Author's Note

Last time....

After swallowing his ego, Dr. Zomboss sent a group to dispose to the heroes, resulting in a train crash with 81 deaths and the disappearance of the Mane 6....

Now with his entire zombie army ready to fight, and with the Shadow Plants slowly rising, it's time to act! Will the plants be able to stop him in his initial push? Or how deep will they be pushed until Dr. Zomboss finally calls it a day? Find out in this chapter called: The Beginning of the Equestrian Z War!

The Beginning of the Equestrian Z War

The scene opens to the Princesses' cage. Two bodies, one of white and one of midnight blue/ dark blue were huddling together, with one trying to console the other. The white one's eyes were streaming with tears, and the other alicorns' eyes were dripping tears, being saddened about seeing her older sister suffer this way.

It's been a day since the train incident that marked the disappearance, and possible death, of Twilight and her friends. Memories passed through the solar princess about how she and her star pupil, once a filly, spent their time together when Twilight was in her personal school. They would read together, eat together, talk about the day together, learn magic together (more on Twilight's part), Twilight became like a daughter Celestia never had. And now that daughter...

...she might be very well dead.

It struck the Solar Princess like a double-sided sword. The fact that they might be very well dead is a huge possibility. Why? While it is true that alicorns were immortal, it was by age. Immortality was never truly tested in the aspect of assassination. If immortality only applied to how long one could live before a natural death, then if Twilight suffered enough in the train accident where any normal mortal would die, then it would be very likely that Twilight too, along with her friends would've died as well.

And they both knew what that meant.

"I'm actually quite frustrated at myself you know?" The undead scientist said as he prepared himself for the event he and his army was waiting for. "I committed a cowardly move, but a move that was also necessary for our victory." Dr. Edgar Zomboss said. Luna turned to glare at the zombie.

"Why did you do such horrendous act!? What is your true purpose villain!?" Luna yelled, her eyes releasing a powerful light. But without the ability to use her magic to harm him due to the cage, she calmed down her magic but maintained her furious look. Dr. Zomboss sighed.

"Justice." The villain said, causing Luna to raise her eyebrow. "My world is not so perfect as you think." The zombie said as he activated a holograph which depicted the history of humanity. The two alicorns looked with widened eyes as they saw the atrocities and wars that appeared. The Great War that killed millions of people. Hundreds of thousands of men suffering in their hospital beds after being blasted by chemicals in that war. The mass murder of the Jews in the Holocaust. The creation and usage of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Unlike other documentaries, with the help of time travel, the holograph depicted everything that only one could imagine. People turning into dust as the heat of the blast incinerated them and threw that pulverized human to the wall. The heavy bombings of Britain, Germany, and other countries in all the wars. Massive amounts of people dying from hunger, their skin so thin that their bones were appearing. The sisters looked in horror as the crimes of humanity increased more and more. The doctor sighed.

"Our race has the capability to do both good and evil. But even though there are still some that wish to do good, many prefer to follow the dark paths. We've suffered two World Wars, each killing millions of human beings. Millions who won't have the chance of living and creating their own families." The doctor said. Luna growled.

"Then why do you make more suffer then!? What difference are you to them?!" Luna yelled. The doctor smiled.

"Sometimes evil is a necessary thing for the cleansing of sins." The doctor said. "I've studied Thanatology, which is the study of death. By using zombies, everyone does die, but has a chance to live. For I being a genius can both turn anything into a zombie, and back into a living being." The doctor said. "With that, I can set up a perfect and just society-"

"Under your rule, right?" Luna asked. The doctor sighed.

"It's something necessary to be done. But eventually I won't be needed anymore when such society becomes pure. I planned to resign by then, being happy that I completed my mission." The doctor then slammed his fist. "I was so close to achieving it until I met that crazy man and his plants. So close!" Dr. Zomboss cried out. He suddenly then laughed. "But then I found this world. A world with millions of souls that can be formed as part of my army. And the best part is that you're world is years behind mines. You use spears while we use weapons that can shoot objects at incredible speeds, so fast that it can kill in one shot. You're country is weak, making it the perfect place to reunite more under my command to overpower the world I want to govern. After that, you all can live peacefully if I decided to."

"We will have no peace knowing that you govern a world that needs our help!" Luna cried out.

"You're world is calm. For all that I know, apart from some evil beings, one of them including you, you're world is pacifistic. There is no need to annex it into my ruling once I'm done with the war. Do you want me to be rough with your world. Do you want me to be a tyrant and to make everyone's lives miserable here!? My kind deserves this harsh punishment, your world does not!" The doctor said. He sighed. "Either way, you won't be able to do anything. Come with me." The doctor said as the cage was levitated by a device that caused the cage to float, something that was available in the future. They went to the highest point of the facility, which now had a tower. Zombies bowed down to the doctor, which he proudly accepted. They reached up, the sun still being blocked by the moon. For just a second, the Lunar Princess felt a strange tingling feeling, which see suddenly realized was Nightmare Moon, yet again trying to escape. But it didn't happen thanks to the cage which nullified it. The two saw the vast army below them, consisting of both ponies and zombies, all of them bowing towards the doctor. James, Rommel, and the All-Star Zombie came up to him.

