//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: The Revolution Begin // Story: My Little Pony: The Flurry Heart’s Story // by Arkogon //------------------------------// Princess Twilight has arrived at the Crystal Empire in a snowstorm. She hurried and saw everypony wanting to know and worried why the snowstorm had just appeared. She entered through the crowds, as everypony asked what’s going on. But she got through and entered the palace where Princess Cadance was waiting. “Cadance,” she said, seeing her sister-in-law, and they both embrace hug. “I heard what happened, is Flurry…?” “She’s okay,” Cadance replied. “But we do have a problem.” She takes her to the library and shows Flurry Heart trying to restore the Crystal Heart. “Twilight,” Shining Armor said, happy to see her. “We have been trying to restore it, but it seems we can’t.” As he said, Flurry has been trying to restore it but it still remains shattered. Twilight looks closely and understands it has no magic any more. “It has no magic,” said Twilight. “How did this happen?” “Don’t know, but it has something to do with his power.” Cadance figured. “It’s like he just destroyed it with a grip of his claw. I have never seen any creature that could destroy magic so easily.” Twilight thinks about how Clipso could have such power that never existed in Equestria for a long time. She wonders and confused why he would destroy the Crystal Heart. “Why would he do this?” “King Sombra,” Shining exclaimed. “It was to bring King Sombra back and banish him into a void. That's all he did.” “What void?” She asked. “I don’t know,” he said. “But he said, he’s here to clean you and your friends’ mess after defeating others.” “Others?” He nodded, haven’t figured what he meant. Twilight thinks back from the beginning with her friends. But too focus on Flurry, as she tries to fix the crystal. She walks up to her and sees she’s worried. “Flurry?” She asked but Flurry is too focused on the shatters. “Flurry, are you okay?” “I’m fine,” she said, frustrated. But stopped realizing her aunt. “Auntie Twilight, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be frustrated.” “It’s okay,” Twilight said. “You were petrified when facing him.” “I wasn’t petrified.” She replied. “I was seeing him. I see through his eyes what he sees. I saw us, losing against the creatures he had united with him. I think he was telling the truth about us.” “Flurry,” said Twilight. “You can’t believe anything from him. He can’t predict the future from what he sees. He only manipulated you to believe everything he said.” “But he knew about my friend Luster,” said Flurry Heart. Twilight couldn’t believe how she believed everything he said. Before that, a message appeared with a blaze in the air. She unscrolled it and read, there’s some trouble in the courtyard at Canterlot. “I’m sorry, but there’s an emergency at Canterlot courtyard,” she said after reading the scroll. “I wish I could stay and help, but they need me back.” “That’s okay,” Cadance said. “We’ll find a way to calm the ponies outside of the empire.” She smiles, and both hug together as she uses a teleportation spell to travel back to Canterlot. Spike was waiting for her at the courtyard with the guards. “Spike, what’s going on?” She asked. “Well, let’s just say, something terrible happened here,” he recalled. He shows her the courtyard; it was a mess. It seems the Nightmare Moon statue was destroyed into pieces. And the statue of the Mean Three is gone. “Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow are missing.” He said, worried. “They somehow escaped from their prison. How can they get out of their statue?” He can’t figure out how the villain escapes, and Twilight wonders if this has something to do with Clipso’s attacking the Crystal Empire. Then she understands what he meant, cleaning her mess and defeating others. “Clipso,” she figured. “He set them free, and banished them like King Sombra.” “What?” Spike asked. “It's all because he is cleaning our mess because we didn’t do anything with them," said Twilight Sparkle. “And now, he’s turning every creature of Equestria against us just because we’re controlling ponies’ magic.” “That’s wrong,” Spike said with disgust. “How could he think you control their magic?” Then he thought about it. “Oh, right.” Then he sees Twilight beginning to lose faith. “Twilight, you have to stop him. He’s gonna keep on doing this until you're surrounded by angry creatures. Is there anything you can make him stop?” “I did,” she said. “Discord volunteered to give him the friendship he needed, and he succeeded. But I don’t get it, he already helped him learn the value of friendship.” Spike thinks and wonders if Discord did not give Clipso the friendship lesson, and to believe he lied. “Twilight, do you think Discord really convinced him to be friends?” She doesn’t know if he did but she needs to know. “Don’t know, but I have a feeling we need to talk to him.” Meanwhile, Luster and her friends were with Argyle walking back to Ponyville when they arrived at the Sugarcube Corner and met Li’l Cheese, as she saw them back. “You’re back,” she happily hugs Luster. “And you brought friends.” The others were happy to