//-------------------------------------------------------// Risen from the ruins -by drnachos- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// Intro to war //-------------------------------------------------------// Intro to war January 02 2060 24 Hours to doomsday The television at base camp on 3rd street crackled. Today the European Union deployed peacekeepers to Manhattan to secure national interests. The collapse of the United States assures Tri Alliance Victory in the war. Today a global summit was held in Moscow to discuss the future of the United States. The television turned to static. "War,War never changes. The third world war was at its climax. Most of the east coast was under European occupation. to the west coast China and Russia was occupying and attacking. But in America's heartland the US was stockpiling its last nuclear missiles. Their President had snapped when the spoils of war would bring the US to its kneels. The presidents motto, If the US dies the world shall die. On January 03 2060 Nuclear fire consumed the earth. cities were vaporized. The Human population of 19 trillion dwindled to about 1000 overnight. The last remnants of humanity died due to disease and famine. Humans have rained supreme on earth for 10000 years. All of that will change when the equines step up. This is the story of Zack Gutburg. A European invader in Manhattan." "Hurry the Fuck up Gutburg!" The fire of machine guns could be heard out side the cryonics center. "10-4 Winston. Enemy down. Building secure." "Regroup in side the building chaps! Bloody good show." Zack walked up the steps in the cryonic center. He and his team looked out the large window. Winston sipped from his canteen. Pierre just sat at the wheeled office chair sharpening his combat knife. "Look at those american cunts run. We got this was locked down. It will all be bloody over by February." Winston continued to consume his alcoholic beverage. The battle radio crackled. We got multiple american IBCMS targeted at every city in the world!" The group sat in silence. Fuck I don't wanna die! Most of the group scatterd through the building. Zack made his way to the 2nd floor and saw a cryonic machine. "If I don't wanna die this is my best bet." Zack jumped into the cryonic chamber and it automatically set itself for a 10,000 year deep sleep. //-------------------------------------------------------// Equine Archeology //-------------------------------------------------------// Equine Archeology "Judging by these samples we can estimate that the civilization that once existed here over 2000 years ago was highly advanced. Even by our standards we have not created anything like this. We must first understand their biology witch lead to their success. They were not Equine in nature. They walked upright,had fingers and did not have use of magic." The young archaeologist was presenting the site to the Equestrian Archaeology Department. Recently they had discovered the lost city of New York. Most ponies knew the tale of the great city that disapeard due to the spoils of war and greed. Equestrian mythology pointed the existence of humans was fiction. But not anymore. "This here is an advanced communication device." The young equine held in his hoof a black rectangle. Our Unicorn specialists have been able to reconstruct this wonderful peace of Human engineering to its former glory." A unicorn assistant walked up and used it horn to turn on the device. The image of an apple appeared on the screen. "There are many functions on this device that cannot be used. We believe they had an advanced network that connected their world. We can access video and photos of what this device had stored." The video then played. "Hey guys its me Robert. Recently our apartment has been over run with European troops. Were just glad the Russians or Chinese weren't here. They would be much more harsh to the civilians." Robert walked outside to see tanks rolling down the street. Troops marching in formation near NYC City Hall. The american flag was lowered and the flag of the European union flew high. Just then the sound of screams filled the air as a mushroom cloud could be seen near Ellis Island. Debris flew everywhere and the camera turned black. "From the data we have gathered we believe that they destroyed themselves in some sort of mass extinction. The meeting soon ended. That night below ground at the sight Pickaxe a young archaeologist was walking around the ruins of New York. He walked to an abandoned building labeled Cryonics institute. Inside were many skeletons. The Nuclear fire had melted most of the ice that preserved these humans. Some had just damaged the ice but still left no possibility of reviving the human treasure inside. One sample was fine. Before pickaxe stood a Human. Perfectly preserved. He had Blonde Hair,Blue Eyes and wore a pitch black uniform. On the patches labled Zachery Gutburg. Two patches were on each side of the arm. One was a tricolour flag with Black,Red then yellow in that order on his right shoulder. To the left a flag with a blue field and 16 stars as seen in the video Pickaxe presented. Later that day a team of royal guards took the frozen chamber to the library of Twilight Sparkle. If anypony could unthaw the human it was her. Twilight opened the door to the royal Guards. There stood the guards,Pickaxe and the frozen speciman. "Mrs.Sparkle the Equestrian Archaeology Department has sent us to show you this specimen of a creature frozen solid in ice. Do you Know any spells that could unthaw him?" Twilight stood amazed she never before seen a speciman like this before. She heard of the research going on in Manehatten but didn't think they would find a human this perfectly preserved. So well preserved that he could be revived. "Well I may have a spell or two that could possibly unthaw this human." //-------------------------------------------------------// Imprisoned //-------------------------------------------------------// Imprisoned Darkness. That's all Zack could see. There were faint dwindles of light. He realized he was laying down on a bed of some sort. Cold metal bars locked him away preventing his escape. In his pocket he still had his iPhone 6. He turned on his phone to see there was no internet connection or connection to any phone service. He looked up in the corner and the date read January 01 15000. He had been frozen in ice for over 10,000 years. Where ever he was there was some sort of advanced civilization. He sighed as he sat on the bed in his cold cell. Princess Celestia sat high on her throne thinking of the attack that took place in ponyville. The guards let Twilight into the throne room. "Twilight I have summoned you here so you may interrogate this soldier." Twilight