Of War and Ponies

As the film starts to play, Mistmane watches the sun rise above the horizon, "For a world that does not control the weather, the seasons, or the sun and moon, that is a beautiful sunrise."

Cautious watches the film as the attack begins, naming off the ships on battleship row and their locations, "This one here is the battleship USS Arizona, the ship next to her is the USS Vestal and narrowly escapes sinking." As the film continues on, she watches and sheds a few tears at remembering how badly the Arizona was burning, "This one here that is moving is the USS Nevada, and was the only one to move from her spot." She hears a few ponies crying at how much damage is being done to the ships, with all eight battleships being disabled and one damaged beyond repair.

When the film ends, there isn't a single dry eye in the room. Even Star Swirl sheds tears at seeing one ship explode and become engulfed in flames and smoke, with something causing the water to catch fire. Feeling sympathy for those on the ships trying to get to safety, unable to do so because of the burning water around the ship, "Oh those poor, poor sailors..."

Cautious then looks to Celestia and then begins the rest of her report by handing her an envelope, "Smooth Deal stayed behind to do what he could to assist them without being seen, I should be heading back after a good meal."

Celestia hangs her head in sorrow at the severity of the damage dealt, "I...I have never seen such terrible destruction such as that. What does everypony think, Should we make our presence known to Earth and try to help bring peace between the nations?"

The first to speak up is Star Swirl as he sighs and looks at Celestia, "My thoughts about this after seeing the film are that we need to know more about their military history, we know virtually nothing besides the events that are happening and those teams have not yet gathered any information about the nation's histories. I think that we should stay hidden until we understand more about these humans, and let them deal with the issues while we catch up on their history so we can understand how they think. After we accomplish that, we will be able to help them."

After his vote, Mage Meadowbrook slows her crying, "With how much pain this war is causing the humans on earth, I think we should make first contact and help them find peace."

Somnambula looks to Mage Meadowbrook briefly before looking at Celestia, "My thoughts are with Mage Meadowbrook, we should do what we can to help them stop the suffering this war is causing."

Rockhoof listens to their opinions and sighs, "I think that we should stay hidden, their savagery could get us involved in their war."

Flash Magnus thinks for a moment before looking to Celestia, "I also think that we should remain hidden, the casualties would be too high on our side due to their advanced weapons."

Mistmane looks to Celestia, "My thoughts are that we should help them find peace, so they can preserve the beauty that is in their world."

Twilight sighs and looks to Celestia and Luna, "My thoughts are divided, I can understand that we should do what we can to help them out. On the other hoof, I also understand that by helping them, we put ourselves in danger of being caught up in their war."

Applejack looks around the room, then to Celestia, "Ah think that if we help 'em, we'll get caught up in their war. Our world, along with those of us that live in it, will suffer like theirs are right now."

Rarity looks at Celestia, "My thoughts are that we should learn more about their world, darling. That way we can improve ourselves and help them find peace in a safer manner."

Fluttershy peeks at Celestia with one eye, "I think that we should show them how kind we are and help them make peace and become friends with each other."

Pinkie Pie smiles at Celestia, "I think we should help them find peace so we can plan a peace party and help them become friends with each other."

Rainbow looks at the others and turns her eyes to Celestia, "I would rather stay hidden because we don't really have anything to be even with their forces. Equestria does have the Elements of Harmony but can only be used against one opponent at a time. Even then, they can only banish them, restore them, or turn them to stone. Flight is in our favor, but humans can fly as well, though they don't have wings. Magic is in our favor as well, but even it has limits."

Stygian sighs and looks to Celestia, "I understand that many of you want to help stop their war, but with how dangerous their technology is, we don't have much of a chance should they turn their weapons on us from some honest misunderstanding. This attack was done by just one type of machine using multiple ranged weaponry, we do not know what the capabilities of their machines and weapons are. We simply must have that knowledge before making an appearance, we are not their equals in warfare. We may as well be using sticks and stones, while they have stronger weapons equal to a cannon and a large battleax."

Sunburst sighs as well, shaking his head and looking sorrowfully at Princess Celestia, "I share Stygian's, and Star Swirl the Bearded's opinions on the matter, we are sorely lacking in knowledge. We have plenty of heart and courage, but the risks are too great for our world."

Starlight looks at her friend Sunburst and looks to Celestia with a sad smile, "I am sorry Princess Celestia, but as much as I want to help stop the war...the risk of losing our world to their violence is just too great a chance to take."

