Applejack trudged along with a now fully loaded cart of ruble and debris along the path towards Ponyville, and walking beside her, was the massive hulking form of a battle suit. Jake had the cockpit open to the air, letting the sun touch his gleaming white skin that had never seen such pure light in more than a decade, and pure un-recycled air fill his lungs with each breath, both of which had brought a genuine smile to his lips. Under each arm of the Goliath, were the old steel support beams and remains of the roof trusses. The enitre load for each pile of scrap being about five tonnes each, but the titan of metal carried them as if they weigh nothing. Jake gave a quick glance to his partner in destruction, as she gave a slightly more than tiny grunt of exertion as she tried to pull the "slightly" overloaded cart over the crest of the hill. One side of Jake's face crooked up in a glance of a smug grin, he shifted the load of his right arm a bit so it caught on the back of the cart and gave a small push.
Applejack turned her head back to him and gave a smile, "Thank ya kindly, pardner".
"Not a prob' mate," was Jake's reply. And as they finally rose over the hill, Jake let off a whistle, "So that's Ponyville eh? Quite a good lookin' township. Certainly put Northcliffe ta shame when it was at its best". Down in the valley, Jake saw something that looked like it had come right from a fairy tale. Small cottages with bright colours and thatched roofs dotted about the place, a windmill on the outskirts with the sail lazily spinning around in the light breeze, and a curious looking tree in the middle of the village and a small river snaking its way trough what looked like a park where he could see other ponies either having picnics, lazing on the grass or playing. He automatically assumed the latter to be foals.
"Yep, and would y'all believe me if ah told ya that it was taken over by Discord only to have him defeated by mah friends and mahself?" she replied as she continued to walk along the path.
"Wait... There's a guy whose name is essentially chaos? And you and your mates killed 'im?" he asked with a bit of astonishment.
Applejack meanwhile, had looked like a fly had flown up her snout, causing her to frown, "Ah do not have any mates, nor are y'all mah mate. We hadn't even gone on a date yet, so could y'all please stop sayin that. And no we didn't kill him, we reformed him and he's now livin' up in Canterlot".
Jake stopped walking and looked at her blankly, as if she had just gone and done something insanely stupid. Then he remembered, "Oh shit, sorry for the mix up. Back in my world, I come from a place called Australia, and in Australia we usually call people we know from acquaintances to really good friends as "mate"". Applejack just returned his earlier blank stare. "It's a slang thing, and we Aussies were well known for our slang. Some had even said its like another language," again, Applejack continued her blank stare, and Jake sighed. "Alright, here's an example. "G'day, mate. Ya still up for th' bungara this arvo? If ya are, we've got a nice bush chook that I'd caught earlier. On a side, bring ya own piss 'cause we're gonna get fuckin' hammered t'night. I'll catch ya later, mate. Hooroo"". Jake waited for Applejack to respond.
"... What in tarnation is a... Bung-arrah?"
Jake's shoulders slumped, and his head drooped, "I'll simplify it a bit more for ya. It's like how you say "Ah", "mah", "tarnation" and "sugarcube". It's just something you grew up with, how your elders spoke, like an accent of a dialect. The main language of Australia is English, our dialect is to simplify, shorten and tell things as they are with excessive amounts of either dry or rough humor, and our accent is the slang associated with our dialect. Most people, or in this case ponies, would say "Good day", being an Australian I would say "G'day". You say "Afternoon", I say "Arvo". Also, most Aussies have this subconscious enjoyment by mixing up words and forming them into sentences that leave most others guessing. Think of it as a smart ass language. Say some bloke and I started to have a convocation.
"How ya goin'?
Not bad.
When are we goin'?
Not long now.
How much was that?
Wasn't cheap.
... Ya following me here?" Jake said as he twisted his head slightly to the side in questioning.
Applejack for her part began to think it over. What Jake said was starting to make sense, now that she thought about it. She instantly began to think how Rarity spoke in an uptight and refined manner, it's just how she is. Applejack then nodded, understanding slightly more about exactly why Jake calls her and her family mate. "Ah see now, it's just how y'all grew up. Granny Smith was mah elder, and that's how she spoke. So it's kinda like... A familiarization thingy?" she asked as she looked up to Jake.
Jake for his part, put down the steel beams he was carrying, and clapped his suits hands. Making a 'clingka' sound every time he clapped, "Very well done, you've hit the nail on the head for the majority". Jake then picked up his piles of beams again, and began to walk for the town beside a now enlightened Applejack.
"Y'all still haven't told my what a bungthinawhatsits is," she protested after a few moments.
Jake meanwhile had decides to keep it simple, "A Bungara is an aboriginal dish. Basically you grab what ever reptile you can, then throw its carcass on the coals hide, guts and all, then eat it when it's cooked". Applejacks jaw dropped somewhat at the rather crude method of preparing a meal. "Taste like chicken, with the texture of pork. Very odd, yet nice," and Applejack gave a shudder.
