"We see the ponies as demons. The ponies see us as slaves. We see them as monsters. They see us as animals. Would our ancestors approve of our actions? Probably not, but times changed. Without magic, Humanity has endured, we have conquered. Time to throw these ponies off the throne and show the world who are the apex predators."
-Entry from the journal of Emperor Maximilian Vorenus January 17, 2017

Colonel Darren Winslow

Legionnaires

Ponyville, Equestria

8:53:14 since Operation Supremacy began

Everything was going as planned, the mortars and the sight of vehicles charging towards Ponyville sent the Royal Guards and the civilians running. Winslow sat on the passenger seat of a Nomad still at the edge of the forest waiting until the Legionnaires and the Rebels secured the town. A Vulcan was stationed next to his Nomad searching the skies for any enemy air units. The other 4 Vulcans were spread out in the forest to prevent any chance they can all be destroyed in one bombing run. Some Rebels and Legionnaires were assigned to guard the Vulcans in case anything happens.

He would rather be in the front lines, but they can't risk losing him.

"How's it going in your end Lucas?" Winslow said over the COMs.

"No resistance at the farm except for 2 Royal Guards, we're moving towards the castle."

"Roger that. Widow, what's the situation?"

"These Rebels are only proving to be cannon fodder. We've already lost 8 Rebels but we're pushing them back. No sightings of enemy tanks."

"Roger, keep me posted."

Ponyville Bell Tower

Corporal Dead Shot

Corporal Dead Shot, a Pegasus Royal Guard, sat on Ponyville's Bell Tower sniping rebels with his sniper rifle while his buddy Private Strong Arms, fired his Machine Gun. From his viewpoint, things were not looking good. His brothers and sisters were getting mauled.

*BANG*

That's another Rebel down.

*BANG*

Make that two.

Dead Shot tried to aim for these Rebels in black, but they've all found cover in the buildings. The other Rebels however, seem to be unaware that he and Strong Arms were just picking them off. Slowly, at the end of the road, a tank he's never seen before slowly rolled forward, it's machine guns and auto cannon blazing away.

He glanced to his left and saw two friendly Timberwolves moving up to face the Rebel tank. He frowned, unsure if they could stand up to it.

Corporal Ali al-Waheed

Codename "Chef"

Private Marco Zuido

Codename "Hammer"

Ponyville, Equestria

9:04:25 since Operation Supremacy began

Corporal Ali "Chef" al-Waheed and Private Marco "Hammer" Zuido hid behind a wall inside a mostly demolished house. The front of the house was hit by a mortar shell, causing the front to collapse. They hid there to get out of the line of sight of the sniper and the MG gunner on the bell tower, and the two hostile armored vehicles coming down the road.

Chef heard the armored vehicles coming and he had his R-23 at the ready.

"Hey, you think Nameless can handle them?" Hammer asked referring to the Crocodile down the street as he aimed his R-23.

"Eh, better safe than sorry." Chef answered.

It was then he heard the Crocodile fire its 100mm gun followed by an explosion and something heavy hitting the ground.

"Heh, I think they just blew one of their turrets off." Hammer said.

There was still one operational however and Chef aimed the R-23 at where the armored vehicle will pass by.

"مع القوة ونحن سوف هزيمة لهم. الله أكبر." He muttered before he saw the armored vehicle speeding into his line of sight.

Corporal Dead Shot

Ponyville Bell Tower

"Dammit." Dead Shot muttered as he saw the rear of their last armored support explode.

He reloaded his rifle as Strong Arms moved behind cover to reload his MG.

Dead Shot aimed his rifle and shot a Rebel who was using the enemy tank turret for cover.

"Heh, amateur." He said as he aimed again at Rebels near the tank.

To his horror, the tank's gun slowly aimed up until it was looking directly at him

He started breathing heavily and turned to his Strong Arms.

"STRONG ARMS GET OUT!" He yelled before his vision was consumed by flames.

Ponyville, Equestria

Princess Twilight Sparkle, The Elements, Matthew, and the Royal Guards

The door to the helipad on the 2nd floor of the Castle of Friendship burst opened with The Elements and Matthew running out surrounded by Royal Guards.

