Chapter 5: Memories

Jake with Shining Armor and some royal guardsmen went to investigate one of the larger camps. They walked into the camp not knowing what to expect. "Hey Jake" "What" "Sorry about that night. I was on edge and exhausted" "Its fine man" "No its not. I've got to make it up to you" "Well you can start by not being so stubborn" They both laughed. They started looking in the armory. "These seem powerful" "They are" Jake went about showing what each weapon did and how it worked. He had no clue how he knew. He just did as if was trained to know. They continued to the car pool. Jake got in the driver seat of a car with a gun mounted on it. He froze up. Memories rushed into his head like a flood. He saw himself driving a car with explosions all around him. He could hear the ratta tat tat of a machine gun. "Jake! Jake! Can you hear me?!" Jake jerked and looked around. Shining Armor was shaking him and guards around him looked concerned. "Wa. What happened?" "You went into a trance or something and wouldn't respond to us" "I remember more" "What?" He told him about his experience and Shining Armor was shocked. "Maybe we should head back" "no I'm fine" "Okay then" They continued looking through the camp and found many machines and mechanism that would improve life in Equestria. They came upon a makeshift airfield. "Are these the things that were in the sky?" "Yes they are. Those are bombers" he pointed to the larger type of plane. "They dropped bombs which caused the explosions. The others are transport planes. They can carry ponies or cargo" He stepped into it and looked around and it happened again. He was sitting on a bench with others in front and next to him. They weren't ponies though, they were humans. An explosion was heard from behind him and he turned around to see fire from the left engine. "We're going down! We gotta bail!" A human pulled on Jake's shirt. "See you on the ground friend" And he jumped out the door. Jake walked to the door as the plane began to list to the right. He hesitated for a second then jumped as well. He waited for the jerk of his chute but it never came. Realizing the rip cord failed he went to his emergency chute. The rope was stuck. He pulled on it again. Still no good. He went to his training on if both chutes failed. He spread himself out to lower his spread as much as he could. He looked for nearby trees. Nothing. He saw the next best thing. Water. He fast approached it at tremendous speeds and went into an upright position. He blacked out. He opened his eyes and saw he was on the floor of the plane. He slowly got up. Shining Armor was looking at him in shock. "I need to talk to Twilight" "What we need to do is get you home. This place is not good for you, come on" They started to walk back to the city when Jake looked up. He saw a flag fluttering on a post at the gate as they passed. He collapsed. He saw a flag in the wind and he looked down from it. He was in a truck with some other humans. "Hey, Captain you ready to take the fight to the Ruskies?" "Sure as hell" Jake answered but it wasn't him. It was his voice but not him. He then saw a dying soldier in front of him who was bleeding out. Then he saw a small town with a town hall and a church with some shops next to it. He saw a helicopter spiral into a building and explode. Now a collage. A crashed Humvee. A peaceful fireplace. Images like this went on and on and on. He finally awoke in a hospital. He was still for a moment thinking about what just happened. He sat up to see Rainbow Dash asleep in a chair next to the bed. On the other side a tired Shining Armor struggling to stay awake. "Jake. Jake are you awake?" "Yes I think so" "Good" He immediately fell asleep on a table next to him. Jake went back under the covers and thought about what he had just seen. He slowly put the pieces of his life together. He eventually drifted back to sleep. He woke up to see Rainbow Dash pacing next to the bed. "Rainbow Dash?" "Jake! Are you awake?!" "Yes I'm fine" "Thank Celestia" He sat up. "Where is everyone else?" "They all went back to Ponyville after the attack. What happened?" "Let's talk about it over dinner and then we can head back to Ponyville" That night he explained to her all that had happened and that he was a human. After a long dinner of questions and answers. They flew back to Ponyville by the stars. Rainbow Dash went back to her home and Jake went to the barracks which was where he had staying after Apple orchards had been burnt down courtesy of Shining Armor. He slipped into his bunk and fell asleep. He awoke to the sound of a bugle and his eyes snapped open. He began to look for a uniform but remembered he wasn't in the Army here. He went back to sleep.