Chapter 1: Blocks

I was a normal guy; my looks were average and I had a B average; my name was Zack [Last name withheld]; I was different from other kids at my school for two reasons; I played Minecraft; and I loved watching My Little Pony

Of course when one of my few friends told me about the Minecraft mod called 'Mine Little Pony' I jumped for joy; finally the two things I loved most would be together

So when I got home I instantly decided to log on; my gamertag was Skarfly

(In real life I'm trying to get my Minecraft account; but I will be called that)

I logged on and got the new 1.4.7 update; which fixed some bugs; then I went onto the internet and went to google to find the mod I was looking for; however when I tried to download it an error message appeared; I clicked more info and it said I needed a different kind of mod-loader; so I downloaded it

Big mistake

Once I started my new solo map I saw it freeze; at first I didn't pay it any attention; new mods tended to do that; but while I waited I decided to go and get some food; I made a cup of tea; god I love tea

(In real life too)

I then came back into my gaming room; there was a figure that I would recognize anywhere; he seemed to look like the classic Minecraft player; only his eyes were blank and gave off a strange light

I was face-to-face with Herobrine

His head jerked around; it took me a moment to remember that Herobrine is a glitch; not meant to be; he then grabbed me by my throat; pure shock entered my mind; he was real; and I was his target

I'm still not sure what happened then but I heard a grunt of pain; a loud bark and then I was flying towards my computer; I waited for the crash but I felt something different course through my body; it felt like energy

It was becoming too much; the shock of seeing Herobrine and nearly getting killed by him accompanied by the bark; I blacked out

Location: ?

Confusion; nothing but confusion and energy; it wasn't normal; I was always the quiet type; I would sit and think whenever I was bored; I wasn't the active person

I thought I heard something but didn't move; I didn't have the strength to; it sounded like urgent footsteps; coming closer

"Excuse me sir; but are you okay?" a female voice asked

"mmllllp" I tried to answer; but my body was cooperating

"You need to come with me; weird monsters have been coming out at night." The voice said

I attempted to move; my aching muscles screamed in protest and I grunted

"Please hurry; I think they may come out soon." The voice said, "There's one now; come on its seen us!"

Instincts that I didn't know I had took over; my eyes opened and I turned to face the assailant; a zombie was lumbering towards us

"Come at me you big lug!" I shouted; my voice scratchy

I attempted to sprint at him; but I tripped over my front legs

'Wait; front legs?' I saw I had four legs

"Whoa; that is new; four legs." I said; regaining my balance

I decided to work with it; I then started to hit the zombie with my front legs

"Come on! We can't stay out in the open like this!" the female said; I hadn't taken a look at her yet

"Fine; I'll go." I said; hitting the zombie one more time for good measure

I backed up slowly; going to what seemed to be a tree; I stepped through the door; hitting the zombie when it got too close

I was then slapped, "You're an idiot"

"The idiot who knows how to fight." I corrected

I took a look at the pony I was talking to; Twilight Sparkle

"So; who are you?" Twilight asked

"I'm Skarfly; at least that's what I go by." I answered

Twilight looked the same that she did on the show; I figure being a human would make the place seem shorter

"You're a strange pony you know that?" Twilight asked

"I'm not a pony I'm a-" I stopped

I quickly gave myself a look-over; blue coat; my favorite color; black mane and brown eyes; both aspects of my human self

"Then what are you?" Twilight pressed

"Never mind" I dismissed; humans may not be met with a good response, "When did this start happening?"

"When did what start happening?"

"When did the mobs start?" I clarified, "I'm getting the feeling they didn't just crawl out of a cave."

"About three weeks ago; they kill everything they can find." Twilight answered

"I know how they behave; I just want to know why they're here of all places." I said

"How do you know so much about them?" Twilight asked, "They aren't ponies so they're not from around here."

"I'm a bit of an expert; hey do you have spare sticks and metal?"

