I continued squinting at the mare in front of us and I got closer to her. Once I had decided to do so, I saw that it was indeed Annie. But there was something off about Annie that I didn't realize until she spoke again. Oh boy. We were gone a long time, weren't we?
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"Annie! That is you!" Daring Doo exclaimed, laughing in joy.

However once she got closer to Annie to give her a hug, her laughter of joy ceased and instead was replaced by a frown. Daring Doo couldn't believe what she was seeing- Annie was a lot older than the last time she had seen her. Her face remained somewhat youthful but was weathered with unmeasured time and the hairs on her mane were turning grey. Daring Doo also saw the wrinkles that framed Annie's face and the tiredness behind her eyes and still could not believe what she was seeing.

"Annie.." Daring Doo began, raising a hoof to her own face in shock.

Annie smiled at Daring Doo and hugged her, kissing her on the cheek and crying a little.

"It's good to see you too hun" Annie said to Daring while a tear ran down her face, to which she received a heart-felt hug back and a smile.

Annie then looked over to Daring's right and greeted Dmitri.

"Hi Dmitri! Look, I can say your name right! All this time wasn't so bad after all, right?"

"Niet comrade. At least you have learned how to say my name right. Heh heh good to see you again comrade!"

Dmitri chuckled and gave Annie a strong hug. As he was doing so, Daring Doo caught herself staring at Annie, and couldn't help to notice that even with age, Annie was still beautiful.

It'll never work. What are you thinking?

Daring Doo shrugged off the thoughts only to be bothered by new ones arising from Dmitri's proximity to her body. She was confused at the emotions raging in her and couldn't bare looking at both of her friends, for she had feelings for them both. Dmitri and Annie continued talking to one another but Daring Doo did not; instead she stood there in silence as she ignored their conversation until she finally decided she could not take it anymore. Suddenly, she took off, flying away from the two of them.

"Daring? Where are you going?" Both Dmitri and Annie called out to her but without success.
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This can't be happening, this can't be happening..oh boy..oh boy! I'm..I'm..in the future...oh boy oh boy...oh..get it together! You're strong. You're tough. You can do this. You're Daring Doo after all! But I don't know. I don't know if I can do this. I wanted adventure..but not like this. This is just..too surreal. It can't be real. It can't be.

Daring Doo continued to fly off into the distance, talking to herself while doing so. She was shocked at how instantaneous time travel could be and just tried to convince herself it wasn't real. However as she flew into the brilliant white clouds above, she failed to notice what was happening down below...
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"She'll come back comrade. I'm sure of it" Dmitri said to Annie, to which Annie smirked at.

"If you say so Dmitri. Well I suppose she can come later on then. Dinner will be ready soon."

"Dinner you said comrade? Oh most good. Let's eat, da?"

Annie smiled and started to trot in front of Dmitri.

"Da. Alright, follow me over-"

PA PA PA!

Dmitri ducked his head just in time as three bullets whizzed over his head, causing him to draw his pistol immediately. He was able to tell from holes in the ground that the bullets were coming from behind. He turned around quickly and saw the perpetrator: it was a masked figure with a pistol as well. Dmitri fired back at it and killed it, causing the figure to fall down in a low groan.

"Hmm, perhaps we weren't the only ones who came back." Dmitri said out loud in thought.

"DROP THE WEAPON NOW RUSSIAN!" a voice boomed over a megaphone.

Dmitri, with a look of defiance, looked around to find the voice. He found it belonged to another masked figure except this figure was on top of a truck, bearing the symbol of the Wehrmacht.

"Make me bastard!" Dmitri yelled in protest to the figure.

He fired at the figure, whom gurgled and fell over in reaction. However almost immediately, several masked men seemingly appeared out of nowhere and rushed Dmitri and Annie. Dmitri fired at the rushing masked figures but could only stop so many; his pistol eventually ran out of ammunition. As they got closer, Dmitri instinctively protected Annie by using his knife and fists but it was to no avail; there was simply too many of them. They eventually overpowered Dmitri, who continued to struggle with them despite the number of them holding on to him.

