Bullets whizzing overhead, explosions going off, and plenty of yelling. The air smelled horrible, blood was everywhere, and dead bodies littered the beach and water. This is not the kind of place you ever want to be, however, this is exactly the place Twilight found herself after something happened during her attempt of a sonic rainboom.
After the freak teleportation, Twilight found herself face to face with the inside of a large, metal box. She didn't have much time to figure out what happened or where she was before a burst of three bullets penetrated the metal wall in front of her, causing her to cower. She couldn't bring herself to move, or even make a sound. She suddenly no longer cared where she was, or how she got there. All she cared about was getting home where it was safe. Her thoughts quickly came back to her situation when an explosion went off next to the box she was in. Her instincts took over, and she got up and ran as fast as she could to get away from the source of the sound of the explosion. Not watching where she was going caused her to face plant the surface of the water, and she soon began to sink.
Fear is a double-edged sword. It lets you know when you're in danger, and to get away as quickly as possible. At the same time, however, fear can also send you to an early grave by making you think you're making the right choice when your best option was to just stay put. Unfortunately for Twilight, she had now fallen victim to the latter. Instead of staying in the water, which would've been much safer, she pushed forward to the shore, towards the gunfire, explosions, and killing. As she made her way onto shore, bullets started flying in her direction, some missing by just mere inches. Finally, her brain clicked on and she summoned a shield just in time to save herself. The first bullet to hit her shield was dead center, and would've been a headshot had she hesitated even a millisecond longer. None of the bullets coming towards her were able to hit, and disintegrated upon impact with the shield. This allowed her to assess her situation.
"Ok, so I'm on a beach, and there's obviously a battle going on," Twilight said to herself, taking in the scene playing out in front of her, "How in Tartarus did I get here? And what are these strange creatures?".
Twilight didn't have much time to think anymore as her shield suddenly vanished. It took a bullet impacting too close for comfort for her to even take notice. Yelping, Twilight quickly ran for the closest piece of cover she could find, which happened to be an abandoned hedgehog. Cowering behind the metal, Twilight tried to calm herself, which was difficult when she knew she could be killed at any second.
When there was a slight break in the gunfire and explosions, Twilight was able to take notice of more boats coming towards her. As soon as one hit the beach, it's front door dropped, allowing whatever was inside to escape. What was inside was more of the strange creatures, and they started running in her direction. Twilight thought they were insane. None of the creatures managed to take notice of Twilight, their focus was stuck on the bunkers at the top of the beach. When the gunfire started again, one of the creatures took cover right beside Twilight, and didn't notice her till he ducked to avoid the gunfire.
"H-hello!? Can you understand me!?" Twilight yelled, barely getting her voice above the sounds the battle surrounding her.
"What the fuck are you!?" The creature yelled back.
"That doesn't really matter! All I want to know is how to get home!" Twilight yelled.
"Can't answer that! Not like I should be trying, anyway!" The creature yelled before attempting to run to the next available hedgehog.
He didn't make it past the current hedgehog before he got turned into Swiss cheese. As his body fell to the ground, Twilight couldn't help but scream. She'd never experienced death before, so she didn't know how to handle the new situation. She felt scared, but also somewhat guilty. Had she not been there, would this creature have lived? Was it her fault that it was now dead? What would happen if the creature's friends thought she caused it to die? Would they kill her in retaliation? These many thoughts flew through Twilight's head as she stared at the dead body. She didn't have to think too much longer. A nearby explosion sent a seashell flying towards Twilight, hitting her in the side of her head with the force of sledgehammer, knocking her out cold.
Twilight awoke a couple hours later to one of the creatures prodding her side. She suddenly went into panic mode upon taking notice of the creature prodding her, and it's friend standing beside it. Her first thought was that they were here to kill her for getting their friend killed.
"I didn't mean to get him killed, honest! I don't even know how I got here, or what's going on! Please, just please don't kill me!" Twilight pleaded.
"Ok, did that thing just talk?" Asked the creature on the left.
"Yea, I think it did," Said the creature on the right.
"Man, this day is just getting fucking weird," Said the creature on the left.
"So, if you can talk, you can answer questions," Said the creature on the right, "First, what the fuck are you? Second, where did you come from? And third? Why are you here?".
"I really don't want to answer questions, I just want to go home," Twilight said, whimpering.
"Well, where did you come from, then?" Asked the creature on the right.
"I'm from Ponyville," Twilight said.
"You deal with this thing, I'm going to get the captain. He's going to want to hear about this," Said the creature on the left as it turned and walked away.
"Yeah, sure thing," Said the creature on the right, not taking his gaze away from Twilight, "Now where the fuck is Ponyville? I never heard of it".
"It's close to Canterlot. Heck, if you can just point me in the direction of Canterlot, I can find my way home," Twilight said.
"Well, not sure where that is either, but whatever I guess," The creature said calmly, making it obvious he meant Twilight no harm.
"We are in Equestria, right?" Twilight asked.
"Nope, we're in France," The creature said.
"I've never heard of a nation called France," Twilight said.
"It's not a nation," The creature said.
"Well, whatever it is, I've never heard of it," Twilight said.
"So, what exactly are you?" The creature asked, "If I'm going to help you, I'm going to need to know more about you".
"You want... to help me?" Twilight asked.
