The calm before the storm is like the quiet before the thunder, it's a warning that something powerful is about to happen - Unknown.
Twilight stepped out of her castle, the Crystalline doors shutting behind her. Heading down the path away from her home, she moved with an excited air about her, as she had just learned that her brother and his family were coming in for a visit. So in anticipation of this, she was currently on her way into town to get a couple things for when they arrived.
Coming into Ponyville proper, she was quick to notice how it was today: Celestia's sun shone down, with enough cloud cover to keep it from being too bright or hot out. Birds flitted about in the sky, chirping happily. Ponies greeted her on the streets, bringing a warm smile to her face as she greeted them back.
As she moved through the town she called home, something that stuck out to her was the sight of human slaves on the street. She could see them everywhere, being used to do tasks such as pull carts and carry boxes, or anything else their masters ordered of them. In this day and age, it was fairly common to see humans used as slave labor, in fact, she recently read a study that said seventy percent of households and establishments owned al least one.
Though the war with the humans happened thousands of years ago, it was still the bloodiest, and most traumatic war in the history of Equus. After they were defeated, the humans were made to be servants to the different races of the world, and it had been that way ever since.
It wasn't long before Twilight found herself at her first destination, Sugar Cube Corner. Approaching the confectionery-themed building, she began to smell the goods they were making inside. The bell above the door rang as she stepped through, the smells of sweets growing far stronger.
Sugar Cube Corner was just as packed as ever, with ponies filling the booths, alongside the odd griffin or changeling. However, there weren't any humans, as they weren't allowed in establishments like this, and were made to stay outside.
Stepping up to the counter, she was greeted by the as-ever-bubbly Pinkie Pie.
"Hey, Twilight!" Pinkie exclaimed, a happy smile on her face. "Can I get you something?"
Twilight smiled back. "HI, Pinkie. I just need to pick up some cupcakes. Shining Armor and his family are coming in for a visit, so I'm out getting a couple things for when they arrive."
"Oh that's nice. As it just so happens I just took a batch of cupcakes out of the oven, just give me a moment and I'll get them ready," she said as she turned towards the kitchen. "So," Pinkie called from the back as she prepped the cupcakes for Twilight. "I heard about the rebel attack in the Crystal Empire, are Shining, Cadence, and Flurry doing okay?"
Twilight's brow furrowed as she regarded Pinkie's question. The Crystal Empire recently came under attack by human rebels, who sought to topple its rulership. And although they were ultimately defeated in the end, a lot of ponies got hurt.
"Oh, yeah, they're doing okay," Twilight replied. "They all got out of it unharmed, thank goodness. It'll be nice to see them again after all that," she said right before Pinkie came back out with a box of cupcakes.
Pinkie set the box on the counter, a sympathetic look on her face. "I'm sure they'll be happy to see you too."
"Thanks, Pinkie," Twilight said as she paid for the cupcakes and took the box in her magic. "It helps to hear you say that."
"No problem. See ya around, kay?" Pinkie bid farewell with a friendly little wave.
Twilight smiled. "See you around, Pinkie," she said as she made for the door.
"Hey! Tell Shining and his family I say hello, kay?" Pinkie called after Twilight.
"Will do," Twilight replied, before exiting the store.
Leaving Sugar Cube Corner behind, Twilight continued on her way through Ponyville; with the box of cupcakes in her magical grasp, she made her way toward her next destination, which was Sweet Apple Acres. Walking down the streets of town, Twilight was well on her way to AppleJack's, when something caught her attention.
She spotted Rarity out on the road, looking just as majestic as ever as she moved through Ponyville. Her every step was elegant, as if she was eternally walking on eggshells.
Right behind the snowy white mare was her human, whose arms were loaded with stacks of boxes and bags, no doubt containing clothing and various types of fabrics. He was also dressed in fine silk clothing, unlike most other humans who were normally just dressed in rags.
"Hey, Rarity," Twilight said as she approached the fashionista in greeting.
Upon hearing her voice, the mare turned around, a kind look on her face. "Oh, Twilight, it's so good to see you, darling," she replied as she swished her mane around.
"It's good to see you too," said Twilight.
"I'm just on my way back to Carousel Boutique after doing some shopping," Rarity gestured to her human who was carrying all of her purchases.
