Sent to the Moon

A Town Called Unity

October 22 Celestial Year 1011
3 Years 1 month after Twilight's Banishment

The meeting over the offer of co-settlement with the people of New Town took three whole days to complete. Each of the Section Leaders had read over the proposal sent by Rex O'Malley and the town’s which was pretty straightforward.The town list all of his resources, strengths, abilities of his people, skills sets, the status of its infrastructure, its cultural practices which were very few, its laws and his governmental system.There was an outline of what they wanted in terms of trade and interaction with the Caravan should they choose to settle with them or near them. There was also a paw written letter from Rex O'Malley formally inviting the Caravan Leaders to come inspect the town. All in all the proposal was promising one but Shining Armor was a bit apprehensive about such a golden offer in it paw written gift wrapping. It was his objections and wanting to take precautions should the offer prove to a trap that led to a three-day debate and discussion over the offer.

Those arguments were put to bed after it was decided that several guards would accompany the Caravan Leaders, a temporary set of leaders were chosen to govern the caravan until negations were over and a settlement was made.There would an advance team of guards lead by Rainbow Dash to go ahead of the Leaders the day before. Their job was to secure the route and check over the accommodations set up by the people of New Town before the Caravan Leaders would even set hoof in the town. Shining Armor may be an ex-Royal Guard Captain but he would be damned to Tartarus and back before letting anything else happen to his family or any of the ponies in their care.

After everyone that had join caravan learned the truth of what happened to Twilight in the weeks before the caravan exile. Everypony here had time to think it over the decision to leave and they had of their own free will, they had given up their old lives. All of this hardship was for a chance to live in a world free of the control of ancient immortal powers and Shining wanted to protect that chance at freedom with his life.

After hours of going over all of the plans for safety and guard selections the meeting was called for the day and was to reconvene the following day for finalization. Hopefully, plans to talk with the people of New Town would begin the day after.

On day two Shining Armor was happy with all of the precautions being taken and their implementation sho he was ready to call the meeting to a close and began heading for New Town the following day when Thunderlane had some questions and concerns about the proposal pertaining to the pegasi of the caravan. It took all day but Thunderlane outlined all of the concerns that pegasi section of the caravan had about co-settlement with the people of New Town. The first was the dragon ponies known as pyrin and the griffins living in the town. The many worries about if it was safe to interact with them without knowing too much about them as a whole, this particular concern was directed at the dragon ponies more than the Griffins. The second was whether or not there would considerations made for those living cloud homes to be included in votes and things since the would not be living the town proper but above it.The third was about weather manage and the construction of a weather factory. There were worries about building new air force as far as town defense and the time frame for doing such a thing if it was to be done.

While Shining Armor was glad that Thunderlane was thinking about what was best for the Pegasi as it related to the whole the group but he was not happy that he had to sit through several hours of debates and explanations about it all. Now the white stallion knew what he had sounded like to the others the day before. Once again the end of the meeting had been push off to the next day to deal with all of the new information and preparation needed to be made to the negotiation paperwork and the planning for the trip to New Town.

Day three come and the Caravan Leaders meet in the command tent bright and early. As Velvet sat at the head of the table sipping her morning coffee and she knew more details would need to be added and talked over before they could finalize and began the true negations with New Town. Velvet decided that once all of the pegasi plans were finalized she would open the floor of discussion to Big Macintosh for the earth pony concerns.

Thunderlane was quick to finish up with his part of the negotiation plans since they would need time to deal with the concerns Big Mac had for them. Judging by the stack of papers and charts the red stallion had with him there were quite a few concerns that the earth ponies of the Caravan had on this potential home they were trying to establish.

