MLP:World War

Chapter 2

MLP:World War

Chapter 2- The Shores Of Hell

September 16,1939.

The cloud city..

A city of joy and peace.

A place of refuge and hope.

The last place untouched by Germaney.

A siege is coming.

The loud buzzing of Luftwaffe planes could be heard in the distance. Rainbow Dash knew it was over. The reports had come in that all of Equestria had fallen From Canterlot to Appleloosa, Germaney had swept across the nation like a plague and taken what it wanted. It had crushed all resistance in a matter of days,leaving the whole nation in a state of panic and hopelessness.

Cloudsdale was yet to be taken,a strong city soaring above the sky.

And the next target in Adolf Discord's plan for total domination.

The General of the Army,Sombra, knew it would have to be taken by air.

"Get that artillery ready,we have incoming planes!" Shouted a royal guard Captain. The soldiers turned and began loading the outdated cannons towards the skies. The mares,fillies and colts began seeking shelter in the buildings. Yet , many cowardly stallions hid in their presence as well. A few male horses volunteered as the royal guards began passing out their spears.

Yet there was one mare who stood on the edge of the city ready to fight. "You've got to get to safety!" whispered a guard to Rainbow Dash.

"Not a chance!"She said taking a spear. "I will defend my city as long as there is breathe in my body". "Alright,men!". "Get ready,here come the Krauts!" shouted an artillery officer. The brave soldiers braced themselves as thoughts raced through there heads. Was Princess Celestia still even alive? Was all of this still worth it? Yes…..it was. For Equestria!

The approaching sound of the Luftwaffe planes made many stallions break the silence with soft crying. "Hold steady men!' shouted the guard captain. "Give them nothing but your'-AUGGH!" He screamed as a Ju-87 (Stuka) sprayed the area he was standing in with bullet fire, shredding him to pieces. It flew past as another soared overhead and dropped a bomb on the watch tower. It exploded in a huge fireball with chunks of debris and scorched pieces of guards descending down. The royal guard soon began firing back with the slow artillery batteries. "Take out those dive bombers men!" shouted an officer. Another wave of Stukas flew uncomfortable low overhead and some opened fire,striking guards on the ground. The bullets cut through the horses armor and flesh like butter, their entrails and blood soon flying from their bodies and coating the ground."AAAGGHH UHHH…..CELESTIAAAA!"shouted a young guard as blood poured from his gaping stomach wound. The Artillery crews managed to shoot down 3 planes but the dive bombers were too quick and their cannons were too slow. Rainbow Dash looked around at the dead and dying soldiers around her and simply froze. The roaring sound of the artillery cannon and the bombs being dropped on troops by the Stukas was almost too much for her. She had become totally oblivious to everything around her"Hey,lets go soldiers!" yelled the officer next to her. She snapped back to attention and pulled down the protective mask on her face and lept off the edge of the city with the others. They soon soared down below Cloudsdale and the group of them landed on a big cloud. "Alright, you see anything sir?" asked a guard next to Rainbow Dash. "Huh….uh….no" said the officer looking through binoculars. "Wait...what's that noise?"asked Rainbow. They all looked below where they were standing and saw white streaks in the sky. "Another Wave of fighters!" yelled a guard. "Why are they flying below the city?". "It doesn't matter" said the officer.

"We have to do something before the drop their ordnance on Cloudsdale!". The squad of Pegasi silently stood there and looked at each other in desperation,trying to think of a plan. Suddenly Rainbow Dash flipped her mask back down and dove off the cloud. "Wait,what are you doing?" yelled a guard. "It's better than sitting around doing nothing about it" she said to herself. She soared straight down towards the six plane formation and landed on the last Stuka with a loud *THUD!*. (Translated) "Did you hear something hit the wing,Hans?" asked the tail gunner. "Yes,what was that?" the pilot asked.

