Nothing has changed at Ponyville ever since Luna took Celestia's throne. It was just a peaceful town. However, Applejack is the only earth pony in town who serves Luna. The YT-2400 freighter arrived at the Carousel Boutique. The underground hangar doors opened as the ship came to a landing sequence. Once it touched the ground, the ramp on the side of the middle of the bracing arms of the cockpit as Princess Celestia and Charming Thunder walked down the ramp. "Are you sure that we will be safe here?" Celestia asked.
"Yes," Charming Thunder replied. "Rarity and Sweetie Belle are good friends of mine. you know that. Right?"
"Of course." They both then entered the elevator that leads back up to the main building. He was a little nervous to see how Rarity will feel for him being gone for so long just because he doesn't like Luna ruling Equestria. The elevator beeped to the floor he selected and as the doors opened he saw Rarity working a dress for a client.
She heard the door open and saw the red stallion all beaten up and gasped, "Charming Thunder!" She then rushed to him to give him a hug to show how worried she is. She then was shedding tears of joy and said, "Where have you been? Me, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Octavia were worried about you. What happened?"
Charming Thunder realized that she just said the name "Octavia." He then asked, "Where is she now? It has been so long since I last seen her."
"You two know each other?" Celestia asked.
"Yes. We were good friends before I moved to Ponyville. Since then, I missed her after that day. Do you know where she went?"
"She was just here before you got here." Charming Thunder then left the boutique in a hurry to find her old friend from Canterlot. When he got to the center of town he saw her enter the Sugarcube Corner so he ran to the door. When he opened the door, was ambushed by Pinkie hugging him so tight.
"Hi, Charming Thunder," Pinkie said as she got off of him. "Me and my friends were so, so, so, soooooo worried that you didn't come back not since you escaped the dungeon." Charming Thunder was surprised that she guessed where he was from the past thirteen day.
"I missed you too, Pinkie. I just saw Octavia come in here. Do you know where she went?" Pinkie then pointed to the table where she was sitting at. He then walked up to the table she was sitting at and sat next to her to surprise her.
"I hope that you are alright," Octavia said with a sad expression as she was looking out of the window.
"I am now," he said which caused her to turn around. She then gave him a tight hug and started to shed tears.
"I was worried about you. What happened to you? You're all bruised. Did you pick a fight with somepony?"
"Not exactly. I didn't like Luna's rule so she had her guards send me to the dungeon for treason against her Republic." Octavia was surprised of the story she was hearing. "So...how's it been since I left Canterlot?'
Octavia wiped a tear from her left eye and said, "It has been going well. Not till Luna stole Celestia's throne and that she now rules Equestria with an iron hoof."
"I heard that my cousin, Bluebood, is here. Do you know where I can find him?"
"I heard that he is at the library with Spike. Why?"
"He was the one who sent a Prowler 1000 exploration droid to get me out of here. And I had to rescue Celestia."
"Princess Celestia is HERE? I thought she was under house arrest."
"Well not anymore. Say. Why don't you tag along? I'm sure that you can help."
"With what exactly?"
"Whatever Blueblood needs." Octavia nodded in agreement and decided to leave Sugarcube Corner till Pinkie dashed to the door they were walking.
"Can I come too?" Pinkie asked.
"Sure," Charming Thunder replied. "Can you grab Fluttershy, Rarity, and Celestia and meet us at Twilight's library?"
"Okie dokie lokie!" She then bounced off to go fetch her friends and meet up at Twilight's library to find out what Blueblood wants.
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Charming Thunder and Octavia arrived at the Golden Oaks Library along with Pinkie and the others. He opened the door and entered as he noticed that his cousin was reading a book. Blueblood looked up to notice the group and said, "Ah. I see that you made it, cousin."
"You broke me out of prison for a reason," Charming Thunder said. "What was it?" Blueblood then closed the book and placed it back on the shelf where he found it.
"You want to stop Luna do you?"
"Yes."
"Well I want to help."
"How?"
"We can form an alliance to rebel against her and her army. I have blueprints of space ships we can use."
"I do too. But they are back at the boutique. Show me yours." His cousin then levitated one of the blueprints he had in his bag and unrolled it on the table. Everyone then gathered around the table to look at the blueprint. It was labeled Acclamator-class assault ship. "An excellent design," Charming Thunder said. "Do we have any materials to make it?"
"Yes," Blueblood said. "Citizens from Appeloosa are bringing some right now."
"We are going to need an army though," Octavia said. "We can't just do this on our own."
"She's right," Celestia said. "There are too many forces to deal with with just the seven of us."
"And what of Applejack?" Fluttershy asked.
"I think that I know a memory spell that would wipe out one part that I want."
"And what would that be?" Rarity asked.
"Believing that Twilight Sparkle is the daughter of Luna. Pinkie, gather everypony in town to the mayor's office building. We need more forces in order to get Applejack back."