After a tragic accident, a human ends up in Lord Tirek's body, as part of an attempt to reform the villain after his recent escapades. While the hero of our tale is trying to make sense of his new surroundings, the rest of Equestria thinks that the most terrible threat that their world has ever seen is back...
And the powers that be are definitely not happy about it.
New Cover Art By Shadow Bolt

In a world of peace, magic and harmony, a flawed human presence may not seem necessary. When Simon returns from outer space to find his world inhabited by creatures with an almost innate perfection, he certainly suspects this to be true. As Simon discovers and documents the fate of his species, and learns how Equestria was built on the ruins of man, he fears that he will prove himself irrelevant. But things are not always what they seem, and the life of the last human may still have meaning.

New cover art by jjames10. Much thanks to him for his excellent work. Original cover art here.

Originally intended to be one scene set in one room in which the question, "Why would a human need to be in Equestria?" was answered, my theory to address the question has expanded to the scale of a small epic. I hope it works.

A lot of the concepts and facts introduced here are so vast and academic, they really can't be expressed in dialogue. Instead a number of scenes are in "written document" format to give the reader a thorough information-dump. This is a world-building fic.

I also omit a lot of the Slice-of-life, getting-to-know-you scenes you see a lot in HiE because the focus is on concepts rather than actions.

I wish to achieve the following with this fanfiction:
Create a character whose strengths and weaknesses are clear, or become clear as the story progresses.
Give the human character a compelling reason to be in Equestria based on an interpretation of the themes of the show.
Present a theory about the character of Twilight Sparkle and her intended role in the future of Equestria
Accurately portray existing characters from the show

Sources of Inspiration (This will be very long, some sources will be missed):
"The Stars Will Aid in Her Escape (Cosmic Love)" - PMV by mmmandarinorange
"Rorschach in Equestria" by Ex-Nihilos
"The Planet of the Apes" (1968)
"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
"World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks (Stylistic influence)
"The Stand" by Stephen King
"Pet Sematary" by Stephen King
"Moon" (2009)
"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway (Stylistic Influence)
"The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
"King and Lionheart", song and music video by Of Monsters and Men
For some inexplicable reason, this song.
My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic, created by Lauren Faust, property of Hasbro, Inc.

Sources that DID NOT inspire this work:
Arrow 18 Mission Logs: Lone Ranger by Admiraltigerclaw

Feel free to take this premise and make it better.

I feel that this story is either going to be my "Citizen Kane" or my "Plan 9 from Outer Space". Either way it's my masterpiece.

This story is dedicated to Abby, my dog of 14 years who passed away on February 26, 2013

*Special Thanks to The Artrix from Deviant Art for letting me use his image!*

My name's Matt. I live in a world full of zombies. All I have are my guns, knives, and a few of my closest friends. Things went alright, well, as alright as it can get in a zombie infested world. We had an established base, plenty of ammo, food and water. Plenty of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic DVDs.

But what happens when this group stumbles upon the Mane 6 in this deadly world? How did they get here? How will they get back? How will they handle the carnage? How will they be kept safe? Will AJ kick a zombie in the face?

HUMANIZED PONIES. Warning: major violence and language. NO DAMN CLOP. Kissing will be the farthest I go. Slight shipping later on if the story is received well and I keep writing it.

Self insert, with friend insert. Motivated by number of zombie fics here. First ever fic, constructive criticism gladly accepted.

Humans are lame and dumb creatures. Nothing more than a simple-minded Beast of Burden and the occasional house Companion. Everypony knows this! It's common knowledge. But what happens when the human isn't lame or dumb? What if he wasn't a simple-minded Beast of Burden? What if he wasn't just a simple house Companion? There are things, after all, that a human simply shouldn't be able to do...
Meet Rick, a human, hiding among native humans, in a pony's world, and here to accidentally break all standards.

