(A/N Been Revised. Do enjoy, and little FYI, I'll write crap chapters first, just mainly to see the reaction and have a decent line to follow for plot.)
Southern Equestrian Seas
USS South Dakota
Captain Halford Norman
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“I don’t copy sergeant. Come again.” Norman spoke in the radio. He had to clear his ears when he thought he heard the sergeant report horses as the local populace.
“Sir. I said we found a group of multicolored horses. They wish to speak to you.”
“Well, by all means. Let me speak to the horses” Norman laughed. He quickly lost his laugh as a feminine voice came back.
“Hello? Captain?”
Norman had to swallow a few times. He felt his throat dry. “Yes. Who am I speaking with?”
“This is Princess Celestia of Equestria.”
“Equestria? Where the hell is that? Europe? Asia? Africa?”
“It is simply Equestria. Captain, may we board your ship? I wish to speak face to face, and not over this strange technology.”
“Oh sure!” Now he was being sarcastic. “I’ll send a boat out to get you now.”
“I’m sorry, but our time is short, we will simply fly. We will land on the rear of your ship.” The voice cut away with the sound of flapping wings. Norma looked to the beach and saw them on approach in the air.
“Sir! Airborne targets spotted closing in! Do we engage?” Called an officer.
“No. Not yet… I want to see where this goes. We’ll decide our actions at a later time.” Norman informed him. He then walked out of the bridge, beginning off for the stern.
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USS South Dakota
Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Twilight set down easily, letting go of the guards she was carrying. She observed the deck of this ship right away. The deck itself was wooded, but scorched. The area they landed had black and twisted steel and wood everywhere. She then noticed the massive contraption they had set down in front of. It was exactly like the one they saw fire earlier, but it was unmoving. Up close, this thing looked as if it could fit a fully grown mare in its tubes.
She next noticed the crew of the ship. They wore blue, and some had white hats while other blue. They eyed the ponies with curiosity, others with disgust, and some more with no care at all. But most of all, she noticed the sheer size of the ship when sitting on it. It was massive! This thing could very well serve as a floating village!
The crew of the ship stopped moving. They all froze and looked very professional all of a sudden. This was all Twilight needed to notice what she presumed to be the captain. This one wore tan, and a large hat. Silver bars sat shining on his hat and top. He stopped in front of the group. This one seemed uneasy. Uneasy, or just… Just what?
“Good day. I am Captain Halford Norman of the USS South Dakota. Welcome aboard my ship, and I ask, how I may assist you?”
Princess Celestia stepped forward. “Hello Captain. We have been introduced now, so I must ask, what are you and your ship doing here?”
“Your Highness. We do not know. We took some damage in a recent battle, and were retreating in order to regroup with our fellow ship the USS Washington, when we hit a whirlpool, and woke up here.” He smiled.
“Ok. Why did your attack and kill that other ship?”
“Simple ma’am. That was an IJN ship.”
“IJN?”
“Imperial Japanese Navy? We are at war with them.”
Twilight had drifted off from the conversation. She was visually exploring this man and the ship. The thing that brought her back was, “We are a peaceful land, and do not want your war here!” Celestia’s harshness brought Twilight to her senses. She looked at her mentor and friend. She wore an irritated look.
“Ma’am. Whether you like it or not, war is here. If there was one IJN ship, there are bound to be more. And this could mean there are more friendly ships… More battleships.” The captain scratched his chin. The group was interrupted as a loud humming sound began growing louder. A crew member came running to the captain.
“Sir! Japanese Zero spotted closing in!”
“Zero? Well, shoot it down!”
“Sir! It’s chasing something. It looks like a few flying horses in armor.”
The spectacle came into view. Three flying ponies which Twilight recognized as royal guards tried desperately to escape a quickly closing metal object. A thundering sound roared from the plane as it opened up on one of the guards, killing him and sending him splashing to the water. Twilight gasped. She saw another turn and fire an ineffective crossbow at the object. He died soon after.
The last guard was hit in his wing, and began spinning down, yelling the whole way. Large machines on the ship they were on roared loudly as they sent bright streaks flying to the sky, right at the offending metal object. It spun in the air, and began making a terrible whining noise as it began directly at them.
