1. The Arrival - The Attack (Revised)

Chapter One

                                                                         The Arrival

Location: Pony Solar System

Year: 2993

Date: 7/4

Time: 1200

Click!

I awoke to the sound of the cryogenic chamber being opened. I got out and started to choke up water. I saw that the other chambers have started to open. Where the fuck was I? What was this place? Soon, all the water cleared from my system, and I began to think straight. That’s right. I was on a star fighter, heading on to an important mission. I got up shakily, and tried to stand. All around me, my fellow soldiers faced the same problems: nausea, temporary memory loss, vomiting. Good thing I was ok.

"Major Briggs!" I heard from behind me.

I turned around and saw General Farnsworth. Snapping to attention, I saluted him and said, “Good morning, sir!”

The General saluted back, and then relaxed. "At ease, Major."

"Have we arrived?" I asked the general.

"Yes we have Major. Now get your ass in a suit and follow me."

I grabbed a suit from next to me and put it on. Breathing deeply, I slowly eased the helmet over my head, and my sight slowly faded to darkness. I heard it click as it latched on with the rest of the super suit. Suddenly, there was a high pitched beeping noise, and the optical devices came online. The helmet flared with light, and I fell right on my ass. I heard Farnsworth laugh a bit at my reaction, and I just glared at him and flipped him off. As soon as I was used to the suits breathing circuits, I followed the general to the bridge of the spaceship. As much as he and I like to joke, I had to follow his orders.

The general is one of if not the most important man on this ship because he is the general of the United Human Race. The world hasn't been decided in countries for over 30 years now. All of its inhabitants were united under one man...and he was the one in front of me.

As we arrived at the bridge, I saw that there were many people rushing about, getting weapons and gear ready, and shouting out orders.

General Farnsworth turned toward me, his face grim and serious. "Major, you and Thunderbird Squad will deploy on Equestria and find that princess."

"Yes sir." I replied, snapping once more to attention.

"Get to the Blackhawk AT-50; I assume you know why we're here." He pointed over to the large window of the spaceship. On the other side of the glass and energy shields was a place that all humans had hated and desired with a burning passion. Equestria.

Long time ago, Princess Celestia banished the humans from Equestria to a distant world which is Earth because they were jealous of our advancements in technology. Now we are back for revenge. I turned without a word to the general, and headed off to the Blackhawk.

I walked down a nearby hall and found myself in the aircraft hangar, where all the fighters were stored. I walked down the row of vehicles until I found the Blackhawk AT-50.

I found my squadron, Thunderbird, sitting on a bench next to the Blackhawk. I took a head count; there were seven men, myself included. I saw someone I recognized, and I smiled.

"Major Briggs!" My second in command, Captain Norwood called out. “Ready for deployment?”

I gave a ruthless grin, and replied promptly. “Aye aye, Captain.” I turned towards the rest of the men, all of whom shared my enthusiasm.

"You know why we're here gentlemen. We're here to have a nice chat with the princess that banished the human race from this wonderful world. This was our home as much as it was theirs, and they took it from us. " I addressed them. They all cursed Celestia’s name, and each put a hand on their weapons. “Now, we’re back, and we’re pissed off. We’ve come to take what is ours. Now tell me, are we ready to kick some little pony ass?!

"Sir, yes sir!" They bellowed, giving off bloodthirsty cries.

"Now double time your sorry asses in the Blackhawk and let's fucking rock and roll!" I screamed, grinning like a madman. Followed my soldiers into the sleek aircraft, and strapped myself in for a ride into history.

The Blackhawk deployed from the hangar and went past the airlock. As I sat inside, I couldn’t help but think what a piece of beauty she was. The Blackhawk is a space/air/land hybrid that can deploy onto any terrain. It was fast, so we have arrived at Eqeustria in four hours. Felt like forever, but that's because we were outside of the solar system, and this ship can't have any turbo boosters or hyperdrives. So, I had four hours to think. I looked around at my team, seeing a group of men that I would trust with my life.

Captain Norwood. He and I go way back; we grew up together, went through basic together, and graduated from the Academy with each other. He’s saved my ass countless times, and he never let me live that down. Still, he was a good guy.

Rookie, rank Staff Sergeant. He was the new kid on the team, fresh out of basic training. I was told that during training, he proved to be a trustworthy soldier. He also graduated from flight training and was the pilot in our squad. In the brief time he and I knew each other before getting into cryostasis, Rookie and I pulled many a prank. He still had a lot to learn, but he’s a quick learner.

Dan, rank 2nd Lieutenant. He was the brains of our crew, always figuring ways around problems in seconds. Dan is by far the only man I know who’s been able to speak eight languages, all fluently, have a medical degree. The dude’s a genius when it comes to weapons, and he’s customized countless pieces of gear into unstoppable war machines. He was the scientist of the group.

