Rise of the Imperial Pony Empire

Location: Counsel house, Arthenia: day 1 of meeting

The leaders sit quietly in their respective seats, waiting for the mayor to start it off. The mayor shuffles his papers on his desk and looks down at Rose. Rose looks back in turn confused at what to do. The mayor then looks back up at the room before him before speaking.

"Hello Mares and stallions, and welcome to the meeting once again." he says.

One stallion speaks up, "So what did you call us here for this time? Another water problem?"

A few chuckles come from the others as well as the mayor.

"Well no, this meeting is regarding her." he points down to Rose making most of the members look at her, some surprised. He continues, "This mare came here hurting and starving. The Clinic took her in and nursed her back to heath. I have not heard her story so this will be something for us all." He looks down at Rose, "Go ahead Rose. Tell them."

She nods, "I am from a village southwest of here. But don't go looking for it anymore...it's gone." A few gasps and murmurs go through the Counsel before she continues. "My family and friends were living a peaceful life. It all started when me and my friends saw a NLR soldier in the forest one day." More murmurs. "We told our mayor about it but he didn't believe us so he just brushed it away. A few days later, we saw a Battalion of soldiers coming to the town. I warned my parents and friends about it, they packed up and tried to leave but the soldiers had arrived right when we were about to leave. I was the only one that managed to escape and hide till they left. When I went back, all I saw were ruined houses and the occasional corpse of a pony. I don't know if my parents or friends survived but I doubt I will see them again." she stops to look down as tears started to appear and flow down.

All of the counsel members looked at her with sympathy for her or anger for the NLR, even the mayor was shocked as he looked at her.

Finally he speaks up, "This a catastrophic act, they broke the pact to not attack the Neutrals." Murmurs of agreement appear.

"We must act!" said one member standing up from his desk. "We must find a way to solve this problem!" said another. "This must be a mistake, why would they attack a Neutral?" said another standing. Soon they were fighting among each-other verbally.

Suddenly the mayor stands up and bangs the table in front of him loudly, it quiets the room as they all look at him. "Look at you all! Fighting over a solution. That was not the point of the Counsel! It was meant to bring us together to solve a problem." He looks at Rose, "We shall let her deside what to do." Rose looks at him quivering.

"M-me?" she asks.

"Yes you Rose." he says back.

"I-I say," she pauses to think, "I say we act. They broke something that was made long ago and they should pay for it. If we don't act they will do the same to all Settlements. We should unite! Become one!" she was standing in front of the mayor. "We should no longer stay Neutral! Instead lets fight back and join the game of war!" Ponies were standing up and cheering to her words. "I say we work in peace to fool them but then when the time is right, we strike!" All the ponies were now cheering her on. 'Today, is a new dawn! Rise of a new nation! Together we fight! For the rightness of all!" A loud cheer yells out from the counsel as they cheer her name. Rose was smiling at her victory in the Counsel.

Location: Counsel House, Arthrenia: day 3 of meeting

It was a long meeting for the Settlements, probably the longest ever. They spent the days discussing the economy, science research, and military. But the biggest dispute was, what will they be called?

On day 3 it was desided, they will let Rose name them, like they almost always do. They all sat in their seats and waited for Rose to begin. She waited quietly for them all to get settled, once the last one was seated she began. "Hello and welcome again to the 3rd day of the meeting. Today we shall discus the name of our new nation as well as other things. Now anypony got ideas for the name?" She asks and braces herself for the yelling. Which it came, loudly. She waited till it quieted down till she started picking out ponies to say what they think. Many of them were good, but not good enough, then she got one from her head.

"Everypony, shush!" she yells. The whole room goes quiet. "I have come up with one." she pauses for effect smirking. "It shall be called, The Imperial Pony Empire. Why is it Imperial you ask? Well we could be a science nation and have a booming military. No pun intended." She finishes to wait for the reaction. The reaction was spectacular. Ponies were cheering at the new name, cheering, "Long live the Imperial Pony Empire!" was what they were saying. Rose looks at the Mayor chuckling at their reactions. Rose joins in with the chuckle at they watch the final meeting of the Counsel of Settlements end.

Location: Capital Arthrenia

It was 1 month after the meeting of Settlements and things were going great with the young nation. The military was growing strong, setting up small bases in every town, a very large one in the new capital: Arthrenia. Tech advances were going crazy already they were creating a new weapon of war, the rifle, a six shot weapon with a mag that needs to be reloaded every time it runs out. They called the Rifle, The Lightning-bolt and sometimes The Thunder, thanks to the sound it makes and the light it generates when fired. They still would use close combat weapons but the Rifle was given to all troops unless the chose not to use it. They also managed to create well paved roads to and from the towns, the closer to Arthrenia, the better the roads.

Rose was voted to be leader of the new Empire and would oversee almost every construction as well as new inventions. The mayor was made Counsel Leader of the new Imperial Counsel of Arthrenia. Which consisted of all the Settlement leaders into one room.

DeathFury the guard was rewarded for his saving of Rose when she first arrived and was made Commander of the Arthrenia Royal guard. They were the elite of the soldiers and every military base had at least one of these Guards in it. They were also responsible for protecting the leader as well as the capital city itself.

The Imperium was growing quickly and rumors spreed to the NLR and the SE of this new unification. They both sent spys to see if it was true but they never found out because the spys they sent were always caught or killed by the Royal Guard. Eventually, the Imperium will show itself and that time is coming soon.