The fear for opposing ideologies grow as multiple nations expand their influence. Rarity and Applejack enlarged their territories, the Wonderbolt Commune will join in wars that the Communist Two Sisters would be part of, speaking of the castle, they recently just coerced the Everfree Opposition to give them the most resourceful land by sanctioning them.
For the bright side, the actual kingdoms, the Canterlot Reich and the Socialist Crystal Republic, have done nothing major so far that can increase the tension of everyone, well, at least in the shoes of a normal pony. Twilight remembers Fasces commanded his officers to look for the press, all because she gave him secret information stolen from the Wonderbolt Commune. Of course, he would be planning something very cruel, but the real question is how cruel?
Twilight walked out of her own castle, now more secured than ever by the national guards the autocrat has sent to defend. It probably won't hold off against most invasions, but this can make the others grab enough fear to not think about raiding it.
As she walks to the Ponyville Empire to check its conditions there, she heard a stampede behind her, and when she looked, it was a group of ponies wearing hats holding cameras and notepads with pencils on their ears. The massive stampede was heading forward to the Canterlot Reich pretty quickly, there must have been some exciting news that Fasces had announced. Twilight doesn't need to head there as well, she could easily see it at the Daily News.
She finally reached the inside of the fascist-filled country. It was more organized than the last time she was there to get her diplomat's suit. The guards kindly escorted families to different locations, nobody complained about economy whatsoever, so Twilight assumed that that problem was solved as well, and there were propaganda posters and graffiti placed all across the tall wall, the ponies who made that vandalism was either severely punished, rehabilitated, or they had the freedom to do so, which sounds unlikely in a fascist state.
Twilight walked nearer to the wall that separated the two countries, minor conflicts were still occurring between the two states, instead, they threw larger apples and we (By we, she means them. Why would Twilight be a part of it?) retaliated by using needles. Now the pain is real, looks like the method of turning the democrats into revolting have failed, no news have appeared of it so far, it could be just because Rarity has not released it to the press yet, like Twilight when she steals secret information from the socialist countries.
Near the wall, a voice can be heard shouting inside the empire. Many ponies started to run to the voice. Twilight described the voice as both familiar and confident, so she decided to check it out as well. As she started moving, it looked like she had no choice as the guards forced the resistant ponies to join the crowd. It could either be the democrats or the monarchs. Not the socialists, they all have probably moved to the Communist Two Sisters.
An almost uncountable amount of ponies gathered in the town square to see Rarity with her prepared speech in a few pieces of paper, like Twilight would have done when she had to do public speaking.
"..... and we will crush the nefarious oppositions that dare rise against both fashion and fascism!", Rarity exclaimed.
Ponies stomped their hooves in gratitude for protection from the authorities against the evil. One pony from the crowd asked Rarity a question. It looks like he has the right to, because he was one of the press conference.
"What are your plans now that you have claimed a democratic city?"
Rarity replied, "It's simple, really. I just have to fill it with clothes that say 'Anti-Democracy' and 'More Fascism'."
They started taking down the notes on every word Rarity has spoken out. It seems that this official event is about inspiring the society to put their faith and hope on the government, distracting them from the major issues, like all other fascist nations.
A few dozen minutes have passed as the speech ended with the citizens going back to their normal, yet controlled, lives, still looking more happier than ever, though nothing can compare to the happiness index of the Communist Two Sisters, there seems to be no resistance at all, despite the poor structuring.
Suddenly, Twilight can here suspicious hoof walking beside her, which led into an alley. The walking just sounded out of the ordinary, which is ironic because it is taking place in an out of the ordinary country, making it even more suspicious! She walked closer to the source of the sound, getting louder and louder each step on the way. Twilight had her mind fearing out, must be a pony who works for a secret soon-to-be revolution, or worse!
Twilight bravely jumped to the alley, with her horn prepared to defend herself, she found a pony with a coat covering its face. With no second to lose, the mysterious pony quickly ran away from Twilight to the darer part of the alley. Twilight, with curiosity, chased the pony in hopes to uncover the plans to overthrow any leaders. She got tired of the running, the covered pony was just too fast, if only there was something that can easily direct her to that pony. Oh, wait....
Twilight used her horn and teleported herself right in front of the pony, blocking its path to its desired location to hide. She raised her hoof reaching the hood that covered the pony, and as soon as she removed it from the pony.
It couldn't be.
The pony was pink, had both wings and a horn, and a crystal heart for a cutie mark. It was her, it was the pony that mysteriously vanished ever since the socialists took over her place. It was Princess Cadance.
Twilight was overjoyed by seeing her face, she might have answers into solving this crisis, "Cadance! I can't believe you're still ali-"
The magic from Cadance's horn sparked towards Twilight, stunning her for a few hours. All Twilight could feel now is being dragged by some pony.