Survival of The Free World

by BiasedAmerican

Under Different Terms.

Private Nathan, average height, higher voice compared to the rest of his unit, nervous, and is overall new to the Army. He was driving a transport version of the famous Humvee. Soldiers and vehicles were patrolling the field. He was driving through a make-shift clearing of the carnage that happened on the battlefield that was a road, he took a turn left and saw a small hill on the treeline with soldiers on it. He drove to it as his humvee began to drive on green grass. He arrived to the hill where he was requested. He looked to his right and saw French soldiers guarding a group of colorful horses.

"Oh no not this again." Rainbow Dash muttered as she remembered the humvee ride in Canterlot during the Changeling attack. She got on the back with her hooves to not startle the soldiers by flying. They all sat down and two soldiers closed the gate in the back. Then the French soldiers walked back down the hill to continue their patrol.

"Where are they going?" Applejack asked.

"Probably to get back to guarding. They're on high alert. I had no idea that a battle was happening, I thought they were only trying to scare the humans, not attack them." Twilight replied.

Nathan opened his window and tried in a deep voice, "Hey! Quiet down, we're heading out." He revved the engine to scare the six. The corporal on the passenger seat looked at him as he closed the window and scoffed, "You're an idiot. Just get us moving." The humvee began to move which startled the ponies as the smell of fire, gunpowder, burning and rotting flesh began to get stronger as they approached the base.

"Ugh, that horrendous smell is getting worse." Rarity stated. They still had no idea what it was besides AJ and Twilight. "Yeah, what is that?" Fluttershy asked as she was still trying to comfort Pinkie Pie. As they asked, they tried not to barf from the stench.

"Well, it's hard to sugarcoat it but..." Twilight tried to answer.

"Look around, that's the smell." Rainbow Dash answered. Then they really were trying not to barf. Their faces were turning into a shade of green, most of them swallowed it back down but they tried to cover their noses but could taste the smell. Fluttershy and Rarity stood up and put their face over the wooden barrier and vomited.

The Private looked at his mirror and saw them depressed and sick. "Poor guys." The corporal looked back and felt sympathetic. "Yeah, but we can't get too attached. They could mean war between us and Equestria. Only think of them as tools to be used, so it's easier to kill them if need be." The corporal gulped as he put his hand on his helmet as he looked down. He began looking back at his memories as he was just like the Private, including the rank. But with most of his unit dead or missing, he's been promoted. He knows what the Private is going through and is watching over him.

"Yeah... Yeah.." the Private muttered as looked back at them again and began to think, 'Do I really have to kill them?' he sighed as he continued driving.

"God I wish we weren't in, THIS FUCKING SITUATION!" The corporal bashed his hand on the window. "Why the hell are we back in a warzone?! I thought we fucking left one!" He screamed. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

The ponies were spooked in the back when the Corporal screamed. "What was that all about?" Applejack asked.

"They're stressed. They don't want to be in this situation more than we do. We need to hurry before an accident happens." Twilight explained. The group all had a depressed face, but Pinkie's was worse. Less than 10 minutes ago, she was happy and excited to see the humans again. But now that she's here and seeing their capabilities, she doesn't seem to show any emotions other than sadness. She's reverted to her sad form when she was still working in the Pie rock farm.

The humvee passed the checkpoint that was heavily guarded and a maze of defenses and cover. But the humvee passed straight through since the road was clear, the group looked around and saw a massive area covered by fences and tents. What they saw shocked them. They saw ponies and griffons separated by area, and the subspecies of ponies too. They were stripped of their armor and equipment, and they even saw some ponies being beaten up by a different uniform of human soldiers with a armband and helmet saying "MP". They were using batons and kicking a unicorn for trying to attack them with magic. They were yelling at her as they were attacking.

They were shocked and scared on what they were seeing. Rarity was thinking if dying from them is better than being captured by them. Now they all truly feared Humanity. They haven't seen this much cruelty at this level. They tried looking around, away from the cruelty because it was too much. They were passing by tanks, infantry, and other vehicles. And they're starting to notice that in the time Humanity came here, they've built an entire working town!

This surprised the group but as the humvee went through it. They notice that the town of was only a short portion of the base. The rest was military, brick and cement structures that rarely get to 3 stories high. All highly guarded. And they saw an opening, it was a big structure for any normal building. They all looked at it with wonder until they saw a sign saying, "NORAD". They wondered what it meant. But they cleared their minds off it as the humvee stopped in front of a cement building. It was a 1 story building but it was big.

The corporal opened his door and got off. He hit the wood of the humvee that is meant as a fence to keep the passengers from falling, several times to alert the ponies. "Alright, dismount!" He yelled. He put down the back gate. He moved to the side as the group got off.

"Where do ya reckon we're at, Twilight?" Applejack asked.

"Don't know, but it looks important." She answered.

