No mare left behind

by Aqua_Breeze

Purple Terror

Author's Note:

Just a word of warning, this chapter contains scenes inside a concentration camp. If you can't handle graphic scenes, or anything dealing with concentration camps in general, you'll want to skip this chapter.

The night was quiet. Twilight's platoon slept soundly in their tents just outside a war torn farm. Twilight herself, however, was too restless to get any sleep. Tomorrow she and her platoon would be assaulting a German concentration camp. She'd heard plenty of horror stories about these places, and couldn't wait to burn one to the ground to get rid of it's taint on the world. She had a map sitting in front of her, and was studying it almost too closely. After figuring out her general position, she was able to determine the supposed location of the camp.

After going through a checklist to make sure everything was how it should be, Twilight took to the sky and headed right in the direction of the camp. She just couldn't wait any longer. Every second she spent back with her platoon was a second taken from the life of the slaves in the camp. She was going against orders doing what she was, but she didn't care.

As the camp finally came into view, Twilight set down on the ground and started walking so she wouldn't be so easily spotted. By the time she reached the big main gate, Twilight had her MP40 drawn, loaded, and ready to fire. Two guards stood on either side of the gate, while two more guards stood in the two sniper towers to either side of the guards on the ground.

"Say good night," Twilight said to herself as she pulled the trigger.

As soon as the left guard dropped, the right guard had just enough time to look at his friend before he fell as well. The guards in the towers were dropped shortly after, but not before the alarm could be raised. Instead of doing the sensible thing and falling back for a time, Twilight fired a bolt from her horn to blast a good hole in the gate for her to go through, then followed up by rolling a grenade through said hole to take out any guards on the other side. As soon as she heard the explosion, Twilight ran through the hole, aiming down the sights of her MP40. The dust kicked up from the explosion concealed her temporarily, but still long enough for her to gain some good ground without being spotted.

She made her way, slowly, through the camp, killing every German she saw. While she hated killing normally, she felt it to be way more than justified in this case. What she stumbled upon, er... rather fell into next just further justified it for her. She rounded the corner of a rancid smelling building and face planted into something awful. As she got up, she saw something that made everything in her want to scream out in fear. She had gotten herself into a mass grave. More bodies than she dared think about filled the space around the princess. Flies were buzzing about, most of the bodies had decayed quite a bit, and the smell... the smell was just awful. What really got to her wasn't just the fact that they were dead bodies, but the fact that the one upon which she had face planted was a child. Couldn't have been more than ten or eleven years old. Her skin looked like it had melted off, her forehead had a bullet hole in it, and she wasn't even given the dignity of being thrown away with clothes.

"I'll make sure they all pay for what they did to you," Twilight said to the corpse, "I won't let them get away with this".

With that, Twilight took to the sky and glided out of the mass grave. She already had a severe dislike for the Germans for killing people like they do, but now she knew they even killed children in much the same manner. She wanted to cry, she wanted to scream, but most of all, she wanted to kill every last German in the camp. They were monsters, and she was going to put them down as such. The first German to see her found this out the hard way as Twilight slung her MP40 across her back and charged. She didn't want to give these guys a quick death if she could help it. In her mind, they didn't deserve it.

As she closed the distance, she spread her wings and leapt at the soldier. Upon landing on him, Twilight proceeded to wail on him with both her front hooves. By the end of her beating, the soldier had blood and deep gashes covering his face. He was unconscious at this point, and Twilight felt she had laid into him enough, so decided to help him sleep a little bit better. She upholstered her 1911, placed it's barrel against the soldiers head, and pulled the trigger without any hesitation. As the blood shot up and got on her face, she smiled slightly. She was satisfied with that kill.

The rest of her trip through the camp went similarly. Almost every German who faced her died a very painful death. As the sun finally crested the horizon, Twilight had cleared the camp of all Germans. She had gathered up all the remaining survivors and started heading back towards her platoon. As they passed the mass grave Twilight fell into earlier, a couple of women broke off and ran over to it. Baffled, Twilight stopped the others and went to see what was going on. She was afraid the women were going to kill themselves, but it was not to be. Instead, they sifted, carefully and slowly, through the bodies, looking for something. Out of curiosity, Twilight used her magic to levitate any bodies the women grabbed onto and started to move. When at last they came to a pair of tiny bodies, the women stopped moving bodies. They each picked up one of the small bodies and held it close, crying the whole time. Twilight looked on with a sad and sympathetic expression. The women were mothers, and those small bodies were their babies.

"How could anybody do such a thing?" Twilight asked herself as tears formed in her eyes.

The women finally walked out of the mass grave, cradling their babies tightly.

"I'm so sorry for your loss," Twilight said, trying not to break down.

As soon as the women and Twilight had rejoined the main group, they started out again towards the edge of the camp. It didn't take long, however, before they were met with a platoon of U.S. Marines.

"Well, fancy meeting you here," Nick said.

