War of the Worlds

Aiden started to open his eyes. He heard a voice call out to some princess, and heard the scurrying of several creatures. When he opened his eyes fully, he saw 3 familiar faces, and 3 new ones. Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack were there, but the three new ones were different colors. One was white with purple hair, one was pink with even pinker hair, and the last was yellow with pink hair. The last one was rather scared of Aiden, and he could understand why. After all, she's probably never seen a human before.

Aiden sat up and stretched his body out. He yawned and asked, "How long was I out?"

Twilight responded, "A day and a half. You were collapsed in the field after that weird ball of light shot from your hand. Your armband, Eva, reattached to you and said you were down to 2% energy and you were in critical condition. Big Mac was kind enough to carry you here and place you in this bed, where the doctor has been monitoring your status."

The medical pony in the background looked aggravated at both Twilight and Aiden. "I wish somepony would have woke me up BEFORE her Highness decided to let you run off and play hero. I'm still astonished you could walk on that broken leg..."

Aiden was about to say something, but then his stomach growled loudly. He laughed and said, "It's been awhile since I ate or drank anything. Could one of you reach in my bag and grab my canteen and a big red bag in there?"

Before anyone could speak, the pink pony dashed to the bag and said, "Ooh! Ooh! I got it! I wonder what's in here!" In a flash, the red bag and canteen was in his hands. Aiden looked at the excited pony and said, "Thanks, um..."

The pink pony exclaimed, "I'm Pinkie Pie! These are all my friends! Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy!" In order, they all said hello. "What's your name?"

Aiden looked at them and told them, "Aiden."

Twilight said, "But one of those other human's called you something else...i think it was..."

Aiden interrupted her," X-303. That was my military designation. I'll explain the whole thing, but first..." He stopped to take a long drink of water,"...I'm starving!" He opened the bag, reached in, and pulled out several colorful bead-looking spheres, and started popping them in his mouth one by one. He had a look of relief on his face, and he started to relax a little bit.

Applejack looked at the beads and asked, "What are these? some kind of super cool, human survival food?"

Aiden replied, "No, not exactly. But they are probably the greatest of human inventions."

Twilight asked in wonder, "What are they?"

Aiden responded with one word: "Skittles."

"Skittles?" Asked Pinkie. "That's a funny name! They look delicious! can I try one?"

Aiden picked a red one out of his hand and gave it to Pinkie. She took the red bead and, without hesitation. Threw it into her mouth. The moment she started to chew, her eyes grew wide with amazement. She finished the bead and told the other ponies, "That was amazing! Its an awesome candy! You girls HAVE to try it!" And before they could respond, Pinkie grabbed the handful from Aiden and shoved one of the candies in everypony's mouth, including the young Applebloom in the corner. The group started to chew, and all of them were amazed by the results. Even Rainbow seemed suprised by the candy.

Aiden chuckled a little. "It's a shame you don't have these here. They are my favorite."

After the ponies finished off their candy, Rarity scolded Pinkie, saying, "That was not very lady-like! Stealing another one's things!"

Aiden quieted her saying, "It's all right, Rarity. She was just excited. I forgive her." Aiden then turned to Twilight and said,"Before I begin my story, is there somewhere I can shower? Surely I can't be the only one who notices I stink." Rarity nodded her head in agreement, and Twilight pointed him to the bathing room upstairs. When he saw the size of the tub, however, Aiden asked, "Is there someplace with a bigger tub?"

Rarity piped in, "My house has an absolutely magnificent bath, and a shower is included! After what you did to help our friends, I'd be more than willing to let you use my shower!"

When she mentioned the incident, Applejack said, "I almost forgot! Applebloom wanted to say somethin' to ya, Aiden." She turned to Applebloom and motioned for her to come close. Applebloom walked up next to Applejack and, looking at Aiden, said, "Thank you for all your help. If it wasn't for you, we all would've died, and my big brother wouldn't have lived. You were a real hero."

Aiden looked at Applebloom and said with a smile on his face, "Don't thank me, I was just doing my job. Who you really need to thank is your big sister. Without her courage, you probably wouldn't have made it. However, she threw herself in danger's way without even considering her own safety. She's the real hero."

Applebloom turned and hugged her sister, and Rarity, Twilight, and Aiden left to see if they could get Aiden that shower. He brought one of the boxes with him, and followed Rarity and Twilight from a few steps back. Several ponies stopped what they were doing to see the new creature that they had heard so much about, this "human" who saved the entire Apple family. They had to run the rest of the way to Rarity's house, because Lyra got a look at the human and frantically started chasing them, trying to "Interview" Aiden.