A certain German scientist came out of the doors with arms wide open and a big smile. "Heyyy! How's my favourite diploma-" he cut himself off as he noticed how their sadness and depressed looks filled their faces. "Hmm, looks like you guys saw the battlefield." He spoke. He sighed as he didn't want to see them like this. "Alright. Tranq them." He ordered the two MP's who had small gun shaped tranq launchers which they fired. They mane 6 fell down as they fell asleep. "Alright. Let's move them."

The corporal ran back into the humvee and quickly told the Private, "Get this thing moving before we have to work to carry those horses." Which he then shut his door and the humvee quickly got moving. Schmidt facepalmed and looked at the MP's who looked at the horses thinking how they're going to carry them. "Yeah no, you're nerd lab is more than enough to carry them." The two MP's said as they continued to guard the Science building's door. "Fuck sakes..." Schmidt muttered.

10 minutes later, Schmidt carried them on a cart through the hallways of his Lab. Which did attract attention to him from his colleagues. He got them into separate interrogation rooms, and Pinkie was in her old room she was in before. But since Schmidt's colleagues were awkward, Military Policemen we're in charge with interrogating the other 5, but Schmidt would interrogate Pinkie. Just like last time he thought.

POV: Pinkie Pie, 11:24 PM, Fort Liberty.

I don't know what's happening. I remember this feeling, I just forgot it! How could I forget such a feeling?! I feel sleepy but I can barely move. Wait, wait, what if I open my eyes? Ugh, it can barely move. One more time.

POV: no one

Schmidt was freaking out as he saw Pinkie Pie's eyelids struggling to open. He grabbed his clipboard and put on his lab coat with the pin of the German flag. He thought to himself, "Alright, round 2 I guess. After Pinkie I'm going to.... Twilight? Yeah, Twilight. But Jesus Christ, what the hell happened to Pinkie?"

Pinkie Pie's eyes finally opened, and she was surprised to see a worried Schmidt's face. But all of her memories began to kick back in, her face turned back to sadness.

"Ms. Pie? You okay?" Schmidt asked. Pinkie only responded by a sigh and looked away. "You saw it. Didn't you?" Schmidt referred to the battlefield. "Not our proudest moment, but we had to defend ourselves. Any threat we come across we must deal with quickly. We can't afford any messups, so tell me, why are you and your friends here?" Schmidt asked. Pinkie didn't answer. "Ms. Pie. I need you to answer or more will die." She didn't answer. Schmidt sighed, "It didn't have to come to this..." Schmidt said as he pulled his coat and walked out the door. A few seconds later, a Marine Corps MP walked in angrily, he stood next to Pinkie and slammed his hand on the table. This shocked Pinkie but she only flinched.

"More are going to die! If you don't tell us, Ponyville will most likely be in the crossfire, and I know that your family is there! And if you don't answer, I will personally make sure they mistakingly be thought as armed combatants!" He yelled. Pinkie began crying. "Oh? I'm sorry. You want to go home?" The MP said in a caring voice. He slammed his hand on the table again, "THEN TELL US WHILE THERE'S STILL A HOME TO CRY ABOUT!"

"FINE! Fine?" Pinkie cried. "We're here to investigate what Jet Set was doing wit- with his army!"

"Good." The MP said as he got up and fixed his displaced white glove. He placed his sunglasses and ordered, "Well we're going to send you back to deliver a message." The MP said as left the room.

Pinkie was left crying on the table, she put her head on the table and began to cry rivers. "Poor thing." Schmidt said behind the tinted glass. He looked at his clipboard and said, "Well, onto Twilight." He walked out and through the halls to Twilight's position.

Schmidt passed down the interrogation rooms and heard objects crashing and being thrown and some screaming. He saw a room with the sign, "Interrogation Room #1" on a black plaque on the wall. He entered it to find a Purple unicorn screaming at the MP's with no response. Schmidt excused the MP's out of the room and sat down.

"So, Ms. Sparkle. I have a few questions to ask of you, if you don't mind." Schmidt asked.

"Why would I tell anything to you? You foalnapped us!" She screamed.

"Now calm down, there's no need for screaming. We only kidnapped you so you don't see anything classified on the way here. Now onto the questions. Why are you here and what were you going to do?" He asked.

Twilight sighed, looked down, and said, "We were sent here to investigate New Mareland troops suspiciously gathering near Tartarus. We thought they were challenging something that escaped Tartarus but it was you humans. We didn't expect a battle to happen here! Why didn't you inform Canterlot of the coming atta-" she was cut off.

