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ECLIPSE: CHAPTER TWO

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Chapter Two:
Leaving the Past Behind
Progression.
Too fast for her; she liked slow, steady, played out situations.
In fact, it was too fast for her conscious mind as well, she signed those forms without even looking at them.
Next thing she knew she was walking along a winding dirt path that seemed to lead into the mountains. Derpy, or now 'Mom', was rambling on about some town that Princess Celestia and Luna themselves would frequently visit. She perked up when she heard their names; they were celebrities, and she wanted to hear their views first hand.
"Not so fast!" Derpy giggled and punched her in the shoulder. Chaos' mind froze at that phrase.

Not so fast.

That must be a luxury.
They kept on walking.
Suddenly, she realized something- Derpy was a hypocrite.
She keeps on saying "Not so fast", yet she all of a sudden adopts a homeless filly.

20 MINUTES LATER
Walking up the mountain was hell. More than once she begged to fly, but Derpy would always scold her with that same mind-numbing phrase:
Not so fast.
The house was a small mansion overlooking the town and was at the same level as Canterlot. Where Derpy got the bits to pay for this was unknown and unasked; it was simply too grand. It had quite a large lawn, trimmed hedges, arched walkways complete with vines, and what looked like… a police box? She thought that kind of thing could only be seen in Germaneigh.
Moving on, the house was painted dull white with a terra-cotta roof, and arched windows showcased large marble halls with expensive tapestries. Above the large arched entrance was a balcony with a curious-looking gold telescope. Chaos was dumbstruck. How could a mare like Derpy get such a high-paying job?
Derpy grinned. "Welcome home, muffin."
"Derpy?"
"Hm?"
"Wha-h-how-how did you get-"
"Oh, all this? Let me fill you in on a little secret - this is unregistered land. Meaning, we pay no property taxes! Not a single bit wasted. Also, this is my great-great-great grandfather's property, so… times were better for building back then."
Despite the simple explanation the notion was still amazing. Derpy. A simple mare. OWNING THIS HUGE MANSION.
She held her breath as she clutched the brass doorknob. Then exhaled as the turned it and stepped inside.

