Equestria: World War II (1939-1941)

by The Unseen

Chapter 55

15TH APRIL 1940

------------------------------------------------------------SOMEWHERE IN GERMANY-------------------------------------------------------------
The four ponies had been suffering for a while now. Golden Harvest and Thunder Wing had been shot down more than a week earlier during a dogfight over Norway against German Bf109s. They had successfully ejected from their planes, but during their attempt to friendly space, they had been captured by German forces, and instead of being taken to a prison, they had been taken to this facility, deep in the German jungle.

This facility seemed to be some sort of factory-cum-prison, as they had seen a little bit of it before hoods were forced over their heads, and they had been led to this cell, inside the facility, where they had been since then. Despite their attempts, they had not been able to break out with their magic. Whenever they attempted to use a spell to break out, it wouldn't work, and it was not affected. However, they could use simple spells to lift the plates of food, which the Germans gave them.

The only thing was, the Germans were also trying their best to get information from the two ponies about the strength of the Allied military, torturing them for it. Already, in their attempts to get the information from the two, they had purposely broken one of Thunder's wings, and broken Golden Harvest's leg. However, they hadn't given up any information, instead retorting with, "Why don't you get it from your own spies?" This had led to them breaking Thunder Wing's wing out of anger, to teach them to not be so smart.

Five days into their imprisonment, two more pony prisoners had joined them. They were army ponies, from the Crystal Empire, who had been captured after their unit had been completely ambushed and destroyed by the Germans, also in Norway. They had delivered news about a terrorist attack carried out by the HNA in the Equestrian city of Fillydelphia, which had levelled a whole store, and killed 16, of which 4 were humans. That had horrified them, and this only strengthened their resolve to survive.

However, the prisoners were not worrying about their fates, as they were more than glad to give up their lives in the service of their country. However, the big question on their minds right now was how they could have such a spell in such a facility, that too, in a country that was economically crippled. Could it be that a certain magical entity was here, supporting the Axis powers, specifically Germany?

As they thought about that, they heard a commotion, and saw that a large number of soldiers were gathering around their cells. That was odd. Usually, there were only around four or five soldiers guarding their cells, since the spell prevented them from escaping. As the commotion grew louder, the soldiers silently went silent, and began saluting, as a man came into the cells. He was a rather sinister-looking fellow, wearing the uniform of an an Obergruppenführer, a senior group leader in the the Schutzstaffel, the German paramilitary organisation.

Although he seemed like a typical German military man, with blond hair, but he had a pretty sinister smile on his face. That was when he asked the soldiers, "Sind das alle Gefangenen, die Sie fangen konnten?" He was speaking in German, but the pony prisoners got the context. He was annoyed that there weren't more prisoners. That was when another man, a scientist wearing a lab coat, answered.

"Sir, der Magieextraktor sollte in der Lage sein, genug thaumische Energie von diesen vier zu gewinnen, um ein paar magisch verstärkte Menschen zu erschaffen." Again, although the four prisoners couldn't understand German, they got the context. They seemed to be talking about... extracting their magic, and using the Thaumic energy obtained?! That was shocking. They had to escape, before the Germans could use their magic to do horrific things. The scientific term for magic was Thaumic energy, and it could destroy Earth if it was not used properly.

As the Obergruppenführer continued talking with the scientists, the pony prisoners began whispering with each other. "We need to get out of here, quick! Even if one of us makes it out of here alive, we still have to escape this country, and get to Canterlot, or even London! The Allied leaders must learn what is going on in this country!" said Brisk Whistle, one of the Crystal Empirean prisoners.

"Well, it can't be me or Thunder. We're injured, and we wouldn't be able to make it." said Golden Harvest. "It has to be one of you two."

"Are you sure? We might not make it out alive either." said Brisk Whistle.

"I know, but you two are the fittest among us, and despite the fact that the Germans aren't treating us well, you've at least been eating that slop they've been feeding us."

"I guess so. We'll try, but no guarantees. If we don't make it out, I just hope whoever's imprisoned here after us will make it out." said Brisk Whistle, as the group broke up, as the soldiers entered the cell, roughly put the ponies in restraints, put hoods over their heads, and began parading them out of the cell, towards another section of this facility.

So far, from they had heard, secretly eavesdropping on the German soldiers during some of their conversations, they had found out that this facility was somewhere in the Black Forest, deep inside it. It was quite far from the German city of Stuttgart. That was all they knew so far as to their location. This was definitely a factory of some sort, as they could hear the clanging of hammers, the noise of grinders, and other machinery, clanging and banging as they assembled whatever this factory was making, which was probably weapons for the German Army.

After a rather short walk, they stopped, and the hoods on their heads were removed, and the ponies saw the horrifying room they were in. There was a huge machine, which reminded them of an electrical chair used by humans to execute criminals who had gotten death sentences, except that this one led to a large generator, probably what they used to store the Thaumic energy they would be obtaining from the ponies after sucking out their magic.

