The Universal Union: Invasion of Equestria

The Griffon Kingdom had been peaceful that night, griffons had made their way to their homes, and then slept through the night...

But they didn't expect to hear whistles of artillery overhead.

The Overwatch forces began using plasma artillery to strike the Griffon Kingdom, three squads of infantry swept through the territory.

Alpha Squad

Alpha Squad approached the griffin kingdom, and walked into the town. The squad opened fire on griffons who had prepared to fight.

The Overwatch were surrounded, eliminating most of the griffons - but the sheer numbers caused issues for them.

"Reloading!", yelled Golf Two, as he replaced another mag into his pulse rifle.

"Calling in a hunter, copy?", radioed in their squad leader.

Their command center had responded, "Copy that. Hunter on the way with times four infantry."

"Copy that.", replied the squadron lead.

After a few more minutes of fighting, the hunter ran into the town, jumping on top of one of the soldiers, then piercing the chest of the griffon with a loud snap and piercing sound.

The griffon screamed out in pain, and fear. He continued to cry for help as the hunter caved in his entire rib cage, shattering the bone into his organs.

The griffon had ceased moving after a few more moments, leading the hunter to begin firing on the griffons all around.

The Griffin Kingdom had been appalled that Princess Celestia remained in control of Equestria - but when they found themselves under her rule, they figured she caused the war and hell upon the Griffin Kingdom. Unrest grew unfathomably great in the Griffin Kingdom, leaving the Overwatch no choice but to amputate all who remained in the area, leaving the countries land destroyed, and turned to ashes and rubble.

A dispatch echoed throughout the region, "Attention all ground protection teams, autonomous judgment is now in effect. Sentencing is now discretionary. Code: amputate, zero, confirm."

Explosions had already begun striking the area, as infantry started to drag out all the griffons they could find, executing them repeatedly until the griffon population was no more.

The Overwatch Forces turned the area into a reinforcement sector - positioning a large sum of their soldiers in the area to deal with outsiders, such as rebels who escaped borders of their sector.

Twilight Sparkle was glad to hear that the Union administered a new book to all local libraries - but after reading it, she was already bored again. The book was propaganda, much like the rest.

The Union had most likely begun to brain wash most into trusting them, after so long they've gotten used to the way of life they had no choice in obtaining.

Militarism and production, science and tactical knowledge. The Union was truly, a hellish yet amazing force.

Ponies finally begun to realize what the Overwatch Transhuman Arm was - a species that was made into practically dead, walking soldiers, all alike with the same goals. Service, honor, duty.

Twilight had realized that their goal was to unite the universe, by force.

She shook her head, trying to forget the propaganda's strength.

"No, they're evil. Can't be that good if they're doing all this..", she thought.

Twilight decided to rest up a little longer.

Nextdoor of Twilights Apartment

Applejack had heard banging on her door, and so she approached the door, opening it.

The units gave her a form, that was about her conscription. She had asked, "Conscription? Whatdya mean conscription? I don't think ah understand what'cher tryin' to get across."

The units told her, "You're being conscripted into the Unions military. You will go to the Nexus at 0900 tomorrow."

The units left her doorstep, leaving her confused, and in fear.

She went to Twilight's apartment, and knocked. "Twilight?"

Twilight opened the door, seeing Applejack, she welcomed her in. "Come on in, Applejack."

Applejack said "Thanks, Twi." in return.

"How've you been?", Twilight inquired.

"I dunno, Twi.  Granny Smith was.. Y'know, Big Mac was taken away, and Apple Blooms in some Celestia-forsaken factory..."

Twilight cringed at this, unsure if what she said was the correct thing to ask.

"Bu' Twi, I've got some letter sayin' I've been eh.. Conscripted or somethin'.

Twilight blinked, unsure of what was going on.

"Conscripted? I.. I'm not sure how to take that. Equestria hasn't had conscription, well, ever really."

"What's it mean, Twi?"

"You're.. You're being forcefully pulled into their military, I suppose...", said Twilight.

Applejack remained quiet, before leaving Twilight's apartment.

The Ruins of Canterlot Castle / The Citadel

Princess Celestia was informed of the conscript program - and she wasn't exactly happy about it.

Overwatch units gathered into a large hall, where a lot of ponies were being conscripted.

Ponies were forced in line, and then when brought to the front, carried off to the back rooms, returning out with a kevlar vest, an MP7, a basic uniform, and combat boots. The ponies looked fearful, as they were separated from their friends and family.

Ponyville

Armored trucks had drove into the town, and ponies were lined in one by one. One of these ponies, was Applejack.

Applejack looked around at the other ponies who stared down at the empty space in the trucks back.

Applejack frowned and sighed, hoping for somepony to talk to.

She looked relieved when somepony sparked up conversation, happy conversation or not.

"Where are we going?", one of the ponies asked.

"I don't know, probably the big tower?" Responded a blue stallion.

Two hours later...

The Ruins of The Griffin Kingdom

The conscripts arrived at a small camp, with a tall, bluish-black metal barrier all around it.

The trucks drove in, and the ponies were pulled out one by one, and assigned bunk beds in a large building.

Applejack was told by one of the soldiers "B2. Get going."

Applejack nodded, "Thank ya." and trotted off.

"Ponies had been less talkative here than they were on their way.", thought Applejack, with a worried expression on her orange face.

She arrived at her bunk, and put her stetson into a small locker next to it, re-closing the locker after. She slipped on her uniform, putting on her helmet afterwards, then followed by her kevlar vest.

One hour later...

"All conscripts are to report to the main field for training...", was heard over a broadcast.

Applejack watched ponies begin walking towards the compounds main field, and then she shortly after joined them.

She walked over to a pegasus, asking "Hey, ma' name's Applejack, what's yer name?"

The red pegasus pony looked over, saying "Uh. Oh, hi. I'm Red Blitz."

"Nice ta' meetcha' here, Red!", said Applejack with a kind look on her face.

The two ponies arrived at the main field, and entered a large line of ponies, who were straightly organized now.

"Today, you'll be making your way through a field that's being peppered by artillery. If you survive, you've been accepted into the Universal Unions Conscript Division.", declared an Overwatch soldier, who was in white armor, with one big red eye on his helmet.

The ponies looked shocked, in disbelief, and truly scared. This is the point where fear was obvious, nopony could truly expect what was coming.

About thirty minutes later...

The ponies turned conscript began a large charge onto the field, to make it to the finish of the battle...

They didn't expect artillery to come raining down in seconds, explosive shells landed left and right, behind and ahead. Applejack found her way to Red Blitz, who was already in a panic. A pony crashed into Applejack, tossing both of them onto their sides as artillery struck right next to the other pony. Screams emitted from the crater, causing Applejack to look in - only to see blood pooling around the screaming pony, who was missing two of his legs, half his face, and a huge gaping hole formed in his side.

Applejack felt like she was going to throw up, but she continued to Red Blitz, quickly getting his attention- "Red, didn't think you'd be in such a panic. Figured yo-".

Applejack was cut off as artillery slammed down in front of them, incapacitating them both.

Red Blitz was killed instantly by shrapnel, but Applejack only contained one large chunk of shrapnel in her side.

Applejack remained unconscious during a large chunk of the strikes. When she awoke, all she could hear was screaming, explosions, and the wind...

The moment she stood up, she felt a large pain in her side, as she looked back, she cringed at the metal in her side, as she tried pulling it out, the screamed, and tears formed in her eyes, but she bit them away.

She looked over at Red Blitz, limping over to his motionless corpse, shaking it with tears in her eyes...

She slowly began her move towards the finish, which seemed to be getting further and further away as she thought she got closer and closer...