Now that she was up close to the human, she realized that it must be extremely tiring on him to be carrying all those boxes for so long; she was able to confirm this by looking over his body and face, which seemed to be pretty tense as he clearly was struggling to hold everything. Taking pity on the human, Twilight decided to give him a rest as she took all the boxes and bags from him.
"While that was certainly sweet, you didn't need to do that Twilight," Rarity said with light objection as Twilight took it all in her magic alongside the cupcakes. "Simmons is happy to carry all that, aren't you sweetie?" The human known as Simmons put on a faux smile, something Rarity failed to pick up on.
"It's okay," Twilight replied. "I don't mind."
"Alright, if you insist," Rarity relented. The mare than turned to her human, who seemed to be in better spirit, now that he'd been relieved of his load. "Come on, Simmons, let us head home."
With all the bags and boxes in her magical aura, Twilight accompanied Rarity down the streets of Ponyville. Arriving at Carousel Boutique, Rarity went ahead and opened the door, allowing Twilight to enter.
"Where do you want all these?" Twilight asked.
"Just set them on the floor for now," Rarity replied as she closed the door behind them. "I'll have Simmons go through and organize it all later.
"Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"I'm fine. And thank you for the help, I appreciate it darling. Is there anything I can do to repay you?" Rarity asked the alicorn.
But Twilight simply shook her head. "That's alright, I was happy to help. So if that'll be all, I think it's time I go on my way, Twilight finished after a moment.
"Okay, take care then," Rarity said in farewell. "And thanks again for the help."
"No problem. Well see you later, okay," Twilight spoke, heading out the door.
Now that she was done with that little side adventure, she got back on her way to Sweet Apple Acres. Arriving at the farm, she made her way to the house and stepped up onto the porch. Bringing her leg up, she rapped her hoof on the door a few times. A few moments later, the sound of locks turning could be heard, before the door opened to reveal Applejack standing on the other side.
"Well hey there, Twi, can Ah do something for ya?" The farmpony asked.
"Um, yeah," Twilight replied. "I was hoping you might a jug of of apple juice I could have?"
"Sure, consider it done," Applejack replied with a smile and a nod. Stepping back inside, she moved deeper into the house for a few moments, before she soon came back with a jug of juice in her hooves. "Say," AJ began as she hefted the jug on her shoulder. "Since you're here, would ya care to come in for a slice of pie? It's fresh out of the oven?"
"Yeah," Twilight replied, her mouth watering at the thought of having Apple family apple pie. "Yeah, that sounds nice."
Applejack moved out of the doorway, motioning with her hoof for Twilight to step inside. "Come on in and grab a seat then." Once the alicorn was inside, Applejack shut the door behind her, setting the jug down beside it. "We'll just leave this here for now." Thinking that Applejack had the right idea, Twilight set the cupcakes she had right down beside them.
"How much do I owe you anyway?" Twilight asked as Applejack walked beside her.
Applejack scoffed, feigning an offended look on her face. "Can't a mare give her friend apple juice out of the goodness of her heart," she smiled. "Consider it on the house."
"Thank you," Twilight replied.
Stepping up to the table, AppleJack called out for someone as both she and Twilight took their seats. A moment after they'd sat down, a female human approached the table, where Applejack turned to address her.
"Bring over two slices of pie, will ya," Applejack ordered of the slave, who promptly nodded and turned toward the counter. A minute or two later, the human came back with two plates of apple pie.
As the human sat the plates down on the table, Twilight's eyes glanced to the apple branding on its upper arm. Living on a farm was hard work, so to ease the burden on themselves, the Apples owned several humans to do some of the work for them.
Applejack nodded at the human. "You can excuse yourself," she said, upon which the human made her leave.
Turning to the pie in front of her, Twilight took in the pleasant aroma, her mouth starting to water. Levitating a fork, she took a bite, her taste buds exploding with flavor as the caramelized apples came into contact with her tongue.
"So, what're ya up to today?" Applejack asked, after she took a bite of her own pie.
"Nothing exciting," Twilight replied. "My brother is coming to town with his family, so I'm getting some stuff for later."
"Well that's mighty nice of ya," Applejack said. "Ah'm sure they'll appreciate it."
Twilight smiled. "Thanks."
As the two friends ate their pie, they were soon greeted with the presence of Applejack's younger sister as she came bounding into the room.
"Hiya Twilight!" Applebloom said energetically. "It sure is nice to see ya!"
