Princess Historia

[You]: Where did you go next?

[Princess Celestia]: East.  Discord flew off towards Flutterva- I mean, the Badlands.

Y: Futter what?

[PC]: It's nothing.  I was just think about...Another time.  Please don't ask about it again.

Y: Why was he flying east?  Was there anything special that way?

[PC]: Not that I knew of.  Alicorns were the only race to establish permanent settlements as far as I knew.

Y: Can you elaborate on why that is?

[PC]: The earth ponies were nomads back then.  They didn't know how to treat and maintain the ground that well.  The unicorns followed after the earth ponies, albeit keeping their distance.

Y: Why did they keep their distance?

[PC]: There was a lot of racial tension before my sister and I came into power.  The unicorns followed the earth ponies for food while they hunted for gems, and the earth ponies just kept growing food to survive.  They viewed the unicorns as leeches and the unicorns viewed them as slaves.  Nopony knew much if anything about the pegasi; they were incredibly secretive back then.

Y: And what about the Alicorns?

Princess Celestia smiles fondly, her eyes still clouded, however.

[PC]: The Alicorns were the peace keepers of the land.  We despised violence and only got involved in wars if it threatened the safety or lives of ponies.  The other three races viewed us partly as gods, but luckily we didn't act 'high and mighty'.

Y: So how far east did you go?

[PC]: We traveled for a few days.  I was able to keep track of the time by counting the minutes.  It was incredibly boring.

Y: It must've been!  How did you survive, mentally and physically?  Surely you didn't carry THAT much food?

[PC]: Mentally, I just pushed on through.  No, I didn't pack that much food.  But luckily we came across a band of earth ponies and they were more than happy to invite us in for the night.

Y: Can you tell us what that was like?

Princess Celestia smiles again and a small tear runs down her face.  She's been crying and smiling a lot; obviously her memories are painful and happy at the same time.

[PC]: It felt almost like home.  They treated us like family, not like we were better or lower than them.  It was the greatest feeling I had ever felt from ponies who I normally thought carried so much resentment.

Y: Was there anything more, besides being treated like a family member?

[PC]: Yes...A filly came and sat with me under the stars one night.  I have this theory that fillies, regardless of race, are deeply connected with magic in some form or another.  She came and just sat by me while I was lost in my depressing thoughts, and her presence just comforted me.

Y: That's an interesting theory.  Do you think she knew that you were depressed?

[PC]: I do, but I have no proof.

Y: Let's fast forward to the morning; what happened then?

[PC]: The ponies woke us up and told us that they were leaving.  I warned them not to head east, and if they saw Discord, to immediately head the opposite direction.  After we said our goodbyes, we set out towards the Badlands again.

Y: Forgive me, princess, but the goal of this all is to get to know you better.  You started to mention Flutter something but stopped as if you were horrified or saddened by the thought.  It would be very helpful if you could tell us the truth about that.

Princess Celestia stares coldly at me, not glaring but with obvious frustration.  I hold my ground the best I can.

[PC]: You remember the creatures that attacked Canterlot a short while back?

Y: Of course; the newspapers were riddled with stories about the Changelings.

[PC]: They weren't always like that, you know.