In Our Hearts and Hooves: The REDUX!

Archer had remained quite during all of the conversations between the various new beings. The one in red armor had said he was more trusting in science than magic, and despite the gaudy blue uniform the other radiated confidence and protectiveness.

But Archer was confused about one thing. His Reality Marble, Unlimited Blade Works, added any melee weapon he saw into his arsenal to be called up when he needed it. Shields were included in that, even if they cost three times as much to summon and use.

So why couldn't he understand Captain America's shield. Normally he could trace it as soon as he laid eyes on it.

But he couldn't do that shield. And that sent shivers up his spine.

For the only thing before he hadn't been able to copy was Ea, Gilgamesh's sword which he personally forged from the core of a fallen star. It wasn't of Earth and thus he couldn't understand it. And now he couldn't copy this shield...because it was the same? It wasn't of Earth?

The thing gave him the heeby jeebies, to his senses it was just wrong.

The three Crusaders were now looking back and forth in wonder, their curious eyes wandering from one pony to the next.

“Uh...” The yellow colored one with the red hair and giant bow tie said. She looked back at the other two.

Then the three went into what could only be described as a Pony Football Huddle, each of them resting their front legs on each others shoulders. The three of them were quickly talking in low tones to each other.

Getting their stories straight? Wondered Archer.

The three broke apart and the one with the bow tie said, in a shaky voice,

“I'm Apple Bloom.” The orange Pegasus spoke up next,

“Scootaloo” The unicorn in the back was last,

“Sweetie Belle.” Then together, they shouted,

“We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” It was, quite honestly, adorable. Having said their piece apparently they remembered that they were surrounded by unknown ponies who were, at least to Timber Wolves, quite dangerous.

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Rarity flipped her mane over her shoulder as she looked at Applejack,

“I do not honestly know. Sweetie Belle ran off with the other two and who knows what they've gotten into.”

HUNK Couldn't help but cover his ears when the CMC yelled,but they were kind of...cute?wait he wouldn't even said that,he went to where the CMC were near before being stopped by leon.

"Look man,i really don't think that intimidating these kids might hel-"

"I can handle it" HUNK says to leon before walking to where the cmc were.

he looked at them for a moment befoe reaching for his gas-mask and removing it,for some reason,it seemed that the light of the room they were in was purposely hiding HUNK face,the only peope that would only see his face would be the CMC.

"look kids,i know it might be strange that we have strange outfits,weapons,whatever. want to know why? well. we are aliens. and we don't know where the hell we are and what we are. so,if you could gladly direct us to the nearby town,whatever,then i..would be happy,and by the way..i would be happy you don't tell to anyone about how my face looks like or how it is."

HUNK felt..weird that he was acting unprofessional,revealing his face and not being cold,but coldness to kids wouldn't get him anywhere.

-Spider Lizard Noises-

"All righ' Rarity." Applejack addressed her gathering of friends at large. "Ah don' know 'bout you guys but I'm gettin' the weirdest feelin' about those fillies. Like a sixth sense or somethin' you know?" Applejack looked around suspiciously, not at her friends but simply around. It was as if she had some secret to tell. "Am I jus' bein' crazy? If I am, feel free to say so."

♌

Iron Man still seemed distracted with something, so Cap shook his head, smiling warmly at the children after their announcement, sort of watching HUNK out of the corner of his eye.

"Yes, he's...correct. None of us are really from around here, it seems there's been some sort of...accident that brought us here and made us into...whatever we are right now. So if there are any adults around that we could speak to, that would be a very big help to us. Or if you three know of anything, that would help too." A brief pause. "And, since we're introducing ourselves, I'm Captain America, and this armored fellow beside me is Iron Man. But if you kids would like, you can just call us Steve and Tony."

"Yeah, whatever, hi," Iron Man responded, not really paying attention.

Easing back into life one step at a time

"Its okay to feel like that," Fluttershy said to Applejack. "I feel all the time whenever I lose sight of my charges for just a minute! But oftentimes I find there's really nothing to worry about." A beat. "Though you all can check up on them, just to be sure."

