Equestria. For many years, this Nation of Equines has been a shining beacon in the world of Equus. Ruled over by Princess Celestia, and her sister, Princess Luna, with their niece Princess Cadence, and her husband Prince Shining Armor ruling the Crystal Empire to the north, and Celestia's former student, Princess Twilight Sparkle, and her friends, the other Bearers of the Elements of Harmony based in Ponyville, Equestria was such a safe, and beautiful place. Yes, there were times of great trial and tribulation, but the Ponies of Equestria had always emerged victorious, but soon they were to face a new foe, one that they wouldn't be able to overcome so easily.

Not a whole lot was known about the Caribou Empire. They were ruled over by the powerful King Danin Stonehoof, and they lived to the north of Equestria, between the Crystal Empire and Yakyakistan, and they had little contact with the outside world. Rumors circulated that the Caribou were very warlike, and could control powerful Magic, and that they treated their females very badly, but all of this was deemed speculation by the public at large, until one day, it wasn't. From the North, and with very little warning, the Caribou suddenly invaded Equestria. There was almost no time for the Equestrians to prepare, and before they knew what had happened, the Crystal Empire had been overrun.

Prince Shining Armor had been gravely wounded, and the Imperial Crystal Army had been rendered combat ineffective as they worked to hold off the Caribou long enough for as many of the Crystal Ponies, including Princess Cadence, to evacuate south as possible. The Caribou overran the Crystal Empire, and used it as their new base of operations. The Crystal Heart was missing, presumably hidden somewhere while the Caribou were fighting to overtake the Crystal Empire, but in its place, the Caribou Mages placed their own heinous, arcane creation, the so-called "Crystal Cock"; a phallus-shaped piece of crystal, infused with the Caribou's Magic. This magic, emanating from the Crystal Cock, began to corrupt the minds of the stallions and colts of Equestria, causing them to turn on the mares and fillies. Granted, some were immune to the effects of the Crystal Cock, and Equestrian countermeasures were created, but in the end, it wasn't enough.

In a matter of weeks, the Caribou had overrun Van Hoover, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Baltimare, Las Pegasus, and Rainbow Falls, and laid sieges to Appaloosa, and Dodge City. Both of these desert towns put up an immense fight, costing the Caribou quite a lot of their forces, but in the end, it came to naught as the Caribou bombarded them from above with cannons and bombs from their airships, leaving both towns in ruins, with hundreds, if not thousands of Ponies, and their Buffalo allies dead.

The Equestrian Army, Navy, and Marines were bringing the fight to the Caribou as best they could, and they were helping to stall the Caribou, but there just weren't enough of them to make a difference, as too many stallions had been corrupted by the Caribou's Magic, and fought for them, instead of against them. Sure, some gains were made by the Equestrians, but in the end, it didn't matter with how swiftly the Caribou were overwhelming them. The situation went from bad to worse in the coming days, and many units were forced to surrender to the Caribou, or were wiped out by them. Equestria's allies wanted to help them, but many feared the Caribou overwhelming them next after Equestria fell, forcing them to focus almost solely on protecting their own nations, all but leaving Equestria to its fate. Eventually, after nearly a month of fierce fighting, only Canterlot, Cloudsdale, and Ponyville remained in Equestrian hands, but this sadly wouldn't be the case for much longer.

Cloudsdale had put up a fierce resistance, made possible by the city floating in the sky, possessing weapons powerful enough to knock down the Caribou airships, and the Caribou's inability to walk on clouds, and this made King Danin quite furious. He ordered Cloudsdale taken, but those Pegasai in the city refused to allow it to fall. And in the end, if what hadn't happened next hadn't happened, then the city's survival may have continued. Alas, the siren call of a world ruled by the Caribou, a world where all mares and fillies, as well as Caribou cows were your personal playthings was too great, and 3 Pegasai stallions, who's names have been erased from history for their foul deeds; Equestria's Benedict Arnold's, and Vidkun Quisling's, gave the Caribou access to Cloudsdale after disabling the defense systems, allowing it to fall. Cloudsdale was now under the control of the Caribou, and the 3 stallions who betrayed their City. One obstacle down, only two more to go.

Canterlot was next, and it too came under heavy siege. The Ponies put up a valiant defense, but by this point, they could no longer use the Elements of Harmony, as Rainbow Dash had been captured at Cloudsdale. Thousands of Caribou fell, as did hundreds of Ponies, but in the end, Canterlot had fallen, Princess Celestia was captured, but Princess Luna had disappeared. The Caribou searched for her high and low, but it was as if she had simply vanished. Even Celestia didn't know where her Sister had gone, but was hoping that she was safe. King Danin forced Celestia to sign the surrender documents, which for the sake of her subjects she did, but yet this wasn't the end of the war, not by a long shot. Ponyville still stood, a handful of Equestrian naval vessels were still out at sea, a number of Equestrian resistance groups were still fighting a guerrilla war against the Caribou, and of course, Princess Luna still remained at large.