Twilight smiled softly at the little filly. "Why it's nice to see you too, Applebloom."
"Hey, Applejack?" Applebloom asked, turning her attention from Twilight to her sister. "What's Earth?" The filly said, a look of curiosity in her eyes.
"Uh, Earth... you mean like... Earth ponies?" Applejack questioned, unsure of what her sister was asking.
But Applebloom just shook her head. "I heard one of the humans we have mention something about 'The Earth?' What was he talking about?"
Twilight's eyes lit up with understanding when she realized what Applebloom was talking about. "OH! I know what you mean!" She exclaimed, eliciting an excited expression from the filly. "You see, there's a legend among the humans, one that claims they come from a whole other world!"
"Shut up!" Applebloom exclaimed, completely flabbergasted.
Twilight nodded. "According to the legend, this other world is known as Earth, and it's ruled solely by humans," Twilight then shook her head. "Of course, such a notion is complete nonsense, but it's still interesting regardless," the alicorn finished.
"It sure is! Just wait till Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle hear about this!" Applebloom said. "Thanks for telling me, Twilight!"
"You're very welcome, Applebloom," Twilight chuckled lightly at the filly's enthusiasm.
The filly then scampered off after that, no doubt to go find her friends.
After Twilight finished her pie, she promptly thanked Applejack for the kind hospitality. Taking the cupcakes and apple juice, she left the farm house and made her way back home.
Arriving back at the castle of friendship, Twilight moved through it's pristine, sparkling halls. Making her way to the kitchen, she entered to find Spike standing by the oven, working on dinner.
"I'm back, Spike," Twilight announced as she set the juice and cupcakes on the counter.
'Hey, Twilight," the drake replied, looking over his shoulder towards his caretaker.
"I've got the stuff for later? How's the casserole coming?"
"It's almost done," he informed her. "I'm just about to take it out in a minute."
"Good, Shining and his family should be here soon, and I wouldn't want to keep them waiting for dinner."
Almost as if on cue, the sound of someone knocking was heard, the noise bouncing off the crystal walls and reaching them in the kitchen.
"Speak of the Discord. Spike!" Twilight quickly addressed the dragon, a haste to her voice. "Hurry up and get that casserole out of the oven and cut. Then once you've done that, get Percy to set up the table for dinner!"
"On it, Twi," Spike affirmed as he give a little salute.
Confident that Spike could handle things here, Twilight quickly tore out of the kitchen. Running through the castle, she followed the knocking until she arrived at the entrance.
Throwing open the door, she expected to see the wonderful visage of her brother and his family. Instead, she was immediately jumped by a white mass, obscuring her vision as it wrapped her in a death grip.
"Twily!" Exclaimed her attacker. "It's so good to see you!"
Wrestling her hoof free, she started weakly patting it on the back. "It's really good to see you too, Shining, but... could I have my lungs back... please!"
"Oops, sorry!" Shining chuckled sheepishly, releasing his sister as he blushed softly.
"It's okay," she replied, putting him at ease. Her expression became more serious, as she quickly pulled him into another hug. "I was so worried about you, I heard about the rebel attack."
"Don't worry," Shining Armor replied comforting his sister. "We're alright. Those dumb monkeys couldn't even touch us," he said smugly.
Breaking the hug with her brother, Twilight turned toward the pony that was both his wife and her old foalsitter. "Cadence!" She squealed, excitedly rushing up to her sister in law. The two engaged in their usual greeting, doing the same song and dance routine from Twilight's fillyhood.
Cadence smiled. "It's good to see you again, Twilight." Some babbling came from the stroller next to her, as the baby seated within made her presence known. The princess of love smiled softly. "I think somepony else wants to say hello."
"Why hello, Flurry Heart," Twilight cooed, approaching the little foal. "How's my favorite niece doing today?" Flurry Heart, just continued to babble in foal talk, a happy expression on her face. "He, it's nice to see you too," she spoke sweetly.
"Come on in," Twilight said as she held a hood out toward the open door. "Dinner should be just about down."
"What are we having?" Cadence asked as she stepped in the castle with her family.
"Casserole," Twilight replied as she closed the door behind them. "With a side of salad, and apple juice straight from Sweet Apple Acres."
"Sounds good," Cadence said.