On seeing it, they became rather frightened, as to what their fates would be. A pony could easily live without magic, but they would be finding it harder to do simple tasks, and they wouldn't be as resilient to things such as injuries and illnesses. That was a horrifying thing to think about, losing their magic.

As the ponies quivered, frozen by the sight of this horrifying machine before their eyes, they were prodded by the soldiers. "Come forward!" shouted the Obergruppenführer, rashly pulling Golden Harvest by her broken leg, towards the machine. Even as she cried out in pain, he did not even take a single glance at her, as he pulled her, and strapped her into the machine. Then, he ushered the remaining ponies out of the room, and as the door closed, the ponies were led to a window, as the scientists activated the machine.

The ponies watched horrified, as a green aura, Earth pony magic, began coming out of Golden Harvest's body, and began going down the wires into the Thaumic energy generator. All the time, Golden Harvest was screaming in pain, and her eyes began going to gray, as the magic began coming out of her. However, instead of stopping, the magic just kept coming, until, eventually, her eyes became fully white, with the pupils zapping out of existence. At this, the machine finally stopped, and Golden Harvest slumped to the ground, dead.

Thunder Wing instantly broke down on seeing his friend die in front of his eyes, and so did the other Crystal Empirean prisoner, but Brisk Whistle did not break down. The second he saw this, he made a dash for the door, and before the German soldiers could register it, he was running out of the room, and through a laboratory, where other experiments were going on. As he made his escape, he purposely tipped over some chemicals, causing a fire behind him, and blocking off the path. However, just as he rounded another corner, the Obergruppenführer was in front of him, holding a gun.

Before he could register how the man had gotten here, the man fired bullets at him, and one went into his neck, severing a vital artery. As Brisk Whistle fell to the ground, his daring attempt over, bleeding from a fatal wound to the neck, he watched the eyes of the man who had shot him. The man's eyes suddenly changed to yellow with gray pupils. There was only one creature from Equis that had such eyes. It was Discord, the spirit of chaos himself, realised Whistle, as the lights began to go out.

He was almost dead, nearly bled out. But now he realised how the war had started. Discord had somehow escaped from his prison, and had escaped to Germany, where he seemed to have somehow become a high-ranking military official. This was the last thing Whistle, as he closed his eyes. As his comrades were put into the magic extractor, Whistle's soul began to leave his body, and during his final moments, he thought about what chaos Discord could bring upon the world, and hoping that the Allies could stop him and the Axis, before that chaos happened.

Comments

[SonicDJM]

Hello there, now this is quite the interesting story that you have going on right here. I actually started reading this story when it first came out, but I was on the fence on whether or not it was a story that I would enjoy. However, it was clear to me that a lot of passion and work went into making this story, so I kept coming back to see how it evolved. I am quite glad I did so, as I have been finding myself enjoying your story quite a lot. The Second World War has always been a topic that has fascinated me, and no doubt you as well. So it is nice to see someone attempting to do such a vast and complex event justice.

Now, I have a few questions that I have been wanting to ask for a while now, if you are ok with sharing, of course. The first question is, will the world of Equus play a larger role later in the story? From the few glimpses of what we have been given of Equus after Equestria disappeared, the world appears to be okay for the moment, seemingly trying to figure out what happened to the two countries. However, just from the brief description of the world’s current state has me seriously concerned about the world’s future.

As I am sure you are aware, assuming that Equus plays by the same rules of physics that ours do, that the Sun and Moon being stuck in the same position for a long period of time would result in the planet becoming uninhabitable, with one side being a dessert and the other a frozen wasteland. Sure, no doubt other species will try to figure out a method to move the sun and moon but, if I recall correctly, during the chapter when first contact was made, Twilight mentioned that ponies were one of only two species on Equus that is capable of performing magic, and I am almost certain that Equestria never shared the spell that allows one to control the celestial objects, much less had the raw power of the Princesses to power it. This means that the only way left would be to move them with non-magical means. Even if we assume that their sun is around the same size as the moon, I still see that the only non-magical way of moving them would be to use some sort of dyson sphere, a technology that would take Equus multiple millennia of technological advancement in order to accomplish at its current rate.

That is not even taking into consideration the political landscape that Equus would find itself in, with two major countries suddenly no longer existing. How would this affect the economy? Relations between the existing countries? With Equestria having been a major player in the international stage, a power vacuum is certain to form in its absence, which normally leads to a lot of instability for everyone involved.

Lastly, on a more personal level, I feel that having Spike, and all of the Mane 6’s other non-pony friends being left behind on Equus to be a rather cruel choice if you indeed intended on having them stay separated forever. Even though one could rightfully argue that Twilight was not being a good sibling to Spike, especially in those early seasons, they do still have a very close bond. So leaving Spike and Zecora with no closure on what happened to their friends would probably be even worse than knowing for certain.