The Battle for Ponyville would be the final, and yet the longest, and bloodiest battle of the entire war. The gloves had come off now, as the Caribou would go to any lengths to capture Ponyville, and the remaining Ponies there knew what was at stake, and were resolved to go down fighting. The Caribou poured everything they had into capturing Ponyville, and after nearly 2 1/2 weeks of laying siege to the town, they finally captured it.

Spike the Dragon was mortally wounded while defending Twilight's Castle, and in his final moments, triggered a series of bombs he planted inside of the Castle, bringing the whole structure down on top of himself, and everyone else inside, killing many dozens of Caribou in the process. Twilight was taken down when one of her combat spells got deflected back at her by a Caribou Mage, and captured soon after, while Rarity was knocked unconscious by a Caribou soldier after she gouged out the eyes of several of his comrades with scissors and knitting needles. Meanwhile, Fluttershy was captured in a large net when she tried to save several of her animals who'd been wounded in the battle, while Pinkie Pie got severely electrocuted by a Caribou Mage who grew extremely irritated by her breaking the Laws of Physics, and killing other Caribou with her party cannon, which she loaded with bits of metal, rather than confetti. And what of Applejack? She was trapped by a corrupted Big Mac, who pushed over an apple tree on top of her. Once the last Element Bearers had been captured, they were stripped, raped, and then sold off to various Caribou as war-prizes, save for Applejack, who was kept by Big Mac, who began to feel guilt for what he had done to his Sister, as the Caribou Magic corrupting him wasn't absolute.

The Flag of the Caribou now flew from every town and city in Equestria, and with King Danin now sitting on the throne in Canterlot, the Caribou now reigned supreme, and Celestia was now his personal f@#k-toy. Up in the Crystal Empire, Shining Armor had recovered from his injuries, and was now the de-facto ruler of the Empire, but did so under Caribou supervision. He got to keep Cadence, as she was his wife, and while not completely corrupted by the Caribou's Magic, he wasn't fully immune to it either, making him at times cruel to Cadence, and other mares, and other times lamenting his inability to protect the Crystal Empire from the Caribou.

While the Siege of Ponyville was still going on, many of the remaining Equestrian warships were either destroyed by the Caribou, their crews scuttled their ships to prevent them from falling into Caribou hands, their crews surrendered their ships to the Caribou, or in at least one case, the crew of the ENS Hoofbelltown loaded their ship up with explosives, and steamed it directly into Fillydelphia Harbor before jumping ship, and detonating it when it reached the main docks, causing a catastrophic explosion that completely knocked out the docks of Fillydelphia Harbor, killing an unknown number of Caribou, and injuring many more. The surviving crew were captured by the Caribou, and most of them were executed for what they had done.

And what of the Equestrian Resistance Groups? Many of them had hidden in the Everfree, hoping that it would protect them, and it did......for a while. But when the Caribou showed up with their flamethrowers, napalm, fire spells, and other incendiary devices, that put an end to that real quick. So many Resistance Fighters, including Zecora, were burned alive, and the rest of the Resistance fighters were scattered across Equestria, where they were being hunted down one by one. Princess Luna was still missing, though by this point, the Caribou chalked it up to her having either killed herself, or been incinerated when the Everfree Forest was torched.

For Equestria, the entire situation looked extremely bleak. So many were dead, many more were injured, and the rest lived under Caribou rule, some stallions begrudgingly, but many more enjoyed their newfound freedom, and all of the mares and fillies were their personal sex-slaves. It looked so bleak, but little did the Caribou know that within the next few days, something would happen that would begin to bring their rule crashing down. What was this "something"? Well, it all began with a Caribou Scout Force who decided to explore the area around Ponyville........

Author's Note

Ok Everyone, here we go. Now that I've gotten the Prologue, which shows how Equestria fell to the Caribou out of the way, now I can move on to what you all really want to see. I would spoil it, in case anyone reading this right now hasn't seen my blog posts, but for those of you who know, you all know perfectly well what's coming next, and eagerly await it. And I shall deliver it in the next 2 Chapters!

In the meantime though, as always, comments, questions, feedback, as well as spreading the word about this story are always appreciated, and I'll see you all again in Chapter 1!

ScarFox out for now!