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// What happened? 
// Story: We have our Reasons... 
// by dragon191917 
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All Moonjumpers solemnly swear this oath, and will die following it...

"Twilight!" 

Twilight shot up, and the understanding of the messages came to her. It made sense.

Then, she looked around. She was aboard what looked like a hospital ship, by the dozens of medical beds lying about. Around her was Gilda, Fury, Luna, Rainbow, and holographic Dusk. She frowned. "What happened?"

Gilda sighed. "When the spell was discharged, the demons were destroyed. However, it also put everypony nearby into a nigh comatose state, you included. Everypony not nearby felt the aftershock, and the fleets ships were temporarily disabled. It's been a day. We left, and Drake stayed behind to guard New Equestria."

Twilight nodded, then recoiled. "Wait, left? Where are we going?"

Everypony looked at one another, and Rainbow finally said it. "We're going to finish this fight." she said, as though it was set in stone.

Twilight blinked. That's it then. This is it. They were going to hit the capital of the entire Solar Empire. They were going to hit Earth.

....

Several minutes later, when everypony else had left and Twilight had a soup to eat, Luna sat on her bed. "Twilight, may I tell you a story no-pony has heard in a thousand years?" 

Twilight, of course, nodded, very interested in any kind of story.

Luna sighed. "One thousand, two hundred some odd years ago, there were two starstruck lovers. One was a princess, my sister, and, just a week before this happening, became mother of a child named Cadenza."

Twilight's eyes widened. This was about another Princess, and Cadances mother!

Luna continued. "The other was not who he made himself out to be. He disguised himself as a pony, for he had fallen desperately in love with that princess, who's name was Io. However, he soon found out he was the father of this filly. He was dumbstruck, for he was nowhere near a pony. Then, suddenly, after an assassination attempt on me and Celestia, when we were very young, Io quickly looked into it. Soon, she found the perpetrators to be of the same race as her love, although she had no idea that her love was one. So, in a fit of rage, she ordered the genocide of the entire race. Left with no choice, her love, her passionate friend, came up to her and revealed himself. Io was shocked and disgusted. The poor lover tried to convince her to not kill off his race, but it was of no use. She murdered them. All of them. Until only he remained."

Twilight was terribly disheartened by the horrible story, when a sudden thought occurred to her. "What was the stallion's name?"

Luna smiled. "Discord. Lord of Chaos. Last of the Draconequus."

Twilight's jaw hit the covers, as did her head, lying against the pillow of the bed. "Discord?"

Luna nodded sadly. "In a last ditch attempt to stop the extermination, he used his magic to banish Io, to which he regretted. From this regret grew hatred, and eventually he took over all Equestria in madness. Only me and my sister stopped him, for Cadance was too young. Io was lost."

Twilight sadly nodded, to which Luna left. "Twilight," she said, "Would you like to go to the Crescent?" Twilight nodded more vigorously this time, and lept out of bed, running to the hanger of the hospital ship.

...

Gilda sighed on the Crescents bridge. They were closing in on the target. It was going to be ugly. That she was sure of. "Alright, I want all units at their battle stations. It will be a fight as soon as we come out."

"Oh really? You were planning on going in without me?" Gilda whipped around, only to see Twilight standing there, being smug. 

Gilda smiled. "Yeah. I guess I was. Rainbow Dash went for another ship. Me and Fury are with you, though."

Suddenly, the speakers came on, and Luna's voice came through, bearing this message:

"To all Republic craft! This is Princess Luna aboard the L.S.S. Eclipse. We are engaging the enemy for what may be the last time. You are to only fire to cripple, not to kill. However, if killing is unavoidable, do it. Enemy units will have no such mercy. Many of you may not survive. I hate to say this, but those that do die will be remembered. We will not retreat, nor surrender. All New Lunar Republic craft, this is Princess Luna aboard the L.S.S. Eclipse, and today, we end this war!"

Suddenly, the teleportation drives died, and they were out. And there was Earth, in all her glory, along with the entire Solar Empire fleet.