//------------------------------// // Post-Series Special 17: A Letter to Mom (Five Years Later) // Story: Unpleasant Correspondence // by StormLuna //------------------------------// Dear Mom, Well we decided to write you to let you know of some of the changes we have made. I decided to take care of protecting this nation. I decided that a mere royal guard will no longer be enough given the threats out there. I have created a military that will protect our nation from foes, both foreign and domestic. I decided to dethrone Shining Armor and he is now in charge of the unicorn army. While he can't be everywhere at once, he is making decisions on where to place the ones most well suited for that region. I have placed Flash Magnus in charge of the pegasi and he has the same duties as his unicorn counterpart. I have also created a national intelligence agency. Unlike it has been in the past, we now have spies stationed across not just Equestria, but the whole world. This way, hopefully we will not have any more surprise invasions like it was with the Storm King nor will we have to wait until an attack was to happen in the event that Tambelon was to rise from the depths and we have to deal with the real Grogar. I have also been put in place of some domestic issues, such as travel to and from Equestria by both Equestrians and creatures from abroad. I believed that it was in the nation's best interests to monitor such travel so for creatures from abroad to come to Equestria, they must have a passport. Also, if our citizens travel abroad, they must have a passport to re-enter the country. Regarding immigration, for right now Twilight and I have decided that it would be best if we do not allow outsiders to relocate to Equestria. If a time comes that we believe it will benefit the nation economically, we will perhaps allow limited immigration....but never will any creature from Klugetown be allowed in. ---Starlight *** Mom, While my elder sister, who is extremely hot might I add, has taken control of various aspects of governing this great nation, I have taken control of the others. For instance, Starlight and I have discussed things and we have decided that we shall continue to be in charge of issuing marriage licenses and like it was with you, very few hetero licenses will be issued each decade. Also I have taken control of the education system from the EEA. I have decided that it would be best for the locals to operate the schools as they see fit since they know what is necessary in their region. Also, I have decided to require student visas for non-Equestrians to come and study here. The visas will not be cheap and there will not be very many issued because we do want to weed out those who may be undesirables and cause problems....and like it was with Starlight's immigration policy, no creature from Klugetown may come to Equestria to study. Now when it comes to annoying things like court, the two of us have decided to charge ponies a fee for inconveniencing us along with a 10% cut of whatever money they may be awarded in monetary cases. We also only have it four days a week because we decided that Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays will be reserved for sisterly bonding unless there is either a national emergency or you and Aunt Luna was to come to visit. -- Twilight *** Also, the two of us wound up giving Rarity and Fluttershy to our friends up here and a couple weeks after that, we dissolved Cadence's marriage to Shining Armor and she is now the property of our friends and all....hell we even made titles for them so that they will be legally recognized as the property of those four. Oh and on a final note, we threw Blueblood in Tartarus so our friends would have the castle they wanted....he was always a drain on resources anyway so everypony wins, right? Your Daughters, Goddess-Queen Starlight Glimmer & Goddess-Queen Twilight Sparkle Twilight and Starlight, Sweet Mother Faust, you two have taken things to levels that I would never imagine. Starlight, I am very impressed with your concerns over national security. I can't help but wonder that if I didn't have your foresight and concerns over villains, perhaps Equestria may not have had so many issues during my reign. The real army thing will aid in protecting Equestria and the whole thing regarding the intelligence agency and having spies both abroad and at home is a stroke of pure genius! I am also thrilled to see that you have decided to require passports for travel, again something I so foolishly overlooked during my reign. Now I am also glad that you aren't allowing outsiders to relocate to Equestria. It is obvious that you care deeply about not just Equestria but carrying on and improving upon my legacy. Twilight, I am happy with what you have done as well. I am happy to see that you did not turn the marriage license approval over to local governments. I can only imagine how many horrible marriages would arise if such a thing were allowed. It is good to see that you are also carrying on my legacy and improving upon it. At least now I know I won't have to worry about Pinkie Pie marrying her R-63 self. I also like the fact that you did away with the EEA and are allowing local governments to handle the local schools. I swear, I look at what you and Starlight are doing and realize that the two of you are smarter and have more foresight than I do. I am also happy to see that you have instituted this student visa program and that they will be few in number and won't be cheap. I know that you won't allow any undesirables to come in perhaps take advantage of our system and then head home, never to contribute to the economy of the nation that educated them. I am so proud of you girls, you have grown so much over the time I have known you. Twilight, I do want to issue my deepest apologies to how I have treated you over the years. I know now that I was the worst mother in the history of Eqqus and that I deserve all the hate you showed for so long. I am happy that our relations did thaw and that you will think of me as your mother now. Starlight, I too am sorry for what I did. I know I should never have just pawned you off on your father. I know that I should have raised both you and your sister myself, regardless of what the citizens of Equestria would have thought. Had I done what was right, I know you two would have likely grown up to become infinitely powerful without needing to be ascended that far....well that and Twilight not having to put up with PETA girl constantly denying her what she deserves. Again I am so proud of you two. Love, Your Very Proud Mother P.S. I am so glad to see that Flutterbitch, Rarity and that easy niece of mine got what they deserved! I am certain that Colgate and her friends are having so much fun with those three. Hopefully they're being slobs and making their domestic duties more difficult! Dear Mom, There are a couple of other things that we wanted to bring up. Now I'm certain when you looked in that crystal ball you saw all my Ponyville friends had moved on but that hasn't happened thanks to me, well except for PETA Girl and Rarity of course. I made sure that they stayed put to teach at the school but I did have to find a new generosity professor and a new kindness professor. I decided to hire Sugar Belle as the kindness professor