The Great Equestrian War

Ponyville, Equestria , June 1914

He arrived upon the battleground. The sight was horrifying he never thought it would look this bad even for a war. He slowly trotted closer to the trench and stopped behind a rock as he did not want to get shot after all he went to. At the time this meant something to him however in hindsight he thought a battlefield was not the ideal place to go for safety. Speed eventually gained the courage to move to the next bush when the rock behind him was obliterated by enemy fire, he soon began to gather that he had not chosen wisely to arrive he quickly moved to behind a small mound two steps in front he knew he wasn't making good ground but he was going forth. eventually, after what seemed an eternity of constant bombardment he hopped into the trench greeted by a gun of one of his forces and was ordered to the wall of the trench,

"Stay here!"the pony said bluntly as he began to trot off down the trench.

Speed took the chance to 'admire' his surroundings. He was in a wet horrible hole in the ground constantly being fired upon bullets whistling past heads and body's dropping down to the floor covered in wet blood staining the mud and little wood around them. the trench slowly began to fill with water as the clouds opened dropping a new kind of hell in itself the flooding,rain and poor sight. The trench began to fill with water as the pitter-patter of the rain slowly drove him insane. After about an hour the pony ran back splashing every puddle on his way over,

"The Commander;" He said introducing a soldier in a slightly different uniform.

"Good Afternoon, sir," Speed said politely.

"Whats your squad, soldier?" Asked the commander in a refined voice of a rich man.

Speed sat her and clenched his forehead to attempt to remember the training he had back home to attempt to remember his squad name,

"Five... T-Two... Alpha Hotel?... No wait," Speed said between thoughts "Five Two Tango Hotel,"

"well we hope to give you a happy reunion with your squad when you next see them, now please follow me," The General indicated a small room cut into the side of the trench, many soldiers where bunked and somehow asleep here. He was taken quietly down the small room where his squad eagerly awaited news of him, what they got instead of news about him was him,

"Oh my Luna..." said Bullet trying not to sound to stunned

Squad 52ND were shown to 'their' area in the trench it was cold and damp but he would have to get used to it. Speed had a hole under a wooden board to stand on there was a surprisingly bit of space under there enough to put his things and sleep. He and the rest of the English forces were part of the allies 'New Lunar Republic' it was the side of Princess Luna in the war his enemies were part of the 'Solar Empire' Celestia's side. The war began when Luna attempted to regain her rights to the throne, of course Princess Celestia was not OK with this. Princess Luna had had secret meetings that ponies began to find out about and even more ponies joined said meetings these meetings were just talk and speeches to get ponies to help Luna all of there marches and events were non-violent. One day three of Celestia's own guards broke their oath and training and attempted to get Celestia off of the throne, this was not planned by Luna and the guards were stopped. That day every pony in Equestra and around it had to pick a side The Solar Empire, or The New Lunar Republic, as the war began it was small forces verses small forces since the civil war began out her realms have been brought up to the war like the Griffin to The Solar Empire and of course English to the NLR.

As the battle raged on above him Speed rummaged through his saddle bags to find the book he found on the counter of the barn house. He opened the book to see what he could find.

The Book read

Applejacks Diary

Day 82)

Ah' am now starting to realize that wars can begin so quickly, get this the two princesses have a squabble and now a blasted' war has started. We are already being told to be out of our homes as war is starting but i aint' budgein' we were born here an' we will die here!

Thanks Diary - Applejack

Day 102)

Ah' am now startin' to think about this war, ah' think its startin' to get to me, the war is starting... here. Ponyville is the place were the civil war is gonna' begin! Ah' remember a couple weeks ago ah' said ahm' gonna' die here, well it feels like its gonna' come true.

Thanks Diary - Applejack

Day 112)

It may be the early days of the war but ah' have had half a dozen armys march down this road to Ponyville fillin' up trenches that stretch for miles that will be almost the only cover from the everlasting rain that is this war.

Thanks Diary - Applejack

Day 117)

The war has started raging, and half the barn has been blown apart its like ah' wasteland out there... some pony is outside ah' better take mah' family to our 'safe room'

Thanks Dia-

The a began to squiggle down the page as she must have hurriedly closed

the book, of course Speed knew this was when he had knocked down the door of the barn to look for some sort of bandage or medical assistance and found this book and a smack to the face. He only really remembered these parts as they were most relevant but he began to feel ashamed of what he had done, and he began to fall asleep.