January 6th
First Entry
Paternus Heavens-
"Never solve a problem with magic that can be solved with your fists."
I am Princess Celestia. I am the leading figure in Equestria, and a fearless ruler. I have lived thousands of years, unable to meet demise as my parents and grandparents. They told me to stay pure, and at first I thought they meant pure of heart, as in live in harmony with all other things... but, I believe they could not have been more wrong.
I look on to the sky sometimes as I raise the sun and take for granted that golden shine and white light that emanates from it. These qualities are what the moon envies. It merely reflects the splendor of the sun. It is only cast in darkness to be lit up by the sun. The sun has no shadow. The sun has no fear. The sun cannot be touched, nor can it be moved. It only does what it can to oversee the lives of all those who depend on it. Inspired to gain this power, I found myself growing in my magic skill before finally gaining my Alicorn form.
What is an Alicorn, you ask? It is a title I give to my princesses after they obtain the full power of magic. These require the ability to use the life force of the earth to grow crops, to fly, and to use magic outside of one's body by generating it mentally, physically, and spiritually. An Alicorn is a mythical beast of legends that takes both attributes from the mighty pegasus and the majestic unicorn. We call the ponies who can use their wings to fly pegasi because of this, and of course the ponies who use magic are the unicorns. However, there are ponies who use their magic to grow crops and food. The bland title ponies did not do them any justice, so we have decided to call them earth ponies.
My sister questioned me to tell her the reason for using strictly equine terms to define this country and it's ponies, and I told her that surely the horse body would be a fairly interesting one to inhabit. Which it is, in fact. It is superior in strength, skill, and reason to any other being that has lived. I did not expect her to know much, as she is not a pure one like me. Mother and father were pure, and so were grandma, grandpa, gramma and granpa.
Such beautiful, fair white skin and golden hair for mother and our grandmothers, while father and our grandfathers had hair that varied in colors like a Rainbow. White, gold, rainbow, and violet are the colors of perfection. White, because the color itself represents purity; Gold, because it is the color of prosperity and life-giving; Rainbow, because white and rainbow are one in the same, as rainbow represents the harmony that must take place during purification; Violet, because it is the color of wealth and happiness.
Anything else is impure because mostly other colors alone are merely add-on's for the perfection which life has to offer. There is no reason as to why they are impure... philosophically speaking... but to me personally, I fell such great discomfort around people who exhibit colors of impurity. It did not really bother me until my sister tried to rebel and become Nightmare Moon for a time. I suppose the event traumatized me to this point... but I have many other events to thank as well.
Black is the color of impurity. Blue tries to be violet, but is far too weak to become it due to the fact it is blue. Grey is the blind harmony that tells everything to be the same to acquire harmony, but this ideal is false. Surely, grey is just what everybody tries to be. But that is why we have cutie marks. They set us apart from others because we all have a rainbow in us that allows that very magic of individuality to be born. I hate it when people try to be something they are not. That is why I like the rainbow. Red is the color of burning. A fire not like the sun, but a fierce blaze that eats away at everything it comes into contact with. It burns whatever gets in its way, and pretends to be like the sun. Fire tried to put on a mask that will either tell others it is the sun, or that the sun is like fire. The sun burns, but it burns what it must. Its flare is one that grants life and delivers justice throughout its cosmic vicinity. Fire creates light, but it can only copy lowly its model. My sun is its model.
Each color alone means little to nothing... but when they all stand together, they become white. Violet is this one color that stands out... and I came to see this after I met my faithful student Twilight Sparkle. She is a good follower of the way of Harmony, and shows such promise at a young age. She is already at Alicorn status, and is also a proud member of my exclusive Golden Army. She is even the one who defeated my sister when she was Nightmare Moon, returning her back to normal! I cannot thank Twilight enough for everything she has done, and I suppose admiring violet would do her some justice.
