The three of them were standing around and seemed to be out of place. Sure they were almost nothing alike, but they were three of a kind compared to their surroundings. They were in the throne room of a castle, lazing around, waiting for something to happen. What that was, none of them knew. Erex was at the foot of the throne laying on his back with his eyes closed. Lucas was leaning up against a near by pillar staring out a window. Darragh was standing, taking in all of the things that he saw. Soon they were joined by the people, or ponies, that brought them there. Cadence, Celestia, and Twilight were trying to make conversation with the boys, but were not getting very far. Soon they were joined by another pony, this one with a dark blue body, a blue mane, and a black crown on her head. Her name was Queen Luna.

"Sorry if you guys have been waiting for a long time, my husband was never much of an on time person." The queen told them.

About a minute later, they were joined by a young human with long black hair that was tied into a ponytail but some bangs still hung in his face and around his ears. He wore a white hoodie and black pants that seemed like they had been torn apart and sewed back together a few times. He had a long scar across the right side of his mouth and his eyes were dark gray.

"Ah, here he is now." Luna said as the boy entered.

The young man stood before them, looking over each one of the other humans.

"My name is Alex McGrath, you guys must be wondering why your here." he said after a long moment.

"Actually, we were wondering when we were going to eat something." Erex said with a tone of sarcasm.

"Well, back to why you are here. Um, Luna? Would you inform them, I have forgotten a few details." Alex said, turning to his wife.

"Of course, you were always good at forgetting things. The three of you have been selected by a very important prophecy that will decide the fate of our world, and yours." Luna said.

"Well, any other details?" Lucas asked.

"You three are three of the four horsemen. My husband is one as well. We brought you here to defeat this evil that plans to destroy our world so that you can save both pony and human lives." she continued.

"Well, this is all well and fine, but it just does not seem very believable." Darragh said.

"Trust me, when I first came here, I did not believe it either. All of it seemed to unbelievable." Alex said.

"I still need some convincing. How do we know we aren't just stoned or high or something?" Erex asked.

"Do you remember doing any drugs recently?" Celestia asked.

"Not really." Erex replied.

"My point exactly. This is all real, no matter how strange it may seem." Celestia said.

"Well, we are all here, and I think we are all mostly convinced of this, but there is one last thing, we are just a few normal guys. How are we going to defeat this great evil you speak of?" Lucas asked.

"Well, it is said that each of the four horsemen will have a specific weapon. The Scythe of Death, The Sword of the Gods, The Spear of Humanity and The Bow of Virtue." Alex replied.
"How will we know which weapon we will have?" Darragh asked.

"I already poses The Scythe of Death, so that somewhat narrows it down. When we show you the weapons, they will chose you." Alex said.

"So they are like living things." Lucas said.

"Not exactly. They are not living things but they have a sort of power that gives them the ability to chose who wields them. Its complicated, besides the whole fact its supposed to work." Alex said, scratching his head as if it would give him a better understanding of the subject.

"So, when do we get started? When do we get to see the weapons?" Erex asked.

"Whoa, so excited to traumatically change your life are we? Well, let me say this before we take you to the weapons. Once you start this, you cant stop, you have to see it through. Once you take the weapon in your hand, you can never go back to the life you once lived." Alex said, warning the boys of what could happen to them.

"My family is probably dead, so I'm in." Erex said.

"My life was horribly boring and it seemed like I was chained down, so this will give me freedom. I'm in too." Lucas said.

Alex looked at Darragh, waiting for his reason to stay or go.
"The world was a rotten mess, but this place seems better." Darragh said simply.

"Well then, if you would all follow me, we are going to change your lives." Alex said.

Alex led them out of the throne room and down a long hallway that ended with a staircase. They all went down, Erex stumbling a few times. The girls were instructed to stay behind, and seemed perfectly fine with that. Alex led them through a door that opened up into an weapons room. On the walls were mounted swords and knives of every kind, as well as cross bows, throwing knives, shields and body armor that fit the ponies and stallions that existed there. Alex led them up to a door that was padlocked and bolted shut.

"Wow, got some major security down here." Darragh said, examining the locks.

"I thought a simple pad lock would have worked, but Luna insisted I bolt it too." Alex replied.

"Women, am I right?" Darragh added.

"Oh yeah." Alex said.

"Well, lets get this open and see these weapons." Lucas said, antsy about finding his weapon.

Alex unlocked the door and brought them in. Three weapons were hung up on the walls, all seeming to glow with a sort of power that made the room hum.

"Okay, walk up to them and get close to them, you'll know which weapon is yours when you get close. You should feel a pulling to it, a sort of attraction, if that makes any sense." Alex explained.

"Lets do this." Erex said, excited to get the ball rolling.

The three of them walked up and did the first thing that came to mind, they examined each of the weapons. Darragh was pulled to the Bow of Virtue. He picked it up and held it in his hands. It seemed well balanced and most definitely seemed like the weapon for him. Lucas picked up the Spear of Humanity. He spun it around like on of the rifles he had spun in R.O.T.C and it seemed to come easy to him. Erex was a bit hesitant to take the Sword of the Gods. The name itself seemed to intimidate him, that and the fact the sword was almost as long as he was tall. Finally, he held his breath, threw all caution into the wind, and grabbed the hilt of the sword. He held it in his hand, and even though it looked like it was made of solid gold, it seemed like it was only made of wood. He slashed the air a few times and got used to it in his hands. Darragh aimed with the bow and pulled back the magic string of it and an arrow formed, ready to fire. He let the string go and sent the arrow flying into the wall, smashing into it and leaving an enormous crack in it. Lucas swung the spear around, its gold tip shining in the low light. He thrust it forward a few times and got used to holding it. The three of them then turned to Alex, who was holding the Scythe of Death, the weapon he already new how to use.

"Now that the weapons have chosen you, time for the real fun to start. Lets kick this pig!"