However, I have noticed that in the story’s description that you mentioned that you were inspired by “Ponyville, USA” and “Summoning Equestria”. While I can’t say much about Summoning Equestria (I only read a few chapters before I decided I did not like it due to some creative directions that it took), I have read Ponyville USA before. While reading your story, I could clearly see the influences that story had on yours, most notably in the description of the event that sent them to our world in the first place. Even though it lacked the Faust OC, the description of a magical storm that uses lightning bolts to teleport Equestria piece by piece is almost identical to your story. This gives me a bit of hope for Equus as, in my own opinion, I believe that you have some sort of plan to get Equus more involved in the story in the future. After all, if you truly just wanted to focus just on Earth and Equestria, why would you include a scene showing the aftermath of the teleportation? So, while I believe that it will not be near as dramatic as it was shown in Ponyville USA, I believe that at some point an event will happen that will establish a connection between the two worlds. After all, we have Equestrian magic and human technology working together in various factions (The Allies with Equestria and the western nations working together, the Axis with whatever Discord is currently up to, and the ENA whose goal is to return home), it is not impossible to believe that one of them will manage to open a portal back to Equus. Though how such an event will play out, I have no idea.

Moving onto the second question of mine, you mentioned in a previous comment made by another user, asking if the historical figure of Robbert J Oppenhimer would play a part in the story, that he would indeed do so. So I was wondering if Alan Turing would also play a part in the story as well? Alan Turing is a personal hero of mine, generally considered the father of modern computing, creating the industry that I now work in. It was Alan Turing, along with the other staff at Bletchley park, that was responsible for creating the bombe, a machine designed to break the German’s Enigma machines, as well as creating the first modern computer in history called Colossus to break the cypher used by Germany’s high command. It was thanks to the achievements made by Alan Turning, Tommy Flowers, and many others, that some historians believed shortened the war by around two years, saving countless lives in the process. It truly is a shame that he is not talked about more. I could totally see Twilight being brought into Bletchly to help with breaking the German code and coming across Alan Turing. I do happen to know some videos that do a great job of talking about the history of Alan Turing and Bletchley park respectively. If you are interested, you can find the videos in question down below.

Alan Turing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGqbieVcjPU

Bletchley park (mainly focuses on the Colossus Computer):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tMcMQqSbA&t=1395s

Lastly, I have a suggestion for a potential improvement that could be made to make your story even better. Every once in a while, you should have a chapter dedicated to memoirs or diary entries from Equestrians of all types, talking about all the changes that have occurred as a result of the teleportation. This would give us a more in-depth look at how humanity has impacted their culture and how they are adjusting to this sudden and massive change. For example, while your story has never mentioned it, in the actual show, it is implied that Ponies (or at least Pegasi) are capable of eating meat, but chose not to do so due to it being taboo. I would think that now that they are in a world where they do not have to worry if an animal is sentient or not, surrounded by a species that commonly eats meat, would result in that taboo gradually fading away and resulting in a group of them that enjoys eating meat. This is just a suggestion though, so the ultimate choice on whether to use it or not is up to you.

Anyway, that is all from me for now. Once again, great job so far on this story. I want to wish you the best of luck on your future endeavors, and I hope you have a great day.

Take care,
SonicDJM

[The Unseen]

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Dear SonicDJM, thanks for the comment. I'm quite okay with sharing (since I have few friends IRL 😭).
To answer your first question, yes, I will be having another chapter showing the fate of Equis when I bring Faust back into the storyline, which is a chapter or two away. It will show what the fate of that planet is, and what the inhabitants of Equis are doing to try and save the planet. It will also show the state of political relations and their economy.

As for the more personal part of this, involving Spike and Zecora, they will also get closure in the chapter I mentioned above. Unfortunately, no other parts of Equestria will come to Earth, although the HNA may open a portal to go back home (that will be the end of the HNA, you'll see when I make that chapter).

Also, about Alan Turing, I plan to introduce him into the story soon. He and Twilight will crack the code of the German Enigma machines.

Finally, as for the other characters, I plan to write side stories about a few characters, such as Rainbow Dash, and Applejack, which will basically be about what they do on Earth (for instance, Rainbow's career as a military pilot), and the culture shock, how Earth has affected them, etc.

Thank you so much, the Unseen

[shining paladin]

great chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter

[Soul7272]

1 month till the fall of France, and the darkest hour speech, (you should have Luna, Twilight and Celestia listen in as Winston Churchill gives his speech (aslo loving the story so far! I cant wait to see what the future holds

[The Unseen]

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Thanks, I update this story every Sunday!

[Tiber Septim II]

https://www.fimfiction.net/group/197864/world-war-bronies

[The Unseen]

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I would put the story in this group, but it keeps saying permission for action not met when I try to add it

[Tiber Septim II]

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You might ask one of the admins of this group.