=///CNN\\\=
"Good afternoon! Welcome to CNN, I am Todd Williams..."
"And I am Samantha Kriss, here today with more news concerning the unknown continent." She pauses to let the lead anchor talk.
"That is correct! With news coming in from the US president himself, we are notified that the inhabitants of this unknown continent were not only transported here by unknown circumstances, but seems to want to have friendly relations with us." Todd says before letting Samantha talk.
"Yes, if any of you don't believe this, check out this footage from the White House front lawn, where the president addressed the nation about the situation." Samantha says before the feed changes to show the president in front of a podium.
"My fellow Americans, today is a day we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Over the course of many days, the nation... no, the world waits in anticipation as our diplomatic team made first contact with beings from another world. Not from space, nor from Mars, but from our very own planet, Earth." He paused before continuing.
"As we waited to hear the news from the diplomatic team, many of us began to speculate, I myself am guilty of this. Are they friendly? Are they hostile? Why are they here? Why is the solar system different? So many questions yet none of them answered..." He took a breath before talking once more.
"But today, a few hours ago, we received news from the diplomatic team. What they said was shocking to say the least. They, the inhabitants of the new continent, came here on accident and... they managed to adjust the solar system to their own liking, making it similar to their old world..." Lots of gasps and murmurs were heard behind the camera. The president raised his arm as a way to hush them, it worked.
"Rest assured, though, these new inhabitants are friendly, their leaders are benevolent and it shows. Though they possess powers unimaginable, they will not use said powers for evil, but for the betterment of both species. They also apologized for adjusting the solar system, they were not aware of that, even though it costed all space agencies a lot of money." A couple of chuckles can be heard from behind the camera.
"In 3 days time, the leaders of the new countries will visit New York City for the UN Emergency meeting being held at the UN Headquarters. I ask for you all to be respectful to our new neighbors, and hopefully, our new friends..." The president seemed to sigh.
"For everyone that are still unsure about this, do not fret, we will stand united in these uncertain times. Not as Americans, Russians, nor Chinese, but as one species, humanity. We may have had our differences in the past but hopefully, we as humans will put that aside, not only for us, but for our new neighbors as well. Unfortunately, that is all for now, may god bless America, and may god bless humanity..."
=/// Crystal Empire \\\=
It has been the fifth day since the continent of Equestria was teleported to another world. Being teleported to another world basically brought many wonders to the Crystal Empire, not only because of the fact that the average temperature of the empire's territory began to rise until it reached an average temperature of 14°-23° celsius, it is because the Crystal Empire is basically 3,500,000 kilometers closer to the equator than before on Equus. The snow and ice that should have blanketed the northern part of Equestria is now melting away and there is news that plants such as grass and flowers are starting to bloom near the border between the Crystal Empire and United Kingdom of Equestria.
Empress Cadance couldn't be more exhausted, for the past few days, she had been busy coordinating the Empire's expansion project in the north of the Equestria continent to all aspects, starting from the development of agriculture, infrastructure, and colonialism in areas that were previously part of the Republic of Yayakstan.
Unfortunately for Empress Cadance, she barely has time to spend with her daughter. Her husband on the other hoof doesn't really help her with her job, mostly spending a significant part of his time playing O&O with his high school friends. When she started to think about taking a rest on her very comfortable bed (it's extremely soft), she suddenly heard a letter pop above her head.
Cadance caught the letter with her telekinesis before it had the chance to hit the floor. When she decided to look closely at the letter, she saw that it had *the* sun seal, this showed that this letter was sent directly from Celestia herself. For a moment, she puts the letter away, she's too tired to deal with a letter. Though, after careful consideration, she decided to look at the letter, it did come from Celestia. Cadance's heart started to beat faster, she was really afraid that Celestia had heard about her little colonialism project in the north of the continent and that would be bad because of the fact she forgot to inform her, having an entire Empire to look after can do that to an alicorn.
With anticipation, she began to open the seal and start to read the letter.
Dear Empress Mi Amore Cadenza
I'm sorry my dear niece if this letter came by surprise, this is because of all of the incidents that befell our humble nations.
If you still haven't heard what happened yesterday, the natives of this world we now live in just visited Manehattan yesterday morning.
With them, they brought with a fleet of warships in their first attempt to contact us. If you are panicking, do not fret, they came with the intentions of diplomacy. Though, from the looks of their behavior, they seem to be very cautious towards us Now, you may ask why that is so, if you keep on reading, I'll explain why.
The reason behind their cautiousness is because they have never came into contact with other sentient species. Why? It is because they are the only sentient species on this planet, and our sudden arrival to their world caused... lets say, 'a lot of ruckus'.
So, in order to calm down the natives of this world, I decided to visit their international organization which they call the 'United Nations', where representatives of countries around the world gather to discuss about global matters. Just think of this like the 'League of Nations' organization that we have back in Equus.
From what the ambassador of the nation called the 'United States of America' said, this meeting would be held in less than 3 days in 'New York City', on the continent they call 'North America'. From what I have heard, they say there are more than 195 countries in the world. Though, I'm not sure if it's because this world they call 'Earth' is bigger than Equus or because their people really are so divided.
Keep in mind that they are still unaware that Equestria wasn't the only kingdom that teleported to 'Earth', so I'd like to invite you to join this meeting and be the Crystal Empire representative to the United Nations.
I will be awaiting for your response. If you are interested in joining this meeting, I have rerouted a train from Manehattan to the Crystal City.
- From your dear aunt, Celestia Radiants
Cadance lowered the paper and started to think for several minutes. She actually still hadn't heard about the arrival of the United States of America in Manehattan, she was simply too busy with bureaucracy and taking care of her baby, her husband really wasn't that much help in both categories.
Though, something like this wasn't something that would come around often. She wanted to also announce the existence of the Crystal Empire to this world and possibly open up trade with them. Her empire's economy had started to decline due to the loss of foreign customers such as the Yaks. The Empire would usually export energy crystals to other countries or received the service of refining crystals for the needs of neighboring nations.
