Ademar stood on the recently built Stage The New rifles lie on a table next to several boxes of Cartridges, he looked over the Guard Recruits. They didn't wear armor but a red uniform with golden buttons. "Recruits, I am Ademar Reinheart, your Superiors have already told you what is going on. I will be teaching you how to use these weapons and how they will be used against the changelings." A pony raises her hoof. "Speak."

The Earth Pony mare stood up. "What are those and how will they aid us?"

"I am glad you asked, this is a Chassepot rifle designed to be used for Ponies. The Human variant is much larger but they share the same ammo, an 11mm Paper Cartridge with a lead bullet at the end. Inside the round is about 5.6g of black powder, and a primer to ignite it. Watch closely." He takes one of the cartridges and places it in the rifle and shuts the bolt. He aims it at a hay target on the stage and fires causing several ponies to jump. "Do I have a Volunteer?"

There were several quiet murmurs in the crowd, finally a Stallion raised his hoof. "I volunteer sir."

"Come up here Recruit." The Unicorn makes his way up to the stage. "Have you ever stood bipedal?"

"Um, no not really." Ademar helps the pony try standing still and upright, he shakes slightly. When bipedal these ponies are still shorter than him, just above his collar.

"Now, load the rifle, take aim, and fire." The pony struggles, Ademar holds him still. When he lets go the Pony has balance, he lines up and fires, hitting the Target. "There you go, congratulations."

"I think I would rather use Magic to fire it." The Pony said.

"If you find it easier then yes go ahead." The pony loaded and fired again. After that the Pony gives Ademar the rifle back and goes back into the crowd. "There are rifles here for all of you, I expect all of you to practice with this the next week. After your training your new uniforms will be assigned to you." He sees Twilight urging him over. He walks over to her.

"Ademar the supplies from the Diamond Dogs has arrived along with a smith." They walk into the foyer to see several crates and a Large Diamond Dig standing among them.

"Princess Twilight of the ponies?" He said.

"Yep that's me, you must be Pebbles. Ready to work?"

"Mhmm." The diamond Dog picks up one of the molds and walks outside.

"Oh and Rarity is here, she wanted to know what kind of Uniforms she is making."

"Ah good, I will show her." He walks into Twilight's lab where Rarity is, she is looking at the Zeppelin and Plane prototypes. "Ahem, Miss Rarity."

"Oh hello Ademar, Twilight said you would need my help making the new Uniforms."

"Yes, I have a picture of what they look like." He takes out an old black and white picture from 1915, his father being one of the men in it. "They are cotton or wool with golden buttons, the boots are made of leather along with the Bandoleer."

"Hmm, rather ugly looking, and I don't work with leather that much, but I'm sure I can do something. Is that really the color?"

"No, it is grey with red lines. Can you do it?"

"Meh, why not. I'll start when I get home. Good day sir." She takes the picture and leaves, Ademar looks outside to see the recruits practicing with the rifles, Unicorns using their magic to fire them while Earth ponies and Pegasai try to balance themselves before firing, they were slowly learning but in a weeks time they could master it.

"So how many of these things must I make?" Pebbles said.

"At least three or four, are you able to do it?"

"We already have the supplies to make them, I'm gonna start in an hour, the forge is heating up. Oh and the princess has asked for you." Pebbles walks away. Ademar makes his way to the lab, he sees Twilight scrapping old Projects.

"Ademar I already have the layout of the zeppelin ready but making the Machine guns is going to be difficult, they are water cooled recoil operated Machine guns, I can't figure it out."

"We can halt the project for now, guns I mean the work on the zeppelin can continue. Have you thought of adding hooks to the bottom to carry say smaller Planes or a Glider?"

"Hmm, Never thought of that. Did they have something like that on Earth?"

"A Few, I am almost done with the Plane Prototype. It will fly tomorrow I just need to make some adjustments."

"OOO I cant wait." Ademar walks over to the Wood and metal Mono-Plane, he was going to make a CL.I but instead made something smaller. It resembled a Morane-Saulnier Sports plane, in Germany it was a Fokker E.VI Fighter. Lacking the gun didn't matter in its prototype stage, until he can make a replica of a water cooled MGO8 and its recoil operation it will have to be unarmed for now.

If the flight is successful an old storage warehouse will be refitted to serve as a medium sized Factory will be opened in Ponyville to start building them. The engine was fine, rudders working, fuel was fine, everything seemed to be working. Outside he could see the recruits still practicing while others were setting up tents. "I have made preparations for the Zeppelin to be built outside of Ponyville, luckily the field is large enough for the Length of the P Class."