It was then Corset actually got up and walked over the door to see all the rest of Fluttershy's friends, minus Twilight Sparkle.

-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-

Everyone in the castle then heard someone calling out and approaching them......

"HEY, ANYONE IN HERE? SERIOUSLY!!" the voice called out. The Cutie Mark Crusaders would immediately recognized the voice as belonging to Twilight Sparkle -

"I'LL EVEN SETTLE FOR ANY COCKSUCKING UNDEAD TRYING TO FEEL ME UP! AT LEAST I CAN CHAINSAW YOU DOUCHEBAGS WITH RECKLESS ABANDON!!"

- though that theory was easily shot down. More so when the voice's owner turned out to be a very pretty cream color pony in a cheerleading outfit and pigtails. "SERIOUSLY, WHAT DO I HAVE TO SAY GET SOME SORT OF RESPONSE?! THAT I'M GOING TO POP MY TOP AND DROP MY - oh, hello!" she greeted, noticing she just entered a large room with several other ponies inside.

Then she noticed the CMC. "OH EM GEE, you are the cutest little ponies EVAR!!" She galloped up to the girls and started hugging them with very surprising strength for such a slim mare.

"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014

HUNK quickly wondered what was going on as juliet suddenly appeared and hugged the CMC,the light on the room was still hiding his face.

"Would you mind? i was asking those kids where the hell we are and why are we horses?" he then put back on his gasmask.

-Spider Lizard Noises-

Shepard nodded to the Crusaders. "Ah. Yeah, we aren't from around here either. Name's Commander Shepard." She sat down close to them, in the style of a human. Obviously it would look weird to them, but Shepard was far past caring at this point. It seemed HUNK was doing very well with the kids - she wouldn't need to interrupt as she usually did.

B-Company decided to get up, though they remained far from the kids. Marlowe stepped forwards and walked over - as a pony conventionally would, SCAR-L on his back. "Nice to meet you three. Preston Marlowe, official envoy from B-Company as voluntold by my superior and squadmates."

"Oh, quit your whining!"

And then Juliet had appeared. Shepard stared at her for a moment before shaking herself back into consciousness. No. You've got to do something.

"Anyways... we aren't from around here. I think it's safe to say we're all lost. Could you please tell us where we are and how to get back to civilization?"

Hopefully a bit of her signature Charm would work. She didn't dare try to Intimidate kids.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

Cole deliberately ignored HUNK, as well as the people currently talking to the kids and wrinkled his snout at the obnoxious cheerleader who had just arrived. Instead, he worked his way over to Archer, who seemed to be keeping to himself. "Hey, how's it going? Name's Cole."

"Oh, sorry about that gas mask dude!" the Earth pony said, easing up on hugging the CMC. "My mom would total hit me over the head with a rolling pin for being so rude! Anyway, my name is Juliet Straling, the Head of the San Romero High School Cheerleading Squad and expert zombie hunter!" she said cutely.

"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014

"Zombie hunter?" HUNK says to juliet before looking at her chainsaw for a moment.

"Yeah,surely your mother allows you to carry a chainsaw right in front of everyone,anyways Codename is Human Unit Never Killed,HUNK for short."

-Spider Lizard Noises-

"Oh yeah, I take it everywhere! My mom used to spank every time I didn't take my chainsaw to school!" Juliet said. "I am sooooooo glad she stopped doing it when I went into high school! Do you have any idea how embarrassing would that be! Anyway, nice to meet you HUNK! Though, that's kind of a weird acronym. I bet the girls are all over you with a name like that!"

"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014

"Oh boy, we've got a live one," muttered Cole disparagingly regarding Juliet.

edited 12th Jul '12 3:07:14 PM by LizardOfAus

HUNK couldn't help but gashoove at the shrugging of people at her chainsaw back on earth,and she is..rathe weird.

"Uh...okay..." he then backed away from juliet slightly,though still near the CMC.

-Spider Lizard Noises-

Cap hadn't been able to really formulate a response upon seeing the...newcomer...and especially not with the way she was speaking. Finally, he tilted his head towards his teammate, not taking his eyes off the girl. "Uh...Tony?"

