//------------------------------// // Mankind’s Plight // Story: My Little Dashie: Jackson series // by Puking Coyote //------------------------------// My Little Dashie: Jackson series Mankind’s Plight By. Puking Coyote This is dedicated to my little cousin whose love of ponies is truly absolute. Almost 6 years have passed since Brian went to Equestria to be with his daughter Dash. Due to the fact that a day in Equestria is a year on Earth it could be said many things have changed on Earth since then. I will attempt to give a quick explanation of what had transpired since that time. It has been over two thousand years in which the people of Earth have advanced greatly. Many wonderful inventions such as space travel, terraforming of planets for cultural use, teleportation, and downloadable knowledge were in full use. A few short years after Brian Left the great nation of America collapsed due to its politician’s greed and massive debt. This collapse sent a shockwave throughout the world and sent all the nations into another dark age which lasted up to 1000 years. During the second Dark Age the world’s nations broke apart into warring states and after many ruthless battles finally came together under the banner of the United Earth Forces or the UEF for short. After the second Dark Age humanity rode off to conquer the stars and colonized many planets in the Galaxy. There they were able to find many new elements but none was more important of a discovery than Lithrume which was composed of living energy. This was not just energy but energy that was living and therefore with the help of the UEF’s renowned scientist could be refined and melded into a person’s body creating a being made of both energy and flesh about half and half to be exact. The reasoning for the balance is that if a person is melded with too much energy they would cease to exist. Once a person is melded with the energy besides their skin slightly glowing white they gained long life and disease no longer plagued them. The people who were enlightened with this material also could manipulate whatever was composed of energy whether it was to create light, materialize a rock, create magnificent explosions or going through a wall, they could do it. The giant corporations of course made this ability open to the public for a large sum but as time passed they realized it could also be passed down by genetics and the ability had become available to all mankind. This ushered in the Ascended Era and it was here where humanity reached its peak. The Ascended Era was the highest point of humanities reign and also the start of its downfall for this new form that they had taken which was quite irreversible attracted the sprites. The sprites were semi-intelligent horrible looking bug creatures much like flying cockroach-lizards with jagged baby heads filled with rows of teeth. The sprites unlike human’s were creatures of magic and would have probably never have bothered a person before this time. But as we all know magic takes much energy to wield and the new race of energy filled humans proved to be too tempting of an appetizer for the sprites. At first the rumors of this new race which has never been seen before was reported on rural colony planets and were not taken seriously by the UEF even though whole worlds were wiped-out of human life. They decided that it was a small infestation by another dimension opening and that they would eventually die off in the vastness of space. They however were wrong for when a Sprite feeds they multiply much the same way as a cell would do. This said when they swarmed Jelustra the largest and most densely populated planet in the Universe they became a large and feared enemy of man. The sprites soon became known as planet killers and destroyers as they traveled to their prey’s homes by magic, this is why the UEF could never predict where they would strike next. The UEF did its best to repel the Sprites and even managed to eradicate large numbers of them but in the end nothing could be done for the sprites were simply too many. Also the weapons of man were energy based and even though they were effective against the Sprites they were naturally weak against magic. After the fall of Earth in a great battle where many lives were lost on both sides humanities last chance fell and they scattered to all different parts of the universe on the solar winds. Now there are only pockets of small human settlements that exist but even those are being hunted by the Sprites to fulfill their ever increasing hunger for energy. My name is Jackson Turner, Male age 23 and I have been living in an underground facility for nearly two years since the fall of Earth. I was part of the famed Brigaton Brigade and lost many good friends to those accused Sprites during the war. Me and my comrades who unfortunately were consumed during the battle was on the Spitekin a battle cruiser orbiting Earth. The ship was majestic compared to this hole that I am living in now even though they are about the same size. That ship was more like home than any of the settlements that I have lived in because it was where me and my friends grew up, laughed, and eventually fought. It has only been seven years since the Sprites appeared in our universe and in such a short time they crushed our once proud empire and sent us fleeing. The world today is full of fear, turmoil, destruction, and death. In fact nobody in our fifty person settlement have not seen a loved one devoured by a sprite. Those accurse fiends latch themselves onto a person