The war against the invading Imperial Dragon Forces has taken it's toll on the land of Equestria. now facing an energy crisis, Equestria turned to the newly discovered Aerial Power. To harness this energy, the ponies created super structures known as Horizon Towers. however, to complete their construction. the pony nations gathered into three blocs.
The Alliance of Aerial Energy and Pegasi Nation or simply the Alliance, the Earth Reform Union, and finally the A.U.A. (Advance Unicornian Alliance). even though Equestria obtained a stable source of energy, the plan had a backlash. as the Pegasus, Earth, and Unicorn ponies slowly drift apart and began to compete with one another dividing the land completely.
In a ruin of an Equestrian colony, a young pony was running through the empty streets. A squadron of pegasus ponies soon flew over head startling the pony making him to hid under some rumble. the young pony then heard explosions and out of curiosity, the frighten pony peek out from where he's hiding and saw a dragon wearing black armor engaging the squadron of ponies. the young pony couldn't take his eyes off the battle as it somehow enchanted him.
Several years later.
Representatives from the Alliance and A.U.A. attended the Earth Reform Union's demonstration for their newly developed combat armor called the Terran at one of their bases. Combat armors are special equipment originally used by ponies to combat dragons but as time went on, it just became the symbol for which nation was more advance.
In the audience present were two pegasus ponies. one was a cerulean mare with a rainbow colored mane and the other was a yellow mare with a long pink mane.
"Remind me again why we volunteered to do this Fluttershy?" the cerulean pegasus asked with a hint of irritation. "Rainbow Dash it's important we know the capabilities of the other nations." the yellow pegasus named Fluttershy replied.
"Though I find it odd that they'll do this presentation at the same time as the Alliance's founding anniversary." Fluttershy pointed out. "Yeah, the Earth ponies got a lot of nerve. what are they trying to prove here?" Rainbow Dash added.
A few moments later, the Earth Reform Union's demonstrator entered the testing area. she was an orange earth pony mare with a yellow mane. "Hey isn't that....." Fluttershy said before the demonstrator noticed the two pegasi in the audience and walked closer to them. "Oh lookie here. if it isn't Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy." the earth pony greeted.
"Applejack? I should have known you would be chose you." Rainbow Dash declared crossing her hooves. the orange pony smirked. "Well then I hope I don't disappoint." Applejack announced before continuing towards the designated testing grounds.
Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Applejack were part of the bearers of the elements of harmony. however, ever since Equestria divided. the once powerful bond between the bearers disappeared though they still respect each other in some extent.
Applejack shown off the features of the Terran and as an ace fighter, she demonstrated it quite well. "Applejack still hasn't lost her edge. I guess she was the best choice for this demonstration." Fluttershy commented.
"Well I wouldn't expect less from the Earth Reform Union's ace." Rainbow Dash pointed out.
Meanwhile, at an Earth Reform watch tower.
"Commander, we've detected something entering our airspace." an earth pony officer announced. "What's it's current location?" the earth pony commander inquired.
"I'm sorry sir but something is jamming our radar. we get a fixed location." the officer replied. "Alert the testing arena about this immediately." the commander commanded.
Just then, alarms began to blare. "Attention, an intruder has entered the area. we advise everybody evacuate the testing ground immediately." a voice announced in the arena's loudspeaker.
"What an Intruder?" Rainbow Dash wondered before noticing something was heading towards the arena. it wasn't long until she realized the intruder was a pegasus stallion. the pegasus was brown and has a cream mane. he was wearing an unfamiliar armor so it was sure he wasn't from the Alliance.
Applejack was furious as this intruder interrupted her demonstration. a sword extended from one of her hooves and pointed it toward the unwanted guest. "Who do you think you are barging in here?" the orange mare spoke up.
the brown pegasus just looked at the earth pony making her more angry. "Not going to talk huh? well I can fix that." Applejack announced before lunging forward the intruder. the pegasus intruder sighed as he unfolded the sword on his hoof.
In a blink of an eye, Applejack was easily taken down and her armor was torn to pieces. most of the audience present wasn't sure what happen but Rainbow Dash's keen eye saw it clearly. the brown pegasus landed several hits before the earth pony could even make one.
"Phase one complete. proceeding to the next phase." the brown pegasus said before taking flight.
Rainbow Dash watched as the intruder flew away as a grin slowly formed on her face. "Defeating Applejack without any much effort. it seems you got my attention mysterious pegasus." the cerulean pegasus declared.
The brown pegasus headed towards the Earth Reform Union's Horizon Tower known as Solaris. the pegasus soon noticed several earth ponies equipped with the new armor launched from the tower. "The info was spot on. the Earth Reform has a hidden squadron stationed within their Horizon Tower." he commented.
The squadron of armored earth ponies prepared to engaged the pegasus. using their numbers, they surrounded the pegasus but suddenly a powerful blast caught them by surprise. few of the earth ponies were hit and crashed towards the ground. the remaining armored earth ponies scattered before noticing a changeling wearing a similar armor joined the pegasus. "Sorry I'm a bit late Exia." the changeling apologized.
"It's alright Virtue. now let's take care to the rest." the pegasus named Exia said before lunging towards the remaining forces. "Right behind you." the changeling named Virtue announced as she fire another blast from the cannons on her shoulder.
Meanwhile in the other side of Equestria, the anniversary of the founding of the Alliance was in full swing. the celebration was being held on the nation's Horizon Tower known as Dawn. both the Earth Reform Union and A.U.A. sent representatives to the Alliance to show their goodwill for the nation's celebration.