"Annie! ANNIE! I WILL COME FOR YOU!!" he yelled at the top of his lungs, as he was separated from her by the mysterious masked men.

The masked men continued to drag Dmitri away from Annie, taking him to the back of another truck. As the men attempted to load him onto the truck, Dmitri freed himself of their grasp and ran away, running towards Annie. As he did so, he heard screams telling him to stop and heard bullets firing at his feet but he continued to run. He started to catch up to Annie and could see her in his sights until a flying rifle butt that he did not see came out of a bush on his side and knocked him down. He fell down hard, dazed and confused as his head exploded with pain and he saw what looked like his friend kneeling over him.

"Hey Dmitri, it's Stigel..all will be okay, okay?" his friend said to him, his face blurry yet smiling an ever so friendly smile.

"You're not Stigel.." Dmitri managed to utter as his vision slowly faded away as he was smacked two more times in the head.
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"So, you're the Ruski bastard who's given us so much trouble. Never thought it would be a dirty half Russian like yourself. Vhat was your bitch of a mother? Mexican right? Traitors. They could have helped us in zthe first Vorld Var but nein, they felt obliged to serve their master like a hound. Is that what you are, half-Ruski? A dog serving the people? No matter, you will feel pain the same as any other. You will also die like any other. Full Russian, half Russian, death does not discriminate. He takes all that he can take." A voice echoed in Dmitri's ears.

Dmitri groaned with pain and flinched as a bright light was shined on his face.

"Ahh, look. Zthe half-Ruski bastard is awake! Velcomen back die Sau."

Dmitri noticed he couldn't move due to his hands being restrained to the chair he was sitting in. Despite this, he stood up and attempted to get out of his binding.

"Ja, it looks like you're stuck. Don't worry, cooperate with us and ve vill make zthis as painless as possible." a man with a grey uniform and a similarly grey hat bearing a skull and bones said with a devilish smile.

He then clicked his tongue and two masked guards in the room manhandled Dmitri, forcing him to sit back down until he fought them and slammed them both into the wall behind him, causing both guards to be knocked out and his restraints to be broken.

"Unfortunately for you comrade, it is you that is the one who is stuck." Dmitri said back to him, glaring at him with his eyes.

"Ve vill see about zthat." the officer said to him, smiling with the same devilish smile from before and chuckling slightly.

Dmitri walked towards him and didn't stop when the officer pulled out a pistol, pointing it at his chest. Dmitri roared and smacked the gun out of his hand, grabbing the officer's throat and holding him up in the air with one hand. He started applying pressuring, exerting unholy strength on the officer's throat, squeezing so hard the officer gasped for air with his hands.

"Tell me suka where my friend is and I might let you live. Choice is yours comrade."

However the officer did not budge and remained silent besides his gasps for air. Dmitri continued to glare at him, his mind becoming clouded with hate and anger. It was in this moment that Dmitri realized that perhaps what he was doing wasn't the right thing. He knew the officer he was choking wasn't a good person but he thought about how that would make him.

"I was already damned in first place" he thought to himself.

Dmitri continued strangling the officer as the officer fought for his life, his legs kicking all over the place and his hands clawing at Dmitri's face. But Dmitri remained unmoved and continued choking him until the officer's limbs went still and his eyes became cold. Dmitri then tossed him to the side and spitted at his dead body.

"German suka." he said to himself.

He then searched the officer's body and found a pair of keys, along with the pistol he was using earlier to threaten him and some ammunition for it. He proceed to make sure the weapon was loaded and holstered it.

"Time to save Annie. Time to find out where she is." Dmitri said to himself.

Dmitri then busted the door open, surprising the guards guarding it and ruthlessly killed all four of them swiftly, not missing a single shot.

"I'm coming comrade." he thought to himself as he marched onward.

