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// Light and dark 
// Story: Conversion Bureaus: Warhammer 40k The second battle for the Kaurava System 
// by Gunnerben55 
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*Ponyville Friendship Castle*


Spike stood by the door to Twilight's room that was currently locked and was refusing a select few ponies from entering. "Sorry girls Twilight wants to be alone... she hasn't gotten over Celestia's death yet..." The short dragon says to his sister's friends. Pinkie Pie's hair was not its fluffy self and all the others hung their head down low. It has been many days since Princess Celestia has been killed in battle and Twilight has locked her self away when the news got to her.

While she has been by her self the other elements have been doing their best to keep the town and even parts of the country's moral up but it was slowly doing less and less and the news of Vanhoover falling to the human forces have the ponies fighting with a all new low for moral. Now the elements are trying to help their depressed friend. "Spike... open the door you know good and well we can help her." Apple Jack says stepping forward. Spike simply sighs and looks to the door. "I... fine you can try but... she has even turned down my help. But if any thing has a chance its the help for the five of you." He says before opening the door.

The girls slowly walk into Twilight's room to see it a mess and a lump under the covers with a few bottles of unknown but strong smelling drink in them on her night stand. Rarity holds back a comment on seeing the room with a look from Pinkie Pie. As they near the bed Apple jack is the first to speak. "Twi... you awake?" a grunt is heard from under the cover and some movement. Rainbow with out thinking pulls the covers off her only for twilight to cover her blood shot eyes from the light from the open doorway. The others glare at Rainbow for her actions but then move to comfort their friend. "Twilight... please come around and let us help... cause i don't think this is the time to let depression take you." Rarity says using her magic to fix Twilight's messy bed ridden hair.

Twilight finally use to the light opens her eyes and looks around at her friends and sighs. "I... can't help it... she... was like a mother to me... and now... they took her from me... i didn't even get to talk to her before then." A few tears run down her cheeks. She then feels a wing on her back and see looks to see Fluttershy beside her. "She was a good friend to us all Twilight we all miss her." Rainbow dash hovers right above her. "Yeah Twi we all miss her but this isn't how we get over it. We get over a loss together not alone in a dark room... and alot of alcohol." She says holding a half empty bottle in her hoofs.

Pinkie pie then started to jump like her usual self with her hair starting to return to normal. "Come on Twily we can't sit around as those meany humans push us around! They wont even accept an invite to my Welcome to Equestira party! Its really rude of them." Twilight and the others can't help laugh even half heatedly at Pinkie and her antics. "Thanks girls... its really hard... and i fear more will be lost." Twilight says though a few tears. Then apple jack takes her hat off. "I know... the Apple family have already started to enlist all over, even Big Macintosh has joined the army. I know there is a big chance i will never see him again but... i can't stop him... nor the humans coming for us."

Twilight looked at her cowpony friend before smiling. "Thank you. Thank you all for your support." She smiles and hugs them all in a group hug. After a moment they separate and Twilight takes a few deep breaths and looks around. "Well... i need to be caught up on what has happened so far with the war." The looks on the their faces told her already its grim and one by one they inform her what they know about the fighting and how they have been trying to keep everyone in a calm state. And it ends with Pinkie pie pulling a small round metal object from her hair and giving it to Twilight. "Here maybe you can figure out what this is. I forgot to give you it when we were in that base we very stealthily got into." She said holding it out in her hoof somehow.

Twilight takes it and looks over it closely. It was was as maybe as long as her leg and it was thick with a big handle on one end. She had one question so far. "How did you fit this... you know what not going to bother. But where did you get this?" Pinkie smiles. I got it from this very well guarded building full of their weapons! They have all kinds of cool toys but... i had to pick only one... so i picked the one that looked the weirdest cause... i don't know..." She then takes a thinking stance and is quiet for a moment.

Twilight giggles a little before turning to her friends. "Lets get to Canterlot maybe me and some of the mages can figure out what this is. They all let out their agreements even pinkie after she shrugs to her self about why she took it. "Well girls lets get going as soon we can." She then looks to her self after a look from Rarity. "After i get cleaned up of course." She then goes to the bath room with her friends giggling behind her.


*Captured Vanhoover*


The new command center inside a sky scarper in the ruined city was busy as a report from orbital ships have spotted the signs of a small chaos war band with plenty of demons  of many types. The Blood ravens wanted the company on the ground to move all its forces to crush the heretics and leave the 252nd to deal with the ponies and the Sisters of battle want to wipe the war band out with holy fire now the force commander and the Canoness were in argument over who's force was going to go hunt them down. And between they both was the governor general who looked bored and at his new augmented arm that was placed on his arm where the stub was from his battle with the princess. He also had something else on his mind. The young guards woman who cut his arm off saved him from being converted but what he wanted to know is how she knew. Not in any report of losses has he found a guardsman with a cut arm or leg who said he was nearly converted.

