Rising Tensions, Shifting Powers (version 0)
Chapter 4: peace is now compromised
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Time: 3 days 2 hours after first contact
Perspective: Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, 3rd person
"So...sister, thou postponed my expedition and my confrontation with this knew species to tell I about another flying creature capable of speed's faster than anything in Equestria?" Said Luna with a bored tone.
"Yes, and it went towards the same direction that large creature fled to, and the new creatures where sighted!" Celestia said, with an obvious hint of worry in her own voice.
"Sister, I'm the ruler of the night, and have the capability to raise the moon, I'll do fine on my own. Thee need not worry, I can handle myself"
"Sister, You don't know their capabilities and magic advancements, for all we know, they might have the ability to raise the sun and the moon as well!"
Luna ponders this for a moment, though she doesn't want to admit it, her sisters right.
"Fine, my guard's and i will approach them with caution, but I will still confront them about their helping of the changeling's"
Celestia let a sigh of relief, than stared at her sister and nodded. Luna than repeated what she told her sister a day before, though a bit different.
"I shall see you in 18 moons, with these creatures in chains. Though I will arrive in Baltimare forests coast in 2 moons and will write to you about the new creatures there."
Location: Equestria, baltimare forest coast
Time: 5 days after first contact
Perspective: princess Luna, Queen Chrysalis, Princess Marcela, Lt. Tristan Summers, Gunnery Sergeant Nathan Reeds, WHA-91 pilot Nicholas Diaz, Jeremy Manowar, Joshua Richardson, 3rd person
Nicholas was reading the "red fish, blue fish" dr. Seuss book to Marcela, she's listening intently as he does so. Her mother Chrysalis on the other hand is reading a book called "heroes of world war 2" book detailing the sacrifices made by allied soldiers for the great or good of the world at the time.
After reading several books about the 1st and 2nd world wars, she became more accepting and realized her actions were wrong and unjust. The most interesting story to her was the battle between the Axis super battleship the Bismarck and the allied battleships that sank it, the book provided pictures of the Bismarck, which she especially liked because of the resemblance the Bismarck had to the ones residing 700 meters (2,296 feet) of shore, even though she knew they were newer and more advanced.
Three classes of ship in question where the 2 Shogun-class superdreadnought named "sweetie-pie", and "beware." The 3 Legion-class battleships named "Mad max", "Katobar", and "Steamroller." 1 Centurion-class battlecruiser named "sad song."
These ships accompanied 3 Siege-class Amphibious Assault megacarriers, 2 new and empty Cymrea-class fleet-drone carriers that would take all 5000 changeling's to the United States, and 1 Oceana-class stealth battlecarrier.
All these ships came to accompany the 5 Eagle-class carrier's and 3 CVX-100 super carrier's when the United States government heard of the 3,000 strong pony military force coming to their position. Each carrier has a multitude of different aircraft built for different purposes, such as the Oceana-class and its 55 Northrop Grumman A-11 Ghosts anti infentry aircraft, as well as each CVX-100 and their 30 boeing F/A-60 cutlass 2 UCAV's, and the 3 Siege-class Amphibious assault megacarriers and their 5 (each) Athlit beachstorm connector amphibious assault transport boat, which where already deployed, and each one carried different armored vehicles, from the M7A1 inquisitors missile artillery system to the M12A1 Goliath.
Each one of these weapons, 100 border patrol agent's and the 10,000 Marines had one purpose, and it was to protect the 5 Nimbus Transport zeppelin's as they transport the changeling's to the 2 Cymrea-class fleet-drone carrier. If all goes right, all 5,000 changeling's will be U.S. citizens within the next week
Though nothing can be easily completed, which they would find out soon.
20 minutes later
Jeremy and Joshua were sitting on the back of the M1A2 sep V4 that lay guard with it's gun facing the forest like the many M3A3 IFV's, M6A1 crusader main battle tanks, M9A1 APC's Mobile gun system, and M12A1 Goliath heavy tanks that formed a defensive around the changeling's EVAC site. As Jeremy and Joshua sat, they talked about the ridiculous sounding briefing they had to endure for 2 hours back in the United States.
Though this was quickly interrupted by the sounds of sirens and marine's running to form up next to the tanks with weapons drawn towards the tree line pointed towards a sea of ponies wearing armor and brandishing Renaissance Era weapons.
"Wow, what a force to be reckoned with, Huh Joshua"
"Yay, we better give them whatever they want"
Jeremy and Joshua than continued watching as the ponies got into a battle position themselves, though it was one that was rather outdated.
Soon Jeremy and Joshua started walking towards the two men running the operation, Lt. Tristan Summers and Gunnery Sergeant Nathan Reeds.
"Excuse me Lt, is that the fighting force you warned us about?" Asked Joshua.
Tristan smile and answered the question, "yes actually, though we don't know their capabilities, though the tests with defensive and offensive magic and our immunity could be the same."
Jeremy than looked towards the group of ponies, "how do we know weather we're immune to their magic?"
"I guess we'll find out soon, because I don't think their here for diplomatic relations" said Nathan looking towards the group as well.
