Act 1 – A Metal Gear Christmas
Chapter 1-A Dream of the Moon
It was a cold, snowy day in December. David was walking about the streets enjoying his freedom. He used to be a top secret espionage agent, but after his brother, Liquid Ocelot, was defeated and the Patriots were ended, he could now live the rest of his days as a human being. Sure, there were a lot of difficulties in adjusting to civilization, but with help from his good friend, Dr. Hal Emmerich, he was doing well. It was almost Christmas and has been at least five years since anyone called him by his code name, ‘Solid Snake’ (or ‘Old Snake’, as his last mission called him). The world was improving from its control by the System very well, and quickly too. Snake was getting pretty old nowadays however. He knew that he would pass away within the next year or so, but he was happy to see how quick the world recuperated.
He was now on his way back home, a moderately sized house bought by Dr. Emmerich and Sunny, a girl who is under Dr. Emmerich’s custody.
“Hey everyone, I’m back.” David said as he entered the house.
“Oh, hey David, Sunny just went to bed now. She’s excited about whatever you got her for Christmas tomorrow. I’m actually curious as to what you got her…. Anyways, where’d you walk to today?” Hal replied.
“Hmph… You know me Hal… I don’t walk places, I just walk… And eventually, I return here… And I got her some cooking utensils. You know, so she can make eggs for everyone again.”
Hal chuckled a little. “Ha, I should’ve figured. She was so upset when we lost them during move-in. So, I’m going to go to bed soon, we have a big day tomorrow so I’d get to bed if I were you.”
David’s tone getting serious now, “Yeah… Hey Hal… What are you guys going to do when I’m gone?”
“Don’t tell me you were thinking about that again… I... I don’t want to deal with that until it happens, David. And I don’t want to worry Sunny about it either. So let’s stop talking about this and get some sleep.” Hal never liked talking to David when he was thinking about his passing away. It made Hal nearly cry the last time they talked, but somehow he managed to get David to stop by deciding they would take Sunny to some fast-food place.
“But… What if it comes back? We didn’t exactly get rid of Metal Gear… It’s out there somewhere… It’s only a matter of ti-“
“Stop it David! Our missions are done and nobody is going to get their hands on Metal Gear’s remains. Go to Bed!” Hal interrupted in a fierce whisper which was just quiet enough not to wake Sunny.
“Sorry Hal… You’re right… I’m going to bed now, see you in the morning…” With that, David turned to the stairs and went to his room. He laid down on his bed staring at the ceiling. There really is no way that Metal Gear could be found anyways. Most of them were with Outer Haven…. I need sleep… David then slowly drifted into a deeper sleep than normal.
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“Otacon, I’m in the base.”
“Great job Snake, now remember, all you need to do is destroy the last Metal Gear from existence and then you can have Christmas with us.” Otacon replied.
Snake snuck past a pair of guards in the large open room and proceeded to enter the room housing the final Metal Gear in existence. He looked around the room. There were no guards in here at all. It’s so strange how there’s hardly anyone in this entire place. There were only two guards, and I don’t even remember how I got in the last room… Whatever, I have to finish my job. He walked up to the Metal Gear and placed C4 all around it and started to walk out of the room.
A loud booming voice came echoing throughout the room, “WE DEEM YOU WORTHY OF KEEPING. YOU WILL COME TO US AND DESTROY THIS MACHINE SUMMONED FROM YOUR WORLD.”
Snake turned around, falling to the ground as the volume of the words hit him. When he turned around everything was dark, the Metal Gear was gone, and the whole building was gone. He was outside and surrounded by dark clouds and a large silhouette was in front of him. There was a great big full moon behind the silhouette. The shape of the silhouette reminded him something of some show Sunny liked to watch, but he had no idea what it was.
“What are you talking about? And why me? My job is done.” Snake replied.
“THERE IS A MACHINE THAT OUR GREAT SISTER HAS SUMMONED INTO OUR WORLD AND YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DESTROY IT.”