“Kamikaze!” Yelled the captain as the plane closed in fast. It was struck by fire from the ship, but did not slow as it burst to flames, still coursed on them. Right as it was about to hit, a golden shield covered the group. A loud thundering noise sounded as the object smashed against the shield.
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USS South Dakota
Captain Halford Norman
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Norman opened his eyes. Smoke surrounded him. What? He was alive? The golden energy shield surrounding him and the horses dissipated, revealing a smoldering Zero wreckage. There was minimal damage to the deck, and fire crews were already dealing with the flames that were dying. Normal looked to the white leader as her horn stopped its golden glow.
“That. Was impressive.” He said. She smiled, but it was short lived as two sailors brought a bleeding horse with wings to him. The horse was slightly bandaged.
“Sir. We were able to rescue this one from the water”
“Alright. Leave him with the others, I’m sure they’ll be glad to have him back.” The sailors nodded and set the armored winged horse with the others.
It opened its eyes, and said in a raspy voice. “Y-your highness… Baltimare… They… They came from nowhere… So many… Slaughtered civilians… Big ships… Flying machines… Too many…”
The white princess lowered her head to him, nuzzling the obviously dying creature. “Shh… It’ll be ok. You did your duty, and can rest now.” The wounded one closed his eyes slowly as it stopped its panting. “We need to get to Baltimare now. Captain, I am asking of you, please assist us in this. We need to protect the innocents there.”
“By all means ma’am, if we can get on your good side by avenging this and killing more IJN ships, then we’ll be all too happy to help. We’ll set sail right away. Just lead us there.” Norman told her. He beckoned to her. “I’ll take you to the bridge. We’ll make way now.” Norman turned, and began off back to the bridge.
He separated the ponies, telling them only the leaders could come on the bridge. The rest were sent to the ship’s cafeteria. Now Norman had the white princess, and a smaller purple princess. He led them into the bridge, taking his station with them nearby. “Alright, let’s get moving!”
The ship was brought underway once the anchor was up, and was now led in the proper direction by these horses. After an uneventfully short trip, they spotted the burning city, and a whole god damned IJN fleet! Norman saw three or four Destroyers, an Aircraft Carrier, and two IJN Battleships! Numerous aircraft zipped around the sky, attacking the city. He knew they were doomed as soon as the fleet saw them.
“Captain, we see how badly outnumbered you are, and may be able to offer you an advantage.”
“What is that? Anything we can use is helpful.”
“Myself and Twilight here can cast a powerful magical shield over your ship to protect it, and the other unicorns with us can enhance your shells, making them far more powerful.”
Norman blinked. Were they messing with him? He had to take the chance. “Alright. Order your unicorns to do their thing, and shield us up. We’ll be taking heavy fire from that fleet, and anything to quicken the battle and give us less damage helps.”
“We will do so Captain. We will be with the others, safely hidden away, providing those for you. We will let you know when we are ready.” With that, the two horses rushed off the bridge. Norman looked to an officer.
“Go with them and take a radio. Inform me on their condition, and relay any orders.”
“Aye aye sir!” The officer jumped from his station and took off after the horses.
“Alright you all. Prepare for battle!” Norman ordered the bridge crew.
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USS South Dakota, Cafeteria
Princess Celestia
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Celestia returned to the rest of her ponies, along with their escort. “The captain sent me to relay any orders to you and to inform him on how you are.” The human said. He was a young man, and eager to help out. Celestia nodded and looked to her ponies.
“Alright. We are going into battle to save Baltimare. I have promised the captain we will do what we can to protect this ship and help with the battle. Myself and Twilight will be producing a powerful shield to absorb anything that hits this ship. The rest of you unicorns, I need you to charge powerful enhancing spells on any shells fired from the main weapons.”
“But princess, that kind of magic will be exhausting, and we do not think we can do that for long.”
“Do it as long as you can, we need to save the city. Think of all the families already slaughtered by those monsters. We need to do this, to prevent any more from dying.”
“Yes princess.” The group of unicorns, including Rarity, which was a surprise, circled up and began charging a powerful spell, which glowed red. Celestia took Twilight to a corner, and sat with her. The two put their horns together, and focused hard. The ship was massive, and they were sure every shell they absorbed would hurt. But they had to do it to survive now.