"Yeah; why do you need that?" Twilight levitated the objects to me

I attempted to hold them with my hooves; which is like trying to hold a penny with a hammer

"Why aren't you using your horn?" Twilight asked

I automatically put my hoof to my head; there was a small appendage there; it felt like it had been there forever

"I was never good with magic; I barely know a levitation spell." I lied smoothly

I got the feeling I had to maintain a cover here; so I took the items and made a few items with them; seven pieces of iron and two sticks and I'm set; I made a helmet and a sword

Twilight eyed the items I made with suspicion, "What are those?"

"Armor and a weapon; I need them to survive." I answered

"It's safe here at night; I don't see why you would-"

A scream pierced the air; adrenaline pumped through my blood; causing my horn to react and I levitated my new helmet onto my head; I levitated the sword in front of me

"I'm sorry; but this conversation has been suspended." I said

I galloped out the front door; against my better judgment

I galloped into the center of town; a small group of three fillies were being bombarded by a skeleton and a zombie

"Help!" Applebloom shouted

"I'm on it!" I called; running up to the scene

I swung the sword; making contact with the skeletons head; knocking the head off; then I worked on the zombie; cutting it to shreds

"That was easy-"

I saw a flash of green; I knew what it was instantly; several words through my head

'That's a very nice everything you have there.'

The creeper exploded; I hit the wall not too far away; I looked to the sky; the sun was coming up

"Thank you mister…" Applebloom didn't know me

I saw Twilight galloping towards me; my heart felt tired; I blacked out again

Location: ?

I woke up; hooked up to an IV and in a hospital bed; my head ached and my arm throbbed; I saw my sword and helmet on the other side of the room

The nurse came into the room, "Hello Mister Skarfly; I see you're awake."

"I've been better; that's for sure." I coughed

"You did a very brave thing back there; you saved three lives."

"I did what I had to; it was fight and nearly get killed." I laughed a bit

"You nearly died; I don't know how you survived"

'Minecraft physics; I regenerated my health' I thought to myself

The nurse left and Twilight came into the room; she looked at his health monitor and sighed

"Why did you do that?"

"I heard someone in trouble; I had to help."

"You mean everypony"

"Sure; whatever" I said, "I did what any self respecting guy would; I helped."

"You're an idiot"

"I'm the idiot who knows what these things are." I countered

Twilight left

And so I was lying on the hospital bed for a while; the day was ticking by and I had a sword and a helmet; not even a farm; it was a bit embarrassing to my skills

I heard a knock on the door, "Come in"

When the door opened I felt my gut sink; the princess was on the other side; this was like a story I read all over again; except I'm not the Doctor

"Hello; you must be the one known as Skarfly." Celestia greeted

"You must be Princess Celestia" I nodded in acknowledgement

"I heard what you did last night"

"Yeah; I've heard that twice today." I said; a bit tired

"That was brave; tell me; where are you from?"

"Far away; I'm sure that whenever this is over I'll have to go back there." I answered

"That reminds me; who are you exactly?"

"I'm Skarfly; mob hunter and miner." I answered

"So you fight these things often?"

"Only when I have to; I'm glad I had my sword when I did." I said

"So you know where they came from as well?" Celestia seemed eager for this answer

"No; I know that they don't belong." I said; would I have to lie a lot during this hallucination?

"So you plan on staying here in Ponyville?"

"Not sure; are there any forests nearby?"

"The Everfree forest isn't too far from where my student found you; why?"

"I can go in and survive in there; if you want me not here." I said

Celestia seemed horrified, "Send a pony into the Everfree forest on his own?"

"I could do it; not easily but I could." I shrugged

"You will not stay in the forest; it isn't fit for a pony to enter."

I looked out the window, "I'm not like the ponies here; I don't think we would share the same views."

Celestia laughed, "The ponies here are friendly; they might enjoy meeting a pony like you."

