"KEEP RUNNING!!" I yell at the top of my lungs as we are bombarded by bullets after bullets behind us. The Germans are chasing us with every power they had. Hell, they bring a halftrack to this one. "RAINBOW, DON'T FLY!!" I shout as I see Rainbow hoover slightly above the ground.

"WHY?!"

"BECAUSE YOU'LL DIE IF YOU DO THAT!!" Her eyes widen as I tell her. She immediately do as I say and start to gallop along with her friends.

"SIR! ANOTHER FOREST!" I see Reed shouts while pointing a finger to our front. And it is indeed another forest. Fuck it, let's just go through it.

"JUST GO! JUST GO!" I shout back. He nods and run faster to the tree line. I turn around to fire some bullets in attempt to make the soldiers to hide for cover. They immediately take their cover behind the halftrack who is shooting at me with it's MG42. Damn, that gun is bringing us hell. I then continue to run just in time to see Twilight trip over a trunk.

"For fuck sake." I mumble as I run towards her. She lets out a groan while I crouch down beside her. "Come on! We need to go!" Twilight is about to get up but kneel down back to the ground again.

"Ow... my leg hurts." She wince. I look back to see the Germans are getting closer in each second. I strap my gun around my shoulder and immediately wrap my arms around her.

"It's okay. I got you." I say as I lift her up and continue to run. She immediately burries her muzzle on my chest while trembling in fear. Reed and Wade are already inside the tree line and are now providing us some covering fire.

"COME ON!!" I say as I regroup with the others. "We gotta continue to run!" They nod vigorously as we run deeper into the forest.

~

"Stop, stop, stop." I say as I trying to catch my breath. Everyone too begin to collapse as they are breathing heavily. Reed and Wade lean against a tree. Both of them are panting hard. Me, on the other hand, just crouch down still having Twilight in my grasp. She curls like a ball while shutting her eyes close. "Twilight," I say to get her attention, "It's all right. It's safe now." I look back and it is quiet. Guess we lost them for now. I feel she's still shaking in my grasp, so I decide to comfort her. "Shh... it's okay. We're safe now, Twilight." She lets out a sigh as she look up at me.

"We are?" I nod with a smile. She jumps off from my grasp and quickly trot to her friends and give them a group hug. It only last a minute until one of them speaks up.

"What the hay is that?" Rainbow asks as she let go off the group.

"Darling, could you explain it to us?" Rarity chimes in, "Be honest, I can't stand to be inside this forest anymore."

I point my index finger up, signalling that I'm still catching my breath. "It's... it's the Krauts."

"Krauts?" Spike tilt his head.

"And what the hay is Krauts?" Applejack asks.

"Remember the humans that captured and locked you inside that shack?" I asks. All of them nod. "Well, that's the Krauts... or Germans as they were."

"Germans?" Twilight look up at me.

"They still have a lot to learn." Reed suddenly say as he walk over to me.

I sigh. "This might take awhile." I look at them, who are all wearing confuse expressions. "We'll explain all of it if we're able to get back to base. For now, we just gotta keep moving." I say while standing up.

Just then, a twig snap bring our attention. I immediately aim my weapon towards the direction that I heard, same goes to Reed. He stands next to me and in front of the ponies. Both of us have our breaths hold as we hear the sound of footsteps getting closer behind a bush.

"Wait..." I whisper to Reed as I realise something, "I think it's not a person."

"You kidding right?" Reed asks, tightening his grip around the weapon.

"No, I'm sure it's nothing. More like a horse to me."

"Some horses." Reed correct me as we hear another footsteps getting closer. The footsteps are getting closer as the bush now begin to shake.

What comes next, makes my heart stop beating for a couple of seconds; uhh, no I'm definitely sure our hearts stops beating. There, reveals a white horse, but with a horn and wings; also it's hair flowing elegantly, as if breeze were brushing through it. It's taller than me and Reed or any person I assume, about two or three centimetres. Then another one come, much shorter than the white one, but this one is dark blue. It has the same features like the other one. Flowing hair, wings, a horn. I glance at Reed, and see that he's making a silent, 'the fuck?'. What I didn't notice, is that they're smiling at us.

"Greetings my fellow humans." The white one say, making me and Reed take a step back. The voice is definitely a female.

