Metro: A New World

Ponyville. While I did miss my home station, the welcoming atmosphere of the small town did help me adjust and forget about my homesickness. The town was full of color not only from the buildings, but from the multitude of citizens as well. I would've seen more, if it weren't for an unexpected guest.

Twilight swung the door open, allowing the morning sun to shine through.

"This way, Artyom." said Twilight. The purple unicorn exited her house. Me and Pinkie followed suit. She then closed the door behind us and began to explain my surroundings.

"This is Ponyville, Artyom. You won't find friendlier ponies anywhere else. To your left is Time Marches On, a clock shop owned by our very own Time Turner."

"I'll keep that in mind. I could use a few alarm clocks." I said.

"Should I even ask?" asked Twilight.

"It's best you didn't know."

"Alright then. Now, to our right is--"

"OH! OH! Can I do it, Twilight?!?!" excitedly asked Pinkie.

"Sure." said Twilight.

"To our right is Sugarcube Corner. It's also the best place in the world since I work there!"

"A well chosen place to work, I might add." I said.

"Sugarcube Corner produces the best baked goods in all of Equestria! And that's a scientific fact."

"To her science at least." quietly mumbled Twilight. I chuckled at Twilight's remark.

"Next is Town Hall. Home of Mayor Mare."

"...Um...what?" I asked.

"Her name is actually Mareylin, but she preferred Mare for short, which lead to ponies calling her Mayor Mare. It's stuck ever since."

"Huh. That's interesting."

"I'll skip the political stuff, but the town square is also the political hub of Ponyville."

"I figured."

"Now to the left of town hall is As The Vinyl Turns. It's a music store owned and run by our local DJ, Vinyl Scratch. She's quite famous for the type of music she creates." said Pinkie.

"And that music is?" I asked.

"It's called "dubstep" and focuses...."

"Mostly on electronic beats and glitchy sounds." Pinkie turned and gawked at my invisible form. "I had the unfortunate experience of listening to it during my time in the metro. It's not terrible, but not my taste. I prefer either orchestra or rock."

"Orchestra....and rock?" asked Twilight.

"There wasn't much choice of music thanks to the war. Beggars can't be choosers."

"You're becoming more interesting by the second, Artie." said Pinkie.

"Heh. Thanks."

"Now next is---" Twilight was cut off by a burst of red light hitting her on her right side. She hit the dirt hard, grunting while attempted to stand. I turned my attention back towards Pinkie to see her hovering in the air, enveloped in vivid red energy. I ducked into a nearby alley and watched as the events unfolded before me.

The source of the red energy evidently stemmed from, what I could see, a cloaked form in the distance. Following it were six dog like creatures that walked on their hind legs. They weren't as looming as a Librarian, but the makeshift weapons in their paws said otherwise. They were clothed in what appeared to be make shift leather armor.

"That's the one, boss. The annoying pink one." spoke one of the dogs.

"I know, Spot, I know."

"Hey, I know that voice! It's Tri---" Pinkie was cut off by being flung into the town hall at speed. She made a rather large hole, which was later peeked through by a pony with a pale amber coat and light bluish gray mane. I could only assume that that was Mayor Mare.

"Mewling cur." said the cloaked pony. It then turned it's attention to Twilight. "Hello, Twilight Sparkle."

Twilight looked at the figure with a glare. "Trixie, what a rather unpleasant surprise."

The pony removed her cloak, revealing an azure colored unicorn, wearing an interesting looking amulet around her neck. The color drained from Twilight's face when she saw the amulet.

"The Alicorn Amulet." Twilight looked Trixie eye to eye. "You really are petty pony, aren't you?"

"Have you forgotten the humiliation you put me through?!" yelled Trixie.

"Not my fault your magic can't do jack-squat against an Ursa Major. Oh, I'm sorry, minor."

Twilight was hit by another blast of magic from Trixie. Evidently, the amulet acts as a power amplifier. This was bad, very bad. I had to act fast. Maybe if I caused a distraction....

Trixie approached Twilight's limp form "Any last words before I cast you out?"

"I hope you get whats about to come to you." retorted Twilight.

Trixie magically grasped Twilight and brought her to eye level. "Farewell, Twilight Sparkle." Before she could toss Twilight out of Ponyville, a she heard a metallic thunk beside her. She looked down to see a metal pipe.

"Bone? BONE!" yelped one of the dogs as he pushed his way toward the pipe. Trixie was knocked aside, losing focus on Twilight and letting her drop. The dog giddily clapped his paws as he examined his prize. He took it up and brought it to his eyes, where he finally noticed something.

"Hey. Why is this black rope on---" The pipebomb exploded, turning the dog into a rather meaty mess and alerting the residents of Ponyville to what was happening in town square. Trixie had put up a shield to protect herself from the explosion, but her ears were ringing like church bells.

"Rufus!" cried one of the dogs.

"Argh." Trixie got up off the ground. She turned to where Twilight should've been, and saw nothing. "TWILIGHT SPARKLE!!" exclaimed the enraged unicorn.

The distraction worked as I had hoped. The dogs' lack of higher brain function of course played a major part in the plan. After that, getting Twilight to safety was my main concern. After I picked her up, I ran her over to the back of the music store and removed the cloak.

"Artyom. Was that you?" asked Twilight weakly.

