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// Welcome to Equestria, Universal War 
// Story: The Outsiders 
// by Caleb Roy 
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			"I was thrown upon the balcony, and I hit the ground with a loud thud. "Get up!" the Human Dragononian, who was the Firemaster, screamed. I looked to my left and saw AppleBloom, and a tear ran down my eye. I had realized I was about to die.... I was going to leave AppleBloom in this alone. At least, she will have Braeburn I thought, but in reality I knew that was no excuse. My thoughts were interrupted when the Human Dragononian Firemaster kicked me in the side. He then yelled to two Dragononians (one a human, one a Dragon), and told them to tie me to a pole, which he pointed at. They then picked me up."



I awoke the next morning to find that AppleBloom had made, with Braeburn's help, a nice little pony breakfast. On the table was laid lettuce on toast. There was also a nice little apple sitting by my seat.  I swear that after I noticed that apple a tear ran down my cheek because I immediately thought of my sister AppleJack, who was still in the clutches of these evildoers, these slave drivers. I was happy, though, that finally this message had been sent.  I sat down and me, AppleBloom, and Braeburn had a nice little meal.
When breakfast was done, Applebloom asked if she could go see her friends, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. I told her it was fine, but I also told her to be very careful, and to stay near our house. After she went, I asked  Braeburn what we should  do on our one day off during the week. The Dragononians at least gave us one day of rest. He said that we should go down to the square, and play that old game that me and him played when we were young, before there was AppleJack or Apple Bloom, and when my parents were still alive. I then told Braeburn that we would look silly, but if he truly wanted to go and play that game, then so be it. Truthfully, in my heart, I knew that we basically had nothing to lose. We then left a note on the door for Apple Bloom to meet us when we were done, and we went down to the square.
When we made it to the square, our plans changed. Me and Braeburn decided to put on a show with an instrument which the Dragononians called the Sarp Tus. It was very easy to play, and had so many different parts that you could make a song  sound so beautiful. Me and Braeburn each picked up one, and we started to dance and sing. As we were singing and dancing, we noticed that tons of Equestrians were gathering around. Me and Braeburn just continued to sing and dance our hearts away because, in all honesty, the world didn't even exist at that moment. We had this fine tune going, and I even noticed two of the Dragononian Guards bumping to our song. I actually whispered to myself, "Well, at least, they have some type of heart". We must have played for hours before finally going home, but it was one of the most enjoying things I have ever done.  When we finally made it home, we started to make dinner, and when AppleBloom, who had decided to bring her friends to dinner without asking either me or Braeburn, came home, we all sat to dinner and enjoyed the meal. We were all happy, until Braeburn mentioned the day we had being a rare occasion. This one sentence made Sweetiebell start to cry.
"Rarity...My sister Rarity, where is she? Where is anyone!? Where are my parents? My sister? Where is even Opal? I miss them so, Where are they? Where are they?", Sweetiebell sobbed so hard, I thought there might be an ocean in my kitchen within ten minutes. No one could comfort SweetieBell until finally my cousin Braeburn opened his mouth.
"SweetieBell... I-- I know you are upset about this occupation, but listen...WE WILL GET YOUR SISTER, PARENTS, AND EVEN YOUR CAT BACK!" Braeburn said this so strongly that Sweetiebell ran up to him, and hugged him without a care in the world. I smiled a little bit, but also in my heart knew that Braeburn could not possibly promise this. War never bows down to promises.
I decided to allow Sweetiebell and Scootaloo to sleepover since I did not want my sisters last memories to be of me never letting my sister have another sleepover again. Eventually, Braeburn went to sleep in Granny Smith's old room, I went to sleep in my room, and the CMC went to sleep in AppleBloom's room. As I lay down, I was happy, at least for the moment, that in this terrible occupation, there was still a small amount of love and kindness. My eyes even started to water, and I eventually cried tears of joy and sorrow right to when I fell asleep.