So, even though she was exhausted from so much work, she had to start opening up relations and trade with native nations of this planet to prevent further economic decline. What was the point of new colonial territories and agricultural projects if her empire did not have enough money to build the infrastructure to develop them?
Cadance then took a piece of paper and a single quill from her desk and started writing her reply.
Dear Aunt Celestia
Yes, I would be happy to come along with you to visit the 'United Nations' meeting'. I will prepare to go to Manehattan on the train you have rerouted immediately. I will leave Flurry Heart to the royal nurse to take care of her.
- From your niece, Cadance.
After finishing writing the letter, Cadance then rolled up the paper and stamped it with the seal of the Crystal Heart symbol. She then took a box containing magic matchsticks, these magic matchsticks were used to send letters to people who were at a distance. It was basically an on-the-go portable Spike her sister-in-law has.
With the flick of her magic, the matchsticks catches aflame. She set the matchstick near the letter and proceeded to burn it, turning it to ashes. All of what's left of the letter will float towards the destination that the burner wants without casting a spell. Though a genius piece of pony innovation, this magic tool is one of the main factors that caused Equestria and all of Equus to never develop a mobile cellphone.
After sending the letter to Celestia, Cadance then went to her advisor to inform that she was planning to go to Manehattan to participate in a meeting with representatives of the native world countries. She didn't bother to tell her husband the important news herself because she was sure that he was at some bar, hanging out with old friends. She ordered for her schedule to be cleared for a week so she wouldn't be overwhelmed by the Empire's bureaucracy when she came back. She also told her advisor that Emperor Shining Armor will be leading the Crystal Empire while she's away. She had lots of fate in her husband despite him hanging out with old friends from time to time. With that, she visited the royal nursery to leave her baby so that she would be well taken care of.
She sighed a long sigh, it was going to be a difficult time.
=/// Manehattan Plaza \\\=
It was 8 AM in the Manehattan Plaza, Princess Celestia once again coordinated preparations for breakfast with the American ambassador and his fellow people. This time though, they won't have pineapple pizza on the table, it was absolutely horrific seeing the human lash out like a zombiquine in those comics she read in her breaks. They also imported 'bacon' and 'fish' from the provinces of New Mexicolt and Texson to meet the need for human diet because of the many marines (she still thought that was an odd group), and the human sailors indirectly complaining about the lack of meat on the dining table. As much as Celestia didn't want to see this carnivorous product on the dining table, she must try her best to please the humans as much as possible so they will have a good attitude towards her ponies.
They will also intend to discuss plans for their visit to New York City to participate in a meeting at the UN headquartes. This was because the Americans basically still hadn't told them where 'New York City' was. From her memory, she didn't think that they even told her the distance between her and their nation.
Ambassador Alex said that her approval and planning for the arrival of Equestrian to America was moving very slowly. She was actually not surprised by this because with her knowledge, democracy is basically politicians gathering and arguing for hours without coming to a mature conclusion, compared to an Equestrian absolute monarchy where she can directly decide foreign policy decisions quickly without being slowed down by the bureaucracy. Though she really didn't show it, this made her proud of herself for not allowing such an inferior governing system to spread beyond the local provincial government.
After the last dish of food was placed by the plaza maid on the dining table, the breakfast can begin. Celestia ordered her royal guards to send invitations to the human's naval admiral to have breakfast in the plaza. Hopefully, things will go smoothly this time around.
=///20 minutes later\\\=
Ambassador Alex and Admiral Jordy once again came to the plaza. Alongside the two, they also had 489 human sailors and marines and this time, the admiral made it clear to all personnel that if anyone started acting crazy like last night, their ass would be stationed at Fort Shame at Ohio.
This wasn't just because he became embarrassed in front of the ponies' leader because of the actions of his subordinates, it was the actions of trying to burn down the plaza, essentially putting their mission here at risk of failure. He wasn't about to let his mission fail because something as stupid as a pineapple pizza.
The moment he started to enter the plaza, he, the ambassador, and his men, were greeted by plaza maids and were being directed to their seats. Anyone of importance near royalty, anyone else was just being sent to where the food was.
To Ambassador Alex's relief, there was no pineapple pizza this time, they substituted it for a cheese pizza covered with something resembling bacon. Though, this did raise a question for the ambassador, where did they get the bacon? He thought they were herbivores. It was a question he will ask at another time.
The human's could see the three members of the Equestrian royal family sitting on the other side of the table. He could see Princess Celestia enjoying pancakes... okay, she was absolutely demolishing the pancakes, but it was humourous for him and the other humans. He then turned his attention to Luna who seemed to be drinking some sort of wine. Meanwhile, whom he assumed to be the youngest member of the family, Princess Twilight was enjoying something resembling a hamburger, and her friend who identified herself as 'Starlight' was reading a newspaper while enjoying her morning coffee. All in all, it seemed normal, nothing out of the ordinary.
Admiral Jordy and Ambassador Alex sat in their seats, along with them was Captain Brian Foster, captain of the USS Benfold. He was here to show them the plans and schedule for their visit to their beloved homeland.
After they sat down, the Admiral Jordy realized that Princess Luna was staring at him. He didn't know why she was staring at him, he felt like his life would be gone in a matter of seconds with such a stare. Princess Luna's starry blue eyes gave the admiral a death gaze that pierced his soul like she was some kind of angel of death, which was absolutely horrifying.
Before he could say anything about it, Princess Celestia started to speak.
"So ambassador, how is the response from the leader of your home country on my interest in participating in the meeting at the UN headquarters?" Celestia asked, genuinely curious.
"Hm? Oh yeah, he said he would delighted to welcome you when you came to the US. Though I don't have all the details, Captain Brian Foster here will show you the schedule of your planned visit to America." Alex responded, pointing one of his hands towards the captain.
