Being the ruler of Equestria was not what it was cracked up to be by the common pony. From running the courts to making and adjust the laws, it was one of the more mentally and some times physically demanding jobs. On top of that with no vacations, doing this day in a day out it was only a wonder how Celestia had been putting up with this for thousands of years and not turn into a tyrant yet. With another dull yet tiring day completed she returned to her bed chamber to let her sister take over for the night shift. She was more than thankfully for having her sister back with her to able to take a huge worked load and stress off Celestia's back.
She looked into a while removing her regal attire and started brushing her magical flowing mane. Her routine was interrupted by a beat of knocks on her door. Celestia could of sworn she was hearing things. She gently set her brush aside and and opened the door with her magic revealing a certain guards pony on the other side.
"Your majesty." The pony bowed.
"Hello there. Is there something I can do for you this fine evening?" Celestia responded with a slight yawn.
"Not for me your highness, but you do have a visitor waiting for you."
"A visitor? At this time of night?" If she was getting a visitor this late at night then there were only a few possibilities as to who that might be.
"Yes princess, we stopped her from entering the castle. It seemed suspicious what a dragon would be doing out here in the middle of Equestria requesting to see you."
A dragon they wouldn't let into the castle? That ruled out Spike, so that left only one possibility, but she had to make sure of it first.
"Did this dragon give her name by any chance?"
"She said her name was... Sousis I think."
A smile formed on her once when she knew she guessed right. "You can allow her in. Go and tell her she knows where to meet me."
"I'll get right on it." The guard snapped a quick salute before turning away to meet the dragon at the entrance once more.
Celestia quietly closed the door shut and went back to brushing her mane again. "I swear she picks the oddest times to have a reunion."
The Princess of the night, perched herself on at the highest point of the castle as she always did before she took over for the night. The moon was still shifting positions as her horn glowed with radiance that kept control over her symbol. She was almost startled by her own sister who just came onto the balcony with her.
"S-sister? Shouldn't you be in bed by now?"
"Now Lulu, you're the last pony in the world to talk to me about bed times." Celestia giggled under her breath.
"Hmph. May I remind you that you were the one that always kept me up at night?"
"After you beg and plead to play more games and I had no choice to accept."
"Just... just... quiet you."
"As always, I win again." Celestia always loved the feeling of having that victory grin on her face, especially when it was a victory against her sister.
"What brings you up here anyway at this time of night?"
"A good friend of mine is coming to visit real soon."
"Who might that be?"
"She's a young but wise dragon I met about twenty years ago."
"A dragon you say? She must be quite the interesting character."
A soft spoken female voice spoke from above. "Why thank you your majesty."
Both of the startled princesses looked up behind them on the roof. Perched up on top was slender adolescent winged-drake. Her pearly white scales complimented the night time sky and stars. Her draconic golden eyes could distract anyone from her bronze finned spines that traveled down from the top of her head to the tip of her tail including the crests on the sides of her head. One could tell that her four horns were only just growing out due them being somewhat stubby, but still sharp none the less. Based on her size anyone could tell she was only a "teenager" in dragon years for her breed. Her short snout was nothing to joke about when she opened her mouth to reveal her pearly razor edged teeth.
"Still illusive as ever Sousis?" Celestia greeted her old friend.
The drake hybrid leaped down from her perch and gave Celestia a small hug. "I try my best. Its been quite a while hasn't it?"
Celestia released herself from the hug. "About ten years?"
"Eleven to be exact." Sousis corrected her.
"Hello Sousis, it is good to meet you. I am sure you might know who I am." Luna greeted with a smile.
"Oh, you must be Celestia's sister. I've heard about your return. Its good to have you back with us." The dragon returned the smile with gripping hug.
Luna wasn't prepared for the sudden hug that Sousis gave her, but she returned the greeting anyway.
"You'll get use to her friendly nature in time Luna." Celestia failed to contain her giggle fit.
Sousis let go of the other princess and faced Celestia again. "So I assume everything in Equestria is running smoothly?"
"Besides a few incidents here and there, things couldn't be any better. How are your travels coming along Sousis?"
"Better than I expected. This is my fourth time going around the entire world and visiting every country. I'd say the world is a better place now."
"I'm glad to hear you're doing good for yourself. So tell me my dear friend, what brings you back to Equestria once again?"
