S.T.A.L.K.E.R AiE Chapter 5

>So, you're currently walking in a candy coloured town, your companions being neon coloured ponies, a pegasus and an unicorn.

>And they can talk.

>What the fuck.

>You thought that Zone had it all, crazy shit, amazing shit, retarded shit, all that shit, but no, there had to be a place that's... Fucking all logic.

>You flip your AK's safety on, and heave it on your back.

>In no mean are you not a threat anymore, hell, you can still kill these two things, ponies, creatures, in an instant.

>But there's probably no need for violence, not anymore.

>The sudden moodswitch these two had was disturbing.

>The moment you said you're not a threat, those two just... Instantly assumed you're a friend.

>And they're acting like you're a long lost best friend from their childhoods.

>It's disturbing, mainly because no human would act like this... It's like they're mentally five year ol- No, no human would act like this, ever.

>"Hey, you okay?", a voice calls from your right.

>You turn out to see rose coloured eyes looking deep into yours.

>Now that's invading your personal space.

>You are quick to jump away from her, and give her an annoyed glare.

>"What?", She stops and hovers in place.

"Did you forget what I am? What I am capable of?"

>She gives you a puzzled look, "Well, I don't really see you doing those things to us."

>You take a step closer to her, and whisper.

"Never be so sure, you don't know me, don't know how I think, don't act like you know, understand me", and said thus, you pick up the pace and catch Twilight.

>She's no longer jumping, but instead trotting forwards, humming quietly.

>She turns her head towards you, and smiles.

>"We'll get to the library real soon, and uh... Does your kind live in trees?"

>What the fuck? Is she serious?

"No?"

>She lets out an disappointed sigh, and turns away from you, "Well, you see, the library is in a tree."

"A hollowed out tree?"

>She jumps in the air, and turns to face you, landing softly on the ground.

>"How did you know?"

>Oh sweet lord, that's cute.

>Her eyes are filled with stars yet again, and she looks small, almost like a small puppy dog.

>You shrug.

"Just a wild guess?"

>"So you do live inside trees?"

>"Who lives inside trees?", a voice calls from behind you.

>Rainbow's hovering behind you, giving Twilight a slightly confused look.

"Uh, no, not really, we don't hollow out trees and live inside them, they're way too small for us", you say, and take a step away from Rainbow.

>"I see", and thus said that, she turns around and starts trotting away from you two.

>You look at Rainbow, your confusion mirroring from her face.

"She always like this?"

>She shakes her head, and starts flying at Twilight's wake.

>You shrugh, and follow.

>As you catch your... Companions, you start seeing movement around you.

>Ponies, and they look scared of you.

>Each one of them giving you a frightened look.

>Can't blame them, you're pretty scary looking alright.

>You pull up your scarf, effectively hiding your mouth from view.

>Better not cause any panic.

>"Hey, No Name, that's your name?", Rainbow asks you, and you nod, "Okay, so, try not to scare anypony alright?"

>You nod a second time, and continue trekking forwards, down the alley.

>The three of you take a sharp turn to right, and there it is, a fuckhuge tree, probably the biggest you've seen with your live eyes.

>It's tiny compared to some back in Earth, but damn... And there are windows in it.

>This must be the library.

>Twilight turns around and you stop.

>"Okay, before we go inside, I have to ask you something."

"Shoot."

>"Excuse me?"

"Ask away."

>"Uh, okay, so, are there Dragons in your homeland?"

>You shake your head.

>Wait. Dragons? What the fuck?

"Dragons?"

>She smiles, and turns away from you and trots to the library's door.

>"I have a dragon in here, he's my assistant", she says, and pushes the door open with... Nothing?

>Oh yeah, magic.

>Your two pony friends get inside, but you stay outside.

>The doorway is incredibly small for you, you'd have to crawl inside.

>Well, fuck it.

>You kneel down, and crawl in.

>Well this is a nice surprise, it's pretty spacy inside.

>You stand up, eyeing your surroundings.

>Fucktowns of books, two sets of stairs leading to a platform and there's a door in the said platform, probably leading to some backroom with even more books inside.

>And there's another door not far from you, probably leading to a basement, or another back- Wait, she said she lives here, so... Kitchen?

>You spot Rainbow and Twilight gathered around a table, and there's a purplish lizard thing looking at you.

>Holy fuck his eyes are incredibly huge, how's that possible?

