The Eternal Crown

by Lin


Part 1 The Ancient Story

Once upon a longer time, in the troubled land of Equestria.

There were two tyrants who fought against each other,and created wars for all the land.

To do this, they forcibly recruited the plebeians to wage war in an attempt to annex each other and dominate the world.

The war smoke covered and blackened the sky, the sun and the moon were fickle.

Generations of plebeians had been sacrificed on the battlefield, and the next generations of plebeians had been requisitioned one after another. The war never stopped.

But the two tyrants still had never been able to expand their territory by any inch, and they vowed never give up.

So, in order to satisfy their ambitions, the two frenzied tyrants unleashed the Dark Magic:

The Eternal Life Spell.

They enchanted the spell on the sacred artifacts that symbolized their status, and in order to consolidate their domination, they also cast more other spells so that the sacred artifacts could not be destroyed, and only could be taken off by themselves.

The oppressed plebeians had to continue obeying their tyrants, making the war endless.

But as time went on, the plebeians began to be dissatisfied with the tyrants who had long occupied the throne, demanding that they hoofed over their power.

However, the cunning tyrants had long been prepared to deceive them:

They would give the throne to their descendants,in order to continue their ambitions.

Actually, they had no descendant yet, no pony knew who it was, so no pony realized that this transfer of power was actually a patrimonialism.

It was only a matter of time for the powerful tyrants to have descendants.

And immortality wasn’t limited by time.

However, the tyrants never expected that the Eternal Life Spell had a side effect:

Infertility.

Therefore, the time of hoofing over the throne was delayed centuries by centuries, and they did not trust anypony around them.

In order to maintain their eternal rule, they had to use more brutal means to suppress the plebeians and make them dare not oppose.

The war still never stopped yet.

Gradually, the land began unable to withstand the pressure of long wars, and resources became scarce.

The plebeians begged the tyrants could open up their hoarded granaries and save their humble lives.

Tyrants, of course, didn’t care about their lives at all.

The anger that had accumulated countless generations of oppression had finally erupted.

The plebeians finally realized that they were nothing more than tyrants' tools of war.

They took up their weapons and began to resist the tyrants who had oppressed them for thousands of years.

However, the cowardly plebeians were not the opponents of the powerful tyrants at all. Again, countless generations were entangled in this war.

As the time went by, the tyrants also found that their granaries were almost exhausted.

Obviously,it’s no way to expect plebeians to turn in anything.

Finally, under the dual pressure of popular resistance and lack of resources, the tyrants had no choice.

They knelt in front of the plebeians and took off the holy artifacts by themselves.

The moment the sacred artifacts were just taken off, the moment when the blessing of the Eternal Life Spell was lost.

The longevity had stopped tens of thousands of years recalculated at once, which was far beyond physical tolerance.

The two tyrants were turned into the stone immediately, and then ashed.

The holy artifacts fell onto the ground, not only no one dared to go forward to get them, but also stay away.

Who could lead everyone to peace, who could restore this barren land, and who could clean up this mess?

Who wouldn’t be confused by power and not become the next eternal tyrant?

Suddenly, there were two sisters who rushed out of the crowd.

They scooped up the holy artifacts that fell to the ground with their slender unicorns, put them on, and announced:

"From now on, our two sisters will lead everyone to rebuild this place and create harmony for all the land!"

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As for the later story, I believe you must have known it.

Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria……