slightly off guard by the change of weaponry, Ben boosted forward and began to twirl his Beam Spear. Right as he got into contact with Eclipse, he kept battering him with relentless attacks. Eclipse had much difficulty to withstand the pure aggressiveness of Ben's attacks. He strained to parry each blow, but Ben found an opening and stabbed him through the chest. Eclipse growled with pain and kicked Ben away. It was a burnt hole clean through him, but it didn't seem to do much damage to Eclipse.

"I have had enough of this."

Eclipse then flexed his hooves out in different directions. Suddenly, lightening flashed from the ash clouds and thunder crackled from the burning environment. Equestria began to rumble. Fissures opened up in the ground and suddenly, magma spewed out and melted all over the landscape. Ben watched in horror as Equestria was breaking down around him.

"All I had to do was buy myself some time. It was a matter of minutes before I would be able to fully use the Elements of Corruption."

Eclipse then produced six stones from his body. They circled around him and began flowing energy into him.

"Now, in order for there to be no distractions for my construction, I must kill you."

Ben suddenly glared at Eclipse. He drew his Assault Cannon and fired. The laser just bounced uselessly off a force field that was currently around Eclipse. It redirected itself at the very human that had fired it and the laser collided with Ben, sending him crashing down on Equestria. Ben left a massive crater and barely opened his eyes to see the Elements of Corruption producing a massive sphere of magic.

"No...not like this..."

Eclipse fired a beam out of the sphere and raised an enormous explosion when it collided with its target.

--

*If the Music is still playing, pause it and resume after the perspective change when the music is doing its slow and silent part.

Ben wiped his brow from the sweat that had formed on it.

"Wait, what the..."

Ben looked at his surroundings. Around it were posters of a few video games, military propaganda, and a picture of himself, his mother, his brother, and his dad.

It didn't take Ben long to recognize this as his old room in the South-side of Chicago.

Then, Ben heard some rummaging around in the corner. Ben turned around and aimed his Beam Rifles at the rustling, as he was nervous from the sudden change of scene. However he raised and eyebrow underneath his helmet when he saw who it was. It looked like a slightly and cleaner version of him.

It was him.

Ben put away his Rifles and took one step forward. The metal clank of his armored foot caused his past-self to turn around and back up against the wall.

"Wha-whada' fuck?", his past-self stammered.

"You're me."

"What the fuck are you?"

"I'm not here to harm you."

"I said, what the fuck are you?"

"I'm you. Just...from the future."

"Yeah, and in the future everyone gets fucking Gundam armor. Cut the bullshit!"

"Wait, what is today's date?"

"Uh, October 2nd."

Ben realized that this was the day that he was going to enter the Marine Service.

"Marines, huh?"

"How did you know that?"

Ben allowed his helmet to lower its faceplate to reveal Ben's face.

"Y-you are me."

"I wouldn't lie to you."

"Wait, if you're from the future, then what did you come back to tell me?"

"That you're future is quite short."

"Short?"

"You die after about two years. Ya know, you were in the Marines for two years...then..."

"I died in combat? How?"

"Well, you died twice."

"Twice, what the hell are you going on about?"

"Okay, sit down, this will have to take a while."

Ben took a small book that seemed to mold out of his dresser.

"Hey, that wasn't there before.", his past-self observed.

Ben opened the book. There was only one picture of it. And that was Rainbow Dash.

"What the- what the fuck is a cartoon horse doing in that book?!"

"Heh, that's no cartoon horse, that's the love of my and your life."

"Come again, am I married to some sort of horse with a mane resembling the gay rights act?!"

"Well...not married..."

"I can't believe my life got screwed up like this. Oh, and let me guess. After I died in combat, am I put in a world filled with these things?!"

"Yes."

"God, get the fuck out of my room!"

"What?"

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM YOU FREAK!"

Ben stepped backwards.

"Just get out...", his past-self began to cry.

"Look, your future is great. You are surrounded by tons of new friends and one who really loves you."

"Right. Multicolored ponies. Makes me feel godamn welcome."

Ben looked back into the book. More and more pictures were appearing.

"Look."

His past-self then looked at the book.

"Is that me? With that thing?"

"Her name is Rainbow Dash."

The picture showed the two staring off into a setting sun in Cloudsdale. Another showed Ben comforting Rainbow Dash after the bully incident. And the last showed Rainbow Dash nuzzling with Ben.

