Some time flew by from the battle with Twilight Sparkle. Her closest followers, willing and unwilling, all of them were captured by either my task force, or Dream Legion. In the end, the number of ponies that swore their loyalty to the mad unicorn touched hundreds.
Eighth Ark had enough cryogenic pods for all of them, and there would be enough room for twice as much. Alea sealed the ship, programmed its system for the closest target in database and let it fly. Where it would end, where would tides of the universe carry it, no one knew for sure. Twilight's friends took the remaining Elements of Harmony with them, along with broken Twilight's crown. They would serve as an reminder of this event.
My sisters and I took the roles of ruling Equestria. Luna would join us in time, once she would cope with her own sister's illness.
Celestia didn't die, and death would be fulfilled wish for her. When Twilight touched her with dark magic, Celestia's powers got corrupted as well. Unlike Twilight,

I flew over the distance between my ship and Canterlot mountain. I was changing my disguise, depending on what I was doing. You don't see flying unicorns everyday. I also hoped the gray mailmare I had impersonated wouldn't be around at the time of my arrival. I didn't want to screw this mission up. This time though, even if I was found, I had a radio and a ship with weapons, capable of executing a genocide. I had nothing to fear honestly.
Canterlot changed to the point I wouldn't recognise it. Purple bubble shield was around it, just like during my infiltration. Well, I did cross this barrier once, and it wasn't something that hard. Canterlot had quite large cave systems under it. If you knew where you were going, you couldn't get lost. Infiltration of the capital proved to be rather simple in the end.
I ran a quick scan on the shield. It had Twilight's signature all over it, and it wasn't as strong as Shining Armour's. One or two plasma shells from my ship's main battery would break i

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*PRESENT TIME*
My crew members slowly came to themselves after few hours. I tended to the navigation and helping Alea in the meantime with controlling the ship. We managed to cover half of the distance between the exit vector of the jump gate and Equestria. I could feel the homesickness going slowly away. I knew our home would be taken back, but I was willing and determined to do what was right.
Shadow of the blue planet in the front of us faded in from the dark abyss of space void. It seemed like the planet wasn't moving and simply waiting for us to catch up with it.
"Hell of a trip, wasn't it?" said Luna with a light smile on her lips. All six of us were at full alert.
Obsidian stretched her already long neck, "Here I come Equestria,"
I gave her a smirk, "You haven't seen that planet in a long time, haven't you?"
"Obviously," she replied, "I don't know what to expect. What great inventions ponies achieved during my absence?"
I had to laugh, "Great in

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*ONE WEEK EARLIER*
Crystal Empire was once again clear from all the hostility and disharmony. Twilight would rub her hooves together, if it meant end of work for her. She didn't want to be a princess like Celestia suggested, not at all. But after seeing her own future, where she's openly rejected by Celestia for failing to protect harmony in Equestria, she couldn't simply stand by and wait for her fate to come. She had to eliminate all the threats, and restore power of her mentor's regalia. Without actively soothing ponies and adjusting their minds, there would be a rebellion. They couldn't find out their princess was getting old and powerless to stop anything. They could decide her younger sister, or even that darn changeling, were simply better rulers.
When presented with such an idea, Celestia didn't object. Twilight was the only one she could trust after all. She was her faithful student, the only one left after her sister's betrayal. Princess Cele