The Bronze Wall

Hello everypony! I would like to say thanks for reading chapter 1, it's always great to see some new readers. And by the way, I own NOTHING! Now, as for the story, this is the ending of exposition arc A, well, at least the story can't progress further without the exposition arc B kicking off... You'll see what I mean.

So, Fillies and Gentlecolts, the moment you've all been waiting for,... The BRONZE WALL!


Initiating startup procedure Alpha Bravo 2...

Establishing Battlefield control...

Willkommen, Kommandant.

I awoke in a bed.

Strange, but better than some places I've slept.

I wanted to stay in the warm, soft bed, but I noticed a sensation, much like wind, on my neck.

Must be a window. Yes, no, it's warm, and there seem to be arms around me.

Scheiße! I'm in bed with somepony! Alright, don't want to startle them...

I layed in bed for what seemed like hours, scarcely daring to breath, much less move.

This is going nowhere, I'll just get out of bed, and what happens, happens.

So I started the process of extricating myself from the bed, by opening my eyes.

First impressions, the room was pitch black. I thought "Lumos", thinking that, I, for one, was a unicorn, and, two, that it might help if it worked. And it did. But what I saw wasn't worth looking at, there was trash all over the room, and something purple under the dresser, I didn't want to think about what it was.

Next, I noticed a picture of six ponies, all bunched together as though they were friends. There were Rainbow Dash and Twilight, as well as a bubblegum-pink earth pony, a marshmallow-coloured unicorn, a pastel yellow pegasus, and an orange earth mare.

I pondered this for a while, friends had never come easy for me, especially when I moved to the US to finish schooling, sadly I was made fun of, being called names like "Jerry" or "Kraut" and all manners of other fact, the only friend I had was my dog, Jack. I miss him, more than I care to say.

Well, better start getting up. I looked down at the arms holding me in place, and saw that they were cyan. They started lightly squeezing my midsection, and I blushed. Then I decided that this wasn't so bad, I mean, nobody, excepting my dad, ever held me this close. I loved every second of it.

Wait, CYAN!?

I looked back and saw a certain rainbow-maned mare was the one holding me like a teddy bear. And all I could think was 'What happened last night?'.

Rainbow Dash mumbled something like "No, you can't have him." and squeezed me.

Why ruin a good thing? So I went back to sleep.


Welcome Commander...

Automated walking sequence timer: 3 days, 13 hours, 38 minutes, 52 seconds...

I saw a town in the distance. Damn, it's cold, and I'd bet money that they have heat there.

I walked.

"Sir! Sir!" Cried a voice once I reached town, obviously trying to get my attention.

"Yes?" I called back.

"Sir, can you help me get my daughter, she was taken away by a pony with no face last night, and I fear for her life." The mare said, tears in her eyes.

"Sounds something that was in my world, albeit, digitally, but I assume I could help. Whereabouts?" I asked, assuming that this was a corruption of Slenderman.

"They went that way." She said, pointing to a mountain. "Please save my daughter. Please." She said, nearly crying.

"I will." I said, reassuringly, and sped of for the mountain, which turned out to be fairly close.

When I arrived, there was an entrance with an insignia over the entrance. It was a circle with a scratchy x through it.

"This must be the place." And no sooner had I said it than a high-pitched scream emanated from the cave. "Yup."

I walked inside, and, surprise, it was dark. "No way I'm getting far without banging my head." I said, walking forward.

"Ow." I said, bitterly.

Then I saw the light at the end of the tunnel, quite literally in this case. I walked towards it, but not without the stalactites saying their goodbyes, by smacking me in the face. I then entered what seemed to be a cross between a dungeon and a throne room. There were many sinister looking machines, mostly all were splattered with blood. Then there was, in the center of the room, a throne, made of small bones. Upon it, sat a pony, with a white face, black tux, and shadowy tenticles coming out of its back. Next to him was a filly, no more than eight.

"Good, you're he-" The Slender-pony started to say, before I crushed it's skull.

