Now, one may be wondering why I would randomly dash off at the incoming horgr and to be honest, so am I. But now is not the time for wondering and thinking. There's a goddamn dragon thing coming! Now instead of talking to the voices in my head I should probably avoid that rock...

I was actually kinda happy to see the horgr coming this way. I resembled the horgr messenger I had met in the forest which meant it had information and I had some minor questions to ask. Like how in the world am I going to kill a dragon. I mean aside from some very decent reflexes with a fighting instinct to match, I was still just a little human with no real idea of what I was up against. Sure I had fought that one horgr thing but the possibility that the dragon were just as different as the horgr types and the fact that I had only meet three 'real' dragons meant that I would really be running blind into something that could lead to my death. Not the best thing to be thinking at this moment but it was a motivation.

There was however one eerie feeling creeping over me. Considering I hadn't been keeping count of the on going days since the last time I had spoken with a horgr meant this fight would start soon but I just didn't know how soon. I may be confident at times but the idea that I was going to be risking my life for a bunch of ponies and dragon things just didn't sit all to well and the only reason why I was doing to was because my own self honor told me I had to.

"Where are you going?!" a certain Rainbow pegasus shouted into my ear.

"I'm going to greet that thing." I said pointing at the horgr which was now very close. That's when I realized something. I was actually running damn fast. "Hmmm... this hasn't ever happened before. I'm going to stop running now because I really think I'm doing something I shouldn't." I said before slowing down to a far more reasonable, walking speed.

By now the horgr was extremely close and the true size of it stunned me. It's one thing to see a dragon thing in a dark cave or equally dark forest but in broad daylight I could really see just how big even the messengers were.

"Wha-what is that thing?" Rainbow asked with a fearful stutter.

"That, my dear Rainbow is a horgr and here's a tip for you: Don't call it a dragon. They don't like that and it might be the reason Lyra and I were attacked by one. At the same time, try to show some respect. Try not to talk or hell, just go back to the ponies and wait for my return." I said trying not to sound like a complete dick.

"No, I want to see what its doing here!" Rainbow replied defiantly before hiding behind my back and peeking out like a scared child as the horgr moved in closer.

"Well then, shut the fuck up and let me do my thing." I said sounding more and more like a jerk. The horgr messenger slowed down and came to a walk as it moved up to us. "Damn that thing is big." I thought as the last few feet were breached.

"Greeting sir horgr, what brings you here in such times of probably need?" I said trying to sound as welcoming as possible.

"I come baring news that may please you... human." The confirmed messenger said speaking the last 'human' part in a slow deep tone with a little click on its head breaking eye contact for just a moment.

"Wonderful, in return I have some rather... distasteful news." I said trying not to sound too negative. I was prepared to through the hole zombie/human thing on the messenger but with any luck they might already know.

"Anyways, it seems only fitting that the messenger speak first." I said in a joyful tone. I was actually surprised to talk to a giant lizard with the same mentality that I had with both people and ponies. It was a nice feeling to know that during a conversation I didn't sound like a judgmental asshole but it might have something to do with the fact I'm great at acting like I give a damn. I could talk with people I hated with a passion and still sound nice and interested even when I was cursing the fact I was there to begin with. Not in this case mind you. I have no excuse nor valid information to judge this being and thus shall not.

"Very well then.... I bring news of the upcoming battle. We have probed at the serpents placements set along the depths and we have found them to be weak. Time has not been kind to these foul creatures and rightfully so." The messenger said with growing spite. "We are preparing to go deep and rid this world of serpents for good. My master has requested your presence in the front lines of battle. "

"Okay.... Now, I don't know if I have the right to ask this or not but why in the world does your master require me? I mean, i'm just a tiny little boy who hasn't even reached adulthood and yet I'm requested by creatures born with far greater power to fight in a war in which I hold no true place. Not that I have an issue with it or anything yet I fail to grasp the logic behind this." I said not trying to sound like a completely incompetent fool.

