Granny Smith lays on her deathbed in the Apple family’s farm house. Her grandkids, and great grandkids stand or sit around her bedside as she lays dying.
“For years I’ve kept the story of how this whole mess began…” she said, “How it all started.”
“Granny please!” Applejack exclaimed, “Spend your last moments alive, not reliving the past.”
“Damn it Applejack! Right now the whole world is going to Tartarus in a bread basket, with this war against the Pulsar Militia! Not many of you know how everything began! How events shaped the events of the past few decades! You need to hear this story!”
Applejack sat back down and sighed in defeat. Granny cleared her throat and continued…
“It all started during the Second Great War… Equestria was united with Trottingham and other nations on two fronts… Things for the Axis forces weren’t going so well when Equestria entered the war… I was a nurse within the M*A*S*H* unit. A lot of women were during that time. As we were drafted into the military as well as the men, but back then women weren’t sent to the front lines...”
A younger Granny Smith, known as Lady Smith at the time was known as Lady Smith, walks the halls of a field hospital in the nation of the Fillypines. The Fillypines are near the border of the Neighpon Empire, which is one side of the Second Great War being fought by Equestria.
Smith makes her daily rounds through the makeshift hospital, tending to the injured and their needs. She looks at her charts for the next patient, a Washington Apple. Pulling back the curtain she sees the orange skin, red haired young man sitting on the bed. His wounds covered up with gauze. All wounds received are from shrapnel that embedded into his skin during a recent fight against a Neighponese attack, within the sea of Neighpon. Washington is a sailor on the battleship, EMS Starswirl, named after a famous scientist of the past. She looked at her chart, which read that she is give him a shot and release him.
“Well consider yourself lucky Mr. Washington.” she said, “Those bullets usually kill all of those hit.”
“Ah hell nurse. Luck had nothing to do with it sugarcube.” Washington said, in a southern accent. “It was all skill to avoid getting lethal wounds.”
“Whatever, just drop your pants and lay on your stomach.” Smith ordered. Washington complied as Smith got the stuff ready for the shot. Pulling out a large thick syringe with a bigger needle.
“Normally I get my shots in the arm ma’am.” he said.
“Sorry but this is how I was trained. Nurses didn’t have time to get the full course training in medicine.”
“I understand but…” He was cut off with the needle penetrating his buttocks. “OH HELLO!”
“You’ll be fine you big baby! “Now go!”
“Wait a minute!” cried Applejack’s son, Macintosh. “This is how you met Great Grandpa Washington isn’t it!? I thought this was how everything led up to this point!?”
“Yes this is how I met you Great Grandpa, but from here on, this is how Washington’s side of the story started. He told me everything when it was all over…” Granny said.
Prologue
Washington Apple returned to the Starswirl, where Captain Buck Wild and his XO brother, Thunder Charge, awaited the ensign.
“Welcome back Ensign!” Back said.
“Thanks Captain! Can’t keep a good Apple down!”
“That a fact!” Buck said. Thunder Charge stood behind the two with a piece of paper. Thunder Charge is charcoal black with sky blue hair and matching eyes. He is Buck’s younger brother and a bit of a trouble maker before joining the Navy. The drill sergeant straightened him out, and taught him discipline.
“Yes…?” Buck finally caught sight of his brother.
“This communication just came in for you Sir.” Thunder said. Handing over the paper. Buck looked at it as it read:
Important notice to the EMS Starswirl! We received word of some kind of large meteor hitting the ocean near Neighpon. We can’t confirm it right now, and request you investigate it immediately! Enclosed are the coordinates where the meteor crashed!
Signed
Admiral High Tide
“Okay… Looks like we have new orders.” Buck said. He turned around and headed toward the bridge of the ship. When Buck enters the bridge…
“CAPTAIN ON DECK!” Thunder announced, and everyone on the bridge stood at attention.
“At ease.” Buck said, “Navigator please head to these coordinates.”
The navigator looks at the coordinates to the meteor. Then he looks back at Buck.
“You sure it ain’t no ambush by Neighpon, Sir? Have these coordinates been confirmed?”
They have been confirmed to be from Admiral High Tide himself at the island territory of Pon’i.” Buck said, So they’re safe.”
“Aye aye Captain!”
Elsewhere in the Great Sea, the Neighponese Navy also saw the meteor, and have sent orders to their nearest ship, the NMS Masamune. Captain Tsunami of the Masamune received and confirmed that the orders came from the Emperor himself.
“When shall we head out Captain?” the navigator asked. Tsunami turned and looked at him.
