World War Equestria

by Cobrawolf Meiji

When a Assassination happens, Equestria is blamed and it sets of a Chain of events that soon plunges the world into a war unlike any other. From the fields around Ponyville to the Vineyards of Prance, from the Far East to the Heart of the Changeling Empire. The World is now a warzone that will change the fate of Equestria and the Ponies.

1. Prologue

World War Equestria

a Tale of war by Cobrawolf_Meiji2012 (Clint H. Hoyt.)

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic it is the property of Hasbro.

Prologue:

From the History of Epona written in the fortieth year of the Fourth Age by Princess Twilight Nova, Daughter of Queen Twilight Sparkle.

It is said that in the latter years of the Third Age of Equestria, peace and harmony were the rule. It was the time when two princesses moved the sun and moon, when Friendship WAS magic, when Equestria was a power in this world. In the Third Age, no one dared to attacked the realm. It was a time of peace in the land, broken only for a while by the Return of Nightmare Moon and later, Discord. Because of the peace, Equestria never changed in culture and technology much. It had been the way it was for over 2,000 years, with only the introduction of Steam Power and the Locomotive as an advance for the land.

But outside Equestria, nations had moved with the times, nations like Prance, the Griffin Kingdom of Eagle-land, Slegh-beria, Minos, Saddle Arabia, Neighpon, The Changeling Empire, Lipizzaner, The Osmanlı At Empire, The United Flocks and the Germare Empire. These nations advanced more in industrial and technological might then Equestria. In fact they had grown in Military power also. The fact that we were unprepared for the rest of the world was shown in the Changeling Invasion. It was thought that the Changeling Army flew across Equestria. But soon, a odd looking airship had been discovered, one that did not use a balloon and made of iron. It could also be cloaked with Magic. This was the ship that Queen Chrysalis had used to invade Canterlot and without anyone seeing it. Soon Equestria discovered that other nations had even more powerful weapons. Guns that could fire more them one bullet, heaver then air machines that could out fly a Pegasus, carts that moved with out being pulled, watercraft that could go UNDER the water, even wires that could send messages faster then any dragon!

But The Diarchs had decided to ignore that facts, that Equestria was backwards, old and starting to show signs of weakness, decay and death. Princess Cadence was the first to see that the realm her aunts ruled was starting to show the signs of it's downfall. Prince Blueblood, duke of Canterlot, lead a bloc in the Royal Court to block reforms, to keep the status pro que while my own mother, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Grand Duchess of Ponyville and the Ever-free, led her smaller Reform Party. Divided politically, Equestria was blind to the growing crisis around the world of Epona.

Eagle-land and The Germare Empire had entered into an arms race for more powerful airships and water ships. Prance, defeated by the Germares 50 years before, wanted to take revenge on the newest of the Great Powers. In the Far East, Slegh-beria was defeated by first time a Non-Pony Nation defeated a Pony ruled nation! All in all, things were not in harmony as was thought by the Two Princesses, Celestia and Luna.

The Crystal Empire decided to start it's own reforms in defense, economics and technology. Seeing the rise of Germarea, Eagle-land, Prance and Slegh-beria soon decided to ally with each other to block The Germares own plans to start a global Empire. The Germares soon decided to fight fire with fire and allied with Lipizzaner, the oldest and weakest of the Great Powers, to keep a balance of power in the world. They were later joined by The Changeling Empire and The Osmanlı At Empire. The world was now a powder keg and all that was needed was a fuse.

Lipizzaner annexed the nation of Bos-nia, a nation of minotaurs, in The year 7908 of the Third Age, this in it self was not a reason for problems if not for Blueblood and his Traditionalists. They saw the Annexation as a threat to Equestria as Bos-nia was very close to the boarder it self, putting Equestria in the path of The Lipizzaner Imperial Army and new ideas from the world beyond Equestria. In Secret, Blueblood formed The Order of the Black Hoof, which sought to Bring Bos-nia into Equestria's fold. This was the fuse that was ready for a spark to light it and make the powder keg explode into all-out war!

What started in 7914 was the Great World War, a War that killed over 400 million souls, brought suffering to billions and destroyed many nations governments and ended empires...

The Equestrian Diarchy was once of them.

The War was a tale of Assassins, armies, bloodshed, rape, murder, love, honer and the will to go on. It was a War that brought Poison Gas, Genocide and Mechanized Warfare to Epona and would bring out the best and the worse in the hearts of Pony, Dragon, Griffin, Changeling and many other races.

It was to be a war fought on land air and sea, from the fields of Prance to the streets of Canterlot, from the Deserts of Saddle Arabia to the Snowy tundra of the Crystal Empire, from the Great Western Plains to the Ever-free Forest, From the Skies over Ponyville to the Sea of Storms. a War unlike any seen since the end of the First Age, barbaric in it's ways, large in its size and scope it was thought to the the War to end all Wars.

This is written for all to know of the events of the Great World War, so that we will never repeat the mistakes that started it, and to never forget of those that died in what has been called the greatest Disaster since Tirek's Return.

And It would start on a Lovey June day, before the event that would change the world forever...