//------------------------------// // A little trick // Story: When Worlds Collapse // by MoonShine //------------------------------// Chapter 4: A little trick Last chapter: Kieron takes off the earpiece and walks through the teleporter to get to the mech facility. When he gets there he immediately goes to the prison section. Once there he looks through the bars to see the ponies, he looks to see one of them is Moonshine and the other is Colgate. “Why are you two snooping around here? Moonshine, I thought more of you. Now, you know I have turned to be with the Grand Master so you have no choice but to be with him too. I leave this choice to you, you will either ‘punish’ Colgate or you can be left here with her.” He says before walking away to the mane room. <30 minutes later> Kieron walks back into the room with Mathis by his side only to see Moonshine sat next to Colgate hugging her to reassure her, “My, my. I am very disappointed in you Moonshine.” He says as he walks up to the prison bars and rests against them with his hands holding some of the bars; he looks at them as they ignore him, he whistles to try and get their attention but they continue to ignore him, he suddenly jerks the bars causing them to make a loud noise that frightens Colgate who yelps as Moonshine holds on to her and shushes her quietly and calmly. “Moonshine, I know you too well, you DO want to side with me.” He says as he leans against the bars, she looks up at him sharply as she gives him a stern look as he looks away, she releases Colgate and walks up to Kieron. “You’re right, I DO want to join you...” she replies as Colgate pops her head up from the ball she’s forms with her body, “I do BUT I also don’t want to hurt anypony. I would rather keep them as my friends.” She adds. Kieron grabs at the bars suddenly startling Colgate, Moonshine staring into his eyes, “I know you too well, I know that if I leave you too in here for long enough you WILL ‘play’ with her, your cravings will get the better of you.” He explains as she looks down as Colgate looks at her in fear, her teeth chattering from the cold air in the prison plus the fear of being locked in there with Moonshine, the most well known sexually active pony in Equestria. “Yes, your right but I will try my best to resist that, I don’t have sex anypony when somepony tells me to, I do it when I want to.” She replies as she turns flank and walks back to Colgate who watches her fearfully, Moonshine sits down next to her and goes to put her arms round her but she jolts back as she is now unsure of whether to trust her. “My work is done here, she doesn’t trust you now.” Kieron says as he has a smug look on his face. She looks at him as he turns to leave, she flies into the bars and grabs them, growling at him, he quickly turns and grabs at her throat whilst pulling out a knife and holding it against her stomach, “I wouldn’t do that again if I was you.” “Try me, I know you wouldn’t, I’m your daughter, you don’t have the guts.” She says as she uses her grip on the bars to take her weight and stop him from choking her. “Oh really, I have two daughters remember.” He says before pushing the knife against her causing the knife to pierce her coat a little, she yells out a little as some blood starts to pour from the wound, he holds it there before he looks down and pulls it out quickly, let’s her go and turns to leave. Mathis stands and watches as he leaves, then looks at Moonshine. “He really has changed, I never would have thought he would do that.” He says before grabbing a bandage roll and throwing it in the cell and walks out, locking the door behind him. Moonshine stands and watches them both leave whilst holding at the wound but then let’s go and a small puddle of blood form below her as blood pours out of the wound for a second before slowing down to a dripping speed, Colgate watches but then rushes over to her and picks up the bandage with her magic and starts to unravel it, “No, don’t. I know he’s never done it before but I made the mistake of taunting him, now I must suffer the consequences.” She says to Colgate as she grabs the bandage and throws it to the side, “Ok, so we’re locked in a cell in a facility that has an evil man in it who is capable of killing thousands and there is Mathis. How do we get out of this?” she says to herself as she grunts a little whilst pacing to find a way out, Colgate stood watching. “I STILL haven’t had a reply from the princess, what’s taking her so long?” she asks Spike who is unnoticeably indulging himself on some ice-cream, “Moonshine’s been gone for a long time too...I hope she’s alright.” She adds as she looks out a window towards the facility, she then looks back at Spike as she gets no response and sees him going to take another mouth full, she uses her magic to take the scoop off him and the bucket and places them on a desk, “How many times do I have to tell you to not eat a whole bucket?” she shouts at him, she then takes a breath and calms down a little, “I’m sorry Spike, I’m just a bit worried about Moonshine.” She says before using her magic to lift the bucket to her, sticks her hoof in and pulls out a large lump of ice-cream before giving it back to Spike along with the scoop, she then walks back to the window whilst licking the ice-cream. “I think you should go look for her, Twilight. You