At one of the tower's observation windows, a white unicorn mare stood alone enjoying the view. just then a voice called out to the unicorn. "Rarity is that you?" the voice asked.
the white mare turned to see a pink earth pony mare. "Why if it isn't Pinkie Pie. I didn't expect to see you here of all places." the unicorn named Rarity greeted. the pink mare smiled. "Yeah, with the tensions between the three nations. we barely see each other anymore and it doesn't help that we're allied to two different nations now." Pinkie pie commented.
"I agree. I kinda miss the good old days where the six of us worked together." Rarity announced returning her gaze back to the window. the pink mare joined her. "Yes, when everything was perfect." Pinkie pie declared before her tail started twitching.
"Oh no. Rarity get down!!" the pink mare shouted pushing the white unicorn away before an explosion cause the ceiling to collapse. "That almost crushed us." the white mare pointed out.
The other attendees soon heard more explosions and started to panic. "We're under attack!!" one of them shouted.
The nearest Alliance base was informed of what's happening and immediately sent a squadron of pegasi to defend the tower. "Out of all the worst time. It had to be the one where Captain Rainbow Dash isn't here." a blue pegasus stallion spoke up.
A gold pegasus mare glanced at him. "Shut it Soarin. It's our job to keep the skies of the Alliance safe with or without her." the mare announced. "Commander Spitfire, we have a visual of the tower." a pegasus flying beside her reported.
The squadron saw the horizon tower was being attacked by several armored griffins. "Griffins? why would they attack us?" Soarin wondered. the pegasus commander glared. "Does it matter? just be glad they're not dragons." Spitfire pointed out.
The pegasus squadron engaged the armored griffins. "Tell the bomber team to proceed in destroying the tower's main foundation." one of the griffins ordered before five griffins separated from their formation and headed straight to the tower.
Spitfire and Soarin tried to pursue but was blocked by the remaining griffins. the two pegasus watched as the five griffins ignited their explosives as they rushed toward the vulnerable part of the Horizon Tower.
Just then, a jet-like object flew towards them at high speed and fired a barrage of beams taking down two of the charging griffins. the object soon transformed revealing it was a teal earth pony stallion. "Sorry but this tower won't be going down anytime soon." he announced.
The griffins growled. "You'll regret that pony!!" one of them shouted before suddenly a blast from somewhere took down the two griffins flying beside him. "What...what?" he said before he too was shot down.
Hidden below in the rocky terrain, a green unicorn was holding a type of sniper rifle. "For creatures who were born with keen eyes. they sure didn't see that coming." the unicorn commented as he lowered his rifle.
After taking care of the griffins they were fighting. Spitfire noticed the Earth pony and Unicorn flew away. "Who the flare were those two?" she wondered before Soarin flew beside her. "Should we pursue them commander?" the blue stallion inquired.
The gold pegasus shook her head. "No, whoever they are. they seems to be not a threat at the moment since they helped us." the pegasus commander replied. "Besides we have to make sure everypony in the tower is alright." she added as she and Soarin headed towards the damaged Horizon Tower.
Back at the Earth Reform Union Base, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy decided to visit Applejack in her room. as the two entered, the orange earth pony was laying in her bed with several bandages.
"I must say I enjoyed seeing your tail kicked by a pegasus that isn't me." the cerulean pegasus spoke up before receiving a glare from Fluttershy. "That wasn't nice to say Dash." the yellow pegasus commented.
Applejack slowly sat up ignoring the pain. "Say what you want Rainbow. I was just caught off guard." the earth pony announced before growling. "I'll make that pegasus pay for what he did to me the next time I see him." she added.
Rainbow Dash smiled. "Well get in line. cause the next opponent that pegasus will be facing will be me." the rainbow maned mare cockily declared. "Or maybe I could recruit him to join the Wonderbolts." she added before giving a serious stare and crossed her hooves.
"But back to the matter at hoof. we just heard that intruder along with another attacked a base located on your nation's Horizon Tower." the cerulean pegasus announced before the earth pony gave a confused look. "I take it from your reaction you have no idea this base existed." the rainbow maned mare pointed out.
"Of course, the treaty formed between the three nation states we're not allowed to use the Horizon Towers as a base." Applejack said. "But how the hay did this intruder know about this secret base?" the earth pony wondered.
Just then, Fluttershy's communicator rang. "Hello?........what?!" the yellow pegasus said as she answered the call making Rainbow Dash and Applejack turn to her. "Why what is it?" the cerulean pegasus asked.
"Some griffons attacked the Alliance's celebration." Fluttershy replied. "Luckily, they were stopped before they could do any serious damage." the yellow pegasus added.
Rainbow Dash proudly smiled. "Of course, I wouldn't expect less from commander Spitfire." the rainbow maned mare declared. "Actually our military didn't drove them off alone." Fluttershy pointed out making the cerulean pegasus and Applejack look at her.
"Witnesses said they were aided by a unicorn and an earth pony and from the description, they seem to be wearing an armor similar to that pegasus we saw." Fluttershy answered.
Rainbow Dash was it deep thought. "Something is going on. these events can't be just a coincidence." the cerulean pegasus commented.
Meanwhile in an unspecified part of Equestria.
The green unicorn and teal earth pony met up with the brown pegasus and changeling. "Hey you two. we heard from the news reports that both of you did a great job stopping those terrorist." Virtue greeted with a smile.
The unicorn smirked. "Of course this was our debut after all. we have to show every pony what we can do." he announced proudly. "That may be true Cherudim but remember why were doing this." the earth pony reminded crossing his hooves.
"Don't worry I haven't forgotten Kurios." the green unicorn ensured before sighing. "Reforming Equestria....this will be a hard task with just the four of us." he pointed out.
The brown pegasus gave a determined expression. "True, but this is our mission." he spoke up before staring at the sky. "To be the force that would change this divided land." Exia announced as the others joined in.
"Angel Feather." they all said in unison.
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