- 5th December 1945 - Morning
Coco Pommel is the first to wake up and walk out of her shelter. She sees Spur and Biscuit are still sleeping. Then Bloofy came up to the milky-coloured earth pony.
"Hi, Bloofy," Coco Pommel said as she pets the purple creature's head. The purple creature sits down and points to it's belly with it's left front leg while making chittering and squeaking noises.
"You're hungry?" Coco Pommel asked. Bloofy nodded furiously while the chittering and squeaking noises got more aggressive. The milky-coloured earth pony spots a red apple that isn't eaten, one of her apples. She rolls it over to Bloofy, who began to munch right away at it.
"Hello?"
Coco Pommel heard a deep monotone voice. In the distance, she could spot an average tall, very young-looking white human male with black hair and green eyes. He is wearing green uniform and a green helmet with a red star outline on the front. They are also holding a wooden rifle. She ducks down and crawls all the way to the shelter Spur and Biscuit is in.
"Wake up!" Coco Pommel hissed in a whisper.
"Wake up wake up wake up wake up!"
"Huh what..." Spur yawns, lifting her head up while squinting her eyes as she looks towards Coco Pommel. The brown pegasus mare drops her head back down.
"Wake up!" Coco Pommel lifts Spur up until she's on all 4 hooves, and began shaking her.
"Woah uh- Coco? What's-"
"You're awake- Biscuit!" Coco Pommel turns away from Spur and starts shaking Biscuit's whole body. Spur meanwhile has no idea what's going on, especially when still half asleep.
"Huh- What's... wrong?" Biscuit wakes up and gets on his hooves much easier than Spur got onto her hooves.
"Run- AH!" Coco Pommel turns to look where that human is. The human is running towards them. She steps back while cowering, Spur and Biscuit doing so as well.
The human kept getting closer and closer. He lifts his rifle up, but he do something very unexpected. He tosses the gun to their right and puts both hands in the air. The 3 ponies while still cowering, slowly realizes that the human means no harm.
"I mean no harm!" The human cried while shaking, who also got onto his knees. Coco Pommel, following by Spur and Biscuit slowly walks to the human. This human is a white male, who has black hair and green eyes.
"Why a- Aren't y- You... k- Killing us?" Coco Pommel stuttered in dreaded fear. She looks at the rifle this human tossed to the side, but quickly takes her sight off it.
"I'm not Soviet, I'm Polish!" The human cried with a shaky voice.
"You're Polish?" Biscuit questioned, keeping his guard up. The human could reach for something like a pistol or a revolver.
"I know how invasion feels..." The human shakes less and slowly drops his hands.
"Keep them up!" Biscuit yelled. The human immediately puts his hands back up and began shaking more than he originally was.
"No Biscuit! He sounds petrified- I believe you," Spur said calmly to the man. She then walks to the human. Biscuit went to dart, but Spur looks back at her other half, huffing and puffing. Seeing this, Biscuit takes a few steps back. Spur looks back to the human.
"Please... I don't want to fight... I seek peace..." The human cried as he begs the pegasus. Spur extends her left forehoof out to the Polish human. While on their knees, they shuffle to Spur and puts both arms around her. The brown pegasus closes her left forehoof around the human and pats him on the back.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
"I trust you now. You can have this back-"
"No! I don't... feel comfortable... being near a human armed with that..." Coco Pommel interrupted Biscuit. The milky-coloured earth pony mare shivers back to thinking about the 2 Soviet soldiers that scared her on purpose with a bullet each, which went through her mane. The bullets could've hit her head and killed her.
"That's fine... you hold the Mosin Nagant, if it makes you feel better," The human replied to Coco Pommel, still hugging Spur. Coco Pommel grabs the rifle, the Mosin Nagant.
"I drive drucks, I'm meant to deliver supplies. Pretend I caught you. Then I drive you to safety," The human instructed.
"I'll need my Mosin Nagant back actually, so it looks real. If it makes you feel better, I'll waste the bullets, so you know I won't kill you."
Coco Pommel drops the Mosin Nagant out of her mouth, then ran to hide behind Spur and Biscuit. The human grabs the rifle and then aims up to the sky.
POW!
Coco Pommel jumps at that noises and then cries, getting down to the ground and covers her eyes with both forehooves. Spur, Biscuit and Bloofy comforts the milky-coloured earth pony.
