“Auntie, are you sure you don’t want me to go with you?” asked Cadence. She as well as her two aunts were currently in Cadence’s bed chambers. Midnight was sleeping peacefully on the bed. The poor dear had been afraid to go to sleep believing that if she did and woke up she would find that this had all been a dream.
Celestia nodded. “I am sorry, but I feel it is for the best. In the morning the news that you adopted a bat pony will be at the doorsteps of everypony in Equestria. I am sure that there will be reporters here to question you, as well as many of our citizens.” Cadence opened her mouth to protest, but Luna stepped in.
“I know you want to go and show your support towards Celestia,” said Luna calmly. “To be honest, it would be best if you went if only to show that, for the most part, the royal family is all for this union. But if you go you might put Midnight in harm’s way. She is still scared of most ponies. Who knows how she will react when suddenly placed in such a large crowd. If she is left here by herself, however, I fear that some of the guards might want to take advantage of your absence. Or some reporter could somehow sneak in. On the other hoof, if you stay here you will be able to answer questions in relative safety as well as keeping Midnight safe.”
Cadence slowly nodded, understanding what Princess Luna was saying. While Captain Iron Wall and the guards who had hurt Midnight were being detained, they were only the ones they had caught. She worried that there might be other guards who might feel the same way they did and attack her daughter. Taking Midnight with them might scare the filly or put her in harms way. Who knew how the ponies in Ponyville might react when they saw her? At least here she could keep an eye on her while staying in an environment that she was getting used to.
“I understand,” said Cadence. “But perhaps Shining Armor could stay? For added protection?”
“I’m sorry, but I feel that he and the other ponies from the Republic should head to Ponyville,” said Celestia. “They are representatives of their nation after all.”
“I agree,” said Luna. She then smiled slightly. “But don’t worry, once this is over we will return to the castle.”
-x-
As Twilight led the group to the library, her thoughts were flooded with questions. What had happened at the party was somehow different from what had been going on with Shadow. They all seemed so certain that ponies from the Lunar Republic were evil. Not to mention that they referred to Princess Luna as Nightmare Moon. What was that about anyways? Why did the ponies here think that they were cannibals?
When the trio reached the library, Twilight used the key she had gotten from Trixie earlier to open the door. For being inside of a tree, the building was somewhat cozy. It was smaller than her home back on the moon, but it had more books which was a plus for the young unicorn. Had she come here on different circumstances, Twilight was sure that she would have enjoyed her visit here.
“Now to see what is going on here,” muttered Twilight to herself. As she used her magic to pull several history books out, Shadow noticed that Scootaloo was beginning to look like she could fall asleep at any moment. Not wanting to interrupt Twilight as she her research he took Scootaloo over to a couch so that she could get some shut eye.
For the next few hours, Twilight scanned over a dozen books. Each book was harder to stomach than the last. Some books seemed to treat the Lunar ponies like criminals while others depicted them as non-pony like creatures. As Twilight read them she took notes and sited each source so that her Princess could see the proof for herself if she so wished.
The first book she found was a children’s history book. According to the author, the events in Hoofshire were caused by supporters of Celestia’s younger sister. How they lurked through the dark, set fire to the homes of innocent ponies before running away into the night. The book continued by informing the reader that there had been an attempt to investigate what had happened, but that it went nowhere. Yet after the supporters of the younger princess left for the moon there were no more fires. So, in the author’s ‘expert’ opinion, the culprits most likely fled to the moon to avoid punishment.
There were also several other books like this one, who saw fit to note several other ‘criminal behavior’ that vanished when Luna and her ponies left the planet. Most of these examples seemed to be rather vague like questioning authority or suspicious behavior. Another thing that Twilight also noted was that all of these books simply referred to Princess Luna as Celestia’s younger sister. It was almost like they were trying to avoid mentioning her as much as possible, perhaps even trying to forget about her.