"Who the hell are you?" I asks, still aiming my weapon. I then realise that if this horse can talk, Twilight must've known something. Before she could answer, I cut her off. "Wait," I lower my weapon, "You must be these ponies' friends right?" Me and Reed step aside, to reveal the ponies that are standing behind us.

"Please tell us you are." Reed says. Before anyone could speak, Twilight suddenly rush to them.

"Princess!" Twilight exclaims as she quickly hug them both. Me and Reed let out a relief sigh, knowing that these ponies are getting back home.

"Oh Twilight, I was so worried about you." The white one return the hug, same goes with the blue one.

"We thought that you're in danger." The blue one says. The other ponies too begin to hug their Princess.

"I'm so glad you're here." Twilight says as she break the hug.

The white horse chuckle warmly. "As I too Twilight." I couldn't help but smile at the sight. Finally, these ponies are going back home. To their world, where no war exist at this time. To be honest, the thought of no war makes me jealous a bit.

Twilight trots over to me and then stand there while looking at the two horses. "Princess, I want you to introduce some friends of mine." She looks up at me. "This is Daniel Parker."

I respond with a single nod. The Princess nods back, still with a smile on her face.

"This is Cody Reed." Reed puts his right hand on his left chest and give them a bow.

Twilight continues on while pointing a hoof at Wade, who is resting against a tree. "And that's Wade Charles."

Wade nod slightly as he still holding his left arm. The Princess seems to notice this though.

"My, what happened to you?" She look at him with concern look.

"It's fine." Wade reply calmly.

"It's a long story," I add, "So, what's your name, Princess?"

"Oh how rude of me," the white clears her throat before she speaks, "My name is Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria. And this is my sister, Princess Luna. And we are from Planet Equis."

"Told ya they were aliens." Reed say while nudging my arm.

"They are living beings," I correct him, "Just like us."

"Princess? Is everything all right?" Another voice speaks up. But this one is a male, coming from behind the two sisters.

"They are no harm Shining Armor," Celestia speaks while looking from her shoulder, "You and Cadance may come out now."

Two horses... ponies I mean, come out from the bushes. One of them has a white coat and blue hair. From the colour, I guess this is the one who spoke up before. Another one, standing next to him, and it's same like Celestia, Luna and Twilight. Wings, and a horn, with pink coat and red, golden and pink hair.

"Twilight!" She exclaim. A female she is. Twilight jumps to her and hug her tight. Releasing the hug, both of them then do a weird dance while singing, "Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake, clap their hooves and do a little shake." And then, they chuckle together. Must have one of their greetings or whatever it is.

"Twily." The other one that named Shining Armor says. He hug Twilight with a sigh coming from his mouth. "I'm glad you're fine."

"Me too," Twilight replies, releasing the hug, "You should thanks to my human friends though. They're the ones who saved us."

I couldn't help but chuckle at her statement. Shining then turn his head and look at me, smiling. "Thanks for taking care of my sis."

I nod. "My pleasure... wait... sister? You guys are siblings?" They both nod while Twilight is smiling from ear to ear. "Should've figure it out." I mumble. The pink one then walk towards me. After she does, she quickly give me a warm hug.

"Thank you for taking care of them." She says. What is her name again? Ah yes, Cadance. I assume she is a Princess too, cause like Twilight, Celestia and Luna, she had both wings and a horn.

I smile and return the hug. "It's all right. It's my duty to keep them safe though." After we break the hug, I look at Celestia. "So, this is a goodbye then?"

Celestia frowns suddenly and then look to her ponies. "I'm afraid we can't... yet."

"What?" Reed asks, shock, "Why?"

"Because some of our magic doesn't work here." Luna says while rolling her eyes.

"But," Celestia chimes in, "We need time to recover our force. I believe magic doesn't exist in this world, correct?" Me and Reed nod in unison. "Well then, we can still go back home. But it will take time to recover our magic."

"How long will it takes?" I asks. I just hope it won't long.

"I don't really know." Celestia replies. Her face turn to sad looks.

"Shit." I hear Reed mumble underneath his breath.

I sigh as I pinch the bridge of my nose. This isn't what I expect to be. Another group of ponies, in desperate need to go back home but it will take time to regain their magic. But they don't know when. Am I the one whose responsible here? Should I take them back to base? If don't then they'll be captured by the Germans, doing nasty experiments to them, worse, even kill them all.