"No need to look for enemies, I cleared this place out," Twilight said.

"We noticed," Nick said.

"Corporal, get your ass over here immediately!" Dreadson yelled.

"He's pretty pissed, by the way," Nick said.

Twilight said nothing as she walked over to her Captain, head held high.

"Just what the Hell were you thinking, Corporal!?" Dreadson asked.

"I couldn't sleep well last night, sir," Twilight said, "And I knew a little of what went on in these camps, so I decided to occupy my time by clearing out this one for you guys".

"I can see that, Corporal," Dreadson half growled, "However, that was in direct violation of orders".

Twilight said nothing, but stood there with her head still held high.

"Under normal circumstances, I'd have you demoted and under close watch for a good time," Dreadson said, "But, these aren't normal circumstances. I'm still pissed, and you're going to get some killer PT later on, but that's all".

"I can take that, sir," Twilight said.

"I shouldn't do this, but you've done something good here today," Dreadson, reaching into one of his pockets, "Not only did you wipe out every German in here without so much as a scratch, you also saved all these lives. That makes you quite a hero, and you deserve some positive recognition for your actions".

"Sir?" Twilight said questioningly, tilting her head slightly.

"Later on today, you'll be going through your first PT session as a Sergeant," Dreadson said, "Like I said, though, I shouldn't be doing this, so don't you dare make me regret it".

Twilight said nothing, but instead stood there as her Lance Corporal ranks were taken off and replaced with Sergeant ranks.

"I'll let you take some pride in doing what you did," Dreadson said, "Now, get some breakfast and rest for a couple hours. Your PT starts at thirteen hundred".

---

After Twilight finally ended her story, the room was silent for a long time. It was hard to hear that part, and it showed on everypony's faces.

"That's gotta be the most disturbing story I've heard in my whole life," Applejack said.

"Indeed," Luna said, "To think anybody would commit such heinous acts is... unfathomable".

"And to children no less, babies even," Cadance said, wiping her eyes.

"And that was one of the nicer camps," Twilight said, "There were some that were given the nickname "House of Satan" because of how horrid they were".

"THAT is considered a nice camp?" Rainbow Dash asked, awestruck, "If that was one of the nice camps, I'd hate to see any of the others".

"And even though I hated killing, even then, I was happy to know that I had killed the monsters that lived in that camp," Twilight admitted.

"What happened to the rescued civilians?" Shining Armor asked.

"They were given a free ride to the states," Twilight said, "And every body in that camp was transported back as well and given a proper burial, all two hundred and thirteen of them".

"That's... a lot," Applejack said.

"On a slightly less gloomy and dark note, I managed to earn a nickname among the German ranks after that," Twilight said, "At least one soldier somehow got out alive and spread around the tale of the 'Purple Terror', and it didn't take too long before I became a tale of horror for the German army".

"'Purple Terror' huh?" Shining Armor asked, "Seems fitting".

"It stuck," Twilight said, "And I wear it with pride".

"Well, after such a... unique tale, who's ready for a peaceful trip to Sugarcube corner?" Celestia asked.

"Am I even allowed back there?" Twilight asked.

"Why wouldn't you be?" Pinkie asked, "Yea, Mr. and Mrs. Cake were a little upset at the mess you caused, but they understand what happened, and they don't blame you for it. If anything, they blamed me for such an oversight".

"Do I even want to know?" Celestia asked.

"Long story, perhaps best saved for later," Twilight said, "But anyway, what was about a sweet filled dinner on the royal bill?"

Comments

[Base-Delta-Zero]

I'm not sure this was worth the Ling hiatus, but I'm happy either way that this story's up and chugging again!

[Hyperkirbytwo]

Good job!

Keep up the good work.

[ponybornhuman]

I was so sad when this stopped getting updated and now you update. So thanks alot.
With the newest chapter I can't wait to see what you publish next in this story and I can say this chapter was worth the time we waited for it.

[harts fire]

YAY it's back and a good chapter to get things roiling.
on a personal note at one time I worked with a woman who survived a camp as she called it.
I think she was 7 or 8 at the time she was there she told story's that hade a person running and crying at the same time.
was she there defiantly she bore the scars and the tattoo.
Twilights nick name 'Purple Terror' I like it.

[coinbook]

I hope we don't have to wait long for the next chapter.

[primeoetgrunn]

"Die lila Terror." sounds dangerous, mysterious and female.
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Definitely something that would fit in folklore and legend.

[Jlargent]

I reread the story and I noticed a problem. Early on Twilight had no knowledge of humans but in the previous chapter you indicated that the story takes place after Season 4 and either before or after Rainbow Rocks. That's a bit of a contradiction.

[Aqua_Breeze]

7346927 I don't think I mentioned CHS or anything related to the EQG movies in this story. I'll be re-reading myself just to be sure, but I believe that, when I started this almost two years ago, I had no intention of making those movies part of the canon for this story.

