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// Chapter 5 
// Story: Into Unknown Territory 
// by Kirb 
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Running like his life depended on it, Major Evans wasn't going to stop soon. He ran up hills, through forests and over creeks until he found the clearing. There was his plane, still in bad shape from the crash. He ran to it and, breathing heavily, sat down next to it. Then, with sweat pulling down his face, he pulled out his notepad and pen and began writing again.

February 12. I've been here so long that I've begun going mad. When I woke up this morning, a talking pony was sticking its hoof inside my pants and feeling me out. That's about how mad I am. You know what, though? I'm beginning to think that this is all a dream. When I wake up, I'll be back at the Air Force base, and then I'll tell Col. Farrell why we shouldn't fly over the Bermuda Triangle. Either it's a dream, or I'm actually  going mad after crash-landing on Bermuda. But there's no way that I could actually be seeing talking ponies, right?

It was right about then when he heard a sound from above him. It was really faint, but he could hear it nonetheless.
"Get out of the way!"
He looked up and saw Rainbow Dash zooming down toward him. At first he wanted to run, but then he realized that since the ponies weren't real, he could just stay there and nothing would happen to him. As Rainbow Dash flew closer, Evans looked in her eyes with an expression that said "Bite me." Rainbow Dash then slowed to a halt.
"What the crap?" yelled Rainbow Dash. "I told you to get out of the way!"
"But you're not real," said Evans, "so you could just go through me, can't you?"
"No," said Rainbow Dash. "After all this time, you still think we're halucinations?"
"Of course," said Evans. "You obviously can't be real."
"What, they don't have ponies in your universe?"
"Well, yes, but they're much bigger, and they don't talk. Now go away, halucination. I'm not talking to you anymore."
"This is the second time you've questioned why you talk to me."
"Yeah, so?" That was when Evans recognized Rainbow Dash. "Hey, I remember you! You were the horse who I talked to yesterday!"
"I thought we'd already established that. Now get out of the way, I'm trying to do a Sonic Rainboom."
"Sonic Boom! Ha! Been there, done that."
"You?" Rainbow Dash fell down laughing. "In your dreams! I bet you can't even move your fat body quick enough to catch me!"
Evans got mad. "Is that a challenge I hear? Anyway, I bet I could beat you in a fight any day."
"Well, then, we'll just have to put it to the test, won't we?"
"You wanna go?"
Rainbow Dash flew toward Evans, knocking him down.
"Ha! I won!"
Evans got up again. "Your speed may be an advantage, Dash."
"Sure is, loser!"
Rainbow Dash zoomed around Evans' head, as he futilely tried to catch her. With one kick, Evans was down again.
As he got back up, Evans said "Dash, you may want to know that I've got a few tricks myself!"
"Oh yeah?"
Rainbow Dash zoomed towards him, but Evans grabbed her by the tail and held her a few feet away from him.
"Hey!"
Evans then started swinging her around and flung her like a frisbee, but she landed on her hooves about ten feet away from him. With a yell of "YAAAAAAAA!" Evans ran towards Rainbow Dash, who galloped toward him. They both jumped at the same time, causing them to collide and both fall backwards on the ground.
As they got up and wiped the dust off of themselves, Rainbow Dash said to Evans, "You are a worthy opponent."
"Same to you, fella," said Evans.
Just then, Twilight and the rest of the main six ponies ran over the hill.
"There 'e is!" yelled Applejack.
"Rainbow Dash!" yelled Twilight. "What happened?"
"Nothing," replied Dash.
"Something must have happened," said Twilight. "You're all dirty and bruised up."
"Well, he wouldn't get out of my way when I was trying to do a Sonic Rainboom," said Dash, "so we got into a fight. He is a worthy opponent."
"Oh yeah?" said Twilight, looking at Evans with anger.
"What do you have to say for yourself, Mister?" yelled Pinkie Pie.
Evans was being backed into a corner by the ponies, excluding Rainbow Dash, so he did the protocol that was necessary when being questioned by the enemy.
"Quinn Evans, Air Force pilot. Rank: Major. Age: 26."
"What's he doing?" asked Fluttershy.
"He appears to be avoiding my question completely," said Twilight. "Apparently, his name is Quinn Evans."
"Quinn Evans?!" said Rarity. "What an odd name!"
"He prob'ly thinks our names 'r' odd, too," said Applejack.
But as they bickered and argued, Major Quinn Evans kept repeating his name and rank, hoping this was all just a bad dream.