Spike looks at everyone as they turn their eyes to him, waiting to hear his opinion about this. He nervously gulps and clears his throat, "Umm...I think that this second world war thing is super scary, we need to consider how much we would lose if something were to go wrong during negotiations. What if they all blamed us and began attacking us together? This is too great a decision for just us to decide without the others that share our world with us."

Luna smiles at Spike and nods her head, "You are very right about that Spike. Sister, let's gather the other races' representatives as well. I know just who might be able to gather them for this summit...Discord, please show yourself. I have an urgent task for you."

Discord pops out of Luna's mane and stands beside her, "You rang? What is the task, Princess Luna?"

She looks at Discord and sighs, "I need you to go get a few representatives for a summit regarding a decision that will affect all of Equis. Please bring Cadance, Dragon Lord Ember, Thorax, Prince Rutherford, Chief Thunderhooves, and Seabreeze to this room. Inform them that their opinion is needed on a very important matter, but be quiet when you go get Seabreeze as he is a Breezie and is very small."

Discord stands up straight and salutes the princess with a propeller beanie appearing on his head, spinning the blade with a finger, "At once Your Majesty. Up, up and away!" He flies into the ceiling and passes through it, on his way to gather the representatives for the summit.

On Earth at Dusk, at Pearl Harbor

Smooth Deal is watching teams working to get to the sailors still trapped inside the ships, using his hooves to tap on the metal to get their attention when he hears a distant noise entering the harbor. He swivels his head around and looks to see the carrier Enterprise creeping into the harbor with many sailors standing on her deck, passing a distance away from the burning USS Arizona. With a stern look on his face, he looks at all the damage as he starts to feel anger rise within him, "I will not let this go without retribution... They will be made accountable."

Equana watches the human's efforts to save the lives of the sailors trapped within the ships, tears running down her face as she looks upon the USS Arizona. With a heavy sigh, she makes her way out onto the water towards the devastated ship. She stops near the still-smoking hull and lowers her head in reverence to the ship, "You and your crew have been dealt a cruel fate Arizona, damaged beyond repair and shall never roam the seas again. What if you were given a second chance, would you wish to perform your duty once more?"

A faint metallic groan and a creak are made by the burning hull of Arizona, giving her an answer while the bodies of her sailors are sealed inside.

She tilts her head further until some of her tears run down her horn and form a single, large teardrop that falls off the tip and into the water below, "Your response has been heard, may your spirit rise again and come with me. Be sure you bring your crew unfortunately trapped within you, they will be required for you have some training to do if you want to learn to control your new abilities."

Smooth Deal looks around the harbor, feeling a strange presence. From the corner of his eye, he thinks he sees a tall, pure white alicorn with a clear, misty mane standing near the Arizona's hull. Blinking his eyes again, he doesn't see them and shrugs his shoulders until he sees the wreckage of the ship start to glow a faint bluish gray. He rubs a foreleg against his eyes and looks again as the glow intensifies in brightness, his jaw drops open as he sees a ghostly shadow rise up from the ships resting place to float on the surface.

Equana looks at the hidden unicorn, smiling at them before turning her attention to the spirit starting to make its way past the Enterprise and towards the entrance to the bay, "Let's go, there is much to do and learn."

In Equestria an hour later, at the Summit in the throne room at Canterlot

Seabreeze sits in the hands of Discord, an angry scowl on is face as he floats toward Princess Celestia, "What do you think you are doing?! We have pollen to collect and a limited window to get it back home safely!"

Celestia nods and sighs, "My apologies but we have gathered every pony and creature we know that deserves to know what is going on in order to make an informed decision on something that may affect our whole world. There are two films we need to show you, as well as things to tell you before watching the films."

Seabreeze sighs in frustration, then returns to Discord's hands in annoyance, "Fine, but this better not take forever! Pollen does not collect itself you know!"

The new arrivals all listen to the information that was gathered, shocked at hearing how violent and cruel some of the events are. They watch as the first film is loaded and shows the German army occupying Paris and marching down the main street, making a few beings raise their eyebrows in curiosity. They watch the second film and many of them shed tears at watching the ships burn, leaving the room silent as they consider what their opinions are, about helping them find peace and making first contact with them.