"Shortest boss battle, ever." I quipped, and proceeded to smash one of the cage's walls into the ground.

The orange filly inside looked at me in awe, and fear. We stood there, in awkward silence, until she said...

"Who are you?"

"Bronze Castle."

"Did you come to rescue me?"

"No, I came all this way for ice cream, what do you think?"

"Oh, I was just wondering..."

"Sorry, but at any rate, let's get going, I have a mom to take you to. Get on."

"What?"

"I said get on, it's safer that way." I said, bending my knees to allow her access.

"Alright."

And we were off, I walked down the tunnel, somehow avoiding the stalactites. And when we got to the entrance, I flattened the mountain, much to the tyke's enjoyment.

"Well, that's that settled..."

"You just smashed a MOUNTAIN!"

"Yes, can't everyone do that?"

"No, not even the princesses combined could do that."

"Hmm..."

We walked home, and on the journey, the little filly decided to take a nap.

"Scootaloo!" Cried the orange earth pony I met before, causing Scootaloo to wake up and yell "Mommy!" in reply.

"I was so scared, are you alright." Scootaloo's mother asked.

"Yeah, mommy." She replied. "This man saved me!"

"Really?" Her mom said in a mock questioning tone.

"Yeah, he made the bad thing go away just like 'pow!'," She said, uppercutting the air, " then he crushed the mountain, a mountain Mommy, with one hit! It was awesome!" She finished, with a flourish.

"A mountain, eh?" She said, laughing.

"Uh-huh." Said Scootaloo, vigorously shaking her head.

"It's getting late, honey, it's time for bed." Her mom said suddenly.

"Aww, can't I stay up? Please?" Scootaloo pleaded.

"No, honey, you need your rest."

"But Mommy..."

"No."

"Alright." Scootaloo said, moping off to her house, and presumably, bed.

"Thank you for saving my daughter, won't you please come inside?" Scootaloo's mom said.

"Sure." I said.

We talked late into the night, and the information I gathered was this...

Firstly, Scootaloo's mom's name was Tangerine Blitz. Secondly, I was in a town called Stalliongrad, obviously a play on Stalingrad. Thirdly, Scootaloo's birthday is next week. Fourthly, two stars fell about four days ago, one looked like it landed near a town called Ponyville, the other was me, it seemed. And Lastly, that I needed to go to this 'Ponyville' to hire up a party planner named 'Pinkie Pie' to plan Scootaloo's party.

And then I crashed on the couch.


Willkommen, Kommandant.

I woke to and empty bed, Dash must've woken up early. Alright, now what. I can't make breakfast without her permission, so, go and find Rainbow Dash.

I stretched and jumped out of bed. I walked down a flight of stairs, and went to what seemed to be a living room. No Dash. I then checked the kitchen. No Dash. I then checked the rest of the house, with the same result.

"Where is she?" I said, back in the living room. I noticed a note taped to the door. "Odd." I said, taking a look at the note.

Doktor,

We must agree to never speak of last night again. I was drunk, you were drunk, things got a bit crazy...

-Dash

P.S. I told Twilight to pick you up around noon, so stay put until then. Can't have you falling out of the sky again.

"I was drunk. I was DRUNK!" I screamed. I couldn't have been drunk, that's not allowed. What? Idiot. Well, you made a promise.

I was already half out the door when I had second thoughts.

It doesn't count in another universe, does it? Well, no, I didn't technically make that particular promise in this universe. Besides, I can use that drink that my dad always made, what was it? A junebug, he called it. Well, that'll be nice.

I stepped inside the door, and sat neatly on the floor, next to the couch. I looked at the clock.

"Eleven forty-five, fifteen minutes until Twilight's here." I stated.

"Eleven fifty. Ten minutes."

"Eleven fifty-nine."

And just as the clock ticked over to noon, there was a knock on the door.

"Right on time." I said, happily.

I opened the door to, surprise, a certain lavender pony in a hot air balloon.

"Ready?" She asked.

"Yes."


What happened last night? Only time will tell...

P.S. Now accepting OC's.