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// First Day In Equestria 
// Story: The Final Crusade 
// by Enfield 
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James shut the door behind him and watched as the six walked off to try and figure out what they were going to say to the Crusaders. As he tried to think up something to say, James went and explored the rest of the house, only on the first sweep he found an office with a computer and a workbench. James decided to use the office for his job in protecting Equestira and making video diaries until he figured out how to type and write without the use of fingers. The panic room was almost fifty feet down underground and was no bigger than the area of the house, the bunker could accommodate twelve beings, human or pony. James also made a nice discovery in his new bedroom just after Dart had jumped up on his bed. James’ golden AK-47 was hidden under the covers and wrapped in paper, he took it downstairs and mounted it over the fireplace mantelpiece, it was still loaded, ready to be used at moments notice. James’ shed was about the size of the smaller spare room and full of boxes that contained junk useless to anyone but James. James, being British, was able to make a set of night vision goggles that worked. It was rooted in James’ blood to tinker with things and make useful items using nothing but a shed and a pile of salvageable junk. After James had completed his little project he went to see if they could see through the darkness of the hangar. He looked around and found a large workbench and tools, spare parts for the plane and several massive crates of machinegun and cannon ammo. His Ecstasy 550 buggy was hidden in the back of the hangar where James discovered a small room and a jukebox that looked a lot like the one in Dave and Busters. James then went back to his house and showered off the dry blood that had stuck to him, he didn’t know how much had stuck to him after he managed to survive but there was at least half a cups worth of dry blood on him. He scrubbed it all off and then found his holster and his Enfield sitting on the side of the sink once he got out. 

James went to meet Twilight and the others before he went to talk to the Crusaders. James went to explain everything first then he let Twilight explain her side of the story. The Crusaders listened as Twilight gave them the details of what happened to them after Twilight cast her spell and made the Crusaders end up on earth. She also went to explain that after they figured out where they ended up, they watched them until the last few weeks. After all was said the Crusaders took everything very well by forgiving Twilight and saying sorry for what they did. Pinkie Pie, being Pinkie, said that she had prepared something special for James but didn’t tell him what it was. She led them to Sugar Cube Corner where a massive party was thrown for James in honor of his arrival and recovery. The party lasted for almost six hours before it ended. James trotted home, only marred by several presents and cakes given to him by the partygoers. 

Dusk slowly was coming and a storm was going to follow. Applejack, Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh were checking the trees on their land for any apples they missed, they wanted to get them down before the storm hit. As Applejack and Apple Bloom went toward a grove of trees Applejack broke the silence.
“You glad that your friend is staying here?” Applejack asked.
“Yeah, he’s the best,” replied Apple Bloom. 
“I wonder why he wasn’t here today helping us,” said Applejack. 
“He said that he was going through the weapons in the armory,” Apple Bloom said as she looked up into the trees. She then saw something out of the ordinary and called her sister over.
“What is it Apple Bloom?” Applejack asked.
“There’s something big hanging from the trees,” said Apple Bloom. Applejack looked up and saw what Apple Bloom was seeing, but she knew what it was.
“Now why is there a watermelon hanging from a tree?” Applejack asked, “Hey Big Mac, take a look at this.”

Big Macintosh walked over and saw the watermelon and cocked his head to one side.
“Why’s that up there?” Apple Bloom asked.
“Did you do this Big Mac?” Applejack asked.
“Nope,” said Big Macintosh. 
“Watermelons don’t grow from trees, right?” Apple Bloom asked.
“Eeyup,” said Big Macintosh. 
A thundering boom echoed across the forest and the watermelon exploded. The three were taken by surprise.
“What was that?” Applejack asked.
“Holy doolie!” a shout said. 
“Who’s out there?” Applejack said.
James gave running over the hill and skidded to a halt in front of her.

“Hi there,” he said rather calmly, “Didn’t mean to scare you.” 
James had a large rifle slung over his back and a small SMG strapped to his waist.
“What’s that?” Apple Bloom asked James.
“It’s an Armalite AR50 sniper rifle,” James said as he pulled the bolt back and took the .50 caliber cartage out of the gun, “The smaller gun here is a PP2000.” 
“Was that in your armory?” Applejack asked.
“I’ve been testing all the weapons out,” James said. He heard the sound of running approach him from behind, without hesitation James span around and drew his PP2000, but he lowered it when he saw Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity running out the hill.

“Did anypony else here that explosion?” Twilight asked between heavy breaths.
“That was me, sorry if I scared you,” James said.
“Oh, it’s okay,” Fluttershy said.
“What is that?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“A really powerful sniper rifle,” said James, he blew some gunpowder off the muzzle, “Here, take a hold of it.” 
Rainbow Dash took it and almost fell over from the weight of the gun.
“I see you’re wearing one of your new designs that I made,” Rarity said. Rarity had made James several different combat based clothing articles, James was currently wearing his BlackOps outfit; an entirely black getup with a ski mask and several pouches for ammo and supplies. 
“And I would like to thank you for doing a great job,” James said, “It’ll help with nighttime operations and it’s rather snug as for everything else you made, I haven’t tried the others on but I think it’ll be just as I hoped.” 
“Hey look,” Apple Bloom said, “James has got something else on his Cutie Mark.”