Equestria Warriors

  Twilight blinked. She looked down at what was left if the Changelings.

  "Oh...my...gosh..." She gasped, realizing that she was covered in green blood, brains, and other unimaginable bits of gore that should never see the light of day. She felt bile rise in her throat and whipped her head sideways before the daisy sandwich she wolfed down earlier splattered the floor.

  "Oh, crap."

  Tes looked over at the two ponies.

  "We gotta get them clean. The longer the blood stays, the longer the memories linger." He did a quick spell that sent the bodies tumbling out of the window.

  "Hey, shithead! You almost hit me!" Griz bellowed from outside. Tes ignored him and quickly magicked a bucket of water and a sponge out of nowhere, and began to dab at Twilight's coat. She whimpered as he drew closer.

  "It's ok. I'm just...gonna get you clean, ok?" Tes said soothingly.

  "Holy shit!" Griz yelled as his MG sparked up, firing quick bursts as he tracked something across the sky. "Get the fuck outta th-"

His words were cut off by a thundering explosion. What was left of the glass windows shattered, shards slicing through the air. Tes saw Valton's lips move but only heard the ringing in his ears.

  “Fucking Christ.” Griz mumbled under his breath. The plane had just arrowed into the castle and exploded. “Fucking kamikaze bastards.” He brushed the dirt off of him and leered upwards.  “Oh fuck me! Guys, get the fuck out! I mean right fucking now!”

  “What the shit hit us?” Willis shrieked.

  “Jap kamikaze bombers by the look of it. More incoming!” Griz pulled at his gun, but gave it up when he saw that the barrel was pointing straight up.

  “Holy SHIT!” He bellowed as one of the enemy planes dove straight down towards him.

*BOOM*

  The plane exploded, bits of metal and pilot whizzed past Griz, thumping the ground behind him. The other planes also exploded, but not before Griz noticed a streak of light flying towards them.

  “Hey, Griz!” He heard a familiar voice shout and a grin split his face as he recognized the missing member of their flight.

  “MIKEY! YOU FUCKING BASTARD!”

  “What the fuck?” I muttered. A piece of shrapnel caught me in the head and I felt punch drunk. I glanced up and saw Willis carrying the other Princess out of the building. “What the hell hit us?”

  “According to Griz, Japs.” Willis grinned. “I say bollocks to that.”

  “Japs…here? Yeah, I agree.” I slowly got up, my head killing me. “Probably more fucking bugs.”

“Bugs?” I heard a strangely familiar voice say behind me.

  “Yeah, their called Changlings but we call ‘em…Mikey!” I turned, seeing the last member of our squad. He was still in human form, and he grinned as he placed my voice.

  “Chris? Jesus!” He bend down a little and hugged me.  “I thought they got you at the beginning. You get away?”

  “Yeah. Got downed by fucking friendly fire.”

  “Never fly in front of friendly flak.”

  I laughed. “Yeah, but they forgot to mention missiles.”

  “Speaking of missiles”-Griz walked up behind Mikey-“this asshole saved our lives. Your ‘invention’ worked for the first fucking time.” Griz was referring to Mikey’s ‘SAM in a can’, a rocket launcher that could shoot dozens of missiles in rapid succession, unlike the Stingers or others.

  “Yeah, I was surprised about that.” Mikey grinned again. “So how’d you guys become horses?”

  “Well, to be honest, we don’t bloody know.” Willis answered, making sure that the other injured parties were being taken care of by Tes. “I was transformed in this city.”

  “I was changed in a hospital.”

  “I was done in… the castle.” Griz said. I snorted.

  “You finally got to third?” The others burst out laughing.

  “What? No! I was… fuck you.”

Twilight blinked up at the sky. She felt hollow, empty inside as she recalled the savagery of the Changelings and the brutality of her own fellow equines.  A slap of hot, soapy water hit her muzzle.

  “Sorry. Just don’t want a pretty mare to be covered in blood.” Tes grinned. “You okay?”

  Twilight couldn’t help but blush. “You think I’m…pretty?”

  “I don’t lie ma’am.” Tes coughed.  "No offence ma'am, but the smell of Changeling does not suit you."

Twilight laughed.

  "Well, you are quite handsome." Twilight said wistfully. "Do you have a Very Special Somepony?"

  "No ma'am. Any love interest went up with my hometown in the Blitz."

  "Blitz?"

  "That’s the slang for the attack on our country, before we came here."

  "You mean the Russians?"

  Tes started. "You know about the war?"

"Valton told us. Through Rainbow Dash."

