Trudging through the destroyed and burning streets of Canterlot was a giant, mobile death machine, armed with a C-141 AC Rifle and a battle suit called the CMC-400 Powered Combat Suit.

The combat shield mounted on his shoulder was covered with scratches and dents, as well as the majority of his arms while few littered his chestplate and helmet.

He was on a routine search through the city, looking for survivors and gryphons when a scream filled the air and, responding instinctively, he spun around and began charging towards where he estimated the source of the sound was.

Hundreds of gryphons also showed up where the scream resonated from. He placed his shield in front of him and charged in, knocking gryphons to the side and crushing some of them with his boots. At the dead end of the alleyway sat two mares, one white with electric blue hair and another gray with an expertly made black mane. The last gryphons were knocked back into the crowd and he turned around. The mares gave another scream and looked up at him.

“Get down and stay out of my way! Tell me when gryphons are diving!” He yelled. He turned around and fired. The bullets tore into the gryphons and they all scattered. The suit of armor fired at the oncoming gryphons, managing to lock down the dead end. Most didn’t think to fly above the gunfire and flew into the torrent of bullets, being torn apart. The mares looked in awe at their savior, watching him fight the murderous gryphons. He fired his last bullet and reloaded quickly, kicking a gryphon back as it got too close. He continued firing, the new rounds shredding the basic leather armor and feathers that the gryphons wore. The last of the gryphons scattered and took off, some being taken out as he fired at them. He turned back to the alley and saw that the two mares were staring at him in astonishment.

“Come on. Let’s get out of here before more come.” He said. He reloaded and holstered the guns.

“Look out!” One of the mares called out. He turned around and something bounced off of a wide light silver energy shield surrounding him. He looked at the gryphon, sitting on the ground stunned. He grabbed it by the neck.

“You can’t sneak up on me.” He said before taking the small knife that it held.

“A stone knife eh?” He stated. He took the flimsy knife and crushed it in his hands. He turned back to the gryphon.

“Tell your leader that they need to rethink attacking ponies.” He said, letting the gryphon go. It landed in a pile and got up, taking off. He turned back to the mares.

“Survivors are to report to the castle.” He said.

“Aren’t you going to escort us there?” One of the mares asked.

“Of course.” He said. One of the mares tried to get up but fell over due to one of her legs being scratched.

“Ow ow ow!” She yelled. He walked over and knelt over her.

“Are you okay?” He asked. She shook her head and he scooped her up in his arms. The other, the white mare, looked jealous, but got up.

“I think it might be better if I carry both of you.” He said.

“Carry both of us?” The white mare asked.

“Yeah.” He said simply. The mare blushed but climbed onto his back. He bent down and allowed her to climb onto his back, then took off at a quick pace towards the castle.

“Jeez! How are ya so fast?!” The white mare asked.

“No reason.” He answered simply, managing to reach the castle in five minutes. He dropped the mares off at the medical tents that were set up and started his trek again. The mares looked sad for him to leave but they understood his duty. He continued searching the city, some gryphons scavenging the town for food and bits. After five hours of slaying gryphons and saving ponies, he counted the amount of survivors that made it through the attack and the amount of gryphons he killed. He reported to Celestia, who was sitting on her throne with a grim expression on her face. The doors burst open as he walked into the hall, a battalion of pony royal guard standing in front of her. She gave a small smile and waved him over. He jogged over to the throne and took off his helmet, revealing his tired and sweaty face.

“How many?” She asked.

“Fifty thousand survivors and eighty thousand gryphons slain.” He answered. Both princesses gave sighs of relief.

“Only ten thousand ponies killed. How many have you slain?” She asked. He frowned.

“I already gave you my number.” He said. The princesses gave him surprised looks.

“You’ve managed to save fifty thousand survivors and slay eighty thousand gryphons…?” She said disbelievingly.

“It’s been nearly two weeks since this battle started…” He said, wiping some sweat off of his forehead.

“We’ve not set or risen the sun or moon at all!” Luna and Celestia gasped together. They stepped off of the thrones and took off towards their chambers. Celestia stopped at the last second and said.

“Wait here.” She then took off. He put his helmet back on and sighed, yawning behind the helmet. He was surprised by how tired he actually felt. A few minutes passed and the princesses returned, a surprisingly large bag of bits following behind them.

“You’ve managed to save Canterlot single handedly, and you have our thanks Daniel.Please accept this sum of bits as a beginning to say our thanks to you.” Celestia said, levitating the bag to him.