This was the talk she wanted to have with Celestia. Sousis reset her face from her normally jolly smile to a straight face. She walked past the two ponies and stood at the edge of the balcony, looking out at the vast landscape of Equestria. There was a long silence to let the serious nature of the coming conversation set in.
"Celestia. Luna."
Both of the called princesses looked at her with great interest, wondering what her sudden shift in nature could possibly bring.
"I need to know that you are one-hundred percent sure your kingdom being well under peaceful and stable control."
"There is no doubt in our minds that the peace of Equestria is exactly what you've seen." Celestia spoke with her sister nodding.
Yet another long pause of silence stilled the air again before Sousis spoke.
"I can say the same for every country in this world. I've been around the globe four times now. While there are a few internal conflicts here and there, there hasn't been any international conflicts between any nation for the past four-hundred years now. Well... expect the little fiasco with the changelings invading Canterlot. I won't count that one in the books considering there were no real casualties after it was over. Seeing how things went down I would label it... a city wide street brawl if you will."
"Are you here to warn us of a conflict that may come in the future?" Luna asked.
"Quite the opposite. Tell me, do you two believe in the idea of world peace?"
"Absolutely." Celestia immediately answered with complete confidence.
"But if what you've have told us is true, then haven't we already achieved world peace?" Luna asked.
"Right, which brings me to my next point. World peace is quite the difficult task to achieve, but our world has been able to do this for centuries without a single violent conflict breaking out, again discounting the invasion which only ended up in a city wide brawl. If we can achieve something as difficult as world peace, maybe we can bring ourselves to do the next step which could be an impossibility."
"And that is...?" Celestia was starting to catch on to Sousis' ideas, and it was starting to scare her a little bit.
The drake turned to face them with the best serious face she could muster. "Maybe we're finally ready to reunite the world once and for all."
Both princess looked at each other with great uncertainty to this idea of hers. This was definitely not something they have thought about in quite a long time.
"That... does seem a little bit out of our reach." Luna admitted.
"I partially agree with my sister. While I'm not against this idea of yours, doing something like this is mostly next to impossible. Despite there being peace among us there is still bad blood between races, countries, and factions, with Equestria and the Changelings being the new addition. Peace is possible but join together as one?"
"If there's one thing I've learned Celestia is that peace doesn't last forever, you should know this better than any living being in this world. This world peace of ours will not hold forever, one day someone will jump the gun and a new war will start, destroying any chances we have of this for the next few centuries. Chrysalis was only an inch close to accomplishing that. While we can only prevent the inevitable securing the peace and minimizing is a better option then just letting the peace we have now just run it's course until someone's blood is spilled and a whole nation potentially being devastated. I think that by bringing this world together we can have the ultimate form of peace. No kind of peace is a utopia, but it can be better than what we have now."
The drake's words left a permanent burn in the back of the alicorns minds. This wasn't just some ordinary peace talk, this was bring an entire world full of different cultures and beliefs under a new world order. Something like this was on a scale that they've always thought was impossible to do, but Sousis was starting to change their view. A world where conflict would be abnormal? A place where a war could be stopped in a matter of seconds just by words and laws? That was the world Celestia always wanted. The ideal world to live in. Equestria was already a prototype of that world. Who said it can't be like this anywhere else?
"....You have our full attention Sousis."
"Good." The drake nodded.
"How should we go about this then?"
"I say we bring every world leader into one place to talk this out. Distant communication will never make this work. We need a place that will be considered neutral ground. That way no one has to play by another one's rules and we can settle this on equal grounds."
"Hmm... sister? Didn't your former student, Twilight Sparkle, just finish restoring our old castle?"
"That's it Luna! We can use the castle as neutral grounds and hold our talk there."
Sousis couldn't help but grin a little, all was going according to plan. "Perfect. Now all we have to do is get every leader to agree to attend. That means also making nice with Chrysalis."
"Of course. Everyone deserves a second chance. " Celestia agreed.
"Then it is settled, you should make the arrangements and preparation for this meeting. I'll do what I can do advise you."
"Very well. I'll have the guards notified that you'll be staying with us for some time and have a room ready for you. Come Luna, there is much to be done."
"Very well sister. Goodnight to you Sousis."
"Goodnight to both of you." The drake slapped her smile back one once again. Once the princesses left the balcony, Sousis closed her eyes and sighed with content. "The council will be pleased with my recent progress."
A few months later...