"Wow. I seem happy with her."

"You do, until this came."

A picture of Eclipse appeared.

"What is that?"

"His name is Eclipse. And he destroyed everything."

"He killed her too?"

"Everything. And now you died in the process."

"Wait, how are you still here if you went to this world and died again?"

"I actually have no idea."

Then, a white flash came into Ben's room. After the light cleared. Ben immediately knelt down, not in respect, but in complete happiness.

"P-Princess Celestia?! What are you doing here? And what am I doing here?"

"Wait, da fuck is Princess Celestia?"

"She's the ruler of Equestria, the place you were sent to and-just bow down!"

Ben's past-self shrugged and knelt down.

"Please rise you two.", she spoke gently.

The two rose and Celestia spoke to Ben.

"Benjamin, the reason that you are here is because the Elements of Corruption are attempting to destroy your mind. You must fight back."

"Wait, destroy my mind?"

"This is all a figment of your brain."

"Wait, what about me? I-I'm real, right?", Ben's past-self interdicted.

Celestia tried to ignore him.

"Answer me. Right?"

"I just said, you're a figment of Ben's imagination. But to prevent it from being destroyed, I have channeled my self as hard as I could into your mind. I am attempting to save you from mind evaporation."

"Wait, what's happening to Equestria?"

"It is collapsing. Now, I need you to concentrate."

"Why?"

"It is for you to be awaken from your death trance on Equestria."

"Wait, what the fuck is going on?!", Ben's past-self exclaimed.

"All that you need to know is that Ben here is about to die."

"What?! Holy shit! How do we stop this?!"

"Not we, him."

Celestia pointed at Ben.

"What am I to do?"

"The Elements."

"of Harmony?"

"Yes."

She pointed to the dresser, and the elemental pieces were sitting on it.

"Okay, how come my dresser is spawning weird magical items?!", Ben's past-self face-palmed.

"I shall send you back, but you will be alive for a short time. You must use the Elements to defeat Eclipse. If you do not do it within the set amount of time, you will break down to a horrible and painful death. And everything will be lost..."

"I-I don't know if I can do this."

"Hey man. Listen to me. You never saw life's joy where ever you looked. Everything was just horrible for you. Until, you came to Equestria, or what ever that place was. Anyways, now you have a great life. Friends, peaceful surroundings, and a love interest."

"Yeah, you're right."

"NOW ARE YOU JUST GOING TO SIT ON YOUR ASS AND ALLOW EQUESTRIA TO CRUMBLE FROM THAT ASSPIERCER ECLIPSE?!"

Ben suddenly had a change in attitude.

"Okay, I'm ready."

"Okay, it is time for you to make a final stand."

A large portal appeared in ben's room. Celestia herself stepped through it, then Ben. Before Ben could go, his past-self patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey man, thanks for the great life you turned out of this wasteland."

"You better join the Marines."

Ben stepped through the portal.

--

Ben scrunched himself together and recovered from his fatigue. He shook his head and climbed out of the hole. He rubbed his eyes from the ashes and saw Equestria literally being torn apart from its base. Eclipse was using the Elements of Corruption to tear the very fabric of Equestria.

Then, Celestia's words rang in his head.

"Remember, you have a limited time to kill him."

Ben's eyes widened and he immediately shot into the air.

"Safeguard system onlin-Ben! I thought you had died!"

"Nevermind that. When I give the word, open fire with everything you have."

"Roger."

Ben floated up and faced Eclipse.

"You pest! Why won't you stay dead?!", he shouted as he fired a massive blast of energy. Ben dodged it, but remained still in the air. He closed his eyes behind his helmet and held out his hands. Then, from the forcefield that was keeping the Elements captive, six articles of unimaginable magic drifted out of the force field. They floated towards Ben.

"NO!", Eclipse shouted as he fired another magic bolt. This was deflected by a barrier of magic around Ben. The Elements floated around Ben,but he suddenly felt weaker and weaker. He was dying. He had to hurry up. He prayed to himself while the Elements began to circle around him. Then, his wings shifted. They released their DRAGOONS, the Railguns swiveled up to aim at Eclipse, the shoulder mounted Plasma Cannons clamped into position, and Ben held out both Beam Rifles.

