Inspired from H.G. Wells War of the Worlds.

Also, I do not own My Little Pony.

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War of the Worlds: Equestria

By

Tealfeather123

Chapter 1: The Beauty of Space

Ever since I was a filly, my interest was always on the unexplored vastness of space. Its twinkling stars and untouched planets always caught my interest at nights, as I dreamed of flying up there. Every night I would look out the window and scan for the many constellations, while admiring the beautiful moon. Sadly, those were the only things my naked eyes could see, and I wished to see more than just stars and the moon. So I was thrilled when my parents gave me a telescope for my birthday, for it gave me the ability to see distant planets and more.

I remember those moments when I just looked through my telescope, at night, and sketched the distant planets of our system, trying to create an accurate map. At first, my maps looked crude and hard to interpret. But as I grew older, my maps got better until they looked like the ones on the books.

In fact, I got my cutie mark because of this. I remember it just like it happened last night. I was just finishing a sketch of a distant green planet, putting the finishing touches on its mountain range. When all of a sudden, I felt something on my flank. Taking my eye of the telescope and looking at my flank, I saw a glimmering light that was getting brighter and brighter.

Then bam, there was my cutie mark. It was the image of a telescope looking up the stars, and I was proud knowing that my talent was about observing the stars and planets above.

I read books made by astronomers of the past, as they showed their discoveries to the world. I spent hours reading through them, and as each page passed by, the small spark of interest in my heart grew bigger and bigger.

The thought of seeing a far off star or planet was interesting. But my imagination brought me farther, as I imagined myself being able to walk on those planets and explore them. Just like the explorers of the past, discovering new land. Except instead of new land, this was a new planet, which was completely foreign to our own.

It wasn't like travel to distant celestial bodies was impossible, since Princess Luna manage to go to the moon and back.

But being banished from Equestria, and the entire planet, was not on my to do list, so for now, my dreams were impossible.

My fascination of space always brought me in the library, where I spent my extra time learning about the stars and the planets.

It got to the point that I spent most of my time studying about them, leaving no time for my social life. If it weren't for my close friends, who literally dragged me out of the library, then I would have grown to be a lonely old mare.

But I didn't. Instead, I balanced my time and went outside and enjoying my time with my friends. Of course, I did try to convince them to share the same interest with me, but it just wasn't their cup of tea. Although they did politely listen, when I spent hours, babbling about stars and constellations.

At least they weren't harsh about it, unlike some of my classmates, who called me a nerd. But I didn't mind.

But my interest for it never stopped, as I continued to explore the night sky with my telescope and read stories of ponies in space. There were many science-fiction stories in the library and borrowed as much as I could. In those stories, I read about ponies exploring new planets and creating new achievements for Equestria. I read about the ponies walking on the dusty planets and creating new colonies for Equestria. In those stories, this was made possible by the gigantic metal ships they rode, which were propelled by rockets of some kind.

The most interesting part of those stories, were the fact that other being lived on those planets. In the forms of different shapes and sizes, from gigantic bug like aliens to aliens that were ape like and bi-pedal, the stories showed that there might be life in other planets. Although, at the time, there was no proof that this could possibly be true. But there also wasn't any proof that they couldn't be true.

When I finally graduated school, I knew that there was one job that I would desire. So I immediately applied for the Equestrian Astronomy Administration (E.A.A) and hoped that I would be accepted. To give me better chances of being accepted, I mailed them the sketches, of planets and constellations, I did when I was young, and immediately impressed them with it. They soon accepted me, and I soon found myself working in Canterlot, helping map out new planets as I looked though the most powerful telescopes Equestria had.

But when the E.A.A announced that they were building an observatory in Ponyville, I immediately filed papers to be transferred there.

It wasn't that I didn't like Canterlot, believe me I loved it. With its tall buildings and fast paced environment, Canterlot was an exciting place and nice place for shopping. Shopping, being an interest that catches any mare, which I am not an exception of.

But being away from home takes a toll in the heart, and I started to miss my friends and family. So having an observatory in Ponyville meant that I would be able to work in my home town, while keeping my love for astronomy satisfied.

So here I am now, working in the Ponyville observatory and dreaming of the possibility of going to the planets I watched and meeting new life forms.

I spent hours looking through the powerful telescope, scanning through the lifeless planets and sketching their land as if they were our own.

Little did I know, that I, and the rest of the world, was being observed by a more powerful being. A being that would soon cause destruction to the land and proved to be almost indestructible. They would ravage the lands and cause so much suffering and shock. The being had far more advance technology that we can dream of, yet they are as fragile as us in one way or another.

These creatures came from a planet so close that I myself was shocked to learn that I didn't notice them. They came from the planet right next to us. A planet that may look lifeless from a distance, but held a great civilization that would bring Equestria to verge of near destruction. They came from the red planet next to us and soon the land to would be red. It would be red with blood.

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