DON'T FUCK WITH A MARINE

"Hrrngk...!"

I awoke with a gag. The pain going through my body was greater than even the most vile forms of torture. At least, that's how I felt. I was so damaged and broken that I couldn't even move, and that pissed me off, but only a little. If this was how I was going to die, then so be it. At least I fucked shit up.

I could feel something touching me. It was gentle and not rough, as if someone was trying to mend me. Or maybe it was a vulture testing my body so that it could start eating me. I didn't know, and I also didn't care. I faded in and out of consciousness in this state for an amount of time that I couldn't comprehend with my wasted body and mind. Eventually it happened on its own that I was able to open my eyes and have enough awareness to actually formulate thoughts from within my mind. I wasn't in the train that I had passed out in - I was inside what appeared to be a cave.

"I'm amazed you haven't died." Spoke the voice of an old man. I could tell he was old because of the way he sounded. What I couldn't tell though - something that also pissed me off - was when I saw him. It was another fucking animal. Where were the humans?

"You... rrrghh! Mnnnngh... huk! Mmbg... fuck." I choked and gagged on some kind of liquid in my throat. It must've been blood. I knew I was all kinds of fucked up. "Who are you?"

"I live here on this... 'Rambling Rock Ridge'. To see a train stopped by itself with no life around it piqued my interest, and so I went to investigate. That is when I found you. My question for you is the same... Who are you, strange being? Where are you from? I've never seen your kind before."

"I don't know. It was all classified." I laughed and choked on my injuries. "Heh... My name is Raserix Viceroy. I need to get out of here."

"I'm afraid you can't be going anywhere with those injuries, unless you have a death wish. You must rest here for awhile. I may be able to find a nurse who can mend your body so that it can heal at a faster rate, but I can't walk as far these days."

"Bitch, I'm a marine!" Clenching my fist, I began to stand to my feet. I could barely stand and I felt like I was going to die, but at least I would have died a badass.

"Ah... I cannot allow you to leave in your condition. It is my Equestrian duty to make sure you survive. There is no need for your death."

"I'm not out of the game yet... ahahahh... Out of my way old man. I have to get back."

"You will die if you leave!"

"That's it." I lifted my arm and punched the fucker. He was so old that when he fell, I heard his bones crack, and with a whimpery moan he seemed to pass away right then and there. That proved to me that he was really old. With him out of my way, I began to stumble towards the exit of the cave. Before I could get out though, I heard a strange fiery sound behind me. I turned, and to my confusion I saw that the old stallion's body was enveloped in a blood red flame. It wasn't an ordinary fire, and what rose from within the flame was something I could only fathom as a supreme being. It looked like a figure I had seen in ancient textbooks that depicted gods and demigods. He looked like he was one of them.

"You're not from this world. Never in these lands have I seen such an extreme lack of empathy and concern for another." He spoke with a demonic voice.

"You were in my way, dude. You did this to yourself."

"Spoken by the fool who is minutes from his own doom. I don't know whether to be astounded by your stupidity or your lack of care for your own life."

"If I die, it's on my own terms. You think I'm going to die sulking away in some cave? I will be out and on my way back. Rrrk..." I felt faint and my body was droopy.

"An interesting perspective. Maybe you aren't as stupid after all."

"Hey, fuckface, if you're a demigod, which I know you are, are you really just going to let me die? Fucking hypocrite. Going on about a lack of care and empathy for others... pssh..."

"Calm yourself. I have plans for someone like you." Right after his words, there was a flash of black, and I could feel the soul within my body being transported to someplace else.

I looked around to find that I had been transported to some kind of black void. There was nothing physical that I could see, aside from the demigod himself, who appeared brightly lit and visible despite the assumed darkness. I also didn't feel like I was about to die anymore.

"Welcome to what I call The Realm." The demigod spoke. "I've fixed your injuries as well, as I'm sure you're quite aware of by now."

"I like The Realm." I responded as I looked around. There really was nothing here, and I nodded in approval. It looked how I felt inside.

"You will come to like it even more when you see what I have in store for you."

Intrigued, I watched as the figure raised his arms upwards in a slow, power-emitting way. The black void soon transformed into the inside of a medieval temple in the blink of an eye. My eyebrows narrowed in confusion as I looked around at my new immediate surroundings. I had seen alot of shit, but this was new to me. Had I just teleported? How did I even get here anyway? Questions I should've been asking myself earlier were starting to come up in my mind, but he spoke first, and I let him.