"Come on, we need to get to the chopper!" said Lieutenant Flash Sentry.

On the helipad at the ready was Twilight's personal Harpy with her cutie mark on the fuselage. From the cockpit, the pilots were motioning them to get inside the helicopter quickly while 2 other Harpy's hovered overhead firing their side mounted MGs at....something towards the direction of Sweet Apple Acres.

The group were halted when they saw a missile streaking into the air. Matthew instantly recognized it, but didn't want to show it in fear that he will blow his cover. Everyone in the group stared in shock as the missile then turned downwards.

Flash Sentry sprung into action and tackled, "GET DOWN!"

The missile hit the helicopter, killing the pilots and any Royal Guards near it. The group was flung back from the resulting explosion.

"Ugh, are you alright Princess?" Flash Sentry said as he got off of her.

"Yeah, I think so." Twilight said as Flash helped her up. The rest of the group got up as the other 2 Harpies spun towards the ground, fire and smoke consuming either the tail rotor or the main rotor.

Matthew took a peek and quickly retreated. "They're coming from Sweet Apple Acres!"

Applejack and Rarity shot up. "Mah family's still there! Ah need to get them." Applejack said as she and Rarity tried to run from the group, but were tackled by Flash Sentry and some guards.

"No dammit, we cannot afford to lose any of you. Everyone, get inside and stick together. We'll try to go for the train station." Flash Sentry said as he and another guard struggled to keep Applejack from running away.

The group made it inside just in time before they heard more gunfire and explosions.

"Let go of me, I-" Applejack said before Flash Sentry cut her off.

"My job is to get all of you out of here at all costs. Your families should be safe. All evacuees should've been on the train by now." He said to both Applejack and Rarity.

"But-"

"Calm down, you'll only get yourself killed. You're no good to everypony dead." He said as she began to calm down.

"So what now?" Rainbow Dash said.

"We could always go for the trai-" *BOOM BOOM*

An explosion rocked the castle to its core before they heard gunfire from downstairs. A Royal Guard who was missing a helmet came running around the corner.

"THEY'VE BREACHED THE ENTRANCES! WE"RE TRAPPED!"

"Shit everypony to the throne room. We'll go for the tunnels!" Flash Sentry said.

The group ran towards the throne room, but the sounds of gunfire keeps getting closer and closer. Along the way, they saw Royal Guards setting up positions to slow down the Rebels. Even the wounded had their weapons, waiting for the Rebels to show up, but the closer they ran to the throne room, so did the gunfire. At last, they finally made it to the throne room. In the room were 6 thrones representing the Elements of the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony plus a smaller throne for Spike.

Twilight prayed that Spike is with the evacuees.

"Close the doors!" Flash Sentry said to some of the guards that went with them. When they finally closed, they heard gunfire erupt from right outside the throne room.

"Twilight hurry!" Flash said.

Twilight nodded and ran to her throne.

She was about to lay her hand on the picture of her cutie mark when Pinkie said something that stopped everyone in their tracks.

"Wait, do you guys hear that?"

Everyone in the room was confused and looked around.

"Hear what?" Twilight asked.

"Exactly. I don't hear anything."

Pinkie was right, all they hear was silence. Even the gunfire has stopped.

The guards closest to the door silently walked up to it. One of them was about to open it to see what's going on.

Flash saw what the guard was doing.

"Wait don-"

*BOOM*

The door and the guards near it were blown to pieces.

Twilight quickly ran to Rarity and a Unicorn Guard and grabbed their horns. In a blinding flash, the group disappeared.

Legionnaires burst into the throne room.

"Clear!" One female Legionnaire said.

"All Clear. There's nobody here." said another.

Casually walking into the throne room, Batista eyed the thrones and then looked around the room.

*Sigh* "This is Beastmaster, castle secured, but we lost them." He said in the coms.

Colonel Darren Winslow

"Copy that Beastmaster. Search the castle and take anything informative. Gamemaster, how's it going in your end?"

"I'm meeting stiff resistance in the train station. The train left a few minutes ago. We tried cutting them off but their APCs are halting any infantry advancements and their AT Rockets are keeping our vehicles behind buildings. I need some fire support from those mortars." said Widow.

