War Zone-Equestria

Twilight didn’t know how long she’d been out. She didn’t even know if she was regaining consciousness. Her head was pounding, but she didn’t know if it was the hit she’d received or if it was the memory of what had happened before that. All the blood, the unexplainable object that she’d been faced with, it just made her sick. She wanted to believe it was all made up, and that she was just sleeping in the library. A dream. She thought about Spike, and how she’d just left without leaving him a note to tell her they’d be back soon. But then she started to wonder if they really would be back soon. She managed the strength to pry her eyes open ever so slightly. She could see a small pegasus pony arguing with a slightly bigger earth pony. She could just vaguely make out the colors of their fur and mane, but it just looked like a blur. There was gray, yellow, light cream, blue, and pink. But this was useless to Twilight when she couldn’t even organize these colors into shapes. She slowly dipped from consciousness again.

It must have been about a day before she was awoken by a sharp, cold stinging feeling spreading through her body like nothing she’d ever felt. It made her feel so alive. She was covered in scratches and grazes but it didn’t bother her. She felt so full of energy. She started breathing heavily as if she had been underwater for ages. Her eyes shifted all around, but she could only see darkness. She tried moving her head, but it seemed to be restricted. But then she realized she could hardly move anything else. Her arms were restricted by bonds that she couldn’t see; same as her legs. A sharp object moved out of her front, left leg causing a slight sting, but it didn’t bother her too much.

She tried pulling at the bonds, trying to break free, grunting and whining, but she didn’t have the strength in her. Suddenly a voice echoed throughout the cold room, “You've been out for quite a few hours." the voice said.

Twilight Struggled harder without listening properly.

"I wouldn’t bother if I were you, you’re only wasting your energy.”

She couldn’t identify the voices location, but it was so familiar. Who was it? She thought momentarily but then it struck her.

“Derpy?” Twilight asked, her voice echoing on the walls. Suddenly the room lit up. It was such a sudden change that Twilight thought she was staring straight at the sun, but she could only protect her eyes by shutting them.

Out of the darkness a gray pegasus pony with a pale yellow mane walked towards Twilight, her eyes started to adjust as the silhouetted pony started to take form. She was right. Derpy was standing in front of her. She had a strange metal contraption on her hoof and was wearing a forest camouflaged helmet. But what stood out most were here eyes. They looked like any other ponies, no lazy eye or anything. If Derpy was trying to conceive a threatening look, without her lazy eye it was definitely achieved.

“That’s commander Derpy to you!” Derpy yelled, her voice striking light fear into Twilight.

“And just how do you know my name anyway? You’re not even supposed to be here! Last we saw of you, your body was just another littering the grounds of Canterlot.”

Twilight was so confused. Why was her friend yelling at her, and what did she mean she wasn’t supposed to be there?

“What are you talking about Derpy? It’s me Twilight Sparkle. We’re friends.”

“What are you talking about?! This wars been raging for 2 years, in the time you were alive you never once even spoke to me, until the mission to save the slave ponies. You were killed on the battlefield before my own eyes! You and your friends! Maybe there’s a reason you’re still alive, you must be a spy!” Derpy yelled, her voice echoing through the room, getting more and more aggressive.

Twilight was becoming worried. ‘What is she talking about? What does she mean I was killed, why doesn’t she remember me?’, but then she remembered what she said about her friends. “I don’t know what you’re talking about Derpy! Where are my friends?”  Twilight said also starting to feel a little angry.

“That’s Commander Derpy dammit! You watch your tone with me or I’ll take your head off right here and now!” Derpy yelled back. Twilight suddenly grew very fearful as her spirit shrunk again.

“Your friends are under supervision and care as we speak, but if you can’t co-operate with us and explain everything, they will be terminated, along with you.”

“NO!” Twilight screamed. “Don’t hurt them; I’ll do what ever you want! Just don’t hurt my friends!”

“Well you can start by explaining how you’re here to begin with. You should be dead; I saw Cross Fire put a bullet right through your head. Along with all your friends! How are you all here?!”

