The first thing I would have expected to be a problem with my rule was proving myself worthy, or maybe gaining support from the citizens as their new ruler, but no, it was none of these things. My first real problem ruling this empire was the fact that I was too damned big for the fucking throne, I solved that problem rather easily. I simply destroyed the throne despite the protest from Inkheart the royal adviser that was in the room when i killed Sombra and replaced it with a bunch of pillows. Thankfully they were all quite comfy and allowed me to lay on my stomach when addressing the ponies. Witch also happened to put me at eye level with them.

Inkheart what is the current state of the empire, guards, taxes, food and water and recruitment, that kind of stuff?
The dark blue earth pony looked startled for a second before looking through the giant ass book next to him. The thing was probably as around as he himself was. After what felt like an hour of waiting he finally decided to grace me with a answer," the crystal guard is currently reforming and helping get recovery operations underway. Food wise sombra focused more on enslaving the population then actually feeding them. Although the farm land is still there now that the storm that king sombra was making is gone. On the other hand, there is enough gold in the treasury to rebuild the crystal empire three times over.

Laying my head down on my paws I thought over what I was just told and quite quickly came to a conclusion on what was needed," Inkheart i want you to get those farms up and running as fast as you can, while you’re at it send out a group of able bodied ponies to forage for food and scout the surrounding areas. Spread what little food we have out equally among them. Meanwhile I am going to find the library and research what i need to know to run this country. Please notify any who wish to talk to me to go there."

Walking down the halls to the library I smiled and waved a tail to one of the maids as I passed. After sombras sudden dethroning I had found at that all the ponies in the room were either castle staff or political figures. Upon learning, this I had tried to get introduced to all of them as I thought it would be important to know them.

After greeting two more maids and a guard I finally came upon the library entrance, the dammed thing was huge it had to have held thousands of books at the least. If not for the fact that they were all in labeled sections I probably would have had an aneurism from the thought of searching through the thing. Reaching the section marked history I began searching for the required books and such.

I had just finished reading about the empires military history. The fact that these ponies hadn’t even steel yet was disturbing to say the least, hell for ranged capability’s they only had throwing spears. Ideas began forming in my head on how to improve their military almost immediately, hell even their armor sucked, it was made of crystal. The fact that I could shatter a chest piece with a single strike made the fact even worse. The first thing I was going to do after I got the food shortages under control was fix the military.

I continued reading for another two hours before standing up and shaking my head blearily. I decided that I should try to make a few more spells for my arsenal. Picking up the book of spell creation that I named fox’s wit. Thinking I realized that I needed more utility based spells, as well as studying some runes for enchanting. I seemed to use my spear and natural weapons for combat more than I did my magic, I generally seemed to my magic as a support and then moved in to finish my foes.

I was shaken from my reading by the sound of someone clearing their throat looking up I saw a dark orange pony mare with a bright blue armor covering most of her body she had a broad sword strapped to her side. What really drew my attention however was her wings. She was a Pegasus, the first one I had seen since I’d been here.

“Emperor, the outward sections of the crystal empire have been scouted for threats and food, while no threats were found we did find a small forest with snow fruit and crystal berries, also the farms were ready for harvest it was simply a matter of finding the farmers in the mines. We also finished 90 percent of the repairs that needed to be done and have already started recruiting more guards. However, the captain wished to speak with you.”

Standing I thanked the guard and followed her out of the library. Unlike most the barracks they were situated in the castle itself, as a matter afact it was only three halls down from the throne room. Walking past a group of guards I spotted the captain.

He was a large Pegasus pony with a aquamarine coat and gray mane, his cutie mark was a shield with a clover on it. He was yelling at group of ponies standing in a row about proper maintenance of a sword. It was actually kind of funny since they all looked like they were about to shit themselves.

After three minutes of me trying not to snicker he finally noticed that I was standing behind him. “Oh, emperor you’re here. Good I needed to talk to you, our military strength is horrendous we need to start drafts and other such things as well as getting the royal blacksmith to make more armor and weapons.