"Well," I begin. All of them turn their heads to me. "Guess there's only one choice."

"And what is it?" Shining asks while raising an eyebrow.

"You guys are gonna-" I suddenly hear a voice coming from my right. I turn my head to see a German soldier walking in silence while turning his head from left to right. "Get down." I whisper as I crouch down, the others quickly follow my instructions.

"What? What's happening?" Applejack asks frantically.

"Keep quiet." I say as I adjust my weapon. I peek my head and see the soldier is walking towards us. My eyes widen and quickly conceal myself again. "Shit, there's a Kraut."

"They won't give up that easily." Reed says.

"What is going on?" Celestia asks firmly.

"Just stay quiet." I reply. I peek my head once again and see the German standing right in front of the bush while showing his back to me. I shock for a moment but quickly regain my composure. I put down my gun and pull out my bayonet.

"Human?" Luna asks while looking at my weapon in horror, "What are you thinking?" I didn't answer her, instead I quickly stand up, cup my hand on the soldier's mouth and stab him right on his heart. Making him silence in just a second. I then carefully lay him down in front of everybody and pull out the bayonet. Blood coming out from his chest and mouth. Placing my bayonet back to it's place, I grab my gun, stand up and look back at the ponies, who are wearing a shock look on their faces.

"You..." Celestia finally manage to speak, "You just... kill it?"

"You just kill your another human?!" Cadance exclaim, making Shining put a hoof around her shoulder while glaring at me.

"How could you?!" Luna shrieks, "I thought you're a good stallion!"

"If I didn't kill him, the he'll kill us." I say.

"Seriously? What the hay is that for?! He didn't try to kill us! He didn't even do nothing wrong!" Shining nearly lost his temper.

"Nothing?" I asks, making the ponies flinch slightly at my tone, "We're in the middle of a goddamn war here. He hasn't do nothing yet for you. But for me..." I look at the dead soldier. "He must've killed dozens of people out there. Heck, some of them must be our friends."

"War?" Rainbow asks. I turn my head to see her straight in the eye.

"Yes. We're in a war. Where humans kill another humans." The ponies gasp at this.

"Why would you want a war?" Rarity asks.

I sigh. "Listen, we'll talk about this after we arrive at our base. For now, let's just keep going." I then walk towards Wade and help him up to his feet.

"You okay?" I ask.

"I'm fine Sarge." He nods.

"Hopefully. Reed, I want you and Wade to take the lead." They both nod as they starting to walk again. I turn around to see the ponies are still sitting there, not moving. "You guys are gonna come with us or what?"

"We're not coming with you," Celestia firmly says, I could see tears beginning to form on the corner of her eyes, "You're a monster. And there's no way we'll be safe around you."

I sigh once more. "Listen, in war, everyone is a monster. We just fight because our lives are threatened. Our families are in danger. Yes, you can call me as a monster. I know it's tough for you to used to this. Believe it or not, I'll do anything to keep you safe and make sure all of you get back home in one piece." The ponies heads slowly raise to look at me. I smile to assures them that I'm mean it. "Even if I had to die, then I'll do it. Me and my men are always ready for a task." I start to walk away, leaving the baffled ponies behind.

~

Twilight's P.O.V.

I see him walking away from us. I still can't believe he would do such a thing. But then again, he's right. His world is at war.

"Twilight." Celestia's voice snaps me out of my thought.

"Yes, Princess?" I look up to see her.

"You sure he's safe? For us?"

I look back at Parker, who is still walking away from us. I don't know why but, if he's around me, I feel... safe. Comfortable. Even when I'm in his grasp, he felt very warm. "Yes," I say as I made up my mind, "I'm sure we'll be safe around him."

"But he just killed his own species," Shining says as he look at the dead human, "What makes you think that he's friendly Twilight?"

"I think he's awesome though." Rainbow suddenly says.

"Yeah, best of us if we just stick around 'em for awhile 'till the Princesses could bring us back home." Applejack says.

"Yeah, I think so too." Spike agrees.

"Me too!" Pinkie exclaim while bouncing on her spot. The Princesses look at us before nod.

"All right," Celestia says, "But we must be cautious with them. We don't know anything about this world, or whatever that they're hiding from us."

~

Parker's P.O.V.

