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// Daring Dash Finale Part 2: Of the Many Impossible Possiblities 
// Story: The Unlikley Sanctuary 
// by Tie RoamingHooves 
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I used a PlayStation to type this motherfucker. I live with a friend now and he's being a "troll" by not letting me use his computer. I'm stuck with a piece of shit PlayStation so I apologize for any inconveniences with grammars or spellings. I WILL NOT use a PlayStation to write again. EVAR! It was a pain in the ass. I would have said fuck it but I love you all and your hilarious comments (You know who you are). Here take this and have a nice day. By the way, No I am not dead. There has to be a Part 3 so yup. Heavy: Cry sum moar!



Tyler was sitting at a table in the newly constructed suburb of Ponyville know as Humanville. It sat on a hill and had a perfect view of the town and airfield which has grown in the past three days. With the combined effort of magic and human construction, the airfield as grown into a base which has been renamed Fort Independence.

After serious negotiations between humans and the Princesses, they had struck a deal. The land that the base sits on as well as a few square miles of land behind it would be given to them to do as they please. They would also be provided food, metal and funding for any project they wish to pursue, with approval of the princess of course. Tyler didn't know much else about the details of the humans side of this.

However, in turn for this, the humans are allowed to stay in Equestria indefinitely but when war looms they are to fight alongside Equestria. Also the humans are to aid a team of Equestrian scientists in replicating some of their technology. The humans reluctantly agree some of this. Any attempt to replicate vehicles or any kind of explosive ordinance would be the ponies problem. The last part of this deal is that no harm is to be brought onto any of her subjects unless in self-defense or with probable cause. Once again, the rest of the details elude him.

As far as he new, the ponies have already replicated short and long range radio coms as well short range radar. The current project is to make pony operable firearms. These would only be supplied to armed forces and police.

Tyler looked over at the view of Ponyville and sighed. Jake was sitting over under the shade of a tree cleaning his rifle. Tyler then had an epiphany. "I'm bored!" he whined to Jake.

"Well what do you want me to do about it?"

"I don't know."

"Why don't you keep it to yourself then?"

"Because I wanted to let you know."

Jake sighed. "You know what? I don't even care." He turned back towards his rifle only to find a pink pony playing with the scope. "Hey! Don't touch that!" Jake rubbed his eyes and was staring at the pony who only looked back. They were both equally confused. "How did you get here?"

"I... don't really know." The mare put a hoof to her chin which prompted Jake to bring his palm to his forehead.

"Hi Pinkie! When did you get here?" Tyler asked happily.

"Just now. So what you up to?"

"Nothing much. Just a bunch of sitting around being bored."

"Well that stinks. We need to fix that. You want to head down to Sugarcube Corner and grab a cupcake?

"Sure thing. Jake you want to come?"

"Of course I don't want to come."

Pinkie Pie opened her mouth to say something but was silenced by Tyler. "I think its best if we leave him be for now."

"What gave you the hint?"

Pinkie had opened her mouth to answer the question but was stopped by Tyler's hand. He shot her a look that said lets go and she nodded and trotted towards town.







Sergeant Williams was walking his patrol route with the four lackys assigned to him. They were fresh from the coast and the only combat they've seen was against the challenges of boot camp. It annoyed the hell out of him too say the least. They completely lost any and all sense of how to act since they arrived in this world of magical ponies. He honestly didn't know what irked him more; the fact that he had lead group of four year-old's with guns, or that this world seemed to suck the masculinity out of everything in sight.

The Sergeant froze for a second when he saw that damned curly-curly haired pink pony walking with one of the teenage resistance fighter that ended up here too. That pony pissed him off more than anything in this world or his ever could. He wasn't the only one who shared this sentiment. Even though it has been made clear to everypony in the town that the base is off limits to civilians, that pony does the opposite. Not only does she get inside the base, this damned pony somehow manages to evade every patrol assigned to keep curious ponies out and ends up popping out of containers much smaller than herself. It has gotten to the point where a squad has been specifically assigned with the duty of preventing her from getting in and removing her if she does.

