Twilight just sat down in the small shack. She was trying to figure a way out but too scared to fight against those humans. All of them had some things that seems kind of dangerous. More importantly, she didn't know what it is. So, she just have to wait until someone come and save them. Well, hopefully that 'someone' isn't that bad like those grey humans.

Rarity was cleaning a couch for her to lay down. The dust though, made her cough and complaint sometimes. Rainbow was hoovering all around the room. She would just break the window easily and escape with her friends, but too scared of those humans. She now knew what hand was. It was that thing that knocked her out in the first place. Applejack was sitting next to Twilight, rubbing her head sometimes and winced at the pain. Fluttershy was sleeping quietly at the floor. Pinkie though, didn't seem quite happy by this. She wanted to throw the humans a party before so the humans could see that they mean no harm. But Twilight knew it was fruitless; and they didn't even know their language. Spike was inspecting some books. The language though, he didn't understand. It's a funny thing for him. Twilight will always read books when she saw them. Especially if it's for research. But right now, she didn't seem to care. She was trying to figure a way out and walk away from those humans outside.

"Ugh... are we going to just sit here or what?" Rainbow said, breaking the silence.

"Rainbow, will ya calm down? Ah'm tryin' ta ease up mah pain here." Applejack said as she rubbed her head.

"You feeling better Applejack?" Twilight asked while looking at her friend. Applejack slightly nod.

"Don't worry, sugarcube. Ah'll be fine."

Twilight sighed and looked back to her hooves. All of her friends now must suffer like this and it was all because of her. She then looked around, trying to search another way out, but it was useless. The window could be easily opened but some planks were blocking it from outside. The door could've been burst by her magic, but then again, she's too afraid of those humans.

"I'm sorry girls," she began. All of her friends turned their gaze to her, all except Fluttershy, who is still asleep. "You have to come through this because of me."

"No need to sorry, Twilight," Rainbow said, hoovered to her friend and sat down next to her. "We've been through tough times together. I'm sure we find a way out."

"That's right," Applejack said, "Once the moon will rise, we get outta here and search for help."

"Well, darling. I for one don't want to interact with those humans anymore. I had enough with their rudeness." Rarity said.

"I guess not all of them are bad," Spike chimed in, "I mean, we know in our world there's a good pony and a bad pony. So, I believe if there's a bad human, there will be a good human too."

"Spike is right," Twilight nodded, "I'm sure not all humans are bad. Guess they were just freaked out. We're aliens to them."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean they have to hurt us like that," Rainbow said, still upset with those humans.

"I know," Twilight replied, "But what I'm trying to say is-" She was cut off by a loud sound, which jumped the ponies from their position and immediately woke Fluttershy up from her dream.

"What was that?!" She shrieked as she looked around the room. The sound was getting louder and more sounds filled the room. It was loud enough until they have to shut their ears. Screaming, shouting and the loud noise echoes throughout the room.

Twilight looked at the pile of books, then to a table that is resting nearby.

"Quick! Everypony with me!" She shouted as she trotted to the pile. Her friends followed and Twilight's horn began to glow. She levitate the table and placed it next to the pile, along with other stuff and placed them like a barricade at the corner of the shack. "Hide here!"

They quickly hide behind it. All of them hugged together as one and tried their best to shut their ears. Closing their eyes, they're trembling in fear as the sound was getting louder and louder, along with the screaming and shouting of the humans. They stayed like that for awhile until the sound suddenly stopped. No one dares to look around, all of them still terrified of the things outside.

"We gotta get outta here!" Rainbow whispered as she released the hug. They finally separated from each other. Still shaking, Twilight peeked her head and looked at the door. She waited for a moment and perked her ears, trying to find a sound outside the shack but nothing. It was quiet. Very quiet.

She sighed and looked back at the others, who were still shaking in place. Even Rainbow was shaking too. "All right girls," Twilight whispered, "We don't know what's happening out there. I believe something bad happened outside. This is our advantage to-" She was cut off by the sound of the door suddenly burst opened. She immediately closed her mouth with her hooves and pupils turned to pinpricks.

"Dear Celestia, please save us." She whispered as a sound of hoofsteps coming closer. Pinkie dragged Twilight and her friends to a group hug. She still didn't know how the party pony did that but this wasn't the time to think of it. She was scared. They were scared. The sound is getting closer and no pony dare to look up. All of them shut their eyes and looked at the ground. It felt like eternity but then time seemes to stop when a deep voice with a language that's familiar to them spoke up.

"What the..."

