> Supermarine "Spitfire" > by Kitsune_Kenshi > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arrival > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 17, 1940. Above the Great Britain. The world's at war. Just a year ago, Hitler invaded Poland, France, and parts of Europe. Now, the Nazi was focusing on Britain. Currently, Great Britain is the only country fighting Hitler and his Luftwaffe. Jacob hated this war, sometime he just wished to spray Hitler with his Spitfire and get it over with. But now he doesn't have time to worry about that, because he's busying fighting a Bf-109, which is on his tail. The German fighter continued to spray bullets at him. A few bullets got onto his wings, and left a few holes in there. "Fucking bitch." he cursed in frustration, but it won't help much. Jacob looked at the back mirror, just as he looked a bullet came in and smashed it. He pulled the lever backward, making the plane go straight up. He maxed the throttle, hoping the enemy would lose speed and fall. That did happened. Jacob slightly moved his lever a bit right, causing the "Spitfire" to turn and fall back, now he's at the Bf-109's tail. He used the aiming sight to line up the enemy plane. Then he pressed the trigger. the 7.7mm wing guns bursted. Tearing the German plane apart. "Suck it, Jerry!" Jacob exclaimed. But right after he exclaimed, a loud explosion shook the plane, then he turned to see his left wing smoking. He was hit. The smoke turned into flame, and Jacob was left helpless. He close his eyes and touched a small cross he wore around his neck. Below him was the sea, if he falls into it with such speed, it'll crack every single bones in his body. The plane screamed as it continued to fall... Unnoticed by Jacob, who's closing his eyes the entire time, a strange cloud suddenly appeared out of no where and floated in front of his plane. He dove into it. (~) Wonderbolt Academy, Equestria Rainbow Dash was training her flight as usual, she took off from the floating air field and followed captain Spitfire's (the pegasus not the plane.) instruction. Back flip, barrel roll, and a high yo-yo. She's preparing for Summer sun celebration. Rainbow Dash and the Wonderbolt would both show up there, Rainbow will be performing a sonic rainboom in the end. Though it sounds easy, Spitfire does not take it as a joke. Rainbow Dash was doing some back flips when she rammed into a cloud. "COME ON!!!" Spitfire yelled, "THAT WAS WEAK!!!" Suddenly, she caught something in the corner of her eyes. It looked like another pegasus, it's falling from the sky above. But something's not right, why is it burning? Rainbow Dash flew out of the cloud. "Hey ma'am, why are you looking at me?" she asked when she saw Spitfire staring at her. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, behind her. As if some creature was screaming. It came louder and louder. She turned and gasped in horror. A bird; to be specific, a metal bird was flying towards her. And as it got closer, Rainbow Dash spotted something in its glass. It also saw her, but she couldn't read its expression because it's wearing some sort of mask. Rainbow Dash yelped as he dodged out if the metal monster's way, it continued to fall, it's burning. "Oh no! It's hurt! I'm gonna go get it!" Rainbow Dash said as she dive down towards the burning metal monster. "Crash! Come back here!" Spitfire yelled, but she did not turn back. Spitfire sighed and flew towards the burning thing. That thing was falling....towards Twilight's friendship school! Rainbow Dash immediately flew in front of it, she tried to push it out of the way, but it's super heavy, she couldn't even move a inch. Suddenly, the figure inside the glass moved its arm. And the metal monster moved out f the way, it crash-landed on the field next to the school. Just as Rainbow Dash and Spitfire landed next to it, the saw Twilight, Starlight and the student 6 ran towards them. "What happened?" Twilight asked, she saw the plane, "What....what is that thing?" "That thing just flew out of no where and almost ran into me!" Rainbow Dash said, "There's someone inside! We gotta go help it." They ran next to the fallen metal bird. They gasped in awe as they studied it. It was made completely out of metal, and the painting and the color on it was a unusual green with a circle that was red, blue and yellow. What shocked them is that there's letters on it's tail. Spitfire's eyes widened when she read the words out loud, "Supermarine Spitfire MK.V" she tiled her head in confusion, "Why the hay is my name on this thing? And what does the MK.V suppose to mean?" Suddenly the hatch flew open and a figure fell out from it. It looked like a hairless monkey with strange cloth on it. It took off the mask and unraveled face. He spat and crouched to the ground. "Holy shit," it muttered, "Where the hell am I?" He turned and saw them. "Fuck..." he's eyes widened, "I'm dead, ain't I?" "Uh....actually, you're still alive." the purple horse with strange purple mane, a horn, and a wing said. "Talking horse." Jacob rubbed his temple, "I AM DEAD. D.e.a.d. Dead." "We're ponies." the purple weird looking pony said, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends." "What the fucking hell?" Jacob was both surprised and shocked, "There's no fucking way, no way..." Twilight winced at the cuss. "Gee, you don't have to say such language. I got students here." "Fine just, where am I? What is this place?! And what are you?" Jacob asked. ". Spitfire scoffed, "I should be asking this, what are you? And why is my name on the thing?" Twilight came in between them, "How about we introduce ourselves first? I'm Twilight, that blue pegasus I sRainbow Dash, the yellow one is Spitfire. The one next to me is Starlight Glimmer, and these creatures behind me are my students." she said. "Gallus, Silverstream, Yona, Sandbar, Ocellus, and Smolder." "My name is Jacob Willson, I'm a British, I'm also a pilot of this plane." Jacob said, "And did you just said Pegasus?" They nodded. "This is Equestria, and what is British?" Rainbow Dash asked. "That's my country , and I never heard of Equestria before." Jacob said, "I'm a human." As soon as the word human came out, Twilight and the other's face turned horrified and stepped back. "Humans?" Rainbow Dash asked Twilight, "You means these creatures in myths that walks in two legs?" "I think so," Twilight said, "it said they're evil, but this one seemed friendly enough." Twilight then stepped forward, "We could talk more inside." She pointed to the school. "o...okay?" Jacob said as he followed the Alicorn into her school. Behind him was suspicious eyes and confusing eyes. (~) Twilight's office "So, this world is filled with magic and mythological animals." Jacob said, "yes." Twilight nodded. "Wow." he said. "it just that...in my world, you guys were just legends and myths." he explained, "And also we don't use magic in my world; it just doesn't exist. We use technologies to make our lives easier." Twilight nodded as she wrote on her note. "Oh and by the way , what is that thing you climbed out from?" she asked. "That's a warplane; Supermarine Spitfire MK.V" Jacob explained, "Armed with six 7.7m machine guns. It's built for Aerial Warfares." "Hold on, did you just said war?" Twilight's expression was full of concern and worrying. "Yes, my world is at war." I sighed. "That...that's terrible," she asked, "why would you guys want war?" "No, none of us wanted a war." Jacob said, "The Germans started it. They want to invade my country." "So you're an soldier." "Yes, to be more specific, a pilot. I fly that plane." Jacob corrected. "I was fighting my enemies in my plane when I was hit. Then I lost control of my plane and... well, ended up here." "Not to be offensive but why would you live there? We haven't have wars for a thousands years." Twilight asked. "None taken; its not just my country and Germany is at war... my whole world is at war..." he said. "You guys are very lucky." He paused before looking at Twilight, "If... magic brought me here... then, can you take me back?" Twilight thought about it, "no, I'm sorry but, I don't even know what brought you here." she said, saddened. Great, now I'm stuck in this....strange world with ponies and creatures... and with no way back home... Jacob thought. Twilight looked outside and saw the sun is slowly starting to disappear into the horizon. "Oh, sorry. I talked too much. It's late already." "So... I guess I'll be living in...Equestria for a while correct?" Jacob asked. "I don't think you got any other choice." Twilight shrugged. "I can let you borrow my student's room for a while until you finds a way to go back." She said as she guided the human towards the room. She knocked on the door and it opened. A bird; a blue Griffin with three feathers on its head came out. Twilight waved at me, "Jacob, meet Gallus, Silverstream, Ocellus, yona, Sandbar, and