If I have mentioned CHS or any related topics, I'll hopefully catch it and fix all that. If not, we can just go with it not being canon here.

[Aqua_Breeze]

7350125 Or so we've been told... [Insert insane conspiracy theory here]

But in all seriousness, bear in mind this is a reality where the Marines stormed the beaches of Normandy instead of the Army, and where an alicorn can go from being recruited in the field and starting out as a Private to becoming a 1st Lt. in under a year with no formal military training before recruitment and no OTC before being promoted to an officer. Now, I know this is going to sound like a cop out, an excuse, and it may very well be taken that way if you so wish to take it so, but who's to say the news in this reality was the exact same as ours back then?

Now, keep in mind that it's been almost 2 years since I started writing this, and I can't quite remember everything I had thought up back then, so even I don't know if this was the real thought behind that statement back then. However, it's what I'm going with now cause it just feels like something I would have gone with at the time.

[Aqua_Breeze]

7353781 Marines, not the Army. Know the difference, you'll piss off fewer Marines (Yes, that makes them mad).

Now, normally, I would agree with you, but not EVERYBODY is like that. Surely there were people back then, even officers, who would rather team up with an alicorn than (Possibly) kill and study it.

Regardless, that scenario wouldn't have worked with the story IMO.

[harts fire]

wow the new art work rocks.

[Aqua_Breeze]

7355581 Her legacy.

[Paintbrush235]

Please do continue this! Also check out my own story about the US Marines. Over There

[Aqua_Breeze]

7367078

After I get back from Bronycon, I'll finish fixing up all the mistakes I can find. After that, then I'll continue the story. Next chapter is planned to start Twilight's switch to the Pacific campaign as well.

[DracoBrony]

Stupid question but im bnot a big military organization person so im gonna ask anyway. What's a PT session?

[DracoBrony]

7354279 what exactly is the difference?

[Aqua_Breeze]

7403105 PT = Physical Training

And the difference is based on the general degree of training and discipline. The Marines have 3 months of boot camp and then one or two (I can't remember which atm) of combat training before their first station. The Army has 2 months and no combat training after boot camp.

Also, when the army can't handle it, the Marines tackle it and the army will clean up the mess.

And when you hear "The few, the proud", it holds true because the Marine Corps. Is the smallest branch of the military.

Basically, when you call a Marine a soldier, it's a taken as a pretty big insult. They like the Army, but they don't want to be compared to them.

[DracoBrony]

7403174 ah thanks

[DracoBrony]

7403174 one more thing check this story out though its cancelled it may give you a few ideas.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/209035/under-fire

[DracoBrony]

One thing real quick you know how twilight was airdroping at the time she was sent back? Well...

https://youtu.be/VWgsdexkv18

[ValNitak Choas]

good story,
I kind of want to see sunset sit in school read about WWII and see picture of twilight in it.....

[Aqua_Breeze]

7429998 That would be an interesting reaction. It won't happen for this story, however, because Twilight doesn't fight in the CHS world.

[ValNitak Choas]

7430022 oh I figure that but still be funny to see.....

[Tempest Wind]

7439871
Hate to be the corrections guy, but military history is something i have great interest in. :3
Unless you have a written record with proper documentation somewhere, the US marines were not involved in the Normandy landings, as they were busy in the pacific. Unless, of course, there were marines in the landings in southern France, but i dunno about that and its not Normandy. Actually, the american landing force was mostly made up of regiments from the US 1st infantry division. Totally spot on about the army rangers, though. They climbed Pointe Du Hoc the morning of D-day, and took out several German arty pieces.

[LE_MALEM]

How long is the Hiatus mate?!

[Aqua_Breeze]

7781042 If you're worried that the story is dead, well fear not. Recently, however, my mind has been mostly on the blog I'm running. When I can focus on a new chapter for this story, I'll write it and post it, but I won't give a promise on time because I just don't know when that will be.

I do plan to eventually finish this story though.

[forrest yuchnitz]

what, no i want more

[Aqua_Breeze]

8362578 Then you're in luck. I'm back, and am writing the next chapter now.

[Aqua_Breeze]

8420813 PatAto, paTAto. Is explained later. I do know they're called magazines, btw.

[Bisexual Twilight]

Is this story dead?

[Jlargent]

Update?

[Armageden]

Update......?

[Armageden]

10438331
Ooooooooof.......COVID IS A BITCH!!!

[CommanderApplejack]

9942655
Well yeah, but the army's still the superior branch of course. :3

[Thranx]

10854440
Yeah, Rangers lead the way!

[Potatoe man]

8365824
Where is the next chapter, its been 5 years

[jimerjam]

11089196
Its now 2023 I now pronounce this story dead
may it rest in peace

[Fireflight startrottor]

Sad now

[Fireflight startrottor]

11760106
Bockscar…

[Fireflight startrottor]

10232717
Nope…

[Fireflight startrottor]

Update