The desperate trophy wife

Chapters

Chapter 1: In need of relief
Chapter 2: Not as planned
Chapter 3: Arrival
Chapter 4: I was a hero
Chapter 5: Showers
Chapter 6: Touch of love
Chapter 7: Night of passion
Chapter 8: Not my problem
Chapter 9: Demons?
Chapter 10: Unconventional ally
Chapter 11: Loose ends

Chapter 1: In need of relief

I trotted sheepishly over to my bed and flopped down on it. I grabbed my fluffy pillow and pressed it over my head as I groaned in absolute horror, well sort of.

It just goes to figure that Fancy Pants, my loving husband, had to bugger off for a full week. He usually did once a month to go ‘Merchandise’ various things and what not, but of all times he had to choose NOW to go.

I rolled over and pressed the pillow harder against my face as I screamed my lungs out until I had to pull the pillow away and gasp for oxygen. I let out a deep sigh as my nether region burned for attention. My heat cycle had struck me literally only hours after he had left early this morning and I could do nothing to satisfy myself.

Sure masturbation held it at bay but it just wasn’t enough to make the burning lust go away, and I wouldn’t dare be caught in one of those adult shops buying a ‘toy’. One could only imagine the ordeal I’d go through. The clerk at the store would just sit there with a stupid smug little smile because he’d know how badly I needed it.

I very timidly slid my hoof down to my slit and began to rub it gently. I let tiny gasps of pleasure escape my mouth. I usually tended to let loose when Fancy Pants wasn’t around. He would always scold me and say ‘It isn’t proper for a lady to moan during sex.’ The hay kind of statement is that? He always grunted and groaned so why couldn’t I let out a little bit of vocal pleasure? Bastard.

I felt my lower lips moisten and its moisture dampened my hoof. I brought my hoof back up to my face and took a long whiff of my own musky scent. My own scent drove me over the edge with lust. I let out a pleasurable shudder then licked my hoof, tasting my moisture, before returning it to my groin.

I brought my second hoof down and gently caressed my clit as I continued to slide my hoof up and down my folds. My wetness now seeped onto both my hooves and acted as lubrication.

My wet hoof slid along my pussy lips with ease but I was unable to penetrate myself any more than an inch, due to the way hooves are. I burned for the need of something inside of my tight cunt and cried out in anguish as I pressed harder against my wet snatch with my hoof, using my other to rub rather roughly against my clit to stimulate myself further.

My heart rate increased and my breathing became quicker. I began to move my hips in fluid motion with my strokes. I moaned louder, like any-pony would hear me anyway, and my moans of pleasure echoed in my house. Technically it was Fancy Pants’ house but since I was his wife and he was gone then it was mine for the time being.

I felt pressure begin to build up inside of me and I bit my lower lip as I tried to quickly reach an orgasm but life is just horribly miserable and cruel. It took a little longer then I had hoped but I finally started to reach my peak.

My back arched as if it was natural and my hindlegs tensed as a tidal wave of pleasure splashed over my. My forelegs stiffened and I found it difficult to keep rubbing my pussy. I felt a bit of liquid squirt out of my entrance and it probably stained the bed sheets.

My back fell onto the bed as I fell off my orgasmic high and rubbed myself ever so slowly to lap up whatever pleasure I could. I knew that in another hour or so I would be burning with the need for sex again. I groaned to myself as I knew it would feel like forever for Fancy Pants to get back. He had only been gone a few hours now but it felt like an eternity already.

I looked to my clock, it read 11:37am. I still had to survive the entire day. “Oh Celestia why me? WHY ME!?” I cried out but no-pony would be able to hear me. Wait, that’s it! If I can’t help myself then maybe some-pony else could. Fancy Pants would never understand but what he doesn’t know couldn’t hurt him right? Right.

I sighed to myself contently as my heart rate slowed to its regular pace. I got up and made myself presentable, my fur and mane were ragged from the constant masturbation sessions but I was happy to know that that would soon be over.

I washed myself up and put on some nice perfume then looked at myself in the mirror. I had never even contemplated cheating on my husband before and wondered for a moment how exactly one was to approach another when they wanted sex.

I quickly decided that with my beauty it would be as easy as wiggling my flank for them then bending over and letting them rut me. “Oh yes, you’re going to knock them out” I said to myself with a smile. I trotted over to the door then looked back to my room. I could see the stain on my bed from where I had squirted but figured that if any-pony saw it, they wouldn’t really care because they’d be hornier than… well probably about as horny as I was right now. I closed the door behind me and began to strut myself down then streets of Canterlot, putting heavy sway in my hips in hopes of arousing a stallion.

Author's Note

How the... For starters yes, I am writing another clop story, god forbid, I am writing clop. Dammit I hate myself sometimes.
Secondly, how the hell does she figure that one out: Wouldn't be caught dead in a porn shop, oh I know let's cheat on my husband whom I've been faithful to my entire life! How the hell does that work?

Chapter 2: Not as planned

The stallion staggered back. “No way lady! Not a chance in hay!” he stammered as he feverishly backpedalled. I gasped in shock as I tried to corner him, my more primitive and lustful side taking over.

“Are you serious!? Am I not good enough for you or something!?” I scowled as I turned around and waved my rear at him in plain view for his eyes to gaze upon. I felt my cunt twitch as I burned for the need to have him stuff me.

“Guh… I can’t! Fancy Pants would have me buried alive” the stallion gasped. He wasn’t even that attractive and he was turning me down. When I say not attractive I mean hideous. He was scrawny, pale white, his fur was goddess awful and ragged and he had a severe case of acne.

I spun around and grabbed him by the collar of his jacket. “You’re going to rut me or so help me Celestia I’m going to rut you” I scowled, not having any control on myself whatsoever. I had never had the problem with heat before. Fancy Pants had always been home when I entered my heat cycle and had always satisfied my lustful needs.

“Please don’t hurt me” the stallion sobbed as he began to cry. His sudden emotional outbreak snapped me back to reality. What was I doing? I was about to rape a poor innocent young stallion.

“I’m so sorry. Please don’t tell any-pony” I whispered then quickly galloped out of the alleyway where I had chased him down. I looked both ways on the street and chose to go right. I fled the scene and made for someplace convenient that wouldn’t at all be in any sort of way arousing.

As I rounded the corner I spotted the doughnut store and quickly decided it was a good place to cool down. A bunch of slobs in eating pastries sounded like a huge turn-off.

I slowed my pace to a slow trot and entered the doughnut shop which was actually empty, minus the owner who stood behind the counter.

I shrugged, figuring it still was a fine place to cool down. I sat down across from him and smiled to him. He returned the smile though without the same enthusiasm that I had.

“Afternoon ma’am. What can I get yah?” he asked and I shook my hoof.

“Oh nothing, thank you. Just needed some place to cool down” I told him.

“Oh… well in that case” he said and trotted over to the air conditioner then cranked it. The air conditioner hummed and began to spit out chilly cold air that sent shivers down my back.

“Not exactly what I had in mind but thank you. It is rather hot out don’t you think?” I asked and the owner simply shrugged. Joe I think his name was. “Fleur de Lis, but you may call me Fleur” I told him and he nodded.

“Joe… but uhh… you can call me Joe… if you want” he told me as he extended his hoof to greet me. I had met him before but he was something of a klutz.

“Well Joe, it’s a pleasure to meet you” I told him with a genuine smile. He gulped shyly and blushed.

“Pleasure’s all mine ma’am, I assure you” he said very timidly. We began to converse about little things then I felt the burn of passion return to the crevice between my legs. The smell of my arousal filled the air and he sniffed suddenly. “You smell that… it smells like” he began.

“Buck” I whispered under my breath and he raised an eyebrow from the comment.

“What’s that?”

“Oh nothing… just saying how… Chuck was talking about…” I trailed off as I tried to think of a convenient lie. “Bucking” I said and he raised a worried eyebrow. “Trees” I told him and he looked both ways with unease. “Apple trees, he was apple bucking” I told him and the statement made Joe relax.

But the sudden arousal wouldn’t leave my loins and I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to force away the pleasure. “Something wrong?” Joe asked and I shook my head.

“No, nothing” I quickly lied. I secretly slipped my hoof down to my already soaking wet lips and began to rub myself, no-pony could see me since it was only Joe and I and Joe wouldn’t be able to see me from where he was standing.

We began to talk about random things but I found it difficult to concentrate as I pleasured myself. “Oh buck yes” I moaned and the sudden outburst made Joe gulp.

“Excuse me?” he asked and I rolled my eyes as I felt myself lose control of again. I literally lept up onto the counter and waved my twitching cunt in front of his face.

“Rut me Joe, I know you want to” I pleaded and he gulped.

“WHAT!? I can’t. Fancy Pants would have me shut down” Joe gasped and I rolled my eyes as I tried to press my snatch against his face but he ducked it and I fell back onto the floor behind the counter.

“Enough about Fancy Pants! Stuff your cock inside my pussy and rut me!” I ordered him but he quickly lept over the counter and rushed into the washroom, locking the door behind him. I suddenly realized that I was losing it again and had to settle down or some-pony would alert the authorities. That would be something I really didn’t need.

I quickly fled the doughnut shop and rushed away from it as fast as I could. No-pony would rut me. They were all too afraid of what my husband might do to them. I shook my head, I’d need to find some-pony more… brave and courageous, some-pony who wasn’t afraid of my husband.

Maybe Shining Armor… no he got married. I cursed to myself then my thoughts were interrupted by a voice calling out to ponies. “Hey-hey man, wanna buy an apple, just one bit whatta yah say, no…”

I followed the sound of the voice and as I came around a corner I spotted a large bipedal creature with camouflage fatigues on. It was tall, probably standing twice as tall as I did. It had a fairly white complexion to its skin with a brown mane. But what was most curious was how it stood on its hindlegs and those little finger looking things on its hands that helped it grip the apple. The creature almost looked like a monkey but had a better posture and was able to talk and didn’t have all the body fur.

He approached a nearby mare. “Hey lady wanna buy an apple, I’ll give you a terrific deal. Two apples for one bit” he offered but the mare raised her snout and trotted away. I heard him mutter something to himself under his breath then approached another pony who was a stallion.

“Hey good buddy, good pal. Wanna apple. Just one bit and you get three apples” he offered but the stallion turned him down and walked away. The creature muttered to himself again.

I approached him but he saw my approach and immediately walked up to me. “He pink lady, want to buy an apple. I’ll cut
you some slack, four apples for just one bit!” he said excitedly but I shook my head.

He turned away and tried to play his sales with some-pony else and I followed close behind him.

“Excuse me?” I asked and he turned to me. “What exactly are you? I’ve never seen something quite like yourself before” I asked and he sighed.

“I’m an animal. Hey you wanna buy an apple?” he asked but I shook my head again.

“So… are you related to monkeys or…” I trailed off my question for him to answer but he didn’t give me a very good answer.

“Yeah, sure why not. Everything in this messed up world thinks I’m an animal anyway” he told me.

I let out a flustered sigh of irritation. “I would like to know just exactly what you are” I told and he looked to me and laughed.

“Well I’ll be damned. Some-pony in this stuck up town who actually gives a shit. Alright missy let me enlighten you. I am a human. Now do you want an apple or do you want to keep wasting my time?” he asked. His attitude and tone really got me steamed.

“I’ll have you know that I am Mrs. Fleur de Lis!” I exclaimed and he chuckled.

“Oh I know. You’re that trophy wife of Fancy Pants. The one he bones when he’s in this town” he chuckled and I gasped.

“Do not say such insulting things about my husband!” I hissed and he laughed.

“Okay, how about this. You’re the one he ruts while he’s in Canterlot” he told me and I curled my lips in anger. How dare he talk about Fancy Pants in such a way.

“How dare you speak of my husband with such profanity!” I yelled and he chuckled.

“What’s wrong? Fancy never tell you about little Cherry Jubilee in Dodge Junction… or Daisy in Manehatten?” he laughed and I raised my voice in anger.

“My husband would not cheat on me!” I yelled and he laughed again.

“Whatever you tell yourself to sleep at night. Hey buddy wanna buy an apple?” he asked Prince Blueblood, who was trotting by.

“Oh goddess. A street vendor, ech!” he gasped in disgust. It made me smile to have some-pony talk to this human like that.

As Blueblood trotted away in his snooty little way I heard the human mutter to himself. “No good, cock sucking, mother fucking asshole. Stupid prick has a fucking pickle jammed up his ass is what his problem is” he muttered to himself.

“Such profanity!” I gasped and he laughed again.

“Lady why are you still here?” he asked then sniffed the air. “Oh that’s right… yeah not gonna happen” he said.

