"What is this thing sir?"
"I don't know plunder. We will have to take it straight to the princess when we get back home after we drop off our supplies."
"Yes sir. But what do we do with it for now?"
"For now we will leave it in the med bay with one of our best doctors. It had a lot of injuries on it and it will most likely be scarred for life with how deep they were."
"Yes sir. I will tell them to set up a special bed for this thing."
Multiple hours later
I woke up to screaming and yelling and some explosions. As I tried to sit up I noticed I was in a medical bay. But where the fuck was I? As I looked at my body I noticed it was all covered in scars. How the fuck did that happen? As I turned my legs to the left of the bed I was on I noticed that they also had scars as well. So as I slipped off the bed and stood up I was able to stand up without needing to support myself. Now that was good at least. I then noticed my gear and weapons lying in a corner of the giant room I was in. so I walked over and examined it all and I found my gear was all mended and sewn back together. Now that was awesome. I also found all of my ammo for my weapons and all three of my weapons were still there as well. So I quickly equipped my gear and grabbed my weapons just in time for an explosion to happen at the door to the large room I was in. I raised my weapon and as soon as the smoke cleared I was staring at disbelief as I was watching a myth that shouldn't even exist… I was looking at fucking griffons. "What is that creature Goldbeak?" the one in front asked.
"I don't know. But I think it might taste really good." The one I figured was Goldbeak said. As he started to walk towards me I raised my SIG and I quickly put a bullet through its skull with a loud bang causing its buddies to jump in shock as its brain was splattered all across the left door. "Whatever this thing is I want it dead!" the lead one said as they all charged me. So I quickly put 2 more bullets into two more griffons behind the one in front and as he pounced I quickly pulled out my hunting knife and stabbed the griffon in its throat and as it fell onto the ground trying to pull out the knife I quickly curb stomped its head crushing it and sending blood and brain everywhere. As I pulled out my knife and cleaned it off quickly I then sheathed it and I started to run down hallway after hallway and I mowed down more and more griffons on the way before I finally made it what looked like a ship's deck. That was when I saw I was actually on a ship. That was when I spotted another ship firing arrows at this ship trying to hit me. As I dodged and jumped behind a crate on the deck I jumped out and opened fire on the griffons on the other ship taking down 4 griffons with one clip before I took cover again and reloaded my Heckler and I did it once again and again until I killed all the griffons on the other boat. What the fuck is this fucking place? It's certainly not from where the ship exploded. Just then I heard another scream come from the back of the ship so I quickly ran towards the back of the ship equipping a silencer to my SIG and keeping that out. As I reached the back of the ship I quickly hid to see what was happening. And I stayed there in shock once again. The griffons… were surrounding… fucking colorful ponies.
"Now for the last time tell me where your secret cargo is!" I heard a griffon say hitting a pony that was separated from the others. This pony was blue with a black mane.
"We don't have any secret cargo." He yelled. Just then the griffon nodded to another griffon behind a far pony and it walked up and sliced its throat with its claws causing it to cough up blood and then fall onto the ground dead. That was when I noticed several more dead ponies but almost out of my view but I could see them. I then watched 2 griffons take the newly made dead pony and then carried it and threw it onto the pile. This has got to stop fucking now. So I aimed from my hiding spot and quickly shot 3 griffons that were behind more pony's causing them to fall onto the ground dead. As I watched the griffons look around, trying to find their attacker, I quickly took out a few more of them causing them to also fall onto the ground dead. "What magic is this?" I heard the griffon yell. I then quickly took out the last of the griffons except for the griffon that had hit the pony and I revealed myself causing them all to gasp as I walked over and tied up the now unconscious griffon because he saw what I was I think. I then walked over and started to cut all the ponies loose with my hunting knife before I walked over and slapped the griffon awake and he looked at me with a look of fear. "What are you?" he asked.
"I'm a human… and your new worst nightmare." I said as I shot him in the head killing him immediately.
"Thank you for saving us but what the buck are you?" a pony asked.
"My name is Luke damson and I am a human. Now my question. What the fuck are you?" I asked.
"We are all ponies obviously. You just saved us from a notorious griffon pirate captain. We are now the first ponies that have ever survived one of his attacks." Another pony said.
"Well your welcome. Now may I ask where the fuck I am?" I asked.
"You are currently on your way with us back to our home of Equestria." The pony that was hit by the griffon said.
"But I must ask what are you holding?"
"It's called a gun. It's a weapon made by my kind." I said holstering it.
"What's it used for?"
"Used for protection, war, and things you do not want to know about." I said sitting on a crate nearby.
