The Eclipse Civil War

The Will of the Unknown.

On a distant galaxy, far away from Equestria, there was a planet. A large white planet with cracks of rivers that featured two rings crossing each other, but not perpendicularly. The frozen ringed pearl of the galaxy. While it had winter, it also had summer and a transitioning season. A total of 15 months. The planet and its moons were also surrounded by space stations, fleets and a defense ring, all constructed by the hosted species.

The planet also had 3 moons. Two which stood one near each other during the daylight. One which was solitude, but symbolized the night, and it was decorated with stars in a particular style. All were colonized.

One of the two moons that showed up during daylight was called Elysium. It was a rather large celestial body compared with the other two. It had a perfect climate that could host life without problems or terraforming. It was populated by the saurians during their first expansion, 3800 years ago. Elysium is characterized by its lush forests and rich fauna and flora.

The second moon was called Hekaz. At size, it was roughly half the size Elysium is. It was an oceanic moon, with a limited numbers of islands that could be seen from space. Storms and torrents were often present, but nothing too serious.

And the third moon, which symbolized the night, was the most mysterious of them all. It lived by the name of Hyria. It was the smallest of the moons, but it was also the most populated with military forces. Because no unauthorized personnel can enter the moons outer space, the population of the other moons and the main planet started speculating of what was on the moon. Curiously, the moon was simple. There was no life on it. No fauna, no flora, no water, no nothing. It looked more like an exhausted battlefield. No civilian saurian entered this area, and foreigners were excluded from passing this area. There was only one way to pass it, and this was through the security check the Hyria Guardians had to make, and then escort the person in question on the other side of the sector. Unfortunate pirates and illegal personnel  were eradicated within seconds if they did not comply with the Guardians. Same was with civilians. Just what was on this moon that it was so well defended?

The main planet hosted the species known as the Saurians. They were known as one of the most powerful species in the known universe. And the other species knew this. With an unbeatable military power and enlightening technology in contrast with a strong culture, it was a product of many millennia. A product that symbolized union. A product that symbolized order. A product that symbolized hope. And the population was proud. Proud to be a Saurian, but not too proud to let arrogance consume them. It was a species that expanded greatly throughout the galaxy, and it was expanding through the universe recently as well. This civilization is led by leaders whose beliefs were those of equality in front of justice, honor and freedom. It was led by leaders by government that was dedicated to its population. The Saurians had a history of over two hundred years of democracy, and it is supposed to remain this way.

The current president of this civilization knows this. His name is Fenrir ‘The Silver Wolf’ Goldengod the IVth: A 22 saurian years old president in his 3rd year out of 5 years of his second term. He seeks to honor the freedom and current system the saurian people live in, but he also seeks to offer a greater place for his wolves to live in, as every true leader. He led the Saurian Equality and Democracy Party (SEDP) after his father died in a military incident. His work place was the ‘Palace of Order’, the government and parliament of the Democratic Union of Sauria.

***

Fenrir was, at the moment, in his private office fighting the paperwork. Reports, situations, private letters, private contracts, bills, newspaper… You name it.

‘Because not even the presidents get away from paperwork.’ He thought as he continued working on the everlasting papers. He put an orchestral song that calmed his mind and brought serenity to the soul. He never liked paperwork, but that does not mean he cannot make it enjoyable.

He had a thick fur that protected him from the cold weather. His head had the shape of a wolf, but black and strands of white fur covering all the upper part of his head and under his muzzle, white fur was located. Long, pointed ears as they were on the top of his head, were covered in the same pattern as the upper part of the head. A black nose in the front of the muzzle that covered his sharp teeth. Fenrir had a pair of azure eyes, which was a rather new trait in his family. Nobody had this particular color in his family. It made almost all those that talked to him feel calm, sometimes uneasy, as he tends to stare into others eyes. This stare combined with his current position, it was understandable for most.

He wore a pair of glasses that acted as a Heads-Up Display for his daily life. All the calls, news and everything else he wanted were all stacked up for him to look at. Suddenly, he receives a call from his secretary. He responds by simply thinking about it.

