Earth, Austin TX, May 16th, 2010.

It was a warm and sunny late afternoon at my father's house where I lived and trained with him. The bluebonnets were in bloom, the pecans were in season and I had just finished kicking my dad's ass in our sparring match. My dad David Huffstutler stood at six feet even and was in good shape for someone in their forties. He had dark brown almost black hair on his head, beard, arms, legs, hands, feet and I would assume crotch but I'm not gonna look. His build was average though he was definitely stronger than he looked and he would often prove it. Like I said I just got finished putting the hurt on him showing that the torch has been passed.

My name is Joseph Huffstutler or Joe for short but none of that Joey crap got it. Anyway, I mirror my dad's appearance in the letter with a few exceptions. My hair is shoulder length and I stand at 5'11 though no one can tell and like I just explained stronger and more agile than him. But the two things that we and countless generations before share is our hazel eyes and the family gift passed down from father to son exactly a thousand years ago. Lycanthropy.

Perhaps I should explain what the fuck is going on so everyone is up to speed. You see a thousand years ago in a land known as Equestria where the inhabitants are talking pegasi, unicorns, and regular ponies. However two stood above the rest, they were alicorns a pony with wings and a horn. These two were sisters who ruled the land as well as the night and day. Princess Celestia the eldest sister ruled over the day whilst Princess Luna the youngest sister ruled the night, and it is to them we owe our allegiance to. You see during that time Luna was going through a pit of despair for her subjects would sleep during her night while playing in her sister's day. So in a moment of loneliness, she was consumed by a dark entity known as Nightmare Moon who would bring forth eternal night. While she was in this state she crafted a potion that would change her subjects into creatures of the night to fit her new world order. Before she could spread her creation throughout the land her sister stopped her scheme and was able to banish her to the moon for a thousand years using the elements of harmony. Heartbroken for having to banish her own sister she took the potion and modified it to fit a better purpose. With her vast amount of knowledge, she opened a portal to a neighboring dimension and sought out a being worthy to wield what she had to offer. After weeks of searching, she stumbles across a man tired from battle. The man was large and muscular donning a wolf skin and wielding a wooden club.

Celestial approached this man with caution for fear of being attacked while the man just stares at her with awe for never before has he seen a creature with such beauty and grace. The alabaster alicorn stops a few feet from the warrior and examines him for a time till finally, she spoke.

"Greetings to you fair warrior". To say the man was stunned to hear what was basically an animal to him would be putting it lightly, but with what courage he had he calmly replied.

"Greetings to you my lady, pray tell what land do you come from for never before have I seen or heard of a creature such as yourself".

The princess giggled to herself and told him of what, who, and where she came from. The warrior was fascinated with the tale she spun and proceeded to listen with great interest, but when she got to the part about her sister he couldn't help but shed a tear. Celestia finished her tale and asked the warrior's name and background. With this, the man told her his name is Arminius Huffstutler leader of his tribe of ghost warriors, a warrior who specializes in night fighting. With this Celestia was convinced she found who she was looking for, so she asked Arminius for a very special favor.

"Arminius please allow me to make you a great warrior to both help you, and when the time comes, to help me".

Curious Arminius asked, "What exactly is it that you ask of me, princess?" Celestia removed the potion from underneath her wing and levitated it to him.

" I ask that you take this potion and gain the power of the wolf" Arminius was shocked to know such a thing could offer great power like this. With his courage steeled and mindset, he downed the liquid in five seconds flat.

The world around Arminius soon started to spin and flux as the potion took effect. Soon after Arminius's bones started to stretch to great lengths making him taller, his skin was soon covered in a thick even coat of black fur, the ears reshaped and repositioned themselves to those of a wolf, his jaws extended to that of a muzzle, the teeth and fingernails grew long and sharp to that of fangs and claws, and finally, the man's senses and physical strength heightened to extraordinary measures and yet through all this no pain was felt through the whole ordeal. After the transformation, Arminius looked himself over with shock that later turned to satisfaction as he loved the new look. He turned to Celestia with a smile and she returned it with one of her own.

" Celestia I truly don't know how to thank you for this though I am curious as to how I change back?" he inquired while chuckling at the end.