and suck out their life and energy in seconds leaving a dead corpse in their wake. It’s hard to believe that such creatures no bigger than a human head could bring down the UEF. The worst thing that I remember from the battle of Earth was a swarm crashing into our ships defenses and chomping through its enhanced metal frame. The screams of the Sprites and the people they were eating on the other side of the walls and the realization that you were next to die. If it was not for my friend Daniel throwing me into an escape pod before a sprite overtook him I would not even be here today and in a way I wish I wasn’t. Some physician told me that it was a common regret of soldiers who lose a comrade to have but even though I know the reason it still bothers me every day I wake up from the nightmares of Sprites eating and splitting into other sprites eating, splitting, eating, splitting, eating its madding just to think about it. Running in fear and hiding from the swarms lusting eyes is all we can do now and every week we lose a colony soon the human race will be nothing but bones on planets surfaces and memories of the Sprites who would no doubt look back at their buffet and smack their blue snake like tongues against their lips. I laid back onto my hard bed and thought to myself for there was nothing else to do than talk to the other people in the base but I did not want to talk, not now. I looked into a mirror on the far side of the wall and saw my blond hair and blue eyed face looking back at me. In fact mine was the standard feature for men that were grown in the labs across the universe. I looked away around the stone room and found a small old holo picture of my friends and me on the ship and smiled as I remembered the good days before the sprites. Suddenly an alarm went off and a red light started to flash, I grabbed my energy rifle, the picture and ran. Those lights meant only one thing the Sprites have come. We were in an underground bunker but it would not take long for them to use their magic to get inside. I ran across a skinny hallway to one of the many hanger bays we had for we spread out to make our escapes so not to make an easy catch for the Sprites. As I ran to a Crescent Ship (singular moon shaped ship) I spotted a sprite materialize to my left and before it could even move it was disintegrated by my gun. Soon many more hundreds started to materialize and I shot wildly as I ran through their ranks. “Crap” I said to myself as I fired and no energy erupted from my gun I miscounted and ran out of energy sooner than I expected. I grabbed for my pocket looking for a spare battery clip as I dodged a sprite that flew at me “crap” I repeated when none could be found. I looked over at the Crescent Ship and saw a Sprite over a dead man looking at me hungrily with its black beady eyes I knew this was the end. Just then the Sprite started to divide this was my chance I leapt over the immobilized creature and ran into the ships door which opened as I approached “Take off!” I screamed and the ship hummed to life and flashed as it teleported to the planet’s surface. I looked around at the Sprite invested skies and cursed when I saw I was the only one to make it out. “Destination?” the ships navigation asked. “Forward max speed!” I shouted as I took my seat. The ship lurched forward and threw me into my seat as it roared through space with a small swarm of sprites tailing it. Sprites when the war began were not faster than our ships but they overtime developed a spell that allowed them to grip onto a ship with their magic much like a lasso onto a cow from one of the old American movies I had seen from the now destroyed UEF Library. “I need a way to get rid of them or I’m dead” I said to myself then an idea came to me. “Computer take me to grid AGH 12” “Warning black hole detected in that area request another location.” “Override” The ship altered its course to a black part of space. “At least the sprites won’t have me and I might take some of them with me.” I thought to myself as the black hole came into view. The ships sirens soon told me that I was in the danger zone of the black’s holes gravity field I looked at the ships screen and saw that the Sprites were still attached. “How strong is their magic?” I wondered as I moved the ship closer to the hole suddenly the sprites let go and stood there waiting for me to fly back out. There was only one way out of this mess “Computer slingshot the ship to the far side of the black hole.” The ship began the maneuver I planned to use the black holes momentum to escape the Sprites before they could lasso my ship again. However the Sprites had a different idea when they saw what my plan was and they decided if they could not have me then nobody would. They then all shot my ship with a bolt of their magic which engulfed me and cast my ship into the black hole. I could feel the ship break apart from the black holes gravity then all went black. I woke up in a strange forest at least what I thought a forest was for I never saw one in real life actually I never seen a tree before for they were wiped out by the paper mills over a thousand years ago. All of the oxygen that we had were made by machines which were cleaner than trees anyway at least that’s what I had been told. After taking a sniff I almost gagged at the hundreds of smells that filled the air “Wait I shouldn’t be breathing at all!” I exclaimed as I remembered falling into the Black Hole. I looked around again “then how?” however my thoughts were disturbed by a howl in the