Smolder. They'll be your room mates." she said as she introduced me to the creatures. I stepped into the room, and Twilight closed the door. "Hey! my name is Silverstream, nice to meet you! Wait you're a human right? Oh my gosh I heard so much about them in stories!" the bird-griffion like pinkish creature exclaimed. "Silverstream, calm down, you're scaring him." the orange dragon said. "Sleep first, talk tomorrow." "Well, nice meeting you guys," Jacob said as he climbed onto a bed in the corner, which Twilight had prepared for him. "I'll call it a night." Everyone's asleep, but Jacob isn't, he was still wondering about this strange new world. He had so many questions, but as time passed, he slowly closed his eyes and drifted into his dreamless sleep. > Grave Danger > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Next Morning: Jacob woke up and found himself surrounded by the six creatures he met yesterday. "Uh, what are you doing?" he asked, a bit uncomfortable. "Twilight did say that you should tell us something about you or your world right?" Smolder asked. "Yes, of course... uh, personal space, please?" The creatures backed away. Jacob cleared his throat and began his story, "I'm from this planet called Earth, it's a beautiful world, but if could have been better without that war." he sighed, "My planet is at a massive war, you know, people dying. And it all started because of a mad German guy name Adolf Hitler---" "What are Germans?" Silverstream suddenly interrupted, then she found everyone looking at her, unamused. "Oops, sorry. Continue please." "Germans are the bad guys in my world, actually, they're not the ones that wanted to conquer the world. They got allies: the Italians and the Japs." Jacob stopped when he saw the confused looks on the six students. He sighed and told them about the history of the war and some other stuff they might get confused on. "Wait, if you say war is horrible," Sandbar asked, "Why did you attend it in the first place?" "Well, I don't want to be a part of the war either, but I have to fight back. I have to protect my country and my people." Jacob said. "Wow, your world is pretty chaotic." Smolder nodded. Jacob sighed, "Indeed it is. Worst of all, the Nazis; led by that mad guy I mentioned before, Hitler, murdered millions of innocent people; including kids like you guys..." This time the six students's eyes were widened with horror. Murder innocents? How could him? They all have the same thought. Suddenly the door opened and Twilight poked her head in. "Oh, morning guys." she greeted, "Jacob, I told Princess Celestia about you in my letter and she wants to see you. Follow me to the train station after breakfast." she left. "Welp, sorry guys." Jacob said to the disappointed students, "I guess I'll explain more stuffs to you later." (~) On the train, Twilight kept asking questions about Jacob's world. But Jacob did not seemed annoyed at all. Instead he's eager to tell her stuff. He did this so Twilight can know more about him and his world, on the second hand she might find some kind of spell to get him back home. "So, uh...Mr.Jacob," Twilight asked, "what is that thing you said you're going to fly?" "You mean the plane?" Jacob answered, "Yeah, it's called a plane. Back in my world, they're machines that used to transport cargos or things that needed to be in a certain place quickly. But most of them were used as war machines. We put these thing called guns on them to fight other planes...." Twilight seemed to be enjoying what Jacob is telling her, she's the "research" kind of pony. As they talked, the train slowly came to a stop. "First stop, Canterlot!" the conductor called. "Jacob, welcome to Canterlot." Twilight said as they went off the train. To be honest, Jacob is quite amazed my how peaceful and beautiful this place is. Of course this is way better than the world he used to be in. But that doesn't mean he want to abandon his world. HE got his families and friends back home that he really wants to go back to see. "Wow, so this is were the...uh...Princess Celestia lives?" Jacob asked as he approached the giant castle. "Wup! Pretty impressive isn't it?" Twilight said proudly. When they reached the castle, they are immediately stopped by two pegasus guards, both fully armed and with a stern face. Twilight stepped forward and started to talk. A moment later, the guards nodded and made way for them. Jacob couldn't stop looking at this.... beautiful palace. Its more impressive then the one in London. He thought, his sight dropped on the golden decorations. Holy shit! These stuff cost millions of pounds! (Pounds are UK moneys) They stopped in front of a pair of tall metal plate door. "Jacob, the throne room is in there. Be sure to respect it and be on your best behavior." Twilight reminded him. The door opened and the two stepped inside. The first thing Jacob saw was a white pony with similar horn and wings like Twilight's but she's taller, and her mane is floating in the air with beautiful colors of lime green, light blue, and light pink. They're dazzling as if it was reflecting lights. "My faith student." she said with a warm smile on her face. She saw Jacob, "And that's the human you told about in the letter?" "Yes, Princess Celestia." Twilight answered. It took a moment for Jacob to realize that she's the princess Twilight told him about. "Your majesty." he bowed. "There's no need to bow," Celestia smiled, "I'm Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria. And you are..." "My name is Jacob Willson, but call me Jacob if you like." he said. "I see..." she said, "You came into our world and with no way back." Jacob nodded. "Well, perhaps you can adopt our ways of living until Twilight finds a way to sent you home." she said. "Your majesty," Jacob asked, "Where did they put my plane?" "Oh, so that flying metal bird is called a plane..." Celestia said, "Your machine was brought to the Wonderbolt academy to be repaired and for further research...if you like." Jacob thought about if for a moment, letting some strange creatures study your plane sounds... quite weird, but they seemed harmless and peaceful. So there's no point worrying that they'll use it on some evil purposes. "Sure. They can study it... and how am I suppose to go up there?" Jacob asked. "In a normal condition you can't go to Wonderbolt Academy, because they're built on clouds; and only pegasus can walk freely on them. But they can also put a spell on you and your machine to walk on the clouds physically." Celestia explained. "I suppose I have to go now?" he asked. The princess nodded, "you're free to leave, and also, feel free to ask any questions." The pilot bowed, "Thank you your majesty." He then walked out with Twilight. (~) On Wonderbolt Academy's air field Jacob couldn't believe it, he's actually stepping on clouds. "In my world, clouds were made of tiny water drops, and if you step on them, you just fall." he said to Spitfire, who's studying his plane. "interesting," she said, "how are you going to fly this...plane?" "We just get into this cockpit, start up the engine and the propellers would stat to spin in high speed. Then the thruster pipes would 'Spit fire'. And once you reach the takeoff speed, the the plane would be flying. But it's a bit complicated." Jacob explained. "I would like to see that." Spitfire smirked, "A plane with my name on it? Can't call it nothing but cool." Rainbow Dash, the blue pegasus with rainbow colored manes suddenly flew from the distant, carrying a bag load with a bunch of parts and scraps. "Jeez these are heavy," she panted as she landed next to them. "So how are you gonna fix it?" "As a pilot, we learn not only how to fly it, but how to fix it incase of an emergency landing." he said, "Here, hand me the landing gear..." After hours of fixing, with the help of pegasus, the "Spitfire" is almost ready to go. "Hey Jacob, "Rainbow Dash asked, "What is this thing and where do I put it?" she had a long meal thing on her hooves that had a belt with sharp little metal nail like things on them. And a black tube connected to the metal. Jacob turned and saw what she's holding, his face horrified, "RAINBOW DASH!!!" he yelled, "Put...that....down...." Hearing the tone in his voice, Rainbow Dash slowly put it down. "Sorry." she muttered. "No need to blame yourself." Jacob said, "You don't know what that is. That thing is a 7.7mm browning machine gun. Glad you didn't trigger it..." He got up to the Spitfire's wings and placed each machine guns back to where they belong, he load up the ammo belt and closed the ammo hatch on the wings. "There, good as new." he said proudly, "Thanks for all your help!" "I was thinking..." Spitfire said, "maybe the Wonderbolt could use these planes as the tools and not ourselves. It would be better, and cooler. Especially the whole "Spitfire" thing." "Same, maybe you should create some sort of Air Force unit incase anyone tries to attack Equestria." Jacob suggested, "Or you guy can just use it for air shows." Suddenly out of no where, a gray colored pegasus with yellow manes rammed into Jacob. Causing both of them to collapse onto the floor. "Derpy?