Sweet Apple Acres, Ponyville.
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It's a sunny day, you feel a bit strange that for once the sky is finally clear, you can't believe that days ago you faced a strong army, the sky you were used to soar had no more MiG-21s, F15s or ANMs model 40 and 50. Everything here is so quiet and peaceful... You are finally able to walk normally thanks to Twilight's restoring magic. "Damn, she would've been such an advantage to the Marines", you think to yourself, you get out of the bedroom and Big Macintosh greets you.

"So y'er finally cured right? Twilight sure is a kind pony."

"Yeah, she did an awesome job, magic sure makes an impression."

"Ah' know, Ah' wish we had that fancy magic stuff, owning an Apple farm is a hard job, magic might make it a lot easier, we always get up early to start sorting buckets beneath the trees so we can buck the apples down."

"That sounds pretty exhausting, but I guess it has it's rewards right?"

"Eeeyup, mah' sis always participates in a rodeo every year hosted in our capital city, she always wins blue ribbons, and Ah' enter to hoof wrestle competitions in mah' favorite bar."

"Haha, have you sent somebody to the hospital?"

"Nope. Ah'm always careful with mah' strength... oh yeah, yer' winged thing is waiting in our barn, want to check it out?"

"Sure!"

You follow Big Macintosh, when you go downstairs you notice hanged photos of the Apple family, most of them containing the Apple siblings and her granny, while the others seem to be in a sepia tone, revealing other ponies you haven't seen, and notice a younger Granny Smith, probably those were her parents. Kinda makes you homesick, your grandma had a lot of antique photographs, quite valuable, black and white, her parents and even her grandparents when they were just kids.

After a short walk, Big Macintosh opens the barn door and a big familiar object comes to your sight.

Your Harrier.

You let a sigh of relief escape from your mouth, and you decide to take a closer look...

"Damn..."

"Huh? What's wrong?!" Big Macintosh asks.

"The Pegasus 11 engine has received several cannon bullets. Goddamn Sikorsky's cannons."

"What? Your plane works with eleven pegasi? How did you stuff them inside?!"

"Oh no no Big Mac, Pegasus 11 is the name of the engine, it's powered by the fuel and water vapors, not ponies". You chuckle, "I'll make sure that it's nothing serious."

"How are ya' going to do that?"

"I'll check the AutoNavigation system linked to my laptop, it should run a quick analysis of the plane."

Big Macintosh looks confused, you only hope you didn't destroy his brain, since ponies lack the most advanced technology you start to worry, how were you going to adapt to this place? What would you do if the plane just broke down? Or how on earth would you return to your world? You decide to think in that stuff later, maybe Twilight can help.

You open the canopy and hop in the aircraft, you finally find your things under the seat, the ammo box with your family photographs, the magazines for both of your weapons, your MP5 and your medals. Every one of them in their respective place, it seems you can trust these ponies at all, thanks to AJ, she immediately trusted you only with a first glare, and gave you first aids and a place to sleep, she's a good pony...and you didn't thank her as you did with Twilight... that's why she left the bedroom so upset. You feel like a dork, you'll have to apologize to her, she may be bucking all those trees in her orchard, you'll pay her a visit in a couple of hours.

"So you say this thing can fly?" Big Macintosh asks.

After doing a small check up with your laptop it seems the engine works just fine, and you have a 80% of fuel remaining, thank goodness the crew back on the experimental submarine carrier back in Kauai did slight changes on the armor and refueled the plane.

"It seems so, It has been damaged before but it was instantly repaired by the crew in my world."

"Alright then, Ah' can lend you some of my tools if you need them."

He really wants to help, you wonder what are his intentions. Maybe he wants you out of his farm and his life. Or he is curious about the whole "heavy machine that can fly", you rather stick to the second thought, you don't want to look like an ungrateful paranoid.

"Yeah, about this. Uhmmm, fella..."

Here it goes...

"Since Ah' was a colt Ah' wanted to know what flyin' would feel like, Ah' wanted to have wings like pegasi do, we earth ponies can't enjoy such things in life, you are no different than us, and if this machine can lift you in mid air, Ah' wanted to ask if Ah' could fly with yer' machine, so Ah' can fulfill that dream...please."

You totally know how he feels, flying was your ultimate dream, you wanted to become a pilot since you were a kid, you wanted to be a pilot just like your father, he always told you how flying to many cities of the USA with cargo or people was so fun, when you were only eight years old, he let you enter in the cockpit of a commercial plane, the dashboard had a lot of buttons and he told you how being able to get off the boring old soil and soar the sky made him feel like a new person, a free person, you studied tons of books about commercial and military planes, the idea of flying your own plane was so thrilling, but the tension with other countries escalated quickly and it looked like the mainland was going to be attacked, you wouldn't let that happen, you enlisted in the air force and started the rough training, after a couple of years, you had experience with choppers, F15s and even A-10 "Tank Busters". But the plane that got your attention was the V/STOL Harrier, the one that could land anywhere, in a short time, without using a runway. After all the hours in the harrier, having a lot of good grades and the approval of your superiors, they sent you to the Eagle Squadron in short notice after the ANM attacked.