Twilight, feeling her blood boil as she read these history books, decided to check up on what this Nightmare Moon thing was all about. She found the answer in what appeared to be a children’s story book. The story went that there was were two sisters, one who raised the sun while the younger raised the moon. All ponies were happy, except for the younger sister who became jealous of her older sister. Desperately wanting to feel loved, she reached out to the wicked ones of Equestria who, over time, corrupted her. Twilight’s eyes narrowed as the story continued to insult her princess saying that she wished to create a kingdom of darkness for her and her new subjects. She even went as far as to call herself Nightmare Moon, the Queen of the Night! They were then defeated by Celestia and ran away like cowards to the moon. For the first time in her life, Twilight threw a book against the wall.
Taking a few deep breaths, Twilight reached over for another book. This one talked more about Nightmare Night. She had suspected that there was a connection between Nightmare Night and Nightmare Moon. To her horror, she was right. The stories told around this holiday seemed to be a continuation of the one she had read about in the last book. The wicked ponies had changed their shapes to better survive on the moon and soon spent their nights doing horrible things. One night a year they came down to Equestria to snatch up foals. They could be fooled, however, by wearing costumes. It was also recommended that foals offer them up treats unless they wanted to be eaten instead.
Twilight had no words to describe what she was feeling. These books were full of outright lies! It was one thing if they were rumors, but having them published in books was an entirely different matter! Ponies would believe that these were facts!
Slowly, the gears in Twilight's head began to turn as she began to write down her report to Princess Luna.
-x-
Town Hall was full of ponies. In the past, they would be talking with each other as they waited for Princess Celestia to make her appearance. However news of the Lunar Republic had caused a bit of unease. They waited quietly for their princess in hopes that it was a joke or the delusion of a drunk pony.
On the stage were both the mayor and Trixie. As the mayor began to speak to the townsfolk Trixie rubbed her head. Right now she had a hangover that could kill an immortal. Pity there was no magic that could cure something like this so she had to settle for a pain relief spell that she knew by heart. There was also something nagging at her. Last night was a blur and she was sure that something had happened. She didn’t know what, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that she had done something that she shouldn’t have. Maybe she kissed that red farm stallion or something.
A moment later the sun began to rise, getting a light cheer from the crowd. Once the sun was up, Princess Celestia appeared on the stage as well along with a couple of others.
“Ya think that’s her?” asked Applejack in a low tone as she looked at the blue alicorn.
“She’s pretty,” said Fluttershy.
“Doesn’t look that tough,” commented Rainbow.
“Her dress is… interesting,” said Rarity. “Of course if I had been the one to make it-”
“Fillies and gentlecolts,” said Celestia as she cut into Rarity’s fashion dialog. “As the sun rises, a new day in Equestria has begun. But not just for those living in Equestria, but also to our distant cousins on the moon. A thousand years ago they left us, but now both sides are ready to work together again in the spirit of love and harmony. Allow me to introduce to you the leader of the Lunar Republic, as well as my younger sister, Princess Luna.”
As Princess Luna stepped forward she was met with silence as well as looks of confusion. From most of them anyways. In the back, Snips and Snails were standing next to a small pile of rocks that they had collected during the night. Once Luna stepped forwards the two began to pick some of the rocks up, preparing to throw them. Luckily, a certain orange pony noticed what they were about to do, quickly moved over to the two without being noticed, and knocked the rocks out of their hooves.
“Hey, what do you think you are doing?” Snips almost yelled.
“Keepin’ ya from doing something that might start a war,” hissed Applejack.
“But Trixie said that-” began Snails until Applejack covered his mouth with her hoof.
“Ah don’t care what she said,” said Applejack. “She was drunk! Now if ah see ya both doing something like this again ah’ll tell yer folks about this.”
“Citizens of Ponyville,” began Princess Luna. “For so long our two-” She stopped speaking as the doors in the back opened suddenly to reveal Twilight. The purple unicorn as well as her colt friend made their way up to the stage. All eyes were glued on Twilight as she walked up to the stage and bowed before Princess Luna.
