"Hey Maxspell, look at this," longspear said giving the newspaper to Maxspell. She held it up with her magic and began to read what it said.
"Memorial Service for Princess Twilight Sparkle, Today at Two."
"Oh my goodness, this is to good for me to miss. Quick, what time is it?" Maxspell asked frantically.
Long spear looked at his watch to see the time. "One thirty, whyyyyyy!!!" Longspear said as Maxspell pulled him quickly out the door with her.
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Everyone gathered around the Ponyville Library. Celestia noticed that when her chariot landed smoothly on the ground. A snowflake fell on top of her nose. She looked up and saw the weather ponies placing clouds over the village. It was lightly snowing, which was exactly how the princess requested it to be.
She and Luna got off the chariot, thanked the pegasus gaurds, and then made their way to the front of the library. Everyone bowed when they saw the princesses. They took their place alongside Twilight's friends and family as the memorial service was about to begin.
Mayor Mare trotted up to a podium set up for the special occasion. "Thank you all for coming today, for it is a sad time here in Ponyville. I will now hand it over to Princess Celestia," she said as she bowed and backed away from the podium. Everyone bowed as Celestial approached the podium.
"Thank you all for coming here as we mourne the loss of not only a beloved princess, but a daughter, a sister, and a friend. Which is why, with great honor, that I dedicate this memorial of Twilight Sparkle to her family and friends," Celestial said as she turned to a tarp covered object. Moving the tarp with her magic, it revealed to be statue of Twilight Sparkle.
All the ponies there lightly stomped their hooves. Celestia raised her hoof to motion them that she is about speak again. The crowd went silent. "Thank you, now, I am also decicating the Ponyville library in honor of Princess Twilight. It will be part of the new Twilight Sparkle National Memorial. So, if any of the ponies who are standing here with me would like to say a few words, you may come up now," the princess said as she backed away from the podium. The first few ponies who came up to say some words were Twilight's parents.
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Pinkie Pie had finished speaking a few words about her friend. She was just as devestated as her friends were. Even her mane wasn't as poofey as it normally was. The last one to come up to say some words was Spike. He was a bit small to reach the top of the podium, so they had to provide him a stool so that everyone could see him better. He began to speak.
"I just want say that I really miss Twilight. To me she was like a mother, and a sister, and I can't help but feel like this is all my fault. I should have been there to help her, that way none of this would have happened. Twilight's gone and it's all my fault," Spike said as he got down from the stool, but then he fell to his knees and began to cry.
All five of Twilight's friends surrounded him and took him in their embrace as they all began to cry with him. Twilight's family joined them and they too were crying. Even though the princess had trained herself to keep a strait face no matter what, this was too much her to handle. This was her breaking point.
Celestial approach the group and wrapped them all in her wings. She too began to lightly cry. Luna trotted over to her heart broken sister and placed her wing around her. As for the crowd of ponies, they all lowered their heads, either out of respect or sadness.
One pony in the very back however, was on the verge of laughing. She grabbed her companion and quickly snuck out of their. They past several buildings until they were finally out of the village. Once she was sure she was out of ear shot, Maxspell began laughing uncontrollably.
"Ha ha ha ha, oh my... did you see... that... oh... I can't breath... even I'm crying!" Maxspell said between laughs while wiping away some tears in her eyes. She began to calm down a bit though. "Oh... boy that was... the greatest thing I have... ever seen. Who says revenge isn't sweet!"
"Maxspell, don't take this the wrong way but, you are a sick, heartless, evil mare," Longspear said, giving Maxspell an angry glance. Maxspell regained full control of herself and returned the glance to Longspear. "I wouldn't be saying that to the sick and heartless mare who saved you from being throne into the dungeons."
Longspear just stood there silently. He didn't have anything else to top that comment. "Come on, we have a lot of work to get back to," Maxspell commanded. Longspear snapped out of his silent gaze and quickly went to catch up with Maxspell.
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Months turned into years. Everypony had returned to their normal lives. Including Twilight's friends. Eventhough they were in a deep depression, they were able to over come it and eventually returned to their normall lives. They figured that's what their friend would have wanted.
The years turned to decades, and later into centuries, and Equestria had changed a lot during that time. It had undergone an industrial revolution, along with an economic boom. Villages and small towns had blossomed into great cities. Brand new inventions and technology had sprouted. It has been considered a new chapter in Equestria's history, which was exactly how Maxspell predicted it to be.
Even in the Royal Guard, they were increasing in their progress of defense, which was what the princess demanded it to be, and today the scientists there were going to unveil their latest creation. It was something Maxspell could not miss out on. It was nice and sunny outside of the barracks. A stage had been constructed in front of the barracks for the presentation.
Maxspell and Longspear arrived outside of barrack for the unveiling. They had to conceal themselves amongst the crowd so that no one would be able to recognize them. In this case, the princess. Celestia was also there to witness the new change to the guard. She hopes this would help with the certain issues that arose from the previously new weapon made for them.
Just then, a brown stallion in a lab coat stepped up from the long line of ponies who too were all wearing lab coats. The stallion was given a portable microphone so that everyone could hear him. He began to speak to them.
"Greetings everypony, I am more than honored to see many of you witness the new innovation we've made for the Royal Guard. As you know, our recent invention that was made for the guards about a century ago, the fire arms as we call it, has preformed beyond expectations. Unfortunately, they are so powerful that they pierce through our armor like tissue paper. Which is why over the past century, we have been working on something to counteract this."
"Today, we are here to unveil a new kind of military tech that we hope will help save the life of a guard in battle. May I present to you, the next generation of the Royal Guard!" he said as he pointed to a unicorn stallion coming up on the stage. He was wearing something never seen before by pony kind. "Behold, the Magic Enhanced Armor, or MEA for short."