Inspired by the Your Human and You-verse

Cover Art: Custom hand drawn by Insync of TheGlitchInTheMatrix

Editing: Sequence and Firewall of TheGlitchInTheMatrix

- The Jedi Code

A human Jedi Master named Lucas Darkmatter becomes stranded on a planet full of talking ponies. The ponies are eager to make friends and form bonds with this new creature, but he refuses them at every turn.

"Attachments are forbidden."

Can Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and an eager Lyra convince the Master that attachments aren't as bad they seem?

"Sister, look!" Cried Luna, poiting out to the horizon. Celestia looked up, noticing that fireballs were descending from the sky, all over Equestria and beyond. Looking around, she saw that they were falling everywhere. Both in and out of Equestria.

"Oh, Faust. What is happening!" She cried.

Suddenly, a beam of light shot upwards into the sky, originating from the crater in Canterlot Square. The beam of light formed a large square image in the sky.

Looking around, she saw that a familiar projection was over all over the towns and cities in Equestria.

Suddenly, a deafening screech permeated the air, before forming into a rough sentence:

yOU ArE NOT AlOnE

Since it's founding in 2140, peace had reigned in the Interstellar Federation of Systems for 4 centuries. Humanity had long since cured disease, ended poverty, and destroyed inequality. With an empire spanning hundreds of Star systems it was only a matter of time before they found life on other worlds. Sadly, it wasn't a joyful discovery.

Well into the pinnicle of its power, first contact was made. A species known as The Drox made themselves known to Humanity in the most heinous way possible: The destruction of it's capital, Planet Earth. The subsequent war brought many truths to light, and spread death and destruction over the span of 3 decades.

After the evacuation of the planet Sparta, the I.F.S.S. Marx was forced into an altercation with a Drox vessel. This altercation brought about cataclysmic results that brought the Marx to a new universe...

One filled with ponies.

Inspired by:
Machine and Might by Kriegor
From Beyond by Lepking13
Independence Day (Film)
Man Of Steel (Film)

Following the destruction of the Collector Base, the crew of the Normandy-SR2 go their separate ways. One squadmate, an AI 'Geth' named Legion, is sent by the Geth Consensus to investigate the possibility of a Quarian attack. However, when Legion is discovered and forced to make an emergency jump through the Mass Relay, it finds itself in the most unlikely of places... Equestria.

At the same time, the ponies of Equestria are dealing with their own problems. A mysterious disease threatens to topple pony civilization, while tensions along the border are growing and could escalate into full blown war.

Join Legion in its journey in Equestria to both return to the Geth before the arrival of the Reapers, and to help the peaceful ponies who inhabit the world.

Notice: As of 9/12/2016, this fic has received comprehensive updates to grammar/spelling/sentence structure, with a few minor plot alterations. Enjoy!

Ten years ago, the Griffon Empire opened a portal to a strange new world and tried to annex it. In the peace settlement that followed they lost control of the province containing the portal. Since then, the Griffonian Democratic Republic had been completely isolated, surrounded on all sides by a hostile empire. Now, for the first time, a visitor had been allowed.

American tank commander, Alexander, along with his crew members and his M1 Abrams tank are transported to Equestria in an accidental magic teleportation spell, but the spell also transports Russian tank commander, Vladimir, his crew members and his T-90. One commander deems the Equestrians a major threat and proceeds on a rampage. The other pledges their help to the ponies...

You know all those stories about cos-players disappearing? Well this is kinda like those. Jason Hughes was just a normal guy attending a con for the first time. Of course he had to buy that omnitrix replica right? Well now he's stuck in a world of talking ponies and has to learn what it means to be a pony.

**This somehow got on the popular stories list on 8/16/14, which is only a day after I published it. Thats a new one*

**So this got featured on 8/17/14 I have no idea how that happened but thanks everyone!**

Big thanks to m2pt5 for taking on the role of proofreader/editor. Also want to thank DuskShadowBrony for being my other editor.