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- *Clang!*
- The heavy caliber sniper round crashes against the steel wall next to you as you duck behind it.
- Why the hell it did the higher ups think that you wouldn't need a full sized gun for this mission?
- And why the hell did they sent you to this camp in the middle of god knows where just to steal a book.
- >Padding your hidden breast pocket, you feel the book there and sigh.
- The ghillie suit was great for getting in, but now that you had been spotted, you stick out like a sore thumb.
- Heavy booted footsteps approach rapidly, and you draw your combat knife, the only usable weapon you have, your silenced Usp.45 having run out of bullets long ago.
- In your other hand, you grab the book.
- Heck, maybe it will keep them from firing.
- Well, if I'm going to die, I might as well know what I was stealing.
- Flipping open the book, you immediately notice the hieroglyphic looking script.
- As you read it, the symbols begin moving, crawling up your hands and arms.
- In surprise, you try and throw the book away, but you are completely immobilized.
- You feel the letters crawling over the last of your body, before they all flare white, blinding you.
- After a moment your vision clears, and you regain control of your body.
- Your first reaction is to immediately throw the book on the ground, where it bounces slightly, and then you noticed something odd.
- The pages are all blank.
- Kneeling, you use your knife to flip a few pages and there all the same, blank.
- Flipping it closed you can tell it's the same book by its blue bound cover.
- Nothing on the cover, spine or back.
- Gingerly picking it up, nothing happens, so you stow it back in its pocket.
- Looking around, you are stumped as to where you are, beside the forest.
- The trees are different compared to any you have seen before.
- Sunlight begins fading, and you put on your night vision enhancement goggles.
- Immediately, you begin to to search for somewhere to set up camp, when interrupted by a female scream for help.
- I can camp later, for now, duty calls.
- You easily weave between trees, as you sprint in the direction the scream came from.
- A light source glows ahead, and you lower your goggles to your neck.
- Slowing your approach, you sink next to a bush, and crawl forward.
- The light turns out to be a campfire in the middle of some sort of tribal encampment.
- The tribals themselves appear to be zebras? Striped ponys maybe?
- To the side, another pony, a cyan coated one with a Rainbow stands bound to a pole with ropes
- One of the huts opens, and out walks a zebra with a large headdress, more than likely the chieftain.
- It approaches the bound pony, the rest of the tribe in tow.
- Chieftain:"Rainbow one, you are to be sacrificed to the Forest God."
- Rainbow: "Then just do it already, instead of leaving me tied up here."
- Chieftain"You outsiders are so ignorant it's frustrating. First we must reform the marking ritual, to let the Forest god know you are sacrificed by my tribe."
- Your knife is in your hand, and you began creeping forward.
- >Rainbow:"What is this "marking ritual"?"
- Chieftain"Ah, it is simple. You'll be mounted by all the tribes stallions, and they will fill you up with their seed."
- This triggers an immediate response from you, and you stand up, grabbing the nearest zebra, and slit its throat in one swift motion.
- You make sure to pull its head back, so the blood fountains over the others.
- The zebras all look at you and scream, the Chieftain yelling "Bush Demon!"
- You roar ferociously at the zebra's, causing them to panic and run as you make your way over to the bound pony, who is shaking in fear.
- Her eyes are on your knife as you approach, and as soon as your next to her, she begins fighting her bindings.
- The zebras have all vanished into the woods, so you kneel down in front of her, sheath your knife and hold out your hands.
- "Don't worry, I don't intend to hurt you. You can call me Anonymous, or Anon for short, I guess."
- Rainbow:"I might be more willing to talk to the monster who just killed a zebra if it untied me."
- With a sigh, you undo the knots, and coil up the rope.
- The pony flexes for wings...
- Guess I missed them, she must be a Pegasus. Must have been some serious mumbo jumbo in that book. It's taken me to a land of talking mythical equines.
- Rainbow Dash:"I guess I should thank you. My name is Rainbow Dash, Fastest flyer in all of Equestria.
- "I'm called Anonymous, and I suppose I would be a spy, an assassin, or thief, depending on the job, and by the way if you're so fast how did you get caught?"
- RD:"That's a long story."
- She walks around you a moment, before asking
- "What exactly are you? I've seen a lot of species in my life, and I've never seen anything like you."
- "I'm a human. Haven't you seen one before?"
- Dash flies up to your face, and looks closely at you.
- "There's no way you are human. They're usually pinkish or brown. And like a hairless monkey, not a plant beast like you. Not to mention they died of thousands of years ago, before the birth of the current princesses Celestia and Luna."
- You laugh for a moment.
- "Trust me, I am human. I can prove it later, but for now, we should leave before the zebras get back."
- "Fine, just let me make a torch or something first."
- "No, it would just reveal our movements. Stick close to me, and I will lead."
- She looks at you skeptically for a moment, but nods and you both make your way into the jungle.
- Pulling up your goggles, the nighttime scenery becomes visible, and you start moving.
- Dash follows behind as best she can, but you hear her uttering faint curses as she stumbles on roots and such.
- Turning back you reach down and pick her up, carrying her in a similar manner to a large dog.
- "Hey! I was fine on my own."
- "No, you weren't. You were making enough noise to wake the dead. This way we will be able to move faster."
- If it weren't for the fact that you can't see colors will wearing the goggles, you would notice the blush on Dash's cheeks.
- "Fine. How much further till we can set up camp?"
- Closing your eyes, you listen and pick up the faint sounds of the creek.
- "Here should be fine. I'm assuming you can fly with those wings?"
- "Duh, why else would I have them?"
- "Just asking, because don't have to carry you as I climb into the tree to sleep."
- "You are sleeping in a tree!?"
- "And so are you, unless you want to sleep with all the bugs on the ground."
- You see her shutter a bit, and you smile.
- "Fine."
- Scaling the tree is no problem, and Dash flies up next to you.
- Once you've both "comfortable" she looks over at you.
- "How are you going to prove your human?"
- "Tomorrow. For tonight, we sleep."
- Pulling down your goggles, the rest your hand on your knife and enter the soldiers state of mind that lets you sleep anywhere.
- Drifting off into sleep your vision goes black..
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