Celestia’s mind focused on the exterior of the ship. She began producing a shield, allowing things out, but not in.
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USS South Dakota
Captain Halford Norman
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Norman watched in amazement as a purple/gold shielding began coating the ship. He couldn’t believe it. They were actually doing it. He then saw the barrels of Turret’s one and two start glowing red, signaling whatever they fired would be powerful. Norman took up the radio. “Tell the horses we’re going in. Full force.”
“Aye aye sir!” Came the reply from the radio.
“All hands! Man your battle stations! Engage IJN Battleships first! Then hit the Carrier, then mop up the rest!” Multiple confirmations sounded and the ship lurched forward. “Fire at will!” One and Two opened as soon as the order was given. The glowing red shells sped out, colliding with the first Battleship. To Norman’s amazement, they exploded with terrifying force, splitting the first ship in half instantly.
“Sir, the unicorns say they can’t do many more shots like that! They say make them count!” One and Two fired again on the second ship, an overused amount of force shredding the ship to pieces. The rest of the fleet was alerted, and began returning fire on the ship. Another Kamikaze hit the bow, but merely exploded and bounced off. Norman smiled. They were invincible and overpowered as long as they had the magic on their side.
“Ok. Main guns slow your fire. That charge will not last, so conserve your shots. Two shells demolished the Battleships, so now only fire one at a time on the rest.” Confirmations came back as they slowed their fire, and both turrets fired one shell on the Carrier. The carrier sunk instantly, no match for such powerful shells.
Norman saw the red glow on the turrets fade away, and he knew they had to work now to kill. “Tell the unicorns to rest. We can handle the others now normally.”
“Aye sir!”
“Gunners, charge is out, now open all you have on the remaining ships!” The two turrets wasted no time focusing on two of the three destroyers. But Norman saw something. These ships began to glow with a green magical shield. “What the fuck! The IJN ships are shielded as well! Hard port! Get three in this fight! All guns focus fire on the nearest ship! We need to break those shields!”
Norman stumbled slightly as the ship turned, allowing Three the view to attack now. The ship shuddered as all turrets opened up, their shells causing the shield on the first IJN destroyer to waver and fall. The ship stood no chance as the second volley tore it apart, and sunk it. The two remaining Destroyers realized they were doomed, and begun for the entrance of the bay, trying to flee.
“Ram those sons o’ bitches!” Norman yelled. The ship spun around rather quickly, picking up the speed to intercept the fleeing ships. “Get the princesses to focus shields to the bow! We’re ramming!”
“Aye sir!” Norman soon saw the shielding slide along the ship, thickening at the bow. They closed in on the fleeing ships, 300 feet. 200. 100. 50. They struck the leading Destroyer’s bow, spinning it into its fellow ship. The two capsized. “Fire on their exposed bellies!”
The order was followed as three turned to behind them and hit the two ships in their weakly armored hulls. They exploded violently. All grew silent as the fleet was sunk, and the planes had been shot down. The South Dakota sailed into the bay and near the burning city. “Tell the horses we won the battle. And get them to the bow.”
“Aye sir!”
Norman left the bridge, walking to the bow to survey the damage to the city.
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USS South Dakota
Princess Twilight Sparkle.
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Twilight huffed and panted. That ramming had hurt bad, and left her exhausted. Celestia did not fare much better. They weakly stood, while their observer said, “The captain says we won! He is waiting on the bow for you.” The group nodded and followed him. Celestia and Twilight had to be supported the whole way out, the two barely able to stand.
They got to the deck, the air full of smoke and fumes. But it was refreshing. They made their way to the captain, and he smiled to them. “I thank you, that effort really turned the tide of the battle for us. But, they had their own shielding. Some kind of green shield.”
“A green shield? But how?” Celestia asked. Twilight could not take her eyes off the burning city of Baltimare. It was in shambles, many building rubble. But they saw several ponies starting to wander, feeling the threat was over when they saw the new ship not attacking, and saw their beloved princess on the ship.
“Princess. I am sorry for your city. But we have a problem. The IJN is here. We don’t know how many, and we don’t know who is helping them. But I assure you. We will do what we can to help protect your lands from them.