"Yeah. My plan worked like a charm, huh?" I answered.

"You couldn't have done it sooner?"

"I had to wait for the perfect moment to strike."

"So...what are you gonna do now?"

"What my motto tells me."

"And that is?"

"If it's hostile...." I showed Twilight my revolver "...you kill it."

"Rufus! He had so much to live for!" cried the Diamond Dog. Two of the remaining five dogs were busy consoling the grieving canine.

"Shut it!" snapped Trixie. She then pointed her hoof at the second pair of remaining dogs."Names." she stated.

"Uh, I'm Mike, and that's Kip." said Mike.

"Hey." said Kip with an added wave.

"Go find Twilight Sparkle, I'll deal with the townsfolk."

"On it boss." saluted Mike.

Kip did the same thing. "No sweat, we'll find that pony in no---" A loud bang echoed from somewhere, causing Trixie to scan the area around her. Mike's face was covered in blood as he watched his friends body go limp and hit the ground like a sack of bricks. Mike just stared at the body in shock, was this really happening?

"Hey!" yelled Trixie. Mike snapped out of it and turned his attention to her. "Stop standing there and go find her!"

"Understood." Mike drew the machete off his back and began looking around. A fire burned inside him. He wanted vengeance. As he scanned, he saw a shadow duck into a nearby alley.

"Found you!" yelled Mike as he sprinted into the alley. Trixie watched as Mike entered the alley. A few seconds later, a second bang went off, and a loud thump was heard. The azure unicorn sprinted to the alley to find her dense minion with a rather large hole in his chest.

"By Celestia, do we really suck, or is this pony really that good!" yelled the grovelling dog. The dog stood up and drew a wicked sharp knife from his pocket. "Let's go boys." The dogs entered the alley, snarling and barking, weapons drawn.

"Show yourself, coward!" yelled one dog. The three decided it was best to split up due to the branching paths of the alleys. As they continued looking for their target, another bang was heard. The remaining dogs ran to the source of the sound, and found their friend dead with a bullet in his head.

"Damn it!" cursed one of the dogs.

"Who is this pony?" asked the other.

"No pony." said a voice. The two dogs turned and came face to face with as tall as they were. The two stood there, paralyzed   with fear. "Just me." The two dogs snapped out of their trance and pounced their attacker.

Trixie was, for the first time since wearing the Alicorn Amulet, afraid. She had no idea what was happening. What had started as simple payback, is currently turning into a massacre of her hired help. The gathering townsponies weren't helping the situation either.

"Get back!" screamed Trixie as she sent a wave of magic at the crowd. The ponies promptly dispersed and hid behind whatever solid object was available. Three bangs echoed from the alley where her minions entered. She turned around and decided to seek the matter out herself. Burying her fear, the arrogant unicorn entered the alleyway and stepped over Mike's corpse. She looked around and saw the remaining three dogs, each with a sizable hole in their head. Trixie's rage boiled over as she stomped out of the alley and drew forth her magical power. The sky turned blood red as she drew in more power.

"I've had enough of these games!" yelled Trixie as she fired a bolt of magic into a nearby flower shop. "Reveal yourself!" The town grew deathly quiet. The wind blew through the town and Trixie swore she heard something.

Behind you

Trixie violently turned around and cast her magic at the area behind her. The blue unicorn was growing paranoid. She began scanning the town square feverishly.

Over here

Trixie looked at the approximate source of the voice and launched her magic at the area. Still nothing. Trixie began to panic. She was breathing a million miles a minute. She finally cracked.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!?!" she yelled as she cast a violent red wave of magic around her.

"Here." said a voice. Trixie swung round and expected to see another pony. What she got was a creature as tall as a Diamond dog, but whole lot scarier.

Trixie's eyes shrank "....Wha..."

"Surprise, motherfucker." said the creature before knocking the unicorn's lights out.

I whacked the unicorn as hard I could with my revolver. As much as I would've just loved to permanently end her and rid the world of her rather annoying voice, I'm pretty sure Twilight has more than a few questions for her.

"Some motto you got there." said Twilight.

I turned to her. "Could you blame me?" I asked. I noticed that the townsponies were now staring at me. Mostly in fear, although a mint green unicorn in the back was staring at me with a rather large grin.

"Guess the secret's out." I said.

"Don't worry. I won't let anything bad happen to you."

"You do realize that I'm going to hold you to that, right?"

"Whatever helps you sleep at night." replied Twilight with a smirk.

"Ha. Now, lets get---" A blinding white light cut off my conversation with Twilight. As I shielded myself from the blinding rays, I couldn't help but think what I was going to face next. As the light faded, I laid eyes upon what could possibly be the ruler of this land, if the crown didn't give it away. I quickly reloaded my revolver and aimed it at the monarch's head. It was WAY bigger than any of the other ponies. Twilight was about knee height, while this thing was practically as tall as me. It's horn was also longer than Twilight's, which probably meant that it knows more magic than her.

The white pony flared it's pair of wings at my appearance. Her eyes were faint red, as if she was just recently crying. I kept my finger on the trigger, just in case.

"That's not going to help you." spoke the pony. Before I could say anything else, I was enveloped in white light.

Twilight averted her eyes from the light. When it finally died down, she noticed that Princess Celestia was nowhere to be found. Worse, Artyom was gone as well.

"Oh, buck me." cursed Twilight.