//------------------------------// // The Magic of Friendship // Story: Summoning Equestria: Arrival // by NicieLunar //------------------------------// =///Excerpt from Christian Broadcasting Channel, Dated Oct. 11, 2029, 10:00 am PST.\\\= "My fellow brothers and sisters... I always believed this day would come. And I have been warnin' y'all this for years. But today, GOD has FINALLY SPOKEN! Set your TVs or your radios to any other channel, and you'll see for yourself the DIVINE JUDGMENT and RETRIBUTION being meted out upon the Earth! "Yes, GOD hath shown his DISPLEASURE with Humanity, and henceforth sent his ANGELS from heaven above to punish Humanity for our SIN! For our DEBAUCHERY! For our GODLESS LEFTIST GOVERNMENT! To tear down this NEW SODOM AND GOMORRAH we have created! To smite those who dare think themselves so arrogantly above His GLORY! Even now, his ANGELS marcheth, unstoppable by even man's greatest weapons! 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Yes folks, THREE-HUNDRED DOLLARS now, or an eternity in HELL! The choice is yours!" =///New York City, St. Regis, 2205 hours\\\= At night in New York City accompanied by a cool breeze Princess Luna is sitting on a hotel balcony adjusting the lens on her new HQ89-Type telescope she bought from the local astronomy shop. From the information he knows from the human digital library called 'Internet', Earth's solar system has at least 8 planets (14 if you count Pluto and other dwarf planets), She was really curious about how the planet looked in a telescope, so Luna decided to try checking it out tonight. Unfortunately, not all of these planets can be seen now because the positions of these planets are not opposite the Earth's night skyline of sight, most ordinary astronomers have to wait weeks or months to get a clear view of every planet in the Solar system. Fortunately for Luna, she doesn't have such limitations, she only needs to activate her stellar magic which she usually uses to move the moon to adjust the position of the planets in the Solar system. After setting her telescope lens at the right resolution Luna started to use her magic, she decided to try from the smallest planet to the largest, her horn began to emit a blue aurora while her ancient magic spell began to slowly rotate the positions of the planets one by one. Meanwhile, in the void of outer space, one by one, the planets are starting to be surrounded by strange blue aurora, which ordinary astronomers might misidentify the aurora as a natural phenomenon. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours and slowly every planet in the solar system was perfectly aligned in one direction in the Earth's sky. Luna quickly pointed her telescope towards the planet and began to admire how impressive it looked, she started from Mercury, the name based on the swift-footed human messenger god, she could see hundreds of thousands of meteor craters on the surface of the tiny planet. After that she began to move to the second planet which was named after the human goddess of love and beauty Venus, (Sounds almost like 'Anus'), Unfortunately, Luna was unable to identify the uniqueness of its surface because the planet's atmosphere is filled with clouds consisting of various gases that ponies have not yet discovered. Luna also moved to the next planet, the fourth planet in the solar system which was named after the ancient god of war by the ancient Romans. based on what Luna learned, the red color of the planet Mars symbolizes blood, which influenced the path of ancient human history in the ancient Roman era where it ended with the Romans thinking that they were destined by their god to one day conquer the whole world. Luna was truly impressed that something as simple as the color of a planet could completely influence the history of a species so drastically, Luna is curious, if the color of the planet Mars was a different color, such as blue or white, would humans history have been much more peaceful? While Luna was still contemplating this curiosity, Luna heard the hoof steps of someone coming towards her from behind, Luna looked behind her and found that it was Princess Twilight lying on the floor like a trash bag. Luna quickly realized that something was wrong with her, Twilight had red eyes, and bags under her eyes, her hair and body looked messy and tangled, and her wings were no longer folded on her back but were open and lying on the floor like how a pegsus filly looks after staying up all night. "Twilight, what happened to you?" Luna ask in horor. Twilight also tried to stand up and tried to say something. "Journalists...the reporters...I can't take it anymore..." Twilight said before her body collapsed onto the floor. Luna quickly activated her telekinesis and lifted Twilight's limp body onto her lap and began stroking her hair slowly like a cat. "Care to explain what happened?" Luna asked "During