He is snapped from his thoughts as metal hit each other and he looks to see both have locked their force swords together in a small battle of strength. He sighs and stands up and walks to them and is ready just in case if needed can extend his claws in time. "How about you both lead your forces to attack this warband if it has demons it will require the Blood Ravens Liberians to help fight some and the sister's holy flames will kill any traitorous heretic following them." He says getting for them both to stop and look at him.

They both pull from the each other and look at each other for a moment. The Force commander speaks first. "Can the 252nd hold the xeno at bay while we both are fighting the heretics?" The governor nods. "We had the ponies as they are called at bay before either of you arrived you are both speeding this up. I believe my guardsmen have a easy campaign here." The sister and brother look at each other seemingly happy with the answer. "So be it governor we will destroy this warband and then return for the capture of the next city. May the emperor watch over you." The Canoness says before walking out followed by the force commander.

After they leave the general sighs and rubs his head. "Why must these things be so difficult?" he walks back to his seat near a table covered in reports of the battle of killed or converted and resources lost. And a certain data pad that shows no guardsmen in his regiment with the names of Dove or Skyler. "Now lets find out who these girls are playing dress up really are." He says waving a Karskin sergeant over with a VOX castor on his back.


*Southern Equestira*


A large formation of two hundred ponies were marching to find out what has happened to a few towns that have gone dark and even two trains have never come back. They were ready in case they ran into any humans that were invading from the south. As they near the location of the town they see smoke in the distance raising into the sky and the ponies of the small force ready them selves. The commander of the group looks around. "What happened to our scouts? Have they not returned yet?" The ponies around him shrugs and he fears for the worst.

When they crest a hill and see the town... what they see has no words to describe it the town was burnt to the ground but the ponies were cut apart and put on metal post for the world to see and strange symbols were painted in what the ponies guessed was blood. And worse still was the ones who did it were still there and they noticed the pony force and were now charging at them. "To arms! Prepare to receive them!" The commander calls out and they line up and aim their spears out at them as spells from mages fly over head to try to stop some of them.

To their horror even the strongest spells seem to only anger them and they are bigger then even then a normal humans and armored in dark colors and spikes and axes covered in dried blood as big as them. The spear line soon has soon musket fire come from it as the humans near them but then something happens in the middle of the ranks. A massive armored thing torn from the ground after blood red runes appear on the ground. The massive flour legged beast with a small red creature with a sword in its hand rode it as it rampaged though the lines as spears and swords broke on its armor but spells proved effective and even burned into the armor but it more or less proved to anger it.

Then the armored figures hit the spear line and spears were broken or sent into the pony behind it from the force of the charge. The moral was broken on the spot and many broke and ran, flew, ore teleported away but many didn't get that luxury. The melee that follows was bloody and the ponies didn't stand a chance to the powerful weapons and the wild demons that was running though their ranks.

In less then twenty minutes the two hundred ponies were either on the run or dead and the monsters gave chase to a few before turning back to the town they ravaged to set up more of their monuments to the dark gods. The ponies that manged to get away are in full gallop north to get the news of such enemies to the princess but then they saw something in the skies above. Crimson red air craft along side white ones speed to the place the ponies were running from and the weapons on them were firing.

They watched as they sped in to attack the monsters. "Its like what the princesses said these humans fight each other no matter what." One commented before heading north.


*Canterlot palace*


Luna was in the war room and was trying to keep a level head as ponies and even a griffin yelled at each other about battle plans some wanted to retake the city of Vanhoover while others wanted to dig in everywhere they could and wear down the enemy some were even trying to get them to give up and even become human but they were only three out of twenty some ponies. She looked between them all as they argued about how they could save the country but not one of them have seen combat neither the less the combat with the humans.

After having enough she slams her hoof into the table and her Canterlot voice shows. "QUIET NOW!" all cover their ears and look her way once it passes. The princess regains her composer. "Thank you all for your ideas but... we are at war and we need to work together! Stop arguing and put plans together." See looks around the room slowly before setting her eyes on her night guard captain who has been quiet.

"Captain i know you to well... what are you thinking about." She asks the bat pony. He looks up at her before walking to the map and all eyes are on him. "Princess i had the idea of a raiding campaign on the humans at night by our night guard. They seem to prefer day light fighting and we have a advantage over there." He states about his plan. Luna was in thought and many were muttering to each other about it.

The princess smiles. "Captain it sounds promising rally the Lunar guard we will need them for this." He salutes before leaving. "Now everyone else if we are to stand a chance we need to dig in. Get all army forces to take up defensive positions in front of the human army. Am i clear?" She says sternly to the others who all salute in return. "Good you are all dismissed." They quickly file out leaving her and once the door closes she slumps and lets out a sigh.