Midday had arrived and so did the world leaders. The three princesses of Equestria, plus Shining Armor, and his wife Cadence, stood on a stone patio facing the draw bridge as it lowered to let the newcomers inside its walls. Every guard posted at every corner possible kept a very close eye on every individual that entered, notably the guards the other leaders have brought with them.
"I hope this actually works out." Cadence thought out loud.
"I'm more worried about how long this meeting can take. I have a bad feeling this is going to last at least almost a year." Twilight said with a hint of annoyance.
"Rest assured that we'll hold this meeting no longer than it needs to be. If we can't come to any sort of agreement then the meeting will be adjourned." Celestia reassured her.
A small pack of griffons flew in high from the south and landed right on the draw bridge, cutting in front of the rest.
"That must be the king from the Griffon Kingdom." Shining Armor pointed out to him.
Not a second later a squabble broke out between the griffons and the other faction trying to get into the castle. It went from small pushes and shoves to highly aggressive punches and slashes. The Royal Guard quickly step in to end the fighting before things get out of hand.
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all..." Twilight reiterated her doubts.
"Have faith Twilight. These types of things are expected to happen, but once they see the grand scale of this and see reasoning then just maybe we won't see situations like this occurring as often."
"As often..." Shining Armor trailed off.
"There's no such thing as a perfect solution dear. This is the best option we have." Cadence smiled peacefully at her husband, hopping her fluttering and lovely eyes would ease his doubts.
Celestia brought everypony back to the reality of the moment. "I say its time to greet our guest before they get more rowdy. It's impolite keep guest waiting after all."
All the international guest took a fancy to the restored castle with some added decoration to add a certain vibe that higher class folks would enjoy. The evening started off with a social dinner party to get to know one another, talking the usual politics and world events and possibly trivial matters of their own. What most of the don't seem to know or haven't caught on was that this was Celestia's plan to figure out who was or against the idea of world unification and their views on it. She specifically hand picked ambassadors from some of the other countries who did agree with the idea and sent them around to get information from the other leaders. The other royal pony members played their parts as well; seeking whatever information they can to gather.
If there is one thing anyone should never do is doubt Celestia's political strategies. Despite her looks she is the oldest living being in the entire castle. She could walk up to almost anyone in the castle and tell them about their great great great grandparents and how their countries us to be under their rule on a more personal level than what any text book can tell them. She's been at this game for more years than she could count and the best thing about this game for her was that the rules never changed, only the circumstances. If this meeting was going to be successful then she would need to use every second of experience in her political career to aid her allies in convincing the non-believers of securing a better future for years to come.
With the dinner part coming to a close the real meeting commenced inside a large sound proof meeting room. The room was mostly empty except for a few painting hanging on the wall and the large round wooden table that sat in the middle with plenty of seats available. As everyone took their seats Celestia noticed that a few of them purposely moved away from certain other individuals. At least now she knew who was against each other. The princess took her seat next to her royal family members and kicked off the conference.
"Welcome everyone. I am glad that all of us were able to attended this conference despite our differences. I hope that you have enjoyed the meal that Princess Twilight graciously prepared. With all the formalities out the way let us finally begin."
"I don't know why you bother wasting our time Celestia. We all know this "peace" idea of yours will never work." The griffon king impolitely spoke out.
"That is where you are wrong King Cyrus. This wasn't my idea from the beginning."
Everyone in the room looked at each other with confusion while making subtle whispers.
"...Then who is the one responsible for dragging me off my throne to bring me to this pitiful excuse of a conference?"
"I am." Everyone's attention snapped towards the door as Sousis entered the room.
"And just who are you?" The spiteful Queen Chrysalis asked.
"My name is Sousis Stormjumper. I was the one who convinced the Princess to hold this meeting." She walked past all of the gazing eyes on her and sat next to Celestia.
"So you were the one who told Celestia to waste all of our time and drag us out of our countries? I don't know if I should applaud you or kill you." King Cyrus gave her a smug look.
"Why thank you King Cyrus, I try my best." Sousis responded politely with a somewhat cocky smile.
"Do tell us Ms. Stormjumper, what exactly is your part in all this?" The King of Saddle Arabia asked the drake.
"I am an ambassador. Not for one country, but for the whole of this world."
More silent whispers echoed through the room.
"How can that be possible? You can't be the ambassador of the world, that would mean you would have to represent all of us." The Saddle Arabian King made his point.
