James's POV


I woke up to a noise; I heard giggling around me. I tried to get up, but I couldn't move my body. I couldn't even open my eyes. All I could do was nothing but breath. No matter how hard I tried, I was helpless.

"Someone... There?" I said, hoping someone heard me.

"Someone... please, I-I can't see."

As my mind drifted through the empty space, I began to hear voices.

"Hello? Is someone there?"

The voices weren't legiable for a moment until I could clearly make out what they were saying.

"James...James..." I could hear someone call out my name repeatedly with a distorted voice.

"Wait, what the hell is going on." I said, but I recieved no reply back. Not that I expected one.

I had no idea what was going on, but one thing for sure, I'm not in a friendly environment. I tried to get away but my arms and legs wouldn't move as if they didn't exist.

Suddenly, I began to experience a sharp pain on my back, like I took a slash from a blade. Then another slash to the arm, and another to other parts of my body. Each strike I would shout in pain, begging whoever's attacking to stop but the attacker continue to put cuts on my body.

"What the hell do you want from me!" I shouted. The attacker made no reply, instead I think it giggled at me. Suddenly I felt what seemed to be it's hand on my face and began to rub against my bloody cheek. The hand came over my eyes and grabbed a hold of my eyelids. Then it began to slowly ripped them off of it's tendons and ligaments. I screamed at the top of my lungs, but my attacker didn't even hesitated. It just giggled at my pain while I suffered.

Because my eyelid was now missing, I could see my surroundings although my blood is getting in my vision, but I could care less. Now I could finally see my attacker and I was shocked.

"Tanya, how the hell are you alive!" I yelled. I wanted to beat the crap out of her but the only thing that prevented me from that was being tied to this chair. I tried the break free but no avail.

I looked back at her and noticed in one of her hand, she held a knife that had my blood on it. In the other, my eye lid.

She got on top of me and kissed me. I was disgusted but she continued to kiss until she let go to speak.

"Don't you remember? I love you." she said as she rubbed herself on me.

"You still think of me as a boyfriend after you dumped me for Texan marine?!" I retorted.

"That's how I show love to a Jap like you, be glad I like you for who you are." Her hand reached down to my pants and she attempted to strip me. Before she could unzip me, I headbutt her face and cause her to fall backwards. At the same time, I fell the other direction.

Upon dropping to the floor, my ropes got unravelled and I was free. I got on my feet and ran as fast as I could for the nearest exit.

I heard her shout from behind me with a voice like something from a horror movie.

"CoMe BaCk!1 GeT yOuR fUcKiN aSs BaCk HeRe So I cAn FuCk YoU uP1!"

"AS IF!" I replied.

I ran but she caught up and tackled me to the floor.

"ThErE'S nO wHeRe FoR yOu To RuN!" she screamed while wrapping her hands around my throat.

My air was blocked, I couldn't breath. I had to free myself from her grasp somehow. I grabed hold of something and without thinking, I rammed the object into her neck. When it made contact, it sprayed blood everywhere, killing her and she fell on top of me. I couphed hard, trying to bring back oxygen back into my lungs.

I looked back at corpse that laid in front of me. In front of me, a yellow pegasus with a knife in her neck laid there, lifeless.

I was shocked, couldn't believe what was in front of me. But she was right in front of me.

"What have I done..." I said, suddenly her corpse jumped up and pinned me to the floor while yelling at me.

"James, it's time to wake up!"


3rd person POV

James woke up from the terrible nightmare, causeing his head to jerk up. Along the way he hit something with his forehead. He pulled away and rubbed his forehead.

"Ouch, oh I'm sorry James. I-I didn't mean to startle you." he heard.

He opened his eyes and Fluttershy was standing above him. Upon looking at her, he remembered the nightmare. He screamed at the top of his lungs and fell off the sofa.

"James' i-is everything alright?" she asked, but James just backed away from her in horror.

She had never seen somepony panic this hysterical. She had to calm him down.

"James, please calm down. You had a bad dream."

The young human quickly observed his surroundings. He wasn't in that small room he was tortured in, he's back in Fluttershy's cottage. Once he figured things out, he slowly calmed himself down.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I-I'm fine... I need to step out again." he stood up and grab somethings out of his jacket and left out of the front door. Leaving a confused Pegasus behind again.

Once he was alone outside, he pulled out a cigarette out of it's package and lit it's end with his lighter. He inhaled the drugging smoke into his lung and let it out, leaving a large cloud of smoke.

From behind him he heard someone greet him.

"Good morning James."

As he turned around to reply, he was startled when there was a large horse in front of him. Surprised, he took a step back but what he wasn't aware of was that he tripped on a rock and fell backwards over the fence. Falling 5 feet down and into the water below.

