The gears of equestria!

by the begood brony

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe, Human, Adventure, Crossover
Length: 2798

the gears have fought hard, and are fighting harder with the ponies on their side!

it'd been three months since twilight had found a portal betwixt equestria and Sera, but when they saw the trouble we were in, and offered to help, we welcomed them with open arms, and they offered housing in their world, welcoming us with open ar-forelegs……. in… their case. Back on track, we have a boost on morale due to "pinkie pie's" parties, and my god, not even a four year old can have so much energy, but all the gears genuinely loved her. Applejack helped up with training, and strength issued, and provided…. more than enough apples, rarity was fashioning designer armors for gears, and twilight had helped the chairman with battle formations depending on where the grub holes would appear. fluttershy found loving and caring for us was like loving and caring for an animal, even removing a bullet from us felt friendly when she did it, so we'd grown attached to her as well, and finally rainbow dash was our scout, able to hide in the clouds, when we had learned that our jaws dropped, though you can't see it through the helmets. but we checked if she could do it on Sera, and, and amazingly, she could, so she is head of our scouts division. and we'd begun making gears armor for ponies as well, just had trouble fashioning the lancers for them, but after helping us, we've gained a huge head in the war.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-03-06 00:45:28 UTC

a new species, more war effort

"They're pressing us hard!" I yelled, this was going to be a very long battle, and we knew it. "Grub hole on our flank!" shouted Marcus pointed at me, private Jack Studdon. "Go help the other delta with the grub hole!" he shouted. "Yes sir!" I ran to the aid of Cole and Baird. "I'm here to help sirs!" I said. "good, now throw a frag at the hole, that'll help a lot" stated Baird. I pulled my frag, and begin the medieval flail swinging motion in order to throw it. The explosion was massive and I was hit by a little shrapnel, but the hole was closed. "Shit that was a bad run" said Cole, in his over enthusiastic tone. "Shit, there's a sniper" said Baird in  a smart-ass tone... as usual. I screamed when the bullet slammed into my arm, Cole ran to my side and picked me up. "Go find a medic" he said, I began to run for the infirmary we'd set up, but something happened, and I ran into a portal, screaming.

Something with a yellow body and pink hair got up and walked toward me. "How can i help" my face was in shock.... it took my helmet off, and they all gave a quizzical look "what... are you?" asked a pink.... thing with pink hair. An orange whatever these things were stuffed a limb in the pink one's mouth and said "don't mind her" in a rather, southern accent. "I-i'm a human..... ya know.... two legs.... arms..... a head" I was at a loss for words, but I just said, "just follow me" we all stepped through the portal, and the things all gave amazed looks, but then looked at each other as I called for Marcus. "Marcus!" I called "I got some help!" as Marcus ran toward me, dodging bullets he asked "what the fuck are these!" "they..... I don't know sir" I replied "but they can help!" "get the one with wings scouting now!" he commanded "yes sir!" I shouted in reply. The blue one looked at me "if you want me to scout, I can hide in the clouds" she stated. I stared at her with a dumb expression....... a purple...... unicorn? argued "this planet may not work like Equestria Rainbow!" she yelled at her.... accomplice...... then a white unicorn approached me "i'm so sorry, where are my manners...... i'm Rarity" she had a stuck up accent, like she was from a fancy city. "ma'am, we're in war, there's no need to talk with an accent like that" she gasped, but calmed herself and walked away. the so called "ponies" introduced themselves to me one by one. "Okay, so can Fluttershy get the bullet out of my arm?" the small yellow pony nodded.

"Rainbow Dash get scouting" I commanded "Twilight, chairman Prescott may want to see you" I said "this way, all of you" they all followed, except for 'Rainbow Dash' who'd gone scouting already. I burst into the chairman's office. "Chairman Prescott!" I said "we have a very good strategist with us, and she's willing to give you the best positions depending on where grub holes appear" "well then bring her in!" said Prescott happily I pushed Twilight into the room and the chairman had a funny look on his face "this.... is the strategist" he said smugly "sir, just let her show you" I said, and when Twilight got busy impressing the chairman, we went to the clinic, where I gave Fluttershy the tools to fix up my  arm, and I tensed my muscles, preparing for the intense pain, but Fluttershy already had the bullet out, I looked at her thankfully, and asked her how she'd done it, and he answer was "a little tender love and care never hurts" she had a shy smile on her face, I gave her a hug, and thanked her "but there are other gears that need your help" I said, pointing around the infirmary.