"Fella...!"

"Fella? Fella!" Big Macintosh snaps you back into reality.

"Whoa! err... Sorry Mac, your proposal made me remind something."

"So what do you think about it?"

"Of course Mac, after all the hospitality your sisters and you gave to a foreigner I would never say no to any of you."

"Thanks fella, yer' a good human!"

He looks so excited, you sure feel good that you can make someone else's dream become possible.

You decide to do a test to the engine, so both of you get inside the cockpit, he sits behind you and fastens his seatbelt, but he seems to be quite uncomfortable.

"What's wrong Mac?"

"Ah' don't think Ah' can sit like that green mare called Lyra, she sits in park benches just like you, that pony apparently has done a lot of research on humans, but don't worry about me, Ah'll find a way to sit properly."

"Okay then, just sit there and do not touch anything, alright?"

"Eeeeyup."

You start the engine up....Yes, it works!...It needs more repairs though, the HUD shows the engine and the left wing in red and the status of the ship shows 65% of total damage, you don't worry since you have flied before with worst conditions and you always made it out alive. You switch to jet mode. The nozzles turn 90° back and the plane gains a little more acceleration, you just need to get out of the barn so you can switch back to hover mode.

"HOVER MODE SELECTED" The AutoNav. says, just when you got the plane out of the barn, you could finally do what the harrier is known for... Thrusted Vectoring...

"Whoa... We're in the middle of the air, but we aren't moving." He says.

After you reach 200 ft in the air, you flick the switch again.

"JET MODE SELECTED"... 250 knots is alright, you won't make the engine suffer if you accelerate to its top speed, it might be dangerous...

"YEAAAAAAAAAH!!! AH' CAN'T BELIEVE IT! AH'M ACTUALLY FLYING! Maybe not as a pegasus, but this is pretty lifelike, thanks fella."

"You're welcome Mac."

"Ah' think mah' sis is working in our southern field, she'd like to see this."

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"That stupid boy, after all Ah' did for him." Applejack keeps herself busy bucking her apple trees, while she was accompanied by her sister Applebloom and her friends."

"Don't be mad at him sis, he didn't know that magic was real, it didn't exist in his world!" The yellow filly replies.

"So... how does that... human look like, and how did you find him Applebloom?" A white little unicorn asks her rose maned friend.

"Ah' found him laying in our corn field Sweetie Belle, and he looks like... a very tall hairless monkey with hair on his head he has two hands and he's wearin' green clothes."

She only shudders, and the orange pegasus filly only says: "So. He is a monster right?"

"Of course not Scootaloo! He has been very kind with us. He has a unique look, but he doesn't look menacing."

"How are you so sure about that? I thought you said at school that he had a gray machine capable of flying, maybe is an evil machine."

"Nah, and if it were, he would use it only for good, I think he's a good person."

"And he's also a jerk sister, don't talk to him too much, he comes from a violent world, maybe he doesn't pay you any attention at all..." Applejack interferes.

"That's not true Applejack! He's just like an earth-pony, you don't have to be jealous of Twilight's magic!"

"Ah'm not jealous of her magic! I'm just..."

....

"Did ya' hear that...?!"

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"Yeah... I'm scared sis-"

The four ponies look at the sky only to find the harrier flying over them.

"Dear Celestia, what on Equestria is that thing?!" Scootaloo says.

"OH! It's our human guest." Applebloom smiles with joy. "See? Ah' told you that machine could fly Scootaloo!"

The two fillies only hide behind Applejack with a horror expression, they are clearly afraid of the harrier, the only thing Applejack can do is only stare.

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"HOVER MODE SELECTED" You decide it's time to descend, you're lucky you found Applejack and her sister among two other fillies in the middle of the orchard, you reduce altitude and prepare to land. When you do, you turn off the motor and open the canopy."

"Howdy AJ, AB!" Big Macintosh waves a hoof to them and unbuckles his seatbelt.

"Big Mac?! What are you doing on that thing?!" Applejack yells at him.

"Our fine guest here did a favor for me, remember how Ah' told you that dream of mine?"

"The flyin' one? Why shoot, Ah' can't believe you could fulfill it, but wasn't that machine damaged?"

"Eeeyup, but our friend here can take on a challenge like this, Ah' guess that's why he is a big fancy pilot with a high rank in his world."