night not a shriek of a sprite but something much worst. I went to grab my gun but realized that it was lost along with my ship in the black hole. After looking around I found that the ground had materials that responded to my energy but it also had magic lots of magic more than I ever felt before. I felt a shiver as the realization that Sprites could very well inhabit this land. I got up and realized that there was some brown powder clinging onto my white uniform just then I remembered one of the old movies I saw from the library during a history class “Dirt?” I asked myself. I then looked at the ground and willed it to produce a sword which it did I then picked it up and started to make my way through the damp ground sword raised ready to strike anything that might pop up. I would occasionally stop and try to produce an energy weapon but the materials needed could not be produced thus forcing me to rely on my own explosive energy and the sword to protect myself. I could see very well walking under the threatening branches of the trees for the moon was very large and full tonight. “Ah the moon” the thought came to me. “It’s been years since I last saw one from a planet’s surface and the breeze how I have missed you.” Just then the sound of a rumbling startled me and I looked around quickly but all that could be seen was the shadows that moved with my own faint glowing skin. Then the rumbling happened again but this time I could feel it as well as hear it for it was my stomach. For even though humans were half energy they still needed food. “I have to get some food but first” I picked up a hand full of dirt and willed its structure into white bandages and stated to wrap it around myself “I don’t want to glow like a beacon to alert the sprites to my presence.” After that was done I headed out again. After a while I killed a bird and found that it could be cooked with my energy it was the first time I ever cooked my own food and truth to be told it was not very good but it would keep me full for the night. After a while I started to feel sleep taking me so I used my powers to lift myself into a tree where it would be safer. Actually I was very pleased with myself for I never realized that I could do so much with my abilities but I could also feel the suppressive powers of the lands magic on them for I could not go nearly as high as normal. That night was not very eventful nor was the next three nights except for a slight encounter with a wolf made of timber that I scared away with an explosive display of energy which singed its bark. “I guess that was a Timber Wolf” I chuckled to myself. As I moved through the woods I started to realize maybe there were no sprites in this land. “But where was here? I’ve never seen any world like this before it’s almost unreal.” After looking around at the crisp colors it almost looked like a painting but it was real almost like reality and imagination had mixed together. Suddenly the realization dawned upon me that maybe the combination of my energy and the sprites magic saved me from the black hole and sent me here. Just then a huge shadow flew over the woods that made me duck for cover I looked up and saw a horse, a horse flying! Impossible. Just then the sun rose in the sky faster than a sun should rise I had always been asleep during this time so I never saw the sun rise before. “Wake up sleepy heads” a voice called “Open your eyes my little friends.” I looked over at the sounds source and saw blonde pony with rabbits, squirrels, and other critters running around it. It was the pony talking! I hid myself by melding into a tree but did not take my eyes off the horse for it was magic and magic creatures hunt us of energy. I noticed its huge eyes and wondered if there was something wrong with it like a tumor or if it was supposed to look like that. After it and its critters passed I ran away to a clearing and the sight that was there horrified me for there were many of these ponies some regular and some with horns. When I looked up I fell over from shock and fear for above me were hundreds of flying ponies each one as fast as a Sprite. They were moving the clouds around the sky like they were toys then one looked in my direction it was blue with a rainbow main. It gave a cry of surprise “Crap I thought” and raised my sword. The blue pony glided down to me “Dad!” but then it stopped when it saw the sword and took a closer look keeping its distance. “Who are you? Show your face human!” I then remembered that I had the bandages wrapped around me like a mummy. I of course did not comply I was not going to let it see I was half made of living energy. Pointing my sword at it I cried “Who are you? What are you? Where am I?!” “I am Rainbow Dash and I am a Pegasus” it then took a step closer “you are in Equestria.” “Are there Sprites here?” The Pegasus looked at me curious “I don’t think so, listen you look confused you should see princess Celestia.” “No, no creatures of magic especially not your queen.” The Pegasus bit its lip “how about another human? But you can’t bring your sword.” “Human? Who is he a magic creature in disguise?” “No, he’s my dad.” I thought about it this seemed to be the most promising lead that I had had for a long time “Fine” I finally replied “lead the way.” The Pegasus took me to a house by a lake where there was a middle aged man sitting in a rocking chair staring at the sky. “Daddy!” the Pegasus cried and ran up to him. “I was just looking for you” he then saw me and quickly jumped up stepping between me and the Pegasus. He