“Hey, what’s going on?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“I have no idea,” said Rarity. “But it looks like…oh no.” Realization hit the white unicorn first and soon the others began to realize it as well. Twilight was from the Lunar Republic as well as Shadow Blade. That’s why they didn’t seem to know about things in Equestria.
“My prized student,” addressed Luna. “What is the meaning of this?”
“Forgive me Princess Luna,” said Twilight Sparkle as she lifted her head to look her mentor in the eyes. “But I feel I must give you my report before you go any further.”
“I have already talked to Luna about the many-” began Celestia, but Twilight cut her off.
“As my princess commanded, I was tasked with the order of finding out if the ponies of Equestria would accept us,” said Twilight in a loud voice. “They will not. This merger of our nations will only end up hurting the ponies under your care princess.” As Twilight said this, Gigawatt gave her a triumphant smile. If there was anypony who would talk the princess out of this mess it would be her.
“Let me see your findings,” said Luna quietly. Twilight simply pulled out a few scrolls with her magic and then gave them to Luna. The night princess read them swiftly, gritting her teeth as she went from page to page. The words on the pages stung her heart. She was angry, but not at her student.
“Sister may I please-” began Celestia but was cut off as Luna punched her sister to the ground. The crowd gasped in horror as they saw their monarchs spit out blood as Luna stood above her with a glare that could melt ice.
“Say nothing, ‘sister’,” said Luna as she stomped a hoof to the ground causing lighting to shoot across the sky. “Never again speak to me again. I want nothing to do with you or your Equestria. You can all rot for all I care.” Out of the corner of her eye she noticed an object flying towards her. However, before it could hit her Shining Armor had already cast a barrier spell to protect them from the rock.
This was it for Princess Luna. She gathered her magic to create a white hole next to the stage. It was a portal that would take them right to the palace on the moon. One by one the senators walked into it, followed by Shadow Blade. Twilight hesitated for a moment before her horn glowed for some reason. It lasted for just a moment and once it faded she too walked through the portal. Once she had, Luna flung the papers Twilight had given her at Celestia before she too walked through the portal with Shining Armor.
Well, THAT was unexpected.
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Can't wait for more!
Celestia will have a few words with Trixie when discover about her verbal slippery, but then again, who is to blame for allowing the existence of official books demonizing Luna and her subjects?
And has Twilight taken Scoots with her?
I admit, I really agree with Luna here. Seriously, WTF Celestia? Letting people write children's stories about how your sister is evil? About how her people were evil? Really? Hard to hear how she's going to justify never setting the record straight.
If we end up seeing some more stuff from Celestia's point of view, I am interested to see how you make her sympathetic (if it is your intent to do so!).
well.........that's problematic......nice job though keep going
BUCK YES RAGEMODE IS ON AND IS GIVING A BEATING TO EQUESTRIA WIN, WIN EVERYWHERE
make luna steal from the ocean and all the ponys tell celestia to stop herTHE ELEMENTS ARE NEVER GOING TO GET TOGETHER MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
now bring me my mass bass cannon and aim it at the planet i want it gone NOW
2364426 no she's at the library sleeping
This quote from portal 2 crossed my mind here :
''We both said a lot of things YOU are going to regret...''
Well that was kind of expected. You can't sweep years of animosity and propaganda under the rug in a few days. Nice work, Trixie.
SO IT BEGINS.
Damn....Luna....IS...PISSED!!!!!!!
Aaaaaannnnndddd shitstorm!
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or is she?
2364858 ya is she going to do it or not its to hard to think of the posibilities
While I can understand not wanting to censor anything, there comes a line on the corner of assassination of character street and borderline sedition avenue.
Wait a tick, what about Scootaloo? Surely Twilight and Shadow wouldn't just leave her, never to fly, in the middle of Eviquestriahateland!
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I am guessing that is what twilights horn glowing at the last minute was about, heck i half expect that she snuck her along with them, or left scootaloo a way to contact her in an emergency
And just in case i haven't said it before, Love the way this fic is going and can't wait to see what happens next!