Fluttershy nodded and got to work, giving the same love and care a mother would to her babies. The only two left were Applejack and Rarity. "So, anything you can do to help?" "I can supply apples" Applejack said "I suppose I could make armor, but not in that DRAB blue" said Rarity "it's dreadful" "can you allow me to preview your work?" I asked politely "yes darling, you may, i'll make a set of armor for you, though it may be difficult, considering your very different from  a pony." "I don't care if it itches like a sweater " I said "if it protects me, I love it" Rarity then stated "I can't work here, you need to come with me to my boutique" she said "yes ma'am, and Applejack" I said pointing at the tangerine colored pony "we need the food by tomorrow, can you do that?" "i'll do my best" she said confidently "thank you" I said "s' all no problem" she said, smiling. "Now Ms.Rarity" I said "can you take me to see the armor" "sure thing" she said, pulling me forward with magic. We stepped back through the portal, where I got weird looks from all the ponies, and I returned it, but we eventually got to Rarity's boutique, where she quickly fashioned a set of golden armor, just like mine, the exact same size.

When I went to the changing room, far too small for a person, I came out looking like a fresh soldier. "Rarity, I mean Ms. Rarity, this armor is amazing, it fits better then my lest set!" I said, through the helmet. "Please don't call me Ms, Rarity, after all, you said this is war" she stated. I smiled, she couldn't see it, but I smiled. and when we got back to Sera all of the gears were looking at me like I was stuck up, and Rarity beamed brightly, seeing how happy I was with her work, and i was still complimenting her on it. "Honestly Rarity, I don't know how you did it, but it's amazing." "oh, no it's was a few tricks" "well those few tricks made some very good armor" she blushed. "stop, your flattering me" "you wanna see flattering?" I asked jokingly "hey guys! this pony made my armor!" I shouted to everyone pointing at Rarity.

She was surrounded by gears in seconds "now come on guys, she needs space" they all backed up. Rarity was blushing, her face a very bright crimson. "Alright crimson cheeks, lets go check on Fluttershy." We walked to the infirmary, and it was empty. I took off my helmet and looked around. "My, that is some impressive armor mister......" i'd forgotten to introduce myself" "whoops, call me Jack" I said "why is the infirmary so empty?" "I took care of all of the patients" "All of them?" I asked in surprise  "yes Mr. Jack" "just jack, Fluttershy" i told her with a chuckle. "Wheres Twilight?" I asked "I haven't seen her since you took her to your chairman" stated Fluttershy. "Okay, lets go get her" I said. We slowly made our way to Prescott's tent, and when we walked in, we all gasped.

Risking my life, for those who need theirs

Both the chairman and Twilight were sitting close together, Twilight blushing and the chairman and her were laughing and agreeing on many plans. "My my chairman! isn't this something!" the chairman scooted away from Twilight. "What do you want" he asked. "Hey hey, it's okay chairman, I wont tell" I said, chuckling. I looked around "wheres Pinkie?" I asked, I didn't remember seeing her when we first visited. The chairman shrugged "I think I saw her on the battlefield" he said. "We need to get her now!" I screamed, and ran out of the tent, Applejack and Rarity following closely, Twilight staying behind to help the chairman with more 'plans' but I didn't believe that at all, but we had a bigger task, I stared out and saw her pink little body running on the battlefield.

I ran as fast as I could and got closer to Pinkie "Pinkie Pie what are you doing!" I shouted, but she didn't hear me. She charged a grub with the lancer chainsaw revved and tackled it, doing down in  a bloody spray, and she stood and ran toward me. "Pinkie what are you doing!" I said "you could get killed out here" a frag landed nearby, and i tackled the three ponies, surrounding them with my body as a meat shield. It exploded, my hearing was now a lout ringing and I was sent flying with the three ponies in my arms. Everything went black. I thought I was dead. I couldn't hear, my body was limp, my sense of feeling was gone. Yet a miracle happened, I awoke with blurred vision and a pink blob shouting my name. "He's waking up!" it shouted a yellow thing came into my blurred vision and began asking me questions, my eyesight adjusted and everything became clear.

My body was in intense pain as my senses came to. "gah!" I shouted, as Fluttershy removed some shrapnel from my arm "careful!" I shouted, my body hurt all over. "I'm sorry" gasped Fluttershy, not wanting to cause me more pain that what already had "it-it's f-fine Fluttershy" I said "just please be careful" i said in a pained tone, I realized my armor was on a table next to me, and I was in ragged, torn clothes. I tried to sit up, and there was much pain in my chest and i coughed up some blood. Rarity gently lay me back down as the coughing subsided, I looked down at my torn up body, i definitely had a few broken ribs. "Please stay still" said Rarity. I was bleeding all over. "just please, guys, I have a duty to attend to" I argued. "You're not going anywhere until you recover" said Rarity not wanting to see me come so close to death again. "Look" I said "I was gonna die.... why bother saving me?" I asked, I knew I would only weigh them down.

"You saved us" said Fluttershy why can;t we return the favor. I looked farther round the room, then saw Twilight and Applejack on my left, and Pinkie at the bottom of the bed. Rainbow Dash was finally back from scouting. Twilight attempted to hug me, only getting a pained grunt. "Sorry" she said "stop... apologizing" I said in agony, "I saved three living beings from a terrible death, it could be them in my position, there would be no reason to thank me then" I argued stubbornly. "But" said Pinkie, not wanting to forget what i'd done for her and her two other friends. "No buts" I said "just tell me what happened after I wrecked Rarity's beautiful armor" I said, staring at the scratched and banged armor, this made me more angry than my injuries, and then pain went through me as Fluttershy picked out more shrapnel from my body. "Agh!" I screamed. "Sor-" I put my hand on her mouth and shook my head "no words unless they're explaining the suffering I put you all through" I told her.

