//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Sniper in Equestria // by no sh*t sherlock //------------------------------// Chapter 2 Garren's eyes peeled open again, but this time they stayed. He had been going in and out of consciousness for several hours. Each time he could only take in a little bit of of his surroundings. The first significant time he woke up, he was staring outside a window. He could tell he was in motion because the trees were moving past the window. It was still bright outside. He guessed he was on a train because was he was near one when the orange pony kicked him. Sure enough he heard a train whistle to confirm his thought. Garren moved his eyes slightly to the left and saw the tall, white pony with the crown looking down at him. She wore a blank expression on her face. The smaller purple pony he had saw earlier peeked out from behind her. She tried to move closer, but the white pony's horn light up with energy and held the purple one back. She turned to her and shook her head slowly. The purple pony nodded and walked away, obviously disappointed. The White pony turned back to him, the same expression still on her face. Then everything went dark, the train went into a tunnel and Garren was out again. The second significant time he was floating in the air. He was surrounded by the same light as before. It had to be evening because the sky was orange. In front of him he could see two rows of ponies on either side of him.They wore silver armor on their bodies and heads. They were in lines of about a dozen and were going into a huge castle. The door they were going through was small and plain so it must have been a back door. Over to his right he saw the pony with the crown again. Her horn was glowing. As if sensing his eyes on her, she turned and looked at him, with that same look. Her horn glowed brighter for a moment and Garren felt his eyelids become heavy and he was out. Not unconscious anymore, asleep. Garren was now awake and looked around with his only his eyes, careful not to move his head. He was in a white room that was shaped like a long rectangle and he was at one on the shorter lengths. The room was filled with ponies in lab coats and they looked to be in a rush. They were running back and forth to tables on each side of the room, papers flying everywhere, them running into each other. "Lets go!" One pony shouted. This one had on a lab coat, but had a badge on his and wore a hat. He must be in charge. Garren thought. "He'll be up any minute now!" With the order given, most of the ponies stopped what they were doing and left. They went past a wall of guards and went through the only door in the room. Only six ponies remained in the room, two were quickly gathering up the papers that scattered and scurried out, the wall of guards splitting to left them pass. The other four, all with horns, levitated four objects: Garrens bags, M110 SASS, M9 and a small wrapped cloth with tiny metal chain hanging from it. Once they had his things, they too left. Garren tried to wipe his his eyes, but his right hand could only move a little before it stopped. He tried with his left hand and received the same result. He looked down and saw that his wrists were chained to the wall behind him. The chain, being about 8in, allowed some movement. He saw that he also had a set of chains on his shins, also connected with the wall. When a guard pony saw Garren trying to move against his restraints, he went outside the room and said something he couldn't hear to figures outside. "Good, hes got some explaining to do" A gruff male voice said. Moments later three ponies came in into the room. The guard who took up his position again, a tall stallion who was covered in golden armor and the tall white pony with the crown. The wall of parted fully to allow for them to pass. As they walked closer toward him Garren felt slightly nervous, he didn't think he'd seen the extent of what the white pony could do. Both ponies stopped about five feet away from him. For the next 30 seconds no one spoke, there was only the occasional cough from one of the guards. Garren looked back and forth between the ponies before him, wondering which would speak first. The pony with the crown looked him up and down, examining every part of his body. Then she cleared her throat and broke the silence. "Well" She said at last. "I would congratulate you on being the first human to make it here alive, but after what you've done this is something that isn't very good for you. So I have questions that need answers, after you've given me enough you will be shown to your room." Garren had a sinking feeling in his stomach, the way she said "room" made it seem like something much less pleasant. "So." she continued. "First and seconds questions, how did you get here and why have come?" Garren just looked at her, amazed that she's think he would just give up information. Feeling a little more confident, Garren put on a smug smile. "You're not