Stars Whirl and Starry Glory are sitting in front of each other in one of the conference rooms in the castle. They had send a servant to tell Rarity to come here but she hasn't arrived yet. For the moment the two where content with just sitting and watching each other.
The tension in the room is thick enough to cut with a knife. Starry Glory has a serene expression on his face but on the inside he is fuming with so much anger he could almost burst. This was supposed to be his moment of victory, with the help of the Night Guard he could have finally fulfilled Nightmare Moon's dream of building a paradise for batponies. But know he is stuck with these two ruthless careerists who only care about themselves and the status quo.
Starry Glory keeps wondering about why Nightmare Moon would make this illogical decision. Surely the only reason she would agree to this is if she was forced by them. It would make sense, Stars Whirl and Rarity both have considerable power in the Lunar Empire.
Meanwhile Stars Whirl is putting a considerable amount of effort in trying not to glare at Starry Glory. She doesn't like it one bit that she has to work with this genocidal maniac. Altho it does give her the chance to moderate his radical proposals so at least there is that.
And of course there is the question of why Nightmare Moon would appoint him on this counsel? Stars Whirl always prides herself on being a good soldier and good soldiers follow order, but she can't stop wondering if Nightmare Moon made a mistake appointing Starry Glory. Stars Whirl suspects that all they are going to achieve is sabotage each other.
Before the intens staring contest between Stars Whirl and Starry Glory could become worse the door opens and Rarity trots inside.
"I am sorry I am late I needed do talk to Nightmare Moon." Rarity says while taking a seat next to Stars Whirl.
When Rarity sits down the silence returns, no creature want's to speak first. After a couple of second Stars Whirl is the one to speak first.
"Nightmare Moon has placed the fate of the Lunar Empire in our hooves. We can't put the security of our great nation at risk because of some personal differences." Stars Whirl says.
"I am going to say the same thing I have always say. We can't protect ourselves from external threats as long as the internal enemy remains." Starry Glory says.
"The hoofful of Celestia loyalists that still remain don't have over a hundred divisions along our border. The internal enemy doesn't have bombers capable of destroying our capital while Stalliongrad has both of these things. They are our true enemy." Stars Whirl speaks.
Stars Whirl is getting more and more irritated at this point. Starry Glory just can't seem to look at the big picture he is always obsessing over the enemy within and creating his batpony paradise and it is driving her crazy.
"Listen! There are actual problems that need to be dealt with and you raci-" Stars Whirl yells but before she can finish here sentence she is interrupted by Rarity.
"Ponies please just calm down before someone says something that they will regret. We all care about the Lunar Empire and Nightmare Moon right?" Rarity takes a short pause while staring at the other two before continuing.
"Surely there has to be a way for us to work together. How about this, we divert our recourses evenly for now between internal and external threats and then depending on how the situation evolves we can change our priorities. Is this acceptable to everyone?" She speaks in her over the top sweet voice.
"No it isn't!" Starry Glory angrily stands up from his seat.
"Now is the time to repair all the damage done towards batponies. What is the point of protecting us from Stalliongrad if our citizens have to suffer the same occupation that they rebelled against in the first place. We need to root out the last remnants of Celestia's followers and return the land that was stollen from batponies. When we have done that then we will have a country worth fighting and dying for and there is no doubt in my mind that our citizens will fight ten times as hard for a country that also fights for them then for any oppressor."
Stars Whirl starts to clap slowly.
"While your speeches are as amazing as ever" Stars Whirl states sarcastically "they won't stop the tanks of Stalliongrad. And dividing our country between batponies and the other pony races will only make us weaker."
"It will make us stronger because it was batpony labour that build this nation, it was me who convinced Luna to allow Nightmare Moon to return and it where unicorns, pegasi and earthponies that tried to stop this. If it where up to you two we would still be in Celestia's chains." Starry Glory answers.
Something breaks inside Rarity. She already didn't like being in the same room as that monster but hearing him brag about Nightmare Moon that is just too much. Rarity cared deeply about Luna and her cause but she was always opposed to using violence to further their goals. The only reason she followed the monstrosity that Luna became was because she believed and still believes that deep down Luna is still in there somewhere and of course because she couldn't bring herself to abandon Luna during those horrible times.
"Well if it is up to you me, Stars Whirl and anyone else who isn't a batpony would be laying death in a ditch by now. I will never allow you to implement you twisted ideas and I will do whatever it takes to make sure that your dream will remain dreams." She yells before storming out of the room.
Stars Whirl sighs. She knew this was going to happen the only thing they all have in common is that they have nothing in common. She then get's up and walks after Rarity. Meanwhile in Starry Glory is grinning, this meeting turned out to be more useful than he thought.
if rarity doesnt do nothing the holocaust dream the final solution of starry glory will come to pass and no one will see this until too late keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
If the main OCs in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?
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The story of Starry Glory is basically the quote: All it takes for evil to prevail is for good
menponies to do nothing. And unfortunately for everyone Nightmare Moon doesn't even seem to realise there is a problem. Thanks and I will10320030
Good question I haven't really thought about it. When I think about Starry Glory speaking the first thing that comes to mind are the speeches of Joseph Goebbels (nazi minister of propaganda), just having this very passionate and emotional voice.
For Stars Whirl I have less of a clear image of how her voice would sound like but I think that she would sound similar to Luna and Rainbow Dash, still clearly feminine but less high pitched than Rarity for example. I think such a voice would suit her militaristic character.
Of course this is just my interpretation, if you have a different idea I would love to hear it.
10321215
And look how well that works. How many of Twughts enemies were the result of Celestia not doing enough?
10321220
Other then Nightmare Moon, Sunset Shimmer and perhaps Chrysalis (because Celestia doesn't follow them after the wedding incident) no other villain was caused by Celestia. Celestia's pacifism may have caused problems but on the other hand she never had to face problems like Nightmare Moon. Also violence has a tendency to lead to more violence.
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Discord can be added to that with where she put him.
10321251
Personally I disagree about Discord because Celestia didn't cause Discord to happen it was Discord who true his behaviour forced Celestia and Luna to act and imprison him. Turning him into stone may not have helped the situation but neither would have doing nothing.
10321418
Putting him in a more secure location
10321525
I doubt that would have worked for Discord considering he is the lord of chaos and even if it could he would still not change his ways because Fluttershy did not exist back then.
10322325
I mean after being stoned the first time. Instead of garden in view and access to everybody. Keep him in a licked and secure location
10322589
I am not sure exactly how magic works but if Nightmare Moon can escape banishment after a thousand year then I think someone who can bend reality to his will would also be able to escape at some point and I don't think that there is any place that could keep Discord inside.
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Yet if it wasn't for the Cmc bickering he still very stone. Nightmare Moonis a unique since it's the only time one pony wielded them.
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I think that if the the spell was so weak that the cmc's bickering could free Discord then it was only a matter of time before he freed himself.
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where he was placed yes. a isolated place maybe not
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I am not so sure about that because the effect of the spell would wear out over time and because Discord can travel to different dimensions after he is no longer turned into stone escaping from wherever his statue is wouldn't be a problem for him.
10322992
We know the cmc caused the break. And though weaken it could have held. Hut either way its placement did not help it.
10323014
The cmc's indeed caused the break to happen but I personally think that if the cmc's could break the spell then the spell had to have been pretty weak at that point considering that 3 fillies could break it. So while it's placement might not have helped the situation I do think that Discord's release would always have happened.
10323805
have to disagree a bit. weaken yes but no discord to feed on it could have held
10323809
Let's agree to disagree about Discord then