Celestia sat on her throne, watching as her army was setting up banners of the Solar Empire around Canterlot and asking, sometimes even enforcing, ponies to join the Solar Empire. She was pleased at the sight. She knew there was nopony that would dare disobey her orders and nopony, not even her own sister Luna, could face her. She was simply too strong, and Celestia liked it that way. She even had the Solar Empire have its own anthem, soon there was nothing that could stop her...or so she thought.

  The mane 6 traveled to Canterlot as fast as they could but just as they reached the gates of Canterlot, they stopped in their tracks. Everything was different. The gates had banners at its side reading: The Solar Empire and the picture of the sun on top. As the mane 6 walked deeper into Canterlot, they saw that some houses were already painted a full red, with the Solar Empire's banners and pictures on it. They saw a few ponies running away as fast as they could. One pony had stopped to warn them, he had said, "Quick! Run away as far as you can from this place! Celestia's crazy, she's going to kill us all! Run!" and then ran away, never to be seen again. The mane 6 didn't know what to do, but they continued down Canterlot anyway.

  Soon, they caught sight of some of the royal guards, and were shocked at what they saw. The guards were holding weapons, leading some ponies out of their houses and then having them lie or crouch on the floor, asking if they wanted to join the force of the Solar Empire. Some said yes, others simply kept silent, not knowing what to say. The mane 6 quickly hid out of their sights behind a building and looked at each other in horror. "Exactly what is going on?!" asked Rainbow Dash, a look of fear on her face. "Ah' don't know, but whateva' it is, it sure ain't good. Did ya'll even see what they did to them ponies?" Applejack frightfully asked. Fluttershy was timidly cowering in a corner, Rarity at her side. Even Pinkie's mane was slowly deflating as she heard Dash and Applejack talking. Twilight then came up with an idea. "Girls, maybe we can-" She was cut off when suddenly a huge black hole opened below them, sucking the mane 6 all in before they could even register what have happened.

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-Earlier,-

  A black hole formed on the moon, with Luna using her magic to keep it open. "Oh I hope those girls will survive the trip here, and I hope it won't take too long." Luna had already seen what was happening on Canterlot through a magic scope she conjured that allowed her to see from the moon to Equestria. The royal guards were on a killing rampage, attacking anypony who tried to run away, and imprisoning those who refused to join the Solar Empire, bringing them somewhere even Luna didn't want to know, but she knew that the chances of seeing those ponies again were extremely low. Through the scope she even saw Celestia walking down the streets of Canterlot, head held high in pride, and smiling as she saw how Canterlot was slowly changing to her will. That was then when she suddenly looked straight up at Luna.

  Luna was quickly stepped back and closed the magical scope. 'How did she know?' Luna panicked, the sight of her own sister looking at her with tyranny and pure evilness in her eyes running through her mind.

  Suddenly she heard some gasping for air and turned around to see the mane 6 choking, unable to breathe in space.