The tail gunner looked over out the cockpit window and saw Rainbow Dash holding onto the wing."What in the name of Kartoffels!?" he shouted. "There's a filthy Pegasus on the plane!". "What?" Hans yelled as he spun the plane upside down twice. "Wait..I think she may have fallen off" said the tail gunner. "No! "Look Fritz!" "She's on the bottom of the plane,near the engine!". As she held on tightly,Rainbow Dash began stabbing the engine with her spear and tearing out small parts. By then the rest of the guard had joined her and were flying circles as fast as they could around the Ju 87s. "Shoot her!" screamed Hans at Fritz. "She's tearing apart the plane!"."I cant,the gun won't reach her!" Fritz hollered back. Rainbow Dash stopped damaging the engine when it began smoking and a Stuka behind her started trying to shoot her off. She grappled her way to the cockpit window and raised her spear up to it. The stallion pilot inside panicked. She thrusted it hard through the glass and it pierced his chest. Hans slowly slumped over as life left his body,and the plane quickly began descending in the sky. "H-Hail Discord" said Fritz from the back of the cockpit as the plane began spiraling out of control and finally crashed in the fields below. "Good riddance"said Rainbow Dash coldly looking at the downed fighter. Another Stuka began shooting at her and flying swiftly in her direction. She avoided it by quickly flying down and dodging it. The machine-gun fire struck a royal guard that was behind Rainbow and tore his torso in half. Rainbow Dash dove for cover as she hide behind a small,puffy cloud. Two Stukas flewby unaware of her presence. "That was too close" she thought to herself. She watched helplessly from afar as the city tried to make a stand and fight back the oncoming wave of fighter planes. The artillery fired nonstop and was incredibly loud. "Where is Wonderbolt Squadron when you need them?" said Rainbow to herself. Suddenly she heard an enormous noise. It sounded like a thousand giant buzzing wasps. It sounded like doom. She looked above her and saw them. Large Heinkel-111 bombers flying towards the city. "Oh no….I've got to stop them!" she said to herself. She quickly pulled her protective mask down and soared quickly to the nearest bomber. She came near it and landed on one of its wings. Before she could even get near the engines she was seen by the top turret gunner and he started shooting at her. Rainbow Dash tried to dodge the hailstorm of bullets but found herself screaming in pain. "Aaagghh!" she cried out as several bullets pierced through her left wing. She lost her grip and slid off the plane. She became light-headed and began blacking out as she fell from the sky…

June 6, 1942

10 miles off the coast of Equestria.

U.S.M Army 4th Regiment, 12th Division

The air was damp and misty after a light rain. The sky was grey and the seawater shrouded in mystery. Beyond and hidden from sight from the moving vessels spelt out certain doom. But they pressed on. The hundred or so Higgins landing craft (LCVP) moved slowly forward. Not a soul onboard spoke. Rainbow Dash stood staring at the water and finished remembering her flashback on Cloudsdale. Mares and Stallions alike began silently weeping and praying around her. She looked to her right and saw her friend Fluttershy. "Are you gonna be alright,?" She asked. Fluttershy's lip trembled and she looked down at her feet. "Hey" said Rainbow touching her shoulder. "I won't let anything happen to you, okay?" A Mare soldier named Derpy stood behind her, breathing heavily and cocking her rifle. "Geez, everyone's scared to death" She thought. She looked around in the boat craft of about 30 ponies and managed to see a small little purple dragon towards the front. "Where was the Captain?" Rainbow said in her head. It had been a hard 18 months of training and she had become good friends with very few ponies. She finally caught sight of her on the boat to the right. Captain Pinkie Pie stood determined and was yelling words of encouragement to the soldiers around her. Rainbow Dash slightly smiled at that. Pinkie had been so determined to become an officer after so many weeks. The U.S.M had finally declared war after the Germanes had sunk a civilian passenger ship in the North Sea. Discord simply claimed it was mistaken as a Ponyland battleship. President Blueblood declared war the next day. Rainbow Dash joined the Army after arriving in the U.S.M. She soon met up with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash like many others, had fled after the Germanes swept over Equestria. But only after she had stayed and tried to protect her birth city. Now, the Allied Pony Forces (Great Ponyland and U.S.M) were launching a top secret invasion on the northern beaches of Equestria. Codename: Operation D-Day. The plan was to take ground to force the Germanes back and eventually off the continent. It wouldn't be easy.