“No, I will not start a draft as the civilians are already strained enough as it is without forcing them from there family’s and what there actually good at, however I will be talking to the blacksmith in order to give him my plans on improving your guy’s gear and weapons because to be honest they suck.

Turning around I marched out the door and toward where I heard clanging, I hoped like hell that I was actually going towards the blacksmith and not some sort of death trap. After a three minuet walk I finally found the blacksmith while the room itself was huge I noticed it seemed empty.

Looking around I finally spotted the blacksmith an absolutely huge black mare with a hammer cutie mark. She was hammering a sword into shape next to a glowing forge, it’s heat reaching me from all the way at the entrance. Clearing my throat, I managed to catch her attention.

“Miss anvil I needed to speak to you about the improvement of the armor and weapon of the guard while they may be good by pony standards they suck by mine, I have with me the directions on making not only a better metal but the improvement I wish to be made to the armor itself.”

Handing her the plans and diagrams that she needed I went over the document in my head. I had included direction on how to make both regular steel and Damascus steel, I also gave her the direction for the armor similar to mine. A full body scale/plate mail. There were also the schematics for both muskets and black powder.

Leaving the dumbstruck mare with her papers I started to the throne room. Now that things had calmed down I had time to think. Why was I here? What was I thinking, why was I not freaking out more? I mean I had my body change from that of a human to a mythical fox spirit.

Did Inari realy just send me here because she was bored and this world was stagnant, actually, now that I think of it was I supposed to spread her influence. I mean I said that I was her champion and she hasn’t corrected me about it. Maybe I should start using her name in vain to try and get the ponies to worship her.

I was shaken out of my musings by the sight of the throne room doors and a worried Inkheart. The poor stallion looked like he had just run from a dragon. You could see the beads of sweat rolling off his head and down his muzzle. As he rushed past me he simply handed me a piece of paper, it was a schedule apparently, I had a speech to deliver in exactly ten minutes.

Sitting down on my makeshift pillow throne I went over what I needed to say. Something motivational to get them to trust me. Although I’m already their leader so I assume they like me but I might have to say some things to ease their fears. As well as state some rules and verdicts that I noticed weren’t in there lawbooks.

After about three more minuets I walked to the large ornate double doors that marked the entrance to the balcony. As I stepped into the chilly air of the outside I could hear the murmurs of thousands of ponies below me. Looking down at the sea of rainbow colored eqines I suddenly felt quite nervous. One slip of the toung and the whole empire could turn on me.

Using one of the new spells I made I amplified my voice. I had made the spell just for these very occasions, I had named it the voice of Inari. Clearing my voice to silence the crowd. I managed to get everyone’s attention even the children.

“people of the crystal empire, I your new emperor have come today to make a few statements to ease your fears. The first matter I wish to address it my intentions with the crystal empire, they are actually quite simple. I wish to take your empire and you with it into a new age of strength and prosperity. But take heed this will not be an easy task. It will take patience and vigilance, And I cannot do it alone I will need the help of all of you. While I am addressing you, I wish to make known a few new laws that I will be putting into place. One, there will be no intolerance to any species or person while in this empire, two all citizens of the crystal empire will be required to learn basic survival and self-defense skills, and three so long as I am emperor we as a people will not tolerate slavery or subjugation of any species. I thank you for your time, for the crystal empire.
As I walked from the balcony I could hear the cheers of the crystal ponies but I could also hear something else a low humming noise, that’s when I felt it. The burst of power came from the center of the citadel and washed over the city bathing everything in a sparkling sheen. And I watched in amazement as a blue dome covered the empire washing away the cold and snow, and left a beautiful spring

Author's Note

the armour looks similar to this but for a fox/pony form. and the back and chest are plates closest thing i could find to my oc .
couldn't find one of my spear