The female soldier remained perfectly still with an astonished look on her face as she browsed the seven colorful pastel ponies, still unsure if she was in a dream or going insane. Not only did she witness colorful ponies with horns and wings, but she also heard one of them speak a human language that she understood clearly. The ponies appeared to reach the girl's neck in height.

"Are you okay?" asked Starlight, walking right next to Twilight. "I guess you've never seen a pony before, huh?"

"But... but that's impossible," the human said in total disbelief. "You all can't be real. Where did you even come from?"

"From another world far from yours," Twilight said.

The soldier didn't even respond. She was in absolute uncertainty about these strange creatures. She turned away from them and started to walk out to the alleyway.

"I don't have time to think about this," the woman said. "People are dying as we speak and I have to help them escape. So goodbye."

Right before she could fire her grappling hooks at one of the structures, Twilight called out to her in a pleading voice.

"Don't go!" Twilight yelled. "We came here into this world to help you as well as all of the humans within these walls."

"How can you little ponies help us in times as dire as this? You wouldn't last a day with these abominations," the soldier said in a direct tone.

"Trust us," Rainbow budded in. "We may not look like much, but we're capable of many awesome things."

"Oh, please let us help you," spoke Fluttershy. "We promise we won't be a burden."

"Pinkie Promise!" Pinkie Pie added.

The soldier didn't have time to think about it, but forsaking these ponies would no doubt be like kicking a tin can after all of the training she learned from the training academy. Once she looked back at them, she saw all of them looking at her with pleading expressions in their eyes. She finally gave them an answer.

"Alright. You can help us, but don't expect everyone else to be so welcoming."

"Thank you so much, Mrs. ... uhh" Twilight said, unable to return the soldier's name.

"Ackerman. Mikasa Ackerman," she answered. "Now let's go! We do not have time to lose."

Mikasa fired one of her grappling hooks towards the top of a tall tower to get a better view as to where her allies are regrouping. Meanwhile, Twilight flew up towards Mikasa using her magic to carry Rarity with her. Rainbow Dash followed her while she picked up Applejack to carry her up to the rooftops of the city. Fluttershy picked up Starlight to carry her as well whereas Starlight used her magic to lift Pinkie Pie off the ground. Pinke Pie was enjoying the lift in the meantime.

Rain continued to pour across the city. Once Mikasa stood at the top of the tower, she noticed a few soldiers arguing amongst each other.

The bell signaling retreat has already been rung, so why aren't they scaling the wall? Mikasa thought.

"Hey, Mikasa!" Rainbow shouted pointing her hoof at a large fortress. "Look there!"

Mikasa turned to the direction Rainbow was pointing and saw several giants swarming all over the building. They were trying to reach for some humans trapped inside.

"The supply castle," Mikasa murmured.

Inside the castle, a few soldiers were hiding behind desks that they were using for cover hoping that titans would not find them. A female soldier with dark hair peeked over from behind the counters and noticed a titan looking through the window. She shuddered in absolute terror.

"We're... gonna die," she whispered. "There's no way out."

The other soldiers that hid with her were in a state of dread. One of them was working on loading a rifle. Suddenly, the soldiers heard a tremendous crash with a menacing roar. They shuddered and sobbed even more. The gun the soldier had was now fully loaded.

"Alright. Done," the male soldier said.

"How will that help us?" another soldier asked.

Without replying to her, he inserts it into his mouth and pulls the trigger, blowing his brains out behind his head. The other soldiers scream in terror after seeing their ally commit suicide.

The rain outside finally ceased leaving some dark clouds in the sky. Several soldiers with crossed-sword crests on their uniforms were evaluating the situation.

"Hey, Jean, what are we gonna do?" asked a small little soldier with a stripped head.

"There's nothing we can do," replied another male soldier with short, light ash-brown hair, sitting down wearing a worried feeling. "To think when the retreat signal finally rang, we can't climb the wall because we're all out of gas. Now we're all probably gonna die. Thanks to those spineless bastards."

