> An unexpected new world discovery.
>  by Littlelukky1
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> Chapter 1: The faces of his saviors.
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	Chapter 1: The faces of his saviors.

Waking up to a bright light is never easy on anyone. “Ugh, god my head.” Aon had just woken up from being unconscious for the past seventeen hours. “What happened? Where, am I? What is this place?” Aon’s head was racing with questions. After inspection of the room, he saw an unused heart monitor  on a little cart, A bed curtain to his right, and a door across the room from him. A sigh of relief left his lungs. “A hospital? Well it’s a whole lot better than the gates of hell. Wait, where is my armor?” Moving his arms around a little revealed that there were bandages around his abdomen, for a reason. “Arrg, god my side. What happened?” Aon began to think back on what might have happened. Last he could remember was the drop ship. “That’s right, someone tried to kill me before the jump down to the new planet, right as the door was opening. I hope they get whats coming to em.” Aon clenched his fist with anger then had a sudden realization, he had no idea where he was. “…Wait where the hell am I? did I get rescued after I fell out of the drop ship?” Interrupted from his verbal thoughts, he heard curiously loud footsteps from outside the door.

Scared, he reached his hand down to his side instinctively reaching for his gun but he forgot he was undressed. He began to worry and braced himself for whatever was going to happen. To Aon’s surprise, six what would appear to be ponies walked into the room. Two big white ones with gold armor and spears at the door, a tan one with a stethoscope, a smaller white one with a little nurse hat, a light purple one with a big crown, and a yellow one with a fiery like mane. As the white one walked in she did so with great caution, but the others seemed a little more relaxed. Trying to keep calm Aon went dead silent and waited for something to happen. He would have said something, but he was too busy staring at what he thought was a hallucination.  The light purple one got a bit closer and simply asked “Hello?” in a beautifully clear voice. Aon, although still very shocked, managed to speak and asked the same “Uh, Hello?”  Hearing that raised the purple pony’s eyebrow “You can talk?” She said. “I was about to ask the same thing.” Aon replied half hysterically. “Oh good that gets the language barrier out of the way then.” She said with a smile on her face. She cleared her throat and continued. “Hello my name is Twilight Sparkle, are you feeling alright?” Her face quickly going from a smile to concerned. “From what Doctor Stable tells me, you were pretty hurt when Captain Spitfire brought you in.” Still trying to wrap his head around the situation Aon replied “uh.. I’m feeling alright… what happened to me?”

Twilight began to tell the story. “Well from what Captain Spitfire and Doctor Stable have told me, You fell out of the sky bleeding heavily. Spitfire was out supervising the weather snow team and she saw you falling out of the sky, so after she caught you and flew straight here to Ponyville hospital. From there Doctor Stable stitched up your, what we presume to be a stab wound, to the best of his abilities and let you rest. When I received an emergency letter saying “we are treating an alien” I came as soon as I could to supervise the situation. And that leaves us here.” Aon still half under the impression he was hallucinating decided to roll with it. Aon kept thinking to himself “Am I dreaming?.. It feels so real. Probably better just to go with it and not screw anything up in the off chance this is real. Well either way, it sounds like these ponies saved my life.” Remembering his manners Aon spoke up.  “I am so sorry.” taking a minute to clear his mind. “My name is Aon. It’s a pleasure to meet you all.”

The Ponies all smiled. Pointing to the yellow mare he said. “So, I take it you are my life savior Spitfire.” She confirmed “That’s right.”  Then pointing over to the Tan one. “And you are Doctor Stable, who tended to my injuries.” Doctor Stable assured with a nod “Correct.”  Aon took a deep breath and asked. “You two saved my life?” Spitfire and Doctor Stable looked at each other and Doctor Stable said “If you were to put it so boldly. Yes” Then Spitfire smiled and said “Yeah I guess you could say that.” Aon put both his hands together as if he was praying. “Both of you have selflessly saved my life. I know it doesn’t mean much now but, thank you.” Doctor stable, somewhat used to this, replied “Well we couldn’t just let you die.” 

