The Collapsing Paradise
Equestria, Canterlot, Earth Year 2078 A.D (Anno Domini) Equus Year 71 N.E (New Equus)
Throne Room
The great shining jewel of equestria, canterlot. It is a castle that was built at the top of the mountain of canterhorn. It is where the two sisters rule the entire dominion of equestria. But now, there is only one ruling diarch and the supposedly shining jewel shines no more. For it will be a fancy tomb sooner or later.
Princess Celestia, ruler of Canterlot sits on her throne and beside her is her apprentice, Princess Twilight Sparkle.
"The condition of our hidden tunnel where canterlot is being supplied with food is… cut off your highness. Our enemy grew suspicious of our guards who were supposed to be starving for a few days, but were still well fed and strong." Says the current commander of the last regiment of the royal guard, Arkhoof.
Before neighpon declare their independence, one of the nobles who were supposed to govern the island to prosperity, the bits for the newfoals to build farms and infrastructure. But it was instead used to expand their bloated company around neighpon to expand their wealth. The result was… unnerving.
Neighpon (formerly known as Japan), Earth Year 2018 A.D, Equus Year 11 N.E
The Newfoals who are used to be humans, and non-ponies who sided with humanity are made to be happy, loving, and harmless subjects of Equestria. Until a certain newfoal mare Rimitto snapped when one of her foals died of starvation. Celestia, twilight, and alchemists who develop the conversion potion, couldn't find an answer to this behavior. One of them theorized that the effect of the potion mutated, or altered because of the sickness spreading among the newfoals.
Some accused a newfoal-sympathizer of doing something to them. But one thing for sure, she had enough… all of them have enough.
Duke Valemane was having dinner with his colleagues, business partners, and his family. Suddenly one of his personal guards barges in the room, his armor dented, skull bleeding, and clinging to life. He tried to warn Valemane, but the only reply he had was a gurgling sound, his own spear piercing his neck, then falling down down the floor of the dining area. Screams can be heard all around the dining room, a mob of happy loving ponies, are now replaced with angry, hate-filled ponies. They killed the equestrians left to right, but spared Valemane and his family to be met with a fitting punishment.
They dragged the spared equestrians outside of their mansion, and Valemane was thrown in the middle of the mob carrying torches. They threw curses at him and the newfoal who dragged him scored a buck to his face causing his nose to bleed. The leader of this uprising is no other than Rimitto herself.
"My friends! Brothers and sisters! Before we pledged our loyalty to equestria, they promised salvation. SHE promised! They claim we are trapped inside of barbaric, war-mongering, and vile creatures! The claim they freed us, but they oppressed us! They claim they remove our 'evil' emotions for the betterment of our lives, but they instead exploited us for inability to feel anger, and unfairness!
I say no more! We will need no self-proclaimed goddess to order our lives, we will be what we are!" Says Rimitto, which resulted in a cheer from her ponies.
"Valemane, my filly died because of you and your damned nation. I believe it's only fair I take yours." Rimitto whispered in his ears, leaving the last sentence in a grim tone.
"No… no! Please, I'll do anything! What do you want!? Money, food, an expensive house? I'll give you anything, please spare my wife, and daughter!" Valemane begged Rimitto, goveling on her hooves. Valemane's wife and daughter were placed on a makeshift stage and forced to lie their necks on the wooden slab.
"Papa!" Valemane's daughter cried in despair.
Two newfoals carrying the halberds of the guards who were slain by the herd of newfoals.
"Valemane do something!" His wife yelled at him, clearly couldn't handle the event being unfold. Rimitto looked at him in the eye, he shivered at the cold, almost soulless eyes. He swore he was paralyzdd by a cockatrice.
"Can you give me my chi-chi back?" Says Rimitto. Valemane was confused for a moment, then his eyes shrunk in horror.
"I thought so." Says Rimitto.
She raised her right, then slammed it. He was expecting her hoof clop, but this horror was the sound of a sharp iron striking down a wooden slab. He slowly turned his head slowly, he felt the entire world slowed. And he witnessed the head of his beloved wife, and daughter's head staring lifelessly at him, he saw their body spazzing for a moment until they stopped. He couldn't remember what happened next, for all he felt was his tears… and blood as the whole herd of newfoals beat him to death.