"That is the point your majesty. I'm am here to speak for all of us in a way and to speak for those who do not have a voice such as non-politicians. Do not worry yourselves through, I have no say in the final decision you'll all come to. That is all your responsibility. I am also here to oversee this conference and await the final verdict."
The large green dragon, a clan leader from one of the many dragon clans, took an interest to her. "You're unusually for a dragon I have to say. Tell me, which clan do you reside from young one?"
"If I knew I would most certainly tell you. However I was lost to my clan before I was even hatched, so technically I don't really belong with any of the clans as far as I'm concerned."
"Hmm... you're an interesting one I'll give you that. You're quite mature for a dragon your age."
"Thank you, I appreciate your compliments and I hope you're on board for being united."
"I'm afraid we cannot see eye to eye on this matter Sousis."
"Neither can I. I refuse to fall under the same banner as weak ponies or any of the sort." Cyrus spoke out of term.
"Oh please Cyrus, don't get ahead of yourself. I'm sure there are plenty of us that are ashamed to even be seen with you brutish griffons." The Czar of Glascow chuckled to herself after her comeback.
"Quiet you heifer! Griffons are proud warriors born for battle! By agreeing to this awful idea not only will you destroy our culture by disgusting culture mixing, you will also destroy our very lively hoods. We were breed for war whether you like it or not. War keeps the strong alive and weeds out the weak. Ceasing war and conflicts will allow the weaklings the stay alive and waste our resources."
"That's awful! Everyone deserve a chance to live King Cyrus! Weak or strong!" Cadence refuted with anger.
"You're one to talk pony, or should I remind you of how you've almost sent us changelings into ENDANGERMENT! IF NONE OF US HAD WINGS TO FLY MOST OF US WOULD BE DEAD! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS MANNER CONSIDERING THE NEAR GENOCIDE YOU ALMOST COMMITTED."
Chrysalis' outburst sent the entire room into one being cross room argument. Some argued the many faults of ponies and other races while others in the room ranted about their own survival and how they come first and foremost. It wasn't until a deep booming voice ended all verbal conflict.
"ENOUGH!" One would think it was Princess Luna adopting her Canterlot voice once more to demeaned attention, but even she was stuck in shock from the voice.
All eyes laid on the young dragoness who looked like she was ready set the room ablaze with dragon fire. "For the people who are suppose to be role models for your citizens I would have expected more from you. Is this how you want your people to see you as? Acting no better than a child? If this is your idea of leadership then from my view I don't think ANY of you are fit to lead. I've been to all of your countries and seen all of your history and culture. I know of your conflicts and pains but to reduce all of that into petty arguments puts all of your homelands pride to utter SHAME. Have you no respect for your homes or your people? I'd rather be lead by actual children than grown adults acting like children."
The room remained quite for a good ten minutes. Some could only look at the ground and think about their actions, some looked at her and snarled, feeling their dominance was in jeopardy. After a certain amount of time everyone took a deep breath and took their seats again.
"You are right... one behalf of everyone in this room, we apologize for our behavior..." Chief Thunderhooves spoke up.
"Good, now that we're all calm minded again, let use start from the top..."
The six months passed as the drawn out conference continued. Despite Sousis' scolding toward the leaders more arguments ensued. At first all hope seemed lost when all that was going on was arguing instead of agreeing or at the very least a discussion. Then slowly but surely they were taking baby steps in the right direction. They were going from subtle agreements to actually settlements. Leaders like Cyrus and Chrysalis were a hard shell to crack but even they were starting to come around thanks to Sousis' influence.
Today was the final day of these long and painfully meetings, or at least that's what everyone hoped for. Everyone entered the meeting room for what seemed the final time. The seating order never changed since day one since bad blood still existed despite the new agreements. Some didn't entirely agree but agreed out of necessity rather than their own opinion.