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Meanwhile, on the edge of the Everfree forest, a certain two regal, and well known mares began to converse between themselves. "And you're sure he can defeat it?" Celestia asked Luna, with vast amounts of worry in her normally calm voice.
"Fear not mine dearest sister, I have gazed into his dreams, and this wouldn't be the biggest thing he has slain. For he has killed things far larger, and far stronger than this mere beast," she then nodded to the cage behind them holding a winged reptile with two legs, and a long barbed tail. This creature could also breath fire and had a venomous bite. Not to mention that, despite being less than half the size of a fully grown dragon, it was far more aggressive than it's cousin, and more powerful than its size led to show. "It would be a match, yes. But I believe he shall be able to defeat it. Have you notified Twilight Sparkle of this plan?"
"I have, and I have also notified the mayor that all damages shall be paid for," the large white mare said with a slight amount of doubt and fear in her soothing voice.
"Again, I remind you. This shall be of little challenge to him". Then the smaller mare turned to a stallion standing nervously next to the cage. "Release the Wyvern!".
There was the protesting squeak of metal on metal, as the gate for the Wyvern's enclosure was opened. Almost immediately, the dangerous creature burst out from its prison and took to the sky with a loud roar of rage. Headed to Ponyville.
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Both Jake and Applejack stopped and looked back to the forest upon hearing a loud roar, "... What was that?" Jake asked with some concern.
"It's the Everfree forest," she explained in a calm manner, though she shook slightly from the proximity of the sound. "It's probably--" she didn't even finish, as a large Wyvern flew over the trees. Heading right for them, "... Nothing," she managed to whimper out. The soldier in Jake kicked in, as he dropped the beams and moved over to Applejack in one fluid movement, covering her with the bulk of the Goliath's armored back and munitions pack. The Wyvern flew over them, spewing fire from its toothy mouth in a blaze so intense that the paint of the back of the suit started to bubble. Then as fast as it had come, it had gone. Still headed for the village.
Jake wordlessly rose from his place over Applejack, and closed the torso up. Once closed and sealed, the eyes and arteries of the war machine once again began to glow and pulsate, then Applejack's jaw fell from her head as the mountain of metal leaned forwards and took off in a run far faster than what she could accomplish. The ground shaking violently with each massive step taken, and huge clods of earth and grass tearing up and flinging into the air in a rooster tail behind the now sprinting behemoth.
In the town, panic and pandemonium had taken hold, as the Wyvern had landed in the main square and was methodically tearing the town apart. A small light purple filly unicorn with a blond mane hid under the bridge with her mother, a grey pegasus with also a blond mane, just on the side of the main square. Utterly terified, the small filly began to cry as she witnessed the large reptilian destroying everything around her, as her mother tried her best to comfort her distraught daughter. Both saw a squad of guards make an attempt to take down the beast, only to be flung into a wall by its long barbed tail. As it smashed it's way through another house, mother and daughter heard a loud and fast sound.
'WHIR BOOM WHIR BOOM WHIR BOOM WHIR BOOM'
it was getting louder by the second, and when they turned around to see what else had come, their spirits plummeted. Coming to join the fire breathing reptile, was something out of a horror movie. A massive black creature with glowing eyes and body, that shook the ground with each step. And each step was bringing it closer to them. They both slammed her eyes shut and the filly held her hooves to her face, in an attemp to protect herself from this new menace. Then the loud noises stopped, so she cracked an eye open to reveal to giant leaping over the river and over her. Completely ignoring her. When it came back down to earth, it came down with a bone shaking
BOOM.
This caught the attention of the Wyvern, which was half way from utterly demolishing a spa house, and attempting to snap up a few morsels. The dragonesque creature looked the newcomer over, sizing it up. Coming to the conclusion that it was large enough to be a threat, it left its half done structure and charged the newcomer in a mad dash of animalistic rage. What happened next surprised both the ponies under the bridge, and the Wyvern.
The black biped rose a fist and slammed it into the Wyvern's face, electing a cry of pain from the creature. The biped grabbed hold of its horns in its flame wreathed fists, and spun on its heel in a throw that would send the Wyvern over the river and into the park where there would be no more collateral damage. As the Wyvern regained it's sense of balance and began looking for the one that had hurt it, it's vision was filled with a broad metal chest, with a small head and massive shoulders as the black biped slammed into it in a full on charge. Then the biped's arms wrapped around the Wyvern's torso, and the bipedal demon then arched it's back, lifting the Whvern above its head. Then using the Wyvern's own weight, it continued to fall backwards that would land the Wyvern on its head.
Unfazed by this newcomers almost impossible strength, the Wyvern raised its head and bit down on the left arm in a shower of sparks, as the Wyvern's super hard teeth met with nearly three and a half inches of hardened steel and carbon fiber ceramic composite tiles. The machines reply was a right hook to the face, which sent the Wyvern flying back more than a few meters.