“Yes, Tarys?” He spoke in a calm and friendly voice. He had no reason to stress himself. He had no appointments today.

“Sir. There is a pilot of a scout craft, Star Seeker Alzus, who wishes to leave the data recovered from his expedition. He says it is important.” She responded, happy to hear that he is in a good mood.

“Of course. Bring him in.”

“Yes, Sir.”

And seconds later, there was a knock in the door.

“Come in, don’t be shy.” He said from the other side of his glass desk, monitors around him accompanied by over nine thousand papers, fighting to finish them.

The door opened slowly. The one who knocked did not dare to disturb the president. Or maybe he was nervous?

“Good afternoon, Mr. President. I have found a suitable target for our expansion efforts.” Said the one who came in, wearing his military uniform.

“Great news.” He said as he got of the chair. He was aware of the fact that his people were aware that he was a not-so-formal-and-serious-all-the-time president. But they knew that he does his job, it could be reflected in the living standards and reputation of his union.

“Please have a sit. And handle me data, while you are at it. Would you like some tea?” The president asked as he pulled the chair.

“No thank you, Mr. President. Unfortunately, I have other affairs that require my attention. Such as my squadron. Today is the birthday of a member.” The soldier responded politely and happy. Fenrir also had connections with the military personnel, as he occasionally enjoyed flying a military airplane.

“Oh. Wish him happy birthday from me. Just leave the disk on my desk, and go. Your team needs you.” He said smiling

.

“Thank you sir.” The soldier left the disk on the desk and moved for the door, just to be stopped by one more small remark.

“Hey. Try not to party too hard, if you know what I mean.” He and the soldier laughed at the subtle joke.

“We won’t sir. I promise.” And then, the soldier left.

After Fenrir took his tea from a table on the left of the room, he returned to his desk eager to see what was waiting for him.

‘Now let’s see, what we have here…’ He thought as he put the disk with one of the 3 points into the side of the monitor. The monitor devoured it all.

*Storage Hardware detected. Beginning scan for data*

In the meantime, Fenrir took a sip.

The monitor showed the triangle disk where it was positioned within and pointed certain parts of the triangle, showing information that was in a specific place.

But only one piece of information was found interesting. It was titled ‘surveillance report’.

“Expand the surveillance report and. Show everything, including the coordinates.” He said as he took another sip.

*Yes, Sir*

The computer began scanning.

*Data has been found, visualizing…*

And the data showed itself up, filling the left half of the screen with text, the upper right corner with a video of a planet and a moon and the rest of the screen with additional data.

The one sitting on the desk glanced at the text below the video while taking another sip. He spit his tea at the screen in shock at what he saw.

“What?! No… No… It can’t be…” He immediately picked up his cellular phone and prepared to call a contact a trusted friend with the powers little could dream of: Arceus.

“Come on, Come on, Arceus.” He said, losing patience fast as he began walking around the room.

“Yes?” A deep voice finally responded.

“Arceus. We have a situation. A bad one. A recent scouting craft discovered a rather interesting planet. Unfortunately, the planet is inhabited.” Fenrir made no attempt to hide his seriousness, just to be cut off.

“And? If it’s not inhabited there is no need for that much seriousness.” Arceus said, trying to calm his panicking friend.

After a dead silence that felt like decades, Arceus continued, his tone shifting to a more serious one.

“What’s so special about it, Fenrir?”

“It has some of those coordinates.” Fenrir responded grimly.

“…What?” Arceus’ voice was one of the most puzzled.

“Better come to my office inside the Palace Of Order now, I cannot say on the phone. It is something only you and me should know for now.”

“Alright, I am on my way. Fenrir. Relax. Let me get there, and we will find a solution. Drink some tea, while I am on my way. Ok? Bye.” Arceus closed.

Fenrir then put his phone in his pocket, looked at the ceiling and began asking:

“Is this supposed to be joke? What are you trying to do? This was never supposed to be seen again. So why are you doing this to me? What did I do wrong to deserve this? Why are you throwing this to me? What is your message?”

