Provisos · 4:11am May 20th, 2017
“That’s enough, Moon Dancer!” Twilight had finally had enough. “As your friend, I understand your frustration, but as a Princess of Equestria, I order you to cease and desist—”
“Sorry, Twilight,” Moon Dancer barked back, “but I reported to Princess Celestia, remember? She outranks you!”
At her seat, Princess Celestia heaved a deep sigh and dipped her head down.
“Princess, please!” Twilight said to Celestia, her eyes starting to quiver. “I understand why you had to set this all up. I really do. But Starlight Glimmer really is trying to be a better pony! Nothing that happened in Ponyville that day was her fault! She never meant to hurt anypony! I beg you, please reconsider! If I ever meant anything to you, as a student, and a colleague, or as a friend, then please think about this!”
Celestia’s eyes were squeezed shut as she sat, head bent, in her seat. Another deep sigh from her was the only sound during yet another weighty, strenuous silence.
“I’m sorry, Twilight,” Celestia said morosely, “but if I see a situation turning for the worse, I can’t ignore it. Even though the accident with the Town Hall building was just that, it still wouldn’t have happened if you had been stricter with Starlight. And it was her decisions that day that led to the building’s destruction. Ordinarily, I would agree with Moon Dancer’s proposal and have Starlight, and every villain you’ve ever granted amnesty to, imprisoned for their crimes against Equestria and its citizens.
“I expected you to be the last pony to agree to this, Luna,” she said, with a hint of an unsteady grin.
Luna unseated herself and stood in front of Celestia, showing a dour look in her eyes.
“If this had been done a millennium ago, I might not have done what I did as Nightmare Moon. This goes beyond us and what we might want, Celestia. This is for the good of Equestria.”
“And . . . and Thunderbolt?”
“We shall deal with his decisions as the time comes. For now, we act for our nation.”
Twilight glanced at Fluttershy, Rarity and Applejack, as they had all taken a very unfortunate time to be silent all of a sudden.
“Umm . . . girls?” Twilight asked.
“Now, darling, before you get too upset—”
“Seriously?!” Dash blurted out, her eyes blazing. “Come on, Rarity, you can’t tell me you support this stuff!!”
“Even if she can’t,” Applejack replied, “then I would. I mean, ya gotta admit, they have a point. We’ve all been talkin’ the last few days, and we think maybe it’s best this way.”
“What?!” Twilight shrieked. “You’ve been talking with each other and not me?! Girls, come on! I thought you were my friends! Moon Dancer going behind my back was bad enough!”
“Well, she was well within her rights to do so, Twilight,” Rarity answered with a frown. “I mean, this is a matter of national security, after all. And we’ve known ponies like Trixie and Discord long enough to know what they can do if they aren’t kept on a leash.”
Twilight was not stripped of authority. She was outranked.
Moon Dancer had every right to go over Twilight's head.
Celestia okayed the Act. Luna okayed the Act.
Twilight is only against the Act because of Thunderbolt, and is justifying it by making it about Moon Dancer and her supposed grudge.
And Thunderbolt will be dealt with.
Also, if I keep Discord out, he's free to pick a side, which means that side automatically wins. Discord stays in the box, case closed.
Okay? Deal?
Deal!
Deal.
Deal
Ok deal!
Deal!
I'm fine with this, one of the only major problem I had against the R.A.R.A was Thunderbolt as he was clearly unstable.
As for the three main "reformees", Discord committed a major crime against all of Equestria when he helped Tirek, Starlight committed multiple criminal acts and even after being reformed is still a little dangerous to be around with how willy nilly she is with her magic, as for Trixie while she did go after Twilight with the alicorn amulet she didn't cause any serious harm even though she could have, she wanted to beat Twilight not hurt Twilight most of her action were due to the amulet warping her mind(not saying that using it wasn't a dangerous negligent thing to do)
Deal!
Fine. I didn't realize these points needed to be clarified...
Done deal.
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Seconded.
4539518 Yeah I agree. This way sounds like the way to go.
That's it. I really respect author's that lay it down and know that they're the one in charge.