Battles for Equestria: Transcript

In those days, a supplicant came to Celestia with a plea, which Celestia denied. The supplicant then turned to Luna, who overturned Celestia's decision and granted the supplicant's plea. This led to a painful argument about whose decision held seniority, as the case was complex. The argument escalated into a battle between the two royal sisters that ravaged Canterlot castle. The fight spilled into the streets, only stopping with the accidental death of a civilian. Accusations immediately began flying from sister to sister as to who was to blame for this.

The sisters called upon the Elements of Harmony for a ruling, but the Elements could find no clear fault. Anger continued to fester in both sisters, eventually becoming hate. Each sister called for the other to be deposed. The sisters turned again to the Elements of Harmony for a decision. The Elements, as before, refused to act.

Having twice been denied the decision they sought from the Elements of Harmony, the sisters began gathering support from the country of Equestria. Cities and villages started to choose between the two princesses, dividing roughly into north and south.

Among the cities that sided with Celestia were Fillydelphia, Manehatten, Cloudsdale, and Vanhoover.

Among the cities that sided with Luna were Baltimare, Las Pegasus, Appleoosa, and Dodge City.

The Elements of Harmony, who continued to reside in Ponyville, advised the denizens of Ponyville not to choose a side and to withdraw from the conflict. Weapons throughout Ponyville were discarded and all Royal Guards were gently forced out. The Elements of Harmony created a protective bubble around Ponyville which disallowed the entrance of anypony with violent intentions. The barrier also destroyed any weapon that crossed through it.

The princesses remained at a stalemate for a time, both stalking their respective sides of the Royal Castle, gathering their forces. As war had not yet broken out, the forces of the princesses consisted solely of royal guards.

The stalemate lasted for a number of weeks. Finally, princess Celesita broke the tense peace with a lightning strike on Luna's position in the royal castle. Luna, however, was prepared for the attack. The surprise attack turned into an ambush as Luna's guards materialized from the shadows attacked Celestia's guards from all sides. Celestia's guards wavered, but rallied when Celestia herself joined in the attack.

The battle raged for an entire week. During the day, Celestia's forces pushed Luna's back. However, when the dark of the night came, Luna's troops appeared from the shadows and cut down Celestia's guards, forcing them back to the light of the Castle, which remained brightly lit and firmly in the control of Celestia.

Blood ran in rivers down the streets of Canterlot as the fighting grew more and more violent.

The battle for Canterlot drew to a close on the 8th day when Celestia held the sun in the sky for an extra hour, allowing her forces to push those of the Night Princess out. Luna fled to Baltimare, which a small contingent of her guards had already fortified in case she lost the battle.

Meanwhile, as soon as Celestia saw Luna flee, she collapsed and lay unconscious for a day. Great is the power of the princess, but greater is the power of the sun and moon, which could not be commanded as simply as the ponies of Equestria had been led to believe.
With Celestia temporarily out of play, Luna began to recruit stallions from Baltimare into her guards in preparation for an assault on Canterlot.. With the help of a certain guard who held sound strategies and counsel, she began to organize her forces. Agents of hers went throughout the south of Equestria recruiting lawponies and sharpshooters from the Wild West and Pegasi from Las Pegasus. Mere weeks from her defeat at Canterlot, Luna's forces were now larger, more diverse, and more flexible than those of Celestia. Luna consulted her general to plan for an assault to retake Canterlot. She was dissuaded from this foolish venture by her general, who saw that Canterlot currently held little strategic value. Instead, preparations were made for an assault on the closest seat of Celestia's supporters: Fillydelphia.