POW! POW! POW! POW!
All 5 bullets in the Mosin Nagant have been shot out. Only then did Coco Pommel got her nerves back together. Shakily, she uncovers her ears and gets back up.
"Now, when I take you to truck, I will point my gun. You must act scared," The human instructed.
He points his rifle at Coco Pommel. She flinches, but she quickly remembers the gun has no bullets in it, which keeps her calm. He points it at Spur and then Biscuit, both of them flinching as well.
"Those expressions will have to do. Follow me." The 3 ponies as well as Bloofy began walking, following the human, who's walking ahead.
"W- What's your n- Name?" Coco Pommel is still very nervous around the human.
"Kacper Delenski, twenty five years old. I was one of those who worked in breaking enigma. When Germany and the Russians invaded, I luckily didn't get caught... until the Russians found me. I begged them for my life, saying I'd serve the Soviet flag, and I'd do anything. Since then, I've been part of the Red Army. I long waited to avenge my people against Germany, now it's time to do the same to the fucking Russians. Fuck them... I hate them more than Germans. Both of them can go fuck themselves, especially the Russians," The human strongly replied and talked a bit about himself and his feelings.
"We- We're sorry to hear..." Spur murmured, feeling the strong hatred the human has towards Germans and Soviets. But the Polish man got a lot of his rage out from shouting how he feels about the Germans and the Soviets.
"I don't hate Equestria. You ponies were forced to fight, like I was. I know how invasion feels," Delenski replied back with surprising sympathy. He felt it wasn't Equestria's fault they were dragged onto Germany's side.
"If this fails... thank you for trying," Said Biscuit. Delenski nodded.
"There's the truck- Stop," Delenski raises his hand. Ahead there's a truck with 3 wheels on the left and right side, the 2 at the back being very close to one another. It has a small light on each side of an engine. The engine is sealed in, and to the ponies, on the front, there's a vent-looking feature. Behind the engine is the cabin structure, where you'd sit in to drive, it has the driving wheel on the left. It has a window on both doors that also has a red star on them, with circular mirrors on them attached to the doors. It also has 2 windows at the front, which are angled. Behind the cabin is a structure that has 5 U-shaped metal bars that on the front, left and right has 6 layers of planks. It also has a green covers over these bars, being held on like a tent by 5 springs on each side except the back.
There are also many other trucks. As well, a few T-34-85's are scattered around. As well, Delenski spots a few IS-2's, IS-3's and bigger tank with a similar pike-nose hull as the IS-3. It's not just tanks and trucks present, but artillery and AA guns. Accompanying them are soldiers, lots of them.
"You three, get infront of me. Prepare for shouting, act scared," Delenski whispered. Coco Pommel, Spur and Biscuit got infront of the good soldier. Bloofy sits on top of Spur's back. After everypony is infront of Delenski, he aims his unloaded Mosin Nagant. The 3 look back at the human who's putting his life on the line.
"Move forward to the back of the truck. I'll be shouting now- Move forward," Delenski instructed. Coco Pommel, Spur and Biscuit starts walking towards the back of the truck. The 3 didn't need to put on their scared impression, because they're already scared.
"Move you pieces of fucking fascists! Don't make me waste my bullets! I could be killing Germans right now!" The 3 ponies finches, but they know Delenski has good intentions. They know Delenski is faking to be angry with them. He could've shot them if he wanted to when he first saw them, but he didn't. He continues screaming at them for a few more minutes, then they're at the back of the truck. On either side at the back is a Soviet soldier wearing the same uniform as Delenski is wearing. Those soldiers are making sure nopony got out. In the truck are both grown ups and fillies, mostly grown ups, being 12 grown ups and 5 fillies.
"Get in the truck! Or I'll shoot every single pony!" Delenski screamed, pushing but actually helping Coco Pommel, Spur and Biscuit into the truck. Everypony else in the truck quivers at this raging soldier, especially when he threatens to shoot them.
Once they're in, the 2 soldiers pulls down the back covers. Delenski walks to the left-side door and opens it. He gets in and closes the door. He twists a key and pulls a lever, starting the engine. Another Soviet soldier went to open the right-side door and got in, closing the door once inside on the right.