And then he returned at his desk, locking the information on his personal disk and destroying the original. All he had to do now, was wait for his friend to see this as well.

***

Princess of the Light and Sun was on her balcony. Alone. With no source of light. Nature shedding tears on the shattered alicorn.

‘I knew she will come back… But why is she doing this? Why does she have to risk everything just for attention… just for my death…Why does she have to lie?’

Meanwhile, every inch outside the private chambers was in full agitation. The air was no exception.

An state of emergency slammed the calm of the ponies. After 200 years, Equestria is at war again. And it mustn’t lose.

Twilight and her friends were back in Ponyville, prepared for the worst. They were helped by Celestia to ease the crushing pain in their hearts. But who would help Celestia have her killing pain eased?

She was all alone.

***

Nightmare moon stood with the 3 ponies under her dark wing, on the surface of the orbiting celestial body known as; The Moon. Nightmare moon stood unmoved, while her followers winced and opened their eyes just to be engulfed by confusion.

“Ah don’t understand. Why are we on the moon?” Applejack asked puzzled.

“The moon will be our base. It is the safest from Celestia.” Nightmare moon replied.

“Why don’t we just take the kingdom? It would be hard, but we can do it.” Rarity said, trying to offer a good idea.

“Now? We could very well commit suicide. They are unbearably strong. Even with the elements separated…” The black alicorn replied, slightly caught off guard from the question.

Fluttershy said nothing, her face hidden by her mane, starring into emptiness below her hooves.

“Follow me” The alicorn said “We are not alone.”

All four ponies began to travel an unseen road. They traveled and traveled through the beautiful whitish-grey wasteland, decorated above with a veil of stars, and their planet and their… Sun.

They traveled until they stopped over a cliff. Nothing could prepare the 3 wielders from what was before them.

Tens of Thousands of ponies living in an assortment of houses, bases and a castle, all extending itself over hundreds of kilometers. Various dots and lights could be seen. The castle was made of dark and blue material, foreign to the newcomers.

“This is the New Lunar Republic. This is your new home.” Nightmare moon said proudly.

***

Both the President and Arceus were walking rather fast towards the exit of the palace.

“How can this be possible in the first place? It was supposed to -” Arceus asked, just to be cut off.

“Status. Arceus.” Fenrir walked faster gesturing to be accompanied by 2 guards.

He sighed. “We will be ready shortly. Actually, we can depart for the shipyard. Are you sure you want to go too? It may not be safe, considering-” Arceus tried to reason, just to be cut off again.

“I will be fine, we will be on ship, on a safe distance from the planet. Data figured that they have nothing.” Fenrir stated directly.

“Data can sometimes be wrong.” Arceus countered.

Fenrir stopped, turned and glared. “That’s why plans and researches were and are made for this. And how much was it in total? 40 years’ worth of research into data gathering, Arceus. Data cannot be that wrong.”

“Still-“

“It’s an embarrassedly big ship we chose in relation to the overall ranking of the planet. You honestly believe something will happen to us? Remember our position compared to theirs.” Fenrir cut him off.

“Alright, Alright…” Arceus said, accepting bitter defeat.

They walked and walked until they entered an elevator and they ascended to the ground floor. And they headed for the compound, and then to the place where they wanted.

They arrived outside. All four of them. The fresh and chill air had a marvelous effect on their mood and health. Fenrir needed this. Snow was everywhere… on trees, on grass, on structures, even on their costumes and armors. It also snowed lightly. The sky was pretty clear, dark clouds pierced with rays of light and life, not daring to move… Signaling that the course of life was changed for the better. Fenrir was not sure whether the light rays were speaking the truth though.

But he ignored this and continued walking, alongside with the 2 guards and Arceus, at the same pace. Generally enjoyment would invade him, but now it wasn’t the case… This situation needed his attention badly, something only he and Arceus can solve. They walked on the path made by taking snow out of the way until they reached the main gate, which defended the compound from the outside. A car was waiting for them outside. They arrived at one of the guards.

“Mr. President, StarLord, your transportation is ready to go. Awaiting your command.” One of the 6 guardians at the gate stated.

