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> Protest started to emerge. Sometimes completely independent of the opposition group's structure,more often times lead by the increasingly hysterical Accountability in Equestrian Royalty.

> The party gave it's support but kept it's distance from the protests. They could be rowdy, sometimes they would backfire or contain elements that were racist towards changelings. 

> It focused more on building up and expanding it's grassroots organization and keeping the pressure on the princesses.

> Finally things came to a head when the Accountability in Equestrian Royalty attempted to stage a sit in on the royal palace itself. 

> There was a major altercation involving Princess Luna.

> Accounts differed as to what exactly happened, but Luna was in the middle of it all.

> Several ponies were injured. A couple of them gravely. 

> Pictures of a teen beaten within an inch of her life and suffering magical burns were a PR disaster for the lunar monarch.

> This was the second blow 

> The other opposition groups quickly made it a rallying point. Luna was cast as a villain and the main focus of the ire of many of the media.

> In hindsight it may have been a risky strategy, as there was a significant mix of ponies who blamed the protesters and starting to be some who grew tiered with the ruckus.

> Though Luna was much less graceful and more prone to mistakes than her older sister. The party leaders saw this.

> They focused most of their pressure upon her, trying to catch her for any mistake.

> Try to get her to crack under the pressure.

> This went on about a month before another tragedy occurred.