"Just don't make eye contact and keep your shield up," Iron Man responded, still looking around, apparently following some sort of scan going on with his mask.

"...right." He shifted his shield a little further down on his foreleg, obviously taking that advice to heart.

Easing back into life one step at a time

Shepard would find, as each of them would, that standing on their back legs would eventually cause their spines to ache. Being built as quadrupeds instead of bipedal, these...ponies didn't do well standing on their back legs for long periods of time.

Archer nodded at Cole in turn,

“Archer, pleased to meet you.” Then the insane cheerleader showed up. Archer...honestly didn't know what to think of her. Clearly she was insane, carting around that giant hedge trimmer...and her mother insisted on her carrying it? That was one abusive childhood!

Insane...Insane I tell you!

Anyways, the Cutie Mark Crusaders had been at first hopeful (that Twilight Sparkle had come to rescue them), flabbergasted (that she would used such foul language), relieved somewhat (when it turned out it wasn't Twilight being astonishingly rude), discouraged (that they were still alone with ponies they didn't know), and then choking for air (as Juliet crushed the air from their lungs). Thankfully she had set them down and they could breathe again, Scootaloo actually heaving to get air in.

Sweetie Belle managed to say,

“We're...” She sucked in air to refill her lungs,

“We're from Ponyville...it's...uh...that way!” She pointed with one hoof in the (hopefully) right direction.

Archer nodded, looking the way she had pointed,

“We should get these three home. Parents usually worry about children lost in the woods.”

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Pinkie Pie suddenly froze next to her friends.

She twitched once...

She twitched twice...

She spun like a top till she was imitating a pink tornado and suddenly stopped, doing an awesome impression of a dog pointing, her suddenly sharpened nose aimed right into the heart of the Everfree forest.

“Something or somepony is THAT WAY!”

HUNK Couldn't help but chuckle at the name of the town,ponyville? really?.

Leon nodded at archer,saying to him.

"Yeah,ponyville sound's like a..weird name,but we have no choice anyways.lets just hope the civilians on the town aren't agressive". he then muttered quietly to himself "hope we get fast,the cheerleader..creeps me out."

edited 13th Jul '12 10:11:00 PM by Darkomega245

-Spider Lizard Noises-

Shepard noticed her sudden backache. It was a mild pain for now - it was unavoidable.

"Thanks."

She turned to the motley crew they had. "Yeah. We need to get these kids home and find out where we are. We need to head out."

Redford stepped up. "Me and B-Company volunteer to take point."

There were no objections from the others.

dangit reven i am trying to have shepard be bipedal

edited 13th Jul '12 10:13:34 PM by SpartyMcFly

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."

Cap turned his attention to the discussion, nodding along, then glancing back at Tony. "Iron Man, breech the treeline, get above and keep an eye out for any movement in the forest around us."

"Sounds like a plan. You sticking to the ground?"

"Yes. I'll bring up the rear, guard our back. You just be careful up there."

"When have you ever known me not to be careful?" Iron Man responded, a bit cocky, as his boots fired, sending him airborne again.

"And how many times have you been kidnapped again?" Cap asked, a faint smirk on his face.

"It's an occupational hazard of being a billionaire, Rogers. Besides, you got taken by the Skrulls for over a month, and by Red Skull at least twice, so don't talk to me about captivity." With that last little bit of banter, Iron Man was flying forward, out of the castle, and aiming for the canopy of the forest, building up speed in an attempt to bust through the branches and to the clear sky above.

Cap just adjusted his shield again, nodding as he moved to the back of the pack. "Are we all ready?"

Easing back into life one step at a time

"Ah think I'd like it if we could check on'em, Fluttershy. It is mah sis that ah'm gettin' a bad feelin' about, after all." Applejack started to roll her eyes at Pinkie, then stopped herself. "Uh...? Well I suppose it wouldn' hurt. Wanna check it out, gals?"