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Mail for you, Mr...uh." Derpy said, but paused when she couldn't recognize this human. "Jacob." he said. "Mr. Jacob, a mail from Princess Twilight. Have a good muffin!" then she dropped the mail in front of Jacob before flying away. Jacob opened the mail and began to read, his expression switched from a smile to a deep, serious frown. The others looked too. And their face expression was also slowly starting to frown. "Dear Jacob Willson, Since the day you crashed into our world, I have been researching what brought you here and your species. Just 2 hours after your appearance, my friend Starlight Glimmer got a report from my friends saying that they also spotted your species in Griffinstone. They looked almost same as you, but they wore gray uniforms and carries what you call guns, long and shorts. And they have many weapons. But what caught their attention is that they have this flag; a blood red flag with a white circle in the middle, and a weird looking black cross in the center. They don't seem friendly, because one of my friend just saw them killing a Griffin. And they did mentioned about conquering this new land. If you know anything about them, please report to Princess Celestia in the first place. Your friend, Twilight Sparkle." "What's with all the gloomy-doom face?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Shit, they're here." Jacob muttered. "Who?" "The Nazis," Jacob turned and faced them with a serious expression, "Equestria is in grave danger." > Expect the Worst > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Princess Celestia's throne room, Canterlot "So you're saying the another group of evil humans called the Nazi wants to conquer Equestria?" Celestia asked, concern in her tone. "Unfortunately, yes." Jacob said, "And how many ponies were in your army?" "3,000, mostly guards." Celestia said. "What?! Three thousands only?!" Jacob finally couldn't hold back, "The Nazis had 250 million SS soldiers, 1,888 tanks, and 10,826 aircrafts! And; sorry for my rudeness but... Your 3,000 army is going up against a total of 262,714 enemies! Think about that!" The room became silence after that. "O....kay," Rainbow Dash sad, "We get it.... WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!" Jacob sighed, "Sorry for that yell, your highness. But....I can't let Equestria stand alone." he then looked at Starlight Glimmer, who came with him. "Starlight, do you know how did the Nazi came, like is there some kind of spell?" Starlight lowered her head, "Sorry Jacob, me and Sunburst tried many teleportation spells but...we can't find the one you mentioned..." “Wait, I think I know what you're talking about." Twilight suddenly said. This made everyone turn to stare at her. It was quite awkward for a moment. "I think what teleported you here is something called the alternate universe, or known as the Parallel Universe. Imagine your universe was a bubble, and there's many other universes floating around yours. When one crashed into another, it creates a massive energy that can form these portals call Wormholes. And if someone's lucky enough like Jacob, gets pulled into one of these, this is what happens." "So....they're just....portals." Rainbow Dash said. "Well somehow the Nazis found one of them and came here." Jacob said, he suddenly had an idea. "Hold on, since you said that this... whole portal stuff...what if I finds a way to get the attention from my country and get them to help? We can create a portal using some massive energy collision. Like... magic?" he suggested. "So you want me, Celestia, Cadence, and Luna to use our magic to create a massive energy blast to create a portal so your human friends can come?" Twilight asked, "I...I don't know...." "It's our only way," Jacob said sternly, "your majesty, will you and your... other alicorn friends give it a try?" Celestia thought for a moment, "Sounds a bit risky, but, I guess that's the only way." she said, "Spike, sent a letter to Cadence, I'll tell my sister. Twilight, you and your friends will stay with Jacob incase anything happens." Jacob let out a relief sigh, "Thank you for your help your majesty." "Your welcome." she smiled. The battle for Equestria had begun. (~) The next day, all the princesses are here, they formed a circle and waited for Jacob. "Are you sure about this?" Twilight asked Jacob once more. "Time to find out." he said, raised his arm and pushed dit down hard. "Begin!" The alicorns' horns began to glow, brighter and brighter. So bright that everyone hav etc cover their eyes. Then, your magic beams shot out from each horns and impacted each other. That created a huge shockwave, Jacob and the other have to crouch to avoid the wave. Then, another loud explosion and a bigger light beam was send to the sky in the middle of the circle. The princesses stopped, panting. "You think it worked?" Rainbow asked. "Only one way to find out." Jacob said as he walked into the light beam. He closed his eyes due to the light beam's brightness. After a few seconds, he opened up again. And what he saw made him gasped. He stood in a familiar city, with AA guns pounding the sky, gun shots were heard all over the place. He's back at Great Britain. Suddenly, he was interrupted by a deep, loud male voice. "Hey mate! What are you doing there?!" Jacob turned and saw a officer wastes soldiers next to him. This isn't a dream, he's back. He stepped forward and saluted. "What are you doing out here pilot?" he asked, "Shouldn't you be up there, fighting the Jerries?" Jacob took a deep breath, "Long story sir, I need to talk to you about something..." "Like that giant light beam behind you?" the officer asked, "What the hell is happening?" "I know it sounds crazy but...." Jacob begin to tell his whole insane story and his request for reinforcements. (~) Back at Ponyville. "What took him so long?" Rainbow Dash asked impatiently, "The Naze, Naza, whatever! The bad humans were about to take us out! And we're just standing here doing nothing!" "Rainbow Dash, I'm worried too, but we must have faith in him." said Twilight, pulling the pegasus's tail. "Your...your majesties!" suddenly, a royal guard came running to them. "The bad humans! They're here! With some weird looking metal monsters and some other crazy stuffs!" "Com'on! Rainbow Dash muttered, "Just hurry the hay up! We're getting bucked here!" (~) "You're saying that you got into this... colorful world with talking ponies and other stuff, and the Jerries are there too." the officer concluded. "yes sir," Jacob said, "Sir, I know this sounds mad, but we gotta go help them! Can't just leave them there with the Jerries, god knows what the fuck the SS's gonna do to them." "Well, fine. But we can't sent our full force there, since these Jerries are on top of us. But I will give you 50 Spitfires, 100 tanks, and some men. Keep them alive... at least less causalities as possible." The officer said. "Thank you sir!" Jacob smiled while saluting. (~) Suddenly, weird sound begin to form in the skies above, Rainbow Dash flew up and went for a scout. "It's the planes Jacob mentioned, with a cross. I think they're the Nazis. And buck, there's hay a lot of them coming from the ground. But they're still pretty far away." she reported. The light beam behind them begin to glow. Every creature turned and saw what shocked them. It's Jacob, and more humans. Behind them was more metal birds and some moving metal boxes. Then, a older human wearing a special uniform stepped towards the Princesses. He saluted and bowed slightly. "Your majesties." he said. "Jacob Willson told me about you all, and we're eager to help you defend your country from the Germans." "Thank you for your helps." Celestia said, "and nice the enemies were still far, can you and your men introduce your...weapons to my guards, it'll come in handy." The officer smiled, "It'll be my honor, your majesty." The humans spend 30 minutes introducing the creatures and the royal guards abut their weapons. Jacob was showing them the weapons. "This is a Lee-Enfield rifle," he said as he picked up the rifle and had it still so everyone can see. The crowd let out awes. "It's a bolt-action rifle, which means every time you pull this trigger, and fired, you have to reload it, like this." he held the rifle in place and pulled the bolt out, then he picked up two 10 rounds clip and slid them into the gun. Then he locked up the bolt, aim, and fired. Each time he fires, he pull the bolt out and in, dropping the empty shells and reloading a new round. All ten rounds were fired in less than 10 seconds. "This is a