Her reputation is known to everyone. Especially those who have been on the receiving end of her antics. Just yesterday Williams had been stocking up on ammo. While he reached down to grab another clip for his M-16, she appeared out of  cardboard box on top of a shelf that was next to him. This box was big enough to be put in a microwave. She had just kicked physics and every bit of logic in the face, drenched it in gasoline, lit it on fire, and threw it into the sun for good measure. She then managed to stretch her hoof down to him and shove a cupcake into his mouth smearing frosting on his face, all the while her lower half remained in said box. She then smiled in his face and receded into the box of which she came leaving behind a group of confused marines and one pissed off Sergeant. This was not the first time this happened.

He stopped leaving about ten feet between him and this pony. If he were any closer, he would beat the living hell out of that pink monstrosity. Even now he is fighting the urge to raise his rifle and shoot her in the legs, and then proceed to beat the living shit out of this pony.

It pissed him off even more that no matter what this pony did, she wasn't to be harmed in any way. You would think that she'd be imprisoned but nope, according to the Princess she was only to be removed and nothing more. There was nothing he could do so he just waited for the human-pony duo to pass before he continued on his way. The other soldiers followed, confused as to why he stopped.







Tyler noticed the death glare Pinkie was receiving from a nearby soldier and smiled. He new how much people hated her getting into things. When ever anyone questions how and why Pinkie Pie does what she does, they are quickly told "Its just Pinkie, being Pinkie" and to expect it. Although, some of the soldiers in the squad that had been assigned to keep her out enjoyed the challenge of finding new ways to keep her out. Nothing they've tried has worked yet.

As soon as the they were out of range of the daggers coming out of the soldiers eyes Tyler started up a conversation. "You know a lot of people don't like it when you go inside of the base right?"

"Yes, I know. All I'm trying to do is get them to smile. It works sometimes but not every time." she said in deep thought. Pinkie shrugged. "Meh, tough crowd. It just means I need to try harder."

"I want to ask how you manage to do that but I'm afraid of the answer."

"How I do what?" she asks innocently.

"You know... how you get into places smaller then yourself or manage to appear out of nowhere."

"Oh that! You know what...," she began. Pinkie looked at him and was accessing everything about him. She walked back in fourth and nods while adding wise sounding "mhm" and muttering under her breath. Tyler was starting to get nervous. "I usually play dumb and tell everypony I don't know but... you're different. I can't put my hoof on it but you seem to be made of the right kind of stuff."

"Uhhh... what kind of stuff?"

Pinkie turned around and started counting everything, keeping track with her hooves. "Fun stuff, smart stuff, partying kind of stuff, stuff that makes things into smaller kinds of things. You know."

"What exactly is... stuff?" Tyler was beyond worried. He was being examined by Pinkie Pie and didn't know why. The things that could happen or explode twice were endless. Tyler was officially freaking out.

"Stuff is stuff, everypony knows that. Its this kind of stuff that means you get to learn about this kind of stuffidy stuff. Tyler, you asked how I do what I do, and since you seem like you have the stuff, I'm going to teach you how."

"Uh... um... OK?"

Pinkie smiled and turned towards the town. "Great! Now come on. We need some things before we start."

"Things like what?"

"Well first things first. Just to start we're going to need 30 maracas, three pounds of glue, half of a green crayon, tape, some wood, an eye patch, and a rubber band. The rubber band is very important. Don't forget that." Pinkie said as if it made sense.

"What is the rubber band for?" he asked. If he was going to do this, at least one thing needed to make sense.

"The rubber band is to play with silly!"

Tyler blinked. Pinkie Pie started to walk away and Tyler followed. "That... makes sense?"

"Great! Your starting to learn!" the party pony exclaimed and threw confetti in his face, which she had acquired from nothing. "Well I guess I can start teaching you some things now."

"Ok." Tyler said. Behind his head was a metaphoric trail of smoke coming from both of his ears. This was accompanied by the sound of the gears in Tyler's head grinding and stalling.

"What do you know about physics?" she asked seriously.

"Well-"

"Let me stop you there. If you about to start with something about gravity then you have it all wrong."

"..."

"What if I told you that everything you know is a lie?"

Tyler stopped and his head snapped toward Pinkie. His expression was one of complete and utter shock. "How... H-how do you know that meme?"

"I let you in on a secret." Tyler kneeled down to listen. Pinkie Pie whispered into his ear the following phrase: "On the fourth wall of every room, there is a window."