But... what about Scoots?
That last spell Twilight cast had better be for letting Scootaloo come along!
Is Celestia gonna go super Saiyan and blame her own ponies?
2364858 please......MOAR
Great chapter. Trixie and citizens of ponyville are deep doo doo when Celestia find's out what happen last night. Did Scootaloo go with them to the moon? Will Twilight adopt Scootaloo and become her new mother? If Discord can see anything from his statue, than chances are he's laughing like crazy right now.
I was secretly hoping twilight would allow them to dig themselves deeper.
Alright, I've been reading this story since it started and at this point I can safely say that I am on Luna's side. Celestia has done nothing to change her people's ways for over a thousand years, allowing corruption into her ranks, various races to suffer, and allowed her SISTER of all ponies to get slanted, as well as her people, into nothing more then vicious hate. Celestia, you fucked up. Twilight had every reason to tell her mentor about this. At the same time I will say that since Luna kept her people mostly isolated, it's not a surprise that such stories were made. But like Twilight said, if they were rumors or even fairy tales that's fine, but these were made as if it was HISTORY! That's a new low.
So I've spent a lot of time thinking how this will all continue and I've come up with the following...
1. Great evil, most likely discord or something, will arise and target both sides, with neither able to defeat the enemy on their own and so they have no choice but to work together to survive
2. The enemy only affects Equestria to the point where nearly all of it controlled or nearly destroyed by the enemy. Celestia, using the last of her strength and maybe the elements, sends a small population of Equestrians who are still alive (1000 to 500 maybe) to the moon in a complex teleportation spell in order to save the last of them. Leaving a message to her sister to take care of her people and apologizes for everything between them, saying that she hopes she'll still love her when she's gone. She'll be assumed dead having sacrificed herself to save them. Despite her anger towards her sister, Luna can't help but feel loss and regret over her sister's death and decides to keep them, preparing her people in case the enemy can also attack the moon.
3. Celestia decides to go Zero Requiem and starts acting like a tyrant towards her people, something Luna's spies catch on and she's shocked by the outright behavior of her sister. For a year or whatever amount of time Celestia is a cruel as they come, killing and ruining the lives of her ponies to the point where they hate her. Eventually, Trixie, deciding she no longer wants to be the student of an evil queen, takes a small group and teleports them to the moon, begging Luna to save them. Before anything else can be done, Celestia through whatever means, manages to attack the moon, now forcing Luna no choice but to go to war against her sister, eventually killing her. However in the end, Luna and maybe a few others learn that this was all Celestia's plan to make the Equestrians love Luna and the moon ponies while also punishing herself for failing to be a good sister. Luna forgives Celestia and everypony vows to keep the secret so that the peace can last.
4. Cadance, knowing that the two groups need to stick together, conspires with Shining Armor to make it seem like the two of them are in love and sisters have no choice but to wed them, now having to deal with groups on both sides who want to assassinate the two and go to war. While Twilight deals with the mane five over the "Nightmare Moon Incident"
5. War comes and hell breaks loose.
i wonder how close I'll be to the real answer.
2364574 just adding the physics that destroyng the planet you are orbiting around would destroy the inward gravitational pull, thus flinging the moon off into space. Overall, not a smart idea.
2365482 Can't really blame anyone but Celestia at this point.
Trixie blurbed about the Royal deal being struck... (which everyone would have known not a day later at the festival)
Ponyville reacted as Equestria has been taught... (regardless of how prejudiced)
BUT! It was Celestia who forgot to mention that an entire National Holiday was designed to curse her in Effigy.
And forgot to mention that the entirety of the unwashed masses in Equestria believe her and her Lunar Republic to be the source and cause of all evildoings in Equestria.
Kinda, Shoulda, Maybe have been brought up BEFORE walking out the castle gates to greet the public who would demand a public STONING upon learning what nation she rules?