When they got to Rarity's house, Aiden asked Eva, "How much energy do i have?"

The wristband responded, "58% energy saved up, another day of bedrest will fully charge you." Rarity was confused, and Twilight had to explain that the wristband could talk. After they directed Aiden to the bathroom, The waited a good 30 minutes before he finally came back down again. He was dressed in black jeans, black sneakers with the words "All-star" written in a circle on his shoes, a white button up shirt with a black vest buttoned up. The sleeves were rolled up and his hair was spiked up yet again.

Rarity whispered to Twilight, "Well, he may be a hero, but he picks the strangest clothing."

Aiden turned and said, "I'll choose to take that as a compliment." Rarity was surprised that he could hear her, even from that distance.

"Sorry it took so long. Since I already stank, I figured I'd get a quick workout session done, and doing 1000 vertical one-arm push-ups isn't very easy to do in 25 minutes." said Aiden. Both Twilight and Rarity looked at him skeptically. To prove it was hard, Aiden flipped over, balanced himself on his hands so he was vertical, and lifted his left hand behind his back so that all his weight was being supported by his right arm. He then pushed himself down and back up a couple of times, and when he was satisfied that he had adequately surprised the ponies, he got back up and said, "Let's return to the library. I figure I owe you all an explanation, considering the trouble I put you through."

They returned to the library, surprised that they hadn't seen Lyra try to follow them. When they arrived there, all of the other ponies were gathered around the table in the center of the library, with two very important guest at the head of the table. One of the guests was much larger than the other ponies, and she had a dark blue body with sparkling  dark blue hair. Aiden instantly liked her better than the other, the largest of the ponies he had seen. She was white, with a picture of a sun on her flank, and her hair shimmered in three different colors. She was about 6 feet tall, as tall as Aiden, and obviously carried some respect.

A large amount of guards became uneasy at his presence, but the large one calmed them down. "It's alright." She said, with a gentle yet commanding voice. "We have no need to fear an ally."

"Princess!" exclaimed Twilight. She rushed over to the Princess' side and bowed to her. Rarity did the same, but from a distance, like the other ponies.

"You don't have to do that, my dear. After all, you are a princess as well." She turned to look at Aiden and continued. "I received your letter explaining the situation a while ago. But when I heard that this creature saved some of my loyal subjects, any doubt in my mind that he was evil was erased." She nodded her head at Aiden. "You have my thanks."

"People tend to be thankin' me a lot lately, your Highness. It's a little unsettling." Aiden said. "I was just doing what was right and what I was created to do. Nothing more. If you don't mind me asking what your names are, I would appreciate it."

The large pony replied, "My name is Princess Celestia. This is my younger sister, Princess Luna. Together, we co-rule Equestria, my sister ruling over the night, while I rule over the day. Now please, I inquire your name."

Aiden replied, "I chose Aiden for this world."

Celestia looked confused. "This world? I'm afraid I do not understand. Although......." She thought for a second, and then, as if remembering something, said, "We had an incident some 500 years ago. Several creatures called 'humans' came through. Now that i think about it...One of them looked just like you, but a little older. He caused a terrible catastrophe..." Celestia let her thought die.

"500 years, huh? Wow, you're even older than I am, No offense. And the man you are describing more than likely is my father. Allow me to explain my story. I promised these 6 here an explanation."

Celestia nodded for him to proceed.

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I have no official name. My designation number is X-303, and I am an X-class Augment. I am 346 years old, and I was specially created for the purpose of protecting the innocent. This all seems a little confusing, though, so let me start at the very beginning.

I come from a different reality where human technology has advanced farther than anything I've ever seen. We were a prosperous people, and we had ambitions to spread our legacy amongst the stars. With the advancement in technology, we soon found it difficult to live on Earth, so humans began to colonize the other planets across the galaxy. What we discovered, though, was far more devastating than we could have imagined.

They called themselves the Shok'Rai. They were aliens, and they had been watching humanity for some time. They saw how advanced we had become, and they were afraid of what we could do, so before we became a threat, they decided to attack us.

For years, humanity fought the Shok'Rai with everything they had, but it wasn't enough. Finally, after 10 years of tireless war, My father, a brilliant scientist named Edward Kaeson, developed what he called the 'reality drive'. This technology allowed him to jump freely between realities parallel to our own. He then proposed an idea to the human government. What if we could form the ultimate soldier by combining the DNA of different super-creatures from different realities with our own human DNA? originally, the plan was to form basic foot soldiers stronger than the average human.