"Today might just be the day we may finally come down to a final conclusion." Sousis announced to the room. "Let us see where today will bring the future of the world. Have all settlements of land and property distribution been settled?" Sousis' mainly eyed Celestia and Thunderhooves. Everyone in the room nodded. "Will all related parties be compensated?" Another nod of agreement confirmed to continue. "Will all parties agree to the permanent peace pact?" That's when the room grew silent. Every set of eyes shifted towards one another, glares and looks of confusion being thrown around. "So I'll take that as a 'no' then?" Some of the leaders sighed in defeated while some nodded. "Will all trade routes be opened to all merchants from any city state?" The nods came once more. Now it was time for the two big questions. "Will all parties agree to fall under one name and one banner to become one with all?" The opposers knew they would never hear the end of it if they didn't agree to this, they knew what was best for their people, but then again they'd rather leave sooner than later. Some of the nods came through while the others were slower to agree. "Then now comes the most difficult question. You can all put your fears to rest if you feel your positions of leadership will fall under danger. You will all keep your titles and thrones, but unfortunately their can only be one supreme ruler who can represent this new nation of ours."
Sousis cringed when she finished her sentence. She was waiting for it, the fighting to bust out once more. The fight for the rule over the entire world. She shut her eyes and waited for the battle royal to begin, but all she heard was quiet mumbles. She opened to eyes to not fighting nor the likes of bickering, but peaceful whispers among the leaders. She let the small rambles continue for a minute more before she spoke out again. "Well then, who will anyone of you nominate for the role of supreme leader? Before any of you say it, you can't vote for yourselves."
A few of the leaders, notable Cyrus and Chrysalis, looked at the ground, saddened and disappointed.
"I was thinking," the dragon clan leader took the attention, "if it was possible to nominate you as supreme leader." Every head in the room perked up and looked at the younger dragon awaiting her response.
"M-me!? No, no no no no no no. I'm quite faltered some of you think I should take that position but I'm just an ambassador, I'm not fit to rule the world. Sorry but you'll have to pick one among you. I know most of you still have bad blood for each other but one of these days we'll have to get over it."
"Then how about this." Celestia offered an idea. "Since most of us would like to have you as leader, why don't pick who should be supreme ruler?"
Out of all the responsibilities I've ever had, why did I get stuck with this one....
Sousis groaned internally. This was no easy decision at all. To rest the fate of an entire world on one's shoulders was not a choice to be made lightly. She knew the kind of leader she would want to live under. A leader who was equally compassionate and caring while taking certain action when it need to be done. A leader who will put others before themselves and will fight for those who need it the most. Cyrus and Chrysalis were definitely out, she knew for a fact they would use their power to turn into tyrants and run this world into the ground and not care who got the short end. Celestia and Luna were definitely the kind and caring leaders who would put others before them and so was Twilight. However she did see this as them being "too nice" in way. While they were compassionate they lacked what it takes to to take necessary action. They would most likely get caught up with the peace that they would feel a greater defense wouldn't be needed.
So who among them could actually fit the leader she was looking for? From examining each of these individuals it seems that they were one or the other. All of them expect for two ponies that is, but then it come to her. Maybe she wasn't looking for a leader, but leaders. Then Shining Armour and Cadence came into mind. Cadence was the compassionate and caring leader while Shining was the leader who would defend the needy to the death. Both of them perfectly balanced each other and supported one another. That was the answer to Sousis' problems.
"I have just the ones for the job. Prince Shining Armor, Princess Cadenza." Both of them focused their attention on the drake. "There's no one else better for this job than the two of you."
"Y-you mean it? But we've hardly have any experience running the Crystal Empire together, let alone the entire world." Cadence reluctantly smiled.
Sousis walked over to the couple and squeezed their heads together as she leaned in to whisper in their ears. "Look, I know you may feel that you're not ready for this, but you have to trust me. There's no one else in this room I would trust to lead this world better than you two. You might as well accept this while you can because if you don't we might be here for another six months fighting over who gets to rule the world. We came too far for this one detail to ruin everything we've worked for and possible start a war. I'm almost begging you to do this, because if you don't no will else will, or rather, they'll kill each other off until the last one standing will."
If sweat could be loaded like bullets then Shining and Cadence would have more than enough to supply an entire army. They looked at Sousis then back at each other. They knew she was right, whether they like it or not they had to take this role or things could get messy.
"Alright. We'll do it." Shining Armor accepted.
"FINALLY! I-I-I mean.... good. Now we can finally end this once and for all." Sousis took a huge scroll from under the table
and rolled it out to the entire table. "This document will be proof that we have all agreed to be under one banner and to name Shining Armor and Mi-Amore Cadenza High King and High Queen. Remember that none of your are forced to sign this and are welcome to leave at anytime. We do need every signature however, so by leaving you will be held responsible for wasting everyone's time. If you do sign this however, let it be know that this document will be permanent and if we have every signature, there is no going back."
