15 years ago, an uprising in Canterlot sparked a chain of events that led to the largest civil war Equestria had ever seen. Now, with the war long over, acceptance of the ponies’ new [division] had begun to set in.
It was your average day in Ponyville, sans unicorns. Even with the total absence of a species, the past seven years haven’t been much different. Not many unicorns had ever lived in Ponyville anyway, with the main population being earth ponies and pegasi. The history just hasn’t been in the unicorns’ favor here, as is reflected in local holidays like Winter Wrap Up. A few shops had been closed since they abandoned us. They decided they were too good for us earth pony-folk and pegasi and they got up and out and declared independence. Even the many unicorns that didn’t support it were forced, by not-so-peer-pressure and propaganda from their future rulers with family lines that can be traced back thousands of years in Canterlot.
They’re fascists.
Of course, not all of them. But for the most part, they’re fascists.
I can’t give up hope that Twilight Sparkle and Rarity still have access to their elements and can fix this mess these selfish, stuck-up unicorns caused. It’s the only hope for a re-unification of Equestria… But it’s been fifteen years… Fifteen years in what can only be under corrupt thinking and oppressive rule by the unimaginably wealthier. I can’t imagine what it has done to them. Are they still alive? Have they spoken out against their government, banished and thrown into a dungeon? And even if Equestria was united again, the unicorns wouldn’t be viewed in the same way again.
I just wish, for the sake of all ponykind, they hadn’t chosen to have done such a stupid thing.
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	Files from the Tropical Cyclone Division of Cloudsdale Weather Factory, Cloudsdale, Equestria



CLOUDSDALE WEATHER FACTORY
TROPICAL CYCLONE DIVISION
CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES AND PLANNED DISSIPATIONS
2748 DC REPORT #3
DAY 167
TROPICAL CYCLONE AMETHYST STAR (1, 01)
A PEGASI SCOUTING TEAM HAS RECORDED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 KNOTS IN THE NE QUADRANT OF THIS SYSTEM, STRONG ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A TROPICAL CYCLONE, IN A DISTURBANCE THAT WAS TRACKED THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE NAME AMETHYST STAR HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO NAME THIS PARTICULAR CYCLONE. ALONG WITH THE DESIGNATION, A PRESSURE OF 1002 MILLIBARS WAS ALSO RECORDED. AMETHYST STAR’S LOCATION IS 300 KM NORTH OF ROE ISLAND, ALSO APPROXIMATELY 450 KM WEST OF GALLOPFREY.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO PLANS TO INITIATE DISSIPATATION OF THE CYCLONE AS IT IS OF NO THREAT TO ANY EQUESTRIAN LAND IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS. PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE FURTHER MONITORED AS IT NEARS THE EQUESTRIAN COASTLINE FURTHER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD.
NO OTHER CYCLONES CURRENTLY EXIST OR ARE PREDICTED BY TOMORROW.



CLOUDSDALE WEATHER FACTORY
TROPICAL CYCLONE DIVISION
CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES AND PLANNED DISSIPATIONS
2748 DC REPORT #7
DAY 171
MAJOR TROPICAL CYCLONE AMETHYST STAR (1, 05)
SEVERAL RECONIASSANCE TEAMS INVESTIGATED STILL STRENGTHENING AMETHYST STAR AS PLANNED; RECORDING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 90 KNOTS AND PRESSURES BELOW 970 MILLIBARS. AMETHYST STAR’S SOUTHERN EYEWALL HAS PASSED OVER GALLOPFREY. THIS INTERACTION WITH LAND COULD WEAKEN THE CYCLONE SLIGHTLY, BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AFTER RECOVING WITHIN A DAY AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHWEST NEARING THE EQUESTRIAN COAST.
AS THE CYCLONE IS NEARING THE COASTLINE, SEVERAL TEAMS (9, 15A, 17, 18, AND 23) ARE ON ALERT AS CONDITIONS COULD BECOME SEVERE ENOUGH TO MERIT A FORCED DISSIPATION OF AMETHYST STAR.
A NEW DISTURBANCE HAS FORMED IN THE GULF FAR EAST OF CLOUDSDALE AND PONYVILLE, THIS SYSTEM WILL BE MONITERED FOR FORMATION INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE WHICH IS LIKELY TO OCCUR WITHIN A DAY.



CLOUDSDALE WEATHER FACTORY
TROPICAL CYCLONE DIVISION
CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES AND PLANNED DISSIPATIONS
2748 DC REPORT #8
DAY 172
MAJOR TROPICAL CYCLONE AMETHYST STAR (1, 06)
AMETHYST STAR CONTINUES TO HOLD INTENSITY (MEASURED AT 90 KNOTS), PRESSURES ALSO CONTINUE TO BE IMMEASUREABLE AND THUS SET BELOW 970 MILLIBARS. THE CYCLONE HAS TURNED TO THE NORTHEAST AS EXPECTED AND THE EYEWALL HAS RECOVERED.
THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO NEAR THE COASTLINE BUT THERE ARE FEW AFFECTED INHABITATIONS, SO IF THE SYSTEM MUST BE DISSIPATED IT WILL BE WEAKENED TO A MINIMAL TROPICAL CYCLONE. JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS DECISION: WET CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA ARE QUITE DESPERATELY NEEDED. TEAMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THE WEAKENING OF AMETHYST STAR WITHIN HOURS OF THE ISSUANCE [change wording] OF THIS REPORT.
TROPICAL CYCLONE MOONDANCER (2, 01)
ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM TWO PEGASI WEATHER BRIGADES INVESTIGATING THE DISTURBANCE IN THE GULF, THE DISTURBANCE HAS INTENSIFIED TO A POINT AT WHICH IT COULD BE NAMED. THE NAME ASSIGNED IS MOONDANCER. THIS SYSTEM HAS RECORDED WIND SPEEDS REACHING 40 KNOTS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT AND IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. IT IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE EAST AND EVENTUALLY NORTHEAST OVER THE PERIOD OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AS MOONDANCER IS NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT LAND AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE, THERE ARE NO CURRENT PLANS TO INTERVENE AND WEAKEN THE SYSTEM.