With the promise of a tasty meal in front of them, the four ponies moved through the castle, soon arriving in an ornate dinning room with wall sconces and a sparkling chandelier. In the center of the space was a large table covered in a red tablecloth, two candelabras set in the center with a vase of flowers placed between them. Approaching the table, there was a young human setting down plates, utensils and cups for them to use.
"Hey everypony," Spike greeted as she entered the dining room.
"Hey, Spike!" Shining Armor returned the greeting. "How are you doing bro?"
"I'm doing good, thanks," Spike replied with a smile, before he turned to address the human. "Percy, go to the kitchen and bring out the food, please."
"Yes sir," the young man replied simply, before exiting the dining room.
After the human had gone, Shining Armor looked to Spike, raising a brow. "You don't need to say 'please' to it," the unicorn stated. "It's just a human, you don't have to treat it like a pony."
"That doesn't mean we shouldn't be nice to them," Spike replied, an unamused look on his face. "And Percy's a he, not an it," he crossed his arms.
"Well, I guess we're just going to have to agree to disagree on that," Shining huffed as he turned to take a seat at the table.
Percy returned a minute later, pushing a cart which carried what they would have for dinner. Everybody having already taken their seats, the human took the cart to the table and began serving the food. One by one, he made his way around the table, giving them each their meal.
When Percy reached Shining Armor, the unicorn gave him a dirty look, making the human shrink under his gaze. Shining said nothing as he was given his food, only continuing to glare at the young man. "Filthy ape!" The unicorn muttered as Percy made his leave.
"Thank you, Percy," Twilight said once he finished serving them their food. "Feel free to help yourself to the leftovers."
"Thank you," Percy replied, nodding to his master as he took the cart and left the dinning room.
Shining scoffed. "Pony food is too good for humans, all they deserve is slop!" He exclaimed rather adamantly.
Taking a fork in her magic, Cadence took a bite of the casserole, her eyes lighting up as she ate. "Mmm, this is pretty good, Spike," the princess complamented the dragon after she'd swallowed.
Spike smiled at her words. "Thanks, I'm glad you like it."
"So," Twilight spoke in-between bites. "How have things been in the Crystal Empire recently? I mean... you know... aside from the rebels..." Twilight said awkwardly, giving a flourish of her fork.
"Aside from the rebels, nothing much has happened honestly," Cadence replied. "For the most part it's been pretty peaceful, you should come visit sometime," Cadence finished, taking a sip of the juice.
Twilight smiled. "I just might do that."
"So, how have things been in Ponyville?" Cadence asked.
"Eh, nothing much, it's been pretty peaceful," Twilight replied, mirroring Cadence's words.
"What was the rebel attack like?" Twilight delicately asked after a moment, a look of morbid curiosity in her eyes.
Cadence stopped eating her food, taking a deep sigh as she set down her fork. "It was horrible," Cadence replied as she shuddered. "There were ponies falling all around us as the insurgents fought the guard. I had rushed to protect Flurry Heart, fearing they would try to hurt her," she said as she looked toward her daughter, who was sitting in a highchair with a bowl of macaroni.
"We lost a lot of good ponies that day," Shining Armor added, lowering his head solemnly. He perked back up a moment later, however. "But for everypony we lost, the humans lost several of theirs. I myself slew over a dozen humans!" He finished, a tone of pride in his voice.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through all that," Twilight said sympathetically. "I'm glad that you're all safe."
"Yeah," Spike nodded along to Twilight's words. "We're happy that none of you were hurt."
"I am too," Cadence said, leaning over to plant a kiss on Flurry Heart's cheek.
After dinner had been finished, Twilight soon brought out the cupcakes, especially to Flurry's and Spike's delight. Afterwards, they all retired for the night, with Twilight providing a room for her brother and his family.
Having done her normal nighttime routine, Twilight crawled into her bed. Pulling up the covers, she let herself settle into the comfy mattress, sighing in content. Laying in her bed, she allowed herself to relax, her constantly overtaxed brain finally getting a chance to rest.
At least that was the way it should have been.
As she laid there, she found her mind returning to the conversation she had earlier with Shining Armor and Cadence. In her head, she kept recalling the things they said about the rebel attack; she kept imaging she'd been there, watching as ponies fell to violent humans, unable to get the image out of her mind.