"With Magic, Darkness is utterly extinguished.", Ben whispered as the tiara was moved in front of the right Plasma Cannon. It was absorbed into it and the cannon began to glow purple.

"With Kindness, Brutality has no effect.", the amulet was moved over the left Plasma Cannon, absorbed, then the cannon began to charge pink.

"Betrayal will never be as powerful as Loyalty.", the amulet was positioned in front of the left Beam Rifle, then absorbed.

"Deception is nothing when Honesty makes its mark.", the amulet was shifted to the right Beam Rifle, then drawn in.

"Laughter is the greatest weapon against Fear.", the amulet was absorbed into the right Railgun.

"And Greed is no match for Generosity." the last amulet was given to the left Railgun.

"No, this isn't possible!", Eclipse roared. He got together another blast to form from the Elements of Corruption.

"Corruption shall remake this world!", Eclipse shouted.

(And now, the part that all of you Gundam Fans are waiting for.)

"Full Burst Mode activated.", Safeguard informed.

The cannons all charged and wind wiped around Ben. The Elements were gaining power and gaining power. Until...

"Fire Full Burst Mode."

GLAZERRRRRRRK!!!!!!

The cannons fired the Elements at Harmony directly at Eclipse. They met with the beam of the Elements of Corruption. Both Ben and Eclipse kept a constant supply to their beams. In realization that he was about to be drawn back from the force of Ben's blast, he feed more power into the beam, turning it bigger and pushing back Ben's beam. Ben found this and strained to add as much power as possible. His beams grew and pushed Eclipse's beams back. But, Ben was beginning to black out due to the fact that he was dying, just as Celestia warned him. Ben hollered with might as he fed more power into his beams and pushed Eclipse's back. Eclipse did the same and his beam grew in power. Around them, the ground was getting torn apart and debris was rising from the magnitude of energy. Ben roared and fed more energy, Eclipse did the same.

Until, Ben saw his past-self and Rainbow Dash in his decaying mind.

"Hey man, thanks for the great life you turned out of this wasteland."

"Of course I love you."

The two echoed in his mind over and over. Then, he saw an image of Eclipse's new world. Equestria was a volcanic wasteland. Everything was in misery. And, there was a shrine. There was a shrine in the middle of it all. It was a statue of Eclipse, holding Ben's head in victory.

Now, Ben snarled.

He.

Would.

Not.

Let.

This.

Happen.

"RAAAAAGGGGGGHHH!!!", Ben screamed as he fed all of his remaining energy into his beams. Eclipse attempted to feed more energy, but it was no use. The beam drew closer, and closer, and closer until...

...it collided.

Eclipse screamed in agony as the sky exploded with white light. He began to bear cracks all over himself, and white light began to leap out of them. He screamed more and more as he was being torn apart from space and time. Greater cracks appeared and Eclipse began to disintegrate from existance.

"NOOOO! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!"

Ben pushed his limit by adding more energy to the constant beams, and Eclipse began to disintegrate faster. The more cracks appeared, the more white light began to escape. More light escaped until at one point, the sky was absolutely covered in harsh rays of white energy. At this point, Eclipse was dying.

"NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

KABOOOOOM!!!!!

Eclipse disintegrated and white light exploded everywhere. The fissures began to close, the sky began to clear of ash, and, a miracle, the grass began to grow again. Eclipse's particles fell downwards towards Equestria and proceeded to feed the surface with life. The white light began to dance around in curved rays and spread everywhere. They entered into the bodies of dead ponies and they resurrected. They began rubbing their heads wondering what had happened.

Ben was wondering what had happened too. Until realization had reached him.

"I did it.", Ben muttered to himself.

The Tears of War

"Sergeant Lilienfeld, do you copy?"

I put down my book and quickly picked up the radio.

"Roger sir, I hear you"

"Okay, Lilienfeld, listen up. The convoy will be stopping for gas in an Afghan town nearby. We have a firm pressance there, but remain on guard. Copy that?"

"Roger sir."

Click!

I set down the radio and pulled up my book, Mockingjay. I kept reading until a marine came over to me and practically made me want to blow his face off.

"Spoiler alert, Prim dies"

I never came closer to spooning someone with a wrench.

"Damnit asshole! That was my only source of entertainment around this dump of a country!"

"Your welcome."

I threw a punch at his face. He just simply ducked and my fist connected with the hard and rough metal walls of the humvee.

"Bitch!"

