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// Chapter 1: It Came From Wherever It Came From 
// Story: The Dark Side Of The World We Know 
// by HopeForTheFew 
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	"Will you accept this mission?" She asked him in an uncertain voice.

"I will accept it, and see it through to my journeys end." he said with some fear in his voice.

"Very well then, go forth unto this world and do your part. Farewell my friend, I hope to see you again one day." She said with a hint of sorrow

he nodded, stood up and headed out the door. The door opened with a hiss and he walked out while grabbing his weapon that was leaning against the wall. Then the door closed with him looking back once last time. It was a hope and a prayer to see if he could accomplish the mission. 

Then, all of the sudden, The distinct sound of a space shuttle being launched into the unwelcoming space could be heard from even her office. And she knew it was the end of brave old John.




Shining armor was given the job to search the strange alien space craft with the help of her sister, Twilight. She refused to not go on this mission even though Armor had strongly advised against it. But that was to be expected do to the fact that it was Twilight. They hadn't even cracked the hatch open to the space craft and Twilight was already taking her notepad to the max of its writing material. But if Armor knew Twilight correctly, she would always have several more on the ready to be written.


"Shining Armor, we are ready to break the hatch open on your order." One of the guards said, saluting the captain. Armor returned the salute and nodded his head as confirmation for the guard. Then Armor gave the order and two magical aura's surrounded the hatch and pulled it straight off so that it was clear to enter the craft.


Shining Armor, Twilight, a couple scientists and a couple guards all entered the shuttle together. It was a lot bigger on the inside then the outside do to the fact that when the craft had landed, it sunk down into the earth somewhat. There were all kinds of machines with blinking lights within it and a strange container in the middle of the room that stood out beyond anything else. Armor approached the container out of pure curiosity and peeked a look inside of it. there appeared to be some kind of living organism that was inside the container. it was a strange and very tall bipedal creature, similar looking to the apes in the North but at the same time, was very different. "Twilight, you might want to have a look at this." Shining said.




Twilight approached the container next to her brother and gazed curiously at the being within it. The creature was obviously Bipedal and appeared to be very tall, if she had to make a estimate she would say it was around six and a half feet tall. Then, all of the sudden the creatures green eyes opened in shock and the container opened with a hiss and a cold mist of some kind leaked out of the container.


All of the ponies back away from the container, Armor was ready to blast whatever it was to kingdom come if it chose to attack them. However when the creature got out of the container it just gave a loud yawn and walked towards a door in the corner of the room that they had not explored. "HALT, IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA!" Shining yelled.


However that did nothing to attract the creatures attention as it opened the door and pulled out what appeared to be a heavy mace and aimed it at them. This caused Armor to release a blast of energy to try and knock the creature out, but all It managed to do was be deflected by the mace and rebound right next to shining armor. This caused Shining's heart to skip a beat and he gazed down at the burn mark on the ground next to him. He looked back at the creature and it appeared to have a smile on its face.




Celestia stared down at the creature from her throne. The ponies that had went to the space craft had decided to bring the creature here, with a weapon. "What are you?" Celestia asked the creature in confusion.


"I could ask you the same thing, if it weren't for the fact that I already know who and what you are, Princess Celestia." The creature said with a smile on its face.

"That doesn't answer my question, what are you?" Celestia asked once again.

"I am what is known as a Human, I will give you no further answers about me or my kind until we have developed a friendship of good strength." The creature said, that smile now gone and was replaced by a frown. Shining Armor told her how it managed to deflect a strong offensive spell, this worried Celestia but she did not let that show.

Celestia nodded to the creature as confirmation and ordered it be given a room. However the 'Human' refused this offer and instead asked to be returned to the space craft where they had originally found the creature.




I walked within the confines of my home, the space shuttle called the Marine. I went over to the computers and made a mental note as to where my location was. However I knew that the mental note wouldn't last very long but I didn't have any paper to jot down anything so I was pretty much forced to make a mental note. I opened the container that was my bed (For now) and lade down within its confines, I placed the Brink Of Destruction which is my weapon on my chest and closed the lid down. Hopefully the hissing didn't scare the guards that were placed outside as it made quite a racket. I rested my head and thought about what needed to be done in the future. The ponies wouldn't even know what hit them. They wouldn't know the sight of destruction if it was right in their face. And destruction would come.




When I had woken I opened the hatch and exited the cryogenic freezer/bed I walked over to what use to be the door and walked out, they still needed to fix the broken hatch for me but I suppose it would take time as everything would. I said good morning to the guards who only appeared to be frightened of me which caused me to roll my eyes in annoyance. I walked over to a patch of trees and swung my club which caused a laser to appear that, in turn caused the trees to fall down to the dirt floor that awaited them.


I then began to float the trees and cut them into the appropriate pieces for my want which was to build a home similar to the one that I lived in before I went to work for the PAUD.


In a few minutes of floating things around I had a decent log cabin on top of the hill that my shuttle had crashed into. I looked at the guards who had their maws to the ground. I laughed and looked back at my cabin. Of course I wasn't going to live in it until I had everything I wanted inside which would take some time. But I was a very patient 29 year old man. So with that I went back to the bottom of the hill and entered the Marine and took advantage of everything I had with me. I opened up the hidden armory and gazed at my wall of weapons both big and small. However I didn't want any of the firearms, instead I went to the corner where a large white box lay. I opened the box and gazed at the huge amount of MRE's within the box. Sure most MRE's sucked to eat but it was something, and I really don't think the ponies are about to go and hand me meat do to the fact that they are Equines and are not meat eaters.


I was about to leave the room when I noticed something that I had completely forgot while I was on the journey to this planet. My guitar, I smiled and walked over to the other corner of the room where the instrument was located. I picked it up and left the room. I headed towards the computers where a chair was located and I took a seat. it had been quite some time since I played this song but after awhile I remember the chords and notes and began playing the song. To my surprise, this world actually had a love for music, I knew it had magic but I didn't know music counted as such. But, low and behold, all the beats and sounds joined in with the song as I sang with the tune.


Once I had finished with the song I put the guitar down and walked outside. It was now noon from what I could tell and two different guards were at watch. They eyed me carefully clearly not trusting me. I just shook it off and went back to the pile of wood that I had left there and began to create something that I would need a lot more of. Of course wooden chairs weren't really that good for sitting on, but neither was sleeping in a cryogen freezer so I was pretty sure I could handle a wooden chair. It only took me a couple minutes for a couple chairs and I put the rest of the wood back in the pile.


I brought the chairs inside and placed them before me, they would need my authentication butt test to be sure that they were suitable for seating my wait. And indeed they were as they were held strongly together by the power I put into them along with the house.




Twilight sat in her library as she pondered about the creature. Her thoughts went to deep however as she was losing well needed sleep. And she would need it for the journey to the creatures craft tomorrow that she and her friends wee going on. So without anymore thought on the subject Twilight went to bed, secretly hoping that the creature was good at heart. Celestia seemed to trust it but Twilight had a sinking feeling in her heart that something rather terrible was going to happen, and it involved the creature in some way.


And how right she was...