Aon got up out of the bed and slowly walked to the end of the bed. Now standing before the ponies he got down on one knee. bowed his head and said “By the law of my people, I am now life indebted to you.” A simultaneous “What!?” came out of everypony in the room. Aon continued “You saved my life, so now I owe it back to you. It is the way of my people.” Everypony just stared in shock for a few seconds then Doctor Stable spoke up. “Aon, that is highly unnecessary. You don’t owe me anything. I’m a doctor. It’s my job to save lives.” Aon looked up. “Well I have to repay my debt somehow.” Aon argued. “You gave me the gift of life by deciding to catch me out of the air. If not for you I would have hit the ground and surely died. For that I must thank you.” Aon said looking over at Spitfire, and she had started to blush at that point. “It was really no big deal. Besides how do you pay a life debt?” Aon stood back up. “The Prophets doctrine commands that I must serve my life to my savior as a loyal servent.”

“A servant!?” Spitfire was shocked and a little flattered. “I don’t even know what I would or could have you do.” Aon stood up. “As my master, you can order me to do anything. Whether it be physical labor or protection. You name it. As your servant I am honor bound to do as you ask and guard you from danger, with my life.” Twilight was very curious at this point. “Why do you sound so, excited, about laying down your life to be a servant?” Aon looked over at Twilight. “Twilight, I know it all seems weird but it is what my people do. The gift of life is the greatest thing anybody can give. And I must repay it because without them my life would have not been anymore.” Doctor Stable interrupted then. “Well either way Aon, it was a pleasure to meet you but I must go. I have other patients to check in on but you should be all set and ready to go. Please forget about the life debt, at least for me. Your stuff is over on the table. "So now if you’ll excuse me.” He said on his way out with Nurse Redheart. Aon called out after him “Wait doctor, Thank you!.” But the Doctor already left.
> Chapter 2: reRecrutied
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Chapter 2: reRecruited.

“So what happens now?” Aon asked, looking at Spitfire. “Well, since you seem more than friendly, Princess Twilight will take you to a human specialist to interview you and document more about what you are for the history records.” Spitfire explained. Twilight looked excited and spoke up. “I can’t wait to learn more about you and humans in general, all we know about humans is based off of myths and legends. So having a live one to talk to is very exciting. You’re also our first off planet contact here in equestrian.” Aon felt much more relaxed after hearing the word Interview instead of examination, and he was somewhat surprised how relaxed they are about him being an alien.  Seeing that smile on Twilight’s face helped him out a lot too. “Ok so what about after the whole alien thing?” Aon asked. “And after that, Princess twilight will evaluate you to see if you are fit to live here in equestrian or if you are to be sent back where you came.” Spitfire answered. Aon just nodded.

“Are you ready to get going Aon? You feeling well enough to head out?” Twilight asked. “Yeah just a little sore but I’m alright, nothing I can’t handle.” Aon said, looking at his bandages. “Ok Aon, we will be right outside when you are finished getting dressed and ready. Ok?” Twilight said on her way out. “Ok I’ll be out soon.” Aon answered. Then the door closed with an audible click.

Aon walked over to the table with all his stuff. Nice and folded, they even washed out the blood from his armor. All of it was there except for his battle axe. “Did they lose my axe? Or did they just think it was the only weapon. Strange, they didn’t take my knives, my handgun, or my sniper rifle. Only the axe… Do they not know what these are?” Aon asked himself as he was putting on his armor. Aon has very strong and heavy armor. The majority of it being black with details of cobalt blue and gold yellow. He put on his helmet and opened the visor, strapped on his weapons, and threw on his cape. “This definitely isn’t a dream… Bring it on.”

