//------------------------------// // Chapter 25: Twilight's Speech // Story: Prisoner and Savior: Part 2 // by efug25g //------------------------------// "Attention to all ponies and loyal citizens!! It is I, Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Ruler of Equestria!!!" Twilight's voiced boomed from all of the speakers throughout the major cities of Equestria. "I have returned from my hiatus only to bring forth dreadful news to every pony and creature in our honorable Land of Harmony!!!" At first, the ponies felt relieved that their beloved ruler is still alive and is seen in Canterlot. However, upon hearing the first of Twilight's speech, they all felt a dreadful chill crawling up their spines. Even Twilight's parents, who are within the crowd of gathered ponies, are fearing for the life of their daughter and all of Equestria. "Thirteen days ago during the time I disappeared from Equestria, I have experienced a whole new kind of horror and a whole new threat that came from beyond the stars. Out there, outside of our planet, we are not alone. For their is a whole new race of creatures unlike anything I have seen before with my own two eyes. They happen to come from another world apart from our own." As all the creatures murmured to themselves in shock, they were a bit nervous about what is Twilight going to say next. Before long, Twilight summons a huge flat screen TV that appeared right behind her. The moment she removed herself away from the broadcasting screen. In a horrified discovery, the ponies and all of their friends see strange, skinned-colored tall two-legged creatures dragging various innocent aliens around in ropes as they hauled them into the mines against their will on the first scene in Twilight's flat screen TV. In the same first scene, most of the innocent creatures being dragged around are seen with metal slave collars while they are working in the mines, with a blank expression on their faces. Princess Twilight uses her magic to change the TV only for her to show the rest of her friends and subjects in the next scene that the same two-legged monsters are unleashing destruction and conquest in more than one planet outside of Equestria. The face of every pony in Equestria is trembling with fear the moment they see the violence unfolding on the flat screen. Some even exclaimed in horror when the saw that the ships that strange creatures are operating were destroying everything on sight, sending millions of innocent aliens running for their lives, reducing buildings to rubble, knocking down towers left and right, and sending many forests in various planets on fire. "We, Equestrian ponies are all facing a whole new threat that will stop at nothing to enslave our children, our friends, our families, and our loved ones. From the account of my allied sources, they brought this act of madness and violence upon countless civilizations in the past. They are not here to accept our friendship for their destructive actions are deemed to be very disturbing and merciless." In the third scene of Twilight's broadcasting flat screen, she shows her friends and her subjects her new enemies up close as they are seen armies of hostile creatures marching in line formations with banners being raised from behind their ranks. "They happen to be monsters unlike anything we ponies have ever faced in the past. They possess insidious weapons of destruction, technology that even I have yet to comprehend, and ships who have the ability to travel through space and time!!! They are relentless! They are crazed! They are traitors that don't care about innocent lives for their hatred to all living things is immense!!!" From Ponyville, most of the students both from Cheerilee's school and from the School of Friendship are all seeing Princess Twilight's broadcast from all of the classrooms. When Twilight was showing the frightening images of the new hostile creatures, all of the fillies, mares, and colts gasped in fear. Even Starlight Glimmer and Trixie's eyes widened with shock and horror upon seeing what Twilight has on her magical flatscreen. In the fourth scene of the Princess' broadcasting screen, they all see another planet that Twilight's new enemies came from. From the ominous look from afar, the ponies and their friends see dark buildings and flying objects hovering in straight directions. In the next second, they see a huge, dark citadel that has banners symbolizing an evil alien society. "They are none other than a hostile alien race known as the Sectanium and Mandor Empire!!! They are stubborn, insensitive fighters and warriors that will not rest until they see every corner of the galaxy, including our world, transformed into a living paradise of nightmares, slavery, and suffering!!!" All at the same time, Starlight, Trixie, Cheerliee, the Young six at the School of Friendship, Twilight's unicorn friends in Canterlot, and every pony in the Equestrian cities started murmuring in shock from what Princess Twilight is saying