"To answer how you change back simply think of your original form and you shall turn back" after she explained the method he did just that. Soon Arminius was back in his original form.

" Thank you. Now as to how I pay you back for such a gift. "

"Yes for that I will call upon your aid in my time of need at least a thousand years from now."

"Whoa, a thousand years? But I will not live that long and I do-"

" I understand your mortality but I don't ask this task upon you but of your descendants " she explained while stopping him mid-sentence. Arminius thought on this for some time but eventually agreed to her wish for his kins aid. Celestia was overjoyed to hear that " Thank you mighty warrior but remember this and tell your children to remember, two days before the time is needed I shall open a portal to my world so he or she may come through and prepare for the task of saving both my land and sister" she finished saying with a lone tear at the end. With that, she opened a portal to her dimension and entered but not without giving one last smile and goodbye to the human she had just met. When the portal disappeared Arminius stood from stump he was sitting on and headed home to his wife to tell her the good news and fulfill a promise.

Over the centuries the Huffstutlers had continued the line of lycanthropy and would train and tell the next generation of the task their family line would have in the alien world in the future. Along the way, the Huffstutler clan would transform in order to either fight or flee from those who deemed us monsters, and in doing so creating the many werewolf stereotypes such as silver, wolfsbane, full moons, uncontrolled bloodlust and other shit like that. None of that is true we don't rely on a certain phase of the moon, we're immune to disease and sickness, we have total control of our actions, the gift is hereditary not transmitted through scratching or biting, and silver bullets, knives, clubs anything silver will do the same thing as any other weapon, squat. Anyway onto the present and back to me beating my dad in swordplay.

"Whoop new champ. Give it up for the new champ" I whooped and hollered as my dad got up from his defeat.

" Alright, no need to go and make a jackass out of yourself son have a little dignity in victory".

"Sorry dad I will, but you have to admit that was a nice takedown" I boasted while flexing my right bicep. Suddenly a bright light flashed in the garage where we were training, the light simmered down to where everything was visible again. When I looked around the room my eyes settled on what or more importantly who created the damn flashbang. Standing in the middle of the room was the very being our great ancestor talked about, an alabaster pony with horn and wings, a green, pink and blue ethereal mane and tail that flowed in a nonexistent wind, and to seal the deal on who she was a mark which they call a cutie mark of the sun was revealed on either side of her flank. Standing before us was Princess Celestia. Twenty seconds after the shock my father and I bowed before the equine deity.

"Rise sons of Arminius, there is no need to bow before me".

I picked myself up and tried to find the right words "Yes Sir I mean Mam I mean Boss I mean poobah- SLAP. "Ow what was that for dad"

"Because your acting like an idiot in front of me and Celestia" my dad retorted while Celestia was holding in a laugh.

After introductions were made over lunch, Celestia explained why she came. "As you both know I made a deal with your ancestor that I would require the aid of his descendant a thousand years from then. That time has come for my sister's arrival will be in two days and I will need both you and the elements of harmony to release her from the evil that has consumed her"

She explained while gesturing to me. My father and I knew this day would come and that I would have to make this trip to help her.

"Alright let me grab a few things and we can be on our way".

I walked to my room to pack some clothes, my M1 Garand, a crap ton of ammo, my trusty bowie knife, my tablet with headphones and solar charger, a few marvel comics, the last three issues of playboy magazine, and finally my longhorns ball cap with two LED lights. Once I was packed and had everything I walked into the living room to see Celestia with a wing draped over my father's back, no doubt comforting him saying I'll be fine.

"Alright ready when you are your highness".

She looked to me and nodded then gestured me to the middle of the room. Before I could stand next to her I was wrapped in a bear hug from my dad.

"I'll miss you boy".

" I'll miss you too dad ".

We separated and I went to stand next to Celestia so we could depart.

"Are you ready for this".

She asked me while her horn started to glow. All I could say was "Beam me up Scotty" and with that, we were gone in a flash.

Author's Notes:

Alright so the first chapter is done and hopefully, I'll get another one up soon.

Until then this is Ghost Warrior saying stay classy MLP fans.

( I'm going through my old chapters like this one and do a little re-editing. I hope it makes up for several mistakes.)