Changing the future

Equestria present day:

The storm grew more wild as a small caravan of Ponies trudged through the ever dampening forest. This forest was Once home to the two princesses that ruled Equestria, now it was a graveyard, a memorial of a great life was now ended, fore this was the sight of where nightmare moon had returned to earth and destroyed the elements of harmony.

The caravan progression had started to slow as the mud thickened, occasionally one of the Ponies would look up as if hoping for a break in the rain to no success. A Pegasus flew over head scanning the ground for danger. This pegasus was one of the last in a dying breed, his name was Rift Walker. That of course was not his real name, for his real name was Storm Rift.

Storm flew through the storm dodging lightning and hail... ' Hail well this can't get any... Never mind I don't want to jinks use' Storm thought to him self as he dived to avoid a slash of lightning. They where approaching the safe house, one of a threw left where the ponies that weren't corrupted of dead could escape to. A small hut built into a tree was coming into view, Storm landed ahead of the others.

"Halt who goes there?" came a voice from the tree ahead. "It is I Rift Walker" Storm replied in his strongest voice. "C..Captain is that really you? Thank celestia that you are safe" the voice said sounding suddenly a lot like a fillie. A small pony came out of the tree, she flicked her red mane out of her face and kicked her back hooves in excitement .

"Applebloom? what the buck have I told you about leaving the safe house?" Storm yelled at her. Apple bloom looked down at the ground as tears began to collect in her eyes. Storm cursed him self for yelling at her, " Applebloom I...I'm sorry, it's just that it's not safe for you to be out side on your own". She didn't look up at him but nodded her head in a way that said 'I under stand but I hate it'.

Storm picked her up and throw her on his back, she was crying but she gave a little giggle when she went in the air. "All right everypony let's get everything inside now" Storm called to the others. "The councils wait for you inside" Applebloom whispered in his ear, "Ok lets go see them".

They walked through the door set in the front of a large tree trunk.

The war of the eclipse was the hardest time for every one. It started after Nightmare moon destroyed the elements of harmony, and where not just talking about the stone orbs. After that she flew to canters or and confronted Celestria no one was sure what happened but before we new Nightmare moon was on the thrown and ordering her soldiers, the royal guards, to go to cloudsdale and tear it from the heavens.

Most of the Pegasus population was there it started as everypony being confused as the guards started pushing house towards the ground. When they set fire to the town hole then all hell broke loose, Pegasus started fighting the guards tearing at there wings, ripping feathers out. Ponies started falling out of the sky left, right and centre,  the Wonderbolts lead the other pegasi in counter attacks. The battle only lasted a few hours.

The battle was lost when when Nightmare Moon turned up and used here magic to strip the Pegasus of there wings. All the Pegasus that weren't there where lucky for the spell did not reach out of city where saved from falling to there deaths. After that the unicorns sided with nightmare moon out of terror of there lives. The Earth ponies where subjugated to being the slaves of those who possessed magic.

During the time that followed the oppression became even worse, Ponyville was transformed into a factory that was used to refine gems that where brought in from the mines, up in the mountains. Day in, day out, cart after cart was delivered for sorting then sent back to the mine. The breaks were short and your pay was spoiled apples and mouldy carrots. If you were lucky you would be chosen to be a servant of a unicorn family, the food was not much better but at least you had a roof over your head.

This change to every thing destroyed the spirits of the ponies. Some where willing to fight back, using guerilla tactics to confuse and deplete the number of royal guards. This just increased the level of anger of "Queen" Nightmare Moon, new restrictions where enforced and rebels where hunted to the ends of the world. Which brings it all back to this night of a caravane of Ponies hiding in Everfree forest.