A Fractured World

(Carson City. City Hall.)

The building was lighting up with a million flashes as the press try to squeeze into the small room. Ever since the video of a portal went online, the media was going crazy trying to find out if this was real or fake. Since the president was refusing to give a direct answer and the governor wasn’t answering anybody call, they all turn to the only one talking to the press: Congresswoman Kimberly.

The Congresswoman was not only the most popular in congress but also known for being straightforward with the public. So, as she set up the podium and look in the sea of cameras, she smiled and started with the speech her PR set up for her.

“Ladies and Gentleman of the press.” she started. “There have been rumors circling around that there is a portal to another world. This portal is supposed to be in the desert of this great state and is guarded by the military. These are nothing but a flight of imagination. We all know that Nevada is home to many stories of outer world but I can tell you that the government is not covering up a portal to another world. The reason for the Governor and President absent is due to government work and nothing more. Are there any question?”

The roar of questions assaulted her like a brick wall but she answered as many as possible before the time ran. Afterward, she went to back office and quickly pick up her cell phone. After a few minutes of ringing, the other side answer.

“Congresswoman Kimberly,” President Anatolios answered. “I take it the press conference went as plan.”

“Cut the bullshit,” Kimberly said. “Why did you have me lie? Reelection is next year and if this gets out, not only will I lose but whoever you plan to take your place will too. What the hell is going on in my state.”

“Don’t worry,” Anatolios said quickly. “I have a convoy coming to pick you up in an hour. It will take you to the military outpost and all will be explained. Just make sure no one follows you.”

“Oh, come on,” Kimberly said, looking out the window to the busy city street. “No one cares what a congresswoman is doing anymore. I should be just fine.”

(In the basement of City Hall)

“Alright, so here the plan,” Eli said, removing a set of headphones. “We take out three of her men which will allow us to get close to the portal. When I give the sign, we take out any soldiers and I can’t believe I’m saying this, ponies that stand in are the way. Sticks, What kind of hardware are we going to be working with?” Sticks, who was sitting on a crate in the cramp storage place, hopped off and pull out a large cargo bagged.

“Well, since we are sneaking in as guards, we can’t take a lot. What I got here to take is more substance than style.” He pulled out a set of hand guns. “I’ve got us all a pair of Desert Eagles with suppressors and laser point. I have enough for five rounds each and one round of special bullets laced with ricin poison.” He handed out the ammo and pull out a rifle.

“I also brought along one L115A3 AWM Sniper Rifle with two rounds of armor piercing bullets. I doubt they have anything that could block that but just in case, I also brought a round of incendiary. But for our close encounter needs, I brought my favorite toy.” With the sound of metal singing, he pulled out a blade. “Chisa Katana, one of the best swords for slicing and dicing.” He swung it in the air causing it to sing out again. “Light, durable and can decapitate a man in one swing. It will make short work of any little pony that get to close. There one for each of us.” He put it back in the cargo bag and zipped it closed.

“Alright, we will be able to get this into the trunk of the car there using but from there, we’ll have to get it stealthy pass any soldiers,” Eli said, checking the bag for any holes.

“I got that cover,” Judy said as she pulled out a map. It showed several outposts and in it, the center was a symbol mark as the window. “If this map is correct, this window is the portal. The problem is that it will be guarded non-stop, with no way for us to smuggle our weapons pass them.”

“Why do we have to sneak them in?” Sticks pointed out. The two look at him like he was crazy. “We know as soon as we get to the other side, we will be hunted. Why not put the fear of god into them?” Eli smiled.

“What do you have in mind.” He asked.

(Command Tent. Equestria side.)

The air was still as General Scorpio sat in his office, waiting. If his Lieutenants’ plan works, he would soon be leading the strongest army to battle soon. He looked at his awards and ranking, sighing heavily. He really wished this wasn’t going happen but he remembered how it all started. He had just become the general of all armies, a long time ago, of Celestia when she was wandering her school grounds. He watched as a small unicorn, who he didn’t even know, perform a great feat of magic.

Celestia of course took her under her wing and started to train her. It wasn’t until a few years later, watching this small Twilight perform magic that Scorpio decided to asked Celestia a few questions. It was a cool summer night and Celestia was laying in grassy plain, looking up at the stars. Scorpio walk slowly up and bowed low to her.

“My Princess, may I have a word with you?” He asked. Celestia turned to him and nodded. “Your Highness, I’ve been noticing that you been spending a lot of time teaching the young fowl, Twilight. I was wondering if it is wise to be focusing so much energy when in a year time, it is foreseen that your sister will escape her prison?”