She looks at you, and gives you an uneasy but thankful glare, she immediately says:

"Ah' guess you owe him a nice stain full of our home made cider Big Macintosh, even if it's off-season." She chuckles.

"Eeeeyup. Ah'll pick up some apples for our Granny Smith so she can smell them, I'll crush them and make the cider later."

He leaves with a bucket full of apples in his mouth, leaving you with her siblings and the other two fillies.

"Hey mister! Ah' can see your bird can fly after all, can I please try it too?" Applebloom begs.

"No you won't sis! That thing isn't for little ponies!"

"Awwww, but Ah'm a big pony!, anyway, look girls, he's mah friend, let me introduce you to him."

Both of the fillies look terrified, you don't blame them though, you didn't knew they would've been here with Apple Bloom, but you better try to give them a nice smile and crouch so they don't feel intimidated by your height.

"Hello girls. Don't worry, I won't hurt you, I was teleported by accident to this place a couple of days ago, if you want to ask something it's okay, I won't get mad." You say while you keep your confident smile.

"It's okay girls, he's pretty friendly, he's friendly just like Zecora!"

"I just hope he doesn't rhyme like her, it gets annoying after a while." the orange pegasus says.

"Oookay then, I'm Sweetie Belle, and this pegasus here is Scootaloo, who are you?" The white little unicorn asks.

You state your name and rank, and start telling them about your world, their horrified faces just wear off and they begin to feel comfortable around you. And they tell you about their society about finding their cutie marks. Apparently it's a picture that magically appears in their flanks after they find their talent, poor little fillies, they don't seem to have any success after hundreds of tries in many areas. While they talk to you Applejack hums a happy tune while she carries on her work.

"Hey mister, why are your clothes green and your right leg has a huge red stain?" Sweetie Belle asks. "My sister Rarity is a fashionista and she says those colors don't mix up very well."

"Uhm.. It's not supposed to look like that..."

"I'll ask her to make you new clothes, that cammo outfit seems to be torn and dirty. Besides you might be careful the next time you eat a tomato. You can stop by her boutique so she can take your measurements, it's near the town hall." The white filly happily says.

Tomato? What an innocent filly, it's preferable she thinks this way, maybe she would've fainted if she heard that it was blood. You notice that the orange filly is still keeping her attention on your harrier, she turns to see Applebloom and she proposes new ideas for their cutie marks. Ideas that involved your harrier, ideas that never succeed, and that apparently make them covered in tree sap. You become nervous and quickly state that they can't touch the harrier, because it was a war machine only to be operated by experienced pilots, only to hear a big "Awwwwwwww" that breaks your heart.

After a couple hours Applebloom's friends go back to their respective houses, before that, Sweetie insisted that you should see her sister so she can make new clothes for you, and you answered that you could pay her a visit when ponies were used to see him or the authorities were consent of your presence, if Applejack told you the truth about Twilight being the "most faithful student" of the ruler in Equestria she might want to have a word with you so she can decide about you and your military aircraft's fate. Applebloom goes back to the house and you are alone in the orchard with Applejack... You owe her an apologize...

"Applejack, about that... overreaction I had... I realized that I didn't give you proper credit for attending my injury and myself or even letting me stay in a room, I'm sorry; and if you want me out of your farm I'll just leave, I don't want to be a parasite and I can't take advantage of your hospita..." She shuts your mouth with a hoof, and she begins to speak...

"Oh sugarcube, you ain't a parasite, Ah' actually like having you around in our farm, I am the one who should be apologizing instead, after seeing how you look after my siblings, you aren't a violent being, Ah' was the one who overreacted when Twilight cured you, it was a selfish attitude of me, and I'm really sorry, will you please forgiv..."

You place a hand on her mouth and tell her that it was okay, there was no need to ask for forgiveness, and you tell her you like to stay in her home, and that you would help her in any chores if she had any for you. You stand up and pat her head with your hand, after a couple hours of chit chat you notice that the sun is hiding.

"Shoot, the sun is already going down and the house is 2 miles away. Ah' guess we should go back to the house pardner... pardner? pardner!"

"Get in Applejack" You were already inside the harrier, ready for the ride back to the barn that it would only take less than a couple of minutes.

"Uhhh... is it safe?" She carefully climbs on a wing.

"Of course it is, we'll arrive to your house faster." She shrugs and sits on the back seat, she fumbles to find the seatbelt, when you hear a clic, you close the canopy and turn on the engine, the AutoNav. activates and a loud "HOVER MODE SELECTED" is heard, Applejack can't believe this, maybe it's too much for her, she only lets out a "What in tarnation?!"

"Don't worry AJ, It will be a smooth trip."

"All right sugarcube, if you say so..."

JET MODE SELECTED...

To be continued...