As she pictured the attack on the Crystal Empire, she found herself wandering back to what Applebloom asked earlier that day. The legend of a world ruled by humans had long been dismissed as a mares tale. And while Twilight knew the existence of such a thing was ridiculous, she couldn't help but find herself pondering it.
What would it be like, she wondered, for there to be a world ruled by humans. A barbaric race that has caused them so much pain and suffering in the past; a violent species that the world had deemed too dangerous to be allowed to be free. If there was an entire planet full of those war hungry creatures, it could prove to be a grave danger to the peace and safety of all of Equus.
Twilight shook her head, sending that thought away as she let her mind calm down. She let herself get comfortable in her bed, confident in the the fact that there was nothing to be worried about, and of how there was no such thing as planet Earth.
You got me hooked, can't wait for the next chapter.
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Good to hear it. I'll try not to keep you waiting too long.
Looking forward to the next chapter Cuh
This makes an interesting plot to develop. A really nice concept I'm really interested to know about. If you need someone to tell ideas and help with brainstorm I'm willing to help!!
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Thanks, I'll consider that.
I just hope these ponies understand that regular humans are not the evil ones.
Eh... I blame the government.
I love the “slave unrest in Crystal Empire” trope.
After all, crystal ponies used to be slave, so you can tell there a lot of empire citizen sympathize with the humans rebels, maybe in secret after saw how aggressive their Equestrian-puppet rulers (Shining and Candy) are.
It sounds interesting, I look forward to how this will turn out.
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Thanks, I hope you'll find that you enjoy it.
It takes the concept of enslaved human beings from the fanfic of "I shouldn't have enslaved humanity" but here it is well planned and achieved.
Twilight will find out that Earth is indeed real and we will not take kindly to being enslaved.
I'm honestly pretty interested in this story. I feel Shining's going to learn the same lesson he learned in "To Change a Changeling." You shouldn't judge a book by its cover and not all humans are bad.
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I have big things planned for Shining. Big things!
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Ominous
I am over here wondering what kind of earth (or more specifically time) the nations of equus shall find. Will it be the modern era the Cold War, ww2/1, or will it be a au like kaiserreich and TNO
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It's a modern Earth.
Interesting story, I can't wait to see more, especially when the ponies, especially Shining, regret mistreating humans as the atmosphere in this story builds up.
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Ooooh...
The ponies are gonna be in for a treat! (Unless you don't make it too much of a steamroll by making their magic quite effective :P)
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Their magic is going to give them an edge, but we're not going to let that stop us.
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Oooh, sounds like there would be a great uprising, revolution, or even war later. No matter what method, it will bring ponies into fear.
I Hope Twilight goes on an epic Undertale style adventure on Earth.
If in a hypothetical case they discovered the existence of the earth and humanity, a doubt arises in me... considering that they fear us, would the inhabitants of Gaia or Equus consider it necessary to invade the earth?
Oh you’ll regret that and learn your lesson soon. Plus maybe he’ll understand that well they were desperate since they probably out of resources so they had to raid or somthing since they didn’t have many options left
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We have a nuke and the final boss of earth to back up humanity to put the fear of god into them even the gods themselves
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Same or at least the bad actors in government but government fault mostly yes
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I like the cover art
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Thanks.
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They don't need nukes, because humans will bring a one-side slaughter with shells and explosives against those ponies who mistreated them.
This is great so far, can’t wait for more updates
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Who else to blame when things go sideways for humanity?
This is giving me some serious YHaY vibes.
Except in yours the humans are sapient, so the ponies are just slavers with no redeeming circumstances.
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Yes magic may be good but science is better
Just ask the U.S.
And don’t forget about the civilians since well who knows what they have
Says the one who treating spike the Dragon like a pony or more accurately like a living being
Interesting premise. The only contact the equestrians have had with humanity was one of the savage nations or tribes of the past. Now since they are going to go to earth I wonder what will happen.
Because depending on where they go their fears of humanity will be proven false or true .
Like if they invade the USA or UK they might see a regular nation though if they invade somewhere like in the more radical parts of Middle East or a primitive tribe then their predispositions of humanity might have leverage at least in their point of view
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They may be horrified to see that humans have a world of their own, loosely governed by themselves, which they would surely consider a well-organized threat, which will not be good for their own destiny.
Furthermore, I believe that their way of seeing human beings does not change even if they are in a civilized or tribal country or a country in an insurgency war.