standard weapon for all infantry units. Though you don't have hands, for unicorns, use your magic. And for whoever has claws of talons, use them as well." he continued, "The Lee-Enfield rifle uses a ten round clip or a five rounds removable magazine. It uses 7.7x5.56mm British rounds. Have high fire-rate and good accuracy." Then he left the creatures test out the weapons themselves. Meanwhile, The officer was teaching the pegasus and the others how to use a AA gun and a Anti-tank gun. "That's a 40mm Vickers auto cannon. Use for air targets and also ground targets. But we call them Pom-poms. And the one with two wheels is a 6 pounder Anti-tank gun. Here's how to use it: you pick up this shell, open up the locker and study into this hole. Then you lock it up. Aim, and fire the gun by pressing this." The officer demonstrated by picking up a shell and stuff it into the barrel. Then he hit the switch tav connected the barrel. BOOM! A loud firing noise boomed across the crowd as they all cover their ears. Their jaw dropped, because none of them never seen something so powerful, so violence. Then the officer lifted the lock and a smoking shell came out of it. "It'll come in handy once you facet German tanks. But be sure to know this; when your target is a tank, use a, Armor Piercing round. When you target's a light armor vehicle, use a High-Explosive. Once you get use to its sound and how it works; this thing will be a beast." Finally, the short training is over. Almost every creature knows their weapons well and knew how to shoot and reload them. They're ready for an actual bloody, violence, cold-hearted war. Well, almost all. Some of them still have to deal with some mental problems after this battle. "Are you sure they're ready?" the officer asked Jacob, concerned, "They got used to living peacefully, I don't think they'll get use to this war." Jacob sighed, "The only problem is time and some guiding, I'm sure they'll be fine." he think looked at the officer again, "But make sure to prepare of the worst. War is merciless..." > This is War > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The creatures were working on defenses led by the British military; they built bunkers, dug trenches, lay mines, and setting up their Anti-Tank posts. Two Griffin soldiers were cleaning their Vickers, while the others were testing their Brens. The royal guards and the ponies were still getting use to their new weapons. Jacob, was guiding the student 6 on their weapons. "After the last round is fired, you pull out the mag and insert another one, then you pull the bolt. Once you hear 'click' then you gun is loaded." Jacob explained as he helped Gallus with his Sten SMG. "Huh, these things are sure complicated." Smolder groaned. She was having a hard time to clean her Bren LMG. "Especially the bolt, make sure to clean it often so dust or small particles won't get jammed inside." Jacob said as he helped Smolder pulling out the bolt, and smoothly cleaned it with a tile. Compare to the others, Ocellus mastered her Lee-Enfield faster than anyone else. She quickly put the parts together and fired a random shot into the distant to test it. It's no surprise; she's a quick learner. Though Sandbar doesn't have claws or talons to fire a gun, he found himself good at dealing with grenades. "I'll do the explosive run." he said. Same for Yona, but she attempted to be a combat medic. Silverstream immediately fell in love with her Lewis gun, that unique way of reloading and its attractive sound when fired. Not far from the trench, a truck came with a towed 6 pounders, the door opened and four unicorns stepped out. They ran to their towed gun and released it. Then they pushed the gun to their post and spread out the gears. Another unicorn came with two ammunition chests that contains AP and HE rounds. One of them got out a binocular and began to scan the battlefield, looking for their targets. Suddenly, a pegasus came flying in and yelled, "We got company! They're coming!" "INTO POSITIONS!!! EVERY CREATURES, TO YOU GUNS!!!" the officer called. Jacob and the student 6 was in the trench, their weapon and heads sticking out. Prepared to shot any enemy that emerges. Jacob felt something was trembling, first he thought it was the tanks, but later he glanced at Ocellus and found her hooves were shaking hard. "Hey, Ocellus," he comforted the young changeling, "We're here with you alright, I know war's terrifying but you have to get use to it. Because we'll do this a lot." The battlefield was silence, deadly quiet. Even heartbeats were heard. Jacob knew how brutal the battle would be, because this is the silence before the storm. Then, without warning, a screaming shell hit the ground in front of the trenches, exploding and spreading scarps everywhere. Then more and more explosions. "Shit! Artillery barrage!" Jacob screamed, "Heads down!!!!" Another she'll landed next to the trench, the flying rocks and dirt covered them. Another round hit an anti-tank post. The ammunition was hit and detonated. All four unicorns were killed instantly, their body parts flying. "FUCK! These 88s are tearing us apart!" a British soldier cursed. Just when he finished, a shard from an erupted round caught his neck and send his head flying. The headless soldier fell. More and more explosions, ponies and creatures screaming. Some of them were missing their body parts. The young six saw everything, Ocellus almost fainted when an arm landed in front of her. This is war, merciless and brutal. The artillery barrage lasted for at least 15 minutes before stopping. "Causalities report." Jacob said to a unicorn. "We lost four anti-tank crews, 20 men/creatures, and we got over 50 wounded." the unicorn said sadly. "Fuck." Jacob cursed under his breath, "The battle had just begun and we already lost some brothers." Suddenly, the ground begin to shake, and up the hills across the battlefield, five email beasts emerged, behind them was the SS. All armed with 98ks, MP40s, StG-44s, MG-34s and 42s. Some even carried Panzerfausts. The tanks were the Pz.III and the Pz. 38s. MG-42's demonic sound begin to rang, a general propose machine gun that shoots 1,300 rounds per minute is no joke. The Pz.IIIs and the Pz.38s began to fire its guns, the turret machine guns swiped across the battlefield, putting down any creature that dared to attack it. "AT crew! AT crew!" the Officer yelled, "Get rid of these damn tanks! Vickers and Brens start shooting! Bring em hell!" A 6 pounder was pushed into a bunker, its barrel pointed out. "500 yards! Armor Piercing!" the commander cried. The loader picked up an AP round from the ammunition chest and loaded up into the barrel. "Fire!" BOOM! A 57mm Armor Piercing round was send though the battlefield, toward its target; a Pz.III Ausf E. The round impacted the frontal plate and easily ripped through its 30mm armor. Then it ignited the ammo rack. The entire turret was blown off, the crews; well, cooked alive. "WHOO!!!!" Jacob let out a battle cry. "YEAH!!! GET THOSE JERRIES A LESSON THEY'LL NEVER FORGET!!!" The Vickers continued to spray at the Germans, cutting them down. The young Six, too, fired at their enemies. Ocellus sure is a sharp shooter, each time her rifle bursted, a man falls. Head shot. Silverstream was having fun enjoying the recoils of her Lewis gun, while the others were just spraying. Gallus was the actual fighting type, he learned some techniques from Jacob and quickly put down a few Germans. The enemy numbers were slowly going down, but are tanks rushed towards the battlefield. With another blow of ammo rack, a Pz.38 was shredded into pieces. The last standing 6 pounder was doing its best to keep the panzers from advancing. Unfortunately, the anti-tank gun became the main target for the panzers. "300 yards! Armor Piercing!" the commander yelled. Another round was loaded into the gun and fired. That was a direct hit, another dead Pz.III. Suddenly, more than ten High-Explosive rounds impacted the post. When the smoke is cleared, the anti-tank gun was nothing but scraps, the crew were gone, leaving a pile of body parts. The last anti-tank gun is gone. "Fuck!" Jacob saw it coming and crouched under the trench to avoid an incoming round. "Hey you! Call for air support!" he saw a radio operator and shouts at him. But before he could respond, a bullet came in and silenced him forever. "Shit!" Jacob cussed and crawl through the mud to get to the radio. "This is Jacob Willson of the RAF, we requested an immediate artillery strike on the Jerries." Jacob spook through the radio, first he locates the targets, then he asked for request, "The coordinates are 2, 5, 10, and 20. Over!" He then crouched down towards the six creatures, "Alright, I called an artillery strike on the Jerries. Just wait for a minute. How many rounds have you left?" "I'm out." Gallus said. "Still got 5 more shots." Ocellus said. "Still have