Dakota's POV
I sat in front of my computer screen just hoping that my foster parents would leave me alone and go about their own business, no such luck. I heard the front door close as if my foster dad wasn't drunken tonight. I sighed and looked back at the computer screen. It read 'failed to sign in please trry again'.
"come on you stupid thing work!" I quietly yelled at the monitor. 'login successful' "thank you!" I said as I heard a rather heavy knock on my door.
"open this door and come out here!" screamed my foster mother.
"why? What did I do this time?" I said in my usual depressed voice.
"you did not do your chores properly! Now come out here and take your punishment!" screamed the hateful shrew as she undid her belt and made a snapping sound.
"no I did my chores to the letter. Go away!" I yelled back.
She started to throw herself against the door. She almost had it open but I pushed my bed in front of the door. "there, that should keep that hateful bitch out." I said with a slight smirk that vanished as soon as it was there. I took another peek at the screen. ' you have one new message from Goldeneclipse116.' I clicked on the message and this is what it said. "hey dude I know that things are hard over there, but it will get better! I promise! I know how down you are, but don't do anything crazy ok? Dakota don't do anything that will land you in something you cant control. Just relax and try and feel better. ^^ take care of yourself!"
"well that's golden for ya." I said as I typed a reply. "yeah you don't know how bad it is over here. I cant relax these psychos are always on my back about something stupid, and I cant take much more of this!" I typed with a sad expression. I heard another hit at my door before she finally gave up. I sighed in relief.
' new message from goldeneclipse116' I sighed and clicked on the new message. "don't do anything stupid! Dude no matter how bad it gets, that is not the answer!" I looked at the rest of my dark room and then back to the bright light of the computer. I sighed and got up from my bench and stuck my arm under my pillow and grabbed the pistol I kept there just incase. I stood up and walked back to the computer. I sent a simple reply back to golden, "its already to late, ill see you in equestria."
The bitch of a foster mother burst through the door and two shots rang out across the city. We both fell limp onto the floor. She was still breathing, but my eyes were already glazed over as my spirit ascended into the sky.
Josh's POV
I looked at the screen, shocked by what I saw. 'its already to late, ill see you in equestria.' I sent a reply back, "no your joking right? Yeah im sure you are joking! Pm me when you get done with whatever your doing ok?" I was scared shitless, I was hoping that he hadn't really done it. "maybe after I go to bed he will have pmed me, and he will feel better? God I hope so." I said while pulling my shirt over my head and climbing into my bed.
NEXT MORNING
"yawn! Uhhg man im hungry" I walked down into the kitchen and rummaged around for some cereal. " OH SHIT THAT'S RIGHT" I yelled to nobody. I grabbed a shirt from my drawer and hastily put it on and checked my computer. 'no new messages' " oh man, he is just fucking with me. He is fine. Ill swing by his place on the way to college." I went back downstairs. "WAIT OH FUCK COLLEGE! I FORGOT, IM SO DEAD!" I yelled as I pulled on some clean pants and rushed into the car. I fumbled for the keys and tore out of the parking lot. I slammed on the gas as the light turned red. "oh god that close. Oh shit light hurry up!" the light turned green and I hit the gas and turned to the left to make sure no one was coming and I turned to the right to see I car speeding straight into me. I flew from my seat with the seatbelt fluttering on me as I hit the pavement with a sickening ripping sound. I tried to look up but all I felt was my very soul being taken away from my body.
Shyra's POV
"alright everyone! Reload! They will come from anywhere! We need to get out of this ally and call for backup!" I yelled to my unit. "you there! Jake right? Get up there with and get anyone who is not a civi or a friendly!" I told him while pointing to a rooftop. "yes commander shyra!" Jake saluted and left. "ma'am the brass wants to talk to you!" riley said. "ok thank you soldier" I picked up the phone of her pack. "sir we need reinforcements!" I yelling into the microphone.
"yes they are on their way, but I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you know your friend Dakota? The one you were in the process of adopting?" "yes sir? I remember him very well. What happened to him?" I asked in a worried almost scared voice. "he is dead, they found his body yesterday he was laying with a pistol next to him. Im so sorry Shyra." I motioned riley back and place the phone back in its slot and fell against the wall. A single tear sliding down my face.
"why wasn't I there to help him?" I slammed my fist on the wall. " I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!" I yelled, making all of the people there look at me. "WHAT!" I yelled at them and walked off into the street.
I bullet whizzed by my head and I hit the dirt looking for where it came from. I got up and ran back into the ally way to find all of my squad mates pointing their weapons at me. "what the fuck is this!" I slowly reached for my side arm. I ducked to the side and pulled out my pistol and shot several of them in the chest, luckily they were not wearing armor. I ran toward one and pulled out my combat knife and stabbed her in the back and pulled her body in front of mine and used her as a body shield. They unloaded their magazines into her body as I pulled my pistol back out and shot two of the remaining ones in the face. With one left I shoved off the body and punched him in the chest and kneed him in the face and I threw him on the ground and curb stomped him. I looked around for anymore but there weren't any. I got out of my fighting stance and stood up.