>Twilight grabs the lizard into a hug, and pokes her hoof at his belly, "This is my personal assistant, Spike."

"Sup?"

>He looks confused, but then smiles.

>Rainbow looks pretty... Dunno, happy?

>Looks like she just found her long lost best friend.

>You look over your shoulder, at the small doorway.

>It's filled with ponies giving you a puzzled look.

>And as they see you looking at them, they smile sheepishly, and then bolt out of the doorway.

>You turn around and close the door.

>Man, it's like a small drawer door for you.

>Fucking ponies, you've been around them for good ten or fifteen minutes and they're getting on your nerves.

>"I'm sorry about that, the townsponies are curious, after all, you're a creature they haven't seen before!"

>You hear a soft tap on a window, and spot a pony that has squashed his/her face on window's surface.

"Care to close all windows and doorways so I can have some peace? This is kinda getting on my nerves."

>"Oh yes, sure", Twilight says, and her horn starts to glow in that glittery purplish aura.

>And soon the whole room is a tad darker.

>Ah, sweet darkness.

>You smile softly and rub your eyes, taking a few steps towards Twilight and her friends.

>"Are you nocturnal?"

"Huh?"

>"Do you sleep during the day, and, uh... Hunt during the night?"

>Wow, you've spent five seconds in a dimly lit room and she's assuming you're nocturnal?

"Nope, humans can be both."

>You sit next to the table, and remove your backpack on the progress, dropping it next to you.

"Uhm, do you mind if I eat something whilst we talk?"

>Wow, judging by Twilight's expression, you said something not-so clever.

>Rainbow looks a bit frightened too.

>But Spike's not giving a fuck, he's squited his eyes, and is interested in your so called "food".

"What? It's not like I planned to eat any of you, I got my own food."

>The two ponies let out a relieved sigh, and then smile at you sheepishly.

>Instead of insulting them, or pointing out their style of jumping into conclusions, you plunge inside your bag, pulling out a bottle of RED DEVIL and some bread, accompanied with a sausage.

"What's that?", Spike asks, and leans across the table.

>He's pointing at the can of your sweet, sweet energy drink.

"Is enegry dronk, keeps me going", you say, imitating Baz.

>"A drink?"

>You nod, and remove your scarf, and then proceed to take a bite out of the sausage.

>Oh sweet lord, Hunter was not lying when he said they were divine.

>It's like angels are dancing on your taste buds.

>Oh god yes, you want more.

>You devour the sausage, and a smile of content spreads on your face.

>There is a God, for there could be nothing this delicious without a divine being.

>"What was that? Looked delicious", Rainbow says, nodding at you.

>Wait, a horse thought meat looked deli- yeah, they probably don't have sausages in here.

>You give her a deadpan stare.

"It was meat", you whisper.

>Oh boy does she look horrified.

>You chuckle, and look at the other purple dragon, and the purple pony.

>Spike looks interested, so he might be carnivorous, probably omnivorous, concidering that he's living with ponies, and Twilight looks... Confused?

>Well, that's normal, you think, she's a herbivorous pony after all.

>You open the can, and it lets out a small hissing noise, a spray of energy drink coming out of the can, and the smell of it filling the room.

>You take a sip, and then proceed to take a bit out of your bread.

"Oh yeah, this", you point at the bread, "Is not meat, it's bread."

>You feel a sudden tug on your shirt, and turn.

>It's Spike.

>"Uh, can you... Share some of that?", He points at your drink, "And do you have more of that... Saus-o-gee?"

>You give him a warm smile, and give him your drink, and proceed to pull another sausage from your backpack.

>Before you can snap it in half, Twilight intervenes, pulling Spike away from you.

>"Spike, what have I said of taking anything from strangers?"

>You raise an eyebrow, and chuckle a bit, then snap the sausage in two.

"Nothing happened to me, and judging by his teeth, he's either carnivorous or omnivorous, just like me."

>You throw the sausage at Spike, who grabs it in mid air, quickly stuffing it in his mouth.

>Twilight and Rainbow look horrified, but Spike has the same expression you had.

"Tastes good, doesn't it?"

>He nods, and takes a sip of your energy drink.

>Apparently it tasted good as well, judging by his expression.

>It's orgasmic.

>You grab the can from his hands, and take a sip.

"Oh yeah, before you judge me, let me tell you something."

