-Twilight’s Library, Ponyville/ 1800 hours EST: Equestrian Standard Time-

“Well it doesn’t seem to be doing any harm to any pony. So you two could go tell the others about this.”

“Are you coming with us?” The cyan pegasus asked.

“No I’m going to stay here and watch whatever it is,” Twilight said collecting her items of study.

-UAV command-

“The recon team is headed to the town, you can turn it back now.”

“Yes sir, it’s just so weird, seeing a civilization made up of horses. Wonder if or how we could communicate with them.”

“Yeah... Or if they could be a threat to us, like their super strong and violent when faced with a different species.”

“I sure as hell hope not.”

“Heh… Amen to that.”

-Outskirts of Fillydelphia-

“What do we make of this?” A tall man asked with a sly, central-European accent looking through a pair of binoculars.

“A city sir?” Another man with binoculars standing next to him responded.

“I know it’s a city you idiot,” he turned at the other man in disgust. “Look within the city, what do you see?” The man looked deeper into the city and responded.

“Billboards… with English writing. British? American?”

“Who cares. It’s not ours. Therefore we attack it. I want the 56th Panzer Division on that city, as well as offshore artillery bombardment. Is that clear commander?”

“Yes General,” the commander responded getting onto the radio giving the green light for landing ships to go forward.

-Ponyville-

‘It’s leaving? I haven’t even got to study it yet.’ The purple unicorn thought to herself in disappointment as the UAV left the town.

“Uhm Rarity? Hello?” Fluttershy silently asked knocking on the boutiques door. The door opened showing a quite sophisticated white unicorn with a stressed look on her face.

“Oh hello darling. What brings you to my boutique?” Rarity asked not trying to hide the fact that she was tired and stressed out.

“I just came to tell you that there is a weird thing flying around Ponyville.”

“A weird flying thing?” She asked not entirely interested.

“Yes, it showed up out of no where and started flying around Ponyville like it was watching us or something.”

“Well that is interesting, but I have to do a lot of work so uh… thank you for telling me about that. Goodbye.”

“Oh goodbye,” Fluttershy replied getting the point that Rarity was very busy with her work.

Over at Sugercube Corner, where Dash went to tell Pinkie Pie, her response was a lot different. “Oh my gosh a flying metal thing!? What does it look like? Is it friendly or a big meany? Does it like parties? Ooooooh we should invite it down for a party wouldn’t that be great?”

“Well I don’t think it would come down.”

“Why not?” She looked at her friend with a sad expression.

“Because it left,” Twilight chimed in behind Rainbow Dash. “It just flew away in a Northwestern direction.”

“Really? That’s to bad it was gonna be a great party to,” Pinkie Pie looked at the ground in disappointment that she couldn’t throw the party for the UFO.

“It’s okay Pinkie Pie. You could make the party for something different. But right now I’m going to meet up with Fluttershy and we’re going to go tell Applejack.” Dash said running out the door to the town center.

At the center the two met up and went on their way to Sweet Apple Acres. On the road near Sweet Apple Acres they came across the orange pony bucking apples out of a tree.

“Hey Apple…” ‘whoa… what is that?’ She asked herself seeing another UFO coming overhead. This one was different though, it was bigger, darker, and was flying a lot lower than the other one.

“Well what is that?” Applejack asked looking up at the UFO in shock.

“I don’t know. It’s a lot bigger than the last one,” Dash said in shock as well.

“Last one? You saw another one of those?”

“Yeah that’s what we were going to tell you before that came,” She explained while pointing at the UFO.

“Well let’s go follow it. By the looks of it, it’s following the road to Ponyville.”

“All right let’s go.”

“I’ll just go back home since it’s getting dark,” Flutter shy spoke tiredly.

“Okay babe,” Dash said as she hugged her. “I love you.”

“Okay, I love you too,” she responded flying off to her cottage as Dash and Applejack raced off following the UFO towards Ponyville.

-Fleet Whiskey 5: L.S.D. 254-

“We are unloading landing craft and heading for the beach,” the bridge officers reported as the landing crafts dropped into the water and sped towards the beach.

“Good. We’ll have the troops meet up with the recon team at the destination,” The Admiral reported back to the ships.

“This is General Shockley, I will be leading the ground forces in this operation. We are still waiting for two more crafts to land before we move towards the destination. I will give you confirmation when we depart on our ‘expedition’.”

“Very well General we will be waiting for your confirmation. Command Out.”

-Cockpit of the V-22 Osprey 24–T7-

“So I hear where this road leads to is a town full of ponies,” the Pilot said, out of the blue.

“No way, that has to be some officers being stupid and making up shit to mess with people,” the Co-pilot argued.

“Yeah that’s probably what it is,” the Pilot chuckled, looking down at a deer running through the field.

In the back of the osprey the Captain, Doctor, and Lieutenant where joined with Recon Team Omega 3.

“I’ve been briefed by the admiral that this is not a weapons hot operation. We are just scouting the destination and will be met by the army in a day or so.”