the interview,...the human reporters threw something like a million questions at me, I couldn't take it anymore!" Luna wasn't surprised by Twilight's words, the human reporters weren't like the reporters back in Equestria, they were rude, impolite, and impolite, and were able to ask millions of questions to the point where the Alicorn Demigod was overwhelmed in answering their questions. Due to Twilight's position as Princess of Friendship, it has become her Royal obligation to build good relations with human society by becoming a source of attention for news outlets, Luna is truly grateful that she is the Princess of the Night because she cannot imagine how heavy the responsibility is in Public interviews and Friendship teaching to other species, especially humans who have now proven themselves to be quite a violent race for pony kind to face. Luna is not the type of pony who likes being interviewed by journalists. Luna focuses more on her skills in politics such as Military, Astronomy, Exotic Magic Specialist, and preservation/security of Equestria. Speaking of the relationship between ponies and humans, Luna discovers that humans actually have magic! After spending several hours doing research on the internet, Luna discovered that she had access to magic that could make them fly, walk through walls, and even build truly amazing structures/monuments, the humans named it 'Creative Mode', which can explain how humans are able to build tall skyscrapers and sophisticated technology. (Editors note: My worst nightmare) This makes Luna start to reconsider not looking down on humanity. Luna's train of thought was suddenly interrupted by Twilight who was lying on her lap like a baby cat and started to speak. "Luna, can I ask you something?" Twilight asked "Of course Twilight, we are equals, you can ask as many questions as you want without being embarrassed at all." "Thank you, Luna, I'm just still not used to my new Royal role." *Chuckles* "That's something that's natural Twilight, Celestia and I experienced the same problem when we were young, by the way, what did you want to ask?" "Huh,...This is about humanity, I'm afraid that my efforts in building a bridge of coexistence between humans and ponies will not be enough, I'm afraid that if we don't play our cards right, it will end in violence like what happened in Washington D.C.!" "Twilight, how can you say that?, you have proven again and again the ability of the Magic of Friendship by making friends with various species! I read your Friendship lesson sheet that Celestia kept in her cupboard like an obsessed creep, you managed to make friends with Zebras, Griffons, Yaks, Buffalo, Kirin, Minotaur, Hippogriffs, and various types of species in Equus and introduce them to the Magic of Friendship and the path to Harmony, I understand that humans are a bit stubborn, but I'm sure with your wisdom you can slowly open their hearts, you are the Princess of Friendship afterall.' "I know that, but this time it's different, when I tried to show the Magic of Friendship to humans they said that our ideals and culture were too idealistic, naive, and even... cultish!" Luna was naturally stunned and confused by Twilight's words, she didn't understand what Twilight meant, Luna knows that building Friendships with humans will be quite challenging, but the total rejection and labeling of Magic of Friendship as a naive ideology, being too idealistic and even cult-like made Luna very confused because something like this had never happened before, previously in Equus, every species at least received some form of offer of Magic of Friendship from Equestria. What makes humans outright reject the light of Harmony and the Magic of Friendship from Ponykind? "What do you mean by 'Naive' and 'Cult-like'?! We are Equestrians, the righteous, the heralds of ALL that is good and pure in the universe, this one and the ones beyond!!!" "Apprenly to them we are not..." "How so?" Luna asked skeptically Twilight then began to retell her experience at the press conference with human journalists. =///a few hours ago inside the UN press conference hall, 1227 Hours\\\= Auditorium 1, the venue for the press conference of a total of 1,000 people, including 800 press members and 200 soldiers from UN peacekeeping forces. Although cough and the sound of expensive clothing rubbing against each other could be heard, there was nary a talking among the fellow journalists. But that was understandable, this is the first time in Earth History that Aliens have held a press conference. They are not like members of Congress or celebrities, they are not Half-prepared to be there because every word they say is something they never hear in their lifetimes. The corruption of a legislator or a scandal of a celebrity is a scoop, so even if they can't do things half-heartedly, they are inevitably unsure of what to do when it comes to literal