>You raise a finger.

"Eating meat is completely natural, and actually, not eating meat is harmful to me."

>She lets go of Spike, who sits next to you.

>You give him some of your bread, and smile at Twilight.

"See, I can't get iron out of vegetables, the reason being that I'm omnivorous."

>You point at Spike.

"And this little fellow seems to be omnivorous as well, actually, what does he eat?"

>"Gems, vegetables, never knew meat could be so delicious", he says with a moutful of bread.

>You chuckle at the sight, and pull out a bottle of mineral water from your bag.

>You uncork the bottle, and take a sip of water.

"Didn't you want to ask me something?"

>She looks confused for a moment, and then smiles weakly, "Oh yes, uhm, yeah I had some questions."

"Shoot."

>"Hang on let me write everything down", she mutters and levitates paper and a quil, gently laying them down on the table.

>"Very well, let's be-"

>"Can I ask some questions?", Rainbow interrupts.

>You nod, hell, you're not going anywhere, might as well tell them what they want to know.

>"Okay, first question, Rainbow, what do you want to know?"

>She scratches her head, and is seemingly lost for a moment, then her eyes brighten a bit.

>"Tell us about your species!"

"As in... From my point of view, or from the biological point of view?"

>Rainbow looks confused, but Twilight intervenes.

>"Both, if you can."

>You take a deep breath and think for a moment.

"Okay let's see... Start with the less complex things", you say, and point at yourself, "You've already seen what I look like, so there's no point in describing what we look like."

>"How old are you?"

"Eh, twenty-four, I'm relatively young compared to some humans, think we can reach up to one hundred and twenty years... The prime years of human physiology is during his or her twenties."

>You feel a small tug on your shirt again, and see Spike giving you a pleading look.

>"More sausages?"

>You can't help but laugh at that.

"Sure, I've got plenty."

>You reach for your bag and pull out yet another sausage, quickly jamming it inside Spike's mouth.

>He looks like a PEZ machine right now.

>"What about female humans? Do they look any different from you?", Rainbow asks, leaning on the table a bit.

"Eh, yeah, they do, thinner waist, fat gets stored in the bottom and the chest, they are more fragile as well, and damn good looking if I might add."

>"That's not a real good description."

"Meh, imagine me as thinner, my jawline smaller, more fragile and less muscular, that's pretty much it, hell, it's hard to describe a female human now that I think of it."

>You can hear Twilight write something down, but don't bother to look as you know you couldn't read it, you've seen some pony alphabet.

>"Go on."

"What, you want me to describe humans again? How about I tell you something about our society?"

>Wow, you shouldn't have done that.

>Her expression is that of pure joy and her eyes are full of stars at this point.

>"Yes, if you can", she struggles to hide the joy in her voice, badly.

>Well fuck, better start describing and explaining things.

"Eh, let's try to compare what I've seen so far with human society... First of all, we don't live in candy coloured houses and we certainly don't live in houses this small."

>You stop for a moment, and think.

>Everything seems so familiar, but not quite, it's a bit off.

"Meh, everything feels so... Strange, as in, I know how things are, and so on, but then again, things are different, for example, we don't have magic in our world."

>Twilight stops writing, and gives you a puzzled look.

>"What do you mean there's no magic?"

"Like I said, there's no magic."

>She places the quil on the table, and her horn stops glowing.

>"That would explain why I couldn't stun yo-", she is interrupted by Rainbow tackling her on the ground and covering her mouth.

>Too bad you're not retarded, you're already standing tall in and aiming your AK at them, safety off of course.

"Not a threat my ass", you mutter.

>You hear small footsteps. Apparently Spike is running away from you.

>The sudden moodswitch must've scared him.

>"Twilight why did you say that?", you can hear Rainbow whisper.

>"I didn't think it through", Twilight respons.

>Man, she's probably on the verge of tears.

>You should feel bad, but you can't.

>Okay hold on for a moment, let's think this through.

>You're in an alien world, and killing these two would get YOU killed.

>Better be opportunistic than retarded.

"It's okay, I guess, I mean, after all, it didn't work, so, no harm done?"

>The two ponies give you a confused look.

>"Maybe he's a cool guy after all", Rainbow mutters.

>"I hope so", Twilight says, and Rainbow lets go of her.

>They both sit in front of you, and you lower your AK and flip the safety on.

