Humans, Ponies and Chaos
Chapter 2: Chapter two. Welcome to Ponyville!
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Images of blood, pain and agony flashed before Carmine and Ulfgar's eyes. They would see their friends and family slaughtered by the second in the most horrible way possible.
Clayton Carmine saw his brothers. Anthony was shot in the head by an locust sniper. Benjamin was devoured by a giant locust rift worm and before he reached its stomach he was torn apart by nemacytes. For Clayton family was his most precious thing. He loved his brothers and as he was forced to repeatedly see this, it started to slowly drive him insane.
The dovakhiin saw his best friend and sworn brother Fultheim begging for mercy along with two strangers. He was only able to watch as the leader of the dark brotherhood Astrid sliced their necks because he refused to kill them after stealing their contract. He also relived the first time he faced Alduin, after crossing the border, the Empire decided to execute him. The massive dragon attacked Helgen just seconds before his decapitation and slaughtered nearly everyone as he and just a few men escaped. It was the first time he truly felt fear.
"Wake up! wake up!" Heavy slapped Ulfgar multiple times in the face. "You to future man!" he threw a rock towards Carmine which then deflected from his helmet.
"JEEZE LOUISE WHAT THE FUCK!" Carmine reached out to his neck. "Ugh, my head is killing me."
"Ysgromar? Is that you?" Ulfgar said while looking drowsy.
"Njet, is Heavy."
"By the gods! this is not Sovngarde."
"Woah, this place looks trippy. Where are we? Wait... Who the hell are you?" Carmine said while observing the colorful environment.
"I am heavy weapons guy. And this. This is my gun." Heavy placed Sasha infront of the COG soldier.
"Woah! thats as big as a chaingun. Heavy weapons guy sounds like a weird name doesnt it? Im Carmine." He reached out for a handshake. Heavy accepted it.
"Da, name does not matter anymore. I am Heavy now."
"Could you two dwemer artifact collecters explain to me why I have not joined my ancestors in the afterlife!" yelled the dovakhiin clearly annoyed.
"Who's this weirdo?"
"I do not know. Found you both at river unconscious. Did not bother to wake you, but then little man eyes started to glow and you started to scream. It annoyed me, so decided to break neck. Lucky you woke up." Heavy grinned.
"Hold on. I started screaming?"
"Da."
"Okay...Where are we then?"
"I do not know. Heavy was still killing the BLU team not twenty minutes ago."
"Blue team? where the hell are even from?"
"I come from beautiful country named Russia."
"Russia? Where the hell is that, in the n..." Carmine was interupted by Heavy.
"I do not think we come from same place. This is different world also. I figure you must be from future!"
"Works for me. And who is this guy then?" Carmine pointed at the dragonborn.
"Surely you must have heard from Ulfgar the Fearless! slayer of Alduin the world eater." Ulfgar said proudly. Carmine shrugged.
"The Dovakhiin! you must have heard the legends."
"Sorry. I dont usually hang out with half-naked dudes." Carmine laughed.
"By Talos! where is my steel?" Ulfgar was shocked by the fact he was dressed in just his underwear.
"There was big chest as well, maybe strange things are yours." Heavy picked up the large chest he had left downhill and dropped it infront of the dragonborn.
Ulfgar immediatly spotted his iron armor, gauntlets and boots. He quickly geared up and dug further in huge chest. All of the equipment he had while was he questing was there. The skyforged steel greatsword. An orcish bow and arrows. A staff he would use to light up dark areas. Some potions and last but not least. His trademark Iron horned helmet. He gently put it on. Carmine had meanwhile joined the dovakhiin next to chest.
"Whats with the weird outfit man?"
"It is the finest armor I could create myself. It intimidating look sends fear into my enemies heart. And my sword can cleave three man in half with one slice!"
"Wouldnt it be better to use guns instead of this large butterknife?"
"I trust my sword as it saved me countless of times. I will not put my trust in these unreliable dwemer devices you call guns!"
"Dwemer huh... Where are you from buddy?" Carmine said slightly patronizing.
Ulfgar stopped to think for a second. He realised he wasnt in Skyrim anymore. Way to sunny. He tried to recall what happened. The dovakhiin tried to remember as hard as he could. Vague images of Skyrim flashed before him in his mind. The guards. Being send to jail. A vague image of the creature that appeared to him in his cell. The flames. Oh god the flames.
