Atlantis

-Outside of Manehattan-

"After we capture this area, we must hold onto it until reinforcments arrive. Do I make myself clear." Everypony was quiet. The seargent looked around and noticed the terrified expressions on their faces. He needed a way to comfort them. And he knew just the only way to do it. With death.

"We were trained to bleed for the princesses and die for them." It did not really help. It only made them more terrified. One even peed a little.

"Look soldiers. I too am afraid of the unknown, but together we can make it through the darkness. There is only a 10% chance we might go back to our families sooo... yeah. Move forward!"

"Yes sir!" The twenty-seven guards said in unison. All the guards marched forward to Manehattan. You might be wondering to what happened to the Manehattanites or Manehatteans or whatever you like to call them, most were evacuated or went into hiding. The rest were killed or captured. Most likely killed. As the royal guards walked onto the road, they had a feeling as if they were being watched. They all had their eyes on each sides but soon heard somepony scream.

"What the tartarus is that!?" A private screamed. Everyone stared at him and soon in horror as a orange-yellowish beam shot out of nowhere and vaporized him out of thin air.

"Not Meatballs!!" The seargent yelled. Before he could speak, the guard was tackled by a crawler (What the guards decided to name them). He thought death was going to greet him when a spear went right the crawler. He thanked Celestia he did not become lunch. The seargent was once more rudely interuppted as more crawlers and this time a huge alien came out of nowhere. The guards are still debating on what to call the bigger alien's. Anyway's a battle soon started. It was a 5 to 1 battle. The guards being the one and the alien's being the five.

For a minute, the air felt tense and everything was silent. The two species just stared at eachother. The silence was soon broken when a royal guard yelled and charged into a crawler, stabbing it and killing it. Instantly roar's and yelling was heard from each side. A guard stabbed another crawler, only to be met by the same fate as Meatballs. The battle somehow went into the guard's favor besides the fact they were widley outnumbered, only to have it short lived as a loud and blinding explosion came out of nowhere. The grenade seemed to have the same effect as the beam did. The guards still fought on. Many soldiers were dying faster and faster and soon only four guards remained. The seargent grabbed his dagger, ready to sacrifice his life to his Princess. Everything went into slow motion as the guards were slowly surrounded.

"We're all gonna die!!" A soldier screamed. He was met with a back hoof and front hoof.

"Keep it together soldier" His superior growled. Once more everything went silent.

"It's been a pleasure working with you seargent." One of the guards spoke up.

"We are going out with a bang soldiers. Give'em a fight they will never forget" That got the remaining guards riled up.

"For the empire!" A soldier by the name of Biscuits yelled. All the guards charged in opposite directions towards the aliens. Both armies charged. The four pony squad stopped dead in their tracks as they heard yelling that came from a hill. A group of soldiers twice the size of the original squad came charging down. Relief and adrenaline filled the seargent up and he started attacking oncemore. The battle continued once more. The numbers were nearly equal this time. The war was long and gruesome. There were ponies trying to take out the big alien only to be met with crawlers pouncing on them. Pegasi were in the air charging down towards the earth with their spears aiming to at their enemies, while the Earth ponies were face to face with them. The Unicorns were ontop of the hill firing arrows and magic at them.

Some of the aliens that were killed were usually replaced by another like an immortal persian soldier. The unfortunate ponies that were caught were brutally ripped apart and eaten alive if they were not hit by anything. The alien leader looked on and soon knew the battle was not going into his favor. The only option left was retreat. A dissapointing but necessary move. Time to let the big guns do all the work. The leader turned on his cloaking device and activated the whistle. The crawlers stopped attacking and turned away from the battle, leaving only the stunned royal guards standing there.

"Did we... win?"