Well an interesting story concept. Please continue
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I'm glad you like it. I'm hoping to have the next chapter up within a week.
(Author's Note) I can definitely tell you that I truly believe that this story is bloody brilliant amazing definitely going to like this and definitely going to be reading the full story when I get done I also hope that you are having a wonderful day as well and keep up the one who work with this story
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Me and many others will be eagerly waiting
I love it, please continue this story, i'm begging you 🙏
I hope this story will be like:
At 0090 hours, a mysterious anomaly suddenly appeared not far from coastal Singapore (I'm tired of 'Aliens invading America' which has been done so many times), the anomaly looked like some kind of portal to another dimension, the portal is estimated to be two and a half kilometers wide and one kilometer height.
Singapore Navy directed two small Frigates near the protal perimeter to investigate.
There was a warning that hundreds of wooden ships and airships came out of the portal and all ships nearby.
The Singapore Navy is overwhelmed and the Aliens begins to initiate a land invasion on City of Singapore.
The Singapore Army was caught off guard by the attack, they began to mobilize and began to face the invaders.
The invaders consisted of various species wearing Madival style armor and armed with swords and bows.
Human superiority in technology and tactics meant that Equestria suffered huge casualties, but their surprise attack succeeded in conquering the small city state, giving them a foothold on planet Earth. (They use Magic, and humans at that time were not used to dealing with it)
The aliens initially thought they were victorious but they were shocked after realizing that Singapore was not the only country on Earth (The Equestrians, out of fear, rushed to invade the Earth without gathering much intel.) and started attacking neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia.
Initially the Equestrians were once again successful and succeeded in taking control of the Sunda Strait and taking territory on the island of Sumatra.
But the coalition forces consist of troops from China, India, US, Japan and Southeast Asian countries led by the UN counterattacked and succeeded in pushing the invading troops back into the anomaly.
Equestria initially tried to close the portal, but due to technical problems, the portal could not be closed and became permanent (Twilight spent all her time crafting a spell to create a stable portal between Equestria and Earth, His spell was perfect to the point where she forgot to make a loophole for the counter spell to close it again because because they originally planned to permanently rule the earth)
Humanity from various countries felt horrified and outraged after seeing one of the most important cities in the world suddenly attacked, the city was ravaged and looted by the invaders, and thousands of Singaporeans and several hundreds foreigners from various countries were massacred and taken as slaves.
After learning about the information that humans living in the Equestrians home dimension were cruelly enslaved, UN unanimously agrees to invade Equestria and bring all its leaders to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Humanity will bring war to the pony's home world, and make Equestria and its allies drown in blood, and they will not stop until they all surrender unconditionally to the UN.
I hope this story will not only contain about "the ponies being obliterated by modern weapons".
But also about the other side of humans, when Twilight and her friends arrived in Singapore they were amazed by the sight they saw, Modern cities are full of skyscrapers, automated vehicles, ships without sails, flying vehicles that can fly higher and faster than any Pegasus.
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City of Singapore.
When Twilight and the other ponies see the history of humanity, they will be initially disgusted (Because of war and violence that happened throughout history.) and then slowly realize that humans are not as bad as they initially thought.
The reason why they didn't try to have peace talks (remeber, this began to happen when humans began to invade Equestria and the ponies began to be on the verge of defeat) or for Twilight and her friends to "resolve friendship problem" that's because humans demand unconditional surrender and the princesses to be judged in international courts because of centuries of human slavery.
I hope this will help you, your story has a lot of potential. ^^
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Thanks for the suggestions. I already have a plan on how I want things to go, but I like that you're engaging with the story and are speculating about what happens next. Now, I'm going to have to disappoint you a bit, as the portal does manifest within US territory, but this conflict is going to span the globe, so we'll see plenty of international action don't you worry.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story so much and are eager to see more. I have a new chapter in the works, I've just been busy and haven't found a lot of time to write. I definitely haven't been procrastinating because I recently got an Xbox, and am now FINALLY! playing Halo! No, it's uh, just been all work and stuff, certainly no video games.
*Starts humming Halo theme*
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👀 *notices*
OH! You uh, you still there? Yeah I, I was just joking, with the Halo theme back there, I promise!
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*You, being all skeptical*
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"....I don't think they're buying it, Chief..."
"Zip it, Cortana!"
The next chapter will be out soon, I promise.
