Perhaps the next Metal Gear can be Pony shaped, Metal Gear Pony anyone?
Raiden arrived to the base of operations for his team, it was Otacon's large Cargo plane.
"Here we are", Raiden said.
Fluttershy admired it, "Wow, it's so big"
"Yeah, lets head inside, you can meet some friends", Raiden said.
Fluttershy nodded and went in with Raiden.
As they walked, Raiden saw Otacon, Colonel Campbell, Drebin & Mei Ling, they were talking about something, Raiden asked Fluttershy to hold her position while he approached them.
"I'm back", Raiden said.
Campbell turned to Raiden, "You're back, the mission go well?"
Raiden nodded, "Yeah, I took out the enemies and freed the hostages, but I also found something interesting"
"Really? What did you find?"
"Before I show you all, you gotta promise not to freak", Raiden pleaded.
"Now I have to see this", Otacon said and stepped forward.
Raiden turned to the hall, "Ok you can come now"
Fluttershy approached the group and waved shyly, "Um...hello"
Everyone stood their shocked, Campbell was surprised, Otacon took his glasses off to clean them, then put them back on to realize he was indeed seeing a pony, Drebin dropped his can of soda, Mei Ling however seemed ecstatic about Fluttershy.
"She's so adorable!" Mei Ling said.
"What is she?" Otacon asked.
"She's a Pegasus, her name is Fluttershy", Raiden said.
"Where did she come from?" Campbell asked.
"Lets wait for Snake to get here, along with Meryl's team", Raiden said.
"Right, they need to be clued in on this", Otacon said.
"Snake knows actually but he doesn't know everything", Raiden said.
"Right, well I guess we should just wait for now", Otacon said.
A while later, Snake finally arrived with Meryl & Johnny Sasaki.
"They're here", Raiden said.
"Otacon, get this plane off the ground, then we'll have a talk with this young pony", Campbell said.
Otacon nodded and went to start the plane, a while later Sunny arrived with some eggs, "Are you hungry?"
Fluttershy looked at the food, "I'm not too comfortable eating eggs"
"Huh? Why not? They're pretty yummy", Sunny said.
Raiden approached her, "Sunny, she's a pony, she probably can't digest them"
"It's not that, I'm just not comfortable, since they are, well you know, baby chickens sorta"
"Ok then", Sunny said and turned to the others, "Want some eggs?"
"Later Sunny, we all need to talk", Snake said.
Snake approached Fluttershy with Meryl, Johnny "Akiba" Sasaki, Johnathan & Edward.
"So this is the Pegasus huh?" Snake asked.
"I can't believe it...and she's real? Not a robot?" Meryl asked.
Raiden shook her head, "No, she showed emotions, not to mention she feels warm and has a heartbeat, she's organic"
Snake just stared, "Hm, interesting, so kid, tell us about yourself"
"Hold on!" Otacon shouted from the cockpit, "Let me get this thing on auto-pilot! I wanna hear this too"
After getting everything ready, he went to the others, "Ok, I'm ready"
"Good, now kid, who are you and where are you from?"
Fluttershy hesitated to speak, she seemed a bit nervous.
"Come on kid, I don't have all day, answer me, who are you? Why are you here?"
Fluttershy backed off a little and flew to Raiden.
"Easy Snake, she seems to scare pretty easily", Raiden said.
"That's so adorable", Mei Ling said.
Raiden turned to Fluttershy, "You can do it, just tell them who you are and how you got here, then we can help you go home"
The gentleness of Raiden's voice seemed to be enough to soothe Fluttershy's worries, so she turned to Snake and spoke softly, "Um my name is Fluttershy"
"Speak louder kid I can't hear", Snake said abruptly, before getting a glare from Raiden, Snake sighed and repeated the question in a nicer tone, "Please speak louder"
Fluttershy nodded, "My name is Fluttershy, I come from Equestria, and..." she seemed to trail off.
"Go on", Raiden encouraged.
"Well, I take care of animals for a living"
"But you are an animal, isn't that weird for you to take care of other animals?" Akiba asked.
Fluttershy looked a bit annoyed, "Um I don't count as an animal back home, so yeah, I just take care of animals, like my cutie mark says"
"Cutie Mark?" Raiden asked.
"The mark on my flank, see?" Fluttershy pointed to her flank.
"Wow, impressive, it's like you're stamped with your talents", Raiden said.
"Yeah...thanks...um, that's all...", Fluttershy hid behind her hair.
Snake sighed, "You seem to have anti-social issues"
"Easy Snake, you're gonna upset her", Raiden said.
Snake groaned as Raiden spoke to Fluttershy, "Mind telling them how you got here?"
Fluttershy looked to the side, "Well...I was sent here by an evil pony, who calls himself 'King Sombra'"
"Why did he send you here?" Snake asked.
"Cause...me and my friends went to challenge him"
Akiba chuckled, "Um you look like you're really harmless, how did you pose any threat?"
Fluttershy looked a bit annoyed again, "My friends are actually pretty strong, I'm not much of a fighter but I have to be there, I'm an element of Harmony"
"What's an Element of Harmony?" Meryl asked.
"It's a form of Magic activated by Friendship"
"Oh good God", Akiba said.
Fluttershy turned to Raiden, "Um can you please tell him to stop being rude, it's kinda, sorta...annoying me so..."
"I got it", Raiden approached Akiba, "Shut up or I'll throw you off this plane", Fluttershy was amazed on how Raiden can swtich between gentle and savage almost seamlessly.
