War of Two Worlds

My breathing was ragged as a ringing filled my ears. The muddy ground beneath my body squelched. My vision blurred. I was on the ground. My body shook from the purple shockwave. I took in my surroundings.

What had hit me?

I was in a grassy field, trees and hills dotted the land, in the distance were great rolling mountains of green and gray. The clear night allowed the moon to illuminate the plane.

I smiled at the beauty and grandeur of them. For a moment, I forgot why I was in that field in Greece in the first place.

I was so bitterly reminded when I heard something small land next to me. I looked to the ground, it was metallic and cylindrical, with a small red light circling the top, and a button and switch capping it, an instant beeping accompanying it.

By some innate, primal instinct to survive, I jumped to the side as the beeping stopped and a flash of light and flames exploded forth from the grenade, blowing me forward and onto the muddy ground.

A ringing filled my ears to the point that it was deafening.

A man with a beard came over to me and yelled something at me, but the ringing muffled it.

The ringing suddenly stopped, and I could hear clearly. I could hear the explosions and gunfire all over in the field, men screaming in the distance and the whistle of mortars. I could hear the machine guns firing from our trenches, and the magic firing from the enemy's.

"...ivate! Get up!" He ordered.

My commanding officer, who was dressed in a uniform consisting of green camo with dragon scales sewn into the fabric. Dragon Combat Armor with loose areas at the joints and hands for maneuverability and a green scale helmet on his head. A black jacket donned over his armor. He had a utility belt around his waist, a pistol and a combat knife standing out, as well as a small device that folded out into a shovel. This was the standard uniform of the United Nations of Earth army. The dragon scale mail was a new addition given to a few select officers. It is lighter than kevlar and harder than titanium. Magic burn marks dotted his armor and his jacket had more than a few holes in it.

"C'mon! We're getting out of here!" The man, who had a black beard and blue eyes ordered, pulling me up from the ground.

"What! We need to defend the Fortress of Arcadia!" I replied in confusion.

"The Fortress fell!" He yelled in sadness and anger.

I turned, horror danced on my features. Off in the distance in the valley where the mighty fortress stood, a gargantuan purple mushroom cloud danced on the horizon.

They had used a mega spell on us!

"Those fucking horses!" I screamed.

A blast of yellow magic shot right past my face, grazing my cheek. I turned around, machine gun in hand, and stared as the battalion of Equestrian Soldiers, dressed in golden armor, charged, brandishing swords, crossbows, spears, and a few battle saddles.

"RUN! BEGIN EVAC!" I heard the commander scream. The entire battalion got out of the trenches and scrambled for the transport planes, I myself joined, turning to fire off a few energy shots from my gun as me and the commander ran for our lives, my comrades did the same.

The ponies replied with blasts of their own from Battle Saddles, Enchanted Crossbow Bolts, or just plain magic blasts.

By some miracle, I managed to not get hit, yet I would learn my comrades were not so lucky, as I would hear a thud next to or behind me. I would turn, only for a moment, to either see holes in their torsos, bolts sticking out of their backs, or their brains splayed across the grass.

I continued to run, adrenaline pumping through me as I saw them; Mega C-19's! Our ticket out of here!

In my hope, I accidentally slowed down, and I suddenly felt something akin to a sledgehammer ramming into my upper leg, and I screamed in pain as I fell to the ground.

I looked at my leg, seeing a crossbow bolt impaled in it, the head and part of the body jutting out from just above my knee.

"Private! Shit, you have a bolt in your leg!" The Commander said, trying to add some brevity as he picked me up.

"I noticed!" I grunted, putting my arm around his shoulders as we limp-ran to the open plane. We continued to run as the pony battallion grew ever closer, like inevitable doom.

We somehow managed to reach the jet, a soldier waiting for us, gesturing for us to come and yelling for us.

"COME ON! WE'RE TAKING OFF!" He screamed as we got closer.

I managed to use my free hand and grab the soldier, who pulled me in. The commander was about to enter, but a hole suddenly appeared in his forehead and a bullet drove itself into the floor next to my legs.