during her broadcasting speech. Most of their hearts are turning pale with dread and fright as they all stood there shivering and sweating out of their wits. "They prowl the galaxy like ravenous wolves, consuming everything in our path. I may have escaped a cruel fate while under their mercy, but their horrendous warpath is just getting started!!! They are obsessed of hurting and robbing innocent lives in order to recover from their personal losses in the most inappropriate, disrespectful, and unforgivable methods. As long as those vile creatures remain at large, no pony, creature, or innocent alien will ever be safe from their ferocious might!!!" The ponies all started to shiver in fear, thinking that they will bear witness to what Princess Twilight had experienced before she came back to Equestria. However, Twilight managed to stay cool as she continued with her speech in referring her ponies to another faction of creatures that stood up against the Sectanium and Mandor Empire for quite some time. The moment Twilight changed the magic flat screen to the 5th slide, she shows them a group of humans raising another banner above their heads while another fleet of ships loomed over from behind their ranks. "Do not fret, every pony!!! For I have encountered another mixed race of creatures that are struggling all the way to this very day in protecting the lives of their sons and daughters. They fought desperately and valiantly against this vile alien empire for quite some time. I saw them as new friends from far away places, likely those who have lost their homes no thanks to the monsters looming near our doorstep. They all fight for justice and for freedom, in hopes of bring light back into the galaxy's heart of darkness, giving back hope to the innocent." At first, most of the ponies were totally confused on what Twilight is getting at. Before they could protest, Zeck Stone made his appearance as his naval officer uniform is shining very bright upon on the broadcasting screen on Twilight's right. At the same time, Derek Wellington, who is also wearing his white naval uniform and cap, makes his appearance on Twilight's left. Every pony and creature outside of Canterlot was awestruck by two creatures that they haven't seen before in all their life. In the next minute, Twilight finally introduces her new friends to all of Equestria. "They are known as the United Freedom Fighters or UFF for short. They are heroes and soldiers who raise honorable, flying colors to protect the weak and helpless. Recently, I have made contact with several of their leaders for they are requesting aid when the Sectanium Empire is using powers that they are no match against. They may have been fighting a losing battle against those vile creatures, but I end up giving the Sectaniums a total fright right in front of the UFF, much to their interest and astonishment. Because I'll do anything to protect my friends both inside and outside of Equestria, I have declared their allegiance to the UFF with the approval of most of our government forces in order to halt the evil aliens' advance towards us." Just as Zeck and Derek approached to the balcony to discuss their speech with the ponies and creatures of Equestria via translator, Dialuria and her team was hiding behind one of the buildings from within Canterlot's walls. At the start of Twilight's speech, Dialuria's team made their way up the mountains above Canterlot in just two days as they tried to get a good view of the city's internal layouts with her cyber binoculars while avoiding guard patrols outside of the city gates. The gadget has a long-range sight of 1,000 miles. Through the sight of her cyber binoculars, Dialuria could see Twilight standing on top of a balcony of some sort of palace while uphold a massive, broadcasting speech that she didn't understand. Not that it matters, Dialuria is still trying to find a way to infiltrate the palace to locate two of their captured comrades. The next thing she saw through her cyber binoculars is a underground tunnel that leads to the river below the mountains Dialuria's team is hiding at. She sees this as an opportunity to sneak inside the palace unnoticed. However, about 10 guards are positioned their to reinforce the checkpoint near the tunnels. Dialuria stood by as she makes her report to the Empress via earbud comm-link. "Your majesty, we believe that the Royal Consort is somewhere held up in a large white palace in the middle of a white city crawling with ponies wearing strange guard armor. However, the tunnels leading underneath the palace are lightly defended. Shall we proceed?" "Negative!! We have yet to understand the full strength of the army that will be awaiting us in Equis. For now, return to base. I will be heading close to Equis' orbit shortly." "Copy, over and out!!!" Upon heeding the Empress' orders, Dialuria gave the order to her men to used their personal teleporters to head back to their scout ship. After Zeck and Derek made their