Seabreeze looks to Celestia and shakes his head, "You want us to make first contact and help bring them peace?! Have you lost your mind, Princess Celestia! Our world is dangerous enough without those kinds of weapons coming here, my answer is NO!"

Celestia listens to each of their thoughts on the matter and looks at the group, "I know many of you are worried for our world, and we do need to know much more about their world. I do believe that we should do what we can to help them, because if we succeed and help them find peace, they may help us catch up in technology. Let us make this big decision together. With all of this information laid out before you all, please cast your votes yes or no in favor of making first contact and assisting the nations however we can to find peace." She looks to her former student, "Princess Twilight, please write down the names and their votes. We will tally them after everyone in the room has voted."

Twilight pulls out a large piece of paper and begins to write down names on the list, "Okay, I am ready for your votes. One at a time, please call out your name and how you are voting. I will then write it down on the list and count and read them aloud."

Chief Thunderhooves clears his throat and starts the vote, "Chief Thunderhooves votes Yes." He then looks around and waits for the next one to speak up.

She pays close attention to each one, writing them down one at a time as they are called out. Having to add a couple of names to the list due to accidentally forgetting they were there, she finishes the votes with Celestia being the last to cast her vote. Counting them up and writing the numbers down, she looks around the room and raises her voice, "After tallying the results, I have 12 votes saying yes and 12 votes saying no, the vote is tied."

Celestia looks around the room and counts everyone in the room, counting 25 beings in the room including herself. She then turns her attention to her student, "Twilight, did everypony cast their vote?"

Twilight looks at the list, "I think so...let me double check." She then counts the names and looks around the room to see the corresponding creature the name belongs to, "Yes they all did Princess Celestia, what went wrong?"

She smiles at her, "Did YOU vote, Twilight?"

The purple alicorn looks at the list and chuckles in embarrassment, "Oops, silly me. I am still unsure which choice I am going to make."

Luna looks at the young princess of friendship and smiles, "Then it is up to you to make your choice and break the tie, do we go and help them...or do we stay hidden and gather more knowledge?"

Twilight paces back and forth in between the two groups, thinking of what she feels would be best for their world. With a sigh, she stops pacing and looks at Princess Celestia, "I do think that we should do what we can to help them, but at the same time I also feel that there is a great deal of risk if we assist them unprepared." Making her decision, she sighs and lifts her head, "I vote we stay hidden for now and gather the knowledge we require and send better spies than the ones over there currently, though we will keep the spies we have there to keep track of the war. The kind of knowledge we need is about their technology, weapons, machines, and what else they have available to them. We also need to know about their history, and what are their nation's histories with warfare?"

Celestia sighs and nods her head, "The choice has been made, and we shall remain hidden and find a better way to gather the knowledge we seek. Thank you for your time, you may choose to stay if you wish and offer ideas about how we will gather knowledge."

She looks to Celestia, "I might have an idea, but it would be tricky. Do you still want to hear it?"

They all look at Twilight curiously as the solar princess raises an eyebrow, "Please share your idea, how is it tricky?"

Twilight swallows her doubt and stands straight, "Well it hinges on if they would be willing to use their skills for the benefit of our world." She then looks at Thorax and bows respectfully to him, "Thorax, king of the Changelings. Would it be too much to send a few changelings to Earth and borrow historical books regarding anything related to the various nations' histories or their histories of warfare?"

Thorax sighs as he looks around to see all eyes turn to him with mouths agape at what Twilight is suggesting, then looks back at her, "You wish to send several infiltrators over there to borrow books that are relevant to the knowledge we require?"

She gulps and looks back at him nervously, "Y-Yes I am Your Highness because after we borrow those books and copy them, we will give them back to the buildings they were taken from. What do you think of my proposal, Your Highness?"

He taps his hoof on the ground a moment, concentrating on the floor below it. Coming to a decision, he looks back up to Twilight and smiles, "I think it is a brilliant idea, though a bit risky. It will give the infiltrators the opportunity to use and improve their skills for the good of our world, how many are you thinking of sending over there?"

Twilight chuckles nervously, "I am thinking around a thousand infiltrators, that way we can gather the required information within a reasonable amount of time."

Thorax stares at Twilight with his jaw hanging open and eyes wide open, then recovers and blinks twice, "One thousand infiltrators, are you crazy or asking to start a war?!"

She sighs and looks at him sorrowfully, "I know it is an awful lot to send over there, but with how large these lands are and how advanced the Human races are, we need to send that many. I am not trying to start a war with them, we are in desperate need to know about their history, their history with war, and what kind of technology is available to them."

