The Universal Union: Invasion of Equestria

1:32 PM, Ponyville Train Station

Applejack stood up from a bench, and walked over to a fence, viewing into the lines of ponies entering.

She sighed, and entered the line in hopes that it would quicken itself up a bit.

A few moments later, she had finally arrived in town. She viewed to her right, as more ponies were being conscripted. She quickly looked away, in an attempt to forget what she'd been through. She found herself at her old apartment block, walking inside.

Twilight's Apartment

Knock, knock

Knocks had been sounded on the door, and so Twilight stood up saying "Hello?".

"It's me, Twi."

Twilight quickly opened the door, saying "Applejack!", and then let her inside of the small apartment.

A few moments of silence passed, before Twilight asked, "What was it like?"

Applejack sighed, responding with "Hell. I saw ponies die in front of me, to my sides. Everywhere. First day of training, we had to run towards some metal cannons firing at us, and some sort of metal vehicle with a huge weapon on the front. Most of us got killed there. But the actual tasks? We got into planes, made it over our targets, most of the planes were shot down with everyone in them, but the lucky few got out before their plane got shredded."

Twilight looked with disbelief, unsure of what to say next.

Applejack sighed, and said "I'd best get goin' to my apartment."

Twilight nodded, opening her door and watching Applejack leave the room.

Twilight looked with a concerned face, but then returned to her couch, lying down.

...

Applejack's Apartment

Applejack stared at the roof of her apartment, unable to forget what she had to experience.

She found herself unable to sleep, before standing up with a sigh, and walking out of her apartment.

Applejack made her way down the stair well, watching multiple ponies walk by her up the stairs as night approached.

It was one hour until curfew, so Applejack made use of her time, walking out of the building and down the street.

Once there, she looked around the area.

Ponyville had changed quite a lot since she was last here.

She glanced around, looking up at roof tops, in the alleys.

Applejack slowly back to her apartment block, and then walked up the stairs to her apartment.

Rainbow Dash's Apartment

"Well, got another meeting today.", she thought.

Rainbow Dash opened a ration, eating some of the contents.

She then put it away, and begun walking onto the street.

She slipped through the streets, moving closer and closer to the slums.

Rainbow Dash eyed her left, then her right, before walking in and running towards the bar.

She peeked over the stairs, seeing no pony there she quickly made way into the bar.

She could hear thumps from above the bars roof, up on the streets. Metropolice were sweeping the slums.

She looked for the others, finding them in the back room, she quickly said to them

"They're sweeping.", earning a few worried looks from the others.

"Shit, they changed their schedule? Why? Do they know?"

"I don't know! Maybe it's just one patrol."

"No, it sounded like a lot of them were up there.", said Rainbow Dash

"Fuck.. I don't think we have enough time to get outta here...", said their leader - White Crescent.

A few clicks sounded from the front door of the bar, as a breach was placed.

"Set, check...", said a Metropolice unit at the door.

"Inject!", yelled another as the breach blew the door off its hinges.

"Shhhh...", said White Crescent, using magic to wield an MP7, as he raised it over the counter.

He began firing.

"Get outta here, I'll keep them busy.", said Crescent, as the others quickly made their way for a window.

Protection team alert, evidence of anticivil activity in this community. Code: assemble, plan, contain., was dispatched from their Nexus, and units began flooding out.

The Metropolice had flipped a table, using it as cover against Crescent.

The units then stood up, returning fire upon the pony.

A bullet struck a unit, emitting a bio signal.

Individual, you are charged with socio-endangerment level one. Protection units prosecution code: duty, sword, midnight.

Crescent ignored the sirens, continuing his firing.

Once he had to reload, the remaining unit jumped up from cover, and fired at him.

He screamed as he felt multiple bullets pierce his flesh, tearing it apart.

He collapsed, blood drooling out of his body.

The others managed to escape the bar, but not before their existence was radioed in by the Metropolice units.

"All units in local sector, BOL foooor.. Times one green earth pony, aaand times one cyan pegasi."

"Copy that.", responded a unit.

"Lockdown all local buildings."

"Copy. Lockdown procedure is now beginning."

"Attention ground units. Anticitizen reported in this community. Code: lock, cauterize, stabilize", declared the dispatch system.

Ponies began making their way to their apartments. Minus the two rebels, of course.

The two found an abandoned shop, and quickly barricaded the door.

"Where'd Crescent go?", asked Rainbow

"I.. I don't know. Maybe he made it the other way out?"

"I don't think so. But maybe you're right."

Sirens sounded, and units filled the streets. The first major rebel attack specifically on the town began.

Rebellion. One word described all the chaos that began to fill the streets.

Gunfire from both sides. Hidden rebels, were no longer hidden among the combatants on either side.

Ponies fought ponies who served the Union as Metropolice.

Both sides suffered losses that would strike hard at the productive hearts of Ponyville.

Yells, screams, explosions and gunfire.

You were either on one side or the other. There was no neutral...