"The test flight will be to Canterlot and Back to show the princesses. Construction should Take a week if hurried."

"I have a building team ready and a flight team I hoof picked, they know all the details."

"Ah good, Pebbles said he would have one of the cannons ready by tomorrow afternoon with the ammo and powder."

"Fantastic, I'm going to be up a little late tonight mainly working on the machine gun design, you going to bed?"

"Soon, I am going to the forge to talk to pebbles about getting some extra help."

"Aright, night. Ademar walked through the silent halls, outside he could see the recruits getting ready for bed, small campfires dotted the camp. In the forge he could see Pebbles pouring the molten brass into the cannon mold.

"Before you ask, yes I was able to find help, I asked the Princess to send a letter to my tribe and see if my brothers and sister can come help me in this forge, got a reply. Princess must have been too busy in her research to mention it to you."

"I was going to ask that and something else." Pebbles set the mold on the ground to cool.

"Like what?" He said, wiping some soot from his leather apron.

"I need you to mold something quite like a cannonball but fist sized, light enough to be thrown like a ball. It must be hollow on the inside when its molded, then filled with black powder then sealed off with a wood or cork plug that has a wick going through it leading to the powder. Upon lighting the wick with a match or flame throw it at the enemy."

"Then it would explode, sending pieces of hot iron flying in all directions shredding all in its path, sure I can do something like that." The large Diamond Dog walked over to one of the Molds, when he opens it over a barrel several Iron Balls fall from it. "I will have my sis make the stand for the Grape shot, once that is done it will be wrapped in a cloth and tied with string."

"Good, I wanted to come check and see your work so far."

"That one will be done by morning, a nearby carpenter is making the wheels and wagon to pull it."

"Good, well...goodnight Pebbles." Ademar leaves for his room. He can hear laughter coming from the recruits. Tomorrow he would be teaching them how to use Grenades and a cannon, Rarity will have the first uniform ready tomorrow. He lies on the soft bed, he watched as the moon was raised and the sun lowered, once the star were shinning he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The Recruits watched in awe as Ademar and Pebbles pulled the cannon and carriage outside the castle, the massive brass barrel was the heaviest of it all but it proved easy to move when it was on wheels, they stop moving the cannon, it is now pointed at a large stone pillar set out by Pebbles.

"Recruits huddle round, this is a 12-pound cannon and its going to be the most effective weapon against the changelings."

"How?" One of the recruits asks.

"I'm glad you asked, Pebbles pass me a round and the rammer." Pebbles handed him the charge, a bag of powder with the cannonball strapped to it. Ademar puts it in the barrel and shoves it in until it reaches the bottom, he moved the Sponge and Worm to the side of the cannon, he used a thin pricker to stab a hole in the bag through a hole in the top. "Linstock." Pebbles gives him a spear modified with two horns sticking out the side right below the head, two ropes wrap around it and poke out of the hole in the horns, one of them is lit with a match and placed on the hole. The cannon made a massive boom causing everyone's ears to ring, one of Twilight's windows shatter, and the stone pillar is shattered by the iron round.

"That's going to scare the hell out of them!" One recruit says.

"Yes that would help, now watch, after the cannon is fired you must quickly reload it using these following steps." He slides a little metal pan over the touch hole blocking off air. "After you fire the cannon use the worm first to remove all debris stuck inside, after that the sponger must get one sponge wet and clean the inside, after that use the dry end to get out all the moisture, then the ladle is used to put in a new round, on the back of the ladle is the rammer, after it is rammed in place remove the cover and prepare to fire." He demonstrates but doesn't load it again.

"A team of four or five could operate it, or a single skilled Unicorn" Pebbles said. "Now if you'll excuse me I need to get the other ones out of their molds." The Diamond Dog returns to his forge.

"Now, I'm going to fire a Blank round, after it fires I expect you all to do what I told you, I need four of you, One Sponger, One Loader/Rammer, Wormer, and Commander, the Commander will be firing the gun." The Cannon fires and four ponies do what Ademar showed them, once the Blank round is loaded they fire it and repeat it once more but don't load it. "Excellent, now I have one more new thing to show you."

He opens one of the barrels to take out a fist sized iron ball with a wick in the center. "This is a Grenade, lit the wick and throw, it will explode and send Shrapnel flying into the enemy." He demonstrates by throwing it into a bush, the bush then explodes. "All of you will be given a sack of four of these, use them at your own risk though. Now I have something to show all of you, I will need a couple recruits to help me move it outside."