"Ha ha ha" The messager said with an old man laugh only more 'lizardy'. "This is why I love you humans, you never know what their reaction will be." He said with growing amusement. It's kind of odd to see a weird dragon thing getting all cheerful with its dragon thing voice but I guess it was better than the stereotypical, mysterious, riddle filled, talking dragon thing that you can find in a lot of talking dragon thing movies and books.  

"Though I do not know my masters reasons for doing things, he has not lead us astray before and I have no right in believe he shall do so now. However these question can be asked to him directly. Shall I deliver a message stating your questions?" The messenger asked returning to a more serious yet sincere voice. Not what you'd expect from a dragon thing but that's just because the majority of us are judgmental bastards. Don't feel bad though, its only human nature to judge.

"In fact, that's one of the best ideas I've heard in while. A long with my earlier question, I would like to know how much your master knows about humanities roots here in Equestria seeing as I was told nothing on the matter." I said with a sprinkle of distaste to add for a little drama.

"What...?" The messenger said with a confused, dragon thing face. "Very well then, is there anything else bugging you?" He continued once more.

"Many, many, many things, however I think I will get the answers to those questions as time goes on." I replied with my best happy face.

"A last word on my masters behalf: You are not bond by your body but by your mind, remember that." The messenger said.

"And that means...?" I asked. I had a pretty good idea what he or rather his master meant by that but it didn't hurt to ask or at least one would assume it wouldn't hurt, you never know.  

"That is something that you must find out!" The messenger said with a laugh at the end of his sentence, continuing the laugh whilst he ran away.

"You could have just said you didn't know!!" I shouted after him. "Well that went far better than excepted, though I have the feeling I've forgotten a multitude of questions I had, I'm sure no negative repercussions for my lazy/forgetful actions." I said with a satisfied sigh.

Right as the messenger had made reasonable distance between me and it, Rainbow shot out from behind my back and eye'd the horgr as it ran into what had become a sunset. "Lucky bastard, getting to run into the sunset and all, wait... am I staring at the sun...? Yes, yes I am." I said before realizing the agonizing pain of staring into the sun.

"Okay, I have to ask. What was that thing, why were you talking to it and whats are 'front lines'? Rainbow asked turning her attention to the blinded me.

"That was a Horgr, I was talking to it because lol and according to google front lines are the line along which opposing armies face each other." I answered rising more questions for little Rainbow (She's little in comparison to me, mister overthinkers) then given answers.

At that exact moment a certain group of ponies were making their way over to our coordinates. Speaking of coordinates, I should ask if I can see some of these ponies maps. I might sound weird but you can learn a lot from a civilization based on the size and depth of their maps. How would I know this you ask, well look at it in a gamers perspective if you're playing an rpg. Based on the amount of map this player has discovered, one can estimate things from what level this character is and how much resources/gold this player has collected, with a little bonus information from the player Aka, the ponies. You can get a estimate of what the player has at there disposal and how much its taken to reveal the map, thus telling you how progressive said player is and how much experience they've gained of said time.

Well that was a mouth full. (Stop it, stop thinking such things!!) By now my vision was returning once more. "It's bad omen to get blinded twice in one day. Or is it good omen...? Oh well, not the point. Now that the sun is setting we should head back to the group and rightfully head home." I said before gracefully turning around and tripping over a certain blue colored pony.

"Hello ground, my face has missed you." I said greeting the ground as I made impact. "I swear these ponies better have a suitable bath/shower/water source because I'm not resting until I get clean." I said as I got up again, which ended up being pretty hard at first considering there was a pony under my knees.

After looking at who I had falling over a moment of fear popped up in my mind. The idea of even a fraction of my weight falling on something only a fraction my size gave me a really bad feeling. "Well shit, sorry Longtrot." I said before helping the pony up. "Oh no, its okay. I shouldn't have snuck up you." Longtrot said with a grunt of pain popping up in her voice.

"Damn it.... you want me to carry you or something?" I asked trying to be nice. Though admit-ably I did enjoy carrying the little ponies around, it was kind like when I would carry my cats or dogs around just in place of pets I was holding talking ponies.