Rainbow Dash snapped out of her day-dreaming again after artillery shells began exploding in the water around the craft. "This is it, guys!" Yelled a stallion's voice. "Get ready!". All the ponies in the boats began adjusting their guns and readying themselves. Rainbow Dash loaded and cocked her Springfield sniper rifle. She had aced in combat training and was a top-notch marksman. She quickly glanced at Fluttershy, who was shaking nervously. She tried to load her M1 Garand, but dropped her magazine on the floor of the craft. The two of them both reached down to pick it up quickly, only to touch hands. "I got your back" said Rainbow smiling at her. She handed her clip to her and Fluttershy loaded her rifle. "We're almost there!" Yelled an officer's voice. Every single pony's attention was focused on the beach ahead. The boat began clinking from machine-gun fire and a shell went off in front of it. Sweat poured from Rainbow's forehead. The boat slowed down and came to a stop. "GO!" yelled a voice from behind. The landing craft's ramp came down and the first row of ponies were gunned down instantly. "Get down!" yelled a mare's voice. The ponies lept over the bodies and into the water and crouched down as they sprinted to the shore. Another wave of gunfire from the cliffs struck them and a shell exploded, sending dead ponies falling to the ground. Rainbow Dash sprinted past bodies and landed face first on the sandy beach. Shells exploded in three places around her and she clenched her teeth to keep from screaming. She crawled to a hedgehog emplacement and took cover behind it. Fluttershy landed behind her and had tears streaming down her face. "Come on, soldiers!" Yelled Rainbow Dash as she ran towards the seawall and lept over with the others. Rainbow Dash was an officer as well,

She rose to a Lieutenant after basic training. She commanded her own platoon of troops. The Germane soldiers opened a hailstorm of gunfire upon the Allied troops below. A Stallion was shot through the throat and fell in front of Fluttershy. Before she could react, she tripped over him and fell on the sand. A shell exploded on a soldier and sent their body flying on top of Rainbow Dash. "AAAAAGGGHHHHH!" screamed a wounded soldier next to Fluttershy. Blood gushed from his side as he shouted bloody murder. Suddenly she saw Field Medic Redheart rush to his side as blood leaked from his mouth. A mare screamed as she charged forward before stepping on a mine and blowing her legs off. Fluttershy stayed glued to the ground as Rainbow directed soldiers forward to a machine gun position.

The machine-gun bunker opened fire and shot a soldier in the head in front of Rainbow Dash. "Everyone get down!" She screamed. The remainder of the company hit the deck as bullets and shells whizzed by and littered the beach. The company opened fire with their rifles and threw grenades. They were pinned down.

Bravo Regiment, 200 yards to the west.

"MOVE YOUR WHINY HINNIES!" Yelled Pinkie Pie. The Captain and her troops rushed forward into oncoming wave of bullets towards the barbed wired fences. A shell exploded and sent troops flying into the barb wire and hanging while screaming in agony. "GET THOSE FENCES DOWN NOW!" Yelled Pinkie. Combat engineers quickly ran to the front lines with wire cutters and begin snapping lines one by one. By now the Germane soldiers were in view and could be seen in their fortified trenches, firing and officers screaming commands. "Get me some freaking suppressive fire!" screamed Pinkie.

A machine gunner ran up and dropped her BAR machine gun in the sand and opened up heavy fire on a Germane trench at the bottom of the cliffs. "Nice work, Sgt. Applejack!" shouted her younger sister from behind. " Bloom!" screamed Applejack. "I told you to stay back and receive orders from the Captain!". "I'M RIGHT WHERE I WANT TO BE!" Applebloom yelled back jumping down beside her and firing her M1 Carbine.