“What’s not gonna happen?”

“I’m not fucking you. You think that just because you’re high and mighty that someone like me would feel honoured to have you wanting me but I can read you like a book. You’re in heat and no-pony will rut you. Fancy Pants is off to Marevada to bone Lily Cactus while” he began but I cut him off.

“How did you know he’s going to Marevada?” I snapped and he chuckled. I realized at that moment that this entire marriage had been a lie. Fancy Pants just wanted me as a trophy wife, some-pony to show off with. I cursed myself for letting him pull wool over my eyes this entire time.

“Yeah like I was saying, I ain’t gonna fuck yah. You’re on your own” he said then began to try and sell the apples again.

“I apologize for the way we started off. Do you think we could start again? I am Fleur de Lis, Mrs. Fleur de Lis but if you’d like you can just call me Fleur” I said with a heavy tone of sorrow in my voice.

He looked back to me and sighed as he tossed an apple a few inches into the air with continuousness while he looked to me. He tossed the apple high up in the air and without ever taking his gaze from my eyes, caught the apple then took a crunch out of it.

He mouthed around the bite of apple then swallowed. “Alright then… My name’s Dale” he said as he extended his hand.

Chapter 3: Arrival

From perspective of Dale:

“So if you aren’t from this world then where exactly did you come from?” she asked me and I sighed.

“I came from earth. Some crazy blue broad summoned me here thinking that I could help her take over Equestria or something. It all started when…

* * *

Five years ago:

The HMMWV bounced along the dirt road just outside Bangladesh. I was driving and we were pacing along at about 40mph. We were part of the US Delta force and were on a scouting mission of sort.

“Hey Sarge, hold up” yelled Jackson. He was the gunner who was manning the M134 minigun. I slowed the vehicle to a stop and he crouched down inside the cab and pointed to a distant light. It was blue and looked very eerie.

“What the fuck is that? Jonas, call it in” I ordered but Jackson shook his hand.

“No way Sarge. Let’s go see what it is first” he told me and I raised an eyebrow. I really hated it when he got adventurous like this. I looked to Jonas and Elijah, the other two members of my squad and they both shrugged.

“Alright, but I hear one word about this from the LT then I’ll ring your neck Jackson” I told him with a disgruntled sigh as I drove the armoured vehicle along the dusty trail. It was blisteringly hot out and I was glad that our patrol was almost over.

The vehicle approached the blue hue of light and I stopped just a few yards away from it. “Alright Jonas, call it in” I ordered and Jackson once again waved his hand.

“Nah-nah, come on sergeant major. Just one little peak?” Jackson pleaded.

“Jackson, you know our orders. We’re to report anything we find that we deem worthy of telling immediately” I told him harshly and he laughed.

“Ahh Sarge, you worry too much. Look at that thing! It’s obvious that we’re just having a mirage or somet…” was all he managed before a burst of energy mass flew through the portal and my mind went blank.

‘For fuck sakes, Jackson! When I get up I’m gonna ring his neck with my bare hands’ I thought to myself. I waited and waited, figuring either I was dead or unconscious, probably the latter.

Finally my vision blurred and I came to. My head throbbed in pain and I placed a hand on my throbbing head. I turned to look to Jonas then realized something was horribly wrong. We were still in the Humvee but we were somewhere I had never seen before.

It was dark, moist, cold and damp all around. The trees around the Humvee looked disfigured and creepy, like something out of a bad horror movie or something. I shook Jonas awake who quickly gasped like I did.
He leaned over and whispered to me, “Since when do the deserts have trees?” he asked curiously and I shrugged. We woke up Jackson and Elijah who reacted pretty much the same as we did.
“Jonas… what’s the GPS say?” I asked and he quickly fumbled around for the small handheld GPS. He took a quick glance then gulped.
“We… we’re uhm… we got no signal” he told me and I muttered a curse to myself. I opened the door to the vehicle and stepped out. My boots sank somewhat into the plush undergrowth and I heard it squelch as my weight sank into the ground but only slightly.

“Oh for fuck sakes… where the fuck are we now?” I asked myself as I looked around. I looked to the sky and tried to find any constellations that I could recognize from my time in the Middle East but couldn’t’ recognize anything. The stars looked weird to, like something out of a Disney movie rather than what real stars looked like. “Shit… we must be in… China or something” I muttered angrily to myself.

Elijah stepped out of the Humvee and paced a little ways away. “Hey Elijah, don’t go far” I ordered him and he waved to me.

“Yeah, yeah. Unless you wanna see my cock then let a guy piss, would yah” he laughed and I turned away to give him the privacy he so badly needed. Jonas soon joined his friend and the trickling sound of their urine hitting the ground filled the quiet air.

I heard Jonas start muttering something. “What’s that?” I asked.

“I said, I think we have… GAH!” Jonas screamed and so did Elijah. I spun around to see some sort of horrid creature grabbing my squad mates. The creatures pulled Jonas and Elijah into the dark forest before I could reach them, their screams of agony pierced the forest.

I began to backpedal just as one of those creatures burst from the shadows of the forest, hissing and snapping its jaw at me. “FUCK YOU!” I yelled as I swung my M4 carbine at the beast and held back the trigger. 5.56mm rounds slammed into the creature and riddled its body. The muzzle flare illuminated the forest in front of me and the eyes of several of the creatures lit up like the fourth of July.

“Oh shit” I muttered then rushed back towards the truck where Jackson was already waiting for me.

“What the fuck is going on?” he yelled over the sound of my chattering assault rifle which I fired wildly into the forest.

“No time, get in the truck now!” I yelled as I rushed past him and to the driver side door. I got in and slammed the driver side door then looked to Jackson who was getting into the passenger side. Just as he went to close the door, one of those freakish wooden wolf things grabbed his leg and pulled him back out.

“JACKSON!” I yelled as I reached over and grabbed him. He began to scream in fear and horror then suddenly seven more wolves joined in and pulled my friend away, breaking him free of my grasp.

I grabbed the AA12 from behind the passenger seat and cocked it. A nightmarish creature lept up to the driver side door and growled at me, drool dripping out of its clenched teeth then it opened its mouth to bite me.

I stuffed the shotgun barrel into the creature’s mouth, shoving the barrel as far back as I could until it hit the back of its throat. “EAT THIS!” I yelled then pulled the trigger. Splinters of wood littered the cabin of the vehicle and I kicked the remainder of the body out before slamming the passenger side door shut.

“Please baby, please Betsy just work” I prayed as I keyed the ignition. The truck rumbled to life and I quickly slapped the stick shift into first gear and hammered the accelerator.

I maneuvered the vehicle through the dense forest, running over several wolves in the process. It seemed like the forest just went on forever but then I caught a glimpse of light and drove towards it. The Humvee smashed through the treeline and into a beautiful meadow. The treaded tires quickly shredded the fine grass and made ruts as it skidded along.

I stopped the truck and put it into neutral before slipping into the back and manning the minigun. I waited for a moment or two before I spotted some of the creatures. I pressed the left handle button, activating the spin cycle and the minigun’s barrels spun to life. As the creatures got closer I held down the right handle button and the iconic thunderous BZZZZZZ of the minigun filled the air around us.

A stream of orange light filled the dark night as hot lead filled the air and chopped away any of those retched creatures that got in its path. The minigun’s pace picked up to 6000rpm and I could see the barrel start to heat up.

I began a slow, horizontal arch with the gun and withing seconds I had made fine work of both the wooden wolves and the field around them. I looked around and waited for what seemed like hours before I sat back down in the Humvee.

“Please god, just let this be a dream” I prayed to myself before leaning the seat back and passing out.

What seemed like only moments, which was probably actually hours, passed and I heard a banging on the door of the HMMWV. I opened my eyes and looked up to see a freakish looking unicorn… wait a unicorn! They aren’t real.

“Hey you! Yeah you. Trixie need to speak with you” it said in a rather feminine and demanding voice. I reached into my chest holster and drew my .50 caliber AE Desert Eagle before opening the door and exiting the vehicle.

“Ah yes, Trixie’s finest creation. Bow down to The Great and Powerful TRIXIE!” it demanded. I simply stood there in shock and disbelief. She looked to me with one eye opened and the other eye closed then opened both eyes and shot me an irritated look. “Hey demon, are you deaf. Trixie says bow down!” she ordered.

“Two things. First: I’m not a demon, second: not gonna bow down. Third: where the fuck am I?” I asked and the thing, Trixie its name was, laughed.

“Ha, Trixie does not think so. You are a demon, Trixie summoned you here to help Trixie defeat Twilight Sparkle. She has ascended to an alicorn and will be impossible for Trixie to defeat alone. Now bow down to your new master” she ordered and I chuckled.

“So you summoned me here?” I asked and she nodded. “Did you mean to send me into that deathtrap or was that an accident?” I asked.

“Trixie never makes mistakes… but yes it was an accident. The teleportation spell accidently summoned you into the Everfree” she told me.

“Alright… send me back, along with my squad. Make this all better” I ordered her. She laughed again.

“Ha, Trixie does not think so. You will do as Trixie says or else” she threatened. I curled my lips in anger.

“Or else what?”

She hesitated for a second. “Or else… or else Trixie will punish you severely” she scowled. I had just about enough of this blue bitch.

I grabbed her by the throat with one hand and lifted her off the ground. I was reasonably strong and she was roughly 80-100lbs, give or take. She opened her mouth to gag but I jammed the barrel of the Desert Eagle right into her mouth.

“Send me back or I swear to fucking god I’ll spray your brains all over this fucking field. Your fucking magic just got three of my best friends killed you stupid bitch!” I yelled in anger and frustration. He eyes began to tear up and I felt her throat try to move to say something.

I set her down and stepped back, keeping the Desert Eagle trained on her forehead. “Trixie… is so sorry for your loss… please don’t kill Trixie… she didn’t mean anything by it” she sobbed. Her sudden emotion touched my heart. I was a soldier but I wasn’t a murderer. Though her actions got my friends killed I didn’t have it in me to just blow her head off.

* * *

Present day:

“So what happened?” Fleur asked me and I shrugged as I finished off my apple and tossed the core away.

“Eventually I realized that she was just crazed and left her. Then she summoned some real demons so Princess Twilight Sparkle hired me to stop them, I put a bullet in the demon’s head, it died then Trixie was put in a jail cell and sentenced to five years in solitary confinement. Then Twilight was all ‘Oh you saved Equestria’ but then they decided that I was an animal and shoved me in a barn with a bunch of other animals and now I work slave labour for some redneck bitch” I informed her.

“Oh… well then” she replied and I saw her back legs start to get twitchy. “Do you have the time?” she asked and I checked my watch which still miraculously worked after all these years.

“Quarter to six” I informed her.

“Oh… well I enjoyed the conversation. Perhaps you’d like to come back to my place and go into further detail?” she offered and I chuckled as I waved my hand.

“No can do. I know what you want and I don’t think Fancy Pants would approve. Even if he’s cheating on you right now” I chuckled. She gave a ‘Humph’ then trotted away in frustration. I smiled to myself then continued to try and sell apples.

Chapter 4: I was a hero

Fleur’s perspective:

I was bent over by the sink in the kitchen. “That bastard… no good… how could he just…” I moaned to myself as I tried to get rid of the burning lust inside of me. I was reluctant to believe that Fancy Pants would cheat on me all these years but then again he usually did seem rather interested in other pretty mares… like Ms. Rarity when she was in town.

“Damn you… Dale!” I cursed as I finally got off. I let out a deep breath then hopped down from the sink and onto all fours. As I trotted along to my bedroom I contemplated what I was going to do. I had nothing to improvise with: no bananas, no cucumbers, not even a pickle!

I flopped down onto my bed and sulked to myself. ‘Why would no-pony rut me!?’ I thought to myself but the answer was clear as a sunny day. Because Fancy Pants was my husband and he would do awful things, but in reality he probably wouldn’t.

I grabbed my pillow and made like I was going to suffocate myself as I screamed. My scream was muffled by the pillow and after I had exhausted myself I quickly fell asleep.

* * *

I felt the warm morning sunlight trickle in from the window and its warmth made the fur on my back rise. The sudden sensation of warmth sent a lone shiver up my back. I groaned irritably to myself as I pulled my blanket over my body.

I had no intention of getting up today. I think I’d rather just sulk around my house all day.

As I lay there in my bed I let out a defeated sigh. I wouldn’t be able to do this all day, it had only been a few minutes and already I was getting antsy. I groaned to myself and forced my body out of bed.