I withdrew my hand. It looked really swollen, but it wasn't broken.

"Motherfucker! I'll have your head!"

The marine just chuckled, and I couldn't help but smile.

"Yo, I haven't seen you anywhere before. Who are you?"

The marine shifted his position a bit and spoke in a completely bad-ass voice that made the drivers turn their heads to see what was going on in the humvee.

"Just call me DJ."

"Cool name."

"Thanks brother."

"Hey! You two quit making out back there! We're approaching the town! You know your job!", the driver yelled.

"Yeah, I think I got the idea on the 27th time you told us were approaching the town."

The driver scowled and turned around to continue looking at the road. In no time, we arrived in the town. It was quite populated, so children ran around in the streets freely. Just seeing all of those kids in the street brought up painful memories.

"If only I could do that in my childhood.", I said to myself.

"What?", DJ asked.

"Nothing.", I lied.

DJ seemed to get the idea and he exited out of the humvee, as did I and the other marines in the convoy. I saw the waiting fuel barrels guarded with some allied militia. I groaned as me and my comrades headed over to the armed militia. I approached them , asked them to lower their weapons, and payed them a rather large amount of currency for the oil and gasoline. They obliged, lowered their AK-47s, and took the money. They handed over the barrels and spoke in the foreign language that I learned in The Middle East.

"Thank you. You are paying for a good cause."

I nodded back as I hefted an oil barrel towards a Bradlys Armored Combat Vehicle in the convoy. I handed the oil drum to a fellow marine, and he began to fill it up. I saluted him, as did he, and I walked over to DJ. I saw him filling up a humvee, so I decided to wait until he was done. After the last drop was poured in, he stowed the empty canister in the trunk.

"Sup DJ."

"Oh, hey, uh, what was your name?"

"Sergeant Lilienfeld."

"Ah, I see. So what's up?"

Before I could respond, I saw an ice cream truck pull up from around a corner. My stomach gargled at the frosty delights that the truck held, as I was pretty much living off of rations. DJ got up from his sitting position and turned towards the ice cream truck.

"Bro, I don't have time for this. I'm gonna purchase some kids some ice cream. You wanna come?"

"Naw, I'm gonna wait a while. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna hurl any second now if I think about eating."

"Suit yourself."

I watched DJ head over the crowd of children waiting for their frozen treats. DJ yelled out in foreign language in the air.

"Ice cream's on me children."

The childern screamed with delight as DJ began paying for the ice cream. I smiled.

"Now, that's making a difference.", I say to myself as I headed back to the humvees.

KA-BOOM!

The ice cream truck EXPLODED before my very eyes and sent the flaming bodies of DJ and the countless children in every direction. I screamed in horror as my fellow marine and innocent children were thrown to the ground. The next thing I know, an RPG sails over my head and turns the Bradlys into a smoldering wreck by hitting its weaker top armor. More and more rockets shot out and caught the humvees as I frantically radioed for help.

"This is convoy 6-3-7-2-2! We are under attack! Requesting immediate air support!"

"Negative, negative, too many innocents in the area, your'e on your own, Sergeant."

I cursed out loud and saw numerous insurgents round a corner of a building rather far away. I ignored them completely and stared at the lifeless body of DJ. I just met him, but he was my brother in arms, and he had died right before my eyes. Suddenly, I saw his chest began rising up and down.

HE'S ALIVE!

I quickly rushed into the middle of all the cross fire as I was focused on saving a fellow marine...no...brother. I took a hit in the side, where my kevlar bullet-proof vest had lesser protection. I flinched in pain as I took the round and continued towards DJ. I moved him behind a concrete barricade as Insurgents appeared on the rooftops with RPGs. One fired at a humvee and caught it in the blast. The humvee was turned into a massive fireball as the surrounding marines were caught ablaze.

"Corpsman! I HAVE A WOUNDED HERE!"

