Love and War

07

After Effects and a Prelude to Hopes and Dreams

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The Elements of Harmony, channelled through the Element of Love had had a profound effect on all in the New Land.

Former enemies, the Soldiers from Gaea, had their eyes and hearts opened to the truth they had been blinded to for generations. They abandoned all their hatred for these Equestrians, and saw they were no different from the ponies they sought to once wipe out.

These soldiers were accepted as the ponies they were, and spread out among this population. Many of these soldiers were shocked when their warlike cutie marks vanished, eventually to be replaced by new ones that showed their true talents.

Artists, farmers, teachers, healers and more were appearing day by day. Peace spread through the New Land like a warm spring wind.

With nearly 70% of Gaea's military no longer wishing for war, the still active Gaean forces were forced to retreat to their own land, leaving the now devastated Equestria to those Equestrians who had survived.

Over the next year, sky ships started to return to Equestria, bringing not only former soldiers, but Equestrians back home to rebuild the wonderful kingdom.

These ships, once brimming with weapons had been stripped down to become passenger and even merchant ships. With their reduced weight, the could travel faster, and soon ponies started to live in both lands, separated only by the sea.

Peace reigned once again.

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It took nearly ten years for Equestria to recover, but those who had returned did all they could.

The Equestrians who had been left behind in their homeland took more time to learn to trust those who came back, but in time, they saw the truths.

Families were reunited and new ones were created.

Through magic, Unicorns who had lost their horns had them restored, as well as Pegasai with their wings.

Yes, peace was good.

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The Leviathan, once a powerful ship which brought nothing but fear, found it's ability to fly gone, as it used enslaved Pegasai and Unicorns to keep it in the sky and shielded. With them freed, the ship was brought to the ground.

Rather than tearing it apart, on the site it had landed, a city began to spread, with the ship itself being converted to a castle where a new council was formed to rule what was now being called Newland.

The remainder of the once military sky ships became a regular means of transportation across the land, as well as a means for ponies to freely travel between Newland and Equestria,

With these two pony nations growing stronger and stronger, the fear of Gaea ever attacking faded into nothing. In fact, trade relations were opened with this land as well, which started a change in Gaea itself.

Ten full years after the end of the war, all three nations were now at peace.

Gaea was now united under a new council, one that sought peaceful relations with Equestria and Newland. The old laws were stripped apart and thrown away, along with old hatreds.

The Pegasai and Unicorns even began to reappear in Gaea. This brought in a change over the land itself. Once quite barren and harsh, the newly controlled weather helped to revitalize the land, bringing in farmers and other crafts and trades.

Yes indeed, peace was far better than the hatred of war.

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The main event which caused the war to end opened up a lot of questions.

Dawn Glimmer had been the only one to see them, the two unidentified Elements which had appeared and given him the power to end the war.

Twilight Sparkle dove into studying and researching, but still focused on her growing family.

Three Daughters had been born to Twilight and Dawn.

Skywind Dash, a Unicorn with the talent to run on clouds.

Sunshine, born a year and a half after Skywind, an the moment the sun rose during the Summer Sun Celebration, and Moonlight, born at midnight of the Winter Moon Celebration a year and a half later.

Queen Fluttershy and King Starlight Bolt were blessed with a son, whom they named Silver Star.

Applejack had met and fallen for a former soldier, one Sweet Heart. They built a new apple orchard and were also blessed with a son, named Apple Heart.

Finally, Diane also met a former soldier, a pilot from the Leviathan itself. His name, Cloud Breaker. They were blessed with a son they named Cotton Candy.

It would be this new Generation that would ultimately discover the new Elements of Harmony. But this is where Love and War ends. Hopes and Dreams will continue on in a new story, one free from war, but filled with the magic of friendship, with hopes, and dreams, and adventure.

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The End.