When my Father got approval, he immediately began his genetic research into making a way to fuse different DNA samples with human DNA, giving them those abilities and still retaining their humanity. After several more years, the first batch of "Augments" were released on the battlefield. These augmented human beings were the perfect soldier. They were lab-grown super-soldiers, ranging from A-class to C-class, the highest class of that type. Abilities included superhuman strength and speed, an increase in the 5 main senses, and fighting skills beyond human comprehension. The had inhibitor chips installed in the base of their brain, which halted any and all emotion, and took away their free-will. They were perfect, fearing nothing, and showing no mercy.

The Shok'Rai were no match for us, and were completely wiped out. However, once the war was over, the human government didn't cease creation of the Augments. With the new powers they had, plus the ability to travel to different realities, human arrogance came into play. Our government believed we were the ultimate fighting force, and a program to create even greater Augments was launched in secret. My father, who was nearing the age of 50 by this time, invented a machine that could infuse new DNA samples with existing human DNA, still leaving the human features with the finished product. With this, my Father discovered new worlds, and infused their powers with him, becoming the first X-class Augment. We considered him even greater than an X-class, sometimes calling him a "Z-class". His greatest discovery was a reality of people called "the Immortals". These people were humans whose cells could regenerate themselves, thereby making them never dying of old age or disease. Also, if they lost a limb, their cells would auto-regenerate, and that limb would slowly grow back. When combined with a DNA sample that allows the instant regeneration of a limb, you have what appears to be an immortal being.

This project continued for another 50 years. Several more Augments were created, all with different abilities. Only 100 X-class augments were created, all that barely survived the gene infusing. Out of 100 X-class Augments, only 5 were left alive. However, those that did survive had extraordinary powers. Their fighting skills were unmatched by anything ever seen, believing that a certain race of warriors had everything to do with that. They had the ability of regeneration abilities come from a different race of beings, which I can't remember their name now. Each of the 5 augments had different abilities, ranging from the ability to control fire  to turning into shadows. And the X-class were the only Augments who didn't have inhibitor chips.

We had special military training, but I was the symbol of the most envy. First off, me and my older brother were the only ones related by blood to the actual creator, whom i call father. Second, I was a special experiment. from an early point, i was actually raised by Father instead of my the military. Sure, i was taught to fight, and I still went through training, but I was the one who actually had a loving Father who taught me everything I knew. because of this, I was considered weak amongst my peers.

We each had nicknames for each other. Mine was Saber, because I specialized in sword and other blade combat.My abilities include superhuman strength, speed, heightened senses, and the ability to generate and absorb energy. However, through some defects, My body acts like a battery. If I lose too much energy, then I will actually die.

My closest friend, the only one who didn't envy me, was named Lance. As you can tell by his name, he specialized in spear combat. His abilities were like mine, except the whole energy part. His special ability was the ability to control and generate fire.

Next in this line-up was Terra. as his name suggests, He had the ability to control all forms of earth, and he specialized in hand-to-hand combat.

Then we have Hawk. Her beauty was as great as her aim. Even I was afraid of her deadly accuracy. Her ability included foresight, in the aspect that she could see every possible situation that could happen within 10 seconds of it happening, and act on the most likely decision.

My father was the next in this line-up. He had the exact same abilities as me, but something was different about him. For starters, his hair was always spiked up, and it was pure white. His eyes were also blood red, and he never ran out of energy. He seemed to have an infinite pool of energy flowing from him.

Finally, we have Shadow. He was the scariest of them all. He had the ability to absorb other people's ability and use it for his own. He got his nickname because he absorbed the ability to turn into and control shadows. He also had a lust for power, which begins the part where I tell you of the downfall of humanity.

Just when the project was nearing completion, Shadow went insane. He became obsessed with the idea of controlling the other worlds for himself. Somehow, he found a way to halt the process of the inhibitor chips, and he freed the other lower class Augments from their slavery. Enraged, the Augments followed him only, destroying any and all things in their path. When his army reached Earth, there was nothing we could do. He gave a choice for any X-class augments to join, and any who refused would die. My father opened the reality drive for as many people to escape, and stayed behind to fight off as many as he could.

Since then, I have been jumping from world to world, trying to warn them of Shadow's plans. Each time, though, I am unable to save that world, and his conquest has just barely scratched the surface. for 210 years I have been doing this, and it appears that your world is next.