"Human 101, we're so violent and volatile it scares ourselves", you sigh, and sit down, placing the Ak next to you.

"Besides, I'm trained to kill, so I actually had to hold back so I wouldn't do it."

>You tap your vest, and give them a dry smile.

"I'm packed full of explosives, guns, knives and all sorts of things only made for killing or destroying things."

>Well, your whole world wasn't like that, but... You were from the Zone.

"Let's change the topic, you tell me something of your world."

>Twilight nods slowly, "Is your whole race this... Violent?"

>You shake your head.

>"I see."

"We want peace and all that, sunshine and rainbows, that's why we strive on art, but... Our skills at killing things have kept us alive."

>"Art?"

"Paintings, music, sculptures, books, all that, I dare to say even without seeing your works that we best you."

>She scoffs, and gives you a dry smile.

>"There's no way you could achieve anything that we have achieved, magic is just too strong of a counter."

>You eye her for a moment, and then pull your bag next to you, and proceed to search for something.

>You pull out a grey PDA, very much the same like the PDAs other Stalkers have, it's a map, a radio, a television and an mp3 player all neatly packed together.

>Raising the PDA so they could see it better, you push a button and it springs to life.

"This is a PDA, a Personal Digital Assistant, and it's pretty important, has all the maps, objects and all that, you can even contact other humans that have this kind of technology."

>The two ponies lean closer, and you enter your ID, and log in.

>Offline mode, not surprising, concidering that you're in a magical land filled with talking horses.

>Anyways, you go to the main menu, and show them its functions, explaining as you go.

"See, this thing here is the main menu, I can access maps, music, videos, pictures, all kinds of cool stuff, but majority of the things I could've shown you I can't get hold of, because I don't have connection to the main Stalker satellite."

>The two ponies get next to you so they can see better.

>"How's this work? You said there's no magic, and this is clearly magical", Twilight says with a sly grin.

>She really expects you to go all "Oh yes, we have magic, oh silly me"?

>Give her the simple explanation.

"Electricity."

>"So, magic", she triumphs.

>Well, technically it is magic, not really, but... Under certain circumstances it could be, so better find out.

"You don't have electricity here?"

>She shakes her head, "We do, but it's mostly magical, the only natural electricity I can think of is lightning, and even that can be created magically."

>Huh, so electricity is replaced by magic, kinda, there is electricity, but if the majority of it is magic, then...

"Say, what makes you tick, as in, is every living being in here magical?"

>She nods.

"Alright, instead of magic, we have electricity, there's a small current of it going through me at all times, so you could say I'm a walking battery of sorts."

>"That could explain why magic didn't work on you."

>"So, he's like... Anti-Magic or something?", Rainbow asks with a confused look on her face.

>"Wouldn't say Anti-Magic, more like his body wont respond to it", and as to prove a point, her horn starts to glow.

>Her gaze intensifies and it's like she's trying to take the biggest shit known to ponykind, but alas, she gives up.

>"You... You see... I tried to... Uh... Tried to move his... Clothing", she says, taking a gasp of air between each word.

"Didn't feel anything", you say.

>Rainbow looks amazed, and Twilight looks tired, incredibly exhausted.

>Looks like she just ran a marathon.

"So, about the PDA, it's a nice tool and all, really helpful", you turn the device off, and stuff it in your backpack.

>You take another sip of mineral water, and then close it, and place it on the table.

"Care to tell me something about your culture?"

>Twilight looks like she's about to faint, and Rainbow's looking confused.

>You jab your finger at her.

"You, tell me things, your friend is technically dead, as in, won't be talking for a while."

>"Wha- Me? Tell you things?"

>You nod furiously.

"Yes, you, tell things", and as to prove a point, you jab another finger at her.

>She scratcher her head, and thinks for a moment, her eyes rolling around in circles.

>"Ehh, how about... What do you want to know?"

"Everything?"

>"Whoa whoa, I ain't gonna tell you everything", she says defensively, backing away a bit.

>"Twilight's the one who knows everything."

>You nod, stand up and look around.

>Damn, you haven't seen this many books since High School, and that school had a fucking retardedly huge library in it.

>Must've had like several thousand books in there, but damn.

>This is a fucking lot.

>You take a few steps to the nearest bookshelf, it being sculpted in the tree's insides, and pick up a book, a red book, it has a some text in the front cover, but you can't read it.