"Because our men were captured in Canterlot!" Schmidt screamed. "Our scouts were captured by your Princess Luna, and many of your Royal Guards paid the price with their lives! So you see Ms. Sparkle. We are at war! If you don't deliver our message to make Equestria lower hostilities. Then Ponyville and many of the Equestrian cities will be burnt to the ground! You saw the battlefield?! That's only us defending with only a bit of power! And what us defending Canterlot from those bugs? We kept most of our troops back to defend this Fort! And remember our troops marching in Canterlot for the ceremony? It'll happen again, just without the peaceful happiness that the ceremony had! It'll be a victory march!" Schmidt leaned towards Twilight on the table and lowered his voice, "So you listen here Ms. Sparkle, if you don't deliver our message, then I will willingly make sure that your family gets into one of our POW camps like you saw before entering this building. Do you understand!?"

Twilight gulped and nodded as her eyes were wide open. She was scared, she's known the human cruelty on the battlefield but never on this personal level. They threatened her family, friends, and her too. She knows she has to deliver the message, but she needs her friends to understand before they do something stupid.

Schmidt walked out of the room and got on his radio. "Gather all subjects to meet with Ms. Sparkle. She'll inform them of our situation." Just as ordered, all the doors opened with the ponies walking out with the MP's. "Greetings! Now this is not the time for formal talks so enter this room." Schmidt pointed with both his arms. Applejack got angry, she charged at Schmidt but as she jumped to tackle him, a baton struck her straight in the face, causing her to fall down in a different direction. "Do that again, and you're not going to be walking anytime soon." The MP warned as he pointed his baton at her. The second MP grabbed Applejack and pushed her into the room, causing the others to panic to rush into the room as the MP said, "All of you, get the fuck in!"

Twilight jumped as she saw Applejack get thrown into the room, Applejack got up and wiped her nose and huffed. Twilight ran towards Applejack and asked if she was okay, she nodded and said, "Yeah, it's just those darn humans. Why'd they think they can treat us like this?" She asked as the group walked in.

Twilight sighed and said, "Because we're at war."

The group all gasped and their eyes widened, they were clearly panicking and Rainbow Dash was the first to ask, "Why?!"

"Because of New Mareland, due to their attack on Humanity, Humanity has declared war on all non-ponies. I know they didn't say it clearly to me, but I know the path is going down a dark one. We can still save our families and prevent war reaching our homes and especially Canterlot. They want us to deliver a message for Equestria to stand down or surrender in actual words. They're treating us like this because we're their enemies, and we're the reason if they're species is going to be invaded or not. We need to hurry before things heat up." Twilight explained. Some of the group cried as the amount of stress being put upon them, but Rarity was still comforting Pinkie who was crying.

"Pinkie, you hear that? We can still save Equestria. And our homes." Rarity stood up and spoke out, "We're not going to give in, we've saved Equestria time and again! And we have a graceful moment of peace, and I intend to keep it that way for my sake, and my friends and family's sake. So we need to hurry, immediately!" She bravely spoke, giving confidence in the others. Pinkie was still grey and depressed, but she smiled a bit.

A knock on the door came soon after, and an MP opened it and banged on the metal door with his baton, "Recon 3-7 will be escorting you 6 to Canterlot. NOW MOVE IT!" he screamed. Causing the 6 to run, with Twilight and Rainbow Dash pushing Pinkie to run faster.

Meanwhile in the White House, Reagan, Bush and his son, and other generals have been debating on what should they do if Celestia doesn't take the message correctly. Until, "What if we send someone and say that since their puppet has attacked us with no reason, then we have a reason to go to war!" Bush's son said. Which surprised the rest, but Bush had to put his hand over his son's mouth before he mentions anything about WMD's or Iraq.

Meanwhile in Canterlot...

As soon as the alicorn turned the corner into the room…she was met with an a ghastly sight that had her heart jump out from her chest into terror, and her eyes widen to the size vivid red apples.

Blood…it was absolutely everywhere, spilled upon seemingly every surface in the room, detailing a gruesome and horrifically violent struggle. Crimson tendrils of the bodily substance flowed down the white vibrant walls, which only amplified just how much the terrifying sight stood out.

But it was when Celestia turned her horror filled gaze down to the floor that she felt her heart skip a beat, and let out a shaky gasp.

Luna…barely conscious, with two guards surrounding her.

“LUNA!” Practically screaming, the princess of the sun rushed over to her sister’s side faster than a bullet, sitting down beside her battered body and observing all of her wounds.

Celestia briefly turned back around to face the two guards that were with her. “Guards! Attend to these two!” Putting on a more authoritative voice, Celestia gestured to the two bodies of the guards who lied motionless on the ground. She had no idea if they were still alive, but if they could still be saved, they had to be cared for.

The guards, who were back by the entrance in a state of shock, immediately hardened in response to their leader’s order.

“Yes, your highness!” Their voices trembling slightly, the two guards immediately rushed over to the bodies of the two motionless ones on the floor, immediately checking for any sights of life. They both checked the guard's bodies but found holes still leaking blood, both on the sides of their heads. The guards backed away in shock as they gasped.