Viper, rank Master Sergeant. Viper was a master of close quarters combat, and always floored the other guys on the mat. Tall and built like a monster, he was pretty much a walking breathing tank. No one could stop the guy if he wanted something done, short of putting a round in his head.

Hawkeye, rank Lance Corporal. Hawkeye was our marksman, a definite master of the sniper rifle. He once told me about a time he took off a Taliban fighter’s head with a single shot from a mile and a half away. I didn’t believe him...until he did it again when he and I were together in the Hindu Kush mountains. I learned never to mess with him after that.

Shadow, rank Gunnery Segeant. “Gunny”, as we sometimes call him. Shadow was the assassination expert, the man who can kill from two feet, and you wouldn’t hear him. The man was so silent, he was able to sneak up on deer and rabbits. Again, never piss him off. You won’t see him coming. Literally.

Finally, there was Tech. The oddball of the group, Tech specialized in exactly what his name implied: technology. This guy could hack any system, and repair any gear. Tech also specialized in high tech weaponry, and as such, had his own custom battle rifle.

The reason Captain Norwood, Dan, and I don't have any nick names because of respect because we saved the rest of our squadron's lives. I thought back to the war of unity, where I met the rest of my squadron.

Location: Afghanistan, Earth

Year: 2961

Date: 4/23

Time: 1300

My squadron and I are running through the battlefield, and there were only three of us left, as the Afghanistan forces resisted the United Human Empire. Me, Captain Norwood, and Dan. We just had to run through one more house to escape the oppressing Afghanistan forces.

As we entered the house, I saw four soldiers cornered by ten Afghanistan men. The Afghanistan men had to soldiers' weapons and was about to kill them, and my squadron and I shot the exposed neck of their armour. The Afghanistan men crumpled to the ground.

"Thank God! You saved our asses!" The tallest of the four said.

"We must MOVE!" Dan yelled at us as the four other soldiers picked up their weapons and we ran out of the house. There was a chopper waiting, with the whir of it's blades, 200 meters from us.

"How can we ever repay you for saving us!" The tall one said to us, grateful for saving his friends and him.

"How about do nothing." I grinned.

The chopper took off, and a rocket hit the chopper. Captain Norwood the four soldiers we saved off the chopper, along with me and Dan. As soon as we jumped out, the chopper exploded, it's shrapnel raining around us.

"Holy shit man! You guys saved all of us once again!" A different soldier praised.

"It's my duty." Captain Norwood replied bluntly.

We had to run 500 meters to the shore, where armoured ships sat at the shore, waiting for our retreating forces.

Dan pushed one of the soldiers as an IED went off where he was standing just moments before.

We heard pulse shots behind us as the Afghanistan forces tried to stop us from escaping. I heard explosives and the peppering sounds of the suppressive fire behind us as we ran through the wet sand to the ships.

The ships started to undock and the huge hangar doors started to close. I yelled, "JUMP!" And we all jumped through the gap in the huge hangar door just in time.

Later, we were formed into a squad, and the four soldiers respected us ever since.

Present Time

We arrived at the planet. I looked over to Captain Norwood, and he nodded. He leaned forward and pushed a button. We slowly began our descent...

Suddenly, the Blackhawk shook, and we all were thrown around.

"WARNING LEFT ENGINE GONE." The ship started to blare out as an alert.

"Damn magic." Rookie said to our copilot as he tried to regain balance. "Shit, shit, SHIT! We gotta get our wing suits and jump!" He yelled at us as he left the pilot’s seat.

We hastily put on our wing suits and Rookie opened the hangar.

I was the first to jump out, and was soon followed by the rest of my squad. I tucked my arms in and we descended towards a village.

We stabilised over the village and we got into a V formation, with me at the front and we activated our boosters.

We sped up faster and faster, and soon and we broke the sound barrier and flew down to the village.

A Little Ago

Twilight Sparkle walked the streets of Ponyville, carrying important papers in her mouth when she saw a glint in the sky. Curious, she looked up into the sky, squinting her eyes to try and get a better look at the tiny shape.

When the glint came closer she realized that it was  seven black shapes, and without warning, they broke the sound barrier above her. The sonic booms bursted in the sky, blasting away all the clouds in the area.

Moments after she saw the sonic boom, a loud noise struck Ponyville and it made her papers fall out of her mouth.

The Present

We activated our parachutes as we sped past the village, landing on the edge of a forest. We walked towards the village. Our parachutes and wingsuits retracted into the suit’s jetpack system. Getting up, I held up a signal, asking the rest of my team if they were alright. They signalled back, giving me the all clear. Nodding, I stood up and started walking eagerly towards the village.

