Over the course of half a year, Sweetie Drops visited the numerous Changeling hives that dotted Equus. While many were open to negotiation because they were sick of their lifestyle of living off love for their entire existence, some became hardened by the harsh life they were forced to live and were hostile to anyone outside their hive.
Sweetie had no problem dealing with them through a show of force and prove herself as the superior Overqueen of the Changelings. Her adventures in the Koprulu Sector had made her one of the most powerful beings on Equus.
After a few demonstrations of her power and the power of her Brood were made, the other Queens spread word of her power and they soon flocked to Sweetie for the sake of their own survival.
While the Changelings remained wary of Celestia, they were alright with Sweetie being their voice in the Equestrian government.
Progress was made in Equestria as well. Using the knowledge she gained from Valerian’s political experience, Celestia was able to drain the political power from the nobility and replace the council with a different one using representatives of each town and city in Equestria that were elected by the people.
Blueblood was forced to act as Sweetie’s proxy in the Equestrian government for years to come. Every decision that the unofficial Princess wanted to contribute to would be made through him. He was also appointed as the diplomat to the Changelings. Occasionally he had to leave Canterlot for a few days to maintain the illusion that he was upholding his duties as a diplomat.
Meanwhile, Celestia began spreading a rumor of a new Princess that would join the ranks of royalty at some point in the future but for the time being would remain unnamed because of Sweetie’s wishes. Sweetie would, however, give anonymous interviews in disguise to give credence to those rumors.
Shortly after the infection, Blueblood made a public announcement to absolve the former S.M.I.L.E. agents of the crimes they were accused and used his own funds to erect a monument dedicating the agency as the heroes of Equestria that they truly were.
Classes were being held in a forum in Canterlot, where many of the scientific and engineering minds of Equestria were in attendance. Twilight Sparkle attended every scientific forum offered by the new guests.
Ariel Hanson gave lectures on Terran medical science and bio-engineering while leaving out the “Terran” part until Celestia’s big reveal of life beyond their world. Her lectures had introduced new ideas in the Equestrian medical industry and within the next few years, the overall mortality rate had dropped ten percent; a significant improvement.
Egon Stetmann brought to light new branches of scientific research and new technologies that eventually introduced the computer to Equestria. Through the technical advice of Stetmann, the development of the computer was expedited faster than humanity developed their systems. The development rate of technology eventually slowed to about the same rate that humans improved their systems after Stermann taught the Ponies everything he knew.
Because of this, Ponies soon looked to the stars and imagined what was beyond their world.
Rory Swann introduced motorized vehicles to Equestria as well as a number of other machines that improved the production rate within factories while the workers were retrained in the maintenance of those machines.
When asked about his mechanical arm, Swann told them how it worked. This brought another branch of the medical industry into being with the introduction of mechanical prosthetics.
When his work was done and he taught Equestria everything he knew, he secretly had a Protoss ship take him back to the Koprulu Sector while the Equestrians believe he had mysteriously disappeared.
Kerrigan and Raynor mysteriously disappeared from the Koprulu Sector. None of the sector’s denizens knew what happened to the new Xel’naga and the man she loved. At the same time, a mysterious pair of ponies, one a rugged white Earth Pony stallion with a black mane and tail and brown eyes and the other a purple Pegasus mare with a red mane and tail and green eyes, appeared and registered as citizens of Equestria. They built a farm on the outskirts of Ponyville where they would live their lives in peace.
Since Blueblood’s “change of heart,” an investigation was opened into discovering the truth about what really happened to the agency. Although there was no evidence to prove it, the investigators did find reasonable cause to believe that Blueblood was involved due to his change in behavior. Princess Celestia informed the investigators of what really happened and the testimony of one who witnessed the whole thing would talk to them when she became available but also assured them that while she knew he was guilty, he was actually serving a lifetime punishment. She simply left out the part about Blueblood’s permanent upstairs roommate.
As the years went by, however, Blueblood started losing his grasp on his sanity as he questioned whether his words or his actions were his own or the will of his puppet master.
As a hero to the colony, Lyra was chosen to act as their diplomat. Celestia felt that Equestria wasn’t ready to meet the Protoss yet and would need to gradually introduce the new race to the population by circulating stories about them before leading some explorer like Daring Do to them who will publicize her findings and she could officially begin diplomacy. Celestia would reveal the story of Lyra’s and Sweetie’s adventures in the Koprulu sector in time when the nation was ready.
Since Lyra’s life and Sweetie’s life were literally bound together, she could take her time on that long term plan.
Years passed and Protoss were soon introduced to the Equestrians. They were well received since they were no strangers to warrior cultures like the Minotaurs.
When the time came for the fated world summit, Celestia introduced the nations to the source of their sudden technological boom in the form of minds that originated from beyond the stars.
While they met Celestia with jealousy and anger, Celestia explained that she wanted her nation’s technological growth to stabilize before the reveal to prevent some reckless scientist from a foreign country from misusing dangerous technology which the other diplomats had to admit to having at least one or two that they knew. Celestia was prepared to offer them a place in a new world order where the nations would unite into a single organization with the purpose of moving beyond Equus and exploring new worlds. She had convinced scholars to move into other nations to teach them what they learned in Equestria long before the summit.
The diplomats knew of this and were somewhat convinced of Celestia’s intent on spreading her people’s knowledge. They were still uncertain whether she had an ulterior motive beyond global unification through a common interest. Several representatives said ‘no’, but Celestia kept the offer open for them should they change their minds in the hope that they only needed a few decades to think it over.
The Minotaurs decided to offer the services of their forges to the Equestrians in the construction of their first spacecraft. What they didn’t say was that their decision was influenced when a rocket-powered outhouse landed in their territory and what appeared to be a Minotaur in a CMC suit and carrying an advanced-looking rifle emerged from it. The rocket exploded, stranding their visitor. The Minotaurs were in awe by his awesomeness that they agreed to work with Equestria to build him a new space worthy vessel.
It wasn’t long after the summit that the progressive-minded ponies had enough influence in society to convince the people to give the Changelings a chance to become a part of the future. What they weren’t expecting was one of their own was not only leading the entire race along with a race of vicious-looking creatures that obeyed her like she had an army of pets, but she was also the mysterious princess that the rumors had mentioned for years.
When the right questions were asked, Celestia and Sweetie agreed that they couldn’t keep her secret status a secret for much longer. Sweetie had plenty of time to mentally prepare herself for her official coronation as a Princess of Equestria. She wasn’t looking forward to being in the public eye constantly, but she was willing to put up with it since Lyra would be with her every step of the way.
It would only be a matter of time until the denizens of Equus perfect space travel. But they won’t be exploring it blind as they will have the guidance and the Protoss and the protection of her Zerg as they explore the infinite cosmos.