Shining Armor and Cadence were the first ones to sign while Celestia, Luna, and Twilight were up next. After those five the scroll was then signed by the next willing leaders. The opposers knew it was pretty much past the point of no return and signed with the biggest frown they could put one their face and pout like a child. Once every signature was taken the scroll magically rolled back up by itself and was cased in a powerful seal to protect it from harm.
"Congratulations to all of you. No longer are you Equestrian or the Crystal Empire. All of you are now under the rule of Myth with High King Shining Armor and High Queen Mi-Amore Cadenza." Hooves stamped and claws clapped as the new government was created right then and there. The sore losesr got up and left the castle as fast as they could, no longer seeing the purpose of staying there.
"I would say we should celebrate this day but I'd rather advise all of you to return to your homes immediately. There's going to be huge changes made around here and all of you need to be prepared." With Sousis' point made the remaining politicians shake hooves and claws and packed their things to leave.
The Equestrian royalty and the newly crowned King and Queen sat at the dinner table in the palace of the Crystal Empire region which was now the capital of their new government. Only a few months have gone by ever since the end of the conference. They talked and laughed while discussing the ways their lives will change forever in the new world order.
Twilight was certainly enjoying her time with her family until her curiosity spiked when she saw caught a glimpse of Cadence's belly. "Oh, Cadence, I forgot to ask. How is the foal coming along?"
"Just fine. I haven't had much morning sickness though so I do feel a little better. Aunty, may I have fifths please?"
Shining Armor scotched over to Twilight's seat and leaned to her ear. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean she didn't lose the strange appetite..."
Twilight giggled at her brother's expense.
"This isn't funny Twi. I have to put up with this for another five to six months!" He whispered as loud as he could without being heard by his wife.
"Think about it like this, it'll be worth it in those five to six months right?"
"Yeah I guess you're right..."
Celestia looked over the room a few times with a growing question in her mind. "Anyone of you wouldn't have happen to have seen Sousis have you?"
"Not that I know of sister. I haven't seen her ever since the conference."
"I hope she doesn't miss the dinner, I made sure to invite her personally..."
As always, being fashionably late, the missing diner guest arrived. "So I guess I'm a little late then?" The door to the dining room opened to none other than the friendly dragoness. What threw off the ponies a little was the fact that she was wearing robes now.
"There you are Sousis, I was starting to worry that you wouldn't show up." Celestia smiled at her drake companion.
"What can I say? I like to be fashionably late." Sousis smirked back.
"Speaking of fashion, is there something special about those robes you are wearing? Dragons aren't typically known for wearing any sort of attire besides armor for battle." Luna pointed out.
"We'll get to the robes in just a minute, but first I hope you don't mind but I've invited a few... friends of mine to the party."
"We certainly don't mind at all. The more the merrier right?" Twilight said.
"I was hoping you would say that." As soon as she gave the signal two new people came into the room, both shocking the ponies inside. The first one was a dark skinned human wearing brown and tan robes and the second one being a short green old man walking with a wooden cane.
"S-Sousis, what is the meaning of this?" Celestia asked with maximum curiosity.
"Since all of you are already seated then I'll just go ahead and explain myself, this is going to quite the story."
And quite the story it was. With the aid of Master Windu and Mater Yoda, Sousis explained to the ponies about life beyond the their stars and the galactic society that they live in. From interstellar activity to the confines of the Galactic Republic was explained to them. The most important was saved for last, the Jedi Order. Everything from the beliefs to the daily life style of the order was explained to the very last detail. No one in the room knew how much time has past through out all the questions and explanations, but that didn't matter for the moment. Right now the ponies still had a hard time letting all of this information sink in. To actually think this was all real was more than mind blowing. For years of thinking they were the only ones who could exist out in the cold dark space.
By the time anyone even bothered looking out a window it was in the dead of night, but everyone was still wide awake to listen to the wise Jedi.
"So if I understand correctly Sousis, you are one of these Jedi?" Celestia asked.
"Right. Twenty years ago I took it upon myself to watch over this world. I was able to convince the Republic that I could bring a new ally in from my own world. The only thing that kept them from taking Myth as an option was the fact that were we still so primitive culturally since Myth had dozens of different factions they never really co-signed with each other, thus having no one to represent this world. There are planets out there with societies that are more violent and primitive than ours an are still able to be united together. At first the senate thought it was a waste of time to even bother coming out here. Twenty years later I proved them all wrong."