As we walk deeper into the forest, I realise that the sun is now just above us. Damn, how long we've been running from those bastards. We all walk in complete silence. None of the ponies dare to speak. Guess they are still shock after what happened back there.

"Hey Sarge!" Reed suddenly say as he stops, followed by the group.

"What is it?" I say as I walk towards him.

"Look." He simply say while pointing his finger to the front. I look and see a road not far enough. I smile while sighing.

"Guess we're not lost after all." The three of us chuckle as we continue to walk to the road. As we manage to get a good view of the road, Wade eyes widen while smiling from ear to ear.

"Sarge? I think this is the road that leads us to the base." He say while looking from left to right.

"You sure about that?" I asks, a bit unsure of his statement. Cause there are like dozens of streets that looked exactly like this. Wade point to a single tree that's taller than the others.

"I recognise that one, and yeah. It's on the left side of the street if we're heading out."

"You better be right." I say as I walk out of the bush and onto the road. The others soon follows as we continue to walk down the road. "Stay sharp guys."

"I don't like this." Reed says while adjusting his weapon.

"Me too." I reply. I then look back at the ponies, who are walking silently behind us. I sigh and turn my gaze back to the front. "If you guys don't mind, I would like to cover our backs. Much safer that way."

There's a brief silence after I say that. After getting no response, I turn around to see Celestia is looking at me. She didn't smile like before, but nods her head. I return the nod and proceed my way to the back.

...

After the long and silence walk, we eventually arrive at our destination. Base. I let out a sigh of relief as I see the post coming into view. Two soldiers are standing with weapons on their hands while laughing with each other. As they see us, I could see their expressions change.

"Hold it right there!" One of the soldiers shrieks as he points his weapon to us. The ponies take a step back and I immediately do what I had to do.

"Hey! Hey! We're friendly!" I shout as I wave my hands to the soldiers, slowly walk to the front while Reed and Wade just stands between me and the ponies.

"Sergeant Parker?" One of them asks, slowly lowering his weapon.

"Yeah, it's me." I reply. The two soldiers then quickly walk towards us.

"Holy shit. So the news was right all along, you did went missing... for awhile." One of them chuckle.

"Yeah, me and my men got caught off with the main force and they pushed us out of the town." I look over at the other soldier and notice his mouth are hanging. "Uhh, dude? You all right?" He slowly raise his finger and points it at behind me. I turn around and see that he's pointing towards the ponies. I turn around and snap my fingers in front of his face to get his attention. "It's okay. They're friends of mine. I need to see Lieutenant Blake immediately. You know where he is?"

"What are those?" He asks, still trying to process what is happening.

"Hey, I'm asking you. Where is Lieutenant Blake?" I ask once more. He look at me and blink twice.

"He's in his tent... with General Graceland." He finally respond. I nod and pat him on the shoulder.

"Thanks buddy. Oh yeah, he needs to be patched up." I say as I point at Wade. "He got shot on his arm."

The soldiers nod as they walk to him and lead him to the medics. Reed walks past me while whispering, "We should be going. These soldiers are freaking me out." I look around and notice that the other soldiers are watching at us. At the ponies.

I shake my head and look at them. "What are you looking at?!" That seems to get their attention as they continue on with their things. I look back at the ponies and gesture them to walk. "Come on, we need to find a friend."

"Are you sure about this?" Celestia asks nervously.

"Listen, you trust me or not?" I simply ask. Celestia looks at me for a moment before nodding.

"You better be right." Shining says with a glare.

Me and Reed take the lead as we continue our way to Blake's tent. Along the way, the soldiers that are doing their things suddenly stop as they see us with the ponies on our backs. They have their eyes wide and talk to each other while looking at us.

I look from my shoulder to look at the ponies. "Stay calm, okay. I'll be here when you need me." Twilight closes her gap with me as I say this. I didn't really care, as long as she feels safe, then she could do it the entire goddamn time.

...

"All right. Here we are." I say as I look at the tent. "Stay here, I'll call you guys when I need you." I say to the ponies and Reed. They nod in unison. I take a deep breath before opening the curtain of the tent. "Lieutenant?" I call out and see that Blake is sitting around the table with the General, along with some soldiers inside.

"Sergeant Parker?" The voice I recognise as Lieutenant Blake replies.

"Yeah. It's me." I chuckle as Blake quickly rush to me.

