Good luck sir. It's been an honour.

"Thought I'd try shooting my way out. Mix things up a little." - Spartan 117.

The three mares just stared in shock as the creature continued to eat as though nothing had happened.
Curious as to what the creature had done to attain the apple, Twilight managed to muster the courage to ask another question.
"You...you know magic ?" She asked timidly, the words unintentionally catching in her throat.

Forge just cocked an eyebrow in response as he drew his gaze from the scenery and back to the purple pony.
"Magic ?" He thought to himself. "The hell does it mean by magic ?"
Swallowing his mouthful, he cleared his throat before giving his response.
"Magic only exists in children's stories." He replied bluntly, remembering the countless stories that were told to children back on Earth. Lowering his free hand to his waist, he redrew his pistol and displayed it to the multi-coloured ponies before him.
"I used this." He explained after several moments, receiving nothing but blank stares of confusion from his audience.
"It's a gun." He continued, using a tone similar to one he would use if he were talking to a four year old.
Still receiving not a single word from the ponies, he returned the side-arm to its holster and returned his gaze back to the captivating scenery laid out before him.

The three friends just gave each other glances of confusion as they attempted to decipher what this 'gun' was.

"A gun ?" Twilight asked herself. "There's so much I have to write to the Princess about." She added, fretting that she would forget everything she had observed and everything that the creature had told them before she was able to reach the sanctity of her home and put her mental notes to paper.
Eager to get her find home, Twilight turned back to the creature and asked, "So, uh, would you like to come back to my home so that I can, uh..... study you ?"
She immediately regretted her choice of words as she realised how degrading her sentence must of sounded.
Still, she waited for the creatures response, silently hoping for the best.

Forge just snickered as the pony asked its question.
"You want to study me ?" He asked rhetorically, still finding it hard to believe his current situation.
Shaking his head slightly, he returned his gaze to the pony and gave his reply in the form of a phrase he was getting accustomed to using.
"Sure. Why the hell not." He replied, giving his shoulders a half shrug as he discarded the now near completely consumed apple.
Pushing himself off the trunk of the tree with a slight grunt, he trudged over to where the ponies stood.

Rainbow and Applejack just stood in utter disbelief at what their friend had just asked the creature to do.
"You want this thing to come with you ?" Rainbow asked in disbelief, giving her friend a look that would imply that she was insane.
We don't know what this thing is or what it wants." She continued, giving Forge yet another barrage of disapproving glances.
"It could be here to overthrow Equestria for all we know !" She pointed out, her voice slowly rising in volume as she protested against Twilight's decision.

"Ya know. Ah think I'll have to agree with Rainbow on this one sugercube." Applejack stated, also giving Twilight an unsure expression.
"Ah mean, just look at it." She added, eyeing the creature as it neared their location.

Twilight just sighed.
"Girls. You're just over-reacting." She retorted, turning to face their visitor who now stood to her left.
"I'm sure he's here in the best of terms, right ?" She asked to Forge who now had his arms crossed and was wearing an almost emotionless expression.

"Sure." Forge replied plainly, finding himself in constant eye contact with the rainbow coloured pony as it seemed to be determined on beating him in a staring contest.

Seeing how dire her situation was becoming. Twilight decided that it would be best if she and he extraterrestrial friend made their exit at this point.
"Well, uh, it was great seeing you Applejack." She said sheepishly as neither Forge nor Rainbow broke their gaze from one another.
"We'll just get going now I guess." She continued. "I'm sure you have lots of work to do." She said optimistically as she made her way over to Rainbow and began to pull on her friends foreleg.
"C'mon Rainbow." She urged. "Let's get this guy to my place before anypony else sees him." She pleaded with her friend, throwing an anxious glance towards the entrance of the farm.

"Now hold on there Twi." Applejack called to her friend before she could leave.
"If that thing really is an alien. Then ah think it would be best if I came with y'all. Ya know, in case you need an extra pair of hooves." She finished, trying to throw a bit of humour in her tone despite her obvious concern.

"Well, if you think that's best." Twilight responded, looking back over her shoulder before returning to her attempt at coaxing Rainbow from her intense stare.

Finally breaking her gaze from the creature, Rainbow managed to divert her attention back to her friend who was pulling at her foreleg.
"Sure Twi. If you say so." She eventually replied, uncertainty still blatant in her tone.