Equestria, Canterlot, Earth Year 2078 A.D., Equus Year 71 N.E
Throne room
Princess Celestia sighed, she wasn't expecting this. If it's a natural born creature she can, but a pony who is purposely programmed not to feel negative emotion is something she never expected.
The guards, and equestrian immigrants who managed to escape neighpon, speaks of horror that spread all around not just equestria, but the surrounding region as well. There are others who fled from neighpon. The guards speak of horror of how the newfoals charged at them filled with anger, the immigrants claim that any equestrians were rounded up in camps, while the non-pony equestrians were forced to work with them as auxiliaries, if they refuse were rounded up as well.
"Princess, we have finally received reports from the crystal empire." Says Arkhoof.
"What? How did we receive reports from them even when we were surrounded by the enemy?" Says Twilight Sparkle shocked and confused.
"That is because… the newfoals themselves allowed the information to pass through here." Replied Arkhoof. Princess Celestia was about to speak, but twilight beat her to it.
"W-what does it say!?" Says Twilight. Celestia and Arkhoof looked at twilight, spooked by her outburst.
"I-I'm sorry." Twilight apologized.
"It is no problem twilight." Replied Celestia. Celestia nodded at Arkhoof, allowing him to speak.
"Ahem, according to the letter, it came from princess cadenza mi amore. She said she's currently at house arrest with her daughter princess' flurry heart, and her currently crippled husband prince shining armor."
Twilight let out a sigh of relief that her foal-sitter, niece, and her brother are okay. Arkhoof continued.
"The crystal empire surrendered after being besieged by newfoal artillery, they surrendered after being besieged for 2 months. The current condition of its citizens are being treated well, but restrictions are being held to ensure no resistance takes place. They… encourage for equestria to do the same." Says Arkhoof finishing his report. Princess Celestia expected this. Before war was declared between the vengeance and equestria. She was surprised to know that humanity managed to save their culture, weapons, blueprints for their war machine, and especially knowledge that they carried for thousands of years, and store them somewhere. They left clues for the newfoals of where to find them.
As if they knew this would happen.
Vengeance is a temporary alliance between the Neighponese Empire, United Continent of North Amareica, Marussia Confederation, Ponies Republic of Buckgolia, and the Union of Mareurope. Neighpon's revolution wasn't the one who spread the call of war, it was Luna's attempt to improve the relation of equestria and the newfoals… but the damn nobles messed it all up.
"Princess, what do we do?" Asked twilight in a defeated tone. Celestia sighed.
"Thank you for the report Arkhoof. I'll think about it." Says Celestia. "It is no problem, your highness." Replied Arkhoof and left the throne room.
"Twilight, my dear student, why don't you take a rest for a moment. I'll call you when I finally decided." Says Celestia.
"As you wish, your highness." Twilight replied as she left the throne room to rest. The princess of equestria lay her back against her throne, and once again sighed.
"Where did we go wrong?" Celestia muttered.
She remembers the time where Luna decided to go to amareica, New Hoof City to inspect of how awful the newfoals condition. It is no secret to equestria of how the livelihood of the newfoals are. Some mostly believe that it was the nobles hoarding the bits, instead of using them for the newfoals, others believe that one country couldn't sustain a whole planet because of the logistics, and those who never supported the full conversion of humanity believe that Celestia is becoming a tyrant.
The Conversion Bureau was previously built and owned by a company. The potion was made to fulfill a person's fantasy to be something more magical. But after Celestia expands the barrier, threatening the lives of humanity and leaving them no choice but to move far away from the barrier, or go to the nearest bureaus to be converted.
The reasons for the barrier's expansion was because of humanities influence, there are ponies who were radicalized resulting in them being hostile towards those who don't agree with them, some joining illegal activities, etc. Celestia and Luna believe that their influence is changing, and corrupting equestria that remained a haven for thousands of years.
Luna gathered the newfoals of New hoof to announce that she will be the one who will manage New Hoof to ensure that there will be hardship for them no more.