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"Maybe I should've stayed. Maybe. It..was wrong of me to leave suddenly. They're probably wondering where I am." Daring Doo said to herself.

She continued thinking about how she left suddenly and decided landing somewhere would be best to collect her thoughts. She found a cave on the slide of a cliff and landed there, laying down and placing her head between her front forelegs.

"It's just..I'm in the future..I just can't..how do I..how do I explain that to others? That I'm from the past? I..I must..no..I can't..I can't..oh boy..this is big, really big. Woah." she continued to say to herself.

However in her thoughts she failed to notice eagle-shaped objects flying in the distance until she heard a loud noise.

"Huh?" she asked, looking up.

She gasped as she saw several odd eagle-shaped objects flying towards Canterlot, noticing how similar they looked to..

"Oh boy, it's them isn't it?" she asked herself again, answering her own question in a instant.

She knew she had to tell Dmitri right away about the Germans coming back again but wondered how to go about it. She knew obviously not to fly in the same direction they were but wasn't quite sure how to reach Dmitri and Annie and the rest of the population to warn them.

"No wait, that is the way!" she said to herself.

She grinned, taking off right away, flying straight towards one of the eagle-shaped objects. She knew what she was thinking was crazy and possibly insane but definitely fun.

"HAHAAHAHAHAHAA!" She insanely laughed outloud, smiling widely as she landed on top of one of the eagle-shaped objects.

She noticed that she startled the human inside, who immediately tried to shake her off. Instead, Daring Doo held on, laughing loudly and grinning. She could tell the human inside was shouting back at her and even pulled out a weapon to shoot her.

"Not today buddy" she laughed to herself.

The human shot at her as she took off, causing himself to start to gasp for air and subsequently dive down towards the ground.

"I'm coming Equestria! I'm coming!" she grinned to herself, clinging onto the next available eagle-shaped object.
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"Excellent Annie, your participation is valued greatly by the Third Reich. Tell me, vhat do you know about zthe Ruski?"

"I ain't tellin' you nothin"

"Bitte, for your own sake, participate. If you truly value your home, zthen zthis must happen. Do you understand? Ja?

"There's no way in tardation I'm helpin' y'all."

The German officer questioning Annie smirked slightly, even laughing a little.

"Ve can do zthis zthe easy way or the hard way. You see Annie, Ponyville belongs to us now. It belongs to the Third Reich. As I speak, several regiments and brigades are securing Ponyville under our control. You all will obey us. You all will assimilate into the greater Third Reich. Why such a sad face? Nein, this isn't something to be sad about. Ve are simply enlightening your inferior race. Cleansing can only happen on a greater scale, not a minimal one. Like Jewish rats, pony mice must be maintained and controlled. They must be made to listen to order and be categorized. Excellent organization is vhat ve are good at. Ve simply aren't the bad guys. Nein, ve are the ones who aren't afraid to do vhat everyone else won't . You see, der Führer is our vessel into evolution; it is him that vill lead us to greatness in the future! It is him that is our future!" he said to Annie, standing up and emphasizing his points before smiling and reclining back down in his chair.

"You're mad. You're crazy. Y'all aren't the good guys. I've seen what y'all can do. I've seen y'all before. Plenty of years ago. I know y'all don't mean well. Y'all only want us to die. Y'all only want what we have - magic. I can tell by your silence that's what cha' want. Ain't it? Yeah it is. As for your 'dare fooyear' he ain't what he says he is. Y'all mustn't be able to see into it but he sounds kinda like a smooth talker. "

The officer immediately changed his expression to that of anger and slammed his fist down on the table dividing the two of them.

"How DARE you say zthis about der Führer? You vill be shot for this!"

He stood up, drawing his pistol quickly and glared down at Annie before setting one finger on the trigger and-

BAM!