"So this was all just some sort of test?" Twilight asked sounding almost offended.
"Yes, a test we you were able to past." Sousis answered. "All of this was to change the senate's mind into bringing you into the Galactic Republic. Consider this an honor that you've have been offered to join us."
"I-I don't know.... this is all happening so fast. I've never expected anything like this." Cadence nervously spoke.
The dragon gently placed her friendly webbed-claw on the Queen's shoulder. "Trust me, I know how you feel. This is all quite a shock and we will understand if you need to time to let this all sink in."
"If I may, Cadence?" Celestia interrupted her niece's thought. "I for one think that we should take them up on their offer."
"You really think so Aunty?"
"Our crusade for a new world order may have been a difficult one, but a possible one none the less. If we were able to unite our world and bring peace then what would stop us for doing the same for the rest of the galaxy?"
Twilight also stepped in to convince her sister-in-law. "Think about what we would learn and gain from this as well. There could be thousands of cultures and races just waiting out there for us to go see. We can gain so much knowledge and technology beyond are current imaginations."
"Of course, the decision rest upon you. After all, you are the High Queen." Luna was able to point out.
So far Cadence has heard everypony's opinion, except for one. "What do you think about this Shining? You have as much of a say as I do."
Shining was already lost in deep thought while rubbing his chin. He was only brought back to reality with the sound of his wife's voice. "I'm not sure about any of this to tell you the truth. We've only just declared a new rule over the entire world and next thing we know aliens visit our planet and tell us to join them, telling us this was all part of their plan. As much as I find everything they've told us interesting, I don't think we're quite ready to just jump into space. We could be biting off more than we can chew at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure this Galactic Republic thing sounds great and all, but maybe we should keep our hooves to the ground for now and make sure our world is safe first."
"I understand your concern Shining Armor. In the end we all only want what's best for ourselves and the ones around us. However that won't stop invaders coming to this planet to ruin everything you worked for." Sousis argued.
"Invaders?" All the ponies asked at once.
"Despite the Republic's best efforts there are still bad elements out in the galaxy who will do anything for anything. Think of joining us as way to insure your protection. I won't force you to join us, but let it be known someone else will find this planet one day, and they'll more than likely not be as kind as us."
"Well when you put it that way..."
"Cadence." Shining stopped her before she could answer.
"I know you're worried about us not handling what's out there just yet but think about what everyone else said. We could make new friends that will come to our aid when we need them the most and much more. We wouldn't have to worry about outside forces coming here to ruin our world, and think about what the Jedi could teach us."
"...Okay, you win," the unicorn put a foreleg around her and pulled her in for a slight hug. "We'll do this your way."
"I'm glad were able to see things our way." Sousis smiled.
"By the way, Sousis." Twilight spoke up with a question. "How come those two other Jedi haven't said a word we could understand?"
"Well to be honest, they don't know a single word we're saying right now either. I had to translate this entire conversation to them. One of the downsides is that you'll all have to learn a new language if you're going to communicate with most of the galaxy."
"Wow. That was nice of you to leave that tidbit of information out..." The King spat sarcastically .
"No worries your majesty, Galactic Basic is quite easy to learn. You'll be able to pick it and speak it fluently in a week or two. As for the other two Jedi with me, they're here to oversee this meeting of ours in person."
"That explains a lot." Twilight nodded.
Sousis approached the King and Queen and offered a claw in friendship. "Then with everything out of the way, welcome to the Republic."
They both looked at each other before looking back at her webbed claw. With all doubts cleared in their minds they accept the claw and shook it respectfully. That marked the day the Republic gained a new ally.
As the three Jedi left the palace, Yoda stopped where he was on the way back to the shuttle. It didn't take long for the other two to stop as well and wait for the elder.
"Is there anything wrong Master Yoda?" Windu asked curiously.
"Hmm...", Yoda closed his eyes, "A strong connection to the Force I felt... in the palace."
"A connection? Wait, you don't mean one of them do you?" Sousis asked with a hint of concern.
The green man nodded slowly then opened his eyes. "Wrong I was, two I felt."
"Do you know who?"
Yoda remained quite for a few short seconds before he began walking again and passed the two. "Best not to answer for now. Come back we will, when the time is right."