~

"Watch my back." I said as I looked at my friends. Wade and Reed nod and pointed their weapons to the door. I nod back and turned my attention back to the front. I took a deep breath before slowly turned the doorknob. Locked. I groaned and took a step back. I raised my feet and kicked it open. Pointing my gun forward, I slowly walked inside. I looked around while my hands holding my Thompson tightly before I turned back to see my friends.

"Stay here." I whispered. They nod as I walked in to the old shack. Dust, dust everywhere. An oil lamp hanging in the middle of the room, providing me some light to see through the darkness. I could see an old couch sitting against the wall, a shelf with a broken mirror on it, a pile of dusty books and other stuffs at the corner of the shack, some...

Wait...

I looked back at the pile. It seems odd. Looks like someone just placed it on purpose to hide his form. I gave a suspicious look before slowly pointing my gun to it. Someone has to be behind it. I walked closer, and closer, and closer until I heard a whimpering sound. I stopped to hear it carefully and could definitely tell that it was a female voice. Well, if this place is haunted then it wasn't a surprise for me. I started to walk again, the voice is getting louder by each step I took.

I took a final step before I could see who is hiding behind it. That's when my brain goes haywire. I couldn't tell what it is, no... they. There were a bunch of them, hugging with each other and trembling in fear. My gun pointing at them, and my breath became faster.

"What the..." Is all I could say.

At first, I thought it's just some toys. But as I say that, all of their gazes turned towards me. I backed away a bit, still trying to process what was happening; also a little bit terrified. Their eyes are as big as a tennis ball, and... of course they're horses. Albeit, smaller. What makes me even more confused is that, they're colourful. Purple, orange, blue, pink, white, yellow. Fuck. Another one though, that's not a horse. It's a dragon. A small dragon, smaller than those horses; it had a light purple skin and green spikes on it's head until it's tail.

We looked at each other for a moment. I could see fear in their eyes, I thought maybe they won't do any harm. I slowly lowered my weapon and let out a sigh; until one of them spoke up.

"Hello."

My eyes widened and I immediately pointed my weapon to them. "The hell... you can... talk?"

"Hey, Sarge! Anything in there?" I heard Reed shouted outside.

"Give me a minute!" I shouted back and I heard a groan. My eyes still fixed on these creatures. I inspect them and I realized that they're not just ordinary horses. Some of them had wings, and some don't. One of them had a horn and the purple one had wings and horn. "What... are you?" I asked to them.

They hesitant at first but the purple one manage to answer. "Umm... we're... ponies..." Ponies. Now that makes sense as to why they are so small. I let out a sigh and lowered my weapon.

"Know what," I began, "I'm too tired to processing this thing and I would like to take some rest."

"Are you going to hurt us?" The purple one asked again with those big eyes of hers. I raised an eyebrow before letting a chuckle.

"Of course not. Why would I be? You don't seem to be dangerous to me."

"So," the dragon began. Making me startled a bit. "You're not gonna... hurt us?"

I simply shook my head.

"Hey, Sarge! Got anything in there?" I heard Reed shouted again from outside.

"Stay here." I said to them and turned around to meet the others. "This shack is clear, we can use it for a night and head to the others."

"All right. Me and Wade are gonna walk to a river. We heard the noise from here, you wanna come?"

"I think I'll pass. I wanna get some rest." I turned around and walked to the shack.

"All right." With that, both of my friends went to a river somewhere else.

I'll tell 'em when the time's right. I need to do this on my own first. I closed the door behind me and turned my attention back to the corner of the shack. They still behind it, probably too scared to see me. I walked to the corner and stopped when I could clearly see them. They still looking at me with those expression, fear. I reached out my hand and grabbed the table. Dragging it in front of the couch, I placed my Thompson on the table, as well as my helmet.

"You guys don't have to be afraid," I said as I chuckle, "I won't bite."

"You're... not like those humans outside?" The white one asked. I raised an eyebrow in confusion. The unicorn seemed to notice this. "I mean... the humans with grey... shirts?"

"Ohh... you mean those Germans?" I asked. They tilt their heads in confusion. And that's when I realize how stupid I am to ask that question. Of course they know nothing of this world. They're definitely not from Earth. "Those guys with grey uniform and helmet, and their language that you don't understand?" They nod in unison. "Yep, definitely the Krauts." I slumped back into the couch and cross my arms.

"Krauts?" The pink one asked as she walked closer to me. I sighed. These ponies have a lot to learn, so might as well to change the subject before we move on to the World War.

"Nevermind that," I said, "What did they do to you?"

