“Give up stupid cunt, bow down to your new king like your stupid slut sister!”

“I will never bow down to the likes of- AAAH! UNHAND ME, FOUL BEAST! OR ELSE- AAAAAAARRRRGH RUN, MY SON! RUN!”

“GIVE ME BACK MY MOTHER! LET GO OF ME!”

“Sir, we have to leave, now! There’s nothing we can do but get away!”

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

Starry Knight woke up sweating, looking around franticly. Finding himself in his now normal room in New Equestria, he sighed in relief as he looked at the clock

7:00

He grumbled as he got out of his bead walking into his bathroom, looking at his own reflection in the mirror.

“I’m sorry, Mom. I tried,” he said as he started to tear up from the incident. “Don’t worry. Your son will be home soon.” he then grips the side of the sink in anger, “They will all…pay.”

Turning on the water, he washes his face as he uses his magic to turn the shower on.

“Good morning, Starry Knight,” a computerized voice greets him.

“’Morning to you too, MAI,” Starry replied while drying his face and turning towards a holographic projected mare, “Mind giving me some privacy?”

“Certainly,” The AI bowed before dematerializing.

Starry Knight sighs as he undressed and stepped into the shower. “Yes… need some time to think about reaching out…”

(2 hours later)

Starry Knight stood on a podium in his royal attire riding in his private drop ship, along with five other military drop ships, through the gloomy skies of the Badlands. They were trying to reach out for help from other nations. Starry’s squad was headed for the Changeling Hive while three other squads were headed for the Griffin Empire, the nation of Neighgasaki, and the remains of the Buffalo Tribes.

“Sir, we’re closing in on the Changeling Hive.” One of the drop ship pilots said.

Starry Knight looked out of the window at the scenery. The terrain became full of black trees that looked dead yet looked alive. Green slime glowed every now and then throughout the black forest, while a green river ran through it. Up ahead was a large dome-shaped structure, kind of like a bee hive.

The six drop ships landed in a clearing in front of the Hive. As the ships powered down, four troopers caring machine guns and shot guns hopped off of each ship, along with Starry Knight.

“Ok, I need half of the squad to defend the ships,” Starry commanded, “While the other half follows me.”

“Sir Yes sir!” the squad answered, giving a solute.

Inside the hive was very dark, with the only light coming from the red glow of everyone’s helmet and the glowing green slime and broken cocoons.

“Uugh…this place gives me the creeps,” one of the soldiers shuddered.

“Well you did volunteer to come here,” his comrade replied.

“Hey, I thought it would look cooler!”

“What do you expect from a race of ponies that are like insects?”

“Good point…”

“Shhhh! Quiet!” Starry called back, “We don’t want there to be any-” He was cut off when a thousand glowing blue eyes suddenly surrounded them.

“…attention…”

Name: Storm “Striker” Dash
Rank: Major
Faction: ISA, squad #2
Location: Griffon Empire

Storm looked at the empire from the drop ship in disbelief. The Griffon Empire, one of the most powerful empires in Equestria, also has fallen to the influence of the caribou. Everything was pretty much like a repeat of what he saw unfold back at his original home.

“Sir,” Storm was shook out of his shock by one of the soldiers. “We’re awaiting further instructions.”

“Um… yeah, just…stay put,” He responded. “We were warned that the Griffin empire was already invaded. We don’t have enough soldiers here, so we have to wait for backup.”

“Yes sir.”

“In the meantime, I’ll go do a little scouting.”

“But sir, you told us to-”

“Relax,” Storm assured, activating his cloaking device, “They can’t catch what they can’t see.”

And with that, he jumped out of the drop ship door and flew out over the empire’s main gates into the kingdom.

Name: Yang Long
Rank: Sargent
Class: Ninja Assassin
Faction: ISA, squad #3
Location Neighgasaki

Yang sighed in relief as his squad’s drop ships landed in a grassy clearing outside the city of Neighgasaki.

“Home sweet home,” he said as he got off. “Good thing it didn’t get hit…”

He and the rest of the squad walked around, looking for any inhabitants.

“Wow,” one of the soldiers exclaimed, “Despite everything, this place feels very peaceful…haven’t felt it for a long time…”

Yang had to agree. Despite the fall of Equestria, his hometown was still very isolated, with green grass as far as the eye can see, clear, blue skies, and a few butterflies and birds flying along their own business. One of the birds landed on his hand and gave a little chirp.

“Well hello to you too,” he greeted while scratching the bird’s head. It gave another happy tweet before flying off.

“Whelp, about time we start moving, too.”

The rest of the squad agreed before marching towards the city.

Author's Note

Will keep updating as time goes on