So, guess I should start at the beginning, which is where I died.

It was an average day in an unimportant month, and I was walking along the street, going to my job at Gamestop. I wore a Halo shirt and blue jeans, nothing out of the ordinary, which is how i thought my day would go. Boy, was I wrong.

I was almost at Gamestop when some jackass, who I'm assuming was drunk, swerved around the corner of the road, half of the car on the sidewalk. I tried to jump out of the way, but, when I did, I hit the side of a building and bounced back into the full path, which led to me being road kill.

Now, I'm an atheist, so I didn't believe in heaven or hell, but, as I dabbled in science, I knew something would happen. Law of Conservation of Energy due to the electrical impulses in the brain and whatnot. I can honestly say I did not expect to be in some kind of void the second after being hit, nor did I expect to be talking to a woman with gray skin in a white dress with rainbow colored hair. Oh, and she was also an anthro pony. Yay.

"I'm guessing I died?" I said, crossing my arms.

"You're taking it well," the mare said, to which I shrugged.

"Not like I could do anything," I said. "So, it's clear I'm in some kind of after life. What's going to become of me?"

She chuckled. "Not exactly," she said.

"That means what, exactly?" I asked.

"You did die, yes," she said. "But I do have an offer for you:begin a new life, and become a protector."

"How do I know this won't screw me over?" I asked.

"Because I'm not a liar," she said. "If you decide to take up my offer, you'll be able to choose a new form, as well as whatever powers come with it."

"Yea, that isn't really an incentive for me," I said.

"Not even helping kep a world safe?"

"That is," I said. "So, whatever form I want, as well as the powers that go with it?"

"Indeed," the mare said. "And if it has any weapons, you can choose them as well."

In that case, "Then I want the basic Excalibur grade frame from Warframe with the starting bow, pistol, and sword," I said. Note, I am not very lucky, and don't have any but those things in the game. On the other hand, I have become good with them in game. "And will I get the experience for those?"

"Indeed you will," the mare said. "Is that what you wish to become?"

"Yeah, it is," I replied. "But first, can I at least know your name?"

She chuckled. "You'll find out soon enough," she then said. "Until then, at least know that you'll need to start running once you wake up."

"Why?" I asked, with no reply coming before I blacked out, but not before I felt something growing on me.

When I came to, which was a slow process, mind you, I began to hear voices. "Princess, what is that?" one asked. Is that Tara Strong- wait a minute. Mare in death, Tara Strong's voice? Aw, fuck me. I'm in Equestria.

"I don't know, Twilight," I heard another voice, this one sounding like Celestia, said. "But whatever it is, it has to be destroyed. Nightmare made a futile attempt to make it before you and your friends could defeat her. I'm sure it will try to carry out her will." Well, explains that last line from the mystery mare and gives me the time of the show I arrived in.

"But it came out of the Rainbow from the Elements," Twilight said. "What if the Elements made it?"

"It is too risky to let it roam free, regardless, Twilight," Celestia said as I came fully to, and I opened my eyes.

Impressive HUD, I thought. Basically, my HUD had a radar that, somehow, had a basic outline of the castle of the royal sisters, along with eight dots, each a light blue. That was on the left side. On the right, there were outlines of my three weapons. Now, I hadn't played the game in a while, so I forget the names of my weapons, but I had the starting bow and arrows, the starting pistol, and the sword. I wonder if my color scheme is that of my in-game one.

"Uh, princess," Twilight said, and I heard worry in her voice. "It's moving. What do we do?"

"Stand back, all of you," Celestia said. "I'll take care of it."

And here we go. The Displaced, as I'm sure I'm some variation of one, cliche of being attacked simply for being different. Though, to be fair, for them, it was uncertain if the Elements or Nightmare made me come here. Still, no way in hell am I going to get stoned or otherwise imprisoned in my first day here.

Just as a warning, one that said Nearby energy build-up detected, I moved fully, rolling to the left onto my chest, which allowed me to get myself onto my feet, just as a beam of magic, one that didn't make a crater, by the way, hit where I was laying. I looked up, and saw Celestia, anthro and wearing a white dress with yellow accents and a golden tiara, horn lit with yellow magic, with the mane six, wearing their EQG outfits, though with Applejack and Rainbow wearing jeans and workout pants, respectively, and an anthro version of season one Luna, wearing a dark blue dress with silver accents, with a fearful look on her eyes. Can't really blame her right now.

By instinct, my right hand went to my right thigh, where the pistol was, but I stopped it just as it hovered over it. "You see, Twilight?" Celestia said. "It reaches for it's device."

And because she's their princess, they go with her. Even a moron back home could see it was in self defense. And besides, which one of us has fired? Anyway, I quickly scanned the room for an exit, and saw the main door. I looked back at them. Okay, two unicorns, only one of which is willing to fight, if I'm right. Two Earth ponies, one of whom is what I dub a ponified version of Deadpool, albeit without the bloody mind and weapons, two pegasai, one of who has pulled off a Sonic Rainboom, and two alicorns, at least one of whom is in any position to fight.

"See ya," I said before bolting to the main entrance to the room. Before I was even halfway there, a wall made of yellow magic popped up a few feet from the entrance. Okay, going back over Tenno, the actual name for the player race of Warframe, the warframes being a sort of suit, abilities. What do they have? They can hold in air for a time, though that may just be time dilation. Useless here. Got it. Wall run and double jump, with wall jump. That'll do.

I altered my path to take me to the wall on the left side of the room, and I jumped in the air, then double jumped to get me level with the top of Celestia's magic wall. I grasped a ledge for a window frame, and used that to propel myself towards the wall, keeping a hand on the wall so my suit could stay in constant contact with the wall. Best scientific guess for that is that my suit is able to create a magnetic charge that polarizes walls and itself, allowing for this. Fuck it, I'll have time later. Just before I hit the wall, I jumped off the one I was running on, which had me go lower than the top of the yellow, magically created one. But, as I hit it, I pit both hands on it, and made a pulling up motion, as well as a jumping motion, which allowed me to wall jump up to the top of the wall.

As I hit the top, bringing my left leg over it and resting it on the top, I looked back, and saw some surprised faces. I did an off handed salute, then spun, and dropped down the other side. I then turned, and ran out of the castle, and into the woods through a hole in the passage wall. Once I was outside, I made my way to the ravine, feeling an odd sensation and pull to there, and jumped down.

When I landed, falling into a kneeling position, I saw my shield and health bars appear on the upper right. Noted. Okay, shield is at a full of- holy shit, one thousand points, health at half that. I wonder how many magic bolts it can take. Let's hope i don't find that out, huh?

Anyway, I stood up, and went to deeper into the ravine, into the cave where the Tree of Harmony was. Now, before you ask, it was nowhere near as bright as it would be in season four past the premiere, and, from what I could tell, it was quickly weakening. Anyway, I made my way to the Tree, where I assumed the meditative pose that one is in when at the navigation in their ships. That's to say, I got on both knees, hands resting on the lower thighs just above the knees, and my head lowered. I did not know why, but I just thought it felt right for some reason. So imagine my surprise when i heard a voice.

Hello, Tenno, I heard a voice, the same one belonging to the one i had met in the void, say. It is good to see you escaped.

You, i replied mentally. If I had known you were going to send me here at this point in time, I would have said no!

You still would have arrived at some point when the Elements were being used, the voice said. That could not be helped, as those would be the only times I would have the strength to send you there.

What do you mean? I asked. Who are you?

Is it not obvious? she asked. I am Harmony, the creator of this tree and the Elements.