Chapter five
author notes: okay I hope this is the last cheesy chapter. Anyways I did try to add some more "meat" to the story but since it is a prewritten story it was a little tough for me to add more. Well…..enjoy
Shawn awoke to the sun beaming over the hills. He rubbed his eyes he looked over at the town. He saw that ponies were already going about their business, he unlocked the canopy and climb out, he remembered there was one last thing to check before leaving. He climbed back up and checked the fuel gauge it read that it was a third full.
"huh fancy that, and yet I still have my reserve tank" he said to himself. He was thinking of leaving but yet he didn't really want to leave. He sort of...liked here. It was just so peaceful. He stood on the side of his plane thinking of what to do.
"I see you are prepared to leave" celestia said from behind him.
He flinched at the sudden break of thought and lost his grip on the side of the plane. He fell flat on his back staring up at the tall alicorn.
" well not quite" he said picking himself up," there is one major problem. I don't know how to get back"
"excuse me" celestia asked looking confused.
"remember when I came here there was a bright light that swallowed me. But how am I suppose to know where or when that light will appear again" he said.
She nodded " looks like we do have a problem" celestia said, "well your always welcomed to stay. If you don't cause trouble" she added with a smile.
"hah hah" Shawn said dryly.
"I really must be going now" she started to walk off but Shawn stopped her, "wait there's one thing I need" he remembered something that was crucial to his hornet.
She turned around, "yes" she asked.
"my f-18 runs on fuel, it needs it in order to fly" he explained. He gestured for celestia to come over. He opened a hatch revealing the fuel, " the problem is I don't know where to get here or even how to get it and I would love it if I was able to see this... Land from the sky"
"I see" she said. She looked over at a barrel next to a tree and using her horn brought it over to where she was. She then lifted a small amount of fuel out from the tank and put it in the barrel. She closed her eyes as her horn glowed and the small amount of fuel began to expand and multiply, within a blink of a eye the entire barrel was full.
"will that do" she asked. Shawn stared in shock,"y...yeah thats plenty. Thank you" he said.
"good. I shall teach that spell to my student twilight so you won't have to wait for me" she said once again turning to leave.
Shawn watched her leave. Since he now had extra fuel he decided to take a little flight. He climbed into his cockpit cleaning it out of wrappers of rations he had in the emergency pack. He put his helmet on, lowered the visor, and snapped the mask into place. He was about to close the canopy when he felt his jet start to rock. He quickly looked at his right wing seeing a pink pony with cotton candy hair bouncing on the wing. She was screaming," WEEEEE! This is fun!" Shawn quickly unsnapped his mask yelling," get away. I'm about to take off"
"so" the pink pony said back.
" so if I do and your still there you going to fall off" he yelled.
" now what's this about" a white unicorn with a purple corkscrew mane and tail said walking up to the jet.
"oh hey rarity" the pink pony said continuing to bounce.
"pinkie get off that thing" rarity said.
Shawn threw his hands up," thank you!"
" pardon" rarity asked as pinkie jumped off the wing.
" I was about to go fly around for a bit and then she wouldn't get off" Shawn explained," now I suggest you two get to a safe distance"
"come now pinkie we should do what he says" rarity said to her.
"okey dokey" pinkie said and they walked back to town. Shawn snapped his mask back in place, closing the canopy and checking the flaps. "everything seems okay" he said to himself. He looked around to see if there were any ponies around, he saw some watching him. He fired up the engines, the crowd of ponies jumping at the roar of the jet engine. Shawn taxied to the far end of the field.
"damn this is a long field. Good things picked this one" he said. His jet turned around and he thrusted the throttle to max, the jet instantly gained speed and made air in no time. Shawn raised the landing gear and checked the gauges on the dashboard, everything seemed okay. He flew around the town a bit before he turned and headed out over the forest. Shawn was flying for about fifteen minutes when he realized that there was a Pegasus next to him. He looked closer and saw that it was rainbow dash. Shawn motioned for her to leave but she shook her head. Shawn rocked his wings missing her but scaring her. She stopped and watched as Shawn flew off.
After about fifteen minutes of flying over the forest where he had appeared, Shawn saw a flash in the forest. He flew down trying to see what it was, suddenly there was a crackle on the radio.
"attention aircraft identify yourself" the voice crackled over the radio waves.
Shawn was grabbed with excitement and talked instantly," this is captain Shawn tucker American f-18 hornet fighter pilot. Who are you?"
"this tank commander Joseph walker. Fifth armor division. Where the hell are we tucker there was a ..." he was cut off by Shawn.
"a bright light? Same thing here. Do you visual contact on me" he asked.
