Here it is chapter 2. Enjoy.
The player who used the persona Rough Rider awoke with a groan. "Urgh, what happened, I must've hit my head." He hauled himself to all fours, surprised at how easy the movement came and opened his eyes. He was greeted by a blinding flash of sunlight. He stood up straight only to find his center of gravity was wrong and fell over backwards. With a loud crash of metal on metal, he landed on something hard and a searing pain shot through his back.
He opened his eyes and found himself staring at a forest canopy. "Ok, I must've really hit my head hard." He mumbled to himself. He shifted his gaze downward was greeted not by the sight of his shirt and jeans, but by brown fur and the strangest part, 4 hooves. He scrambled backwards, over whatever he had fallen against until his back met a tree. It was then he realised that he was wearing armor. Gold armor, similar to the type used by the Guards in...
The realization hit him like a freight train. "Equestria." He breathed. Suddenly the object that he had crawled over stirred. He realized it was another pony. This one was wearing gold armor like him but was white with a mane and tail of similar colors to the royal guards. His eyes snapped open and immediately focused on Rough Rider.
"Am I dreaming?" Asked Paladin Amor.
"No." Said Rider, bluntly.
"That would explain my aching head." Said Paladin. "Equestria, right?"
"I'm not sure." Said Rider. "I suspect so."
"Is anyone, err, anypony, else here?" Asked Paladin.
Rider scanned the small clearing and pointed behind Paladin who rolled, his armor clanking loudly to look in the same direction. 8 small mounds of fur and armor answered his question.
Rider got back on all fours and walked over to Paladin, surprising himself with how quickly he had mastered it. "Come on, lets wake the others." He wrapped a hoof around Paladin's foreleg and hauled him to his hooves.
The next to come around was Blue Mist. She had been transformed almost exactly into her OC, her fur was a very pale yellow and her mane and tail were a vibrant blue, although mostly obscured by her chain mail armor. It took Paladin a good 10 minutes to convince her she wasn't dreaming.
Lunar Eclipse was the next to come around. She had been turned into a dark blue mare with an even darker blue mane and tail with a slightly lighter blue streak running down the center of both. Her cutie mark was a crescent moon with a small number of stars around it. When she saw herself she had immediately begun flapping her wings in a panic and had shot into the air. Rider ended up breaking her fall with his head.
"Lunar, please get off my head." Groaned Rider.
"Sorry." Said Lunar, scampering off to sit beside Mist and Paladin, who were nuzzling each other. Credit Pony, who had been feigning unconsciousness and was secretly watching the whole event unfold, burst out laughing. He was a purple unicorn stallion, with a black and white mane and tail. He stood and walked to sit with the others, still chuckling as Rider glared at him.
Steel Bullet and Blobking came around at almost exactly the same time, and then set about trying to murder each other in their panic. Luckily, Rider intervened before too much damage was done. Steel was a dark blue pony with a brown mane and tail. During the transformation, his black suit had, for some reason, changed into a vault suit. Blobking was a lime green unicorn with a messy brown mane and tail. His cutie mark was a crown.
Next was Xzavior, who had morphed into a changeling. He was on his hooves in an instant. He was a slightly larger than normal changeling but had all the basic features of one, the holey legs, the bug like wings and a crooked horn. Rider explained the situation and he buzzed his wings a few times before moving to join the others.
Last was Plasma Rose, who, on awakening and upon seeing herself, gave a quiet squeak, similar to Fluttershy's and buried her face in her forelegs. She was a white mare with a plasmic pink mane and tail. Several small roses were braided into her mane and her cutie mark was a pair of roses with black centers. It took Lunar almost 15 minutes to coax her out of the state.
"Is that everyone?" Asked Paladin once everyone was together. He did a quick head count. "Nope, one missing." He noted.
"I think its Iron Hammer." Said Rider.
"I'm over here." Called a voice from the trees. "And I found our stuff."