"I...I come from Skyrim...And I... died... so I should be in Sovngarde right now. Fighting alongside my ancestors and drinking endless amounts of mead!" the dovakhiins words had a touch of sadness to them.
"I think I died as well, but there's no point figuring out what happened because I feel pretty much alive right now. Im sure that if we work together we can get you back to Sky-ring or this Sovergoord." Carmine said reassuring.
Ulfgar couldnt help but laugh at his mispronouncing of Skyrim and Sovngarde. Heavy decided to join the laughter aswell.
"Oh. Im sure we'll be the best of friends." Carmine still laughing. "But seriously, dont worry. You just got to go with the flow and deal with things as they come. Like me! wait... Is that?"
Carmine peaked in the chest and pulled out his Lancer assault rifle complete with chainsaw attachment, A gnasher shotgun and two frag grenades. "Sweet!" now all three humans were fully equiped.
"Alright, I have no idea where we are or why its so colorful. But what I do know is that we need to find some civilization and get some food. Im starving." Carmine said ready to take charge. Heavy and Ulfgar nodded in agreement.
"I saw big castle when I fell from sky. " The russian said to Carmine as he pointed towards he guessed it to be.
"Then off we go!" and with that the three armed to the teeth humans took off.
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Scootaloo was in pursuit of the treasure chest she had seen falling from the sky not long ago. Her excitement made her forget all about the dangers that lurk in the Everfree Forest as she kept getting further in.
"Im sure I'll get my cutie mark when I find that treasure!" she thought to herself. After a good ten minutes of encountering nothing but trees and mud, she stumbled upon a river. Rainbow Dash had told her once about a giant sea-serpent that resided there.
"I hope I wont run into anything scary that might eat me." Scootaloo's was starting to get doubts to continue further, but all doubt immediatly vanished as she spotted a chest atleast five times larger then herself on a small hill. She quickly ran towards and bucked it open. The pegasus jumped up to the chest and peaked inside. It was empty. Or no wait. She picked out a pair of big stylish sunglasses hidden in the corner of the chest. Scootaloo looked at her flank with a big smile on her face.
"Awww still no cutie mark. What a useless treasure." She bucked it once more in dissapointment. However she noticed strange hoofprints surrounding the chest.
"Somepony must've stolen the real treasure! cutie mark crusader treasure retrievers go!" she started following the prints.
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Heavy, Ulfgar and Carmine had spend just five minutes walking through the unfamilair forest, telling each other of their adventures.
Carmine told of the mutated monsters he had to fight everyday in a struggle for survival.
Heavy told of the endless battles he fought against BLU. He vaguely described the RESPAWN as a magical device that would recreate him every time he died.
Ulfgar spoke proudly of Skyrim and the people he swore to protect from dragons and other unimaginable foes much to Carmine's surprise.
"So wait? You can actually cast magic? Care to show?
The dovakhiin held up his hand as he conjured a small flame in it. It grew more violent. He stretched out his arm as the flames were now burning brightly reaching all the way above the large trees.
"Im specialized in destruction magic, I can conjure up powerful ice, lighting and fire magic. I have some knowledge in the restoration school. However im still just a joke compared to some of the mages of Winterhold. They're able to summon dangerous elementals fro..." Carmine stopped the dovakhiin.
"You're going a little fast for me there buddy. You can throw fire okay. Thats all I need to know."
Heavy was distracted as he heard rumbling in some bushes behind them during the other guys conversation. He grasped Sasha tightly as he proceeded to venture towards not-so hidden creature behind the bush.
"Hey look! I found chicken!" heavy yelled happily as he pulled up an orange winged creature.
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Earlier
Scootaloo was tracking the treasure snatchers for a while now. She would be more scared of the Everfree Forest normally. But Ponyville is literally only a three-minute jog from this point. The young pegasus flinched for a moment as she heard laughter in the distance.
"Right on track." She ninjad her way from tree to tree hiding in the shadows. She was careful enough not to make a sound. The pegasus ended up doing a triple flip to confirm her awesomness when she jumped of a tree branch which caused her to crash down in a small bush.
"Ouch..." with eyes widened she gasped as she saw three large creatures standing on their hind legs. Seemingly having a conversation. She quickly pulled herself up in a more comfortable position as she took cover in the small bush, obviously scared. Scootaloo kept staring at the strange beings as one of them suddenly raised his arm. He conjured up a little flame, he must be like a unic....