Relieved that her friend was willing to let the creature accompany her further, Twilight watched as Rainbow spread her wings and leaped into the air with several flaps of her wings, creating a slight gust that rustled through her mane.
Turning back to the creature, she found it watching Rainbow with intent. Whether it was admiring her flying technique or just loathing the blue pegasus' presence she couldn't tell.
What she did know was that she needed to get the visitor to her home as soon as possible and inform the Princess of his arrival.
"Shall we ?" She asked, only to receive a short grunt of response from the creature as it continued to watch Rainbow fly overhead, who was assumingly making sure the path to the library was free of any ponies who may catch a glimpse of the visitor.
Assuming that its grunt was a yes, Twilight began to lead the way towards her home at a brisk trot, occasionally looking over her shoulder to make sure that the creature was close behind her and not dawdling.
"Its just up ahead." She called back to the creature reassuringly after several minutes of tense trotting, keeping a close eye out for any curious ponies.

Forge couldn't care less as to where the pony was taking him now.
She had said something about going to her home, seeing some Princess character and avoiding the other ponies as much as possible.
As a result, he wasn't surprised to find himself ducking and weaving through the town's back streets as he followed the purple pony with the orange one on his flank and with the rainbow coloured one flying overhead.
Every now and again he would catch the occasional glimpse of the other inhabitants of the town strolling around the open streets. The site of this world still baffled Forge. The fact that he was in a world inhabited by talking, colourful horses was a fair bit to take in, even for someone who had seen the things he had.

Eventually, he found himself, once again, immersed within his own thoughts. Mainly on what the hell he was going to do in this place and if there was any potential way to get him back to his own world.
Once again, he found himself enjoying the feeling of the place on his senses as he followed the purple pony in a similar fashion to how a sheep would follow its Shepard.
He was just getting accustomed to the feeling of the breeze on his skin and the pleasant aromas that mixed and found their way into his sinuses before he was once again pulled from his trance as the purple pony addressed him.

"Well, here we are." Twilight stated with a sense of pride in her voice as they neared the entrance to her library.
"This is my home." She explained as she raised a foreleg in the direction of the tree to the creature who looked as though he had been abruptly awaken from a deep sleep.

As Forge roused himself back to reality, he took in what the purple pony had pointed out to him.
The building he saw looked as though the tree had grown over the structure that laid within.
It was substantially larger than the other residential buildings he had seen and he noticed that this one appeared to have a small observation platform set up on the upper balcony, complete with a telescope that was ridiculously huge for a task as simple as observing the night sky.

As the purple pony, accompanied by the orange one, lead Forge towards the entrance to the building, he began to wonder what was to become of him. He knew for a fact that there was no possible way he could stay in this world. From what he had observed, his mere presence was more than enough to frighten the inhabitants. Or at least, the three he had met so far.
He highly doubted that the other residents would act any differently.
All he wanted to do was to get to this 'Princess' character and attempt to acquire a way back to the 'Spirit of Fire', no matter what it took.

Seeing as the creature seemed to be taking in the sight of her home rather than replying, Twilight trotted up to the door and gave to solid wooden door several raps with her right hoof, each producing a solid 'knock' as it reverberated throughout the wood.
"Spike ?! Spike, are you in there !" She called out, hoping that her assistant was awake and that he wouldn't be too shocked to see a six foot alien, clad in armour following her.

Forge was just beginning to wonder what in the world a 'Spike' could be when the door to the building began to slowly creak open.
Somewhat eager to see what was on the other side, Forge took a few steps towards the door to join the purple pony.
As the door swung open, Forge found himself gazing upon something even stranger than the talking ponies.
Before him stood what he though was either a purple dragon with green spikes running down its back or an overgrown lizard possessing the same appearance. Its height was one of its features that surprised him most. For a dragon, it appeared to only reach halfway up his thigh at its full height.
He watched curiously as the dragon rubbed its eyes and began to converse with the purple pony.

"What is it Twi ?" Spike asked as he rubbed his eyes, adjusting them to the harsh light of the outside world.
"I was having the best dream. And then you have to go and ruin it by....." He trailed off as he eventually took in his surroundings.
Upon catching sight of the gargantuan creature Twilight was with, he retreated several steps back into the house, half shielding himself with the wooden door.
"W... what is that ?" He asked shakily, uncertain as to whether this thing was friendly or not.

Twilight juts chuckled at her assistant as he hid behind the door.
"Spike. This is Forge." She explained, gesturing to the creature beside her.
"He's a visitor, and as far as I know he's not here to hurt anypony." She assured the baby dragon.
"Now why don't you stop hiding and come out and say hello ?" She asked, trying to coax the dragon from the safety of the building.

