HX-1 Crash Site
Constellation approached the crash site, the two pegasus guards close on her tail. Spotting the smoking wreckage once again, she turned and shouted out to the guards.
“There! Over there!” She cried.
Lieutenant Sunburst stopped abruptly, looking over the burning wreckage. “Listen, Constellation, we don’t know why these ships were headed towards shore. It could be dangerous, and they could be hostile. I need you to stay back, okay?”
“All right,” said Constellation reluctantly, allowing the pegasi to fly ahead of her.
Approaching the wreckage, Constellation spotted a cluster of white ponies gathered on top of a piece of wreckage. Flying closer, however, she quickly realised they weren’t ponies at all. They appeared to be strange creatures with four visible limbs. A few were clinging tightly onto pieces of wreckage that had managed to stay afloat. Are these the aliens that live on this world? She wondered to herself as she got closer, squinting her eyes to try and see better.
Approaching the wreckage, Constellation suddenly felt a strange, tingly sensation, and her vision flashed purple for a second. Turning around, she was shocked to find a massive, translucent, purple wall where nothing had been previously. It looked exactly like the force field that had appeared in front of the ships when they had crashed.
“What the...” She could hear one of the creatures say as they approached. The Lieutenant slowed to a hover. “Celestia, the water’s freezing!” He said. Flying down, he approached the creatures.
“Lieutenant Sunburst, Equestrian Royal Guard,” he introduced himself, “I’m going to try to help you, but first, I need your word that you won’t attempt to harm me or anypony else.”
The creatures in the water looked bewildered. Teeth chattering, one of them spoke up. “S-Sub Lieutenant D-Dickson, HMS G-g-gloucester City load m-master. I give you my word, we will not harm any of you. W-what are you?”
“Ponies. And you?”
“Hu-humans,” came the reply after a short pause. It was quite clear that the human’s functions were slowly shutting down.
Lieutenant Sunburst made the call. “Constellation, Lightning Twister, I need you to grab him and fly him back to shore. Can you do that?” Constellation nodded. Flying down, she took one of the human’s arms, while Lightning took the other. Sunburst started to help the other humans onto a particularly large piece of wreckage. There were only four or five.
“W-wait!” Cried Sub Lieutenant Dickson as he was lifted out of the water, “That wall sunk our ships! It’s deadly!”
Slowly, they flew over to it. Lightning Twister experimentally poked a hoof into it, and it went right through. “It’s fine,” he said, “It probably only stops objects with a high velocity, or maybe objects made of metal.”
“See?” Constellation said, “You’ll be okay.”
The three flew threw the barrier. Although the two pegasi made it through fine, the moment the human came into contact with it, he screamed out in pain.
Startled, Constellation looked down, only to be greeted by a horrific sight. The man’s face appeared to have been charred, a ring of burns going around the point of contact. Panicking, the pegasi dropped him, and the forward momentum caused him to sail forward into the barrier. Uttering one final scream, the officer dissolved into mid air.
One Week Later
London, England
Cameras and reporters clambered around the black car as it stopped in front of the governmental offices in London. The door opened, and the crowd collectively gasped as a large, horse like creature stepped out. She was pure white, with a regalia and crown, and had a flowing, multicolour mane. An aura of royalty radiated from her.
“Step back!” Called out a london police constable, and the crowd parted like the red sea, allowing her to proceed. Closely escorted by two armed military policemen, she made her way into the building.
Entering the conference room, she smiled inwardly at the concealed expressions of disbelief on all of the leader’s faces. Well, they would get used to it. Once earth was free of human corruption, they would govern their nations as separate provinces under her central government.
Celestia took her seat across from a man in a wheelchair. “Princess Celestia of Equestria, I presume,” he spoke up stiffly, “I am Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States. Prime Minister Chamberlain, England, Prime Minister Daladier, France, Ambassador Douglas, Canada.”
“Leaders of the world,” Celestia started, smiling patronisingly, “the human race has always been a violent one. Tearing each other apart for such trivial reasons as wealth, resources and false religions.”
“Now hold on one-” Chamberlain stood, ready to defend his country’s official religion.
“Allow me to finish.” Celestia said. All of a sudden, her expression and mannerisms became ice cold, scaring Chamberlain back into his seat.
“Wealth, resources and false religions. No matter how long your race spends in peacetime, it can be counted on that you will return to war. Your history is clear proof of this.”
The leaders appeared confused, not sure where she was going with this line of speech.