Princess Celestia then turned to face the captain. To her surprise, he seemed to be talking, or to be more specific, flirting with one of her maids. Though this did indeed catch Celestia off guard, she smiled at that, it reinforced the idea that both her ponies and the humans can get along. Unfortunately, her sister seemed to notice this and show a hidden face of slight disgust. Celestia didn't know why her sister was acting this way towards the humans, she really didn't have any reason to. Well, unless you count the 'jet' incident, but the humans were just curious, surely something like that couldn't warrant her dislike towards the humans. Celestia would just have to ask at a later date...
"Did anyone tell you that you're beautiful?" The captain would say, causing the pony to blush and giggle at the compliment and Princess Luna to roll her eyes.
"Oh, tee hee, you're making me blush..." The pony maid would say.
...
"Ahem, captain?"
Captain Brian Foster and the pony maid would turn to the voice. It was the ambassador, and he seemed to look nervous. The ambassador was nodding his head towards one area, confusing the captain. As the captain turned to look, he froze, so did the pony maid, Princess Celestia was looking at the both of them, mostly the captain.
"Greetings captain, I was asking the ambassador here if they had the schedule for our trip to your homeland, he said that you had it, though you seemed a bit busy at the moment, should I ask at a later time?" Princess Celestia would say warmly, a smile on her face.
"I, erm, sorry ma'am, I was... talking to one of your maids, she's really nice... Uh, I'll get the documents right away." The captain, unprepared, would say.
As the captain would try to find the schedule, Celestia would turn to face the pony maid.
"And you, how's the talk with the nice captain?" Princess Celestia would ask nicely.
"I-it was nice, your highness, I, uh... will get to work straight away, sorry for disturbing you, your highness." The pony maid would proceed to wave goodbye to the captain before trotting away.
Though she won't admit it, Princess Celestia really enjoyed how her ponies would react when getting addressed by her.
"Aha! Here it is, the schedule."
Captain Brian would then proceed to take out a document containing the schedule for their visit to America. Princess Celestia, without any warning, took it using her telekinesis. Captain Brian looked a bit taken aback by Celestia using her magic, so did surrounding naval personnel that were still unfamiliar with pony magic.
Opening the document, Celestia started to read the contents of the document. She was initially a little surprised by the image of the American continent and Equestrian continent, the distance was 1.5 farther than the distance between the Equestrian Continent and the Griffonian continent. The map would also look extremely detailed and accurate. She then took a look at the transportation section. She was curious of how the humans were able to invent something as efficient as the airplane.
She continued to read further into the contents of the document. From there, she saw that the United States of America looked to not only invite them to attend a meeting at the UN, but at the same time, to meet their leaders in person and sign agreements on officially opening diplomatic relations and possibly starting trade.
She also saw that there was another additional visit scheduled. Namely, the American government intends to invite them to visit the New York library and also some places to show the amount of technology they have in their possesion. If her memory serves correctly, Twilight said that the human civilization is only based on science, not magic. Celestia was really curious about the technology they would show them. From what she saw, human technology looked advanced.
"This schedule is great, ambassador, I will really look forward to my meeting with your leader! At the same time, I hope you enjoy your pizza this time." Celestia joked.
Alex, who at that time was still in the middle of chewing his pizza, immediately choked after hearing Princess Celestia's words. The admiral smirked at Alex who was quickly trying to swallow his pizza down his throat in one swift swallow.
"Erhh I-yes, thank you, your Highness, this is really a really good pizza. The taste could even rival a pizza in my home country." Alex answered.
"I'm glad to hear that ambassador. I know a combination of Itailyan Cheese and Mexicoltan Bacon would be great for you humans." Celestia said.
Admiral Jordy and Captain Brian, who at that time were still in the middle of drinking their beverages, immediately spat out their drinks after hearing Celestia's words. Ambassador Alex was also surprised at the same time, he knew that Equestria had a parallel with Earth, but not on this level of coincidence.
"ACK! I'm terribly sorry, but did you say Mexicolt and Itaily?" The admiral questioned, hoping to know what he heard was true.
"Mhm, it is one of Equestria's province. Is there a problem I'm not aware of?" Celestia asked.
"No, not really, it's just that the name is similar to some of the countries on Earth." The admiral answered.
"Oh, that's amazing! That means Earth and Equestria had a bigger parallel than I theorized! Say, does Earth have countries named Prance, Germane, or Fillypine?" Twilight suddenly asked.
Admiral Jordy was immediately stunned by what Twilight said. The ambassador and Captain Brian were also surprised too, this can't be a simple coincidence!
Before the admiral could answer, a scroll with a seal bearing the Crystal Heart magically appeared above Celestia's head, this caught the attention of everyone at the table. She quickly caught it with her telekinesis before the letter fell onto the dining table.
The admiral and the ambassador looked seemed surprised by the sudden appearance of the letter, they wanted to ask how that was possible, but they decided to ask that question at another time because this whole thing about the ponies just doesn't make any sense.
Celestia then opened the letter and started reading its contents. After reading for several minutes, Celestia suddenly smiled and then her face faced Alex, causing the ambassador to be curious.
"Excuse me, your Highness, is there a problem?" Alex asked.
"Oh, of course not, I just got a reply letter from my niece, the leader of the Crystal Empire." Celestia answered.
That raised some eyebrows from the humans.
"Crystal Empire?" Alex asked.
"It's our sister nation. It's inhabited by crystal ponies in the northern part of the continent." Luna answered suddenly, swirling her drink around with her magic.
"Okay, hold on, are you saying that Equestria isn't the only country that was teleported to Earth?"
"Hmm? Oh, yes, the Crystal Empire was also teleported with us. Why they came with us was probably because our two nations share the same continent." Luna responded.
"I'm terribly sorry if this is a bit sudden, but the Crystal Empire is also interested in joining the meeting in the UN headquarters. So, if possible, could you inform this to the government, ambassador?" Celestia asked.
"Of course, I will inform my government. Though, they might take the new revelation of another country as... well, shocking to say the least." Alex answered.
As Alex and Celestia discuss with each other, a certain admiral rubs his head in frusturation.
"This is a very unexpected development..." Jordy muttered to himself.