Spike just stood dumbfounded as Twilight gave her an explanation.
However, when she had finished her explanation, he jumped out from behind the door and half ran, half waddled to the creature.
"An alien ?" He asked excitedly.
"Why didn't you say so ?" He continued to ask as he stopped just in-front of the giant.
"Hi ! My name's Spike !" He excitedly stated as he extended a stubby claw towards the creature and craned his neck to look at the visitor's face.

Forge couldn't help but crack a smile at the eagerness of the purple lizard before him.
Everything in this world seemed to have a comedic value to it.
"Forge." He replied simply, crouching down and taking the dragon's claw in his hand.
Careful not to crush its comparatively smaller hand, Forge just gave it several gentle shakes before releasing his grip and returning to his full height.
He then found himself smiling once again as the dragon looked down at its own hand and mouthed the word 'awesome'.
Its reaction reminded him of a child who had just received a gift.

Twilight just stood back and watched as she watched Spike and Forge greet each other.
She was amazed to see that they seemed to get along much better than Forge had with either Rainbow or Applejack.
She continued to watch as Spike said his hellos to both Rainbow and Applejack in turn before re-addressing her assistant.
"Alright, Spike." She began, regaining the dragon's attention.
"I need you to go and get a quill and a blank scroll. We need to send a letter to the Princess as soon as possible about our friend." She explained, looking up at Forge. Who she noticed was still smiling to himself, apparently from his interaction with Spike.

Receiving a nod and salute from her assistant, she watched as he disappeared back inside the library, the rhythmic 'tick' 'tick' 'tick' of his claws against the wooden floors following him.
Turning back to Forge, she noticed that Applejack was now standing on his other side and Rainbow had landed behind him, for what reason she couldn't tell so she just continued with what she intended on saying.
Clearing her throat she asked. "So, Forge. Would you like to come inside and have a seat ? There's just so many things I need to ask you !" She finished as she giddily trotted into her home.

Forge just watched as the purple pony trotted into the building. Followed by the Stetson wearing pony and the Rainbow coloured pony, who was still throwing him the occasional, frown over its shoulder.
Shrugging, Forge followed the ponies inside, careful to crouch through the doorway to avoid hitting his head on the low frame.
As he entered the relatively larger interior of the building, Forge immediately noticed that many of the wall were covered in bookshelves, each was carved into the the wood of the trunk and all of them were lined with various tomes and novels.
The structure seemed to use the tree as the actual 'building base' as he seemed to be standing inside the tree.
Shrugging, he just added it to the growing list of weird occurrences he had seen in the past couple of hours.
As he further explored his surroundings, he saw that the tree house had what appeared to be a kitchen at first glance, a study area, which consisted of an old oak table covered in assorted books, quills and rolls of paper, all of which had the look that they were used often.
Forge also noticed that there was a staircase running along one of the walls that appeared to lead up to the second floor that he had seen earlier.
As he continued to wander through the first floor, taking in the sight of the vast collection of books before him, he noticed the purple pony sitting in a nearby chair with the two others on either side of it.
All of them were watching him intently, which gave him the assumption that they had been watching his every move since he had stepped through the door.

Seeing the creature stop its exploration of her home, Twilight watched as it turned to face them with its steely glare, obviously oblivious that she and her friends had been watching it.
"What do you think it's doing ?" She heard Rainbow whisper in her ear as the creature continued to stare at them.
"Why does it always have to be always doing something ?" She hissed back.
"Just try and be nice to it for once." She added, receiving a huff from Rainbow before turning back to their guest.
"Would you like to take a seat ?" She asked the creature, gesturing to an empty chair opposite her and her friends.
She watched as the creature gave a small nod before trudging with its heavy boots over to where she had indicated.
As the creature lowered itself into the chair, Twilight realised she probably should have tried to find a larger chair, as the one the creature occupied looked almost ridiculously too small.
As the creature gingerly lowered its form into the chair, it gave a series of audible creaks in protest before finally falling silent as the visitor made itself comfortable by crossing both its arms and legs and reclining in the chair.
She was just about to ask her first question to the unamused looking creature before she heard the familiar thudding of footsteps down the stair case and the small, purple form of Spike appeared seconds later.

"Ready to take that letter when you're ready." Spike informed her, his facial expression lighting up when he caught sight of the creature once again.