In the 3rd week of her governance, the nobles previously ruling New Hoof were bitter that their businesses were put into restrictions to New Hoof and decided to conspire to their princess herself.
On June 4, 12 N.E, Luna decided to prepare a parade to lighten the mood for the citizens of New Hoof. At first it was a spectacular event, until an explosion occurred in the middle of the march. Luna was disoriented by the explosion, just as she recovered from the disaster, which she witnessed was catastrophic. Newfoal stallions, mares, and foals lie in the street, dead. Some had their limbs obliterated, others were instantly killed by shrapnel, but most were horribly injured and there was no time for them to be sent to the nearest hospital before bleeding to death.
The first thing Luna felt was heartache, sorrow,... then anger. She knew deep in her heart that this is no accident, she knew this is the work of a dissatisfied nobles. The memory of this attack repeats in her mind. Those who were paying attention to the princess of the night can see that she was being enveloped by darkness, her legs grew longer, her coat got dark, darker, yet darker. Celestia was there when it happened, and so were the elements of harmony. Unfortunately they didn't bring the elements with them, who would bring a sacred magical artifact to a celebration? Seeing no other choice, they decided to try to knock Luna cold to give them enough time to get the elements.
The battle took longer than expected, the bearers of the elements were far too tired and injured to fight, as Nightmare Moon was about to strike the final blow, Celestia seeing no other choice, struck her sister… killing her.
Everypony saw what happened, most were horrified, but the nobles secretly celebrated. This however, was the final straw equestria's rule to new equus… new equus… What a load of shit.
This disaster reached every corner of the world, and the small spark of rebellion, now turned into a blazing inferno of Revolution.
Celestia teleported to her bedroom, and headed to her balcony, the once great capital now turned into a slum filled with refugees, injured soldiers, etc.
"Disastrous isn't it?" Celestia immediately backed away from her balcony, she saw a mysterious figure… a human…! Well, at least it looks like one. The supposedly human has a skin white as snow, a pair of whute wings, and its featureless face, but with two wheels spinning right and left on each side surrounding its face… and the wheels have many eyes. Its appearance makes Celestia shudder.
"W-who are you?" Celestia managed to mutter a word, contained by her unsettledness.
"What I am is not important, your highness." Replied the figure.
"For what I am is nothing more, but a messenger." The figure added.
"Then why are you here?" Celestia asked as she spoke and stood normal again.
"I am here to deliver my and your higher beings a message… surrender." The figure replied.
"I-I…." Celestia tried to come up with a word, but the figure continued.
"My and your master wish for lives to be taken no more… and I'm sure you share the same choice as them." The figure says and looks outside the balcony, referring to the ponies who are in despair.
"I know, it's just that… it's not fair, none of this is fair." Says Celestia.
"And taking oneself into something they do not wish to become is fair?" The figure asked.
"I-It's not…!?" Celestia tried to defend herself.
"Your highness, I understand that you are concerned about the safety of your people. But things are not not always up to you to fix, but others. You believe turning humanity into ponies is just a change of life. But that change of life resulted in taking one's life, to give it to another." It said,
"You believe you can make them choose the choice you want. But that is not possible, it never was. You believe they are now the ponies that you cherished long ago. But in the end… they will always remain human." The figure said.
Celestia couldn't reply or deny the messenger's answer. Just as she was about to speak to it, a knock was heard in her bedroom. She looked at the door for a moment, back to the figure… but it's gone. Celestia walks to the door and opens it, revealing a guardsmare gasping for air, no doubt she ran all the way here in her bedroom.
"Y-your highness, the enemy announced that they're firing another barrage of artillery fire, if we don't come out immediately within an hour." Says the guardsmare. Celestia looked at the balcony again for a moment and said.
"Call twilight sparkle and send her to the throne room, and… tell them that we surrender." She said in a defeated tone. The guardsmare is surprise for a moment, and looked down the floor.
"As you wish, princess." The guardsmare replied and left.
Celestia teleported back to the throne room and sat on her throne for the last time. Part of her is relieved that the fighting will be over soon, but a part of her is afraid of what fate awaits not only her but her beloved little ponies, and especially the elements.
Only time can answer her, only time will tell.
The End