>You turn around and show the book to Rainbow, pointing at the front cover.

"What's this?"

>"What, never seen a book before?", she smirks, and jumps in the air, slowly hovering towards you.

>You give her a dry smile, and poke at the front cover again.

"What's it say?"

>She squints her eyes a bit, "Odd creatures and their peculiar ways."

>Hmh, a book of strange beings? Let's see if it has any artwork.

>You flip the book open in the middle, and start your search for pictures.

>And oh boy, there are some.

>Relatively badly drawn, but you get the general idea what they look like.

>A Gryphon, a Manticore, you even spotted a Minotaur in there.

>You flick the pages and reach the very end of the book.

>There's something interesting in there, a picture of another book, and there are symbols very much like in the book's front cover you're currently holding.

"What's this?", you ask, and point at the drawing.

>"Uhh... Extinct monsters, disappearing monsters and Forerunner's foes", she scratches at her head, "Never heard of Forerunners before."

>You look over your shoulder, and see Twilight sitting near the table.

>Oh damn, she drank your water, that fucker.

"Yo! Twilight! What're the Forerunners?"

>Her ears perk up, and she turns towards you.

>"Some ancient civilization before ponies, very old, extinct", she states bluntly.

>Before ponies? So they were something else? Interesting.

>But now that she's alive, start the question bombardment.

"Okay, tell me everything", you say, and place the book back into the bookshelf.

>You turn around, facing Twilight, and lean on the shelf.

>Rainbow hovers next to Twilight, and sits down next to her, whispering something to her.

>"Everything?"

>You nod.

"Preferably how your social structure is formed, how everything works, goverment, all that."

>Uhuh, better know everything, so ask for everything.

"In return I'll let you ask anything you want, and I'll give you an answer if I can."

>She smiles brightly at that, and levitates a HUGE book next to her.

>Damn, it's like one square metre, and that's huge, even for you.

>"This is the Equestrian History, volume 5", she explains, and opens the book.

>You walk next to her, and kneel down, eyeing the book.

>It has some sort of a symbol in it, probably the Equestrian coat of arms.

>It's two ponies, circling around eachother like ying and yang, one's black and the other's white.

>And there's sun and the moon, apparently, and the ponies are... Different.

>You point at the symbol.

"What's this?"

>"The royal symbol of the princesses, that's Celestia", she points at the white pony, "And that's Luna", she points at the black one.

>She turns to you, and smiles.

>"They control the sun and the moon, as you can see from the picture."

>Huh, ponies controlling the celestial bodies?

>Now that's odd, but better not question it, might be their religion or something.

>"They're currently in the Canterlot castle, the capital city of Equestria", she flips the page, and you see six ponies, each of them chained by a ray of light to a gem, each having the same colour as the pony they're chained to.

>Wait, pony goddesses that live in a castle?

"You've seen them?"

>She nods, "Celestia's my teacher, and close family, kinda helps that I'm one of the six Elements, as you can see here", she says, and points at the picture.

>Holy fuck, there's a purple pony in there, and it has the same colour scheme as Twilight.

>Sweet, a place where religion actually can be considered true.

>Not that you care anyways, being an Agnostic and all, you give little fucks about religion.

>You nod, urging for her to continue.

>"These are the Elements of Harmony, the last line of defense, of sorts", she points at the gems, "They cleanse or prison corrupt beings that could harm the Equestrian peace."

>Superweapons? You don't like the sound of that.

>She points at Rainbow, "She's one of the Elements, like me."

>Oh god what the shit, you're in a room with two ponies that wield hax powers.

>Not good, but good thing you're good at hiding your emotions from these ponies.

>They can't read you.

>She changes the page, and there are four ponies in it, one with wings, one with a horn, one without them and one with both wings and a horn.

>Each one of them has some weird symbols beneath them.

>Twilight points at the first on, a pegasus, "This one is a pegasus, like Rainbow Dash here, they have wings. Magic allows them to manipulate weather."

>What the fuck?

>Her hoof moves to the next one, an unicorn, "This here is an unicorn, like me, they can harness the magic in a way the others can't, think of it like... Invisible hands? Is that what you call those things you have?"

>You nod, and urge her to continue.

>She points at the third one, a normal pony, "And this is an Earth Pony, they have a special connection to earth, allowing them to grow food easily."

