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// Epilogue 
// Story: Royal Oppression 
// by Twiggles6 
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	As the nights passed, things continued to deteriorate around the castle. Celestia was becoming more and more unsure of herself, and her ability to protect her subjects. Each night, Luna would enter Celestia’s dreams and torment her about her inability to rule properly. Eventually, the sun princess could take it no longer.

After two weeks of terrible dreams and declining conditions in the castle, Celestia finally had had enough. On the fifteenth night, Princess Celestia submitted to Queen Chrysalis. That morning, she and her sister both ventured to the Badlands beyond the Equestrian border. Following Heart Murmur’s instructions, they managed to find the changeling Hive, where their true Queen awaited their arrival.

After hours upon hours of conditioning and magical manipulation, Luna and Celestia no longer existed. In their places were two specially created changelings. They were allowed to retain the posts of their past lives on the condition that they swear eternal fealty to their grand Queen, Chrysalis. Of course, the royal sisters accepted this generous offer with zero hesitation.

And so Equestria fell under the rule of Queen Chrysalis. But even so, only those who were meant to know ever knew at all.