“We have been observing your species for a long time, and though you are capable of such destruction and chaos, you are also capable of such wonder and beauty. And such is my predicament.”
“Wait,” Roosevelt said indignantly, “you’ve been observing us? Just who do you think you are?”
“I think I am the one who will save your race from its self destruction. From tearing yourselves apart through needless war and violence. Today is the day that I deliver you from inescapable armageddon.”
For a moment, the table was silent. Then, Daladier, prime minister of France, spoke up. “What you are saying is, our religions are false. That we are but stupid children, who must be pried apart to prevent ourselves from causing each other harm? How do you intend to ‘deliver’ us?”
“And for such a ‘kind deliverer’, you have caused a great amount of damage!” The Canadian ambassador exclaimed, “Millions of dollars, thousands of crew lost! An entire convoy, destroyed by the barrier surrounding your land! Why do you need a barrier to protect yourself? What are you hiding?”
“Mr. Douglas, I express my heartfelt condolences for the lives lost on your shipping convoy. The entire incident was a tragic accident. As soon as I found out, I dispatched a platoon of our royal guards to the scene, but unfortunately, there were no survivors. As for the barrier, I’m sorry, but I cannot risk the innocence of my little ponies by exposure to... your kind.”
“Our-”
“And Mr. Daladier. I intend to deliver you through the use of a very specific potion. As soon as our nation discovered the existence of your species, our best scientists started tweaking the potions already in existence to work on humans. After some final... adjustments... are made, it will be ready for use.”
“A... potion?” Roosevelt inquired, “A potion that does what, exactly?”
“A potion that will rid of you of your bad qualities, extend your natural lifespan, and add natural talents you did not possess previously. A potion that will change you... into a pony.”
“Wha-”
“Who do-”
“Hol-”
“Please. I need your permission to start converting your nation’s populations. I assure you, it is for the benefit of all mankind.”
“Absolutely not!” Roosevelt said, slowly standing up. His legs started to tremble under the strain, but his determination and fiery resolve kept him up. He held onto the corners of the table, looking her directly in the eye. “If you think for one second that I will, in any way, help you in your conquest to... destroy humanity, you are crazy!”
“Would you oppress your people in this way? There may be those willing to accept the change. Would you deny them that privilege? Would you deny them longer lives, abilities to fly as pegasi, or perform magic as unicorns? Would you deny them long lives of peace and happiness?”
“Hell yes I would! Flying, or magic, at what cost? And once we become ‘ponies’, I assume you would ‘graciously’ volunteer to become our leader? That would be false peace and happiness!”
For a split second, an expression of cold fury appeared over the face of the princess, so quickly that Chamberlain thought he might have imagined it.
“I believe that we can work out something between us,” the British prime minister started, “It goes without saying that we do not want to be assimilated, Princess, but that doesn’t mean we have to be hostile. Why not coexist?” He suggested.
Princess Celestia nodded slowly. “Mr. Chamberlain, as much as I hate leaving your race in the state it is in, in the end, I can only do so much as you will allow me to do,” she said, “If all of you absolutely refuse to accept my offer, then I believe that we should part ways. I hope you harbor no grudge against us.”
“As long as we remain at peace, no grudge exists here, Princess,” Chamberlain said, looking pleased with himself for avoiding a political disaster.
Celestia looked around the table, and seeing no purpose for any more discussion, stood up. “I’ll take my leave then, gentleco-men,” she said. Turning, she left the room.
The moment she was gone, all of the eyes in the room turned to the British prime minister. “Are you serious, Chamberlain? Appeasing the Germans and now appeasing Equestria? Peace in our time my ass!” Roosevelt exclaimed.
“Look, Mr. President, I believe that what I did was in the best interests of everyone in this room.”
Roosevelt narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth.
A few hours later, Celestia had crossed through the barrier and was approaching Canterlot castle. Landing on her balcony, she was immediately greeted by her sister, Princess Luna.
“Well, sister?” Luna asked, “Did the humans see reason?”
“Nay, sister,” Celestia replied sadly, “I’m afraid that their childlike stubbornness and refusal to see what is right in front of them has rendered them unable to make the decisions in their best interests. Perhaps it was my fault; maybe if I had gone about it in a different way...”
“Sister, stop,” Luna said, “I know not of any pony more persuasive and reasonable then you. If the humans refused to listen, they would have refused no matter how you had put it.”
