An ancient evil is about to rise from a third alicorn, and our only hope lies in the claws of a young dragon. Will he be able to stop this evil? Or will he die without telling the one he loves how he truly feels.

this idea came about after reading through DH and what planet is this...
i came to the decision to combine the two.
hence forth, this idea...features humanized ponies

to put it bluntly... I'm referencing arthurian legend, pop culture and of course... my own tendancy to get hammered and basically write as i feel...

which is odd considering how romantic this could turn out to be [face-palm]
so here's my attempt to mix adventure with romance...

SEASON ONE IS COMPLETE!!!!!!

This story is a sequel to The Girl I Left Behind Me

A soldier's death is always hard, especially for their loved ones. Now Celestia is facing one of the toughest moments in her life. Jackson wants her to move on and be happy, but how can she be happy after this. Then to make matters worse he suddenly appears before her, but he's dead... isn't he?

Featured 7/8/2014
Rewritten January 5th, 2018 - Present.

PLACED ON HOLD INDEFINITELY AS OF 11/30/2018
Placed on hold because of my inability to balance two stories at once. We'll see if anything changes, but I'll be focusing my efforts on Textbook Soldier.

She is unlike anything I could have imagined. Graceful and regal. She infects my very mind with her beauty. How she moves, flying across the lunar dunes at my feet. Every mission I come here she's waiting for me. Waiting to play and tell stories and rest beneath the starlight. She tells me about her world; a peaceful utopia where all are equal. I wonder, will she take me with her?

Three thousand years ago the alicorn swine of Equis destroyed the Human race. We helped them thrive and build up their empires but they turned on us. We were considered scum and too chaotic to be left alive. Unfortunately they won and slayed every last human but a young boy... The young boy was a last attempt at saving humanity. He was a normal orphan but humanity turned him into something greater. He became a human with psychokinesis and other telekinetic powers. He is named Alpha 302-X7Z but was originally known as Xavier...

These ponies wiped out his race and now they will pay with their lives along with everything else they hold dear!

Proofreader/editor: ShadowBeat
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All I want to have is a nice boring, normal day at the library, but I couldn't do that anymore when I got hit by a car. However, as I felt my world around me fade away and as I was staring at the light at the end of the tunnel... I made a wish; To live more of life. I was then spoken to from a being called Karma and he offered me my wish, another chance at life. Of course I accepted, thinking I was getting a second chance to live, which I did, but I wasn't expecting my second chance at life was to wake up in a body made of cold steel and iron.

This is my story of how my life went from ordinary to just plain downright weird very quickly.
Opening song that fits this story
Credit for the awesome cover art goes to DreamActualizer, and I have this is surely awesome for his first time on something this big.

Story is set in the 'Chess Game of the Gods' universe created by Rust and Blackwing, with only a mild amount of gore, but will change the rating if needed.

Given the seal of approval by Troutking.

Edit: Holy Moly! This story reached the feature box on 12/2/12, thank you all that are reading this story, you just made one very happy author.

It's been 4 years since the Halo incident, 4 years since anyone has seen the Master chief and his AI companion Cortana. But when The ship they are on is boarded by the Covenant, Cortana revives the Master chief so they can escape. But things don't go as planned when they find themselves floating around a forerunner planet and it just so happens that this forerunner planet is Equestria... [Cover art made by myhe01]

My name is Thomas "Cross" Kirby. I've dropped into Hell feet first countless times. What I'm about to tell you is not only classified, but it's crazy, even if you've been to one of the Forerunner Halos or Shield Worlds. This is something different. This is something not even the Forerunners could have known about. This enters a new dimension altogether. This is my story of Equestria.

Contains minor gore (wounds bleeding) and explicit language (shit, fuck, etc).

Check my user page if you wish to know the status of the self-/peer-editings of my stories. Note that I want to complete most of them before I start going back and self-editing, which will happen before I have my peers edit them.

2022 REWRITE IN PROGRESS

After being rudely awoken from Cryo-sleep, John-117 finds that the Forward Unto Dawn has been sucked into a gravity well, causing it to fall towards an unknown planet. In the crash, he is separated from Cortana and falls alone into the Everfree forest. In addition to this new complication, old memories from a scarred and tragic past haunt his dreams, putting his remaining sanity on edge.

However, he has little time to ponder these thoughts, as he encounters the planet's... peculiar... inhabitants.

First 19 Chapters proofread by Bravo 539 and Shadownamesto.
Credit for the intro sequence goes to Blaze Spectrum.

Current rewrite will not necessarily follow the old story but certain events and details may be reused.

Spartans never die, they're just missing in action. This has never been more true for Jorge-052 as, after activating the slipspace drive that was supposed to kill him, he is instead flung into a strange world where war is but a distant memory. Will the aging soldier be able to adapt to this new peaceful planet? Or will his only salvation be found in finding a way back to his own chaotic universe?

(It's my first time, so be gentle)
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