some," Sillverstream said as she sprayed another pile of Germans, her gun went silence, "Never mind." "We're all out." Smolder shrugged. "The Germans are advancing behind their tanks!" someone yelled. "God damn, we got no more 6 pounders. This is it... sorry guys..." Jacob apologized to the six students for bring them into this chaos. "No! It's not too late!" Gallus yelled, "As long as we're still standing, the Nazis ain't gonna cross over!" he then pulled out a bayonet, attached to a rifle he grabbed from another dead soldier. The Germans were quickly but carefully advancing behind their steel beasts. However, the Equestrians and everybody else isn't planning to give up. Jacob pulled out his revolver and loaded a couple rounds in. The others pulled out blades and bayonets, preparing to give the Jerries some final hits. Suddenly, Jacob heard artillery rounds screaming. Is it the Germans? He thought, No, their troops are advancing, I'll be damned if it were the Jerries. Hold on, this sound isn't the 88s.... The British artillery rounds landed in the middle of the SS and their tanks, sending people flying and turning tanks into fire balls. Spitfires soar through the sky, spraying bullets at the Germans from above. "Its our boys!" a British soldier cried in joy, "They're here!" More and more artillery rounds landed in the German crowds, shredding everybody into pieces. The once crowded SS were left with only a few damaged tanks and 200 people. They call in for retreat. The Nazi scrambled back like frightened rats. Jacob couldn't just sit there and watch, he got onto a Vickers and started to fire at the retreating Germans, "DIE NAZI DOGS!" He yelled, "WELCOME TO HELL!!!!" (~) The battle is over, and the British were starting to clean up the scattered battlefield. Jacob was picking up dog tags, and tried his best to respect the dead by not stepping into them. The young six were shocked by the hell-like sight o the battlefield, they haven't experienced war for a thousand years, it's no surprise for anyone to have PTSD. Broken bodies of creatures and humans, scattered organs and parts, and bodies that did not closed their eyes even after death. The soldiers would close it for them, as a sign of respect. "Is....is it over? The war?" Gallus asked Jacob, but he just frowned. "No, no, my friend." he sighed, "This is just the beginning. The Jerries are warming up. I'v been through Dunkirk; it was worst then this... it's a genocide..." "Dunkirk?" "Yeah, Dunkirk. It started 2 months ago. The Jerries were pushing us from France, we're outnumbered. The Royal Navy was planning a evacuation for our troops in Dunkirk, the beach. I was part of this operation. My flight squadron was sent to Dunkirk to cover for our boys. Man I should've known it'd be hell. The Stukas were shooting at the defenseless soldiers on the beach; it was a massacre. Me and my boys have to lock our eyes on the beach to prevent another slaughtering... God, that was real hell..." Jacob said, both sadness and anger in his tone. "Wait, what are 'Stukas'?" Gallus asked. "Junkers 87s, German dive-bombers, devils from the sky. You hear them scream, you're dead within a second." Jacob explained. "I'm sorry..." Gallus said, "I...I've never been through so much..." "There's many things in the world you just....couldn't understand..." Jacob sighed. "I wish the war would be over soon..." Gallus said, looking at the sunset. "Yeah, me too." Jacob replied, he's also looking at the horizon. "Tomorrow, the Jerries' gonna put in their whole force to take Canterlot... I guess. But it isn't accurate. I just hope they aren't planning to take Canterlot... If they do..." he sighed and took a deep breath, "The city will burn, many innocents will die... Just like what they did to London. Your city's gonna get bombard..." Gallus shivered, this battle is already too insane for him, but imagine the entire city getting bombed, hell. "Alright, I gotta go," Jacob said as he checked his watch, "I'm gonna help setting up air defense systems for the battle tomorrow. Gallus, go to your friends... they need you." Then the pilot walked off. Gallus was left all alone. He took a last glance at the sunset, it may be my last... he thought before walking off. > Battle of Canterlot pt.1: No sacrifice, no victory. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To prevent the Nazi's air raid on Canterlot, innocents and children were evacuated from Canterlot. There once crowded city was left only with the soldiers. Prime Minster Winston Churchill heard about this and came to a meeting with Princess Celestia, both leaders agreed to benefit each other. Just a few hours after the meeting, more weapons, ammunition and men were transported to Canterlot, but Nazi's plan to attack Canterlot is still uncertain. After all, these SS were tricky and hard to kill. Especially all those brainwashed kids that the SS got from normal families. On each roofs of each building was armed with at least two anti-aircraft guns. Operated by expert gunners and newly trained creatures. Not only for the surface to air, the RAF introduced their bombers, attackers, and fighters to the Wonderbolt. Jacob returned to his place as squadron leader, and after a lot of trainings and tests, Spitfire; the captain of the Wonderbolt, finally got her hooves on the Supermarine Spitfire. To make the Equestrain Air Force stronger than ever, the RAF created ten fighter squadron, five elite squadron, five light-bomber platoon, five heavy-bomber platoon, ten attacker squadron, and a transport squadron. Each pilots were trained by the RAF's elite pilots, so they are..... uh..... quite deadly. To prevent the lack of tankers, the British armed force began to train non-humans. Now over 2,000 creatures joined the armed force. Also, many anti-tank tactics were taught to the soldiers by the most experienced tankers and anti-tank gunners. It seemed like the Equestrian Army is ready for battle, but hold on, there's one more thing. PTSDs. This mental problem had been affecting lots of warriors, especially the Equestrians. They haven't experience war for too long, some of them even committed suicide. Luckily, humans has the most experience on PTSDs. Many psychologists were asked to talk to these soldiers. Other than that, they're ready for an intense, bloody, brutal, merciless battle. (~) On the runway next to the Wonderbolt Academy, 40 Spitfires are ready to take off, they'll be patrolling the sky, also to engage enemy fighters and bombers. They're led by Jacob and his friend, Lucas. Lucas is Jacob's buddy before his arrival to Equestria, they fought the same battle, fly the same plane, and working together. He's also a RAF elite pilot. Under two elite pilots' lead, Equestria's first official Air Force squadron, "Thunderbolts" will be fighting for Equestria in the skies. Jacob suggested to change the name from Wonderbolt to Thunderbolt; to be more fearsome and mighty. Spitfire and her squadron also flies Supermarine Spitfires. The yellow pegasus painted her plane's tail bright yellow to stand out. Her squadron did the same, this is to tell their enemies and allies that this is the first non-human fighter squadron. But before this, many officers disagreed to form this "Thunderbolt" flight squadron; because the pilots were not humans. But Jacob was able to convince the offices to change their minds by explaining that humans and non-humans must work together and unite as one. Finally, they agreed. Meanwhile, the armored platoon is ready to roll. The armored platoon is also made up with humans and non-humans. Applejack was the commander of the non-human platoon, her platoon is made up with Griffins, Royal guards, and unicorns. Each of them was taught carefully by experienced human tankers. The non-human platoon was armed with Cruiser IV medium tanks. Don't worry about the loading part, the main guns of the tanks were the 2 pounders 40mm guns. The rounds are not too heavy, and light enough for the non-humans to carry. The trench defense was set up already, new men and creatures were added to replace the dead. The supplies truck kept sending in ammunitions and rounds through the portal to the Equestrian Battlefront. Thirty 6 pounders were towed into their anti-tank posts, Vickers were placed into the bunkers, and each soldier are given new rifles, SMGs, or LMGs to replace the broken ones. The student 6 were in their bunkers, joking around and trying to comfort the scared ones, rebooting them to fight. Little did they know, each small words and encouragements caused a great different in the battle that will take place not long later. In the city of Canterlot, the princesses and the generals were hidden in the air raid shelters, planning and talking about the strategies. While the AA crews on the buildings were in positions, ready to clear the sky when needed. The Artilleries were also towed in place, each crew were