Diplomacy has failed. Six years have passed Equestria's crowning of the princess of friendship, ushering in a supposed unprecedented age of peace and harmony. The concept of warfare is, to most ponies, nothing more than an unfathomable legend. They have let their guard down.

An unknown enemy has seized the opportunity to attack Equestria with terrifying new weapons of war, bent on taking the fertile land and restoring an ancient order. The valiant efforts of the Royal Guard have given Princess Twilight and her arcane scientists time to research and develop a response to their attackers, and the time has come for that response to be implemented. Utilizing weapons and tactics borrowed from another world, five squads under the command of Princess Luna will infiltrate the forests of the Equestrian Northwest to destroy a revolutionary magical matrix that Twilight refers to as the "radio" - a tool that allows enemy ponies to communicate across vast distances instantly.

Nightmare Two is comprised of three foalhood friends who, rather than be separated from each other in the draft, volunteer to become one of the five Nightmare squads. With their bodies forever altered to suit the needs of their mission, the three young mares join legions of ponies armed with powerful weapons to partake in a horrifying new breed of warfare - Equestria's first in over one thousand years.

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Heads up, folks. If you wouldn't mind leaving a comment alongside the thumbs-down, I'd appreciate it. This is my first foray into fan fiction and although it's a hobby I nonetheless wish to get better. :)

Got some FAQ's for you guys as well!

- Alternate universe in which the events of "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" did not occur. (As much as I loved it! :D)

- Numerical age tends to vary with headcanon, but the CMC here were just getting started with their adult lives when the draft went into effect.

- The war is pony v. pony, utilizing firearms and the Equestrian equivalent of a tank. The underlying headcanon is that ponies used firearms similar to muskets and tracked armored vehicles akin to our tanks in times of old, and what the enemy currently employs is essentially the natural progression of these technologies.

- There are no real-world weapons or equipment i.e. "Panzer IV," or "M16 assault rifle." Particularly acute details such as the caliber of weapons are also absent.

- Technology is based on that of WWI with some WWII elements. Firearms are primarily bolt-action.

- The "radio" spell matrix functions as what we know to be a radio, but is not identical.

- All four of a Night Mare's legs are permanently replaced by the augments.

- Night Mares are female. Stallions proved unable to properly animate the limbs.

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Hold up, now - fanart? You guys rock. Like, for real. Thanks a lot!

1. A great YouTube video coming from The_Pegasus_Box. Thanks, bud!
Check it out!

2. Click here for the collection on DArt.

3. https://derpibooru.org/740375?scope=scpeac921b191f688d04521575f31608785cbc3bbaa1
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Tired of his sister being ignored by a certain member of his guard, Prince Shining Armor sends Flash Sentry to Ponyville to learn how to be a proper homosexual. There, he will learn from the best of the best in all of Equestria and learn the true meaning of homosexuality.

Co-author: lunarbronie

They kept up their facade. They bore that burden by choice, and they were none the less for it. And when they had a second to step back, to stare into the eyes of the world and see themselves reflected in it and realize the hopelessness of their journey, they took solace in each other; for it was all they had that was real.

A prompt for the Coltcuddlers' Royal Guard write-off.

While cleaning up after a particularly hectic Cutie Mark Crusader sleepover, Rarity and Apple Jack stumble across a couple of toy lightsabers. Havoc ensues.

It's the Wonderbolts Equestria Tour! There's not one city in Equestria these acrobatic Pegasi won't be visiting! They won't even skip the small town, like Dodge Junction or Ponyville! And now, their tour has brought them to Appleoosa, where they plan to reveal a new stunt to blow the natives' minds! But, of course, things go wrong. Soarin is knocked out of the sky and crashes into the house of one of the only ponies that refused to go to the show. And the two are trapped and suffering horrific injuries. What else can go wrong? Oh yeah...

Soarin just happens to be trapped with Equestria's most annoying pony ever.

SoarBurn or M/M Shipping or whatever.

Big Macintosh, heir of Sweet Apple Acres has been going strong with his colt friend of over 4 years, Caramel when Big Mac pops the question to Caramel he unknowingly sparks a chain of events that will change this farm pony's life forever

It's Hearths Warming Eve and Big Macintosh and his coltfriend Caramel have had a great year. But for Caramel, it's about to get even better.

This festive fiction is my attempt at christmas fluff.

Contains coltcuddling and implied sex.
Cover by Wolferahm.

It's a known fact that the ponies have the ability to control the weather. The forecast for today: aluminum overcast with heavy showers of bombs.

A soldier from the frontlines of the Equestrian Civil War returns home, out of place and out of touch with the world that he once called home and struggles to fit in. Little does he know his past will be coming back to haunt him.

The Equestria Games are about to begin! Ponies from all over Equestria have come together to compete, representing their hometowns in dozens of events. However, such a monumental event requires an immense amount of preparation and what better warm up for the contestants than to help prepare for their competition?

Both Braeburn and Soarin are competing for their cities, both of them arrived to the Crystal Empire a bit earlier than the other teams, and both have been roped into helping ponies that they know. As luck would have it, it also roped them a bit closer together.