• Published 1st Aug 2015
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The Earth-Pony Revolution (An Equestrian History Story) - Quartez



In the early days of Equestria, a town full of Earth ponies decide to split from the rest of the country.

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Earth Ponies of Equestria, Unite!

Chapter One: "Earth Ponies of Equestria, Unite!"

It was said that the life of Earth ponies was "nasty, brutish and short" never was that more true then the village of Ukrein, it was on the far-east side of the recently formed country of Equestria, it was a farming village, and it's population was mostly made up of Earth ponies.

One such pony was Apple Scruff who was an apple farmer with a yellow mane and a red coat, his destiny was apparent from his cutie mark which was three green apples.


He was on his way to Salt-Lick Cottage, a little place that served food and drink, his companion was a mare named Electron Shell, who was a light purple unicorn with a mane that was a mix of black and pink, her cutie mark was a circle enclosed in a larger circle, she often explained that this had something to do with her work which involved making cider and she often claimed that the methods for making cider were very complicated and may one day lead to something bigger, and though Apple Scruff was interested in what she had to say, he could never understand her long, technical explanations, which involved complicated words such as: "acids" "reagents" and (perhaps worst of all) "phlogiston".


The two were on their way to meet their mutual friends Golden Eyes and Iron Fist, the two were also farmers but unusually, they could read.


At this period of history; literacy was uncommon in Equestria, especially for two Earth ponies who lived in Ukrein, the two had just read a book by a mare named Trotsky and were excited about sharing it with the village, they entered to find that there was almost nowhere to stand, it seemed most of the village wanted to know what they had to say.


Golden Eyes came out on stage, as his name implied, he had bright, golden eyes.

They complimented his bright, short, straw-like mane and his yellow coat.

He had a carrot cutie mark, as that was what he farmed.


He was joined by Iron Fist, who was a rather fat stallion with a dark grey coat and an iron-grey mane.

His cutie mark was a symbol which he referred to as an "equals sign" this had something to do with his talent as an accountant, but most ponies in Ukrein knew nothing of maths and decided to take his word for it.

While Iron Fist liked his mathematics work, it was well known that he envied the Pegasi, he wanted nothing more then to be like Commander Hurricane and impress others with his flying and defend the country, but sadly these were things no Earth Pony could do.


At that moment Golden Eyes addressed the crowd: "my fellow Earth-Ponies, I have come here to inform you all of the new book I have read by Trotsky, the book is called: "The Earth-Pony Manifesto" and is about our lives."


There was a pause, it seemed as if he was waiting for the audience to show more interest, Apple Scruff gave him an encouraging smile and when nothing more enthusiastic came forth, he finally pressed on: "I'm not very good at giving speeches, but this so called 'Princess' Celestia and her sister have been trying to set themselves up as leaders of Equestria, what does that mean for us? They cover themselves in gold and live in a castle and us? We live in mud huts, we cannot read or do math. Especially in farming villages like ours, and once a year the princesses send their guards to our village to take away a large part of our food, giving it out to Unicorns and Pegasi, who didn't earn it at all! We're going to fix this, not just for ourselves but for all Earth Ponies! Tomorrow the guards will come to take away some of our food to hand out to the rest of Equestria, when that happens we will drive them away! If they come back, we'll drive them away again! This village belongs to the Earth Ponies! And we'll decide what happens to it and it's food! Once we've done that then we'll run this village the Earth Pony way, there won't be any talk of 'cutie marks', a picture on your flank can't tell you what to do! Anyone of us could be anything we wanted and we will be, there won't be 'jobs' any-more, we'll all just help each other, unicorns and pegasi can stay here, but only if they agree to our way of life, nobody should be in charge, we should all be able to decide what we want to do."


Electron spoke up: "But if there are no jobs how will we earn bits?"


"We won't need bits, we have food and houses and when we don't have enough of either, we'll make more, without the 'Royal' sisters taking away our food, then we'll have far too much of it."


Everypony seemed to be quite impressed by this, Apple Scruff certainly liked the sound of it and couldn't wait for the day when he could do more then just farm apples, of course, he liked farming apples and couldn't really think of anything better right now, but he was sure he would in time.


The meeting went on for sometime, with many questions asked,the stupidest questions came from a unicorn with a white coat and a purple mane, her name was Lustre and she made jewellery and clothes, it was strange that she didn't seem to understand Golden Eyes' idea, as she was one of the smartest ponies in the village, she was also known for being very generous, so nobody seemed to mind all her simple questions.


Everybody went to bed early, although they were so exited it was hard to sleep, tomorrow, the revolution begun.