Aponycalipse: Paradox

The Ponies, deer, and zebras examine the uniforms that the humans and ponies in the Alliance wear. They were curious yet cautious as they noticed the weapons they used. They are much more advance compared to the rebel’s. The ponies in the group also carried strange weapons that looked very advance. A pony was wearing a robe to conceal the large weapon it carried.

Soon Isaac flew in and landed on the runway with Justin and John on the back of the fighter. He parked next to an F-18A as he shut off the engines, hopping out of the cockpit. The zebra approached them along with the pony just as Justin and John got off the fighter.

“We thank you for your assistance.” The zebra said.

“You're welcome comrade.” Isaac said.  “Might I ask what that was about?”

“The humans have been in a long war. This skirmish will be a short victory for what is to come. The rebels are the force you've just seen and the one you should worry about. They rose from fallen armies and will stop at nothing to win.”

“Well lucky for you we are heading back to our world.” Isaac said. “It’s safe there.”

“Well my companion here thanks you for the help too.”

The cloaked figure remained still. Isaac and John looked at it, wondering who the pony was.

Isaac spoke with his arms crossed as he noticed the concealed weapon it carried. “I'd do a better job at hiding that weapon of yours. I can see it bulging out of your coat.”

“Of all the possible knights in the world, it had to be you.” The pony spoke. It sounded feminine and very familiar.

“Your voice sounds familiar.”

“Well then let me refresh your memory.”

From within the shadows of the robe, the pony pulls something out and places it in front of Isaac. It’s a battered doll that’s slightly discolored but still recognizable. It’s a red pegasus in a valiant pose, as if it’s about to take off. It even has a dragon cutie mark that’s exactly like John’s. With that, the three knew right away who the clocked figure was.

“Snowy?!” Isaac bellowed, his eyes widened in shock.

“You’re alive?!” John said. He couldn’t believe that he was seeing her alive. Justin was speechless and didn’t know what to say.

“Yes, tossed from different dimensions, scorched from war but I’m fine.” Snowy took off her cloak, revealing her fur covered in fur and ash. Her wings are badly burnt as if she jumped into a fire.

“But how?” Isaac asks.

“I guess it was just too much energy. Being flung out of reality and landing in the nearest dimention completely drained. My wings are burnt badly but I did my best to save this world.” Snowy explained as she whispered, “Thank you for coming…”

Isaac looks at her wings and says, “It doesn’t look that bad. The medics can help you with that. In the mean time you should get some rest.”

“I will, but you have no idea what you are facing.” Snowy said as she put her cloak back on. “The rebellion is a strong army among lowlife and violent men. You are not fighting an army like the HLA in the Human Pony War.”

“We’ve noticed.” John said. “They don’t show much mercy.”

“Dah, they didn’t even care if their own men were killed.” Isaac added.

“Let’s focus on the refugees for now. We’ll have to see what the other nations have planned.”

The speakers turn on as everyone hears the navigator of the Ark. He controls the ships direction as long the direction is what Zhu orders.

“All personal strap down all aircraft and equipment. We are flying through the portal. I repeat, strap down all aircraft and equipment.”

Everyone prepared for the shift as they weighed anchor on every equipment and plane. Even Isaac’s Flanker was anchored down as everyone held onto anything they could grab. The ark flies through the portal and the shift of gravity was felt right away. They were now upside down as the ark starts to level itself. The refugees fell, but a lot were grabbed by workers who were prepared.

The turbulence shook the ark and the fighters as everyone held on tight.

“Hey Zhu!” Isaac yelled at the cameras “Level the ship already!”

“Give it a moment. This isn’t stunt plane damn it.”

The crew within the hanger started complaining which annoyed Zhu. Lucky for them the ark finally leveled itself. Isaac sighed with relief as he let go of the wing of his fighter while Justin and John hovered over him. They were lucky to have wings.

“Zhu, get us back to the base. We need to debrief with Lance.” Justin explained. “Also bring the refugees somewhere safe.”

“Roger.”