"That must be him." Said Credit.
"What stuff." Said Mist.
"Must be the rest of our inventories." Said Rider. "Lets go find him." The group set out together and found Iron in a nearby clearing. He was a Khaki colored pegasus with a blonde mane and tail. His wings were tipped with white and he had dark grey eyes. His entire body was encased with iron armor. Before him sat a pile of what appeared to be saddlebags mixed in with a number of crossbows and quivers of arrows.
"All of our weapons and food are here." Said Iron. "I figured out that the color of the saddlebag matches the color of the pony."
Everyone walked forward to their corresponding bag.
Paladin's had his Iron sword inside, which was now the length of a medieval single handed sword, and a cross bow and quiver of arrows attached to the outside.
Blobking's contained an empty book, several loaves of bread and his diamond shovel, which was now transparent and cast a blue light when held up to the sun.
Xzavior's was empty but had a crossbow and quiver attached. "What happened to my Leather armor?" He asked.
"Probably better its gone." Said Paladin. "The ponies probably won't appreciate you wearing dead cows."
Steel's contained a partial set of Iron armor in one side and a Iron sword. There was a quiver but no bow or arrows.
Credit's held his Iron sword and bow and quiver of arrows.
Lunar's contained a bow, quiver of arrows and a diamond sword which had the same properties as blobking's shovel.
Rose had some magenta colored boots, a rose and an Iron sword.
Rider's held his Iron sword, a bow, quiver of arrows and several sticks of dynamite. "Nice." Said Rider, holding up one of the sticks.
"Isn't that dangerous?" Asked Paladin, backing away sightly.
"I've had experience with dynamite before. As long as you treat it with respect it won't blow up in your face." Said Rider, carefully replacing it. "Besides, this is fuse dynamite. Won't go off without lighting the fuse."
It was then that Xzavior spoke up. "If we all have our packs, then, whose is this?" Everyone turned and noticed a line green pair of saddlebags, similar to Blobs but a slightly lighter shade of green.
"Who does this belong to?" Asked Paladin to no one in particular as he walked up and opened the bags. Inside was a diamond sword and several shards of blue crystal which he identified as lapis lazuli.
"Was anyone carrying lapis when we fought the dragon?" He asked. Everyone shook their heads in the negative. A loud shout drew their attention upwards as something crashed through the forest canopy.
A lime green pony with a bright blonde mane and tail slid down the trunk of a nearby tree and rolled across the ground to their hooves. "Who the hell's this?" Asked Xzavior giving the newcomer a poke.
With this the new pony opened his eyes and looked up at them. He then reached out with one hoof and poked Xzavior, before pulling it back and looking at it with wide eyes. "Well, that's interesting." He reached out and poked Xzavior again.
Xzavior pulled away. "Can you stop that?" Asked Xzavior, slightly annoyed.
"Oh, so you can talk, thats interesting, erm, swiss cheese pony."
Xzavior looked offended. "I am a changeling and my name is Xzavior."
"I'm Martyn, Martyn Littlewood."
"I knew I recognized that color scheme." Said Rider.
"You've heard of me?" Asked Martyn.
"We're all humans here. Or were anyway." Said Rider. "My names Rider by the way, Rough Rider."
"Pleasure, whose everyone else." Everyone else introduced themselves and Martyn shook hooves with all of them. "Now that we have the pleasantries out of the way, could you tell me where we are."
Paladin looked around. "I'd say either the Everfree forest, which would be very bad, or White tail wood, which would be ok. By the way this is yours." He hoofed Martyn his saddlebags.
"Neither of those ring a bell." Said Martyn, sliding the bags onto his back and examining the diamond sword.
Rider suddenly stiffened. "Everyone freeze." He hissed. Everyone stopped moving instantly.
"What is it?" Asked Credit.
"Smell that?" Asked Rider.
Everyone took a deep sniff before almost choking. "What is that awful smell." Asked Martyn.