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“So what do you think about Aon Spitfire?” Twilight asked after the door closed. Spitfire had to think for a little. “He seems grateful. I mean he did just say he was life indebted to me. So I don’t think he is going to disrespect us. But would I trust him? Not yet.” Twilight nodded and continued. “That’s right! So what are you going to have him do?” Spitfire put her hoof to her chin. “Ya know, I haven’t really thought about it. I’ll probably just keep him around as a personal assistant till I get bored of him. Long enough so it feels like he is paying off his debt. Then I’ll let him go.” Twilight kept nodding. “That’s a good plan.”
After a minute Twilight looked at the guards then back to spitfire. “Do you think I should give him his axe back?” “No not yet. Give it to him after the interview, if it goes well. If he earns our trust he can carry his weapon.” Spitfire answered with a whisper.

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Aon opened the door and immediately Spitfire said with a smile. “You look much better without all the blood on you.” Temporarily ignoring the compliment Aon took a quick look around and saw that the guards were on High alert with spears at the ready. Deciding to be cautious Aon took things slow. “Thank you master.”
Spitfire a little thrown off by being called master, she corrected him. “Uh, ma’am is fine Aon.” Feeling right at home Aon struck a salute. “Sorry ma’am.” The salute made spitfire smile. “He will fit in perfect at the Wonderbolt academy.” She said to Twilight. “I think so too Spitfire.” Twilight replied.
Removing the salute, Aon asked “Where are we going ma’am?” Twilight stepped in. “We are going to a local human expert by the name of Lyra Heartstrings, here in Ponyville. Not too far from here.”

Spitfire looked up at Aon. “Aon. We will be walking through the streets of Ponyville so ponies might be scared, but don’t worry about them. There were rumors that there was an Alien at the hospital that got around rather quickly. So to help calm the citizens we thought you walking with two public figures will help them relax. So just keep calm and try to ignore anyponys’ mean comments.” Aon nodded. Spitfire and Twilight turned around and started walking. And a simultaneous “let’s go.” Came out of the two of them.

Walking through the hospital and out to the streets of Ponyville Aon received enough weird looks and heard comments about him being a human, to last a lifetime. It may not have been what he expected. Everyone wasn’t running away and screaming alien, but it was still awkward.

> Chapter 3: Ms. Lyra Heartstrings 
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Chapter 3: Ms. Lyra Heartstrings 

Aon looked up at the sign on the building that Twilight and Spitfire stopped in front of, Bon Bon’s Candy Shop. “A candy shop?” Aon asked. Twilight turned around, “Yes, Ms. Lyra Heartstrings lives upstairs.” Twilight looked over at the guards “Can you two wait outside?” The two guards looked at each other then back at Twilight. “Ma’am?” They asked, sounding concerned. “I think we will be ok.” Twilight answered. “but ma’am!” The guard insisted. Spitfire spoke up “That was an order! Not a question.” She sounded annoyed. The guards were so scared all they could do was salute. Twilight giggled “Thank you Spitfire.” Spitfire smiled at Twilight and replied “Let’s go.”

As Aon entered the candy shop the smell of various sweets and ingredients entered his nose. Something very new to him, but it was nice. Twilight walked up to the counter and said “We are here to see Lyra.” To a cream colored pony. The pony at the counter had her eyes glued to Aon as if she saw a ghost. She shook her and turned her attention to Twilight “Oh, Sorry. Yes, she is ready for you upstairs on the left.” Twilight smiled looked over at Spitfire and Aon “This way” she waved. 

Going up the stairs Spitfire looked at Aon “You nervous?”. Aon shook his head “It’s just some harmless questions… Why? Should I be?” he answered in a playful tone. Spitfire smiled “You have nothing to worry about. It should only take about an hour, two at the most.” She assured in that beautifully calming voice of hers. Twilight knocked on the door with a “Hello?” Soon after they heard a “Come in” from the other side of the door. As the trio entered the room they saw a cluttered desk, two big chairs and an empty couch. There was also a minty green pony sticking her head into the closet. “Hold on, im just looking for my notepad… Ah ha!” 