“What? I don’t have any sister and stop with the voice. What do you want?” Snake was now having crossed feelings of fear and confusion. Snake started to notice that the silhouette looked like a horse or pony of some kind with wings and a horn. I need to stop falling asleep on the couch. Sunny’s shows are now getting in my dreams…
“YOU ARE NOT ON THE COUCH, AND WE MUST LEAVE NOW! WE WILL SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET HERE!” The silhouette boomed out, knocking Snake against the wall behind him which returned along with the rest of the room. As the Metal Gear room returned, the silhouette disappeared. This was getting crazy to Snake now. He must be dreaming, because none of this is making sense. He then found his detonator and pressed it. It wasn’t working. He checked the C4 on and around the large machine. It looked just fine; maybe it just happened to not go off? He stepped back and pressed the button again. Nothing happened again. But then the Metal Gear came to life and aimed all of its weapons at Snake. Snake pulled out an AK-47 and started to fire. Only confetti came out of the gun in pretty Christmas colors. The Metal Gear was slowly walking towards him. He pulled out his handgun and fired. This time, it shot a round of wrapped up boxes at the machine that did nothing except irritate Snake. What in the hell? This doesn’t make any sense! He ran off to the side where he found a rocket launcher. He picked it up and fired at the machine. The machine stopped. There was a colorful explosion that made the room hard to see. When the blurriness cleared, Snake saw that out of his gun was a little flag reading ‘Merry Christmas’. The Metal Gear was still there.
“Fine, I give up…. I’m too old for fighting this anymore…” Snake declared as the machine opened fire into him.
“Snake? SNAKE??? SNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAKKEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?”
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David woke up with a jolt. Out of all his crazy dreams, that one ranked ten in craziness, making all his other dreams a four or lower. Sunny was standing over him.
“Yay! You finally are awake! Come on, we can open presents!” Sunny said excitingly.
“Yeah, I’m getting there… How about I meet you down there?” David replied groggily.
“Okay!” Sunny ran downstairs and turned on the TV. David got up and changed into everyday clothes. As he went downstairs, he remembered something about his dream. Something from the TV show that Sunny was watching was in his dream. He arrived in the living room and stood behind the couch and watched along. Typically he didn’t watch anything on the TV, but the dream made him curious.
“I’m watching the first episode again, when it’s done we can open presents.” Sunny said when she noticed David was there.
“…What’s it about?” David said, intrigued by the show now.
“It’s about these ponies who go on adventures and stuff. In this episode, they learn about the magic of friendship and defeat Nightmare Moon, who turns into Princess Luna after the Elements of Harmony are found.”
David was even more intrigued now. Nightmare Moon sounded like it could’ve been what he saw in his dream. He watched more intently, not even noticing Hal walk into the room.
“Wow, David, didn’t know you were a brony too! I knew we’d convert you eventually.” Hal said as he saw David staring into the soul of every pony that came on screen. They all watched until the moment Nightmare Moon appears in the place of Princess Celestia. At that moment David froze stiff. Everything faded out and he fell to the ground. The combine images of the silhouette pony from his dream and Nightmare Moon from the TV were the only things running through his mind.
“David? David? Are you ok? David get up! Sunny call 911! David! DAAAAAVIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Hal screamed as the last thing David heard.
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David got up and he was now in a hospital. His vision was slightly blurry, but he could hear just fine. There was a large commotion coming from outside the room. People panicking, running around, there was what seemed like a state of mass confusion and fear going on throughout the hospital. When David’s vision returned and took in everything around him. Things looked slightly different, as if reality was slightly altered. He got up with less pain than he thought he’d be in, actually no pain whatsoever. Why am I in the hospital? Hal could’ve taken care of me… All I did was faint… Must be from the years of smoking or something… Then in through the doors came several ponies in lab coats.
“I don’t know what it is, or who it is, but let me ask it some questions. It may be a cursed pony or something from somewhere outside of Equestria.” The first doctor-pony said to the other ones, who looked like they were just following him.
“Where am I and why am I in a TV show!?” David exclaimed.
“AHH! It talks!” The doctor pony was a little frightened but now more curious than before.
“As the captain of the royal guard let us in to take it to Celestia!!!!!” A voice outside yelled.
David now spoke again to the doctor, “Wait is that the military of this place trying to get me?”
The doctor replied, “Erm… Yes, and if I don’t hand you over, we’ll be sentenced for treason.”
David looked at the doctor and his party slowly trying to block the door and get close enough to grab him. Instinctively, he ran to the window and jumped through. He was now in the middle of a town. There was a fancy boutique at the end of the block to his right and a candy store on the other side of the street and the end of the block to his left. I bet I can find better places to hide near that boutique than a candy store. Everyone loves candy so there would be no time to get a good spot to hide. He started running towards the boutique. He felt younger, more agile. He ran past a window and noticed he didn’t look like an old man anymore on the reflection. Whatever happened, I don’t have that virus thing anymore, I look about twenty years younger! The guards at the hospital were far enough behind him now that he could find time to hide when he needed to but he’d have to be quick as they were fast.