never know what’s happened to her, she might not even be alive for all you know.” A sinister voice calls out to her, Spike not even making a noise as even his breath his disappeared. She looks back to see Spike floating in the air with the scoop shoved in his mouth to shut him up, she looks about to see nopony but then a figure walks down the stairs holding something pointing towards Spike, it was the Grand Master, his cane’s eyes glowing. “Let him go!” she orders him. “Tsk, tsk. No-one orders me about, you should be very careful, Miss Sparkle. I have your....pet in my power, I could kill him here and now, but I won’t as that would not help my plans.” He replies as he lowers the cane letting Spike down who immediately grabs the scoop and throws it away. “Ok, it’s official, I’m not having ice-cream for a month.” He says before walking behind Twilight as the GM walks down to the floor they’re on and sits on a small chair. “Not as good as my chair but it will do for now, as for Spike, that’s how you get him to stop eating the ice-cream, you should thank me.” He claims as Twilight gets angry with him and goes to step forward, “Ah, ah, ah. Control your anger, Miss Sparkle, we don’t want to do anything we will regret, do we now?” he says as she stops where she is as she knows he is right. He gets himself comfortable as he stabs the cane into the ground allowing it to stand on its own. He then looks about at the interior of the library, “A nice home you have here, small but decent. I think you should join us, in my opinion. You would make a useful asset.” He says as he clicks his fingers and Claire walks down the stairs and hands him a glass full of scotch. “What....why are you helping him?” Twilight asks Claire who looks up at her as she whispers something into the GM’s ear, she then stands up fully and stays by his side. “I am helping him because he is kind and he provides me with anything I require as long as I serve him.” She replies before she stands tall and holds the glass for him as he hands it to her after talking a sip, he stands up and walks over to Twilight who stays still, not even scared of him, he then points out of the window. “I think you should go see how she’s doing.” He says before walking back to the chair, picks up his cane and uses it to teleport himself and Claire out. Twilight then looks out of the window after looking about to see if he really is gone, she takes a moment to think about going to find her or not, after all he might be tricking her. She then makes up her mind, dashes about the library locking all the windows and doors, says goodbye to Spike before teleporting to outside the facility. Celestia finally wakes up from a hard night’s work; she lifts her head as she rubs her eyes, she gets out of bed and immediately walks over to the balcony, stumbling a little from being still a little groggy, she open the doors with her magic and looks down at the littered land of Equestria, she takes a deep breath before seeing a flash over by the mech facility, she looks hard but can’t make out anything, she then walks over to her desk to see something that normally isn’t there, as she gets close to it, it levitates over to her quickly and unravels, it was the letter Twilight sent. She quickly reads it and as soon as she finishes she dashes over to the balcony and watches to see a pony like figure slowly enter the facility, “Twilight....” she says to herself before rushing out the room to tell Luna the situation. When she gets there she knocks on the door only for Luna to quickly open them and dive at her, “Oh, sorry, sis’. I was expecting somepony else, what you want?” she asks as she gets of her and they both stand. “Kieron’s turned evil and is helping the Grand Master again. I’ve just seen Twilight going into the mech facility too, at least I think it was her, I wanted to tell you what I was doing before leaving. If I’m not back by lunch get the guards to lockdown Canterlot and set up defences.” She explains before heading off. “Wouldn’t it be easier if I went with you?” she asks as she walks next to ‘Tia. “No, I don’t want anything to happen to you. I will go alone.” She says before pushing Luna back a little, walks down the corridor and teleports out of Canterlot. Twilight sneaks into the facility through the front door, not the best idea but she keeps her guard as she constantly watches her surroundings for anything that might pop out at her, as she closes in on the main room a large figure exits from a dark corridor and walks up to her, “Miss Sparkle....” Zeldax says before she quietens him by putting a hoof over his mouth, she puts a hoof to her lips and take her hoof off his mouth, “What are you doing here, and why do I have to be quiet?” he asks whispering. “Kieron’s gone evil, he’s helping the Grand Master, and I’m here because Moonshine came here to blow this place up, but she never came back, do you know where she is?” she asks him quietly. “Yes, they’re in the prison, she’s with another pony called Colgate, I can lead you there without facing Kieron or Mathis. This way.” He replies before leading her into the dark corridor and towards the prison area of the facility. ----- Author's notes: What now? Shall Zeldax lead Twilight to Moonshine and Colgate and to the right thing. Or should he lead her into a trap that can be used for future plans?