"What, you mean the supply squads?" the other soldier questioned. "What is up with them anyway? Did they all get wiped out?"

"No, apparently they all lost their fighting spirit. I can sympathize with them, but how could they just abandon their supply mission and confine themselves in the HQ? Thanks to all of those titans, resupplying would be impossible."

"So then we got no other choice but to risk everything killing all of those Titans, right?!" shouted the shorter soldier. "It's far better than just sitting around and doing nothing! Titans will eventually come for us too! Even if we just keep running away from them, at that'll do is waste what precious gas we have left. Once we lose our mobility, we're done for!"

The sandy-haired soldier looked up at him.

"Looks like you're using your head for once, Conny," the man responded. "But do you honestly think that it would be possible with these forces? The seniors who fought on the front lines are mostly dead. Do you believe any of these recruits are fit to lead on a suicide mission like that? Even so, we couldn't possibly defeat all of those titans. I guarantee some three and four-meter Titans broke into the gas supply room; which means that working in there would be impossible."

Conny was surprised to hear his statement and was now realizing that the whole situation was dire.

"So, it's hopeless?" Conny said falling back into despair.

"Damn," Jean hissed while letting out a huge, depressed sigh and placing a hand on his head. "This life sucks. I would have told her if only I knew this would happen."

"We can do it, everyone!" shouted another soldier with reddish, brown hair tied in a ponytail. "Stand up! If we all work together, I'm sure we'll make it out of this! I'll take the lead if that's what it takes!"

It was pointless. The other soldiers didn't respond to Sasha's wake-up call, too daunted and traumatized with fear to carry out the mission. With all of those titans swarming the castle and their supplies running out, everyone knew that there was no hope to escape.

The brown-haired girl turned her attention to a younger soldier with golden hair that sat on a different side of the roof. He was in complete trauma after seeing his friend get eaten alive by a titan. She jogged towards him, hoping that he could help to convince the soldiers to fight.

"Armin, help me convi-" she staggered.

Once she looked into his eyes, she saw that the young soldier was too petrified to look her in the eyes. Four other soldiers did not appear to give in to total despair. They seemed to be the only soldiers with a greater feeling of the decisive outcome.

"Reiner," spoke a short girl with blond hair tied in a knot. "What now?"

"We wait, Annie," responded a soldier with a muscular build and short blonde hair. "We'll need everyone's help to pull this off."

"It's hopeless," said another soldier with freckles and medium-length, black hair. "We'll all be wiped out before we can escape this city, no matter what we try."

The soldier looked up at the cloudy sky.

"It's not that I wasn't prepared to die. But, what are we dying for exactly?"

The sound of retracting hooks began to sound in the air, grabbing the soldiers' attention. Many were relieved to see Mikasa arrive while others were astonished. However, everyone's emotions turned to confusion and panic upon seeing the seven creatures coming from behind.

"The hell are those things?" Conny exclaimed.

"Ready yourselves!" Reiner ordered.

Mikasa stood in front of the ponies facing the soldiers that were preparing themselves for a fight. She held her blade on her left hand into a defensive position between the soldiers and the ponies. Once every pony was on the rooftops with her, they stood behind Mikasa as their only means of defense.

"Stand down!" Mikasa yelled out. "These ponies are not a threat. They came here to help us."

All of the soldiers could not believe what they were witnessing. They began to chatter in excitement and concern, bringing Armin's attention to the ponies with a sharpened sensation of wonder.

"What... ponies?" Jean replied in a questionable tone.

"Unlike any ponies I've ever seen," replied another soldier.

"Just look at all of the colors of their fur."

"This can't be real."

"Some of them have wings!"

"Woah, a real unicorn!"

"Where did they even come from?"

"Is that a marshmallow pony?"

"I must be dreaming!"

Jean walked towards Mikasa with a sinister glare. Mikasa, however, wasn't intimidated in the slightest.

