Chapter 2: The Awakening
Klaus jumped out of bed, breatheing fastly, he scrambled to get up, trying to think about that dream, it was quite the shocker, he looked over towards the calender on the wall in the Barracks, the date was January 24th, 1942, a day before it was in the dream, but it was late, infact, it was 10:30 PM, the day was about to end, Klaus didn't know if it was a dream, it was the most real one he's ever had, "Did I see the future, or was it just a very real dream?" Klaus thought, he had no idea what to think, but he'd find out soon, he decided to go back to bed, he'd find out soon enough. The next day, January 25th, 1942, Klaus woke up, he slept in quiet sometime, till 4:00, the only reason his head didn't get ripped off, is because the Officer was so confident that it was safe, he only had 2 guards stationed for the area, he cleared the sleep from his eyes, and sat up, he looked at the calendar, it was the day that he dreamt about, if it was premonition, the Officer would come up to him, and tell him he wanted to talk, Klaus was fearful of this day, even though it ended happy in the dream, he still wasn't to sure about it, it was so detailed, Twilight described something, Klaus couldn't remember, "Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie, And...what was the yellow one..." Klaus rememberd that he didn't hear the yellow one's name, and decided to get the day rolling, he got up, and got into uniform. Outside, the weather made Klaus feel even more uneasy, it felt the same as in the dream, and he actually felt the same way toward, as he did in the dream, "If this is a coincidence, it's the strangest one yet I've ever had," He thought aloud, just then, the day began to play like a written script, the Officer came over to Klaus, and said he wanted to talk. When they entered the office, the Officer gave Klaus the same exact speech, word for word, from the dream, Klaus gave him the same explanations, Klaus was unsure on what to do, but he decided that going along with dream, might put him in the same happy place, after the 30 minute wait, the Officer came up with Shishka, Klaus was sure it was Shishka, the Officer handed him his pistol, told him Shishka (Russian dog is what the Officer called him) had better be dead by the time he got back, and he left. "Shishka," Klaus said, catching the attention of him, "Yes, I know who you are, listen, I'm going to sound like I deserve to be an ayslum, but I already knew what was going to happen, before it did, I knew the officer would tell me to shoot you, I knew your name, before you told me." Shishka was unsure how to react, Klaus explained everything to him again, about not wanting to injur anyone or anything, Klaus figured it was best to regain friendship with this Shishka, which he did, "Klaus, even though you knew me before I knew you, I am still honored to know that there are kind hearted people left in this world," but Shishka still aimed the gun at Klaus, and said he was lieing, Klaus held up the papers which proved he wasn't, and Shishka escaped, the Officer came in satisfied, and kicked Klaus out, the same as he did in the dream. It was getting late, Klaus layed down, it was the same as the dream, nice and warm in the barracks, but the same amount of cold from the dream, blew in here and there, when Klaus dosed off, he was there again, he hated that he had to follow foot steps, but he decided to do exactly what he did in the dream, and just observe, and he did the same thing as he did in the dream, took notes, looked around, but as by-the-book as the day was, Klaus awoke to hearing voices, he did the same thing, got up, got dressed, went out, got tackled, got pulled over a wall, and told them the same thing he did in the dream. As text book as the day had been, before the break of dawn, the Russians took over the base, and Shishka pulled the Officer out, gave him the same speech he did from the dream, and so didn't Klaus, and when Klaus walked away, he counted how many gunshots went off, same amount, 300, Klaus was thankful for one thing though, the day scooted along fast, Shishka and him had the same chat they did from the dream, and then, the best part of it all, Klaus layed in the bed, and entered Equestria again, he kept the place to himself, he didn't tell anybody about it, when he did tell Shishka about his premonition, all he told him was he saw the Russians take this place over, and that he saw their meeting. In the dream, the same things happend, he seen Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie, Rainbow...When I get there, I am going to ask that yellow one for her name...He thought, and soon enough, Twilight was infront of him, and began her horn began to glow, Shishka woke him up, and said he was fading, just then, as the dream went, Klaus, flashed, but Shishka grabbed on as well.