introductions to the ponies of Equestria at Canterlot, there is some controversial responses coming in from the crowd. Some are feeling skeptical, just like Luna, into aiding them in dealing with the alien invaders while others insisted on helping them out for the sake of their beloved ruler for they fear that their children and their other friends will become next. Eventually, Twilight resumes her speech as she initiates her decision in holding their ground against an attack from the Sectanium Empire. "Because I accidentally caused several counts of commotion in front of those monsters before I escaped, let alone helped my friends in the UFF escape from their terrible fate, it's only a matter of time before the rest of the evil aliens will launch an all-out attack upon us. As the Ruler of Equestria, it is my duty to protect every pony and every creature in the Land of Harmony by all means. Since the UFF are going to make there stand in Canterlot, there will no running away from a fight. We will fight back to drive the invaders away from Equestria with the aid of UFF for we are the Guardians of Harmony. We are the kingdom of free ponies!! We are the warriors of Equestria!!! We are heroes of Equestria!!! There will be no surrender and no holding back!!! Our future and our friendship all depends on it!!" Twilight shouted in a Royal Canterlot voice on broadcast. "Therefore, we help those in need for the sake of Equestria's Friendship. FIGHT FOR OUR BROTHERS!!! FIGHT FOR OUR SISTERS!! FIGHT FOR OUR FRIENDS!! FIGHT FOR OUR LOVED ONES!!! FIGHT....FOR.....EQUESTRIA!! At the end of her broadcasting speech, Princess Twilight Sparkle raised her right hoof up to the sky while spreading her wings out wide while still standing on the palace balcony. As the ponies from all the cities of Equestria cheered for Twilight, the Pillars of Equestria finally appeared from within the crowd in the palace square as they entered the palace to make preparations for a counterattack against the alien invaders from Sacreus. Right after her speech, Twilight was finally greeted by the pillars, several of the Royal Guard commanders, and several leaders from Equestria's allied nations. From what Twilight told Zeck earlier when he first used the translator, she did remind him that she has several nations who accepted the banner of her friendship a few years back hence why she and her ponies were able to get along with most of the nations. In fact, Zeck couldn't help but feel anxious on who do the other allied leaders would look like in-person. For Xul, she was pretty amazed that Twilight was able to make it this far when spreading friendship in the planet that she is currently living, without any hatred or animosity thanks to the aid of her pony friends. As she was observing how Twilight was socializing with the other creatures without fear or prejudice during her speech, Fluttershy and Rarity came up to Xul with worried expressions. Thankfully, Zeck was able to make a second translator during their stay in the Canterlot Palace. In fact, Zeck gave Xul another translator for her to wear around her neck as if it was a necklace. "So Xul, are you still feeling troubled about what will ever become of your homeland?" Fluttershy asked in a concerning manner. "Yes, I am. I only wish Vanista was able to see things the way Twilight did when going down a similar path." Xul thought as she felt depressed over losing her best friend Vanista to the dark power possessing her. "From what Mistress Celestia and Mistress Luna told me about Twilight, I must say, she's actually a lot better in getting along with the other nations here." "Well, you have us ponies to thank for." Fluttershy said as the rest of the Mane 5 appeared before Xul with happy faces. "Twilight may be pretty crazy and zealous when it comes to dealing monsters but she's actually a very nice mare." "Did any of you ladies get scared of her when she was next in line to rule over these lands?" Pam asked as she appeared behind Xul in a nervous tone. "Are you kidding?!" Rainbow grinned in amusement while hovering in mid-air a few feet off the ground. "We all known Twilight for a long time. Of course not!! Besides, she already made the best friends that any pony could ever have." "After all, she already did some really great deeds for us, darling." Rarity smiled with happy glee. "It's the least we can do to pay her back." Xul couldn't imagine just how cute and lovely they are when the Mane 5 was smiling at her. Upon seeing the Mane 5, Xul smiled back, feeling a bit relieved that she might be able to try again in accepting friendship in another world apart from the world that she came from. And someday, Xul's homeland will be liberated once the war is over. Who knows? Maybe the ponies in Equestria can help make a difference despite being just ordinary pastel horses. Since Twilight already made herself an honorable and powerful example of in alien monarchy, Xul understood that a nation like this is not to be underestimated.