"James. Rommel. All-Star. A pleasure to have you three here." The mad scientist said. The three nodded.

"It is time for the Blitzkrieg to begin." Rommel the commander said. All-Star nodded.

"Yeah! Time for the War of Lightning-"

"It's actually translated to Lightning War, All-Star." James said, yawning a bit. All-Star growled at him but said no more.

"Enough. It's time for battle. Which will be the first target? Ponyvile I suspect?" The zombie said, making the two princesses worried. That was the least developed town in Equestria. Will they be able to withstand the attack? The commander nodded.

"Yes. That will be our first and easy target. The populace have left to Canterlot it seemed and to other towns in that direction. The only defenders are the Shadow Plants, though they'll probably flee once they see our might!" Rommel said. The doctor nodded.

"Alright. Begin Operation Overlord!" The mad scientist said. Planes suddenly roared above, each one carrying dozens of parachute zombies. The planes were the ones that they were able to make in the short week, with most only having the power of those from WW2. But with Equestria barely even in the 20th century, it would do.

Tanks crushed everything in their path, most of things being crushed were trees and the ground itself. Many zombies ran towards the small town, each wearing a grey uniform. The commander to had changed his green uniform to that of the grey one. The facility shook as a huge metallic mech appeared from it's base. The silhouette of a dragon appeared, and the six, four being the zombies and the two others being the princesses, boarded the mech.

"Attack!" The zombie yelled from his mech, which roared as well. Suddenly, the air was filled with dark purple rays as these shadowy beings appeared out of the shadows, sometimes swallowing many of zombies who fell into their bottomless pits. Purple rays struck through dozens of zombies, but with each having the immunity to magic, the ray did nothing other than to slow them down. The shadows were surprised, and so they tried to poison them, only to receive the same affect. The tanks were beginning to crush the homes of the town, destroying everything inside. The shadow plants regrouped and continued to fight, but realized that they were not dealing any sort of damage. It was a losing battle, Realizing their immunity, the plants began to flee, not because they were scared, but because they knew they needed to aid the plants that thrived in the sun, and to find more like them. The zombies cheered as victory was called.

"Quick! Go out and destroy the other nearby towns!" The Commander zombie said as the tanks begin to fan out, covering more ground as the conquest began.

In Canterlot....

Ponies were running around. They were panicking. First Celestia and Luna were pony napped in front of their eyes, and now Twilight and her friends, the ones that kept Equestria safe for a long time, had disappeared.

"This is bad! This is bad!" A random mare said.

"With Cadence ruling the Crystal Empire, we don't have somepony to guide us!" A stallion said.

"Everypony calm down!" A noble yelled. "With the princesses gone we can't fall out of order! We have to stay firm!" The noble said. Another noble nodded.

"Of course! Even without them around, we must preserve their name by living in harmony to prevent a situation that occurred in the past!" The other stallion said. The chaos stopped for a bit. The nobles smiled at each other when suddenly that peace was broken by the sound of desperate hooves running towards them. The ponies carried strange plants which caused everypony to widen their eyes.

"What in the world is that?!" One noble asked. The mare carrying the plant looked at him.

"This isn't the time to ask questions. I come from Ponyvile. These are our plants made to protect us from the zombies!" The mare cried out. Everypony looked at each other in horror...

... and they started to laugh.

Blueblood laughed harder than the rest.

"Zombies? What in the world are those things?" Blueblood said. The mare puffed her cheeks.

"Did the Princess order for the army to be increased? Then it's because of the zombies! I heard that the princesses are missing already! The zombies must've captured them!" The mare cried out. They laughed, due to the fact that they weren't told of the reason why their army had to begin training.

"Why first, draw me how a zombie looks like." Blueblood asked. The mare drew the picture of a zombie. "Oh...really nice drawing there." The noble said, causing the rest to laugh. "The one that captured the Princesses was a pony! There is no 'zombie'!" The stallion said. A random pony saw a Peashooter but the plant's eyes were closed, making it seem like a regular plant.

"That plant there though looks nice and edible." The pony said. The Peashooter suddenly widened his eyes and did a scream in the Peashooter language. The pony in response yelled as well, along with all the plants who started to panic and fire everywhere. Peas splattered against the wall, covering the wall in green. By then end of the assault, mostly everything and everyone had a small or big, depending on the distance from the Peashooter's attack, green blotches.

"Okay what in Celestia's name is that!" Fancy Pants said. The mare smiled.

"It's called a Peashooter, the basic defense of our hometown called Ponyvile! We ran away because we were facing some strange dark shadows-"

"SOMBRA!" Everypony yelled, remembering how many times the dreadful king's name was heard after he nearly took over everything in sight. She shook her head.

