Vesperianus was just getting the final reports of his scouts in order when Seranchi and his scouting party reported back.

"So, there is a road which leads to a town to the south?"

"Yes, it appears to be a farming village, but the farm has many trees of some unknown fruit."

"Hmm, interesting... Well, it is the only lead we have, go back to your respective squadrons and prepare to move out." Vesperianus orders the scouts.

After finally getting every soldier accounted for and everything that might be useful to them on hand, they lined up and marched toward the road. After getting on the road, Seranchi and 4 other cavalrymen volunteered to scout ahead to make sure no traps and ambushes lay ahead, and to see if there were any friendly faces around that may help them find out where they are. Soon Seranchi and the other 4 scouts rode ahead of the marching army, soon setting foot, or hoof for the horses, at the exit to the forest, into the direct view of the Equestrians.

POV: Equestrians.

*Five minutes before meeting*

"Alright, we're nearing the entrance to the woods, we should make it to the object before nightfall if nothing gets in our way," Twilight explains to the group as they finally exit the apple orchard. They then set hoof on the dirt trail that leads to the entrance of the Whitetail Woods.

"Hey, do you think those brown things we saw had anything to do with the teleported thing?" questions Rainbow as she hovers close to the rest of the group.

"Highly unlikely Rainbow, the spell was massive and had to have teleported a massive object, not just two animals." Informs Twilight in a matter-of-fact way.

"Ooh! Ooh! I know what it is!!" Yells The Pink One while flailing her right arm about as if she knew the answer to a question that the teacher asked.

"You can't possibly know what it is, Pinkie"

"Yeah I do, ITS TOTALLY AHUGEARMYOFHUMANSTHATWILLCAUSEAMASSIVEREVOLUTIONTOTHEENTERTAINMENTOFOTHERHUMANSTHATARECURRENTLYREADINGTHISSTORYRIGHTNOW! Or maybe just a big rock." Says The Pink One very, very quickly.

"Alright then... Well, let's just continue walking, I don't wanna have to try and find that out in the night." Shining said with light suspicion. He then directs the guards to march forward in a wedge shape in front of the Mane 6.

*2 minutes later*

"Alright, we're entering the forest, everyone stay close t-"

"Shining, we are perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves, plus there is nothing dangerous in these woods. And even if there is, I'm sure your guards could handle it easily, plus we-" Twilight is cut off by the sound of hooves striking stone coming closer to them, from down the road, causing everyone to look down the path.

POV: 3rd person, Omnipotent

As the Ponies look at the Romans as the Romans and their horses stop only 20 meters away, they both stare at each other in shock and confusion. The Romans being extra confused as to why there are horse-like beings with armor, spears, and clothing. Meanwhile, the Equestrians are confused as to why humans are wearing armor and riding a huge four-legged pony-like creature.

"What do I say," Seranchi mutters under his breath. "Uh... Greetings," He exclaims to the ponies, with confusion and uncertainty in his voice.

"Are those humans? And why do they have weapons and armor and... those weird animals?" Questions Rainbow Dash as the guards raise their spears and go into a defensive stance.

"Humans! Lay down your weapons and armor now, or else!" Bellowed Shining as he drew his sword out.

"You are not our commander, you can't order us around!" Yells Seranchi back at Shining. "And we will not lay down our weapons."

"So be it then! Guards, capture the rebels!" Shining orders his guards.

The guards run towards the Cavalrymen, spears aimed at them, but the Romans merely ride around them on their horses, all the while voicing insults and simply joking about how they can't even touch them.

"Ha, they can't even catch up to us on our horses," Chuckles one of the Cavalrymen.

Shining, seeing his guards' struggle, gets frustrated and shoots a stun spell at the nearest cavalryman, hitting him dead on and knocking him off his horse

"Holy shit, what was that!"

"AGH! Fuck, that hurt!" Hollered the cavalrymen who got hit. He starts getting up, and his horse comes back to help him

"Let's get out of here and head back to the legion!" Orders Seranchi as the cavalrymen gets back on his horse. Once he is ready enough to go, they start galloping away down the road, with a few magic bolts fired at them, but none hit.

"They're running away, I'll catch them" Yells Rainbow Dash who bolts after them before anybody could stop her.
Rainbow gets closer and closer to the speeding cavalry and manages to be seen by them.

"Holy shit, they can fly"

"Use your spears. Horses, lead us to the legion," Orders Seranchi as all of them turn around on their horses with their shields and spears in hand, ready to defend themselves against the flying menace.

And as Rainbow gets within spearing distance, she is forced to give up speed to dodge the thrusts of spears aimed at her and is forced to keep some distance as to not become a pony-kabob. Yet she sees an opening when one of the humans stumble as their horse jumps over a log, and rushes at him, grabbing him as he tries to stay stable on his horse.