For the moment I was able to hold back my lustful needs but I knew that by the end of the day it was going to be unbearable. I made myself a quick, low-fat, breakfast meal and quickly ate it. “Mmm how I do love yogurt” I said to myself, trying to get my mind off what I so badly needed but in my mind pre-set my imagination ran wild and for some outlandish reason my mind pictured the yogurt as cum.

“NO! Not a chance!” I yelled to myself but I soon lost control of myself and lept onto the table as I began to pleasure myself. I took the yogurt in big globs and lathered my lower parts with the creamy substance. The rather cold yogurt sent a rather sensational shiver throughout my body and I shuddered in pleasure.

My hoof became stained with yogurt as I rubbed my slit, stuffing some of the creamy substance inside myself. I felt myself begin to build up pressure inside again and soon the oh so familiar feel of an orgasm ripped through my body, sending shudders and spasms throughout my muscles.

As I finally came down from my orgasm I let out a disgruntled sigh then went to wash myself off. It was going to be a long day, I could just tell.

* * *

Dale:

“Hey buddy wanna buy an apple, just one bit gets you three apples!” I said excitedly. The stallion lifted his snout in the air and walked away with a snooty look about him. Fucking Canterlot, where the rich are snooty and the poor think they are rich so they’re snooty too.

You know for what it’s worth sometimes I just wonder if I should end it all. Just pull out my handgun and BANG, right here, right now. No-pony would care, just another animal that killed itself for unknown reasons.

Despite my constant thoughts of suicide I always disregarded them as fast as they came. Sure I was stuck in a world of crazy ass ponies, considered an animal, living in a barn with a bunch of farm animals… okay so maybe it was kind of shitty but I suppose things could be worse.

“Morning Mr. Dale” called out an oh so familiar voice. I let out an irritated sigh. It was that pink mare from yesterday that wanted to hear ‘Everything’ about how I got here.

“Morning Fleur” I said with a fake smile that I conjured up at the last second.

“Beautiful morning isn’t it?” she asked with a very feminine tone. I looked to the sky. It was warm out today, no clouds and the birds were chirping.

I put on a very immature smile. “Oh yes, it’s such a beautiful day isn’t it. The birds are chirping, the sky is clear, the sun is out and all we’re missing is a rainbow with a pot of gold” I said in an irritatingly squeaky voice. She frowned.

“I take it you’re not having a good day” she replied and I smirked. ‘Ah durr, yah fucking think so?’ I thought to myself but refrained from asking that. “So if not, what’s wrong?” she asked and I sighed as I rolled my eyes.

“Hmm… where to begin? How about: I’m stuck in a world of talking ponies that think I’m a dangerous animal. Or maybe the fact that I ‘Saved Equestria’ but am still considered a dangerous animal. Or maybe the fact that I’m not allowed in the house because I’m a dangerous animal. OR MAYBE… uhh never mind” I told her with a disgruntled sigh. She raised an eyebrow from my sudden outburst.

“Why are you considered a dangerous animal?” she asked and I chuckled.

* * *

Five years ago:

I was just starting to run the plow through the field when suddenly what seemed like an earthquake rocked the ground around me. “Oh shit!” I swore and looked to Big Macintosh.

“What’s going on!?” I yelled out to him and he shrugged fearfully. I looked to see Applejack galloping over to us.

“Hurry, get in the barn!” she yelled and without hesitation we all rushed towards the barn. As we neared the barn that’s
when I saw it. Some devilish looking creature that burst from the treeline, with that blue unicorn chick on its head. The demon proceeded to rip trees out of the ground and absolutely wreck the property.

I approached the barn and I could hear Trixie start to cackle madly.

“THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE SHALL HAVE HER REVENGE!” she cackled. I rolled my eyes as the beast approached the barn. Princess Twilight, Celestia and Luna all flew forth in an attempt to slay the beast but it simply swatted them away like flies.

“AH-HA, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL IN EQUESTRIA! NOW YOU SHALL ALL DIE!” the annoying blue unicorn laughed. I let out a sigh of irritation. And here I thought I was going to get work done early today. She was making a friggin mess of the fields which I somehow knew that I would have to clean.

The others inside the barn all huddled together in absolute fear. The youngest one, Applebloom, cried into her sister’s shoulder. Applejack hushed her sister and sang a rather depressing melody to try and put her sister at ease.

My heart sank and I immediately knew what I had to do. I could have ended this before it started. I knew that she was trying to take over Equestria with demons but I just let her do her thing.

I walked over to the locker that I used to house my weapons. I opened it and immediately grabbed my M4 with the M203 40mm grenade launcher attachment. I pulled back the charging handle and let it slam shut by itself.

I placed a grenade round into the launcher and pumped it closed. I holstered my Desert Eagle then looked to the family that now cowered in the barn. I put on my most expressionless face, “I’ll be back” I told them. God I had always wanted to do that.

I walked out of the barn with the M4 in both hands. The demon creature was probably about fourteen of fifteen feet high with dark red skin. Its body was quite large and bulky and had two twisted horns protruding out of the fronts of its skull. Fire emulated from its eyes and a mist of black smoke seemed to surround its feet

Trixie looked to me. “DEMON, KILL THAT PATHETIC INSECT!” Trixie ordered. The demon looked to me then came barreling over towards me. I leveled my M4 at the hip and held back the trigger as I roared in anger.

The muzzle flashed and spat out 5.56mm rounds that buzzed through the air and ripped through the creature’s body. However all the bullets managed to do was piss it off even more than it already was. The gun soon cycled through the entire magazine. I rearranged my hands so that I was grasping the grenade launcher and popped off the round.

The 40mm fragmentation grenade round erupted as it struck the beast’s chest. It howled out in pain as its body spasmed. Trixie fell of the beast’s head and quickly rushed out from underneath the demon as it fell back in agonizing pain, shards of shrapnel splintering in its body.

I dropped the M4 and rushed up to the demon as fast as I could. It began to stand up again but I lept up onto its body and rushed over to its head. I unholstered my mighty handgun and fired a single round right between its eyes.

Dark black blood, or at least I think it was blood, splattered up onto me as the demon’s head fell back dead. I looked over to the blue unicorn who was in shock from everything that had just happened.

She got up to gallop away but I was on her in a second like a bolt of lightning. As I neared her, I lept through the air and tackled her to the ground. I rolled her body over and pinned her forelegs with my knees as I slammed the hilt of my Desert Eagle into her face.

I forcibly opened her mouth and jammed the barrel of my pistol into her mouth. Suddenly a hoof rested on my shoulder. “Let it go. She’s beaten” Celestia told me. I looked back to her in disbelief.

“You’re not serious are you!? She was going to kill every-pony and you want me to just let her go!?” I snapped with irritation in my voice. Celestia slowly pulled my arm away and the gun barrel slipped out of Trixie’s mouth.

“If you kill her then that would make you no better than her. She shall stand trial against the supreme court of justice” Celestia announced and I let out a sigh of defeat as I stood up and holstered my Desert Eagle.

* * *

Fleur raised an eyebrow. “So if you saved Equestria then how does that make you a dangerous animal?” she asked and I shrugged.

“Well at first it wasn’t all that bad. See, for a month after the whole ordeal Pinkie Pie threw parties and every-pony was all bubbly and happy. Applejack let me reside in the guest room in her house but every few days I’d wake up yelling. I had shellshock from my time in military service. So eventually she said that she was fearful for her family’s well-being. On top of that they realized that they hadn’t been able to stop the demon but I was able to kill it off easily and they figured ‘What would happen if I decided I just wanted to take over Equestria?’. So in the end they all got serious spooked out by my presence inside the house and kicked me out into the barn with the dog…” I trailed off and let out a deep sigh.

“Well that was certainly rude of them. I don’t think you’re dangerous at all” Fleur told me and the comment arose a smile on my face, a real genuine smile.

“Thanks… you know sometimes I wonder if I should have taken Trixie up on her offer. You know, take over Equestria. At least then I’d be able to sleep on a bed, not a pile of hay. Like really, I tried to tell them it was just the shellshock but they thought I was going rabid or something” I told her and she sighed and gave me a sudden hug of sympathy.

“I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope you find something to ease your pains” she whispered softly. I reached up and scratched the back my head. Usually ponies didn’t react like this when I told them how I ended up stuck in the barn. She looked up to me. “So why are you here?” she asked and I sighed.

“Well after they booted me into the barn I still stuck around, like I had anywhere else to go. Applejack has me running the sales carts up to Canterlot and selling goods. You know I try to tell her we’d get better business in say Dodge Junction or Appleloosa but she doesn’t listen. And while I’m pulling this goddess forsaken fifteen hundred pound wagon up the mountainside she’s off fucking the dog” I scowled. She raised an eyebrow from the last comment.

“She… has sexual intercourse with her dog?” she asked and I chuckled.

“No-no, it’s a term humans use. It means that she doesn’t do all that much. While I’m out busting my ass in the fields she’s fuckin around with her friends and ‘Saving Equestria’. Yeah, saving Equestria my ass. Last time I checked, saving Equestria doesn’t mean socializing in town with her friends at Sugarcube corner” I said with heavy irritation.

“Oh dear. I’m so sorry to hear that… would you by chance be interested in coming over to my house to help me with some… things I need help with?” she asked and I sniffed the air. Her scent was heavy and undeniable.

“No thanks. I still have to sell all these…” I trailed off as a sudden crack of lightning sounded and rain began to pour down. I let out an irritated sigh then pulled a chain on the wagon. A roof popped up over top of the wagon but only sheltered the goods, not me.

I almost instantly became soaking wet and let out another irritated sigh. I looked to Fleur who was shivering slightly. Her mane was now soaked as well as her fur which both drooped down and dripped with water.

“How much?” she asked and I raised an eyebrow.

“I’m not a whore” I said with a chuckle and she gave me an irritated shove.

“No you buffoon! How much does everything cost all together. I’ll pay for it then you can be free to come back to my house to dry off” she offered. Though I was still reluctant, because I knew what she really wanted, that didn’t sound all that bad for the time being.

“The wagon has two thousand bits worth of stuff” I told her. She smiled then grabbed a little wooden sign from the wagon and inscribed ‘Free’ on it. I chuckled to myself as she began to pull me along back to her house.

Chapter 5: Showers

Dale:

I slipped off my combat boots and placed them on the door mat. Fleur shook like a dog and water splashed at me. I raised an eyebrow, wasn’t she high class? So shouldn’t she dry off with a towel rather than… my thoughts trailed off as I figured that I’d just forget about it.

My clothes were dripping wet and I stood by the door like an idiot. She looked to me and smiled. “Well don’t just stand there, come in, come in” she offered and I took a deep gulp and entered her residence. It was really swanky and high class. Everything seemed to be décor and was probably expensive.

My clothes continued to drip water and I looked down to see that water from my clothes was staining the high quality carpet. “Damn, uhm… where should I go so that I don’t stain the carpet?” I asked, not wanting to really make a mess of the place.

“Follow me, you can have a shower while your clothes dry” she offered and led me to the washroom. It was like the rest of the house, swanky.

I nodded with a show of impress. “Nice digs chief” I commented and she shot me a confused look.

“Digs?” she asked and I chuckled as we entered the washroom. There was a washing machine and drier, the latter of which I needed to use, along with the other faculties of a washroom.

“Uhm… I don’t mean to be rude but uhm…” I trailed off shyly and she raised an eyebrow. “Well if I’m gonna take a shower I would rather not have you watch” I said with a faint smile.

“Oh… right, uhm… of course” she said and quickly left, closing the door behind her. I let out a small sigh and opened the drying machine as I undressed. I tossed all the clothes into the machine then closed the door and started it.

I looked around for a towel and soon found a stack of them in the cupboards above the washing machine. They were of top quality I could tell and looked like they were more for show then use.

I placed the towel over the towel rack and slipped into the shower. The nozzle was a little shorter then I was but that didn’t bother me in the least. The way I figured it was it was better than the garden hose I used at the farm.

I played with the taps until the stream of water coming from the showerhead was hot and steamy. I let out a satisfied sigh of immense pleasure. God this felt good, I hadn’t bathed in warm water since… a long time.

I scrubbed myself down and lathered my body with some frilly smelling body wash that made my nostrils tingle. Suds of soapy water were washed away down the drain as I browsed through Fleur’s rather large selection of shampoo. ‘Christ how much shampoo does one broad need anyway?’ I thought to myself then remembered how beautiful her mane was.

“Yeah… on second thought it would make sense” I told myself as I chose some strawberry smelling shampoo and soaked some into my hair. I seriously needed another haircut. I got one twice a year but I liked to keep my hair on the short side of things. Macintosh usually cut my hair for me. He and I got along fine because he sort of knew my pain.