"Well, yea. You're obviously far away from home, and I kind of have a soft spot for animals," The creature said.
"First off, I'm not an animal. I am an alicorn, and my name is Twilight Sparkle. I am one of the four princesses of Equestria," Twilight said, slightly irritated at being called an animal.
"Well to us humans, you're an animal. You're sentient, that much is obvious, but you're still an animal by definition," The creature said.
"I am NOT an animal!" Twilight yelled.
"Ok, ok, geez," The human said.
"Ah don't mean ta interrupt, but didn't it strike ya as odd how trusting these creatures are?" Apple jack asked.
"It actually took them a good while for them to actually trust me," Twilight said.
"That ain't what it sounds like, " Applejack said.
"Humans aren't really the most trusting beings out there. If anything, their the most cynical beings I've ever met," Twilight said.
"Well, alright then," Applejack said, "So, what happened next?".
"Yes, do continue, I am interested in hearing what happened next," Luna said.
"Well, I'll be damned," Came a voice from behind the human that Twilight was talking with.
The human instantly snapped up,stood at attention, and saluted the new human. This simple action told Twilight these humans were part of their military, as she'd seen her brother do the same thing many times when a superior showed up.
"At ease, Corporal. What have you managed to learn?" The new human asked.
"Well, sir, I found out that she's not from this world at all. She's from a place called 'Equestria', and that's nowhere on our planet," Corporal said. Twilight gave him that name, not knowing his real one.
"An alien, huh? I must say, that's quite fascinating," The new human said as he looked over Twilight, "Take her to the command tent, I want to have a little chat with this alien myself".
"Yes, sir!" Corporal said, snapping back to attention and saluting.
Twilight, now afraid again, reluctantly followed Corporal back to the command tent at the top of the beach. When they got inside, it was empty, deepening Twilight's fear. She gulped as she realized there was no way to turn back now. Corporal just gave her a weak, but slightly reassuring, smile to try and help her calm down.
"You may leave, Corporal," The human said.
As Corporal left, Twilight's fear worsened. Now, she was left alone with a new human that she didn't know, who scared her with just his voice alone. She tried to hide her fear, but her trembling legs betrayed her.
"I am Captain Dreadson of the United States Marine Corps. I want you to tell me everything about who you are, where you came from, how you got here, and why you're here. I do not like to resort to violent interrogation, so do not force me to do so," The human said.
There wasn't much for Twilight to say, but she told the captain everything she could.
"Are you sure that's all? Nothing else you want to tell me?" Dreadson asked.
"I'm sure, yea," Twilight said.
"So you tried to perform this sonic boom maneuver and ended up here?" Dreadson asked.
"Well, my name is Twilight Sparkle. I'm an Alicorn, and one of the four princesses of Equestria. I got here when I about died trying to perform a sonic rainboom. I had to teleport myself away quickly, but I didn't have a destination in mind, so my destination was randomized. Turns out, I managed to get myself out of one bad situation and right into another," Twilight said.
"Well, excuse my rudeness, your highness, but how about you finish answering my questions, and stop being so long winded," Dreadson said.
"Alright then, so now onto Equestria itself. I really don't know how to describe it, actually," Twilight said.
"Well, maybe I should help you with that," Dreadson said as he pulled out his combat knife.
"No need to be that way. Maybe there's something else I can entertain your mind with," Twilight said in a panicked tone.
Just then, an explosion was heard close by. Gunfire soon followed as another human ran into the command tent to let Dreadson and Twilight know of the counter attack that'd started. Twilight just dove towards the closest piece of cover she could find while Dreadson grabbed an M1 Garand and ran outside to help his men. It didn't take long before the command tent was blown away and Twilight was left with even less cover. She was no fighter, and immediately ran towards the wall of sandbags that was close by to hide.
"Twilight, right?" Some human behind Twilight yelled, causing her to spin around.
"Yea, that's me!" Twilight yelled.
"Think you can use your magic and use this without getting yourself or any of my brothers killed!?" The human yelled as he handed Twilight an M1911.
"I'm not much of a fighter, but I can manipulate it easily if I know how to use it!", Twilight yelled.
"See this trigger!?" The human yelled.
"Yea, what about it!?" Twilight yelled.
"Just pull this, however you can, and make sure the barrel is pointed at the guys shooting in our direction!" The human yelled.
"You mean like this!?" Twilight yelled as she enveloped the pistol in her magic, aimed it away from her, and pulled the trigger.
"Right. Now, just remember, you can only fire that thing six more times before you need to replace it's clip. Stay by me and let me know when you need a reload, I'll handle it for you right now!" The human yelled.
"Do I have a choice in this matter!?" Twilight yelled, "I don't really like to cause pain, and I like killing even less!".
"If you want a better chance at staying alive, then you don't have much of a choice! It's either you or them!" The human yelled.
With that, Twilight popped her head over the top of the sandbag wall with her M1911 aimed at the attacking Germans. She couldn't bring herself to pull the trigger at first, but then she was almost struck by a small burst of bullets. That's when the gravity of the situation hit her, and she realized that what the human beside her, which she was finally to recognize as Corporal, had said was true. If the Germans saw her, they'd more than likely kill her just simply because she was with the United States Marines.
"It's either you, or them, Twilight," Twilight whispered to herself as she took careful aim and then pulled the trigger.