A few days later, Naval Base
“After a few days of investigations, I believe the radar has been hacked prior to the activation, Clover. The hacker has since left our radar systems.” Rommel reported.
“I see.” Clover said, her claws scratching her chin. “It would seem like the intruder was giving us a warning. But why?”
“It is done by Eris, Clover. Only he has the power to summon Little Spark.” Rommel commented.
“Where is that creature now?” Clover asked.
“She is on board Melowy at the moment, sleeping.” Rommel replied.
“Good. For now, keep an eye out for any threats on the radar. I got a feeling that something bad will happen in the coming days.” Clover said.
“Noted. I will inform the troops to do so. May I be excused?”
“Yes, you are excused.”
Ponyville
Rommel walked through the streets of Ponyville, searching for someone. Rommel transformed himself to a stallion with brown body, mane and tail. He looked very similar to an Earth-based stallion. He let himself to be guided by his intuition. From afar, he look like a lost pony, walking aimlessly around Ponyville. Thankfully, no pony questioned him. Besides, they have witnessed far more weirder events than a lost pony.
"Are you lost, sir?" Derpy asked Rommel. Derpy was carrying a saddlebag as usual and donning her mailmare uniform.
"I think so. I am looking for Ditsy Doo. I need to deliver a letter to her." Rommel lied, holding up a fake letter in his hooves.
"Oh. I am Ditsy. You can give the letter to me." Derpy said.
Rommel tilt his head to check his surroundings, making sure no pony could here what he was about to say. He moved his head close to Derpy's ears and whispered, "I heard that Silver has gained her wings, is that right Lieutenant-General?"
"Affirmative. You can inspect her first in the bunker. I will meet you at the bunker in the evening." Derpy whispered back. Rommel thanked her and ran towards an back alley and used a teleportation spell. He teleported to Derpy's house and entered the bunker.
There he saw Sparky, Thorax and Silver sitting in a circle, talking with each other. He gently approached them and said, "Sorry to disturb you but I came to see Silver."
The three ponies in the room slowly turned their heads and saw a brown colored stallion behind them.
"I need to talk with Silver privately. So if you don't mind, could you please leave the room for an hour?" Rommel asked politely to the changelings. They gave a brief farewell before exiting the bunker.
"State your purpose, Rommel." Silver stated harshly.
"I am here to tell you about those, nothing more, nothing less." Rommel said, pointing his hooves at Silver's wings.
“That is why it is so significant, Silver.” Rommel said.
“I see.” Silver replied. Derpy, open the latch to the bunker and close.
“So how is the conservation going?” Derpy asked.
“Great. I have told Silver about her wings.”
“Oh really? Did you mention about the dragon part?” Derpy asked cheekily.
“Of course not. Why? You want her to follow you on dragon riding so soon?”
“Maybe. Besides there is one available.”
“Really, where?” Silver asked, intrigued by the subject.
“On earth. He is patrolling the Pacific Ocean if I am not wrong.” Rommel added.
“Thanks but no thanks.”
“So how are things going at your end, Rommel?” Derpy asked casually.
“Well, not so good. I have things that I would like to talk to you in private, Derpy.” Rommel said. Silver took the cue and left the room to themselves.
“Our radars has picked up unusual amount of activity on the north. We fear it is a matter of time before Sombra, with the crystal empire, returns to threaten Equestria.” Rommel reported.
“Just as I have expected. Are the troops ready?”
“Given recent events, I would say ‘no’. My forces has been engaged with Eris’ forces recently. The battleships are damaged and ground forces need time to recover from their ambush.”
“Time is not on our side, Rommel. Tell you what, I would get the mane 6 to be sent to the crystal empire to assist princess Cadance. Put all available forces on standby to intervene if the situation worsens.” Derpy said.
“Will do. Also, I got word from Independence that her owner wants us to send the Silver, Thorax and ‘Sparky’ to Singapore and train them on dragon riding and flying.”
“Let them go, give time for the things in Equestria to settle down for the time being.” Derpy said.
“So we are heading to Earth to train riding the dragons?” Thorax asked, after Derpy has explained it to them.
“Affirmative.” Rommel said. “It will allow you guys to better understand your dragon and to understand the proper ways of riding and taming one.”
Silver asked, “But I don’t have a dragon. Why do I need to go?”
“It is skill you must have. With it, you could find a dragon partner, which will be very helpful for adventures you will soon be going.” Derpy replied sternly, her eyes staring directly at Silver. Silver nods her head.
“Okay then. Now pack your bags, I will have Rachel to pick you up tomorrow morning.” Rommel said. The trio returned to their rooms, chatting happily about their upcoming trip to Earth. Their dragon friends also seems to be very excited too.
