Civil War

Canterlot, Equestria

Two years before Succession

The royal sisters walked side by side through one of the many corridors of their castle.

It had come to lunas attention that her sister and twilight sparkle were working on a secret project, one that in theory, would allow Equestria to communicate and share their views of friendship to an entirely new world and species!

At least, that's what celestia is telling her.

"are thine sure this is a good idea, sister?" Luna asked as both alicorns turned a corner.

"I'm sure" Celestia answered plainly.

"But" Luna started to say, as she racked her head as to how exactly this could turn out badly.

To her, this could be outright dangerous.

Even though such a thing is possible, considering the mirror world twilight speaks so highly of, that world was discovered when civilization of any kind was still in its infancy, by starswirl.

And Luna doesn't really worry about that place, yes, they seem to have some technology superior to theirs, but the people of that world generally prefer peace, and haven't used their knowledge to further their creations, weaponry wise.

"Can we be sure that the world we contact, the entirety of it, if it has sentient life, is like us? And shares our views?" Luna asked as the two sisters reached a set of doors.

Celestia sighed.

"No, of course not, we don't know anything about the world we'll be reaching out to... But, I'm confident it will all turn out well in the end" Celestia started to say light-heartedly as she opened the doors, which led to the courtyard.

'As it always does I suppose' Luna thought to herself.

Even though there have been many situations where her and her sister, twilight and the elements, or even the entirety of equestria, should've been defeated..

Everything turned out well in the end.

So why did she feel like it wouldn't be so easy this time?

"Alright, and is this gateway complete?" Luna asked as both sisters sat on a small grassy hill.

"No, but it's nearing completion, why, at the rate twilight and I are working, we should be done by the end of the week!" Celestia answered with a hint of excitement in her voice.

"You seem awfully excited dear sister, and what will be the plan once the gate is completed? Who will initiate first contact?"

"Twilight herself has volunteered, I would accompany her, but regretebbly, I need to stay here and tend to my duties"

"Twilight will go alone?" Luna asked.

Celestia nodded.

...

"I will accompany her, twilight may be an alicorn now, but she is no warrior, if she were to be attacked-" Luna began to say, before getting cut of by celestia.

"You worry too much lulu, but fair enough, I will let you journey into the new world with twilight, once the gate is completed" Celestia said as said pony they were speaking off practically stormed out into the courtyard, with a disheveled mane, and carrying an assortment of papers, books, and blueprints with her magic.

"Ah! Princesses! Your already here!" Twilight exclaimed as she sprinted over to the two sisters.

"I'm so so sorry I know I'm late, it's just that I accidentally overslept! Which I know is strange, but spike said it was because I've been barely sleeping these last few days, and-" Twilight started to ramble, before getting cut off by Celestia lightly chuckling.

"Twilight dear, you must relax, besides, you are ten minutes early" She said, making twilight give an embarrassed laugh.

"Oh, heh, sorry, I guess I'm just really excited for this" Twilight said sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her head with her hoof.

"As am I" Celestia started to say as she stood back up.

"Shall we get going?" She finished as Luna stood up as well.

"Yes, princess" Twilight said, earning a giggle from celestia.

"Twilight, you don't need to call me princess anymore, were equals, remember?"

"Sorry, force of habit"

"Oh, and, will princess Luna be joining us?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, I will. And, I will also be joining you into the new world once the gate is complete" Luna responded.

"Oh, that's great! Well, follow us and we'll fill you in on our progress" Twilight said as the trio started walking back to the castle.

As the trio walked, and Luna took in more of the information twilight was telling her, it was basically confirmed that this... Would work, most likely.

However, once the gate is made, it will be incredibly difficult to close, borderline impossible.

'And once it's done, that will be that' Luna thought to herself.

'Lets hope we don't regret this in the future'