“Ohmygosh! Ohmygosh! Ohmygosh! Humans! In the forest! We need to tell Princess Celestia! We need to tell the Royal Guard! We need to warn all of Equestria!” Pinkie Pie shouted, as she bounced around the room in fear. Twilight however, was furiously pulling books off the shelves and discarding the ones she didn't need. There was never anything in these books on those things those humans carried. If only Lyra hadn't moved, I'm sure she would've loved to help. Twilight sighed, there wasn't any time for that.

“Pinkie, our books never said anything about humans eating meat.” Twilight assured the uppity pink pony, whilst digging through more of her books.

“Will somepony please tell me what ah human is?” Applejack asked from one corner of the room as she watched more and more books float off the shelves.

“They're mythical creatures said to have lived long before the Princesses.” Twilight answered, only to be followed up by Pinkie Pie, who said,

“They also eat meat! They could come here to Ponyville and eat everypony!” She shrieked, before jumping under a nearby table, and pulling the chair in front of her, doing little to hide her from view.

“I'd like to see them try!” Rainbow Dash said, as she bucked the air, “I'll show them!” She said determinedly, before bucking the chair that Pinkie Pie was hiding behind, causing the bouncy pink mare to shriek and dart from under the desk, behind Applejack.

“But why would anypony want to eat other animals? It's just wrong.” Fluttershy asked as she watched the spectacle unfold before her timid eyes.

“For the last time Pinkie, we have no proof that humans eat meat.” Twilight said, quickly losing her temper. Not only are the very creatures that Lyra had proposed to be real, turned out to be real, but they can speak Equestrian, and they threatened us! This made no sense. The humans they had seen looked more advanced than the ones she and Lyra had read about.

“No! My grandmother told me that humans were horrible monsters that would feast on animals flesh!” Pinkie Pie said, leaning from behind Applejack, who sidestepped, allowing Pinkie Pie to be fully seen. At this, Pinkie Pie, squealed and quickly dashed back behind Applejack, who sighed and allowed herself to be used as a shield.

“If they do eat other animals, then we have to warn the Princesses about those ruffians.” rarity spoke up for the first time since the discovery of the four humans.

“Ah agree with Rarity, They could be ah threat to Ponyville, maybe even all of Equestria! Applejack said.

Suddenly, Spike, a young baby dragon, appeared at the top of the stairs, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

“What's everypony doing down there? I'm trying to sleep.” He said groggily.

“Spike! You'll never believe it! Humans are real! We found four of them in the Everfree Forest! This could change everything! Lyra was right, I have to mail her!” Twilight almost shouted, looking upward at spike with giddy excitement.

Spike merely stared stupidly at her for a few seconds, before replying, “Uh, that's great Twilight, really, but uh, what's a human?” He asked innocently.

Twilight blushed heavily, “Oh right, I never told you, sorry. Humans are mythological creatures said to have lived long before the rule of the princesses. They were more advanced than us and were extremely smart. They didn't use magic and had to rely on their own creations for the things we can do with magic. It's truly fascinating, and we found four of them in the Everfree Forest.! Granted, they did threaten us, but that was because SOMEPONY, had to go rooting through their belongings.” Twilight explained, casting a glance at Rainbow Dash, who was oblivious doing her pony kung-fu moves. Kicking and smacking the air around her in a frenzy of hoofs.

“And they eat meat!” Pinkie cried from behind Applejack.

“They eat meat?! Do they eat dragons?” Spike asked fearfully, looking around the room.

“Pinkie!” Twilight scolded, facehoofing.

“Shouldn't we warn the Princesses?” Spike asked worriedly.

“Once we get more information on them, afterall, I never did send my report to Princess Celestia. I'm sure she'd love to hear from and actual human!” Twilight said with excitement.

“Now wait just a darn minute here Twi', If'n these humans do eat meat, Ah don't think we should be askin' them questions.” Applejack said sternly.

Twilight sighed, “The Princess will know what to do, if I she gives me permission, then will that convince you that they're not dangerous?” She asked.

In response, Spike, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy all nodded. Pinkie Pie furiously shook her head back and forth, whipping her puffy pink hair to and fro. And Rainbow Dash simple karate hoofed a chair in half before letting out a loud, “HIYA!”