Nicholas, Queen Chrysalis, Princess Marcela perspective
After reading several dr. Seuss book to Marcela, the some of which where the "Cat in the hat," "red fish blue fish," and "green eggs and ham." Though when Luna and her guard forces arrived Nicholas was reading an "I servived" book to her when the sirens started, he immediately knew what they meant.
"What's wrong?" Chrysalis exclaimed.
"Their here, the guard force we spotted 2 days ago just arrived, so we need to take you to the Nimbus, come on" said Nicholas as he took Marcela to the zeppelin with chrysalis close behind.
Once they got to the Nimbus, he went to one of the flight engineers, "hey, how long until these things takeoff?" Asked a worried Nicholas.
"We'll take off once the Lt. gives the order, and since all the changeling are on, we should be in the air in atleast 20 minutes" said the flight engineer.
"Okay got it, just try and keep them safe" said Nicholas.
"That's our job sir, we'd probably die for these guys" the engineer said as he knelt down to pet a changeling, it let out a purr as he did so. Nicholas smiled knowing the statement was true without fault.
"all pilots, get to your helicopters, you'll need to provide cover to all Nimbus cargo zeppelin's" said a voice on the radio.
"Guess that's our cue"
Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash perspective
Rainbow Dash couldn't believe what she was seeing, these flying creatures were most definitely faster than her and anything flying in Equestrian sky's. They didn't even flap their wings, they seemed to glide with with plumes of fire coming from their rear, and their maneuverability was unmatched at their speed, it was incredibly difficult for her to bank at high speeds, and she could only travel 643 kilometers an hour (400 miles an hour before doing a sonic boom, and that only propelled her to 823 kilometers an hour (512 miles an hour).
Rainbow didn't just meet her match, she met something better than her in almost every way. They where faster than her, more maneuverable than her, and from what she heard 2 days ago, they could fight better than her.
When looking towards them, she felt something she hasn't felt for a while, intimidation.
Luna could see that her forces were scared, she could feel the fear emanating off of them, especially since only one killed 3 of some of the most well trained pegasus guard's without trouble, and it did it in Canterlot for everypony to see.
Now there where dozens of them flying over and circling all at once.
"Why art thou helping thy changeling's?" Luna asked in her royal Canterlot voice.
"We are not obligated to tell you why?"
Said a creature holding a strange device to his head.
"How dare you speak in such a way to royalty!" Luna retorted.
"Because we're not you subjects, or soldiers, and definitely not native to this planet, which means we don't need to answer to you" said the voice, which made Luna furious.
"And yet you're on my kingdom's land!"
"Are we your subject's!?"
"That is besides the poi-"
"Answer the question. Are we your subject's?"
"N-no"
"Exactly, we're citizens of the United States of America, or soon to be citizens of the United States under the military citizenship act of 2079. The United States is a power on the global scale, the United States is one of the dominaters in medical science, military research and technology, space exploration, anti terrorism, and the care and protection of refugees! These changeling's are under our protection, and will continue to be under our protection!"
"Those changeling's have committed a crime against their homeland!" Screamed Luna.
"Hasn't every kindom done so, Ms. Nightmare moon?"
"How dare you, I wi-"
"Don't all deserve redemption, shouldn't we all forgive and forget? So this is your first and final warning, stay and continue forward and be dealt with, or leave and our country's will remain in peace, and your so called harmony"
"You dare threaten the princess of the night, I command the power moon itself!"
"No, no you don't. You and your sister rotate the earth, witch is why it seems the moon and the sun move, when in reality your magic wouldn't be able to move them, since the force of gravity on them is so strong."
"Are you denouncing my abilities!?"
"Yes"
"Who do you think you are!?"
"Lt. Tristan Summers of the United States Marine core, now please leave and let us do our job"
"No, I've had enough! Guards, seize them all!"
A 1,000 Royal guards started moving forward while under the cover of their magic shields, but have more than 300 meters (984 feet) of clear beach to cover. The Marines fire warning shots at the lowest part of the shield, breaking it instantly.
This made the guard jump back, knowing their shield's didn't seem to affect whatever projectiles they were using.
"If you pass 200 meters (656 feet), we will engage you in armed combat, I repeat do not go beyond that point!"
Twilight watch in suspense, she and everypony only saw and heard bits and pieces of their capabilities, some thought they had an advanced form of chaos magic, while others believed they didn't use magic at all.
She soon heard Luna tell the guard's to fire magic bolts at the creatures.
Tristan Summers, Nathan Reeds perspective
"Are the Nimbus transport zeppelin's at the carriers?" Asked Nathan watching the ineffective forward charge the ponies were commencing.
"Yay, we'll see you back home"
Nathan than walked up to Tristan and asked, "So how's their charge Lt. Tristan Summers?"
"Well, we're firing warning shots, though it seemed to only fuel their march" said an irritated Lt. Tristan Summers, he than followed up by saying,
"I'm considering marching to meet them in the middle" Tristan said as an arrow flew past both of them, than after gunshots could be heard. Soon after Pegasus started dropping like flies, they couldn't hit a single Marine, border patrol agent, or vehicle. They either struck the sand or water, though this is because the arrows would either bounce of their armor or vehicles.