"EEP!" Scootaloo flinched as she saw the flame grow more violent and scary! the largest of the creatures most likely noticed her squak as she saw the behemoth slowly approach her. The young pegasus was completly frozen in fear. Her legs refused to move as she felt the creatures claws around her tail lifting her up.
"Hey look! I found chicken!" the creature yelled in excitement.
"By the gods. Thats a wonderful catch Heavy. It will certainly fill our stomachs for the night and keep moral high!" the horned one replied.
"Hmm. Its no bacon but it'll do for now." The last one said.
"I AM NOT A CHICKEN!!!" Scootaloo bucked Heavy right in the face causing his nose to bleed and to lose grip on the small pony. She landed right in front of Carmine.
"HOLY SHIT! IT TALKED! ULFGAR! KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!" Carmine yelled.
"By Ysgromar's beard! Foul demon!" Ulfgar conjured flames in both his hands.
Scootaloo did what any normal pony would've done. Run off screaming and crying. The horned one followed her but luckily tripped over a tree root in mere seconds. She kept sprinting as fast as she could. Ponyville was already in sight.
"Need to warn Ponyville!" she thought to herself with tears in her eyes.
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Heavy was enraged by what happened. "Puny creature kicks me in face and gets away with it? Oh no no. I WILL FIND LITTLE ONE. Then it will be sorry."
Carmine calmed down the raging russian. "Woah calm down big guy, we have no idea what that thing was. We need to carefully plan an..." Heavy interupted him.
"NJET! WE GO TAKE REVENGE!"
"Aye, I agree with Heavy. I want to know what we're dealing with." Ulfgar said.
"Well okay, but listen. Have you seen that movie? Planet of the Apes?"
"Njet."
"What is this movie you speak off?"
"Ugh nevermind. The only logical conclusion I have for this is that we are stranded on this planet or whatever it is and where not humans, but these chicken-like creatures evolved over time!" Carmine said super serious.
The trio took started tracking down the strange creature and spotted its prints in the dirt immediatly. Within five minutes they reached what seemed civilization.
"Alright guys, we have an unknown enemy we know nothing about. We are most likely severely outnumbered and have the tactical disadvantage of not knowing this terrain. All odds are against us and thats exactly how I like it. I propose we do this the COG way." Carmine said.
"What is this cock way?" Heavy smirked.
"COG WAY! just follow my lead."
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Earlier
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Scootaloo ran screaming through Ponyville as she was eventually stopped by a purple unicorn named Twilight Sparkle.
"Scootaloo, whats wrong?"
"Ohtwilighttherewerethreemonstersintheforestandtheywantedtoeatmeandthen...." Scootaloo was interupted by a purple hoof in her mouth.
"I need you to slow down please Scootaloo. And then calmly tell me what happened." Twilights voice calmed the young pegasus down a bit. She took a deep breath.
"I was in the forest doing some awesome crusading. Then I spotted three scary big creatures. I went to follow them because I wasnt scared at all!"
"What kind of creatures?" Twilight asked as it peeked her interest.
"Well... They all stood on their hindlegs and had claw like hooves. The biggest looked like a big bald mean gorilla! there was also one that had horns and he could throw fire! the last one was a robot I think."
"A robot?"
"Its true Twilight! you gotta believe me! they said they were gonna eat me!" Scootaloo yelled.
"Oh Scootaloo, do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?" Twilight giggled.
"Twilight im serious! what if they show up here and hurt anypony? What if they are going to eat u...." Scootaloo was interupted by a sudden battlecry.
"CHAAAAAAAAAAARGEEEE!"
Twilight face grew pale as she saw the three creatures Scootaloo had just described sprint right out of the Everfree Forest as the robot seemed to lead the creatures as he used a scary looking object to fire what looked like bits of metal randomly in the air. The gorilla held a similair device only far more big and terrifying. The noise it produced was deafening as he continued this barrage of firepower. The last one with the horns was the smallest of the three but looked equally deadly as he carried a giant sword atleast twice the size of anypony.
Twilight duck to the ground. Covered her ears with her hooves to avoid going deaf from the noise.
"FUS RO DAH!" the purple unicorn blacked out.
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