38th Year Of Celestial Peace

Canterlot. A relatively new shining beacon of hope for the citizens of Equestria the sun shone rays of beautiful white light down upon the new city. The rays of light bounced off the newly finished buildings and the stunning walkways giving a majestic glow to the new city.

Amazing parks littered the upper-class areas of the city. These parks were filled with much greenery and magnificent trees that stretched high into the sky that would be placed nicely near a bench to offer that perfect bit of shade for one who would like to simply rest for a while.

Meanwhile, the foals and fillies would run around playing games with each other with the occasional daredevil pony that would try to climb one of the trees which would always end with a bruised foal and an unhappy parent.

At the centre of these parks would lie an amazing fountain which had a beautiful statue in the middle that expelled water from its mouth. Many would come to sit by the fountain as the running water provided a calming nature to those nearby.

Near the parks, many fancy shops and restaurants could be found. If a pony was willing to pay then the five-star service was only a door away. For this reason, many of the nobility could be found indulging in the five-star service that was offered by the staff of the various restaurants.

In the lower parts of the grand city, many common ponies of all kind could be seen wandering the street going about their day, collecting food and other daily goods from the busy and lively marketplace. The markets were full of many different items and contained goods from all over Equestria, from exotic spices to rare enchantments the Canterlot market was full of it. The citizens who walked among the crowded market could be seen haggling with the stall vendors as both participants endlessly shouted different figures of currency at each other both trying to come out on top.

"20 Bits!" A mare would shout throwing her Bit's pouch down on the stand to emphasize the point.

"20 Bits?!" A heavy stallion would shout back. "Outrageous I would lose my business if I gave away my stock at those prices and I've got plenty mouths to feed, 30 Bits!"

"30 Bits? I would think not good sir I'll give you 25 and not a bit more," The mare would reply.

"Honestly lady you're killing me here but it's a deal,"

With the middle figure now being reached the two would shake hooves and exchange goods and continue on with their respective days.

However as chaotic as it sounds there remained a sense of calm and order. Dotted throughout the many and vast streets were the newly formed E.U.P guard. These were the new elite fighting force in law enforcement and were comprised of all three of the main pony tribes, the Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasus respectively. Each type of pony brought with it an elite skill that was utilized by the guard.

The Earth pony guards were the main grunts of the E.U.P guard. They were commonplace in the streets of Canterlot and had high endurance and strength which made them amazing pursuers of thieves. The Earth regiments usually worked alongside the Pegasus regiments of the streets and could quickly pursue and escaping criminals as the Pegasus guards had no issue in taking to the skies in a heated pursuit.

The Unicorns guards, whilst still a common sight in the busy city were normally reserved for more dangerous criminals and specialized in different kinds of protective spells and enchantments to give them the edge in battle. They were often seen as better and nobler guards and were often given higher profile assignments whilst the main street protection assignments were left to the Earth and Pegasus ponies.

They wore elite golden armour that covered their chest and back section of their body and adorning their heads were golden helmets that glistened in the light. The helmets also provided a unique enchantment that allowed the wearer to be disguised as a textbook Royal Guard. The enchantment turned their coats a bright white and their manes a navy blue.

The guards also came equipped with spears and lances that had traces of enchantment embedded within them allowing them to feel much lighter than they actually were.

However, by far the most outstanding sight in Canterlot and if maybe even all of Equestria itself was the Grand Royal Palace. The palace outshone every other structure within the city and was at least twice as tall than all the other buildings. The building itself was painted with beautiful patterns and had swirls that stretched all the way up its many towers and many pillars. From the outside, you could see gold adorned the tips of the many buildings within the castle ground making it truly a sight to behold.

Outside the palace, a heavily guarded gate separated the castle grounds from the rest of the main city. The gate itself was huge and had many layers to it. It was also guarded by several squads of Royal Guards who all stood at attention remaining motionless, only ever moving if someone dared to approach the gate unannounced.

Within the palace itself, there was many maids and other servants making their ways through the large spacious corridors. Many other important looking ponies were roaming the castle, many of these ponies were in suits and were busy talking amongst one another.

In the lower levels of the castle, a large kitchen could be found with many of the kitchen staff running around frantically looking for different ingredients to add to their brews. The sounds of shouting ponies could barely be heard over the sound of clattering pans and pots.

However, by far the most amazing site in the entire palace was the grand throne room. Within its walls sat a large throne embezzled with gold and other jewels of all different kinds shapes and sizes. However, it was what sat upon the throne itself that probably brought the most attention.

Princess Celestia as she was known to most was a majestical being of pure radiant light. She gazed down at her subjects with love and compassion. She was known to be fair and kind and many would flock to the great city just to hear her words of wisdom.

Today the Princess was holding her usual day court, where an assortment of different ponies and other species would stand before her asking for advice, guidance or help.

An old grey unicorn mage stood before the Princess he was rambling on and on and on and yet the princess kept a face of secrets her expression only ever slightly changing with the wind.

