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A mile off the beach of Manehattan, hundreds of small rowboats make their way to the beach. Each rowboat carrying thirty soldiers. The soldiers in the rowboats are nervous, they can see the looming bunkers and catapults on the beach. They hear artillery fire as one of the rowboats is blown to pieces from a cannon.

"Thirty seconds!" The rowboat captain shouts.

"Listen up! When you get on that beach do not stop moving, if you stand still you are dead! We need to mark those bunkers and artillery with flares so the battleships can take em out." Deadeye said.

"Whats the rallying point sir?" Autumn asked.

"Anywhere that isn't being blown to bits." Deadeye said.

"Ten seconds!" The rowboat captain shouted again. The soldiers all drew their swords and the COLTS loaded their crossbows. Artillery began to rain down on the ships.

"Here we go boys!" The captain said as the front door of the rowboat opened. Immediately, soldiers fell down dead from automatic crossbow fire from the bunkers. Chunks of bodies began flying everywhere as arrows whizzed past the COLTS faces.

"GET OUT! MOVE!" Deadeye yelled as the first soldiers on the beach were killed by the incoming arrow fire. As the soldiers landed on the beach, cannonfire and catapults began flattening them. It was like running into instant death. Big Mac went and took cover behind a rock as a crystal pony fell down dead in front of him. He aimed his crossbow and fired on the bunkers trying to bring down the gunner but a nearby explosion rocked him and he missed. All over the beach the COLTS and crystal ponies were trying to return fire but they were being shot down and it was a very hard target to hit.

"TROOPS! SHIELD UP!" Quartz screamed as he pulled out his shield and put if in front of him. He could hear the dozens of arrows striking his shield.

"LOOK OUT!" Shadow yelled as a large boulder flattened five of Quartz's troops. Up above the cliffs, griffon archers fired vollies of arrows down on the beach killing nearly seventy more crystal ponies. There were soon nearly two thousand ponies on the beach with thousands more incoming.

"We have to take out those bunkers!" Autumn yelled as he fired his crossbow killing one of the gunners which was soon replaced by another. Blitz ran full speed up the beach, his great speed allowing him to avoid all the arrows that were coming down on him. He eventually made it to the base of the bunkers.

"Everypony! Rally to Blitz's location!" Deadeye said as the COLTS and some crystal ponies advanced toward Blitz. The crystal ponies following them were all wiped out from arrowfire and the COLTS were struck quite a few times but their armor absorbed the hits.

"Captain what do we do?" Blitz asked as many ponies made their way up the beach.

"We gotta mark these bunkers!" Deadeye said.

"Sir I have an idea!" Shadow said.

"What?" Deadeye asked. Shadow pulled out his dual swords and stabbed them into the bunker wall. He pulled on out and placed it in another location higher up. He continuously did this as he scaled up the wall.

"BIG MAC, BLITZ! FOLLOW SHADOW! AUTUMN YOUR WITH ME!" Deadeye said as him and Autumn went to the other bunker. The rest of the COLTS repeated Shadow's strategy. Some griffons from the other bunker began firing at them to pick them off.

"AHH!" Deadeye screamed as a boulder struck him and he fell forty feet to the ground.

"Captain!" Autumn yelled yelled.

"I'm fine! Keep going I'll catch up!" Deadeye said as he threw his swords back into the wall and began the process all over again. Eventually the COLTS were right under the window where the griffons were firing from.

"Be ready to jump boys!" Blitz said as he and the others took out their flares and threw them into the bunker window. Blitz, Big Mac, and Shadow all jumped and used their gliders to land safely on the ground.

"Sir flare has been marked." A crystal pony on one of the battleships said.

"Excellent, blow it to pieces." The captain said. The battleship's cannons all aimed towards the flare and fired. The bunker exploded into a million pieces and thousands of soldiers on the beach cheered.

"Come on Autumn we gotta blow this thing!" Deadeye said as he caught up to Autumn. They threw their flares in and jumped, a few seconds later the bunker was destroyed.

"YEAH!" The soldier all cheered as the crossbow fire came to a stop.

"PUSH FORWARD!" Rubios screamed as the crystal army advanced beyond the beach and took the beach head. Big Mac sat down to get a drink of water. The beach had been taken but the city was still under griffon control. He looked at the thousands of dead bodies on shore and in the water. The water had literally turn red from all the blood. He promised himself their sacrifice would not be in vain.