“My dear Scorpio,” Celestia answer. “I believe that I have found the new holder of the elements. If this is to be true, I believe we can able to work towards peace with the other races.”

“I understand that My Princess,” Scorpio said, still bowing. “But I see no point to it.”

“What do you mean, General?” Celestia asked.

“As you know, we have claimed several strategies areas that allow us control over the major water ways and soon the Pegasus will control the sky.” Scorpio stood there and look up at the stars. “Your sister will bow before are might and soon, ever other race would do the same.”

“General, I rather gain allies through peace then bully them into helping us.” Celestia pointed out.

“And when has peace ever got us anything?” Scorpio asked. “Before you banish your sister, you two were the most powerful rulers. Then your sister betrayed you. This caused a rife in power and we struggle to keep the peace. I fought in several battles because of it and I will not risk the lives of my soldiers because of your sister again.”

“General Scorpio, I’m only going to say this once.” Celestia said, standing up. Her attuited had change from calm to almost cold. “You speak ill of my sister again and I will have you remove from your post. Is that understood?” Scorpio nodded and Celestia continue. “If what I believe is true about our young Twilight, you will help dismantle the military complex. Is that understood?” Scorpio open his mouth to opposed but one look cause him to stop.

“Yes, my princess.” He said.

“Good, now leave.” She commanded. Scorpio bowed and walk away. But what Celestia didn’t realize was this was the beginning of his descent into rebellion. After Twilight defeating Luna, whenever Celestia order the dismantle of a powerful weapon, he and a select few would hid it away for future use. If an army unit was disbanded, he recruited them to work in secret. Years of plotting and picking up scraps might pay off, as long as she doesn’t get caught.

A noise from behind cause him to turn away from the window and look to see that Lieutenant Aquarius was standing there with a nurse pony.

“Lieutenant, how did the mission go? Did she agree to are terms?” Scorpio asked.

“Why don’t you ask me yourself?” The nurse pony said, her eyes glowing green for a second. “It’s been a while, Scorpio.”

“I see you decided to help us,” Scorpio said through grit teeth. Chrysalis smiled as she walked around the tent, looking at the awards of Scorpio.

“Help you out, get some payback. It’s all the same to me.” Chrysalis said, picking her teeth in the reflection of one medal. “You got this in a battle against my kind. Tell me, how many did you kill personally?” She looked over to him. Scorpio looked over to Aquarius and back at Chrysalis.

“Thirty-six.” He said, not blinking. “I killed thirty-six changelings that day.”

“Thirty-six. That a lot of my kinds blood on your hooves.” Chrysalis said, staring right at the medal. “Well, I guess I can settle this score once I claim the new land for myself. So, when do I sneak over to the other side?”

“We are planning to do it in two hours. You are to go to the tent with the portal and act like a nurse pony. When my Lieutenant Gemini awake for his shift, he’ll give the sign. My soldiers will take care of Twilight and her friends. You will take care of those in the tent.” Scorpio explained, stepping from behind his desk. “Discord is there along with Starlight Glimmer.” He saw her eye light up this. “All you need to do is take out Starlight Glimmer and if you can, Discord. Those two will be some of her strongest allies and in order to accomplishing our goals, they can’t be around. After they are deal with, you may travel to the new world and claim it.”

“And you won’t come after me?” Chrysalis asked. “It will be my world and mine alone.”

“Of course,” Scorpio said, raising a hoof. “A deal is a deal.” Chrysalis look at him and then down to his hoof. The two shook hooves and Chrysalis walk out of the tent. When she was gone, Aquarius lean over and whisper,

“You don’t plan on letting her go, are you?” Aquarius asked. Scorpio looked at her and smirked.

“She will have her land, for as long as she can breathe.” He answered.

(Outside the commander tent, Equestria side.)

Rainbow Dash was trying to keep an eye on Gemini's tent, trying to not worry that Starlight has yet come out in the last four hours. She was still watching when a nurse pony walked out. She about ran Rainbow Dash over as she wasn’t looking right in front of her and Dash saw a flash of green before the pony walk off. She was about to pursuit when Aquarius walk out of the tent.

“Private Dash, is there a reason you are sneaking around the Commander’s Tent?” She asked.

“It not really your business, now is it?” Rainbow Dash said before starting to walk away.