meet her, as Pumpkin and Pound Cake came outsite to meet them. “Luster, welcome back. And you brought the pony you mentioned before.” “Uh, yeah,” she was kind of awkward. “Argyle, this is my friend Li’l Cheese, and the others are Pound Cake and Pumpkin. Li’l Cheese, this is Argyle Starshine, a new friend, or a pony I met earlier.” She looks at him and wonders what she was talking about. “So, this must be the pony you've been talking about.” “Pumpkin!” She said, not to be embarrassed. But her friends chuckled, including Argyle who was smiling. “Guess she has his type,” said Ambrosia whispering to them. “Hey, I’m a pony too,” Sundance added. Li’l Cheese brings them inside and introduces them with unicorn cupcakes. “Unicorn cupcakes? I made them myself.” “Don’t mind if I do,” said Hazel Garden as she took one. All of them take one and take a bite of it. “It’s my favorite style to make everypony happy,” said Li’l Cheese. “Even for creatures.” They all smiled and enjoyed the cupcake, until a pony came. “Excuse me, do you have what I want?” “Sure, I’ll go get it.” Pumpkin responded. “Pound, stay to watch our customer.” He nodded, as she went to go get the food. The pony was waiting until he saw creatures with Luster. “Hey, what are they doing here?” “Us?” Sundance asked, pointing to himself. “No, them!” He pointed at the creatures who aren’t like them. “Us?” said Baron. “Baron and friends came here with our friends.” “But a politician!” He exclaimed. “They’re one of those creatures who join with that mad dragon.” “Hang on, what politician?” Hazel asked. “I’m not telling you! You’re just like the other creature.” They do not know what he meant but it was cut short when Pumpkin came with the package. She was about to tell him the cost but he just placed his coin and left in a hurry. “What was that all about?” “I don’t know, but it seems he does not like them.” Pound said, showing that Luster’s friends are not part of them. Luster has no idea what’s going on but she believes there might be trouble at the Friendship School. “We need to go. Thanks for free cupcakes!” As she uses teleportation spells on herself and her friends. They arrive at the school and see crowds of creatures taking their kids away from here. “What’s going on?” She asked, but none of them replied and left in a hurry. Luster and her friends enter and see Starlight having problems with creatures’ parents. “Mom, what’s going on?” “Everything’s okay, sweetheart.” Starlight said, and having problems with creatures. “Just stay there and…. I’ll be right there.” She doesn’t know what’s going on but then the creatures came to take her friends. “Hold on, where are you taking them?” “Not letting her stay here,” said Ambrosia’s parents or legal guardian. “Me too,” Hazel’s mother said. “No yak will learn from this,” Baron’s parents said, taking him away. Her friends are being taken, as she doesn’t know what’s going on. Then she sees her father working on papers being written from creatures. “Dad, why are they taking my friends away?” she asked. “Sorry, sweetie. But I have other problems.” he said, busy with papers. As he leaves, Luster and her two friends do not know what’s going on but she needs to know. So she looks at creatures taking their kids away from school. Then she heard creatures whispering about something as she listened to what’s going on. “Have you heard, he said the ponies’ magic are controlled by the alicorn princess.” “I know, one of the dragons told us about it. We now finally see what they see. We should take our creatures out of this school before she steals theirs.” She wanted to know more but another creature spotted her overhearing the conversation. “Hey, what are you doing?” “I was just…” “Were you spying?” The griffin asked, furiously. “No, I wasn’t.” She tries to apologize. “You were,” said the hippogriff. “You’re Twilight’s mentor.” Luster tries to get away from their conversation but none doesn’t believe and only thinks she’s a spy for the princess. But were stopped by Sundance and Argyle. “Hold on, don’t hurt our friend,” said Sundance. “Let me guess, helping your unicorn friend cause she’s your pony friend?” As the griffin mocks them because they’re ponies. Then Argyle stood up. “Wait, she didn’t mean to overhear them. And yes, she is a unicorn pony does mean she’s our friend. But creatures and ponies are friends together, not enemies. And if you do not like being friends, then I agree.” With that, creatures then leave them alone as Luster and her friends were okay. “Thank you,” she said. “I couldn’t let them hurt you,” said Argyle. “Besides, we’re all friends.” He and Sundance are her friends and they will be by her side. But their friends were taken away from them, leaving only ponies, as Sunburst and Starlight now have ponies for a student. And Trixie was pretty upset about the creatures taking their students away. “Okay, who dares to take all the Great and Powerful Trixie’s students away from her greatest and powerful performance?” Trixie demands to know what’s going on. “I’m sorry, Trixie.” Starlight explains. “Every creature of Equestria has taken our students away.” “And every paper they have written is here,” Sunburst said, placing files on