"They just locked us in here like that!" The rainbow one, with wings nearly shouted. "I mean, we don't mean any harm."

I nod. "I can see that." Before they could rambling anything else, I decide to cut them off. "Where are you from anyway?"

"We're from Equestria," replied the purple one, "Planet Equis."

"Huh." Was all that I could say. I don't know anything about universe. Probably there were a lot more than them. "And how in the world you get here?"

"I manage to cast a spell to bring us to other... I mean, your world and here we are!" The purple one nearly shrieked.

I nodded. "Wait... you said... spell?"

"Yep."

"Magic?"

"Mmhmm." She nodded vigorously with a smile.

I tried to process what she's talking about. Magic? Does it even exist? Frankly, I don't really much care about that since I'm in the middle of a goddamn war. I sighed and sink myself more to the couch and closed my eyes. I really wish this was a dream. Ponies? Magic? Spell? Dragon? What the hell is going on here. I heard footsteps - hoofsteps in this case - coming closer to me. I opened my eyes to see all of them walking closer to me. Just then, some of my brain wanted me to befriend with them. So that's what I decided to do.

"Oh, how rude of me," I chuckle, "My name is Sergeant Daniel Parker. Parker for short."

"Parker?" The purple one asked, "That's a nice name."

I smiled at her. "It sure is. My mother gave me that name."

"Actually," the pink one started, with enthusiasm, "I like Daniel more than Parker."

I suddenly frowned. I never want to call by that name. It's because of my past. "Please," I started, "Don't call me by that name."

"But why?" The pink one asked again.

"It's complicated." I simply replied. The room then filled with silence as we just stared at each other again. "So," I began, "I haven't catch your name."

The purple one blinked. "Oh... right, sorry." She cleared her throat and then began to introduce. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship."

"Princess?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Twilight is fine."

"Right, Twilight then?"

She nodded and looked at the blue one while pointing a hand... hoof. Gosh, I really need to get used to it. It's fucking weird, you know. "This is Rainbow Dash."

"Sup." She said as she extended a hoof to me. I almost shook it, but... the way it's cocked. That position. No fucking way I would've shake it. My own fist extends itself and without thinking any further, we brofist... brohoof? The fuck with that.

"This is Applejack," Twilight said as she pointed to an orange pony with cowboy hat on it.

She tipped her hat to me with a smile. "Howdy partner."

I returned the smile and nod.

"This is Pinkie Pie."

"Hiya!" The pink one jumped onto my lap and hugged me while burying her muzzle on my chest.

I chuckle and wrap my arms around her. "Hey there, Pinkie." Her poofy mane though, smells really sweet.

"This is Rarity."

"Nice to meet you darling."

"It's nice to meet you too, Rarity."

"This is Fluttershy."

The yellow one tried to hide her face behind her pink mane while looking at me with one of her eyes. "H-hey."

"Don't worry, Fluttershy," I said in attempt to calm her, "I'm not like those bad guys out there."

"She's always like that when meeting a new crea- friend," Rarity chuckle and put hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder.

"And this," Twilight said while looking at the dragon that is standing next to her, "This is Spike, my number one assistant."

"Nice to meet you Spike," I said.

He smiled and nod. I didn't realize that all of them are now sitting in front of me. All except Pinkie, who is still hugging me while looking at me with those big blue baby eyes and smile from ear to ear. It's fucking creepy though. I wanted to ask another question but a gun fire distracted my thoughts.

My eyes widened and quickly put Pinkie down to the floor and stood up. The ponies too began to stood up and looked at me with those fear expression. I grabbed my Thompson and put my helmet on my head, the ponies scoot closer to me without me noticing.

"What is that?" Twilight asked while pressing her body to my left leg. Screaming voices could be heard and that's when I realize.

"Must be Wade and Reed!" I nearly shouted. I was about to walk to the door but stopped when the ponies were now grouped hug with my legs. I sighed and knelt down. "It's all right, I'll be back."

"You will?" Twilight asked while looking at me.

I place my hand to her mane and stroke it gently. "I will. Don't worry. This is what I've been trained for."

She looked at me with worried face but nod anyway. I stood up and walked to the door and opened it. But before I closed it, I looked back and make sure they have my word. "Block the door with anything you could find in the room. I'll call for you if anything is clear." With that, I rushed to the battlefield while gritting my teeth. "Hold on there brothers. I'm coming."

Author's Notes:

Another chapter for this story. Sorry, it took me so long to make, you know gotta do your own stuff in life.