Then I was alone in the hospital room; I continued to look out the window; several ponies I couldn't identify came into the hospital; each one of them looked fine

I waited; watching the door; it opened and I saw several ponies come in

"So; you're the pony that saved mah sister." A southern accented voice said

"Yes; I did" I said back

Applejack was the older sister to Applebloom; honest to a fault she was the one everyone turned to if they wanted answers

"You also saved Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo?" Rarity asked

"Yes; I saved them last night." I said; slightly annoyed at how ponies kept asking about it

"How did you do it then?" Rainbowdash asked

"I used the sword on the other side of the room; destroyed the mobs and nearly got blown up by a creeper okay?" I asked; annoyed

"What's a creeper?" Twilight asked

"A creeper is that green thing you saw; they don't burn in the daylight and they explode when they get close." I answered

"So you fight these things for a living?" Rainbowdash asked

"Not for a living; I do it because I need to survive." I said; uncomfortable with being the smart one

"What about your cutie mark? It shows that you fight." Rainbowdash pointed out

I looked at my flank; there was an iron sword and pick; in a crossed X shape; an iron helmet as a background

"So it does; but I don't get paid for it." I said

"So you're from a place near the forest if I'm right?" Twilight asked

"No; I'm not from the forest; I could live there if I had to but the princess told me I had to stay here." I said

"The princess was here?" Twilight asked

"You can ask her if you don't believe me." I said

I then looked towards the sky; it was getting dark

"You should go home; the sun is setting." I said; pointing out the window

An alarm went off; a panicked nurse came into the room, "The defenses have gone down; we'll die in here!"

I got to my hooves; seemingly unharmed, "I'll need plenty of rocks; sticks and four wooden planks."

"Rocks?"

"Rocks; now hurry!" I shouted over the alarm

"What are you planning?" Twilight asked

"It's about to get real; I'm making us weapons." I answered

"Weapons?" Applejack repeated

"We're not going to die in here if I can help it; I'm equipping us so we can survive in the godforsaken place."

The nurse came back with all the things I asked for; I made a crafting table and made several dozen swords; all of them stone; I doubted they had iron in this place anyway

"Give a sword to each employee here; I'll hold the front entrance." I ordered

The nurse nodded and carried several swords off; Twilight and every one of her friends had a stone sword; except for Fluttershy

"What are we going to do?" Twilight asked

"We're going to hold the borders; the front and back entrances; we need to make sure nothing get's through." I answered; putting my iron helmet on my head

I galloped into the hallway; ponies were fighting zombies and skeletons; I was galloping through it all; swinging my iron sword; the lights were out

I wasn't entirely sure why I was so used to running around in a pony body; I just was

I then saw him; the same dastardly fiend that brought me here in the first place

"Herobrine! So you've been causing all of this!" I shouted

Then I was knocked to the ground; Herobrine was attempting to strangle me; I bucked his legs out from under him and head-butted him off

I stood up; wielding my iron sword; he had his diamond sword

*INSERT EPIC STANDOFF HERE*

Our swords clashed; sparks flew; I struck his left side; he still seemed to be in his 'human' form; a glitch like him should be called just that; a glitch

His head jerked around again; I heard sounds of fighting not too far away; more swords clashing and a few zombies making their weird snarling sound

I jumped back; lightning struck the spot I was standing not a moment before; I heard several more zombies approaching

I felt panic for a moment; I didn't get the feeling I was going to respawn when I died

I then heard several more hoof-steps; the zombies cried out in pain as they were smacked around with stone swords

"Skarfly; who is that?" Twilight asked

"Fight now; explain later!" I called

Then I saw the dreadful sight many see right before they die; a creeper was about to explode; I jumped to my right; pushing Herobrine towards the green menace

The following explosion was wild; when it met with Herobrine it turned all weird; it imploded and then exploded with twice the force

I stood up; slightly hurt but fine; the sun was rising over the horizon

"Take that one Herobrine; you got what you deserved for putting me here." I said aloud

"What do you mean 'Putting you here'?" Rainbowdash asked

Oops; shouldn't have said that out loud

"I think I have a bit of explaining to do…"