was tall and well built much like me but he did not glow at all, he was not made of living energy. “Who are you?!” He demanded. “This is not a land for people to taint with their evil you should leave, now!” “What do you mean taint?” I asked. “Humans are tainted by evil and can’t be allowed to come here they will invade, enslave, and experiment on the kind creatures of this land.” “Invade? Enslave?! Do you even realize what these creatures have done to us!!! What people will invade? We are being exterminated by these creatures of magic and you are worried of us invading! Besides you look nothing like a human what are you?” The man seemed shocked by my words then stood there silently for a while “I see I am guessing that you are two maybe three thousand years from when I was on Earth. But these creatures’ attacking you is Ludicrous to say.” “Wait three thousa…..am I in the past?” “No, see for every day here a year passes on Earth I have only been here for a few years but thousands have gone by in your world.” “Is this another dimension then?” “No, a television show” “A television show?” I wondered then remembered a term from school that he must have meant “Ah you used Black Mold?” “What?” the man asked quite confused. “Black Mold, it is a very rare dimension that was never formed. It is comprised of everything which makes nothing therefore it can be willed into form. But I must say I am surprised that you have been able to create life from it and not just matter, you have done what we have never been able to do.” I then gave him a look “with the help of some sprites magic no doubt.” The man looked at me rather confused then looked at his daughter “Don’t look at me I don’t speak crazy” the Pegasus replied. The man then stared at me again “I don’t know what this Black Mold is but it kind of makes sense. Please will you join us?” he then went inside followed by the Pegasus who motioned me in with its wing. I took a slight gulp and entered the house half expecting never to come out again. The room was very cozy looking with chairs a table and pictures around the room’s walls it was much more comfortable than the safe houses I have been living in before. The man held out his hand “May I take your errrr….wrappings?” “I would rather not.” “Please.” “Yea, what are you hiding” the Pegasus replied stepping towards me. The man must have seen me flinch from her “She won’t hurt you.” “Ok, I will take them off but if you truly are human keep her restrained when I do.” “You have my word stranger she will not harm you.” I took another gulp and started to unwrap my face and arms very aware of the faint glow it will emit all the while keeping both eyes on the rainbow creature. She must have become uncomfortable of this because she backed away behind her father. “What is he?” she whispered he however only held out his hand to hush her. “That’s better and like I said you don’t have to fear my dashie now mister if you will take a seat” he replied motioning to a chair “ and tell us what has happened during the years that we have been gone.” “It’s Jackson” I replied taking a seat in the chair which was surprisingly very comfortable. “What is?” “My name it’s Jackson” I stated again. A wave of relief seemed to spread over the man’s face “Mine is Brian and my daughter here” he motioned to the Pegasus “is Rainbow Dash.” I nodded and after a quick sip of tea which he handed me I told him everything that I could think of since the fall of America which was where he was surprisingly from. The story lasted well into the night and into the morning which could only be expected from telling two thousand years worth of history. To my relief Dash seemed disgusted with the Sprites and swore that they had none in Equestria. “I guess that you are one of the last humans now Jackson maybe the last besides me since four years have passed to my knowledge since you entered the black hole” Brian replied. “Wait I’m not going to be pulled from this world am I? If I am truly the last man left then I will have no chance of surviving the sprites!” “We never been pulled back have we dad? Even Princess Celestia could not send you back with her magic ” he nodded his head in agreement. “Do you think that he should see the Princess dad?” “Yes, she should know what has transpired and that there will be another human living in her world.” He then gave a short chuckle “that should make her happy” he stated sarcastically, Dash also grinned at this response. Just then the yellow Pegasus bust down the door with a stare on her face of pure rage that could make any man cringe in fear. I jumped away and hid from the creature’s sight before she even realized that I was there. “Brian you ate one of my birds!” “What? I never di…” “Don’t you lie to me! My animal friends saw you. You promised never to eat animals again you even pinkie promised.” Just then a pink pony burst in from some covers above the sink its mouth was full of the cookies that were in there but its look was also that of rage “Nobody breaks a pinkie promise, nobody!” The situation changed for me and I softened the mass in the houses walls and passed through it in order to escape. Once I stepped through the wall I came face to face with a purple pony with a horn on its head which Dash called unicorns. We both yipped of fright and its horn glowed as it teleported some yards away “Magic” I cursed and started to run. “Wait” the unicorn called behind me it then disappeared and reappeared in front of me forcing me to stop. “I didn’t mean to scare you human you just frightened