He sighs and shakes his head, "I will speak to the hive and find out which ones would wish to go on this task, I will require further knowledge about the locations they will be going to and the parameters to follow. I will be going now, Discord, can you please return me to the hive?"

Discord pops up near him and smiles, "Of course I will, I had to get Seabreeze back to the others so they can finish gathering the pollen." He lays a paw on the changeling's neck and appears at the hive and waves goodbye to Thorax, "Ta ta for now, my friend." He then snaps his fingers and reappears in the throne room of Canterlot to return the others to their homes as well.

Celestia looks to Cautious Step and sighs, "Thank you for delivering this report, please rest and get a good meal before you return."

Cautious looks back at her and sighs regretfully, "I wish I could rest, but with this sudden attack on Pearl, I must do what I can to assist the humans that are trapped in those ships. However, I will have a meal and take one with me to him when I head back." She then bows to her, turns around, and makes her way to the kitchens.

Twilight then sighs and hangs her head, "Do you know how many are trapped on those ships?"

She stops and then looks back over her shoulder, "If I had to guess, I would estimate around ten thousand humans more or less. The Arizona had about 1,200 soldiers on board when she sank, which only a few escaped with their lives." She then continues on her way to the kitchens.

The Princess of Friendship's eyes well up with tears at hearing the number of humans trapped in the ships, she looks up and around the room to see a few others crying.

Cautious watches as a unicorn races past her down the hall and into the throne room thinking, 'What else has happened?' She returns to the doors to the throne room and stays out of view, activating her invisibility so she can listen to what the pony has to say, stepping back into the room as a guard closes the door behind her.

Dork Fish races towards the Princess and sees several others in the room, then skids to a stop in front of Princess Celestia. He looks warily around the room and cocks his head, lowering his voice, "Is it safe Princess?"

Celestia sighs and nods her head, "Yes, it is safe. Deliver your report from Germany..."

He breathes in relief and then clears his throat, "Your Majesty, we apologize for not reporting back for some time. There are soldiers stationed outside the portal, so we had to put them asleep in order to make our report. Here is what we have learned lately since our last report." He pulls out a list and starts to read off what has happened in the past few months, "In February, Erwin Rommel arrived in Tripoli, Libya. Near the end of the month, Germany started bombing the city of Swansea in South Wales. In April, Germany invaded Yugoslavia during the middle of the month, they arrived in Belgrade and then Athens at the end of the month. In mid-May, the Germans launched an airborne invasion of Crete. Four days later, The German battleship Bismarck sank the Battlecruiser HMS Hood, and all but three crew members survived. Three days after sinking the Hood, the British sank the Bismarck, with just over a hundred of her crew out of 2,200 surviving. In June, the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. In July, the Germans initiated mass killings of Polish scientists and writers in the captured Polish city of Lwów. At the very end of May, Hitler tasked Hermann Göring with developing a plan for the Final Solution to the Jewish question. In August, Hitler put an end to the Action T4 program which called for the mentally ill and handicapped to be killed. In September, the Germans led a siege against Leningrad, the Soviet Union's second-largest city. At the end of the month, German troops executed 33,771 Jews of the capital city Kiev in the Ukraine with help from police and collaborators at a ravine called Babi Yar which became known as the Babi Yar massacre. In October, the Germans started an all-out offensive against Moscow. In November, just outside of Moscow, the temperature dropped to -12 Celsius and the Soviets sent Ski Troops to fight against the German forces. By the end of November, the German troops got as close to Moscow as they could as the freezing troops were under attack by the Soviets. Finally, December has the Germans being slowly driven back towards Germany. That is the last bit of information we have for you, Your Majesty. We are starting to get closer to finding out where they have taken the pony they captured, we think that they are in Berlin. If that is all Your Majesty, I should be getting back before the spell wears off and they wake up."

Luna stares on in shock as Celestia dismisses the pony and takes the information from them, "It's...it's official then..."

Celestia watches Dork Fish leave before turning to Luna with concern, "What is official Luna?"

She continues to stare into space, "The entire world of Earth is at war, so much death... so much misery... Germany and Hitler are both evil..." She then says no more as she faints and falls to the floor, overwhelmed by all of the tragic events happening.

