[Contest entry] Turns out… it wasn’t a lie

Speedpaint: https://youtu.be/cZicy0hqAzY

A small au-story to art:

It depicts the theme that the war is not over yet, the megaspell has not been removed from the ruins of Canterlot. A lot of time has passed - generations have changed and everyone began to forget about the past life, and princesses and a better life have become a kind of “legends” that the ancestors passed from mouth to mouth to their children, and those in turn to their own. But the story was distorted and everyone embellished in their own way - so the options began to diverge and distrust of authenticity began to appear. Melon also heard these stories from her ancestors, but did not believe in them, like the vast majority, but on one of her travels she met a good and pleasant pony. He was quite older than he looked. And somehow they started talking about these “legends”, then pony handed Melon a book with the name “Book of Harmony” was emblazoned. Book was already faded, but still readable. The newfound acquaintance opened the book in the middle and pointed to the statue of one of the princesses, saying that there was proof of the existence of the rulers and it was in the ruins of Canterlot, which is still shrouded in a pink cloud. The stallion said that the girl never won’t miss it because of the size, the only thing was that the statue could no longer have its original appearance, the same amount of time had passed. And our lover of adventures and stories was going on the road with this book, doubts crept into her heart, and suddenly all this is true?. That pony easily gave the book away, as if he knew that the filly could be trusted, she was the only one who agreed to check. The path is not easy after all, and even he waved off that he knew everything by heart, because he had read it so many times

And in total, the picture shows the moment when the statue was found and the filly realized that everything told in the book is not fiction. At the moment of realization, sunlight broke through the clouds on Melon - illuminating both her and the statue itself with light, as if giving a sign that the soul of Celestia herself is near

Well, I think that now the mare has caught fire with the idea of not only telling funny situations, but also seriously restoring the pristine history and the past of the pony before the war