"May as well do it now before we get too engrossed into my questions." She mused to a neutral faced Forge.

Princess Celestia stood on the balcony of one of the towers that covered Canterlot castle.
She enjoyed this the most. Just looking out over Equestria in the mornings and taking in the many sights that it brought.
As she scanned the landscape, she took in the beauty of the countryside and the various settlements which were all bathed in the mornings soft light.
The crisp morning air was refreshing in her lungs as she savoured each long breath.

She had just closed her eyes momentarily and was about to return to her days work when she heard the familiar wispy 'poof' of a letter arriving from her student.
As she opened her eyes, there was indeed a scrolls levitating before her.
Placing her light yellow telekinetic hold over the scroll, she unravelled the parchment, somewhat eager to find out what her student would find so important as to send it to her so early in the day.

Dear Princess Celestia.
I have great news ! During last nights meteor storm, I observed an unusual flash coming from the edge of the town. In the morning I went out in search of its source and I found an extraterrestrial creature I haven't seen or even read about before.
It calls itself 'Forge' and it has also told me that it is something called a 'human'.
I am also writing to ask for an audience for you to personally meet Forge.
Please reply soon.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle.

Celestia's expression remained neutral as she finished reading the letter.
"That's what they were talking about." She thought to herself, reminiscing a previous conversation.
Not wanting to waste any time, she placed the scroll on a nearby table and gathered her magic for her coming spell.
She stood in complete silence for several moments, her horn flashing a bright pink before it flashed a brilliant white that completely enveloped her being. Leaving nothing where she previously stood.

Forge just sat as he took on the barrage of questions from the three ponies and the dragon who were situated before him.
The entire experience reminded him all too much of the unpleasant feeling of being 'chewed out' by one of his superiors, an experience had been through one too many times.....

"Where exactly are ya from ?" Asked the orange pony, who was still giving him looks of uncertainty.

"Earth." Was the simply answer he gave. Just the name of his home-world would have to satisfy these ponies.

"Do you have any friends or family ?" came the next question from the purple pony.

"All my friends are my brothers and sisters in arms." He explained.
"The same goes for my family." He added, remembering his family lineage which was solely based around the military, stretching as far back as World War Two.
His response earning him seemingly understanding nod from the pony, who was writing everything he said down with floating quill suspended by a swirling purple aura.

"Do you fly spaceships ?" Asked the eager looking dragon, who was literally on the edge of his seat.

"Not exactly." Forge chuckled, remembering the one or two occasions where he had flown a Pelican drop-ship.
"I've been in a hell of a lot of them though." He added, cracking a grin at the giddy dragon.

The questioning would have continued if it weren't for a series of raps on the wooden front door.
"Thank god." Forge thought to himself as he shifted his position in his chair, watching as the purple pony placed the quill down and briskly trotted over to answer the door.
He was getting rather tired of the constant questioning.

Twilight didn't want to cease questioning the creature, but she couldn't leave somepony at her doorstep.
"Now really isn't the best time. Could you please come back...." Twilight trailed off as she realied who was standing at her door.
Before her stood none other than Princess Celestia.
"Oh... I'm sorry Princess." Twilight apologised, dropping into a low bow.
"I just didn't expect you to reply to my letter this soon." She explained.

"My dear Twilight." Celestia responded gingerly to her student.
"How many times do I have to tell you that this isn't necessary ?" She mused, referring to Twilight's bow.
"I am merely here because I wish to bring your visitor back with me to Canterlot." She explained.
"And I think it would be best if you and your friends came with us." She added, not wanting to exclude her student from what was to come.

"Of... of course Princess." Twilight responded, surprised that the Princess was so eager to take Forge to Canterlot.
Turning, she trotted back into her home to inform her friends on what was happening.

Forge just sat, silent and unmoving as the purple pony went to answer the door.
The following scenario was similar to every other. He found himself in a deadlocked gaze with the ponies in-front of him.
One giving him continued looks of uncertainty while the other just glared at him.
The dragon however, seemed more interested in looking over his gear than anything else, with an expression of utter curiosity and wonder.