Than soon after, 5,000 Marines and half of every armored vehicle start engaging the 1,000 pony guard's that passed the 200 meters (656 feet) limit.
The other 2,000 guards entered the battle, only to be intercepted by the other 5,000 with the rest of the armored vehicles. Soon the beach was engulfed by the sounds no pony has heard for thousands of years.
The true sounds of war, the sounds the Marines where all to familiar with.
Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash, Jeremy Manowar, Joshua Richardson perspective
Jeremy and Joshua where picking off pegasus with their VHS-2's as they ran across the battlefield at sprinting speed with the help of their exo-suit's. U.S. Marines jumped 11 feet, ran full sprint, and fired their rifled and made it look easy all around the 2 border patrol agent's.
Joshua and Jeremy than saw a light blue pegasus and a orange pony running towards them full speed with anger in their eyes.
The two looked at each other and with a hand motion alone, they understand the tactic they were going to deploy, they both sprinted towards them, interlocked in a crash course with the ponies. Jeremy than sleed towards the orange one, while Joshua jumped towards the light blue pegasus. Once Jeremy came within range of the orange pony, he lifted both of his legs to plant them in the orange ponies muzzle, and in seconds his leg made contact with her muzzle. She toppled over before getting up once again and charging at him with an axe sporting a long handle, hitting his leg, though duo to the his exo-suit armors aluminium plating and the strength difference between the two, it didn't make contact with his skin.
Jeremy than lunged at her at a speed she wasn't expecting, once he reached her he sleed to her 8 o'clock and kicked her hind leg with 40% of the exo-suit's power, knocking her down immediately. Soon after he grabbed the back of her neck, he grabbed his tazer putting it to her chest, pulled the trigger sending 150 bolts of electricity into her, knocking her out cold.
While Jeremy and Apple Jack fought, Joshua fought Rainbow Dash. Joshua fell to the ground with Rainbow Dash flying towards him with determination in her eyes, once they met Rainbow used all her strength to knock him towards the ground faster, and surprisingly it worked, though not in the way she would've wanted because as soon as he was going towards the ground he broke her hold and flew towards the area of ground behind her without warning. Not to long after she got distracted by the sight of the battlefield, these creatures seemed to duck, dodge, jump, and slide while in the air or ground without any trouble, doing so as if it where second nature to them.
After staring at the creatures unstable movements, she felt a small pain in her wing, and than another, and another, than she looked towards her left wing to only find it blooded with holes, it than stopped flapping, sending her towards the ground. Once she hit the ground, she noticed what cuased her to lose her ability to fly, it was the same creature that she fought not to long ago, and he was pointing the long black stick he and his friend were using to kill pegasus before her and Apple Jack fought them.
"Freeze, don't move!"
princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, Lt. Tristan Summers, Gunnery sergeant Nathan Reeds, 3rd person
"Nathan, take the large blue one and I'll take the purple one"
"So you're going to make me deal with the bigger fish huh?" Nathan said as he unholstered his M5 Cobra while Tristan took out his M-41A2CAR while he ran m towards the two alicorns, once they came into range, Nathan screamed as he rammed into Luna's right side, knocking her to her side.
Luna was caught off guard by the sudden attack, she than looked at her attacker, once she saw her attacker she swelled up with rage.
"How dare you attack a princess!"
"Because you ordered you're guard's to attack the 10,000 marines under Tristans command, so you're under arrest"
"No, thee will be smited with the Devine power of our magic!" Luna than fires a magic bolt at him, only for it to dissipate upon contact. Upon realizing her bolts where useless, she tried casting a spell of exhaustion, only for it to dissipate as well.
She than realized that she was fighting a losing against an enemy immune to her attacks, so she kicked him with all her might, she was able to knock him back 3 feet away from her, she took this time to scream in her royal Canterlot voice.
"Retreat!"
She than turned to Twilight, who seemed to be fighting another creature, though she looked far worse than Luna, but still stood tall.
Until she was pulled away towards a running Luna, who pulled an unconscious Apple Jack as well. Twilight than started looking around, only to spot injured guards, only to realize that it's not even half of their fighting force running away from the creatures and their beasts, who were either picking them off from fix position, or running after them...
Author's Note
The shogun-class superdreadnought, Legion-class battleship, Centurion-class battlecruiser, Siege-class Amphibious Assault megacarrier, Cymrea-class fleet drone carrier, Oceana-class stealth battlecarrier, M7A1 inquisitor, M12A1 Goliath, Athlit beachstorm connector, Nimbus transport Zeppelin, M5 Cobra, M-41A2CAR, and M6A1 Crusader belong to Afterskies on deveintart.
The Eagle-class carrier, CVX-100, A-11 Ghost, and F/A-60 cutlass 2 UCAV belong to bagera3005 on deveintart.
(Remember, constructive criticism is accepted :D)
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