War in Equestria

Chapter One

        One might have come to expect center things in their life to be true, every pony always though Equestria lived in peace. It has for the most part with a few rough patches here and there. However, after certain events have unfolded, the neighboring countries of Equestria have gotten nervous.

        The Return of Nightmare Moon sparked Queen Chrysalis’s plan to invade thinking Canterlot had gotten weak. The return of Discord made other countries nervous and uneasy. However, things settled after he was turned back into stone. The return of King Sombra while not officially on Equestrian soil at the time grabbed a lot of interest from foreign governments.

        When Discord was reformed the Griffin Kingdom had enough, they had always been a nation to take action then sit idly by. Talks between the leader of the Griffin Kingdom, King Ekute, and Princess Celestia hadn’t been going well.

        “Please King Ekute; you must understand Discord is no longer a threat to anyone. He has been reformed and no longer uses his powers to cause chaos.” Princess Celestia assured King Ekute. “Both the Zebra Nation and Saddle Arabia have been reassured with this choice.”

        “He may of have fooled you and your kind Princess Celestia, but one does not simply reform the embodiment of chaos. My concerns are not the only concerns either. The diamond dogs are also worried about this choice you made,” King Ekute remarked. “Of course your… hoofed, counter parts would agree with you. But you’re not the only species out there.”

        Princess Celestia bit her tongue and remained as dignified as she could. “I have tried to get in touch with the diamond dogs, but you know as well as I do they are hard to track down since they don’t have a unified government and are nomadic.” Princess Celestia replied as calmly as she could, “There are only four major governments in the world, Equestria, the Zebra Nation, Saddle Arabia, and the Griffin Kingdom.”

        “There may well be only four major governments in this world but there is far from only four major species and the diamond dogs are one of them.” King Ekute retorted, “I tried harder and did get in touch with the diamond dogs and they share my concerns about Discord being released from stone. You might believe he has been reformed, but can you be so sure he isn’t just pretending?”

        While the debate between Princess Celestia and King Ekute went on, far to the East in the Griffin Kingdom itself a group of two hundred griffins forced a band of five hundred diamond dogs at spear point and crossbow point to dig a massive tunnel. It was under the sea leading towards the Equestria boarder. Spotters made sure the tunnel wouldn’t collapse or break through and flood with seawater.

        The tunnel project was ambitious and many diamond dogs had died already in accidents. The griffins also had to crush a rebellion and execute the leader to prevent another one from forming. Nevertheless, the tunnel was getting close to being finished, once it was completed, the griffins would be ready to launch as sneak attack on Equestrian soil. It would be a joint air and land attack.

        Once the tunnel was completed, the remaining diamond dog diggers were drafted with other diamond dogs to fight in the land battle. The first wave burst out and struck Filly Delphia without warning over running the streets in a few hours while the Griffins swarmed in from the skies above.

        The ponies that hadn’t died or escaped in the attack were taken prisoner or went into hiding with in the city. The griffins keep the city as their base of operations in Equestria. They converted one of the stadiums in the city to a prison camp to house the ponies they captured.

        To free King Ekute from Canterlot Castle after the invasion started the griffins traded the prisoners they took from the Filly Delphia. King Ekute stayed in Equestria moving into the Filly Delphia’s city hall to run his war from Equestria.

        The tunnel between Equestria and the Griffin Kingdom was the supply line for troops and supplies movements between the two warring kingdoms and was top priority for the Equestrian government to be destroyed.

        By the time, the ponies had managed to gather enough force the combined forces of the griffins and the diamond dogs had managed to take Filly Delphia, Manehatten and Baltimare establishing a strong force along the eastern seaboard. They were having trouble-holding Manehatten due to a strong resistance movement from the ponies hiding out in the city.

        Princess Celestia requested all ponies that were able to join the Equestrian Military to help end the war quickly and with as few casualties as possible. While there hadn’t been an official military in Equestria in ages the system had been established for when such an occasion.

        The Pegasi had long since been the air combat unit of Equestria even before the formation of Equestria as a nation. It didn’t take long for them to mobilize and with the Wonderbolts taking the lead as the elite flight team.

        Earth ponies made up the bulk of ground troops, as infantry and engineers constructing siege weapons such as catapults. With support from the pegasi, the earth ponies managed to hold the line and slow the advancement of the griffins and the diamond dogs out of Equestria.

        Unicorns made up the more specialized fields that required long-range combat; they also played a part in support roles for the infantry and engineering teams. The unicorns also served as medical personal for the most part, though Earth ponies and pegasi also helped in the medical field if they had a special talent in it.

        After the shock of the invasion had past, Equestria mobilized quickly to slow the advance of the invading force. Many of ponies enlisted to help from all over Equestria. Even the Elements of Harmony wanted to join and help but Princess Celestia wouldn’t let them, since the Elements of Harmony was not a weapon to be used in a war such as this.

        Nevertheless, against the protest of friends and family a small group of ponies from Ponyville did enlist to help fight against the griffins. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Starbloom, Diamond Tiara, and Noi all joined enlisted together in an effort to defend their home from the invading force.