>"And this", she points at the third one, "Is a royal pony, there are only a few of them, an Alicorn, both Celestia and Luna are Alicorns, and they can harness the magic in a way unicorns can't, in addition to that, they are..."

"The ultimate ponies?", you offer.

>She smiles at you and nods, "Yes, you could say that."

>"There are a few Alicorns in addition to the royal sisters, but they are not as strong as they are."

>Figures, there are only two things in the sky that are close enough to controll.

>Now to think of it, the reason why these ponies are so weak... Compared to you, is because the whole world is all sunshine and rainbows.

>It's literally the garden of eden.

>Lucky fuckers.

>You notice Twilight giving you her starry, blinky eyes.

>"Tell me things", she whispers.

>Sweet lord, how can something be cute AND creepy at the same time?

>Only God knows.

>Deal's a deal, so...

"What do you want to know? And don't say everything, because the answer is a letdown."

>"What do you mean?"

>You lean a bit closer to her, and whisper quietly.

"Fourty-Two is the answer to all and everything, so be more specific."

>She looks confused for a moment, but regains her posture quickly.

>"Tell me something about... Your culture? In the way I told you."

>Hmh, fair enough, you can do that.

"Equestria is the only pony nation around?", you ask.

>"Yes, why you ask?"

>You rub your jaw, and smile a bit.

"See, humans are incredibly... Territorial, in a way, there are... Sheesh, I dunno, maybe two hundred countries for humans?"

>"Impossible, there'd have to be... Millions of you."

"Seven billion", you say, and can't help but chuckle at the ponies' reaction.

"Do keep in mind that humans are the only sentient race in my world, so... We kinda own the whole planet."

>Still, that's a bit too many humans, in your opinion at least, could do with four or five billion.

"Overpopulation is pretty bad in the developing countries, such as the whole continent of Africa, and the majority of Asia."

>The ponies look confused, and you are soon to realize why.

"See, the world is divided into... Seven? Yeah, seven, I think, huge landmasses, the America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia and the Antarctica."

>"That's five continents", Twilight says.

"Oh yeah, Eurasia consists of Europe and Asia, America consists of North and South Americas."

>"And all of those are populated by you... What were you again? Stalkers?"

"Humans, and yeah, everything has population but Antarctica, reason being that it's frozen, barren wasteland, the only human 'population' that lives in there are scientists."

>"Did you eat all the other races or what?", Rainbow asks.

>You shake your head.

"Nah, we were the only sentient race, not counting the other human races, such as Neandertalian humans, who went extinct during the Ice Age, that was more than ten thousand years ago, when we were still clad in animal skin and had sticks for weapons."

>"Huh, were they like... Unicorns or Pegasi?"

"Nah, they looked pretty much like us, maybe a bit shorter, maybe a bit stronger, but they lacked intelligence, think of it as Sentient race of ponies vs not-so sentient race of ponies."

>"So you didn't kill them or anything?"

"Nope, but there's a possibility of us breeding cross species, as we were so close to eachother biologically, it was possible."

>You flex your bicep, and smile warmly.

"Gave us better genes."

>You hear paper scraping, and turn towards the sound.

>Twilight's been writing everything you just said, and she's smiling, quietly humming to herself.

"Then a few thousand years forward and we are striving in an era of technology, but not peace."

>"What, why? Peace is a good thing, isn't it?", Rainbow asks.

"Meh, humans are constantly fighting eachother, in a way or another, be that way proving that your country is in a better shape, be that bombing a country to nothing, but it's still competition."

>You pull out your PDA, and point at it.

"This thing was made because of competition, hell, most of the things we have were done as to say 'I'm better at making things than you', and all that."

>"So even though you are constantly fighting, you have achieved things that are concidered magical in here?"

"Well, yeah, but we have a saying, it goes something like this: 'At some point, science can be concidered magic, as there's no difference'", you chuckle, "I can't remember how it really goes, but that's pretty much it, I mean, I give this PDA to a person from a developing country, such as Somalia, and he'd think it's magical."

>"Interesting", Twilight huffs, and continues writing.

"Uhuh, humans are pretty interesting and strange, hell, we are having problems at understanding how we work."

>"What do you mean, how do you work?"

"How we think, it's pretty hard, I mean, we can do things that defy all reason, such as suicide, juggle twenty things in the air, all that."

>"Psychology wise?"