“Let’s move. It is imperatively necessary that we arrive there as soon as possible.” Fenrir said.

After that he nodded, and Arceus turned to the guards; “Dismissed” was heard. The guards complied and left the palace.

The driver exited the car and opened the door.

“This way, Sirs” The driver said, his voice was patient and kind, yet serious.

They entered. Other 2 were also in the luxurious car. Judging by their costumes, one was admiral, the other was field general.

“Good day, Mr. President.” The admiral said.

“Gentlemen.” Fenrir replied, extending his arm to shake hands with the admiral and general.

The same happened with Arceus.

“To the airport. As fast as possible.” The general gestured and the driver complied.

The gates opened and the car started moving, no external sound entered, the only sound was the sound of their voices.

After a short silence, after other security cars surrounded the limousine, they began.

“And what is this ‘new target’ we have found.” The general began.

“It is an inhabited planet, we will take it easily; I want in-depth study on this one, and no shots fired, until I say so. This planet holds a particular interest. Understood?” Fenrir replied

“But why, Sir? What could be so special?” The admiral asked, definitely curious of this particular interest. Generally, Fenrir would just take it.

“It’s classified. You will find out soon enough… With his consent.” Arceus said, gently pointing the president out.

“Hm? Yes. Indeed…” He was caught thinking. “Very soon, Very soon…”

“With what spaceship will we arrive there? A planetary destroyer, maybe?” The admiral asked, slight eagerness present.

“Arceus? Show him. Show him, with what we will arrive there….” Fenrir grinned.

Arceus gave him a scroll, which unwrapped itself, revealing a big screen which lightened up, showing a document. Across the text and data, a picture caught his eye. It was the picture of a ship represented one of the flagships the fleet has.

“Driver, in how much time will we arrive at the airport?” The general asked, slightly inpatient.

“I will have the answer in a moment, sir” the driver responded.

“A very interesting choice, Sir, but-”

“But?” Arceus replied while his majesty cocked his eyebrow.

“We will arrive in 30 minute” The driver answered.

“Thank you” The general replied. ‘Blessed be the imperial emergencies’ He thought. Returning to the conversation, he received the rolling pad. He chuckled silently.

“But this ship may still not be enough safety of the president” The admiral continued, picking his words carefully.

“This choice was made by him personally, I protested, but he did not redirect his decision.” Arceus responded.

“May I ask why was this type of ship chosen? As far as I know, we use this ship for global invasions. A single ship in an unknown territory is very risky, sir. There can be many enemies of the Union present there, sir.” The general seriously stated.

“You will see, you have to trust me. if my calculations are correct….” Fenrir said.

He paused as all three listened;

“This ship can win us a planet from attempt one.” He grinned devilishly, like an evil emperor…

***

‘No, I will not let this to happen. My subjects are not to be indoctrinated…’ Celestia thought, as she walked to the government’s main room, where all the politicians were, almost all of them. Lunar parties left, all of them.

Celestia advanced in the room, all the solar politicians were on their seats. Deafening silence that was in the room was threatened by the sun princesses’ hoof steps. She advanced in a hurry, though maintaining her composure, towards her second golden throne, and made little effort to make herself comfortable. She also noticed an Earth Pony, with grey coat, short, pitch black mane and tail, black irises, a cutie mark formed out of a crying eye in an open scroll and a feather pen positioned in an ink bottle and a serious composure. He knew way too well what will happen. He was the Prime Minister of Equestria, Social Policy. He was wearing a very formal suit, with her majesty’s symbol on his chest. He was glancing everywhere, waiting for reactions at the news.

She began. All ponies in the room knew what will happen, the guards defended the doors from the outside.

This was the very first emergency governmental meeting in Equestria. If the long past is forgotten.

“Mares and gentlecolts, I am assured that you all are aware of the new posing threat to our nation. I am assured and aware of the fact that all of you were in chaos as this emergency state came unannounced, as well as this meeting. But for those are not aware, let me inform you the reason this meeting this takes place: Nightmare Moon has returned.”