The explaining began with what Pinkie saw. "So.." she began "after we crashed into the ground REALLY hard" she said, exaggerating the word really. "I got up and saw you were bleeding all over!" she said, waving her forelegs over my body to signify it. "so I grabbed the gun was was using and began to help defend you while you were unconscious, and then one of those hole..... thingies opened up and bad guys started crawling out" she stated, obviously reaching the climax in the story. "They're grub holes, Pinkie" I corrected "Okay, grub holes, but anyways" she said, tossing my correction in the trash. "I was defending you while Fluttershy and Rarity picked up your body, then Dashie came up and-" "Dashie?" I interrupted "it's her nickname for me" stated Rainbow Dash "then Dashie came up and started helping!" shouted Pinkie ecstatically. "After that we all had helped carrying you, except for me, I was killing the bad meanies" said Pinkie.

I looked around for confirmation from them all. They all nodded one by one, except for Twilight and Applejack, who i'd assumed had come to thank me. "Okay" I said "but still, do NOT thank me, I knew that your lives" I said pointing at them all "are worth more than mine, you all have family and friends, I just...." I trailed off, looking sad now, but I rebounded "all i'm saying is you all need to stay alive." I stated "and I just don't think i'm worth more than you are" at that exact moment the chairman walked in. "Well, private, you certainly showed quite a bit of bravery" "sir, were you eavesdropping?" I asked. "Of course, if I were in here, you would only make yourself even more modest" he said "but, for your bravery, you will be being promoted." He said, with a smile on his face. "Chairman...." I said , but he held a hand up to silence me. "As soon as you recover you will receive a medal of honor and give a speech to your fellow gears." He said "that's an order" I stared thankfully at the chairman "thank you sir" I said, I mean it wasn't every day that chairman fucking Prescott walked in and ordered you to get promoted.

"Hey Rarity" I said "you think you can fix up my armor, so I can look good with all these scars i'm gonna have on my body?" "I... think I may be able to work out the bumps and scratches, then re-shine it." She agreed "so, now it;s my turn to thank you all" I said "I would hug you but, I may or may not bleed out" I said awkwardly, receiving a laugh from them all, I  smiled and looked at Rarity's armor, then frowned. "Rarity..... i'm so sorry about ruining the armor" I apologized, looking at the bangs and scratches all over the armor. "Darling" she replied "you used it so save lives, our lives, i'm happy to repair it for you, as long as it's put to good use." She said modestly. "I'm only wearing it on special occasions, you thik you can make me a silver set to wear normally?" I asked, she looked at me astonished. "You hold my armor in such high regard?" she asked. "Of course, but that's not the thing i'm worried about right now, can you make me some?" I asked in a serious tone "yes" she said, smiling and blushing. "Thank you" I said, i knew it was a long road to recovery, but I was ready to get over it as fast a possible, so I could help give them all a  special thanks during my speech.

prologue

Equestria:

Twilight was concentrating hard, her horn sputtering and spitting magic dust as she was performing a rather difficult spell. "Do you think this will work?" asked Rarity in a whisper, "well, kinda depends on weather er not she can find a 'link'." "a link?" said Pinkie a little too enthusiastically. "whats that" she asked "we don't know what it is yet pinkie!" said Rainbow Dash, getting annoyed "please..... be..... quiet" said Twilight, and applejack stuffed a hoof in Rainbow's mouth and her other in Pinkie's "shhhhhh" pushed Applejack. "i found something!" shouted Twilight. Applejack fell over at the surprise "open up the portal!" yelled Rainbow, excited. and when it opened what stepped through made them all gasp, a two legged figure ran through, bleeding. "Please help me!!!" it screamed.

Fluttershy, silent this whole time, sprang into action. "How can i help" she said, in that soft, motherly voice of hers. "The gears!" shouted the two legged figure "we need a medic now!" Fluttershy removed it's helmet, what they saw Applejack put a hoof in her mouth again. "Don't mind her" said Applejack, the look on this.... things face was in shock, but he then stated "i-i'm a human" "a....... what?" said Rainbow "human, you know, two legs, arms, a head...." they all gave him  a dumbfounded look. "Just..... follow me" said the human. What they saw when the stepped through the portal was even more shocking, but they didn't freak out "Marcus!" shouted the human "i got some help!" another 'human' walked up, wearing a rag on it's head. "What the fuck are these!!!" he shouted. "They... i don't know, but they can help!" "send the one with wings scouting!" shouted 'Marcus' "yes sir!" screamed the other human the ponies all looked at each other, each look said to the other, 'these beings need help'