getting any-" Garren started to speak. "I'm sorry, maybe I didn't make myself clear enough for you" She interrupted. She then gave a small smile and then used a different voice, " I WANT MY ANSWERS NOW AND I'M NOT ASKING. This voice was the loudest thing Garren had ever heard. It blew his hair straight back behind his head and the skin on his face felt like it was peeling back. He could see the air rushing from her mouth as she said it. Garrens eyes enlarged and ears were ring. He couldn't move his face, he felt paralyzed. The pony started to speak again and the ringing in Garren's ears faded. "-standing it now?" She asked. "Or do you need me to repeat it and continue this in the royal Canterlot voice? Garren blinked hard a couple times and shook his head to get rid of his shock. He sighed heavily then gave in. "Alright, alright" He started to confess. "The truth is that I have absolutely no idea and I'm not entirely sure where here is." He said looking down. "Lies" she said plainly. "How could you not know?" "Those aren't fucking lies!" Garren said angered. "I just touched a purple light and ended up in forest. I'm not sure what happened. Now who are you and why am I chained to a fucking wall!?" "Purple light?" She said to herself. "Oh Twilight" She sighed, shaking her head. *cough* *cough* Garren faked to her attention. She looked up, regarding him. "No need to be profane." she said. "To answer your question, I am Princess Celestia, Ruler of Equestria. This land is inhabited by ponies and we are a peaceful race...mostly" she said, tacking mostly on the end. "Mostly?" Garren asked, wanting an explanation. "Yes, mostly." she said firmly. "Until something like you comes along, threatening my citizens." "I haven't Threatened anyone!" He tried to argue. "I beg to differ" She said, sounding a bit more angry. "Three dead ponies and three injured. One of the injured being a very close friend of my faithful student. And I must say you are very lucky that she wasn't added to the list of deceased. So, who are you?" "I'm-" Garren stopped himself. He couldn't tell her his name. He would have to say something, but have to get around his name. "I'm a Scout Sniper for the United States Marine Corps. Garren said, hoping she'd be satisfied with that. "Ok and now I what you do on Earth, but I wanted your name." she said. :"And I think you knew that." Damn it, Garren thought. She wasn't fooled. "I...I'm not going to tell you that, you won't get that from me" He said. . "Now matter how much you use your little loud voice" He finished, tying his best to sound unbreakable. Upon hearing this, Princess Celestia's horn immediately light up. "Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?" She asked. "I was hoping this wouldn't deteriorate to me forcing answers from you." Garren remained adamant not to give up his name, but it came at a painful cost. Celestia's energy from her horn went to the chains on his arm. She sighed as she ripped the chains from the wall, then raised the detached chain over Garrrens head. "So" she said. "Still don't want to answer?" Even though Garren was clearly trying not to show fear, he was doing a bad job of it. He was sweating hard and breathing had greatly increased, but still gave no answer. "Fine" she said She started to slowly pull the chains higher over Garren's head, she was going to stretch him. She gave a sigh as she pulled the chains up. It reached the point where it would go no further without force. As it reached higher Garren started to groan, then even higher those groans turned to screams of pain. "Princess..." The guard in the golden armor finally spoke. "I think he's had enough" Celestia said nothing, but kept pulling. Now Garren was really yelling. His arms now much higher. "PRINCESS!" The guard shouted. Celestia turned and looked at him. "As much as a threat he is, we still don't need him minus two arms She sighed. "You're right Captain. I guess that's all for tonight, but this was your warning human. Next time i ask a question, give an answer. With that she let the chains drop and Garren fell to the ground. "Yeah, real fucking peaceful." He muttered through heavy breaths. "Captain will you please show this human to his room." she said she used her horn to unlock his chains. Garren stood up straight and eyed the door. Watching him closely, Celestia gave a little laugh. "Don't try it" she told him. "Although it would be entertaining to see you try to run past us. Now lets go, human." Garren was thinking about more than what his chances would be of making it through the door. He was thinking that when he was escorted to his "room", that he could see possible exits on the way, maybe even find out where his things were being held. "Alright lets go" He said, walking forward. "Wait" The Captain stopped him. "I don't think we should see let him see where we take him." He said as if reading Garren's mind. "Hmm you're right captain. Celestia said. "Will you take care of it?" "My pleasure" The