The HMS Tyler's Mind has hit an iceberg. It capsized and sank killing hundreds of know logic.







The Princess of the sun was dumfounded again as she has been many times already today. Standing before her was a pony which she thought was long dead. A pony she was proud to call a life long friend. The wheels in her head began turning and she managed to speak. "But... this is impossible."

A very much alive Star Swirl the Bearded chuckled. "I remember telling you the exact same thing Celestia."

The alicorn remembered back to when she had taken him deep within the caves below the castle. He was still training in art of magic.

"I never knew these caves even existed. The gems here are amazing." Princess Celestia and Star Swirl walked through the dark caves under Canterlot. The blue tinted, rocky cave walls were lined with gems that appealed to the eyes with the a reflective and cloudy red coloration to each. They ventured ever deeper into the tunnels that seemed endlessly long.

"Many ponies have forgotten of these caverns and how far they extend. And yes the gems here are quite amazing. Knowing you, I'm guessing that you have many questions."

"Of course not."

Celestia smiled. "I can see it on your face, Star Swirl."

"Well... yes, I do but are you sure I should ask? You seem a bit more, um... serious, for lack of a better word."

"Its always ok to ask questions. I have told you this."

"Really?"

"Yes. Ask away."

"What are we doing here!?" he blurted out suddenly and blushed in embarrassment at his rudeness. "I mean... we never finished the lesson."

"This in fact, is part of your lesson Star. For this I'd like to tell you a story that less than a dozen or so souls have heard or know. Would you like to hear it?"

"Yes, Princess."

Celestia stopped in front when the tunnel opened up into a natural chamber. Stalagmites hung from the ceiling at least a hundred or so feet above them. On the far wall of the cave, a completely different type of rock was fused seamlessly into the natural rock that composed the cave entirely and contrasted from the natural feeling of the rest of the cavern. 

"Long ago my mother, Queen Nova, used to take me through these very caves." she began with a heavy heart. "She had carved them with her powerful magic around twenty-thousand years ago. This place served as a sanctuary for her to get away from the stresses of ruling an empire."

"This empire covered most of the world and she ruled not only ponies, but almost all sentient species on the planet with a few exceptions. But everyone under her rule was happy and she would strive to keep it this way. It was burden that was hers and hers alone. When she was given a chance to come here she took it."

Celestia's horn glowed and the wall just to their left opened up. It led down to a massive chamber that resemble greatly to the surface. It was a grass covered meadow that sported its own forest in the the distance. There was a river not too far from them that glistened in the artificial sun. At this Star Swirl's jaw dropped. This luminescent ball of light that was made completely of magic. It glowed orange and which made the enclose sky appear to be in an eternal sunset. Surprisingly there seemed to be wildlife as he saw birds flying about the plains.

"Luna and I would sit on this very ledge and listen to her sing. These songs were lively and filled with so much life but were impossibly sad at the same time. Mortal ponies lucky enough to hear her would have her melody etched into there soul but could never sing it themselves or play it with instruments of any kind."

"This very place where she had sought to ease her stress had been the very place where evil decided to spawn. This place brought Discord into this world. When he first appeared he brought with him his army of chaos and plunged the world into anarchy for seven years. Nova had put Luna and I in a magical sleep to wait out the war between herself and Discord to make sure nothing was to happen to us." Star Swirl and Celestia reached a large tree on the edge of the river. This tree was much larger than a tree had any right to be. I towered over the two of them as the reached the base.

"In this very place the final battle between the two had taken place. Discord had beaten her back to the point of defeat and as a last resort she had the power she had stored in her regala to imprison him inside of this tree. Even with all of this power she was failing to do so and started to pour her life force into it. Nova's regala broke and she forced to use what little life she had left to finish the seal."

"Unfortunately even with all of the power she had, this seal only accomplished in sealing the mind that made Discord truly evil. The most evil and dark parts of Discord's mind lie within this tree." She walked up to the tree and gently laid a hoof on it.

"What about you and Luna?" Star Swirl said while still digesting the information.

"Well, without Nova to wake us herself we remained hidden away in the forest just out there. Nopony knew to look for us as they had thought we perished along with our mother. Ponies lived without us for thousands of years and when the magic wore off we awoke. We rose from the caves and the rest is history."

"So why are you telling me this?"