Breakfast with the royal family continued. Marines and sailors eating and conversing with each other and sometimes, even with the ponies. Everything was going smoothly until suddenly, Starlight smacked her newspaper onto the table very loudly, causing everyone, both human and pony alike, to stop in their activities and look at the source of the sound.
"Woah... what got her riled up?" Asked a sailor.
"I have no bucking clue..." Responded a pony.
...
"What's wrong Starlight?" Twilight asked, concerned for her 'friend'.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?! J-just look at this!" Starlight said out loud.
Starlight showed Twilight a newspaper sheet to her. On one of its pages, it shows a photo of Starlight and Twilight at the hotel where they are temporarily staying in Manehattan. The photo shows Twilight and Starlight in a... very questionable position. The photo itself seems to have been taken from the roof of the building next to the hotel they stayed in.
"What the buck!" Twilight exclaimed.
Jordy and some very observant marines could have sworn they saw some kind of steam coming out of Twilight's head like those olden days train whistles.
"WHY?! Why do they keep doing this?!" Twilight cried out.
As Starlight and Celestia tried to calm Twilight down, Princess Luna unknowingly said something very disturbing relating to the situation.
"I keep telling you, Celestia, freedom of speech was a mistake..." Luna said nonchalantly.
And with the words coming out of Luna's mouth, the plaza became eerily silent and awkward. The room getting ever slightly more tense. Luna's words took the humans by surprise, especially ambassador Alex. Even though these ponies have extraordinary cosmic powers, they do not value freedom of speech, something that is not ideal to say directly in front of american patriots.
From a distance, one of the sailors made a comment to his new pony friend.
"Uh, hey, is your night princess always so... I don't know, awful?" The same sailor from before would ask.
"Shh, quiet down! If the princess hears that, we'll both be in trouble." The same pony would quietly warn him.
Back to the main area, before Alex started trying to stand up and walk straight in front of Luna to give her a piece of his mind, the admiral suddenly patted Alex on the back and forced him back down on the chair, causing the somewhat angered ambassador to cease his attempts of arguing.
Breakfast was once again running back to normal, no hitches whatsoever, though with some tension caused by the ever beloved lunar princess. After breakfast was finished, the sailors and human personnel started returning to their ships, saying goodbye to their otherwordly friends. Princess Celestia gave a brief explanation about the Crystal Empire and its location, history, and industry to the ambassador. After a few minutes of explanation, Alex then returned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt to notify this development to the United States government.
=///Washington D.C.\\\=
President Adam was sitting in his office in the oval room of the White House. He was reading a document about further report and developments regarding contact between the United States and Equestria. From what scientific personnel have gathered, the history between Equestria and Earth has many parallels.
The first is about the history of the United Province of Coltlombia which basically resembles the United States. The difference between them and the US is that they failed their attempted revolution due to the intervention of the alicorn monarch.
Speaking of alicorns, the scientific community is astonished by the fact that they have lived for over two thousand years. They have absolute power over a country that is now essentially the largest country in the world. Equestria is estimated to have an land area of 27,109,000 kilometers which is incredibly huge. They still don't know the exact total population of the United Kingdom of Equestria, experts estimate between 300-400 million based on satellite photos.
What caught their attention the most was the history of the other regions of Equestria. The Equestrians have a total of more than 150 provinces in their nation, all the names of the provinces in Equestria having identical names of countries or states from around the world. Starting from Cantada, Prance, Germane, Russea, Norwigail, Mongcoltlia, Cheina, Indoneighsia, Broazil, Austailia, Mareocco, Ethioponia, Endia, Pakestan, Maresia, Neigherlands, Vietnaem, Sapin, Portegoese, Itaily, Greeci, Turlkey, Fillypine, to Kurea, all divided into four distinct cultural areas that is Coltlombia, Eroponian, Africolt, Asina. All these provinces also have their own history which is identical to their human counterpart.
Historians who are on the scientific team say that they found part of the history of Equestria about the 'Prench Revolution', 'Coltlombian Revolution', 'Prench Germenenian War', 'First Europonian war', 'Second European War', 'Bullgaria Revolution', 'Pulish Revolution', 'Austallia Emu War', 'Cheina Japonies War', 'Endia Pakestan War. Adam and the Defense secretary in the meeting room were shocked to hear about reports of the existence of a pony version of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. This nation's culture is basically a melting pot. It's like all civilizations on Earth were squeezed into one continent. Even after that, the political theorists say that it is impossible for a country of this magnitude to be ruled by an absolute monarch and survive for more than two thousand years.
Though, all of this was dwarfed by the information they got about the method of mass destruction made by the alicorn: Princess Luna. During the final round of the Second Europonian war in 0945 CLD, Princess Luna dropped 500 meters of moon rock upon the cities of Haysroshima and Nagusake to force the Japonies to surrender. The reason why the alicorn princess chose this drastic choice was because it was revealed that ponies living in Kurea, Cheina, Indoneighsia and the Fillypines province were being dealt with inhumanely under Japony occupation.
They became seriously worried about the alicorn's cosmic power because American anti-ICBM systems or anti-satellite missiles did not have enough explosive power to destroy a 500 meter moon rock. In other words, the US arsenal was basically deemed useless if the lunar alicorn were to suddenly turn against them. They could only hope to be on the Equestrian's good side, or at the very least, develop a weapon strong enough to counter a 500 meter moon rock.
If things couldn't get any worse, they got news from the ambassador that Equestria wasn't the only country that was teleported to Earth. Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad, but it still made his job much more difficult.
The country was called the Crystal Empire and they didn't gain much knowledge about the 'Crystal Empire', only that they were located in the north of the continent. The results of satellite photos revealed the existence of settlements and cities in the northern part of the continent. Assuming that they were indeed part of the Crystal Empire, the territory size of the the empire is estimated to be at 2,700,000 square kilometers, about the same as Kazakhstan.
Adam ordered his staff to prepare for the arrival of additional guests, the US must, and MUST, have good relations with these alien ponies. Adam didn't want to take any action that might provoke them until sufficient defenses against them could be developed. For now, diplomacy will do because if that fails, they might have a very large moon rock headed towards Earth...