"Let's go Mac, we have a city to liberate!" Autumn said as the army pushed into the city and engaged the griffons. They crystal ponies proved to be better fighters than the changelings and griffons so the griffons were being pushed back. They had passed and liberatied numerous POW's who took up arms and aided in the fight. On an open clearing where the city park used to be. Ten thousand griffons and three thousand changelings stood in formation with artillery behind them. Rubios and Emeralda waited for their troops to fall in behind them.

"CHARGE!" The crystal rulers shouted as the army charged for the griffons. Numerous boulders and cannons killed the incoming poies but surrender was never an option for a crystal warrior. The griffons got into a phalanx formation as the crystal ponies engaged them. The COLTS jumped over the lines and pulled out their swords and began cutting down the formation. Crystal artillery soon arrived and destroyed the remaining griffon assault force.

"YEAH!" The crystal army shouted.

"Do not celebrate so soon, there are tens of thousands more grifs in the city!" Deadeye shouted. "COLTS! KILL ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE HOOVES!"

"YES SIR!" The COLTS said as the pressed behind enemy lines in the city while the crystal army and the freed pony POW's engaged the griffon's frontline.

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Back at Canterlot, Skullcrusher was talking with Shining Armor.

"You think we can hold the grifs off if they attack?" Skullcrusher asked.

"It all depends if the garrison at Ponyville can hold them off long enough for the crystal ponies to arrive." Armor said. All citizens had been evacuated from Ponyville and a garrison of one thousand troops had been set to fortify and defend it. All of Canterlot was surrounded by mountain and the only straight shot was from the plain below where Ponyville was. Soarin was put in charge of the garrison at the town.

Ponyville

"Let's go I want those walls up yesterday!" Soarin shouted. The ponies went to work setting up walls, bunkers, hospitals, barracks, and booby traps for the inevitable griffon attack.

"Commander!" A pegasi yelled as he landed.

"What is it?" Soarin asked.

"Grifs! Forty miles out!" The scout said.

"What are there numbers?" Soarin asked.

"Near half a million!" The scout said. Soarin froze as he realized how badly outnumbered they were.

"HURRY UP WITH THOSE FORTIFICATIONS!" Soarin yelled. "How long till they get here?"

"They'll be here at this time tommorow." The scout said. Back at Canterlot, the mane six had been huddled into a fortified bunker.

"I'm so scared!" Fluttershy squeaked.

"Don't be, the army will stop the griffons." Twilight said although she knew how badly outnumbered the ponies were.

"Do you think the crystal ponies will come?" Rarity asked.

"They have to, it's our only hope at his point." Twilight said.

"Do you think Blitzy and the others are okay?" Pinkie asked.

"They must be I mean, they are the best of the best!" Rainbow said.

"Ah just hope Big Macintosh is alright." Applejack said.

"Hey Applejack, what is that bracelet thingy on your hoof?" Pinkie asked.

"Applejack, that's a wedding ring!" Rarity shouted. "Did Skullcrusher ask-"

"Skullcrusher asked me to marry him!" Applejack said.

"Oh Applejack I'm so happy for you!" Fluttershy said.

"WEEEE! THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST PARTY EVER!" Pinkie said.

"When's the wedding?" Rainbow asked.

"Ah don't know, probably not fer a while but ah better start planning now!" Applejack said. The ponies sat there and planned Applejack's wedding. It helped take their minds off of the fear of the unknown future of Equestria. In the throne room, Celestia and Luna discussed the war with each other.

"Sister, what are we going to do?" Luna asked.

"My hope is that the crystal kingdom will come to our aid. I have not spoken with Rubios or Emeralda in a hundred years though." Celestia said. "And hopefully the COLTS will return.

"You don't think they are still angry with us do you?" Luna asked.

"I'm not sure Luna, what we did must have been unforgivable but I hope they can forgive us." Celestia said. "If I hadn't been so foolish the COLTS would all still be alive and we wouldn't be in this situation!"

"It's okay sister, they fooled everypony!" Luna said.

"But how could I have fallen for the same trick twice! Remember at Cadence's wedding when the changelings attacked? I should have taken better precautions!" Celestia said.

"I swear Claws Von Griffon will be brought to justice and he WILL pay for the millions of lives who have died because of him!" Celestia growled.