I could only see what I could before the founding of the Golden Army. I did not fully harness the true power of my thoughts until finding that a group of ponies had already thought to put them in order before me. They were like a cult, and I am the only member who is still alive from long ago near the founding of the group that knows the group's full past. One of the only others who knows as well is a young mare by the name of Aryanne. She is a seventh degree member, and holds my personal trust. Aryanne is a girl who possesses long, light blonde hair kept in a free style. She is an earth pony type, and uses her internal magic to grow in book smarts and philosophy. She has light blue eyes that usually kept a fierce and feisty look in them. Twilight, of course, is a member, and knows of the history, as she is a seventh degree member like Aryanne and I. These two may know the full history, but they were not alive when the founding of it happened.
We were firstly known as Dawning, but after Adolphorus, Aryanne's ancestor who was one of the founding fathers, died in a tragic battle in the Discordian Wars, I took it upon myself to lead the group, and I changed its name to Sol Dominus, along with ultimately making it a public group that anyone who met the qualifications could join. I may hear one saying I made a grave mistake, and even patron members such as Feinschwall, Cutie Tootie, Hall Mark, and Bellaphorus looked down upon my decision, as we are a very political group, and letting anyone rise up to the ranks would prove fatal to the future of Equestria.
This actually managed to have greatly amused me, as I caught sight of a golden haired, golden eyed pegasus woman by the name of Ditzy "Derpy Hooves" Doo. I happened to have ordered Twilight to follow this "Derpy" around for a week and maybe have a burger or two with her while gathering info on her viewpoint in government. I tell you the truth, this is exactly what Twilight reported to me personally on the final day of her assignment,
Twilight comes to me with a disappointed look on her face, as if she had done something wrong or failed her assignment. Twilight looks to me and tells me,
"Do not be disappointed, Princess Celestia, but Ditzy may be a bit...off...well, she isn't Sol Dominus material..."
I ask, "Well, why not? Does she oppose our group? Is she not aware of our existence?"
Then Twilight, "She couldn't seem to understand or care what I was saying. She said she'd love to join, but we would have to offer her a... muffin cannon? That's absurd, right? We can't have her in the group, even if she meets the qualifications slightly more than a regular pony! She would send us into hell with her..."
I laugh ridiculously at this, as I remember what my colleagues all had said about letting in potentially dangerous members, and to be honest, I thought they meant anyone who had bad intentions for us, as if to take us down or try to assassinate us mercilessly. I did not expect them to possibly include anyone as derpy as Ditzy. Surely, I will obtain her membership. With the right magic and training, I can easily get her up to the third degree no problem as she fits the perfect qualifications. Golden hair AND eyes? One could say I hit jackpot, and even Aryanne scolded Twilight for her not at least attempting to bring Ditzy in. I say nothing to Twilight, and merely squeeze her shoulder and smile at her. She obviously was too confused and/or scared to do anything. I could see the expression painted over her face.
I really like this Ditzy character, and I found out through Twilight that she likes muffins and is a mail-mare. Through this info, I found that she is good friends with a flier from my Wonderbolts athletic group, particularly one named Surprise. No surname. Surprise is a rare case as well, Again, a perfectly golden hair, and worn with such voluminous style that you have to compliment her on it when you see her. I sadly cannot bring Surprise higher than fifth degree without interfering with her job as a Wonderbolt. Her eyes are like the perfectly displayed amethyst, and she has the energy of Pinkie Pie, a friend of Twilight, if not more because she is a pegasus and is professionally trained to access that energy.
Unlike Pinkie, whom I will reference quite a bit while speaking of Surprise in these entries, Surprise is not a real party pony. She loves parties, don't get me wrong, but parties are not her number one go to to obtain her daily fill of fun. Surprise is her name, so surprise is her game. She prefers to get into a situation which she did not see coming, and likes to prank and surprise others when on her free time. She, as a Wonderbolt, usually takes the role of the pep talker when Spitfire, their captain, does not feel like doing so. I have seen Surprise take down a dragon, and even skim across a river and displace a perfectly symmetrical wall of water while doing so. She is perfect Sol Dominus material, and I curse she can no further rise to the higher ranks due to her placement as a Wonderbolt. I take great pride in the existence of such a purely bred human being, her proportions of gold and violet take my attention moreso than Ditzy's gold to gold ratio. Her wings only give more depth to her arousing perfection, and sometimes I find myself jealous of this. Surely I have wings, but her simplicity is just so... surprising.