"Medic!" The soldier called as I saw the gangplank to the plane closing shut and the engines coming online. The plane began to jerk upward, but I didn't care. I was too busy weeping over my fallen commander, and oldest friend.

I sat on the bench, noticing I was the only soldier here alive, aside from the plane crew. I looked outside the round window and saw other C-19's flying alongside us. Like a ray of hope in this dark hour.

Suddenly, flames burst on the other plane's wings and tails, causing them to crash on the ground in screaming, spinning blazes of flames.

Our plane, by some miracle, made it out of the city, the mega spell forming a purple mushroom cloud in the city formerly known as Arcadia, now it was a roaring bonfire of lavander flames, spreading radioactive fallout through the field, an Equestrian airship flying over. It was a dark lavender, with pinkish and silver streaks running along both the ship's and balloon's side.

I recognized it for some reason, but I was busy crying over my loss, tears running down my cheeks as I began to wonder how this all started.

Late in the year 2020; on All Hollow's Eve, something.......strange happened. Our world was suddenly sandwiched, merged with another world, one we once thought was fictitious; Gaias.

At first, confusion abounded. The world reeled from this reveal.

Creatures once thought to be mythical were suddenly very real, and very dangerous. Dragons and Griffins eating humans and pillaging small towns and villages. Tensions rose as this increased. Hate crimes rose. Gaian citizens took the worse of it.

Over time, the governments of Gaias began to get accepted, even a few of the Gaian nations got seats on the United Nations Council, the Equestrians, represented by Twilight Sparkle. The Dragon Lands represented by Lord Ember. The Changelings represented by Prince Pharynx. The Crystal Empire represented by Shining Armor. Griffinstone represented by Grandpa Gruff. Yakyakistan represented by Prince Rutherford. And Hippogrifia and SeaQuestria represented by Queen Novo's daughter.

Laws were put in place to protect both worlds' citizens. Major laws that depending on which was broken and how egregious the crime, would result in total war. Mutually assured destruction was not a factor because the Equestrians hadn't learned how to use any sort of offensive magic similar to Nuclear missiles or Atomic bombs.

Or so we thought.

And for a few years, all was good. Hate crimes decreased, towns stopped getting pillaged, murder went down. Technology and science sky-rocketed. The merging of Equestrian magic and Earthen technology created things that were once science fiction. we merged our knowledge to make something new.

Equestrian towns got indoor plumbing, electricity, air-conditioning, TV, Wi-Fi, even internet connections.

We even shared our nuclear knowledge. We taught them how to split an atom, and harness the energy into power with technology. Then they adapted it into magic with specially trained unicorns working in tandem with the top minds of the world, leading to the creation of mega spells. Using focused magic stored in a specially-made container, a unicorn would use a certain spell to split the atom, creating the desired reaction, and the energy would be harnessed in a power plant. This was a tremendous help to both sides and eased tensions. This, by many, was considered the greatest and most terrible creation to come out of the merging.

Humans benefitted as well, greatly.

The magic of the Equestrians effected us and helped us greatly. Humans learned magic! We learned how to bend reality to our whims! Things which would've taken millenia to even scratch the surface, we nearly mastered over the span of a decade!

We got fusion! Clean, self-sustaining energy! Things like medical care improved vastly because of medical magic! We eradicated diseases and viruses like cancer! Famine was a thing of the past! Because of a united effort between Earth Ponies, Pegasi, and Earthen farmers allowed us to get clean water and fresh food to countries who needed it the most!

Homelessness and poverty.......was still a problem. While the increased landmass and more options for jobs helped, especially since one Equestrian Bit was worth 100 US Dollars, it was still a major problem, just not as much as it was.

Some humans even developed their equivalents of Cutie Marks and had innate magical abilities!

No one really knew exactly how humans got Cutie Marks, but there is a unified theory. It goes as such:

Since homo sapiens, human beings, are naturally adaptable and able to adapt to nearly any situation and environment, and since Gaias has magic practically sewn into the very air they breathe, and humans were learning magic on their own, a few humans, specifically humans who live in or near major Gaian territory, or are descended from humans who learned magic, reacted to the magic which was now imbued in their DNA by adapting and gaining Cutie Marks.