“Immediately!”
Tsunami is a sapphire blue man with sea green hair, and blue eyes. As with all of Neighponese forces he considers himself honorable compared to the Equestrian military, as well as the Germaneigh military. To the Neighponese, Equestria is full of honorless dogs, and Germaneigh is full of heartless monsters that kill their own people for some strange reason. However, the Emperor finds himself an ally in Germaneigh. Especially since the Emperor ordered the attack on Gemini Harbor on the island of Pon’i. That day Neighpon only targeted the harbor and the troops stationed at both ports of Castor and Pollux. Not once did they target the innocent civilians. Though the writers of the history books will make it seem like that they did.
Once the Masamune headed toward the coordinates. The race to see what landed in the Great Sea begins.
Author's Note
Pon'i is the name given to Equestria's Hawaii counterpart.
The Day When the Invasion Began...
Chapter 1: The Day the Invasion Began
“What is it?” one sailor asked as he stared at the strange creature. The creature was some kind of orange weasel animal with two tails. Even stranger is that this creature is an anthropomorphic creature. A being with a humanoid body. It’s clothes are especially weird. As they look like some kind of flight suit with gadgets attached that aren’t even on this world yet. Buck, Thunder, Washington, and a medic run up to the scene.
“Sir, what is that thing?” the sailor asked his superior.
“That is what we intend to find out sailor.” Buck said, “Doc get this thing to the medbay. It’s still alive, so maybe it will wake up and we can learn from it.”
The creature heard the commotion. It slowly opens it’s eyes…
“It’s waking up!” another sailor announced.
The creature opened its eyes all the way and laid eyes with the gathered crew members of the Starswirl.
“AHHHH!” screamed the creature.
“AHHHH!” screamed the crew members.
This screaming match continued as the doctor shook his and prepared a syringe full of a sedative. Which he promptly injected into the creature, which in turn knocked the creature unconscious within a matter of seconds.
“Doc, how did you know that would work?” Washington asked.
“I didn’t…” the doctor said, “Anyway it can be transported to the medical bay now.”
And with that the doctor went back to his station.
The Starswirl left the immediate area, just as the Masamune arrived. Finding nothing of interest. Tsunami assumed the Equestrian forces had arrived first and already took what fell at that location.
“The Equestrians must have already been here.” a sailor said, “Nothing is on the sonar.”
“Keep looking!” Tsunami exclaimed, “I will not have those honorless Equestrians use whatever it was against us!”
“Sir! Something just appeared on the sonar!” Tsunami walked over to the sailor in charge of the sonar. Indeed something was on their sonar. Something deep below the ocean’s surface.
“Send a dive team down to get it!” Tsunami ordered his men.
“But it’s too far deep for a diving team to reach it, Sir!”
Tsunami turned to the sailor, “Then call in a submarine to retrieve it! I must have it!”
It took hours for a submarine with a equipped dive team to make the retrieve of the object happen, but the expert divers DID get it to the surface. What was found were the remains of the creature’s own starship. A reconnaisse scouting ship. Whose sole purpose was to scout out certain areas of outer space for the enemy. Yet that wasn’t the only thing to appear on the Masamune’s sonar. While everyone on board was distracted by this new discovery. Several more objects appeared on the sonar. All heading their way…
The creature slowly aroused from its sleep in the med bay. It let out a moan as it opened it’s eyes once more.
“Where am I?” he said. Yes it’s a male.
“Finally awake I see.” came the voice of the doctor. The man was pale with salt and pepper hair, with red skin. “My name is Doctor Duck Mallard, you’re onboard the Equestria Military Ship Starswirl. You seem to understand our language, yet you are not of this world. I would ask why later, but first tell me your name.”
“My name is Jacob Rivers. I’m a Buizel Pokemorph and crowned prince of the Interplanetary Kingdom of Tidus-Aurora. I was on a scouting mission when an intergalactic empire known as the Vulcan Sol attacked me. I believe they followed my scout ship to this planet.”
“I’ll go get Captain Buck. He will need to hear all of this from you. Especially how you know our language.”
When Captain Buck entered the med bay, he did so with Thunder and Washington. Jacob explained as much as he could about the Pokemorph race, from their origins as Pokemon to their deities such as Arceus. It was fascinating to hear all of this information. Then it came to explain the war between Tidus-Aurora and Vulcan Sol. All four men found it fascinating and horrifying at the same time. When the story was over, the three men excused themselves from Mallard and Jacob. They walked into the hallway to converse among themselves.