Rarity gasps as she sees Princess Luna fall to the floor, hearing a thud next to her, and sees that Fluttershy had also fainted beside her, "FLUTTERSHY! ARE YOU ALRIGHT DARLING!?"

Celestia sighs and then looks at both Luna and Fluttershy, "Let's take them to my room, this news will take some time for them to recover from."

Cautious Step quickly makes her way back towards the kitchen for some food before the other team member notices her as her mind tries to make sense of things, "I just hope that this world war doesn't come to Equestria..."

Dork Fish hurries back towards the portal room when he senses a moderate drain of magic in the area close to the door where his portal is, "The open portal must be creating this pull when it is open, portals can't drain magic when they are closed. Therefore, there's no reason to worry about it, but I better hurry back to my partner because we have to keep looking for that pony." He then goes through the repaired door and then the portal to hear his partner, 'Psst, over here.'

She returns from the kitchen to see a pony walk through the door across from the one she uses, piquing her curiosity. She then makes her way to the door, then waits for a few moments before opening it silently and sees the rear of a pony pass through it. She decides to stay inside the room for the portal to close, ensuring that it closes.

Cautious waits for an hour until the door disappears when she senses a moderate drain in the area as she exits the room, heading back to her portal curious as to why there is a drain of magic in the area, "I will have to make note of this occurrence for my next report, I must return to Smooth and discuss our next plan of action for gathering intel." She then activates the portal and walks through it, then waits on the other side as she notices a storm starting to brew, with the area having a higher magic content when there should be none. Unable to do anything about it, she just shakes her head and continues waiting, "I wonder who is responsible for this snafu, whoever it is...I'm glad it's not my fault."

The Next Day, in the throne room at Canterlot

It is just past 11:30 a.m. when Celestia is just getting out of the throne for lunch as the last petitioner exits the room when she suddenly hears the radio crackle to life and a female voice speaking, "Please stand by for an important announcement from the President of the United States of America at 12:30 p.m." Causing her to gasp and run out of the room to go get her sister Luna to hear it with her, then pulls out a letter and writes an urgent summons to Twilight. Not taking the time to explain it clearly she simply writes, 'Important announcement from the President of the United States, COME IMMEDIATELY!' and sends it off in a flash.

Luna's Dream

Luna is walking through the eerily quiet and devastated town of Ponyville, seeing windows boarded up, scrapes and dents in the walls of a few buildings left standing when she hears a barely audible 'psst' come from somewhere. Curious, she investigates the noise and heads towards the schoolhouse, when she is suddenly pulled inside Sugar Cube Corner by a pony who quiets her by putting a hoof over her mouth and kicking the door shut. She looks around the room and sees Pinkie Pie with a straight mane cut short standing in the corner, her body having a few bad burns and scars on it. Applejack is in the corner with different scars from the burns that Pinkie has, her signature hat is gone along with her mane and tail being buzzed off. Rainbow is sitting on the edge of one table near Applejack with no wings on her back and her mane is buzzed short as well, holding some sort of slim dagger in a hoof before flipping it end over end twice and chucking it at the wall. Luna watches it land dead center in a black swastika atop a white circle on a red background of a recruitment poster with a pony standing beside a proud German soldier saluting the same way wearing black hoofshoes with a swastika symbol in the center of the shoe.

The mysterious voice then sighs, "Calm down, we will not hurt you despite the rumors they spread." She watches from a dark corner as Rainbow looks at Luna with contempt.

She hops off the table and approaches the princess angrily, "You have some balls coming here to our last sanctuary. Where the hell were you when we needed your leadership the most?! You fucking vanished after your sister died at the siege of Canterlot, Twilight saw that and went insane, then she was taken by the Nazis. Where the fuck were you all this time when we were suffering, HUH!?!"

The mystery pony then glares at Rainbow from her dark place with only a few rays of dim light falling on her and shoves her back with her magic, not happy to see the missing Alicorn, "Back the fuck off Rainbow, Luna is a sheltered pony that thinks friendship and kindness can defeat anything."

Rainbow looks at her and then laughs cruelly, "Yeah right, if friendship and kindness can defeat anything, Rarity and Fluttershy or as we call her, 'Mini Hitler' would still be our friends. They would not be out there, trying to mercilessly hunt us down right now."

Luna cocks her head in confusion, "What happened to make them betray you?"