Aliens. That's why they applied within a five-hour application period, passed four inspections, and wore a suffocating expensive suit to be here. Looking at the internet, all they could see was Equestria. full of metropolises with skyscrapers, most of the overall view of Equestria captured by Satellites over the Pacific. The images of exchange provided by the Secretary of Defense, the Equestrian language translated into English via Magic, and the information about Equestria and her sister nation Crystal Empire and Ponykind home planet, Equus, obtained through exchanges, were being drawn out and actively discussed through the entire months on social media and discussion sites. =///Reddit, r/Mylittlehorses sub-Reddit\\\= "Kill them all!!!" by jetsnguns 4:37 PM TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "Jets, don't you think that's a bit much? Shit like that got innocent civilians blown up in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago." by StillTheBest1973 5:15PM TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "That's going to be the big question of the war, isn't it? I mean, jingoistic assholes aside, when we're at war with each other we know our enemies are humans, they're like us. These are aliens, though. We don't know what we're dealing with here." by Pascals_Triangle 5:29 PM TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "Everyone, we're supposed to be the good guys here." by StillTheBest1973 5:42PM TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "Right, I see where you're coming from, and I'm not saying killing them all is justified. I'm saying it's possible that it'll be justified. Obviously, we shouldn't go through with it until we can be sure." by Pascals_Triangle 5:51 PM TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "Oh, we will win, Pascal. We're coming for those pastel bastards >=D Their princess is getting a nuke right up her ass! Jets' posts may be bad but he has the right idea." by Crash_Test_Dumbass 5:56 PM TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "Putting aside the war talk for a minute, Iceman needs our support. Iceman, I'm so sorry about Eddy. I know it feels like you're all alone down there, but we're with you. If you want to talk to me about anything, I'm just a PM away." by Talisman 7:02 PM Twitter TDC, Thu February 1, 2029 "Thanks, Talisman. Don't worry about that comment you left in my "Thoughts on recent events" entry, by the way. None of us could've known what they were going to do to us." by The_Iceman 4:36 AM TDC, Fri February 2, 2029 The same was true on Television, where political, military, and Alien science-fiction writers and various other critics debated whether Equestria and Crystal Empire's goal was peaceful or invasive. All the media, including obsolete Radio, paid close attention to this press conference. =///United Nations press conference Auditorium room\\\= At 13;30, General Ethan Newman from The United States Military entered Auditorium 1, dressed in formal attire. Immediately after that, a great number of shutter clicks echoed. "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for your participation on such short notice. My name is Ethan Newman, the commander of the American military on the East Coast. From now on, we will hold a press conference from Japan for America and the rest of the world. I would like to remind you that the Equestrian people have mastered the English language perfectly. to avoid speculation, Equestria's Princess, Twilight Sparkle, who invented the method of how to translate our language will be the one who will answer all of our questions today." This is a measure to prevent propaganda and hoaxes, if they speak in Equestrian and are interpreted by the American government, they can twist the translation in any way they want. if it is later discovered that the translation is not correct, they can say they do not understand Equestrian's language perfectly. Then, not only the people, but also the Equestrian's might clarify it. Therefore, if the pony in question is asked to speak it will appear as propaganda from the other country on Earth. "Therefore, we are sure that she will speak perfectly, and please understand we are less than eight days since knowing them all. As for the questions and answer session, there will be seat numbers handed out to you when you arrive. The 20 people whose numbers I am about to read out to you when you arrive. The 20 people whose numbers I am about to read out would be allowed to ask up to five questions. After that, if there is still time until the scheduled period, those whose numbers will be randomly assigned will again be allowed to ask up to five questions." A Computer panel then announced the numbers, and the selected one showed their joy by clenching their fists and shouting. "Another point to note is that the Equestrian people do not know the banned terms specified in our