♌

"Ponyville? Oh mai gawd, that is so, like, adorably lame!" Juliet said at the name of the town the CMC said. "Its unoriginal, yet so god damn cute as the same time! Its like those lolcatz videos on Youtube and those image websites!" Then she paid more attention to Apple Bloom. "By the way, that bow makes you so cute, I just want to keep hugging you constantly! Where did you get it? Ponyville's gotta have clothing stores, and I bet I can get a hair dec as awesomely cute as yours!"

And then Captain America went back into the group.

"HOLY CHUBBY BUNNIES IN HEAT, ITS CHRIS EVANS!!" Juliet practically shrieked. She galloped to the Captiain and hugged him as well. Even with his physical enhancements, the hug felt kind of snug. "OMIGOSHOMIGOSHIAMSOGLADTOMEETYOU - oh sorry," she said, releasing his from the hug, "I'm acting like a total dork right now, but I DON'T CARE I'm fangasming so hard, you're here, NOW, as Captain America, I saw your first Captain America movie and the Avengers and if I didn't have a boyfriend I'd ask you to take me know and by the father of my children SOMEONE GIMME A PEN, SIGN MY BOOBIIIES!!!" she yelled that last part and went to lower her top's neckline -

.....................................

A beat.

The cheerleader looked down on her chest.

"Okaaaaaaaaaaaay.......uuuuuh............where are my boobs?" she asked no one particular as he patted her now flat chest. Luckily this realization managed to calm her down tremendously.

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Fluttershy hesitated a bit, and then turned to Corset.

"Will you and your family be alright for a little while?" she asked the nue politely.

Corset nodded and pat the pegasus on the head with a large paw.

Fluttershy then turned to the others. "I'll go with you then," she said.

edited 14th Jul '12 1:22:36 PM by UdtheImp

"Well before, I did it with reckless abandon. Now I can't control myself!" ~ Jesse Cox, 2014

Cole wondered if it would give him some red marks on his Karma if he just leaned over and zapped Juliet on the back of the head.

HUNK couldn't help but back away away and fast from juliet. there he was. a man that his emotions is that of a soldier. a man that doesn't feel anything when he breaks the necks of his victims. currently afraid of a crazy cheerleader.

he backed away near cole,saying to himself,which cole obviosuly would hear. "ugh,i just want to break her neck and finish this nightmare..."

-Spider Lizard Noises-

Cole glanced at the man in the gas mask. He certainly had more personality than the First Sons, but not a very good personality. "That's a step too far," he said to HUNK, "...but a man can dream..."

Cap had gone completely still when the crazed cheerleader...or whatever she was abruptly lunged on him, rattling on about...movies and the Avengers and what. He...wasn't aware of there being movies about them back home, aside from the ones he'd made back in the 40's, which were little more than glorified propaganda films, so...maybe this woman was from the 40's? He'd never known any women like...this...back then.

Of course, it wasn't out of the realm of possibility Tony had done some kind of Avengers propaganda and hadn't told him about it. That was kind of what Tony did, honestly. But still, if that were the case, who the heck was "Chris Evans" and how would this woman recognize him as a pony?

...of course, all of this frankly just boiled down into the slightly impolite thought of this dame is crazy and I would like to be away from her as fast as possible.

Couldn't be rude, though, that would...well, be rude. "Um...my apologies, miss, but, I believe you're confused..." he offered, starting to back away, keeping his eyes on her in case she lunged for him again. "Very...very confused. Please pardon me, I...I have a job to do."

And if he were sort of, kind of sidling behind Shepard to put her between himself and the cheerleader, well, surely that was just a coincidence.

edited 14th Jul '12 7:04:36 PM by MystyGlyttyr

Easing back into life one step at a time

Finally letting the pain in her back get to her, Shepard dropped onto all fours. She noticed Captain America slowly moving behind her to put her between him and the cheerleader with a chainsaw.

Normally, she would have sighed and took it. But recent events stretched her to her limit. The temptation to just move aside was very powerful...

But she resisted it. She mentally sighed, added yet another burden to the massive trauma already threatening to break her where she stood, sighed, and prepared herself for the onslaught.

"Seven is here too, dressed like the concept of choosing clothes that look nice together was an arcane secret far beyond their grasp."