After a minute or two of hearing a muffled conversation coming from the front door, the purple pony finally returned.
"The Princess is outside and she wants us to bring Forge to Canterlot." Twilight explained in a 'to the point' fashion.
"So I'm going to need you guys to go and find the others and meet me outside in about ten minutes from now." She continued.
"Rainbow. Can you go and find Fluttershy ? You're the fastest and her cottage is the furthest away." She asked her multi-coloured friend who just gave a curt nod in response before darting out an open window.
"Applejack, I need you to go to Sugarcube Corner and bring Pinkie here, alright ?" She asked the orange mare.
"Sure sugercube." Came the reply as the cow-pony briskly trotted out the front door in the direction of the bakery.
"And Spike." Twilight began, turning to face the dragon who had finally pulled his gaze off of Forge.
"I need you to go and find Rarity." She stated, knowing that the dragon would take any opportunity to go and see the snow white mare.
As she watched the dragon waddle out of sight, Twilight turned back to Forge, who was still in the same casual position she had left him in.
"Forge." She began, gaining some the human's attention.
"The Princess is here and she says she want to take you back to Canterlot with her." She explained, immediately receiving a cocked eyebrow from Forge.
"Oh yeah, that's right." She thought to herself, feeling rather foolish.
"The Princess is one of the two rulers of Equestria and Canterlot is the capital city." She explained to a confused looking Forge.

Forge couldn't believe his luck. He was already meeting the leader of this place and he had only been here several hours.
Grunting, he stood and walked over the front door with heavy steps.
"What're we waiting for then." He said to no-one in particular.
Stepping back out into the piercing light of the sun bathed town. Forge gave his eyes several moments to adjust before taking in his surroundings.
As he scanned the area, he saw nothing out of the ordinary. Until he spotted a creature which roughly like one of the ponies but much larger and surprisingly, it possessed both a horn and a pair of wings.
This one stood nearly as tall as he was, if not taller if he counted the horn. It had a snow white coat and wore what appeared to be golden shoes on its hooves, supposedly to match the golden necklace and tiara it wore.
However, this particular pony possessed a feature which took Forge completely aback as it was unlike anything he had ever seen before.
The pony's mane and tail consisted of blues, greens and pinks. All of which billowed in the non-existent breeze.
The sight was by far the most strange and fascinating sights Forge had seen so far.

As the human emerged from Twilight's home followed by Twilight, Celestia looked the being over with curiosity.
Its appearance was unlike the others. I was indeed bipedal, but its facial structure and body stance resembled nothing like the other two.
Eager to meet the visitor, she slowly trotted over to where the baffled looking creature stood.
"Greetings visitor." She said warmly, once she was within touching distance of the human.
"I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria." She explained, extending a golden-clad hoof towards the being, making eye contact with the human's steely gaze.

"Forge." Forge finally replied after several moments of taking the Princesses' greeting, taking its hoof in his own had and giving it several firm shakes before releasing his grip.

Celestia would have enjoyed asking the human several questions before the others arrived, but alas, speed was of the essence, and as soon as they had completed their simple greeting, the three groups of two arrived. Rainbow with Fluttershy, Spike with Rarity and Applejack with an unsurprisingly ecstatic Pinkie Pie.

Before anypony could say anything, there was a flash of pink and before anypony realised it, Pinkie Pie had Forge pinned by the shoulders, similar to how Rainbow had him, and was grinning at him like a mad thing.
"Hi ! I'm Pinkie Pie !" She near yelled at the human.
"What's your name ?" She asked eagerly.

Once Forge had finally realised what had happened, he found himself once again planted on the ground by a pink mass that had its face uncomfortably close to his.
"Get. Off. Me." He replied through gritted teeth, struggling substantially more to remove the pink pony than he had the rainbow coloured one.

"Pinkie Pie. There is no time for introductions now." Celestia said gently as the party pony sighed and removed herself from Forge's chest.
"We must leave for Canterlot immediately, but you have no obligation to accompany me if you do not wish to." She explained to the group of ponies before her.
Receiving no sign that they wished to stay behind she continued, "Very well." She replied to the determined looking ponies before her.
"Forge, you should prepare yourself for the teleportation." She explained briefly to the human who was picking itself up off the dirt before she began to charge the magic in her horn once more.

"Whoa whoa whoa, lady. What do you mean teleporting ?" Forge asked quickly as he regained his footing.
Instead of a response, he received a blinding white flash that threatened to blind him before he felt as though he were falling, wind streaking his face and an undistinguishable noise filled his ears.....