=///FOX 'NEWS'\\\=
At FOX NEWS, the station was hosting an interview with a very... loud citizen.
"What is the president thinking? Letting aliens set foot on American soil? They are a monarch, it goes against everything the US stands for! America has always been the beacon of democracy, the arrival of an monarch with absolute power will RUIN the Land of the Free!" A very strong southern accent would be heard.
"By the way, is it true that they are responsible for changing the position of the solar system?" Asked the interviewer.
"That is complete and utter BULLSHIT! Only Jesus can do something so powerful! It's probably just fake news spread by leninists and communist advocates!" The man would say before turning to the camera, pointing his finger towards it.
"To all American patriots, we can't let these alien ponies set their hooves in America! I mean, damn it, just look at their hair! They have multi colorful hair! That clearly means they are leftist!"
"The Earth was created by God to only be inhabited by humans, not these... alien ponies!"
=///CNN\\\=
"Good afternoon everyone, my name is Frederick Barnes, here to inform the public about all the things needed to be known by the public. Just hours ago, thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the White House to oppose the president's decision to allow the aliens who call themselves Equestrians to come to America." He would pause before speaking.
"Ahem, we have Alexia on the ground reporting live from the scene. So Alexia, can you explain what these demonstrators want?"
The footage would then change to a female reported holding a microphone. Hundreds, if not thousands would be shown just behind the ground reporter.
"Yes Frederick, they all say that they want the president to demand compensation for loss of Hawaii and many want the president to threaten the aliens with nuclear weapons if they refuse. Now keep in mind, if we were to threaten nuclear warfare with an unknown species, the US will be deemed the aggressor on the world stage." She would comment.
"I also heard that they don't want America to humble themselves against these aliens because they are only guests at Earth and must submit to humanity. Already, there are anti-alien groups popping up across the US and around the world. The most famous one is the Human Over Aliens which has garnered over 20,000 people worldwide." She would say.
"That's a very bold demand and an interesting development. If I'm not mistaken, the testimony from the leader of the alien ponies came by an anomalous incident and were are not responsible for the loss of Hawaii, is that true?" The man would ask.
"Yes, that is true. Though unfortunately, many people, including some experts, say that this is, and I quote, 'a stupid act to keep us distracted'."
"Interesting, interesting... what technological capabilities do you think they have achieved?"
"Many have speculated that these aliens have access to nuclear weapons, some even say that they are a space-faring race, but we still cannot confirm whether or not information is true."
"Now, if I may add something to the sitution, it is that humanity must not act this way. If the people are to continue their demonstrations and clearly show hatred towards the aliens, we might be seeing something on a scale humanity has never seen. This Alexia, CNN, signing off..."
=/// Manehattan Airport \\\=
It was 9 AM at Manehattan Airport. It's actually not a normal airport that humans are used to, it was different. Since the Equestrians had never invented the airplane, this airport serves to accommodate airships and not airplanes. Ambassador Alex and the aircraft maintenance crew are waiting for the C-17 Globemaster to land here. All of this was due to the fundamental changes made by Princess Celestia, due to the sudden notification that the leader of the Crystal Empire intends to attend a meeting at the UN headquarters. They had to cancel the flight with their airship which was supposed to be done yesterday. Since the Crystal Empire was more than 9000 kilometers from Manehattan, they had to take a 12 hour train ride.
Therefore, flights using airships will not be able to arrive on schedule due to time constraints. The American government ordered the US air force to deploy a C-17 Globemaster to try to come to Manhattan Airport. Maintenance crew from the USS Theodore Roosevelt will carry out maintenance and refueling there.
When Empress Cadence arrived at the Manehattan train station, she was greeted by Princess Celestia and Ambassador Alex. Alex saw that Cadance was really thin. Alright, maybe not THAT thin where someone would consider her malnourished, but thin enough to be noticeable. She had a really slim waist, probably even slimmer than Twilight's. Alex then questioned himself, he shouldn't be thinking about that. After trying to clear his mind, they all went to their destination, the meeting room.
After walking and chatting for several minute, they arrived at the mayor's building to discuss. They went inside and went into meeting room in the building. She had several conversations with the ambassador, mainly about more extended knowledge of the Crystal Empire such as their economy, industry, and the Crystal Ponies, that really interested him. After several minutes of discussion, the Empress of the Crystal Empire agreed to open diplomatic relations with the United States. All of this was because Cadance wanted to quickly open up trade with humans so she would have enough money to finance her little project of colonialism in the north.
Halfway through the talk, the ambassador asked Princess Celestia if there were going to be any government problems in Equestria if all royal members leave. Princess Celestia said that everything would be fine and explained that this was not the first time the entire royal family had left Equestria. She also explained that the provincial government was more than capable of solving their own domestic problems without the help of them. She also said that Equestria has a contingency plan and protocol in case the entire royal family disappears or dies. This plan was truly fulfilled with secrecy, even Luna and Twilight don't know the true details of this plan.
(In this Equestria AU, Sunset didn't sneak away to the mirror world, Tia hides her assertion so Equestria has a plan in case of an emergency.) (Yeah, she's still as cocky as in the comics)
They then went to Manehattan airport to wait for the plane to land. Based on the size of Manehattan airport, which is estimated to be 1,100 meters, they believe the C-17 can land there, if barely. After they waited for a few hours, they finally got to see the C-17 starting to appear on the Horizon. They had asked alicorn princess to ensure that the airspace over Manehattan was clear of any airships and in response, the alicorn princess did indeed clear the airspace of any airships.
After the C-17 landed, the alicorns looked dumbfounded, even Luna looked dumbfounded, if only slightly. They had never seen an airplane before, unless you count the 'jet' incident. Princess Twilight, being the ever curious princess she is, kept asking Alex on how the plane works. They never imagined that an object this large could fly at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour. Alex, being an ambassador, said to Twilight that he didn't exactly know it works, but she could ask the pilots on board the C-17 the questions.