Now, I dunno, a few friends of mine got Marks and were moved to special classes specified around it. Now, I took magic as a side thing, like I took woodshop, both I excelled in. Though, nowhere near as those who had Cutie Marks.

Yet, peace didn't last.

Hate groups popped up, (no surprise there) and practically warred, doing the increasing tension no favors at all. However, the most prominent groups on both sides were considered in charge of all the smaller ones. On the human side was Humanity First, a radical movement that committed horrendous crimes against the Equestrians. And on the Gaian Side; Equis Forever. These two warred all over the globe, killing many of all races.

Then Prince Armor was assassinated.

One day, when returning to the Crystal Empire on a train with a few human tourists, the train came under attack by Humanity First and Equis Forever. They were passing the mountain border to the Frozen North, which merged with the North Pole, and the two groups attacked the train, Humanity First killing Gaians, and Euis Forever killing humans. Shining Armor stepped in and attempted to calm the situation down, and someone killed him.

Both sides were suspects because he was an active advocate for peace on both sides, donating to charities, assisting with protests. Lead an anti-hate group task force. That sort of stuff. Good guy, so I heard.

I remember when I saw the news, everybody mourned him, all races came together to honor his memory. After that, the Equestrians blamed us, we blamed them, fingers, claws, and hooves were pointed wildly in blame until all hell broke loose.

It all came crashing down once Sparkle joined the fray. She was angry at us, at the, as she so eloquently put it, "Warring, uncultured, uneducated, hairless pink apes". And she didn't just insult us, oh no. Seeing as she was a princess, she had some political power. She put a special tax on all humans in her realms of rule, especially those in Ponyville. She was ruthless, too. Creating needless laws specified for humans alone.

The laws are as such:

"Law 1: Humans cannot, under any circumstance, own property on the Gaian territory or where a large population of Gaians makes residence! They can, however, share a property with Gaians!"

"Law 2: Humans cannot use any kind of Gaian, or Gaian driven, transportation!"

"Law 3: Humans are to pay their tax to the royal family with Gaian Currency! Not human!"

"Law 4: Humans cannot work in any way, shape, or form in Gaian-owned territory!"

"Law 5: Any crimes humans commit against Gaians, which include major and minor crimes, will be met with extreme prejudice!"

"Law 6: Humans and Gaians are forbidden from living under the same roof together in any Gaian territory!"

"Law 7: Humans living in the Gaian territory cannot work at any Gaian-owned and Gaian headed businesses! Nor can they start a business!"

"Law 8: Humans and Gaians are not to use the same appliances as Gaians. Restrooms, water fountains, etc. to be used by humans and Gaians will be separate, and labeled as such!"

"Law 9: Humans cannot be in the same presence in stores as Gaians, and will have to carry out their business from the back of the store from the outside! Nor can they ride in the front or on top of any Gaian transportation!"

"Law 10: Humans are to be viewed with the utmost scrutiny and suspicion, for they are untrustworthy and suspicious! They are to be paid less in jobs! They are to be legally discriminated, and restricted!"

Needless to say, these cause more than a bit of outrage.

Some said she was the new Hitler, others said it was the Civil Rights movement all over again. While I think the first was an exaggeration, the second holds some water. Some of the laws were a bit similar to the segregation laws. Jim Crow laws?

Whatever.

Point is, this only made things worse.

Then, when protesting turned to riot in Canterlot, Twilight, and her personal Princess Guard; Sparkle's Hoof, proceeded to massacre the humans present, all the while awarding the ponies for "defending their Princesses and Nation against this...naturally violent species."

Now, while Twilight was chastised, because this happened on Gaian soil, the U.N couldn't intervene and do much else. So she got off with a slap on the wrist.

Yet, the Ninth Circle broke loose once humans decided to do something.

Twilight's laws got out of hand, we even got word of a spell which changes the very nature of a creature, from its natural form, to that of a Pony, even wiping away their very sense of being and identity! Stripping them of their very sense of self, and replacing it with a pony.