country. since we do not know what they are going to say today, please be aware that they may speak the banned words without realizing it." By adding so, it prevents embarrassment for what has been said and avoids accusations against the US government and Equestria, respectively. the clock was ticking, and there was already a minute to go. "The conference is now in session." General Ethan pointed to the entrance, and all cameras turned in that direction at once. Through the double doors, a 5'3” (160cm) Female Purple Alicorn hovering in the air beside the shoulders of two American soldiers. The reporters did not show any signs of laughing, though they had no choice but to do so since they had never seen something so cringe in their lives. "Hello..." said Twilight Sparkle with a smile. During the four-and-a-half-hour meeting, not including the Q&A session, they told Twilight that the Earth's politics and society are very different from the one on Eques so Equestria can not apply their old style of diplomacy and politics. it was awe-inspiring for Twilight who is still stuck in a medieval-style way of thinking, so she decided to follow this planet's common sense as asked. Twilight headed straight for the table, preparing herself by putting down her water and spell books, and sat down in the chair. the height of the chair was automatically adjusted for her during the meeting, so it must have become frightening for her to suddenly be supported by only the chair, Twilight looked slightly uneasy at the unfamiliar height. She was the chosen ones from Equestria, so she quickly returned her normal expression to her face and worried about the angle of the microphone. "Members of the press, people of America, and the whole world, it is a pleasure to meet you. my name is Twilight Sparkle from the Equestria Alicorn Royal Family, on behalf of our country, I would like to thank you all for gathering here today on such short notice, we sincerely apologize for the anxiety we have caused Americans and the whole world. Let me start by telling you what you all want to know. are we enemies to Americans and to the planet of Earth? We are not here for the purpose of invasion, nor do we want to be here. Also we not developing any Magic or Technology to move the landmass of our entire nation. We ourselves do not know the cause, but ten days ago, due to an unavoidable supernatural event we call 'Whiteouts,' our country Equestria and her sister nation Crystal Empire were teleported to the center of the Pacific Ocean, so we did not understand the language or situation of this world at all, but through the contact of the American Navy four days ago, we able to communicate with each other, and we are now able to speak your language, tough only with Magical translation spell. As for our intention right now, which is what the rest of Earth like to know, I would like to state clearly that we will not invade militarily, including in the future, Although our country possesses a military, our military activities will be limited to defense of our country and our close allies, we will not march into other country and attack them with armed force. This is clearly stated by our ancient Empress Faust and Laws, and we cannot engage in military activities in other countries except for peaceful purposes. However, there is a fact that our country's appearance, including the loss of Hawaii and many other Osianic islands, can be said to be an invasion, we would like to find a solution to this problem through diplomacy with the American,Australian, Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, Palau, Solomon, Vanuatu, Tonga, Tuvalu, and New Zealand governments, at very least, we do not intend to declare entire territory of Pacific Ocean as Equestrian's territory, we would like to determine our activities within Earth through further diplomacy with American Goverment. As Equestria and Crystal Empire Policy, as I mentioned earlier, our country did not willingly, and we do not even know how we are here. Some people think that we should return to our planet, but we have no prospect of returning to Equis. Therefore, for the sake of our national and economic survival, we wish to trade with the US. Of course, both countries must have strict security measures in place to prevent crime from happening. Our country wants peace. we held a press conference to announce our statement because we have heard that there are many voices in American public opinion that are concerned about Equestria and Crystal Empire. if it was possible, we would have announced it through our head of kingdom, but we made the announcement before it was too late. What our country wants is peace. our presence may cause anxiety in neighboring countries, including America, and even the other nations of Earth, but as long as we desire diplomacy through dialogue, we do not intend to harm any of them. Of course, it