"affirmative. Why" Joseph asked
"two things. One so we can talk on the ground. Two there's a town that would be a good place to lay low for awhile. Now try and follow me" he slowed down to the lowest he could go so the tank could follow him.
Shawn had circled back a few times after losing the tank in the thick forest, When He saw the town he said ,"hold up Joseph. I think it would be better if I were to tell the town you were coming. You're not going to believe what you see"
"what's that tucker" Joseph asked.
"you'll see. I'll radio you the okay to come in" Shawn said
"roger "
Shawn saw the field he landed in and set down the same way he did the first time. He ripped off his mask throwing his helmet down he ran for the town. He was stopped by rainbow dash.
"what the hay was that about" she yelled at him and started yelling at him.
"rainbow!"Shawn said, "rainbow listen!" she wouldn't stop yelling at him for almost hitting her, "RAINBOW!" she finally calmed down and listened to what he had to say.
"there are some of my kind in that forest. I showed them the way here and I need you to warn the town about them" Shawn said.
"why" she asked.
"because they aren't as peaceful as me" he said running back to his jet.
"what does he mean? Him peaceful... Pffftt" she looked at Shawn as he ran back. Rainbow shrugged and took off calling for the ponies to gather and told them to expect more of Shawn's kind to be coming.
Shawn radioed to the tank saying," okay boys come on in. Nice and slow though."
"roger that ,see you when we see you"
There was a crashing sound as the tank rolled over dead trees and toppling trees to make a path for its self. When the tank emerged from the forest the town stood there shocked at the armor beast rolled up to the parked jet. Then a hummer rolled out of the forest it's .50 caliber machine aimed at the town. It too skidded to a stop next to the tank.
The crowd in the town murmured at the new arrivals.
"what are they"
"who knows"
"look at that thing, it's huge!"
A man popped out from the hatch as Shawn lowered himself from the jet.
"you tucker" he asked.
"that's me" Shawn answered.
The man climbed down from the turret and shook hands with Shawn. Shawn looked over the man, he wore a helmet with a mike at his mouth, had knee and elbow pads on, he also had a m-16 assault rifle hanging at his side. The man too looked over Shawn seeing him in his flight suit.
Another man hopped out from the humvee and walked to the two, "where the hell are we" he asked, "this don't look like home"
"hey! Move your fat ass!" a voice ranged out from inside the tank.
"shut up asshole" another voice yelled back.
"sorry about them, they seem like they hate each other but their actually good friends" Joseph said.
"I'm pretty sure they are" Shawn said doubting what he had just been told and saw a woman climb out looking around.
"come on Ashley! Move!" the other person yelled at her from inside.
"hold on, hold on" she said crawling out. She dropped her m-16 on the ground and picked it up cursing under her breath.
Another man popped out of the hatch gasping for air, "finally! I'm free from the stench of Ashley!" he yelled.
Ashley turned around and glared at him, "shut up Bert!" she yelled.
"hey guys, calm down we need to figure out what happened and where we are." the gunner from the hummer said walking up to the group.
"about that...I don't know where we are" Shawn said," it's like a whole different world here. I've only been here for about three days and it's an okay place. But I didn't come here alone"
"who else came" Ashley asked.
"a Iraq fighter pilot" he answered, "I shot him down the day we came"
"well where is he now" Joseph asked.
"for all I know he's in the that city over there" he pointed towards the city jutting out from the side of the mountain. Joseph nodded and looked around saying,"damn this is too peaceful for me"
"what do you think we should do" the gunner asked.
"well I you guys have food" Shawn asked
"yeah but it's those shitty rations" Bert said.
Shawn nodded at the statement, "well then maybe we should get some fuel"
"alright then hey ...what's your name" Joseph asked the driver of the hummer.
"Scott Deckard" he said.
"right Scott how many can you fit in that hummer of yours" Joseph asked.
"I can take three in the seats and one in the gun hole" he said.
"all right Bert,Ashely you two stay behind" Joseph said to them.
Bert threw up his hands," oh come on!"
"hey I'm not too excited about it either" Ashley told Bert.
"I expect to come back to see that your both still alive" Joseph said, "okay Shawn tell us how to get the fuel"
"you see that barrel over there" he pointed, "it's filled with fuel for my jet. The princess of this land used some kind of magic on it. It's sounds silly I know but it works" he said smiling.
"she said that she would teach her student the spell and lucky for us she lives in the town" he finished.
"that sounds like bullshit tucker. But hey after winding up here I'll believe any bullshit. okay Scott you drive and your gunner can come with us" Joseph said.
"my name is Harry, Harry Colt" the gunner said.
"fine then Harry get in before we leave you" Joseph said walking towards the humvee.