That Night
Silver laid in her bed, thinking deeply about what Rommel has said yesterday. Her mind was analyzing every part of it. Rommel couldn't be what he said he was, could he? Rommel can't be the great hero that Derpy keeps telling her about. There is no way that Rommel lead a small tank force and succeeded in forcing an enemy five times bigger to surrender. There is absolutely no way that Rommel is a Unicorn himself, he is a draconequss, how could he know that much about Unicorn anatomy was anyone's guess.
Sliver spread out her wings widely. She take a good look at them. Rommel actually has the audacity to use a ruler to measure her wingspan! HER Wingspan! She stomped her hoof on the ground without knowing her strength, causing the flooring to crack beneath it. Doesn't he know about sexual differences? Silver wanted to rage, wanted to destroy stuff but was interrupted by the knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Silver asked. "It's me, Derpy." She walked towards the door and opened it. There she saw Derpy with that knowing look on her face. Derpy entered her room and sat down on her bed.
"Come here, sit down beside me." Derpy said gently. Silver walked up onto her bed and sat down. Derpy asked, "What do you have against Rommel?"
"Tell me the truth, is Rommel a Unicorn?"
"Yes. Why do you ask this?"
"But he is a draconequss, how can he be one of us?"
"Silver, you need to realize that we are secret Unicorns, we are meant to be secret."
"He is so.... unlike us. Derpy, you are nice pony but he is not. He displays absolutely no signs that he even is one!" Silver shouted. Derpy looked at her and removed her disguise, revealing her Unicorn form. Derpy placed her horn on top of Silver's head and gave off a spark of unicorn magic.
"Do you feel it?" Derpy asked. Silver stared in awe at Derpy. Silver felt something, but it was not something she expected. It was unicorn magic at its finest, making her feel cute, happy, ecstatic, basically all the positive emotions. Her mind could not handle so much cuteness and happiness that was given to her and she fell down on her bed. Derpy look at Silver, peacefully asleep. Derpy sighed. "All will be revealed in time, my dear Silver." Derpy placed a kiss on Silver's cheek.
The next day
Rachel parked her battleship in the middle of the Celestial sea. She looked towards the horizon. The sun was rising against the backdrop of the coastline. She dropped a small boat from the battleship's starboard side into the river down below. She flew down towards the tiny ship and hoisted its sails. She sailed the boat gently towards the harbor.
After 2 hours of sailing, she manged to reach near the harbor, at her designated pickup point. She sat there waiting for the arrival of her passengers.
Derpy entered the room of the sleeping changelings and their dragons. She gently tapped on Sparky and signalled for her to meet her outside. Sparky did as she is told and followed Derpy.
"So how everything been going, Eris?"
"How did you know?" Eris asked, still taking the form of Sparky.
"I got inside sources. I know that the real Sparky is still sleeping on Melowy." Derpy said. Eris tried to take out his gun but was immediately slashed in half by Derpy's horn. Derpy pointed her horn at Eris' throat.
"Come on, do it!" Eris shouted.
"I am going to let you live only because Sparkle told me to." Derpy said, still pointing her horn at Eris' throat.
"Sparkle is alive?" Eris asked in shock.
"Yes. Sparkle managed to survive the raid. Sparkle is doing her Unicorn duties currently." Derpy added.
"No it can't be. She was dead, I saw it." Eris said in disbelieve.
"No she is not. She told me to tell you to meet her tomorrow on Singapore island, Singapore Calvary HQ." Derpy said as she rose her head, removing her threatening horn. Eris nodded and thanked Derpy.
Shortly after, Derpy woke everyone up to have breakfast before the Dragon training. After eating breakfast, Silver used her magic to teleport them and their bags to the pick up point.
Rachel used her sailboat and sailed them to her battleship. Using a crane on the side of the ship, the sailboat was lifted up to the deck level, where everyone unloaded their bags and board the ship. Rachel introduced them to their own rooms and sailed toward the tip of the Celestial Sea.
Rachel said a spell, causing a portal to open up and allowed her battleship to enter. After the battleship was all the way through, the portal closed.
Appearing on the other side of the portal was many trading ships that was busy unloading and loading their goods at the ports. The ponies and dragons look in awe as they looked at how advanced the ships in this world are. Rachel's battleship remained invisible to an ordinary human being due to magic. After sailing through the congested waterway, the ship finally reached its destination, an aircraft carrier in the middle of the South China Sea.
The two warships got close enough so that the ponies and dragons could board the aircraft carrier. Once the ponies and dragons were on board the carrier, the battleship sailed away, back to Singapore island. As the ponies and their dragons walked across the flight deck, a Godzillasaurus standing at the control tower shouted, "Welcome to dragon training, everyone!"