Akiba backed up a little as Raiden went back to Fluttershy, "You may continue"
Fluttershy nodded, "Well The Elements are activated by me and my friends, there are six, I represent Kindness"
"I can see that, you're very gentle", Raiden said.
"Oh, thank you", she blushed a bit from the compliment, "My friend Rarity represents Generosity, she's really nice"
"Sounds like it", Otacon said.
"Then there's Pinkie Pie, she represents Laughter, she's a good friend, but she can be pretty loud sometimes, especially when she talks about parties"
"Hey Akiba, that could be a friend for you", Edward said, earning a sarcastic brief glare from Akiba.
"Then there's Rainbow Dash, she represents Loyalty, we went to Flight Camp together, she's tough as nails and doesn't like slackers, but her heart's always in the right place"
"Sounds like a pony version of Meryl", Raiden said.
"I like that one, gotta introduce us sometime", Meryl said.
"I'll try, then there's Applejack, she represents Honesty, she's a farmer pony who always produces fresh apples"
"Sounds like a hard working pony", Snake said.
"Yeah, she is, then there's Twilight Sparkle, The Princess of Friendship, she represents Magic"
"Princess of Friendship? That's new, but interesting", Raiden said.
"We went to challenge him but he blasted me into a portal to this world, I don't know what happened to my friends, but the same may have happened to them, I'm really worried", Fluttershy said.
"Maybe they're fine, maybe they won and are trying to bring you back", Raiden said.
"I hope so"
"Wow kid, sounds like quite a team you have there kid", Snake said.
"Thanks, so are you Solid Snake?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah, I am, I take it Raiden has mentioned me"
"Yeah, he said your brother was evil, I'm so sorry to hear that, Princess Celestia, the ruler of Equestria, had to deal with her sister turning evil, luckily me and my friends were able to save her, maybe one day your brother will be reformed and you can have a happy family"
Snake wanted to shoot that down but seeing Fluttershy's hopeful smile put a damper on that, he could see she meant that and wanted to believe his brother could be reformed, that kinda gave Snake weird emotions, that someone he just met seemed genuinely sorry for his situation and wanted it set right. Snake decided to humor Fluttershy.
"Yeah, maybe, I'd like that"
"That sounds great, though first thing's first, I need to get home, I hope my friends can help, though if they can't, do you know a way to do it from this side?"
Raiden shook his head, "We don't have that type of technology unfortunately, hopefully your friends pull through", that earned a worried look from Fluttershy, "Yeah, me too, I miss them, and my animals"
"Until then you can stay with us", Raiden said.
"Yeah, you can stay on this ship while we deal with this war", Otacon said.
"We'll keep you safe", Meryl said.
"Thanks, so what are all your names?" Fluttershy asked.
"Well you know Raiden and Solid Snake, my name is Meryl Silverburgh, these are my teammates, Edward, Jonathan and my husband Johnny Sasaki, or Akiba as we call him"
The others waved to Fluttershy.
"I am Meryl's father, Colonel Roy Campbell, I run this operation"
"The name's Drebin, I supply the weapons", Drebin made a gun gesture with his hand.
"I'm Mei Ling, I also command certain attacks"
"I am Dr. Hal Emmerich, or you may call me Otacon, I am the engineer of this team"
"My name is Sunny, Mr. Raiden found me after my mom died, then Mr. Emmerich raised me as his own"
"Aw, that's so sweet of him, sorry about your mom though"
"It's ok, Mr. Snake says my mom's in a better place and she's still watching me"
"That she is", she them noticed Drebin's pet monkey, "Aw that's a cute monkey"
Akiba scoffed, "Cute? As if"
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Sasaki, you wanna say hi to him, you're more than welcome to Fluttershy", Drebin said.
Fluttershy approached it as it drank from from what was left of Drebin's soda, the others just watching, they didn't seem to mind Fluttrshy being around.
Though while she was playing with the monkey, Snake, Raiden & Meryl huddled together.
"I'm not to sure about her being with us though", Snake said.
"Why not Snake? She's a nice pony", Raiden said.
"That's the thing, she seems too pure-hearted, if she sees the horrors of this world, it could negatively affect her, and it may affect that Element thing she has", Snake replied.
"Well she said she's dealt with stuff like this in her world, she's here cause some evil King banished her, so her world does have it's ups and downs too", Meryl said.
"Still, kinda worried for the girl", Snake said.
"I'm worried too, I don't want her seeing anything she's not ready to see, she found it scary enough seeing a hostage situation, if she sees any casualties it could affect her, we just need to keep her on the Cargo Plane with Otacon, she'll be safe here", Raiden said.
"Another thing, suppose her friends never come, if this King is really bad, what if he's killed them or something?" Snake asked.
"Lets not think like that, for her sake", Raiden stated.
"Raiden's right, lets remain positive, who knows, maybe she's a gift, our key to bringing peace to this world", Meryl said.
"That might be over-shooting, but I do kinda hope you're right", Raiden said.
Meanwhile with Liquid Snake, he wasn't too happy about his men getting killed and his current plans being thwarted, but no matter, he would launch his next attack soon and take his revenge.
"Looks like Snake is ready to really give a fight, I say bring it on brother, once I defeat you I will prove that I am the Superior Snake, and be a greater warrior than Big Boss himself", Liquid then slammed his fist down, "I'm sure of it"
Soon Fluttershy will see the Metal Gears in action, hope she's not too horrified, or will she end up adapting to her enviorment?