Celestia got more worried and doubled checked her little sister's wounds, she let out a sigh in relief that her sister didn't get hit by one of the human's bullets. She still felt sorry for the guards who had died in defending her sister, but she doesn't know if these were caused by the US themselves or a rogue group of humans. She worries that this may spark a war...

The soldier checked his M14's magazine to check his ammo count. "Still 20, didn't fire my rifle while we were at Canterlot." He said to a soldier on the right as they sat side by side on the back of a M939.

"Because you're an idiot. Oh shit here they come." The soldier he was talking to immediately stood up to seem like professionals to intimidate the ponies. Which they did, making the ponies feel scared when entering the M939. Most of their squad was in the humvee escorting them, while only 4 stayed on the truck to allow space for the ponies. The two vehicles started moving out of Fort Liberty when the soldiers in the back got bored.

"Great, another 'combat Mission' again." A soldier groaned.

Another one spoke out, "Hey, be grateful it's only against colorful talking horses, and not the tanks of the Reds. I'll take this job any day." The soldier laughed, "And besides, what are they gonna do? They have magic, I haven't seen much of it. I don't think it's even real."

"We lost a little bird to their magic bolts, apparently it's like a slower bullet and only their magic users can well, use them. But I bet it does jack shit when we have cover. Like this white one here, I don't think she'll be able to attack us." The 1st soldier commented.

This made Rarity angry, they massacred her fellow citizens and not to mention that they were mocking her ability to use magic in a lethal sense. Her rage made her pick up the truck a bit, but it was too heavy for her, she dropped it and both the humvee and the truck had to stop. The soldiers pulled her and pushed her on the ground and held her down by the neck and head while she screamed.

This made the rest of the group nervous and on the edge of attacking the humans if it weren't for the soldiers not holding down Rarity aiming their weapons at them to stay still. The fact that the humans have already violated them by kidnapping and interrogating them, and now they're abusing them. They all knew that to the humans are more than willing to kill them for the attack Jet Set ordered but they couldn't hold themselves much longer because of the amount of stress put on them. This isn't the first time they had to save Equestria, but it was the first time they had been threaten by possible extermination.

The soldiers tied up Rarity on her chair so she wouldn't do anything, and they tied a cap onto her horn to stop her magic. The squad leader banged his hand on the top of truck to signal the convoy to continue moving. The driver honked the trunk and the humvee started moving, followed by the truck. The squad leader pointed at Rarity and said, "Next time you try to do something, I'll shoot you myself." He said as he pulled out his pistol and shook it, holstering back to check how far from Fort Liberty they were now.

"You six need to make sure that none of us go to war, if you somehow fail, then we will consider you as hostiles. So get things done or we'll do it ourselves." The squad leader threatened.

"God I hate diplomacy duty." The infantryman who tied up Rarity said out loud, as he was one of the Marine soldiers who was with Bush during first contact before being reassigned to a scout unit.

Comments

[TheArbiter1]

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That was a mistake that is funny since Twilight is a unicorn who became an alicorn, pinkie pie and applejack are earth ponies.

[BiasedAmerican]

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I am fully aware now, I'm still keeping the part where Twilight is not an alicorn YET. And I know what species each character is.

[General Asriel Dreemurr]

Meh the story is pretty hit or miss to me now if this was monster girl encyclopedia and america was delivereing freedom well I wouldn't mind since they desever it and that universe can fight back somewhat here unless Luna or Celestia plan on
dropping a moon or using a solar death ray it's pretty much a curbstomb

[BiasedAmerican]

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Well, I went to the realistic approach (as realistic it can get considering the premise of this story lmao) where ofc the US, even though weakend, would curb stomp a medieval era military. Which of course they can't keep up for long because US industry is halted because they had to move to another world. Which I'm going to make magic somewhat almost level out the playing field with technology.

But I'm also making it a trade off for the US because yes, they're low on supply but with no Soviet threat, they have a sandbox to test their weaponry and prototypes.

[General Asriel Dreemurr]

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Ok that make since but last time I check Celestia and Luna are pretty much walking WMDs right magic tends to give you that advantage I recall one story were Celestia wiped out a whole imperial fleet star destroyers and all non the less I do enjoy your story

[BiasedAmerican]

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Wait wtf??? Tf kind of fanfics you read? But anyways, this is kind of fueling the fire of (currently a child) Bush jr. having the justifications to invade a country with the reason being WMD's. As he has been referenced like this before. But jokes aside, I will consider and probably will buff Celestia and Luna to make things more interesting.

[Kyuubi325]

Celestia is going to blow a blood vessel when she finds out about Jet Set…. Though I’m curious what’s going to happen with the other creatures leaders. I’m a little sad about Grandpa Gruff, but at least Ember made it out ok.