Alright, before I continue on into what happened at the battle of Coltsburg, I’m going to tell you about the origins of the Human and Pony War. You see, it all started when the ponies revealed themselves to the humans, in the hope that humans and ponies could coexist together in peace and harmony.
Needless to say, that was a false hope indeed.
Mere days after the ponies revealed themselves, the humans became greedy, and demanded that the ponies hand over their land over to them. The humans wanted the land for many reasons, one of which was that the land was extremely fertile and there was absolutely no pollution. However, there was one strong reason that the humans wanted Equestria.
Magic.
Magic was a perfect power source. It let out no pollution, was extremely powerful, and it could be controlled very precisely. Not to mention all the ways it could be harnessed for warfare.
To convince Celestia and Luna to let humans onto their land, the humans created an experiment called Project Harbinger. This experiment basically allowed, through the use of both magic and genetics, humans to be able to take the form of ponies. However, this practice was still in its early stages, and the risk of danger was high, so only a few select people were chosen.
I was one of them.
You see, back when I was a human, I was labeled as a genius. I had graduated from MIT at 18 and became a prominent figure in the field of biochemistry. So, because of reasons unknown to me, I was chosen as one of the few to take part in Project Harbinger.
Project Harbinger was deemed as a way to let the ponies know that they could live with the humans. It was a sort of way to show that there were no hard feelings between the two species, and that the humans would do no harm against the ponies.
Project Harbinger was a failure.
Actually, no. Let me rephrase that.
There was no Project Harbinger. It was all a ruse so that one human could get close enough to Princess Celestia to make an assassination attempt. We were going to kill a ruler who was gracious enough to let us live with her people.
Good god, it was so close too.
Luckily, the assassination attempt failed. The humans underestimated the sheer power of Celestia’s magic; the bullets didn’t do any harm to her whatsoever.
What the bullets did do is escalate the tension between the ponies and the humans sky-high. War was inevitable at that point, and so started the first battles between the humans and the ponies.
And us, the subjects of Project Harbinger, were stuck in the middle. We had to choose a side, of course, and most of the subjects chose to side with the humans.
I chose to fight on the side of the ponies.
You see, when I became a pony, I was put in the town of Ponyville. There I experienced the true kind nature if the ponies, and that was where I had first met Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy, the Elements of Harmony. They welcomed me and made me feel as if I belonged, human or not, and frankly, I felt more at home in Ponyville than I had ever felt on Earth.
I couldn’t bear to fight them, so I joined the war on the side of the ponies.
Turns out, I wasn’t the only human who sided with the ponies. In fact, numerous humans joined the side of the ponies, and they called themselves the Crusaders. They worked as double agents and provided intel of the humans.
The Crusaders were good at providing intel, but I turned out to be the most useful. I gave them info about human anatomy, human psychology, the weapons of the humans, and many more things.
I also started working with the ponies of how we could develop magic into powerful weaponry. I designed custom weapons to be used by unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies.
But I also worked tirelessly to try and find a way to put a stop to this war.
Oh, and before I forget, you’re probably wondering what type of pony I became.
I actually became a unicorn, however, my horn is basically useless, as I can’t use any magic, probably because I was a human to begin with.
Okay, I gave you enough background info of this war and myself, so now I can continue to the Battle of Coltsburg.