>You nod, and smile warmly.

>Twilight giggles, and rolls her notes, and turns to you, "You don't mind if I send this to Celestia?"

>You shrug. There's no harm in that, so why not?

"Sure, fine by me, but uh... What did you write about me?"

>She open the note again, and starts reading.

>"Humans, a species that strives for technology and peace, but oddly enough, is prone to violence, is omnivorous... Controlls the whole planet they live in... Uh..."

"So, the basic stuff?"

>She rolls her notes, and nods at you, "SPIKE, I HAVE A NOTE FOR CELESTIA!"

>Oh yeah, that little dragon dude, but... What can he do about a note?

>You hear small footsteps, and soon enough a small purple lizard jumps into your view.

>"Can you send this to Celestia?", Twilight asks.

>Spike nods, and grabs the note from air, throwing it up.

>The next things that happens makes you jump up and grab your AK in the progress.

>Spike just spew green flames, and burned the scroll.

"Whoa, what the fuck", you say, and sit down slowly, placing your gun on the ground.

>"I can send letters to Celestia", he says, puffing his chest outwards and smiling victiously.

"By burning them into crisp?"

>"It's magic, uh... What was your name again? I just wrote it down, but..."

"No Name."

>"Oh yeah, that, and... Celestia should contact us very soon", she says, jumps up and trots back to the table.

"So now we just..."

>"Wait, yes."

>Huh, now this'll be interestin-

>A sudden poof of green flames appears in the air, and a scroll drops from it, right in front of Twilight, who opens it and clears her throat.

>"We have a problem. There are two humans."

>Wait, what?

>TWO?

>TWO IN THE CASTLE OR?!

>"The one that is currently barricaded himself in the main dining hall, has caused serious damage to the castle, and as much as it saddens me, has slaughtered several guards, and now has my niece, in addition to several noble ponies as his hostages."

>Huh? Hostage? What?

>Twilight's voice darkens a bit, "He's wounded me, and he's currently playing some sort of music in the hall, it's not that bad, but incredibly dreadful."

"What the fuck?"

>"The bodycount is up to fourteen. I'm sending Luna and a carriage to retrieve you, and the Human."

"What, why?"

>"So this Human you found could talk some sense into this one, Luna should arrive in a moment."

>She drops the scroll, and looks at you.

>You raise your hands in defense, and lean away from her.

"Hey, it's not like it's my fault."

>"You didn't tell me there were more of you."

"Hey, last time I counted there were four of us, and I didn't see them anywhere near me", you raise your voice in defense, "We could have been separated during the... Transmission? Yeah..."

>"Does this sound of anything like your so called friends?"

>You think for a moment, rubbing your temples while doing so.

"Uh... I dunno, don't think it's Visor, or Baz, it could be Hunter, but... They're cold blooded killers, all three of them, so... Could be any one of them."

>They were mercs, after all, damn good mercs.

"I saw Hunter execute a wounded man in cold blood, but... He was pretty sad when we found a dead merc, a friend of him, I think."

>"Are you trying to make him the victim?"

"Just saying, he's a soldier and you probably scared him, or acted agressively, hell, I almost killed you two", you give Twilight a dry smile.

"You're lucky to be alive."

>She grimaces, and looks away from you.

>"What do you mean?", Spike asks, giving a confused look.

"I barely hit her, almost shot her hoof, it would've been torn off, and she would have died of blood loss."

>"Uh, I don't understand", he mutters.

>You give Twilight an apologetic smile.

"You kinda scared me back then."

>"Figures, you're from a violent species", she spits the words out.

>So long for a friendly pony.

>You scan the ponies expressions, and notice that they are very much the same.

>Both confused and hateful at the same time.

>Can't blame them.

>You grab your AK from the ground, and walk to your backpack, grabbing hold of it and dragging it to the nearby bookshelf. You lean on the shelf, and start tapping the AK's trigger.

>Now we play the waiting game.

>After all, this "Luna" is going to arrive soon, and possibly get you to another human, probably Hunter.

>Could be any of them, but you think it's Hunter.

>Because it sounds like him.

>Anyways, now to kill time, as in, think about things and figure out shit.

>Who the fuck is Luna?

>What you remember about Luna was that she controlls the sun, or was it the moon? Yeah, the moon.

>So she's the black one?

"Yo, Twilight", you call out.