When he surfaced he saw Twilight sparkle looking down at him with a hor-

"Alicorn!"

whoops sorry, wait AAAH MY 4th WALL!

"Moving on."

... fine. There goes my pay check.

When he surfaced he saw Twilight Sparkle looking down at him with an alicorn next to her.

"Oh dear, are you alright?" the alicorn asked.

"Aside from having multiple heart attacks on the same day and having a headache, I'm doing great." he said with sarcasm in his voice.

"Guards, do please help him." the alicorn ordered and almost immediately two white Pegasus in golden armor flew towards James and helped him out of the waters.

He thanked the two but once their task was done they just stood there like they were made of stone. James just paid no further attention and went back to the alicorn and Twilight.

"I'm terribly sorry I have startled you." the alicon said, "Allow me to introduce myself properly. I am Princess Celestia; Co-ruler of Equestria."

"Sergeant James Yorinaka, United States Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol." James replied as he introduced himself.

"My student; Twilight here briefly told me about your experience in the war." she said, "It must have been horrible sight."

James' face turned grim as the subject was brought up.

"...I rather not talk about it. It's... too depressing." he replies.

Twilight and Princess Celestia looked at each other for a moment and then back to James.

"Alright, I understand it is personal to you. I will go no farther to pursue with this question. But do you plan on staying here?" she asked.

"That's a great offer but I think we both know a human won't fit in with a world full of horses."

"Ponies." Twilight corrected him.

"...world full of ponies then. Look, either way I should be getting back to my world as soon as possible before something bad happens like I don't know, paradox or something."

"hmm. I suppose I can find a spell within my library that may aid your return. In the mean time, I will have Twilight and her friends accompany you during your stay here in Ponyville." When she finished, a guard came up to her and whispered to her. She then looked back at Twilight and James.

"I'm terribly sorry but I must return to Canterlot. A problem seems to have emerged and I must tend to it."

"Should I come with you princess?" Twilight asked.

"No my student, there is no need for that. Please continue with your research on friendship."

The Princess got on to a chariot, the guard brought in and flew off into the distance.

"Research on friendship?" James asked.

"Yes, Princess Celestia assigned me to study friendship in ponyville and I report to her every time I discover one. Don't you study?"

"I do but I studied foreign languages and physics. Then extensive training for combat."

Fluttershy meekly opened her door and stepped outside.

"Is everything alright? I-I heard somepony scream."

"A little too late for that but yeah, we're okay." James reply, reassuring her.

"Thank goodness, Oh hello Twilight." FLuttershy greeted, finally noticing Twilight.

"Hey Fluttershy, nice day isn't it?"

"Yes it is, but I need to go to the market today. Everyone's finished off their breakfast and now I need more supplies."

"There are others living here?" James asked, "I haven't notice other ponies living here."

"Fluttershy is a caretaker here in Ponyville for animals around the area. Since that is her special talent." Twilight explained.

"Special talent?"

"You see this?" Twilight turned her flank towards him and showed him her cutie mark. "This represents my talent for magic and studies. Everypony here has their own to represent either their talent or personality that they discover."

"Does humans have a cutie mark?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, although we do have things called tattoos that humans artificially place on their bodies. I don't have one but I don't want one either."

"Why is that?" Twilight and Fluttershy asked at the same time.

"Because they use a needle to imprint art on the skin and the process is painful."

Upon hearing the horrors of the tattoo, Twilight and Fluttershy fell silent.

Twilight broke the silence when she realizes what time it is.

"Oh my gosh, I'm late on my studies! I'll see you guys later!" She galloped quickly as she could and disappeared beyond their sight.

James looked back at Fluttershy and said, "Weren't you going into town to get more supplies?"

Realizing her original chore, she dashed back into her cottage and grabbed her wallet and saddlebag. She confronted James again and asked nervously.

"Um James would you like to come with me to the market with me?"

"Why? You need help with the groceries shopping?"

"Oh no, I can't ask of your help like that. I just... thought since your staying here in Ponyville for a while, I could um, show you around town?"

James thought to himself for a moment.

'I guess it wouldn't hurt for a sight seeing.'

"Okay, Let me just get my jacket and hat, we'll be on our way." James said, entering the cottage. He took off the wet jacket he was wearing and replaced it with a dry one.

'I can care less about my pants being wet.' he told himself, 'It'll dry over time. Especially at this humidity.'

He regrouped with Fluttershy and puts on his bush hat.

"Alright, I'm ready."

The two began their approach towards Ponyville, although they failed to notice a figure within the bushes staring at the two with a piercing glare.