A hooded figure walked down the New Hoofington bridge. If you were a pony standing on the sidewalk, you would only see his olive green muzzle, which had a thick beard growing on it, and a cigar hanging lazily out of his mouth. But nopony was crazy enough to be walking on the bridge on a day like this. Rain came down in heavy sheets, soaking anything in half a second. This figure was no exception, as he was soaked from head to hoof. But other things were on the mind of the legendary mercenary, codenamed Solid Snake.

A beep resounded through Snake's ear, indicating that somepony was calling him over codec. Snake accepted the call. Over the codec, a familiar voice could be heard. That voice was the voice of his partner, codenamed Otacon.

"Snake, have you made it to the center of the bridge?" A light-hearted stallion's voice asked.

"Almost there, Otacon." Replied a gruff voice from beneath the tattered robe. Snake picked up the pace, trotting until he reached the exact center. He calmly looked over the edge, rain pelting the his back. Just as Otacon had told him, a giant oil tanker began to pass underneath the bridge. Snake spotted some ponies in raincoats, who looked like your run-of-the-mill ship staff, but Solid Snake knew they were secretly armed with Marine weaponry. Snake waited for the oil tanker to pass far enough.

As the back of the ship began to show, Solid Snake prepared for the jump. In one smooth movement, Snake whipped off the tattered robes, fully revealing his olive green earth pony body and brown mane and tail. Snake was hearing a black  headband, and an leg ring on each foreleg that had a seal on each. The leg rings were positioned at his shoulders. While the brown robe went soaring through the air, Snake's form began to shimmer and turn transparent. The only way a pony could tell he was there was because of the rain pelting off his form. Snake grinned inwardly as his transparent hooves set up a heavy duty bungie cord at the railing. Active Camo. Gotta love it. He thought to himself. Then, Solid Snake leaped onto the top of the railing, and took a diving leap off the railing.

Seeing Solid Snake dive was much similar to that of bird of prey. Solid Snake spread out his forelegs almost like wings, and fell at great speeds towards the deck of the ship. As his body was about 20 feet from the deck, the bungie cord fully unwrapped, decreasing his speed until he stopped about a few feet above the deck. As his body reached this miniscule height, Solid Snake gracefully flipped around and quickly detached the cord. Snake flipped around once again and landed gracefully on the deck.

Otacon called once again on the codec. "You're on the ship?" He asked.

"Yes." Snake responded

"Good. you know your mission objectives, right?"

"Yeah. Get photographic evidence of the new Metal Gear, while being detected by nopony."

Otacon let out a worried sigh. "Alright, Snake, good luck." With that, the codec hung up. Snake looked up, and pulled a cigar out of his leg ring. He put it in his mouth and lit it.

It begins, Snake thought. Next Chapter: Solid Snake 2: Stealth Estimated time remaining: 8 Minutes