Celestia smiled sadly. "Well to honest, the story of what happened has little to do with what I specifically brought you down here to do. But I do want you to know so you can respect the complex magic here a bit more. Go ahead and touch the seal with your magic. Its perfectly safe."

"Ok then..." Star Swirl said as he hesitantly prepared. "Here I go." His horn glowed as his magic brushed against the seal. Celestia watched him visibly shudder at the immense power put into it. A few different emotions went over his face as he felt the magic. As Celestia and Luna had before him, Star Swirl was feeling Nova's melody which was intertwined in the magic. "But... this is impossible..." he stammered.

"How so?"

"I heard it. I heard the music." he said softly. His voice also carried a bit of awe and simultaneous regret. "I... can't describe what I heard. I understood what you said about it"

"Yes."

"Impossible." he said again. Celestia raised an eyebrow which prompted him to continue. "First of all, you've had me try and break your best seal but your work is basic levitation compared to this. Further more, I can only imagine the amount of magic she wielded to imprison him with this much being put into the seal alone. Secondly, music can't be put into a seal. This is kicking everything I've learned in the chest."

Celestia sighed. "You greatly underestimate the power Discord possessed in those days. Succeeding in what she had attempted was a miracle in that of itself. Nova was far more powerful than I could ever dream to be. As for the music, she had poured her life force into this in its entirety. The melody she sang was part of herself. You've heard it too and know this song makes anypony feel so many conflicting emotions."

"She was the creator and composer of this song. All music whether sang or played have origins. You are smarter than this, Star Swirl. You need to think. This song tells of her life, however long it may have been. Nopony could ever live as long as she had and the history of her life would be lost to all but her as time progresses. Whether she did this purposefully or not, she left this as her legacy. Nova, like all living things, wanted to be remembered. The only trace of her ever living would be this very melody you hear. And with all the power she held during her last moments, one of her greatest wishes became a reality. She left her mark on this world in the form of a song. This is how she made the impossible, possible."

"Her other wish was for myself, Luna, and for all living things on the planet to be safe. She wanted for us to be safe and have a defense against evil should it rise again. You know the legend of Nightmare Moon. You know how I used the Elements of Harmony to banish my sister. But do you know where the elements came from?" Star Swirl shook his head. "The very regala that Nova wore and used to imprison Discord was left for us to defend life from evil. Another part to her legacy."

Star Swirl continued to soak in the information but wore a small look of confusion. "I see you are lost as to where I'm heading with this. Here's my point. I am telling you this to show you that with magic, some things considered impossible happen to very well be possible. One should strive to do something if they believe it will work. I see so much potential in you that others fail to comprehend. What is deemed impossible should be tested constantly rather than be a limit to what one does. You see so much as "impossible" that you lack a view what something would mean to the world if proven wrong."

Star Swirl took a nervous step backwards. "What are you asking me to do?"

"I'll answer your question with a question. Why would I take on a student, of  whom many thought it to be impossible for him to even perform magic? The answer to that is simple." Celestia leveled her eyes with his and adopted a serious tone. "Those in history that have done the impossible live as a beacon for those to follow... and sometimes those who have yet to do the impossible need somepony to believe in them. You will do great things in your future, Star Swirl, and many will follow in your hoofsteps."

Celestia raised her head and looked to the small orange sun. She smiled and looked to the forest before returning her gaze to the pony before her. "This is the end of your final lesson and is where I bid you farewell." Celestia's horn glowed Star Swirl found himself alone in his study atop one of the castles tallest spires. "One day, you may tell me the very same thing I've told you today. If that day ever comes." the disembodied voice of Celestia said cryptically.

Celestia chuckled at the memory and smiled at Star Swirl the Bearded. "I guess you have. Its been far too long old friend."

"Indeed it has. I would really like to catch up but there are more pressing matters that need to be addressed." Star Swirl's horn glowed as used his magic to power the memory spell. Celestia was given every bit of information on Valhalla, and the coming war. However, Star Swirl left out information of Rainbow Dash's reasons of being here and the now alive Scootaloo.

"I'm sorry for that but it was purely for the sake of time."

"I feared this was going to happen." Celestia said with a heavy sigh. In all reality she had expected it to some degree.