Applebloom was a communications trooper and carried a tall, bulky radio on her back. It could receive orders and ask for air and naval support from Allied forces. Shells exploded nearby and hit troops running past the barbed fences. The machine gun bunkers and artillery continued hammering the beach. "Get me on the radio!" Pinkie finally yelled.

She turned to Applebloom and grabbed her by the radio pack. Pinkie smiled at her briefly before taking the wire phone from the side of her portable radio and shouting bloody mary into it. "I DON'T CARE WHERE THE HELL YOU ARE, GET ME SOME DAMNED AIR SUPPORT AND HELP US TAKE THIS BEACH!" she roared into the phone over the explosions. Pinkie slammed the phone down and her face was tomato red. "Oh…...I shouldn't have yelled" she remarked stomping off quickly.

Much of the of the regiment began stepping on landmines trying to run up the beach. Pinkie pie ran with troops ahead and started shooting the German soldiers in the trenches. There was a pillbox with a MG 34 gunner in it, but a brave little dragon soldier threw a grenade in and killed them.

After, taking the front trench, Pinkie ordered the flamethrowers to smoke out the other bunkers. But they couldn't get close enough, and the soldiers and machine gunners killed and forced some of them back. Suddenly a P-51 Mustang flew over ahead and dropped a bomb on it. It exploded into flames and the Allies rushed in. The remaining Germanes surrendered.

Pinkie looked up at the retreating planes and sighed in relief.

Another plane flew in low and destroyed the artillery batteries and damaging another bunker.

"CHARGE!" Yelled Pinkie as she led the soldiers to a final assault up on top of the cliffs.

They quickly eliminated the remaining resistance and the rest of the Germanes defenders fled for their lives.

Alpha Regiment, 15 yards away.

The air support had knocked out the artillery and Rainbow led a huge charge on the bunkers and trenches. "Let's go, team!" She yelled running forward and firing her rifle. Derpy ran beside her and leapt into a trench and shot a Germane before bayoneting another in the chest. Germanes began running back and some tried to surrender with their hands up, only to be cut down by gunfire. A squad of SS soldiers began chunking grenades out at the Allied troops and blowing them apart until they ran out and a Flamethrower Trooper ran forward and cooked them alive in their trench.

Fluttershy stood in horror as a Mare lay on the beach screaming at the top of her lungs in absolute agony. She knelt down beside her and ran her hands over the blood and entrails spewing out onto the sand. "M-Medic!" Fluttershy screamed over her shoulder while fighting back tears. Corpsman Redheart sprinted towards them and she instantly began pulling out morphine from her bag. "W-What's your name?" Fluttershy asked tenderly.

The mare struggled to get words out and began shaking violently. "C-Cheeril-lee" she said as tears streamed down her face. "I-Im s-so c-cold" she said as she began to stop fidgeting. "Im losing her….STAY WITH ME!" Yelled Redheart. Cheerilee suddenly stopped breathing and became motionless. "She's gone!" Redheart said as she stopped trying to close the wounds with blood soaked bandages.

Rainbow Dash walked up behind her and put her hoof on her shoulder. "It's over" she said calmly.

"Yes...but at what cost?" Said Fluttershy looking at the war torn beach.

The Allies hammered down and pushed the Germanes several more miles before stopping to make the newly acquired land their base.

"Rest easy Everyone..." Said Pinkie later that night. "WE WILL TAKE BACK EQUESTRIA!"

To Be Continued…...

NEXT CHAPTER The war takes a turn for the worst!