"In my pony form, I was playing stupid. I already know what you are. Your species belongs to the human race. Luckily for you, your species holds a high place on the food chain in your new world - what its inhabitants hail as 'Equestria'."

"Heh..." I chuckled deeply. "That makes alot of sense. I was starting to figure I wasn't in a normal environment. Since when the hell do animals talk? I hadn't seen a damn human since I got here."

"And you won't either. Humans in this world went extinct long ago in Equestria's history."

"How unfortunate for them." I remarked. "But why am I here? You wouldn't happen to be a part of command, would you?"

The figure looked confused, and then shook his head. "I don't know everything. As for why you're here, well.. that's a question that didn't have an answer until just a couple minutes ago."

"Huh?"

"Equestria has a magical force that is called... well, 'magic'. Only certain species can tap into this magical power, with the most prevalent in our current time being pony unicorns. Now, different species can tap into this magic in their own way. What this means, is that pony unicorns will have access to a certain variety of spells, and, let's say... certain dragons, a different species, will have access to spells that pony unicorns aren't capable of."

All of his talking was starting to bore me. "Why should I care? Is magic something I have to worry about or something? Now that I think about it, I think I've already witnessed what you're talking about. That dumb instagram horse did some weird shit to me and I couldn't even move no matter how hard I tried. That shit REALLY pissed me off."

The demigod nodded. "It's very possible that's what you witnessed. However, you can fight back against that kind of power. Your human species is capable of accessing powerful magic from within this world."

This was getting my attention fast. "What kind of magic?"

The demigod responded with words instead of actions this time. Raising his hand, a large claymore sword suddenly appeared in-front of him out of thin air. He grabbed it, and then he swung it through the air a few times before letting it rest at his side. "Of the variety of spells that your species can do, creating objects from the nothingness is one of them."

It was hard for me to fathom at first. Creating an object from thin air? I had to try it for myself. I concentrated and imagined a sword within my mind, and to my surprise, I felt a clicking sensation from inside my head. In-front of me spawned the same sword I was imagining, and I examined it with squinted eyes. My sword wasn't boring and medieval like his was - it was black, carbon fiber, and tactical, with razor sharp stainless steel that couldn't rust. I grinned at this. "Neat. What's the catch?"

"Your only limit is your mind. Your brain is a muscle, and if you use too much magic with it, you'll injure yourself at great cost."

I nodded my head, and seeing as my time here was done, I decided to end it. "Cool." Pointing my sword forward, I pressed a button on the hilt. The blade of the sword shot forward like a rocket and pierced the chest of the guy standing before me at blinding speed. He stumbled backwards, looking down at the blade that was sticking out of his chest, and then he looked back up at me. He was calm like the blade sticking out of him didn't mean anything.

"You truly have no care for others, do you? I hope you weren't expecting to kill me, as a mere mortal like yourself cannot slay demigods."

It seemed as though this guy was going to be an actual threat. "You don't know what I've been through, fucker. I know all I need to know now. What I need to do now is go back to that castle and fuck up the fuckers who thought they had shit on me, especially that instagram horse. What a bunch of smug fucks. They're all going to pay, and then I'm going to head back and report to command what's happened here."

The figure laughed. "You think you make the rules around here, kid? What a way to treat someone who saved your life and gave you the knowledge of your powers." He pulled the sword out of his own chest, examined it, and then broke it in half with his knee. "When it comes to me, you have no real power. I brought you here to serve my needs, otherwise I would've left you dead in that cave. Is that you want?"

I frowned. "The only people I serve are the United States Marines, you son of a bitch!!!" I charged forward, and with the spirits of my brethren hoorahing on my side, I punched the fucker so hard in the chest that he was smitten backwards with such speed to where he went right through the stone walls of the medieval temple. While he was stunned, I used my magic to create a teleporter pad in-front of me, and I used that pad to teleport me out of The Realm - or rather, his realm - and back onto the mainlands of Equestria. I was back in-front of the castle I had previously just escaped from, but this time I came with true power on my side. Every piece of shit in that castle was about to experience pain and suffering the likes of which they'd never seen before.