me I came here following Fluttershy to see if I could help because she looked so distraught then I ran into you, I’m sorry.” I didn’t know what to do should I kill it or let it be and where did that pink pony come from? Am I being slowly surrounded but if I attack and these things really don’t mean me harm then I will be forced to hide from them for the rest of my life. My brain was rushing so fast that I became deathly afraid and was about to attack when Brian called for me to stop from the houses door. “Stop Jackson, Don’t hurt her she means you no harm!” “I’m Twilight Sparkle” the unicorn stated holding out its hoof to me. “Errr….I’m Jackson” I said and cautiously touched the hoof with my finger then pulled it quickly away, the pony seemed confused by this but did not ask. “So what brings you to Equestria?” “Magic, war, sprites, and a black hole” I replied. The pony’s jaw dropped then she looked over at Brian who nodded in conformation of the story. She then seemed to lose her balance and sit down “wow…that’s a new one, we should have him meet princess Celestia right away. She’s actually visiting the town today; I will call her to the library, meet me there” the unicorn then trotted away. I stared at her then looked back towards the rest of the group and saw that the yellow pony Fluttershy was flying towards me scowling. She then pressed her face against mine with surprising force “My animals are not for eating got it!” I nodded more from fright than anything else she then snubbed her nose at me and flew off. “Ummm….that was weird” “She is an animal lover its better if you don’t eat animals when you’re in Equestria” Dash replied. “Right, and where’s the pink one?” Dash glanced around “She comes and goes.” “Anyway I think we should meet the Princess at the library as soon as possible” Brian stated, Dash nodded and started to lead them down a dirt path. The buildings around the town which I learned was called Ponyville were all simple almost like nineteenth century structures. But the weirdest was the library which was apparently also Twilights residence. It was a huge tree carved out to be a building, that’s the best I could describe it. Once we got to the library we were greeted by a baby dragon named spike who let us in. Inside that library I could feel the overwhelming ugly aura of magic almost like it was sticking to my skin this was without a doubt being generated by the large white Unicorn-Pegasus with a smoky rainbow main. This was princess Celestia and even though I could easily handle magic such as that coming from Twilight with my energy I knew that I could not match the princess’s strength. This was a fact that I was not going to let her know no matter what for even sprites knew enough not to go for hard targets and if I could convince her I was to powerful to mess with I may live through this encounter. Once she spoke it affirmed my choice not to let her boss me around for she came across very snobby like a person that knows everything there is to know from reading books instead of living through them. “This is the human that you have spoken of?” she asked Twilight as if there were other humans in the land besides me and Brian. “Yes princess” Twilight replied clearly sucking up to her mentor. “Might I implore what you are doing in the fair land of Equestria?” I hated her snobby attitude already “Yes” She waited then squinted her eyes “and?” “Yes you can ask your questions but why should I be inclined to answer them after all I don’t know who you are and you have given me no reason to trust you.” The princess was taken aback by this reply clearly not use to such rejection “I am Princess Celestia who raises the sun for the ponies of Equestria I am not your enemy but would rather be your friend if you will let me.” “Friends? Ha! Like I would befriend a magical monster such as yourself.” “Such rudeness I would think that a human such as yourself would have more respect for royalty of another land.” “And I would think that you would have more respect for the creatures who created and gave you life!” The princess was very confused at this statement, I then shot a look at Brian “You never told them of how you created them from the Black Mold?” Brian shook his head “I never created them but they were a cartoon that we had.” I then remembered from our history classes the picture box that the old movies and cartoons used to be played on. “Ah, I guess that somehow they were created by your T.V.s wavelengths mixing with the Black Mold then” Just then an idea came to my head. “Were the sprites created the same way?” The princess regained her composer “Well since you are in my land I would like to know who you are.” “Listen Celest” I started to say still thinking about my revelation. “Tia” “Well Celest if you must know my name is Jackson and I am from Brian’s world just a few thousand years after he left.” “Her name is Princess Cerestia” Twilight bluntly stated. “I never have bowed my knee to an unworthy ruler and I will not call her my princess for she has never earned that title from me” I replied quite rudely. Even if Brian could call her his princess I could not especially after all the people that died at the hands of magical creatures. Twilight snorted and was about to speak again when Brian stopped her. “I’m sorry for his rudeness” he apologized to the princess “But listen to his story and you will understand why he has such a dislike for our world.” “If he hates it so much he should just leave then” Twilight mumbled. “We both know that’s impossible besides