"Well we must thank you again mister damson. We had found you in the water no more than a few hours ago and we left you in the medical bay to heal with our best unicorn doctor." Did he just say fucking unicorn? Yes he just said fucking unicorn. Son of a bitch. And I see a winged pony, make that a couple winged pony's. Those are fucking Pegasus. So I must be going crazy. "Well thank you for helping me. I would of died from those wounds." I said.
"Sir we should be nearing the port in Manehatten." A pony said from the crow's nest.
"As soon as we land I will need to bring you to the princesses to decide what to do with you." He said. After like 30 minutes I watched as a large city came into view and I stared at amazement of it. It looked like fucking Manehatten and the name was similar to except for the 'e' in the name. As the ship docked I followed the captain of the ship until we reached a small building and we entered. "Wait outside this door until I call you." He said. So as he entered the door I waited for a few minutes before the door opened and I walked in and saw a surprised look on a pony's face that was behind a desk.
"I need to bring him to the princesses." The captain said. As the pony behind the desk just nodded still wide mouthed I saw a paper and a quill float in front of him surrounded by a green aura and that was when I noticed the horn on the ponies head was surrounded by the same aura. After a few minutes he floated the paper into a green fire and it disappeared. I know I should ask why he did that but he did it for a reason. That was when I noticed something on the captain's flank. "Hey captain. What's that on your flank? Is it like a tattoo or something?" I asked.
"It's called a cutie mark. It tells what a pony's special talent is. Mine is being a captain. Don't humans get them to?" he asked.
"No we do not." I answered. Just than a scroll appeared in the fire and the pony behind the desk grabbed it and opened it.
"The princess wants to meet this new creature immediately. She sent royal guards on the train to come and collect you." He said.
"I'll show you where it is." The captain said. As we left the building I started getting weird looks from all the ponies we passed. "The train goes everywhere in Equestria. Feel free to come and visit sometime when we are in port." He said smiling.
"I think I will. Thank you very much." As we reached the station I was approached by multiple white ponies in gold armor.
"Are you the new creature?" the lead one asked.
"Yes I am. Also names Luke." I said.
"Follow us." as I followed them onto the train I waved goodbye to the captain as the doors closed and I was almost thrown off my feet when the train lurched forward and we were off. I followed the ponies into a train car and as I sat down they stood guard at the doors. "So can you tell me about Equestria? I know nothing about it or its customs." I asked a guard to my left.
"Equestria is ruled by the 2 sister princesses. One is named Celestia and one is named Luna. They are the princesses of the moon and sun." he said.
"Okay so what about the customs?" I asked.
"You will be told once you arrive and talk to the princesses." He said. Well he's nice… not. So I'm going to meet the princesses of the moon and sun. That can't be good. Wait a minute I remember a myth about unicorns and Pegasus. It was a very old myth and there was only one story about it. They called them. Alicorns. They were a combination of Pegasus, unicorns, and regular pony's. If these are the princesses of Equestria than I am taking a wild bet that they are Alicorns. If I'm correct someone please slap me. As I felt the train come to a complete halt I got up and I followed the guards out the train and we were in a city. All the pony's here looked very fancy and very well trained in manners. But whenever there is a town of fancy ponies. There always has to be at least one bad fancy pony. As I continued to follow the guards I again continued to get weird looks from the ponies like they either feared, curious, or wanted to kill me looks. As I continued to follow the guards we eventually reached a castle and we entered. We went down so many twist and turns it was like a maze in here until we reached a very large door. "The princesses are waiting for you." A guard said. as I walked up to the door I slowly opened it taking in a deep breath and fully opened the door to spot a large white and a slightly smaller blue pony sitting at the far end of the hall. "Hello?" I asked as I stepped in and closed the door.
"You must be the new creature that had appeared in Equestria." The blue one said.
"My name is Luke damson. And I am a human." I said saluting. They gave me a look of confusion as I then remembered that they might not know what I am doing. "This is called a salute. I am to salute almost anybody that is of higher rank than me." I said.
"Higher than you?" the white one asked.
"I am a part of a navy combat unit that was aboard the freedom fighter until I was forced to blow it up to kill all the attackers on board." I said.
"So you are a warlike creature are you not?" the blue one asked.
"I suppose so. But I only joined after a tragic accident happened to my family." I said.
"What kind of tragic accident?" she asked again.
"The death kind." I said and they all gasped. "No need to give me any sympathy."
"You will be given none then. I am Celestia." The white one said.
"And I am Luna." The blue one said.
"And I already said my name princesses." I said. "So what did you need to see me immediately for?"
"We needed to know a few things about you if you don't mind?" Celestia said.
"Ask away." I said walking over and leaning on the wall.
"We need to ask you if you plan to harm anypony while you are here."
