September 15th, 2013...

Equestria, Manehatten…

POV: Captain John Carson

7:50pm…

I hustled the Equestrian Scouts and the Sailors out of the bar and marched off towards the general direction of the princess in a hurry. Wherever this ship was it needed to be found before it’s discovered by somebody else and comes back to bite us in the ass. The Equestrians know these waters better than anyone else, and luckily we have the speed, and firepower to get us their. The only thing I needed was the green light from the Equestrian Government and I would be after that ship like stink on shit.

“You said the Missouri was last spotted off the coast of Saddle Arabia correct?” I asked one of the scouts.

“Affirmative, last known position was twenty clicks off the harbor of Fakhur. Heading west towards hostile waters. The hostile waters are patrolled by pirates of the Forgotten Griffon Empire. We’ve tried to get Griffonstone to help us, but, they’re kind of stubborn.” He said as we reached the docking area of our ships.

“Well, we are going to have to get them on our side in order to try and persuade those pirates to stay away from our ship, which means we need to be diplomatic about things.” The whole group came to a stop underneath a dock light. The scout looked up at me and gave me a nasally laugh.

“Yeah right, nobody from the L.O.E.N. has ever had a successful meeting with the Griffon Empire since, well, since I’ve been alive. So, about 30 years.” He stated.

“Well if they won't listen to the League Of Equestrian Nations, then maybe they’ll listen to a third party negotiator, the Human Race. The Equestrian Empire and the US Government aren’t technically allies seeing how we don’t have contact with my superiors But I guess, me and Charlie, being the highest rank here, we’ll have to be, Earth’s representatives. I wouldn’t normally appoint myself to that task, but, we have no other option.” I said outloud to the whole group. The Human sailors looked at each other, gave each other looks and faces, then looked back towards me and nodded.

“I think our captain wouldn’t have a problem with that, sir.” One of them said back, then another one moved up from the crowd, “But you might want to ask him yourself.” His eyes darted around me, as did the rest of the sailors, and then snapped to a salute. I turned around, and saw Charlie walking over to me, with a upset look on his face. Getting closer, he saluted back to the sailors and walked up to me. From the look on his face, I figured he knew the news too.

“Yeah, so, you know to, right?” I asked pulling him closer.

“The Missouri, right?” He said in a whisper.

“You don’t need to whisper, everyone knows, I was being honest with them, this ship could give anyone the upper hand.” I said.

“And it’s not just that,” Charlie says, walking past me and joining his crew mates. Suddenly the pony sailors went into a bow, turning around I saw princess Celestia, and Luna. Their manes seemed to glow in the night as they walked closer.

“This could alter human history if that ship goes missing, specifically American history, if what Charlie said is correct, that another ship is wandering around our world's waters.” She said bowing to her subjects. After the ponies leaned back up, one of them walked to the Celestia and nodded.

“The human tells the truth, a massive metal ship has been spotted off the coast of Saddle Arabia.” He said handing her a piece of paper from a saddle bag he had on. Celestia quickly read it over and nodded. “Then we must find it at once.” She says in a commanding voice.

“Yeah, and John here has an idea on how to do that.” Came one of the sailors behind Charlie. Everyone looked at me, ponies, and humans alike. ‘Gee, thanks for giving me the spotlight their buddy.’ I thought.

September 15th, 2013...

Equestria, Manehatten, USS Boston, Intel room…

POV: Captain John Carson

8:45pm…

“So, just that i'm understanding this clearly, you want to talk to the King of Griffonstone to see if you can have aid in looking for the Missouri by having them try to keep the Griffon pirates off you, and you are now, by, popular vote, Earth’s representative.” Princess Luna stated. She sat at the far side of the table, that me, Charlie, and Celestia sat at. Intel, and radar equipment surrounded us and a few lights hung from the ceiling, keeping the room lit, barely.

“Yeah, that’s about it in a nutshell.” I said. Charlie leaned up from his chair and looked over at me.

“Why do you get to be Earth’s representative?” He asked. I shrugged my shoulders.

“Well your guys said you would be okay with it, so I figured it would be okay with you.”

“I mean it is, cause, I don't think I could handle that much political baggage, but, can you handle it? That's the real question.” He said slowly crossing his arms, and cocking an eyebrow.

“Well, I do have a way with words, I took a public speaking class in college, and I aced it, so…” I said, once again shrugging my shoulders back at him .

“I didn’t, so, knock em dead, I guess…” He said nudging me in the right arm. The Princesses looked at each other, then looked back to me with a bit of a questionable state.

“Well, because we are short on time, these arrangements must be implemented. Captain John Carson, due to popular vote, we will now acknowledge your title as, Representative of Earth.” Came Princess Luna.

“Indeed, welcome to Equestria Mr. Ambassador.” Came Princess Celestia. She extended her hoof across the table in a gesture, that I figured out was the, ‘shake my hand.’ I met her hand and gave it a firm shake.

“Pleasure to be here.” I said with a smile.

I never realised until now, how deep I was. I guess time had just fallen away. Maybe because this place looked so much like home, or my crew mates and their unearthly positive attitude, or something else. But, just now I had realized what I had done. I just signed up for a wild goose chase, hunting down one of the most influential ships in human history, while subsequently becoming the man that would speak for the entire human race, in one afternoon. I had let my presence known on this planet, I don’t know what might come of our involvement in Equestrian history, but, I better make a good impression. Otherwise, there goes the human race’s only chance of winning the people of this world.

After the meeting, the princesses left the ship to gather their armed forces, while me and Charlie just sat their in the room. I placed my hand over my face, and slowly dragged it down,sighed and leaned up in my seat. I went over the information in my head that had been given to me in the past few hours. It was a bit much for just one person to handle, but, I had to do it, it was my job now. Suddenly a voice derailed my train of thought.