At first, the alicorns, especially Luna, was a little reluctant to fly on the airplane. Luckily, Alex, after spending hours talking with different countries and playing hours of Roblox's version of Phoenix Wright, managed to convince them that the plane was safe to fly and was the most common type of air transportation on Earth with a very low accident rate.
"Low accident rate?" Luna asked, raising an eyebrow towards the ambassador.
"Don't worry, Princess Luna, the chances of the planes having an accident is close to 1:10,000,000!" He exaggerated, hoping that he convinced her.
"If you say so, ambassador..." Luna said.
After successfully persuading the alicorns to board the plane, they brought over 15 guards. 5 of them were from Crystal Empire, the rest were from Equestria. They also brought in several selected pony scientists and mages from Manehattan University. Twilight also personally took Starlight on the trip too.
After boarding the plane, they began strapping themselves to their seats. In the process, they had a bit of trouble getting their seat belts on because the belts were designed to accommodate people and not ponies, but luckily, the humans helped them fasten their seat belts.
"Haha, for a scientist, you sure don't know how to work something something simple as a seatbelt." A pilot of the C-17 would say, strapping the pony scientist in.
The pony scientist would look at him as if he were stupid.
"Hooves, human, I have hooves" She would say with a smirk, raising both her front-hooves to show the pilot.
"Oh..."
WWHHHOOOOMMMM...
After everything was ready, the plane started activating its engine, it was really loud, this somewhat hurts the hearing of the ponies, especially the Lunar Guard. After a few minutes, the intercom came to life and with it, a voice was heard.
"Welcome to Air 'Merica, I'll be your captain for today's trip. The weather outside is... warm, wind speed is... windy, and all that jazz! Our destination will be in an airport in Washington DC, capital of the the US. Snacks will NOT be handed out so if you're hungry, too bad..." The pilot would pause.
"Aw, now that he mentioned it, I'm hungry..." A pony would be heard muttering to himself.
"Now, as THE first aircraft to host an alien species, I greet you all with friendliness. Alright, now sit tight and enjoy the ride. Oh, and don't forget to cover your ears, hehe..." The pilot would say before turning off the intercom.
"Would have liked to know that earlier but I guess it's too late..." Twilight Sparkle would comment, causing some of the humans and ponies to chuckle.
The plane was successfully airborne and the ponies in the cabin then let out a sigh of relief.
"I have to admit, this is very advanced contraception, this 'aircraft' is faster than our airship." Luna complimented.
Alex, surprised by the compliment from the lunar princess, responded in kind.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
"Of course, this makes me want to know more about your nation." Luna said.
It was quiet for a moment, the only things being heard was the engine. The silence was then broken by Princess Celestia.
"Excuse me, Ambassador Alex, I have a question." Celestia would suddenly say.
Alex turned towards Princess Celestia, curious as to what she had to ask.
"Yes?" He would simply respond.
"This is regarding your fleet. While we're away, what will happen to the fleet that came with you?" She would ask.
This caught the other pony's attention, including Princess Luna who seemed to grow suspicious of the human.
"Yes, ambassador, what will happen to your fleet...?" Luna would say.
Ambassador Alex was caught off guard by the question, he completely forgot the fleet entirely. Luckily, before leaving, he had a chat with the admiral concerning their stay.
"Well, they will stay at the port for a few days, grow relationships and help the inhabitants of Manehattan while waiting for our return." Alex would answer back.
Celestia and the other ponies liked the answer, building relationships and helping did indeed sound nice. Luna meanwhile still showed suspicion and was not sure of the human's true intentions. If they were lying, they would answer to her personally...
The flight went smoothly without any problems. The only thing that happened was when Twilight tried to sneak into the cockpit of the plane to see how the plane was being controlled. She was, of course, caught by the flight crews, but under the permission of the plane's captain, she was allowed to see the cockpit as long as she didn't touch anything.
After some more than 6 hours of flight, they finally arrived in Washington D.C. The ponies look impressed by the scenery, skyscrapers and towers seem to reach the clouds and designs that appear to rival, or exceed even the most tallest buildings in Equestria. This is because in 2024, congress finally decided to revoke the ban on the building hight restrictions.
When the plane landed at the Washington Dulles International Airport, the ponies were greeted with red carpets and dozens of secret service agents and national guardsmen standing guard for security. Just feet away were hundreds of reporters from news stations and outlets across America, several reporters from foreign countries were also there to report this historic news. Even further were civilians, wanting to see their new neighbours. Some of them were even protestors, but were dwarfed by the much larger population of curious humans.
"This is CNBC, the leader of the alien nation called Equestria has finally arrived in Washington DC. Many people are concerned about the potential for infection from foreign organisms that may be lethal to humans, but according to investigations from the CDC and the expedition team from first contact, these Equestrians did not contain any harmful organisms to humans. In fact, the bacteria they found from these Equestrians were completely identical to organisms on Earth."
"Это 'Русский сегодня', сегодня мы сообщаем исторические новости, инопланетяне, идентифицирующие себя как наездники, прибыли в Вашингтон, округ Колумбия, Президент Маразов до сих пор не дал своего ответа и реакции на то, что Америка стала первой страной в мире, которую посетили инопланетяне."
"速報 馬術家を名乗る宇宙人がついにアメリカに上陸、残念ながら日本が最初の国になれないことに総理は落胆, 国防長官は、友好のしるしとして騎馬隊のリーダーに触手モンスターを見せてみたいと言いました。"
"Hôm nay Alien pony đến Mỹ thăm tổng thống Mỹ, họ định mở quan hệ ngoại giao với Mỹ, các diễn viên khiêu dâm từ khắp nơi trên thế giới bắt đầu sáng tạo nghệ thuật giả tưởng dựa trên cơ thể người ngoài hành tinh."
The highway from the airport in Washington D.C. was basically littered with vehicles. Ranging from reporters, curious civilians, and protestors who reject the arrival of aliens to America. Due to the heavy traffic, the Equestrians and the ambassador have to get on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in order to get to the White House.