experienced and ready incase of any immediate fire support. The 25 pounders had their barrels pointed upwards, High-Explosive rounds were laid in a chest next to them, the gunners were next to the artillery gun, preparing for orders. The back-up forces were also in position, ready to go to the battlefield to support the soldiers when needed. Everyone is too tense and nervous, Gallus noticed this, "Hey guys," he said, "I know this is hard for everyone, but we can't give up." "But, the Nazis... they've more soldiers than us! How are we going to win this?!" a pony cried, everyone begin to mutter. The student six were getting nervous, the battle haven't start yet and their army is already breaking down. Suddenly, a familiar figure stood above the trench. Jacob Willson. "Jacob?" Gallus asked, surprised, "Shouldn't you be at the Wonderbolt academy?" "Well I suppose it won't hurt if I come to check on you guys." Jacob said, he frowned at the sight of the muttering soldiers. "What's wrong with them?" he asked. "They think that we can't win," Gallus sighed, "We're outnumbered." The RAF pilot touched his own temple, "I'll handle this." He then made his way on top of a tall rock. He cleared his throat, grabbing everyone's attention. He then took a deep breath before starting his speech. "I'm just as nervous as you all are." He began, "We are outnumbered. But there's one thing I want all of you to know." The crowd shared a confused look. "I want you all to remember, that no bastard ever won a war without dying for his/her country. I know this sounds strange, but I've experienced it: Back in Dunkirk evaluation, our forces were outnumbered by the Germans. We thought no one's gonna survive that shit. But we did. Why? Cause we fought. Nobody can win a war with sacrificing a life or lives. There's no victories without losing something. If there's a war, death is normal, it's part of it. But that doesn't mean we fear it. What is an soldier's last wish in a war? TO DIE IN A GLORIOUS DEATH!!! WE're not cowards are we? NO!!! Remember this: No sacrifice.... NO VICTORY!!!!" The crowd were shocked and impressed by his speech, some of them lowered their heads in shame, but lifted up as they realized what Jacob means. "The Nazis are invading and attacking YOUR land, they're killing and slaughtering YOUR kind! YOUR families, YOUR children, YOUR everything!!! What do we do? We....FIGHT!!! I say we get these bastards OFF your lands once and for all! Each drop of blood, each lives taken, an each wound, we make it worth it. YOU TAKE BACK WHAT'S YOURS AND MAKE SURE THESE BITCHES WILL NOT COME FOR IT AGAIN!!!! WHO'S WITH ME?!" Jacob yelled the last sentences out loud, the crowd's emotions are rising, they can already feel the heat in their blood. The crowd cheered. "That's right! We take back what's ours!" A pony yelled. "We make them bleed! And make sure they'll never come for us again!" A Griffin yelled. "For our families! For our friends! For our land!" A unicorn yelled. "Alright!!!!" Jacob concluded, "NO SACRIFICE...." he waited for the crowd to answer. "NO VICTORY!!!" the crowd cheered. "Good! NOW GET YOUR ASSSES TO YOU GUNS!!!" Jacob ordered, making everyone runs to their positions, "OUR LAND, OUR BLOOD!!!" "Wow," Silverstream said, "He's great at speech." "yeah, I can already feel my blood boiling!" Smolder agreed. "Hey Jacob, thanks for the help." Gallus shocked the pilot's hand. "No problem." Jacob smiled as he went back to the Wonderbolt academy by riding on a chariot pulled by to pegasus. The speech is sure encouraging, and the Equestrian and non-Equestrian army are totally ready. > Battle of Canterlot pt 2: Only the Beginning > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WONDERBOLT ACADEMY, AIR FIELD "Thunderbolts, I'm your leader." Jacob said as he assembled a team of pegasus. "Our mission will be covering the bomber squadron while they bombard the German panzer platoons. Remember to stay in formation, do not engage unless the enemies attacked first. Our main goal is too protect the bombers. Understood?" "Yes sir!" They said in union. "Good, now get your flanks on the Spitfires!" Jacob smirked. Already he liked this squadron. The Thunderbolt squadron were ready to take off, their engines smoking, their propellers spinning. A soldier with a signal flag came next to the run-ways. He raised the flag, signaled the Thunderbolts to be ready, then, he dropped it. "Alright, Thunderbolts, on me." Jacob said through the radio as he pushed the throttles wide open. His Spitfire begin to move forwards, faster and faster. Then it slowly took off from the ground. Jacob closed his landing gears, he then grabbed the radio, "Thunderbolt follow me." One by one, Spitfires took off and got into cruise formation behind Jacob's plane. Captain Spitfire's squadron were called Silverbolt, and Soarin's is called Lightingbolt. Both squadron were side by side with Jacob's. "Where's the bombers?" Spitfire asked. Soarin checked his watch, "We're 10 minutes earlier than the bombers. Think they went on without us." Jacob glanced through the window, he caught 15 middle-sized planes with RAF marks on them. He immediately spoke through the radio. "Attension Lightingbolt and Silverbolt, there they are, 10 o'clock low." he said. "I'll go to their leader, show' em we're friendlies." Spitfire said as she tiled her plane and went towards the bombers. Meanwhile, on one of the bombers, a tail gunner spotted a plane coming into view, a fighter. "6 o'clock! Bandit coming in fast!" The pegasus yelled, "On your guns!" Immediately the gunners got on their machine guns and loaded them up. They glanced nervously through the skies around them. "Hold your fire," the cop-pilot said as he got out his binoculars, "It's a Spitfire. Hold on, that's Captain Spitfire." The gunners sighed in relief. Spitfire, waved at the bomber pilots through the cockpit, then she received an affirmative nod from them. Spitfire then flew back to her squadron, "Confirmed." she spoke through the radio. "Alright, get into formations." Jacob ordered as the three squadrons each guards a side of the bomber platoon. (~) Meanwhile, in the trench, the soldiers were all tense, but not scared, instead they felt proud to serve their country. Gallus glanced at his fellow men and colts. "Say, Jacob's speech worked too well." he said to Smolder. Jacob made Gallus the commander of the newly developed 1st Equestrian rifle platoon and the 12th heavy fire platoon, while Smolder is the second in command. Silverstream leads an assault squad that will sneak behind the enemy line and ambush them, their signal will the the bombardment by their bombers. Sandbar, using the finger glove Ocellus built for him, became an sniper, while Ocellus and Yona worked as combat medics. "Remember, we have to hold this trench at all cost," Gallus said, "behind us is Canterlot, we'll keep the German away far as possible. Until the bombers arrives, we hold this place, understood?" "Yes sir!" they shout. Suddenly, they heard screaming up in the air, louder and louder. Gallus looked up and saw what's the source: Five German planes were diving down, aiming towards their trench. A loud, terrifying scream was heard all over. Gallus's eyes widened in horror when he saw what's attached to the dive-bomber---- a 500 pounds bomb. "STUKAS!!!" he yelled, "TAKE COVER!!!" Just as he yelled, a bomb landed a few feet from him. It erupted, spreading shards everywhere. BOOM!!! That send a few colts and men flying. BOOM!!! BOOM!!! BOOM!!! A few more bombs hit and lighted up the trench. Many body parts were thrown in the air, leaving lifeless bodies in the trench. Creatures were getting tossed around like dolls. Gallus and the others hid under the trench, covering their heads. For once in their live they are scared, like REALLY scared. Especially that terrifying sound the Stukas made while dive-bombing, it send chills all over them. Gallus heard Jacob talking about the Ju-87 Stukas a lot. He told them that whenever you hear that siren you better hide. Cause what's coming next is not so sweet. Now he understood. "FUCK!!!" he heard an soldier cried, "WHERE ARE OUR AIR BOYS?!" Gallus picked up the radio and switched it to the Air Force level. He got the speaker to his beak and yelled. "This is the 1st Equestrian Rifle Platoon and the 12th Heavy Fire platoon commander Gallus speaking!" (~) JACOB'S SQUADRON "I wonder how Gallus is doing down there." Jacob sighed, "Wish I can be with him." "You trend him well," Spitfire spoke through the radio, "I'm sure everything is fin---" Her voice was cut off by a sudden radio out burst, "This is the 1st Equestrian Rifle Platoon and the 12th Heavy Fire platoon commander Gallus speaking!" "Or not." Spitfire gulped, she suddenly had a bad feeling. "This is Captain Jacob of the 1st Equestrian Air platoon," Jacob said, "What's your status?" "We request air support immediately!" Gallus's