"Mom? Is that you?"

"Mom... it's... c-cold."

"Where are you going?"

"Mom... please don't leave me here!"

"Mom, please! No!"

~

I jumped up from my slumber but it felt like something was pressing me against the floor. I groaned while rubbing my eyes.

"The hell?" I slowly opened my eyes and was greeted by the sight of a purple pony sleeping on my lap. "Oh yeah... it's her. Thank God I didn't wake her up. Damn... these nightmares are killing me." I looked around the room and notice that sunlight coming from outside and through the window. "Damn it, must've fall asleep."

"One of those nightmares again?" A voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked at the room and notice Reed has woken up and was leaning against the wall on the opposite side. "Must've been hard for you."

"How long have you been up?"

He shrugged. "Maybe two hours. Couldn't sleep and when I woke up, I saw you already asleep with that pony on your lap." He pointed to Twilight and I looked at her. I notice that my hand still resting on her mane. "She seemed to like you. Just look at that smile." I looked at her face and indeed, she is smiling. "Think you can handle them?"

I looked at Reed. He's looking at me with worried look. "I don't know... I don't even know that they're hungry or not."

"Horses eat hays right?"

"You sure are a farm boy. But these are ponies we're talking about."

"What's the difference?" Reed crossed his arms. "They looked like a horse to me. But smaller."

"Maybe they eat fruits?" I then continue to stroke Twilight's mane.

"Maybe..."

"Luckily for us, we're on the edge of a forest. Might as well to search for some foods for them to eat." I said.

"All right." Reed shrugged. Placing his helmet on his head and grabbing his gun, he stood up. I was about to do the same but stopped when I realized I wasn't going anywhere with Twilight sleeping on my lap. It took a moment for Reed to notice this and walked towards me. "You can stay here if you want. I can go by myself."

"You sure?" I can't be more worried. These are my mens, my platoon, my brother.

"Of course. Just give me the orders."

I looked at him for a moment before spoke up, "All right. Reed, I want you to look for some food we can eat while we're here."

"Will do, Sarge." With that, he moved the couch that is blocking the door and went outside. The room fell into another silence. I sighed and closed my eyes, trying to ease up my mind and listened to the birds chirping and singing.

I felt Twilight squirms a bit and I opened my eyes to see she was looking at me with sleepy eyes. She smiled as she saw my eyes.

"Morning, Parker."

I smiled back and run a hand through her mane. "Morning to you too, Twilight." She leaned onto my palm while letting out a hum. I could only chuckle at her behaviour. "Sleep well last night?"

"Yeah... thanks for keeping me warm though."

I nod. "My pleasure."

Wade suddenly yawned while stretching. Several pops came out from his back as he rubbed his left arm and looked around, still laying on the floor until his eyes meets mine. "You're not sleeping?" He asked.

"I slept a couple of hours." I said.

Twilight giggles cutely. "You don't have to do the night guard if you're tired."

I looked down at her. "Believe me, it's what I... I mean, we do."

Wade winced at his sudden pain and I quickly looked at him. "Still hurt, isn't it?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Nah, it's nothing. I've been through worse than this remember?"

I simply shook my head and let out a chuckle. "Hey, where's Reed?" He asked again while looking for the private.

"Oh, he's out looking for some food for these ponies to eat." I replied. Just as I say that, Twilight's stomach growled. I looked at her as she blushed and hide her face away from me. I laughed and ruffled her mane. "Seems someone is getting hungry."

She smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, I think I'm a little bit hungry."

"Don't worry. Reed is out looking for some foods you guys could eat. Say, you don't eat meat right?" She shook her head. "That's what I thought."

"Hey Sarge?" Wade asked, getting my attention.

"Yeah?"

"Are we taking these ponies back to base? I'm not sure what will whole division would react."

Instead of answering, I'm just looking at Wade. Worried look could be seen on his face, and same goes to mine. I leaned my head and looked up at the ceiling. Still, I had thought of this last night, but I don't know it'll be this difficult.

"Parker?" Twilight snapped me out of my thoughts as I looked at her. "You don't have to bring us there if you don't mind."

I blinked at her words and quickly react. "No, no. You're coming with me. Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you, or your friends." She smiled and nod.

"If that's okay with you. We'll come."

I smiled back and continue to stroke her mane. She leaned onto my palm and let out a delightful sigh while closing her eyes. Soon, her friends have waken up just in time when Reed suddenly burst through the door.

"Sarge! We got a situation!" He nearly shouted as he leaned on the door while panting. Twilight hopped off from my lap as I quickly stood up, same goes to Wade.

"What's wrong?"

"The Krauts. They're coming. I don't know how much, maybe dozens of them. They're probably looking for us. We need to get out of here right now!"

I ran to the table, placed my helmet on my head and quickly grabbed my gun. Seemed like all of the ponies scared cause they're trembling in place while looking at us. Well, all except for Rainbow. She's trying to hide her fears but for me, I could see it through her eyes. They're definitely not expecting what will come next. Killing and running are my only option in this situation, if we're meet some Germans on our way back.

"Come on," I said as I hurriedly walk to the door, "We need to get out of here."

"What's going on?" Applejack asked as she and her friends followed me.

"It'll be better if you don't look back. When I say run, just run. Reed, you take the front and lead us with Wade. I'll take care of our backs."

"You sure you can do this alone?" Reed asked while adjusting his rifle. I nod.

"Of course I can, farm boy." With that, all of us walked away from the shack and onto field. It has tall grass, trees could be seen here and there, but not much. The air is cooler than I thought.

"Reed?" I called out for the private. He quickly turned his head to me.

"What?"

"You find any foods for them?"

"Oh yeah." He snatch his backpack and pulled out some blueberries out of it. "Here you go. Nothing more I could find in that forest. But as soon as we get back to base, our foods are ready to served."

The ponies smiled and give him thanks as they picked the berries and eat it. After awhile of small talks and walks, I notice something on our right. I stopped and take a good look on it. Some silhouettes... grey... oh shit. This is bad. One of them pointed at us and started to shout.

I immediately took the act. "Everyone! RUN!!" I yelled at the group. They turned to face me but stopped when gun fires on our right. I looked at the Krauts and just as I thought, they're now firing at us while running after us.

"SHIT!!" Reed shouted as he looked at the ponies. "EVERYPONY ON ME! LET'S GO!!" The ponies nod and quickly followed Reed and Wade who are running in front of them.

"DON'T LOOK BACK!!" I shouted while giving them suppressing fire.

Author's Notes:

I know it's taking a long time for me to continue this. It's just that I'm not in a good condition. But hopefully, I will recover from this bastard though.