Fluttershy remembers the day she said goodbye to her husband before he was deployed. It was a moment she will never forget. Now that he has returned home from deployment and is now reunited with his wife and newborn daughter, Fluttershy soon notices a major difference in him. When she attempts to ask him what happened while he was deployed, she receives an answer that she was not prepared to hear.

*Rated Teen for some gore, language, minor sexual themes and alcohol references*

**On indefinite hiatus until all of Army Training is complete. Will also undergo revision**

(A sequel to "In A Strange New World) *Rated Teen for now but will be switched back to Mature as story progresses*
Lightning B. Jackson was your average popular high school student. Has a lot of friends, captain of the Flyball team, and a girlfriend he plans to proposed to after graduation. Life just can't get any better..... or so he thought. Life as he knew it is about to change. After centuries of peace, an unknown enemy invades Equestria. The day of high school graduation, Lightning and his lifetime friend, Steel, immediately visit their local Mareine recruiter to enlist. Follow Lightning and Steel as they make their way through boot camp and train to fight an enemy they know nothing about. As they soon find themselves deployed to the front lines in the royal city of Canterlot, the two friends discover the horrors of war and their consequences.

Edited/proofread by LuMe

**NOTE** This fan-fic contains foul language, realistic intense graphic war violence, gore, and brief scenes of POW torture. If you are squeamish, I suggest not reading this story. It has been rated Mature for these reasons. War does not only have military casualties, so to making this story as realistic as possible to show the effects of war, civilian casualties are included. Some may hate me for that but that's what happens in war. Nothing can stop it from happening.

Sgt. Jackson of the United States Marine Corps began his first tour of duty in Afghanistan. But after serving 3 months over seas, his convoy was ambushed. After the attack subsided, an RPG hit the lead humvee Jackson was standing next to. Now in a strange new colorful world so unlike his own, Sgt. Jackson tries to make sense of all of it and find the way back to his own.

Scion and his family moved to Ponyville from Cloudsdale on good intentions to live a better life on the ground. So far they were shown the kindness of the locals with a heartwarming welcome to the little town. But Scion meets a young mare in which he quickly falls for. Does she have the same feelings for him or is he just in over his head?

*Cover art done by LuMe*