Immediately, a marine with a red cross on his jacket came from one of the humvees and approached me. He took a good look at DJ, who was hardly breathing. His skin was severely burnt and had gasoline all over it from the explosion. The corpsman nodded and immediatly got to work. I poked my head over the concrete barricade I used for cover and looked at the roof tops. I saw an RPG trooper leveling its rocket launcher at my cover. Acting quickly, I drew my M4A1 assault rifle and aimed down the ACOG. I leveled the scope on the terrorist's head and fired three shots.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The RPG trooper's head recoiled back from the rounds and fired his RPG uselessly into the air. I quickly switched targets to an approaching technical, a modified civilian vehicle, usually a pickup truck armed with a machine gun or other weapons. I put a shot into the driver and a shot into the gunner, now making the vehicle useless. Then, I noticed a BTR assault vehicle round a corner of a building. Before I could react, it fired its massive 30mm auto cannon at a marine and made him explode into a million pieces. It then fired some sort of missile and destroyed a Humvee, along with the three Marines standing by it. Suddenly, 5 marines came up to me and informed me that we needed to head to the roof tops and find an anti-tank weapon. I agreed and ordered some machine gunners to cover the medic attending to DJ. Me and the other marines quickly headed into the cross fire of the BTR and the other marines in the convoy.

"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!"

Right before we reached a multi-leveled school house, one of the marines took a hit and fell to the ground, unable to move. The rest of the marines hadn't noticed and ran on without the wounded marine. If there was one thing that I learned in my service, it was to never leave a man behind. I turned around and dashed towards the marine who managed to hide behind a boulder and fire ineffectively at the BTR with his M4A1. I took a hold of the marine and carried him with the fireman's carry technique. I took a round from an AK-47, but my kevlar did its job, and blocked the round. I stumbled as the force of the bullet jostled me. I had to run quite clumsily  with the weight of the Marine slung over my shoulder, but I managed to get inside the school house where the other marines were inside. If it weren't for the other marines laying smokes down to conceal my rescue, then I would have been swiss-cheesed. I laid the Marine down in a corner and I joined with the rest of the marines to finish off the BTR. Right was we turned for a stair case, an insurgent rounded the corner with its RPK. The insurgent threw the butt stock of the machine gun towards my face, but my knife was quicker. I dodged right, and the insurgent was forced forward. Then, I brought the knife down onto his back, and a fellow marine finished him off with a blast from his Benelli M4 shotgun.

We came into a empty school room that on the opposite end, had access to a fire escape ladder. The squad was about to dash to the opposite end, until we heard an insurgent come from the door and throw in a grenade. Right as the explosive left his hand, he quickly shut the door and locked it.

There was no way out.

"GRENADE!"

I quickly shouted out as I ran for the explosive. Too late, my brothers registered what I was about to do. Out stretching my arms, I threw myself over the grenade, and waited for the pain to embrace me. I waited for my life to flash before my eyes, but nothing happened. I realized, this was it. I was taking my life for my brothers. In the split second before detonation, I wondered if my whole life was leading towards this moment. At least I might go to a more peaceful place...

And with that, a Tear of War fell from my eye.

KA-SPLUT!

--

I never expected that I would open my eyes again. I never expected for myself to breath again. But some how, I was doing just that. I opened my eyes to find that I was in some kind of meadow. My eyes kept turning around and scanned the environment for any clue of where I might be. I looked down at myself. There was no hole from the grenade to my stomach. I looked at my side. There was no wound from the bullet I was struck by. I was still wearing my kevlar body armor and my military fatigues. My M4A1 laid a few feet away from me, and my other gear was slung under a tree. Inched towards the tree and retrieved my gear and inched the other direction for my M4A1 and put it in my backpack.

"Am I in...heaven?"

This had to be heaven, even though I didn't have a religion. I tried to get up completely, but an immense pain flared up in my chest. I screamed in agony as the pain was unbearable. I heard something snap in my chest as I howled again from the pain.

"GOD! SOMEBODY HELP ME!"

Suddenly, a streak of multicolors descended from the sky and landed next to me. A lot of dust as thrown up as I shut my eyes from the cloud. I then laid my eyes on a cyan colored horse, no bigger that a meter tall, and had a rainbow-colored mane. From its appearance, at looked female. I had no idea of what to make of it. It looked at me with very concerning, yet angry eyes. It continued to stare at me, both of our eyes meeting each other. Before the mare had a chance to speak, I barely breathed the words to it.

"Please...help me."

Suddenly, the mare's expression from suspicion quickly changed into concern as it came closer.

"What? Are you hurt?"

"Yes! I think I've broken some of my ribcage. Is there a hospital around here somewhere?!"

"Wait! What are you?! And why should I help you?!", the mare yelled in my face.

Suddenly, I coughed and a small speck of blood splattered against her face. She wiped the blood off and she then looked much more worried about my physical state.

