War Journal, Entry 447
I am trapped. Trapped in a war I thought had ended long ago, only to come back like a festering cancer.
Each day, Sombra’s crystal walls creep further, carving into the land and claiming it inch by inch. And with it, he adds more ponies into his personal little toolbox army.
Heh, toolbox… that’s what he sees ponies as now. Tools. Things to do his dirty work. Those Horror Helmets he made, how dare he… they keep ponies in line through nothing but fear. Monstrous things made worse by a monster controlling them.
He must be stopped. The war effort must go on. I will not let him take what he thinks is his. But that means more soldiers… I’ll need to send out recruitment forms again.
Granny won’t be pleased with this. Neither will Big Mac or her granddaughter. Especially her granddaughter. Applejack would probably strike me if I let her brother die out in the cold… or subjected to a far worse fate than death.
Heh, Mayor Mare would probably put in her two cents too. She would. She…
I won’t let this war linger any longer. Sombra has forced my hoof. I risk much revealing my trump card now, but if he keeps claiming territory at this rate, I won’t have a card to play.
Tonight, I visit the mirror pool. Corporal Dash and the Private Pies will come with. Luna… will maintain the front lines as long as she can.
Should this succeed, my little ponies will know peace once more. If it fails…
No. It won’t fail. Sombra has made it clear he cares not for the cost it takes to win. So we won’t either.
This is my last entry. My last hope…
My final solution.
This is Commander Celestia, signing off for, hopefully, the last time I ever assume that title.
Ah, Captain Spitfire. Are the troops well? I've heard them singing.
Stop their singing? No. In fact, I'd like to hear them sing louder. And that's not an order--it's a request.
Thanks. Oh, and could you find Corporal Dash? I'm going to need her for something important very, very soon.
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Welp, that said everything and nothing.
And thus the world ended in nuclear hellfire and a legion of alicorns chanting "END THE WAR!"
Also, we finally see what it takes for Celestia to remember Applejack's name.
Can do one of there for just about every timeline shown.
All it took was an endless war with Sombra for Celestia to remember Applejack's name.
What isn't said is extremely telling about events in this world. What is said though paints a picture of a mare forced to the extremes and having even those start failing her until she is left with only one option.
Damn.
Wow Celestia use the right name for Applejack. I guess that there's no space for humor in a universe where everyone in Equestria play their part in the war
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Wow, this is pretty dark. I would imagine that the war has gotten so worse that even Celestia herself had to fight to overcome Sombra's soldiers.
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And she had to take drastic actions to try and overcome the odds against her by using the mirror pool.
Yay! New chapter! This is SO milking the episode...
Anyway, I wonder how the clone idea went knowing Sunny, Moonie (or is it Loony?), and Pinkie in the "right" universe. I can foresee nothing but a wave of impossible pinkness sweeping along towards Sombra, only to cover him in an explosion of confetti which inexplicably leaves him utterly defeated. Otherwise, I see something much worse: an army of serious, powerful Celestias, Rainbow Dashes, Pinkies, and Mauds advancing, unstoppable, to Sombra's castle, unaware of everything they crush in their path. Sombra would be defeated, and hopefully the clones would go willingly back to the Mirror Pool-- but the Crystal Empire would have fallen once more, perhaps never to return.
Grim... I like it.
Now there is only 6 more alternative timelines plus the prime line to go through. Then we might get a Sunny and Moonie side story/chapter.
Stand strong Celestia. You will triumph because you fight for freedom. Your followers are with you because they have chosen you as their leader, whilst Sombra lacks allies.
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Or her being drunk. I'm pretty sure that happened once before. Just once, though!
Anyway, I couldn't find anything humorous to write about for this letter... no, that's the wrong way to say it.
If I approached this letter seeking humor, I was going about it in a VERY wrong way. Making light of war isn't something I'm comfortable with, and I'm pretty sure you good folk wouldn't sit easy with that either.
So I wrote this one without humor.
Not gonna lie, I thought this would be a chapter/letter to Twilight about Celestia's thoughts on simply befriending somepony who thought it a good idea to WARP THE FABRIC OF TIME.
"Dear Twilight,
Yes, I know that it's better to have friends than enemies, but from what you've reported (even with the spell destroyed by the Cutie Map) it appears to me that Starlight Glimmer is not one to be trusted or simply let wander about Equestria. I'll trust you to watch over her, but if things seem to be going south then I'll be more than happy to banish her to Tartarus in an INSTANT.
Your friend, Princess Celestia"
And that was how Equestria managed to win the war despite suffering 9500% casualties. "They just kept coming!"
Interesting, i honestly can't wait to see tjhe letter made by celestia in the chrysalis world and Discord world.
kill
stab
crush
fun
poison
destroy
pinkie!
324.876.672 uniforms by noon?
Let the pinking begin . . .Sombra has no place to hide! cup cake?
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You would be surprised what I would sit easy with. But I enjoyed the change of tone, adds a feeling that shit got very real at some point.
I like to imagine this is the developers subtle nod to fallout equestria
6685165 Well I'm sure most of us thought of Fallout Equestria the moment it showed a war scene. I certainly did.
6685206 yeah. That's the first thought I had really. It's too much of a conidence too me.
Ooooooh...
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang...
And this is why Celestia is a ruler.
Legience to the Sun. Amen amen.
For once...and awesome idea from the Commander. I salute you o7.
Sombra won't know what hit him...
It's a good thing the show's still continuing... Otherwise, this would be one heck of a chapter to have to end the fic on.
...But as it stands with the whole hiatus thing, this probably is the last chapter we'll have for a whole year, isn't it...?
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Ending these letters on a sad one like this? Hah, not by a long shot! I've still got seven other timelines to visit, if my count is still accurate.
6685220But war doesn't really equal a reference. This is a fantasy show. And war just happens to be really popular is fantasy, Lord of the rings was about a war, Harry potter had that battle at Hogwarts, Forgotten realms always seems to be having a political conflict that comes to battle. It was only a matter of time fore MLP to at least reference one. And here we are!
Just because it reminds us of something else, doesn't mean it was intended to.
Now if they had shown a war with Zebra or something, then I would call out the reference for sure.
But no, it was just an ordinary war, with Sombra. Let's be honest.
In a world where the main six didn't defeat him, war is the only path that makes sense.
Hold on Tia, You Must HOLD THE LINE!
6686557 I'm interested in the wasteland timeline. Who's Celestia gonna write a letter too if everyone died?
6689193 I think a blank chapter would convey the appropriate level of existential horror. (I'm pretty sure Fimfiction pads out the height of a chapter if there isn't enough text.)
6684586 I kinda want to see her letter from the Nightmare Moon one. I wanna know what she would do on the moon for fun!
6690866 yeessss that would be awesome! Mabye she figured out how to make moon cake!
6691674 dunno.. seeing how celestia operates through these letters.. maybe!
6685206 It was supposed to be reminiscent of the United States in World War II, when rationing was introduced and factories and farms were all commandeered to make war provisions.
yeah, this was the darkest episode by far, this makes party of one/lesson zero mild
and I loved the tone of this chapter
This is a very, very small observation, but I actually like how Celestia got Applejack's name right. Not only is it ironically consistent with her previous letter, but it really goes to show how serious her mindset here is.... I guess that says something about her normally lol.
Celestia, Rainbow, AND the Pie sisters all going to the Mirror Pool? Now that's what I call ... 😎 a Clone War.
Holy frick, Celestia got Applejack’s name right.
All jokes aside, this chapter actually seems like it’d be a launcher of a pretty good fic on its own.