Chapter 3: A New Friendship Begins

"You what?" Twilight asked a very shocked pony with a pale yellow coat and a pink mane. "I'm telling the truth Twilight. I looked out my window this morning and saw a gaping hole over Everfree Forest." Twilight had a thoughtful look on her face. "Ok then. We'll get Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. Pinkie is taking care of pound and pumpkin cake today, so we won't bother her." Twilight said. "O-ok Twilight." Fluttershy replied her small voice.

Meanwhile in Everfree Forest….

Sniper was just waking up and looked around. "where the bloody hell are we?" He then heard scout complaining about a headache. "Oh man, now I know how Mr.T felt when Rocky started winning." Spy looked at him. "your not the only one boy. We must have collided heads during our teleportation." Spy said, holding his head the same as Scout. Soldier and Demoman were already up and arguing about something. Sniper walked over to listen, but wish he hadn't. "I'm Telling you! Stalin was involved in the battle of waterloo!" Soldier said. "No lad! Stalin was just a wee little baby!" Demoman yelled in response. "How in gods name did they get into this one?" Sniper thought. He then went over to Engineer, who was (somehow) talking to Pyro. "Hudda hudda humph." was all Sniper heard come out of Pyro's mask. But Engineer replied, "No, Y'all can't just burn the whole dad-burn forest just to see where we are! That's not mighty right of us pardner."

Sniper noticed a river. "Oi, you knuckleheads! I think I found a way for us to see if there is a village!" Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Sniper. "In my years of survival in the outback, there's one thing I know: If you find a river, follow the current and you should find wildlife. Wildlife can be our food source, and maybe we'll find civilization." Everyone gave Sniper a blank stare at first, but then Engineer broke the silence. "He's right, if anyone knows anything about the wild, Sniper does." Everyone nodded in agreement. "then let's get goin'! Lead the way Sniper." Sniper nodded and lead the team down the river following the current. "Sure lets trust the bushman with our lives." Spy whispered. But Sniper's ears were as good as his eyes. "I heard that wankah." Spy immediately looked down and said "lead the way."

As the RED team got to a clearing, there hopes started to rise when they began to see what looked like a small town. "Well Sniper, looks light you were right." Scout admitted. "You just now notice?" Sniper jokingly said. Then, out of nowhere, Soldier and Demoman's argument started up again. " STALIN WAS IN WATERLOO AND SCOTLAND IS NOT A REAL COUNTRY!" Soldier yelled in Demoman's face. "NO! AND YES! THE PROUD LAND OF SCOTLAND BE REAL! AND YE BE WARNED,IF YE DON"T STOP, THEY"LL HAVE TO GLUE YE BACK TOGETHER IN HELL!"

"Oh great." Sniper muttered. Sniper then went to scan the area on a nearby rock while the others talked and argued.

Near RED's location…

"Darling, tell me again why you asked for our help?" Rarity asked. "Because Fluttershy said she saw something strange happen at Everfree Forest, so I agreed for us to check it out." "Well whatever it is, it better be small cause I gotta practice more for the Wonder bolts!" Rainbow dash said anxiously. "Just hold on there sugercube," Applejack said. "don't Y'all ever wanna stop that darn training?" Applejack asked Rainbow Dash. "Of Course not!" Rainbow Dash replied as if she had been asked to hurt someone. "Practice makes perfect, so I practice every second I can." meanwhile while Applejack and Rainbow were arguing, Fluttershy was talking to Twilight. "Twilight, do you think whatever were looking for will be friendly?" Fluttershy timidly asked. "I'm sure they will, don't worry about it." Twilight replied, trying to calm down a still nervous Fluttershy. "What in Celestia's name is that?" Rarity said. In the distance, they could hear a voice screaming "SCOTLAND IS NOT A REAL COUNTRY!" "What the buck is Scotland?" Rainbow Dash blurted out. "Let's get closer and investigate." Twilight said. The 5 ponies got into an area of tall grass. Twilight pushed some aside with her hoof to get a view of the voices, as the other ponies did the same. What they saw filled them with curiosity and fear.

Twilight was carrying a book with her about rare creatures, but these 9 creatures she saw were not in there anywhere.

