Two weeks to doom. For the Equestrian Empire, bent on conquering and converting humanity to ponydom, it means victory, as their leader will finally take the field and lay waste to humanity. For humanity, well... on Earth, they’re at the “pray for a miracle” stage, while on the other uncorrupted Equestria, humanity trains with its combined armies to bring the greatest smackdown in the history of smackdowns on their enemies. These are short stories from that time, to the sidelines of heroes like Marcus Renee or Stephan Bauer, taking place in all three worlds. As the final battle draws steadily closer, how do the people and ponies of all three worlds use their limited time?

In Equestria, the world comes in contact with the resistance ponies and humans for the first time, learns of their true suffering, and why they must fight.

In the Solar Empire, ponies walk as if on thin ice-for any moment, they could trip and fall, possibly below the veneer of happiness.

On Earth, humanity battens down the hatches, straps on its guns, and readies itself for a final, apocalyptic last stand.

This is also part of the Conversion Bureau: The Other Side of the Spectrum universe, by Redskin 122004. The title did have the usual colons in it, but... we get a lot of jokes about that, so I had to take them out. And if you're new to the Spectrum universe, check out the tropes page!