The Crusaders had known that they would have to do a lot of work to make a new and improved Equestria. But since they only had Ponyville under their peaceful rule, they would have to begin small. It was also good, this could be their testing ground.
The first thing they started with was to build new roads. The old dirty roads that belonged to—as Sweetie Belle put it—common ponies. They had built stone pavement and made roads for the cars to drive through and even built roads specifically for cars around Ponyville as well as parking lots so they wouldn’t be in the way of the creatures trying to live their lives.
The roads for the cars were inside the town and even had something called “highways” so they could drive faster and not hurt any creature. The highways were built in a circle that reached the train station and reached towards the end of the Everfree forest. The highways were built from stone and had lanes so no creature crashed into one another.
Of course, the ponies of Ponyville had been more than happy to help, especially when the armed soldiers asked if they needed help.
Now, the buildings in Ponyville had been—as Sweetie Belle put it again—for common ponies. She pointed out that they needed better buildings so that their country could gain the respect it rightfully deserves. How would the rest of Equestria look at them if they had pathetic wooden houses that were easily flammable?
So they broke down the houses and began working on the new and improved houses of Ponyville. Many had tried to say that they were happy, but it went inside the Crusaders' ears and out the other. They had replaced the wood with stone instead, specifically, red-brick stones and coloured them with other colours of course in case any other creature wanted a different colour.
The entire destruction and rebuilding of Ponyville had taken a solid two weeks. Two weeks of being reminded and depressed over the fact that the Crusaders had come back with vengeance. They had wanted the fillies back, but not like this. But they knew it was all their fault. They should have been the adults that listened to them but they acted like children instead and now they were paying the price.
By the time the project was done, there were new and improved houses. The buildings were made from stone and some houses had been turned into apartments instead so that there were spaces saved. The tallest building in Ponyville was twenty stories high and it was their pride and joy. Many ponies had been forced to move into the apartment due to them losing their homes, but they weren’t allowed to pick their homes. The Crusaders chose which apartment went to which creature.
During this time, a good chunk of the Everfree forest had been cut down so only one-fourth of the forest was left. What the Crusaders had cut down was for their military to train and have an official military base. The citizens of Ponyville had no choice but to build it from the ground up and it was long and tedious work but they managed.
The base had multiple buildings ranging from vehicle buildings, planning rooms, sleeping quarters, apartments and offices.
The Supreme Leaders travelled to the military base at least once a day to make sure that everything they were planning was going to work. It was also the area where the soldiers trained to make sure that they could overthrow the princesses’ in the future. The base had an office for Capper and Spike who travelled there daily due to being in the military. But they also had an office in Ponyville in different locations to ensure their safety just in case the citizens wanted to rebel.
Another improvement that the Crusaders did was to arrest Diamond Tiara and her family for crimes against the state. They hadn’t forgiven her for what she had done to them not just as Gabby Gums but also for the bullying she had done for several years.
They had sent a few soldiers that had kicked down their door and immediately brought the security ponies down to their knees. Diamond Tiara was thrown into prison without a trial and wasn’t expected to ever be let out into society.
Diamond Tiara’s father, Filthy Rich had pleaded with the state to take him instead and allow his daughter to go. The Crusaders had listened to the pitiful pony’s pleas and thrown him into prison with her.
Spoiled Rich, the mother of Diamond Tiara had tried to escape from the soldiers by running away for her life. She had run all over the town and there was nothing the other ponies could do to stop the soldiers from arresting the mare. The soldiers had run to their cars and put on the sirens that they had on the cars for when criminality ensued or war was happening.
They had caught up to the mare and beaten her to the ground before putting cuffs on her and forcing her into the car and driving her to prison where she would be with her husband and daughter.
The Crusaders had found the situation hilarious. Did the old pathetic mare really think she would escape the soldiers of the regime?
Most of the citizens now understood how badly the Crusaders must have felt when they felt abandoned. Because the Supreme Leaders allowed their soldiers to rough a few ponies up, it meant that they couldn’t ask the Crusaders to do anything because they wouldn’t listen to their pleas.
If they didn’t listen to the Crusaders during the Gabby Gums incident, then why would the Crusaders listen to them?
Princess Twilight had tried time and time again to make the Crusaders stand down until eventually, she made Scootaloo angry one day, so angry that the Princess Of Friendship had been beaten up and had to be sent to the hospital. The entire town had seen it but no one could stop it due to the soldiers being nearby.
This had taken place outside of Sugarcube Corner. The three Supreme Leaders had decided to reward themselves with milkshakes and had managed to order from the terrified Mrs Cake who gave the three nervous smiles. They had enjoyed their shakes but it wasn’t to last when Twilight had decided that it was time to waste more of their time by telling them to give up Ponyville and that they were too young to rule.
“Girls, you have to stand down! Can’t you see the ponies you’re hurting with your selfish revenge plot?! We’re all sorry for what we did, all you have to do is step down as rulers and all will be forgiven after you’ve apologised to all of us,” Twilight explained while looking down at the three.