The green unicorn emerged from the closet with a notepad held in her magic. As she turned around she started her greeting “Hello there. In all my excitement I almost forgot the…” But the sight of a human parlayed the poor pony with excitement. There was a short awkward pause broken by the green unicorn. “Um, I’m sorry please take a seat anywhere you want.” She said trying to recompose herself. Twilight took a seat on one of the two big chairs as did Lyra. Leaving Aon and Spitfire to share the couch that was just big enough for the two of them.

Twilight saw that that was an awkward situation for Spitfire and Aon but she wanted to see how it would play out. Aon waved his arm as a gesture to Spitfire as a go ahead. Spitfire was already enjoying her new “servent” it had been a long time since anypony showed her respect as a normal pony. She enjoyed being treated like a regular pony and not a celebrity. She returned the favor to Aon, as she sat down she patted the couch next to her as an invite to Aon. As he was taking his seat Lyra commented “So well mannered. Whats your name?” Lyra asked as she readied her pen and paper.

Aon looked up and cleared his throat. “My name is Aon, pleased to meet you.” Lyra wrote some things down and replied. “Like wise. I’m Lyra Hearstrings. Now I’m going to ask a bunch of questions now, so please answer truthfully and we will be done soon.” She said trying to sound Professional. She levitated over another clip board with a list of questions on it. “Let’s begin with the big ones. Why are you here? And how did you get here.” Aon looked over at Twilight, she was very eager to hear that answer. “Well our V.A.F was sent out on a mission to investigate a planet that had a star orbiting it. This Planet. We picked up readings of life on the planet so a discovery team was sent down to investigate. I was part of that team. And that is where things took a bad turn.” Twilight spoke up. “What is a V.A.F?”

“A Versatile Assault Frigate. It is the class of starship I was on.” Everyponies eyes went wide open. And Lyra barely managed to ask “A-a Starship?” Twilight was awestruck. “Your kind has mastered Intergalactic travel?” Aon nodded. “I was on a drop ship, sent down with the discovery team. When we entered the atmosphere there was a mutiny. Someone stabbed me in the back and threw me off the ship. After that I blacked out and woke up in the hospital.” Twilight put up a hoof. “Wait. With, the discovery team? Are you not part of it?” Aon shook his head. “No. Ironically, I was sent to protect them from anything hostile on the planet.”

Spitfire cut in. “So you were their protector. Like a guard?” Lyra was franticly trying to write every detail down. “Correct. My job, as a tier one guardian is to protect my assigned VIP at all costs.” Aon explained. Twilight and Spitfire looked at each other and Twilight said “That explains the Axe. You job is to protect. You’re a guard and the axe is your spear.” Aon pointed at Twilight “Precisely.” Lyra stopped writing “Alright. We got the who, the what, the when, the why, and the how. If it is okay, I would like to follow you around and study you. Asking questions about you as I think of them watching you in your daily interaction. I think it would be more effective than having you sit here.”

Aon sat back, not knowing that Lyra asked him. The ponies stared at him waiting for an answer. “What? It’s not up to me. It is entirely Master Spitfire’s decision.” Lyra was taken aback by the statement. “Master Spitfire?” She asked sounding confused. Spitfire spoke up “I saved his life, so he said that he must become my servant. It’s actually quite exciting. And I don’t mind if you follow him around.” Aon just nodded. Twilight joined in. “We were going to take him to meet the princess Celestia and Luna later today. It would be fun to have some pony get it all down on paper.” Lyra put a big smile on her face, having never even dreamed that her human hobby would get her to meet royalty. “I’d love too.”

> Chapter 4: Regained Trust
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Chapter 4: Regained Trust

Twilight was talking to Lyra as she was getting ready to travel around with the group. Packing some stuff for the adventure she felt she was going on. Spitfire took Aon out into the cute upstairs hall to talk. “So am I, your new VIP then?” Spitfire asked, sounding a little embarrassed. Aon looked into her eyes. “You are much more than that. Not only will I protect you, I will follow every order you give me and do whatever is in my power to keep you happy. You saved my life. For that I am eternally grateful.” Spitfire smiled. She could sense his words were genuine. Before Spitfire could continue with any emotion or words the door slammed open behind her, out coming Lyra and Twilight. “Alright you two ready to go?” Twilight asked. That made Spitfire jump a little, the two looked at each other and nodded. Beginning down the stairs with a “Let’s go.”