"Timberwolves." Whispered Rider. Everyones eyes widened but no one moved. =
"What's a timberwolf? Asked Martyn.
"Wolf made of wood, very dangerous." Whispered Lunar.
"Alright, i'm gonna count to three, and on 3, everypony is gonna run that way." He jerked his head slightly.
"1, 2, 3!" Everyone bolted in the direction Rider had indicated. The bushes around the clearing exploded outward as huge timberwolves broke from cover and gave chase.
Paladin ran at the head of the group, his heavy armor brushing aside small bushes and trees, Behind him was Rider, followed by Lunar and Mist. Steel, Blob and Martyn were running side by side. Rose was behind them, followed by Xzavior and Iron brought up the rear.
They found their path blocked by a small river. Paladin made the jump easily and Rider followed, Lunar, Mist, Steel, Blob and Martyn also made it. Rose wasn't so lucky. Her hoof caught a rock just as she launched herself and her leg twisted at an awkward angle. She cried out and plunged into the shallow water.
Xzavior dove in to save her while Iron leapt over to the opposite bank. "Come on, come on." Called Iron as Xzavior struggled to pull Rose out of the water. The whole group had stopped by this point and were running back to assist. Together they hauled Rose out of the river and onto the bank where she lay shivering.
"You ok Rose." Asked Xzavior as water sheeted off his body.
"My leg." Rose groaned.
"Steel, Blob, you carry Rose." Said Rider. "The forest gets light up ahead, I think we're getting close to the exit."
A howl sounded behind them. "Come on, lets go." Said Paladin, surging ahead. The group continued at a slightly slower pace to accommodate for Rose's injury. All of a sudden they were clear. The forest was behind them and Ponyville sat a few miles distant. But the wolves weren't about to give up a meal so easily. 3 of them over took the group and jumped out in front of Paladin, forcing him to slow to a halt.
More wolves poured out of the forest and surrounded the group who were now back to back with Rose in the middle. "Now what?" Asked Martyn.
"Now, we fight our way out." Said Rider, drawing his sword. There were several clanks and clatters as everyone else drew a weapon.
A wolf leapt at Xzavior who lashed out with a double barreled kick and knocked it back. Another jumped at Mist who stabbed it through the mouth and out the top of its head. The wolf the proceeded to fall apart.
One wolf clamped its teeth around Riders front left leg. Rider cried out and stabbed the wolf in the head. It in turn hurled him away from the circle. He landed and rolled, his armor clattering as he came to a halt.
Paladin and Martyn were at Rider's side in seconds. Six wolves broke away from the circle and surrounded them. "You alright?" Paladin asked Rider. Rider looked at his leg. Several wooden teeth were embedded there and blood was flowing down his leg.
"Not great but I can handle it." Said Rider, slashing at a wolf that got too close.
"What's that?" Asked Martyn pointing outside the circle of wolves. Paladin looked in the same direction.
"It's Fluttershy's house." Said Paladin. "That's our safe haven."
"Everypony. Fluttershy's house. RUN!" Shouted Rider. Iron picked up Rose and everyone charged the circle of wolves flattening those in their path. The remainders gave chase again.
Paladin leapt the fence that surrounded Fluttershy's cottage, Rider followed, stumbling on landing and everyone else followed suit, save Iron and Rose who used a gap in the fence. Paladin threw open the cottage door and everyone poured in. Paladin waited until everyone was inside before diving in himself and kicking the door shut in the face of the oncoming Timberwolves. He then jammed a nearby chair under the handle.
"That will hold them for a while." He said confidently.
"Oh...my." Came a very timid voice from the top of the stairs.
Everyone looked up and saw a sight that made their hearts melt. Fluttershy curled up at the top of the stairs with her hooves over her eyes, whimpering.
"Oh dear." Said Rider gently. "I believe an explanation is in order."
DAWWWWWWW... um. Next chapter coming soon.