would be impossible to trust an alien nation that suddenly appeared on your planet rather than from outer space, I hope that will have trust in our country, Equestria and Crystal Empire, through our future activities. that is all." After more than 30 minutes of the statement, Twilight bowed her head lightly and then retreated into her seat, took a sip of water that she had prepared herself, and looked at the humans with a glazed look in her eyes. "Now, we will enter the question-and-answer session. The person whose seat number has been called will ask up to five questions. if you do not have five questions, we will move on to the next person." The bearer of #1, a reporter from CNN in the rightmost seat stood up and received the microphone from a nearby soldier. "Now, if I may be presumptuous. I was very intrigued by why Equestria and her sister nation came to this planet and what they want to do in the future. There is no point in telling lies at this press conference, so it must be true, if you came here in a mysterious flash of light, wouldn't there be serious trouble on Equis? if you know the cause, will you return?" "That's a difficult question, we've been discussing that in our home country, and I would answer that, but we do not know at this point." "You said that Equestria will not invade militarily by law, but from the map, Oceania is well within Equestria's radius. if so, isn't there a possibility that you will claim Oceania as your territory?" "According to the information we have obtained through the exchange, the population of Oceania is about 48 million humans. although our country is a huge continental nation from a human's perspective, it is home to only 330 million ponies, and if we expand within Oceania, we will overstretch ourselves." The reporter who asked spoke, but Twilight kept continuing. "But even if we build towns and cities in Oceania, our people will not be able to make a living because of our economic crash, A territory like this will only cause problems at home and abroad. if you ask me if we want the land, we would like it, but even if we get it now, we can't do anything with it." "My next questions will be about the politics of Equestria. My question is, what is Equestria's stance on sovereignty in the future?" Sovereignty is one of the conditions for the establishment of a nation, and it is proof that a nation is recognized by the international community. in layman's terms, sovereignty is the ability to make one own position clear without interference from other countries in any aspect. "Regarding sovereignty, we will work on the assumption that we will proceed with discussion in the US and UN on the assumption that it will be recognized outside of our country. we will proceed with our nation citizens, despite of existence or non-existence of contradictions both domestically and internationally." Why ask such a question? it is probably because Equestria is an Alien nation that suddenly appeared within American territory. There have been many cases in the history of breakaway nations that have gained sovereignty, and it is by no means unusual if the country concerned recognizes it and all UN Security Council also recognizes it, a new nation is born today. However, Equestria is an Alien nation. The appearance of an Alien nation with sovereignty in a group of nations composed solely of humans is not expected in the whole world. in the first place, in fiction, nearly 80% of alien depictions are invaders, and the remaining 20% are absurdly advanced civilizations that interfere only to a limited extent. it is impossible to ask this entire planet to respond quickly to a situation that is completely unexpected by Humans. Following the territory and the people, Equestria is effectively sovereign if it has the economic and military power to defend those two things. But if there is no ruling on the basis of that sovereignty in the whole world, it can be said that there is none. "My next question is, is there an international organization like the UN on Equus? and how many member countries are there throughout your world?" "There is. it is called the League of Nations, whose main activities are focused on building international relations. There are 35 countries, and there are 34 recognized as countries by Equestria." Many press members were surprised at the number of countries on Equus. There are 196 countries on Earth. Although Earth and Equus are almost the same size, it has fewer countries. it is indeed a surprising fact. While some historians present eyed the three letters 'League of Nations.' "How big was the population on Equus?... in terms of population, what is Equestria's position?" "Our home planet, Equus is home to 2,4 billion creatures from various species, from Griffons, Minatour, Kirins, Yaks, Giraffe, Elephant, Zebra, Deer, Parrots, Anaconda and many more, and Equestria is ranked as the most populous