Bats and bunnies make a decent mix. But what about bunnies and batponies?

In a remote village, ponies begin to disappear. Celestia sends Twilight and Fluttershy to investigate, but one of them already knows more about the situation than she is willing to reveal. At the same time, Celestia herself is about to complete a plan she has been harboring for a millennium.

Now with a prequel.

A beginning of a longer story, although the true length here is unknown even for me at the time. So is the plot to be.

Celestia is the ultimate ruler of Equestria, but why? And how does her ruling work in practice? Also, her relationship to Luna needs if not even demands a more thorough analysis. I am interested in the philosophical parts of all Equestria along with the politics of the ponies and this chapter is an example of how to try and speak of these themes in the context of MLP: FIM.