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// Beat it Until it Works 
// Story: Coffee vs. Equestria 
// by aegishailstorm 
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"... And still, the only ones allowed to  travel to this other dimension are these... Dangerous people-" Brandon Herrera groaned as he turned off his TV. As usual, the media had blown things way out of proportion, they were lying to the American people for the sole purpose of evoking feelings of resentment. Whatever, anyone with half a brain wouldn't have any of it. He had work to do.



It had been roughly 3 whole weeks since Twilight and her friends had stumbled across a group of humans in the Everfree forest, these humans had helped her in defeating Nightmare Moon. This was due in part to the fact that these men possessed equipment and tactics far beyond what had previously been seen in Equestria, or anywhere else on Equis, for that matter. Since first contact, the 2 species had gotten along quite well. The Americans had been quiet sociable and open about most things. Though, no matter however many blogs and or videos they posted on social media, the American government seemed to take very little interest in the dimension which had just recently become accessible through a portal in the Texas wilderness. Though the civilian populace did, despite their inability to actually travel there. The original group of 7 human's which had traveled there eventually had to go back to earth, but they still occasionally traveled back to visit. To make things easier on the Equestrian side, they had expanded on the camp which they had established when they first arrived in Equestria. Dubbing it, " Point Liberty." 



Of course, the money for this stuff had to come from somewhere, the Equestrian government contributed some money. But the majority had come from Black Rifle Coffee. And now, with the camp nearing completion, some of their members had decided to make the journey over to Equestria to check it out. And, coincidentally, Brandon Herrera had been on site to welcome them. To an unusually sunny Everfee morning, of all things.





Brandon checked his watched, then peered over to his right. "Good morning Twilight." He greeted her with a thumbs up.

"Good morning Brandon. What are you doing out here so earlier?" Twilight asked as she trotted up to him and looked though the portal at the camp's center. " I'm uh, waiting for some friends of mine. They're not the one's from before." She raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, who are they then?" She tapped the dirt with her hooves. Brandon glanced over at her, " Like I said, friends. You'll see." All of a sudden the portal lit up. And out from it stepped 12 men and a pair of trucks, one Humvee, and one lifted pickup. Among them was a few familiar faces, Donut, Garand Thumb, otherwise known as Mike, Scott from Kentucky ballistics, and Angry the Drill Sargent. Mike's camera man, Charlie was also present.  But with them was 6 men which Twilight didn't recognize.  The vehicles pulled into the dusty lot one after the other, all parked side by side. Their passengers dismounted, and immediately went to staring down at Twilight in awe. 


"Wow, you know, I didn't know what I was expecting. I mean, I was surprised when I saw the footage of them, you know, multicolored talking horses aren't something you see every day. Especially not when they can also levitate shit and fly. Pleased to meet you Twilight Sparkle, I go by Matt Best, this is Jared, that's Richard, that over there's Logan, that's Eli, and that... Is Evan." They all waved to the purple unicorn.  

"And of course, you're already familiar with them, right?" Twilight smiled, " Yes, of course. Angry, Donut, Mike, Scott, and Charlie." Angry breathed in a gulp of fresh air. " Ah, it's to be back in this shithole. Still better than Iraq ain't it guys!?" He turned to the newcomers, who were all quick to nod back. 


"So..." Twilight began, " You're all in the same line of work as Brandon and the other's?" Even Hafer shook his head, " No, we just share similar interests. Brandon builds guns, we just make coffee."   She raised an eyebrow. " Well, what are you doing here?" Jared scratched the back of his neck.


"Well, we wanted to see what all the hype was about, so we drove down here." Twilight looked over at their trucks, " I hope you don't mind if I take a look around those machines of yours later?" Matt shrugged, " Sure, just don't break anything, Scott and Donut could tell you all about it, right now, I'd actually like to get settled in. Same goes for my friends." He motioned to the camp around them. The humans and Twilight parted ways. 





Far from the resident's of Point Liberty, a rather interesting situation was unfolding in the Griffon Kingdom. A recent food shortage on account of general incompetence had caused a revolt. And the kingdom's top generals had been amount the first to take advantage of the chaos. Rallying the majority of the kingdoms citizens against the current regime. The already broken nation devolved into civil war, as soon as the fighting had reached the the front gates of the king's castle, the King and his staff had retreated to a bunker far below. Leaving what few forces which had remained loyal to him to die. 

"Sire." One of his personal guards called out, pressing his ear to the door, as soon as he did so, it burst open, pinning him against the wall. His screams of pain were drowned out by the sound of armored claws scraping the ground and swords clashing. As the fighting went on, a dark figure stepped through the door, dressed in shiny black armor with yellow stripes. On the far side of the room, a second figure rose up. The King of the Griffons. 

"Hello there, my king." 

"General Blackhawk, It appears as though you have won."

"Yep." The armored griffon rushed forward and impaled the king with his talons, before letting the body fall to the cold stone ground.  The remaining members of the kings guard, seeing that their leader was gone, all turned to bow to the General. "What now?" One of them asked with uncertainty.

"This land has been ravaged, if we are to restore it to it's former glory we must seek resources from elsewhere." One of the griffons behind him raised a talon, " Are you proposing that we invade Equestria? They have been nothing but kind to us for centuries! Plus, there have been rumors that the so called, 'mare in the moon,' has returned and taken up a spot on the throne. " Blackhawk deadpanned. "Rally the troops, we march on Canterlot immediately!" 









Back at Point Liberty, the members of BRCC had just finished off loading their stuff, and had all gone off to doing their own things. Most of them, after the long ride down Matt's Texas ranch to get to the rift, had just decided to take a nap. The other's were busy explaining the concept of automobiles and why trucks are fundamentally better than cars to Twilight. 

"So, it works by burning ancient dinosaurs?" She asked out of the blue, Scott nodded. " Yep, pretty much. Hey, I'm hungry, are there any good places to eat in Ponyville?" Twilight looked over at the other men, and nodded. "Yes, there are, though it's quite a long walk from here-"

" That trail's more than big  enough to take our trucks on, hey, everyone! Wanna eat out in Ponyville?" A thumb shot out from a vent in one of the roofs. " What do they have there?" Charlie questioned, followed by, " I'm not eating hay!" From Brandon and Angry. Evan Hafer emerged from a nearby tent. "Hey, start the coffee machine!" Twilight cocked her head to the side. " What coffee machine?" Scott waved her over to the rear of the Humvee, and unlocked the trunk. Within was a fully functional coffee machine, and several bags of coffee beans. 

"Got thing while I was deployed, it's a real classic." He tried starting it up, but nothing happened, he tried again, and again, and again. Until finally, it rumbled to life. "There we go!" As soon as he turned to looked back at Twilight it sputtered again and began rumbling. 

"Let me give it a go!" Angry slid across the top of the Humvee and landed right in front of the defunct machine. "Hey Mike, get the camera rolling!" He smacked it on the top with his fist, and all at once the rumbling stopped. "See? What'd I tell you!? Violence always works!" He shut the machine off, " We'll wait 'till we're in town to start it back up."

"And, no it doesn't! Sure, 10 percent of the time it does, but other 90 percent usually ends in a lawsuit!" Brandon responded. The other members of the team laughed. " I... Don't think I understand." Twilight muttered, " You will eventually." Garand Thumb reassured her as the rest of them piled into the vehicles.