I awoke late the next morning, which I knew could cost me and arm and a leg literally, but, thank God, I was not caught getting to work late. I immediately went to my job of mining. It was a normal day, the crack of the whip, the "Get moving!", and the DING DING DING that came from breaking through rock.  At 12 o' clock, I was called into the office of the main Dragononian Slave Commander's Quarters. The commander was a Dragon Dragononian. I walked into the office, and immediately, the Commander spoke.
"Big Mac, that is your name, is it not?" the Commander asked.
"It is", I replied back.
"Let me ask you a question, Big Mac." he exclaimed, "Where were you about two or three nights ago?" he finished.
When the commander asked me this question, I was nervous, but I replied with, "I was sleeping in my bedroom, where else would I be?"
"That is interesting", the Dragononian commander replied, "because according to my reports, someone saw you sneak off with another Equestrian, a pony apparently".
"Sir, I do not know what you are talking about" I replied.
"Oh really?", the Commander asked, "Then what are these?"
With that the Dragononian Commander threw down some pictures the street cameras had taken. He then screamed at the top of his lungs, "DON'T YOU LIE TO ME!!!!!!!!!". I  actually did flinch a little. "I know that you were going somewhere, and I want to know where!! Now tell me the location, and the  Equestrian you were with, and if you reveal to me this information, I will not harm you or any of your family members!" he snapped.
When he finished speaking, I told him right back, " I will not tell you anything! I can not and will not, and even if I did tell you, you would probably just go and kill me after I told you", I retorted back to him.
"Very well" he said to me, "I will have you killed in front of every Equestrian possible, and I will then make it a goal to kill off the rest of our family including AppleJack... Oh and yes Mr. Big Mac, she is still alive."
"YOU MONSTER", I screeched at him, "I will kill you". I  immediately lunged for his throat, but was quickly jerked back by the two guards near his offices' door. I could see in his eyes that he showed no fear, but I wanted so bad to try and kill him for all that he would and was going to do.
"Take him to the poles, and... and make sure that the Firemaster is... is Trywha Hardinoas, tell him his old buddy, Grenaz Careqy sent for him".
"Yes Sir!", the two guards snapped in unison, and with that they dragged me away, but at least I knew the name of this evildoer.
It took ten minutes before they got me to the jail cell, where I would await further direction. I sat in that cold, dark, and damp cell for two hours before the guards would come back. I thought to myself the whole time. "Why was I seen? Why was I so stupid? How could I have let myself forget about those cameras? I just put us all in danger. Why? Why? Why? Why?! Why?! Why?! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY!". I must have asked myself that same question a million times. Each time, I got angrier at myself for being so stupid. I actually didn't want to live. I almost wished I was never born. No, I did wish I was never born. Why did this have to befall Equestria? Discord was one thing, but he could be stopped. The Changeling Queen was another, but she could be stopped. King Sombra could be stopped. Nightmare Moon could be stopped. They all could be stopped, but not these monsters. They couldn't be stopped. NO! In fact, they only brought shame to us. Then again, what if they were right? Maybe we weren't acting how we should have? No! I told my self, Don't let them do that to you. What were they doing to me? I was falling into chaos. I didn't know what to believe. I-I- I--. I was interrupted. CREEEK, the cell doors opened, and I saw two Dragononian guards, both Dragon Dragononians, standing there. Then out of the shadows came a human Dragononian, he introduced himself.
"Hello", he said sinisterly, "My name is Trywha Hardinoas, and I will be your Firemaster for this afternoon", and then he started to laugh sinisterly. "Take him to the posts and deliver him to the two guards there!" the Firemaster commanded to the two Dragon Dragononians, "And also make sure every Equestrian is present!". He then skulked slowly away.
On the way, the Dragon Dragononians mocked me, and dragged me ruthlessly to a gathering crowd. They then told me to look to my right where I would see cameras which were broadcasting all over Equestria. I was disheartened, if this was going to be all over Equestria, then the whole rebellion could mess up or be too frightened to fight for any of the other empires beside the Dragononians. I was furious at myself, and I hated that Dragononian Slave Commander, I swore to myself that I would kill him if I got out of this. My thoughts were interrupted.