"Unless they attack me, threaten me, or make fun of my family, they should be fine."
"Next we need to ask you about those things you have strapped to your sides and back."
"Next question."
"But-"
"You don't need to fucking know about these things because if you did you would create them and it would lead to war everywhere. Now. Next question." As I said that they both sat there stunned at what I just said but after a couple seconds they looked normal again.
"As you wish. We ask if we can look into your memories to see if you are dangerous."
"Fuck no." I instantly said.
"But we must to see if you are actually safe." Luna said.
"If you want to see death, agony, pain, suffering feel free. If you don't than stay the fuck out of my head." I said stunning them again. This time they stood looking at me stunned because I still had on an angry face for what they asked.
"Very well. But we must than require you to stay here in Canterlot to keep an eye on you." Celestia said.
"Very well. May I see my room? I need a bath if you don't mind?" I asked.
"Guard take Luke to his room and bring him back to us in a few hours."
"Yes princess. This way." As I followed the single guard down hallway after hallway we eventually reached a door. "This is where you will be staying for now. I will return later." and with that he left. As I opened the door I instantly disliked it. There was too much room in there. My mind won't stop thinking about the room that is in here. Note to self-find a way to fill it up somehow. So I looked around the room and I found the bathroom and I took off my gears and weapons and I turned on the shower and got in. man the water pressure felt so well. It's been a while since I had a good shower. Just then I heard the door to my room open. "Are you in here Luke?" I heard Luna ask.
"I'm in the bathroom taking a shower." I said. "I'm about to finish up." as I wiped off the last of the blood that was on my face I quickly turned off the shower and I got out, dried off, and I got dressed. I then walked out of the bathroom into my room. "What do you need?" I asked sitting on the bed.
"I wanted to ask you… about your world." I sat there surprised. I thought one of them would have asked later but right now? That surprised me.
"Well it was a beautiful planet. We grew all kinds of fruits and vegetables and I evened owned a horse farm."
"Horse farm!" she said when I realized what I said.
"Yea. I took care of horses. I only bred them when I needed to. I was always there when they needed me and they were always there when I needed them. My favorite was a beautiful black horse I named shadow. I took care of her ever since she was born. But that was when while I was out of town… it was attacked and destroyed. When I got back I searched and searched for any survivors of anyone in my town. There were no human survivors. And I thought all of the horses died during the attack when I finally found one." That was when I started crying a little. "And that horse was shadow. she had several large pieces of wood implanted into her and I knew she was not going to survive. So… I ended her suffering." And that was when I broke down and Luna tried to comfort me.
"You didn't know that would happen to them Luke. I was once banished by my sister. It was all because of me being jealous of the ponies basking and playing in my sister's sunlight, and that they were all asleep and bad at night. I had recently returned and was saved by the elements of harmony. Now I got another chance to be what I should be. A princess of Equestria." She said.
"You were really banished by your sister because of your jealousy?" I said calming down.
"Well I did try to kill her to become the only princess in Equestria." She said.
"Now that explains it." I said causing her to giggle a little. "So I understand you are the princess of the moon then?"
"That is true and my sister is the princess of the Sun." she said.
"Well than let me continue talking about my world. We were all a peaceful species once. But then came the power. Country's attacked country's to gain land and money. There were so many deaths. Friend's dead, family dead, bloodlines dead. This is what happened every war. And I was a part of protecting my country to prevent it from ever going to war by being a part of a naval barricade."
"War sounds awful. How did you survive?" she asked. The one question I was hoping she wouldn't ask.
"With those." I said pointing at my weapons leaning against the wall and on the table.
"With those small things. Is this about what you were talking about earlier?" she asked.
"Yes… yes it was. If those weapons were ever made I would vow to track them all down and destroy them all with my bare hands." I said making her jump a little.
"Then I guess we will keep on using the weapons we have at the time. I would ask you if you could maybe train the guards here how to fight better but I doubt you know anything." She said.
"As a matter of fact I do. I was trained at a brutal training camp to become a combat unit. When do you want me to train them?" I asked.
"Tomorrow or the day after would do. Which do you prefer?"
"The sooner the better. You want me to use the tactics that were used to train me?" I asked.
"If that would help, yes." Well those guards are in for one hell of a training. Going to need to make sure I bring several gallons of water for them all then. "Are you absolutely sure about that? I can let you see my memories about me in a training camp?" I asked.
"I fully trust you when we found out you saved an important shipment to Manehatten."
"Okay than. I warned you." I said smiling a little. "So what customs do I need to know?"
