It was a beautiful day in Equestria. As always the sky was blue and the calm cool breeze blew through Canterlot while all the resident pony went on with their business. Meanwhile Twilight and her friends were on their way to see Princess Celestia after she called them in for a discussion on a serious topic.
"It's been a while since we last saw Celestia and Luna," said Twilight excited.
"But is Spike going to be alright?" asked Fluttershy.
"Don't worry I'm sure he'll be fine," said Twilight confidently. "Besides Big Mac said he'll be big help,"
"I don't get how a small dragon like Spike can help out with work that Big Mac is doing," said Rainbow Dash.
"I'm sure he'll come up with something," said Starlight.
The seven chatted with each other as they made their way through Celestia's castle. Once they reached her throne room they noticed that there were more guards then usual.
"Whoa what?" asked Applejack.
"Um if the Princess was going to hire more guards to stand by her throne room wouldn't she let us know?" asked Rainbow.
Twilight walked up to the guards as one of them saluted,"Your Majesty thank you for coming,"
"What's going on?" asked Twilight.
"Why don't you go in and find out for yourself," said the guards as they moved out of the way. Confused Twilight opened the door and walked in with her friends following behind her. Looking around it seemed like nothing had changed except when the looked in front of them. Princess Celestia and Luna were standing with Cadence, Shining Armor, Sunburst, Thorax, and Ember behind them. Across from them was a tall figure wearing a dark green uniform and pants with black boots. It was standing on it's hind legs obviously indicating that he was a human. There were multiple strange markings pinned to his chest and arms and a small rectangle with red and white lines with a blue square and small white stars on the top left pinned to its shoulder.
"Ah Princess Twilight Sparkle," Celestia called out as she turned to face her.
"Princess Celestia whats going on?" asked Twilight as she and her friends ran up to her.
"And who's that?" asked Pinkie Pie looking at the human.
"Ah yes Twilight I would like for you to meet General Enigma," said Celestia introducing the human.
Enigma turned towards Twilight and saluted,"It's an honor to meet you Princess," his black eyes seem to shine in the light.
"Of course," said Twilight bowing. She turned towards Celestia with a concerned look on her face.
Celestia's smile disappeared and looked towards at Enigma and nodded,"Twilight I'm afraid we have some rather unfortunate news,"
"What is what happened?" asked Starlight.
"Well Enigma knows more than what we do but I'll tell you what we DO know," said Celestia.
"However it's a lot of information to take in so we want to make sure your ready for it," said Luna with a glare.
Now Twilight was starting to worry,"What happened? she asked.
Celestia closed her eyes and sighed,"I hate to be the one to say anything but," she paused, Twilight and her friends gathered around ready for what they were about to hear. Celestia opened her eyes with a glare,"We're going to War,"
Sept. 1st 1939: 6:30 P.M. London
Titus and Sylvia hopped off the train checking out their new surroundings. Their parents had sent them to London to visit their cousin and aunt and uncle while they were on vacation in Hawaii.
"Wow it's so beautiful here," said Sylvia.
"Now Sylvia don't go running off without me," said Titus.
"Oh come on Titus I'm already 18, I can take care of myself," said Sylvia.
"Yeah and I'm 19 your older brother," said Titus smiling nudging her arm.
"Oh stop it Titus," giggled Sylvia punching his arm. Her hazel colored eyes shined brightly along with her smile. Her caramel colored hair flowed as a cool breeze blew past them. Seeing how excited Sylvia was, Titus could not help but chuckle.
"Hey you two over here!" a voice called out to them. The two turned towards the voice. to see a young man wearing an American military uniform waving at them with a smile.
"COUSIN LEVI!" Sylvia cheered running up to him giving him a hug. Levi hugged her back laughing.
"Sylvia you've grown so much," said Levi.
"Yeah," Sylvia replied. "And I see you've joined the army,"
"Yeah kind of had to, those dumb ass Germans are trying to screw with England again," said Levi.
"Oh my lord again?" asked Sylvia.
"So cousin still haven't changed much have you," said Titus walking up to Levi with their luggage.
"Ah Titus long time no see my fine friend," said Levi hugging him.
Titus grunted as he hugged back. He dusted himself off and fixed Levi's uniform once they let go,"Now come along I have to leave for camp at seven," said Levi picking up their luggage and walking into the station. Titus and Sylvia looked at each other and followed Levi in.
The station in London was so much different than the ones in America. Following Levi through the station they looked around inspecting the area.
"So how was boat ride?" asked Levi. "Get sea sick much?"
"Nah it was great," answered Sylvia.
"Glad to hear it," said Levi. As Levi had the guards check Titus and Sylvia's bags the two turned around to hear a nearby radio station starting up with the news from that day.
"We're here with an update," said the reporter. "German Dictator,"Adolf Hitler and his forces marched into Poland earlier today at 12:55 P.M., many locals claimed to have been attacked by Nazi soldiers as they attempted to evacuate the city," "One local claimed to have been mercilessly beaten by a rifle's butt by a Nazi soldier after he refused to give up any valuables he possessed before the bartender at the counter saved him allowing him to escape," said the reporter.
"It was terrible, it was like a living nightmare," said a woman.
"People were being shot and beaten by Nazis I couldn't stand to see how horrific the scene was," said a man.
"British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Charles De Gaulle of France have come together to discuss preparations for war while American President Theodore Roosevelt declares America to remain neutral," announced the reporter. "Stay tuned for future updates," the station cut off as the couple sitting near the radio groaned.
"So those stupid Germans are at it again," said the man.
"Didn't they learn their lesson after the first world war?" scoffed the woman.
Titus and Sylvia looked at each other with worried looks on their face.
"That must be what cousin Levi was talking about," said Sylvia.
"I can't believe those Germans are dragging England into War again," said Titus.
"Alright you two I'm ready," said Levi waving his arm at them. The two slowly got up from the bench and walked towards Levi. "Ready?" Levi asked.
"Sure thing," said Sylvia forcing a smile.
"Then let's go, Uncle Stan and Aunt Becca will have dinner prepared for you two," said Levi starting out the station. Titus and Sylvia looked each other and nodded. They were gonna plan to keep the news to themselves for the time being. The two followed Levi out the station and quickly forced their mind to their Aunt and Uncle while the news on the war was kept hidden in the back of their minds.