"Mikasa, who the hell are these weirdos?!" Jean demanded.

"Hey," Rainbow Dash asserted flying up to Jean's face. "Who are you to call us-"

Rainbow Dash was suddenly yanked back from her tail by Applejack.

"Rainbow," Starlight spoke. "Calm down. We're here to help them, not fight them."

As much as Rainbow Dash did not like being insulted, primarily by some other creature, she landed back on the roof next to her friends.

"Mikasa, why are you even protecting those things?!" Jean questioned.

"And did one of them just talk?" Conny added with a bewildered expression.

"Yes," Mikasa answered. "I'm not sure who they are or where they came from, but abandoning them would be a disgrace as a soldier. I was shocked to see them as much as you guys, but I truly believe that these ponies came to help us in a time of desperation. So can I trust all of you not to attack these ponies?"

The soldiers glanced at each other hesitantly, but knowing that Mikasa was renowned and stoic, they lowered their blades and slid them back into their sheaths. Seeing that they were no longer in a position to attack, Mikasa dropped her arm and moved aside, allowing the soldiers to get a better glimpse at the ponies, now looking upon them with the same level of fascination as Armin. Reiner began to walk towards the ponies to formally introduce himself along with everyone else.

"Well then," Reiner said. "My name is Reiner Braun. May I ask what your names are?"

"Certainly," Twilight replied standing in front of her pony friends. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and these are my closest friends, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Starlight Glimmer."

As soon as Twilight announced all of their names, the soldiers couldn't help themselves but snicker trying not to burst out into laughter. Twilight noticed their rude behavior and was not going to take it lightly.

"I'm sorry, did I say something humorous?" she asked in a stern tone.

Remembering that they were not ordinary ponies and that they were probably capable of whopping their sorry flanks, they stopped almost instantly. Afterwards, the soldiers put their legs together, put their left arms behind their backs and placed their right fists on their hearts giving a salute towards the ponies.

"Not at all, miss," a soldier exclaimed.

"No ma'am," replied another.

"I'm so sorry, really!" told the maroon-haired girl walking towards Twilight and the other ponies. "It's just that...to see a unicorn or a pegasus come to life is just so fascinating. I was so excited to meet you all I could hardly contain myself."

The soldier held out her right hand to give them a handshake. Twilight offered her hoof to greet her properly, still slightly taken back from her weird enthusiasm.

"What on Earth is she doing?" a tall man with short, dark hair replied to Reiner.

"I'm not sure, probably trying to recover from that little remark about their names.", Annie murmured.

"Anyway, my name is Sasha Braus. It's nice to meet all of you.", the maroon-haired woman said.

All of the soldiers were quite surprised seeing Sasha getting along with the magical ponies so quickly, even after seeing the rainbow-maned pegasus threatening one of their comrades. Mikasa gave a small smile and walked towards the blond-haired girl. Meanwhile, the ponies split up among the many soldiers that were still fascinated to see such mythical beings. Twilight, Starlight, and Rainbow Dash went to chat with Reiner and the other three soldiers, whereas Jean and Conny joined Sasha talking to Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

"We know your kind are called humans, but what are those giants you are trying to fight against?" Twilight asked.

"These giants you speak of," said the tall, slender man. "are what are known as Titans. You see, they appeared about a century ago and nearly devoured all of humanity. Those who have survived erected the walls that you see around you."

The ponies looked across the town. Sure enough, they saw the massive, stone walls that surrounded the whole district with sheer awe and wonder. They were very impressed to see the kind of workforce to create barriers such as those.

"Three walls surround each other, Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina.", he continued. "The one we're currently in right now is Wall Rose. We lost Wall Maria five years ago."

"Oh no," Starlight exclaimed. "What happened?!"

"Two new breeds of Titans called the Colossal Titan, and the Armored Titan destroyed the outer and inner gates letting all of the Titans into the territory that Wall Maria surrounded," Reiner added. "We lost a third of our lands and a fifth of our population as a result."