Once it was Big Mac turn to speak he took several minutes setting up several charts and graphs done for him by several of the more advanced educated ponies in his sections before pulling out some note cards from his saddlebags. Once Big Mac began speaking he was to the point and outlined a list of all of the earth ponies wants, concerns, and hopes for the negations for the caravan’s new home. The first thing on that list was making the most of everyponies natural abilities as well as making a more equalized governing and social system. While in Equestria earth ponies had been mostly excluded from the government system and the military except for places founded by or hosting a population of earth ponies that outnumbered the other two tribes 2 to 1. The earth ponies wanted equal representation in their new home as well as equal power in the laws that govern the whole. The next point was about defense and the enforcement of the laws with there being at least a number of earth ponies trained and appointed to positions of power when it came to defending and enforcing the laws of their new home. Agriculture was the next thing on the agenda with Big Mac wanting to have all of the races of the new home to contribute some of their resources and people to the whole so that no one race would have a monopoly on the food supply.

While it had taken Thunderland and Shining Armor all day to make their points Big Mac had taken the time to streamline all of his points so that the meeting could be wrapped up by lunchtime that day. Once Big Mac had given over all of the paperwork to Velvet and copies to Shining and Thunderlane he opened the floor for their questions about his proposed changes to the negotiations plans.

“Well, I don’t really have any questions for you Big Mac. You did a fine job with all of the charts and things I really do like how you had the Equestrian Core Law code rewrote to include any changes necessary for other races abilities and traditions. That will be a great bargaining chip when we take it to the people of New Town.” Shining Armor stated as he looked over the papers given to him. “Also the revamp of the whole legal system is amazing. These overall changes will make it easier to handle any type of legal problems from the major to the minor. Many thanks to you and the ponies of your section, my friend.”

“I have to say the rewrite and use of some of the laws from Equestria was a stroke of genius Big Mac, not to mention getting rid of all of the older outdated laws from the pre-Celestia/Luna era. The whole electing all of the Magistrates is great since the Equestrian way of having the Princesses appointment them was always a little biased. Just one question though, how is the whole police force thing you want to suggest supposed to work?” Thunderlane asked.

“Well it's simple really, Ah took the whole mock-up that Shining Armor gave us on the settin’ up a new military fer defense and scaled it down ta work at a local level. The thing is that every race will have ta send few bodies ta train and become the new police force and their job is ta take care of smaller local matters. You know like thieves, vandalism, public disturbances and such. Most of those matters were handled by Applejack and the girls back in Ponyville when they weren't off saving the world or somethin’. Ah figure with us havin’ a lot of other races around interactin’ with each other we would need a way ta handle minor problems like that without gettin’ the whole town involved and such. This way everypony is represented and no one race has more control than any other race like back in Equestria.” Big Mac answered.

“Well, that’s a good thing. I for one am all for more equality in our new home. I glad that all of you have been working so hard to make this golden opportunity a real new start for all of us. In the past, our race has been ruled by fear and placed too much faith and reliance on Alicorn rule to govern what was just and fair. Celestia in her thousand plus years of rule and Luna for her part in the last few years did do a good job governing and protecting Equestria. While this lets our race thrive it has made the three tribes stop doing things for themselves. We became complacent and blind to our own need for each other and the magic that is Friendship. If the loss of Twilight and our self-imposed exile has taught me anything, it is that for us to survive now we need to become a people that love and understands one another. We will now strive to become a new nation founded on the teaching of the Magic of Friendship and Understanding set forth by Twilight Sparkle. The first step to this will be becoming friends with the people of New Town and starting a whole new way of life for them and us as a whole.” Velvet stated as she stood up and looked at the three stallions before her. “If there is nothing else to add gentlecolts I suggest we adjourn for lunch then get ready as the next few day will hard on all of us as we create a new world and leave a Legacy for Twilight to inherit after she returns to this world.”

All three stallions nodded in unison before gathering up their things and heading out to get lunch then off to get their sections in order before they departed for New Town in two days.

