Briefing. A bizarre encounter
Briefing. A bizarre encounter
On the morning of December 16th 1944, Private Jimmy patterson of the office of strategic services is called into the briefing room for a chat with colonel Hargrove.
"Good morning lieutenant patterson. Its a pleasure to see you again. Im dreadfully sorry to wake you up so early, but our operatives in the French resistance have discovered something that needs our full and immediate attention. Now, there's still a pocket or two of Whermacht garrisons that have been tracked to the Pyrenees mountain range. Most have been killed by the elements, wild animals or the pursuing French partisans.
But thats only the good news. The bad news is the survivors have taken refuge in a small French village, but I should point out the term 'refuge' a vast understatement. Manon Baptiste, who is leading the partisans, has reported numerous accounts of the troops looting food, and any valuables, forcibly demanding the villagers to reveal if there are any resistance cells nearby, and even executing anyone that refuses to cooperate on the spot! I shouldn't have to tell you the seriousness of our situation.
However, there is SOME good news. Some of the French scouts have reported distressed villagers being rescued by a mostly unseen force. Oftentimes whenever Germans are harassing them, the soldiers would immediately get attacked by this force, usually dragged away out of our scouts line of sight.
We plan on sending you in via C-47. Parachute in on the outskirts of the village, then make your way through and rid the citizens of these pests! Manon and the rest of the Maquis will stay outside the village. A full-blown fire-fight between the resistance and Whermacht will only result in more deaths. One last thing. The scouts with sharp eyes have noticed the silhouettes of 6 equine-like animals roaming throughout the village, and reportedly heard the shouts of English-speaking women around. Their likely female SOE operatives. If you can, meet up with them and save the village. Good luck"!
December 16th 1944. 0330 hours. Pyrenees mountain range. France.
The sudden impact of the ground under his feet gave patterson quite the jolt. Now he knew how it felt to be the paratrooper rather than the pilot. He was just grateful German AAA emplacements weren't around. That would have made the jump all the more frightening. He unhooked his chute and went over his supplies: M1 Garand self-loading rifle, M1A1 Thompson submachine gun with a 20 round box magazine, M1897 trench shotgun, Colt .45 semiautomatic pistol with silencer, M1903 Springfield sniper rifle and Mk. 2 fragmentation grenades. He looked towards the outskirts of the village and proceeded through the surrounding woods, hoping to hook up with these mysterious spies.
In the middle of the village, a small group of 6 colorful ponies and a purple and green baby dragon had literally popped out of nowhere in a ball of purple light, all of them looking confused. "Wait, this isn't the Canterlot mall! I could have sworn I had the correct coordinates"! Said Twilight, a purple alicorn with the horn of a unicorn and wings of a Pegasus pony.
Spike looked up at her. "Well, what are you waiting for Twilight? Send us back"! Twilight tried to reteleport herself and her friends back to her castle, but her horn would only spark and the ball of purple light would occasionally appear and disappear without teleporting them. "I can't! Somethings wrong with my magic! Its as if its refusing to work"! She tried one last time, only to fail in vain. Twilight began to really panic. "What are we gonna do?? I was supposed to help Shining armour and Cadence pick out a gift for Flurry hearts birthday! Their gonna think Im a dead-beat aunt and neither talk to me or let me see Flurry heart ever again"! She started to hyperventilate, but a pat on her shoulder from Applejack calmed her down.
"There, there sugarcube. We just need to figure out where we are and find transportation to Canterlot". The girls and dragon looked around and immediately took notice of their unfamiliar surroundings. "Where are we, exactly"? Asked Rainbow Dash. "Certainly doesn't look like any town we've ever been to".
Twilight looked down the dark and empty streets and shouted "Hello"? Suddenly, the girls and dragon heard masculine voices in an unfamiliar language. "Was war das? Ich glaube da drüben ist jeman"! They then heard the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps. "Uh, we should probably hide". Said Rarity. The 7 friends ducked into a small alleyway and hid under an old blanket. What they saw shocked them. 3 tall, bipedal ape-like creatures carrying strange sticks and dressed in uniforms with steel helmets and black leather boots were searching the area the girls were standing in. By everyponies guess, they belonged to a military organisation or royal guard of some sort.
"Sie müssen in eines der haüser gerrant sein. Feinde sie"!
"Who, and what are these guys"? Asked Applejack. "No idea, but we should probably avoid them. They don't look to friendly". Said Twilight. The strange creatures then walked up to the nearby houses and pounded on the doors, thinking the girls were hiding inside.
"Aufmanchen! One of them waited a few moments and knocked again. "Aufmanchen! Jetz"!! The terrified woman slowly opened her door, her two children huddled behind her. She timidly spoke. "Vas-ten sil te plait"!
The soldier tensed up. "Ich werde dich nicht noch einmal fragen. Las mich rein, damit ich dein haus durchsuchen kann"!
He attempted to step inside but the woman stopped him. The German lost his temper, smacked her in the face with the butt of his Kar98k rifle and dragged one of the children out. "Gottverdammt, lass mich Jetzt rein oder ich male ich gehirne deiner jungs über die ganz wand"!! He smacked her son in the face with his rifle and took aim at the little boy, his face left with a nasty bruise and the mother crying out in horror.
"Non!! Philippe! Non"!! Rainbow Dash and Applejack Couldn't watch anymore of it. "Alright, thats it! We need to stop those monsters"! Rainbow said, before she and Applejack charged out of the alleyway to attack the surprised Kraught.