As soon as we neared the village, I heard a loud crash and a huge fireball behind us. I smiled as I heard the shrieks of the little ponies. Hm. I suppose it isn’t everyday that a huge spaceship crashes near your village, and eight strange creatures stroll into town. Many ponies were frozen in place as we walked among them. Once we reached the town square, we stopped, and ponies gathered all around, curious despite their fear. I held out a hand towards one of them, a mint green unicorn. She timidly walked towards me, and as she neared, allowed me to pet her on the head. I smiled, and promptly smacked her aside, sending her flying into the crowd. Chaos broke out, and they tried to run away. No, we couldn’t have that.

I lifted up my blaster and fired a shot. It rang throughout the village, silencing the cowering equines. I lifted my visor smirked, and yelled at the top of my lungs, "WE'RE FUCKING BACK PONIES!!!  MISSED US?????"

They only shrunk back even more, their eyes filled with fear.

"After one thousand years of waiting, we are back! Back for REVENGE!" I shot my blaster into the air once more, causing them to shiver back once more. "Now please, tell us, where are is your fucking princess? We’d like a ‘word’ with her." I smirked, knowing fully that our ‘word’ probably included shooting down the tyrant that exiled us.

Suddenly, a cyan pegasus flew up to us and got in my face. "AND, Who are YOU?"

I didn't even bother to reply. I just set my pulse gun to stun and shot her. She went flying 100 meters back and stared in shock.

"I can't move my body! WHAT DID YOU DO?" She yelled at us.

"You are temporarily paralysed." Dan, the scientist in our group said. He smiled at her, a cold harsh smile. “Don’t worry, you’re not dead...yet.”

A pegasus went flying in our direction, but I just punched it right in the face, sending it 200 feet away from us.

Emboldened by the attempts of their friends, they all started to crowd around us and to fight us. I simply laughed as their hooves hit our suits, banging against the armor; it was made of Tandolium, an advanced metal lighter than a feather and yet tougher than dragon scales.

In other words, their hooves didn't even scratch us.

They all started piling on top of Viper, but he just curled into a ball and suddenly jumped up, where all the ponies went flying off of him.

A pony had a 2x4 and smacked Hawkeye's armour. The 2x4 just broke in half and Hawkeye took out his pistol and shot the pony. The ponies didn't notice that, and kept on piling on top of us, blocking out the sky and sun and making it a all around claustrophobic event.

"We gotta go!" I heard Shadow yell in the comms.

We activated our wing suits, flying away from the ponies. Some ponies were clinging on us, but we just shook them off and they fell to their deaths.

I could see around six ponies running away from the village.

We landed in the forest from earlier, and I attempted to radio the Spaceship.

"General! Ponies ARE HOSTILE. Repeat, PONIES ARE HOSTILE." I radioed to the Ship.

"Are you away?" The general asked.

"Yes, they tried to pile on us and fight us, but we flied away." I replied.

"Mark your target, we are sending Robin wing right away." He directed.

I looked at Tech, the strategy and tech expert in the squad. He nodded and used his marker, a tablet of sorts.

"This is Robin wing, we have received your target." I heard a crackle in my comm.

I looked up and saw a wing of airships that flew past us.

"Dropping the bombs." I heard Robin one of Robin wing radio in.

I saw some bombs falling on the village, creating a huge fireball where the village once was.

"Positive effects, flying back to mother ship." I heard Robin wing radio in.

I saw a dark cloud in the distance, then noticed that that cloud was a huge swarm of Pegasi that flew after Robin wing.

The swarm caught up to Robin wing with amazing speed, and started to engulf the Robin wing. "WE'RE HIT, WE'RE HIT!" I heard Robin one radio in.

I saw the swarm pass us and saw Robin wing crashing down and exploding on the ground.

"Godspeed Robin wing, Godspeed." I heard Shadow say.

"Robin wing is down, they were hit by a swarm of Pegasi after dropping the bombs on the village." I radioed to the general.

"This means TOTAL WAR." I the General say.

Five minutes later, I heard a dropship come. It is literally a large hanger as a small spacecraft, and landed 200 meters away from us. The large door started to open.

"Brigadier General Tomson!" I said as we walked towards him.

"Major Briggs, nice to see you." He said as we walked towards him. I saw that the trucks began to deploy.

"You and squad Thun-" He was caught off as a red Pegasus tackled him from bushes next to him.

Viper reached for his gun and swiftly shot the Pegasus in the head, sending it to the left.

Brigadier General Thomson continued, "As I was saying Squad Thunderbird along with ten other men will be in charge of arresting the rulers of Equestria and transporting them to here."

"SIR YES SIR!" We replied.

We arrived where the ten men were waiting for us. They all stood up and followed us. The general said, "There's this big castle. We presume that's where the rulers of Equestria must stay."

"Alrighty then! LETS ROCK FUCKING ROLL!" I yelled to the men as we mounted speeders, shooting off and floating on land as we headed towards that castle the general explained was the capital city, and the Princess' only fortification...