For whatever reason, Lyra asked everyone to wait outside while she said her goodbyes to Bon Bon. No one seemed to know why, but they respected it. When they got outside Twilight looked at Aon and then over to the guard with a look of authority. “Guard, you can give Aon his axe back.” Having learned his lesson for disobeying orders from last time, he did so right away levitating over the axe. Aon looked very pleased to see his axe again. “You trust me with it?” He asked. “I don’t see any reason not to trust you with it. You have been trust worthy so far and I think you have earned that right back.”
It was a very large and intimidating axe. The blade was a very intricate black and white metal with many rails and gears. Like a headsman’s axe but a lot fancier. Aon took the Axe from the guard’s magic hold. Taking hold of his mighty axe once again, he gave it a twirl and spin. Then it folded up and did some fancy compacting before clicking it onto his back under his cape. 

“Impressive.” Spitfire commented. Then Lyra opened up the door with a smile and let out very enthusiastic “All set and ready for adventure.” Twilight let everyone know “The train will be here pretty soon, about twenty minutes. Come on, It’s this way.” She waved her hoof and the group started walking, and not even halfway down the street somepony let out a sudden scream of death. Lyra was confused and a little angry. “Oh come on! Aon is not scary.” Aon stopped and turned around. “I’m not what she is afraid of.”

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At the far end of the street a massive Red and White dragon landed on two houses, flattening them to the ground in an instant. Aon was stunned at the sheer size of the beast. Easily sixty to eighty feet tall, with two massive horns on its head, and a look of anger that struck horror into anyone who saw. The beast let out a roar that could be heard all across Ponyville. Twilight, Lyra and Spitfire were frozen in horror.

Aon’s heart sank, as the dragon raised its massive fist into the air. It brought it down with such anger it went through another few houses, smashing them and anything in them. Ponies were screaming in fear and horror, running in any direction away from the massive dragon. Pure chaos was among the little town of Ponyville.
Like he was trained to, Aon slung out his rifle and pulled the bolt back, checking that it was loaded and took aim. “Permission to engage?” He yelled out.

Twilight snapped out of the horror still petrified. “Engage? Engage what?” She asked, scared and heartbroken at what she just saw. “The dragon!” Aon barked out. “Kill it before it kills anyone else.” He explained.
“What!? Kill it how are you going to-“ Twilight started, only to be cut off by Spitfire.

“DO IT!” Spitfire yelled out. 

“Cover your ears!” Aon yelled back

The ponies ducked their heads and covered their ears. Aon took aim. The dragon raised its head up for a roar. Aon took the shot. With a loud boom the shot went into the dragon’s jaw. With a loud crunch, it shattered the beast’s lower left jaw mid roar. The roar now turned into an ear piercing moan of pain. 
A fluid pull of the bolt, a ting as the large shell flung out of the chamber and a firm click back in place Aon was ready to shoot again.
The massive beast lifted its head back up and looked straight at Aon. His crosshair between the enraged eyes, he thought. “Good night.” With another loud boom, the beast fell. Crashing to the ground with an earthquake like thud.

Twilight brought her head up. “What did you do!?” She asked in anger. “I killed it.” Aon answered, sounding angry. “Why!?” Twilight asked still angry. Spitfire pushed Twilight’s shoulder a little. “Twilight, it was the right thing to do! Think of the destruction it would have caused if Aon didn’t kill it so quickly.” Spitfire was quick to defend Aon. Twilight looked livid. “How did you even kill it? No magic can even begin to harm a dragon that size.” Aon flipped the safety on his rifle and held it in front of Twilight. “It wasn’t magic. It was two high velocity armor piercing bullets.”