The armor was quite unique. From his lower neck down to his hooves, his entire body was covered in metal. The armor was gold to represent the original version of the armor. The armor also consisted of several blue gems. There was one in front of each hoof, and two on both sides of his body. The only thing that was recognizable was his helmet, which was the only thing that remained the same.
Everypony (even Celestia) awed in amazement at the sight of him. "THIS is the next step in our advance towards a better Equestria. Now allow me to present to you some of its features. The armor is able to repelle anything that comes its way. Ranging from bullets to magical blasts. Not only is it light weight, but it also provides a lot of flexibility to provide as much movement needed. It will feel like your not even wearing it, and that's not the end of it."
"For you see, it's not called the Magic Enhanced Armor for nothing. For it is, hence the name, magically enhanced. Its magic can increase a pony's strength, speed, and perception. And that is just for non magical ponies. This armor can increase a unicorn's magic by twenty five percent!"
"Now according to our studies, the strength of an average unicorn's magic is roughly about twenty seven percent, so really, it more than doubles when wearing this armor. If you don't believe us, then allow us to demonstrate," he said, directing the crowd's attention towards the unicorn.
His horn began to glow. His magic wrapped a small building behind the crowd. Using the little effort he had, he used his magic to try to lift the building off its foundation. It began to tremble, eventually, the ground began to crack, and in no time, the building came out of the ground and was floating in mid-air.
The crowd was in complete awe at the sight. "How does feel private?" the scientist asked.
"It feels like lifting a small rock, heck, I'm not even breakin' a sweat," he responded.
"How do you like that folks. And for those of you who doubt our capabilities, I would like to ask a question to the princess." Everyone turned towards Celestia.
"Princess, if I may ask, do you think an average unicorn would be capable of lifting an entire building off the ground and hold it in mid-air without breaking a sweat?" he asked. The princess felt a nervous shiver down her spine, but attempted to ignore it and answered his question.
"Well, it is highly unlikely for a unicorn to do such a thing without the slightest difficult, but I have to say that that is quite an invention you have their. With that armor on, anypony can be as strong as that guard there. Just make sure that you keep the armor among the guard. I wouldn't wish for it to fall in the wrong hooves."
"Thank you your highness, and thank you all for being here to witness the next step in Equestrian defense. Feel free to ask any questions you have to me or the other scientists here, other than that, thank you for coming, and I bid you all, a good day! Alright Private, you can set that building down," the scientist said before stepping off the stage.
The guard ever so gently, set the building back in its rightful place. All the ponies there surrounded the scientists and the guard and began asking a ton of questions. Maxspell and Longspear however, were on their way back to their hide out. "So Maxspell, something tells me that armor is going to be part of your plan." "Indeed Longspear, it's coming together nicely. Celestia will see her downfall in no time." She said with an evil look on her face.
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The centuries finally added up to a millennia. Everypony in Ponyville are frantically setting the place up for the annual memorial service. The princesses were also getting ready for the event. Although Luna noticed something wrong with her sister. She was standing on her balcony, starring into the night sky. This was something all too familiar. Luna knew what was going through her mind.
"Celestia, it will be a thousand years to the day soon, are you sure you will be alright," she asked.
"Oh, I don't know my sister. You know, this feels just like the summer sun celebration," Celestia replied.
"Oh, and why is that."
"Because back then, they were horrible reminders of how I had to banish you to the moon. And now these memorial service we do every year, in honor of her, are just horrible reminders of the lose of a friend."
"I didn't know it meant that much to you, I'm really sorry Celestia."
"It's alright Luna. I'll get by it."
"But look on the bright side. If you haven't noticed, most of the things that disappear always seem to return after a thousand years." Luna said trying to left her sister's spirits.
"What do you mean?" Celestia asked.
"Well, when I was banished to the moon, I came back a thousand years later, and The Crystal Empire disappeared, and it came back a thousand years later as well."
Luna's strategy seemed to have been working. Her sister showed signs of hope at her words.
"Do you think she might return?" Celestia asked.
"It is a possibility, but it's just something I hadn't thought about until now," Luna Replied
Celestia smilied and gave her sister a tight hug before they headed off to Ponyville.
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The princesses carriage landed near the Ponyville City Library. It had changed a lot in the past thousand years. It was an enormous stone building that looked to be several stories high. It looked even better than the Canterlot library, and on the top was the oak tree. Right at the foot of the stairs that lead to the entrance of the library was the statue of Twilight.
Everypony in the city gathered around for the Memorial Day Celebration. Just then, the Mayor of Ponyville, Mayor Appleseed, steeped up to the podium in front of the steps to began the ceremony.
"Good mornin' everypony, an welcome ta the one thousan' annual Memorial Day Celebration, where we honor all of our heroes, from those who's in the Guard ta those who are plain, average pony folk. We also honor all of our fallen heroes, an' the way we do it, we raise the sun for em. I now present to ya, the princesses of Equestria," the orange, red maned earth pony went on to announce.
Everypony stomped their hooves when she announced their names. Luna took to the sky. Her horn began to glow, and slowly, she began lowering the moon. Celestia flew up to join her sister. Once she was at the same level as her, she lit up her horn and began raising the sun. It began to peak over the horizon, the light colored the sky from red, to orange, to yellow. The sky went from a dark blue to a light blue in an instant. The ponies below cheered at the sight.
Celestia closed her eyes and whispered to herself. "This is for you Twilight, my friend." She felt a tear drop trickle down her cheek.
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Maxspell starred out the window at the rising sun. Longspear approached her from behind. "Damn, I can't believe it's been a thousand years since we comminuted this hanis crime,"
"The time's acometh. The princesses will see their final sunrise," Maxspell said in low voice as she continued starring at the sunrise.
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