My Little Pony: The Changeling War

The changelings have waged war on Equestria and the Griffins. Attacks on both countries capitals, using giant metal birds with weapons of immense destruction, able to strike down the griffins and ponies with ease, have put both populaces on the verge of destruction. Now Celestia must prepare both countries for war, using the very technology she locked away because of the potential for disaster, the very technology the humans used to destroy themselves. This is the story of Amicus squadron. Who singlehandedly changed the tide of battle. Who, against all odds, achieved peace. This is…

The Changeling War

Chapter 1

It was hot. Very hot. It was the San Palomino Desert for Celestia's sake. The unfortunate crash zone for Queen Chrysalis and her changelings. Curse those ponies and the 'power of their love.' Ugh, it made her sick. She should've finished off the crystal princess when she had the chance, then she could have ruled Equestria with an iron fist. This was a major drawback on her plans. First, marry Shining Armor and feed off his love for Candace or whatever her name was. Second, fake her death and plant false evidence that would prove Armor guilty. Finally using her powers, silently take out Celestia while she mourned and assume the role of Princess Celestia herself. Then she would have Luna banished to the moon again and have the element bearers locked up in dungeons, allowing herself to then reveal her true form to the ponies of Equestria and take over. Then she could attack the griffin nation and rule them as well. But that stupid bearer of magic had to get suspicious.

She sighed to herself as she and her loyal subjects trekked through the desert, southbound to their hive. From where they were, it would take five days to reach the hive. And that's if they found some source of food. But then she remembered something. From under the wrappings on her abdomen, she pulled several scrolls from Celestia's personal library. A common drone flew beside her and bowed.

"My queen," it hissed, "may I be so curious as to ask what you have there?"

She glared at him and he quickly drew down into a humble bow. Did this drone have the audacity to meddle in her personal affairs? Whatever, she would announce her plans anyway once they got back anyways. She laughed.

The drone seemed confused. "My queen?"

She responded with, "Our failed attempt at ruling Equestria was not a complete loss, servant."

This piqued the drone's interest. "Whatever do you mean, my queen?"

"While I was posing as that dramatic excuse for a princess, I snuck into Celestia's personal archive and acquired these."

She unrolled the scrolls and the drone was met with schematics of what seemed to be a flying contraption, but where was the balloon? Where were the propellers? "Your Highness, what is this?"

Chrysalis got an evil gleam in her eye. "This is just one of many building plans for weapons that would allow us to take control of Equestria with ease. One of these alone could plow through Celestia's royal guard with no trouble. These kinds of weapons have not been seen in Equestria since humans were the dominant species thousands of years ago."

The drone's eyes grew wide. "Humans? My queen, I thought they were just an urban legend."

"Far from the truth, my servant. They were real, and they waged war on themselves with these very weapons, the same weapons we will use to destroy Equestria."

"Brilliant my queen! Those ponies will not know what hit them! But will we be able to acquire and make the resources needed to build these?"

Meanwhile Chrysalis grinned evilly. "Of course. We have the plans, the resources, and all the time in the yourself Celestia. Your time is coming. Soon."

One month later

It was just another day in Ponyville. Everyone had finally calmed down since the changelings attacked and life had returned to normal for the ponies of Equestria. The newly wed Shining Armor and Princess Cadence had recently returned from their honeymoon. Once again, Equestria was at peace. The colts and fillies played, animals scurried about, and ponies went about their normal day to day lives, including a certain rainbow maned pegasus. She flew around the sky, performing various twists, turns, flips, and even some new moves for evasive maneuvers. Ever since they had been overwhelmed in Canterlot, Rainbow Dash had been training herself harder than ever before in both her agility and speed, as well as air-to-air combat. They were lucky Shining Armor and Cadence had been able to save them with the power of their love, and RD didn't have much faith in how long their luck would last. So she trained herself to become better, to protect her friends and to protect Equestria. She wouldn't let her friends down again.

All the while she was being watched from a cloud a hundred feet above her by everyone's favorite wall-eyed mail mare, Ditzy Doo. She had 'borrowed' it from the weather factory and would return it, but she needed it at the moment. This didn't go unnoticed by Dash. Of course Dash knew she was there, she had also been training her senses and was making excellent progress, but she didn't mind the attention. After all, who wouldn't want to see the awesome flying skills of the fastest flyer in Equestria? In actuality though, Ditzy was observing her maneuvers and attempting to be stealthy about it. She had a determined look plastered on her face. Her eyebrows scrunched and her tongue poked out the side of her mouth. Ditzy wasn't jealous or plotting against the future wonderbolt. She was perfectly happy with her life. She had a beautiful little filly of her own and plenty of friends, including Rainbow Dash, but she didn't like how clumsy and, well, derpy she was when it came to flying. She wanted to fly like Rainbow Dash.