Twilight tried to think of a way she could explain any of this ‘Who was Cross Fire? What did she mean they were all killed? What in the hay were bullets?’, but then she remembered that they weren’t the same ponies as the ones that were killed. She felt so stupid for having forgotten that they weren’t from the same dimension.

“We aren’t the same ponies as the ones that you saw killed. Were from another dimension you see and…”

Derpy was furious and cut her off “How stupid do you think I am. You don’t really expect me to believe that do you? If this is just you trying to be funny, you better cut it out and tell the truth!”

“But it is the truth! I used my magic to test a spell we found in an old black book. It brought us here. To this Equestria!” Twilight was tearing up now. She knew that the story might sound far fetched, but her emotions were displaying all the truth in her words. How could Derpy not see it? But then she noticed a change in Derpy’s eyes they seemed to lighten up for a moment before reverting back to anger.

“You got any proof?! How do I know that your deaths weren’t just an act of magic to fool us? How do I know your not Luna’s spies?!” Derpy was breathing rather heavily.

“What do you mean spies? Why would I be Luna’s spy, what does that have to do with me and my friends?”

Derpy was starting to get confused. “Maybe they did shoot you. You don’t seem to remember anything about the war… or you’re just hiding it.”

Twilight couldn’t take it anymore. She’d never been yelled at so much in her life. She’d never felt so helpless. The tears started to roll down her cheeks.

Derpy wanted to say something, but she couldn’t. She wasn’t the same Derpy Twilight knew, but even under this one’s tough exterior there was still a soft heart. The anger in her face started to retreat and show a look of realization. She knew that emotions could be a powerful lie, but she had trained herself to learn the difference between real and forged, and she did know that this was genuine sadness. She unbound Twilights limbs and helped her down slowly. Twilight sat there for a moment trying to get a hold of herself.

“I’m skeptical to your story, alright, but I do have an explanation. I’m gunna have to take you to the Princess. If she decides your telling the truth, she might let you go.”

Twilight was taken back by Derpy’s change of character, but smiled as the kind Derpy she knew started to show.

“But do you know who I am?” Twilight asked her again.

“Of course. Everyone does. Same as your friends. You were the Princesses top group of Elite soldiers, but when you were killed by a new weapon that the Lunar army had manufactured, we didn’t know what was going to happen. We had our Spy, Spike go in the enemy base at Canterlot Castle and he’s been sending us enemy plans ever since.” Derpy explained.

Twilight suddenly smiled even more and looked at Derpy. “You mean Spike’s here? And he’s alive?”

“He’s not here now, but yes he’s still alive as far as we know. But if what you’re saying is true, then it’s not the same Spike you know.” Derpy reminded her.

That didn’t matter to Twilight. Her friend since she hatched him as an egg was also here, and alive.

“Follow me; I’ll take you to see Princess Celestia.”

Twilight obliged but first had to ask her something. “Can I see my friends?”

“Not until the Princess gives permission for you to leave my supervision. Rest assured they’re being taken care of in our medical facility as we speak.”

Derpy put her hoof to a panel on the door and pushed it in, unlocking the door, which swung open on its own.

Twilight followed her out and looked around. There was a large room with pipes running through it and roots growing from the ceiling, and several tunnels branching in many directions. “Are we underneath a forest?” Twilight asked Derpy looking at the roots.

“Yes. The base is situated here until we can find another location for it, which may have to be soon since you and you friends opened part of it up.” Twilight felt a little guilty knowing that the roof collapsing was her and her friends fault, but didn’t understand why it mattered a lot.

“We’re on the top floor, hence why you can see the roots.”

Suddenly out of almost no where a light, creamy colored mare with a dark blue and pink mane rushed up to her. “Twilight! Your ok!” she yelled.

“Bon Bon?” Twilight asked.

”Where have you been? It’s been over a year since the princess sent you and your team to assault the Lunar army’s base. Did you see Lyra there? Or any of the other ponies? Please tell me she’s ok.” Bon Bon was happy to see Twilight but was also stressed to find out information that Twilight didn’t know the answers to.