“You need an outfit…” Came Charlie, “One with a cape.” He said putting his hand on his chin, as the gears in his twisted head began to spin around.

I just looked at him, as if to just ignore what he said. But then, the thought of a new uniform sounded better by the passing moments. I looked down to the torn dirty black captain's dress that I had been wearing ever since I had gotten to this world. I then remembered I didn’t have a spare suit, for, unknown reasons.

“Yeah, okay sure, we’ll have to talk to the princess about that, cause we obviously don’t have the resources to make one.”

September 17th, 2013...

Equestria, Manehatten, USS Boston, Main Captain's Quarters…

POV: Captain John Carson…

7:45am…

I sit in a wooden chair, leaning on my desk looking out the porthole, that overlooked the alien ocean listening to it as it sloshed up against the hull of the ship. The sea was calm today, the sun had just come up. It shone thru the window and lit up the room. I sat their writing in the journal that I had supplied myself with for the archive team. I wrote down the names of nations, and the people who ran them, friends and enemies of the Equestrian Empire, and other sorts of organizations recognized by the L.O.E.N.

Yesterday I got an escort into Manehattan to meet with the greatest tailors in the entire country, including one of the Element bearers, the element of generosity.

The ponies seemed reluctant to make my acquaintance and were honored to be making me a new uniform for equestrian politics. So after I had explained my predicament, they went right to work, taking measurements and gathering supplies. After they told me I could leave I went to exit the workshop until I remembered the white bodied and purple maned name was. Rarity, she was friends with the pony that had been forced into a coma due to the magical discharge she gave off due to the three ships coming through.

So, before I left, I came to her and kneeled to her, and expressed my apologies, and asked her if she needed anything, I, and the rest of the humans would help her in any situation regarding her friends health. With a smile and a small tear in her eyes, she wrapped her arms around me and squeezed me into a hug. She whispered something in my ear, that has kind of made me feel, strange.

She said, “Thanks for being so generous darling.” We talked for a little bit about her hospital visits, and how each one gets worse and worse, not seeing Twilights eyes open. Each time she goes, she is terrified that, twilight may never wake up. I assured her that she will, and to let her be at rest for now, until the time is right.

It wasn't until much later when I realised I had made a friend with one of the most famous ponies in Equestria, whether Equestria knew it or not. Without Her, or Twilight, Equestria was officially defenceless. Their Royal Guard could only do so much and the Princesses Could be overwhelmed. Without us, this nation couldn’t stand against a hostile force, let alone a battleship.

Which is why, getting the Griffons on our side is such a big deal. Cause, from what I know about them, they have talons, which is how they can hold things, hold weapons, hold firearms.

I leaned back in the chair I sat in, and looked up at the ceiling, in a bubble of thought.

“If I can ally the Ponies and the Griffons again then maybe, we have a chance at getting that ship back, and giving Equestria a new form of deterrence, the Griffon Empire.” Because the way I see it. If the Ponies give the supplies, then the Griffons can put the supplies to use, keeping both nations safe.

“Let's just hope this works.” I said leaning back down and writing my plans in the book before closing it. As the hardcover of the book meets the paper within it and the leather strap is placed over it and locked, a knocking came from the bulkhead from behind me. I turned my head, and said loud enough for them to hear me,

“Come in, it’s not locked.” The door clanked open and in stepped Charlie, and Rarity. I was surprised to see them both up this early. But it’s what Charlie held in his hand, that made me truly wonder, it was a suit. From what I could tell, it was mainly white, but I couldn’t see behind the plastic wrap it was covered in.

“Here it is, sir.” Charlie said with a smirk. Rarity looked up at him with a puzzled look. Quietly she asked him,

“Sir? Aren't the both of you the same rank, or did I miss something I should have remembered?”

“No no no, it’s a joke…” He said circling his free hand around in circles.

“Oh okay then, I’ll have to learn human sense of humor then.”

“Yeah, we’re weird like that.” Saying that he pulled out from behind him, an officer's hat. After looking it over after I got it in my hand, it looked very extravagant with white, blue and gold colors. It’s rim was black and had a gold trimming, and in the center had a white and gold globe, that I could only assume was Earth. The majority of the hat was white, with blue and gold strips above the gold trimming.

Charlie extended the suit and hat out towards me,

“Well? Try it on!” He laughed.

Taking the suit, I could tell it had a bit of weight to it. It wasn’t like a normal suit, it had other things with it, I could feel them. I could definitely feel boots, but I wasn’t sure what else.

“Fine, be right back.”

7:55am…

“Wow… I uh… wasn’t expecting this much.” I said outloud while I was still in the bathroom while Charlie and Rarity waited outside for me. After the whole thing had been put on, I just sort of looked in the mirror. Well, the suit was white, but maybe not the way I was expecting. The jacket came down in the back into a cape that parted in the middle, the shoulders housed a pair of golden epaulets that came down halfway to my armpits. A blue velvet chest band came from the left of my epaulet and came down to about the mid section of my torso on the right side. White and gold military tassels hung down from the left epaulet. The uniform came with a pair of long white gloves that came over top of the sleeves of my jacket, and the boots were made of leather, and came halfway up my shin. My pants were white, just like the rest of the jacket, but a pair of golden stripes went up and down it.

“Gezz guys, I’m surprised you didn’t give me an eye patch to go along with it.” I said through the thick walls of the bathroom.

“Oh come on it’s not that much. Just let us see how you look!” I heard him yell back. I just shook my head, and went along with their little fantasy.

“Okay, here I come.” I said back. I opened the door and exited the bathroom.