//------------------------------// // War Footage. // Story: My Little Pony Destroyers are Magic. // by CommonDash //------------------------------// “How did you get a portable film projector for the train ride?” Taylor asks “I have my ways.” Twilight says smugly. “Right… Are you all sure you wanna see this?” Taylor asks holding a bunch of film reels. “Yes, before we left Douglass told me about the Blue Angels… so I wanna hear more about them.” Rainbow dash says “I think that might be a better place to start rather than the war…” Taylor says “How is that a better place to start?” Twilight asks “Because the blue angels were formed after the Second World War in 1946. “It’s All earth ponies.” Twilight says amazed. “Yep, there weren’t unicorn’s or Pegasi outside of mythology.” Taylor confirms “It’s amazing. Though according to what you told Dauntless your stallions could break the sound barrier. Those flying contraptions were not that fast.” Rainbow Dash says “Yes? That was the end of the war. I said I was over 70 remember? Our tech kept getting better.” Taylor says swapping out a film reel “So fast! I’ve got to go practice!” Rainbow Dash shouts taking off out of the window of the moving train. “That plane was the top for 25 years?”Twilight asks asks “Well the chair force actually had the F-22 which was and still is the best air superiority fighter. The navy never got it’s version of the fighter because it was too expensive to produce. How did you get plane? I mean that’s the correct term but I didn’t tell you.” Taylor says “Really? Also we had the right brothers invent one or reinvent it about 4 years ago?” Twilight asks unsure “Probably, I’m not a carrier. If I was I would’ve been retired earlier so I never would’ve seen them even if they made them… wait the Wright brothers!?” Taylor replies shocked “Yeah they made a glider that could fly while being pushed by a Pegasus, it’s significantly faster and supposedly easier to move than the chariots, though our air ships are still king of the sky.” Twilight says proudly “Airships? Pfft, like ridged airships? You’ve got zeppelins!? Haha” Taylor asks breaking out into laughter “Not a carrier?” Fluttershy asks quietly while everyone else missed that statement. “What’s so funny about the airships?” Twilight asks “Well when you have a giant sack full of hydrogen it tends to go up in flames.” Taylor answers “It’s filled with clouds, and lifted with magic.” Twilight replies “What?” Taylor asks confused “It seems I have much to teach you.” Twilight says “So what was the war like?” Applejack asks changing subjects “I fought in 3 wars all of them were horrible things. In fact before I got here I fought one last battle for the survival for ma- pony kind.” Taylor says sapping out a film reel. “Here this film should have a quick overview of the combat I saw.” Taylor says playing it. (Was gonna link actual combat footage from ww2 however I get chills just watching it and there is no dead bodies. You just know that when that bomb hits or when those cannons shoot a lot of people die.) Everyone is just staring at Taylor at this point. “That was just the sea… the land was worse so much worse. Luckily I couldn’t go on land at the time.” Taylor says stoically “What does that mean?” Twilight asks her horn glowing slightly the princess is beyond worry. “I was… I was navy and navy doesn’t go on land. Though the marines would probably fight me over that comment.” Taylor says struggling a bit. ‘Did she just compel me to tell the truth? I mean I saw her horn glow?’ Taylor wonders “Hey!” ‘It wasn’t her then wh… oh is that Leer?’ Taylor says talking to her crew looking at the yellow Pegasus using a Pokémon move on her. Fluttershy does not take the death of anything kindly. The glare leveled at Taylor intensifies. Everyone else is looking at the filly a little apprehensively. “Please stop looking at me like that! I didn’t want to die! I fought for my survival! I fought for the survival of my crew! I I…” Taylor shouts starting to cry. The mane 6 look between themselves before twilight steps forward. “You can calm down Taylor. Are you okay?” Twilight asks her horn still glowing slightly. Taylor starts to feel something scratch the top of her head between her ears like how her father used to ruffle her hair when she was little. “Y-yes, I’m fine… just memories.” Taylor says almost purring. “So you’ve calmed down?” Twilight asks pulling the filly closer with her foreleg. “Yes…” Taylor replies yawning. “What happened to the ponies you fought?” Twilight asks comforting the Filly. “We beat them, then became friends, before I… anyways they were one of our greatest allies before I came here. Wherever I am.” Taylor answers. “So it was a miss understanding? Friendship is the answer to everything right?” Twilight asks the tired filly. “I guess, though cannons are amazing all the mares love them.” Taylor says her eyes closing ============== The train continues along while the Mane 6 minus rainbow dash who take in the i for they revived. “For a 70 year old she sure acts like a filly.” Rarity says “She’s probably just confused. From what I’ve read it’s easy to lose track of time in combat. And who knows maybe they measured a year differently. She was found and said the year was 2000 something. So she probably ended up sealed or something.” Twilight says “Maybe, I still don’t like this.” Fluttershy says “Bet it was cause she fought your colt friend.” Applejack says snickering “I think I need to write a letter to Celestia.” Twilight says still holding the silver filly near her.