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Back at Manehattan, the COLTS were searching for the griffon CO while the crystal ponies sweeped through the city.

"Sir I think I got something." Shadow said. His crossbow was longer and thinner and had a lower rate of fire than the others because it was meant for long range.

"What?" Deadeye asked.

"There's a grif in the middle that the others are saluting and protecting." Shadow said.

"Can you take him out from here?" Deadeye asked.

"I-i'll try." Shadow said as he aimed his crossbow. Time seemed to slow down as he held his breath to straighten his line of sight. When he decided the time was right, he pulled the trigger and the arrow shot out and traveled nearly eight hundred feet to its target. The CO griffon fell down dead as an arrow struck his head.

"Nice shot!" Blitz said.

"Excellent Shadow." Deadeye said as a cannonball struck the building ahead of them.

"Look, they're retreating!" Autumn said as the griffons began to run away.

"Oh I don't think so, let's give em a surprise boys!" Deadeye said as the COLTS jumped out and began shooting the retreating griffons. When they ran out of arrows they pulled out their swords and began slashing the griffons down till they all lie dead.

"WOOHOO! YEAH!" Blitz said as the crystal army artillery began bombarding the griffons throughout the city. Thousands of crystal pegasi flew in and took out the griffon air force. The ponies ruled the sea, land and air around Manehattan. The rest of the navy landed their troops and took off towards Fillydelphia which was in need of help.

"Excellent work warriors! We have taken the city!" Rubios screamed.

"AH-OOH!" The crystal ponies screamed. Big Mac found an equestrian flag under the rubble of the former soldier memorial. He pulled it out and dusted it off. He than went to the top of a hill where the griffon flag stood. He knocked over the griffon flag and planted the equestrian one into the ground. The other COLTS saw this and went to his aid. Together they raised the equestrian flag over the destroyed downtown Manehattan as thousands of crystal ponies and freed POW ponies pressed west towards Canterlot.

Trivia! What famous invasion do you think the beginning of this chapter was based off of. And what famous flag rising was the last scene based off of? Here's a hint, both of them happened in the same war. R&R

"You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you...I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle." - General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Heres some story trivia.

1. Orignally Autumn's name was going to be Fall Leaf but I didn't like how that sounded.

2. Big Mac was going to be captain of COLTS OMEGA but than I decided he was too young to be a captain so I put in Deadeye.

3. Applejack was going to be shipped with someone else but I didn't want to have to make a new OC since I already made like thirty for this story so I decided to bring back Skullcrusher.

4. At first the COLTS weren't going to have any augmentations but than I decided they would be much cooler if they did.

5. Redwood Oak originally wasn't supposed to die and was going to be a COLT but I had to kill him off for Deadeye to see how powerful Big Mac was.

6. Solar Blitz was going to be shipped with Rarity but than I decided he went better with Pinkie Pie.

7. Black Soul originally wasn't going to die but I had to put some heartbreak in this story, it is a war story after all and SOMEONE has to die.

8. I was going to have the mayor or ponyville be Deadeye's mother and Striper's wife but than I decided that would leave a big plothole.

9. I originally wasn't going to kill of all the COLTS teams but after I watched the order 66 scene from Star Wars it gave me the idea.

10. The COLTS originally weren't supposed to go rampant but I decided that would be an interesting idea if they did.

11. I was going to ship Spike, Pipsqueak, and Featherweight with the CMC but I have enough romance going on in this story as it is.

12. I was going to have the zebra nation come to help Equestria until I saw the crystal pony song and decided the crystal ponies would be a better choice.

13. I was going to have modern weapons such as guns and tanks but I decided to stick with the show's sword and spear technology.

14. Sgt. Skullcrusher was based of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket.

15. Rainbow Dash was going to be shipped with someone else but I didn't want to have to make another OC so I just used Soarin.

16. The COLTS are based off the U.S Navy SEALS and the SPARTANS from Halo.

17. I was going to have pegasi and unicorns be COLTS but I decided the earth ponies don't get enough love so I made COLTS exclusively for the earth ponies.

18. I originally wasn't going to ship the mane six or Celestia but I figured 'ah what hell? Might as well'.

19. I was going to kill off Skullcrusher after he helped the COLTS escaped but I thought that would be rather cold.

20. There originally wasn't going to be a Steel Talons but I decided the COLTS needed a worthy enemy.