The mare quickly nodded to me and scooped me up with her hooves and set me down on her back. The mare seemed a little uncomfortable with a human on her back, but drew her wings...wait...WINGS?! I stared at the feathered appendages attached to the mare's body. It is impossible for a horse to grow wings. They weren't related to any kind of flying species at all. I decided to ask questions later as the mare looked back at me with very concerning eyes.

"Do you have a good grip on me?"

"Urgh, yeah."

"Good, cause' I'm gonna go pretty fast.", The mare smiled at me before whipping it off her face. She then thought about the situation in process and spread her wings.

"Wait, what do you mean fast-HOLY SHIT!"

The mare rocketed forward with incredible speed. The wind beat furiously in my hair and her mane. I could hardly make out anything in this kind of speed. With a quick dive down, I could make out a small village, or town down below. I could not really see much about it before the pain began to grow in my chest again. With a scream, I blacked out.

Well, that's the end of the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it, because there shall be more! Please leave your comments below telling how you liked the story, or how it could be improved on!

Quote: "A country cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."-Albert Einstein

First Steps (Ending Re-edited, recomend re-reading.)

I could not believe what in the name of hell just happened. I looked down and touched my new wings. They seemed to be  crackling with electricity and when I touched the tip of the wing, I drew back my finger from cutting it.

"How did this happen?", I asked Twilight.

"I-I don't know..."

I then remembered that the beam of light had bounced off my dogtags, and struck my laptop...when it was paused in the video. That really explains a lot, but should I be concerned over this? I mean, I just got some nice wings and all, but these can be really dangerous to anyponies' safety.

"So...uh...do you like them?"

I looked back at Twilight, who looked afraid of what I was going to say.

"I-I don't know what to say...no one has ever gotten me a gift like this..."

As I said this, I felt a tear roll down my eye. Even if these wings were an accident, I never felt better in my life knowing that someone cared for me.

"Thank you Rainbow Dash.", I said with a smile. She looked like she could burst into tears from my comment, but found this to be a sign of weakness from the rather overly cool mare. She quickly wiped the emotion off her face and trotted over to me.

"So, now that you have your wings, do you wanna go see Cloudsdale?"

I looked down at her warmly.

"I thought you would never ask."

Then, Rainbow Dash seemed to get an idea. She then spread her wings apart and took a racing stance.

"Hey, you wanna race to my house? Even with you're new wings, I bet you couldn't beat the fastest flier in Equestria!"

"I'm afraid I might just take that title."

She smiled at me evilly as she took her stance, as did I. I felt some heat coming from my back, as I realized the wings' propulsion comes from the same jetpack that MG Wing Zero Gundam uses. I felt more and more heat as the dust from the ground started to rise up. The deep whining noise was heard from the exhaust of the jetpack. I concentrated on the direction that Rainbow Dash had pointed to in the distance. The whining noise began to attract the attention of the ponies in Ponyville. Many of them looked over to see what the commotion was. After seeing my massive wings, and the dust rising up, many of them bolted for their doors, while others took cover and decided to watch.

"Alright, slowpoke, I'm counting down."

"Start it up Rainbow Dash."

"5, 4, 3..."

Right when the cyan mare hit "3", she immediately bolted into the air, leaving me behind in a trail of rainbow colors.

"DAMNIT, YOU CHEATED!"

Then, I put full thrust onto the jetpack. I was launched forward with unbelievable speed. My wings spread, and I found myself going so fast, everything seemed to be a blur. I pulled off a few barrel rolls to avoid flying into a few masses of clouds and a crossed-eyed mare who wasn't looking where she was going. I then saw a small blue silhouette in the distance. I trained my eyes on it, but then, a small device came out of a panel in my wings, and hovered over my eye. I then looked into the small device, and all sorts of symbols appeared. I then saw a cross-hair move over Rainbow Dash, who was in the distance. It then hovered over her silhouette and zoomed in. I could now see a better picture of Rainbow Dash. Then, another smaller cross-hair moved over the previous cross-hair that was already placed on her shape. Then, as the smaller croos-hair moved over the bigger cross-hair. the previous one turned red, and a beeping noise was heard. I didn't understand what it meant, until I looked down and found some text that said: LOCK ON ACQUIRED. I immediately opened my eyes wide to what it meant and began to speak frantically to stop it.

