Over the skies of South Vietnam, July 15, 1966. Operation Hastings.
Four F-4B Phantom ll's have taken off from the flight deck from the U.S.S Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam to commence a napalm strike on V.C's ambushing some poor U.S Marines below. They were all part of the VF-114 fighter/bomber squadron, nicknamed the "Aardvarks". Their callsigns were Painsake 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, and 2-4.
"Hey, you think we'll be running into more MiG's on our way back?" Painsake 2-3 said over the radio. The others just laughed.
"Nah, we got 'em scared shitless, besides, we just gotta napalm the area near the L.Z's." Painsake 2-1 said.
"What are the L.Z's again?" 2-3 asked.
"We hit 'em at LZ Crow, and LZ Dove. Dove is at the mouth of the valley. We'll be accompanied by a couple A-4 Skyhawks. They'll hit first, then we'll fly in and drop our heat." Painsake 2-2 answered.
"Yep. Hit 'em quick and clean." Painsake 2-4 said. The Phantom's got into a loose diamond formation and flew lower to the ground. 2-1 noticed that the Skyhawks were already engaging LZ Crow, seeing that Charlie was already retreating back to the jungles, but the Aardvarks weren't gonna let them off that easily. They then heard one of the Skyhawk pilots over the radio.
"This is Apex 2-2, we're done here. You're clear for heat, I repeat, you are clear for heat." He said. 2-1 looked up and saw that the Skyhawk pilots were disengaging from the area.
"Understood, going in to drop heat." 2-1 said.
"We're gonna have a helluva fireworks display for those jarheads down there!" 2-3 said. The Phantom's got even closer to the ground, and readying themselves. Before they could even engage, 2-4 shouted in the radio.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" He said in panic.
"What is it? You locked onto- OH SHIT! WATCH OUT!" 2-2 shouted.
2-1 noticed that they were soaring towards a purple and black portal. They all yelled in fear as they flew into it and saw that they were flying through what looked like a time portal like those they saw in comic books, but instead of clocks and a white background, they saw they were flying through what looked like a time warp in SPACE. As soon as they got in the portal-thing, they noticed they were flying back in the clear blue skies. 2-1 looked around and noticed that him and the others were still in formation. He then heard a voice over the radio.
"..Anyone reading me, over?" He heard the voice of 2-2
"Yeah, I read ya, 2-2. This is 2-1."
"Loud and clear, guys. I got you both loud and clear." They heard 2-4 speak over them.
"Jesus... I got you all too.. where the fuck are we? And what the fuck did we just fly through?" 2-3 spoke.
2-1 thought for a second. What and where the hell were they? He decided to look down, and noticed he was flying over a small village, but it didn't look like the ones in Vietnam, more like medieval Europe, but with a mix of a bit modern buildings. He then looked closer and noticed that there were a bunch of horses.. or ponies?.. running around, screaming as weird, dark clouds with spikes coming out of them were attacking them. What confused him the most is why they were colored, why they were fucking screaming, and why some of them had wings. He took a closer glance and noticed that the entire village was covered in black, pointy, long branches. He also noticed that there were ponies in the sky... with wings.... He shook his head and spoke.
"Alright, I don't know where we are, but it seems like the folks are having a bit of a problem with the enviroment.. how 'bout we help them out by heating up the place?"
"Understood" The others said in unison as they flew towards the source of the branches. They noticed that they were coming from a dark forest ahead, with several clouds above it.
On the ground below...
After the Everfree Forest started invading the town of Ponyville, the mane six were trying their hardest to defend the town. Rainbow Dash was kicking away at the clouds, but to no effect. Applejack was ripping and bucking away at the branches with all her might, but the quickly overwhelmed her as she as more clouds fly overhead. Fluttershy was trying to comfort the animals in her cottage, but she herself was terrified. Rarity, and Pinkie Pie were at the Golden Oak library, searching for their necklaces. The rest then arrived at the library, along with Twilight. She told them what happened to the Princesses just as a root blasted through a window.
"Here, I found the necklaces!" Twilight said as she opened a book and levitated the necklaces to their rightful owners.
"Aw sweet! Just like old- wait.. do you all hear that?" Rainbow asked in confusion as her ears perked up at a strange, whistling sound in the distance.
"Yeah.. what the hay is making that noise?" Applejack said as the sound got closer. They all ran outside and looked around. When they saw nothing on the ground, they decided to look up into the skies. Then Rainbow Dash pointed out something.
"Hey, look at those things flying near the Everfree!" She shouted over the loud noise. What they saw confused them greatly. They saw four flying objects soar near the Everfree Forest at a speed that would match Rainbow's. They looked metallic and had two stable wings on both of its sides, one vertical wing on the back side, and two smaller wings on the side of a tube. Twilight brought her telescope from her roof and looked at it closer. She noticed that the objects were now soaring over the border of the Everfree Forest in a loose diamond pattern.
"Hey! It dropped something!" Rainbow shouted again. Twilight looked through her telescope and saw that each of the objects dropped a large, metallic tube with a yellow ring on the tip. She followed the objects until they flew down to the treeline.
"What do tho-" Twilight was off as she and the rest heard four loud, quick *BOOMS* and saw a huge wall of fire rise over the Everfree. Twilight and the rest of the girl's jaws hit the floor with utter shock, awe, and horror. They saw the wall of fire climb even higher up into the skies as the objects soared off into the distance.