This time, the Equestrians were even more uncomfortable and even really scared, especially the pegasi. They were all afraid that they will be killed by the blades of the helicopter. Even Celestia and Luna kepth their heads down because of fear that their horns might get hit.
Luckily, the pilot controlling the helicopter is a veteran of the 'Blackhawk Down' incident in Somalia. He knows how to calm the ponies' anxieties. He grabbed a tuner and plugged it into the helicopter headphones that all the passengers wore on the flight. He then put on a song that has always been a favorite of helicopter pilots around the world.
After several minutes of flight from the airport to the White House, they finally arrived and started and landed in the backyard of the White House. All the ponies quickly dismounted, some of the crystal royal guards kissed the ground because they really never flew like this before.
Celestia fixed her gaze on the White House, she saw that the building which was the residence of the leader of this nation was quite small and simple compared to the other buildings surrounding it.
'Maybe he prefers simplicity?' Celestia says in her mind.
The four alicorn monarchs, a small guard escort, and the ambassador then entered the White House where they were escorted by dozens of secret service agents. The rest of the guards and the teams of scientists and mages brought to America were instructed to stay outside the White House for security reasons. Twilight puts Starlight in charge of the ponies outside temporarily.
When the ponies and the ambassador continued through the hallway, Celestia, Luna, Twilight and Cadance could see that the walls of this building's hallway were filled with historical paintings and stuff. The photos reminded them of their visit to the Faris National Museum in Prance.
By the time they got to the president's room, Celestia, the other alicorn monarchs, and the guards were completely shocked. Instead of a luxurious and elegant throne room, what they found was a simple small room with a table and chairs in the middle.
"A-are we in the right room?" Twilight asked, stuttering in the first bit since she was so shocked.
"We mustn't be. This room has to be some sort of... secretary room, that's it! Hey, lets ask that human over there." Luna said.
Alex turned to Luna to tell her that this was indeed the right room, but he was too late, Luna turned towards the human in the middle of the room and asked him a question.
"Excuse me, mister human, can you properly point us towards the president's room?" Luna would ask nicely.
The human looked at her, a bit confused, before chuckling at the pony princess. The other humans in the room began to chuckle as well, even Alex joined in. This confused Luna and the other ponies, why were they laughing?
"Excuse me, why are you laughing? Is there something on my face? I'll have you know that I have to meet with the president of this human nation." Luna would say, a bit offended that they were chuckling at her.
The human she talked to raised his hands, causing the other humans to settle down, before smiling. He walked towards the ponies and held out a hand.
"Sorry for laughing at you, Your Highness, my name is Adam Wright, the 47th president of the United States. I know this room isn't as grand as you would expect but it does the job. I welcome you all to the United States and our planet, Earth." Adam said, still smiling.
Luna and the other ponies were caught off guard by this. The leader of the United States was wearing the same attire as the ambassador. She expected the president to be covered in gold jewerly, fitted with the most finest wears. All that the ponies saw was just another man who happened to be the leader.
"I did try to tell you, Princess Luna." Alex would say.
Princess Celestia would walk towards Adam Wright and raised a hoof to shake his hand.
"Thank you kindly, President Adam Wright, my name is Celestia Radiants, Princess of Equestria." Celestia answered, shaking his hand with her hood before lowering it.
Adam then turned towards the lunar princess.
"And you must be Princess Luna Night Given, I'm glad to see you here, despite our first interactions." Adam said.
"Thank you, I am also glad to see you as well. I must say, this is a very simple room for a nation leader like you. I must also apologize, I wasn't expecting you to be the president." Luna answered
"It's fine, I can see why you mistakened me for a random human."
Then finally, Adam turned towards the two last alicorns.
"You must be Twilight Sparkle. It's nice to meet you. You though, you're the one from the new nation. I'm sorry if I don't know your name, I might have forgotten it." Adam Wright apologized.
"Oh, it's fine, President Adam Wright, my name is Empress Mi Amore Cadenza, or Empress Cadance for short." Cadance said, smiling towards the human.
"Thank you, President Adam Wright, it's so nice to be here in the nation that came into contact with us. From what I saw, it's very advanced and large." Twilight would comment.
"Haha, we aim to please, Princess Twilight." Adam Wright would say towards Twilight Sparkle.
"And I'm glad to learn your name, Empress Cadance." Adam Wright would say towards the Crystal Empire empress.
"Now, lets settle down and discuss some things." Adam Wright would motion for everyone to sit down.
They all began to sit on the couches and started talking for more than an hour. The guards there, both human and pony, were instructed to stay outside the room while they talk.
First, they discussed how to build diplomatic relations and communication between Equestria and the United States. Celestia told Adam that they would be more than willing to provide land in Canterlot for the construction of an American embassy there. At first, Princess Luna was reluctant about it, but eventually allowed for it to happen.
Cadance also has the same interest in opening diplomatic relations with America. She also offered land in their capital city for the construction of an American embassy there as well.
Next was about Equestria's and the Crystal Empire's economic integration with Earth. They explained that the inclusion of the both nation's economy would essentially boost the global economy by about 20.78%, but since the Equestria currency is basically a pure gold coin, they are a bit worried that this will degrade, or possibly crash the global gold market. In order to prevent that, they tried to offer both nations to try and change their currency from gold coins to standard banknotes like those used in all countries in the world.
At first, the alicorns were a bit unwilling, contemplating the idea that paper would become the country's main currency, especially Luna who expressed security concerns about using paper as currency and Cadance who was worried about possible inflation.
They explained that banknotes, especially modern ones, are actually superior compared to coins and have various security features to prevent counterfeiting. About inflation, it only depends on the country itself. If they print too much money, the currency will decrease and vice versa. The secretary from the United States Treasury department advised Princess Celestia and Empress Cadance to have almost all the gold coins in Equestria and Crystal Empire to be melted down into gold bricks and kept as a reserve in case of inflation or an economic crash.