"Copy that Gamemaster, you'll get your fire support. Warlord out."

All they need to do is break the resistance at the train station and it will be over. Any reinforcements were sent to counter-attack the Diversionary Force. They need to break them now before the Diversionary Force retreats back to friendly territory and the Equestrian Military turns their attention to them. So far, the radio jammer they installed has blocked any mayday calls.

All of a sudden, he heard the distinct roar of a jet engine.

"Musuh cepat berpindah dari timur!" Someone said over the coms.

"Dammit, unknown fighters coming from the East. All Vulcans, take them down!"

Near Ponyville, Equestria

RF-13 Comet

Captain Wind Blast

"Hey Cap, you seeing this?" Wind Blast heard his wingman, Lieutenant Fire Storm said.

They flew on the RF-13 Comet, the main fighter of the Royal Equestrian Air Force. They were ordered to fly over Ponyville to see what's going on after all transmission from the town stopped.

"I see a warzone. Storm, are those armored vehicles?" He said as they got closer to the town.

"Affirmative, I see them. They don't look like o-bzzt"

"Storm? Everything alright?"

He glanced at Storm to see him tapping on his helmet.

All of a sudden, he heard the unmistakable sound of a missile lock.

"Shit, deploying countermeasures!"

The chaffs shot out into different directions from his aircraft. Wind Blast saw Storm doing the same thing as the missiles veered off from their aircraft.

He could still see Storm tapping on his helmet as they only heard static from their radios.

An explosion rocked his aircraft.

"Fuck, they have flak!"

Both fighters maneuvered to avoid the incoming flak. He could see the tracers coming from the Everfree.

Wind Blast motioned for Storm to pull up, when Storm's Comet was hit right behind the cockpit, splitting the fighter in two.

"Fuck!"

The Blue Pegasus pulled the aircraft up in an effort to get away from the flak. An explosion rocked his aircraft, his heart skipping a beat.

"Warning! Warning! Engine Malfunction!"

He tried to make the fighter move, but the jet wasn't responding. With no choice, Wind Blast pulled a lever next to his seat, ejecting him from his doomed aircraft.

Wind Blast pulled the shoot and saw his fighter plummet to the ground, the rear of the aircraft on fire. The flak stopped firing, but Wind Blast could see the seriousness of the situation as he parachuted to the ground.

The Ponyville Garrison was nearly surrounded at the train station. Multiple techinicals and unknown armored vehicles convened on their location.

If he could somehow land in the Everfree and make it to the Safe Zone undetected, Wind Blast thought his chances are slim, but better than nothing. He has to get through the Rebel forces attacking the Military Bases in the Safe Zone and that's a long shot.

He prayed whatever deity's watching that he could make it back. The Pegasi grunted as he hit multiple branches. Wind Blast covered his face, expecting to hit the ground, but he felt he was stopped in midair.

"Damn." Wind Blast said as he looked up. His parachute was stuck in a tree. He looked down to see he's only about half of a body's length from the ground.

Grunting in annoyance, Wind Blast took out his knife to start cutting the ropes before the Rebels find him.

"Well well well, what do we have here?"

Wind Blast quickly turned to where the voice was coming from to see a dark skinned Human in black military gear staring at him. The Human took a cigar out of his mouth.

"I wasn't expecting a pilot to survive. Looks like it's our lucky day."

The Pegasus Captain slowly moved his right hand to take out his pistol.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The Human said.

*Click*

Wind Blast looked to his right to see four more Humans in black military gear walking to him with their guns at the ready.

Well fuck me. Wind Blast thought.

Ponyville, Equestria

9:25:17 since Operation Supremacy started

Jack Donnell

Rebels

Jack ran as fast as he could along with the Rebels. He held a bolt-action rifle, but hasn't gotten any kills yet.

The teen hated to admit it, but his aim was terrible, nearly taking the head of one of those black geared soldiers when he tried to shoot a Royal Guard.

The soldier in cover with him saw what he did and smacked him on the head.

"Watch your fire kid!" The intimidating soldier yelled.

Now, he ran with his fellow Rebels in a final push to the Train Station. The black uniformed soldiers did not charge with them, but instead went from building to building, putting suppressing fire on the Royal Guards. Their armored vehicles hanged back. The Royal Guards may be outnumbered, but they still had plenty of anti-tank rockets with them.