"No no, I'll be fine." Longtrot said with a more happier voice. "Nothing I can't walk off." She continued with a nice smile.

"You can carry me!" Lyra said showing up out of what seemed like no where.

"I don't see why not." I said before scooping Lyra up into the grasp of my arms. A warm grin popped up on Lyra's face as she wiggled around so that she could find the most comfortable position possible.

"So where are the others?" I asked looking at the small group of ponies we had left. Aside from Fluttershy we had the original pony group that I had met when I first popped up. Which was actually pretty nice considering I didn't want to be around a ton a ponies any more and just wanted to sit down and think, maybe eat a biscuit or something.

"They went home because it was getting late." Lyra said as she made the final moments.

"Sounds reasonable enough. Shall we do the same, I'm starting to get rumblies in my tummy." I said being all happy face and stuff. "Wait... why is the only one to ask anything about what just happened is Rainbow...?" I asked. For me this could qualify as a *WTF moment* that we had known and loved for so long now.

"Well considering you just had an adventure of your own, we thought that that was just one of the 'friends' you had met along your travel." Longtrot answered with the weirdest pronunciation of the word friends I have ever heard. I don't think she even believed what she said but that's not my decision to make. Oh wait.... It is. (YOU KNOW NOTHING!!)

"Well if that is what you really think then I shall respect your failed, illogical reasoning without further question." I replied in a rather sarcastic manner. Suddenly the "I'm a Stupid Cat!" Song started to loop in my head as an answer to what I had just witnessed.

"Anyways, lets get going. Someone mind taking lead because I've completely forgotten where I am and how I got here." I said with a reasonable pokerface. My lack of basic focus meant that I could go wander somewhere and not even realize I had wandered in the first place making this a very very awkward moment for me.

Longtrot being the one who seemed to always be ready to lead a group took lead with a smile. The topic of the day whilst walking somehow turned into the viability of cheese as an efficient weapon. Now, I don't know how you get a group of ponies to argue about cheese but I had managed it and I swear I have had such a pointlessly fun argument in my life.

As we reached Twilight's epic tree house the group separated, leaving me, Twilight and for some odd reason Lyra at the tree house together. "After being in that forest I swear this place got smaller." I said as we walked up to the door.

"Just how far did you go?" Lyra asked with the same interest as before.

"Well, I followed that one river for a few days. Ended up in some forest with massive trees and an ancient city underneath it." I replied. "Speaking of which I have a few things to talk to you about, especially you Fend." I continued. Considering I apparently was going to be leaving soon to do battle in the depths of this world and the probability of me getting killed was an ever growing threat.

"Uum, okay." Twilight responded quietly before opening the door. For a moment I wondered if ponies knew what locks were considering I had never seen Twilight use a key before. She just kinda pushed the door open.

We entered the library and I set down Lyra who made a sad face because I wasn't holding her anymore. I was surprised to find the library seeming even cleaner then before. It felt nice to be indoors again and the stale air was very welcoming.

"So what did you need to talk about?" Twilight asked after sitting down on a nice little chair. I decided it was necessary that I sat on the floor and because of that, Lyra ended up sitting right next to me. For a brief moment I felt bad for what I was about to say but that quickly went away as I began talking.

"Listen and listen closely, I'm going to have to be very blunt about this but I request you don't talk until I'm done." I said with full seriousness, not something most people ever hear/see me do. "I am going to be leaving soon and the reason is not a good one." I began only to be cut off by Lyra.

"What?! But you only just got back!!" Lyra yelled in confusion.

"Listen!" I said quieting Lyra somewhat. "I have been keeping a dire secret from you and Twilight, I request you tell your princess this when I'm done." I continued shifting my attention to Twilight who gave a quick nod.

"A war is about to begin and I managed to get my self involved just by coming here. Hell, I might even be the reason war is coming but I can't confirm anything at this moment." I said getting a panicked reply from Lyra, who was now on the verge of tears.

