My mother carried me while dragging my sister to the docks. Our father bid us goodbye in his black suit of armor with the other knights. My sister and I cried, calling for our father to come back, to leave with us. Mother was crying too, but she was focused on getting us to the evacuation ships. We knew the Equestrians were coming, stories were told they were capturing and enslaving our people, not just here, but in all of the colonies. Britannicans, Afrikans, Gauls, Belkans, Oceanians, Yuktobanians, Cantonese, it does not matter to the Equestrians. Most of the colonies were overrun, so the port was full of refugees from all of the colonies. We were able to get on a ship, Even though out mother countries have a growing hatred towards each other, today we put our differences aside for survival. This had me thinking, here we are together and helping each other, while back in our homelands, our countries have knives to each others throats. If only they weren't fighting each other. Imagine, a united-

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

I closed the journal quickly and called out to whoever knocked on my bedroom door.

"Who is it?"

"It's Louisa my liege. I bring news from Director Azarov."

Something from Azarov? Gotta be something big.

I got up from my desk and opened the door. In front of me is Louisa Bellamy, a red haired woman of Gaullic descent, glasses, with a White military uniform, black pants, black tie, and an officer's cap.

"My liege, you're wearing your uniform? You didn't have anything scheduled today."

"Old habits die hard Louisa."

I was wearing my old military uniform back when I was still a Field Marshal with a black cape.

"Well anyway, Director Azarov reported the Victorious and its patrol group sank another Equestrian ship and captured survivors."

*sigh* "They know the drill. It's just like those Equestrian ships the Invincible and the Unstoppable sank. Come back when you actually have something new."

I began to close the door before Louisa said something that stopped me in my tracks.

"It was a warship this time my liege."

What? A warship? This may turn into an advantage.

I opened the door again gave an order to Louisa.

"Get Miyagi, Azarov, Kuhn, Anwar, and Okoye. Tell them to meet me at the meeting room."

"Yes my liege."

Louisa walked down the humongous hallway. I looked to my left to the Imperial Guard standing in attention.

He was wearing the traditional Imperial Guard Armor while holding an AR-7

The armor may look primitive, but they've been designed to be bullet proof.

"Still eyeing her Nathaniel? How long until you ask her out?"

"May-Maybe later milord."

I chuckled. "Good man. You two make a perfect couple."

Poor Nathaniel, he really likes Louisa, but is always nervous around her.

I went back into my room to get my crown. After all, an Emperor wouldn't look like an emperor without his crown. On my desk, sat my crown, gold with jewels and the head of an eagle, just like how my father wanted it to be. It's been two years, but every time I look at the crown, I tear up a little. He was always there for me, even after mother died when I was twelve. Remembering about the meeting, I quickly took the crown and left my room.

10 minutes later

Every fucking meeting. Why do they always argue? I thought while doing a facepalm.

"We need to bomb their cities. Only my Superfortresses can do that."

"The Equestrians can control the weather. I don't care how reliable your bombers are, they will take them down."

I sat on the head of the table with Director Azarov, Fleet Admiral Miyagi, and Dr. Heinrich Steiner of Rebirth Island Laboratories to my left and General Anwar, Air Marshal Kuhn, and Field Marshal Okoye to my right.

"Oh and you think your fleets will do any better? The Pegasi will just bomb them while your ships are engaging their fleets!" Shouted Air Marshal Kuhn while pointing at Admiral Miyagi. Air Marshal Jonathan Kuhn was a tall man with blonde hair, blue eyes, and of Saxon descent. Kuhn is the commander of the Empire's Air Force. Admiral Jisaburo Miyagi however, was a man of Cantonese descent with fair skin, black hair, and green eyes.

"Gentleman, please calm down. There is no need to yell at each other." Director Azarov said trying to calm everyone down. Director Vassily Azarov was a man of Belkan descent with pale skin, brown hair, and black eyes. Azarov was the director of the Empire's Intelligence.

"Oh and what have your agents done this entire time? All they've done is report military movements and take pictures like they were fucking tourists! They haven't given us any reports on what they're vehicles are capable of. They've only confirmed if they have guns and missiles! How the bloody hell are we going to fight them without knowing their capabilities?" Yelled Field Marshal Okoye. Field Marshal Ezekiel Okoye was Afrikan descent, bald, and brown eyes. He is the current commander of the Empire's Army.