"Oh god, cancel lock! CANCEL LOCK!"

Immediately, the cross-hair disappeared, and I sighed with relief. So, I had a personal dogfighting system in these wings. Damnit, I don't want to end anymore lives then the ones I've ended in Afghanistan, and now I got a sure-fire method to do just that. I then concentrated at the matter at hand and I pushed forward. More and more power was put onto the jetpack. Suddenly, I found Rainbow Dash about to land on what appeared to be a large house in the sky. Right when I saw here touch down, I knew that I had lost the race. Then, I realized that I was coming in too fast. I tried to turn, but my wings were still stuck in the same position.

"OH SHIT!"

My wings then wrapped around me, forming a sort of shell. I could see nothing on the inside of it, but I felt myself crash into something. Right as I was sure I had stopped, my wings unfolded, and I found myself in a house that seemed to be completely made out of cotton. No, clouds. I stood up, and my MG Wing Zero Gundam wings quickly folded up and retracted into my back. I then took note of the huge whole that I had caused in the wall. Rainbow Dash then poked her head trough it, and she stared wide-eyed at me. I stood there for a while before realizing what I had done.

"Oh, god, I'm incredibly sorry for what I did. It must cost a fortune to repair a hole like that."

Rainbow Dash just smiled at me and took to the air.

"Wow, you really are not familiar to Cloudsdale, are you?"

No shit.

Rainbow Dash exited out of the hole and came back tugging a large cloud behind her. She placed the large cloud over the hole and, I heard some tapping outside, then Rainbow Dash appeared inside the house and began bucking the cloud into place. I stared in amazement as the cloud perfectly mended over the hole I had busted in the wall. I then took a look around me, and found the ENTIRE house was formed out of clouds, and I was standing on them. I looked down and nearly fainted.

"I cannot tell you how many laws of science we are breaking at the minute. I'm kind of expecting the space-time continuum to tear itself apart at all of these broke laws."

Rainbow Dash turned around and looked at me with a little concern.

"Is that bad?"

"No, it's just a joke Rainbow Dash."

She smiled at me before telling me something.

"I think you left your stuff back on the ground."

Face palm.

"Ugh, I'll be right back"

My wings grew out again, and I found myself hurtling down towards Ponyville once again. Only this time, I heard a banging noise. I turned my head, and found the sonic cone forming around me. I then turned my head once more, and found myself about to crash into the streets of Ponyville. I quickly pulled up, and I zoomed across the streets, sending quite a few Equestrians flying from the speed I was preforming. I pulled up, and I found myself at Twilight's house again. I quickly bolted in, grabbed my stuff, and apologized to the wide-eyed Twilight about the sudden burst-in. I quickly exited as I stored my belongings into different compartments built into my wings. I took off once more, and arrived back at Rainbow Dash's house. Only that time, as I didn't go so fast, I caught a glimpse of Cloudsdale. It was magnificent. A whole city that looked like heaven was resting in the sky. Trails of rainbows that seemed to be taking on the form of water were trailing down the city everywhere. I then concentrated. I don't want to be seen with these wings that are capable of destroying this entire city within seconds. I quickly and stealthily headed back to Rainbow Dash's house and set my stuff down. I began to take everything out and examine them. I unpacked my backpack, took off my Kevlar and set down my M4A1. Rainbow Dash looked with interest and began to watch me unpack my stuff. I looked over to her, and she asked what all of this stuff was. I told her we would get to that later as I began to make a mental list of the things I had.

Combat Equipment: M4A1 with 5 spare ammo clips (two are in the backpack), M9 Handgun, KA-BAR knife, three M67 frag grenade, two flashbangs, one HE grenade, kevlar body armor, helmet, combat fatigues, and, of course, my wings.

Other stuff after looking around in duffle bag: Laptop, ipod touch, sketch journal, a wooden Bokken sword (For kendo), some changes of cloths, and a picture of me and my fellow comrades having a blast throwing mud clumps at each other, pencel, pen, eraser, a few board games, and all sorts of other things.

I took out my laptop and check the internet connectivity. Sure enough, all of the bars were filled. Rainbow Dash trotted over to me.

"Hey, you gonna put on another song? That last one was great!"

"Uh, no, I'm gonna put on a movie."

Rainbow Dash lit up with excitement.

"What are you gonna watch?", she asked with excitement.

