The other End of Balance

by Dostoron

from nothing to life, but whose?

"I take the way of the Rioter, i will bring the Princesses down with those that serve them."

"An interesting choice." Fate sounds almost surprised at this.
"I would´ve expected a less subtle Approach, but I have given you free reign. As the first tool, you are given the power of speech,so that your words can conquer the minds of your listeners and the innate ability to make a Pony, especially one that is easily swayed, see things from your Point of view, you will find this ability to be excellent for negotiations."

Fate continues speaking in a tone that sounds alarmingly teacherish:
"As your first choice defined your future, your next choice will define your past, ponies come in many forms, and even in Equestrias current state there are those that seek to Change things radically, those dissatisfied with the princesses, be it their laws or personal Vendetta. and three of those might just start to make plans if given incentive. which of them, is up to you."

As before, three orbs materialize, you look into the first, an orange hue surrounding it, and see what you know to be an earth pony mare, she talked about something or another with a stallion behind a desk was seemingly rejected, despair evident on her face she seems to beseech the stallion. this continued for a bit until a pair of security guards came in and threw her out.

"Her Name is Gleaming Metal, she is divorced, a blacksmith by Talent and she was just told that she had no visiting rights to her own foals, an archaic law that was never even brought to the princesses Attention is giving the stallion siring them full custody in case of a divorce, the lawyer of her ex is abusing every loophole and the officials refuse looking into the matter, something has to change and while she may not have flight or magic, she has a burning, contagious passion."

you nod, no matter what, a lot of things would Change once you were down there. you peer into the second orb, surrounded by a red glow. Inside you see a unicorn stallion. packing up his belongings hastily and apparently fleeing a City on a mountainside... Canterlot is the word that Comes to the Forefront of your thoughts.

"He is known as Gene Splicer, a scientist with great ideas and little restraint in terms of ethics. He conducted many experiments, hoping to build a better future for ponykind, after a small accident involving one of his test subjects, princess Celestia cut his funding. He continued experimenting on his own and the result caused quite a bit of damage. He has been sent out of Canterlot to never return and he swore to Show them all."

hmm, simple vengeance, sometimes simple was better... you decide to wait with your decision until after you saw the third Orb. This one is surrounded by a blue glow and inside you see a pegasus stallion, in an orange Jumpsuit, he is being escorted out of a cell and under cheers of the other inmates, apparently he is popular in there.

"This one is called Thunderhead, a weather Pegasus brought in for performing the falsely illegalized art of lightning control, he made a lot of friends in the Pegasus prison and he is convinced that the current System must be replaced with a better one, he will see to that, and to his friends´ freedom as soon as he has the Inspiration."

intriguing, a tried and true criminal for a crime that isn´t even one...

"So, i can unleash the fire in a mothers heart, the genius of a slightly mad unicorn, or the repressed anger of an oppressed pegasus?" you were beginning to like this.

"After you enter the life of your choosing there will be no going back, you won´t even remember that you were ever here. you will be them, with their memories, personality and their goals."

"and i will do anything to achieve These Goals too, right?"

"you will pursue them with all you can, your methods will be questionable at times and at others undoubtedly cruel. you will be faced with more choices along the way, but this is the last one you will be Aware of. Choose wisely, because this is the second most important choice."

It was indeed time to choose, you would take on a Life and live it out, or die trying.

Author's Note:

may be a bit on the short side, this one, but this chapter will set the General direction for the rest of the fic, then i can lenghten them out a bit more.
choices in summary for those that missed them:
orange: Passionate earth Pony mother, able blacksmith and infectious in her drive.
red: Unicorn scientist, angry at his former colleagues and the princess and capable in both Magic and science.
blue: Pegasus inmate, lots of friends in shady places and capable of lightning control.

Comments

[Aleksandr Sherbet]

Thunderhead!

[Mr Skeleton]

Blue

[Cheesy Arachnid]

Love the story so far. I have a feeling its going to get pretty hectic.

As much as I love pegasi, im going to have to go with orange: the earth pony.

And dont worry about how your english. 1: Its the internet, nobody really cares as long as its readable (which yours is). 2: The only thing your missing is capitalazation, which compared to sentence steucture is a pretty small thing.

I cant wait for the next chapter! ^_^

[Dostoron]

votes are currently pretty even... surprisingly.

[Dostoron]

okay everyone, votes are still open for 12 hours, come tomorrow i´ll take whichever has most votes and get started.

[DarkAscension]

I'm going to have to go with the Pegasus. Not just because of what I said last chapter though. I really liked the Earth Pony's choice as well, but the Anger of a Prisoner who can make friends with other inmates, well right there he has a good start on a Rebellion if he an get them out. Plus, who doesn't like being Oppressed?

[Crusadier]

Have to go with the masses here: Thunderhead

[nicnak250]

I've got to go with Gene Splicer here, I love me some chaotic maddness.

[KaelWolf]

Gene.

[FIREDRA6ON]

I quite like the Blue, being a fan of science and unicorn magic, but I think the orange would could be more interesting especially because there are not many fan fictions in second person from a mare's perspective. Plus you state that she is an able blacksmith, there's quite a bit you could do for a blacksmith. Such is the idea of creating a mask like I had said in the previous chapter and after creating the mask she could buy a cloak to match and something to hid her cutie mark. There are many ways she could get revenge on her ex if he doesn't even recognize her.

Vote: Orange.

[Bresule]

Gene Splicer!

[Dostoron]

votes are closed, and i´m really surprised how narrow they got.
to me that´s also positive Feedback because it means i didn´t make 1 good and 2 bad choices.

winner is Thunderhead with 4 votes, i won´t Abandon the other 2, i may have an idea for those still, you´ll see.

[Dostoron]

3188449
huh, where did that one come from? great, now it´s a draw.

[Bresule]

3188528
Nah its close enough. Make it thunderhead. After all, its your story.

[The Fateweaver]

I vote for Thunderhead.

[Dark Colt Sabata]

You know, it's hilarious in hindsight to come reading this chapter after watching Final Fantasy 7 Machinabridged.