//------------------------------// // First Intrusion // Story: Foreign Politics // by Zh3sh1re //------------------------------// The snowstorm was raging outside. The building was impervious to them however. Its thick metal walls would be able to resist even an atomic bomb. The temperature inside was humid. A few scattered scientists worked around a giant room. One of them turned to another and asked in Russian. "Do you have those energy figures?" "I believe they are over there on the table," In the far corner sat a few men around a table. Most of them was wearing black suits. On one side sat a 5'4 feet tall man. He was wearing a green coat with red ribbons on the shoulders and collar. On his chest was a golden star with a red ribbon. His hair was combed back and a giant mustache decorated his serious face. On the opposite side of the table sat another man. He was wearing a light brown uniform, also with ribbons on his collar. A big red star decorated his chest. At his waist sat a thick brown leather belt with a canteen on its side and a big star as the belt buckle. The belt also held a leather holster with a Tokarev TT-33 pistol in it. A dark green officers hat rested on his head. Binoculars were hanging around his neck and a PPSh-41 leaned on the side of the chair. It could be seen a long way that he was a political officer. In other words, a Commissar. "I understand you know your mission completely, as I will tolerate no mistakes," the man with the green coat said "I have the entire briefing memorized as well as my goals and objectives," The commissar said "Then we are finished here," The man with the green coat said He rose from the chair and began walking away when he stopped suddenly and turned back to him. "Oh, and das vedania, comrade," He said with a grin before walking off ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The large room housed two large pillars. The inner parts of them had a series of cannon like tubes sticking out towards each other. The end of the tubes were pulsing with blue energy. "Prepare for phase two!" A loud announcer speaker yelled The scientist started to turn a few switches and valves on a large control table. Lights flipped on and off with the turns. "Generators are to 75% capacity," The blue light began to glow stronger. Thin strains of blue energy seeped out of the hole in the tubes and pulled towards the opposite tube. "The wormhole is starting to form. Double up the rotations. Keep the energy stabilized at 0.6 gigawatt" The thin lines slowly crept towards its counterpart being sent out of the opposite tube. A sharp electrical sound was heard as the lines met their counterparts. The tubes shooting out a thick beam of energy into the middle. A blue line formed in the middle and started to expand. It crept out until it reached the end of the tubes. "Wormhole stabilized! We have a successful connection!" A group of fifteen people stood a few meters from the portal. Some of them were in lab coats, other wore uniforms and held various weapons. In the middle was the political officer. His PPSh-41 hanged at his shoulder. Dr. Andrei stepped forward and turned to the "crowd". "Are you ready for transport?" The announcer asked "We are ready, comrades. This marks a great day for the motherland when it takes its first step into another dimension. The first country in the world to step into a different dimension to ours. When we return, you will feel that you made the General Secretary proud for this is truly a historic day!" Dr. Andrei finished up his speech "Das Vedania Comrades!" The announcer said He turned around and looked into the blue pulsating energy. He walked towards the wormhole stopping only a few centimeters from it. He looked at his hand and extended it into the wormhole. It felt strange. He took the leap of faith and walked into it. The people and the commissar followed without hesitation. After them came a large flatbed truck with a heap of materials on it. The rubber wheels started rolling and it drove into the wormhole. Behind a safety glass in the control booth stood the General Secretary with a large grin on his face. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ".. while interdimensional travel through the use of magic is hypothesized to work, it never has. Scientists believe that in a few hundred years it will be possible through the use of technology," Twilight read out loud 'Huh.. I wonder if I can somehow figure out how to do this with magic,' She thought She used her magic to grab a large chalkboard and placed it in the middle of the room. She took a chalk from her desk and started to scribble down a long math calculation on it. She stopped writing and looked at it. She quickly realized that one of the numbers was wrong and changed them. ----------- A few hours later-------------------------------------------------------------- Her mind was blank. She came to realization that she wont be able to solve one of the equations she had written out. She let out a groan of frustration before finally throwing the chalk into the chalkboard with her magic. She calmed herself. 