“Oh, pathetic little Twilight always trying with this complete and utter nonsense, when will you learn that we won’t step down?” Sweetie Belle spoke while checking her hooves for any marks.
“Yeah, you fool, I will not tell you this again, Sparkle, If you do not stop pestering us then I will have no choice but to throw you in prison,” Scootaloo spoke with clear irritation and eye twitching ever so slightly showing that she was close to blowing a fuze any second.
“Hey!” Twilight exclaimed. “That’s no way to speak to your elders young lady,”
“Old? Oh, yeah! Sorry, I didn’t notice the grey in your mane!” Scootaloo burst out laughing and Twilight got a complete look of horror and checked through a window if she had any grey hairs, which turned out she didn’t.
“Ah, that’s right, Sparkle will need to be sent to an elderly home!” Applebloom laughed and a few soldiers chuckled at their Supreme Leaders sense of humour.
“Girls! That’s not funny! Do you have any idea how hurtful your words can be to a pony? Well, guess not cause your fillies,” Twilight spoke with a sigh and was about to walk away when she was suddenly attacked from behind.
She felt a hoof make contact with the back of her head with such force that she fell face forward into the stone-hard pavement. The ponies around gasped in shock at what they had just witnessed.
A few ponies tried to rush towards their princess but they were stopped by the soldiers.
“Halt! No creature interfere!”
Twilight was a little dizzy from the punch she had received and turned her head to see the most furious little filly she had ever seen. It made her shiver slightly. Scootaloo’s eyes were hardened and her teeth were clenched so hard that Alicorn was afraid she would break them. Scootaloo’s head was so red it looked like a vein was going to pop any second.
“How. Dare. You?” Scootaloo spoke with such hatred and anger it made the ponies around them flinch. “How dare you say we don’t know hurtful words when we were told by Mr Macintosh to go away? How dare you say that when a few of you taunted us? How dare you say we are fillies when we had to take punishments like grown mares?”
The ponies around winced and hung their heads at what the young leader had said. It was no surprise that there was a lot of anger, but it seems the anger turned to hatred.
Realising her mistake, Twilight tried to apologise. “I’m so sorry—”
Scootaloo punched her in the snout. “You’re not sorry, you are a Canterlot snob. It’s no surprise you don’t have any friends. The friends you have now aren’t even you’re real friends they just pity you. No one likes you and no pony ever will. I hope you disappear one day and never return you useless snob!”
After those words were spoken. Scootaloo started viciously attacking Twilight. The other main five tried to intervene but the soldiers put a stop to that and they screamed and cried as they watched their friend getting beaten to a pulp.
By the time the filly was finished, Twilight lay on the ground unconscious and had broken wing and hoof, and potentially more. The filly breathed heavily before spitting on Twilight and walking away with hatred radiating from her. The other Crusaders followed but not before giving them a look of fake sympathy.
The main five had rushed Twilight to the hospital where they immediately started operating on her body. Through scans, it showed that she indeed had a broken wing and hoof and a few ribs were bent in a way that didn’t look natural but they weren’t broken but would need a suit to bend the ribs back in place.
But there was one thing that scared everyone in Ponyville.
Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship was in a coma.
~~Dictators Of Ponyville~~
Scootaloo was working in the office signing paperwork and trying to come up with more ideas for the future. She knew that she had no choice but to invade other towns and cities so she would have a fighting chance against the Storm King, but she didn’t know which place to invade first.
Her friends were silently working on their paperwork and were glancing up now and again but they didn’t say anything. Scootaloo didn’t want to interrupt them so she let them be and grumbled in her thoughts.
She didn’t regret what she had done to Twilight. She deserved it, she should have expected to have such an outcome. Besides, she was messing with Scootaloo, the greatest leader the planet had ever seen!
They continued to work for a few hours before they decided that it was time to hit the hay. They had expanded the building so they had a living quarter and shared it while having separate rooms to give each other space. Scootaloo’s room had a large bed and desk with a chair and a bathroom for herself and her friends had similar.
Scootaloo grabbed two slices of toast and went to her room to eat because she wanted to cool off and not accidentally hurt her friends by saying something she would regret. Her friends understood and left her be while sitting at the dinner table ordering food from their chef.
When Scootaloo reached her room, she began eating her toast while silently contemplating the day's events that had transpired. She still didn’t regret anything and it was funny seeing the fearful looks that her citizens had given her.
Twilight would survive anyways, the mare is an Alicorn so it’s not as if she had inflicted any lasting damage to the young mare.
When she finished her bread, she walked up to her window where she could see the new and improved Ponyville. She smiled. She had done it, she had improved Ponyville for the better. Now, there was nothing that could stop her from dominating Equestria and the rest of the planet.
“Long Live The Dictator!” She yelled with glee and laughed loudly making the citizens abruptly shiver.