His own sister would piss off at the worst of times to go do something and leave us to do all the work so it goes without saying that we saw eye to eye on more than one thing. He also listened to my war stories and understood why sometimes I would wake up hollering like a lunatic. He said that if any-pony went through what I went through then they would probably be worse than I was.

As I finished washing my hair I scratched the back of my head a little. I knew that Fleur was in heat but couldn’t she have gotten some-pony else? Then again every-pony was scared of what Fancy Pants might do. Just because he had political connections didn’t necessarily mean he was scary.

I finished my shower and turned off the nozzles. I didn’t know how long I had been in the shower but I had this feeling that it was probably close to forty minutes. It was just one of those things I had to enjoy while it lasted, like leave time during military service way back in the day.

I reached my hand out of the shower and felt around for my towel but couldn’t find it. I poked my head out of the shower to look for my towel but couldn’t see it anywhere. I scrunched my nose. I could’ve sworn I had gotten one and left it out. ‘Maybe the sun is getting to me’ I thought to myself as I quickly used my hands to wipe off the majority of the water still on my body.

I stepped out carefully, my wet feet making footprints of water as I snuck over to the towel cupboard and opened it to get another towel. I was shocked to find it empty. I muttered a quiet curse to myself as I looked around for something to dry myself off with.

I spotted a hair drier on the washing machine and smiled. I grabbed the hair drier, which conveniently already plugged in, and flicked it on then began to dry myself off. The humming of the hair drier filled the room and I looked at myself in the mirror only to be surprised when I realized that no fog had accumulated on the mirror from the steam produced during my shower.

I figured that Fleur had just bought a fog-proof mirror. The hair drier was a little less convenient than a towel but quickly got the job done. I began to dry my hair and within minutes my hair was dry and fluffy.

I gave my hair a little rustle but it didn’t catch on my fingers like it usually did. Instead my fingers seeped through my hair and it felt pretty cool. “Huh, well ain’t that something” I muttered then slid my hand down to my bare chest and felt my old scars. Two rather circular scars on the top left of my chest were from an AK47 while the jagged line scar on the right side of my chest was from a knife.

I gently slid my left hand fingers along my knife scar and sighed. My back fared no better with several scars from random incidents. At least my face was still pretty, well sort of. I leaned forwards and looked more intently at my reflection in the mirror.

“Well… aren’t you just the grandest of fuck ups. You squad gets killed, you end up in another world with no way home, treated like an animal but yet you somehow manage to stay devishly handsome… you old dog” I chuckled to myself. The cold dog tags around my neck dangled about freely.

They were the last things I had to remind myself who I really was. Without them I would probably just consider myself an animal like most of these godforsaken ponies thought I was. But whenever I looked to them I remembered. “Sergeant Major Smith D.” I told myself then rubbed my right shoulder attentively and gave a tired stretch.

I turned off the hair drier and opened the drying machine. As I pulled out my clothes I realized that I hadn’t put a fabric softener in and my clothes clung together. I chuckled as I quickly slipped them on, hearing the static of the fabric as they rubbed together.

As I stretched one last time I caught a whiff of a strong odour. I sniffed the air and heard the faintest of moans come from the doorway. I looked and heard a gasp just as a streak of light pink rushed away. I did the math and chuckled quietly to myself.

“Well I’ll be damned… smartass” I muttered to myself then gave my hair one last feel before leaving the washroom. I walked towards the living room, which was near the exit of the house, to see Fleur resting on her black leather couch.

“Well thank you for the hospitality ma’am, but I really must be going” I told her as I realized that it was rather late in the evening. She immediately lept up from the comment.

“NO! Please you must stay. It is still raining” she said hastily as she got off the couch and quickly trotted over to me. She placed a hoof on my shoulder but as she did a zap of static electricity zapped her. “Ouch!” she squeaked as she immediately retracted her hoof.

“I uh… forgot to put a fabric softener in” I chuckled and she nodded.

“I know. I was going to tell you to…” she trailed off as she realized that she had just revealed that she had been watching me. She held a hoof up to her lips to silence herself in embarrassment.

I chuckled and rested my hand on her shoulder. “No worries. But next time do you think you could at least leave me a towel” I laughed and she blushed furiously. I let out a sigh as I realized it was still pissing rain outside then looked back to her. “Alright… I’ll stay the night” I told her which brightened her face with delight.

“Oh excellent… I don’t suppose you’re hungry?” she asked and my stomach rumbled in retort. We both paced over to her fancy fridge and began to rummage through it. We quickly managed to make up a rather fine meal though we both lacked cooking skills so the baked goods didn’t turn out so well.

I swallowed the last of the butter tarts and let out a satisfied sigh. “You’re pretty good. You ever think about a career in cooking?” I asked and she laughed with femininity.

“Oh don’t be so charming. You know as well as I do that the meal was rather… horrid” she laughed and I had to join in. It wasn’t close to great but at the same time it wasn’t, as she said, horrid.

“Just saying” I told her as I stood up and paced over to the sink, turning on the taps to get ready to wash the dirty dishes.

“What are you doing?” she asked as she stood up and trotted over to me.

“Washing the dishes” I told her but she laughed and tried to pull me away from the sink.

“Guests do not do chores in our house” she told me and I laughed.

“Well if not me then who?”

She raised an eyebrow. “You think that I am unable to wash dishes?” she asked and I nodded. “Oh well then I’ll show you” she told me and we began to wash the dishes together.

As we fidgeted with the plates, to try and best one another, she used her magic to splash a bit of water onto my side. I looked down to the stain, “Hey! I had just gotten dry” I scowled playfully and she giggled.

“Nothing personal” she laughed as she quickly scrubbed another plate clean. I raised a cheeky eyebrow then cupped a bit of water in my hands and splashed her back. She gasped in shock as water dampened her fur. “HOW DARE YOU!” she gasped and I smirked.

“Nothing personal” I told her and she took a larger concentration of water then splashed me back. Soon we began to throw large splashes of water at one another. I was determined to win the fight and quickly grabbed the water nozzle used to rinse plates and blasted her with a constant stream of water.

She fell back to the floor, crying. My heart sank, I felt terrible but hadn’t she started it? I stopped dousing her and quickly kneeled down beside her as she sobbed. “Why… why would you do that? You ruined my mane” she sobbed and I let out a defeated sigh.

“I’m sorry ma’am. I was just playing around. I didn’t mean to take it so far” I told her and she stopped sobbing then began to sniffle.

“You mean that?” she asked and I nodded. She smiled and suddenly a large splash of water, from what I could only presume to be from a soup pot, crashed over my head, soaking us both.

“Oh you didn’t” I muttered and she giggled. “Oh you did, didn’t you” I muttered then suddenly she pushed up and knocked my body back. She lept on top of me and quickly pressed her soaking wet lips against mine, her mane splashed down and splashed against my face with considerable wetness.

‘Right… she was still in heat’ I thought to myself. I had to say it was rather nice but thankfully my mental restraints kicked in. I grabbed hold of her sides and pulled her off of me, breaking the kiss.

She gasped. “You’re a nice lady Fleur. But this probably isn’t the right thing to do, even if your husband is cheating on you” I told her and she quickly got a hold of herself.

“Oh my goddess… I am so sorry Dale… please forgive me” she pleaded and I smiled and placed a loving hand on her shoulder.

“Don’t mention it… seriously” I chuckled as I stood to my feet and helped her up. I realized that we were soaked and in need of a shower. “Alright… if you go for a shower then I’ll clean up this mess” I told her and she nodded then sheepishly trotted away to the bathroom. Christ that had gotten out of hand fast, but that’s what happens when a mare is in heat. Big Macintosh had told me about some pretty interesting times that he had when Applejack was in heat.

I quickly cleaned up the mess and soon enough Fleur returned from her shower, looking radiantly beautiful. My jaw opened slightly as I gazed upon her beauty, what the hell had gotten into me? It was like I was a fourteen year old kid who had just snuck into a porn shop for the first time.

“You’re… beautiful” I stammered and she giggled then tossed me a towel.

“You should probably take a shower” she laughed and I realized that she was right. I gave her an appreciative nod then proceeded to the shower.

This shower was relatively shorter and I quickly got out and dried myself off with the towel. This time the mirror was fogged so I knew that Fleur hadn’t been watching. I grabbed my laundry from the drier and quickly slipped them on. I walked out of the washroom and met Fleur in the hallway.

Fleur offered to let me sleep in her room but I turned down the offer and instead flopped down on the living room couch. I thanked her one last time before passing out. It had been a long day.

* * *

I awoke suddenly when loud screams echoed in the house. I sat up almost immediately, not remembering where I was. Soon it all came back to me. “Oh yeah” I muttered tiredly to myself and got up to see what all the commotion was about.

I stumbled over to the source of the screams which was Fleur’s room and knocked. “Oh… cum in… please cum inside” she moaned and I raised an eyebrow. Did she say cum or come? I fearfully opened the bedroom door to see her lying sprawled out on her bed.

A bottle of fine wine was in a bucket of ice cubes and she was sipping out of a fine glass, using her magic to levitate it. “Uhm… I was uhh… just wondering if you were okay” I stammered as I noticed the large stain of what I could only perceive to be her fluids stained on the bed sheets in-between her hindlegs.

“I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you, Dale. I need your help” she whispered in the most seductive voice I had ever heard. I gulped shyly, if I was still on earth and she was a human I’d immediately be tapping that ass but my mind told me ‘No!’

“Fleur… I just wanted to make sure… you were okay” I told her but she immediately closed the door behind me with her magic and trotted over to me with lust burning in her eyes. ‘Oh this is not gonna end well.’

Chapter 6: Touch of love

My mind yelled at me to run but my body simply stood there in shock. Her scent of arousal filled my nostrils and made my face twitch. The scent made me stay but so did that look she was giving me.

As she approached me she lept up to her hindlegs and lathered my lips with a sloppy wet kiss and finally my mind snapped back to reality. I quickly ducked and stepped sideways. She fell to all fours and gave me a look of curiosity. My heart rate had increased heavily and my breathing fared no better.

“Fleur… listen real close” I told her but I knew it was no use. Almost like she was in some sort of trance, she trotted slowly over to me, putting heavy sway into those beautiful curves of hers. ‘Damn she was drop dead sexy’ I thought to myself then slapped myself across the face. What the hell was I saying!?

I stepped back but tripped over my own footing. I scrambled to get to my feet but she place one of her forelegs against my chest and licked her lips seductively. I gulped and as she tried to kiss me again I rolled out from under her.

I got to my feet and tried to think straight. I started to have a raging boner and my mind was conflicted. My conscious screamed ‘No, it’s not right!’ but my primal side screamed ‘Do it! DO IT! DO IT NOW!’

I tried to only focus on one thing, to get Fleur calmed down but that was obviously going to be very difficult. “Fleur! Goddammit Fleur, listen to me! You’ve got to chill the fuck out. This isn’t right, you’re married and I’m a… human” I told her, about to say animal but refraining from calling myself such.

“I know. But right now all I want to do is bend over” she said then whipped around and bent over, giving her flank a little wiggle as she presented herself to me. “And let you stuff your shaft inside of my tight little pussy” she said as she wisped her tail away and gave me a full view.

My throbbing manhood twitched, my primal side screamed for me to do it but I kept my mind in check. “No! I can’t” I said angrily, trying to force away the sudden lust with anger. She wiggled her rear for me.

“Oh come on, I know you want to” she giggled. Almost like she had me in a hypnosis spell, I slowly walked forwards. My left hand reached forwards for her rear but I squeezed my eyes shut then grabbed her with my right hand and spun her around.

I held her in front of me, breathing heavily. “Fleur… it isn’t… right” I managed through grunts of anger. It was so hard to keep myself in check. I had been here for five years so I became accustomed to the beauty of ponies and sometimes found it difficult not to look. Most of them didn’t wear clothes anyway.

Finally she snapped out of it. “Oh my goddess… this… this isn’t me. This isn’t what I’m like” she gasped and looked up to me with apologetic eyes. I stepped back from her and let her down to all fours.

“Fleur… are you back to normal?” I asked and she nodded. “Really?” she nodded again. For some reason I had a hard time believing her. If she wasn’t in heat and so blasted horny then I might’ve believed her. “What would you say if I said… bend over right now and let me stuff your cunt with my throbbing cock and spray my seed all inside of you?” I asked. Inside I was screaming at myself for speaking so dirty with a pony but I needed to know.

He face frowned and she pushed me back. “That’s revolting, what makes you think I would do such a thing with you?” she asked, forgetting her lust. I let out a smile and gave her a pat on the head.

