"Celestia/Luna Greentexts: End of an Era"
By Wiggy (https://pastebin.com/u/Wiggy)

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Created on: Monday 19th of September 2016 12:04:32 AM CDT
Retrieved on: Friday 23 of October 2020 07:10:51 PM UTC


>The princess looked over the horizon, standing atop the peak of one of the many hills behind Canterlot.
>The city's more urban, modern structure and colorful neon signs stood as a testament to how much it had changed.
>She couldn't help but heave a mournful sigh, gazing on the progress her ponies had made.
>The progress they will continue to make.
>Without her.
>With the sudden surge in technological advancements, it was something the sun princess had known would come to pass.
>Typically, when a society's technology improves, so too does its ideologies and views, chiefly among other things.
>Equestria was no different.
>Celestia had watched, day by day, as ponies began to act differently, create differently, and think differently.
>The buildings of Canterlot changed from their opaque, medieval architecture to blocky, urban designs.
>Rarely did ponies rely on magic anymore, opting instead to rely on gadgets to assist them throughout the day.
>This, regrettably, is where she had become involuntarily involved with her society's progression.
>The less ponies relied on magic, the less they saw the need for it.
>Machines had begun to regulate nature further, to the point that it became autonomous, rendering weather ponies pointless.
>All but two aspects of nature were conquered.
>Day and night.
>Celestia and her sister's magic was the only thing capable of moving the sun and moon.
>But the sisters knew that eventually, the time would come when they, too, would be replaced by machines.
>Whispers of new forms of government helped in that case, as ponies further regarded the royal sisters as necessary tools rather than monarchs.
>A rebellion had begun forming in Canterlot, a fact Celestia's ponies thought she was unaware of.
>When the day of the Celestial Shifter's creation came, the sisters knew the time had come.
>The sun and moon's independent movements did not go unnoticed by the sisters, the actions signaling the device's existence to them.
>What few guards remained prepared for the incoming siege.
>While Luna was slightly more willing to go down with the castle, Celestia calmly halted any preparation.
>She was no tyrant, and she'd convinced her sister so as well.
>Celestia could not bring harm to the ponies she cared so much for, even when they were ready to overthrow her.
>Fighting back would bring unnecessary bloodshed and instill fear and hatred among her ponies.
>The sisters reluctantly relieved the guards of their duties, this time permanently.
>When the rebellion charged the castle, they were immediately greeted by the sisters solemnly surrendering.
>Historians will likely call it a day of progress, of victory, and of justice.
>Celestia and Luna will only see it as the day their ponies outgrew them.
>After the sisters' surrender, the establishment of a new government had come swiftly.
>It seemed the rebels had everything planned out, choosing to form a government based on a concept called "democracy".
>But what came after didn't matter to the royals.
>They had been tossed aside, like the concept of magic before them, by a more efficient way of living.
>Their purpose had been served, some had said, and the ponies were ready to govern themselves without their aid.
>As Celestia walked away from what was once her city, taking to the skies in search of a new home with her sister, she only hoped that they were right.