'Maybe this isn't even possible. At least at the level of understanding that Equestria is on currently,' She thought She hated not being able to understand something. 'I'll just go and grab a bite' She thought and gave of a deep sigh She stepped outside the door and took a deep breath to fill her lungs with the clean air. She started to walk while looking around for anypony she knew. *CRACK* A titanic pillar of lightning lit up the entire afternoon sky and ponies stopped in their tracks. The sound and light could be seen from Canterlot. The sound was one of the loudest things they had ever heard. Twilight stopped dead in her tracks and watched the giant pillar of lightning glow. Her mouth opened in a gape and she froze. The lightning pillar dissipated as fast as it had formed. She shook her head to clear it and looked around the street. Ponies were standing almost frozen. Some of them shook their heads and started talking to one another. Twilight turned around and ran into the library. "SPIKE! Get down here!" She yelled A squeak could be heard from the floor boards upstairs and the door opened. "Did you see that?" He asked "Of course I did! All of Equestria must have!" She yelled "No need to yell, Twilight," He said calmly and walked down the stairs and stood in front of Twilight She looked down and took a deep breath, then turning her head once again to the dragon at the in front of her. "Sorry, but i need you to send a letter to the princ-" She was interrupted by the swooshing and fiery sound of a letter being sent by the princess. The scroll appeared in a fiery blaze from Spikes mouth and landed on the floor. Twilight snatched the scroll and opened it. Her eyes scanning through the letter. "Well, what does it say?" Spike asked eagerly She cleared her throat and began reading. To my most faithful student. Twilight Sparkle I will be arriving in Ponyville with some of my best guards in fifteen minutes. Gather your friends and meet me outside the library. Princess Celestia Twilight was shocked how simple and short the letter was, but she didn't waste time. "Spike, go the Rarity and Pinkie! I'll get Rainbow to get Applejack and Fluttershy," They both raced out of the door and off in different directions. ---------------------- At Ground Zero ---------------------------------------- Dr. Andrei POV I was making sure to document everything i saw around me as i thought of the sentences. "The area around ground zero does not seem to contain especially anything, its seems to be a normal forest. It also seems to be getting dark, so it would be early in the afternoon," "Troops, spread out and secure a perimeter around the area," The political officer said to the soldiers. "We should start setting up the receiver pad and the transmitter array," I said to the scientists A bolt of lightning came from the sky and struck the ground. Everybody else and i shielded their eyes. When the light was gone we saw a truck standing steady on the ground. It seemed to be in good shape. "Alright, unload the material and start the construction. We should also get the tents set up, but that can wait until we have finished the receiver pad and transmitter array," I yelled out to the scientists ----------------- Ponyville ------------------------------------------------------ Twilight Sparkle POV I was running towards Fluttershy's house after being to Sweet Apple Acres. *CRACK* Another lightning strike lit up the sky and landscape. I stopped and looked in shock and awe. "There it is again. I must hurry to get Fluttershy," I started running and in less than two minutes i was at her door. I banged my hooves at her door. Movement was heard from the inside. I could hear hoofsteps coming towards the door. The door opened up to reveal Fluttershy. "Oh my, Twilight is there something wrong?" She asked with concern "No time to talk. We are going to meet the princess in front of the library in a few minutes" I told her "Oh, alright. Lets get going then," She said with a determined look. She went out the door and closed it behind her. She nodded at me and we both went into a full gallop as we headed towards the library. When we arrived at the library, a dozen guards were standing in a line. All her were there as well as the princess. "Ah, My faithful student, it's good to see you, even though I wish it would have been under different circumstances," She said with a smile "I trust you all know about the two lightning strikes that hit the Everfree forest a few minutes ago. We must go investigate. Be prepared for anything," She said, then waved at the guards to follow her The guards moved into a six by two formation behind her. The group of friends moved up besides princess. I thought nobody would ask the question so I decided to ask myself. "What do you think it was?" I asked her "I truly have no idea, my faithful student. But we must be ready for anything. Speaking of which." Her horn started to glow and a jewel encrusted box floated out of the carriage that was standing a bit away from the library. It opened and the five elements flew out of it and settled on the friends necks. Then the element of magic tiara floated onto my head. The box levitated back into the carriage. "Alright, is everypony ready?" She asked They all gulped but