“Glad to have you back” I said then left the room, leaving her to her own device. I contemplated leaving right now but figured that would be somewhat rude. I yawned and proceeded to the living room.

I flopped down on the couch but found it difficult to sleep. I got up and pulled up a chair to the window. I sat and watched the streets of Canterlot. The moon shawn upon the streets that were already illuminated by street lamps.

I remembered the faces of my squad. Jackson, Jonas, Elijah… how we were all the best of friends and how they had died undeservingly by the will of some godforsaken creature in this world. Tears flowed from my eyes but I made sure not to actually sniffle or sob. I closed my eyes and tried to wish it all back to the way things used to be.

I opened my eyes and let out a choked up sigh. My breathing was erratic from my saddened emotions. I hadn’t thought about this for a long time. Why was it me? Why me? Why did I survive of all people? Why couldn’t it have been Jackson? Just… why?

The door to the room creaked open but I didn’t turn to look. I knew it as Fleur. I heard her soft, quiet, graceful hoof-steps trot over to me. “Are you… alright?” she whispered and I nodded. I felt her warm hoof gently stroke my back and slid down all the scars.

I let out a deep breath which was somewhat interrupted by a slight sniffle. “You… you’ve been through so much and yet… yet you’re treated so… poorly” she whispered, knowing what the scars were probably from.

I kept my eyes closed, tears trickling down my face. “It hurts… them being gone. We were all so close. I don’t even have the picture of us” I told her. We had a picture in the Humvee of us all in our combat gear with big smiles, our Humvee in the background. On the side of the Humvee, written in green spray-paint, was the name ‘Betsy’. Our CO had given us shit for that and it took us a full week to get the spray paint off but it was worth it for the laughs it brought.

“I’m… so sorry” she whispered as she slowly wrapped her forelegs underneath my arms and around my chest. She set her chin down on my right shoulder and nuzzled her cheek up to mine in a show of affection.

I brought my left hand up and placed it over her hooves. She let out a sigh of content. “I love you” she whispered.

“That’s just the heat talking” I replied without even opening an eye. She shook her head on my shoulder and kissed my neck.

“No it’s not. In the short time we’ve known each other you’ve shown me more love and affection then Fancy Pants ever did” she told me and I chuckled.

“I haven’t even showed you affection”

“But you have. Fancy Pants never shows me affection. He always just parades around like a jackass and shows off to the public like some big shot. He only needs me to be there as a sign of his greatness. He never spends time with me. Our love is shallow” she informed me saddly. I felt sympathy for her and raised my right hand to rub the side of her face ever so gently. I was about to ask why she would stay with him but soon disregarded the question at mind.

My heart rate increased as we just stayed like that for what seemed like eternity. She leaned her body up closer to mine and I could feel her heart beat against my back. It was a beautiful rhythm.

She leaned her face away from my shoulder and I looked into her beautiful pink eyes. “Do you love me?” she asked and I gulped.

“I… I don’t know… it’s all very sudden” I told her and her expression drooped into that of downfall which made my heart sink.

She looked down to the floor with a very saddened look about her. “Oh… I see” she whispered sadly. My heart ached for her. Why the hell did I feel this way for her all of a sudden? Was it because she too felt an inner turmoil like I did?

I reached forwards with my right hand and lifted her chin up so we were looking eye to eye. “Fleur… I love you” I told her, not really sure if I really loved her or if it was just all the emotional tension getting to me.

She gasped from the sudden confession and the look on her face suddenly changed to one of absolute passion, rather than sadness or lust which I had become accustomed to seeing her.

We both slowly leaned forwards and connected our lips with a passionate kiss. It was sloppy and wet but right now I didn’t really care. Inside my head my conscious was yelling at me ‘Dale! Don’t do it, save your dignity!’ while my more primal side cheered ‘YES! DO IT DALE, GIVE IN TO YOUR NEEDS!’

I wish I could tell those two to shut the hell up. This was my decision to make, not theirs. I reached my right hand around her head and held her closely as she slipped her tongue into my mouth.

Our tongues wrestled each other for loving domination and I slowly stood up, holding her around the waist to keep her balanced. I moved our bodies over towards her room then to the bed but missed it terribly and her back eventually pressed up against the wall of the room. I let our bodies slowly slid down.

Author's Note

So I was imagining this and was disappointed in myself for letting myself get seduced, yes I imagine it happening to me and it's very disturbing. Anyway so as it's happening I get to thinking 'Well at least the readers like it' so I'll just give a shout out to all you readers and say 'Thanks for all the likes and favourites' trust me when I say that if no one liked clops then I wouldn't dare even contemplate writing them

Chapter 7: Night of passion

I cradled her body underneath mine while I repositioned our bodies on the bed. I had stripped myself bare and now only my dog tags dangled about between our bodies. As a sign of moving on, I slipped the dog tags off and tossed them into the pile of clothes.

Fleur looked to me with those beautiful eyes of hers and it made my heart race. He fur was so soft and fluffy, almost exactly the same as my hair was when I left the shower. I leaned my face down and sniffed her fur in curiosity. She giggled from the random approach.

“What are you doing?” she asked and I looked up to her.

“I love the smell of strawberries” I told her with a smile. I figured she’d smell like roses or something but I guess she too had used the strawberry shampoo. She raised a curious eyebrow and I leaned my body forwards so that we were eye to eye.

I closed my eyes and leaned forwards then planted a kiss but missed her mouth and ended up kissing the tip of her nose. She giggled as she reached up with her hoof and directed my mouth to hers.

We began to passionately make out and our tongues immediately began to fight for dominance over one another. She forced her tongue deep into my mouth and amazingly she didn’t trigger my gag reflex. Her fur against my bare skin felt amazing and sensational.

She moved her hooves from the sides of my face to down and around my back. She gently ran her hooves soothingly up and down my back. I felt her moan into my throat as I shoved my tongue deep into her mouth.

I slid my hands to her sides and began to stroke her as we rustled around on the bed. I slowly broke away from the kiss, breathing a little heavily for air. I slowly began to peck gentle kisses down her neck. She let out quiet moans of affectionate pleasure as I trailed my kisses down to the base of her neck the nuzzled my face into her shoulder but only slightly.

“What are you doing?” she asked curiously and I looked up to her with a gentle and heartwarming smile. I really didn’t have much to say so I continued to trail my kisses down her body. At first I was wondering where her breasts would be and why they weren’t on her chest then I figured that they were probably lower, like on a horse or a cow.

As my kisses reached down towards her mid-section I stopped kissing and extended my tongue out. I began to slowly trail my tongue down her body and she let out a gasp. “Ooh… oh yes…” she moaned as I reached her breasts. The nipples were perky and erect and I gave each one a gentle kiss right on the peak, resulting in a small giggle from her.

Though the breasts themselves weren’t very big, if I am correct then I think it’s because she wasn’t pregnant, but I caressed them with each corresponding hand while I began to suckle on them ever so gently. She placed a hoof on the back of my head and gave it a rub while I suckled on her teats.

She lisped out several moans of pleasure and I began to grope at her breasts. “Dale… you’re wonderful… Fancy Pants never plays in bed” she said with a sigh. “He’s always ‘Straight to business and strictly that’”. I felt bad for her, no one should treat a woman err mare like that.

I took my mouth away from her breasts then began to trail my tongue down to the prize. I felt her body tense as I neared her nether, I smiled and slowed my pace to a mere crawl.

She rubbed the back of my head more attentively and finally I reached her pink slit. I lowered my face to the bottom and gave it a long wet lick, starting from the bottom and finishing at the top as I gave her clit a gentle little flick with the tip of my tongue.

She pressed hard against my head and forced my face against her groin area as pleasure washed through her. Her lower region reeked of heavy arousal and there was no denying it.

I began to lather her folds with my tongue, though it was already soaking wet from her own masturbation and the aftermath of several orgasms which I no doubt knew that she had been through in the past few hours of the night.

Her lips had a rather sweet taste to them with I slurped up, not hesitating to go in for more. Her moans soon became louder and echoed of the walls of the room. “Your fingers… use them… put them inside of me” she cooed and I shrugged to myself then slowly brought my right hand forwards and slid my index finger up and down her soaking wet entrance.

I slowly pulled my finger back then placed both my middle and index finger tips against her hole. As I began to push them forwards I realized she had a rather tight snatch and decided to only use one finger.

I felt her inner walls tighten against my finger as it felt the presence of my lone index finger inside of her. I very slowly began to slide it back and forth as I leaned my face up and began to suckle on her left nipple while at the same time I caressed the breast with my left hand. She let out several gasps of pleasure then a long moan. She bit her lower lip to silence herself. “I’m sorry” she apologized and I raised an eyebrow.

“For what?” I asked and she gave me a rather dumbfounded look.

“It isn’t right for a lady to be so… vocal, during intercourse” she told me and I stopped, pulling my finger out of her tight hole and crawling up so that we were face to face.

“It isn’t wrong for a lady to sing her song of pleasure during intercourse. It lets a man know that he is doing a good job” I told her and we began to make out again but I soon pulled away from the kiss so that I could continue with her needs.

I crawled back down to her lower region and quickly began to lap up her sweet pussy again. She allowed herself to moan louder and more constantly then before. My finger was massaged by her constantly twitching vagina.

Soon she began to rock her body against my finger in fluid motions. I began to slide my finger at a faster pace and she began to moan even louder. “Oh yes… oh don’t stop” she muttered through a gasp.

Soon her pace picked up and she slammed herself against my hand as hard as she could then her back arched and she squealed in delight. A flow of fluids squirted out from her entrance and some managed to splash onto my tongue which was, at the moment, licking her clit.

I moved my tongue around inside my mouth. Her cum tasted bitterly sweet but I decided to lick it up anyway. I took my hands away from her lower region and began to stroke her sides as I moved my tongue around her pussy, licking up what was left of her juices.

I slipped my tongue inside of her and quickly explored her depths with my tongue before pulling myself up over top of her. We began to kiss again and I felt her hoof slide down to my crotch as she began to stroke my shaft before lining it up with her.

I slowly pressed myself inside of her. She had a natural tightness to her that made me grunt as I slid into her entrance with a slow pace. She let out several coos of satisfaction. I looked down to her. She was dazed in the sheer ecstasy of sexual stimulation.

“I’m sorry that it probably isn’t as big as what you’re used to” I told her as I continued to slide myself into her depths and she giggled from the apology.

“Are you kidding!? My husband was my first and unfortunately my only. He has to compensate for his… rather small size” she laughed and I dropped my head in humor. “He only has four inches!” she laughed. I wasn’t sure if she was trying to insult her husband or make me laugh but she succeeded in the latter.

“Well… I guess so” I chuckled as I pushed past her tightness and finally bottomed out. ‘Damn’ I thought to myself. I looked down to see that I just barely bottomed out and it wasn’t really noticeable.

“Oh yes… fill me” she whispered and I slowly pulled back until I was almost fully pulled out then thrusted forwards again with the same slowness as before. Her walls stretched around my cock perfectly and messaged my shaft.

She was incredibly hot inside, not to a degree of physical discomfort but it was considerably noticeable. “Oh Fleur… you’re so warm” I moaned. I kind of felt like an idiot saying that but it kind of just slipped out.

“And you’re so big… oh yes… shove that cock of yours deep inside me!” she screamed as I began to pick up my pace ever so slightly. The sounds of our most intimate parts engaging in a sacred activity filled the room but were drowned out by our moans of pleasure.

“Wait” she said and I stopped. “Can I try something that I’ve always wanted to do?” she asked and I nodded. She gracefully rolled our bodies so that she was riding me in cowgirl position.

“I never get to do anything other than let Fancy Pants bend me over. He says that is the way it was meant to be and is the only way it should be done” she told me.

God, I knew Fancy Pants was a dick but this guy sounded more like a jackass every minute. “Fleur, I’ll do whatever you want. You’re the most beautiful pony… most beautiful anything, I’ve ever known” I told her and she smiled with a genuine smile.

“You really mean that?” she asked and I nodded. She let out a content sigh then slowly began to rock her hips. She had both hooves resting on my chest which acted supports for her as she began to ride me.

It felt incredible, like an eternal abyss of absolute pleasure was washing over me. Her mane flopped down past her shoulders and in front of her chest. I reached to her sides with my hands and helped guide her strides as I held her contently.

Her motions were fluid and exact, like she had practiced this before extensively. She continued to moan as I began to slowly thrust my hips and pushed my shaft into her as far as I could.