“You hear that men? No shooting unless it is completely necessary,” Sergeant Kevin Saundry confirmed with the team.

“Yes, I’m told this area is not hostile but be careful just in case. We will be scouting a small town we have discovered. We don’t know if it is hostile or not, but I was told we don’t have to worry much. I was also told not to engage the town until we’re cleared.”

“With all due respect sir. Why can’t we go into the town? I mean… well you did say that we didn’t need to worry so why?” Private Dexter Smith, the youngest member of the team spoke up.

“Command told that the situation is strange and I’m just following protocol Private.”

Within an hour of the briefing the pilot came over the intercom saying they’ve arrived at the LZ and that he was opening the ramp. As it opened they could only see that they were over an open field. The pilot came on again to green light their exit. They dropped down about eight feet to the ground and watched the lights of the osprey fly away back to the fleet.

-Canterlot-

The Princesses that day didn’t have anything to do. Celestia was entertaining herself by playing chess with Luna and flying around the garden with Philomena. As they were having dinner the doors slammed opened as two guards holding up a beaten, bloody pegasus rushed towards Celestia.

“Princess! Fillydelphia… has been attacked… by a… aliens!” The injured pegasus screamed in pain.

“Aliens? What did they look like?” Celestia questioned in disbelief.

“There were large metal… carriages with cylinders that flung exploding metal rocks. I saw a few outside of the carriages, they were two legged things, slightly taller than me, dressed in grey, had metal hats, and were holding weird tubes that flung smaller rocks.”

“Oh my. Did they talk?”

“Yes but I couldn’t understand their alien language. They kept yelling ‘kleines Pferd?’ in a confused way. We asked them who they are but they responded by looking at each other oddly and then attacking us.”

“Well then… Firstly, Guards, bring him to the hospital building,” Celestia sat there scratching her head wondering what to do. She had never thought about the scenario of an alien invasion. She thought over things she could do. ‘I could assemble the Elements of Harmony, but would it work against aliens? Should I take military action against them? I will consult the generals, then the Elements.’

-Some field-

“Everyone good?” Glen asked before moving on through the field.

“The troops are good sir,” Lieutenant Henry assured the captain.

“Good, lets go.”

They moved on going north until they reached a small road with a bridge going over a small river. As they went over the bridge they noticed faded lights in the distance. They moved off the road and to a hill where they surveyed the area locating a small village a few klicks away.

“We'll stay on this hill until confirmation."

"Did they specify when we will get confirmation?"

"Not at all. We could be here for a while."

"Dam."

-On the road to Ponyville-

“We lost it?” Dash wondered out loud as she looked around franticly.

“Ah think so. It was moving pretty darn fast.”

“Not as fast as me in flight but since I was galloping with you...”

“Oh shush up Rainbow you know that thing is faster than you and I... Huh, when'd it get so dark out all the sudden, ah  should probably head back home for some shut-eye.” Applejack yawned.

“You’re giving up? C’mon! What if it’s really cool? And you miss it.”

“Well you should go home too. Them aliens could get the drop on you” She giggled.

Dash gulped in fear about the idea. "I.. I think I could take them."

"Sure you could."

"Well I'll just go back home and stay with Fluttershy. You know, to protect her and stuff."

"All right, you go do that. Seeyah tomorrow Rainbow."

When Dash got back she noticed her partner was reading in bed, waiting for her to come back. “I’m back,” Dash said lovingly, but still sad that she didn’t get to see the aliens.

“Did you catch up to the thing?” Fluttershy asked.

“No.” Dash answered looking at the ground.

“That’s too bad.” She said sympathetically.

“Yeah, I was really excited to see what they looked like.” Dash said, still in a depressed mood.

“Well, to make you feel better, we could have a picnic tomorrow. If… you want to, of course.”

“Yeah, that does sound pretty good. Thanks babe.” She responded in a better mood. “I could also practice and you could watch, if you wanted to.”

“Oh, I could always watch you practice Rainbow.” Fluttershy said with a deep blush, pulling Rainbow Dash onto the bed and romantically kissing her.

-45 minutes ago back at the field-

‘So… This is pretty nice. It’s calm and quite out, the sky is clear, and it is just the right temperature. I have never been at such a calm state since my childhood. I think I have a book in my bag and some candy bars.’ Glen thought to himself as he got up to get to his bag. ‘Ah, here it is. My flashlight, some candy bars, and a book. What is it anyway? Hmm… ‘Flags of Our Fathers’, heard it was good.’ After about 50 minutes he put it down and grabbed his binoculars to watch the little town. Within the town he saw a tree house… ‘A tree house? What the hell is a tree house doing in a small town?’ He thought to himself. He looked some more and saw what looked like a ginger bread house. A really big… ginger bread house, with candy decorations all around it. ‘What kind of town is this?’

-Fillydelphia-

“Why are there loads of dead ponies lying around this city?” The General questioned his commander. “And where are the people?”