“Are we going to take Jacob at his word?” Thunder asked Buck.
“Well we don’t have much to go on right now.” Buck replied, “We should go back to the location and try to raise his ship out of the water. Then see if we can get it repaired and send Jacob on his way home. We don’t stand a chance against advanced extraterrestrial technology.”
A sailor from the communications section walks up to the three men, and hands Buck a recently translated and confirmed message from Admiral High Tide on the island of Pon’i. It read:
We just received word that communications are down on the Masamune. This comes straight from Neighponese command. I know we’re at war with them, but it has been twenty-four hours since they reported reaching the meteor crash site. This may be a trap. So exercise caution when investigating what happened with the Masamune.
Signed,
Admiral High Tide
“The Admiral is bullshitting us isn’t he Buck?” Thunder asked with concern. In fact all three are concerned with this matter. For the enemy to ask for the aid of their enemies like that, without it being a trap. Is basically unheard of in warfare since ever. The only thought was that it is a trap and they’re going to get ambushed. However, Buck decided to ask Jacob about this situation. He needed his input.
“Well if this Masamune ship of your enemy has lost all contact with it’s own nation. Then I say it might be worth investigating. However, since the last place they were in contact with the Neighponese Empire was at the location where you found me. Then it is safe to assume that the Vulcan Sol has found them. So we must make haste. There is no telling what would happen to the men on the Masamune, if the Vulcan Sol has captured them.”
It was decided to go and investigate what happened to the crew of the Masamune. It wouldn’t take very long to head back to the crash’s location. So the Starswirl made haste, going full speed to reach the Masamune.
Upon reaching the site of the Masamune. The entire ship was ordered to run silent. All lights had to be turned off, and all crew members had to remain silent at their battle stations. As to why, well the crew noticed that the starships of the Vulcan Sol, can also float on water. Which they were doing as they surrounded the Masamune. Jacob was called up to the bridge to see what they were dealing with, and how to enter without being detected.
“Well we won’t be able to just barge through that blockade they set up.” Jacob said, “Maybe we can send a small detachment to swim past undetected? No that won’t do…”
“Well?” Buck asked Jacob.
“We’re going to need a distraction.” Jacob said, “Something to divert their attention. So we can slip in while the chaos keeps them occupied.”
Buck smirked. “I think I have something I can do about that.”
Also on the Great Sea is the aircraft carrier, the Nemo. On it are over a dozen P-51 Mustang fighter planes of the 107th Fighter Group. The best the Navy has for dogfights. Buck made a call to their Captain.
“I wouldn’t have called you, if we didn’t need the distraction, Tidal Wave.” Buck said over the radio.
“Let me get this straight.” Tidal Wave said, “You want the 107th to provide a distraction to an advanced extraterrestrial civilization, so you can send a small group into free the crew of the Masamune?”
“Yep that sounds about right.”
“How can I refuse. A assload of birds will be heading your way.”
Jacob glared at Buck. “For a moderate civilization like your planet. You actually use live birds in combat?”
“No that is what we call our propeller fighter planes.”
“Makes sense…”
“You’re sure you can fight with us?” Buck asked, “ We did just pull you out of the water a few hours ago.”
“I only received some scrapes and bruises. Your Doctor Mallard is very good at medicine. Even though doesn’t understand Pokemorph biology.”
“Well the X-Rays he took of your body showed that your insides isn’t that different from our own.”
“True enough…”
It was only a ten minute wait for the sound of propellers was heard in the sky. It was now dark at only midnight. Buck, Washington, Jacob and a couple Marines named Fire Light, and Swampy were ready to go. Each wore a helmet to protect their heads from bullets and debris hitting them in their skulls. Each had a Thompson submachine gun with only five magazines per person. As it is smaller than the M1 Garand rifles normally carried by soldiers. Along with some hand grenades, a revolver pistol in case they needed another gun, and a combat knife.
The five were closing in on their raft, as the fighter planes of the 107th arrived and opened fired on the Vulcan Sol ships. As Jacob expected the planes bullets had trouble penetrating the ships’ armor and shields. The distraction worked perfectly when the ships returned fire on the planes. The raft finally reached the Masamune, and Buck found the rope tied to the anchor, which they could use to climb up onto the ship. Jacob took point and climbed up first. Once on the deck he hid himself and searched the immediate area. No one in sight… So he signaled for the others to climb up.
“Alright it’s clear.” Jacob said, “Let’s go before the guards spot us.”
With that the team enters the ship to find the crew and retake the vessel.