country before the 'Whiteouts'." Earth's total population is 8,8 billion. The United States has a population of 347 million ranking third. it is shocking that less than 340 million people live in Equestria considering its size that bigger than Africa. "Err, let me return to the question about politics, is the government in Equestria a Monarchy? or a Democracy?" "This part is difficult to explain. Simply put, our country is an absolute monarchy with a limited form of democracy, this is because of constitutional reform eight hundred years ago by Princess Celestia in order to give the province more autonomy, the same can be said for Crystal Empire too." it's very rare on Earth for a country to have an absolute monarch, this is because all of that power can be easily abused by the said monarch, the most obvious example is Saudi Arabia and Thailand, and if these 'Princesses' have godly power to move the sun and moon, this makes everyone worried that this power being abused for their own benefits. "As a final question, how many years has Equestria and Crystal Empire been in existence?" "...Since the number of days in a year differs between Equus and Earth, I will first say this in Equus time. A year on Equus is 412 days, while Equestria was founded 2007 years ago since Earth has 365 days per year, that will give 2131 years, Crystal Empire meanwhile founded less than a century later." Hearing what Twilight said, all of the Americans were absolutely stunned. "I-is that so? S-sorry, I have to ask the question five times, but please let me ask again. DID you say 2131 years?" "As for the founding of our country, it goes back to mythology, As I mentioned earlier, the Empress Faust ascended to the throne 2007 years ago in Equus time, and this was the founding of Equestria as a nation. However, the Empress a mythical figure even in our country, if we count from the time when our existence was historically proven, it would be about 1300 years in Earth time." They were immensely surprised to hear the number of years. The country has a history that is double or triple that of the average country on Earth, Equestria is almost as old as Ethiopia and ancient Japan where their history dates back more than 2,000 years ago. How great is the Empress? The head of their country must be exactly the glare of the sun in her eyes. As expected, the sixth question was allowed because it was a reply of a reply, but it ended there and the next reporter turned up, narrowing down the questions. "Do Equestria or Equus believe in God?" "Yes, our people are very religious and believe in a divine rule by The Empress and Princess in the form of Harmony, There are several religions spread throughout Equus, and the main religions in our country are very specific and complex compared to others." "Have there ever been religious wars in Equestria?" "No, not in the last few hundred years." "Do you think God is responsible for your situation?" "There is always a cause for what happens, Even things that seem to be the work of God have a scientific or Magical cause. "What is Equestria military strength on Equus?" "The annual budget of the Equestrian Military is the largest on Equus." "Has Equestria and Crystal Empire ever been at war?" "Yes..." "Has it ever won a war?" "I will refrain from discussing that matter, as it is a matter of great concern to my country." "What kind of sports are there in Equestria?" "There are many. the main one is the one using a ball. To briefly explain, there is one called hoofball, where you knock the ball with your legs against your opponent, the other is called Featherball, where you hit a small ball thrown by your opponent with your wings, and move to a designated spot, and return to the spot where you hit it and get a point, which is popular all over the Equus." "What kind of things do you broadcast on radio?" "We broadcast a wide variety of programs, including news, Music, and a variety of commercial advertisements." "How is public safety in your country in the face of transition from one planet to another?" "There is relatively little disorder. Our country has experienced more disasters than usual, and we have not had any riots because of The Magic of Friendship and Harmony." "Are there any murders in Equestria?, how many murders have there been?" "In normal times, there are 0,01 victims per 100.000 ponies per year." "Is that because all the people in your country are allowed to carry weapons? Or because of your crime prevention capability?" "In our country, the possession of weapons is strictly forbidden more than ninety-nine percent of the public does not own a weapon, the reason why the frequency of crime in Equestria is so low is because of the teaching of the Magic of Friendship which discurs the population from committing crimes." "Can you explain to me about the 'Magic of Friendship' that you keep discussing? it's some kind of super