When he arrived at the boutique, he saw an open window on an upper story. He climbed up the back of the house carefully and snuck into the window. There was nobody in the room. He found a closet and hid in there until everything calmed down. What on earth is going on? I watch one episode and I have crazy ridiculous dreams about that TV show? But it’s so…real… This is getting pretty weird for my tastes… After waiting in there a while, David eventually falls asleep. When he woke up he was laying on the floor in the middle of the room he hid in, a teenage looking pony standing over him looking at him.
“When I asked Princess Celestia for a stallion to pop up in my room, I didn’t ask for one from some other universe, but this will do.” The teenage filly says to herself out loud. She was white with a light purple mane. David tried to get up but realized his limbs were tied down.
“What do you ponies want with me? And why was Nightmare Moon in my dream?” David asked the filly.
“Heck if I know, but I know what I want with you!” The filly responded in a manner that David knew exactly what she was talking about. He wasn’t so sure he wanted that kind of stuff done to him by a pony, but he couldn’t move so he’d have to deal with it.
“Sweetie Belle!!!! I’m heading out now, so come give me a hug before I go!” A voice called from the floor below.
The white filly looked at David, “You stay here now, and be quiet or they’ll find you! I’ll be back.” Sweetie Belle left the room to head downstairs.
“Hey sis, where are you going anyways?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“Princess Celestia has called upon me and my friends to do something very important for her regarding the return of Nightmare Moon.” The mare named Rarity replied.
“Nightmare Moon? That doesn’t make sense, I saw Luna just yesterday talking to Apple Bloom.”
Rarity was confused, “Yesterday? Now that doesn’t make sense as Nightmare Moon returned yesterday… Maybe I read it wrong? Anyways, you stay here and watch over the house.”
“Can Apple Bloom and Scootaloo come over tonight?”
Rarity rushed in a response, “Yes, now I have to go. Don’t mess up my stuff!”
They hugged and Rarity left. It was about an hour until her friends arrived. Ooh, I have plenty of time to play with my new toy! Sweetie Belle thought as she went back upstairs.
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Scootaloo and Apple Bloom arrived right on time. Sweetie Belle let them in and brought them to her room, where David was now sitting in the corner of the room, arms and legs tied up.
Scootaloo was the first to notice, “Wow, that’s the thing that was in the news! Celestia’s guards are looking all over for him! He must be a spy or something!”
Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes, “Doesn’t matter now, he’s my pet-thing, and nobody else is allowed to have him!”
“Aww that’s purdy cool Sweetie Belle! Does it do any tricks?” Apple Bloom asked.
“I can talk… And I’m quite good with a gun.” David replied.
“OMG OMG OMG! He can talk! Awesome! I gotta tell Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo said excitedly.
“No, you can’t Scootaloo! She’s at the meeting with the Princess! They’ll take him away if anyone finds out.” Sweetie Belle says harshly, defending her toy. “And especially since he says he had a dream about Nightmare Moon!”
“Oh yeah, that reminds me, I was a’talkin’ to Princess Luna yesterday and she said she needed to leave Equestria and that if Nightmare Moon appears, that it’s a fake, whatev’r that means.” Apple Bloom explained.
“I knew that what my sister said made no sense! I have to find out what they’re talking about.”
Scootaloo interjected, “Sweetie Belle, that place is so heavily guarded that none of us could get in without being caught. There’s no way we’ll ever know what’s going on.”
David spoke again, “Hey I can get in there without being seen. I’m trained in stealth missions like this and maybe we could work out a deal?”
“How do we know you won’t just escape from being my pet?” Sweetie Belle said, slightly irritated.
“Because if I get caught, I’ll probably end up dead. In exchange to not have me be tied up all the time, how about I’ll be your espionage guy, then, I can find out what I need to know while I’m getting your information, and you still have me around to keep you company.”
“Well, that sounds like a good deal, but don’t you want to go home?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“I’ve done what I need to do at home… And staying here, I don’t have to worry about dying early in life. At my home, I looked like I was a hundred years old. Here, I don’t have the rapid aging anymore.”
“Oh, well then perfect! I agree!” Sweetie Belle was now excited she was able to keep her pet forever now.
“Hey, since you are our spy, we gotta have a cool group name!” Scootaloo said.
Apple Bloom replied, “But we already got a name, the Cutie Mark Crusaders. We don’t need two.”
“Well, I think that’s actually a pretty good name. CMC’s for short.” David inputted.
“That’s a good idea mister… Um… What’s your name?” Sweetie Belle asked, slightly embarrassed about not knowing his name.
“Just call me….. Solid Snake.”