Author's Note

This is part one of a prequel chapter that explains the events leading up to the main story to help you better understand what happened.

Also the year at the beginning of the story is labeled 2011/2012 because I believe that the timeline for the first episode of the series was the year it aired, 2010. And since the first episode of season 4 took place one year afterwards, and I'm not quite sure if season 8 is currently still in the same timeframe or if it is another year, I labeled it as 2011/2012.

Prequel Chapter: War-Dawn Part 1.

Equestia, 2011/2012

It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The Mane 6 were preparing a surprise party for Starlight Glimmer, everything was going according to plan. The only thing missing was, Discord.

Discord was supposed to be at Twilight's castle but was absent.

"Where could he be?" Asked Twilight. "It's not like Discord to be late for something Fluttershy invited him to."

It was true. Anytime Fluttershy was involved, Discord was usually the first invited guest to show up.

"Bah, knowin' him, sugarcube, he probably don got caught up in somethin' or other." Applejack responded.

"Yes, darling, he has been very busy lately." Rarity added.

As Rarity had said, Discord, for some reason, had been working on something special for all of Equestria. But mostly for Fluttershy.

"Oh, I hope he's alright..." Fluttershy.

"Don't worry Flutters, I'm sure he's just making Chocolate Rain from Cotton Candy Clouds." Rainbow Dash joked.

"Alright girls, the party will start once Starlight and Tempest, I mean Sizzlepop, get back from their meeting in the Changeling Kingdom. So that gives us sometime to prepare. I will see what Discord is up to while you girls, and Spike, get the decorations." Twilight said as she trotted out of her castle.

The others had been setting up the party decorations, waiting for Twilight to return.

Finally, the castle door opened. And Twilight walked in with a strange look on her face.

"I'm sorry girls, but I couldn't find Discord anywhere." Twilight said.

Something seemed... Off about her, but the others brushed it off. They all went to work on the surprise party.

Meanwhile. Discord's Dimension.

"Done! Now I finally found this "Human World" Twilight Sparkle spoke of. Now, all I've got to do is..." Discord said as he fiddled with the dimensions.

Unaware that he had both the wrong human world, and the wrong time period. Discord initiated his spell to transport all of Equestria, minus surrounding areas, to the human world.

There was a bright flash and soon Discord looked in horror as he realized his mistake.

"Oh poo. Wrong world and, apparently, wrong time.... Oh well, I'm sure they'll be fine.

Back in Ponyville, Simultaneously.

The mane 6 had just finished setting up the party when, out of nowhere, came a loud boom.

"What in the hay was that?" Applejack asked.

Before anypony could answer, a blinding flash fell all across Equestria... And soon Equestria vanished.

Meanwhile, in The Changeling Kingdom.

Starlight Glimmer and Tempest Shadow, or as some preferred Sizzlepop Berrytwist, were discussing the issues of Queen Chrysalis with Thorax.

Normally, Starlight would have gone with Trixie but do to Trixie being sick, Tempest was used as a second option.

"So you think Queen Chrysalis is planning another attempt to take over Equestria?" Thorax asked.

"Well, sort of. All I know is that while on an outing with my friends the other day, some strange things happened. From what I gathered, clones of Twilight and her friends attempted to steal the elements from the tree of harmony but instead caused a minor disaster that nearly tore our friendship apart." Starlight explain.

The conversation was interrupted by Tempest running in with a panicked look on her face.

"Equestia just disappeared!" Tempest shouted.

"WHAT?!" Starlight and Thorax yelled in response.

Atlantic Ocean, March 1st, 1941, Kriegsmarine Office POV.

We had been patrolling the Atlantic for a few days and had seen a lot of strange and unusual things, but what happened this morning was... Beyound explanation.

While out on a routine U-Boat patrol, our U-Boat came upon an island.

The island must have appeared over night, because we've been in this part of the Atlantic Ocean for a week now and this island was not there before.

But that's not the strangest part. When I sent some men to do reconnaissance of the island, they said things that struck me as completely illogical.

The island wasn't an island, it was an entire country! The country appeared to have a castle on the side of a mountain. The country was inhabited by pastel colored ponies of varying shapes, sizes, and colors. The ponies appeared to even have unicorns and pegasi. And all the ponies could talk, in English of all languages!

I just had to see this for myself. True to the men's word, the country felt like a whole new world.

Magical talking ponies, I was sure we had died and gone to some heavenly afterlife.
Until I encountered a few inhabitants.

They were a group of what I correctly guessed were pony children.

One was a yellow pony with a red mane and was wearing a pink bow in her mane.

The other was a white unicorn with milky white fur and a pink and purple curly mane.

The last one was a orange pegasus with a purple mane.

All three had what looked like pink/purple shields on their bums. Each shield had a different emblem and, at the time, I was confused as to what they represented.

I had learned English during training, so if I ever ended up on a diplomatic mission involving boats I'd be able to communicate with British and other English-speaking people, so I put my skills to the test.

"Hell-Helloo?" I said which gathered their attention.

"Well howdy mister... Whatever-you-are, I'm Applebloom and these here are mah friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo." Applebloom said.

She spoke in a Southern American accent. The other two seemed to have different approaches.

"Sup! Wow you're tall. Also nice uniform!" The orange one, Scootaloo, said.

"Um... Hi.... I don't like this girls, he looks kinda scary. He's tall, and he has a sword attached to his belt." Sweetie Belle added.

I admit that the sword, and the fact that my men and I were probably the only humans in this country, more than likely made us look like monsters with evil intent.

"Oh, this? Don't fear little one. It's just used for cutting trees while marching through forests." I said.

It wasn't entirely a lie. I have, in fact, used my cutlass to remove foliage that blocked my path. But it is mostly used to slice open enemy soldiers... I left that last part out for a multitude of reasobs, mostly because they were just children.

"See Sweetie? He's like a big ol' teddy ain't 'cha?" Applebloom said.

Her improper English bugged me but I didn't let it get to me.

"I suppose I should introduce myself, I am
Johane Fritz of the German Kriegsmarine. I am here because this place appeared out of nowhere." I said.

We talked on the subject, for what seemed like hours, as we walked through the place called "Ponyville" and boarded a train towards "Canterlot".

To me, half these names seemed made up. But from what I discovered, this place is called "Equestria" and it is ruled by two princesses. Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna.

I plan to introduce myself to these women -Er, mares, as soon as I get to their castle.

I hope my men can keep this place a secret, last thing we need is this beautiful place getting involved in this war.