weapon? or some kind of ideology that keeps the population in line?" This is what Twilight has been waiting for, introducing humanity to the extraordinary idea of ​​the Magic of Friendship and Harmony, Twilight took a deep breath and gloriously explained in full what the Magic of Friendship was. "The Magic of Friendship is an idea, a belief that weaves a thread of pure enchantment. Like stars that illuminate the darkest skies, friends brighten our days and fill our hearts with warmth. They are the keepers of our secrets, the sharers of our joys, and the pillars of support during life’s trials. Friendship, a timeless melody that knows no bounds, dances through the corridors of time, reminding us that in a world of constant change, true friendship remains an unwavering beacon of love and belonging, Friendship and connections are synonymous with bonding, and building those common bonds goes beyond sharing a trait, characteristic, or favorite pastime with another person or group, but also includes promoting an everlasting peace, commitment and understanding of diversity, equality, and inclusion. Even in our differences, we can find common ground. Physical appearances, differences of opinions, political views, tastes, music, and more are not reasons to separate people. Friendship can also be important on a civilization level. Friendships that cross borders can help bring peace and avoid war. Learning to think of other people, people who are different from us, as our friends help us work together to build a culture of peace." For a few seconds, the Auditorium room became silent, that was until one of the reporters from Fox News came and asked Twilight an obvious question. "What if they say no?" "Erhhhhh, What do you mean?" "What if other people reject your offer of friendship, would that make the magic fail?" "The magic of friendship has no limits, I'm sure someone can build friendship no matter the circumstances." "Unfortunately Princess Sparkle, that's impossible, the circumstance is really important in building friendship between humans, Humanity is not one group that can be mixed up easily, there are factors such as language, culture, religion, and nationality that must be taken into consideration, Isn't it ignoring this factor is a truly naive and oxymoronic move?" Twilight was of course really surprised by what the reporter said, she basically ran out of words to answer "Erhhhhh, I-i belev-... "Princess Sparkle, What if they were cringe? Will we have to keep being friends with them?" "Forgive me, but what is cringe?!" "What about introverted people? Would you force the Magic of Friendship on them?" "Wha-, O-of course not, I wo-... "Princess Sparkle, does this 'Magic of Friendship' apply to all genders?, including those who are part of LGBTQA+++?!" "I...I-... "Does this 'Magic of Friendship' contain elements of communism and socialism ☭?" The situation in the auditorium began to turn into chaos as hundreds of reporters began to ask various kinds of questions ranging from the sensible to the most stupid, and some people at the very back of the crowd started shouting 'Commie' several times in the background. "Doesn't the Magic of Friendship and Harmony that you describe sound a bit cultish? What do you think about this princess?" "Princess, does the 'Magic of Friendship' apply to every race, religion, and nationality?" "Does Equestria legalize gay marriage?" "Are there any transgender bathroom in Canterlot castle?" "Is Princess Celestia's coat color white because she is racist?" "Why are all members of Equestria royalty female?, Is Equestria a matriarchal society? "Is there an Alpha male pony in Equestrian's government? "Is the idea of ​​Harmony a bit too idealistic to carry out?" "Is it because of the Magic of Friendship that we have to give up our weapons?" "Princess Sparkle, why do you use the term 'Harmony'?, Isn't Harmony the combination of simultaneously sounded musical instruments to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect?" "Is mayonnaise an instrument?" "No Patrick Mayonnaise is not an instrument..." "Everypony please, one by one, I can't answer them all at once!" Twilight answered without realizing what she had done The situation in the auditorium slowly began to return to normal and the journalists began to ask their questions one by one again. "Princess Sparkle, why do you use the term 'Everypony' ', are you a racist?" (Oh god) Memories of what happened in Washington D.C. started replaying in Twilight's mind, realizing her mistake she quickly tried to fix it. She swore she heard one of the US Soldiers standing next to her straddle his rifle and switch the safety off, he was ready to do what was needed if Twilight said 'yes'. "W-what?, Of course not, I'm not a racist!, I'm friends with almost every species on Equus, I always accept all creatures as friends, no matter what species they are!" Twilight said in