"Actually, I thought that I could also show you what movies on Earth are like.", I said with a smile.

I began to go through a mental list of what I should show Rainbow Dash.

Horror? Naw, she probably wouldn't survive the horror I'm into.

Adventure? Meh, I've seen quite enough.

Sci-fi? She probably wouldn't get the concept.

Romance? OH FUCK NO. She would probably get the wrong idea about me. And looking at her tapping her hoof impatiently on the floor, she probably wouldn't enjoy that too.

Historical? I'm mostly into war history, and that sometimes gets a little graphic.

Action? Eh...best hope I have.

"So, what are we watching?", she asked with interest.

I cycled down o the Netflix list until I came down onto a movie that some marines told me were okay in ratings.

"We're gonna watch a movie called 'Battle Ship"

Rainbow Dash perked up with excitement.

"Wow! That sounds cool!"

"Yeah, and it also gives you a good look at another branch of the military, The Navy."

"Wait, you said your were a Mariner...or something like that."

"Marine, Rainbow Dash. There is a large difference. As a Marine, I fight on the ground, the Navy fights in the ocean."

"That's what they do?"

"In a nutshell."

I smiled with hope as the download had completed after a few minutes. I noticed rainbow Dash sitting on a couch with a table pulled in front. I walked over to the table, and set the laptop down. I hit play, and the movie started. She was a little confused at the first part, as she asked why would a person go through all of that trouble to get a girl a chicken burrito, what was a chicken burrito even, and what was happening with the transmission to anther planet. After a few more minutes of the movie, I saw Rainbow Dash getting a little afraid of the Aliens that had entrapped the fleet inside a forcefield. We kept watching through until the aliens had boarded one of the destroyers, and the crew was going around armed with M4A1 assault rifles.

"Hey! That's the same thing you have!", Rainbow Dash pointed in amazement at the familiar guns that the crew was putting to use.

"Sure is Dashie."

Rainbow Dash looked at me a little funny at the new name I had just said to her. She smiled and scooted up towards me a little bit and smiled at me warmly. We continued to watch the movie for some time. I absolutely loved the part when the cannon blew off one of the alien's heads.

"Boom, headshot."

Rainbow Dash looked at me a little funny.

"Did it die?"

"Yeah."

She looked a little afraid now, but she kept watching with interest. We finally got to the end when the fleet commander rejected a marriage proposal towards his daughter. I never laughed so hard in my life, and Rainbow Dash got the humor and chuckled her head off, once in a while letting out a snort in between the giggles. We laughed even harder when the fleet commander said he was in the mood for a chicken burrito. After the credits began to roll, I shut down the movie and looked at Rainbow Dash with a smile.

"Did you like it?"

"Liked it? I LOVED IT! That was so awesome! I hope we could watch some other movies sometime..."

We found ourselves staring into each others eyes. We continued to stare for a little while before Rainbow Dash broke the stare and kissed me on the cheek. I was completely caught off guard by this. Did she really like me this way? I continued to stare at her with a smile before looking at the time on the computer.

"What was that for?", I asked regarding the kiss on the cheek.

"Rainbow Dash was beginning to blush madly on her cheeks.

"Well, if you didn't like it...", she whispered looking concerned she had done something wrong.

"It's okay. To be honest, I think you're pretty cute too."

Rainbow Dash blushed at the compliment once again.

"Oh come on.", she said while tapping me on my chest with her hoof,"You don't mean that."

"Of course I do."

She smiled at me again as I looked at the time again. Damn it was late.

"I think I should turn in."

Rainbow Dash looked a little disappointed.

"Well, if you're tired."

"I can take the couch."

Rainbow Dash smiled at me.

"Okay, that sounds good. Good night Ben."

"Good night Rainbow Dash."

I walked over to a sofa, and found it completely white, as if it were a cloud.

"Jesus, I wonder what Rainbow Dash would do if she spilled something on this.", I smiled.

I took some blankets that Rainbow Dash loaned to me and pulled myself over the couch. Dragging the increadibly plush blanket over myself, I adjusted myself to a comfortable position.

"Night Ben.", I heard the familiar voice call out.

"Night."

OC Announcements (Edited)

I have come to announce the winner of the OC contest.

The winner is...Corrosive Dash!

To the others:

But seriously, thank you all for your support! I heavily thank all participating OCs!