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"Girls," the purple coated mare started, "I have called you all here for a very important reason. We must discuss our sidings of this current political situation, and whether we should keep our ties together so we do not hurt each other. Am I clear?"
"Wait, Twilight!" the white pony interjected, "What do you mean by 'hurting each other?' Physically or as in feelings? And what's this about keeping our ties?"
"As in feelings, Rarity. And I'm saying if we should… you know… split up. For the better of all of us." Twilight explained.
"What? That's crazy. We'll always be friends, right? Right, Twilight?" the blue pegasus said loudly.
"I think so, Dash, depending on our faith to our views. So now let's start. Who wants to go first?"
"Ah'll go firs'."  Said the orange mare wearing the cowboy hat. "Ah think all this is just' too weird! Things are changin' fast. But I guess this all boils down to the point of what's right an' wrong. So, therefore, I think I support Luna. Sure I love the longer day. Sure my entire family is for Celestia. But I know somethin's up wit' her. Got a stick up her ass. Lets Discord free, then proceeds to overthrow Luna's rights to pretty much everything! I think I'm justified in mah decision."
"I have to respectfully disagree, Applejack." Rarity said in her high-and-mighty tone. "Celestia, as we all know, is a loving, caring ruler! She respects each and every one of her subjects. She would never give in to evil. And she knows that Discord can be trusted. I'm also sure that Celestia means well by giving us a longer day. I am on Celestia's side."
"I guess we're going clockwise, right then? I was personally mentored by Celestia herself. She sent me down here to make friends with you guys. I was and am loyal to her. But, however, reading has opened my eyes further. Celestia is shutting out Luna, girls. And she has freed our known enemy Discord. Also, I have personally seen the good of Luna. She looks for equality in everypony. Sure she may not be adapted to society after one thousand years of imprisonment. Sure she may be the princess of darkness, and was formerly Nightmare Moon. But I think she is a better leader than our current one. I support Luna."
"I guess it's my turn!" chimed the pink explosion of a pony. "I think I like Celestia, because she is partnered up with Discord, who makes chocolate rain! Also who likes darkness? Two for two, Celestia's the best!
"Pinkie, that's not a good enough reason!" Twilight said.
"Is too!"
"I-I think… I think it's… my turn."
"Everypony shut up! Fluttershy's stating her opinion!"
"Well… I think… Celestia because… She has a big army… and she's gonna protect her followers… right? And also because she isn't scary."
"Fluttershy…" Twilight groaned.
Rainbow Dash straightened up.
"It's my turn now… okay. I am loyal to everything. My friends, my hobbies, my leaders. But I think I have to do this based off of my personal opinion. Celestia is really nice to me. She let me do a sonic rainboom at your brother's wedding, Twilight, and let me off when I accidentally flew into some building, and destroyed it. She is the princess of light, and she does represent the sunny days.
However, I, like Twilight, saw what's wrong with this picture. She is going corrupt. Luna is being blocked out. Like an eclipse. That's just not cool. I want all of you who said that they were on Celestia's side to think long and hard about their decision. So I guess I am for Luna."
"YOU need to think long and hard about YOUR decision, Dash. You are on the side of a former enemy, and adding to that you are betraying Celestia! You are rooting for darkness!" Rarity said, her white coat slowly turning pink. "Who knows? Luna might just decide to turn back into Nightmare Moon, and decide to give us all eternal night!"
"She wouldn't! And to the contrary, I think if Celestia defeats Luna, we might just get 24 hours of constant sunshine!" Twilight reasoned. "Think what it'd do to the crops of Ponyville, let alone the water! All the water would evaporate, Fluttershy.  Think about your animals! Where would they drink?"
"From…the well?"
"Wrong answer, all the plants would dry up and the soil would crumble to dust, and blow into your well, turning the water into mud. Besides, all the townspeople would need every drop of water they could find."
"Twilight, lay off of Fluttershy, ya prick."
"Rarity!"
"Yes Twilight. You are a prick. In fact, you are an insensitive dumbass piece of shit. And you want to know why? You turned on your country, separated our friendships, and betrayed your teacher. I'm outta here. C'mon, Pinkie, Fluttershy."
Rainbow flew overhead and grabbed Rarity's shoulders. "Rarity. Think about what you are doing."
"Get your hooves off me!" She shoved Rainbow Dash out of the way, and stormed out with Pinkie and Fluttershy following her wake.
Twilight sighed as she closed the door. "Well anyways, we're fucked."
"Naw hold on, Twi. Whadda you mean 'we're fucked'?" AJ drawled. "Y'all think there's gonna be a war or somethin'?"
"Of course there's going to be a war, Applejack! Don't you see the signs? Luna's patience is running out fast. And I mean we're fucked since Celestia will likely make the loyal three Elements of Harmony her commanding officers!"
"So what?" Dash swooped down, landing on the hardwood floor. "We're gonna get defeated by immaculate clothes, parties and butterflies?"
"No, Dash, Rarity has the Diamond Dogs on her side, including her ability to make very well camouflaged clothes for the soldiers! Pinkie… well, you know, will be Pinkie. Fluttershy can communicate with animals, such as DRAGONS. And by that, we're fucked."
"Twilight, y'all gotta think about what we have as a team. We got knowledge, that's you, Twi, farming techniques and settlement, me, and we got the best flier in all of Equestria! Ah think we're all right."
"Will we be… that is the question." Twilight Sparkle said as she watched the three figures get swallowed by the dense fog.

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Dear Brother,
I fear for your safety as Captain of the Royal Guard, as times are rapidly changing. I think the two guards are splitting apart as it seems, now. Therefore, I beg of you, Shining Armor, to resign your status as Captain of the Royal Guard at the last minute and flee the country along with Cadence when needed. I also need you to tell Luna that if things come to a point we'll leave. What is left of my friends are at constant vigil, waiting for the evacuation call. I am afraid that blood may be spilt during the escape. I do not want that to happen. I love you, brother, and will always for the rest of my life. I pray that you two make it out safe.
Love, Twili

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To My Family
I know this may be hard to understand, but you may not be seeing me for a long time. Even longer than the time I left for Manehattan. I have decided after much thinking that I am a supporter of Luna. Please forgive me for my decision. But I fear that Equestria may not be safe anymore, and we may have to leave. And if anypony wants to come with me, I'll be with my friends. Pack a bag with some warm clothes, a packet of seeds and fertilizer, and some preserved food. If anypony can get another hay cart to carry more things, that will be appreciated. I love you all and I hope this'll all just blow over.
Sincerely, Applejack

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To the workers at the Weather Factory
Hay guys. I might be going for a long time, and probably never coming back. This is because of the big 'Luna vs. Celestia' thing. I decided that the best thing to do for a Luna supporter like me is to just leave with my friends. If anypony wants to come along, please do so. Pack a bag with some emergency medical supplies, food, water, and clothing. You'll know when you have to leave. If anypony decides to just sit tight, I love you guys and I hope that all this crap will miss us.
Thanks for everything, Rainbow Dash, CEO of Weather Industries ltd.