sending him back would be his death.” The princess looked at me then squinted her eyes “Fine we will hear his story for he seems like a man who has seen much trouble.” “Thank you” Brian then looked at me “please tell her what you had told me.” I sighed then started to recount Earths history and the war with the sprites taking great heed when I told of how they ate us for our living energy. Celest just sat there listening intently at my tale showing little emotion except a silent gasp of dismay at the horrors of humanities slaughter. After I was done I could have sworn that a slight tear was in the Ponies eye but it quickly disappeared when she blinked. “It is good that you told me of this now I can keep an eye out for these sprites and keep them from entering our realm. However such horrors you have seen I can’t imagine letting you keep” she then nodded at Twilight who stepped towards me. “This is my apprentice and she will take your memories from you so you can be at peace.” “Wait!” Dash shouted. “You just want his memory to be erased to keep outside ideas out of Equestria! You tried to do the same thing with me and my dad!” She gave a look that silenced her. “I let you keep your memories because Brian is a good man. But Jackson” she turned to face me. “Is a soldier and has killed in the name of war such evil cannot be allowed to exist.” “Evil, what is evil?” Defending yourself and your friends from a horde of monsters that wanted to devour them or denying a father and a daughter their memories of each other?” I asked remembering the story Brian told me of how he meet Dash. I then took a step closer to Celest “One is provoked and the other is not, your evil is your opinion just as mine is my own.” I then looked at the purple little Unicorn which had its horn glowing, I could see its struggle on its face as it tried to rewire my memories but the energy holding my mind together was far more powerful than her spell. “Are you about done?” I asked to everybody’s amazement even Celest’s mouth opened in awe. I gave a small grin “as you can see I am immune to magic” I lied. I was hoping that Celest would believe me and not try to wipe my memories herself if she did try I would have to escape quickly for her power greatly exceeded my own. “Why won’t you allow us to wipe those horrible memories from you?” Twilight asked. “Because to do so would be to destroy who I am little unicorn. A person’s soul is not formed by their DNA but by the actions that they take throughout life if I would lose my memories I would in a way cease to exist. A life that is a lie is hardly a life at all.” “He’s right Princess Cerestia” Dash agreed. “I should know for it was done to me!” Celest to my relief did not try to erase my memories herself not knowing what types of powers I had she did not want to contend with me at this time. “We have no choice then” she finally said “but you cannot live in Ponyville.” “I will take him in after all he may very well be the last of my race” Brian replied. Celest nodded to him and spread her wings out “I trust you then to keep him from mischief Brian” she then looked at me. “I recommend that you take your mind off the sprites of your world and start healing your hearts wounds for you are safe here. Also don’t do anything to entice my wrath Jackson, I will be watching you.” “That’s creepy” I commented for I knew now that she feared me and her threat was empty words. “Just like we who created them these ponies fear what they don’t understand” I thought as Celest walked out of the library rolling her eyes and flew away. After the meeting was over we headed to Brian’s house on the outside of Ponyville. As I walked down the streets many ponies stared at us as we passed the houses. Their bright colors and huge eyes almost sickened me the more I learned about this world the more depressed I became. They were cute, simple, and very annoying and I wondered what type of hell I descended into for this is not the land for a warrior from an advanced world. When we entered the house I was meet by a huge cry of “surprise!” by the pink pony from earlier along with many other ponies. Luckily I did not totally overreact to this but I still knocked over Twilight and Dash as I stumbled backwards. “Were you surprised?!” the pink pony shouted as she took my white shirt with her mouth and started to drag me into the house where they were holding a welcome party for me. “I did the decorations myself oooo do you like music this is one of Equestria’s best songs” she then let go and disappeared and repapered out of nowhere with cake and threw it into my hands. “Oh and we have pin the tail on the pony, and piñatas, board games, karaoke…” the pony just kept going on and on where my ears felt like they were about to bleed and when I thought it was finally gone it reappeared out of nowhere and started to talk again. It was not even intelligent talk but more like squeaky fast noises. Just then I realized this world was going to be the end of me. My name is Jackson Turner and I was a soldier for the UEF but now I am a stranger in the magical world of Equestria. It is day 6 of my stay in this land which has been untouched by the Sprites and already I can feel myself going crazy. This land is my sanctuary this land is my hell. P.S. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!! This story was not written by or endorsed by Hasbro, it is entirely a nonprofit story created by a reader of the My little Dashie series and has not been written by or endorsed by the creators of my little Dashie either.