The Past

Twilight continued reading the worn and ratty book. She flipped the page she had just read to a new page.

July 18th, 2339

Things have started to get out of hand. Ponies have started having more and more arguments with Humans. Yesterday a fistfight broke out in a restaurant. I don't quite remember what sparked it, but it ended with an unconscious man in the hospital. I hope that things can get better. Some Humans have actually started leaving our little country. The current population is about 100 Ponies and 80 Humans.

July 23rd, 2339

More Humans are leaving. The Human population is down to 70. More fights have been breaking out, as well as some hurtful graffiti. Ponies can't operate spray cans, so naturally, all graffiti is anti-pony. Except for one which was just a drawing of a penis.

July 26th, 2339

Threats to the princesses. Who would have thought that things would escalate to this level? Borders have closed and the current Human population is now 50. Celestia and Luna still trust our team of scientists, but prejudices have blossomed on the streets. I can't believe some of the things that these people have come up with. I refuse to write any of it down, for it might offend future generations.

July 27th, 2339

More threats. Now things have gotten hairy. A pony was stabbed last night. The man was arrested. I never talked to Celestia or Luna about this, since there has never been any kind of reason to, but let's just say that Equestria has a no-nonsense policy against murder. No life in prison, no. Death. The man was executed today at lunch.

August 21st, 2339

I tried to talk Celestia out of it. My god, she won't listen to me anymore. Another pony was hurt, all humans are in prison. I'm still out here. I feel like a traitor. The United States have moved a squad into Equestria. Celestia has begun arming ponies. This won't end well.

August 22nd, 2339

War. Those men didn't even last a day. They were all vaporized by some kind of magic. The United States have declared war. Celestia asked me to build a suit to augment magical abilities. I can't say no. I told her I would build it. She smiled that kind smile she always had. I can't tell if she cares or not anymore. I hadn't been keeping track, but the pony population has gone up significantly. Beaker and I have been pumping out ponies in the lab, there have also been several natural births. I pray for the U.S., they won't know what hit them.

October 20th, 2339

I finished it. I had Celestia with me while I was building the suit, making sure it fit her. She was still so...kind. I don't think she's evil. Maybe we humans are. I just hope nothing bad has to...what was that? It sounded like an explosion. Oh my. As I look outside my window I can see the burning husk that was once Washington D.C. The entire government is gone. I'm not sure what will happen now. I suppose more troops will attack. I'll just have to stay here in the palace. It'll be the safest place.

Twilight put down the book. Celestia waged war on the...United States, as they were called. This sounded like rubbish to Twilight, ponies had never gone to war. And putting all humans in jail? That was also ridiculous. What about this augmentation suit? There hasn't ever been anything like that. Twilight felt more and more comfortable while she refuted the existence of all these things. There was no way that this could have happened. As far as ponies knew anyway.