By this point, the previously terrified and panicking ponies of Ponyville stood on the far side of he river watching this titanic fist fight. And Applejack had made it to a hill a safe distance from the fight, watching in awe of what Jake and his machine could do. Just the raw and unrestrained power of this machine was now revealed to her in its full and terrifing glory, and the ruthlessness of its pilot made it all the more terrifying.
The Wyvern got back into a standing position as it tried to recalculate its chances of winning this battle, but it's calculation was cut short when the biped raised its massive fists in a challenge. The Wyvern's animalistic rage took hold once more as it charged the biped, and the biped charged as well. The biped threw a punch into the reptilians face, and the Wyvern raked its talons across the armored torso and head of the biped, leaving three long and deep gouges in the metal. The biped then raised both it's arms, and brought them down on the Wyvern's head in a concussive smack that left the reptile in a stupor.
The ponies on the river bank gawked once more as the biped grabbed the Wyvern by its long tail, and swung it around as if it were a lasso. When enough momentum was gained, the biped simply let go, sending the Wyvern into a nearby pond. Then the large biped did something, for the ponies, truly amazing. It lifted its arms in a cross in front of its chest, and swung them out and to the side, revealing two blood red swords from a hatch just above the wrists, dubbing it as a machine. Pony kind did have some extremely primitive robots and a mild grasp of mechanical engineering, and their most advanced computers that did nothing more than solve 2+2, and take up an entire building. So to them, this was like something out of an alien horror film, which left them both amazed, and quaking with fear.
Yet again, the Wyvern charged, it's maw gnashing as it now decided to use its power of flight, instead of its stumpy little legs. The biped ducked and rolled to the side as the reptilian flew past it, grabbing its tail yet again in the process. The biped then began the cruel task of swinging the Wyvern, yet again, over it's shoulder and making it come, yet again, into contact with the ground on its back. Then in one swift motion from its left arm, it swung it's sword at the base of its tail, cutting it clean off eliciting a roar of such pain and volume, that all the spectating ponies dropped to the ground and covered their ears. Before the Wyvern could finish, the biped proceded to use its own tail as a club... Against itself.
The princesses looked at the battle from high up on a cloud, in shock of the viscousness of Luna's new guardian. Although Celestia looked like she was about to lose her breakfast from the sheet carnage, she silently admitted to herself that Luna had chosen wisely indeed with this one. He held nothing back, he just brought the ugly truth of the battlefield into play, something that none of either of their guard regiments clould ever do. Celestia's own hoof picked guardian preferred to fight from afar, very rarely going for close quater combat as if he didn't want to be soiled by blood. This one, seemed like he couldn't care less, as his suit was now almost painted with the crimson life fluid of the Wyvern.
The biped then lifted up its huge right arm, blade in tow, and promptly put the Wyvern out of its misery by driving the sword through its cranium with a gut wrenching crunch. Painlessly ending its life, after it's brutal beating.
Somewhere nearby, a bird was none too happy. Wondering to itself, "Why carrots?".
The ponies all looked upon the blood covered machine in sheer terror. No pony or mechanical demon dare move. Until, a small unassuming purple and blond filly made its presence known to the behemoth, walking across the lawn towards the beast. And when Dinky got to within several meters, she stood there. Shaking like absolute crazy, but standing there. Suddenly with several mechanical whirs and clanks, the machine knelt down and it's torso opened up, revealing a hairless monkey to the Ponyvillians. Dinky, obviously, gasped as the ape unstrapped a harness and climbed down to ground level, walked the small gap to her, and knelt down to her level.
Everypony's breath was held, thinking the the ape would also kill the little filly like the Wyvern. Dinky looked up to meet a pair of beady, pale blue eyes on a flat round face with a short unkept, mousy brown mane. The little filly put on a brave face and took a deep breath, "Thank you, mister monkey," came the most adorable little mumble ever heard by the ape.
The ape reached out a hand, making Dinky gasp and look away with fear, only to have it come to a rest gently on her little head. "You're welcome, little one". Dinky looked back up again, to find a warm smile on its face. Then she saw one of her mothers friends come running up from behind the battlefield. And before she knew it, it was Applejack who had her in a firm grasp, making a desperate attempt to get away from the ape.
"Now y'all just stay away, ya hear?!" Applejacks face contorted into a look of fear and defensive anger. "Now git lost, Jake. Y'all just too dangerous, now just git in that infernal machine of yers, and leave!". The ape, apparently named Jake, looked hurt. Even angry. But said nothing, as he climbed back into his machine, stood up, and left with out a word. Applejack's mind was reeling with what she just had breakfast with this morning. What she had allowed Apple Bloom near. A cold heartless killer, she thought as she watched the behemoth boldly venture into the Everfree forest.