The room falls silent as Pinkie looks at Luna with a sad face, "When the nazis invaded our world, they laid siege to Canterlot two months after surrounding the Crystal Empire and forcing them to surrender. Rarity was visiting her boutique in the city with her sister about a new summer line of dresses when the first shots were heard in the city, creating mass panic as ponies tried to find safety. Rarity teleported her sister and everyone inside the shop with her to the castle where she thought they would be safe. They remained there for a few hours until German soldiers stormed the castle, but were driven back by Celestia when one of their tanks we later learned was a Panzer 4 stayed put and fought against her. The first shot was deflected by her magic but was nearly struck when a second one appeared and took her by surprise when it fired at her. She held her own for a few minutes and managed to melt them both as she was forced to become Daybreaker, she thought she had won but then two more Panzer 4's appeared...with an even larger tank following just behind them called a Maus. Finding herself on the defensive quickly, she destroyed one of the Panzer 4's when the Maus fired at her. The shell shattered her barrier and exploded right in front of her. Rarity watched in horror as the princess's body was splattered all over the ponies cowering behind her for protection. When yet another large tank appeared called a Tiger and passed by the other three surviving tanks, they called for their surrender. Frozen with fear, they couldn't answer when one pony started to cackle madly. As the Germans took that as their answer, they opened fire on them all and killed nearly all of them with the exception of Twilight, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and I. After the soldiers took them as prisoners, they cut off Rarity and Sweetie Belle's horns and put them in a dark prison cell with no light and moldy bread to eat and stale water to drink. That is only the beginning of the misery visited upon them when Rarity was forced to watch them torture her younger sister for weeks until one day they skinned her alive and butchered her body for food to supply their troops. Nearly driven insane after watching all that, she was repeatedly raped and eventually gave birth to a young colt with a black coat, blonde hair, and brown eyes when she was finally pushed over the edge when Adolf Hitler came to inspect the foal. He scowled in disgust at it and pulled out his pistol and shot it in front of her eyes and told them to dispose of it and try again."

She trembles and shudders after hearing that as her eyes start to shrink, "H-How awful...w-what happened to Fluttershy?"

The wingless pegasus then crosses her arms, "I'll tell you the short version of what happened to 'Mini Hitler'. Two weeks after Canterlot was taken, Fluttershy, the Wonderbolts, and I were trying to help ponies find safety when the fucking Germans started shelling the city. The royal guards stationed here to protect the city tried to defend it when bombers attacked the station and blew up the train loaded with ponies trying to get to safety, with nowhere left to go as the soldiers surrounded the town while half of it on fire or destroyed, the few of us that were left tried to use our speed and abilities to control the weather to drive the soldiers back. We managed to take out a few of their tanks before the Luftwaffe wiped out the Wonderbolt team. I saw soldiers set fire to the schoolhouse where we put many families and their children, so Fluttershy and I went to go help stop them and put the fire out. We managed to take out the soldiers and started to put the fire out, after it was out we went to remove the debris to open the doors when it collapsed in on itself and killed everyone inside as the fire started to burn again. I continued to help Fluttershy try to put the fire out, taking us a half hour before it finally went out completely when she rushed to the front to move away the debris to try to save those trapped inside. She managed to open up the doors when a foal stumbled clumsily out and collapsed, as she caught the foal, the hide underneath the coat slid off the blackened body in pieces. Fluttershy wailed at what had happened and charged towards the soldiers, taking their lives in her rage at the death of the families trapped in the school. I followed after her closely and we managed to do a fair amount of damage to their forces before a wave of fire passed just over my head and sent me to the ground screaming in pain as my wings burned. I blacked out for a few moments and woke up to hear Fluttershy sobbing uncontrollably, I turned my head to look at her and saw that her wings were cut off and that there were a few soldiers sitting around a large room eating some kind of meat. I looked away and saw a pile of skin belonging to various creatures in the Everfree Forest and around Ponyville, I saw a skin belonging to a white rabbit and realized what had happened...they had captured and probably tortured Fluttershy's animal friends, and were eating them before her very eyes. After that, they raped both of us but only Fluttershy got pregnant. After she gave birth to a white foal with blonde hair and blue eyes, fucking Adolf Hitler smiled and took the foal from her. Fluttershy begged and pleaded to remain with her foal, swearing to do whatever they asked her to do if they granted her request." She then looks at the poster and says, "You see the pony in the recruitment poster, take a closer look."