So knew something along that line was coming.
Well......that was.......something.
But wasn't that attack a bit much?
I mean yes Luna was angry at that point but shouldn't she have expected some bad/terrible news from Twilight to begin with?
I was expecting something different then Luna.....punching....her own sister. Such as Luna reading through Twilight's report as the onlooking ponies and Celestia can see her start to cry, Celestia asks again to see what Luna's reading with more then a little concern. When she finishes the report Luna throws the pile of papers at Celestia's hooves with an angry glare before hoarsely calling out "Shield!". Shining Armor does as commanded and creates a protective barrier around the Lunar ponies, though its not so much for protection but to keep the stunned Celestia at bay while Luna tries to work through the turmoil of emotions to focus on her magic and create a portal back to the moon.
If she had a moment to focus Celestia could very well destroy the shield either physically or through her magic but everything is happening too fast leaving her to basically "tap" (though other ponies might consider it punching) at the shield.
"There will be no merger Princess Celestia, not now, not ever."
With those final words a portal opens up behind Luna as the ponies behind her quickly go through with the exception of Twilight and Shining, Twilight pauses a moment to cast some pell before going through, Shining Armor waits until Luna goes through before quickly following as his shield callapses and the portal quickly disappears.
Celestia stares at the spot her sister once occupied for some time before she slowly gathers the thrown papers and begins to read through them.
The Second Arc then could be Celestia and a group of ponies visiting the moon ponies to try and change their minds on merging their nations or perhaps at the very least opening diplomatic and trade talks/channels/routes. Though such a group would of course include some "expert" on moon ponies who would freak out at everything and everypony (Gah! Don't look into their eyes, that's how they lay their eggs in your stomach!) around him/her until experiencing a nervous breakdown (Scootaloo *pokes the twitching pony with a stick*: Is he dead?, Celestia: No, but his career is.).
Though Luna and Celestia cant quite see eye to eye on everything they both know that at some point the Elements of Harmony will be needed and for that to happen Twilight needs to become friends with the five ponies she met in Ponyville. Which is even more difficult then it sounds since every pony in the town (if not all of Equestria) would know who she was and where she came from, in comparison Zacora may get the red carpet treatment compared to how the Equestrian ponies might treat Twilight. Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy wouldn't be cruel to her (though those three might come under quite a bit of social pressure from the other ponies) however I'm not sure about Rainbow Dash or Applejack in that situation.
Sorry for the rambling, just thinking/typing out loud(?).
Heh. Luna is PISSED now. Same with Twilight and (moon) crew.
I'm guessing the Elements come together to stop a civil war. That, at least, seems to be the most logical outcome.
Looking forward to the next update!
~Skeeter The Lurker
Well Luna's reaction does seem to fit how we've seen her act so far, letting her passion over ride her sense, responding to the problems in Equestria with a temper tantrum. Hopeful what ever Twilight did it will show Luna she needs to stay and help Celestia fix things rather that run off when her sister disappoints her by not having been able to fix things alone.
2365984 yes good point *starts to walk to the left and then the right*
but remember the mass bass cannon will not break the planet but will destroy the surface by super sonic shock waves that will crush everything that is not underground its the way i made it...the real porpose is to flaten out areas for moon dome development but in war can be used as a deadly weapon on over-ground forts
the mega bass cannon is made to destroy planets
by shaking the planets core and surface so the planet just shakes it self apart
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I can see what you're saying. However, Luna was already upset with Celestia after finding out how the bat ponies were being treated. Now she finds out about what Equestria has been saying about her and her people. But this time it was a bit more personal. Luna is thus filled with rage and is not thinking clearly. That was my reasoning at least.
Mane 6 Comments:
: Now look what you did Twilight.... you caused Princess Luna to punch Princess Celestia because of your egg head-ness.
: I can't control the events which occur Dash, we are just watching a "What if" scenario.
: Ah guess ah, well the me from this place is still good at keepen wars from startin
: Where was I, Where was I!