"Why would you keep this a secret?!" Lyra shouted loosing all sense of control.

"I'm still gathering information. I can't just spout the word of war without any idea of how a group of ponies is going to react. I shouldn't even be telling you this now but I have gotten involved with you to just keep it a secret. I can't have you going after me again with such a threat looming." I said raising my voice even further.

"Wait, what do you mean you by: you might be the reason that war is even coming?" Twilight asked. She was far more calm at this moment then Lyra but that didn't mean she was okay with this.

"When I came here, I brought something with me. Some apparent 'calling of man' taunted a group of dragons that lay dormant and they followed me to where ever here is. Now don't get me wrong, I have no idea how I got here but that doesn't matter now. A group of dragon-like beings called Horgr has also followed in order to combat the dragons and they want me to fight alongside them. I have no right to say no considering their reasoning to be here is to uphold a promise that they would protect the land of man, if these dragon were ever to return." I began.

"Well this is not the land of man or at least not anymore and because of that the horgr refuse to protect you ponies, seeing as they have no reason to protect you. I on the other hand do have the reason to protect you and I'm not going to forget that just because you might see it unnecessary. Please understand that if I don't go, I might lose the chance to change the Horgr's mind and losing chance of giving you the necessary protection that I could never give. Luck has giving me to gain the respect I need to change their mind before the war breaks out." I continued.

"Now, I understand why you might be angered for me keeping this a secret but to be honest, I'm not very clear on the details myself. I don't fully understand the reason I'm here or how I even got here but until this threat has passed my mind is set. If my world dare invade yours and try to bend it to rules that it does not abide, then so to shall your world be throw into a controlled chaos that may one day destroy you. I will not let this happen less it be the death of me." I ended with a sign of relief.

It was nice to get that out even though I had just thrown on an extra response ability for no real reason. Really it felt like I was a completely different person at this moment and it didn't feel all that good to know that this was something I was partially forcing on myself.

"Isn't there a more reasonable way to solve this. Can't you talk with the dragons or something? War is not the right answer, ever!" Twilight said loosing a small piece of her calmness.

"No Twilight, not only are you wrong but there is no way that I think that we can talk to both dragons or horgr. Conflicts have already started amongst the two and all I can do now is pick a side. From what I hear the dragons have a hate for humanity as a whole and how do you think they would feel if they found out that the only remnants of humanity here are already dead,  technically." I said correcting Twilight.

"There has to be something we can do." Twilight insisted.

"I'm sorry Twilight but there isn't, as I shall explain this in a more reasonable fashion. These creatures, including me and what remnants of man are left here, live by a different set of rules. You may live by the standard that peace and resolution is the ideal manner of dealing with things and though I respect the fact your society can up hold such a way of living, my world and most all that come from it live by a different means. We thrive and grow from things such as war and conflict. Since the beginning of life on earth its always been about eat or be eaten. Those who cannot adapt to the changes their enemy make, whether it be a hawk against a rabbit or a nation versus a nation, change is required. Conflict is what drives change." I began once more.

"But what if you just solve all your problems peacefully and live in harmony? Wouldn't that be such a nicer world?" Twilight asked trying to make sense of the matter.

"That is the thing Twilight. Even if you were to solve all of earths problems and made everyone happy for that brief moment, things still wouldn't change in the long run. With no conflict there is no change. No change leads to unhappiness, unhappiness leads to desire, desire leads to conflict and thus the cycle continues. The only way to break the cycle would either be to wipe out all life on and from earth or to take away our most necessary instinct, Aka desire. Now when I mean desire, I don't mean just lust or greed but I mean ever the urge for anything. Take away desire and you take away the urge to live, thus wiping out life once more, just because nothing could give the slightest damn."

"Are you understanding this on any level?" I asked with the necessary arrogance to force a reliable answer.

"Yes, I understand completely but I don't agree with it one bit. How could death and murder help anything?!"