“There are no people.”

“What?”

“Its just ponies. They are the people.”

“Ha, very funny Commander. Now why aren’t there people here,” The General looking at him with a sarcastic smile.

“It’s true sir. The ponies where speaking in English and are the citizens of this city.” A soldier stepped in to defend the Commander.

“Very well then. Set up a command post and an airfield. I want this area scanned for nearby cities… And kill off any of these ponies you find still alive. I hate horses, especially ones that speak English.”

“Yes sir.”

-Outside Ponyville-

“There’s a vehicle transport arriving. I also have visual of the UAV.” Private Smith pointed out the vague figure in the sky. The V-45 Stork came down and landed in front of them at the base of the hill. The transport opened up revealing a M4-A1 Honey Badger tank followed by a Stryker. “Shit, that’s some nice armor,” Private Donald announced with a big grin on his face.

“Alright troops lets load up and get to that town.” Glen waved his arm in the air signaling them to get in the vehicles.

-Canterlot-

After several hours of arguing with her generals, the Princess finally got them to compromise over sending a legion of guards to areas around Fillydelphia and sending a group of Pegasus guards to investigate Fillydelphia. After the meeting she decided to write to Twilight about the sudden alien invasion. She had slight doubt in sending the letter but ignored her urges. With a quick flash of magic the letter was off.

-Twilight’s Library-

It was still quite early in the morning and Twilight was still fast asleep when her baby dragon started reacting to the incoming letter. The loud burp of magic fire and the dropping of a letter woke up the unicorn, but not the dragon.

‘A letter from Celestia?’ Twilight thought, looking at her clock. ‘Well it must be pretty important if it’s this early.’ She walked over to where Spike was sleeping and carefully picked up the letter without disturbing him. She placed the letter on her desk and began to read.

My Faithful Student, Twilight,

I have been notified of a horrible attack on the city of Fillydelphia. We have lost all contact with the city. The survivor reported the attacking force as aliens. I have also sent a legion of my royal guards for protection in the areas around Fillydelphia. Ponyville is one place 60 of the guards will be positioned. Also I have sent a group of peas guards to investigate the alien presence. I am telling you this because I will need the ‘Elements of Harmony’ if the Royal Guards are not strong enough to defend against the clearly hostile aliens.

P.S. DO NOT tell anypony about this letter, the Elements are the only exception. I'm not sure about Pinkie Pie though. I cannot afford word to travel around and create mass panic about the aliens.

~Princess Celestia

Twilight stared at the letter, shocked, scared, and confused. She sat there some more pondering, and something else popped out of her head. ‘Aliens… the strange UFO in the sky yesterday. Does that have something to do with the attack on Fillydelphia? Well I could tell the girls about this tomorrow. Plus with Pinkie I could just make her Pinkie Pie Swear not to tell anypony else.'

-Fluttershy’s Cottage-

The two pegasi woke up lazily at about the same time. They realized it was still pretty early and slowly got out of bed.

“I’ll make you some coffee, what do you want in it?” Dash asked stretching  beside the bed.

“Oh… uhm… no thank-you, if it’s alright with you… could I have some tea instead?” Fluttershy asked softly not trying to sound demanding.

“Sure thing, I’ll make you some tea right away,” She replied hoping down the stairs towards the kitchen. The sun was just barely skimming the horizon as Celestia pulled it up into the sky. The cyan pegasus looked out the window taking in the beauty of the warm morning. She scavenged around looking for the supplies for coffee and tea until she finally found them, leaving a big mess that would take some effort to clean. ‘Eh, I’ll clean it later.’ She thought to her self, preparing the drinks.

Fluttershy came down to investigate the noises being made in the kitchen. “Rainbow Dash, what’s going on?” She asked a little shocked but not surprised.

“Oh this? This is… Me, trying to make something in the kitchen.” Dash answered, blushing in embarrassment at her poor cooking skills.

“Here, you clean this up and I’ll make the coffee and tea,” She smiled lovingly at Dash.

“Okay babe,” Dash agreed happily starting to pick stuff up and put them back. But was quickly interrupted by fierce knocking on the door. Dash ran to the door and opened it to reveal Applejack with a nervous face. “What’s wrong Applejack?”

-Fillydelphia-

“I’m seeing some movement in the hills. At least five figures, 2 klicks,” A soldier reported looking through the scope of a sniper rifle. “More ponies. These ones have armor on though, you think they’re the military? Not very impressive,” He scoffed to the other sniper right next to him.

“Ha, you’re right, what are they wearing? They look so… stupid. Here, I’ll kill four and you handicap the fifth for questioning,” The other sniper responded.

“You got it,” The soldier said adjusting his sights and pulling the trigger.

~Author's Note

Yay second chapter done!

That New German Empire be pretty dam cruel. The New German Empire (Sixth Reich) is made up of neo-nazi's so that would explain some stuff about their cruelty. Next Chapter: Chapter III Estimated time remaining: 16 Minutes