*Location*
*Eastern Cerulea*
*Royal army FOB*
Winter Night was laying in his tent dreaming about his last encounter with the humans. Less dreams and more nightmares and even Princess Luna couldn't help much due to her not understanding his problem. He rolls in bed and rubs a hoof over his back which thanks to magic he managed to keep and get back into the field quickly. But he was thinking a bed in Canterlot with some young nurses was better then here.
He nearly jumped out of bed with a horn sounded signaling for every pony to get up and ready for the coming day. Lazily he gets up and prepares him self he looks into a mirror and starts to clean him self up. Winter was a Dark blue Pegasus with a dark gray mane and his age wasn't helping much but he was in shape compared to most at his age. He proceeded to do the morning routine and put his armor on and his coat changed color to the uniform white. With a sigh he leaves his tent heading for the nearby mess hall.
He walks down the row of tents and guards all give him looks as he passes. Being the one to make first contact and live gets around fast and the princesses playing him as a hero doesn't help. And what really hits the hardest... he looks over at the ruins of where it all started. The princesses saw this place fit to set up a staging ground and show the others where many brave have died and they need to be avenged. Or that's what they told them.
The mess hall door slowly opens as he walks in and he steps into line to get a tray. After a few short minutes he has a tray of a apple and some vegetables that he gladly takes and takes a seat at a empty table and starts to eat. All around him ponies were giving him looks and finally two young colts who shouldn't be in the army come up and sit at his table. "So what are they like? Are they scary? Is what they can do really true?" The colts look at him hoping to get something.
Winter sighs and looks at them both. "You really want to know?" They both nod. "Well... from my very short conversation with one... they seem mad at us for coming to do the conversion." The two stare at him oddly. "Why don't they want to change? The princesses told us it was OK... right?" Winter shakes his head. "If you saw what the potion did first hoof... and how they reacted you would think different too. Also from a few key words it seems not long ago they had a large battle happen here... so they are battle tested... unlike us."
They stare at him in shock. "Are you questioning the sister's rule?" At that any pony in ear shot stared at him in a mix of emotions ranging from shock, anger, confusion and even fear. "Kid don't say that out loud it unsettles everyone." He says before starting on his apple. A voice from behind makes him roll his eyes. "Lieutenant i'm sure what i heard wasn't true..." Winter turns to look at Captain armor. "No captain just a kid jumping to conclusions to quickly." He gives the colt a glare who lowers his head.
Winter gets up from his seat and turns to the captain. "Nothing to worry about sir just telling them a story about my first meet with the humans." Shining Armor looked him over before giving the kids a eye. "You kids get back to where you're supposed to be and leave Winter here alone he has seen somethings." They quickly nod and trot off. Winter smiles at the captain. "You always going to be the tough pony? Did training really kill your fun side?"
Shining slowly smiled. "You did chase me around that training ground with a wooden sword." Winter laughs at remembering it. "You needed motivation to get batter at your sword skills. I did it the only way that seemed to work. So hows every thing coming?" The captain rubs his neck with a hoof. "Could be a lot better we have so much ahead of us to get done and now our intel is that the humans have dug themselves in about 10 miles east of here and they got weapons that destroy our shields... the dome didn't even stop them."
Winter nods and was about to say something when a odd sound is heard. Every pony in the area look around confused as what sounds like whistling, but after a bit explosions are heard all over. Winter looks to Shining and they nod and rush out of the mess hall only to see tents on fire and explosions sending everything into the air. "Shining get that damn shield up now!"
Shining as soon he snaps out of the shock charges his horn and a thin shield appears around the camp and they watch the shells hit the barrier but they can see its barely holding. "We need any able unicorn now! other wise that thing falls and we're dead!" He runs off gathering unicorns and bring them to shining and they begin to boost the shield slowly.
That was until something comes bigger then the others. In the distance a loud crack is heard and soon a dot bigger then the others is seen and it slams into the shield with a epic blast and it crumbles making any unicorn helping hold it knocked out to the back lash and once again ponies are at the mercy of the human weapons. But after a few minutes of death from above it stops randomly causing all to look up. Above them The princesses have expanded the shield to cover them and they watch as the shields harmlessly hit the shield powered by the princesses them selves.
Winter sighs in relieve and checks on the unconscious unicorns. He nudges Shining Armor a few times and he stirs. "Come on shiny get up the army really needs it leader." Captain Armor rolls to his hoofs and looks around. "What happened?" He looks up to see The dome has been expanded over them and smiles.
Winter wasn't as happy though. He just watched many ponies he trained to be what they were die to the enemy who did it with such ease. He walks about the camp trying to find out how many died and gets the worse news he could get, over 200 and still counting. He goes to the edge of the camp and sits alone quietly thinking all of young lives lost in the single attack.
*Location*
*Eastern Cerulea*
*252nd FOB*
Johnathan watched the 10 Basilisk finally end their barrage after the shield covered the target now they are conserving ammo. "I wonder how much damage they caused on those ponies...?" Matt shrugs beside him "Hope they took a good chunk from their force. I rather not have to deal with a whole army of them we don't fully understand." He eyes the shield as it seems to speed to them and their trench lines and wire. "Well lets see them fight the gifts from Mars. If they can even scratch the paint i'll be impressed." Johnathan laughs.
"Well... If what i see is really true... company is on the way." He points out a ;large formation of objects take off in the distance and come this way. They quickly let the others know about the incoming attack and every one mans their positions and prepare for the first wave. Engines are heard starting up and a Hydra AA tank rolls directly behind Johnathan and Matt and aims into the air.
