Author's Note

spoken Text in bold is in French, spoken Text in normal font is in English.

Once again, I'm open to criticism, Please tell me where I need to improve, and I shall improve there

Chapter 1:Strange New world

Albert sat up with a start, his breathing was heavy and he looked all around him. “What, a forest, but I was just in a hospital” Albert exclaimed. “Ok, ok, ok, (deep breath) calm yourself Albert, you were a soldier, a little forest shouldn’t scare you” Albert reasoned with himself. He calmed himself and as he did he noticed a couple things. First of all he noticed a small pond nearby, and that he was wearing his old army Uniform. “What the hell am I doing in an army uniform, I haven’t worn something like this since the great war” Albert said to himself. It was only then that he realized that his voice seemed higher, if only a little bit. He noticed a Rifle next to him.

Albert picked up the rifle, and stood up, since his legs were a little wobbly to start he used the rifle to help him get his balance back. Once he felt good enough to walk, he began to walk over to the pond to get a good look at himself. When he looked in the pond, he couldn’t believe his eyes “My god, I look like my young self again, But how, I was forty four and on my deathbed, so how did I end up in a forest looking like my younger self, Nevertheless in uniform” Albert questioned, even though he knew no one would answer. He sighed, and walked away from the pond.

“Well no matter, If god wishes me to become a soldier once more, then a soldier I shall be again” Albert said to himself. It was then that he Heard a set of fearful screams, coming from north of him. “That sounds like children's screams, but what are a bunch of children doing out in the woods, well no time to think now, I have to help them” he yelled to himself, and he began to run toward the screams, Rifle with bayonet fixed in hand. He ran as fast as he could toward the screams, he only hoped that he would get to them in time.

He heard a young girl's voice say “Girls, my hoof is stuck, go on without me”. “Never sweetie, We won’t just leave you” screamed another young girl’s voice, though this one had a southern USA accent to it.

Without even realizing he yelled in English “I’m coming to help stay right where you are”.

A small, raspy voice responded “okay mister, but hurry, the timber wolves are getting closer, and our friend is stuck”. Wolves, that wasn’t good, he picked up the pace, he could feel his lungs burn, when he suddenly burst through the bushes, and saw “Wolves made of wood, that doesn’t seem possible, no matter” Albert Muttered to himself, before shouting out “hey get away from the Children you filthy Wooden beast” before he fired a bullet into the head to the first wolf he saw. The two remaining wolves immediately turned their heads away from the, Ponies? And toward Albert. They roared and began to run towards him, but before they could get even close, Albert shot the two other wolves before they could even get close.

As the wolves fell over dead, he slung his rifle over his shoulder, and walked toward the three tiny ponies who were staring at him in amazement. “Hello there Little one’s, my name is Albert, Albert Severin Roche, who are you three” he asked while prying the white filly?, yeah filly, from the rocks her hoof was stuck in.

“Um, well I'm applebloom, Mr. Albert, and the pegasus is scootaloo, and the Unicorn is sweetie bell”. Albert raised an eyebrow at that, but when he looked at the small orange filly, he saw that she did have a small pair of wings, and the white filly had a horn on her head.

He smiled and Said “It's a pleasure to meet you three, now if I may ask, why are you three here in the woods on your own”.

“Well you see, were the cutie mark crusaders, and well, we were trying to get our cutie marks in forest mapping, now that I think of it, it may not have been such a good idea”.

“Well, I’ll say so, now why don’t I help you three back to a town, does that sound good”. “Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, let's head home girls”. And with that Albert thought he had seen everything, little did he know, he would see a whole town of ponies.