said, in the background Jacob can hear these Stuka screams. Another loud explosion. "HURRY UP!!! THESE STUKAS ARE TEARING US APART!!! GALLUS OUT!" Then all Jacob can hear was radio screech. "Fuck." he muttered. "Captain, is something wrong?" Spitfire asked. "Gallus and his forces were getting pinned by the Stukas," Jacob said, "I'll divide our platoon up; Spitfire and Soarin, your platoon will guard the bombers; My platoon will handle the stukas, understood?" "Aye." Soarin replied as he and Spitfire led their platoon and changed formation. Still guarding the bomber platoon. Jacob led his squadron and changed direction, flying towards Gallus's trench. (~) The Stukas started to spray bullets after they finished bombarding the trench, Gallus have to stick close to the r=trech as close as possible to avoid gettin hit by the bullets. They lost few men and colt during the bombardment and the rain of bullets. "GOD DAMN IT!!!" Smolder snarled, "WHERE"S JACOB?" "He should be coming!" Gallus replied, "I call for air support, but I don't----" BOOM!!!! CRASH!!! Suddenly, a Stuka was ignited and exploded in the mid-air. That both surprised and confused the troopers. They don't have any AA guns; they're all at Canterlot. No AA guns, Stukas don't just blow up in the air, that means... Another explosion and the second Stuka's down. 10 familiar Spitfires zoomed pass their trench from the clouds above. They have bright yellow tails, the squadron leader is awfully familiar. "IT'S OUR AIR BOYS!!!" a soldier exclaimed, "THEY'RE HERE!!!" "JACOB!!!" Smolder exclaimed. Jacob's Spitfire was on the tail of a Stuka, the Stuka's gunner was firing at the Spitfire, but the aim is horrible. Jacob's Spitfire fired off a few rounds, the Stuka started to smoke. Another spray ended the Stuka in a massive fireball, no ejection spotted. Jacob did a low pass near the trench, Gallus swore he saw Jacob saluting him. "YEAH!!! NOW THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!!!!" He exclaimed. After a few minuets of dogfighting, the remaining Stukas were wiped out, "Mission complete, Gallus, the rest is all yours." Jacob spoke through the radio before lifting off into the clouds and disappeared. The troops cheered. But Gallus was not, "GUYS!!! SETTLE DOWN!!!" he yelled, shutting everyone up, "Don't celebrate too soon yet, cause we got companies." he said while pointing to the other side of the battlefield. German tanks, warplanes, and SS troops were gathering, preparing to launch an deadly assault. Gallus sighed, he knew this is coming. The bombing is only the beginning. The real battle was in front of them. Door to Hell had opened, the Battle for Canterlot has officially begun. > Battle of Canterlot pt.3: Victory is Ours! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Theme for this chapter. (Hecksaw Ridge OST) EQUESTRIAN ARMY, TRENCHES "GET THOSE 6 POUNDERS AND GIVE' EM HELL!!!" Gallus shouted and a three-stallion anti-tank crew rolled up a 6 pounder, positioning the gun's angle. Not far from their trenches, the Germans launched their assaults again, Pz.IIIs and 38ts were all over the place, followed by armor trucks and infantries. Though the Vickers have been spitting bullets at the incoming enemies, they're blocked by the tanks. The Germans formed a formation where tanks formed a metal wall that shields the infantries from MGs. The 6 pounders are working their best, but they're simply outnumbered. "300 YARDS! Load Armor Piercing!" The Gun Commander shouted, the loader quickly levered an AP round using his magic and staffed it into the gun breach, then he locked it tight. "Target Acquired!" The gunner locked his sight onto a Pz.III, which his surpassing most of their fire. "FIRE!" The gunner pressed the trigger, which fired off the round. The AP round reached its target in less than 2 seconds, it ripped through the thin sheet of armor and ignited the ammo rack. BOOM!!! The turret was thrown across the battlefield and landed on three unlucky enemy soldiers, killing them instantly. Unfortunately, that 6 pounder later was shot by a 37mm gun and cooked off. "UGH! SHIT!" A soldier cried, "OUR GUNS ARE GETTING F**KED UP!" The 6 pounders were getting pounded overtime they fires, finally, the last gun is blown off. That left Gallus and his men/stallions, helpless against these metal beasts. Gallus watched hopelessly as a Pz.III pointed its gun at him, the Griffon shut his eyes, waiting for the death to come. BOOM!!! Gallus flinched, but he could still feel his body. Still alive, in one piece, then what's that explosion? He turned and saw another tank; a Cruiser IV was advancing from behind, followed by platoons. Their armor support arrived just in time! The leading Cruiser Iv's hatch opened, revealing a familiar orange mare with a cowboy (Cowmare) hat on. "Howdy folks!" she said, "Need some hooves?" (~) Meanwhile, up in the sky, Jacob returned to his squadron with Spitfire and Soarin. Suddenly, they spotted more than 30 planes flying in 12 o'clock fast! The bright yellow nose already told them their ID: Messerschmitt Bf-109 E4. "Got visual on the enemies." Soarin said, "Permission to engage?" "Negative, our order's to stay with the bombers." Jacob replied. (By the way this part is inspired by Red Tails.) "Damn it I hate this war." Soarin mumbled. The leading Bf-109 is piloted by an elite pilot name Hans, he shot down over 100 Spitfires and Hurricanes over Great Britain, he's one of the most deadliest predators of the Luftwaffe. And this time, he'll get more kills. Hans was scoffing the entire time, Spitfires piloted by ponies? LOL! Not even a single chance! Yup, Hans is just too proud. "Geschwader 1, lass die Kämpfer ablenken, der Rest von dir bleibt bei mir. (Squadron 1, go distract the fighters, the rest of you stay with me.)" Hans spoke through the radio, his tactics is to distract the fighters while the main squadron go in and kills off the bombers. (Sounds familiar eh.) Immediately, five fighters went down towards the Spitfires and the bombers. But their orders were distracting, not attacking. "We've got boogies coming in hot!" a stallion reported from a Spitfire, "Should we engage?" "Negative, they're not attacking, let' em go. Stay with the bombers." Jacob responded. Seeing their tactics did not work, Hans is both surprised and angered by these pilots. He had an evil smirk on his face, "Dann müssen wir es auf die harte Tour machen, Pause! (We'll have to do it the hard way then, break!)" The Bf-109 immediately turned and lunged at the bombers, their machine guns opened fire. "Here we go!" Jacob said as the ordered his men/mare/stallions to attack. The Spitfires and the Messerschmitts charged at each other; it was chaos unleashed. "Spitfire! There's a jerry on my tail!" Soarin cried as the 7.92mm bullets ripped through his Spitfire. "On my way Soarin! Hang on!" Spitfire replied as she turned towards the Bf-109 chasing Soarin. She locked on and pressed the trigger. DA DA DA.... The brownings opened fire, ripping the Bf-109 into shreds. But before Spitfire can even say something, she found herself dogfighting another Messerschmitt behind her plane. This Bf-109 is indeed a skilled one, it kept on her tail and no matter how Spitfire tried to shake him off, the Bf-109 follows. Hans is outraged by the outcome, his men, elite pilots of the third reich, is getting killed by... PONIES?! This is simply a shame!!! He locked onto a Spitfire and bursted his rounds into his enemy's. he didn't know that this plane his attacking is piloted by no other than Spitfire herself. "Stirb du folish Pony!" he shouted. (I don't need to translate this part cuz ya'll know what did he said.) Hans is so focused on Spitfire he ignored his tail. Jacob saw this and came over after blowing a Bf-109 into shreds. He locked onto Hans's Messerschmitt and calculated the bullets's LZ. After that, he squeezed the trigger. To fire at an enemy behind a friendly is dangerous, one mistake can take the friendly's life instead of the enemy's. The goddess of luck is still by Jacob's side. Hans felt his plane shaking, he's about to turned but couldn't feel his hands anymore. He looked down and was shocked to find that his chest is bleeding; more than five bullet holes were on him. Hans's vision went black as he lost consciousness. After a few burst of rounds, Hans's Messerschmitts erupted into a fireball. "Oh Thanks celestia Jacob." Spitfire sighed in relief. "No problem ma'am." Jacob said as he went back to dogfighting. Finally, after 15 minuets of intense dogfighting, the 30 Bf-109 was only left with 5, they scrambled away, but Jacob and his allies ain't letting them go that easily. They caught up and finished the Messerschmitts off. After gaining the air supremacy, Jacob and his squadron were ready to give air support for their friends on the ground. (~) Applejack's tank platoon is pushing forward, the 40mm gun is firing none-stop, the