"It helps us understand and help the rest of our kind. When one man kills another, we learn how he did it and find ways to stop it from happening. When we are killed by disease, we find ways to fight it. The most evil men in the world have a loud some of the greatest medical wonders to save many more than who these men have killed. By dying, we teach those around us and further help them teach themselves to survive. Everything is about survival at it's roots, nothing more, nothing less and that is why life will go on until there is no more way for it to change. When life become perfect, it will cease to exist solely by the laws of life itself. I don't see why you would let go of such a thing unless that who decided had no desire to live." I finished, satisfied with my answer.

All in all it would be very, very hard to come up with an argument to my 'Theory' as some might call it. This wasn't the first time I've gotten in this kind of argument. So many people had argued with me about how we should let go of war and hate and just live happily without a care in the world. I all honesty I hated that above all else, it goes against the principles of life  that I had spent so much time trying to understand and explain. Luck may have it that these ponies seemed far more open when it came to new ideas and maybe, just maybe, they would understand it but not blindly accept it, like what a large group of my friends would do.

To my surprise I got the least expected answer, not only that but I got it from the recently uber panicky Lyra, who had now calmed down a great deal and interest replaced the panic. "That makes way more sense then it should." Lyra said returning to a more happy state.

"I'm glad you understand." I said with a grin and a minor laugh. I then turned my attention back to Twilight, who was trying to make sense of it all.

"Now Twilight, a last piece of advice. Don't accept that what I have just explained as the way you should continue to think. I may be proud of my worlds way of life but it should not be forced on those who do not need it. I mean look at Equestria. Fluttershy told me that the closest thing you had to a war was over a thousand years ago and Equestria still stands proud. You do not need the ways of progress no matter how much I wish you did. Let me do that fighting so you can continue to live in the peace you deserve, for you have provided this peace. I know people who say that they will never make a difference but that is far from true. Just as my worlds endless search for happiness continues, so does yours and to be honest, your doing a far better job keeping the place happy than we are." I added. As I spoke those words I felt a new found respect for the ponies ways of living. Its amazing what a little bit of arguing can teach you if you're as much of an overthinker as I am.

With the end on my long ass lecture the mood seemed to brighten up quite a bit. "Wow I feel a lot better right now!" I threw in to increase the effect.

"Yah, I guess I do too." Lyra added. She had a smile but I could still see some sorrow in her eyes.

"Don't worry Lyra. I swear I will beat the shit outta all those dragons and come back in one, maybe two pieces. Eitherway I'm coming back. That, I promise. No way in hell I'm gonna die when I have so much that I still need to learn. And who would be better ponies to help me understand than miss Lyra and her purple companion Twilight, who nickname is Fend and should not be forgotten less there are flyin' pigs." I said returning to the random that I enjoy oh so much.

"Ha ha, some times you really make no sense." Lyra said further bringing out further happiness.

"Its what I strive for." I said  with a growing smile. "Well then, how about we find some devourables in which we can satisfy our hungers." I said whilst standing up. That's when I heard it. A sound that I would remember for at least two days. There was a loud knock on the door. Since I was the first to stand up, I took charge of opening the door. What I saw came as a total surprise.

There laying on the ground was what first looked like a piled of rags with something sticking out of them. But with closer inspection it turned out to be something far more `Valuable` My only reaction was to start an endless line of swears I would rather not explain to the people that have taken refugee in my mind. Simply put, I was really, really, Really happy for what I had just found. Nerdgasm inbound.

[What is this, a chapter within 2 weeks time?! What madness is this!? Well, I have lent my friends half broken laptop in which I can work on my FIMfic twice as much, which gives me more structure and I can try and set up a reasonable deadline for each chapter. Not only that but I can also go to a more normal sleeping scedule instead of waking up every morning at 3:30 so I can get so much writing done in peace. Anyways, heres a new chapter and I shall try to continue the story without jumping into my own world within a world too much. Goodnight everypony-body-MI NO TAUR!!

Side note: Some filtered this for me so if you're lucky enough to have read with the filter then gratz to you!!]