"O kurek..." Delenski very quietly muttered to himself in Polish. The Soviet soldier didn't hear him speak. Delenski then presses the accelerator with his right foot and the truck began to move, westwards.
"Вы идете не туда, товарищ Деленски," The Soviet soldier stated in Russian to Delenski. The Polish man continues driving.
"Who's the other guy?" Spur whispered.
"I don't know," Biscuit replied in a whisper back.
"Maybe we should keep quiet or we'll all get killed..." Coco Pommel muttered, also speaking in a whisper.
"Нет, товарищ, это правильный путь," Delenski replied back to the Soviet soldier in Russian.
"Товарищ, вы едете на запад. Возвращение в Мэйнхэттен," The Soviet soldier argued back with the Polish man. Delenski looks at the small circle-shaped mirror that's to the left of him outside. They aren't anywhere near other Soviet forces, so he presses the brakes with his left foot. Delenski then gets out a black coloured pistol, which the Soviet on the right freaks out and went to open the door.
POW!
Right as the soldier managed to open the door, Delenski puts a bullet into the back of the head of that Soviet soldier. The bullet comes out the front, blood and brains splattering out the exit wound on the front. His corpse fell out and hits the ground with a thud. The blood coming out the wounds soaks into the soil. Delenski closes the right door and opens the left door. He jumps out, running for the back of the truck. He then lifts the covers up.
"Every single one of you! Run! Run run run! Go go go go go! You're free!" Delenski barked, extending his right arm out and the back his right hand up showing. He pulls his right arm back and repeats, the hand gesture to run.
Everypony upon realizing this soldier is good, they all flock out in a panic and made a run for it westwards. Coco Pommel, Spur, Biscuit and 2 colts stays in the truck.
One of the colts is light grey with a darker grey mane and tail, which the mane is combed back. They also have purple irises in their eyes. They have a cutie mark of a thunder cloud with 2 yellow bolts of lightning. They are a pegasus colt.
The other colt is orange with a purple mane and tail, which has 2 lighter stripes of purple in them. The mane is also combed back, but not as much. The irises in their eyes are also purple like the ones in the other colt, but are much darker. They have a cutie mark with a top hat with a spotlight shining on part of it. Like the pegasus, he's a colt, except they're an earth pony.
"C- Can you drive us... to S- Sweet Apple Acres? I don't f- Feel safe..." The orange colt stutters as he made his request. He's scared, petrified to be more accurate, and for fair reason.
"We... we want to m- Meet up with somepony..." The grey colf murmured, who sounds completely dead inside. He sounds so dead it's as if he didn't care if he was to die.
"I join your side. My name's Kacper Delenski. You're my new friends," Delenski replied to the ponies.
"I need you, red one, to help get the dead Soviet in the back. Can't be leaving that wank stain laying about," Delenski looks at Biscuit, who nodded. He hops out of the back and heads to the right side of the truck.
"Ah... I don't think he'll be waking up anytime soon ah ha... haaa..." Biscuit slowly said, looking at the dead Soviet body.
"Pass me the Mosin Nagant that's on their back," Delenski demanded as he opens the right door. Biscuit grabs the wooden rifle with his mouth that's strapped to the Soviet's back. He lends it to Delenski, who takes it off of his mouth and puts it in the right side of the footwell, then closes the door.
"You take the feet, I take the shoulders," Delenski instructed Biscuit. The red stallion picks up the body by the feet, the Polish man picks the body up by the shoulders. Out of the wounds, blood is dripping, but they continue coordinating with carrying the body all the way until they get to the back.
"Someone take the shoulders," Delenski demanded as he puts his hands on the back of the dead Soviet. Spur flaps her wings to hover and grabs each shoulder with a forehoof and rearhoof each. The brown pegasus pulls while the red stallion pushes, with the Polish man supporting by having hold of the dead Soviet's back with both hands. The 3 of them get the dead soldier into the truck.
"We can't let the others find the body. They'll put me on the list to be killed," Delenski explained
"C- Ca- Can I s- Sit next t- To you..." Even though the soldier is dead, the body's presence terrifies Coco Pommel.
"What would you rather, be near a dead soldier, or a gun that'll be below you in the footwell?" Delenski responded to the milky-coloured earth pony mare with 2 options. She quivers, thinking of what's worse, the soldier or their gun.