"This is where I say I have a proposition for you. The people and ponies both are more than willing to fight for the sake of Equestria. We however have been marooned here in this mountain due to the altitude and weather. Technology does have limits. I am not nearly powerful enough to stall the weather but I think you can tell where this is going.

For the first time in a while, Celestia genuinely smiled. "I see your already putting me to work. Straight to the point as always. Some things never change."

"Well you can't blame me for wanting to help. We should really get started with this though. It will take at least acouple of days to move equipment and everyone else."

"I suppose so." Celestia unfurled her wings and prepared to take off. "Also one more thing Star Swirl."

"Yes?"

"Tell Protrokalos to keep his trolling to a minimum. That is my domain and he has a lot to learn before he can compete." There was a pause before Celestia conjured a long yellow piece of fruit and levitated it to Star. "Give him this. I have a feeling he'll know what it means."

With that, Celestia flew off leaving Star Swirl the Bearded with a single banana. He shook his head and levitated the banana off the ground. Star Swirl trotted away to begin preparations for the move. He hoped he will run into Protrokalos because he is going to look a little stupid carrying a banana around for no apparent reason.







"So you mean to tell me, that that thing can do a sonic rainboom?" Swift Wing said skeptically to the tank gunner next to him. Jackson and the laid back pegasus next to one of the many discarded crates that sat on the edged of the pavement and the grass. The spot had an excellent view of the hangers of human base.

"It can do a sonicboom if that's what you mean. So yep, sure can."

"I'll believe it when I see it. I doubt those things could even make it in the air being made of metal and all. That reminds me, I haven't seen those things even move let alone fly."

"Well, I'm not exactly a pilot but I'm pretty sure its a fuel issue. Also, we really have no use fighter jets here. Same issue with the tanks. They eat up on gas like a fat guy does doughnuts."

"I heard that your commanders have made some sort of deal with the whether factory in Cloudsdale. Rainbow extract worked in one of your helicopters."

"Really, no shit?"

"Yeah. First shipment is supposed to arrive by airship in a few hours."

"Damn. Rainbow powered vehicles. Whats next?"







Sweetie Belle opened her eyes only to be met with sunlight. She clenched her eyes shut and rolled to her side. She quickly removed herself from her bed and opened her eyes again to normal light levels and grumbled something about mornings. It was Saturday which meant no school. Sweetie Belle didn't care either way though. Its just another day. She walked up to her mirror and sat down in front of it while levitating a hair brush to herself. She looked into the mirror and was again met her own empty gaze. Her eyes were dull and empty. They differed from what they would have been not two weeks ago.
She started to brush her mane. For just a split second, a smile found its way to her face as she was pleased with herself for being able to perform magic. But her smile faded and she cast upon herself once more. She set the brush down and sighed. Sweetie Belle walked out of her bedroom leaving her tear stained pillow on the floor next to her bed.

Sweetie Belle opted to skip breakfast this morning and headed straight for the door. She walked out into Ponyville, which was much busier that she was used to. She trotting into town without a particular destination in mind. She avoided Sugarcube Corner as to keep the chances of her running into Pinkie Pie to a minimum. Sweetie rather not deal with her for the time being. 

She turned a corner and cut through the market and maneuvered her way through the crowd of shopping ponies with the occasional human mixed in. Applejack had spotted her and waved. Sweetie mentally grimaced as she put on the forced the friendly smile she could and waved back. The farm pony went back to selling apples and Sweetie Belle continued her on her way.

A helicopter flew over head towards the middle of town which was a little unusual. They mostly flew outside Ponyville for the most part because of the ever increasing amount of noise complaints. Most of these, came from Sweetie Belle's sister. She looked back to quell the small bit curiosity she had in her mind but didn't see much and quickly gave up on whatever that was. She continued walking past the shops, past the park and past everything around her. She then noticed a tree. This tree would make a nice place to sit and look at relax a bit.

She made her way to this tree and sat underneath it in the shade of its leaves. She'd rather be back in her room at the moment but it wasn't worth having Rarity beat down her door trying to talk to her by far. She set her head on her hooves and exhaled deeply. Then suddenly... pink.

Of all the ponies she could have run into, it had to be the one she was trying to avoid. In front of her stood Pinkie Pie, in all her glory. To Sweetie Belle's misfortune, she was smiling like a mad mare. Pinkie is going to try to cheer her up like so many others before her. To say its annoying is an understatement.