They all climbed in the armored vehicle. Scott driving, Joseph had shotgun, Shawn sitting in the back, and Harry manning the gun even though Shawn had said there was no danger in the town. They drove to town seeing it come closer and closer. When they were about at the edge of town Shawn told Scott to slow down.
They rolled along the road, nary swing the mounted gun back and forth. Joseph looked around and said to Shawn, "where are all the people"
"well their not really people" Shawn said, "turn left here" he told Scott
"what do you mean" Harry asked through the hole.
"you'll see" Shawn said. "oaky we're here. she is in that tree right there"
"the tree" Scott asked.
"yeah the tree. It's like some kind of library" Shawn answered.
He got out of the humvee followed by his new companions. They all walked up to the door and Shawn knocked. They waited and Shawn knocked again this time being answered by twilight.
"oh hello Shawn" she said and looked at the three men behind him, "who are they"
"them? Well they got here the same way I did but in a different vehicle" Shawn explained. He looked back at the three seeing them with shocked expressions on their faces.
"s...Shawn that's a...a frigid pony your talking to" scot said.
Shawn shrugged and he walked inside, but came back out to gesture to the three shocked men to follow him.
"do you think we've gone...over the hill" Harry asked Scott.
"naw cause if we have we wouldn't be talking about it" Scott said patting Harry on his body armor.
"what is it you require Shawn" twilight asked.
"did celestia teach you the ...um spell" Shawn asked feeling like a complete idiot for asking about spells.
"why yes. Are you in need of more" she asked.
"yeah" he said.
"very well I'll go ask applejack if she could spare some barrels. I will meet you back at your...jet" she said
"okay. You guys hear that" he turned around and asked the three soldiers.
"...I...I guess" Joseph said still shocked at the unicorn.
"come on let's get back before your friends kill each other" Shawn said smiling as he pushed Joseph out of the door.
"oh crap! I forgot about them" Joseph said.
Twilight saw them drive off. She yelled back into the house, "spike I'm going out for a bit"
Shawn and his new friends arrived at the plane to find Ashley and Bert at each other's throats. Joseph jumped out and yelled at them Scott holding Bert and Shawn holding Ashley from each other.
"I don't even want to know what happened but there will be discipline!" Joseph yelled at the two. At the mention of discipline the two dropped their heads and groaned.
"don't give me that! Give me a hundred then go polish that turret! I want the inside so clean I can see right through the damn wall!" he yelled, "get going !"
They dropped down to the ground and started doing their pushups. Joseph turned around to Shawn motioning for him to come along with him.
"okay Shawn, I want to know your story and what you know about this place" he said.
"well my squadron and I were called out to intercept three aircraft" he started
And told the story of his dogfight with the Iraq fighters and how the light swallowed both of them. He then went on telling him of his days being here and said about all the information he had about the ponies
"that's about it" he finished. Joseph slowly nodded
"that's some story. Sounds like mine but instead of a dogfight I was in the middle of a tank clash. No Iraq tanks came with me, luckily "he said.
They were cut short when they heard a crash come from inside the tank,"fuck Ashley move your ass out of the way" Bert yelled.
"you do realize this is a tank and there is not much room to move around!" she yelled back.
"stop it both of you!" Joseph said.
"here comes the barrels" Shawn said looking the opposite way of the tank.
Joseph turned around and saw a cart filled with barrels rolling towards them. The pony pulling it seemed to have a little trouble pulling it to them.
" hey Scott go see if that...pony needs any help" Joseph said
" sure thing" Scott said and he climbed into the driver's seat.
" I'll go along with him. They know me and not him" Shawn said as he ran towards the jeep.
The jeep lurched forward as they raced towards the cart. Applejack saw the jeep racing towards her, she stopped moving and waited until the humvee stopped next to her. She stared at Scott who was in full battle gear still wearing his helmet, body armor and desert camo jacket and pants. Shawn walked around the jeep smiling," thanks applejack we'll take it from here"
"o...okay. I ...I'll come back for the cart in the mourning" she said and walked away. They attached the cart to the back of the hummer and drove it back to " camp" later that evening twilight came and filled the barrels with fuel. Shawn thanked twilight before he walked back home looking very tired from using the spell. Joseph had given Shawn a extra sleeping bag. He also took out a tarp and using some sturdy tree limbs made a lean-to out of the side of the tank. They unrolled their sleeping bags and ate their rations. When they finished eating everyone said goodnight. Shawn was the last one to fall asleep. Thinking of his family, but now he had a new family and he had to stick with them until they went back home.
Author notes: well I hope that wasn't too cheesy. I also hope that the added "meat" was good enough I will be adding more to the other chapters. please R & R