"No. It didn't look like him, but it was equally terrifying." The mare said. Suddenly they heard some screams as the ground started to be filled with endless pits, each one carrying a shadowy figure. They all panicked. The guards pointed some spears at them, but just like what happened with Sombra in the Crystal Empire, the shadows simply went around them, confronting the normal plants. The normal plants coward, each one shivering as the shadows emerged from the ground, only appearing as wisps. One brave Peashooter stepped in front of the rest, preparing for what seemed to be a certain attack from the shadows. But to everyone's surprise, the shadows began to condense into plants, each one glowing with a light blue and dark purple shadow. The Peashooter widened his eyes, before they became of that of happiness. The two beings hugged each other, finally recognizing the other as their friend.

"It seems that they were friends...." The mare said. The nobles were extremely confused.

"Okay what in Celestia's name is happening here?" The stallion asked. The shadow plant turned to the stallion. He pointed out with a shadowy leaf. They were confused and so they ventured out. The stallion looked down.

"Hm....nothing peculiar here-" The stallion was saying, glancing over the cliff that Canterlot was made from when suddenly a grey hand rose above the cliff. They all were shocked as the hand grabbed onto the ledge and lifted the body, which was none other than a zombie. The zombie looked at them wildly at their heads, before more of them appeared.

"BRAINS~" The zombies yelled. The ponies were confused.

"Brains?" They asked. The plants were already forming a defensive position, knowing that once the battle began, there was no more room for rests. The zombies stayed in position as another figure rose. It started out by revealing four figures and two in a cage, too far away to be seen. As they approached the position they were at increased higher as a dragon-like being rose, carrying them above with them. And it was at this point where they were able to recognize the two that were caged.

"Princess Celestia!? Princess Luna!?" Fancy Pants yelled out. The princesses looked at them with fear in their eyes.

"Run away for your lives!" The princesses yelled, but the ponies were too stunned to move, seeing their princesses, who they deemed gods, in this position. The zombie in the white lab coat laughed.

"Oh it's a good thing Ponyvile and Canterlot are so close to each other. We could've done it the easier way for us, which would've been to come from where Canterlot connects to the rest of the world. If we had done that then you'd be trapped between our men and a cliff hundreds of feet above the ground, enough to kill any one of who can't fly." The zombie said. "We've come here because we needed to. We need to take a claim that was rejected from us in another world, another place, another time. But we need a bigger army for that."

The dragon mech produced a staircase in which Dr. Zomboss stepped down to meet the nobles. He was confronted by the Royal Guards who placed their spears in front of him in a X position. He laughed.

"I don't see how that little formation would do against a invasion force of what we have." The doctor laughed, before clearing his throat. "Now. We can do this two ways. The easy way, and the hard way. The easy way would be to give your unconditional surrender, and to join our force to help us conquer another world. If you choose the easy way, we'll spare your people from eternal damnation, and after we have conquered that world, we'll let you continue your lives as if that never occurred. Or, you can choose the hard way, which would consist of our army invading your homeland and destroying everything and everyone in our path, and we'll force them to be our eternal slaves. I think if I were you, you should choose the first option." The doctor looked neutral. In reality, he actually hoped that the ponies would choose the easy way. It would be less of a problem for both of them. But they shook their heads.

"You kidnap our princess and then ask us to kneel before you and do what you want?! Never!" Prince Blueblood said. The doctor rolled his eyes.

"You're all fools. Look above you! The sun and moon had stopped, with sunlight being unable to pass! I can and I will force this to continue forever. You're people will starve to death, and I'll either ways get my army! I'm just making it easier for you're nation." The doctor said. The plants started to go in front of the ponies, their numbers higher than 100. The doctor growled. "Oh it's you again." He said.

"People of Equestria! These are the same beings that killed 500 ponies without mercy in Ponyville! Should we show mercy to them and kneel down to the ones that cause the blood of hundreds to fall to the ground?!" The mare yelled out.

"No!" The crowd yelled. Dr. Zomboss groaned and silently face-palmed.

"They've captured our princesses! What do they mean by 'joining our army'? Do you have any idea?" The mare said. They shook their heads. "It means to die!" The mare yelled, causing them to gasp, some even nearing the point of throwing up. "They kill and those who are killed are placed under their control forever! Are we to doom ourselves!?"

"NO!" They responded, anger flowing through them, the wanting for revenge back in the nation. Another stallion yelled out, taking a sword and lifting it towards the air.

"Surrender is not an option! It's either Victory or Decline! If we're to all fall, we'll because we chose to fight! For Equestria!"

"FOR EQUESTRIA!"

"For our princesses!"

"FOR OUR PRINCESSES!"

"And for the world!"

"FOR THE WORLD!"

The ponies cried out a war cry, their rage boiling the air. The undead human sighed. They've just doomed themselves.

"If that's what you all want..." The zombie said, stepping back into his mech. "If death is what you choose..." The undead zombie said as he got into his mech and powered it on, causing a glow from it's mouth to form. "...then so be it." The zombie said. The earth shook as suddenly tanks with huge drills inserted in their front mine through the earth, appearing in the middle of the city and letting more tanks and troops appear. There is panicked screams as houses began to collapse under the weight of the heavy tanks as they're rolled over. Peas and other organic material are thrown in every direction as plants meets zombies in Canterlot, making the beginning of the third time where plants and zombies met each other in such great numbers...

The Z War has begun.....