These soldiers, they were not untrained grunts like them, they knew what they were doing. Everytime he glanced at them, they would shake their heads at them in disapproval but said nothing.

"Whoa kid watch it!" Jack felt his jacket grabbed from behind and into cover.

Jack took off his hood and looked at the soldier who was wearing a something similar to a cowboy hat, but one side was pinned to the crown.

He looked at the soldier with anger.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Saving your life ye ungrateful bastard. Your little group just got gunned down by that Pegasi up in that roof. What the bloody hell did they teach you when you joined the Rebels?" The Human said with a funny accent.

"They taught me how to fight." He responded.

"Really? How? Can you even shoot? I saw ye almost took off Priest's head back there. Ye could've had the entire Legionnaire force out for your blood. Bastard's the only one who understands all of our religions believe it or not."

"Um..." Jack fondled with his rifle, trying to show him he could fight, but the soldier had none of it, putting his hand on his rifle.

"No, you've shown me enough." The soldier looked away, before aiming his rifle from behind cover.

Jack peered above his cover. There was a loud bang before the Royal Guard that gunned down his group fell down from the roof of a building and into a car.

"That's how ye do it kid." The soldier turned to the kid. "You're still young with much to learn. Stay here. Wouldn't want you to be a liability now won't we?"

He was about to break cover when Jack grabbed his arm.

"Wait!"

"Ach was it kid? I'm going to go kill some ponies."

"But what's your name? You know, in case I want to look for you."

"That's what you stopped me for? Fine, name's Bishop. If you ever need me, just ask one of there arseholes around here and they'll direct you to me." Bishop said as he broke cover.

Ponyville Train Station, Ponyville, Equestria

Lieutenant Gold Spear

"Command this is Magic One. Do you read me?"

Spear only heard static from his radio.

"Dammit! First week out of the academy and this shit has to happen." Spear said covering his head.

"Orders sir!" A Royal Guard next to him said.

"Wh-where's Captain Sentry?" He said.

"I don't know sir. Rebels took the castle a while ago. We need to assume they killed or captured everyone in the castle. That means you're in charge sir!"

"Orders Lieutenant we're about to be overrun." A Sergeant next to him said.

"Air support was taken down a while ago and we lost all of our armor! We should've gotten on that train!"

"If we did that we would have to leave civvies behind!" The Sergeant yelled.

"To Tartarus with those civvies! They wanted more slaves brought to this town and now the Rebels came in looking for blood. They were asking for it!"

"What are your orders sir. We can't stay here!" A soldier yelled firing from his cover.

Spear was fresh from Officer's Candidate School. Born into a Noble Family, he hardly knew sacrifice and hard work. The only reason why he even graduated was because of his connections.

Join the glamorous Royal Guards they said, it will be fun and you'll be a hero they said.

His mind was in panic mode. He didn't want to die nor did he want to be captured. To be captured would put his family's name in shame.

"Re-retreat!" Spear yelled.

"Sir?" The Sergeant said in confusion as Spear got up.

"Every pony for themselves!" He yelled as he ran towards Canterlot in the far distance.

Royal Guards complied with his orders. The Earth Ponies and the Unicorns ran as the Pegasi took to the skies.

"Wait wait! This is suicide!" The Sergeant yelled.

Another Royal Guard grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Come on lets go!" The Guard yelled as he dragged the Sergeant out of cover.

The Guard nearly fell as he felt his arm strain from dragging the Sergeant.

"Sir?" He looked behind him to see a bullet hole on the Sergeant's head.

"Oh shit oh shit." He dropped the Sergeant and ran for his life.

Sergeant Abraham "Archer" Lloyds

Ponyville, Equestria

Legionnaires

9:33:49 since Operation Supremacy began

Archer kicked the front door down, his squadmate rushing in with him. They quickly searched the damaged house, finding the body of a Royal Guard and two children, courtesy of a grenade thrown into a window.

To Archer's shock, he saw one of the kids' heads move. The kid already lost a lot of blood and had many wounds from the grenade's shrapnel.

Archer stood over the kid, knowing it was too late for the kid.