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When she opened the door, the sound of the creaking resounded off the wooden walls. Looking inside, was a large antechamber with wooden paneled walls, and paintings of ponies lined the walls. Looking closer, they all had the same eyes as Derpy. Further inside, a large velour couch marked the end of the hallway with two entrances to the side of it. To the right, the kitchen, and to the left, the living room. In the kitchen was a staircase to upstairs, where the bedrooms were located. Chaos' room was furnished in blue, and contained a four-poster bed, a dresser, bookshelf, desk and complete balcony.
The place was massive. The style elegant. Only one problem:
Where was everypony?
Just then a brown and ginger pony trotted to the pair. He had sharp blue eyes, a wild mane cut, and what appeared to be an hourglass on his flank.
"Oh! Hello!" he said, noticing the red-and-black-and-grey pony.
"What a strange accent you have there," she said, noticing his distinctive slurs on certain letters. "Where are you from?"
"Oh, well-I-um, I-come from a certain place." He grinned nervously. Alright. Let's skip that question for now, she thought. For now. "What's your name?"
"I am The Doctor." He stood tall and proud.
"The Doctor? Is there somebody hurt, or…"
"Oh, no, no, no, people call me The Doctor."
"…May I ask why?"
"I fix things."
An awkward silence tore through the hallway.
"What's your name, dear?" he asked, shuffling his hooves.
"Chaos, now Chaos Hooves."
"Righto, then I rechristen myself Doctor Whooves. At your service, madam."
That still didn't answer her question. But she decided not to go any further.
"Welcome home."
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"Princess Luna!" Shining Armor cantered onto the telescope platform, letter in mouth.
"Yes, captain?" she turned from the eyepiece, no longer examining her former prison. "May I help you?"
"Yes, Princess. Read this letter my sister sent me." She enveloped the letter with her magic and floated it over to her eyes.
"What does she mean by 'leaving Equestria'?" she said, looking up from the letter.
"Exactly what she means, Princess. She probably has already left. We must prepare to leave as well."
"Shining Armor?"
"Yes, Princess?"
"In this letter, she says 'what is left of my friends'. Does that mean… The Elements of Harmony are no longer united?"
"Yes, Princess. All the more reason to leave."
"Where are we going to go?"
"I found out where they are headed. They are heading for an unexplored area above the country of Heliopolis, residing near the Bay of Tears."
"That's quite a distance. How are they getting there?"
"Twili represents the element of Magic, Princess. I believe they are getting there through teleportation.  However, teleportation drains energy from the user, so I think they are periodically stopping to rest in other areas."
"I see. Well, I must now write a memo to the revolutionary group called 'The Lunar Republic'. I'll tell them to spread the word of the migration to only supporters of me."
She walked over to her desk, and grabbed a pen and parchment with her magic.
"Good idea, Princess. When will we leave?"
"We will leave… on the Summer Sun Celebration."
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I must thank DeviantArt user 'hlissner' for the map of Equestria, so I could know where everypony's going and gone and such.

-NOTICE-
I will be going away for 3 weeks to a camp called Overland in Washington State. Don't worry, I'll bring a pen and paper to keep the story going.
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I listened to these songs while writing:

Clash (Unknown Artist)
115 (Treyarch)
Icarus (Deus Ex)
The Nationals Complete Collection
Beyond Her Tomb (TheLivingTombstone)
This Day Aria (MLP)
Smile, Smile, Smile (MLP)
Rainbow Factory [Darkened version] (TheLivingTombstone and MIDIedit 2.0)
CaramellDansen (who the fuck...)
Stricken (Disturbed)
Asylum (Disturbed)
Ready To Die (Andrew WK)
PonyKart Soundtrack
USSR Strong (USSR)
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reaper1oo's avatar
Nice
I especially liked the background and the...shall we say strategic, ramifications of each EoH's skill set?