then nodded with determined looks on their faces, I included. "Good. Soldiers, forward march!" She shouted The guards immediately started marching forward with Celestia as spearhead. The group of friends walked around her. "Princess, I'm worried," I said to her "Relax, faithful student. We have a dozen of my best troops, the elements of harmony and me. I doubt there is anything of this world that could defeat us all," She said with a reassuring tone "How did you know this wasn't a normal lightning, or an experiment by the weather ponies? It is over the Everfree forest after all," I asked her "I felt something piercing the very fabric of the world when that lightning bolt hit. I cannot really describe it. It was also stronger that any lightning bolt I have ever seen or anything could create, Pegasus or Everfree," She answered My stomach was turned into a knot. I had no idea what we were going to find. ---------------------- At Ground Zero ---------------------------------------- Dr. Andrei POV "Alright, that should do it. Good work men, both the pad and the array has been successfully set up! We should get started on the tents. If it starts to rain, who knows what could happen to the equipment," I said out to the scientists They began to pick up large bags and out of them came tents. These were set up in the matter of minutes, and now shielded the pad and array. There was also a barracks, command tent and a lab. Beside the barracks, the truck stood quiet. The propaganda officer walked over to me and began speaking. "I wonder what we are going to find out here. I wonder if there will be intelligent life. And if there is, what level will they be on?" He said "I don't know, but if there is, we should try to be as peaceful as possible to the-" I was cut of as one of the scientist yelled "We have an object coming through!" "Catch it onto the receiver pad!" I yelled back at him *CRACK* The lightning hit the receiver pad and the light blinded some of us. When the light dissipated, There stood the general secretary, with four bodyguards behind him. He waved his hand and they began looking around. "General Secretary Stalin!" Both I and the Propaganda officer said simultaneously and both went into a salute. "At ease. So this is the world, Its beautiful," Stalin said as he looked around He seemed very happy. More happy then i ever thought he would ever be. He didn't often show this kind of happiness. He was always seen as the cold hearted ruthless killer by many, but people admired his fierce debating skills and his amazing ability to absorb detailed knowledge. Outside of propaganda, not many knew Stalin's real personality. I was one of Stalin's only true considered friend. To be honest I felt bad for him. Both of his wife had died, one probably being his fault, I couldn't help myself. I both looked up and down at him at the same time. When he did show happiness, he really did it. "I can't help but feel proud," He finally said I went forward and reached out my hand. He grabbed it and smiled at me, and I smiled back. "Its good to see you old friend," He said "Its very good to see you too," "So, what have you found out?" Stalin asked "Not much, but we can safely say that this world contains life, just look around you. We have also seen some critters here and there," "We should do a more through search of the area," He said "We should. Right now i think we should keep up the perimeter until we can get everything set up," "That would prob-" He was cut off as marching could be heard from the distance. ---------------------- Near Ground Zero ---------------------------------------- Twilight Sparkle POV We walked for a good long while. We were quiet and looking all around as we had entered the Everfree Forest a while ago. I looked up at the Celestia's face. It was concentrated and scanning each of the trees, taking note to every detail. We started to get close to the site where the lightning bolt had hit. Celestia put up her hoof to stop her guards and us. She started listening at a nearby voice. "Мы должны. Прямо сейчас я думаю, мы должны поддерживать периметру, пока мы можем получить все, что создали" it said The language was something she had never heard before in her life. I looked up at Celestia, who had an expression of shock on her face. She took a deep breath and waved her hoof forward. The voices stopped and the marching sound of the soldiers hooves began. ---------------------- Ground Zero ---------------------------------------- Princess Celestia POV We marched through a few bushes before we came out in a big opening. Before us we could see strange creatures that walked on two feet. Most of them stood as tall as me, nearly double the height of my student. Everypony stopped and looked at the opposing species. It seemed that time had slowed down as we stood and waited for the other to make a move. One of the strange creatures walked forward towards me. He was wearing a large green coat with decorations all over his chest and red ribbons at his shoulders and collar. He stopped a meter in front of me and we looked into each others face. I have lived for thousands of years yet i have never seen a poker face as good as his. This fell apart as some of the guards ran up between me and him to protect me. He took a step back and waved his hand. Out of random directions came more of them. These were holding strange shaped items. They in front of him and pointed the items at my guards. "Enough. Get out of the way," I ordered the guards. They hesitantly stepped out of the way. He shook his hand again and shouted another sentence in the weird language. The other creatures stepped out of the way, standing on either side of him and slamming the butt-end of the items into the ground, holding the pose, noses pointed upwards. 