"Agh, get it off me!" he yells as he is forced to drop his spear and shield in order to grab his Gladius to stab at the menace.

"You're not getting awa- AAHHH!" She is cut off by her own cries of pain as another cavalryman gets close enough to stab her side. That causes her to stop flying and fall to the ground in a heap.

"Thanks man, but I lost my spear and shield."

"No worries, we'll get you another one from the reserve weapons."

"Yeah, I guess I can, but we first have to report that these... things are aggressive."

"You're right, now let's get a move on!"
Meanwhile, the Mane 6 and guards run down the path in an attempt to follow the rainbow speedster.

"Ugh, I can't believe she flew after them. They had spears, they could kill her!" Shining voices to the other as they make a turn to keep on the road. That is when they spot the rainbow colored pony, bleeding on the ground.

*Gasp* "Rainbow Dash!" Yells Fluttershy as she quickly flies over to her long time friend to dress her wounds. "What happened?"

"Well, I w-was wrestling with one of the h-humans on their, OUCH, careful, on their weird pony monster things, when one of the buckers speared my side when I wasn't looking!" Groans Rainbow as Fluttershy attempts to cover the wounds with a few bandages she carried with her in case.

"We need to go back to Ponyville to get Rainbow some medical attention. We also have to gather the local guard to find these rogue humans and put them in their place!" Orders Shining as a guard picks up Rainbow to carry her to Ponyville.

"'Ah can't believe some dumb humans just went and stabbed RD right in her side. Those humans are gonna pay, and maybe I could ask Celestia if I can buy them to work on mah’ farm." Applejack disclosed with Twilight.

"I don't know, those humans seem more aggressive than the average human, and by the looks of their armor, they seem more intelligent too."

"Bah! They probably just stole some armor off of some poor blacksmith to play dress up, and just managed to get RD by luck!"

"Applejack, you know you shouldn't underestimate humans, remember when one overpowered Big Mac during that revolt a year ago?"

"They only took him down 'cause Big Mac was still recovering from his wounds that day. And yes, 'ah remember. Some the guards came in and ruined a bunch of good apple trees. Took a long time to get new ones."

"That's not the point Applejack, the point is-"

"HEY! QUIT SLACKING AND GET TO WORK!!" Applejack interrupts to yell at some humans picking apples.

Twilight didn't even notice they made it to AJ's farm until she shouted at the humans. She's always been against human slavery, seeing them as intelligent, but not getting the chance to prove it. Yet there is only a minority of ponies who don't like slavery, Celestia and Luna included, though for different reasons. The mane 6 and the guards rushed to the hospital to get RD checked in, and Shining to the local garrison to gather as many guards as possible to crush the humans.

-Meanwhile with Vesperianus and the 9th Legion-

"So, you encountered a bunch of multi-colored horse-like people... and a rainbow haired one tried to attack you by flying at you?" Vesperianus questions the returning scouts.

"Yes, sir. I know it's hard to believe, sir, but they do exist. We're not making this up, sir! They came from the town near the farm that we were heading to. They probably live there." Scout #1 tells.

"Alright, we'll send a small portion of the legion to check it out, while the rest of us make camp."
While this is going on, the 9th legion and Auxiliaries start constructing their fort in a large clearing off the main road by a few hundred feet. They use what supplies they have and cut down existing trees that surround the clearing for more room, and for building material for the fortifications. As this is happening, 1000 Legionnaires, 1000 Auxiliaries, 500 archers, and 500 Cavalry are chosen to head out and inspect the farm and town.

"Legionnaires, we will head out to inspect the farm and town spotted by our scouts just outside the forest. While our comrades build the fort, we will head to the town and find out where we are, and hopefully how we got here. Now MARCH" Yells Vesperianus to his chosen men, as they march down the long path towards the exit.

-Meanwhile With Shining and Royal Guards-

"Alright men, we have spotted a small force of rogue humans with armor and weapons, but there may be more. That is why I have called upon all of you to march into the Whitetail Woods and find any humans and bring them to justice!" Orders Shining Armour.

The guards cheer in agreement. When they start following Shining down the road out of Ponyville, local Ponies cheer, throwing flowers and yelling encouragements to the "Brave guards who are going to deal with those dumb human rebels" as some ponies put it.

"I bet they're just gonna run and we're gonna have to catch them like last year." Gloats one of the guards to another, joking at how many men that are deployed, just to take out some dumb humans.
Meanwhile, the Roman forces head down the same path the royal guards are treading, and with their current speeds, their meeting point will be near the Apple Farm's Entrance...

To be Continued...

Author's Note

Hello and thanks for reading the story. I might slow down on the updating of chapters and writing of them since i need to focus on school, but i plan to make a chapter about once every week or so, maybe shorter maybe longer depending on my schedule.