She dropped the book in shock and the wind was somehow strong enough to blow the book away from her, but she didn't notice because she had her eyes on the 9 creatures. They were all dressed in unique red and black clothing (as rarity whispered) and were all walking on two legs. One was short, stocky and wearing a hardhat with a pair of goggles. He was looking at what Twilight figured was a blueprint.

The one he was talking to was the creepiest to the ponys. Fluttershy had her eyes mostly covered. The one the man in the hardhat was talking to was wearing some kind of mask and a full red jumpsuit. When whatever gender it was spoke, nothing came out but "hudda hudda humph." the ponies went left to right to look at each one.

There was one wearing a helmet that covered his eyes with odd, round shaped objects on a belt that he wore around his chest.

He was arguing with a creature that's skin was darker than the others, he had on an eye patch and even more little round objects on a belt he had on than the one with the helmet. Then there was one that Rarity looked at and said "he looks charming.. Whatever he is."

The others looked at who she was talking about. The male creature (they figured out that they were all male, except for the one with the mask because they couldn't see it's face) was wearing a mask that covered all of his face except for his eye's and mouth. He was also wearing a red suit.

He was talking to a creature that looked like them but was younger and more energetic. He was wearing a cap with a "earpiece" as she heard the man in the red suit say during their conversation. Then they were shocked as they saw the size of the next creature. He was a living giant that was bald with huge hands and an even bigger belly. He was talking to a man who was wearing glasses, had dark hair, had a white lab coat and red operation gloves on. "but Doctor, how could little man like that be able to eat that much?" the large one asked. "I don't know comrade, but he was one of ze biggest eaters in my hometown."

Then they looked at the last one, who caught Twilight's attention the most. He was a tall creature (but nowhere near as tall as the bald giant) he was wearing a hat that was turned up at one side and had on Orange sunglasses. He was wearing a black vest over a red T-shirt and brown pants and "shoes" as she heard the young one say, complaining about how his feet hurt in his. They started to whisper to each other about the 9 creatures.

But they didn't notice that there cover had been blown by one of them.

"Mates…." Sniper said quietly but loud enough for the rest of the team to hear, if there was no arguing.

"I AM RIGHT AND YOU KNOW IT YOU ONE EYED SON OF A BITCH!" Soldier tackled Demoman and they started fighting. Engineer, Spy, Pyro, and Scout had to work together to try and get them to stop.

"Mates….."

"I'M GONNA SEND YE TO THE DEVIL HIMSELF AND HE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH GLUE FOR THE PIECES YE"LL COME IN!"

"MATES! SHUT YA BLOODY LIDS!"

Everyone stopped suddenly because they had never heard Sniper yell. They were use to him being quiet, so this got their attention.

"Ahem. Sorry about that, I didn't want to yell but I thought you wankahs would want to know that we're bein' watched." everyone looked in the same direction Sniper was and saw five multi-colored ponies hiding in some tall grass. Fluttershy squeaked with fear upon knowing that they were seen. " Oh no…" was all that went through Twilight's head as the 9 men came towards them. "Why, der' nuttin but a bunch a ponies!" Scout blurted out. Rainbow Dash flew up to his face in a flash and said "Nothin but a bunch of ponies huh? I can prove you wrong. I'm the fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria!" Scout jumped back out of being scared and surprised. " WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!" Scout exclaimed. "They talk?" everyone else was shocked like Scout. Except for Sniper that is. "I heard these Shelias talkin' about me and you bloody pikers ever since I saw em'." Engineer looked at the ponies, and then at his team and said, "Come on fellas', we ought to show some manner's. A little "Southern Hospitality" if Y'all say so." Engineer walked up to Rarity first and said "howdy pardner, I'm Engineer." Rarity shook his hand gently as he told the ponies his acquaintance's names. Engineer then walked over to Applejack. "Howdy pardner." Applejack said. Enigineer felt happy to have anything, even a pony, talk in his Texan accent. Engineer and Applejack shook hand and hoof, which were both shaking vigorously. "Obviously that's how dey' shake hands in Texas." Scout muttered. After Engineer introduced himself to the other ponies, he introduced them to his team.

"The little pipsqueak" Engineer pointed at Scout who was having a staring contest with Rainbow Dash, "that there is Scout. I tell ya', he can run about fast as the wind." "Rainbow Dash chuckled saying, "I'd like to see that. I still bet he isn't as fast as me." Scout looked and Dash. "you wanna race?" Rainbow and Scout looked like they were about to make a break for it, but Engineer stopped them just in the nick of time. "we don't need that sort of thing right now."

