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// Entry #49 
// Story: Starswirl's Journal 
// by AlesFlamas 
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I was wrong about this not playing into my favor. But then again, I guess I was also right. . . hmmmm. Let's just call this a mixed bag in regards to my correctness.

The king had a very long, drawn out conversation with me about the current relations between the three pony races. To summarize: they aren't good. Apparently, Commander Stormchaser, General of the Pegasi armed forces, as well as their commander-in-chief, wasn't too happy about the mixed seating that occurred at the Summer Sun Celebration. He says that he won't have the cunning minds and steel-forged spirits of his pegasi corrupted by the soft, lazy natures of us unicorns or by the stupidity of the mud-dwellers Earth ponies. He threatens war unless King Aurum personally apologizes for what he called "the second greatest travesty to occur in the history of aviary equines." King Aurum, of course sees nothing to apologize for. And of course, this isn't the first time Stormchaser had made threats of war. He is, by nature and upbringing, an incredibly aggressive stallion and believes anything that goes against what he believes should be occurring is a personal affront on his character. Rumor has it that he once decapitated one of his own soldier's with his bare hooves, just for breathing too heavily. But for some reason, the king is taking this threat seriously. Why? I don't know.

The king says that the pegasi aren't above using dirty, underhanded tricks to win a war. They claim to be creatures of honor, but in fact are quite the opposite. In fact, as I was just informed, the attack on Gilded Lily which killed the king's sister had been made by unicorns, who when placed under the duress of a merciless beating, revealed they had been paid by members of Stormchaser's inner circle to try and kill King Aurum. Of course, we know how well that worked out. 

(Running out of room on this page. Continuing on next.