This private announcement is for all royal guards, military, and law enforcement officers of Equestria.
I Princess Celestia hereby declare a status of national crisis. This is an emergency message.
Approximately 20 minutes ago, an event we have labeled “Strom“ has transpired all across Equestria and likely beyond.
During this event, mysterious meteor-like bodies have rained down from space. These meteors are however creatures of giant proportions, with a size comparable to an Ursa Major and not the usual rocks that can be found during meteor showers.
These creatures are extremely dangerous and extremely powerful and should be avoided at all costs. We currently lack any intel on them and have no information other than that they’re hostile.
I instruct all guards to initiate a lockdown immediately, as well as to raise a shield above the settlements they’re stationed in within the next 5 minutes and secure the settlements from these giant creatures.
Everyone outside of any secured zone once the shield is up is to be declared as death.
Everyone civilian who tries to leave the secured zone is to be stopped. If they manage to leave anyway they’re also to be declared as dead and should not be retrieved.
Any settlement without guards is to be considered lost and their inhabitants death.
We lack the capabilities to repel the current threat, and if you fail to secure your area there will be no help coming for you. I repeat, we lack the capability to repel the current threat. Secure your area immediately and devote all your resources towards surviving the storm.
Once you’ve secured your area, take inventory of your supplies, particularly food, water, and medical supplies. We don’t know how long it will take until we get the situation under control, so your resources should be carefully managed and rationed.
Further instructions will follow. Ensure communication lines are kept up so that orders can be obtained once the initial shock has worn down.
Good luck and may harmony protect you…
Princess Celestia sighted, as she sent out the message, watching the hundreds of communication spells fly out of the balcony window, before spreading out aiming for the countless settlements all over Equestria. She knew that many would never be read, but there was nothing she could do about it.
She felt so helpless…
As slowly stepped out onto the balcony, she could see the shield surrounding Canterlot shimmering softly and standing strong. Celestia could see some of the monsters outside the protective barrier. Most of them were walking around in the distance, but some were directly outside the shield, aggressively pounding on it, trying to get inside, before giving up and leaving.
It turned out the Changeling invasion had been a hidden blessing after all. If it weren’t for them attacking, they would’ve never decided to look into improving the shield spell. This was the only reason why were alive right now.
As she watched another one of these monsters try to break inside she felt how Luna stepped next to her, silently watching alongside the older alicorn.
“How do you feel?“ Luna finally asked, breaking the silence.
“I declared hundreds, no thousands of ponies' death Luna! I can’t do anything about them and many of the smaller settlements will probably fall within the next 24 hours once they run out of magic to keep the shields up, causing even more to die!“ she snapped back angrily. “How am I supposed to feel?!“
She sighed, feeling her legs shake, but refused to break down. She was glad her subjects couldn’t see her in this state.
“I… I don’t think the elements will be enough to solve this one…“ a single tear escaped her eye.
“There’s nothing you could’ve done…“ Luna tried to comfort her, laying her wing across her sister‘s back. “Harmony, I doubt even someone like Discord could’ve done something.“
“I still gave the orders… I decided on a brim that thousands of ponies should die and the rest should live.“
“At last the rest will survive…“
Celestia let out a pained chuckle, openly crying now, but she didn’t care.
“We don’t know that Luna… We don’t know that…“