The Tri-War Saga

"Extra extra! Read all about it! Ponies filled with racial pride brawl it out in a courtroom!" was the cry heard by every resident of Ponyville, beckoned by the paper colt. As everyone digested the words of the day's paper, most would say that they too were feeling the racial pride. This goes especially for all of the paper's earth pony readers.

"Two innocent casualties..." "by-standers harmed..." "two earth pony victims..." were some of the excerpts Applejack was reading in the paper when something in her mind "clicked". That day, something ignited deep inside her, that slow churned and grew into a fiery blaze that would lead to her unending hatred for pegasi and unicorns...

The feeling on each of the other sides was mutual, as both pegasi and unicorns have a hatred for the other, and towards the earth ponies for putting more blame on the feuding groups. They believed the two "innocent" earth ponies were actually trying to participate in the brawl and that they were hurt because of their own wrongdoing. It was a sad fate for the last thread of peace remaining, it had no chance against the scissors that all ponykind had wielded.

As the hatred between the groups festered and boiled, a sort of hierarchy appeared within each of the groups. It seemed that Twilight sparkle and Rarity lead the unicorns, Rainbow Dash lead the pegasi, and Pinkie Pie and Applejack lead the earth ponies. But wait, what about...

"I don't want to fight Dash! I don't hate anypony!" pleaded an innocent Fluttershy.

"Either you join our cause or you are an enemy Fluttershy!" said Rainbow Dash with a nasty attitude.

"But I was reading a book one day about a treaty signed over 500 years ago! They said something about a Peacekeeper army! Why can't we both recruit for the cause of peace rather than rally for death?" returned Fluttershy.

"Because the Peacekeeper army was disbanded centuries ago! They couldn't help anypony then, and they sure won't help anypony now! Look around you! You're in pegasi headquarters deep under Ponyville! You are truly willing to abandon the work I have done for us?" boomed Dash with an devilish sort of tone.

"But Dash, I-" she was stopped.

"Then you are weak and useless to the cause!" beckoned a furious Rainbow Dash, as she picked up Fluttershy out of shear rage, tossed her in the basement of pegasi headquarters, and lock the door.

With the only remaining mediator from the pegasi's side locked away, there was nothing left to keep the army at bay...

Meanwhile at Sweet Apple Acres, Pinkie and Applejack were going on a simple stroll...

"Man I hate me some of them pegasi and unicorns! Who do they think they are hurtin' our fellow earth ponies like that?" started Applejack.

"I already told you, they think they're the best at everything, bicycling, flying, magic-ing..." replied Pinkie quite unintelligently.

"Pinkie, that's completely irrelevant to the situation... They hurt earth ponies! At the fight in the court room!" explained Applejack.

"Ooooh I get it! They think they're best at boxing too!" returned Pinkie, still quite clueless.

"Hopeless... nevertheless we need battle tactics in case they decide to attack!" Applejack exclaimed.

"Oh, battle tactics? I have a very detailed plans for war right here," Pinkie said as she supplied Applejack with the plans.

"Pinkie these are brilliant! Where did you get these?"

"I was drawing them up while you were busy yapping about how some unicorns and pegasi hurt earth ponies or something."

"There might be hope for you after all! Now that we have plans, we'll be prepared for anything..."

At the same time everything else was happening, the unicorns, too, were plotting their plans for domination over the other races.

"So here's what I have so far Twilight..."

"Oh good Rarity, you made it!"

"Indeed darling, but inside your rather dirty treehouse...?"

"Disregard that, we have plans to plan? Is that correct terminology? Let me check my dictionary-"

"Those no time for that deary! We have a battle to plan!"

"Oh right, right. Please go on with what you have!"

"Well, the only thing we really have that's special and outstanding is you. You're the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria, and you are our secret weapon. Now, I have a few new spells that you need to learn, they still need to be tested, but-"

"Rarity, what is this?"

"Oh darling, that's the most experimental and least tried spell we have written for you, but it could be the most powerful!"

"I'm aware of that, but what does it DO?"

"You caught me. It uses your magic on a strange green rock we found. Lyra calls it Uranium, but I prefer the name Twilightium."

"What has this rock done so far that makes it so outstanding?"

"Well twilight, it... uh... well... um... yea..."

"You mean it's just a green rock?"

"A glowing green rock!"

"Right... you have officially wasted my time. I don't appreciate that at all Rarity."

"I'm sorry Ms. Twilight! I'll throw this spell in the rubbish outside! No one ever has to see it again."

"Good. Please do it now."

"Right away darling!"

"Now, back to the plans..."

Neither of them had any idea what they had just done. They threw away the most powerful spell ever written. Good thing Applejack always goes through her enemy's trash...