Horrors of War: Equestria 1940

by Onyx Vesper

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Twilight Sparkle, Profanity, Gore, Violence, Princess Celestia, Dark, Death, Alternate Universe, Human, Applejack, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Cadance, Horror, Shining Armor
Length: 1034

Somehow, Equestria has materialised on Earth, more Specifically Europe in the 1940s

Celestia has been caught up during the boiling point of World War II, The nations of earth are preparing for another war, this one far deadlier than the last.

Published 2024-11-11 11:30:00 UTC
Last updated 2024-11-11 11:30:00 UTC

Prologue: August 26th, 1939

Celestia in a field in rural region of France, she was disorientated and confused to her new surroundings. Next to Celestia laid a pegasus mare, her coat was Citrine White , her mane had streaks of Lemon Chiffon, Picasso and Texas Rose, and her eyes were the colour of Eucalyptus but also next to Celestia laid Applejack, Rarity and Celestia's own student Twilight Sparkle, along with a few other ponies, there were 10 of the ponies in total.

They travelled for what felt like hours until they came across a derelict, dilapidated farmhouse big enough for the group.
"There's shelter!" Celestia pointed out to the group, after a while they got cosy inside the farmhouse while Applejack got to fixing the front door. "I think we should scavenge for food, we won't last through winter without it" The Pegasus mare suggested.

Twilight Sparkle was browsing through the attic of the farmhouse when she came across an old FM radio, she picked it up in her magic and bought it down to the kitchen, "What is that?" Celestia asks Twilight Sparkle, "I honestly don't know I just found it in the attic" Twilight Sparkle replied.

"Hey AJ could you see if you can get this thing working? Twilight Sparkle asked Applejack, "ah dunno Twi, ah can see what ah can do" Applejack replied, later that day a group of the ponies that were scavenging for food came back with assortment of mushrooms and berries, more precisely Boletus Edulis, Macrolepiota Procera and Rubus Allegheniensis, and they bought back a lot of them, enough to keep them fed for a week.

After finishing fixing the door Applejack attempted to fix the FM radio, and after half an hour of tinkering she managed to get it working. They sat around the radio listening to the French radio which they couldn't understand, but then Rarity walked in, "Oh my! is that Prench?" Rarity asked the group.

The group just shrugged, Rarity then listened to the host on the French radio.

"Aujourd'hui le temps s'annonce clair en région Normandie, il fera beau avec une température chaude de 26°C." The French Radio host said.

Rarity's eyes widened "Oh my! This is Prench, Luckily you you all I understand a bit of Prench, from what I can understand today will be clear and 26°C." Rarity said to the group.

September 3rd, 1939

Rarity sat nervously in front of the radio with the other Ponies translating the French broadcast as best she could, "This morning, the French ambassador in Berlin, handed the German government a final note, stating that unless we heard from them by 11:00, that they were prepared at once to withdraw troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us..." Rarity said as their faces became pale at the announcement that war was imminent.

The ponies have never seen Princess Celestia so concerned and almost in tears, "I... need a moment..." Princess Celestia said as she walked into a different room and closed the door behind her. The ponies just looked at eachother in disbelief, They have never had any wars back in Equestria so this was new for all of them, seeing Celestia react like she did made them all incredibly nervous.

Twilight enter Celestia's room, seeing her on the bed sobbing quietly, but before she could say something she is suddenly pushed out of the room by a golden magic aura and the door slammed shut behind her. Twilight just stared at the door, trying to comprehend what just happened. "Twi? what was that about?" Apple Jack asked, looking as confused as Twilight was.

After a few hours Twilight tried to check in with Celestia again, Twilight knocks on Celestia's door before opening it, "Princess? are you alright?" Twilight Asks Celestia.

Celestia looks up, the fur under her eyes matted from her earlier crying, "No Twilight, We've quite literally appeared in this land and not even a month in this land we find out that there's war imminent... I just want to protect my ponies" Celestia says, her eyes tearing up once more, "I see where you're coming from" Twilight says while looking at the floor.

"Twilight... Could you... stay here with me... I need company right now..." Celestia says, a faint blush on her face.

May 10th 1940

The ponies have managed to stay hidden throughout the German invasion and occupation of france, However Celestia was filled with regret as she needed to kill any German Soldiers using her magic.

2 May 1945

Five years have passed since the Invasion of their new home, 3 of the ponies that were originally in their group were captured by the German forces and sent who knows where, Rarity was one of them, Celestia didn't expect them to return, she saw how the Germans treated their own species so she was skeptical about the 3 ponies surviving.

But there was also good news, with what limited Prench Celestia understood, she knew that the War was almost at the end, but she was still scarred about seeing the German Forces murder, Pilliage and rape their own Species, but such was War, and there was nothing she could do about it.
But at least the new soldiers who wore a different uniform spoke Ponish, so the group could communicate with them pretty easily apart from the accent, but the soldiers generally left them alone.

Celestia was asleep next to the radio, having fallen asleep when there was nothing on, but she woke up after she heard that the Germans have surrendered to the allies, and all they did that night was party, the locals even bought them wine.

A few months have passed, Celestia woke up that morning and headed to the Kitchen, she couldn't believe that Applejack with the help of Twilight somehow managed to get this shack into a liveable home, She entered the kitchen and the ponies were eating breakfast at the large table that Applejack crafted for them, Celestia listened to the radio as her face went pale as she heard about the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan.

"Least the war's over now..." Celestia grumbled