A beautiful night had enveloped the world of Raximus Omega. A lone Soldier looked into the sky from the top of a cliff, and smiled underneath his helmet. "Things always seem much more peaceful at night." The soldier thought out loud, looking up at the moon and removing his helmet. This soldiers name was Jace Veritas, the Leader of a Super Soldier unit known as the Diablos. Jace had Navy colored hair and Crimson colored eyes. The eyes put off many people. It didn't help that he had a thick scar straight down over his right eye. When he was in his civilian clothes, he always wore a pair of pitch black shades so he wouldn't scare peoples kids. His armor had been customized to his specification. Navy and Crimson in color and and a mix of Ancient Samurai and Wolfish Features. Jace stood there for what seemed like hours, just watching the moon. Suddenly, the stars changed their positions in the sky. Jace stood there, looking around, not really seeing anything out of the ordinary, until a black shape lept forward with a shimmering blade and tried to stab him.

Reacting faster than the human eye could follow, Jace drew his own blade and parried the attack. He sliced at his attacker and was surprised to find his blade blocked. The Creature snarled at him and tried to force him back, but Jace refused to budge. He pushed the creature back, causing it to stumble. Jace quickly put on his helmet and readied himself and struck at the creature. He felt the blade impact the creatures body and just keep going. A dark Liquid hit the optic-visor of his helmet and the creature fell to the ground. Jace looked around for more of the creatures and, finding none, began to examine the creature. It was black with sickly green hair. The Creature had holes in its arms and legs and a rather curious misshapen horn on its head. He had never seen anything like this before.

As Jace was studying the creature, he began to hear the faint, yet easily recognizable, sounds of a battle. "So I stare at the moon, get dragged into an unknown place, and land in a warzone? Just my luck." He said aloud to himself, with a smirk on his face. "If it's a battle between these creatures and some other race, I better not let myself be seen, at least not until I gather more information." Standing up, Jace started running towards the sounds of the battle. He smiled as he got closer. He was a Super Soldier, trained for battle from the age of six, with augmentations to his body and mind, making him faster, Stronger, and smarter than ordinary soldiers. He knew he shouldn't smile about the sounds of conflict, but he couldn't help it. After gathering intel on the races in the battle, he would probably join the side opposing the black creatures. He wasn't smiling because he knew he would be fighting soon, No, Jace was smiling because he was going to be helping others. He Was ready to do anything he had to to help others.

Soon, Jace came to a cliff and he stopped. Layed out in front of him was an absolutely enormous battle. The Black creatures army was fighting what looked to be multicolored, Equi-sapian creatures. It was obvious that the Equi-Sapians were losing, though. Many were being carried from the battlefield, surrounded by what looked like energy shielding. Jace had never been more captivated by a scene of battle as he was just then. He watched as the Equi-sapians quickly removed their wounded from the battlefield and back to where the shielding was, while the black creatures either completely ignored or swiftly killed their own without mercy.

Jace was revolted by what he saw. Did these creatures have no sympathy for their own fallen comrades? Why didn't they try to help the wounded? He was soon broken out of his revolted stupor by a frightened scream coming from below his position. Looking over the edge of the cliff, he saw the one that had screamed. It was obviously a female Equi-Sapian and she was being cornered by several of the black creatures. Suddenly the Black Creatures changed into more of the Equi-Sapians, but they kept advancing on the female. They drew their blades and laughed at the Equi-Sapians fear. They slowly raised their swords in preparation to attack.

Jace decided that he had seen enough to know the Black Creatures were evil and that he should help the Equi-Sapians win the battle. Standing up, He took a couple steps back and then ran towards the edge of the cliff. At the edge, he jumped straight up and drew his blade. at the apex of his jump he flipped and headed towards the ground head first. When he was 10 feet from the ground, he flipped again and landed on his feet. He bent at the knees to help absorb the impact and launched himself at the creatures in front of him, knowing they were to enemy he would be facing now. Jace ran at them, using his augmented speed to close the distance and get under their defenses. He slashed and sliced at the creatures striking them down with his blade. One after another the creatures fell to his sword until only he and the female Equi-Sapian were left standing.

Turning to the Equi-Sapian, Jace took of his helmet and opened his mouth to ask if she was hurt, only to get blasted off his feet by a powerful burst of light. "Was that a grenade? Is this what it feels like to die?" Jace thought as he lay there on his back. He could hear the voice of the Equi-Sapian calling to him, so he decided that he was still alive. He opended his eyes to find her looking down at him and apologizing. He stared at her, taking in her looks. She had Purple fur and a streaked mane. Jace shoke his head to clear his vision completely and then realized that he could actually understand her.

"I'm sorry about that, but I had to make sure you weren't a changeling in disguise," She said earnestly. Jace figured she must be talking about the Black Creatures.

"It's fine, I've had worse happen to me. I'll be fine." He said waving off her apology.

"I really am sorry about that. My name is Twilight Sparkle.." she began.

"Ok, stop right there. Twilight Sparkle? What kind of name is that for an Equi-Sapian?" Jace Asked.

Twilight stared at him with a look of confusion on her face. He looked at her with a questioning look in return. He didn't understand why she was so confused by his questions. Finally, Twilight broke the silence.

"Actually, we prefer the word Pony. What's your name then?" She asked.

"Jace Veritas. I'm a human" He answered. He really was starting to wonder whether he should leave the fight to the ponies and just find a way back home. Twilight looked at him with renewed interest. She had never seen an actual human, though she had heard about them from her friend Lyra.

"Come with me. The princesses will want to talk to you." She said.
Jace looked at her and slowly nodded. He was finally going to get some answers from a higher authority. He followed as Twilight turned and walked into the darkness of the trees and thought "If this turns out to be trap, I'll be ready."

Author's Note

Yes, It's an ANTHRO and HIE Story. Jace is A Character that a friend of mine created as part of a short story. I asked if I could use Jace for mine and my friend said yes.