the table with his magic. “We gotta send these to Twilight Sparkle. She needs to know that all the creatures have taken our students away from school.” “Right, I’ll send them to her,” Starlight said, as she prepared to send them. “No, need!” Trixie said, as she stepped in her way. “The Great Trixie will send to Princess Twilight Sparkle.” She used the spell to send them but it seems it was sent to the swamp. Then it was sent back to them very wet. And Starlight heavily sighed, “Let me do it.” She sent the paper to Twilight perfectly without a mistake. “I hope Twilight will understand it.” “Hope so,” Sunburst added. “But I do not know why they would take them? It’s not like something made them so worried.” “I think something is making them worried,” she said, believing something is going on in Equestria. Before she could think, a scroll appeared above them with a blaze. Starlight unrolled and read what it said. “It seems I am needed at Canterlot,” she added. “Sunburst, can you look after the school while I’m gone? Including keeping an eye on Trixie?” Sunburst smiles and will keep an eye on her, as she uses the teleportation spell to Canterlot. Luster needs to know what’s going on as she needs her friends to stay. “You guys stay here, I need to figure out what’s going on.” She teleports herself to Canterlot and finds herself where Twilight and her friends are, including with Cadance and her mother. She hid so she could listen to their conversation, but she wasn’t the one who was listening as somepony almost gave her a jump. “Quiet,” she hushes her. “Flurry?” She said, seeing her here. “Why are you here?” “That’s the same question I was gonna ask,” Flurry said, then they both hear the conversation start as they listen to what's going on. “Of course he has to be stopped!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “He’s causing so much problem around Equestria that we cannot connect or talk to each other.” “I do agree with Rainbow Dash,” said Rarity. “When Yona’s parents came, they took her away leaving Sandbar. They said ponies cannot be trusted because our magic is linked to the crystal. How could they know that?” “Well, duh!” Rainbow Dash said. “It’s all about Clipso. That’s how they knew. He needs to be put down.” “I agree,” said Applejack. “But will that make the creatures more mad?” Fluttershy said, thinking it’s wrong to put him down. “Maybe we should try and talk him out?” “I kinda agree,” Starlight added. “Even though he's more of a politician against the alicorn, I mean, us. But he did get rid of Tirek, Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, and Sombra. So that’s probably good.” “And what about us? Applejack asked. “He will stab us on our back and keep on doing this. He completely turned every creature to take our students away from school.” “He destroy the Crystal Heart,” Cadance added. “And there’s no magic within them anymore.” “And he completely ruined the happy smile from the creature I tried to smile,” Pinkie said, speaking aggressively. “Pinkie, you were scaring them away with too many surprises,” said Applejack. “I was only making them be more happy,” said Pinkie Pie. “Yeah, I don’t think it works anymore,” said Spike. Then he looks at Twilight. “Do you think we should talk to Discord about what happened?” “He said he’s not in the mood anymore,” Twilight said. “After all, I don’t think he’s not gonna respond.” “You did give him free chaos? Right?” Starlight asked. “I did, but this trouble is more focused on Clipso,” she said. “If this keeps on going, then the balance of harmony will be divided between ponies and creatures. He must understand what we do to unite everyone to join with magic. And to do so, we must travel to Dragon Land and confront him.” “Wait, what?” Rarity confused. “Twilight, going there means the rest of the dragons will be there,” said Princess Cadance. “And if he doesn’t agree with the term, he will keep on.” “Then we have to do what we must,” she said. “Use the spell to incase him.” “You mean, turn him into stone? Like them?” Fluttershy asked. “There’s no other way,” said Twilight. “We do it now.” The others agree, but not Fluttershy, Cadance, and Starlight. “Twilight, if you do that then the creatures will know what you did.” “I’m sorry,” she apologized. “But it’s the choice we make.” She and her friends then settle to go to Dragon Land, and Fluttershy follows. Luster and Flurry now know what’s going on and understand why creatures literally mean to everypony. “So Clipso is the one who is behind all this?” she asked. “Yeah, I can’t fix the crystal anymore.” Flurry Heart said. “I’m afraid our friends are no longer our friends anymore.” This broke her heart as she can’t believe this is happening. Then she teleports herself, leaving Flurry Heart alone not knowing why, as she returns to Argyle and Sundance. “Luster, what’s going on?” Sundance asked. “Do you know why our friends were taken?” She did not reply but went away, leaving them not understanding what’s going on. But Argyle thinks something is not right with creatures hating ponies. Twilight and the rest of the Friendship Guardian arrived at the place. Everything was quiet, too quiet for no dragons around. When they