“Private Dash!” Aquarius shouted. “Out there, you might be a big shot. But in my ranking, you respect me as a commanding officer. Is that understood!?!” Rainbow Dash stood still and Aquarius walk up to her, staring her down. “Now, I asked you a question. What were you doing outside the Commander’s Tent? Explain in five words or less.” Rainbow Dash looked at her with a hard look.

“Out for a walk, Ma’am.” She answered, putting a lot of hate in the last word. Aquarius glared at her and then started to walk away. Before she left, she turned to Rainbow Dash one more time.

“You should know, Ms. Dash. That power shifts from time to time. Your friends might not be on the top of the food chain for long. Just a thought, you might want to show loyalty to other than them.” Aquarius said in a hash whisper. With that she continued to walk away, leaving Rainbow Dash with a concerned face. She looked over to Gemini's tent and knew what she had to do.
(Portal Outpost. Human Side.)

The convoy slowed down to a halt outside the series of tents. The doors open with a couple clicks and Congresswoman Kimberly step followed by a couple of men in black suits. She brushed the sand off her pants suit and shield her eye from the setting sun. She saw a soldier running up to meet her.

“Ma’am, I was told you be here today.” The soldier said, after standing at attention. “I’m Officer Quillson, the acting officer of the evening shift. I’m to show you to the event by order of the president and then answer any question you might have.” Kimberly nodded and the two walk to the center tent. They didn’t notice the three in the back car just watching them.

As the two enter the tent, Kimberly lost her breath at the sight. Inside, the large portal glowed brightly and the sand around it was starting to grow grass. She saw on the other side, not a unicorn or wing horse, but something else entire. Sitting in midair with what look like a handheld game, was a creature that was a mixture of multiple creature. She saw goat, dragon, horse and that was only a few she could recognize. The creature look up and with a snap of its claw-like fingers, the device disappeared. He glided toward two with a crooked smile.

“And who might you be?” The creature asked, laying on the ground.

“I’m Congresswoman Kimberly,” Kimberly answered. “I was sent by the president to get caught up in the events that have transpired. May I ask what your name is?” The creature chuckle and with a fling of its wrist, a handful of flowers appeared in Kimberly's hand.

“My name is Discord.” Discord said, smiling. “I’m a friend of the ponies and they asked me to help see what cause this event.” He put his hand on the portal and started to move it across. “That’s weird. I feel another one of the source approaching this portal. But I have yet to figured out who is is…?” Behind him, the tent door open up. Kimberly saw a unicorn with a pure white coat and a red plus sign on it walk in. Discord turn to the unicorn, his eyes narrowing.

“Who are you?” He asked. The unicorn looked a little shock and stood still.

“I’m just a medic.” She responded. “In cased there are more injuries.”

“You’re not a pony. I can tell that right away.” Discord said. He summoned a fire ball and started to advance onto the pony. “So, I’ll ask again. Who are you?” The white unicorn looked scared and started to back out of the tent. A whistle pierced the air, causing the unicorn eyes to flash green.

“I guess it’s time.” The unicorn said as green flames consume her.
(Lieutenant Gemini’s Tent. Five minutes ago.)

Rainbow Dash was standing over an unconscious Gemini, as he snored lightly. She saw the wards on the tent wall and the chest that sat in the middle of the tent. It shudder a couple of times, making Rainbow Dash to not open that. She saw a dream protection amulet, something that kept Luna out of dreams. It wasn’t exactly forbidden to wear one but it was considered a bit suspicions to have. Rainbow Dash knew if she did this, she was risking a lot. But she had to know. She moved as slowly as possible and cut the rope that hold the amulet. It dropped onto the floor and rolled away silently, leaving Rainbow Dash to watch the sleeping Gemini. She silently prayed that she was wrong.

(Inside Gemini’s Dream)

Gemini was laying on a nice couch, being feed grapes by several unicorns. This was his favorite dream, as it allowed him to be relaxed. As he started eating another cluster of grapes when one of the unicorns started to nuzzle on his neck.

“Gemini, what you hiding?” The unicorn said, in a playful matter. Gemini was a bit surprise by this. In this dream, the unicorns don’t really talk as much as do…other things. He started to sit up but the unicorn push him back down, a little rough. “I asked, what are you hiding?” the unicorn said, now with more force. Gemini look a little confused of why his dream was turning like this when he saw one of the unicorn’s eyes turning blue.

“No. You can’t be here.” Gemini said, trying to get up again. This time, instead of the unicorns forcing him back, a vine appeared and wrapped around his throat. He let out a strangled cry as one of the unicorns grew a pair of black wings. Luna hated being a part of these dreams but she knew when ponies were hiding something from her. She sat back as the vines wrap around Gemini, holding him still.