"Hi!" the party mare squealed.

Again, Sweetie Belle threw up a fake expression of cheerfulness which she'd slowly been perfecting as of late. "Hi, Pinkie."

"So what you up to?"

"Nothing much. I was gonna take a nap."

"Why would you take a nap out here silly filly? This is the outside you know. Wait, I've never really tried sleeping outside before. I should try it." Pinkie Pie plopped down and closed her eyes. 

Sweetie Belle wasn't really going to take a nap but decided that it was better than nothing. She wouldn't take her chances trying to walk away from Pinkie. She she closed her eyes and relaxed and soon felt like she would soon drift off into sleep. Her thoughts drifted to what her cutie mark would be and then to her friends and then too...

A tear rolled down from her eye as Pinkie shot up and started saying something along the lines of "I'm not tired" but then stopped and focused her attention on Sweetie Belle. Sweetie opened her eyes to meet Pinkie's sympathetic expression and turned away.

"Hey now you don't have to cry. Was it something I did?"

Sweetie Belle was doing her best to hold herself together. She normally did but for whatever reason be had, today was different. "No. Its nothing. Really."

"No its not nothing. Whenever somepony is crying it has to be about something."

Sweetie Belle hated herself for being so fragile all of a sudden. She was tempted to run but instead stayed, determined to get a hold on her emotions. "Look, I'll be fine. I just need to be alone."

"No. You won't. I know Sweetie Belle. I know it hurts. You just have to talk about it."

"NO! I don't want to talk about it. Almost everypony I've seen keeps giving me the same story but I don't care."

"You do care Sweetie Belle. That's the thing. You do care."

"I Don't! I really don't care and I don't want to talk about it! Why won't you leave me alone?!"

"Because I don't like seeing somepony like this. I know you don't like it but you need to talk about it with somepony. Its the only way you'll fell better. I completely understand what you're going through. I know it-"

"YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH! Don't say you do because you don't."

Pinkie Pie stood there with the same neutral expression she had since she started the back and forth. After a tense moment of silence she spoke. "You think I don't know what you're going through? Do you think that I haven't been going through the same things you have?" Pinkie Pie's tone had darkened and started to unnerve Sweetie Belle. Pinkie took a step forward and lowered herself to Sweetie Belle's level. "I've cried myself to sleep almost every night after that day you know. Ever since I moved here I've always tried to be everypony's friend."

Sweetie Belle knew what she was saying instantly. If anypony knew what she was going through, it would be Pinkie Pie. In Ponyville, Pinkie Pie knew everypony by name; she knew their favorite color, food, activity etc. and even the day of their birth by memory. She was honestly everypony's friend. Pinkie Pie had lost more friends than anypony. 

"I'm sorry. I didn't mea-"

"No. Don't apologize. Just talk."

Sweetie Belle opened her mouth to say something but at this point couldn't hold back her grief any longer. "It- its- not fair!"
Sweetie Belle broke down and hugged Pinkie tight.

"It isn't fair at all Sweetie Belle. Not at all." She hummed a softly as Sweetie Belle sobbed into her fur.







The blue unicorn galloped as quickly as her hooves would carry her. The determination of getting to her destination was clearly written on her face as she went through the streets of Ponyville. She rounded the corner running past the quills and sofa shop and closed her eyes when they caught glare from the sun on this clear day. She was nearing her destination but was then stopped by a purple unicorn with an angry expression on her face.

"Trixie..." growled the purple unicorn.

Trixie backed up under the gaze of the purple mare. "Uhh..." Trixie said not knowing what to say to the seemingly enraged mare before her. "You see Twilight... uhh... I was..." she said before being stopped by the glare of the purple unicorn growing more intense.

"Don't explain yourself." she said darkly to Trixie. Twilight expression then went to the complete opposite and she motioned her to move forward. "You're late Trixie. Nopony would start eating without you." chirped the purple unicorn which the caused Trixie's demeanor to ease up slightly.

"I'm sorry... I was caught up in something and got here as fast as I could. I'm sorry I'm late." she said sheepishly as the two walked forward to the picnic with four of the six Elements of Harmony waiting.

"No need to worry Trixie but what were you doing?" asked Rarity asked.