“I can’t accept this. Use the bits in this bag to help rebuild Canterlot.” He stated, pushing the bag of bits back to them. They looked distraught, but nodded and levitated the bits away.

“I must thank you again for saving Canterlot.” Celestia said.

“If you really want to repay me, can you get me and try to find Fluttershy and Pinkie?” He asked. She nodded and he went off to the guest rooms. He reached the rooms and stepped into a random one, taking off his armor and flopping onto the bed. He fell asleep quickly, his first sleep for two weeks.He woke up when the doors closed and he sat up, seeing Fluttershy and Pinkie.

“WE HAVEN’T SEEN YOU FOR TWO WEEKS!” Pinkie yelled, flopping on the bed and giving him a large hug. Daniel returned the hug and smiled at Fluttershy. She walked over to the bed and sat on the other side, getting in on the hug.

“I’ve been running around Canterlot for the last two weeks trying to find survivors or any gryphons that stayed behind to plunder.” He explained.

“You could’ve been killed out there!” Fluttershy said.

“Just like the fifty thousand survivors that I managed to get out of the city.” He shot back.

“F-fifty thousand ponies?”

“Yep.”

“But it’s only been one day!”

“Actually, it’s been two weeks. Celestia and Luna had forgotten to raise and lower the sun and moon.” He said.

“How could they forget to lower the sun and raise the moon?” Pinkie asked with a snicker.

“Hell I don’t know… All I know is that I managed to save a lot of ponies during the last two weeks, I’ve helped fight off the gryphons, and I’m tired.” He said, letting his head hit the pillow.

“When’s the last time you’ve eaten?” Fluttershy asked.

“Um… A week ago…” He said sheepishly, as if on cue his stomach growled in protest. The two mares gasped and they both tugged on his arms to get him out of bed.

“You need food!” Pinkie whined.

“I need sleep.” He grumbled.

“How long has it been since you’ve slept?” Fluttershy said.

“I wasn’t able to sleep until today, so about two weeks. I’ve been drinking water daily.” He protested.

“How long have you slept?” Pinkie asked.

“Well, I finished going through the entire city, making sure of getting all gryphons and survivors, and reported to Celestia, then I requested that you two were sent to the guest rooms so I could talk to you, and fell asleep.” He said.

“It took Celestia and Luna almost three hours to find us.” Fluttershy said.

“Oh well. I’m still tired though.” He said, falling back onto the pillow. They both groaned and pulled him back up.

“Let’s go eat dinner together.” Fluttershy said.

“Yeah!” Pinkie added. He got up, pulling some clothes from the dresser and going to the bathroom. He hopped into the shower and washed up. He got out and dried off, putting the clean clothes on, and walking out to the two mares.

“What have you guys been doing?” He asked.

“I’ve been working with the medical ponies.” Fluttershy said.

“I’ve been distributing rations to the survivors!” Pinkie giggled. She bounced around the room with vigor. Daniel chuckled and walked to the door, opening it. Pinkie bounced out of the room and Fluttershy followed, shaking her head with a small smile. He followed behind the mares and closed the door, then went towards the dining hall. Most of the survivors were sitting at the table with the princesses sitting at the end of the tables. A space on the table in between two individuals caught his eye. Three chairs were empty on the table and they made a beeline towards it. They reached the chairs and took their seats, and Daniel sat next to a pair of mares that he had saved earlier that day. The white and gray one. They both spoke in hushed tones as they threw glances at him, before one of them tapped him on the shoulder.

“Hello?” The white one said. He turned to them, looking at both of them.

“Hi.” He said simply.

“Are you the one that was in the weird armor?” She asked.

“Yes it was. Might I ask your name?” He asked.

“Vinyl.” She said, holding out one of her hands. He took the hand and shook it gently.

“This is Octavia.” She said, pointing to the gray mare. She held out a hand as well and he took it, shaking it gently as well.

“My name is Daniel.” He said.

“Strange name.” Vinyl said.

“Now Vinyl..” Octavia warned.

“It’s alright. Not the worst reaction I’ve gotten…” He chuckled.

“Hey Daniel, what are you doing?” Fluttershy asked behind him. He turned to her.

“Just talking to other ponies.” He said, turning his body so that Vinyl and Octavia could be seen.

“Oh hey Vinyl!” Pinkie said, waving.

“Hey Pinks. You know Daniel?” Vinyl said.

“Know him? Of course I know Danny!” She said, nuzzling Daniel.

“Oh my god… I thought she forgot about that nickname…” He said.

“I could never forget your name Danny!” Pinkie laughed.

“Danny?” Vinyl said, smirking and her lip quivering with an attempt to hold in a laugh.