listened. "We need to find out about him as much we can." The Princess escorted Twilight down into the Dungeon. The Dungeon itself has never been used in over 1000 years seeing as crime and violence has been eliminated from Equestrian society. "Well here he his." Celestia said. "If you need me I'll be back upstairs in my throne room." Twilight looked at the young soldier. A tear went down his eye. "Everyone I know has been dead for 10,000 years." Twilight looked at the sad human. "Its ok I understand what you are going through." "How the fuck would you know?" Zack snapped back. "You and the other colourful mutated ponies have never seen violence. You have never experienced pain. You just don't know the half of it." "Well whatever happened in the past is in the past. Your here now. You don't have to witness violence anymore. So long as you are here in Equestria. Please just tell me who you are,where you come from and everything you know." Zack looked up at Twilight. "This is going to be a long story. Please if you would go sit in that chair." Twilight preceded to the chair by the cell and sat down. "My name is Zack Gutburg. I am a Marine in the European Military Force." Twilight looked at him. "Can you tell me what you are? Tell me about your race." "I am a human. Humans before the great war inhabited this planet for 10,000 years. We evolved from great apes on the Continent of Africa. From there our people migrated to every continent on this planet. What you call Equestria we call earth. Our race evolved into seperate civilizations." Zack took in a huge breathe for what he was about to say. "Your kind were also among us. At this time though equines did not have magic or the ability to fly. You all had the intelligence of another animal." Twilight gasped "So we were'nt civilized?" "No you were'nt. My kind used your's for 1000s of years,riding you,helping our crops and more. I'm sorry. I never had a horse because the time I come from is highly technological." "Anyway one of the great empires on earth,the Roman empire,laid the foundations for our civilization. They over extended there empire and they collapsed. Bickering countries rose from the ashes of the roman empire. From there they fought each other over resources. In 1492 the Europeans discovered north america. They colonized it but eventually their colonies declared independence. The United States came from this. They come in later. In Europe they evolved and went through evolution. By the year 1900 the old technologies were less and less used. New technologies sprung from the old. The first world war from 1914-1918 devastated Europe. Germany was defeated but they rose again with their leader Adolf Hitler. In WW2 Hitler killed 6 Million innocent people. His empire was shattered and the Soviet Union and the United States were the last superpowers. From there the cold war went. Communism VS Capitalism. My Country formed in 1947. The European Union. After the Cold War they grew. They had united Europe. Russia was also becoming much more advanced in these years. China became industrialized. In this time America was dwindling. In 2012 the conservatives took over the US and it became a dictatorship. Our countries developed technology far beyond anything you can think of during this time. We went to war in 2056. We were sucsesful liberating the US from the Conservative powers but in the Midwest Nuclear missiles destroyed Earth. That is all I know." Twilight was stunned. She had never known of any violence like this. "I don't know what to say. Where do you come into all of this Zack?" Zack laughed. It all began about 22 years ago. Technically over 10,000 years ago you get the point. I was born 22 years ago from 2060 on the Rammstein Airforce base. My father was a soldier in the European army. My mother was a nurse. At that time the US had a base stationed in Germany from after WW2. I grew up loving history, It was my passion. My father had other plans. He wanted me to become a soldier and fight for Europe. I hated the army seeing how much violence it generated. Eventually I became a soldier and was drafted in the Great War of 2056. I went on missions in the US. From Boston,to Harvard,Washington to Philadelphia. Then New York. I learned that my family was killed in the Rammstein masecure. US soldier killed everyone at the base. There was a brutal battle but Europe drove the Americans out. When the Nukes fell I froze myself in the cryonic freezing chamber. Hoping I would survive. That is how I got here." //-------------------------------------------------------// Awake //-------------------------------------------------------// Awake Twilight proceeded into her library. She pulled the frozen man into her lab. She looked at the list of spells for anything that related to unfreezing. Just as she was searching the royal guard knocked at her door again. "Mrs.Sparkle we believe this bag belonged to the man." "Thank you very much." Twilight rummaged through the contents of the bag. She found a Rifle,Flag, I phone, Ammunition,Grenades and some gum. "Wow these humans sure had alot of weird stuff." She stared back at the human frozen in ice. He wore black armor,he had a helmet labeled EUMC. He had a tricolour patch on his left shoulder with the colurs Black,Red and Yellow. To his right he had a patch with a blue field and 16 yellow stars.Twilight finally found a spell that would work. "Ahhh here it is." A purple light emerged from twilight's horn. The ice began to thaw quickly. The Human opened his eyes and ran for his rifle. "Who the hell are you? I am under strict orders of the European Military council to shoot any hostiles on sight. Tell me you sick degraded purple horse are you a hostile?" Twilight then just froze. She screamed at the top of her lungs and a chase began. "Get back here you dumb crazy horse bitch!" Zack screamed at the top of his lungs. He wondered where the hell he was. Things looked way to different to be earth. The chase intensified from there. He fired bullets at the window of sugarcube corner. Pinkie pie ducked as the bullets flew. "For the glory of the Union!" Zack shouted at the top of his lungs. He threw a couple grenades in the air as explosions rocked the small town of Ponyville. As chaos ensured he was stopped by a tall majestic creature. "STOP HUMAN." Zack stood stunned. Stunned but diligent at the same time. Ready to fight this creature. "DO NOT ADDRESS ME LIKE THAT YOU BITCH. I AM ZACK OF THE EUMC. I DEMAND TO KNOW WHERE I AM." Zack reached for his pistol and fired rounds into the air. Princess Celestia used a spell from there to freeze him. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cliffhanger! I know its been awhile and this maybe short but I've been busy lately. I promise more guys!