Some of her juices leaked down onto my body as my cock slushed inside of her. Soon her thrusts picked up with great speed and her moans turned to screams. “Oh do it… Dale cum inside of me” she screamed and I raised an eyebrow as I felt her walls squeeze tightly around my manhood which was stuffed inside of her. She held her breath and gasped as what I could only presume to be a nerve racking orgasm rocked her body.

She collapsed on top of me as the ecstasy of sex overwhelmed her. I continued to slowly thrust inside of her as I began to rub her back. “You… didn’t cum” she gasped and I nodded.

“Yeah… I know, I wasn’t done” I told her with a bit of confusion in my voice. It had only been a few minutes.

“Fancy Pants… doesn’t last long” she told me and I chuckled. You’d figure that with all the mares he ‘Socializes’ with that he’d have a rather high sexual endurance. Guess not.

“I’m not Fancy Pants” I said with a hearty laugh and she giggled then began to ride me again as she got her bearings. Her insides finally loosened a little and the regular tightness returned around my cock as she continued her strides.

I let out quiet groans of pleasure, she felt better than anyone I had ever been with and it made me feel foolish to think that here I was, an ex-military sergeant major, having sex with a furry pink pony and all I had to say was that she was better than any of my own species!?

I soon disregarded the thought and focused entirely on Fleur. She was so breathtakingly attractive and the way she rode me just drove me insane. “I love you Fleur” I whispered and she giggled.

“Well that certainly was… random” she laughed and I chuckled.

“I know, I just wanted to make sure you knew” I told her as we continued to make love. As we went on for the next half hour I slowly began to feel a building pressure inside my groin. I wondered for a moment if maybe I should be wearing a condom but then quickly disregarded the thought. We were simply too different, at least I hope so.

I picked up my pace and I could tell Fleur knew I was getting close because she too picked up her pace. She began to let loose again with her screams and moans. God it was almost unbearable when she was like this, and I had only known her for barely two days.

“Oh Fleur…” I grunted and she placed a hoof over my mouth as she slowed her pace.

“I know… do it inside of me” she whispered in a goddess like tone. I didn’t need to be told again and was hoping she’d want something like that. On top of that I’m glad we didn’t have to use a condom either, I found that they always hindered the pleasure during sex.

I felt my cock begin to tense up inside of her but she went off before I did. She thrusted her hips in crazed motions as she cried out in sheer pleasure. Her orgasmic tightness squeezed around my shaft and I gave a few last thrusts before I couldn’t hold back any longer.

I gave one last push and thrusted my manhood as deep as I could until I was pressing my tip against her deepest wall. I held her hips in a stationary position and I grunted loudly as I released inside of her warm pussy. My cum spat out in spurts, spraying into her womb and quickly filling the rest of her tight snatch in mere seconds. She moaned loudly and collapsed over top of my chest

He vaginal walls continued to clasp around my penis and milked it for every last drop. I finally stopped twitching and could feel my own juices, mixed with hers, seep out of her and onto my body.

I began to gently stroke my hands up and down her sides as I left my cock buried inside of her love tunnel. We didn’t need to say a thing, love would work out any problems that bestowed itself in the future. Somehow I just knew that it would.

Author's Note

Funny story for all you guys and gals out there.... well sort of funny... funny if... anyway, so I was having a shitty day: Cow kicked me in the head, another one kneed me in the eyeball, a 1600lb cow in heat lept onto my back and tried to rut me then slammed it's horn into my neck (Wasn't all that bad, I only bled a little) so finally I went home with my buddy Derreck and I didn't get to eat supper cause it was all gone but it didn't bother me because I figured, meh I'll write some more of that book I've been writing. So I went on the site and my buddy is watching me while he's laughing because I write stories about ponies. Anyway so I get to reading the comments and they pretty much all say 'Story sucks, why is it on the front page' and I let out this sigh of defeat, turn off the computer then go to bed. Derreck laughs and is like "Aren't Mondays just terrifically wonderful?" eeyup, they're fucking amazing.

Anyway, moral of the note is me trying to say, I'm sorry for not standing up to your standards, sorry that you didn't like the story, sorry that you don't like him having a Desert Eagle and NO it's not Call of Duty, I hate COD. The whole concept of him having a Desert Eagle came from Mack Bolan. So again I'm sorry for disappointing you all

Chapter 8: Not my problem

I yawned as I came around. Sunlight was seeping in from the window and warming my still bare body. I leaned over and looked to her clock, it was 9:28am. I muttered a quiet curse to myself as I tried to get up but found that Fleur’s head was resting on my left arm.

She looked absolutely stunning in the morning. Somehow her mane was able to reflect the sunlight partially and blinded me. I shut my eyes and looked away, a blur of light temporarily tainting my vision.

I laid back down beside her and very slowly began to wake her. “Fleur… Fleur” I whispered as I gently gave her a nudge. She stirred a little then awoke peacefully. “Morning” I said with a smile which she returned.

Without saying another word I slipped my arm out from under her and proceeded to get dressed. “Where are you going?” she asked and I chuckled.

“I have to get that wagon back to Sweet Apple acres before Applejack freaks out and thinks something bad has happened. Actually that would be pretty funny to see” and followed my statement with a small laugh as I pictured Applejack in a frantic mood. She probably cared about that godforsaken wagon more than she cared about me, but can you blame her? I’m just an animal to her.

“Will you be back?” she asked and I nodded. She stood up and quickly trotted over to me. “Promise?” she asked and I leaned forwards, giving her a quick peck on the lips.

“Promise” I told her with a smile as I fitted my boots on then proceeded out the door of the house. I looked both ways, jeeze this day seemed perfect. Like nothing could possibly go wrong.

As I walked down the streets I noticed ponies were scarce. Usually they were out and about at this time but I guess not today. I eventually made my way to the wagon, which was empty, and smiled. I had forgotten to get the payment for the goods. Oh well, I could just have it put on Fancy Pants’ tab.

I began to ready the wagon for departure when suddenly Applejack rushed over to me. “DALE! HURRY WE NEED YER HELP!” she yelled. I chuckled, well at least I got to see her in a frantic mood.

“Need a hand?” I joked but she didn’t laugh from the shitty pun.

“Yah gotta help us. Trixie has summoned some demons again” she informed me and I raised an eyebrow then remembered, Trixie’s sentence ended today.

“And this is my problem how? You took my guns away from me, kicked me outside in the barn, consider me a dangerous animal and… if only you knew what irony was” I chuckled and she let out a sigh.

“Ah never thought yah were an animal. I took yer guns away fer the safety a muh sister. Same goes with why yah were in the barn” she told me. If it was any pony else I would have called them a cock-sucking liar but she was the element of honesty or something like that.

“Well regardless… You threw away my guns so I can’t help you” I told her as I grabbed the wagon tongue and began to pull it along. It was extremely light compared to what it used to weigh with all the goods on it.

Applejack opened one of her saddle bags and offered me my Desert Eagle. “Ah never threw it away. Just hid it. Now please, can yah find it in yer heart tah forgive us and help save Equestria?” she asked. I smirked, save Equestria? Was she for real?

“Yeah… no thanks, I’ll pass” I told her and continued to pull the wagon along. She wouldn’t leave me alone though.

“Dale, yah can’t just leave us in darkness. Yer a hero, heroes don’t walk away” she pleaded. I closed my eyes and let out a quiet laugh but made sure she could hear it.

“I’m not a hero. Just a dangerous animal, remember?” I told her.

“AH NEVER THOUGHT YAH WERE AN ANIMAL!” she yelled but I paid her no mind and simply walked away with the wagon. Everyone gets theirs, that’s the saying right?

As I walked through town I started to notice things I hadn’t before. There were burn marks on buildings, windows were smashed and still above all else there wasn’t a soul on the street minus Applejack and myself.

She kept trying to pester me into helping her but I wasn’t going to give. After I reached the city limits she left saying that she was going to try and help and that it was something I apparently didn’t understand. Not after all I had been through. Sure at any time I could have just left but where would I go? No-pony would actually let me live with them, no-pony that I knew of anyway.

After two hours or so I arrived back at the farm and parked the wagon. Big Mac was working away in the tree fields. I guess the news hadn’t reached Ponyville yet. I walked up beside him and grabbed a bucket. I picked up the apples while he bucked them down.

“Guess you ain’t heard yet, huh?” I asked.

“Heard what?”

“Trixie let out some Demons again. They’re terrorizing Canterlot and I guess no-pony can stop them” I informed him. He stopped bucking and turned to me. I placed one last apple into the basket then looked up at him.

“Yah gonna stop em?” he asked but I shook my head. “Why not?” he asked and I chuckled. Was he for real too? Why not?

“After the way I got treated here, you’re not seriously asking why I’m not gonna help… are you?” I asked rhetorically but he nodded. “Man! I got kicked out of the house, my guns taken away and I get fed leftovers that are usually cold… I have no bedding, no washroom no… never mind, you get the idea” I told him. He placed a hoof on my shoulder and gave me a serious look.

“Yah weren’t treated unfairly. We were just being precautious. Yah would wake up screamin an roaring, knockin things over in fear that somethin was tryin tah kill yah in yer sleep. Course we’re gonna take away yer guns” he told me. I raised an eyebrow.

“That was five years ago. I’ve changed but you still won’t let me in the house or give me my guns back” I told him but he just shrugged.

“Ah don’t know tah tell yah. Truth is Applejack is kinda like the mare a the house, yah know?” he asked and I nodded. “Yah gonna help or not?” he asked but I shook my head. “What would Sergeant Smith D. have done?” he asked me and I looked up to him with a rather agitated look.

He couldn’t pull this one on me. Not now. “If I knew that they would’ve treated me like this in the first place…” I trailed off in anger. I was torn between conflicting emotions inside myself. Fleur was in Canterlot. She was a smart mare though and she wouldn’t go out on the streets.

But that’s not what was bothering me. The old saying ‘How does this make you any better than them’ played in my mind. I stepped back from Big Mac then walked away. He followed me closely and I looked back to him.

“You shouldn’t follow me” I told him coldly but he didn’t answer. I walked towards the Everfree and he still followed me like a bad habit. I wanted to tell him to just piss off and leave me be but I couldn’t. He was one of my only friends.

I walked through the Everfree with Big Mac. He’d constantly ask where we were going but I didn’t answer. Eventually I found what I was looking for: Betsy.

When things had started to head south I hid her in fear of what might happen to her. I never told any-pony where I put her and had never once came back to her though despite no maintenance over the past few years, she still looked rather fine.

I walked over and opened the driver side door then sat in the seat, leaving the door open. I slid the window back and rested my feet in the window way as I began to relax but Big Mac seemed content on bugging me.

“So this is it huh? Yer just gonna sit back and let everything go wrong?” he asked and I nodded.

“Eeyup” I replied casually. I closed my eyes and pictured myself on a sunny beach but Big Mac shook me out of it.

“So what about everythin yah care about?” he asked and I chuckled.

“Ain’t got much to care about. Betsy seems fine and I guess that about sums it up” I told him. He frowned, he could read me better than I could.

“What about her?” he asked and I sighed. How the hell did he know about Fleur? I had planned on using Betsy to go rescue her from Canterlot but I guess Big Mac read me like a book.

“How do you know about her?” I asked and he snickered.

“Same way yah know about every-pony else. Muh sister an her friends are great at finding things out ain’t they?” he asked and I chuckled to myself. It’s true. I usually got the three crusaders to find things out about ponies for me. In exchange I’d help them with their needs which usually included getting things from up high where they couldn’t reach or helping to further build their clubhouse.

Big Mac began to rummage around in the Humvee, picking through various things. “Hey, don’t touch anything. You might break it” I told him. I guess he must’ve found what he was looking for because I didn’t hear him rummaging through the truck anymore.

I felt a piece of paper… photo material, land on my face. I groaned as I opened my eyes and looked to the photo. It was the photo, the one with Jackson, Jonas, Elijah and I in front of Betsy. A tear came to my eye and I quickly wiped it away.

I pulled the dog tags from around my chest and held them in my palm as I looked down to them with self-disgrace. This wasn’t me, I was better than this. Wasn’t I? I felt Big Mac place a hoof on my shoulder. “If you can’t find any-pony to do it for… do it for them… and for her” he told me.

I looked to him with a smile. “I’m not a hero Big Mac… never was and never will be. Just a soldier, no more, no less. I have a promise to keep… and besides, it’s what Sergeant Major Smith D. would’ve done. What I should’ve done in the beginning” I said with a smile.

My smile faded as I realized I was a little short on weapons. The M134 would do fine as long as I was in the Humvee but other than that I was a little empty handed. I looked into the back seat. Elijah’s AA12 rested in the back.