horror. "Princess Sparkle, Is the 'Magic of Friendship' able to heal mental wounds?" "I-...I don't know, I don't know much about psychology, maybe it can." "Is the Magic of Friendship really powerful?" "Yes, time and time again have we been assailed by dark and unnatural forces, and each time Equestria has remained unbowed because Magic of Friendship and Harmony." "If so, is the 'Magic of Friendship' able to stop nuclear weapo-..." *End of flashback* "I think that's enough Twilight." Luna said What?, B-but you said you wanted to hear everything?!" Twilight asked in confusion "I think I've caught all the gist of what humans have made, I don't see the point of continuing this any further, I think it would be better for you to sleep and rest." *sigh*, "Okay then, goodnight Luna, by the way, Ambassador Alex said we will meet representatives from other countries to negotiate diplomatic and trade relations tomorrow." Twilight started to get up from Luna's lap and slowly started walking towards her hotel bed to sleep, Meanwhile, Luna remained in her position, her face a combination of sadness, disappointment, and anger. How dare humans reject Equestria's offer of friendship?!, they offer perfection, Utopia, but they reject it and throw it back in their faces. For several minutes Luna silently complained about her frustration to the universe, until suddenly a stroke of genius suddenly appeared inside her head. Just like a loving mother who forcefully feeds vegetables to her child so that he grows up healthy if humanity cannot accept the Magic of Friendship and harmony with their free will, Equestria must force them to accept it. Luna closed her eyes, and for several minutes she let her imagination work in drawing up a rough idea of ​​how to do it, she could also imagine the glory where she succeeded in taming the chaotic nature of mankind and bringing Harmony to earth and ushering in a new golden age. Luna opened her eyes, and she was greeted with a view of the New York skyline full of skyscrapers up to the horizon, with a hideous grin on her face, her plan was set, this would take years or even decades, even so, Luna was sure in her heart that she, her sister, and her little pony could do it. Friendship is Magic after all. But who would challenge such magic? =///Oct. 11, 2029, 10:26 PST, San Fransisco\\\= "And that is why we should let Israel and Palestine do their own thing, they've been fine this long why bother them now? Anyways that would be all back to you Carol." "Thank you, John, for the report, as we now turn away from the usual Middle East crisis we bring you breaking news on the Pacific situation, regarding the princess of the recently teleported nations, Equestria, had been cracked under pressure and even threw a water bottle to a journalist upon panicking over questions." (Excerpt, from the United Nations description of her nervousness) "Our Fox correspondent has more after these messages." "Turn it off I've heard enough." The Television was turned off by the press of the remote with the man sitting on the chair contemplating the amount of damn that was insulted. This man was former five-star General Howard J. Alexander, and by former as in he was demoted from the title to a plain 3 star Lieutenant general after his reckless behavior regarding the incident with Hawaii and his men being among the thousands lost to the Whiteout incident. He was in fact one out of the five to survive this incident, two of his soldiers, one being the pilot of his private plane, and the fourth one being his left-hand Lieutenant. Although he was demoted, people on Reddit and even in X (Formerly known as Twitter) titled him "the General Survivor" or the "Whiteout General," but he despised those titles because he wanted to be known as a conqueror, not a survivor, and staring at the purple pony or any pony for that matter every time the media mentioned one was a cursed reminder of a plan gone terribly wrong. Since that incident he has staged many occurring incidences with most failing except of course the riot of 2029 on Jan 9th, the day he nearly got his victory using the people, although he was placed under investigation by the FBI before the CIA intervened and had him cleared at a suspicious pace. That's because he and the CIA were staging a war that many feared to happen, and that war would be against China. Hawaii was supposed to be a staging ground for this war, and the day of Equestria's arrival was the day he was going to initiate such war before fate relayed him a new continent for him to worry about. And when the CIA abandoned the idea of fears of being disbanded, he himself, on the other hand, wasn't done just yet. He stood up from his seat and stared into the night sky, watching the planets suddenly align in a straight path-like formation, but he gave no reaction other than a chuckle, and finally, he said. "This is going to be interesting..."