The hatch opens and a Tank crewmen smiles down on the two. "Looks like its my job to keep your sorry asses safe." Johnathan looks up and sees a face he thought was shipped off to another planet. "Glad you didn't get sent to emperor knows where in the galaxy Kepler!" He waves to him. "do us a favor and don't let them though as a joke." Matt jokes back. Kepler shows a single finger before ducking down into the turret of the Hydra.
After a wait the enemy air units are nearly over them and the 4 Hydras on the front lines were lining up shots. A single Commissar on top of a Leman russ tank raises his sword and with a slash the simple order is clear. Every gun on the line able to fire at a high arc opens up. A wave of death fly from bolters, auto cannons, heavy stubbers and Lasweapons light up the morning sky and soon the dead start to come back down to the planet but not only dead were falling.
One foxhole of three guardsmen were hit by some purple goo and in seconds they transformed into the enemy and they sat confused before they were bathed in flames by a Hellhound that acted quickly. The men seeing such a weapon be used redoubled their efforts to kill these invaders. Soon the attackers dived down and entered the Imperial guardsmen worst nightmare melee combat. The ponies land in the trenches with swords, spears, and their own hoofs to fight the guardsmen where their guns can't be used as effective but the bayonets for once useful.
Johnathan and Matt were forced to leave the bolter. Johnathan grabbed a shovel while Matt has his bayonet in hand off his rifle and they stare down three ponies approaching them. Johnathan takes a stance with his short shovel while Matt stays where he was with his small blade. The first one charges Matt with a sword. Matt lets him slash and it misses and stabs at the pony but the gold armor deflects it. Matt curses but the pony gets a gift from the side of his head as a shovel impacts.
Matt nods his thanks to his partner. They step over the now broken skull'd pony and ready to take on the next one. As they neared a spear was threshed at them and if it weren't for the flak armor Matt would of been missing a heart and he grabs the spear and tries to disarm the pony. But the spear was connected to the armor and all he did was pull the confused thing into him and he puts his bayonet into its neck.
The last one was backing away slowly seeing that his comrades fallen with easy and his wings couldn't be used in the thin trench. He turns to jump out of the trench but Matt grabs his wing and pulls him to the ground and they pin it. "We got something special for you... the tech priest need a life specimen to study." The look of fear on its face was priceless.
After a while of fighting the attack was repelled and the men begun the long and bloody job of clearing the trenches of dead and wounded. Matt and Johnathan drag the winged pony through the FOB and to the men's surprise when they pulled the armor off him his color changed from white to a red and it turns out it was a she. Don't ask how they found that out.
They reach where the field command building was but before they enter the pony spoke up. "Please... show mercy... please... i beg of you.." They both look back at the pony they are hauling. "You get no mercy when you used a mutation weapon on our comrades taking them from us!" Johnathan yells at her causing her to whimper. They pull her to the command bunker and nearly run into someone.
When they look they drop her and salute. Governor Vance Stubbs looked at them and then to their captive. "What do we have here guardsmen?" Matt looked down at he cowering pony. "We captured her alive and brought her back for the tech priest to have a new one to study... the last ones didn't last long sir." Her eyes widen when hearing that. "Please... show mercy..." The governor stares at her with a mix of disgust and curiosity. "Mercy is only for the weak and we are not weak." He looks to the Johnathan and Matt. "Take her to the pykers to be interrogated." They give another salute and he walks away.
'I feel honored for meeting the governor in person how about you Matt?" Johnathan looks at his partner as they grab hold of the pony again. "Same here not every day you meet the system's hero and even get orders from him personally." They drag her into the bunker and leave her. Later that day they thought they heard screams of pain and mercy and it sounded like a girl.
*Location*
*Eastern Cerulea*
*Royal army FOB*
Twilight and friends arrived a little before the first attack wave left and they watch first hand what the humans could do even from many miles away. They walked around carters and bodies and they barely kept it together and Fluttershy was crying endlessly. After a while it got better and they watched the brave Pegasus royal guards and soldiers fly to face the enemy.
But now they see a new horror as the ponies who left returned and many had wounds medics and doctors never seen before and many never made it back. Many may not have been wounded in the body they were scared in the mind babbling about black clouds of death killing full squads and tracers of spears able to cut though steel. The Mane six were there to see a returning victorious army as the princesses told them, what they saw was complete death and warfare never seen before.
"H-how could this happen... it wasn't supposed to happen like this." Twilight was in shock as she watched the field hospital over run with wounded, many unable to be helped. All her friends were the same even Pinkie pie was in complete shock and her hair was flat. Only one who wasn't sad was Rainbow Dash who was full of anger and was being held back by Applejack other wise she would fly to her death. "Applejack let go! I have to do something! We can't just sit here and wait!" She tried her best but even Twilight was using her magic to hold her back.
But one voice stopped the rainbow maned mare. "Rainbow! You see what those monsters did to these soldiers! You're not a soldier and i don't wont to lose you!" Fluttershy out of all of them grabbed Rainbow dash and looked into her eyes and soon they both hugged each other and RD landed with the rest of the group.
"we must do something. and we will." They all look to Twilight who was looking into the distance. "But it will be different but if it works we can help". She gathers them around and starts to share her plan. And the ponies at first think it is insane but slowly start to agree seeing they need to do something drastic. Now if they can get the right gear.