All human nations voted this a complete violation of the laws made to keep the peace. So, it was decided that we would arrest Princess Twilight and put her on trial for violation of the international laws.

It....didn't go well.

For example, in history books, it's referred to as the Great Ponyville Massacre.

The battle went as such: a human platoon of soldiers was sent to Ponyville to attempt to bring the Princess alive. What they found, was Sparkle's Hoof, ready and waiting with magically enhanced human weaponry. Heavy losses were inflicted on both sides, as well as numerous civilian causalities. Any surviving humans were turned into Ponies and became cannon fodder.

This is what prompted Celestia to officially declare war on the human race, and doing what neither Napoleon nor Hitler could do.

She conquered Russia.

With the assistance of both the Yaks and the Crystal Empire (which were practically neighbors with Russia), she managed to conquer it swiftly and effectively, Princess Sparkle and a grief-maddened Cadance, they steam-rolled the initial defenses, the Pegasi manipulating the wheater, keeping it warm, so that no snow causes them any trouble, and wet so that the Scorched Earth tactics were rendered null.

After they were done, any surviving humans were turned into Ponies and joined the ranks of the army as loyal and devout followers and patriotic servants of their Equine Overlords.

Point is shit went down.

Now, shit went sideways, even more, when humanity invaded the Hippogriff Kingdom. Submarines dealt with SeaQuestria, as fleets of fighter jets bombed Mt. Aris to oblivion. Any survivors either escaped to Equestria propper or were captured and interrogated.

Equestria too offense to that.

They replied by sinking most of New York City into the ocean.

Basically, Pegasi using the weather, mainly clouds, to help increase the water and flood the city. Luna manipulating the tides with the moon which pulled the increased water and flooding the city even more, hordes of unicorns using their magic to weaken the foundations of the island as well as destroy a few buildings and bridges, all working together to destroy New York City, and everyone who lived there, and again, survivors were all turned into loyal Ponies. After that, they stormed the Eastern Seaboard.

It was then we discovered the Ministries; Military branches headed by a Bearer of the Elements of Harmony. The most famous and most dangerous being the Ministry of Knowledge, headed by Twilight Sparkle.

Once humans saw that the ponies could attack anywhere and at any time, and with terrible efficiency and power, they began huddling into specialized cities called Shelter Cities by the masses. They used the technology made during the Golden Age against any attackers. Using force fields to protect the outer perimeter, and the inside was protected by using some special anti-Equestrian weaponry. The police force for these cities, called the Knights, were specially armed, trained, and had a seething hatred for the Equestrians.

Great for protecting the people, right?

Wrong.

Ya see these cities were really expensive to make, and with most of the world economy going to the war, there was only enough money to make a handful of these cities, so the governments of the world, especially the US government, pulled their funds and built one Shelter City in each nation, one for each capital.

So, the common folks, especially those living on borders for where the Gaian continents and Gaian controlled lands, built fortress cities.

Think the castles of old, upgraded for the modern era. And much bigger.

Arcadia, Greece became one of the first of these fortress cities, seeing as the Gaians controlled Africa thanks to their Zebra allies, and humans flocked to these cities.

However, I didn't, because, at the time, I enlisted in the army to help with the war front, and was going through boot-camp.

My family went to Arcadia with a volunteer effort to help ease most of the troubles there.

The good that did them.

I was pulled from my musings with a jolt, the lone plane landed in a human airfield safely. My cheeks were stained by my tears.

I exited the plane, greeted by a variety of emergency services, who were shocked that I was the only one there. I was the only survivor of the Fall of Arcadia.

It got worse, for as my mind cleared, I recognized the purple airship that launched the mega spell: It was the personal ship of Twilight Sparkle! The Princess of Friendship and Minister of Knowledge!

It was in that moment while I was being driven to a hospital for propper care, that I vowed that she would pay!

It was in that moment, that I vowed to kill the Princess of Friendship!

"Twlight Sparkle, vengence will be mine!"