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It's okay dude, I don't mind reading fiction about the 127th alien invasion of America, as long as the story is good I will always read it.
Speaking of portals appearing all over the world, I hope they will spawn in various terrains so we can have land, air, and, sea battles.
Imagine the Battle of New York, where urban warfare is between the US army and Equestria royal guards, or the battle of Beijing between PLA navy and Equestrian navy, or Battle of New Delhi where Indian air forces fight against thousands of Pegasus.
I also hope that other Earth countries have side objectives other than defeating Equestria and freeing the enslaved humans, maybe China wants to Annexed most of eastern Equestria and incorporated the enslaved humans as citizens of their country (China is experiencing a decline in population due to low fertility)
Or India wants to claim the southern eastern part of Equestria to solve their overpopulation problem (India's current population is two billion)
Or America finds an OIL source not far from Applelosa
There's also the matter of how humans started to reverse engineer magic and use it for themselves and meanwhile the ponies try to find out how the humans' weapons work (One of Equestria's scientists died after trying to inspect the barrel of a captured human's weapon)
I recommend you to read this fanfiction story for inspiration : https://www.fimfiction.net/story/488286/choice
My favorite part of this fanfiction is the "Battle of Jerusalem" where the troops led by Luna try to attack the holy cities on earth such as Rome, Mecca and Jerusalem, they thought that if they destroyed these cities it would cause humanity's religion to collapse and the UN would surrender (they don't) which ended with Crystal Empire getting Nuked.
Btw welcome to HALO, I hope you don't develop a crush on Cortana (Because i did)
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That's everyone of these stories except for the ones with blatant author fiat. I want to see a fic that's an adaptation of this one where they are capable of conquering chunks of Earth through magic brute force and no barriers.
https://www.deviantart.com/royalpsycho/art/Abominations-Are-Magic-507998718
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This fic isn't an adaption of the link you showed, but if you want to see.
Then I think this story is going to make you happy.
Can’t wait to see the next chapter, this is really good so far
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Sorry to keep you waiting. Like I mentioned to another reader, I recently got an Xbox and have been binge-playing Halo. I'm working on the next chapter I promise.
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Ok 👍
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Wait what?, they gonna conquering chunks of Earth?, Nooooooo😭
I hope it won't be as big as a small province or state, and I hope Equestria will suffer HUGE casualties, because otherwise it wouldn't be fair! (Unless what they are fighting against are underdeveloped countries in Africa.)
Almost like how the Empire of Japan managed to conquer huge chunks of east Asia with a surprise attack on America and sudden invasion of European colonies, but they were soon driven back as their enemies recovered from the surprise attack and countered them with superior technology and attrition warfare.
1000 ponies must die for 1km of Earth land!
Earth has 8 billion, and while the ponies may only have a few million, (tens of millions if they're lucky)
And as humanity begins to slowly adapting magic and even reverse engineer it (By politely conducting 'family friendly' experiments on the Equestrians they captured), Equestria and its allies will lose it's only advantage in the war and drown in blood! The pony tyrants will be dragged to The Hague (The headquarters of the International Court of Justice.) to face Nuremberg style trials!
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Sorry to disappoint you, but they are going be be conquering chunks of Earth. Their magic is going to give them an edge, and until we find a way to counter it, it's going to be tough. Also, it's not going to be just the ponies attacking us, but the other races too.
I hope learning this hasn't diminished your interest in the story, but this is what's going to be happening.
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That's okay dude, I'll keep reading it ^^.
I just want to suggest one last thing, When humans start to reverse engineer magic, I hope that humans will also be able to successfully create their own portal to the home world of the Equestrians, we don't want Twilight and the other Tyrant Alicorns trying to close the portal just as the humans start to counter attack or stack lots of explosives in front of the exit portal and try to trap UN forces.
I recommend reading this story https://www.fimfiction.net/story/264643/scroll-of-an-old-age
Imagine if they could create their own portals in the air, water and land.
Imagine dozens of planes flying into the portal in the air and then dropping bombs or paratroopers or hundreds of warships and aircraft carriers from various countries entered the portal created in the ocean, or portals erected on flat land so hundreds of armored vehicles and tanks can quickly blitz towards Equestria, Griffonia, or Zebrica.
And after the war ended, humans could use this portal technology to colonize new worlds in various dimensions and spread throughout the universe.