Child of Two Worlds: Power Games

Canterlot, Kingdom of Equestria, February 27th, 1 L.F. (Luna's Freedom)

These days were always the hardest. She hated having to attend these meetings, but it was tradition. The ponies felt a lot better about the government being a monarchy once she agreed to hold the Grand Council for three days every six months. Oh, how she hated the meetings, but it kept the citizens happy, that’s what really mattered.

Luna and the representatives would be in the council chambers waiting for her to show up now; she hurried to the chambers. Her magic flung the doors open and she walked in. She saw the representatives sitting in their respective seats. Celestia trotted over to her seat and cleared her throat, time to give the speech.

She hated this part extremely. The speech was unnecessarily long, but , oh no, the advisors said it was necessary. Celestia didn’t know why, but the representatives respected her because the speech was long. It didn’t make any sense to her or Luna at all. Finally the Princess of the Day closed her mouth. The speech was over. Now, time to listen to the representatives.

“The floor now belongs to the representatives of the city Baltimare.” Said the older of the two princesses.

“We thank the princesses for the floor,” said the unicorn that looked like the head of the group. “The first issue that we would like to address is the Griffon bandits crossing the northern border into the majestic city of Baltimare. Our citizens live in fear of being robbed in their own homes! We demand action against these invaders! I am sure all of the northern cities will agree with this motion!”

The room was filled with cheers in agreement, but these cheers quickly died down as the Princess of the Day raised her hoof. “I understand the situation Representative Ruby Mane, but the only thing we can do is send more troops to the northern cities as protection.”

“Your highness, if we do that, they will only come back stronger and in larger numbers! The only way to get these bandits to stop is to push them back over the border! Do the northern cities agree?”

Celestia raised her hoof again to signal the end of the uproar. “If we were to do that, we would violate the treaty we signed with Griffons if we were to do that.”

“Actually, sister,” chimed Luna, “I have to disagree with you there sister.” she continued. The council room was filled with gasps and whispers as soon as the younger princess finished speaking. “I have read the treaty myself. It will only be violated if a military engagement were to happen. If we simply supplied northern militias, they could cross the border themselves and not violate the treaty.”

“Very well, in accordance with the Royal Approval Act of 1791, the motion to supply northern militias is approved,” said Celestia, still in shock that Luna had just undermined her authority. Luna simply smiled in triumph. The rest of the meeting didn’t go well at all. Whenever there was a motion that benefited the northern cities, Luna would get it approved. However, Celestia did the same for the eastern cities of Equestria. This continued until the representatives of Coltsburg was given the floor.

“The first issue we would like to address is one all western and southern cities share, the magic using aristocracy,” said the Coltsburg representative. Before he could continue, he was cut off.

“Objection! Your majesties, this is just another rant about how magic is responsible for all of their problems!” yelled a unicorn from Fillydelphia.

“Neigh! The objection is overruled, the representative of Coltsburg shall continue!” yelled the representative of Las Pegasus. The representative of Fillydelphia sulked in defeat at the hooves of council rules.

“As I was saying, the magic using aristocracy has been oppressing the earth ponies and pegasi for thousands of years! When was the last time you saw a wealthy pony who wasn’t a Unicorn? When was the last time you saw a new advancement in technology? When was the last time you saw a major political leader who wasn’t a unicorn? You haven’t! The magic using aristocracy has been preventing it! They claim that new advancements in technology will ruin their businesses that thrive off magic and the royalty prevents the advancement from becoming available!” said the earth pony stallion from Coltsburg.

“That is enough! The council will not tolerate such outbursts!’ yelled Princess Celestia, but the stallion continued.

“Do you see what I mean? They are trying to silence me for speaking the truth! Well, this shall no longer be a problem for Celestia and Luna! As of right now, the western and southern regions of the Kingdom of Equestria secede and now form the Free Equestrian Federation!” the earth pony yelled. The cheers of the representatives from cities in those regions soon followed.

“You cannot do that! It is against the law to speak for those cities without their approval!’ yelled Luna.

“I am not speaking without their approval! We voted on the issue earlier this year! The cities are seceding! You are just upset that we came to our senses and freed ourselves from the control of the aristocracy! Now if you excuse us, we will be heading back to our country.” The stallion finally stepped of the stand and walked out. The southern and western city’s representatives followed.

“Today’s meeting is adjourned!” yelled Princess Celestia. It was time to get some rest. Half of the kingdom seceded, the rumors she heard about Luna preparing to seize the throne seemed like they were true, and a war with the Griffons seems impossible to avoid. Little did she know, these power games would be the least of their problems.

Ponyville, Kingdom of Equestria, Febraury 29th, 1 L.F. (Luna's Freedom)

He didn’t know where he was. All he knew was it was very strange. He walked forward into the never-ending blackness that he had somehow appeared in. Suddenly, he heard a loud noise coming form underneath him. He looked down and saw the planet he called home.

The planet sat there in space peacefully. It looked amazing. Suddenly, he heard another noise, and then another planet appeared. It looked rocky and rough. This new planet began orbiting his home planet, just like the moon. Soon, this image changed.

Bright lights fell down from the strange planet onto his home planet. At first, it was just a few, soon millions of these lights, some large and some small, crashed down all over the surface of his home. Once again, the image changed.

It showed the Kingdom of Equestria covered in dragons. They burned down cities and ravaged the land. The scene shifted. It showed the land of the Zebras under attack by strange dragon-like creatures that appeared to be made of stone. The scene shifted again, showing other races under attack by the same creatures. Suddenly, he heard a voice.

“In the days where war between the creatures is common and brother has turned on brother, in the days where the nations have fragmented, the wardens of the prison shall signal the return of their fathers. They shall come like a rain and the creatures shall continue their fighting. Only when the Child of Two Worlds, The Original Warden, The Great Messenger, stands up to fight against the tide, shall the creatures unite under one banner.” the voice said.

“SPIKE! SPIKE! Wake up!” he heard. The dream was over.

“Coming Twilight!” he said. He wasn’t sure what to make of that dream. He heard a scream coming from downstairs. The dragon ran to see what was happening. He stopped. A dragon-like creature made of stone around the size of three ponies stacked on top of each other stood in the doorway. In one claw was a giant axe, in the other was a giant sword covered in blood. Twilight’s corpse sat on the floor of the library. The creature lunged forward at Spike ready to kill him where he stood.

He jumped out of his bed in terror and screamed waking up the unicorn the slept in the bed next to his. “Spike relax, you just had a bad dream.” Said an annoyed and tired Twilight Sparkle.

“It was just a dream?” he said. “That’s right, it was just a dream.”

“Well Spike, I’m awake now, how about we get started on today’s to-do list?”

“Sure thing Twilight!” said the dragon trying not to sound scared. He had no idea what he dreamed about, when it would happen, or why, but one thing was for sure: he was going to need new pair of sheets.