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// Apologies 
// Story: Stalker - Call Of Pony 
// by SureFreeD 
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Author's note: Okay, I realized that this story has gone down, in a way, some of you said I ruined the 'concept' of it, like I turned the wrong way, well, this is my second chance of improving it, sort of.

Nikolai, the so said overpowered human being, was walking along a dirt path, leading out of Ponyville, and into the Everfree Forest. He was wearing his patched up Rookie jacket, his black trousers, and the trainers from before arriving in Equestria.

He had no idea, what happened, it was all so confusing. He never thought that there is pony and human hybrid beings, or anything about Twilight's sanity, or the fact that someone or something has set a price on his head.

Never the less, he continued walking slowly, in the dark, without any kind of light source. Yet he regret that he incinerated Rarity in her own home, along with the pony, human hybrid, E. 

Nikolai needed to clear his mind, he wanted a fresh start, in the Zone, not in Equestria, he wanted to find his fortune by searching for rare artifacts, but that anomaly took hold of fate.

Nikolai thrust his hand into his left pocket, searching for the notes he wrote before. He held the three pieces of white paper in front of him, and lit them on fire, they burned with a green glow, that illuminated a part of his hand. After seconds of burning, the three notes were completely gone. Nikolai sighed and brushed his hair with his hand that just incinerated the notes. 

The young Stalker continued walking along the dirt path. Nikolai reached behind his back and brought his backpack in front, he took the zipper and pulled it, the bag's top opened, revealing the items inside, a dusty, old Kalashnikov, one bottle half filled with vodka, a basic first aid med-kit, one loaf of fresh bread and Nikolai's father's pistol. 

He closed the backpack and slung it over his bag, he adjusted his hood so his face cannot be seen by any incomers. 

Nikolai continued walking along the dirt path until he heard something from shuffling from behind him, he turned his head, and saw nothing, he raised an eyebrow and continued walking forwards. 

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Nikolai came to a clearing, just a few trees here and there. He scanned the area for any possible threats, or ponies, after he confirmed that there was no pony and no one there, he continued walking. 

As soon as he reached the center of the clearing, he heard the faint sound of breathing, not regular breathing, but breathing through a respirator. Nikolai's first thought was some kind of animal, but then, out of a large rose bush, three figures rose up, Nikolai's body went limp, cold sweat began pouring down his neck and forehead, his eyes couldn't stop staring at the three figures, Nikolai's lip trembled.

"Shit..."

He broke into a sprint back to the direction he just came from, the three dark figures disappeared from the bush in the blink of an eye.

Nikolai sprinted down the path, it wasn't long till he reached the outskirts of Ponyville, where a few lights in pony's home's still burned. Nikolai was making quite the noise, his heavy footsteps on the cobblestone echoed throughout the town, his heavy breathing bounced off walls. A few ponies began to exit their homes, trying to see what's all the commotion.

A green mare was in Nikolai's way, he tried jumping past her, but ending up getting his right foot caught by the mare's side, both the human and pony fell, Nikolai ended up face planting on a patch of grass, the green mare fell to her side, wincing in pain.  

The crowd of gathering colts and mares gasped in union, two mares and a stallion ran over to the green mare's side and helped her up, asking if she was okay, but only a white stallion approached the human. It was White Bolt, he lifted up Nikolai and set him on his back, with a little bit of effort, he made a slow trot away from the still gathering crowd. 

"Don't worry buddy...I'll get you to safety." White Bolt smiled and continued his slow trot.

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Author's note 2: Yeah, pretty decent, I think, just a little warm up for the upcoming ideas, don't worry, I'll fix this story up and it will be running again. IF something doesn't happen, though... >_>