"jake? Are you ok?" I asked slightly shaken by being attacked by my own troops.
"im fine I am up here!" he said yelling down to me.
I turned to face the voice and all I saw was a gun barrel pointed at my heart. "why jake?" I asked on the verge of tears. "simple really, the afghans pay better." He said with a huge evil smile. And he pulled the trigger.
I fell to my knees and finally on my side. Jake walked away with his hand to a mic "asset eliminated." As my soul left my body I uttered one word, "Dakota…"
(this might be offensive to some veterans, but I wrote this out of pure fiction. None of this is real except for in your mind. I am very proud of the people who have fought and died for our country. I want to say thank you for all of your sacrifice.)
The void; Dakota's POV
"whoa where am i?" I said looking around all I saw was white. "young one, you have died. Now you have three choices. You can either go to heaven or hell. Or a place of your choosing." Said a booming voice that had no body that I could see.
"wait a place of your choosing? Does that mean I can go to equestria?" I asked excitedly.
"does place of your choosing not mean anywhere?" said the voice a little annoyed .
"oh hehe right. So yeah um equestria please? I said with a hopeful smile.
"sure child, just walk through that door." Said the voice
The void; Josh's POV
"whoa what the fuck? Where am i? what happened? OMG am I dead? Is Dakota ok? Hello?" I asked franticly. "yes josh you have died, you are in limba, and Dakota is dead also." Said the booming voice. "limba? Whats that? And if Dakota is dead I wanna follow him to where he went." I said impatiently. "slow down child. Limba is the state of after your death where you decide on heaven or hell or your choice of a place you want to go." Said the void. "so if I can choose I want to go to where Dakota is. Which im going to make a guess and say equestria." I said hurriedly. "ug fine, through that door. For a mortal you sure are a fast speaker.
The void; Shyra's POV
" I take it im dead, right?" I said with a bored face. "you are actually the first one of the three that were here not to long ago, to get that correct." Stated the voice. "and I am willing to bet that one of them was Dakota?" I stated with excitement. "yes he went to equestria." " I new it. will you send me there? Please?" I asked politely. " sure why not, right through that door." I walked through the door into the world of equestria and saw two humanoid ponys. Both were red alicorns, but one was an alibra(alicorn zebra) who I assumed was Dakota. And the other was just a crimson pony with shaggy blonde hair and tail. And his cutie mark was an electrified music note. And neither of them had CLOTHES.
Equestrian field outside of Ponyville. Dakota's POV
"Shyra why are you looking at us like that? HOLY SHIT WE DON'T HAVE CLOTHS ON!" I yelled. I looked over into a puddle, examining my new body I looked from my pointy horn to my wings, which oddly resemble celestia's, and my cutiemark. A pen, a red pen. Then my tail, it was a wolfs and then I notices my ears were also of a wolfs. I stood up turned around and looked at shyra who was dark blue with dark green stripes and long shaggy hair that was black and dark orange. And her cutie mark was a red crescent moon. "whoa! Eyes up Dakota!" shyra said with a slight smirk. "nice flank shyra!" said josh. "your eyes up to smartass!" shyra said smacking him. And her wings were dark blue, just like the rest of her other than her stripes and hair. And josh who was a crimson alicorn who was taller than celestia but just taller than shyra. With his sharp ass horn and wings that look like celestia's. it's weird all of our wings look like celestia's.
"well guys I think we need to find us some clothes."I plainly stated. Shyra nodded her head, and josh was too busy looking at shyra's flank to notice I spoke. "HEY JOSH, we are going to find some clothes!" I said while shaking a hand in front of his eyes. "oh shit sorry I was too focused on her ass." He said following behind me. "well at least he is honest about it." Shyra said blushing. " but I think I should be the last one in line." Said shyra following behind josh.
After about ten minutes of flying we found a house that had some clothes on a line. "hey guys down there." I said pointing it out. I flew down next to it and began to look through the clothes. "shyra here is a tanktop and some jean shorts that you usually liked to wear back on earth." I said motioning her over to me. " I need underwear and a bra, remember? Help me look for a D sized bra guys." She said knowing that it made us uncomfortable. " found one!" yelled josh. She walked over to him and took the bra and put it on. "here are some underwear" I said handing her a pair.
"now I need some shorts and OOOOO I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD STARWARS IN EQUESTRIA!" I said as I ran for a pair of starwars cargo shorts and shirt. " good thing before I left I asked god for that pair of over ear headphones you gave me." I said pulling out the earphones. "Josh you dressed?" shyra asked in a hurry. He was dresses in a pair of dark blue baggy jeans and a black polo shirt and a black hoodie along with his glasses.
"well,"i said looking into the sunset, "time to begin our new lives in equestria."