//------------------------------// // The Road to War (Timeline) // Story: Camaraderie // by walk-in closet brony //------------------------------// Author's note: Please bear with me here as this is my form of a rational visit to the world of MLP FIM. April 10th 2014: Experimentation in the Hadron collider tunnel at CERN, located in Geneva, yields interesting information when two proton particles collide. Analysis concludes that during collision a small field or "flux" appears. November 7th 2014: After intense observations, american theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek proposes that this "flux" is the interaction of both protons from the experiment and the intrusion of a third electron from an outlying layer blind to the lens of the computer. January 26th 2015: American, Russian, and Japanese scientists begin construction on a device built to amplify the fluctuations. March 15th 2015: The construction of the device known as the PEA, the Proton Electron Amplifier, is completed and put to work. March 18th 2015: Experiment A1 shows PEA is unable to produce an opening large enough for the flux itself to manifest. August 1st 2015: Construction of the add-on to PEA, a large circular arch adorned with Tesla coils, is used to house enough space for the fluctuation to occur. August 3rd 2015: Experiment D5 proves PEA is able to fully manifest the flux into a violet "wall" transparent on both sides. August 4th 2015: American particle physicist David Gross braves a touch on the "wall". Gross's finger passes through the field of energy "like mist". August 5th 2015: Frank Wilczek, accompanied by two other field specialists dressed in hazmat suits, leads a small expedition into the void prepared for the worst. What they find on the other side however shocks them. (The following was taken directly from the after action manuscript of Frank Wilczek) "...it was amazing, a whole new world filled with carbon-based life forms! Joe Risner (One of the field experts) removed his suit and, to my interdiction, got down on the grassy, cartoon-ish landscape and began to laugh and roll around like a toddler. Personally, I think he just couldn't believe what he was seeing. The resemblance of this alien world to ours was unbelievable. But it wasn't until Ms. Renault (The other field specialist) climbed a small ridge during sample gathering and stumbled upon what looked to be small a settlement! The architecture seemed pre-Rennaisance, wooden buildings with primitive roofs ranging from small huts to large, two-story buildings. But what was more surprising was that we could observe movement in this small village!" Upon discovery of the settlement, Wilczek and his team left with samples from the new world in order to save first contact with the locals for a more experienced team. August 18th 2015: Field agent Sarah Renault leads the first contact expedition through the portal and into the new world. She is accompanied by 15 others each with their own specific use to the consortium. Renault vividly describes her encounter with the locals as small, multicolored horse-like beings freely wandering the town. Puzzled, the group sauntered into town in order to locate the owners of these animals all the while receiving odd looks from these "horses". What follows is Renault's after action report on her visit to the new world. "...we wandered into town after observing the small horses with a purpose worth two-fold. The first, to explore the town and document our findings. The second, to find out who owned these animals. It shocked us to see them freely wandering town. What if they escaped or were startled and hurt someone? It made no sense to us. Upon arrival, the horses that noticed us did something remarkable. This I saw with my own eyes. The first few went wide-eyed and rushed into the houses! They just barged right in! We expected to hear complaints of the owners inside perhaps inquiring why there were horses in there homes yet all we noticed was a small corner of the curtains peel away and a few pairs of beady eyes stare back at us. The same followed throughout the rest of the visit. Not only did we observe the terrified actions of the horses, but also the complex architecture of the buildings in town. Jens, our field technician, was astonished when he observed a building with a large cupcake planted on the top. Brett Hurling, one of our field consultant agents, Stared in awe at a large building with complex and beautiful designs. Peering through the window we noticed mannequins of the equine sort and one scared, trembling horse in the corner. We moved on to what we believed to be the town square, hence the large spire in the middle of the courtyard followed by a fountain with a smiling equine poised on it's pedestal. we were becoming frustrated and about to venture further out of town when we heard talking from down the road. Talking! I ordered our consortium to halt and wait for the disembodied voice to round the corner. What I saw startled me. To the sound of clopping hooves, a small purple horse with an even smaller child-like creature hoisted on it's back was gingerly trotting down the road. We looked on in disbelief from around the corners of our hiding spots as we eagerly anticipated the arrival of the speaker. Eventually we gave up and revealed ourselves. Unbelievably, straight from the small horse's mouth, we were gifted with a "Whoa!". I called out to whomever it was that uttered the word yet the only reply, to my surprise, came from the horse. I approached it and provoked the animal with a subtle "hello" to which it replied the same!" The rest of Renault's report is a documentation of how the locals in question were actually the startled "ponies" they saw in the beginning. Renault goes on to explain how they are a peace-loving society and are classified under three categories: Unicorns, which can wield the fabled power of magic, Pegasi, which are blessed with the ability of flight and weather control, and finally earth ponies, which are as the ones we see on our Earth. She explains how they are ruled under a monarchy of two sisters which attain both the abilities of flight and an unbelievable amount of magic. After traveling to the capitol city and meeting the rulers of this new sentient race, Renault's team returned home with invaluable information. September 8th 2015: After repeated visits, mankind has built a human embassy near the town of ponyville, the original town that was ventured into by Sarah Renault, and speaks of trade agreements with the sovereign country of "Equestria". September 23rd 2015: While the leaders of the world attempt to mask this amazing finding to the people until they are deemed "ready", Tensions on the border of the mysterious Everfree forest and Equestria rise as both human and pony expeditions sent in disappear entirely leaving behind only the deserted campsites. September 25th 2015: An army of dark, rigid, hole-filled ponies known to equestrians as "changelings" emerge from the forest and sack the city of Detrot. September 26th 2015:Upon hearing the news of this full-fledged attack, Equestria declares war upon the changeling race and musters what armed forces it has. September 29th 2015: Notified of the threat, the United Nations answers a call-to-arms to aid the pony ally. October 3rd 2015: Dubbed a campaign abroad and overseas, the United States rallies it's own marine corps and begins training for war... Note: This takes place in a world where MLP FIM doesn't exist. (Horrifying right?)