October 27 Celestial Year 1011
3 Years 1 month after Twilight's Banishment

Twilight Velvet and the Section Leaders along with a small guard contingent had made their way to the edge of New Town where they meet Rainbow Dash and Belle Starling along with a welcome wagon band. Velvet was somewhat shocked when she caught sight of Belle Starling for the first time. Rainbow Dash’s description had not done the mare justice. Belle was a good foot taller than Rainbow Dash; in fact Belle a was just an inch taller than Big Macintosh and the red stallion in question was 4’5” in height. Belle was a very brightly colored Pegasus, or was it Pyrin? Belle’s fur was light pink in color, a few shades lighter than Cadence, her wings were a sea of color starting with pale pink before fading to soft lavender then becoming sky blue at her wing tips. Her tail feather started off the same shade pink as her coat before changing into the same color scheme as her wings. Her mane and tail tuft were a soft buttery yellow the same color as Fluttershy’s coat, her mane was cut short in the front with a small curl to it that partially covered her short goat-like horns while the rest of her mane was left long in the back. The next thing about Belle that caught Velvet off guard was her large bright amber colored eyes and the fact her pupils were reptilian slits similar to Spike’s. But for Velvet, the most impressive and unique part of Belle were feather at the sides of her head. The from a kind of crest at the back of her of lavender, sky blue, and gold that shimmered in the sunlight.

There were two other dragon ponies standing there that look spectacular in appearance as well but Velvet quickly contained her excitement and surprise unlike the rest of her group. After clearing her throat and getting her parties attention she got them to stop looking slacked jawed and pointed as they whispered amongst themselves. The Caravan Leaders were here for a reason and it was time to get back to it.

Turning her attention back to the welcome wagon Velvet noted that the leaders of New Town had a flare for the dramatic as she looked the little band over. The band was composed of a brown male diamond dog holding a tuba, a gray and black female griffon with a drum, a cobalt blue kirin stallion with a flute, the kirin stallion’s twin sister holding a violin with bow at the ready, a silver and white young dragon male holding a cello and bow also at the ready, and a blue and gray female wolf with a saxophone.

“Welcome to New Town Mrs. Sparkle and Caravan Leaders, we are so glad to receive you. I am Belle Starling and the group of misfits behind me are the welcome wagon band, Strange Sounds, here to greet you with the town song, New Beginnings. Here in New Town, we believe that no matter what race you are you are always welcome and loved when you're with like-minded people. So welcome to your new home for you are home when you're amongst friends.” Belle said before opening her wings and bowing as the group behind here began to play music.

The song started off with just some soft drumming and light accompaniment from the flute and violin which grew louder and louder until it reaches a crescendo then there was a pause before the whole band was playing a joyful and wholehearted song with hope and life. The song went on for a few minutes as the band plays on the group standing there couldn’t help but dance to it. After a few minutes of dancing and laughter, the song came to an end. And the party of ponies and their hosts all walked off to the town.

Once in town Velvet and her group wee lead to the town hall where Rex and the four other leaders of the town were waiting to greet them After a round of introductions and hoof, claw and paw shake the town leaders and the pony leaders all enter the town hall to begin their negotiations.

November 17 Celestial Year 1011
3 Years 2 month after Twilight's Banishment

The negations over the caravan joining the town had taken almost three weeks to settle. Velvet wanted to make sure no little detail was left unexplored and the inclusion of the ex-equestrian’s and their cultural and social norms would not hinder the growth of the town and its people in any way. Through the whole thing Velvet had not only impressed the the town leaders but won them over with her serious but kind negotiation tactics that the town leaders were ready to put her in charge of the new to as it mayor on the spot. Velvet declined the offer but settle for sitting on the new town council. After all the details were settled and the Caravan had made its week-long journey to New Town construction start to expand the town since it's population had just quintupled in the last month.

November 15 Celestial Year 1012
4 Years 2 month after Twilight's Banishment

The next year or so was filled with the town of misfits and the exiled equestrians getting to know one another and building a bright future together. It was after the town expanded from a few sparse home to a full-fledged city and several more misfits from around Equestria and Connamaria had come to settle in the New Town an election was held for City Leader. Rex ran in the election to continue as Mayor as he had done a good job along with the help of his town council. Again Shining Armor with help of few of the townspeople convince Twilight Velvet to run for office. Once again Twilight Velvet won by a landslide once it was known she was running for Mayor but this time around she accepted without much fuss so long as Rex was her assistant and head of the new city council. Shortly after Velvet become Mayor she renamed the town to Unity and had a monument of Twilight and the other Elements of Harmony erected in the town square. It was a tribute to the six principles of the Magic of Friendship, the principles that keep the town full of love and happiness.