approached, they found him just standing there as they were behind. “Great appearance,” Pinkie said, surprised. They don’t know why he’s standing there but he doesn’t look back at them, as Twilight begins asking him. “Clipso, is it? We’re here for your politician.” He doesn’t reply, as Rainbow Dash exclaimed. “Hey, buddy! Don’t you hear! We only wanted for you to-” “I hear,” he spoke. They were totally silent as he continued. “You came to make a demand of my politician against you.” “Yes,” said Twilight. “We’re all here for it. We demand for the revolution to end. Tell every creature that we do not control Equestria with our magic. Ponies and creatures are meant to unite in harmony, not to divide.” “United by your words,” said Clipso. “But I believe what I can trust on. From what I see, I already know what will happen next.” “Wait,” Applejack asked. “How did you…?” “I foresee from my eyes that you and your friends come here to imprison me in case of stone,” he said. “Like the villains your alicorn princesses did.” “They did it because their powers were taken away, they deserved to be stone,” said Twilight. “So what am I?” He questions. “Am I the villain just like them? Or am I something who did good for us?” “Good for us?” She asked. “What do you mean?” “The good of Equestria.” He announced. “I helped it cause I was chosen to see what it saw. I became it’s eye as I am one who can see the truth. My soul and armor are one with each to grant me this freedom.” He powers his horns. “With it, I am free from the pain. I have no fear, I have no love, I am something that I couldn’t tell. But it helps others see what I see, I show them what they must be prepared for.” “Like King Sombra when you banished him,” Twilight asked. “And the rest of the villains we fought?” “Including the Pony of Shadow?” He reminded her. “Of course you almost forgot about him. You and your other ponies were trying to banish Stygian until he revealed the truth why he did it. And you remove the host from the darkness and send it into this place called Limbo. But I prefer it to be a void.” “Now listen here,” Rainbow Dash shouted. “We’re not here for your speech about what happened next, you… Demon Dragon!” “Demon Dragon?” Pinkie asked. “Would he prefer to be called Dragoni?” They do not understand what she means. “Dragoni, it’s a meaning of the name part Dragon and part Demon, but the demon is an oni. And when you put it together, you get Dragoni. Dra-go-ni.” None of them couldn’t understand what she meant, but Fluttershy tried to speak to him. “I don’t think you're evil. You do believe what you see, but perhaps maybe use it for good.” “Me? Use it for good?” He questions. “I'm already using it for good, pegasus. What about you? Do you use Kindness for good, or a string from your princess?” He said, with a scary tone. She got frightened, as her friends protected her. “Not nice,” said Rarity. “You’re right, I am not nice.” He agreed with her words. “Clipso, everything you're doing to make Equestria good is causing trouble. I wish not to say this but you have gone insane.” Twilight figured. “And you must be put down so we can end this revolution.” “And if that’s what you want, then I accept.” As he surrendered himself, “I will agree with your terms, princess.” They were confused on why he would surrender himself but they didn’t think about it and get on with it. “Then your punishment is to be imprisoned for the rest of eternity.” Twilight fuses her magic and puts a spell on him, turning him into a statue. And it was over. “Well, that was easy,” said Pinkie Pie. But before they could agree, something started to happen. The heat started to emerge from the Clipso’s statue, as it started to molten into magma. And then, it burst into pieces as Clipso was free from his stone. Twilight and her friends were completely shocked at how he could free himself so easily. “That was… unexpected,” Clipso said, cracking his neck. “But… how?” said Rainbow Dash. “No creatures can’t…..” “Perhaps you should’ve known me well,” he said. “I am free from everything that strings me. No magic or curse cannot hold me. My armor will always protect me cause I am one. So if you try anything on me, you will see who I really am.” Twilight sees him he’s not like his siblings but different. “If this is what I see you, then you truly are what we called you.” “Hold on,” Applejack paused. “We’re gonna let him go, not turning into a statue?” But she did not answer back and walked away from the scene, and her friends did not understand but followed. As they went away, Clipso tapped his claw as it brought the hidden creature from their hiding. They were listening and watching, and learned Princess Twilight is indeed a villain of how her friends agreed with her. “Yes, my brothers and sisters.” He claims. “You have finally seen she’s not like us but a conqueror of magic. If we ever want to stop her, we must act quickly to save our home. Prepare your brethren to stand against the ruler. It’s time.” The creatures trusted his words and hurried for their brethren for the Revolution. And for him, he was wondering if that name Pinkie just called him rather than just Demon Dragon. “Dragoni…. That’s a good name.”