Herp-The one and only moth. Ch.4 “Religious revelations”

>”I only have a few more questions to ask you and then you may ask yours. Does that seem fair?”

>*Not really, I feel like a proper explanation is appropriate on how she busted through my cover without even talking to me for an hour. Regardless, I’ve lost all leverage I had and must submit to whatever she says now.*

“Yeah. That’s fine.”

>”Very well then. You say you wish to transfer every village onto my land. Yet you come from a single village. I need to know whether every village in the forest knows of your plans.”

“All of them do. I’ve had the chance to meet every village Elder and talk to them with my own Elder, they all agreed to this plan.”

>”Seems rather strange as your species has a history of disagreeing to one another.”

“To them, it was divine intervention that caused the change of heart. To me and my Elder, it was a golden opportunity.”

>”So you’re saying you tricked every elder into thinking you’re their actual god reincarnated?”

“Not really, they tricked themselves. News of me spread incredibly fast from village to village, so did the rumors. All it took to convince them was one good look at me and they all agreed to whatever I said.”

>”I see… To tell you the truth, Pollen. The only reason I hadn’t given your species room in my lands was that your villages seemed too far apart. None of your villages seemed to care for the other apart for your religious connection. And if I had given room to just one without the agreement of others, a political travesty would have arisen. Once yo-”

“Can you really blame us though?? We’ve spent hundreds of years apart, trying to survive as best we could in an environment designed to kill every single one of us! Can you really blame somepony for developing a selfish nature in a world where nothing but pain and suffering thrives? We had no guide, no help, our goddess was lost to the same thing that brings us so much suffering every day. And once we finally grow out of our religious shell, once we try to colonize a place different from the forest, we get this political bullshit thrown at us! A month of a political headache would have been nothing compared to all the lives lost in that damned pla-! -...”

>*Oh FUCK I just cut off the Princess! OH FUCK OH GEEZ OH FUCK.*

>”So why did you not take the time?”

>*Yo-… You’re not going to take disrespect to that?*

“… W-Well, we did! My Elder wanted to leave the forest. He was the only sane one in my opinion. The others, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts to colonize your lands decided that it’s Saturniidae’s will for us to stay within the forest. They still believed in that religious crap and we couldn’t come to an agreement! Most mothponies still believed in the religious stuff, so we had no say in it. It was us who kept trying to gain admission to your nation for the latest years. The same Elder, the same single elder kept trying to convince you to let us out. And you kept turning him down because “Leaving the forest by yourselves is selfish.”! Really??”

>”As I said, letting one of your villages leave without the agreement of the others would have sparked major conflict between each other. Your species would have started a war between two leading factions. Then both of them would come to me for aid or even with threats. Eventually one of the factions may even manage to convince some of my ponies to help them, starting conflicts between me and my subjects. Allowing part of your population to my land would have unleashed chaos not documented for thousands of years on this planet. Separating species in factions would undo what Alicorns worked so hard to accomplish, a single united nation throughout the planet. It is the only way to attain peace on a global scale. Saturniidae found and took care of you wondrous creatures but was unfortunate enough to meet an untimely death, leaving you to fend for yourselves. I would have stepped in had I known your situation would escalate so quickly.”

“Wait. You KNEW Saturniidae?”

>”Of course I knew her.”

>”She was a whimsical, young Alicorn, carefree if a bit naive. She decided to be responsible for you mothponies. It all predates the land of Equestrian power. The largest events happened on Discords reign. Although Luna and I are-, were the last Alicorns left alive, it was not always like this. There was a time when Alicorns were almost much more abundant, but then Discord came in and decided to destroy all of that in the name of chaos. Saturniidae wanted to avoid the war, so she locked herself inside a mountain. Eventually, once Discords creations started threatening you mothponies, she had no choice but to take action and had to give her life to protect you. At around the same time, me and my sister finally defeated Discord and built the Equestrian nation. I was well aware of the rot forest, but was unable to do anything more than cast a spell that prevents it from spreading unless taken outside of the enchanted barrier. I even created patches of land for you mothponies to live in, 12 in total, and took to my own ponies. Once I had returned to you, you refused to leave Saturniidaes’ resting ground despite my best efforts to convince you otherwise. And now, you come before me. Telling me that you have finally decided to leave the forest, on the word of your fictional God. I will no doubt agree. But I would not risk loosing the utopia that my beloved brothers and sisters gave their lives to protect!”

”Saturniidae was… An alicorn? Not a God?”

>”Of course she was no God. There is no such thing on this world, silly stallion. But try convincing several hundred delusional moths at once.” – she finishes that sentence with a giggle.

>*Caution, overload of data detected. Please refrain from gaining any more information or risk system meltdown.*

“No, no I suppose you wouldn’t be able to do that…” – you say as you stand in awe once more.

>”Well then, Pollen. Any more questions?”

“No, no I’ll be good for a while now…”

>”Good.” – with a chipper voice – “I’m glad to hear that you mothponies have finally agreed on leaving that horrible place. You have no idea how much of a weight that removes from my heart. I am glad to tell you that under these circumstances, I will head your call for help. We shall have a meeting within two weeks to discuss the details. Report to the guard at the start of the next week, tell them where you are staying and await my message. See you in two weeks, Pollen Seed. You can be quite the politician for a mothpony.”

“Alright then, thank you for the praise and I will be taking my leave now…”

>”Have a wonderful week here in Equestria!”

>You walk out the giant door completely appalled at what just came out of her mouth. Until it finally hits you.

>*… Aaaah shit! I still have no idea where I’ll be staying!*