Luna looks at the poster a little closer and notices that the pony in the poster is butter yellow, with a light pink cropped mane and tail with moderate opal eyes and gasps in disbelief, "N-No...n-no way...th-that cannot be her!"

Rainbow nods her head and looks at the disgraced princess, "It is her, Mini Hitler aka Fluttershy."

She continues to stare at the poster for several seconds in shock, then turns her head to look at the pony, "I can't believe what is happening...could you come into the light so that I can see you and get your name?"

The pony then thinks about it for a moment, "Hmm..." before getting off the chair and slowly walking towards her, "I suppose I should if you don't recognize my voice by now..."

Luna watches the new pony make their appearance, seeing a pony similar to either Twilight or Starlight, "Twilight...is...is that...you, or are you Starlight?"

The mystery pony looks at her with a scowl and yells, "Don't you dare say that name, you don't have the right to utter it after what the Nazi scientists and doctors did to both of us!"

She looks at the pony curiously, trying to understand what she means, "What did they do the both of you?? I don't understand what you are trying to say."

The pony then sighs in aggravation, "Right...you have been gone for 10 years so you wouldn't know... Allow me to show you...what...I...mean..." She then steps into the moonlight to show herself, "My name is Starlight Glimmer, we met after my friends and I freed the old geezer pillars of Equestria."

Luna looks on in horror at what she sees before her, a body mostly matching Starlight Glimmer's coat but having eyes of two different colors with a scar running around her forehead down to her cheek and then around the back of her head over her neck. Her back also has a strange addition that doesn't seem natural, seeing some feather tips in the light. Not sure if she is seeing things or not, she takes a closer look and spots some well hidden scars and gasps saying, "What have they done to you, Starlight?"

Starlight looks at her with a cruel grin, "Well, after we tried to defend the Tree of Harmony, which is dust now, the Nazis captured me and took me prisoner, I was in the same place they took Twilight. I was happy at finding my mentor, but she was a complete basket case and helped them out with experiments, their equations, and their calculations. After they got what they wanted out of her, they put us both in a room and performed an experimental surgery on me. They took one of her eyes, and both of her wings, and transplanted them both into my body. With her last breath, she said At least we will be together forever."

Luna then starts to scream bloody murder as she finds herself atop a hill overlooking Equestria as numerous shadows belonging to strange ships as they begin firing at each other in the distance, catching the town of Ponyville in the crossfire and turning it into a field full of gore and craters. She continues screaming as she sees the sun and moon both hang in the sky, symbolizing that the balance is broken. Not noticing a being of pure white as it walks towards her through the destroyed world around her until the bright light catches her attention, forcing her to stop screaming. She tries to identify the creature within the bright light, squinting her eyes to try to make out any detail, "S-Sister...I-Is that you?!"

The spirit continues to approach her and chuckles lightheartedly, continuing to stride across the peaceful world-turned battleground. Ignoring the devastation all around her, she makes her way to Luna and sighs, "No, I am not your sister. Who I am is not important right now, what is important is that you know that this is only a nightmare." She plucks a wisp of smoke from the ground and squints her eyes at it, "Tantabus, begone you miserable pest." then squashes it with her magic and incinerates it before turning her eyes back to Luna, "I will help out whenever or wherever I am needed most, it is crucial that nothing is done that can anger either nation. Learn what you can of that world, but if you make the wrong choice...this may become a possible reality. Heed my warning well Luna, and help guide both worlds through rough times indirectly and unknown." She then starts to walk away with a smile on her face at having saved the sanity of the young Alicorn, sighing while thinking, 'Ahh, it must be nice to be so young...'

She cocks her head and looks at the strange Alicorn, "Wait!!! Who are you... What is your name?" She sighs as the creature vanishes from sight while laughing instead of answering her question. She is then woken from her dream roughly by somepony shaking her awake. She looks at her fearfully for a brief moment, before blinking a couple of times and seeing that the pony is her sister then quickly grabs her for a hug, "Cece, what is the matter?"

Celestia hugs her sister back, then feels her entire body shaking, "It can wait until I know that you are okay. What causes you to shake this badly Lulu?"

Luna trembles and closes her eyes as a few tears escape her eyes, "Oh it was so horrible, let me tell you what happened..." then releases her grip on her sister and starts telling her about what she saw and heard in the dream.