"ENOUGH! I believe Dr. Steiner here has a solution to our problems."

"Ah yes, of course." Dr. Heinrich Steiner stood up. He was man of Saxon descent with black hair and horn rimmed glasses.

"Gentleman, I present to you, the Steiner Mechanism!"

He rolled out a blueprint, which shows the designs of a satellite.

"Whoop-dee-doo, you designed a satellite." Anwar said nonchalantly. Marine General Marcus Anwar was a man of Oceanian descent with dark tanned skin, a circle beard, brown hair, and brown eyes.

"Oh it isn't just a regular satellite. After experimenting with some of the unicorns we captured last week, I developed a weapon that will render all magic useless!"

This perked up all of our interests.

"A weapon that renders magic useless? How?" Okoye asked.

"Think of it as a modified EMP device, but there are two drawbacks however."

"And what are they?" I asked.

"The effects will only last about 24 hours, and it can only fire once. The force of the device would shatter the satellite."

"So we only have 24 hours to make a move. How the hell are we going to take over Equestria in only 24 hours?" asked Kuhn.

"We don't have to, we just need to land our forces on some of their port cities. By the time they regain their magic, we've already made landfall, and hopefully capture some of their key ports." I said. "How are the prisoners Azarov."

"Well Max, I ordered them to be sent to Impel Down and interrogated. I told Magellan to treat them well." Azarov answered.

Heh, the last time he called me Max was during my father's funeral and inherited the throne. In one night, Field Marshal Maximilian Vorenus became Emperor Maximilian Vorenus. Okoye was scared out of his mind at that time. He thought he wasn't prepared to be the Army's Commander.

"And what of the Equestrian warship?"

"Divers inspected the wreck. It was confirmed to be a battleship called the Equestrian Thunder, a Canterlot-class battleship as reported by my agents. The divers reported the battleships, had missile launchers installed on them, but here's the confusing part. Some of the areas where launchers or gun emplacements were supposed to be were empty. It's as if they sent this battleship with only a third of their weapons. Curious isn't it?"

"Probably because they weren't expecting to run into us. If what your agents told me was correct, the Equestrians believe the survivors from our colonies there were killed since they thought there was no land here. Their history books mentioned that Humanity actually lived there from the beginning thinking Humanity wasn't capable of building a stable empire." I said.

"And yet here we are." Miyagi said as we all chuckled.

"Have your fighters intercepted the Equestrian air units Kuhn?" Azarov asked."

"No, they turned back because of a typhoon. For once, I'm glad there was a typhoon." Kuhn answered.

"Anyway Azarov, we need to know the capabilities of the Equestrian ground forces."

"Well, I propose we send the Legionnaires. My agents have reported that a rebel group of escaped slaves are hiding in the Everfree. We can insert some Legionnaires there to train these rebels and help them attack the Equestrians. The Equestrians aren't taking them very seriously, but if they start ambushing convoys and attack towns, they'll be forced to start sending their heavy and elite units."

Anwar chose that moment to speak, "You do realize, our plans may be jeopardized if any of the Legionnaires are captured or if they get their hands on any of their equipment."

"Oh they are aware, I've already informed them to destroy any equipment if they are in danger of being captured. I've also given them cases of Cyanide pills just in case."

"And they are okay with it?" Steiner asked.

"You forget, these are the Legionnaires, the most die hard and elite soldiers next to the Imperial Guard in the United Terran Empire. I'm going to need your transports Kuhn to insert them into the Everfree. They'll parachute in, meet up, search for the rebels and hopefully contact goes smoothly. I just need your approval my liege."

I thought about it, but it looks like I don't have any options.

"Do it."

Author's Note

Sorry if this took a while, but I got slammed by some projects at school. Don't judge me, I don't support the Nazis (I'm not even white), I just think their uniforms look badass. Next chapter will include some Equestrian POV. Is it weird though if I was typing this chapter while listening to Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio?

This has been edited due to the fact people complaining about me putting pictures instead of describing them. I wholeheartedly agree which is why I decided to edit this chapter. Reason why I put pics instead was because I'm terrible at describing, so I did my best to describe here.