: I agree with myself, Luna's dress wasn't what I would of thought of at all.
: Will they make up Twilight, eep.
: Hopefully, or else I may have to try a more exact scenario backstory.
2366559 you seem very anti-republic right now
think about these three things
1. the ponies in the goverment only want their tech
2. celestia not watching what is posted of books
3. calling the republic criminals and making a national day to what they think of luna....A MONSTER...DUN DUN DUN *dramatic pause*
so tell me how you would react to this
sun tyrent lover
I will blame Twilight if the Lunar Republic activates the Götterdämmerung and attack Equestria.
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Twilight you idiot.
This fic makes me dislike Luna more and more, she is so arrogant and she can only see things from her own perspective. She have to understand how Celestia must've felt after she left, did she think that CELeSTIA would be able to function normally and keep the written word under control?
did scootaloo follow them too or not
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You seem to be confused, I'm not saying her reaction was unrealistic, simply that it was the wrong choice. See she realistically made the wrong call. I'm pointing it out in hopes that the author plans in fact to make that the central conflict of the story, Luna coming to realize things aren't all Celestia's fault and making the hard choice to mend fences rather than the easy choice to burn bridges.
@Darthvalgaav...
On Chapter 14: Dawn of Truth...
1. I was almost surprised Gigawatt did not do a happy dance right there on the Town Hall stage; getting your way like that without having to do anything at all, is (metaphorically) having Lady Luck sashay up to you and giving you a long kiss with tongue .
2. I hope we will continue to see the trials of Princess Cadence & Midnight Blossom, even if the main story focus now shifts to the Lunar Republic. Hate may burn and scar deeply, but Love conquers and overcomes in the end.
3. I think it will be much more interesting, if not dramatic, to the story if Twilight has quietly transported Scootaloo to the Lunar Republic. It certainly would be an entertaing scene to read when Scootaloo wakes up in the Twilight's (or Shadow's) chambers in the Lunar Palace.
Story-wise, where-as Scootaloo provided Twilight Sparkle & Shadow Blade a touchstone to Equestria while on Equestria, she now would provide a (role-reversed) touchstone to Equestria while on the moon.
Besides, they have a promise to keep in "fixing" Scootaloo to become a genetically-corrected pegasus, and I cannot see the Lunar couple breaking that promise.
4. As I said before, I have been enjoying your Twilight Sparkle, Shadow Blade, & Scootaloo angle.
[Don LaFontaine voice]: In a world set apart from another world... Three orphans...brought together by chance (or Fate)...who just might find Family, with each other.
It almost guarantees to sell lots of "feel good movie of the year" tickets .
2367068 yes I'm confused I'm confused all the time there for all my comments are confusing which dos not help with me stop confused
Ugh I confused my self again
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Its still a bit much to physically attack someone over (however glaring and using the Royal Canterlot voice is quite acceptable).
Though I might understand if in the books Twilight read the authors explicitly state that this is what Celestia told them (though whether or not their outright lying or bending the truth by about 720 degrees is another matter entirely) or that she read and approved of their works (though if she did read their books it wouldn't have been the completed draft).
something is up. a thousand years is enough to make anyone see things, I smell something. This is WAY to convenient
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...You realize that with no air in space to carry the sound waves, any form of sonic weapon would be useless right?
maybe a certain purple Unicorn will realize once she clams down and analyzes the situation that all the issues she encountered in Equestria are reasons FOR the reunification, things that need to be fixed not reasons to give up.
I haven't liked how the Lunar Republic has been seemingly depicted at the "Good Guys", how ever their is plenty of story left to tell. I've also found Luna's behavior lacking nobility, but that's not wrong for the story, just a observation. Luna seems to really need to grow up an put the best interests of ALL ponies at the forefront, not just her Lunar Colony.
Slap that b***h!
