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// Wednesday 
// Story: Sunbeam 
// by TheMajorTechie 
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Wednesday: Day 1 since Celestia's return

It's been hardly two days since Celestia and the guards returned to Canterlot. I'd expected that their mission would take a day or two, but... well, it took less than a single day. Hundreds of deaths were reported on both sides. Instead of taking the Whirlybirds back to Canterlot, Celestia herself arrived in a giant, flaming fireball. The noble-led royal guards followed close behind in the remaining Whirlybirds. The impact from her landing rocked the entire city. Literally.

Short to say, Celestia looks... different now. Her rainbow mane and tail are gone now, replaced instead by fire, and her eyes... ugh, it gives me the chills. Whatever it was that happened out there, it was not good.

But anyway, that's enough about last night. Yesterday I was too busy listening to the reports on the radio to do much writing. It's been made official that the Royal Guards have now been renamed to the Sunbeam Corps of Equestria. I don't know who or where the name came from, but apparently there are more branches of the army that are going to be made soon. The petrified statue that Luster Dawn and her friends were watching was also reported to be obliterated by yesterday morning, with Luster Dawn herself having since gone missing. Celestia has fully retaken the throne, forcing aside Starlight Glimmer. I have no word on how the nobles feel about it, but I know that the ones in the Sunbeam Corps have wholeheartedly cheered on the takeover.

For now though, it seems that some of the ponies speaking out in concern about Celestia have mysteriously vanished. Some of them were known to have run away like Starlight Glimmer, but others like Luster Dawn... I'm not sure if they're even alive anymore. I've heard that some ponies have even begun to be dragged from their homes and forced into the new army units, though for the most part, it seems that the Sunbeam Corps is the umbrella unit that everyone's been drafted into so far. I don't know how much longer it will be before Mom or Dad is dragged into it as well. Celestia herself hasn't spoken on the radio again since she arrived.

As it stands, it looks like Equestria has won its war against Klugetown, at the cost of itself.