"So, what the hay happened here?" Rainbow asked in a worried tone.

"The Colossal Titan appeared once again and destroyed the outer gate of Trost," the slender soldier continued.

"Trost?" Starlight questioned.

"The city we're in right now," he added.

"Oh, I see," Twilight acknowledged. "Thank you, uh..."

"Bertholdt," the man responded. "Bertholdt Hoover."

Twilight, Starlight, and Rainbow Dash looked at each other with worried glances, knowing precisely what kind of enemy they were up against in this world. Meanwhile, Applejack looked across the roof to see Armin still sitting down in total desperation.

"Hey," Applejack cried. "Ah remember that little fellah. That's the youngster we all saw before we got here."

Mikasa looked at where Applejack was facing. Sure enough, she recognized him as her closest friend.

"Armin!" she cried.

Armin was overwhelmed with fear once again. Mikasa along with Applejack and Rarity trotted to Armin to try and comfort him.

Mikasa... he thought to himself. Oh God, what am I going to tell her? How am I supposed to face her? There's no point in me surviving this. I should have died along with Eren.

Mikasa, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity squatted down to see Armin directly face-to-face with each other.

Armin looked at Applejack and Rarity and began to be overcome with fear once again.

"It's alright, darling," Rarity said in a soothing voice. "We're here to help."

"Armin, are you alright?" Mikasa asked. "Are you hurt?"

Armin didn't dare look her in the eyes and tried not to choke on his words.

"Mikasa," Applejack said to her. "Ah hate to tell ya this, but before we came to this here world of yours, we saw his friend eaten whole by one of those monsters."

Mikasa gasped after hearing Applejack's statement. She hoped deep in her heart that it wasn't her adopted brother. She stood up to look around for him among the many soldiers.

"Armin, where is Eren?" Mikasa asked. "Is he alright?"

"Eren, who is he?" Fluttershy asked.

"Eren is my brother, and I promised to protect him no matter what," Mikasa answered. "Armin, where is he?"

Armin looked right at Mikasa with his eyes flowing with tears and began to stress the fate that had befallen to his comrades. Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity saw Armin's expression and understood what had happened.

"Those... of the 34th Training Corps Squad..." he sobbed kneeling down and placed his hands on his knees. "Thomas Wagner, Nac Tias, Mylius Zeramuski, Mina Carolina, and Eren Jaeger all accomplished their duties as soldiers and heroically died in battle."

Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity's mouths fell wide open, and tears began to form in their eyes as well. All of the ponies and other soldiers heard the terrible news as well, drawing all of their attention to the two soldiers and two ponies.

"No way," Sasha murmured.

"So the 34th squad was all but annihilated, huh," Jean inferred.

"So the same thing will happen to us if we fight those titans too," another soldier said.

Fluttershy's eyes began to produce tears as well while the other ponies bowed their heads in sorrow.

"I'm sorry, Mikasa," Armin mourned. "Eren died in my stead. I... I couldn't do anything to help. I'm sorry."

Mikasa's expression remained blank as Armin continued to grieve for his dear friend and ally. Fluttershy scooted over to Armin and placed the side of her head on his shoulder as a form of sympathy.

"Oh, Armin," Fluttershy muttered. "I am truly sorry about what happened."

Mikasa went down to Armin as well and grasped Armin's left hand.

"Armin," Mikasa spoke looking directly into his eyes. "Relax, this is not the time to get sentimental. Here, stand up."

Mikasa lifted Armin onto his feet. The ponies were shocked to see Mikasa's absence of emotion. Mikasa walked to the soldier with freckles and black hair.

"Marco, if we eliminate all of the titans swarming the HQ, we can refill our gas tanks and climb the wall, right?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's right," Marco replied. "But even if it's you, there are far too many-"

"I can do it," Mikasa interfered.

"But Mikasa," Starlight said walking to her. "You can't possibly fight all of those titans by yourself."

"I said I can do it!" Mikasa retorted.

Mikasa raised her right sword up towards the sky, grabbing everybody's attention, including the ponies.

"I'm... strong; stronger than all of you. Far stronger!" she cried. "And so, I can kill all those titans. Even alone."

Everybody, even the ponies, was stunned by Mikasa's words of faith and bravery. She pointed her blade at everybody, making the sword vertical to the ground.

"Forget lacking talent, you're all nothing but cowards," she resumed. "It's a real shame. You can all sit back and twiddle your thumbs for all I care. Feel free to sit back and watch. That is all you have to do."

"Hey, Mikasa," shouted a female soldier. "What the hell are you saying?!"

"You're gonna take on that many titans all by yourself?!", asked a male soldier.

"There's no way that's-" declared yet another male soldier.

Mikasa remained silent for a second while the ponies waited for her response.

"If I can't do it," Mikasa answered. "then I'll just die."

Twilight and all of her friends gasped simultaneously.

"But if I win, I'll live. If I don't fight, I can't win," Mikasa ended.

She fired both of her grappling hooks towards some nearby structures and flew towards the HQ, without another word.

"Hey!" Conny yelled.

"Wait, Mikasa!" cried Twilight.

The ponies and soldiers saw Mikasa fly farther and farther away from them. The ponies started to feel stings of guilt and sadness.

"I... I don't believe this." Starlight murmured. "She just... she just flew straight towards her own grave like it was nothing."

"There's absolutely no way she can kill all of those titans, not by herself," Twilight added.

"The real shame is your way with words," Jean said in an agitated voice. "Expecting that to rile us up... It's all your fault, Eren."

Jean raised his blade into the air and started to shout, bringing everyone's attention to him.

"Hey! I don't remember being taught to leave our comrades to fight alone! You're all gonna become real cowards!"

Jean went straight towards the HQ, followed by Conny.

"Jean, Conny!" Fluttershy shouted. "What are you-?"

"We can't let that happen," Reiner stated.

Reiner and his other comrades walked towards the end of the roof, readying themselves to race towards the fortress.

"Hey, cowards, weaklings, idiots!" Sasha screamed.

"Yeah, you fraidy-cats, crybabies!" Pinkie continued. Sasha looked down at Pinkie Pie with a smirk on her face. Pinkie returned Sasha's grin with a smile.

"Let's go, girls! We've got a building to reclaim!" Twilight assembled.

"Alright!" Rainbow Dash blurted flying up in the air. "Let's do this, together!"

"Together!" shouted the ponies.

Twilight flew towards the HQ while grabbing Starlight. Rainbow Dash went and grabbed hold of Applejack and flew with Twilight towards the headquarters. Pinkie Pie, however, hopped and jumped across the rooftops, surprising the other soldiers with her agility.

"Fluttershy," Rarity said. "You must go on without me! I don't want to slow you down."

"Huh?" Fluttershy said with a worried expression. "But we can't leave you behind; there's no way!"

"Don't worry!" Sasha shouted. "I can carry her. You have to catch up with the others!"

As much as Fluttershy wanted to argue, she looked at Rarity, who gave her a reassuring smile. Fluttershy nodded and flew with her friends and the others.

"Grab hold and hold on tight!" Sasha called to Rarity, squatting down to let Rarity on her back.

Rarity wrapped her front legs around Sasha's chest and rear legs around her waist. Sasha fired both of her hooks towards the buildings and was ready to maneuver through the city.

"So tell me, darling," Rarity said. "How fast does this device fly exa-WAAHAAHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Before she could finish her question, Sasha and Rarity sky-rocketed to the HQ with Rarity screaming her lungs out.

"Damn," whispered a male soldier. "I'll show you who's the crybaby."

All of the soldiers shouted and bolted towards the headquarters with their newfound confidence. The rooftops were now buzzing with the cadets and ponies racing through the city of Trost, hoping that there was still a chance to make it out of this nightmare alive.