Celestia sighed and nodded. “I know, sister. As much as I hate to force somepony to do something against their will, I’m afraid that we will have to make the decision for them. Maybe... maybe, possibly, if we turn a couple against their will - in their own interests, of course - it is possible the rest of the humans will realize that we are not the enemy, but rather their saviors.”
Luna nodded sagely. “That’s a good idea, sister. Speaking of which, the testing has been completed. The potion is ready - and there is a brand new newfoal ready for integration into pony society. Unfortunately, the others were deformed and had to be put down.”
Celestia smiled widely. “Good! I’ll meet him later. For now, though, we have some planning to do. Guard!” She called, waiting for the soldier to run in.
“Yes, your highness?” The guard asked.
“Summon the generals to my chambers,” Celestia ordered, “inform them it is of utmost importance.” Celestia and Luna turned to face each other. They had a lot of work ahead of them.
So Equestria gets to be the first victim of the A-bombs?
......Shit.
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Bring it.
1916854
No, that would merely prove them right. What would be infinitely more satisfying is if they get a legitimate "not so different" speech and offer of alliance from the Third Reich.
Although, granted, being TCB ponies they're likely to not acknowledge it without a swing in public opinion and information distribution inside the Barrier.
1916854
well of course they do! leave it to Feynman to find a way around that barrier... getting around things is sort of his specialty.
Let's see those stukas and hellcats in action
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OK Does celestia have ANY Idea of what diplomacy is?
It sure as HELL isn't walking up to the leader of a nation and saying LOL you are all bastards and your religions are false so you should just turn yourselves into ponies which i will not explain further since i think your a bunch of idiotic warmongering children.
And how is fighting for resources trivial?
I hope they show her just how wrong she is about EVERYTHING She said.
Wow. Celestia has zero tact and absolutely no skills in diplomacy. Per the course in TCB fics.
Hopefully Chamberlain will be the first to die a painful death for his stance that we can hug a enemy to death. Plus Celestia is wrong on so many levels! And I wonder were Stalin was, hopefully preparing contingency plans for war! That and turning people against their will shockingly does not help!
The ponies are gonna get massively fucked. Gimme dat hydrogen bomb.
Sigh...
I got to the part where the small group of guards try to get some of the crewmen into the barrier...
It's too soon in the morning for any torture
1918574
Wasn't it made until about 1944?
1918702 Yes. You see the problem we writers have in terms of the atomic bomb?
1918709
Well atleast it won't end several chapters in. Actually, now that I think about it, what about Changelings and other stuff attacking Equestria. It would be perfect timing since all of Equestria's forces would be in concetration camps. I feel like there shoudn't be 'concetration' in that word.
1918933
I didn't actually read that part. I just can't process any violence in the morning.
1918969
Does that make you uncomfortable? Good.
As usual, Xenolestia gets a -5 to diplomacy checks.
Oh the possibilities of a united world economy of the time working together! Will the English construct their island sized plycreet aircraft carriers? Will the Japanese I-800 submersible aircraft carriers prove a success? Or the American XF5U (flying flapjack)? XenoLestia certainly is screwed if the Germans manage to get their V2 rockets through the barrier.
Still, this seems to resemble the plot of the World War series of books I’ve heard about. They’re supposed to be used as Scientologist (my computer has scientologist in its spell checker? WTF?) propaganda or something but I’ve heard they’re not bad stories in of themselves.
Anyway, interesting story. Nothing spectacular yet but you have me hooked on the concept. Good luck with it!
Cole Phelps is going to that cave ... i'm waiting how those ponies are going to cry
1918702 Hopefully when the Axis and Allies unite, we'll be able to double time production of nuclear fusion and blast some Equestrians back to whence they came.
1920977
And when things go to shit, just blow up the whole world. No land for them to live on and toxical water everywhere.
And then Fallout 1944 happened.
1920987 "Gentlemen, this is what I call a Flawless Victory!" Said no one ever.
Awww screw it I've heard enough.
YO HITLER!
--WHAT?
CHECK OUT THESE A HOLES!
--WHAT ABOUT THEM?
USE THEM FOR YOUR HOLOCAUST THINGY INSTEAD OF THE JEWS!
--K!
Well that's done.
1918702
The fusion bomb was made in 1944.
The Hydrogen Bomb was made sometime in the 50s, it was so complex it wasnt even a bomb at first it had a bunch of tubes running everywhere and tall platformes with various equpment on some island in the middle of no where. Said island didnt last long either.