“Oh don’t make fun of him Vinyl!” Octavia said, lightly slapping Vinyl’s back.

“I’m not making fun of him!” Vinyl turned to Octavia. They started bickering with each other and Pinkie and Daniel turned away from them.

“Are they always like this..?” Daniel asked Pinkie.

“They’re trying to get into a harem, but either the group is already full or the stallions are not good enough by Octavia’s standards… I wanted to talk to Fluttershy about them actually.” She whispered in his ear. He nodded and looked at Fluttershy, who was staring off into space.

“Hey Fluttershy.” He said. He got her attention and she looked up, smiling. She got up and looked at both of them.

“What is it?” She asked.

“I wanted to ask you something. I heard that Vinyl and Octavia were looking for a harem, and I was wondering how large a harem can get.” He looked at her. She scratched her chin.

“The average male to female ratio is around one to thirteen.” She scratched her chin.

“Are you okay with more mares in the harem?” Fluttershy asked suddenly. He looked up at her in surprise.

“Um.. I guess we can have more mares in the harem…” He whispered.

“I’m sorry if I made you awkward, but it doesn’t feel right keeping a stallion between one or two mares…” Fluttershy said.

”I… understand.” He said, scratching his chin. His face was free of any sort of hair. He had shaved when he arrived back to the right Equestria. His head had some hair but it made him look like he was in the army.

“So when did you hear that Vinyl and Octavia were looking for a harem?” Fluttershy asked.

“Heard it from Pinkie. I kinda feel bad for them, being alone all of this time.” He said. Fluttershy grew a grin on her face.

“Do you want them in the harem Daniel? Is that why you were asking all of that?” She asked. He stopped and looked at both of them, noticing that both of them were looking at him.

“Maybe…” He looked away from the mares as they all giggled.

“That’s sweet Daniel.” Fluttershy said.

“I try my best.” He said, his cheeks puffing slightly. They all giggled again.

“Well, I’m not hungry anymore.” Daniel said.

“But you haven’t eaten anything!” Fluttershy said.

“I’m more tired than I am hungry.” He insisted.

“But you haven’t eaten anything in a week!” Fluttershy said loudly, catching the attention of most of the ponies.

“Daniel, why aren’t you eating?” Octavia asked, a hint of worry on her voice.

“I haven’t had a chance to. I’ve been running around, trying to save everyone!” He said.

“And how long has it been since you’ve slept?” Vinyl asked.

“Two weeks, but I took a three hour nap. Still tired as hell though.” He blinked as he finished the sentence, rubbing his eyes.

“Just eat some food and go to sleep. Not that difficult.” Vinyl said.

“I think I’m becoming anorexic…” He said.

“What’s that?” Fluttershy asked.

“It’s where I don’t eat food. Some people do that because they were afraid of gaining weight from eating a lot of food and would refuse to eat.” He explained. Before anyone said anything else, food was brought out, some sort of soup, sandwiches, and crackers. Bottled water was given out as well, and the ponies dug in. The soup was… somewhat good, the sandwiches were the same and the crackers weren’t stale, so all in all, the meal was good. Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Daniel went back to their room. They reached the room and he opened the door for the mares. They giggled and walked inside, and Daniel closed the door behind them.

“Now that my stomach feels like bursting, I’m going to go lay down.” He said, jumping onto the bed and bouncing slightly. Pinkie giggled and followed him, landing on his back.

“Wee!” She yelled. Fluttershy giggled and walked to the bed like a normal pony would.

“You two…” She mumbled.

“What about us?” Daniel said. Fluttershy just shook her head and sat on the bed. She started taking off her clothes.

“Let me help!” Pinkie yelled, pulling off Fluttershy’s bra and grabbing her breasts. Fluttershy blushed and gave a loud moan. Daniel burst into laughter.

“Oh my…” Daniel said, impersonating Fluttershy. Pinkie giggled and Fluttershy blushed further. She threw a pillow at Daniel and he knocked it out of the way. He smirked and picked Fluttershy up gently. She squealed in delight and he dropped her on the bed. She pulled him closer and kissed him. He returned it and a small whine was heard. Daniel looked towards the whine and saw Pinkie was staring at them, a hungry look on her face. He wrapped her in a hug and kissed her gently, but she pulled him closer and kissed him passionately. His eyes widened but he returned it, his manhood growing at the passionate kiss. Pinkie felt his manhood poke her and she smiled, pulling off his pants.

AN: The next chapter will pick up on the sex scene, so get ready for a clop heavy chapter!