"Damn it Parker, thought you were dead!" He punch me slightly on my shoulder.

"Pretty much." I shrug. "General. Hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"It's all right Sergeant," he says, "How did you survive out there though? Many soldiers thought that you were dead."

"It's a long story Sir."

General Graceland give me a single nod. "So, what brings you here?"

"If you don't mind Sir, I would like to ask some help." He nods again with a smile. I smile back. "All right, I just want to introduce some new friends of mine. And they need our help."

"And who could that be." Blake crosses his arms.

"Reed, bring them in." I order. Celestia walks in first, followed by Luna and the others, and the last is Reed. The soldiers in the tent have dumbfounded face as I see them one by one.

"The hell is this?" General Graceland says with wide eyes.

"General," I begin, "Let me introduce you to the ponies I've just met. This is Princess Celestia."

"Greetings." She says. The soldiers that are sitting immediately stands up and take a step back, even for Blake, but not the General, he's still sitting on his place but with wide eyes.

"Sergeant, what kind of madness is this? And how the hell they could talk?" Blake quickly asks.

"Listen, they're not from this world. And I would like your help to let them stay here until they manage to find their way back home." I explain.

"How long?" Blake says as he manage to control his breathing.

"I'm not sure how long," I reply, "But it will take time."

The General stands up while slamming both hands on the table. "What the hell are you thinking Sergeant?! You just let these aliens to stay here and eat all of our goddamn supplies?! Even our food isn't enough for all of the soldiers!"

The ponies are taken aback by the sudden burst as they take a few steps back; also their ears flattened against their heads as they hear the word 'alien'. Reed immediately stands in front of them. I narrow my eyes at the General. "They have names, General." I growl.

"I don't give a damn care!" He retort. "We can't just-"

"Dammit General, these are civilians we're talking about!" I nearly shout.

"DUTY! FIRST! SERGEANT!!"

"THEY ARE LIVING BEINGS TOO!! JUST LIKE US!!" That's when I lose my temper. I shout at the General, making him to shut his mouth. That's right, eat this shit. "They need shelter, food, water, everything to keep them alive." I pause for a moment to settle down. "They're my responsibility. I found them in the first place and they're scared shitless. They just got captured by the Nazis." I look at Blake. "Where the fuck is your humanity? We can't just abandoned people out there. Especially when they're not from our world. They know nothing. If they got caught by the Nazis, they're probably experimented, killed, or used them against us." I look back at the General. Still narrowing my eyes, I take a deep breath before speak again. "If you don't want to help. Then I can do it myself." I turn around to face the ponies, all of them had their mouths agape. "Come on, let's find you some food and water. Bet you're hungry."

I'm about to walk out of the tent when General's voice stops me. "Wait!" I turn around to face him. He's standing on his spot with crossed arms and sigh. "Look Sergeant. We can provide them shelter, food and water, just like what you wanted. But they can't stay here forever. You know we're moving all day. We're moving towards war. We're marching into the war. Like it or not, they have to go to war too. You sure your squad can handle that?"

I didn't answer it for a moment to think about it. After a moment, I finally make my decision. "Yes, General. Leave it to me."

"Parker..." Blake put a hand on my shoulder. "You're my second god damn it. We can't just bring them to war."

"We'll cross that bridge later." I simply say. Blake still putting his hand on my shoulder for a moment before releasing it.

"Then I'm counting this on you." I nod.

"Sergeant." Graceland speaks up.

"Yeah?" I say looking at him.

He smile and sit down again. "Good luck."

I smile and nod. With that, I gesture the ponies to go outside. "I'll catch up with you later." Blake's voice stops me. "Want to ask them some questions."

"They won't mind." I reply. I walk out of the tent to regroup with the others. I take off my helmet and run a hand through my hair while letting out a big sigh.

"Well, that was... something..." Reed says while chuckling.

"Hehe, yeah..." I reply, "I didn't expect to fight Graceland though."

"Thank you." Celestia finally speaks.

"For what?" I ask, putting my helmet back on.

"For your help."

I chuckle and wave my hand dismissively. "Nah, no need to thank me. Like I said, you all are going back home in one piece. And most importantly, together."

"So what are we gonna do now?" Reed asks. I look at him with a smile on my face, then back to the ponies.

"Ladies and gentlemen... welcome to Earth."