“You know, I don’t usually go in other dreams uninvited but when a whole group of ponies decided to block me, I get curious,” Luna said, walking up to the restrained Gemini. “Now, if you have nothing to hide.” Her horn light up quickly. “I will have a quick look into that mind.” The magic reached out and started to wrap around his head.

“Brick Wall, Think about a brick wall.” Gemini thought to himself. Luna was stunned as an image of brick wall appeared.

“My goodness, what are you hiding?” Luna said, in a playful tone. She didn’t real think there was anything bad but now she was beyond curious. She pushed harder and the wall started to crumble.

“Keep thinking about the wall. Don’t think about Queen Chrysalis…” Gemini eyes shot open to see an enraged Luna.

“WHAT DOSE SHE HAVE TO DO WITH IT!?!” Luna shouted, causing the vines to tighten their grasp. “YOU WILL TELL ME OR I’LL…”

(Back in the waking world)

Gemini awoke with a start. He breathe heavily and felt his chest to find his amulet was gone. He quickly looked around to see Rainbow Dash standing there with a stunned look on her face.

“You.” He growled. He quickly fired a spell to restrain her but she ducked to the left, causing him to miss. He jumped out of the bed but Rainbow Dash flew out of the tent with wicked speed. He quickly followed her outside to see her racing to the tent that Twilight was staying. He quickly summoned a spell that produce a sharp whistle that cut through the air.

“Change of plans, lads!” He shouted. “WE MOVE NOW!”
(The portal. Human side.)

Kimberly dived to the ground as a large beam of green energy flew pass her. Officer Quillson crawled right beside her and started yelling into his mic.

“WE NEED HELP!” He shouted into the mic. “We are having a hostel attacking us and one on the other side. We need assistance now!” The mic crackled and a voice answer, slightly panic.

“We will be sending…” A hiss of static cut him off. “What the…? EVERYBODY MOVE!!!” The voice shouted and before the two could asked what was going on, a roar of an engine blasted in the air. Kimberly look up to see two head light blinding her. She saw a SUV baring down on her and was bracing for the hit when she was pluck from the ground from above. She looked up to see the creature name Discord had swooped in and grab both of them. The car swerved to dodged him but managed to clip him, causing them to fly in the air and crashed down, knocking them both out. The SUV slid across the sand and into the portal. They smashed into the pit wall, causing the car to stall.

“Son of a bitch!” A voice cried out from the front of the vehicle. Kimberly looked to see a man jump out of the car, buzz cut and slightly tanned. “So much for using the fear of God!” At this, a woman crawled out from the back seat. She had a red pixie cut and pale skin but look just as pissed as the man.

“At least we got our equipment but what the hell is that?” She said, pointing at Discord. A third one, a man with darker skin, stood up from the sunroof. He was holding a machine gun and cocked it.

“Whatever it is, it’s about to get acute lead poisoning.” He shouted and aim it at Discord. A large roar caused everybody to turn just in time to see a bug-like creature dive at him.

“HE’S MINE!!!” It shouted it’s claw-like hooves piercing into the man. He let out a cry and squeeze the machine gun’s trigger. Bullets spray everywhere, one hitting Discord in his shoulder. He hissed in pain, causing the bug creature to turn in head completely around.

“That isn’t creepy at all.” Discord said, grabbing his shoulder. “Chrysalis, look. I know we got off the wrong hoof but it that really a reason to kill me?”

“You help that worthless little pest, Starlight.” She growled, her eyes glowing a powerful green. “I should kill you where you stand.” She looked back at the three that drove into the portal, seeing them dragging their wounded friend up the wall. “But I don’t have a better chance to get away than right now.” A cracking noise started to build as she started shifting. Her body compressed and groan as she formed to look like Kimberly.

“What? How is that possible!?!” Discord said in shock.

“Come on, Discord,” Chrysalis said, walking over to him. “There is nothing I can’t imitate. You should know that by now. I’m going to build my army up but while I’m gone.” She grabbed him by his goatee. “If you try to stop me, you’ll wish I just killed you here.” She inhaled deeply. “I have to go. There are so many emotion I can feed on in this world.” She walked out of the tent, leaving Discord to crawled over to real Kimberly.

“I may not be able to stop her.” He said, placing his hand on Kimberly’s head. “But I’m going to give you a gift. I hope it not too late.” A spark of magic flowed through his hand. “Because war is coming and I don’t think we’re ready.”