Engineer then moved toward Heavy. "And this big guy here is Heavy," he said. "He ay look big and dangerous, which he is if he needs to be, but he really is a gentle giant so y'all don't be scared of him." Heavy nodded and said with a loud voice "Heavy is friend to all! Especially little tiny ponies!" medic moved from behind Heavy. "I am ze Medic. I heal my teammates and help zem with ze medical problems."

Spy then walked up to rarity, and (the others had no idea why) picked up one of her hoofs and kissed it. "I am the Spy, Ma Cherie." Rarity blushed. Never before has she met any creature, or any pony for that matter, with such grace and manners. Engineer just shook his head. "This here's Soldier. He's got anger issues at some times, but he's a good fella'. Soldier stood at attention and saluted the ponies while saying "Oo-rah." Engineer gave soldier a small salute in return and then returned to business. "This here's one of my best friends, Pyro." Engineer noticed that the ponies looked scared of Pyro. "Oh, don't Y'all worry now he ain't gonna do nothing to ya. He's as nice as anyone else round here." Pyro waved with a "hudda hudda hud," which sounded like "please to meet you." Engineer then moved on to Demoman. "This here's-" "Oi! Me bottle of Scrumpy be empty! What will I do with me self now?" Engineer scowled for Demoman interrupting him. "This here's Demoman." Demoman responed with a loud burp and by beating his fist on his chest twice.

Engineer then move to The last in line, Sniper (who was still scanning the area on the rock). "This is Sniper. Woo-wee, you wouldn't believe the good pair of eyes and ears he's got! But he is a loner. Spy seems at be the only one who he talks to." Sniper got off the rock and walked toward the ponies. Twilight looked at sniper with interest, because he seemed like one with great senses, something that Pincess Celestia would approve of. "G'day Shelias," is all that Sniper said. "Hello there Sniper," Twilight blurted out for some reason, which made her blush a little. Engineer was happy knowing that his team could make peaceful introduction of themselves. Sniper had a slight smile on his face when he saw that Twilight was blushing because she blurted out her welcome.

"Now, if you all don't mind me askin' but where are we and who's in charge?" Engineer asked. Twilight responded, saying "You're in the magical land of Equestria," said Twilight, "and it is ruled by our two princesses, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." The 9 mercenaries nodded.

Sniper whispered to engineer, "Say mate, if this here is a magical land, maybe these Shelias can teleport us back to our own world." Engineer nodded in agreement. "it's worth a shot." Enigineer walked up to the ponies. "If Y'all don't mind, we'd like to go into your town and meet your princesses. We think they may be able to help us in our situation." The group of ponies huddled around. "I don't see why we can't," Twilight said. "yes, they do seem to be well behaved," Rarity said. "Especially the one in the nice looking suit." Fluttershy quietly said, "and if they are as strong as they look, maybe they can help us in Ponyville." RainbowDash agreed with Fluttershy. "Yeah! And I still wanna race that small one!" "Now just hold on Sugercube, what do ya thank the others will do when thay see these guys?" Twilight sighed. "Well Applejack, there's only one way to find out for sure.

Twilight turned around and said to Engineer "We'll take you into Ponyville." "Yee-haw!" was Engineers reply. "thank ya ma'am, we'll explain our situation to ya on the way." as everyone started to walk towards Ponyville, Twilight noticed that Sniper wasn't walking with them. "you coming?" Twilight asked while walking towards Sniper. "Yeah, I just don't like to walk in a crowd. Like Engie said, I'm a loner mate." Sniper replied. "but your welcome to walk with me if you wish." Sniper said as he started walking behind the group. "Ok! Do you want to explain your situation to me on the way to ponyville?" Sniper turned to look at her and said "I don't see why I can't Shelia." "I have one more question Mr. Sniper," Twilight said. "and what would that be mate?" Twilight seemed a little embarrassed to ask this, but she did anyway. "Why do you call me and my friends "Shelias"?"

Sniper laughed as he answered that question and more.

G'day mates! If this chapter seemed a little boring to you, there will be excitement in the next chapter! Stay tuned for more! You reviews and rates will be gladly accepted!