The Dawn Wars

by jakestatefarm432

Chapter 1

Equestria had fighting the Discordian Wars for the last 50 years, over which the Draconequi offered peace treaties, then broke them less than a year after each one. Finally, after the rise of Discord as their king, the Draconequi made their final push, nearly defeating Equestria.
Then, the Royal Sisters discovered the Elements of Harmony well after the scientists of Equestria had developed automatic guns (they had the same tech as 1890,at the start of the Discordian Wars, and over time developed what took America until WWII to develop), and as a distraction, the Final Battle of Canterlot allowed the Sisters to confront Discord head on. After the defeat of Discord, the Draconequi still caused chaos all over Equestria and beyond.
Celestia sent her armies to the places that the Draconequi still ravaged, and took them over, forming the Solar Empire. The countries that were taken over by the Draconequi were blinded by thankfulness to Equesteria, they didn't realize that Equestria had took them over.
After a few days under Equesteria's rule, however, the countries would revolt. But each time, the massive armies and their extremely advanced weaponry would put down each revolt. Luna did not approve of the taking over each country, but was talked down by Celestia each time. Eventually, Celestia declared herself Empress of the Known World, and made herself the supreme power, as nopony else would have power of anything more than a town, and even then, the mayors had very little power.
This brings us to the present, into a ball celebrating the 5 year anniversary of the forming of the Solar Empire, and it is also the 4 year anniversary of the end of Celestia's last conquest, in which she had taken over the last country that was free.
Now to the Hero's Ball, the equivalent to the Grand Galloping Gala. Shadow and his squad-mates of the now-small Lunar Corps, Luna's personal soldiers that could not be commanded by Celestia, as the two Sisters agreed to when they first formed the Equestrian Military, and made a magical pact, just as effective as a Pinkie Promise, but before Pinkie was born, that is physically impossible to break.
It also made loopholes impossible as well, as in, Celestia couldn't put the Lunar Corps under command of her officers, which would ultimately put them under her command. Luna couldn't take command the Solar Legions either.
Back to Shadow and the Lunar Corps, they were hanging out in a back section of the ball room that they had designated as theirs. They chatted, and some of the soldiers danced with their special someone. Others talked of news across the Empire.
The feared soldiers of the Solar Empire had prevented the growth of the Lunar Corps, the polite, more nice soldiers that hardly ever saw any action. This gave them more training and bonding time, where as most Solar Legion soldiers would argue easily, and weren't trained very well. If you were to join a Solar Legion, chances are that you would be out through basic training, told the laws that citizens were supposed to obey, and thrown (almost literally) into the field.
If you joined the Lunar Corps, chances are you would likely have over a year of training before any calls for the Lunar Corps would come up, and even then, you would be mentored by a senior soldier, likely a veteran of the Discordian Wars.
Honestly, the Lunar Corps could give the Solar Legions a run for their money, with advantage over them because the Lunar Corps were thoroughly trained, closely bonded, and extremely disciplined, but, the Solar Legions had way more soldiers that were hardly trained or disciplined.
Lately, though, the Solar Legions' soldiers were more corrupt in their place as the police, and were far more resented. Luna was being oppressed a lot more by her sister, her only part in anything anymore was raising the moon.