  "...Never mind. My entire family was killed in the attack, so I joined up in what was left of the United States Armed Forces. Eventually I made it into the air force and met Valton."

"Your...entire family?" Twilight gasped.

"Yep. They called us the 'Orphan Brigade', or the last hope for North America. Mikey, Griz, and Willis were all in it. Hell, you know what happened to Valton."

"What about the other member?"

"Garret? No one knows. He showed up, out of the blue with a sniper rifle, and the talent to fly planes. Whenever we asked about his past, he flat out refused to answer." Tes shrugged. "Well, there was one clue. He had a picture of an old man. That was the only other thing we had to go on. The guy looked like a World War II sniper or something, obviously American."

"World...War...II!?"

"Yeah. Our world was fucked up. The Middle East had a new war every day."

"My goodness..."

"They were assholes. Thats why we had so many Nazis in the States. 'White power!' and all that bullshit." Tes sighed, and then rubbed a small green spot off of Twilight's muzzle. He noticed her looking straight into his eyes.

"Yes? What up? Something in my eye?"

"No...your eyes are the most...beautiful brown I've ever seen." Twilight blushed.

"Thank you. Your eyes are pretty too." Tes said. They sat there; staring at each other, lost for words until Griz noticed what was happening and broke the mood.

"Hey, doc! I need some medical attention over here! Stop undressing her with your eyes!" The rest of the squad all burst out laughing.

"Hey, that’s not funny, man. You're the skirt chaser." Tes shouted back, his cheeks going red.

"Ha! Lover boy knows it's true!"

Tes walked over to Griz, snarling at him. Griz was easily twice the weight of Tes, even in the pony forms. Mikey saw that a fight was brewing and stepped in.

"Uh, guys? As much as I like a good fight, I feel out of place like...this." He gestured to his body, still a human.

"I'm sure Lover Boy's new girlfriend can change you." Griz shot a last jibe in before backing off.

I sighed. Griz always poked fun at Tes, but normally he always took it well. Guess he really did like Twilight.  Normally I would be teasing him too, but I think I was falling for someone here too. A certain mare named Rainbow Dash.

"Griz, lay off man."

Griz turned towards me, grinning.

"You have a thing for Tes' woman?"

I snorted. "Fuck no. No offence or anything." Twilight looked hurt for a second.

"Watch your mouth!" Tes yelled.

"Fuck. Anyways, we need to find out what the fuck is going on before we can beat the ever loving shit out if each other. Comprede?"

"Si, seinor." Willis cracked.

"Still a fucking human, guys." Mikey was looking around. "And there is now a crowd. Fucking great."

I looked over to where Luna and Celestia lay. Celestia was still out cold, and Luna was woozy.

"Mike, I think the only two who can do the job are indisposed at the moment."

"Fucker fuck."

Lyra and Bon Bon were shopping in Canterlot when they heard what they took to be fireworks.

"I wonder what the celebration is about?" Bon Bon mused.

"Let’s go check it out!" Lyra shot off towards the castle.

"Lyraaaa!" Bon Bon called after her.

I looked at the crowd of ponies that had gathered around us. They were talking and pointing at us.

"Should we say something?" Mikey asked, ducking behind me, Griz and Willis.

"I got this." I said, stepping forwards and holding up a hoof.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention please?"

The talking died down.

"Thank you. I would like ask you not to worry. We have everything under cont-" At the moment what remained of the hall collapsed, and panic ensued among the onlookers.

"Fuck."  I said, nearly laughing at the irony.

Lyra and Bon Bon approached the terrified onlookers.

"What happened here?" Bon Bon said, looking at the devastated castle.

"Human!" Lyra screeched. "Human!"

"Lyra, they don’t exist. Stop making a fool of yourself.” Bon Bon chided. Suddenly she saw a tall figure stand up, shouting at her.

“I don’t exist, huh?”

Bon Bon’s eyes widened and she screamed louder than any other pony in the crowd.

“HUMAN!!!!!!”

I turned towards Mikey.

“You really had to do that? For real?” Mikey grinned sheepishly.

“She said I didn’t exist.”

"You fucking cunt." Willis murmured.

"Guys? We might have a riot here if we don't get fucktard outta here. Like, now." Griz glanced anxiously at the panicking crowd

"Okay, I don't know if this is going to work." I heard someone say before the world warped and shifted before my eyes.

With a flash, the group of ponies disappeared. The panicking crowd began to settle down.

"What... just happened?" Lyra asked. Bon Bon shook her head.

"C'mon. We have to get to the hat shop before it closes." The crowd of ponies slowly faded, leaving only the forgotten wreckage of the royal hall.