"Sorry bout this kid." He said before shooting the colt on the head.

The two Legionnaires slowly advanced up the stairs. Archer peered behind a wall, his gun at the ready, in a room.

"Clear!" He said.

The Legionnaire could see from a window that the Royal Guards were fleeing under fire.

"Smokey the window!" He yelled.

Archer swung the window open while Smokey took out his MG-7 and began firing away.

The Pegasi were easily taken down by AA fire and the Earth Ponies and the Unicorns were running from the barrage of gunfire.

None will survive.

Ponyville, Equestria

Colonel Darren "Warlord" Winslow

9:53:25 since Operation Supremacy began

"Sir the trucks have arrived." Winslow heard one of his soldiers as he inspected the civilians and the Royal Guards they captured. One was unconsious however, an old mare with glasses. The others said she was Mayor Mare.

Winslow snorted as he thought of her name.

"Load them up the trucks! Check all buldings and take anything of value. Burn the building once they're cleared!" Winslow yelled.

His soldiers scrambled and went to check the houses for anything of value. He looked at the castle where Batista and his group searched for anything of value.

Lieutenant Colonel Lucas "Boom Boom" Batista

Codename "Beastmaster"

Castle of Friendship, Ponyville, Equestria

9:59:38 since Operation Supremacy started

Batista walked into the library of the castle. They need to make this quick, otherwise, Walker will be forced to retreat and the Equestrians will divert their forces to here. No doubt, the escaped Princess have already warned the others, but they knew the idea of losing their bases in the Everfree is by far, a greater threat than losing Ponyville.

For a while, he saw the men and women under him search the castle, but he noticed one was missing.

He knew he would be in the library.

Batista was correct when he found the missing Lieutenant putting some books into a crate.

"Didn't know you were into arts and fashion Wizard." Batista said.

The soldier who was wearing a baseball cap and a balaclava shook his head and chuckled.

"They're not for me. They're for my sister. She's nuts about fashion and art. Wouldn't want to leave without getting some gifts for her."

Wizard was a strange one. He would always wear a baseball cap everywhere he goes, spends his time writing a journal, and was fascinated with magic and the paranormal. When asked why, he would respond that he's seen many strange things when he was younger. Many of them would make people question logic and their beliefs.

When Wizard joined the Legionnaires, he came under the alias of Lee Stanford. However, he was recommended by both the Emperor and Director Azarov themselves. Both Winslow and Batista knew Lee Stanford wasn't his real name but chose not to press it.

A few times, Batista saw him slip. A few soldiers were joking around while playing video games while Wizard sat at a table, eating a sandwich while drinking some soda and playing with his phone.

One of the soldiers said "What do the numbers mean Mason?" as he laughed and patted one of his friends on the back.

Batista, who was drinking quietly and resting after a mission at a table, saw Wizard perk up when he heard it. He came to the conclusion that Mason must be either part of his name or it belonged to someone he knew.

"Aren't you going to get some of those magic books?" Batista asked.

"Done, they're in the bottom. I'm just hoping none of them are cursed or spawn some kind of weird demon." Wizard replied as he skimmed through a book about art. "After all this, I'd like to observe and record the creatures in the Everfree."

Wizard dropped the book into the crate and picked it up.

"You sure you want to do this by yourself?"

"Eh I've ran from stranger things and put my life on the line in strange situations. Besides, the scientific community would love to get their hands on the info." Wizard said as he walked towards the door.

Batista shook his head while smiling. "You have one strange childhood you know that?"

Wizard chuckled. "Oh you have no idea at all sir."

Ponyville, Equestria

Colonel Darren "Warlord" Winslow

10:08:17 since Operation Supremacy began

Winslow stared at the mostly burnt papers that lay before him on a table in a house.

"Is this all of it?" He asked.

"That's all of it sir. Saved what I could from the fireplace. There was an escape tunnel entrance we found in the house, but the tunnel already collapsed. Read the papers, they've gotta be intel reports." Lieutenant Manuel "Coyote" Nunez said.

"Did you ask around who lived in this house?"

"Yes sir. One Bon Bon and one Lyra Heartstrings."

Winslow stood there in shock, before he heard two individuals walk through the front door.