All of a sudden, Ditzy lost track of Dash and couldn't find her. She looked all over the sky and couldn't find her. It was then she heard an, "ahem" behind her. She looked back with a nervous smile only to be met with Dash's smug one. "Oh, hey Rainbow Dash! I was just uh.. guarding this cloud here! Can't risk any pranksters vandalizing this cloud can we? That would give the weather ponies a bad name."

"Really now, Ditzy? Because I cleared all the clouds this morning, which means this cloud would had to have been produced about an hour ago, considering how fresh it is." Ditzy sighed in defeat. "Okay you got me."

"So you mind telling me why you were watching me, not that I mind. My moves have even attracted the attention of the Wonderbolts. So who wouldn't watch?"

"Dash, I want you to train me."

"What?"

"I want you to train me to become a good a flyer as you are."

Rainbow Dash maintained a straight face before she fell to the ground of the cloud, laughing her flank off. When she finally was able to speak again, she looked at Ditzy and said, "That's a good one Ditzy. ME train YOU? That's comedy gold!"

But then Dash noticed the look she was getting from Ditzy. "Oh, you were serious?"

"Dash, why wouldn't I be?" Rainbow thought about it for a second and said, "Are you sure you're up for this Ditzy?"

Ditzy's determined look straightened completely, her tongue went back into her muzzle her eyes softened a bit, and then threw Dash for a loop when her eyes lined up properly. "Dash, I know why you've been training, I want to protect my loved ones too, and you can teach me how. You're not the only one who has something to protect and you're not the only one who sees another battle around the corner. I'll do whatever it takes."

Dash smirked. This was the kind of determination that would be envied. The kind of determination she had when she first achieved the sonic rainboom. "What the hay? Sure, but you better be ready."

"Yes ma'am."

"Good, then meet me here tomorrow at the crack of dawn."

Ditzy's eyes suddenly became wall eyed again, causing Dash to chuckle. "That early? Well I guess so. See ya later Dash!" And with that, Ditzy flew away, but not before hitting a tree branch. "Whoops, I just don't know what went wrong."

Dash on the other hand, went straight back into training, with Ditzy's lined up pupil's in her mind. 'How the hay did she manage that anyway, could she always do that?'

Meanwhile in the Hive

Chrysalis was traversing the lower parts of her castle to inspect her new weapons once again, wondering if her subjects had completed the first one. She'd also gone over the schematics herself and knew everything about each weapon's capabilities and their designations. As she entered the underground chamber, she could see the fighter jet in all its glory. If she remembered correctly, it was called a MIG-29 or Fulcrum.

The head mechanic approached her and bowed. "My Queen, such perfect timing, please come, we are almost ready to take the aircraft on its maiden flight."

Chrysalis was genuinely impressed. "So you've completed one then."

"Yes, you're majesty. However, we've come across a little snag."

This irked the changeling queen. "What is the problem?"

"You see, every one of the weapons runs on a liquid that is pressurized with oxygen and then ignited, resulting in the power needed to make the machines operational, but no such liquid exists on this planet."

Chyrsalis was irritated. It seemed Celestia knew how these things worked and cleared the planet of the liquid so they could not be used. But why would she have kept these scrolls had they been useless?

Unless…

"Have you tried charging it with magic?"

The mechanic thought for a second before pointing to some nearby changelings. "You three!" They snapped to attention. "Charge the aircraft with all your magic!"

They did as ordered and the jet screamed to life. "It worked! It actually worked!" The head mechanic was ecstatic but forgot his queen was present.

"Ahem. My apologies your majesty."

"Don't let it happen again. Now then, how long until I have a fleet of one thousand?"

"Now that we know how to build them, and power them, the entire hive can have it done in three weeks."

Chrysalis grinned. "Good, and what about the tanks and ships?"

"That all depends on how many of each you want your majesty."

"I've given you all the schematics I took. Six thousand tanks, sixty frigates, sixty battleships, thirty carriers, one thousand AA-guns and SAM's, five hundred SU-33's, twenty SU-37's and five SU-47's. How long will that take?"

"For you my Queen, six months. But if I may ask, why such a small number for the last two?" "These will be for my elite squadrons. Oh, and one more thing." Chrysalis handed him one more scroll and walked away. As a parting comment, she said, "Take as long as you need for that." He unraveled the scroll and his eyes widened.

"This is..."

Hiya everybody. Name's Ace. This is my first story so if anyone could give some reviews for this first chapter it would be nice. Going on 4 A.M. as i'm posting this, so yea. If anyone out there has any suggestions out there, let me know in the comments. I know that everyone's first story usually sucks but i really like the theme for this story and I don't wanna screw it up. I'm also looking for beta readers. Like I said, I don't wanna screw this up.

Also, I think I'll try posting a little trivia fact after every chapter so here's the first.

This story is based off my favorite game, Ace Combat. And remember kids, R&R.