The Red Sun Rises: Homefront

by The Atlantean
Crimson Dawn defends Equestria from King Sombra as Princess Celestia allies with an American fleet. All of Equestria must work to prevent Sombra from ruling the world and expanding his empire into that of Earth.

Princess Luna has been assassinated. In order to revive her sister, Celestia ventures to the east of Griffonstone. After a 'minor' mishap, she allies with an American fleet to get to the Dominion of Apollo, where an answer may be had.

In her absence, Princess Twilight and Princess Cadence rule Equestria. They keep Crimson Dawn as the military commander because of his effectiveness in achieving victory on the battlefield. What happens while they work could never be expected. It is over the top, even for their enemy, King Sombra, and the Crystal Empire.

As he fights off the Crystal Empire's armies, Colonel Crimson Dawn deals with memories of past wars, past battles. And it's up to the epitomes of friendship to help him get through the flashbacks.

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All flashback chapters are denoted with a (FB) symbol.

Voyages ( https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349510/the-red-sun-rises-voyages ) happens in the beginning to middle of this part of the story.

Also, if I could get feedback, that would be great.

Teen
Complete
Profanity
Gore
Violence
Dark
Death
Alternate Universe
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Adventure
 
COPO

61402 words: Estimated about 5 hours to read
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39 Chapters:

  1. 1. Good To Bad 2016-11-04 03:01:25 UTC
    1013
  2. 2. Normal Days 2016-11-06 03:51:59 UTC
    736
  3. 3. The Final Stand of Atlantis (FB) 2016-11-06 16:33:47 UTC
    1509
  4. 4. Twilight's Magic Experiment 2016-11-08 16:01:47 UTC
    1130
  5. 5. Training Accident 2016-11-08 16:01:41 UTC
    1090
  6. 6. Bad To Worse 2016-11-10 01:39:14 UTC
    998
  7. 7. Trainride To Ponyville 2016-11-10 01:39:17 UTC
    1571
  8. 8. The Battle of Ponyville North 2016-11-11 20:29:55 UTC
    1931
  9. 9. The Funeral of Major Dazzleflash 2016-11-13 04:51:41 UTC
    832
  10. 10. Moving On 2016-11-15 22:38:28 UTC
    1408
  11. 11. Late-Night Flashback (FB) 2016-11-16 23:50:59 UTC
    1141
  12. 12. Arrival In Baltimare 2016-11-20 19:46:42 UTC
    1182
  13. 13. The Skirmish of the Eastern Coast 2016-12-01 02:41:40 UTC
    1072
  14. 14. The Battle of Aquarius River, Day 1 (FB) 2016-12-07 12:26:45 UTC
    1631
  15. 15. Promotion (FB) 2016-12-09 23:43:06 UTC
    1349
  16. 16. When Officers Wait for Something to Happen 2016-12-13 22:00:11 UTC
    1633
  17. 17. The Battle of Canned Apple-lis Forest 2016-12-14 12:43:54 UTC
    2400
  18. 18. Weary Travels 2016-12-17 03:46:46 UTC
    1592
  19. 19. The Battle of Aquarius River, Day 2 (FB) 2016-12-19 02:02:58 UTC
    1329
  20. 20. Even More Weariness And A Diplomatic Failure 2016-12-21 03:20:07 UTC
    2020
  21. 21. The Message That Came At The Entirely Wrong Time To Give Ponies A Break 2017-01-04 02:27:51 UTC
    1242
  22. 22. News Gets Around Fast Even Without the Internet 2017-01-06 01:49:18 UTC
    1511
  23. 23. Air Raids 2017-01-08 05:05:50 UTC
    1928
  24. 24. The Battle of the North Celestial Sea 2017-01-11 19:38:26 UTC
    2184
  25. 25. Welcome Back, Celestia 2017-01-15 17:18:10 UTC
    1671
  26. 26. The Battle of Canterlot Part 1 2017-01-20 02:44:31 UTC
    1185
  27. 27. The Battle of Canterlot Part 2: Back Doors 2017-01-21 22:19:52 UTC
    2589
  28. 28. Planning the Offensive And ANOTHER ARMY?! 2017-01-26 01:13:54 UTC
    1277
  29. 29. Rose Thorn 2017-01-26 03:23:42 UTC
    1587
  30. 30. Ambush 2017-01-28 01:23:59 UTC
    2112
  31. 31. On Sombra's Doorstep 2017-02-01 00:23:10 UTC
    1543
  32. 32. Rage 2017-02-02 21:57:15 UTC
    1280
  33. 33. The Second Battle of the North Celestial Sea 2017-02-05 04:14:19 UTC
    1617
  34. 34. The Seventeen (Battle of the Crystal Empire Part 1) 2017-02-09 04:18:44 UTC
    1986
  35. 35. One Last Time (Battle of the Crystal Empire Part 2) 2017-02-12 16:46:38 UTC
    1777
  36. 36. Fallen (Battle of the Crystal Empire Part 3) 2017-02-13 01:13:14 UTC
    2140
  37. 37. Dungeon (Battle of the Crystal Empire Part 4) 2017-02-15 02:44:56 UTC
    2409
  38. 38. Confrontation 2017-02-17 02:17:05 UTC
    2364
  39. 39. Joint Funeral 2017-02-19 05:29:08 UTC
    1433