Yes, that quickly she soared through her rank placements after my discovery of her. She is a missionary to spread word of our existence to the ends of the earth to find more potentially pure ponies, and sure, even my sister Luna could join, but crimes against equinity will surely hinder you from joining. This is why Discord cannot join as well, despite recommendation by even Aryanne and Twilight. Also, it is no secret what we like. Ponies who take great measures to study our history and requirements call us racist, but I say that these colors are symbolizing what Equestria is all about. We usually do not accept those who cannot pass the "Alterachrome" test, where ponies like Luna have to prove that they are Sol Dominus material. To top this all off, they must pass the further qualification task of getting through the judgment of me, Aryanne, and Twilight, and if two thirds decides he or she comes into Sol Dominus, and two thirds decides if they leave and do not come back to try again. It may seem inhumane, but they forget what we stand for. Gold, Rainbow, Violet, White. These are the colors of perfection.
I suppose a pony whom you expected to mention very first is Rainbow Dash. She has the loyalty which we seek, and the rainbow colored hair which we did not get in a member since I joined. On top of that, her colors are far more bold, making her do more appealing than mine, and I cannot lie. I suggested that all of Twilight's friends join, so they don't feel left out, after I considered Rainbow that is. I must explain myself on this as well... I see Rarity the same as Surprise's case, as her fair skin shows the true beauty of whiteness, her pale skin is simply perfect, and is only further complimented by her violet hair.
Applejack has that beautifully cultured skin which someone could only get by years and years of hard work, and her luscious, golden mane of hair by far one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, even more so than that of Aryanne's and Surprise's!
Pinkie... I cannot really say much on Pinkie's case besides she could be a jester of some sorts to lighten up a solemn mood had we ever entered one.
Fluttershy actually is the one who I can't say I'll have much use for. This is for obvious reasons.
I see Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow the ones of all of Twilight's friends that I can see being seventh degree members due to the fact that they are fairly devoted to working hard and fit the qualifications very well too... but like Ditzy's problem and Surprise's case, they all were either already occupied with a lifelong occupation, which would be Rarity and Applejack, or were just uninterested or wouldn't really do any good to the group besides be an example of how the perfect human should look, like Rainbow Dash.
I would be glad to have for Twilight and Aryanne to recruit more, but now as Twilight has her own kingdom and Aryanne is our new militia's general, as Sol Dominus possesses a different force than Equestria's (namely my sister and I's Royal Guard and the Crystal Pony Royal Guard of Cadance), we cannot find the time to orchestrate recruiting sessions.
Twilight, however, has discovered her castle's map points out where there are areas of disharmony within Equestria, and she has neutralized one of these areas, turning them over to our side. I heard how she described it, and I nearly vomited in disgust at how Starlight Glimmer decided to treat her fellow ponies.
I'll end with this final note; I take great consideration in perfection, but I know full well that not everyone in this Empire of Equestria is perfect in Sol Dominus standards, and that it okay. I've grown to live with that very fact since the day I joined. But there is nothing more beautiful to me than the individuality which each pony possesses the moment they earn their own specialized cutie mark. Especially seeing a filly achieve this feat is so heartwarming to me, like watching them be born a second time.
Starlight's actions of taking away the ponies' individuality is something punishable by either death or imprisonment within Tartarus. She had better count herself lucky that she got away with her life. I've given Twilight the authority to kill such a pony at sight if there's already a warrant out for them. Starlight better hope it's not Twilight, or in the worst case, me, who finds her.
But, I must say I have been writing with my hands for once, and my remarking on not using magic for this is harder than I thought. But I will end this entry here... After all that has to happen yet, I must say that after my death, my colleagues are in for a genuinely interesting and rocky read.
With Love, Your Perfect Princess, Celestia Heavens.