Pz.IIIs and the 38ts were slowly getting beat down one by one. Finally, the last Pz.III took a hit from Applejack's Cruiser IV and was blown inside-out. Suddenly, familiar screaming were heard coming from the sky. Stukas? Gallus thought, no, Jacob got them all, wait a second... KA-BOOM!!! "ARTILLERY BARRAGE!!! TAKE COVER!!!" Gallus shouted as he pushed his fellow solders into the trenches. Too late. The soldiers can get into the trenches, but not tanks. A Cruiser IV was hit from the top by a screaming round. The deadly round ripped through the thin sheet of armor which blew the turret into bits, but this isn't over yet. The round continued to pierce until it ignited the fuel tank. The second explosion came in and completely tore the tank into scarps flying in every direction. "F**K 88s! Fall back!" Applejack shouted as her tank begin to reverse, same for the others. A round came in and landed right next to her tank. BOOOOM!!! The last thing Applejack saw is her flying in the air and landed hard onto ground, her tank's turret is gone, so are the crew. She passed out. The artilleries were raining hard, more and more tanks were getting busted, some even landed in the trenches, bodies and parts scattered everywhere. "Silverstream?" Gallus suddenly realized his special somegriff isn't in the trench, he looked over the trench and saw her lying few yards from the trench, unconscious. "SHIT!!!! I'M GOING FOR HER!" he leaped out of the trench and ran towards the hippogriff while bending his back, avoiding the shards. Luckily, Silverstream has no wounds, probably hit by the shockwave and passed out. He was about to pull toward the trench before he spotted a certain unconscious orange mare. He lunged towards Applejack, pulling both unconscious pony and hippogriff towards the trench. It's a challenge, because due to the flying shards and rounds coming in, you have to stay low while running, not to mention you're carrying two pony/hippogriff on your back. Fortunately, they made it back safety. Yona immediately started her work as a combat medic, bandaging Applejack. She took a hit by a shard in her back hoof, but everything else is fine. No critical wounds. After what had been like years of raining rounds, the barrage is finally over. UK bombers flew overhead, later, bomb screams and distant explosions were heard. Gallus let out a sigh of relief. Four hours later, an exciting news came in: "After a series of bombing raids on the German sites, we destroyed half of the German military vehicles and men. The main unit stormed their camps and captured more than 12,000 POWs, the rest were executed. We managed to captured the high rank officers and cornered them. After an hour of fighting back, they ran out of ammunition and surrendered. We continued to advance until we captured and defeated the rest of their army. They too, surrendered. The victory... IS OURS!" Finally, this battle between humans and ponies were over, completely. > Pride and Honor > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Theme for this chapter (Hecksaw Ridge OST) The Human-Equestrian War is finally over, after suffering over 10,000 causalities, the Nazis were defeated; well, the Nazis in Equestria. Back at Jacob's world, Britain is still fighting off the Luftwaffe, the world war had just started. Pinkie, of course, threw a HUGE party at Canterlot celebrating, and right after the party, it's the award ceremony. Even the Prime Minster Winston Churchill came to the award ceremony, he and Celestia made a deal that Great Britain will support Equestria by giving them some blue prints of tanks, aircrafts and guns, also the materials to expand its military forces. For peace keeping of course. "Ladies, Gentelcolts, and Gentlemen, today we gathered here for a celebration of the defeat of the Nazis in Equestria!" Celestia began the award ceremony with a speech, so did Winston Churchill. After half-an hour of the speech and some announcements, the big part finally came. "Now, we'll be awarding the medals to those who fought bravely in the battle of Canterlot. First, we'll handle them to four bravest of all." Churchill began, "He's the first man to enter Equestria, he established the elite Equestrian fighter squadron 'Thunderbolt', he is a great captain and commander, please come up and receive your medal---- Jacob Wilson." The crowd cheered as the young man stood up and walked onto the stage. He saluted at the Prime Minster and Celestia as they saluted back. Then, Churchill himself brought up a small chest, inside lies a George Cross medal. Jacob had a pride smile on his face as the Prime Minster placed the medal on his uniform. "Captain/Commander Jacob Wilson, you are rewarded the George Cross medal for the act of the most conspicuous courage in circumstance of extreme danger." he said, then he shook his hand. Jacob shook his, they give each other a salute. He then stood at the stage behind Churchill. "Next will be a Griffon. He is young, yet strong, clever, and brave. During the battle of Canterlot, he managed saved two of his comrades from the hellfire of the battlefield between the rains of bullets and the shards of the shells. He is always willing to risk his life for his men and friends, he also showed great leadership. Please come up to receive your medal---- Gallus." The crowd again bursted into cheers as Silverstream hugged her special somegriff. Gallus walked up to the stage, his face is full of pride, surprised, and a bit shocked. They saluted, this time, Celestia came up with a small chest around her aura, inside is a shining Victorian Cross medal, the highest ranking medal of the UK military force. Celestia placed the medal in front of his chest, she had a proud smile on her face. "Gallus, you are rewarded with the Victorian Cross medal for your act of bravely and your spirt of encouragement." They saluted again before shook hoof/talons. Then Gallus went behind her on the stage. "The next two will be an Earthpony and a Hippogriff. Them two served as great soldiers on the battlefield, both wounded and went on a near-death situation, they did this for their country, heroic and brave. Now, please come up and receive your medals---- Applejack and Silverstream." Applejack was on a wheel chair due to that shard through her back hoof, Silverstream squeaked happily and excitedly. The hippogriff helped pushed Applejack onto the stage, greeted by Celestia and the two Equestrian Purple Heart Medals. "Applejack and Silverstream, you both were rewarded with the Equestrian Purple Heart medal for your spirit and the wound you received for our country, your actions may be small, but it belongs to the part of the great victory against the invaders." They shook hooves/claws before going behind Celestia on the stage with Jacob and Gallus. Then, both Celestia and Churchill rewarded others including men, stallions, mares, Griffons, Hippogriffs, Changelings, and dragons. Lastly, they rewarded those who died fighting for their nation and country the Equestrian Purple Hearts. (~) The next day, the UK forces were about to leave and return to their world, waving goodbyes to their Equestrian comrades. "You're a great captain Jacob," Spitfire said, "you taught me a lot and plus you saved my life, I can't thank you enough." "Hey Jacob, I... I guess this is good bye then." Gallus hugged his human friend, "Are you sure you wanna leave? You can still stay here and teach us stuff." "I'd love to Gallus, but see? Our world is still at war, I must go back and fight for my country. It's nice meeting you all, by the way, did you proposed to Silver yet?" Jacob asked. "Yeah, she said yes!" Gallus smiled. "Well congratulations young one!" Jacob smiled as they fist/talon bumped. Finally, Celestia and the princesses opened the portal again, the ones who fought along side with the humans waved good byes as they went back to their world one by one. Jacob was about to go when he was pulled over by Twilight. "Yes Princess?" he asked. "Will we ever see each others again?" she asked. Jacob thought about it for a moment, "I... I don't know. But I sure hope we do." They smiled before waving good byes. After the last human walked into the portal, Celestia lit her horn and closed the gateway. The crowd begin to disassemble. "Princess? Do you think we can see Jacob ever again?" Twilight asked. "Even I don't know the answer to that one Twilight," Celestia said, "but I have a feeling that we'll see him one day... again." "I can't wait!" Twilight smiled. And there, the relationships between the humans and Equestrians ended... for now. Unknown to them, 20 years later (in the human world it is 79 years, but in Equestria, it's only 20 years.), the humans and the Equestrians will meet again. And when that days comes, Equestria will be at risk; not from the humans, but from a new and powerful threat... from outer space... THE END! (Heads up for the sequel!)