"Well, my house doesn't look too bad after the attack."

Winslow turned around to see Lyra and Agent Shaw looking around.

In anger, Winslow walked up to Lyra and grabbed her by the neck. He slammed her into a wall and pulled out his revolver.

"You have a lot of explaining to do Heartstrings."

"Whoa what are you doing Colonel?" Shaw yelled.

"We found an escape tunnel and burned intel reports in the fire place in this very home."

Lyra tried to free herself from Winslow's grip but he was too strong.

"For God's sake Winslow, she'll die!"

Winslow thought of choking her to death, but decided to let her go for some much needed answers.

The Unicorn fell to the floor and gasped for much needed air.

"Look Winslow, she couldn't have done it. Trust me, I'm always with her. It's impossible that she wrote those reports without me knowing. It's gotta be Bon Bon Colonel."

Winslow hesitated before holstering his revolver and walking outside.

Widow jogged up to him.

"Sir, we've checked all buildings thorougly and have taken anything of value. Explosives have been set in the castle. Walker is asking permission to pull out."

"Permission granted. Get everyone in the vehicles and burn the buildings. We're pulling out."

"Yes sir."

For the next several minutes, the Rebels and the Legionnaires loaded the trucks with anything of value and the prisoners before getting on the Nomads and the Techinicals with some riding on top of the armored vehicles.

Legionnaires carrying flamethrowers spewed flames onto the buildings.

Once that was done, they got into their vehicles and rejoined the convoy. They didn't look back as the explosives detonated inside the castle.

When the Equestrian arrive, they will only find dead bodies, ashes, and rubble.

For Winslow, it was a symbolic victory, but a strategic failure. They've failed to capture the Princess, but they've accomplished in shocking the nation and spreading fear. The Rebels and the Legionnaires have hurt the pride of the Equestrian Military have rocked the nation to the core.

Once word spreads to other nations, they will realize that the Rebels are a group worth supporting and that the Equestrians can be defeated.

Officially, the war has not yet started, but historians will unanimously agree that the Empire has struck first.

Winslow smiled after taking a puff from his cigar.

There will be more to come.

Imperial Palace, Agartha, United Terran Empire

Emperor Maximilian Vorenus

Vorenus walked into his dark bedroom. He guessed his wife must be out with a friend.

The Emperor sighed before taking off his crown and putting it on a table. He took out a bottle of whiskey. After this stressful day, he needed some relaxation.

After taking a swing from the whiskey, he then realized he was not alone.

The guest was expected however.

"You know, when I heard my ancestors created you, I expected you to be 100% loyal to Humanity." He said without turning around.

"Oh I still am loyal. I just want to make a deal." The voice from across the room. "Open the file under the bottles."

Vorenus lifted up one of the bottles of whiskey and saw a file. He carefully removed the bottles and opened the file.

"The Elements of Harmony huh? You know they're priority targets right?"

"I know, which is why I want to make a deal. I will continue to hide the Rebels and your troops, and you promise you will not kill or severely hurt them. If it was non-severe and was an accident, then it's understandable."

Vorenus took another swing from his whiskey.

"Things change huh? What happened to you anyway?"

"I tried, I really did. I tried to free your brethern but failed and ended up being imprisoned. My mind slowly deteriorated until I was free. Still insane and was imprisoned again. It was only during my second chance of freedom did my sanity begin to return. I made friends along the way and still maintained the image of a crazy prankster. I was joyful when I found the Empire, but I found out about your people's deep hatred towards the ponies and I didn't want my friends getting hurt. You need me for your plans to work, and all I ask is for you to make sure no harm befallens on the Elements. I don't care about Celestia and Luna, you do what you want with them. Just promise me please, I know you would've done the same for your friends."

Vorenus sighed before turning around.

"Fine, it's a deal Discord."

Author's Note

A long wait huh? I decided to take a break from Star Wars and wrote this. I'm still seething a bit from EA's Battlefront II Campaign.

An Imperial Campaign my ass

Anyways, sorry about that long wait. My head couldn't stop thinking of ideas for my Star Wars fic, but managed to start thinking of ideas for this.

It happens after playing some Battlefield 4 and watching some Battlefield 4 videos.