Some gasped and others remain still. Social Policy remained unmoved. He knew this.

“Yes. And this time, she has supporters, supporters willing to give their lives to what is they call freedom.”

More looked shocked, and the others were a bit shaken. But, Social Policy remained the same. He knew this also.

Yet, no one dared to speak.

“And as the situation was not bad enough, I was informed that all possible supporters of the moon, from politicians to simple ponies, were transported to the moon.”

Same result, even to Social Policy. Only that he chuckled silently.

Celestia glanced at him, obviously hearing the noise, but ignored it. Was he expecting this as well?

“But, the worst is yet to come. Yesterday, I was attacked by Nightmare Moon and two guards. The purpose of this attack was to terminate me, but this attempt failed. Later the same date, I was witness to a tragic event which ultimately lead to this emergency status.”

She made a short pause, to let the words sink in. Social Policy was curious, he suspected this will happen, but what tragic event lead to this? After the pause, she continued:

“The wielders of the Elements of Harmony, have Broken.”

Every single pony gasped and jaws dropped at this news. Social Policy was no exception. He stared in utter shock at her leader, unable to comprehend what was happening. He definitely did NOT expect this to happen. He was the third to know all about those elements and never ever thought such thing would happen.

“Y-your majesty, may I ask how this happened?” The voice of Social Policy accompanied by a combination of an accent from any sophisticate pony who lived in Canterlot and any simple pony who lived in Ponyville

Celestia stared and continued.

“Three of them were deceived by the moon’s lies, but it matters not now, as today I received a letter stating the independence of those ponies, calling their nation, presumably located on the surface of the moon, the New Lunar Republic. And finally, the letter ended with a threat that stated that my sun has ended. To be understood; it is a declaration of war”

Angry glares and hatred came towards Celestia, but she wasn’t the target. The republicans were.

“Now that you are all informed of the current situation, I will kindly ask Prime Minister Social Policy to explain the measure that were taken and are to be taken.” Celestia said, finishing her speech and making herself more comfortable on the cushions.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” He began.

“Dear colleagues, friends and patriots. Many measures were taken against this new threat. First of all, a silent mobilization of the army was made by the captain of the royal guards, with Her Majesty’s command. However, in parallel, another silent, more general preparation of the national army was made. However, its efficiency was limited since this preparation did suffered of tardiness, ultimately resulting at the events you heard earlier.

“Furthermore, the number of patrols has increased significantly in every city, particularly the cities of high importance, regardless the type of interest. The ‘Triple Legacy’ cities: Ponyville, Cloudsdale and Canterlot, are the ones that suffered most of those changes, as they are the most important cities.”

He made a deep pause, letting them understand what he was saying.

“For the social response plans; the population is to be informed and usage of counter influential weapon is to be allowed. The point of this act is to reduce to null all thoughts of more ponies moving towards the moon… And for the political aspect, I informed Her Majesty about my suggestion, however I have not received a response.”

“And what would your suggestion be, Mr. Policy?” One pony asked from the crowd sitting calmly, majority pleased with what they hear.

“My suggestion for the external policies was to inform all allied nations about the situation, and to pursue them to take proper measures, whereas this threat appears to have unpredictable traits or tactics. And for the internal policies, I recommend the national recognition of the name ‘Equestria’ is to be substituted with another name, to underline our situation, and not our allies nor us are to confused by the fact that we all are equestrians. The recommended name is The Solar Empire, provided of our current resources, policies, and territory we currently have. Article 424, in which Equestria allocates 100% of all disposable and unallocated resources to the military funding instead of civil service and civil society maintenance program, is to be signed as well.”

Some nodded, others were confused, and most thought deeper than ever.

After silence and silent chattering, Social Policy asked;

“Who accepts the terms suggested by now?”

343 Hooves out of 564 were risen.

“Who rejects the terms suggested by now?”

200 hooves risen.

“This being said, Your Majesty, we await your wisdom. Should those strategies pass and begin to take shape, or should they be changed.”

Celestia thought and thought, after 4 hours which were actually 1 minute of utter silence, Her Majesty spoke.