"I was caught in a conversation with a human in the markets. I think he said his name was Tyler."

"Oh you ran into him? He's pretty nice but he acts strangely around Fluttershy."

"Yes he is a delightful human to say the least. He says strange things though."

"Actually, I think he's pretty nice. He is a bit different but that is just who he is." No matter how long anypony was around Fluttershy, nopony that actually knew her was used to her speaking her opinions clearly unlike being shy as her was her namesake.

An awkward silence ensued for a few moments be fore being broken by Applejack who changed the subject. "Tyler's fine an' all but I don't take kindly ta that Jake fella. He seems a bit menacin' ta me."

"I've never really had a chance to talk with him but I have to agree with Applejack on this one. He is rather... eh, dark." Rarity agreed

"I don't know what's going on with him but he just seems angry all the time." Twilight added in.

Suddenly, the picnic basket began to wobble and then stopped. It had gained everypony's attention at this  point which meant nopony noticed Pinkie sit down in the group.

"MMPH MHM GHPHMM MHMPHMAHM!"

Now everypony is focused on Pinkie. Staring in silence.

Pinkie swallows  the cupcake she had eaten in one bite. "What?"

Applejack shook her head. "Pinkie, yer somethin' else."

Pinkie Pie was going to ask what else she was but decided against it. "Anyways, I said that Jake just needs cheering up."

"I don't think that's a good idea sugarcube."

"Of course it is. I just need to find out what he likes. He's going to be a tough cookie to crack but I can do it."

"I'm going to agree with Applejack. Pinkie I thin-... you're not even there." Twilight said staring at the pony shapes cloud left where Pinkie had been.







Gilda broke off from the flight of griffon warriors bound for Ponyville. She had other things to do at the moment. The cloud house of the pony who used to be her best friend came into sight and Gilda sighed. Honestly the more she thought about that day, the more ridiculous it seemed. So she may have yelled at the ponies and called them lame; the thing that really bothered her is that she had always been this way and Rainbow Dash should have known this better than anypony. Then she decides to just break off their friendship like that? It made her angrier rather than sorry. Dash had always been a loyal friend but maybe she was wrong.

Gilda landed atop the white and fluffy clouds that made up the platform that led to the door of the cloud house. She was going to walk in but she decided against it and instead knocked because they were no longer friends. After the first minute she turned around to see the yellow pegasus she had yelled at land land on the cloud. Gilda sighed expecting a confrontation of some kind that she didn't want to deal with.

The pegasus eyed her curiously and Gilda walked past. "Dash is in Vanhoover helping with their weather team."

"That's ok, I was just leaving anyways."

Gilda flew away towards town to regroup with the rest of the griffons. In a way, she was glad Rainbow Dash wasn't home because apologizing seemed less and less likely.







Jake sat on a hill overlooking Ponyville with his feet propped up on a conveniently placed crate. He sighed and looked over the surrounding landscape. It was beautiful to say the least. This place was paradise... but it wasn't home. Sure home was riddled with bullet holes and craters caused be a war that made no sense, but those were the bullet holes and craters that made home... home. It wasn't ideal but given the chance, Jake would go back into that hell in a heartbeat.

That's something Jake didn't understand, they were fighting for freedom and then suddenly they get here and Tyler and Tyrin both give that up. He knew that a lot of others share the feeling. Especially that weird guy, Archangle or whatever the guy called himself. This was not home. It wasn't the same bombed out city that he'd been in for months. This place may have some of the scars of war since the Russians entrance into Equestria but still, it isn't the real thing.

The thing he doesn't like about this situation is that all the ponies are a little to friendly and the humans are being FAR too trusting. They could just be using them. For all he knew, there really was a way back and the Princess kept it secret for her own gain. The reaction of the native population to the mention of wanting to go back usually is "Why would you want to go back to that place?" or something else along those lines.

Jake noticed a flight of griffons heading toward town. All of whom, were garbed in armor. Sighing, he grabbed his rifle and stood up. For such a peaceful place, there sure as hell are a lot of problems. It's something he could get used too.

If there is any kind of logistical problem with this, let me know. There bound to be something I missed. I had an amazing editor, but PLAYSTATION BE DAMNED. I fear there is some kind of universe exploding paradox in this.