I knew he had an ammo belt filled with two or three drum magazines but that still left me feeling a little short. I snapped my fingers as a thought came to mind. “Whatcha doin?” Big Mac asked as he watched me begin to look around in the truck.

“Jonas always stashed his Glock in the truck, ‘In case of emergencies’… now where the fuck did he put it. He would always dick around with it at the worst of times” I muttered as I looked around.

‘Jonas you idiot’ I thought to myself. I kind of felt bad for cursing a deceased friend of mine but at the moment his mischief was starting to agitate me. He couldn’t have just had it in a hip holster or something, no he had to have it hidden somewhere.

I crawled down to the floor and began to feel underneath the seat of Big Mac. “Whatcha doin?” he asked curiously. Finally I felt it. The cool feel of Jonas’ Glock. ‘Why the hell would he have a gun underneath the seat? We weren’t gangsters or something, we were allowed to have our weapons in holsters. It would be a mystery that I would never unveil.

I ejected the magazine and checked it. It was loaded. I slid the magazine back into the gun and cocked back the slid then released it. “Alright Big Mac… let’s go ‘save the day’” I said with a bit of sarcasm in my voice.

Author's Note

Well I gotta get back to work, an hour lunch break is really pushing it, even if I am concussed and am supposed to be taking it easy because "Evan your back is fragile and you need to take it easy on yourself" yeah anyway. Hope you guys and gals liked the plot twist, I'll try and have another one out after I get home from work

Chapter 9: Demons?

I stopped the Humvee in the street and let it idle for a few moments before turning it off. The entire city of Canterlot looked barren, like every-pony had just up and left. A lone piece of newspaper fluffed across the finely paved street.

I leaned over to Mac who was sitting in the passenger seat. “See any pony?” I asked but he gave a simple ‘Nnnope’. “See any demons?” but again I was answered with a prolonged ‘Nnnope’. I sighed, “See anything suspicious?” but this time he replied differently.

“Eeyup” and I immediately scanned the area intently to see what he saw that could’ve been suspicious. But I couldn’t see anything suspicious, not a damned thing.

“Whatta yah see?” I whispered to him.

“Nothing” he replied and I leaned away from him and gave him a curious look. I was about to ask what’s so suspicious about nothing but then figured he meant it was suspicious that no-pony was around.

I rolled my eyes. “I meant do you see any-pony that looks off?” But again he answered ‘Nnnope’. I sighed then started the HMMWV and drove it down the streets at a considerably slow speed. ‘Please god, don’t let demons have RPGs’ I prayed to myself.

I stopped the armoured vehicle just at the intersection near Fleur’s house and looked to Macintosh. “Up for a little rescuing?” I asked and he raised an eyebrow.

“Shouldn’t we be findin the demons?” he asked. I chuckled as I turned off the truck and drew the Glock from its holster on my hip. Luckily Jonas stashed two extra magazines with it giving me a total of three and Elijah had four drum magazines fitted with frag-12 shells.

I slung the AA12 around my back and held the Glock in both hands as I cautiously left the vehicle. I was breathing at a paced rate, considering that nothing had really happened, and looked around.

The sun was shining rather brightly and everything was quiet, too quiet… way too quiet. I motioned for Big Macintosh to follow me and he too quickly left the Humvee and stayed close behind me as I quickly paced over to the corner wall of a building.

“Tell me if you see any-pony… or demon” I told him and he nodded. I slowly peaked around the corner and peered down the street. Nothing. I looked up to the high-rise buildings and their respective rooftops but still nothing.

I tapped Mac on the shoulder then we began to proceed down the sidewalk of the street. Really I should be doing as Macintosh suggested and hunting down the demons but I just had to make sure Fleur was okay. In my eager mood to leave Applejack behind in revenge, I wasn’t really thinking about Fleur.

As we snuck down the street my heart rate began to increase for no apparent reason. This was just too weird. Applejack had said there were demons yet there wasn’t a soul in sight.

We approached the two story house of Fleur. Strange, now that I think of it I had never been in the second floor of the home. I took a long hard scan of the area to make sure everything was fine, or well as close to it as could be.

I stepped back in preparation to kick down the fine brown wood door of Fleur’s house but then stopped at the last possible second. I set my foot back on the ground then reached forwards and opened the door with my hand. It wasn’t locked and swung open.

The house was dark and eerie. I couldn’t imagine how it was so dark inside with all this light shining from the sun. I looked to Big Mac and mouthed ‘Wait at the door’. He nodded in signal that he understood.

I brought the Glock up to a lowered forty-five degree angle in both hands as I entered the house. In a very quiet voice I began to call out for Fleur. “Fleur… hey Fleur it’s me, Dale… Fleur are you home? FLEUR!” I whispered rather loudly but didn’t get a reply.

I continued to make my way through the house. Maybe she had locked herself in her room. I approached her room only to see that her door was slightly opened. “Fleur?” I whispered as I began to slowly open the door open.

The hinges squeaked, usually it wouldn’t be a pester but with everything the way it was it literally sounded like a high pitched dying animal or something. “Fleur?” I whispered again as the doorway opening became larger.

I snuck my head into the room but suddenly a metal chair whacked me in the face, almost breaking my nose. “GAH FUCK!” I swore in pain as I stammered back. “FLEUR, IT’S ME!” I yelled and I heard Fleur gasp in realization of what she had just done.

“Oh my goddess, Dale. I’m so sorry, I didn’t know it was you” she apologized. How the hell didn’t she know it was me? I had called out to her several times and even said it was me. I quickly disregarded the thought and rushed up to her, embracing her in a tight hug and swinging her in a circle before placing her down and kissing her quickly.

“What the hell happened here?” I asked but she didn’t answer and simply buried her face into my shoulder. I couldn’t imagine what the hell had happened. Applejack said there were demons but I didn’t see a single damn one.

“They’re… something’s wrong… no-pony is around. There was a little colt in the streets… oh goddess… he started screaming and crying… thrashing around insanely and finally… his whole body just went pale and he began to walk away like a zombie or something” she whispered quietly. So quietly in fact that I could barely heard her.

“It’s okay. I’m here and I’m gonna fix this. Told you I’d be back” I told her with a bright smile then turned to Big Macintosh but he wasn’t in the doorway. “Hey Mac” I whispered loudly. He didn’t answer.

“Mac!” I whispered a little louder but still no reply came. I kept whispering louder for about a minute then figured something must be wrong. Though I had my pistol and shotgun I felt a little on the unarmed side. God I wish I had my Desert Eagle, that thing could put down an elephant… well not literally.

I looked back to Fleur, “Stay right behind me. Everything is gonna be fine” I told her and slowly crept along the side of the wall until I was near the doorway. “Mac!” I hissed but still no answer.

I poked my head out of the doorway and looked down both ways of the street. The city was still barren. ‘Where the hell’d he go?’ I thought to myself then looked back to Fleur. I was about to tell her to stay close but I’m sure she knew that already.

We stepped out into the city streets and quickly paced down the sidewalk. Something was really creepy about this whole scenario and I didn’t like it one bit. “Somebody’s playing hocus pocus… I hate hocus pocus.”

We approached the Humvee and I sat her in the passenger seat before hopping into the driver seat and starting the vehicle. I began to drive it down the empty streets at a rather high speed until finally I spotted a pony but something was off about her.

The mare was walking like she was brainless and her only intention in life was to walk a straight line. Suddenly she turned down another street. I slowly trailed her in the truck, making sure to stay far enough away so I wouldn’t spook her.

Eventually she led us to the royal castle where ponies were being assembled by little black insect creatures that were about the size of ponies but with holes in their bodies. ‘Great! Demons’ I thought to myself. I looked over to Fleur. “Whatever happens, don’t get out, or open the window” I told her and pulled the Humvee up to the assembly of ponies. Some of the creatures looked to the still idling vehicle and hissed.

I killed the engine the quickly slipped into the back and opened up the hatch with the minigun. “Hey! Where’s your boss?” I asked but in reply they simply spread their wings and took to the air. “Wrong answer” I yelled and started the spin cycle on the machinegun.

A dozen or so of the insect demons dive bombed for the vehicle and I hosed them down with a spray from the M134. 7.62x51mm explosive shells ripped their bodies apart. It was like they had hit a gruesome bug zapper.

Their body parts fell to the ground and more of the creatures hummed in the air then charged at me. I made quick work of any demon/bug that flew at us but they seemed relentless. God I hope I don’t run out of ammo.

The minigun continued out a constant spray of ammo that made an orange stream from the absolutely stunning fire-rate. Brass casings littered the ground and inside of the vehicle.

After almost two minutes of hosing down the creatures, they wised up and buggered off. I let off the buttons of the minigun and the barrels whirred to a stop. They were orange from the extreme temperature and I could see vapour steam coming from the barrels.

I slid back down into the cabin but left the hatch open. “You should be safe in here. I don’t think they’ll be coming back” I told Fleur who nodded. I exited the vehicle and drew out the AA12 then proceeded to the castle.

No-pony in the crowd would talk to me, let alone even look at me. This was getting weirder by the second. I reached the palace doors, they weren’t usually locked. I stepped back and booted the doors down. Inside the hallways were swarms of the creatures. I smirked “Knock-knock.”

Author's Note

I like where this is going. For all the readers who still want to complain about the Desert Eagle, YES HE'S GOT A DESERT EAGLE! And for all you guys out there who are like "It's unrealistic for a military special forces guy to have a handgun chambered in .50 caliber" could you not please bicker about something more appropriate, like why is it he has a military issued Humvee that's standard transmission. The military doesn't make em standard, they're all three speed automatic.
Just saying

Chapter 10: Unconventional ally

Sometimes the frag-12 rounds wouldn’t detonate on impact due to the fleshy skin texture of the ‘Demons’. Demons! Ha, they looked more like failed lab experiments… that were a mixture of Swiss cheese and a housefly.

The AA12 chugged out explosive shells that devastated the creatures. They hissed and screeched as they flew at me. I took cover behind a stone pillar just as one of the demons launched a magical green blast at me.

I noticed that the magazine was empty and loaded a fresh one. I only had this one and the next one then I was out. Dammit I really wish that I had my old guns. I stepped out from behind the cover of the pillar and fired mercilessly upon the creatures. Just as I was about to duck behind the pillar they wised up and scampered off. I took close aim on one of the fleeing creatures.

I gave the trigger a quick pull and fired off a single round that connected with its rear and detonated. The creature began to howl in pain and squirm around furiously. I checked the load. Empty again.

“Damn” I muttered to myself. Even though it had a relatively mediocre fire-rate, it still ate through ammo rather quickly. I slipped the last magazine into the shotgun then slung it across my back as I drew the Glock. I wanted to keep the AA12 handy for something a little bit heavier and stronger, like the first demon I killed.

I began to stalk down the hallways which were now pretty much empty, save for a few glances I’d catch of one of the demons scampering out of sight. I began to pace down a hallway when suddenly a voice entered my head. ‘Over here’ it called.

“Over where?” I asked as I looked around, keeping my Glock at the ready. Something just didn’t seem right about this.

‘In the room to your left. Do not worry, I won’t harm you’ it whispered in my thoughts. Okay, when someone says ‘I won’t hurt you’, it usually means that they are going to hurt you and they just want you to lower your guard or… or they need my help.

I slowly opened the door, letting my pistol lead the way. Compared to my Desert Eagle this pistol was like carrying a feather which was rather nice. As I entered the room I spotted a larger demon looking thing, but this one was different. It had more character to it and looked feminine.

I leveled the pistol’s sights on her but she didn’t move… she couldn’t move. She was bound to a chair. She chuckled, “Please… don’t shoot me. I mean you no harm” she laughed rather calmly.

“Those your demons out there?” I asked and she nodded. “So I guess that means that you’re a demon too?” I asked but she shook her head.

“We are not demons. We are changelings. My hive was brainwashed by Trixie and her new partner whom she summoned from beyond the grave” she informed me. I still kept my pistol ready but lowered the sights from her body as I approached her. “They took my hive from me and kept me locked up for if I was too escape, I could break the spell they have on my hive.” I raised an eyebrow.

“So… I guess that’s where I come in. You need me to free you so you can get your ‘hive’ back and… just by chance are you going to try and take over Equestria? You don’t strike me as one of the good guys” I asked with curiosity. She laughed briefly.

“Well… in the future, yes. I do plan to conquer Equestria but believe me when I say it won’t be now. My hive is too weak, especially with the causalities you just inflicted. I can feel their suffering you know” she said with slight irritation in her voice. It’s not like it was my fault I killed her friends, they were trying to kill me so I just returned the favour.