Captain said as he walked toward Garren and raised his front hoof. "Whoa, hey wait wait wa-" Garren couldn't finish because the the Captain brought his hoof to the exact spot where the orange pony hit him. He was out again. About three hours later... Garren started to wake up again after being unconcious for the third time. He brought his hand to his forehead and rubbed it. "These ponies are gonna give me fucking brain damage." He mumbled as he looked around. He was now in a dark square room with lengths of about ten feet. The was a hardened dirt floor beneath him and rough rock walls behind and and to his left. In front of him, he could see nothing, no bars, no door, no wall, nothing. He could see further down to his right a door. No.Way. He thought. Garren walked forward cautiously with his arm reaching out, not sure why he was in an open room, but then the answer was clear. Garren's hand eventually met an invisible force. On contact with it, a blue wave of energy, like a ripple in still water went across the the open space, then went back to being clear. Frustrated, he began touching other parts of the space, but it was no use.There was an invisible wall keeping him back. He began touching the space to his right and there was the same wall. Angry at himself for thinking it would be that easy, he kicked the space, sending huge ripples across the wall. "You can do that all month long and nothing would happen." A voice Garren couldn't immediately see said. He looked to his right and could make out a brown pony laying down. He blended almost perfectly with the dirt. "Why, have you tried?" he said sarcastically "It's a magic barrier made by Princess Celestia." He said looking at Garren, unfazed by his appearance " I wouldn't waste my time trying that for five minutes." "Yeah, you're right I guess." Garren agreed. "You don't seem to bothered about me." He said gesturing towards his body. "Nah, I've seen some humans before." He said like it was nothing. "Speaking about humans, all this must be weird for you." "Yeah." he sighed. "Well, maybe I could help." he offered. 'I know I'd give more answers than Celestia." Garren didn't really feel like talking, but if this pony was offering to fill in the blanks for him, he figured he should at least get some answers. "Alright. lets start with this princess, who is she? Oh and if she claims your race to be peaceful, why was she up there torturing me for answers?!" he said sounding angry on the second question. "Princess Celestia" The pony said shaking his head with a small smile as if he had a lot to share about her. "Well, I'll assume you already know that shes the ruler of this land, but there's more than that. She's the older of only two ponies with both a unicorn's horn and pegasus wings. Shes called an Alicorn, her younger sister being the other. There both immortal and have been alive for thousands of years. She's held in such high regard and is so powerful that she has become the deity to the citizens of Equestria. " He explained. "Does that include you?" Garren asked. "Of course not!" The pony spat. "I'm in this prison for the rest of my life, I no longer as a citizen. Anyway the reason you got tortured is both your fault and mine." "I wasn't giving her my name." He said firmly. "No not because of that" He said impatiently. "Torturing you, which is an angry and aggressive move, is because your presence here is making everyone aggressive and act differently. My presence as well. You and me are radiating human emotions and traits like anger, aggression, envy, hate, revenge. stuff like that. "That's wrong." He argued "There are more human emotions that, you just named the bad ones.' "We already have the good emotions. We've had them forever, but I accidentally brought the first of your emotions here some time ago. That and a combination of other things is what landed me here" He said the last sentence a bit more quietly. "Anyway you're giving off A LOT of emotions and it influences more ponies way faster than I do. Even Princess Celestia, as powerful as she, ins't immune to it. That's why she tortured you. She hasn't figured out how to control these new emotions and she's unsure of what to do about it.' "You seem to know a lot about her." Garren said. The pony looked down and smiled. "I should" "Who are you" he asked "I'm Time Fire, Princess Celestia's first student" End Chapter 2 Ok so chapter 2 done. yeah it took forever. i know there wasn't any gun use in this one but im still studying up to make those parts sound more believe able. Huge Thanks to ~solarsarcasm~. He really did help me tremendously by answering the questions I had. I wanted to put a link to his page, but i didnt know if he'd be ok with it, but if he wants me to, I will. Again he was a great help and when he reads this I was hoping he'd be willing to provide any help for chapter 3. If you favorited i assume you like it so dont forget to give it a like as well. Criticism is welcome. Hope you liked it. .