When Forge finally awoke, he found himself lying face down on the cold, marble floor. Groaning he managed to stand and rub his eyes several times, readjusting them to his new surroundings.
Once he had suppressed the sting in his eyes, he glanced around where he now stood.
From what he could make out, he appeared to be standing in a large hall of some sort, with large stain glass windows depicting different events on each lining the walls.
Large pillars were situated in two straight lines leading from what he assumed were two large, wooden entrance doors up to two thrones situated on the far wall.
There were other, smaller doors lining the room as well, presumably leading to other parts of wherever the hell he was.
Continuing to glance around, he found the other ponies and the dragon standing not too far from where he was, all of them wore expressions of concern, even the rainbow coloured one. But that quickly changed once he had turned in their direction and the ponies expression quickly changed back into one of apparent loathing.

"Glad to see that you're finally awake." Celestia finally spoke as the human roused himself.
"You've been out for a good quarter of an hour." She pointed out. "Clearly you've never teleported before." She mused, cracking a grin at the still groggy looking human.
"Oh, and in case you were wondering, I've explained everything we know about you so far to the others so you won't be hassled with too many questions." She explained.

"Teleporting ? Hell, that was nothing like the other ones." Forge thought to himself, remembering when Anders had discovered a teleportation network on the world he had detonated.
"Alright lady." Forge finally stated, growing impatient with the current situation.
"Time for me to ask a question." He continued, trying to keep his temper under control.
"Where the hell am I now and why have you brought me here ?" He asked, looking around the room once again.

"You're in the Canterlot throne room." Celestia replied calmly.
"As for why. Well, you see an issue has arisen." She began, seriousness creeping into her tone.
"An issue that I believe you are the key to solving." She explained, only to be met be a hard glare of confusion from Forge.

"Can it with the riddles." Forge stated flatly. "Just tell me what it is." He said with a hint of demand in his tone.

"It would be best if I let them tell you." Came her reply.
"Jakk, Damk." She called out.
Not a minute later, one of the doors that lined the throne room opened and in stepped a pair of figures.
Both were over seven feet tall and were bipedal. They appeared to be muscular in stance, however one was clad in light blue armour while the other wore white. They had two toes on each foot and four digits on each hand.
Their facial features were almost lizard like, save you their mandibles, which were split into four different sections, each lined with a row of teeth.

Forge didn't need an explanation from anyone to know what these monsters were. He knew them all too well.
Before anyone could react, he had taken off at a sprint towards the creatures, Lucy in one hand and his side-arm in the other.
Reaching the creatures in a matter of moments, Forge held Lucy's blade against the white one's throat while he levelled the barrel of his pistol to the others forehead. Surprisingly, neither of the creatures had reacted in the slightest at Forge's outburst.
Having his finger itching, Forge pulled his side-arm's trigger, resulting in a loud 'bang' and a mix of dark blue and purple blood splattered against the wall, strewn with chunks of the former elite's brain.
As the light blue elite crumpled to the ground, Forge turned his attention back to the white-clad one he had his knife pressed against.
He snickered as he was about to draw the blade across the alien's throat but found he could not. His arm was immobilised by a bright yellow aura, as was his gun-bearing hand.
Turning his head back towards the group of ponies behind him, Forge noticed that all of them wore expressions of utter shock from what they had just witnessed. Save the butter coloured pony who was cowering behind the purple pony and a snow white, horned pony, who looked as though she was going to throw up.
"Let me go !" He yelled at the Princess, who he had noticed was the one holding him back.

Celestia just stared at the human, unsure on what to say. Eventually she responded.
"No." She said flatly.
"This creature knows of a lock to which you are the key." She explained.
"And before I let you do that again. You are going to listen to what he has to say." She finished with a near threatening tone in her voice as she eyed the now blood covered corpse of the light-blue elite.

Turning his head back to the white elite Forge called back, "You have no idea what these things are capable of !" He yelled, rage nearly overcoming his tone.
"They have killed so many of my kind ! They just killed them ! Men, women, children. All of them !" He continued to yell, fuelled by anger towards the elite and all the acts the Covenant had committed as he struggled against his bonds.

"Forge, you must listen to me. This creature is not. Your. Enemy." She said, emphasising her last few words.
"Put your obvious hatred aside and just listen to it." She pleaded, straining to keep the human restrained.

Weighing up his options once more, Forge called back, "Fine."
"But know this. I will kill you." He hissed in a voice he was sure only the elite could hear.
As he felt his arms being released, Forge reluctantly holstered his weapons and returned to where the ponies stood, a grim scowl upon his features as he looked back at the elite he had been forced to spare.

"Good." The Princess began.
"Now please, Forge. Listen to what he has to say......"