As far as I knew, I wasn't going to let go of my ideals so easily. That is what I knew when Twilight reformed me. The only thing she made me understand was that I could not force this equality down everypony's throats. As that, caused inequality on the greatest scale. And, she also allowed me to develop my ideas with a spice of individualism while under strict observation. My writings had grown from angry rambles to controlled rants on spefic ideas that I wanted to grapple with. I know that nopony would like to be bound by destiny. That is what I seek to circumvent by creating equality. I do not want ponies to have predetermined outcomes, I want them to be able to forge their own, like I did.
I will allow them this to happen.
I got out of bed, another restless night of dreaming and contemplating behind me, I begun getting ready for today. The anniversary of revolution in the town of . That town, I don't know how he did it, but he did tenfold greater than I could. He allowed people to forge their own destinies, even with cutie-marks. He circumnavigated destiny where I could not. I will achieve greater than him. I will go down in history.
I started trotting down the halls of the castle, trying to find (which it is still quite hard for me) my way out of the castle. I encountered Twilight.
"What are you doing today, so early in the morning?" Twilight asked
"I'm.. going to " I replied to her
"But, isn't that place... like the town you made?" She played.
"Yes, but he somehow did what I could not. He actually kept cutie-marks on the mares and stallions and still lead to an equal society." I, with a hint of jealousy, informed.
"I thought I reformed you.." She said, worryingly
"Yes. You reminded me that have one pony at the top with others below being equal to eachother is just as bad as the unequal system we have now. Look at it for a moment, Twilight. You have unicorns such as you and I at the top, never having to worry about falling down the ranks of society at all. You have Pegasi, like Rainbow and Fluttershy, who could easily become impoverished if they don't do their jobs right, and you then have the earth ponies, like Applejack and Pinke. They, will almost always be on the verge of squalor without outside aide." I responded.
"Uh..." Twilight struggled to find a counter
"Isn't that a result of magical biology?" She mused.
"Yes, and no. All ponies have the same amount of magic, but they can only use a certain portion of it in certain places. For example, Earth ponies use their magic in their minds in a thing called ingenuity."
"I know that, Starlight." Twilight said.
"But, unicorn magic is a superior magic to Earth pony and Pegasi magic" she added
"Well, I'd agree with that when it comes to doing something quickly. If you want the optimal amount of accessibility from your solution, I'd say get an earth pony to do the job." I answered
"Off I go then!" I finally said, ending the conversation.
As I walked, I returned to my thoughts. Vladimare Lenin, originally conceived thought to be a woman, turned out to be a man. I always found that a little funny. He had done so many great things for ponykind. He added onto my critique of modern, aristocratic society even though most had left it behind due to my "justification" for it being secretly about friends. He and I had debated a lot before, but I just had to go to this. I've heard rumor that this celebration will the biggest yet! The five year anniversary of the revolution!
In my excitement, I did not notice that many a pony stared at me, because of how gleeful I looked today.
"What's got you so hap-hap-happy?" Pinke asked
"There's a party in St. Hoofensburg" I told her.
"What about?" She questioned
"A military victory." I said
"Can I come?" She waivered the questioned.
"Yes." I told her, winning Pinke the 'raffle'
"Cool!" She said
So, me and Pinke walked, almost silently for another five minutes or so. The houses of Ponyville almost remind me of the houses of my town's. Neatly strewn together, the exterior of each seemed similar enough to roughly be equal to one another. We turned towards the west, to get to the train. Filthy Rich's house was here. He had invested into failing corporations and... gained profit? It was weird and shady, but somehow, he basically robbed much of the funding for companies made by other earth ponies that had failed, if I do recall.
"Where to, Pinke Pie and Starlight Glimmer?" begun the ticket guy, whom I did not know the name of
" , Sir." I requested
"Alright, that'll be 30 bits, here and back for each of you."
"Thank you, Sir." I told him.
I got out 60 of the 90 bits I had on hoof and paid him.
"Enjoy your trip, little fillies!" he exclaimed.
We got on board the train, and Pinke started eating some cake. I begun writing a letter to Vladimare as we waited for the train to start.
"So.. what are we gonna do at the party?" Pinke asked
"Mostly drinking, telling stories, and playing wargames." I responded.
"What kind of wargames, cause most of the wargames I've played have been really boring." Pinke pressed.
"Well, it's certainly not traditional wargames. Not a lot of talking, it's a magic based board game that people come to play via help from the unicorns who know the spells to bring up those games. I'd say it's pretty easy to learn, as there's only a few rules. The Gamesy Gemsy will explain the rules once we get to that."
"Who's Gamesy Gemsy?" Pinke wondered.
"He's the manager of all sorts of games and parties in ." I told her. "He's sorta like you, in some respects."