BONUS SCENE:

September 17,1939

Rainbow Dash woke with an enormous headache. The floor was damp and she slowly looked around in the pitch-black dark. She could hear explosions going off in the distance outside. "I must be locked up" she thought to herself. She slowly recovered from her pounding headache and began to stand up in the dark. Rainbow looked at her left wing and winced at the sharp pain she felt while flexing after being shot. There were bandages over her wounds. Her knees hurt and she groaned as she tried to find her way to a wall. Rainbow hoisted herself up just as the cell door opened,flooding the room with light. Before she could make out a face, she felt a sharp pain after the butt of a rifle slammed into her stomach. She felt two hooves grab onto her arms and drag her from the room. "I think i'm gonna puke" she thought to herself. The two soldiers lead her down the hall and threw her into a much brighter, well lit room. She fell to the floor and the door slammed. Rainbow looked around the room and saw a single chair in the middle. There was a barred window on the wall and Rainbow saw nothing but the night sky outside. Before she could do anything else, the door slammed opened and a fierce looking stallion walked in.

Two SS soldiers also walked in after him. "Well...Well..Well" Said General Sombra. "If it isn't the little freedom fighter from Cloudsdale" he said chuckling. Sombra spoke English with a heavy Germane accent. Rainbow Dash scowled up at the unicorn and leapt at him, only to be hit back down to the ground by the soldiers. "Very…...Charming" he said grinning devilishly. "Did you really think you could stop those bombers from reaching the city?"he asked. Rainbow glared up at him from the floor. "How am i still alive?" she asked. Sombra walked to the other end of the room and turned around. "You're extremely lucky, we found you injured and passed out on top of a cloud after the battle was over" he said crudely. "I had almost forgotten you Pegasi scum could walk on the clouds,acting like gods". Rainbow Dash laughed a little before saying "I don't know that you're pulling but i'm not telling you anything so you can go ahead and kill me now" she said wiping her forehead. The room was dead silent. " I have better uses for you at the moment" said Sombra finally. "We have captured the city are currently holding the survivors as prisoners". Rainbow Dash stared at him blankly. "Perhaps we would be willing to set the females and children free if you cooperated with us"Sombra continued. "What do you want?" Rainbow Dash said scowling. Sombra chuckled a little before walking back in front of her. "I am looking for an artifact" he said plainly.

Rainbow froze,she knew exactly what he meant. The Elements of Harmony. "I have reason to believe the Element of Magic is in Cloudsdale" said Sombra boldly. "And we are searching the city for it with little success"

"And you think i know where it is?" Rainbow asked angrily. "No….." said Sombra. "I know you know where it is" he replied grinning. He turned around and the SS soldiers brought in a royal guard, a young pegasus. The soldiers forced him on his knees. Sombra walked behind him and pulled out his handgun."Tell me where it is and i'll spare this weakling and the others". "No!" Don't tell him anything!" cried the guard. A SS soldier rifle-butted him in the back harshly. The young guard fell on the ground sobbing. Rainbow Dash's heartbeat spiked rapidly. She gave a firm look at Sombra. "Sorry, I don't trust Krauts" she said hoarsely. "You will if i do this" said Sombra cocking his gun and putting it to the guards head. She couldn't take the pressure anymore, "OK!" "OK!" "I'll tell you!" "It's buried beneath the city!" she said lying. Sombra pulled the trigger and the pegasus guard slumpt to the floor. "Thank you" he said smirking and wiping his gun off. Rainbow Dash lept at him but was hit back to the ground by the soldiers. "I lied to you!" she said boldly. "I gave the element to a friend of mine, a messenger!". Sombra immediately dropped his smiling face and became infuriated. "She's taking it far from here, to the Allies!" yelled Rainbow. Sombra hit her across the face and she fell to the floor on her back. He turned to leave the room just as Rainbow said something. "Kill me" she hissed. Sombra turned to face her and looked her in the eyes. "No" "I'll let you watch the city fall" he said with a slight smile before walking out with the soldiers. The cell door slammed shut. Rainbow still heard explosions outside and trotted to the window. There, in the sky,was Cloudsdale.

The symbol of hope and her hometown. The city was on fire.

THE END