Samudra's Journal

by vren55

Entry 142: Parade

The parade we held had the exact effect I had wanted. It did much to relax the ponies of Aquamaris and I could hear celebrating into the end of the night.

Yet, as I walked amongst my subjects in disguise… I heard some worrying words.

Most were happy to see the kelpie threat being defeated, but there were quite a few who believed Tethys would return and that her vengeance would be terrible.

I can’t say that they’re entirely wrong. Tethys is going to want to strike back at me, but with the beating that she’s taken and how many kelpies we’ve killed, anything she attempts now is going to be thwarted easily.

Others are even more fearful. They think that we’ve actually suffered a major defeat and that we just covered it up with the parade. An outlandish suggestion! If we failed, I cannot imagine that we can hide such things from my subjects.

There were also some that were… lamenting that we attacked the kelpies. These seaponies and deep ponies believed that we could have made peace with Tethys and her kind and eventually even integrate together as a united kingdom.

I wish we could… How preposterous.