Annie's eyes were closed but she didn't know what happened. She questioned if she died at first and was afraid to open her eyes but she did anyways. The officer's eyes rolled to the back of his head as blood poured out of his mouth until his knees buckled and he fell forward, slamming onto the table as the gun fell out of his hand as well. Lo behold, there was a man standing there, covered in blood and anger. He stood there, pistol still smoking from shooting the officer yet he wasn't finished. The officer was still alive and grunting for life until the man in blood shot him again in the back. The man in blood then looked over to Annie and said one thing:

"Hello comrade" he said with such a grand smile, lowering his pistol and holstering it.

"Hey Dmitri, that was..surprising. A good one though." she slightly chuckled, realizing how disturbed she actually might be.

Dmitri smiled with a bloody grin and nodded his head, beckoning her to follow him.

"We must go comrade. The Germans have quickly taken control. They will know what I have done. It is me they are looking for, but this time they take town. They will make sure town suffer. I will not make this so."

"But Dmitri, there's a lot of them."

"Unfortunately for them, there is a lot of me as well. One of me is too much comrade." he chuckled to himself.

"You sure are sure of yerself. If ya' say so, then alright. Lead the way, comrade!"

"The Germans will not prevail. Soon, their time will come."

Dmitri opened the door and led the two of them out, taking cover as a German patrol passed by.
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"Der Führer, Ponyville is effectively under our control. What are your orders?" a German officer in grey asked a man dressed in khaki next to him in German.

"Excellent Generalmajor,ensure that Ponyville stays under our control. As for orders, demand surrender of Equestria and if denied, you are to take all regions. All regions of Equestria. Be relentless. Be cruel. Do not go soft. We are the superior race; they will be taught this."

The Generalmajor nodded his head a little and respectfully bowed his head before standing at attention and staring at Der Führer.

"Sieg Heil!" the officer said, clicking his shoes together before he left the room.

"Sieg Heil!" Der Führer responded, nodding his head and turning away as the Major General left.

Der Führer then walked up to his observation window, smiling with pride at how he knew he would get his way.

"Soon, this Zauber will be mine. With this power of the gods, I shall be more powerful than any other man. That Soviet Sau will bow before me. That American verkrüppelt will plead for mercy on his knees. And finally, the world will be mine. But not just Earth. This world shall be mine too. I shall make Deutschland the greatest nation the world has-no, both worlds have seen! Nothing will stop the Third Reich. Nothing will stop the Nazi party. Nothing will stop the German people from becoming the most superior race both worlds have seen! We will become almighty. We will become invincible. We will become gods." he said to himself, smiling wickedly as he folded both arms behind his back and assumed a wide stance.
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And soon, Equestria fell into an age of darkness never seen before, mostly because it could not be seen at first. The princesses, following their philosophies of good heartiness and belief believed the Germans could and would negotiate, but they were wrong. Der Führer grabbed what he wanted. He grabbed what he thought was necessary. He promised Equestria freedom, and he promised them a splendid future. He managed to sway many on his side with his charisma and superior persuasion skills. Soon he was able to force the princesses in submission after a thwarted attempt by royal forces to stop the advancing German forces. Magic and royal armor and weapons were no match for automatic weapons, artillery, tanks, superior training and superior air support. It was a catastrophic day; many died for what was left of the Royal government. Many died for the old life, for the old ways. Many died fighting to stop this threat, to stop this mad man. But despite their efforts, he prevailed, ushering in a new age of "evolution", an age of absolute "superiority" and tyranny. And so Equestria became part of the Greater German Reich, and was promised a new age of "evolution" and an empire that would last thousands and thousands of years in harmony.

But, unfortunately for Der Führer, there was one man who did not sway to his persuasion.

That one man was still alive, despite being previously thought to be dead.

And that one man was very upset. Very angry. Very rebellious.

That one man was the one man Der Führer feared the most; he had heard rumors of this superior soldier capable of eliminating anything in his path and his uncanny ability to survive the most unlikely of situations.

The Bear that Survived.

And there was the Bear, walking towards occupied Ponyville with nothing but his bare hands and his grin.

"I'm coming for you Hitler" he smiled, continuing to march towards Ponyville.