“So I let you free, you take back your hive, then what?” I asked. She tried to shrug in the chair but couldn’t due to the ropes tying her down.

“Then we all go our separate ways. You go back to your life mingling while I go resurrect strength in my hive so that one day I can conquer Equestria” she informed me. I really didn’t want to let her free but if she could stop all those bug things then it would make my life easier.

“It would make your life easier” she replied, almost as if she read my mind. I looked to her with a shocked expression and she giggled. “Yes that’s right. I read your mind.” I gulped then paced around to her backside to untie her but found that she was tied up pretty good.

I knelt down but out of my peripheral vision I spotted a large blade coming towards me. I spun to face it and noticed a green aura surrounding it. Her horn was glowing as well. I pressed the barrel of the Glock to the back of her head but in turn she simply laughed.

“Relax. I’m not going to stab you. Use it to cut me free” she told me calmly.

“Why didn’t you just use your magic to cut yourself free in the first place?”

“Because I needed someone who could help me. If I hadn’t found you then I wouldn’t have been able to retrieve my hive. Now cut me loose” she ordered. I took the blade, which looked something like a bowie knife, and cut the ropes.

She stood up and brushed off the ropes still clinging to her body and stuck in her holes. “Why do you have all those holes anyway?” I asked.

“It increases pleasure during intercourse” she replied and I gulped in shock. “I’m just kidding. It’s a part of my body. Just like those fingers of yours are a part of you, the holes are simply a body genetic.” Not really a straight answer but I sort of understood what she said.

“Alright… let’s go stop this” I told her and she nodded.

“The name’s Chrysalis” she told me and we exchanged pleasantries. To my surprise she ended up leading me, saying she knew where Trixie was. We ended up at two large doors which were locked and a little too big for me to just boot down.

I motioned for her to step back then unslung the AA12. I leveled it at the hip and emptied the entire magazine capacity into the door. The frag-12 rounds made quick work of the wooden furnished doors and quickly blew them to splinters. I dropped the still smoking shotgun in the small clutter of green shotgun shells and smiled as I proceeded through the doorway.

We both entered the throne room where Trixie, a weird stallion looking thing, the element of harmony bearers and both royal princesses stood. Other than Trixie and the stallion, they all had a grey tone to their body.

I leveled the Glock on Trixie. “Surprise bitch” I chuckled but she didn’t laugh and neither did her friend who had purple smoke wisping from his eyes.

“No surprise. Trixie knew you were coming” Trixie laughed.

“And how’d you know that?”

“Because Trixie has her” she replied and pointed to Fleur who was being dragged in by two of the insect things. I kept my aim on Trixie. “Please, lower your gun. It’s insulting” she ordered but I didn’t listen.

“Fleur, I thought I told you to stay in the truck” I called to her but she shrugged embarrassingly.

“I always wanted to see the Canterlot royal garden” she replied and I sighed depressingly. Why would she want to see it at a time like this?

Chrysalis leaned over. “Trust me, it’s a beautiful place” she told me, almost like she had read my…

“Get out of my head” I whispered back and Trixie became annoyed with our whispering.

“What are you whispering? The great and powerful Trixie demands to know!” she ordered and I looked to her with an un-impressed look.

“Who’s the stallion? A demon?” I chuckled and she nodded triumphantly.

“This is the one, and only, King Sombra! Lord of darkness!” she announced like it was a big deal.

“Pfft.” I leveled the Glock and fired six rounds in quick succession but all the rounds pinged off his chest armour which resembled medieval styled armour. “Shit” I muttered. This is why I missed my Desert Eagle.

“Surprise!” Sombra sneered and fired a blast of black energy at me. The blast struck me right in the chest and sent my body skidding across the ground, making me lose my grip around the Glock.

I got up, my jacket had been severely scorched from the blast and luckily my chest was only stinging but not bleeding. Sombra fired another blast. I quickly rolled out of the way and behind a stone pillar.

“CHRYSALIS! A LITTLE HELP!” I yelled but noticed she had disappeared. Great… wait a minute… Applejack has my guns. I peeked out to see that Applejack did indeed still have her saddle which probably still housed my Desert Eagle.

Sombra fired another blast at me and I ducked it a little late. The blast blew away a chunk of pillar and several pieces cut up the left side of my face but they were only minor. I peeked a look out again only to have Sombra fire another blast at me.

I quickly stood up then dashed out from behind the pillar and to the cover of another. I needed to get to Applejack but couldn’t at the moment because there was no cover near her.

“Here” said a vaguely familiar voice. I turned to see Chrysalis with my Desert Eagle and ammo belt. How the hell’d she do that? “Magic” she replied. I really needed to stop thinking with her around.

“Okay… You distract him and I’ll kill him” I suggested.

“Killing is a little harsh, don’t you think?”

“You have a better Idea?”

“Nope” she replied and that was the end of the quick argument. I held the Desert Eagle and pulled back the slid before releasing it and letting it slam shut. Christ this was a nice gun. The gun had excessive weight for a pistol but that helped compensate the recoil. However the cons were balanced by the guns tremendous firepower, for a pistol, and uncanny knack to penetrate light armour. Now the question was, is his armour light enough for the .50 caliber rounds to penetrate?

Chrysalis took off into plain view, gaining Sombra’s attention. I rushed in the opposite direction, gaining Trixie’s attention. Sombra fired a blast of energy at Chrysalis but she blocked it with a blast of her own.

I lept, rolled then came to a crouch stance and took close aim with the massive handgun. Sombra and I had about a forty meter separation so it would be a little more than difficult for a headshot. I fired a round into his chest. The bullet failed to penetrate but made a large indent into his chest plate which made him screech in agony.

The force knocked him back but he kept his footing. I fired another round which slammed his chest again, making another dent and once again knocking him back.

BLAM… BLAM… BLAM, BLAM. The Desert Eagle thundered in the throne room. Each round would knock his balance off and send him staggering back. Three of the rounds penetrated his armour and made him screech painfully as blood trickled out onto his shiny armour.

My final shot was a little of target but ended up clipping his jugular. He fell back in pain and shock. Trixie, now realizing her plan had been foiled, quickly formed a magic spell and vanished into a smoke cloud.

As Sombra squirmed on the floor, Chrysalis and I approached his dying body. I slid a fresh magazine into the handgun then holstered it.

Sombra took a final wheezing breath then passed away. As he died the faded colouring around the others disappeared and they returned to normal. They all gasped at the sight of Chrysalis and myself but let out a more shocking gasp when they spotted Sombra’s dead body.

Fleur was the only one who looked like she knew what had happened, due to her not being brainwashed or whatever it was.

Celestia approached us both slowly. “What… happened? Dale… did you?... You saved Equestria again… you’re a hero” she gasped. I sighed then looked to Chrysalis who was already leaving.

“Chrysie over there is the hero. She saved the day. If it wasn’t for her then this wouldn’t have ended as nicely” I told them. Celestia turned to Chrysalis who had now stopped and was looking back to me with a curious look though she had a small and faint smile on her face.

Fleur lept onto me while I wasn’t expecting it, coving my face with a fury of kisses. Celestia giggled. “So what happens now?” Fleur asked and I sighed.

“I still have one last loose end to tie up”

Chapter 11: Loose ends

The room was dark, still, and deathly quiet. Only the faintest of light trickled in from the window which was currently covered by window blinds. The air was cool despite it being a late summer afternoon.

The door to the small apartment opened and Trixie sighed depressingly to herself as she entered the small apartment, closing the door behind her. She had failed, again, and was now on the run. She went from motel to motel in hopes of evading the authorities… well actually in hopes of evading the one she feared most who she knew would kill her outright if he got the chance.

She flicked the light switch on and turned around to proceed into the small living quarters. She let out a stifled gasp as she saw me sitting in a fine office chair. She had locked the door before she left this afternoon to get herself something to eat but I had let myself in without the need of a door.

“Is Trixie surprised?” I asked calmly. She gulped. “Sit down.” But she didn’t listen and instead slowly took a step back. I pulled out my Desert Eagle and leveled the sights on her head. “SIT DOWN!” I yelled sternly.

She gulped, nodded and then did as I demanded. She slowly and cautiously took a seat on the couch across from me. I stood up and tossed the photo onto her lap. It was ‘The photo’.

“You don’t know who they were but you were responsible for their deaths. If Celestia hadn’t stopped me that day I would’ve blown your head clean off” I told her coldly. She was breathing heavily and erratically in total fear.

She picked up the picture in her right hoof and brought it closer to her face so she could better examine it. “I’m… so sorry… I know that doesn’t mean anything coming from me but I swear I never meant to do what I did to you” she apologized. Her words were touching but didn’t change my mind. I knew what I had to do.

I took another step towards her so that we were merely a few feet away. She looked up to me with a solemn look. “Go ahead… do it… prove that you’re an animal… but please make it quick” she pleaded. I cocked back the hammer on the massive handgun manually with my thumb.

Tears came to her eyes as she looked death right in the face with fear stricken all over her… she looked me right in the face. Almost like she was looking deep into my soul. It didn’t matter though, if I let her go then in another few years she’d do this all over again. I squeezed the trigger and the Desert Eagle thundered in the room, its gunshot echoing off the walls. The .50 caliber AE round slammed into its mark perfectly.

* * *

Fleur’s perspective:

I stood there waiting for Dale to return. The others were here as well. Dale stepped out of the small motel room and three royal guard ponies entered as soon as he left. The gunshot had been over an hour ago and Celestia was the only pony to talk to him since.

He approached Applejack and myself but Applejack spoke first. “You didn’t kill her?” she asked curiously.

“No” he replied bluntly and Applejack raised an eyebrow in shock.

“I’m surprised.”

“Why? Think I’m an animal?”

“No, not for that reason… I suppose you have no regrets?”

“None. You?”

“No… well yes. I’m sorry Dale. I should’ve been more considerate of you. You’ve worked harder than any of our family yet we’ve treated you horribly. If you can ever hear me out then please understand that from the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry for the way we treated you” she apologized. There was a deafeningly long silence that seemed to drag on forever.

Dale smirked. “I forgive you… just don’t bring it up ever again” he replied and the reply took us all off guard.

“That easily?” she asked curiously and he nodded but she must’ve understood why he accepted her apology so easily because she didn’t ask why.

In the background Trixie was pulled away. Her horn was missing and blood trailed down her face. Applejack raised an eyebrow. “I don’t suppose you know anything about that?” she asked and Dale simply shrugged.

“Wish I could help” he replied and there was another bit of silence.

Applejack started another conversation. “Chrysalis has become a hero… apparently she’s working out a peace treaty with Celestia and Luna” she told Dale who simply nodded.

“Then I guess everything worked out in the end” Dale said and began to walk towards me. He placed his arm around my neck and I snuggled up tightly against his side.

Applejack called out to Dale. “Dale… Big Mac wants you back at the farm” she informed him. Dale stopped and so did I. He turned his head slightly so he could make eye contact with her.

“I never left” he replied and again we both began to walk away. Dale dropped something but I couldn’t see what it was. It jingled and sounded kind of like his dog tags. Suddenly a familiar pony in fine dress attire came racing around the street corner.

“Oh Fleur… oh Fleur I’m so happy to see you’re alright. I came as soon as I heard” Fancy Pants gasped.

“As soon as you heard or as soon as you were done with Cactus Lily?” I asked and Fancy Pants gulped.

“How do you know about her… I-I-I mean… who’s Cactus Lily? Who told you these ludicrous stories about her and I? We never did anything like that!” he exclaimed and I raised an eyebrow.

“I didn’t say you did anything with her. So it’s true. You’ve been cheating on me this whole time! Well it’s over Fancy, I’m leaving you!” I told him sternly.

He sneered, “Oh yeah? For who? No-pony would take you, you’re a snooty bitch!” he commented with a cruel laugh but never got to finish his cruel comments. A powerful blow across his face knocked him out cold.

I looked in shock at Fancy’s unconscious body and then to Dale who simply shook his hand in minor pain and shrugged. “Meh… he was an ass” he chuckled then put his arm around me again. I felt content… loved… and lucky to be alive. In only a very short time I had fallen in love with someone who wasn’t my species and didn’t really like me right off the bat but somehow things had worked out. I snuggled my cheek against his chest. He gave me a quick kiss and we walked off into the beautiful setting sunset.

Author's Note

I think I liked that ending. Into the sunset. Now before anyone goes asking "Why would a soldier toss away his dog tags?" At some point in the story he commented on how it was his way of remembering who he was. So this was his way of moving on. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed the story. Kudos to all you readers and big thanks from Burdy (That's my nickname I got in from the rest of the football team)