The ark flies towards the airbase as medical crew, both human and pony, are on standby. The ark deploys its landing gear and lands in the middle of the base. The hanger bay’s blast door open as medics and doctors rush in to help tend to the refugees. Justin, John,  and Isaac escort Snowy inside the base so they can meet with Lance. She is a strong mare, refusing help from the doctors no matter how much they asked whether they were human or pony.

At Lance’s office, he was shock to see Snowy. He had thought that she was dead.

“But how?”

“We have no idea how she is alive.” Justin replied as he put his U.S. Marine hat back on.

Snowy giggles and joked in a tired voice. “Alicorns can go through a lot of punishment. Feel free to put John into those suicide missions you have.”

John ignored the comment and noticed Snowy’s posture. “I think you should get some rest.”

“The last time slept was…four days ago. There’s no rest when you’re on the brink of death.”

“Well you are safe here so you should really get some rest.”

“Yeah, I-” She collapsed on the floor as her zebra assistant rushes up to her.

“Snowy!”

“We need a medic over here!” Justin called out as unicorn in military fatigues rushes up to them.

“Her adrenaline must have kept her up this whole time.” The zebra thought.

“I’ll take her to the medical station.” The unicorn said as she picked up Snowy. “You brought in a lot of wounded.”

“Again thank you for the help. We wouldn’t have survived if it wasn’t for you.”

“No problem,” Justin said as John bowed. “My name is Justin and this is John.”

“This place must be a Garden of Eden compared to what you’ve been through all these years.” John said as he raised his head.

“Well the air here feels fresh. This is just too beautiful to be honest. Though, I should warn you that the rebels are going to retaliate.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll be prepared to defend ourselves against them.”

“Thank you and tread carefully. Desperate times can drive others mad. If you ever need any advice I’m at your service.” The zebra bows and leaves.

“For the mean time I’m going to fix my fighter and get more ammo.” Isaac said. “I think we might be in for something big.”

Justin hovers in front of Isaac with his front legs crossed. “You think? This is an inedible war we are going to face since the Human Pony War. This might even be worse compared to fighting the HLA. You heard what the zebra said about the rebels.”

“I know. That’s why we must be prepared. Right John?”

“I think so. The world has been rebuilding everything from the economic structure to the military.”

They remembered that a lot of the nations affected badly from the war were still rebuilding their nations. Russia is one of them but still has a working military. Many other nations like the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, had their militaries scattered but still held within the Alliance. The herd during the years had formed communities along many nations. They try to shelter ponies and also became a prominent research institution as well as a pseudo-religion about preserving and helping the ponykind, while still under the roots of the previous war. Half of the ponies have grown more open minded about humans during the years.

As for the United States, the situation is pretty much gone back the ways before Pre-American civil war in terms of geographical and political means. Over the years the once abandoned government of the United States slowly tries to recover and bring back the governmental rules through the nation but some states have yet to decide if they want to rejoin the "Union." So far most States, East of the Mississippi River have rejoin the Union, while other states particularly The Republic of Texas continues to be seceded from the Union and become its own govern nation, though still has ties with the Alliance. In the west coast California has joined itself with Washington, Oregon. Nevada has join into a conglomerate, as the state that felt neglected by the Union during the Pony crisis and relied on each other to sustained themselves and has yet to vote whether or not to return to the Union mostly from spite. As for the Rockies states like Colorado, Wyoming, the Dakotas, they pretty much went into complete isolation and have cut themselves off from the world save for Chilean Mountain region who still has most control over ICBMs networks still have loyalty to the Union.

Alaska and Hawaii also has yet to decide to rejoin to Union since they are mostly isolated from the country. While at the same time, tensions between the Alliance and the Union government is stressed since the Union fears them and also angry that they yet to share their technology, mostly military with them the rest of the world since they are in the American soil and such. So basically the United States is a divided country of mess and uncertainty.

In Lance's office, Lance sits on his chair as he looks at the others.

“Men, we're not ready for a war. Things are still unstable in the states and in the recovering countries.”

“Well whether or not we're ready, I'm afraid it’s inevitable.” John said and sighs. “Right now we should warn the world government the threat.”

“I know. It's just that I don't know how the other nations are going to react.”