“Those strategies are to be applied, in the fasted possible time. And furthermore, Article 424 is to have its effect starting from today. Equestria has decomposed into a state of civil unrest and war. This situation will not be tolerated by us. Let the Solar Empire build a road towards a brighter future for us all.” Celestia said accompanied by a wave of applause, and signed the documents given by the Prime minister, including the Article 424. Celestia signed that one immediately.

‘May this end as it begun: fast…’ Celestia thought as she signed all the documents.

‘These, these lunatics… they will destroy everything…’ Social Policy said in his mind. Disgust was in his mouth.

***

“President On Deck!” Arceus announced.

Fenrir passed the self-opening white double door together with Arceus in a big, silver round room filled from sides to sides with computers and people working at those computers. In the middle there was an holographic projector showing a projection in three dimension, small enough not to overwhelm, but big enough to understand its details perfectly. It showed a planet and a moon, arrows pointing out in different points of both bodies, showing climate, natural life, and population among other details.

He glanced at a huge glass in front of the room, which had a considerable number of words and letters all colored in blue and red, filling the space just enough not to obscure the big picture of the scene: the infinite space and one planet with its satellite, decorated by the sun. A typical scene. Nothing else was around: no nebula, no ships, no nothing. Just them.

He then glanced a little at his rightful position of the bridge. It was a chair on the opposite side of the window. I was higher than the rest of the chairs.

He walked and went down the five stairs, ultimately reaching the glass. With just a thought his visor activated, filling his vision with the data in the same manner. This particular model was a military HUD, with just one lens on his right eye and a small body on his right side of his head. The planet was trapped in a green matrix, meaning that it could be taken in this moment. Arceus chuckled.

“We can take it now. Why not?”

The President smiled and turned around, targeting the throne of command. But then he went to stare to the hologram. Absorbing the data from this point of eternal information. He then returned to the glass where the Star Lord was standing.

He smiled and said: “Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it… I thought you knew past.” He said smiling.

“I know it, but they cannot do much, if any… and honestly, what else do you want to do with it?” Arceus responded realistically.

“You will see, we have to play this c-“

The ship had an earthquake as the room turned bright red, and as the moon exploded with dark energy.

*Warning: Ultra-High Energetic Discharge Detected!* The female voice of the ship snapped

“Begin scan. IMMEDIATELY!” Arceus snapped back at the ship.

*Commencing. Alert on Deck was activated.*

The bright red began to blink for a minute then it returned to normal. But everything that was digital and related to the planet, moon, and sun was jammed, letters and numbers changing chaotically; Whatever data they had on the planet was lost…

“What in the name of great goodness happened?” Fenrir asked, taken away by the explosion.

“Sir! It appears that the moon discharged itself with negatively charged energy.” The second in command responded, still recovering data.

“How is this possible?” Arceus said.

“Heh, now you believe me?” Fenrir responded.

Arceus gestured to the second in command to take distance and gather information, and so he did.

He got closer to the president, and whispered anxiously “You knew all along, did you?”

The president laughed silently; “You had no idea of this. But, this discharge can easily pose a threat to us. This is not your usual planet.” He whispered back.

Arceus gestured to the second in command and asked: “What are the options? Be. Honest.”

“Given the current received data, there 2 options, we further study from distance the event and the planet… or…” The second in command began.

“Or?” Arceus interrupted.

“Or we enter in invade the planet and its moon, conquer it, and ultimately study its effects up close. However, we will need time to whether assume total control over the local species. Second option recommended.” The second in command ended.

“Can it be done in this moment?”

“Yes, Sir.”

Arceus sighed and turned to the president of the union. “Fenrir? Your call: Save or Conquer?”

Fenrir glanced at the planet, the matrix was blue to red, to yellow, to green and again. The spherical form of the matrix changed constantly. Same with the Moon, just way more chaotically, the matrix could barely be a sphere. The trustworthy and faithful main capital assistance device (Or M.C.A.D.) has failed the president.

The decision was to be taken alone… Save Or Conquer?