Battleground: Equestria

PONYVILLE

ONE DAY BEFORE THE WAR BEGAN

MID-AFTERNOON

Word had spread quickly about Celestia's death at the hands of the human leader. Now, whenever somepony saw a human, they ran as fast as they could, fearing for their lives. Some escaped, others, not so much. Local mailmare Derpy Hooves had been one of the earliest casualties. She wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but she delivered the mail with unparalleled efficiency. She was missed nonetheless. However, one pony wasn't going to stand for this.

Her name was Twilight Sparkle, and she was an alicorn princess, the Alicorn of Friendship, to be exact. She had been in battle situations before, namely fighting off a squad of Changelings at her brother's wedding and a fight with Lord Tirek. But this was different. Her enemy was an entire race. She had to get the ponies of Ponyville together to fight this threat. And she knew just what to do...

All was quiet in Ponyville. Everypony had stayed in their homes, for fear of death at the hands of humans. As they cowered in fear, a familiar voice rang out throughout the town.

"Good afternoon," it said. "This is Princess Twilight Sparkle speaking. All I ask of you at the moment is your attention."

Ponies across the town slowly got up out of their houses and into the streets. After all, if the Princess of Friendship was giving an address, it must be important.

"I know we're all upset about the death of Princess Celestia, and we're all fearing for our lives, all because of these humans. But that's the thing. If we don't fight back, we'll all be destroyed. That's what they want.

"They also want to suck our world dry. You all remember what happened with Tirek, right? He wanted all of our magic for himself. Well, it's the same thing with these humans. But the difference is, they want our resources, not our magic.

"Well," said Twilight, "I'm not going to let that happen. Those humans have been nothing but trouble. We have to fight back. We have to survive.

"Now, who's with me?"

There was an awkward pause.

Then. suddenly, a cyan pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane flew in and said, "I'm with you."

Then, a orange earth pony with a blonde mane and a stetson said, "Ah'm with ya."

"I'm with you as well, darling," said a purple-maned white unicorn.

"Oooh! Oooh! Me! Me!!" said an energetic pink earth pony.

"Um," said a yellow pegasus with a pink mane, "I'm with you too, if that's okay."

This was all that the ponies of Ponyville needed.

The entire town suddenly erupted in a single, united cheer.

"Alright, then," said Twilight, "From this moment forward, I hereby declare Equestria in a state of war against the human race."