'I must be dealing with a highly respect based people,' I thought He said something more and another one of them came up and stood beside him and they walked until they stood two meters from me. This one wasn't wearing a uniform, he was wearing a white long thin coat. The green coated man began speaking in the strange language. "I'm sorry but i don't understand you," I said The one with the white coat shined up and said. "You speak English?" He asked with a strange accent "No, I'm speaking in Equestrian," I said "Om our world, its called English. It must be a coincidence," "Then we can understand each other," I said He said something to the other one and he got a smile on his face "Being that I have never seen your kind before, that means you are new to Equestria, so let me say its a very good honor to meet you and welcome to Equestria," I said with a royal tone "I thank you for the welcome," The green coated man said with a bad accent He must not be used to the language, as it sounded very strange. "May i ask. Who are you?" He asked "I am Princess Celestia. I rule over Equestria with my sister, Princess Luna. Who might you be?" I asked "I'm General Secretary Joseph Stalin, and I am the leader of the great United Soviet Socialist Republics," He said with pride He extended his hand towards me. I reached out my hoof and put it his hand and he shook it, then let it go. I smiled at him and he responded with an even bigger smile. Then he continued. "I hope this is the start of a beautiful relationship between our great nations," He said proudly "I share that hope, newfound friend," I said, glad that it was peace they desired, and not war Stalin and I sat down and talked about our nations and customs to become more acquainted. He told me some interesting things about his world. That his nation was really a coalition of fifteen nations and that they had just fought a devastating war and his nation was what saved the world from the "Nazis", as he called them. I could tell that he was proud of his nation and that he was a very powerful man. He told me how his species had adapted to living without magic, and he told me about their both shocking and amazing innovations, such as the highly advanced farming equipment and the giant machines they used. For moments during the conversation I could have sworn I became jealous that his nation was so prosperous, even after they had suffered such a severe war. He told me about how he turned his whole nation from a bad to live in farming country to an industrial giant, making it the most powerful in the world. He also told me about something called "Communism". I never fully grasped it concept, but mentally noted that i should ask him more about it later, maybe even using it in Equestria. After he had told me much about his world, I decided to tell him about my world, how we used magic to perform most of our every day tasks. I even needed to show him some of the spells I told him about because he just couldn't believe it. We must have at least talked for a few hours. There were just so much to tell each other. A scroll materialized in front of me. He was startled and jumped. He quickly realized his mistake and apologized. "Its quite alright," I said and floated the scroll to me and unrolled it. Dear Sister Thy presence is required in Canterlot. There exist issues that we don't fully grasp and we would like some help. It will probably be a while before we can manage Canterlot while thee are away. We also ask if thee found anything in that forsaken forest. Your Sister, Luna I apologized to Stalin and said I had to write a letter, then I immediately floated a scroll and quill from a pouch that one of the guard was wearing and began writing. Dear Luna We most certainly did. Not any little thing either! I found out that a new species has come into our world. They are called "Humans". One of the ones who came through is the leader of the most powerful nation on their world. The nation I believe is called "United Soviet Socialist Republics". USSR in short. He also stated that his nation desires nothing more than a friendship between our two great nations. They also seem to be a few hundred YEARS into the future, looking from a technological viewpoint. Do you know what this could mean? I will tell you the rest later, as I will be inviting him to Canterlot. Expect me to return in a couple of hours. Princess Celestia I walked back to Stalin after i sent it. "Would you like to have dinner with me and my sister, in the capital city? I'm sure it would help us understand our two civilizations better," I asked