1922551
Ah. I suck at history.
I Wonder ifthe Humans will use a Nuke on Equestria?
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Man if you make this story realistic as in the ponies will be no problem for us to handle then this story will go far. Also would be the first tcb story I ever liked.
Now all we need is Celestia to speak with the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, China and all the nations in South America and WWII will end since they will unite against equestria.... wait... what if this was her plan to anchive global peace all along
1917046
that is the second most awesome thing i have ever seen in my entire life.
1918474 this took place in 1939, the USSR didn't join the allies until 1941 after the Germans invaded.
1942172 Nobody fucks with Teddy roosevelt
1943100 Ummm... this is Franklin Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt was president from 1901-09.
1948384 I know but i couldn't find one Franklin Roosevelt so i had to go with that
Mhhhh, WWII TCB?
Possible Nuke at the end?
If Celestia thought this crap would fly she hasn’t been watching us very closely has she?
Good luck with the japs seeing as they saw there emperor as the human version of Celestia.
Trying to convince the Nazis that ponies are the master race... Good luck with that too.
Trying to get Americans to bow down and give up their freedom… good luck with that.
Trying to convince all people that all their cherished religions are flat wrong… need I say more?
Choosing to use force against a species that have been killing each other since before your society was in
diapers...
I think Celestia will need something more than luck. In-fact it makes me wonder how Equestira lasted 2 thousand of years.
Celestia, you are bucked in the head
How dare you demand that we give up our humanity!
We may be stubborn, temperamental, and egotistical but we're industrious, confident, and stubborn (yes, I know I used stubborn twice, it's both a good and bad thing).
You think Equestria is perfect, you ponies are weak-willed, unable to come together when a challenge comes, and are just plain spoiled. We've had to take this ground and make something from it and with us, the sky's the limit.
I may be a brony, but I'm a human first, BUCK OFF!
Prepares war and faves
Good luck telling those Irish catholics their religon is wrong.
1916854
More likely that the Barrier becomes the receiving end of the A-Bomb.
1917749
It's trivial in that:
-Fighting over resources itself wastes resources
-sharing them together is more beneficial for all (except those who possess more, obviously )
1919841
World War series is a good one, never heard anything about the Scientology stuff though.
1921921 Now see, this is one reason why some people think humans are bastards.
2056892 Equestria never had to deal with us, muahahahahah!!
2128324
Even better luck telling the entire islamic world
EDIT: I'd like to state that the story is interesting, but is fast paced and a bit too short. Longer chapters and slowing things down a bit would make it much better.
Ooooo, a horse is glaring at me! I'm sooooo scared! Help me mommy! Why are you in politics if that frightens you?
Our foes outnumber us three to one. They have spent more time training than you've been alive. They're fast and they're mean, and by the end of the day today every single one of them will be dead.
You see men, our opponents are probably the strongest and most agile creatures in the known galaxy, but they are no soldiers. They live in harmony with their planet's ecosystem. There is no pollution, no wars, no disaster and no famine. This bond between them and their planet has formed them into mighty creatures. They believe mankind is impure and our philosophies are completely monstrous. They believe that, with the power of their natural prowess and their spirituality, they can wipe humanity from existence.
They are dead wrong.
While they have been sitting around eating food that virtually fell into their laps, we have been stabbing our best friends in the back for a scrap of bread.
While they have been singing tales of the harmony and magic of nature, we have watched our children wither away to husks from a bloody plague.
While they have sat sunning their wretched furry hides in open calm meadows, we have clung desperately to survival in frozen tundras and barren deserts.
Our suffering has become our strength. Despite the best attempts of nature, God and even our fellow man, humanity stands strong.
Humanity can endure anything, a fact that those sorry fools don't understand.
Let us enlighten our foes to the unyielding spirit of mankind. Within all of your veins flow the blood of generals, soldiers and murderers.
Shred their bodies with a storm of lead!
Tear their organs out with your bayonets!
Crush their skulls underneath your iron boots!
SLAUGHTER THEM ALL!
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Lul wut? Oh, wow!
Roosevelt, Roosevelt and if you didn't know this was Roosevelt is my favorite president and Princess you have made the biggest mistake of your life prepare for war because you will lose.
Oh my God I think I just got a Boner from the idea of the United world economy for the simple reason of fighting ponies well princess pair to have a nuclear bomb dropped on your and your ponies heads by 1940 to1941.