//------------------------------// // Chapter One - Orgins // Story: Greed and Power // by TheStoryMaker //------------------------------// I remember my life before the war. Born on December 3, 1909, in the state of Colorado growing up in Denver. Lived most of my life, making it very nice I suppose. I remember playing around with my friends, playing card games, or riding our bikes. Drinking pops and such, until a new war came anything than a war of the Civil War. The 'Great War' or 'The War To End All Wars'. I remember being five, back in the day when I was little a whole new world out there, everybody being against everybody. Wow. If I had to guess what the war ended, was really Austria-Hungary and Germany. Why Germany? Well, a new power rose a dictator. Ready to make a move, but during this time 'Germany is already having riots and revolutions too.' My friend told me 'quote on quote'. I just turned 18 about a month ago. Still in school for homework and for studying, being the 'Class of 1927'. Ready to move to college, but the thing is I need more money to get to college. "You can just join the service, get the money need for college then go to college," He said. "Then you will come back in no time." "That's true I suppose." It couldn't hurt just to join the service for a bit, I thought to myself. 'Nothing bad is gonna happen, a 'Great War' just happened usually a war never happens for a while.' "Alright, I'll do it." And so it happened. But in late February, that's when it had all gone to hell, on Wednesday, February 23, 1927. But little did I know that we have been getting these creatures, since the beginning of late January. "Miniature horses appeared at the border of France and Germany, suspects say they don't know where it came from. It all started when a man who lives at Saarbrucken. Saw the horse and ran in fear and shock, Germany who then experimented the horse, appearing strange new things one of which was a sign appearing on its croup. With bright colors on its fur, with a bright tail, and bright mane. More new coming news tomorrow at the hour of five as we discuss what this strange horse is." I heard it on the radio, 'What the hell?' I thought to myself. That didn't make sense. Sign of their croup? With a bright tail, mane, and fur? Well, that is pretty uncommon how that would happen. I never thought to myself that it would happen. But hey, there is gonna be more news tomorrow. ---------------------------------- I remember I came in my house greeted by my mother. "So how was today?" "It was okay." "That's nice to hear supper is about to be ready soon." "Alright, mother." I turned on the radio, it was still a surprise to me how we brought it. It was a good $3, but still, we had managed to pay for it. "As we had discussed yesterday, miniature horses start to appear in double the numbers, some seem to be talking, and even had used some type of force to shield themselves, acting like us and how we act," "What..." "Supper is ready!" My mother called out. "Germany still recovering more and more of these horses, as we gather more information we will see where these 'things' are coming from updating you with the news tomorrow at the hour of five." "Supper is ready," My mother opened up the door connecting to my room. "Did you hear me?" "Yes, I did it's just..." "What?" I chuckled. "Nothing." "Well, ok. Your father is coming in 30 minutes ok?" "Alright" More and more of these things started coming, until early February. "These creatures, now identified to be here of the following: pegasi, unicorns, and regular ponies more conflicts appears, as the whole area of the sighting is now enclosed with the German and now new French army. As riots happen in Berlin and Paris as a new government shows in Germany called the 'National Socialist German Workers' Party' or 'Nazism' for short. Begin to take action of these horses, but not for the German Army. As interrogations occur in Germany these so called 'ponies' started talking about a place called 'Equestria' and some things called 'Princess Celestia' or 'Princess Luna' as of unicorns take magic only to stop by by a bullet into their body. And as of 'Pegasi', the French airforce take them down and strap them from flying. More news coming soon! So stay tuned at five to learn more!" "That's strange," My mother said right after the commentator stopped the news. "I know, it's strange indeed." I stopped to grab a drink of pop next to me. "But Princesses? That doesn't make sense at all!" "With ponies, pegasi and unicorns too." "Yeah, I got up to go talk to my, friend. I walked outside to his house. We lived in a suburb neighborhood. He lived next door so it was a short walk to his house. I went through the back. "Terrence!" "What?" He replied. Looking down at me, he lived in a second story house so he got down by sliding a pole to the ground. "Did you hear the news?" I said to him as his feet hit the ground. "No, what happened? He asked me. "The commentator, in Germany he sai-" "Oh yeah that again," He cut me off, " You told me already don't worry." As he began to climb the pole back to his window. "But, he talked about two princesses." He stopped jump down the pole looking at me quickly. "What?" "Yeah, about these two, princesses called, 'Princess Celestia' and 'Princess Luna' and a place called 'Equestria'," I explained. "That's real," he stopped having no words for it. "Interesting." "I know, but what makes them show up? What make them appear because nothing is happening." "I have no idea." It would continue with scientists and doctors, experimenting on how their signs would show on their croup but with nothing coming out of their ideas or existence of hypothesis. Hell, they even got Albert Einstein to see if he had come up with anything. All he said was, "I never heard of this." More and more soldiers continued to 'fight' with these things until. It went down on, again on that Wednesday, February 23, 1927, day. it began with the pony army marching in through the portal meeting the German, French, and Nazi Army. A picture was taken then on sending it to the newspaper on Friday, February 25, 1927, showing an army all using their horns lighting up casting a bubble around them. Showing a unicorn who seems out of place wearing armor with his mane and tail, bright and dark color on his mane and tail. It wore a helmet having a hole to let his horn go through and two other holes for his ears, with nothing but armor connecting to its withers, with that it had armor connecting to his shoulder all the way to his tail throughout his body, but its legs were clearly visible with a light color of his fur. With a little shield connected to his armor on its chest having a pink star. And the other ones with a light and dark fur color, but this time a brighter armor than the pony is having much of the same thing but this time having a star on its chest. "I really wish these pictures were in color," Terrence told me.