After all of the questioning, and introductions, and general discussions, Klaus did what he wanted to do after all was said and done, he walked up to the yellow one, "What's your name?" the yellow one, backed up, she seemed very shy, "I'm...fluttershy..." She whispered, "Come again please," Klaus asked, "Her name is Fluttershy," Rainbow said, "It is a pleasure to meet you Fluttershy," Klaus bowed, Fluttershy felt better about being around him now that introductions were through, but now that everything was done, Klaus finally could take a moment, and enjoy everything, same as Shishka, "You hear that Shishka?" Klaus asked, eyes closed, "Silence, no gunshots, no artiliary fire, no explosions, just peaceful silence." The ponies weren't to sure about them, sure they were nice, but they were also creatures nopony has ever seen or recorded, Twilight whispered to Fluttershy, "Do you know anything about creatures like this?" Fluttershy replied, "Not really, they look like monkies, but they're no monkey I've ever seen." Also, Twilight noted that the two's uniforms were very different, Shishka's uniform was Tan, and the cap he wore had a lined indentation in it, while Klaus's uniform was a very dark gray, Black boots, and helmet, but his uniform seemed suited for winter, and that had to mean something, also, the first time they spoke, Klaus spoke more differently then Shishka, still does, even talking normally. Twilight doubted they were actually together against whatever was going on in, infact, Twilight speculated they could have been on opposing sides of eachother, Twilight couldn't take it, "Klaus, Shishka, did you two fight against eachother in your old universe?" She finally asked, "Yes, well, I didn't fight at all, I always came up with an excuse of why I couldn't, but Shishka did fight, I mean, we never attacked eachother directly that is, Shishka fought against the side I was on, but I really wasn't, in our universe, one was FORCED into military service," Klaus explained, Twilight was entrigued...A warrior race, kinda like the pegasi from the days of old, except possibly worse...Twilight guessed, "Well Klaus, you are finally in the happy place you wanted to be," Shishka said, smiling, "Yes," Klaus replied, "No more war, no more suffering, no more anything dealing with murder," Klaus said, "And you do have a school here yes?" Klaus asked Twilight...As I thought, alot worse then the pegasi from days of old, their whole societal structure is formed around war, how could a world run on such a barbaric system? Maybe they all had one ruler, for each side, that's the only way a warring race would survive, everybody seperate and out for themselfs. Wow, thank Celestia our world only has here and there problems, what an unhappy place...Twilight thought, but was quick to respond to Klaus's question, "Yes, we have a School for fillies, and a University for older ponies." Klaus found it amuseing he'd be learning from a pony, he was so desperate for education that nothing was going to stop him, even if it was based in a silly, technicolor world, "How would one join the University?" Twilight immediatly caught on, she was surprised that Klaus wanted to learn, instead of blow somepony's head off, "Well, you have to pass a test, it's fairly simple, but if you don't know your basics, you won't pass," She said, "Gah, looks like I'll be needing to study," Klaus chuckled, Twilight blinked, curiosity again over took her, " Klaus, your race of people seem like nothing but war hungry, yet you want to learn?" "My dear Twilight, before the murderous horde 'drafted' me, I was a man of learning, we had universities, and schools, just war was top priority," Klaus explained, "Not all were murders, just most." Twilight finally understood the whacky culture, there was a bad side, a good side, and a gray side to the culture, the bad side was war, the good side was wanting a peaceful resolution, and the gray side simply wanted to learn, or not be bothered by the war, "Well, if you are a man of learning, then you'd know what PI is," Twilight smirked, Klaus sighed, "To the nearest..." "As much as you can," Twilight answered, "3.14159265359," Klaus resited, Twilight blinked, Klaus was right, and Twilight knew it, which scared her, she was sure that he wouldn't know, but he did, "Correct, so it appears your are a man of learning, and you told the truth," Twilight said, "I would not lie about my passion," Klaus stated proudly, Twilight lost all fear, and speculation, this was a creature of learning, and nopony else gave a flying feather about learning, other than Rarity (Maybe), Twilight knew she couldn't talk to him about history, because he wasn't native, but she knew she could talk science, math, and fine speaking with him, "Wow, so does that mean you spent your life learning?" Twilight asked, the squee sound played as she smiled, "That was random, and yes, I did," Klaus said, Twilight grinned ear to ear, and shot if into the air, "YES! FINALLY! YES!" Klaus was surprised, but was grateful, Twilight came back down, "Oh what was your play ever writing from Maneian Shakespear?" Klaus blinked, but then realised, "OH, you confused me, you see, we had someone with a similiar name, anyway, I have to say Julias Ceasar, definantly," Klaus said, "OH! I know that play, only the pony's name was Hoofius Ceasar, and yes, it was great!" Klaus smiled, "It would've taken my whole lifetime to find somebody with the same interests back on my world," He said, making Twilight smiled.