“Alright then, Spike, take a letter.” Twilight began, still ignoring Pinkie Pie's gestures.

“Dear Princess Celestia,

Tonight at 8:26 PM, a large flash of light was spotted over the Everfree Forest. Upon investigation, myself and the other Elements of Harmony discovered four humans, even though they're said to be extinct. I am asking your permission to further investigate with the Elements, and attempt to make more progressive contact.

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle”

As Twilight finished, Spike's fire breath enveloped the letter with bright green flames, looking almost like the flash they had seen that night.

“Alright girls, we'll just wait for a response and then, oh, here it is now!” Twilight said, with a tiny hint of worry. Why would the princess send a response that quickly? Either she's really excited or really... scared.

Spike unfurled the letter and alarmingly read,

“No! Myself and my sister are on our way as you read this, do not attempt to make contact with the humans! We will arrive shortly.”

Twilight was stunned. Meanwhile...

“What the fuck is going on?!” Collin shouted. The four teenage rebels were now roughly half a mile form where they had encountered the six varied ponies. “I mean, talking horses, unicorns, and pegesi? I mean really? What the fucking shit?!” Collin was pacing back and forth in front of the small campfire the teenagers had constructed. They had all packed sleeping bags in their bags, as well as matches and other survival essentials, after all, you never know when you're going to have to get out of dodge.

“Ally, do you have any idea where we are?” Troy asked, sitting on his sleeping bag. Allison sat across from him, between them, the flickering fire. Zak stood off to one side, keeping watch.

Allison sighed, “Honestly? No. All I know is that we're in some alternate version of the train depot. Other than that... I really can't say.” She answered dejectedly.

“So now what?” Collin asked fearfully. “I mean it's not like we can go after those horses again, we pulled automatic weapons on them! They're probably hunting for us right now!” Collin said, burying his face into his hands. “Oh sonofabitch, I knew we shouldn't have tried this and now look!” Collin shouted, indicating to the surrounding forest thicket.

“Hey, in case you didn't notice, we didn't have a choice! It was either, we find out what the Combine were up to, or we wait until they used it against us!” Troy said angrily.

Collin came to a stop, sighed, and said, “I know, I know, I just need something to be mad at right now.” He said, before eying the campfire. Here it comes.

“Why do we have campfire, when we're being hunted?” Collin shouted, waving his hands at the small fire.

“Do you want to be captured by pastel colored unicorns, or freeze to death?” Allison replied coolly, which officially shut Collin up for good.

“Besides, we don't even know if they're hunting us, I mean they're fucking horses for god's sake! They're probably all still sitting around wondering what the hell happened!” Troy followed up.

Collin gave a wry grin before replying, “Yeah... yeah, you're probably right.” Then sitting down in front of the fire. “So, now what?”

Back in Ponyville...

“And you say that was when she revealed herself?” Princess Celestia asked with interest.

“Yes princess, Rainbow Dash removed a strange object from the bag, causing the humans to take action.” Twilight answered. The Elements of Harmony all stood behind Twilight whilst she briefed the princesses. Two royal guards waited outside the door.

“I see, and you say that they threatened you with large objects made of wood and metal?” She asked again.

“That is also true, they told us to uh, “Carry our little horse asses back to wherever we came from.” Twilight said, recalling the humans odd choice of words. I presume he means our backsides.

“Interesting.” Princess Celestia remarked as she broke down the human's sentence. “He doesn't know where Ponyville is, and he probably doesn't know what Ponyville is, you say that they all seemed nervous or shocked?” She asked.

“They had good reason to be nervous.” Rainbow Dash muttered from behind Twilight, before she stomped the ground with her hoof.

The Princess pretended not to notice, and continued, “It seems to me, that they might not have ever seen a pony before.” She said at last.

“B-but how is that possible? Ponies are the dominant species? How could they've never seen one?” Twilight asked, she had presumed that humans had been hiding all theses years, but how could they've never seen a pony?

“My little ponies... there is something I must tell you... and Lyra has a role in it.”

In the Everfree Forest...