The third discussion is about technology transfer. Princess Twilight expressed her curiosity and interest in human technology. She hopes to have the US export their most advanced technologies. They want to import technology they have never developed before. From electronics such as computers, television and smartphone, and to locomotives like cars, engine powered ships, and airplanes.
The United States say that they will agree to import their advanced technology, excluding advanced weaponry, as long as Equestria and the Crystal Empire exports their magic technology and knowledge to the US. Unfortunately, Luna started to have a bit of an argument between the president.
"Both sides will benefit, Princess Luna. You get advanced technology to integrate, improve, and adjust upon and we get magical technology that we too can integrate, improve, and adjust. I don't see how this would be unfair." Adam Wright would say.
"President Adam Wright, I would say that this deal would be sort of unfair. Yes, we may get advanced technology but no advanced weaponry? You have to understand, President Adam Wright, your nation has the upper hand here. We're willing to give your nation magical technology that's outdated by our standards if advanced weaponry is off the table." Luna answered back.
"I beg to differ, Princess Luna, your nation is still quite new to all of us. Getting advanced weaponry would need much more time and better relations between our two nations. Besides, you already get our most advanced civilian technology which will greatly improve your ponies' well-being tenfold! Once again, I don't see how this is unfair." Adam Wright would argue back.
Luna would look at the president, a slight look of annoyance on her face. She was growing tired of this... petty arguement.
"Hmph, if you refuse our generous offer, then we will just look for another nation who will agree to this deal. Though I am not aware of your nation's rivalry, I'm willing to bet that they are more than willing to take our offer if it arises..."
Everyone who heard the Luna's word looked at her, shocked. The other alicorns would look at Luna with a look of surprise, they would have never expected her to act this way. The president, Ambassador Alex, and the other humans were worried, they wanted to build good relations with Equestrian, they wanted America to be the first country on Earth to successfully reverse engineer magic. With a heavy heart, they just had to accept the offer.
Luna would smirk as the pen from the president was lifted. The pen slowly coming to the papers to make the agreements official. Though, before it touched the paper, Alex told the president to stop for a bit, causing Luna and the others to raise an eyebrow.
"Please, can you just reconsider this offer? Maybe even some of your magical technology from after that time period? It could still be considered outdated by your standards and this deal would be fair. In your perspective, our technology is leagues ahead of your own. It would be fair if we got some of your magical technology after 1,000 CLD, even if it were close to that time period." Alex would try to persuade her.
"I admire your will to make this agreement 'fair', Alex, but we could say the same as well. If your nation won't offer advanced weaponry, we won't offer advanced magical technology, simple as that..." Luna would reply.
She had a point there, the humans had to agree with that. With a look of failure, Alex turned towards the president and nodded his head, causing the president to lower the pencil onto the paper and sign the papers.
After that, the foreign secretary provided documents finalizing the opening of diplomatic relations, trade agreements and technology exports between the United States, the United Kingdom of Equestria, and the Crystal Empire.
After everything has been discussed and signed, the four alicorns and everyone else left the Oval Room. From there, they will be directed to stay at the Blair House to spend their night before they finally went to attend the UN meeting in New York City which will be done tomorrow morning.
"Shit, I can't believe this, we're going to give up our latest technology just for their thousand years old magic scrap?" The director of the newly founded United States Thaumaturgy-Technology Organization would complain.
"Oh come on, this is better than nothing. Do you want China to be the first to reverse engineer magic?" The president would say.
"N-no sir, it's just that I feel our nation is being robbed by this agreement." The director would reply.
The president would sigh before answering back.
"I know, but I'm sure with enough time, we can develop something that can rival them. I mean, we're humans, we've invented nuclear power, we've established bases on our moon, we even began heading to Mars! Outdated magical technology or not, we will learn, advance, improve, and use it for the betterment of our species, possibly even for our new neighbors..."
The director would smirk at the president, a look of determination on his face.
"You're damn right, mister president..."
As the ponies and Alex began heading towards their destination, the pony scientists and mages began speaking excitedly with each other, the amount of advanced technology they will get to see and learn would basically keep them up at night, just like how a human child would stay up to see Santa Claus. The guards on the other hoof were just being guards, being stoic and all, but they still talked with each other.
As they all continued walking, Celestia began nearing her sister. Luna, who already knew what was going to happen, sighed heavily and spoke with her sister before she got the chance to talk.
"I know what I did was wrong, Celestia, but it had to be done." Luna would say.
"Had to be done? What had to be done? Both our nations would still benefit equally even without their weaponry. Please, for the love of Faust, give me one good reason as to why you had to be like that in front of the United State's leader and possibly stain our relationship with them." Celestia would ask, waiting to see what her sister had to say.
"Why I had to do it, Celestia? Well, it's simple, dear sister, I wanted us to be seen as not weak, to be seen that we are not to be messed with. We had to show them that we had the upper hoof and from the looks of it, it would seem I did a great job." Luna would say proudly.
Celestia was dumbfounded. She chose to risk the relationships between their nations just to show them that they were not weak? That the ponies of Equestria and the Crystal Empire were to not be messed with?
"Luna... you could have stained our relationship between our nations. Why? Just to show that we're not weak? We've already shown them that we're not weak by the fact we are capable of moving their solar system!" Celestia would say loudly, catching the attention of everyone around them.
Celestia would look around and would take a moment to calm herself down.
"Luna, we're trying to live in their world. We're trying to build friendly relationships with everyone on this planet just like we did back on Equus. Please, for the love of Faust, stop acting this way so that both our species can live without any tensions..." Celestia would plead with her sister.
Luna looked at Celestia, her face unchanged.
"I'll think about it, dear sister, but if we are to be viewed as easy to manipulate and control by the other nations of this... Earth, I'll be there to change their minds about it." Luna would say.
Celestia would sigh before simply nodding towards her sister. She would turn towards everyone else and motion for them to keep walking. The atmosphere within the group is relaxed, if only a little bit tense. As they kept walking, Celestia would look at the sky above, they already changed the day into night while heading towards their place of stay. Celestia hoped that everything will be alright...