"And you see your majesty with this new device we can make timely transport a thing of the past!" The unicorn exclaimed his face glowing with confidence.

"A most peculiar device I must admit however you must be aware that we must make sure that this device is safe for ponies to use?" The Princess responded her eye site turning to the device that laid before her. The device was a small brown box with a few buttons along the side and a brass slit in the top of the box. An identical box sat opposite and the two were connected with some cheap looking wiring.

"O... Of course your majesty, that is why I have prepared a demonstration for us here today," The unicorn stuttered.

The guards stationed at the entrance of the throne room exchanged worried glances.

"For this demonstration, I will teleport myself across this room using the device and don't worry your majesty you have my assurance that this is 100% safe.

"Ok, I will humour this short demonstration of yours please proceed," The Princess looked down at him whilst giving him the wave of her hoof giving the signal to the stallion to start up his machine.

The machine started to sputter and spew as a bright light that could rival Celestia's Sun started to emerge from the top of the machine. Suddenly a loud bang could be heard coming from within the box, the two boxes both started to shake violently as a smile crept onto the unicorn's face.

Then after what felt like an eternity, the noise stopped and the boxes ceased to make any movement of the sort. Celestia pondered at the nature of the mysterious box and for the first time, she felt her usually firm composer slightly falter as she mentally braced herself for the next part of this act.

Without any warning of the sort, two bright explosions covered the boxes and burst into the air like a shooting star, what stood before them was truly a sight to behold. Before their eyes were two crystalline structures, the structures looked like a shattered mirror floating in water. The mirror-like objects were suspended in air and slowly started to descend towards the floor of the throne room.

The unicorn stallion stood with excitement on his face whilst the Princesses was filled with untold curiosity and awe for the beauty of the structures that lay before her throne.

"Now your majesty I invite you to watch as I perform the first non-magic based teleportation!" The stallion exclaimed with a tone that some may have considered boastful. His ego had clearly been given a boost from the current working state of his contraption.

The stallion began to walk towards the mirror and gazed into it his face changed from one of boastfulness to one of awe and perhaps a hint of trepidation. All the eyes in the room were fixed on him and as the stallion gulped he slowly entered the mirror. As he disappeared into the silvery mirror silence fell across the room and with the exception of the low humming of the mirrors, not a sound could be heard.

Then the mirrors started to hum louder as the first mirror (the one in which the stallion had entered through) started to spark and change form with shards of mirror stretching in and out of the mirror portal, the shards started to disintegrate. Celestia and her guards could only look on in horror as the mirror grew smaller and smaller eventually the mirror was so small that it was barely even visible to the naked eye.

Clearly, the disappearance of one mirror threw the other out of balance as it started to spew bits of crystal everywhere.

"GET HER OUT OF HERE NOW!" Yelled one of the unicorn guards a sound of panic and fear in its voice.

Two guard ponies that had been standing near the throne threw up protective shield spells as bits of shard started to hit off them, they extended their shields to cover their princess and started to escort her down off of the throne and out of the area.

The princess looked horrified as she left the throne room she could hear guards yelling obviously trying to get the mirror under control. She turned around to re-enter the throne room but was stopped when one of the guards that were escorting her put his armoured hoof out in front of her.

"Please your majesty I must advise that you come with us to safety," The guard tried to plead with his ruler but Celestia's look of defiance was well known throughout her kingdom. The look spoke a thousand words and so the guard looked over at his partner.

"Booster! Re-rase your shield spell full power and protect the Princess at all costs," The guard barked his orders. His fellow guard did a quick salute before re-casting his shield spell. Together the three walked back to the throne room to find nothing but utter devastation.

The walls had been engraved with bits of shards and three guards were lying wounded on the floor crying out in severe pain as the remaining mirror spewed crystals erratically across the room hitting bits of decoration as it went.

Celestia charged a spell and shot a beam of light towards the mirror but the mirror simply absorbed the light. In return, the mirror spewed more shards at quicker rates than before. The shield that Celestia was under started to change colour to a pale yellow. Celestia was already pumping as much energy into the shield as possible and the two guards at her sides looked exhausted from the constant pounding of the shield.

Mustering all of her strength Celestia shone a pure beam of energy towards the side of the mirror. As it passes the mirror a small tear began to appear from nothing. She poured all of her energy into making this tear big enough and soon the gap from nowhere was about the size of the mirror. She fired four huge blasts of energy towards the mirror blasting bits of shard along the way as the mirror started to move towards the mirror. Sensing victory she put all of her energy into one final blast and pushed the mirror into the gap just before she sealed it with the last of her magic.

Celestia dropped motionless to the floor as the ever-growing darkness grew upon her. She could see new sets of guards bursting into the throne room and like that the lights went out.

"QUICK SOMEONE GET A DOCTOR!"

Author's Note

So yes this is a complete re-work I have had a long think about what to change and how it would affect the overall story so the changes are pretty substantial any constructive criticism would be helpful as I'm just a uni student and not a professional by any account.

Thanks