"T- The gun..." At least with this option, Coco Pommel can make sure nobody goes for it. Delenski nods and the milky-coloured earth pony mare hops out of the back and walks to the right-side door. She opens it climbs in and closes it. Delenski opens the left-side door, climbs back in and closes it. He also sees Coco Pommel looking down into the footwell, shivering and shaking, looking at the Mosin Nagant.
"Not looking at the Mosin Nagant will help," Delenski advised the milky-coloured earth pony as his right foot presses the accelerator, the truck now driving off. Coco Pommel looks back up to look out her window, which does slightly help with taking her mind off of the gun.
The mane 6 wakes up. They hoped the past 2 days was just a nightmare. Applejack especially hoped to wake up to find Big Mac too, but remembers he went off to the eastern front during the war. Granny Smith hasn't been seen since the air raid. It became apparent it wasn't a nightmare by the fact they have reawaken inside the same place they dropped off, the hay-carpet floor of the barn in Sweet Apple Acres.
Pinkie Pie notices Rainbow Dash's and Fluttershy's eyes are blood-shot and are on the far left corner together. She walks over to them, too tired to bounce.
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Fluttershy... do you mind if... I just tell them what happened... while we were gone?" Rainbow Dash asked the only friend she could so closely relate to. The yellow pegasus gave a weak nod. Rainbow Dash with Pinkie Pie walks to everypony else in the middle.
"I... I've got some... things to say... I got to accept what happened... had happened. Only way I can do that is being transparent with everypony. I'm talking on Fluttershy's behalf as well."
"Rainbow Dash, if there's bits you feel uncomfortable saying, you don't have to darling," Rarity extends out with her right forehoof to pull Rainbow Dash towards her, but the pegasus declines the hug.
"No thanks... I don't feel too comfortable... it gives me flashbacks..."
"I'm... so sorry darling..." Rarity soothingly said in a gentle manner to Rainbow Dash.
"I'll... I'll start off with me- Because what Fluttershy said she wet through... shouldn't of happened. I got ponynapped by some humans... not sure how much later, but this was shortly after Fluttershy and Discord. They took me to this camp... freezing camp... called Kolyma, and... when I saw the writing... I found that I was ponynapped and taken to the Soviet Union..." Rainbow Dash pauses, sounding hesitant to carry on, very hesitant. The rest of the mane 6 comes over to hug the traumatized light blue pegasus. They can see the pegasus didn't want to carry on, especially when they began to completely broke down. Kolyma has shattered Rainbow Dash, physically, mentally and psychologically.
"We were worried for you Rainbow, Fluttershy and Discord. You can say what yer wanna say at yer own pace. We're 'ere to help ya, okay..." Applejack whispered soothingly into the crying pegasus' ears.
Everypony hears motor noises. Fluttershy whimpers and hides in the furthest corner away from the front of the barn. She knows that sound, she swore she heard that sound before. The motor noises stop and the barn doors are knocked.
"I'll get it," Applejack yawned, slowly shuffling her hooves, slowly getting nearer and nearer to the door. The pulls the door open and sees a human on their knees with their hands up. His height is average, very young-looking white human male with black hair and green eyes. He is wearing green uniform and a green helmet with a red star outline on the front. Fluttershy sees the human and curls into a ball. Rainbow Dash walks back over to her to make her feel secure, which the yellow pegasus hides behind her. Fluttershy's experience with humans haven't been very good.
"I mean no harm! I fight for Equestria!" The human cried.
"He's right, he saved over twenty ponies just now," Said a voice. Rarity recognizes that voice so well and sprung up onto her hooves, her ears raised. When she saw a milky-coloured earth pony mare, she lunges towards her and both forehooves are around her. The earth pony mare closes her eyes and let's Rarity's forehooves hold her tighter and tighter out of relief.
"Oh- Thank Celestia you're alive- Pommel darling!"
"Barely... not without Delenski... and two others..." Coco Pommel murmured, exhausted from everything that went on.
From behind the human, a brown pegasus and a red stallion is seen. Applejack's ears rises up, but when she spots the stallion isn't Big Mac, her ears drop down again. Twilight remembers them and greets them.