“Look Bon Bon, I told you. Lyra was shot, along with all the other Unicorns. She’s gone. I’m sorry, I know it’s a hard truth, but you have to move on.” Derpy told her.

Twilight’s heart sunk almost instantly. ‘What does she mean all the other unicorns? She couldn’t have literally meant all of them!’ she thought to herself.

“Maybe there’s a chance that Lyra is still alive. You told me Twilight and her team were shot in the head. But here they are right now, in our base, living and breathing.” Bon Bon said trying to construct an argument.

“They aren’t the same ponies I saw die. They’re from another version of Equestria.”

Twilight lit up a bit ‘She believes me’ she thought to herself.

“What? But… But she knows me…” Bon Bon remembered, “She said my name before I’d even talked to her.”

Derpy looked inquisitively at Twilight, but Twilight’s explanation was simple.

“Just like there are, well, were copies of us here, there are copies of you and the Princesses in the Equestria I came from. Although, the Derpy back there was a little bit less rough.” Twilight explained looking at Derpy.

“Look I may come off as rough but I just use my tough side for dealing with the enemy, or interrogation.”

“So you don’t know anything about Lyra?” Bon Bon asked Twilight, tears welling up in her eyes.

“I’m sorry Bon Bon; I hardly know anything about the war here either though.” It hurt Twilight to have to tell her that she had no evidence to support her best friend’s status.

“But if it helps at all, the Lyra in the Equestria I came from is still alive, and you and her are still best friends.” Twilight told her in an effort to cheer her up.

Bon Bon sniffed and wiped her eyes. “Thanks Twilight. It’s… It’s good to have you back. Even if you aren’t… well… the ‘you’ I know.” She gave a weak smile, saluted Derpy and then walked off.

“Poor girl… It’s been really hard for her to accept the Lyra was killed during our assault. It made it worse when she found out Lyra was the last Unicorn in Equestria.” Derpy explained to Twilight.

“You can’t possibly mean it when you say the last unicorn right; I mean there has to be others.” Twilight said refusing to believe that even in an Alternate world they could all be gone.

“I’m sorry Twilight. But there hasn’t been a unicorn sighted in over a year, since Luna launched a campaign to have them all slaughtered. Even the ones that fought for her! She’s just a heartless bitch that ‘Princess’! She killed them like it was nothing and said they were animals that shouldn’t be allowed to live. She’s the only animal that shouldn’t be allowed to live!” Derpy roared breathing heavily and digging violently at the ground.

Twilight couldn’t believe it. All the unicorns, gone.

“That can’t be possible. There has to be some left. She couldn’t have killed a whole race. Maybe they’re in hiding?”

“I’m sorry Twilight. It’s true. They’re gone.” Derpy choked out the words. She hated to say it herself but she knew the truth.

“But why would she do that? The Luna in our Dimension was kind, she’d never do something so… wrong!”

“Then our dimensions are two very different ones Twilight. Things are much grimmer here. She had them killed because according to her; they shouldn’t be allowed to use magic. She wanted to be the only one in the land to have magical ability. But if you ask me, she was afraid of them, afraid they were eventually going to over power her. She acted out of fear and fear alone.” Derpy seemed certain she was right, and due to the tone in her voice Twilight didn’t doubt her.

“I can’t believe they’re gone. It just seems so... well, unbelievable.” Twilight said confused and upset.

“I’m sorry Twilight, but that’s war…”

“It’s not fair…”

“It’s never fair Twilight”

“But it’s genocide! How can she still have followers after committing the biggest crime in existence?!” Twilight finished.

“I know its hard Twilight. Some ponies are just heartless and full of greed, but I promise you… soon, they’ll all pay.” Derpy seemed very serious when she said that. But Twilight couldn’t ignore the fact that no matter how bad something is, revenge only makes it worse. “Now come on, we’ve strayed for far too long already. Time to go see the Princess.” Derpy said as she began leading Twilight through the tunnels.