I was thrown upon the balcony, and I hit the ground with a loud thud. "Get up!" the Human Dragononian,  screamed. I looked to my left and saw AppleBloom, and a tear ran down my eye. I had realized I was about to die.... I was going to leave AppleBloom in this alone. At least, she will have Braeburn I thought, but in reality I knew that was no excuse. My thoughts were interrupted when the Human Dragononian Firemaster kicked me in the side. He then yelled to two Dragononians, one a human, one a Dragon, and told them to tie me to a pole, which he pointed at. They then picked me up. They through me hard against the pole, and then put my arms behind it. One held my arms, while the other tied them together. They then tied my legs together, and one of them, the Dragon Dragononian, hit me upside the head. Then they backed away.
"Let me start out by saying what a worthless piece of junk this traitor is to all of Equestria!" the Firemaster shouted. "This traitor lied, stole, and murdered others... He--"
I yelled out so that the whole world could see, and would stay strong, "You liar, I never murdered anyone, YOU ARE THE LIARS! You--" The Firemaster slapped me, and then screamed at me.
"Quiet you!" he looked up to the guards "gag him, we don't need to hear his lies, and neither does this beautiful planet!" he barked to the guards. They quickly gagged me, although I resisted. "Now... to show that we will not tolerate traitors or that we will tolerate any thief, liar, and murderer, we will make a public example of this evildoer... we will shoot him in the head so that we may quiet his thoughts of evil!". With that, he pulled out his pistol, cocked it, pointed it at my head, and...
"WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", some Equestrian yelled from the crowd. Everyone cleared, and when I met my eyes with this Equestrian, it was none other than..."Oh No" I thought to myself because this was Equestrian was Apple Bloom.
"Well, Well, a rebel... get that girl" he yelled to no Dragononian in particular, "and bring her to me". Almost instantly, some Dragononian grabbed Apple Bloom, brought her to the Firemaster, and then walked away. The Firemaster then spoke, "What is your name?" he asked Apple Bloom.
"Apple Bloom" she replied.
" Now why is it?," the Firemaster asked, "that I have to wait for you?".
"Because" Apple Bloom replied, "because that is my brother, and I-- I have no one left sir... my granny is dead... my sister.. well I don't know where she is, and my parents died a long while ago...and-- and-- and i just don't have anypony... Please let my brother live!" Apple bloom begged. I slowly cocked my head to the Firemaster who, I could have sworn, even though he had a helmet on, shed  one tear. The Firemaster didn't respond for about five minutes. Then finally he talked.
"We--We--We can't have a poor li--a poor little sister go wit-- without a brother now can we?" the Firemaster asked stuttering, which I was sure was because he could not bear what he was about to do. No answer came from the crowd, but the Firemaster answered the question. "No" he said, "This means that-- that we will just have to-- we will just have to kill them both...(he paused) tie her to the pole as well" he finished, "And put her on... nicely" he told the guards. The guards then grabbed AppleBloom, who gave no resistance, tied her to the pole, and gagged her, and then they backed away.
"Now!" exclaimed the Firemaster, "Here-- Here is what happens to...to traitors". With that he repeated the process he had done earlier by cocking his gun, pointing it at me first, and just before he pulled the trigger, I looked to my right where I saw Braeburn who was partially sobbing and Cheerilee, who I secretly loved. I then looked up to the Firemaster, and he looked at me, pointed the gun at my head, and BOOM!!!...something fired. I was still alive. I looked up. Then, I noticed the crowd  yelling and screaming, scrambling every which way. Then I looked down to the Firemaster, who was lying there, motionless. His blood was everywhere, and if his blood was everywhere, then who killed him? Where did that shot come from? I was immediately shaken from my thoughts because I heard another explosion, looked up, and saw a fighter jet of some sort whoosh by. Then out of the sky came a hail of those glowing things which I had seen when the Dragononians first came. I then saw two Dragononian tanks move down an alleyway firing their guns, and then heard machine gun fire and small arms fire and bullets whizzing every which way, and then it hit me... The other 42 empires had gotten our message... The Universal War had come to Equestria.