"Spur and Biscuit was it- It's so good to see you two are okay."
"Physically... yeah, I guess you can say that," Biscuit responded back.
"And who are you, kind soldier?" Twilight asked, making eye contact at the human.
"Kacper Delenski. I'm not Soviet, I'm Polish."
"Whether you're Polish, Soviet, German or whatever... thank you, Kacper," Twilight said softly to the human.
"I don't know what monster can go round, using an army killing off a race, a sentient race," Delenski replied to Twilight in the same voice.
"You can put your hands down and stand. We trust you, you saved many ponies, three of which we know," Twilight said as she extends out her left forehoof, which Delenski grabs with his right hand and pulls himself up. Twilight takes a few steps back, remembering how tall humans are. Even though Delenski is of average height, he's still a third taller than a mare.
"He didn't save just us," Spur corrected Twilight. Pinkie Pie, now fully awake, hops over until she's standing next to Twilight. She immediately spots the 2 colts.
"Rumble! Taps! Let me take you to Apple and Scoots!"
"We haven't heard those names since... the fair in Appleloosa. Can we see them too?" Spur's eyes lit up, her ears raised.
"Yeah, I'll take you all to them right now, follow me," Pinkie Pie said as she went back to walking instead of bouncing.
(In the CMC clubhouse)
The CMC, Button Mash and Silver Spoon are already awake. They have got out a Kar-98 with a scope on it. As well, they got out an MG 42. The Kar-98 is being held by Sweetie Belle's magic, her horn glowing pale green, with a pale green aura aura around the gun. She even has an image of the plane she needs to look out for.
"So, a... Yak-3... with the number ten on it?" Sweetie Belle wants to make sure she's going after the right plane.
"A normal firearm ain't gonna destroy them things," Apple Bloom stated.
"I know, I'm gonna wait for that pilot to land wherever, then he'll be screwed," Sweetie Belle replied back. She's never killed before, but Diamond Tiara must be avenged.
"You're not going on your own are you!?" Button Mash asked in exclamation.
"You can come-" The clubhouse door opens and standing right there is Pinkie Pie.
"Oh buck..." Apple Bloom muttered to herself.
"When did children get hold of such prized firearms?" A human in Soviet army uniform came in through the door.
"Stay back!" Sweetie Belle screamed as her instincts kicked in. A human in Soviet army uniform is automatically seen as a threat in her eyes.
The human steps back and puts their hands up.
"Oh Sweetie, he's a nice soldier," Pinkie Pie pointed out. The unicorn filly slowly realizes and lowers the gun, dropping it onto the floor, making a clunk noise. The human puts his hands back down.
"Why aren't you mad that we've got literal guns!?" Apple Bloom is in stark surprise that Pinkie Pie hasn't said a word about the Kar-98 or the MG 42.
"Oh, everypony needs something to defend themselves. Plus, I have seen that hidden Tiger 2 hidden in bushes. How you got that... I don't know," Pinkie Pie replied, scratching her head with her left forehoof.
"We found the tank just left there... and we thought we take it back here because it looks kinda awesome," Scootaloo explained.
"Well... we were going to find this pilot- Yak-3 and number ten on it, right?" Sweetie Belle asked Pinkie Pie.
"I know that pilot, directly. I even know where he'll be," The human replied. The filly's attention is immediately on him.
"Also, Apple and Scoots- Sweetie too? Mind coming out for a sec?" Pinkie Pie asked as she walks back down the steps outside. The CMC follows her, Button Mash following Sweetie Belle. Delenski hears extremely happy screaming and crying outside, but he wants to give company to the silver grey filly.
"What's wrong, grey one?"
"My best friend's life was taken by that pilot... a lifelong friend..." She replied.
"I know the pilot. My old group will of figured I deserted them. I'm probably going to be on the NKVD hit list soon. But I won't rest until a kill someSoviets," The human sternly replied. He gets hold of the Kar-98 Sweetie Belle had hold of. He also notices a lense attached to it.
"Comes with a scope too? Neat," The human said while nodding with a smile on their face.
"The Germans did one thing right. Firearm designs. Now grey one, it's rabbit season! Except it's... human- Human season?" The human got up while holding the Kar-98 in an eager manner.
"Anyway grey one, if you excuse me, I got some bastards to kill."