since her legs aren't strong enough for apple bucking and I made a real sweet offer to Coco Pommel to come and teach generosity so don't worry, the school is running fine. Also, Starlight cast a come to life spell on her plant Phyllis and it is doing a great job running the place! Don't think I didn't forget about the need for a guidance counselor either, I wound up hiring Iron Will for that job and those students certainly have a lot more confidence and are becoming very assertive! Now as you know I am running the magic school now and I found myself in a bit of a pickle, one you're probably very familiar with. There is this one student, Luster Dawn, who is really good at magic. Now she still isn't as good as I was at that age but she does have a problem when it comes to socializing and making real friends....sounds so familiar! Anyway, I and Starlight decided to create a holiday to celebrate our superiority and how we are making this nation even better. The host for the most recent celebration was Ponyville so I sent her down to help set things up. Now you're probably going to get a laugh out of this. I told her that she would have to make friends if everything was to go right. Now I did troll her bad because I talked to Pharynx and had him transform into some evil monster that Luster and the ponies I found for her to make miserable, I mean befriend, to run out of town. Well Luster still hadn't befriended anypony yet but the funny thing is that it was Starlight's protege that got Pharynx to return to his own form. Now isn't that hilarious, it was up to my protege but it was Starlight's that gets the job done? If I didn't get so much joy out of making Luster Dawn miserable, I'd simply drop her and make her lousy parents take her back. Now I have a magic student who is constantly writing to me bitching about how she wants to come home, claiming she could have learned enough to ascend herself into an Alicorn and rule the country had I not banished her to a third world hellhole. Hey, that little bitch should be glad I'm letting her live in the castle down there! I could have forced her to move to the apple farm and had Applejack put her to work! Now for what is the funniest, there is this relative of PETA girl's that lives in her cottage down there named Bunny Tracks. She is a pegasus and Luster is failing constantly in her fruitless attempts to initiate her and whining non-stop! It is hilarious, bucking hilarious to see her be so miserable! Oh and you remember that worthless guard who hit on me when I returned from the human world? Well Starlight and I have been studying some very ancient spells and I learned a really neat one. I cast a spell to imprison him in a painting and then I burned the painting, ridding Equestria of him. Starlight did something similar to Sunburst but I'll let her tell you about it. Anyway, we've been having fun making Equestria a better place, punishing undesirables with ancient spells and of course our three day weekends of sisterly bonding are always the best! -- Twilight P.S. In the event you are wondering what happened to Spike, I decided to loan him to Luster Dawn because we had no spare dragon eggs and both Starlight and I felt it was beneath us to have to go out and find one for her to hatch. For now, Spike is being disobedient (upon my orders) and is making Luster's life more miserable than it would be without him. I swear, after sisterly bonding, seeing Luster being miserable is the best thing there is! *** Mom, I'm pretty sure you are impressed with all the things Twilight has done but I have done good things of my own. You know how competitive Twilight and I have always been? Well I decided to open my own magic school and take in my own protege, Bright Beam and she is one hell of a good protege. She is one of those types that is constantly outshining her friends, both in the classroom and the bedroom. Now I did want to give her a challenge but let me tell you a little something about how she got that challenge. You know how Sunbust or whatever the fuck his name was took on the role of vice-schoolmaster down there in Ponyville? Well I heard he had been flirting with some of the female students down there so I went down to Ponyville to take care of that problem. You see, Twilight and I have been studying ancient spells so I used him as a guinea pig for one of them. I cast a spell to cause him to melt into a pool of liquid and then boil away so he is no more! Pretty sweet, huh? Now back to Bright Beam, she is so good at magic and friendship that I put her in as vice-head mare down there and she is doing a spectacular job! I am so proud of her and who knows, I may decide to bring Phyllis up to the palace eventually and have Bright Beam become the full blown head mare down there because the students do seem to like her. What a shame though that Twilight's protege turned out to be such a disappointment. Now will Bright Beam ever do enough to earn her wings, I'm not sure. Thing is, there really isn't much in the way of threats or anything to warrant transforming more unicorns into Alicorns but if she remains well liked at the school, I may cast a longevity spell on her because hey, a good head mare will bring in more students, right?...anyway, Love ya mom! --- Starlight P.S. Another thing about Bright Beam, it was her who stopped this monster that attacked our festival when it was Twilight's protege that was supposed to do so. I'm so proud of her, she is a true gem! Twilight's protege though, not so much. She couldn't even get Twilight and I our meals in a timely manner so we had to use magic to reheat them! To My Daughters, I swear, you two make me prouder with each passing day. What you two did with those undesirables was amazing! Those ancient spells are pretty amazing and to think, had any of us thought to study those back in the day we could have literally turned PETA girl into a tree but hey, Colgate and her friends got a good maid and sex slave out of her so everything turned out just fine there. I had always hoped that Flash Sentry and Sunburst would meet untimely deaths, especially cool ones. I can only imagine how Flash's screams of pain must have been as the flames consumed the painting Twilight imprisoned him in and I can only imagine how horrible the pain must have been for Sunburst as he boiled away into nothing. I suppose now we have more ways, much funner ways, to punish undesirables when we need to rid this world of them. My advice, let's start with the hydras and the tatzlwurms and then work our way from there. Those things are a genuine threat to Equestria and if we can eradicate them, the country will be safer. Oh and Twilight, if Luster causes you too many problems, cast a longevity spell on her, make her suffer for a few hundred years and then do the whole painting thing.....and don't forget to fine her parents! Your Very Proud Mother, Celestia P.S. Twilight, I am glad you told Spike to be disobedient and make Luster's life even worse. You'll have to let me know if you eventually break her the way I broke Sunset Shimmer, Radiant Hope and every other protege before you. I hope you're able to string her along for a hell of a long time before breaking her because it certainly sounds like she isn't deserving of getting wings and is deserving of suffering and suffering a lot.