Echoes of the Past

"A long long time ago when the founders of Equestria were still alive I still lived with my sister. At the time I was only a filly and my sister was a young mare. Many things that are different from then and now, but the one that was the most important, the one that had the biggest impact was the fact that us ponies lived with humans. For a few years things seemed to work well. But as time went on the humans became more obnoxious, greedy, bossy, and they pushed us around more and more. Then my sister finally snapped.

She said that humans are terrible and that things need to change. I agreed. So we did the math and found out that if nearly everypony fought then we would easily dominate the humans. The one thing we disagreed on was our plan of action. I thought that giving the humans a bloody nose to show them who's boss would be enough. But Celestia went for the biggest possible move. She thought it would best to do a total complete genocide. I so shocked, I wanted to argue with her but I knew that would be useless. Instead we held secret rallies to convince all of Equestria to fight back the humans. Celestia was a stronger speaker than I so she managed to convince everypony that exterminating all humans was the only way and... that's what happened.

In a genocidal campaign spearheaded by my big sister every human was eradicated. Just like that... 500 million humans dead, the human species was almost extinct. It happened so fast too, less than a year, I never knew my sister was capable of this. After this was all said and done it was clear that Celestia would lead the new Equestria. With her taking the reigns and me playing as second in command we have ruled Equestria ever since.

The way Princess Celestia set up her kingdom was in a way that I just can't help but admire. First she made this whole human incident meant to be forgotten, made it so that all ponies wanted to forget this. Next she put it very vague how a pony was to run for ruler Equestria. This problem eventually disappeared as after a few years nopony wanted anything to change. After that nothing really has changed for a long time.

Over the course of time I have changed some of my opinions of my sister. I now can see that see that she was right after all. Equestria was truly better without humans in the end. I won't forgive my sister entirely for what she did but time has revealed to me that there is some justification for her actions.

Have you ever heard the rumor were if you stepped even slightly out of line Celestia would banish you? This rumor did not start with her banishing me but long before that. Shortly after my sister took power she started sending out ponies to search the globe; hunting down the last remains of humanity.

Whenever they found a human they would bring it back to Celestia. Princess Celestia always gave the humans a chance to speak. But the moment a human made a mistake she banished them. The remaining humans that survived the initial slaughter were all banished by my sister's hoof and her's alone. Since then the fear of Celestia banishing any misbehaving ponies has been with us. The last sign that humans ever existed."

I could not hold my tongue any longer "Celestia is the real reason why humans are gone? I always though they went extinct ages ago when twenty foot tall ponies ruled the land. How could she have done this?"

Luna said simply "Yes, my sister is the best at what she does. Now please may I continue?"

"There more?" I said in agony.

Luna continued "I'm afraid so:

"So since that point the ponies of Equestria have lived in harmony. Now we jump forward to about a thousand years ago. I have over years grown worried about my sister. She never told me were she got the idea to get rid humans. I wanted to find out. I wanted to reassure myself that Celestia still had the best intentions for Equestria. For awhile I have been searching my sister's room for information on what she planned to do next as Princess. My opportunities to do this were few and far between and I rarely found anything that I did not already know.

Finally one day Princess Celestia announced that she has initiated a research project that will try to find a way for Pegasi and Unicorns to grow food. She said it was in response to the food shortages that have occurred every year a week before apple harvest. I did not give this much thought as I didn’t care much about science. But shortly after that I finally found Celestia's secret.

I found her diary hidden under her wastebasket. I did not even know my sister ever had a diary until that point. It was also very old which meant that has had this diary for a very long time and without me knowing. I opened it and what I read changed everything.

This diary showed her true intentions with the new research project. She wanted to remove Earth ponies entirely. It said that Earth ponies are a burden and they have slowed down Equestria long enough. This diary has chronicled the steps that Celestia has taken to reduce the need for Earth ponies to exist. It stated that this project would "cut the last thread that latched Earth ponies to this land and would finally allow them to fall to their deaths." For the second time in my life I was shocked beyond belief at my sister.

I headed back to my room. I needed time to think about what to do next. But Celestia acted first. She must have seen the expression on my face and after a quick investigation discovered that I knew her plan. I spent the whole night thinking of what to do and decided to confront my sister first thing in the morning. But morning did not come. Not sure what was happening I headed to the main hall. The moment I stepped in I could tell it was a setup. Celestia did not let me speak. She was hammering me with lies. My sister told me my bitterness is no excuse to let everypony suffer. The princess was wearing the Elements of Harmony. With them she banished me to the moon.

Only after my return did I found out what actually happened. Once Celestia found out I discovered her secret she acted quickly. She told everypony that I have grown bitter because they slept through my beautiful nights so I would not allow my moon to lower ever again. More lies I did not refuse to lower my moon, Celestia did not allow her sun rise. So when I stepped into the main hall everypony was on her side. True, my sorrows have grown over the years because ponies do not enjoy my nights but I have gotten over it. I have accepted that ponies will always miss my majestic nights.

I spent so much time on the moon scheming against my sister. I had all time I needed to create the absolute best plan of action. So when I returned I had it all planed out. I acted exactly how Celestia told the other ponies I was. So my return was what was expected by the ponies at least to those who remembered me. This gave me some freedom to do what I needed to do but far more impotently it let my sister know that I wasn't about to spill the beans on her. The first thing I did was I tried to destroy the Elements of Harmony but I failed. So my whole plan was scuttled. After that my sister took me back under back under her wing. Since then I have been trying to find another way to stop Celestia. My sister knows this and she has ever since been trying to convince me that her way is the right way.

Now time is running out that research project started long ago is finally finished. Right now Princess Celestia is making preparations that will bring the end to Earth ponies. If I don't act now my sister will once again succeed.

So I ask you will you help me. Will you help me stop my sister from doing her vicious deeds? Will you help me stop any more damage from being done? Will you help me prevent the extinction of Earth ponies? Will you help me maintain the balance of harmony? Will you help me save Equestria?"