“What was that?” Collin whispered in the cold night air. The fire crackled next to him, casting flickering shadows over the tree trunks. Overall the scene was extremely unnerving and played with your senses.

“It's nothing, go to sleep.” Zak groaned, and rolled over in his sleeping bag, so he was facing away from the fire. Allison was propped against a tree, her lower half wrapped in the sleeping bag. In her hands, she held Zak's Ak74. Troy was snoring softly, missing the entire conversation.

“Naw dude, I swear I heard something. There it is again!” He said, reaching out and grasping his Mp5k.

“I swear to god, If you talk again I will fucking- wait... Oh shit I hear it too.” Zak whispered, grabbing his pistol from the bag next to him.

Allison quickly stood up and shook Troy awake. She didn't know what they were talking about, she didn't hear a damn thing other than Troy's snoring and the fire. Troy snorted and awoke with a start.

“Huh, what is it?” He said, shaking himself awake quickly. Allison grabbed Troy's Ar2 from her bag and handed it to Troy. He propped himself up with the weapon and stood up, fumbling for the safety in the near dark. That's when Allison and Troy heard it... The snap of a branch under a foot, and the low heaves of a large animal taking a breath.

The four teenagers all formed a circle next to the fire. For a minuet they heard nothing, then they heard it all at once, or heard them all at once. Out of nowhere, six large wolf like creatures made of wood pounced from the edge of the forest into the teenage rebel's tiny clearing.

“The fuck?” Troy shouted, aiming his Ar2 at the nearest and largest one.

It reared back and howled to the moon, the others soon followed suit. The situation was quickly getting out of hand.

That's when Zak came up with a snap decision that saved them... and doomed them.

“Fuck em' up!” He screamed before unloading his pistol clip into the cranium of the nearest wolf creature. It collapsed to the earth... Only to get back up again.

The other teenagers soon followed Zak's lead, unloading their clips into the bodies of the deformed wolves. They all were met with the same results.

“Shit! Shit! Shit!” Collin screamed as the wolf he had shot was now standing back up, but missing half it's head.

That's when it hit Allison. These wolves are made of wood like... like... timber wolves? Allison didn't have time to question it, she quickly reached behind her and grasped the end of a large branch from the camp fire. She swung it towards the wolf in front of her. It collided with it's head, instantly igniting it. Fire danced across it's head, spreading to the rest of it's body as it howled in pain. The other wolves turned and stared at their fallen comrade. Fire licked across it's body and slowly burned away at the outside, working it's way deeper into it's very soul. The others yelped with fear, turned, and dashed back into the thicket, wooden tails between their wooden legs.

The rebels all stood their speechless. Until the silence was broken by Troy who commented

“Well shit.” Allison cast him a glance, and he ginned like a fool.

Ponyville...

“So Lyra was... human all along?!” Twilight nearly shouted. The other Elements all shared expressions of shock as well. “And you sent her back to her world?!” Twilight followed up.

The princess nodded to both questions.

“Do you think those humans are form Lyra's world?” Twilight asked the princess.

The princess slowly shook her head. “To be honest, I'm not sure. We don't know how many different worlds there are, these humans could have come from anyone of those.” She said

“We need to send them back.” Princess Luna said from behind her older sister. It was the first time Luna had talked the entire time. The Elements hadn't really been paying attention to her, but she had been listening intently the whole time.

“Of course sister, but first we must find- wait, did you hear that?” Princess Celestia asked, cocking her head. The Elements all listened closely. Off in the distance, the sound of popping and loud booms could be heard. Followed by howls of pain from Timber Wolves.

“The humans?” Twilight asked.

“It sound more like machinery to me.” Applejack stated as she listened to the noises. When the suddenly stopped, but the howls continued, then were cut short.

“You don't think the humans a-a-ate it do you?” Fluttershy asked from the back of the group, fear was almost seeping out of her face.

“I don't know my little pony, but whatever they are doing, we must find them.” Princess Celestia said. “Guards!” She shouted towards the door. Immediately, the two, whom had been posted outside, rushed into the library, then stood at attention. “Guards, prepare the chariot, and retrieve Captain Spear Head, we're going to the Everfree Forest.”