2368012 yes sadly to use the mass bass cannon you need a air sphere that can only be casted by Luna around the wave for it to work we are developing runes to do the job but it will take a lot of time before we can develop it
Let alone we are busy making it more safe so we can't use it yet unless Luna approves of the action and we need it more for water holding domes which is more important at the moment
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You are right, there is still alot of story left to tell. In the next arc we will be on the moon and there will be flaws with them. As for Luna, well, as I said before I am keeping true to her personality and flaws as seen on the show. She does have a bit of temper as is very passionate. Or at least that's how it looks to me. As for Celestia, she will be trying to get Luna to understand what the deal is.
Well, this certainly took a nose-dive.
Mind you, I figured Twilight would read books to verify if this attitude was so pervasive. Still, having seen this, I can't fault Luna's reaction. Keep in mind, she's been jerked around during this whole affair. From seeing how Nocturne Ponies are treated in Equestria, to trying to resolve issues that have festered for over 1000 years with a sister who never seemed able to take necessary action. And now this, a report from her prized student, one well known for looking up and verifying facts, and after see-swing back and forth, it's only natural Luna would finally snap. Mind you Mantech1 had the right of it in terms of a more dramatic scene.
If, however, we are sticking with the established characterization, this fits.
Now, Luna is a flawed pony, we can all agree on this. So is Celestia, and heck so is just about every pony in the story thus far. Each has their own strengths, weaknesses and view-points. And taking all this into account, we can see how this escalates as it does. It's not that anypony in particular is wrong, so much as this is how flawed characters will interact, given what they can find out and understand from where they are. This adds depth to the characters, and layers to the narrative.
I sympathize more with the Empire than Equestria, but I'm not blind to how the flaws of their own arguments and views are going to bite them.
In turn, after this, we'll likely see some real character development from all ponies involved. With luck, it'll begin to show those who're on one side or the other, just what this universe is gearing up for.
Good chapter, by the way, and best of luck with the next ones.
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This is your lucky day, I specialize in Runic Magic. What you need for this problem is a set of linked Eight-point star burst arrays, at least five. Eight point arrays focus mainly on temporarily magnifying something already present. By magnifying a single 40 oz air canister with a linked set of arrays, one can easily create apprx. 3 cubic tonnes of O2. If more is needed, just add another array. This particular matrix design can handle as many as 10 linked arrays before it overloads. The resulting magnification lasts for 2.15 hrs before vanishing. A proper containment bubble requires a solution from the runic circle school of thought A five or six concentric ring design should work wonderfully to expand a proper containment bubble, so long as the shield is only designed to keep air in, any further enchantment would require massive amounts of power to fuel.
2369232 thank you now we can start building multiple runes for future dome development you have improved moon life my friend
May this be written in the books
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I'm not sure why the burden is on Luna here. She's been jerked around since setting foot on Equestria, and her responsibility, first and foremost, is to her kingdom, not to her sister's. Luna's not the one appealing to Celestia in this scenario; it's up to Celly to show Luna that Equestria has changed, not the other way around.
Seriously, why should Luna even care about the country that's demonized her and her subjects into cannibalistic monsters?
Well that escalated quickly
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A key flaw in your argument is this. Equestria IS Luna's country, she has just as much responsibly toward it as toward the Lunar Ponies. When Celestria and Luna clashed over what to do over the riots rather than confront Celestia by pressing the issue of the need to deal with things right away Luna took her followers and abandoned more than half her citizens. Splitting the kingdom like that was a mistake.
Another Key flaw in your argument, I'm not suggesting Celestia is innocent. One of mistakes was she should have been aware of how Equestria saw Luna and the Lunar Ponies, she should have known about it then she could have presented the problem to Luna in a controlled situation rather than a emotional outburst from an angry Twilight Sparkle. That she threw herself into ruling and didn't monitor history books to keep rampant speculation and rumors out of them was one of Celestia's biggest mistakes.
Of course characters making mistakes isn't the sign or a bad story, realistically they would make mistakes, and conflicts created by mistakes are great story drivers. Everyone has reasons they make mistakes, but it doesn't make what they did correct.