"All you have to do is just act like you always do. Except if it means killing somepony or planning to harm somepony." She said. That's basically what I do. I will also have to learn their language a tiny bit. Like saying somepony and not somebody. That's going to be hard though because I have been speaking normally all my life. So I watched her leave and I started to think about what I could do for the rest of the day. That was when a scroll appeared in front of me and landed on my lap. Could this be for me or the princess? So I opened it to see.
Dear Luke damson,
On our way back out to sea we found several large bags full of things that we have never seen before. That was when we spotted a name on all the bags that had your name on it. So we immediately plucked these out of the water and returned back to the port and sent them on a train towards Canterlot. Be warned though some ponies on the train they were on were scientist and they might take them for study. The train left no more than a few hours ago and I am suspecting this scroll to arrive when the train arrives in Canterlot.
-the captain
Well that is now fucking awesome. If what I thought were in those bags I would be able to keep myself busy for my stay here. I than heard the train whistle signaling that it was arriving so I quickly put on my gear and I ran out the castle with several guards trailing me. As I reached the train station I saw my stuff being loaded into wagons by several ponies. "May I have my stuff please?" I asked walking up to them.
"Now what in Equestria are you?" one of them asked walking over to me.
"I am a human and I would like to take my stuff back thank you." I said walking towards the wagon but was stopped by the same pony.
"If this stuff is from your world than they must be studied as well as you. Now I must ask for you to follow us or we will use force." He said smirking so I immediately brought out my SIG and pointed it straight at the pony's forehead.
"There is a law in my world. If someone takes someone else's stuff without permission than it is either punishable by death or they go to prison. Now which do you choose, prison or death? Or do you give me my stuff back?" I asked with a serious tone. I watched as the guards around me kept their spears pointed at me and I watched as the pony looked at the stuff and me before he sighed.
"We will return your stuff." He said and I smiled holstering my SIG.
"If you needed to study any of it you could have just asked." I said walking over and rummaging through some of my bags before I finally found what I was looking for. So I walked back over and I handed the pony a book about the history of my world. "This should be enough to keep you busy for a while." I said as he took it with his magic. He smiled and took it as I walked over and grabbed all 4 of my bags and put them over my shoulders and started to walk back towards the castle with the guards once again following me. As we reached the castle they got back into their spots and I walked into my room and started to unpack stuff. I took out all my books, clothes, notebooks, pens because I hated pencils so much, more ammo for my weapons, iPod with still a full charge along with batteries that fit it because I know the ship didn't have any plugs, pictures, and some of my journals that I have filled since my first day of training boot camp. So I put the clothes away in the closet that was in the room and I put my books on the bookshelf at the edge of my bed along with the journals and notebooks and I placed the pictures on the stand next to my bed but not before I looked at them. They were all pictures of my family and friends ever since I was 5. I cried over each and every one that I found was a dead friend. And then the last one was also the most recent one as well, it was of me, John, Sally, Chloe, and Adam as the ship was taking off and we started our first day of active duty. I hope to god that they are all right. Then I heard a knock at the door. "Come in." I said and in walked Celestia.
"I heard what happened near the train station. Why did you even leave the castle?" she asked. So I handed her the scroll and she opened it and started to read it. After almost a minute she finished reading it and levitated it over onto my bed stand. "So the captain of the ship you came on found some of your stuff. That was nice of him to send it to you. But why threaten the scientist?" she asked.
"Because they wanted to study I and they were trying to take my stuff without my permission. Here's the most recent law book of my world if you want to see it." I said walking to the book shelf and grabbed the law book. And I walked back over and she placed it onto her back with her magic.
"If you ever need anything Luke feel free to ask anypony. But I would suggest not threatening the royals living in Canterlot. They all know of you being here and they might try and hurt you to show you who's in charge." She said with a worried look.
"Then they obviously haven't seen this bad boy in action." I said pulling out my SIG and starting to clean it.
"I must honestly say that I am not hoping to ever see that in action from what I heard from the captain." She said making her way towards the door. "By the way Luna also wants you to train the night guards as well as the day guards. She told me you were worried about her wanting to use the training that you were given. "
"Well I am. I would have showed her my memories of my days at the boot camp but she said no." I said.
"Then I hope it isn't too severe. I will come and wake you at 7 in the morning."
"Make it 5 in the morning and I want to see the day guards awake at that time as well and in the courtyard."
"Why 5 in the morning?" she asked.
"Because the training I went through was we all woke up at 4 in the morning and we didn't fall asleep until close to midnight." I said causing her to gasp.
"I hope we never have to go to war against your kind." She said as she walked out and closed the door behind her. Well those day guards are in for a gigantic and agonizing surprise. So I put away my SIG under the pillow and I kept my hand on it in case I needed it and I laid down and fell asleep.