NeuOrdnung: Last Days of Equestria
Chapter 4 - Where is Celestia?
Previous ChapterIt is now morning in Stulckhem, and the ponies miss their home more than everything. At first, everything seems normal. Everyone wakes up and gets ready for breakfast. But Luna seems worried. Her face resembles one of fear and despair, her eyes rarely blinking at all, her breathing incredibly fast, and her heartbeat increased as well.
Realizing her situation, Rarity asks, “What’s the matter, Princess?”
“Nothing… Nothing, at all. Don’t need to worry,” the Moon Princess replied.
“Really? You seem pretty worried to me.”
“Oh, me? Don’t worry, I’m completely fine, hehe.”
“You’re sweating like you were in the Saharema Desert!”
“No, no, I think you’re delusional for being so much time without your gems!”
After that response, the unicorn finally said “Really? Oh.” This somehow surprised Luna, who did not expect her to be that easy to fool.
“Then, I must know about Celestia, right?” replied the white unicorn. At this moment, the princess froze completely, and kept thinking about how she knew Celestia had disappeared.
“How do you know Celestia is gone?” asked the night princess.
Instantly all the other ponies looked at her with both curiosity and seriousness. Luna, fearing the worst, said she went to the grocery. The truth is that she went to the Changeling Hrives, more specifically Beerlhein, to declare her official surrender. While all of that happened, the princess had a flashback.
The night before leaving, Celestia wrote a letter to her sister. The note said:
“My dear sister,
It is with a heavy heart that I send you this note. I’m currently heading to the Stulckhem International Airport, make sure the girls do not notice. Tell whatever thing comes to your mind, just don’t tell them I left the country to sign a surrender treaty. However, if I do not return by the next day, tell them I left the country to sign the peace treaty with the Changelings.”
When Luna read the note, she almost cried, right there. But she had to keep like nothing happened at all ignoring the fact her sister could literally die in foreign lands, or even be captured by the Changelings. However, she had to be strong in such a difficult time, and also make sure the girls never knew this letter had been written to her.
Meanwhile, Celestia took the airplane that goes from Stulckhem to the Changeling capital, Beerlhein. Knowing this, Chrysalis and the other high-ranking Changelings were awaiting her at the airport.
When the princess arrived at the airport, Chrysalis, along with the high-ranking members of her party, walked closer to her plane. After the order to leave was given, Celestia was the first one to leave, as she had a special prestige among the Niriks due to her high status as the princess of the previous superpower of Equerra.
Celestia, after descending the plane, was surprised by the amount of cameras that surrounded her, which was way more than the amount when the war was going and Equestria still existed, which was not surprising, since this was the first time she was ever seen after they all flee to the Nirik State.
“Oh, Princess… I’m glad you’re here,” said Chrysalis, her face showing a slight grin as she said that.
“Cut the crap, Chrysalis, tell me what you want, I’m getting bored already,” replied the Sun goddess.
“Oh, please, don’t be that quick. You know agreements between nations are very time consuming, especially when they’re both enemies.”
“I know that. Now, can we please proceed to the negotiation room already?”
“You ain’t even interested in our grandiose rework of our capital?”
“I must admit, it’s a really good reconstruction. Let me guess, you used a nuke to destroy the whole city, right?”
“Whoa, you seem to be really stressed, my dear. Why don’t you take a sip of tea?”
“No, I don’t want it, thanks.”
“Your ‘good acting’ won’t fool me. Let’s just go to the conference room already.”
“*sigh*, alright.”
When they finished talking, both of them were already at the airport front doors, waiting for their cars to arrive, with a convoy of about 7 black cars arriving and taking them to the Konferenzraum, near the Volkshalle.
Upon arriving at the Konferenzraum doors, the soldiers on patrol saluted Chrysalis, raising their right hoof 120° up, perpendicular to the ground. Celestia felt completely disgusted and uncomfortable by this, but there was nothing she could do.
The doors were opened, and Celestia was utterly surprised about how big it was compared to Canterlot’s conference room. Right at the other wall was a giant window that covered it whole. At the wall on the right, there was a huge painting of the Führer Chrysalis behind the short side of the table, which was about 3 hooves of length and a width of about 20 hooves. The painting shows the city of Beerlhein full of Changelings, as Chrysalis looks at them proudly.
“I’m glad you liked this painting, princess. Hope you get one of those soon,” said the Changeling leader.
“I didn’t. Now, cut the crap and let’s get this over with,” replied the alicorn.
Both of them sat in their respective places. For security measures, a magic blocking ring was installed on Celestia’s horn, so she couldn’t pull out any magical trick. News of the event is being spread all over the Rassenpakt and other countries of the world, including the Nirik State.
At the same time, the ponies are ready to watch TV. Cadance is about to grab the remote to turn it on. Luckily, Luna was already prepared for this occasion, because she unplugged the television before everypony woke up, so the television didn’t answer the remote’s commands, which made the love princess a little bit angry.
“Why doesn’t it turn on?!” asked Cadence.
“Have you tried to check the plug, Cadenza?” questioned Luna in response.
The moment she finished her question, Cadence took a look at the TV plug before realizing it was off and plugged it back again. The TV was on, and it showed on the news that Celestia was on Changeling soil to sign the official rendition of their kingdom. Luna’s face was paralyzed, as well as the rest of her body after hearing such news.
At this exact moment, Twilight came downstairs reading a letter which Celestia herself wrote to her sister, then asked “Luna, did Celestia leave the country to sign peace with the Changelings?”. Luna had no other option than to confirm, which left all the other ponies disappointed at her by trying to hide the fact her own sister left the country and decided not to tell them.
“Luna, I am totally saddened by your decision. If they find out we have been exiled to the Nirik State, we can face serious problems!” Cadence asked in a disgusted tone, heavening Luna’s thoughts.
While they were discussing, the TV announced. “While everything happens, Princess Celestia lays a message to her fellow ponies.” The camera focuses on Celestia’s face, showing happiness among horror and fear.
“My fellow ponies…” She speaks as her voice is transmitted all around the world. Inhabitants from all across the Rassenpakt and the rest of the world were listening to the transmission, including the princesses and the rest of the Main Six “-It is with great heart that I announce the rendition of our kingdom. To all of the ponies, be them mares or stallions, earth ponies, unicorns, pegasi, or even my sister, Princess Luna and my niece, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, don’t lose your force of will! Equestria shall not exist but we will still exist until none of us are left! Long Live the Kingdom of Equestria!”
Her words gave the ponies a bit of a will to live, with some of them even rioting against the Changelings in some of the ghettos, like in the Südwestliches Ghetto, Bordeau-Jalle, Warschauei, Naen, and Londinium.
At their home, Luna and the others had been discussing for minutes about Celestia, and it stressed Luna to the point she went to her bedroom and locked the door with herself inside it.
“Why can’t I stop blaming myself for this?! I should have gone with her, so I couldn’t hear this!” screamed her in the bedroom.
A few minutes later, the girls were still very upset by Luna’s decision of not telling them. Fluttershy, pretty hesitant, got upstairs and had a talk with the princess. That was until she heard the constant screams coming from inside her bedroom. They were agonizing, but the shy pegasus had to do something before it was too late.