with the politest tone i could muster "It would be an honor," He said with a smile He waved his hand at his guard and spoke in the language, which i assumed was named "Russian". "Двое из вас следовать за мной," Two guards moved up beside him. Then he turned to the scientist and again spoke in Russian. "Я буду отъездом в столицу нации, мы в данный момент находитесь Вы управляете сейчас," He nodded and walked away. Then he turned to me and said in an voice toned with excitement. "Lead the way, comrade," -------------- A few hours and a carriage ride later------------------------------------------------ Stalin POV The carriage landed with a thud as it touched down onto a long, gravel runway. I was surprised to see that there were pegasi in this world as well. I did not fully grasp the science behind the flying carriage, but I labeled it as magic. Celestia opened the door with her magic and stepped out. I came behind her with my two guards behind me. Two of her guards also followed her. The capital city was beautiful. It was more beautiful that the crystal clear lakes at the Ural mountains. I guessed that the architecture was made with magic, as it seemed impossible for this city to be relying on this mountain by itself. Another one of the tall ponies were standing at the top of the flight of stairs that reached to the main gate. This one was dark blue and seemed to be a manifestation of the night sky itself. We reached her and she looked at me with a smile. "Good to finally meed thee. We have been excited to our meeting," She said "Thank you, its good to meet the other half of leadership in Equestria," I replied "Please, follow me to the dining hall," She said Both me and Celestia followed her through the giant door and into the seemingly maze of corridors that made up the castle. It was one of the most impressive architecture I have ever seen. "Impressive. This castle is very beautiful," I said to Celestia She looked at me and smiled "From what kind of building do you rule?" She asked "It not really one building, its more of a small collection of buildings surrounded by a wall. It is called, The Kremlin. At one of the sides, the building called "Saint Basil's Cathedral" stands. Its one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and there it stands in the middle of my our capital. Its multiple towers with the perfectly crafted domes on top reaches towards the sky. Each of them has a different color scheme with strong vibrant colors" I explained "It sounds beautiful," She said with a smile "That it is... That it is..." I said as a tear almost came to my eye We continued to walk in silence until we reached a large door. Luna opened the door with her magic. I was met with a pretty big room. There were giant glass stained windows at one side of the walls. The opposite wall was covered with a giant rug hanging from the ceiling. It depicted Princess Celestia shaking hands with what looked like a griffin who wore a regal looking hat. Celestia noticed my awed expression and turned to me. "That is when me and the griffin kingdom finally struck an alliance after years of tension. That was a few years back," She explained I nodded, and she motioned me to sit down at the table. I sat down on one of the chairs. It was a very comfortable chair made of a leather like material. I guessed it was a mimic, since I didn't think the ponies would have used leather as a material. Both Princesses sat down opposite to me. I motioned my guards to leave the room, and they did the same. One unicorn wearing white robes and a cook hat came walking with three plates hovering above him. He sat them down at the table, opened the lid and left. Under the lid was a bowl of salad mixed with various kinds of exotic fruits. I thanked whoever was up there that they did not include hay in it. I took a bite and experienced the taste. It was very good, but it couldn't hold up against a big grilled steak. They began eating with their magic and they gave me a fork. I wondered how they would use a fork with hooves, but i ignored it and returned to eating. I heard Celestia let out a breath of relief. Probably because she didn't know what i ate. The first one to break the silence was Luna. "We trust that you find this food most appetizing?" She asked "Very good. It's very good," I assured her After that, Celestia spoke up. "I was wondering if you could tell us more of your world, because I'm dying to know more about your culture," She asked I smiled and said. "Of course. What do you want to know?" "You could begin to tell us about the "War" you had a few years back," Celestia asked I was shocked that she would ask something at a regal dinner. "I prefer not to. We would only lose our appetite," I said, trying to avoid the question "Please?" Luna and Celestia asked simultaneously I gave them a pleading look, but saw that they would not back down. I decided to tell them the short version, leaving out some of the details. "Well, there was this man. This very evil man. His name was Adolf Hitler. He convinced an entire population to mercilessly kill people of a religion called 'Judaism'. They were, "Jews". He horribly slaughtered them because he thought that