A Couple of Ponies follow him inside, after a few minutes Ademar and the two Ponies push the plane outside and next to the 262. Ademar hops in the pilots seat, Twilight Spins the wooden propeller starting it up. "What is this?" A recruit asked as she touched its wings.

"This is a Fokker E.IV, the future of Equestria's airforce, if I have a successful flight and landing they will be made in a nearby factory." He then takes off, Twilight flies beside him.

"Everything working so far?"

"So far yes, now I will try and land." He angled it toward the ground, is started to slow down during the descent, it hit the ground with a hard thud, it bounced a little bit but slowly and safely stopped, The Recruits circle around the plane. "Twilight, I will get someone to move this to the factory, start production immediately."

"Alright, Ademar I think I found the solution to the guns, just need a couple of days and I will have it complete."

"Good, I am going to check and see if Rarity is done with the Uniforms." As he walked through Ponyville he was aware of several of the Resident Ponies names, they Greeted him and he greeted them back, he still got curious looks now and then. When he enters the Boutique he sees Rarity finishing up the final arrangements for the Uniform.

"Ah Ademar your here, well how does it look?" He looks at the Uniform, the Leather boots, satchel, and the finely woven Backpack and sleeping bag on the back.

"Its looks like the original, I was wondering if you--" An Irritated voice came from the other room.

"Dearest Rarity may I please get out of this motionless if not humiliating position?!" Ademar went to go see who was yelling. In a dressing room he saw Blackthorn standing still with bits and pieces of fabric and clothing on him.

"No, I am almost done sweetie, now I have to help Ademar and I will be right with you." She walked out of room, Blackthorn having an even more irritated look on his face.

"How long have you two been together?"

"Oh about a week now, he came in asking if I could repair his boots. The Deer Cobbler was sick so he turned to me for help. While I was working on the repairs we sparked a conversation, I was curious about what he does and so on. We started seeing each other a little after that." She finished putting the final touches on the new Uniform. "And done, what is it you were going to ask me?"

"I was wondering if you could make more, about 349 more. I picked out who the officers will be and the helmets they wear I can make."

"Well I am going on a date tonight with Blackthorn, I will start tomorrow morning, expect them to be done within a day or two." Ademar walks out the door and says goodbye to Rarity. Making his way back to the castle he can see something being built in the distance by Twilight and the Unicorn recruits, as he makes his way over to them he notices she had recently built a large hangar and started to move the frame for the Zeppelin into it.

"Starting early?" Ademar said. Twilight was looking through the plans, several Unicorn workers walked past them.

"Yes, I needed to borrow some of your Recruits to help me with building the Hangar, and in constructing the Zeppelin. They said they were all done with their training."

"No their not, almost but not yet complete. Pebbles is still making the bayonets for them so they will need to go through bayonet training and receive their uniforms then they will be done. But for now I see no reason why they cant help you." He sees the Unicorns carrying one of the hydrogen cells. "Just be cautious, those sells are Volatile."

"OH. The Gun design is finished, I left the prototype up in my study for you to look at." She returned to the Zeppelins construction. Ademar watched for a minute but then left. His 262 sat in its newly built hangar, tools were all around it, ammo canisters were next to it so he could properly reload it. The assigned officers were gathered in the Castle foyer waiting for Ademar's new orders.

"Orders sir?" One of the Ponies asks.

"Have them work on weapons training and marching. Send some of our Unicorns to the forge and The princess to increase building speed."

"Yes sir." They split up and walk to the recruits. Ademar watches them split up into groups, ones going through weapons training go to the field while the Unicorns split into groups of two, some go inside while others go to Twilight. The guns, grenades, and cannons echo through the town.

Ademar quietly worked on his new prototype fighter, he was building a second personal aircraft, if he is to fly with the ponies he will do so in something he can use instead of the 262 on certain occasions. The body was already made, showing the rudder control, Engine, and pedals only the upper and lower wings were needed along with the three guns.

"Hmm....what color shall you be..Red or Green...." He though of this for some time until he made his decision. "Red, red like Richthofen's."

Ademar left to recover a Red paint that matched the original planes bright color.

Author's Note

Well I am finally finished after so long. Sorry for the wait but as always please enjoy.

This is the idea I was going with for the Ponies new Uniforms. They can wear both the Kepi and Hats but officers will use Metal Pickelhaube's . Also Images of the Plane