>You can see her ears flick into your direction, but other than that, there's no other signal to indicate she even heard you.

"Care to tell me about Luna?"

>No reaction.

>Fucking bitches, ponies, whatever.

>Small horse creatures.

>You stretch, spreading your arms outwards and leaning behind a bit, then making circular motions with your head.

>Sweet lord that feels good.

>You glance at Twilight, who's still huffing and puffing with her back turned at you.

>Rainbow's doing the same, and Spike's nowhere to be seen.

"Kay, we play the quiet game, huh?"

>Nothing.

"Okay then."

>You fold your arms and sigh.

>Well then, now people, ponies, who gives a fuck, hate you because your friend decided to do what any sane man would do.

>But back then, people hated you because you peed on coffee.

>Sheesh, now you're starting to hate coffee.

>A sudden tap on the drawer sized door not far from you gets your attention.

>"In the name of Celestia and Luna, open the door."

>Yeah, no.

>Too late, Twilight magic'd the door open, and now you're being blinded by light.

>Oh sweet lord it burns.

>IT BURNNSS USSS.

>"Stand back, if it's anything like the one we saw earlier, you are no match for it", a strong feminine voice calls out.

>You force your eyes open, and see the outlines of something huge.

>No wait, it's small.

>Your eyes already adjusted to the light, and that's cool.

>You can't really see its expression, but you can already guess what it is.

>The room's silent for a few moments, and then the figure in front of you breaks it.

>"I am Luna, one of the royal princesses, and you are..?"

>Oh wow, it's being polite.

>No wait, afraid of you, yeah, that's definitely fear in her voice.

"Name's No Name."

>You can see her nod, and a small humourless, almost forced smile appearing on her face.

>"Interesting, is that common in your species?"

>You raise your hand to silence her, and give her a hardened look.

"I just want to see this other human you found, really, there's no need for formalities, small talk, no nothing. I just want to see him."

>She nods, and turns around, walking slowly towards the door.

>She stops at the doorway, and looks over her shoulder, "There's a carriage outside, it might be a bit too small for you, but it has to do for now."

>You nod, and follow at her wake, making your way outside.

>As you get ouside, you notice the townspeople, and the guards.

>Sweet Lord, there are more than two dozen guards around you, literally everywhere.

>In the air, behind you, next to you, in front of you, in the carr- Holy fuck a carriage.

>And it's pretty damn cool.

>You ignore the ponies, and let out an audible whistle, slowly making your way to your ride.

>You tap the back wheel, feeling the cold metal.

"Sweet, I like this."

>You're going out in style, fuck yeah.

>Out of this town, at least, not commiting suicide or anything of the sorts.

>Besides, you'll keep a firm grip so you wont fall from the carriage.

>"Hop on, it'll take a few minutes to Canterlot", Luna says, and smiles at your reaction.

>Wait, a few minutes?

>You turn towards Luna, and point at the carriage.

"There's no motor, and besides, I didn't see any city near this town, so how in hell are we going to reach the capital of this country in a few minutes?"

>She smiles, and jumps to the carriage, spreading her wings in the air.

>Sweet lord, the width of the wings is HUGE, dear God.

>"We'll fly", she explains, and looks past you, back towards the Library's door.

>"You two, come in, we'll need you."

>The two ponies nod, and make their way to the carriage, sitting besides their princess.

"So, just hop on in and try not to fall?"

>"The magic should keep you in, but after we noticed that the other human was immune to our magic... Even mine, I'd advice you to keep hold of me, or the railing."

>So, hug a pony princess or take hold of a rail?

>Options, options, both of them are pretty good...

"Railing!", you shout, and jump into the carriage, leaning away from your companions, and take hold of the railing.

>You raise your arm, and look at Luna.

>She seems to understand your body language, and nods to a few nearby guards, who take their place in front of the carriage, taking on the harnesses.

>Sweet. Pony powered carriage airlines.

>You feel a sudden tug, and almost fall off immidiately.

>Goddamnit shit, you jump to Luna, and hug her.

>At least your chances of falling now are minimum, as you have three pony seatbelts around you.

"TO INFINITY!", you raise your arm up high, "AND BEYOND!"

>Your words echo in the village, as you soar up into the heavens, taking course to Canterlot.

>The Capital of Magical, Talking, Strange, and possibly dangerously cute Ponies, where your friend, possibly Hunter, is currently in.