they were the problem why his country was weak. He also believed in the "Ultimate Race" called Aryans. So, he sought to cleanse the world from all gay, retarded or anyone else with problems that they deemed was unnecessary to keep alive," A long silence followed this. No one said anything and we ate in complete silence. Princess Luna finally broke the silence and asked. "What happened to him?" "He killed himself. When my troops surrounded his capital, he locked himself in his personal bunker and put a bullet in his head," They looked at me with confusion, then i realized my mistake. "What does "Bullet" mean?" Celestia asked "You saw the objects that the men were holding that protected me when your guard ran in front of me, right?" I asked "I did. What is their purpose?" "You have bow and arrows... Right?" I asked "Or course we do, but they aren't regularly used due to hard part of operating them. Only skilled experts use them," She said, probably wondering where i was going with this "Well, they are kind of like that. Think of them as a bow and arrow, only it fires several hundred pieces of metal a minute," I said seriously They looked at me, jaws hanging. I could tell they were VERY shocked. Celestia shook her head and asked. "That can't be possible. There is no way you can make something like that happen without magic," She said with confidence. "But it is. Tell me, do you have an arrow range?" I asked with a grin She understood what I was hinting at and got up and motioned me to follow. I also stood up and began walking after her, with Luna moving behind me. As i got out of the door, I saw the two guards sitting on the ground. I waved at them to follow me, Celestia doing the same to her guards. "This will be fun," I thought -------------- A lot of walking later------------------------------------------------ Celestia's POV 'There is no way that can be true. Not without magic,' I thought I looked back at him and he was standing with a grin on his face, beaming with confidence. We arrived at the range. It was pretty small, but it served the purpose of training the royal guard inside the castle, not having the time to go to the royal barracks. 'He wont be able to beat the one I'm thinking off,' I thought I waved a hoof and an average big pony stepped out of a table standing in the shadows. He had a cloak and hood on both black as the night, with a bow and arrow on his back. I stepped forward and turned to Stalin. "I am True Shot. If one of your guards beat me in accuracy, then I simply must applaud you, training such fine soldiers," He said with confidence He just looked at me with a big grin, and then waved his hand, shouting out in Russian. "Алексей, давай учить этому человеку урок резкое съемки," One of his guards stepped forward, giving the thing that Stalin said could fire pieces of metal very fast to the other guard. He then took off a long stick like thing from his back. On the top of it there was a telescope looking thing. Out of the front of it, a metal pipe was sticking out. The guard motioned True Shot to go first. True Shot raised his bow and arrow towards the target. It was a good fifteen meters away. True Shot took aim and fired off a single arrow towards the target. True Shot hit it dead on, right in the middle of it. The guard just grinned and turned around and began walking further away from the target. True Shot looked at him with a confused face. He turned around about thirty meters from the target. He crouched and raised the telescope to his eye. He aimed for a second, then a giant bang filled the air. Both I, Luna and True Shot jumped at the sound. I looked at him and then at the target. "What was that? I did not see anything come out of it," True Shot said "Take a look at the arrow," Stalin said I redirected my view towards the target. To my shock, the arrow was lying in splinters beneath the target. "That was one shot," Stalin said I was looking at him with a very shocked and confused face. "Did you not say it could fire a hundred shots per minute?" I asked confused "Not this one in particular, but that one can," He said and pointed to the object the other guard was holding "Show me," I said with confidence, finally recovering from the shock The guard stepped forward, giving one of the objects to Stalin, then proceeding to about ten meters from the target. He then looked back at Stalin, who simply gave a nod. Then, the most terrifying sound I have ever heard filled the air. It sounded as if you ripped a piece of thin cloth at a medium rate. I closed my eyes and then the sound suddenly was gone, going into an echo out into the sky. I slowly opened my eyes. What i saw made my jaw hit the floor for a second time. The entire target was completely destroyed. There were just splinters and various pieces of hay lying about the area. I closed my jaw shit with a clap and looked at Stalin, who had a victorious grin on his face. 'Note to self.... Don't attack his guards with mine!' I screamed in my mind. A/U Ah, it feels good to see that my flag ship is now on the way towards greatness! Critique is ALWAYS welcome. Also, there will be death in this fic, if you didn't catch the "DARK" tag at the top.