She then gasps after hearing that as her eyes are wide with fear for a moment before she regains control of herself and starts to worry instead, "That must have been horrifying for you to experience Lulu, I think that somepony is looking after us all but we will heed their warning and be cautious with our interactions to protect the future of our world." She then looks up for a moment before looking back at her sister worriedly, "Are you willing to get up? There is an important announcement coming over the radio from the President of the United States at 12:30 p.m. I just wanted to hear it with you by my side sister, I fear what we will hear from their lips."

Luna forces herself to stop shaking and rises from bed, nodding, "Alright, let's go listen to what they will be saying about the attack yesterday." She then hurries after her sister down the halls at a fast canter.

Twilight stands in the throne room with the other elements wondering where the princesses are at, "Umm...Princess Celestia, are you here?" when she hears the doors open violently and crash against the walls, causing her to gasp in surprise and look at who was entering the room. Sighing in relief at seeing Princess Celestia and Luna hastily entering the room, slamming the doors behind them, "Oh Princess Celestia and Luna, you both startled me. Is there something the matter that you have called us all here so urgently?"

She looks to Twilight quickly, "What time is it Twilight?" continuing on her path to the throne.

The young Alicorn cocks her head curiously, "It is currently 12:20 p.m. Princess Celestia, what is going on?" and follows Celestia down the aisle hoping for an answer.

Celestia looks behind her at Twilight then sighs and stops to face her, "This morning, I was about to go get lunch when I heard that there was going to be an important announcement made by the President of the United States of America at 12:30 p.m. TODAY, IN AN HOUR."

They all gasp and follow Celestia and Luna as they sit behind the throne, casting a spell to seal the doors shut and silence the room as Discord appears next to Fluttershy. They take their places around the back of the throne, anxiously waiting to hear the announcement when the radio crackles to life saying, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States. I now present to you Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the U.S.A. Please quiet down and give your full attention to this national message.'

The whole room is dead silent as Luna turns up the volume so everypony can clearly hear them as she keeps quiet and listens to the broadcast with bated breath.

After hearing the national anthem play, Twilight feels a bit of pride well up within herself and wonders what the words are to it, "I wonder what that song is called..."

Discord looks on into space and answers her question, "The name of their national anthem is 'The Star-Spangled Banner' and the words to it are as follows. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what we so proudly hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, what is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, as it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, in full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore that the havoc of war and battle's confusion, a home and country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! Thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.' And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

Luna gasps at hearing the lyrics to the anthem, "From how it is worded, it sounds like they fought for their freedom against some tyrant and won it. How do you know those lyrics Discord?"

He looks at her and sighs, "Well a few centuries ago before I was reformed, I was looking around for different events to find some sort of chaos that I could harness the magic from it and break free from that stone prison that Celestia and Luna turned me into the first time when I found a battle going on at some sort of a military installation. I watched it for a little while and learned those lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key as a poem originally, however, I found all the death disappointing and was bored to tears after the war finished and looked around elsewhere for more chaos to watch and gather. You all should know that I don't find death amusing, I only find amusement from a pony that can live through misery. Though that was long ago and I now find amusement in the misfortune that befalls your subjects."

Twilight then looks at him with wide eyes and asks, "Why didn't you look further into their world and learn what you could about it?!"

Discord blinks and then looks at her with a straight face saying, "I didn't look into it further for several reasons. One, I only had so much magic at my disposal because the elements stripped me of most my magic. Two, that world had absolutely no magic potential...at all. Lastly, that world carried a heavy feeling of death and doom for those that inhabit it, I don't know why but that world attracts misfortune and darkness that I did not like but Sombra might think it a paradise. Therefore I wanted nothing to involve myself with that world, and still don't so never ask me to go there...please."

Applejack cocks her head curiously as she catches a hint of a lie in there somewhere and asks suspiciously, "What is it about that world that you don't like, Discord? You aren't telling us something, so what is it really?"

He sighs and crosses his arms in annoyance saying, "I should have known that you and your connection with the Element of Honesty would let you detect that... Fine...I'll tell you why I left that world alone. It's because my sister Cosmos created that particular solar system, and she tried to kill me and trap me inside that planet like she did with so many others, however, I managed to get lucky and turned her into that solar system's sun. It took me eons to get my magic back after doing that, so I wandered the galaxies and explored the worlds looking for any that had intelligent life, not finding a whole lot until I found a gold mine of entertainment in this world. So I called it home, yada-yada, and you know how the rest of my story goes pretty much."