Absolute Power Final Chapter Snippet! · 6:32pm May 15th, 2016
13.03 PM – Canterlot Castle (Dining Area)
Fear.
That was the only word, the only emotion I can think to use, to describe what it was I felt as a fork wrapped in a golden aura slowly made its way towards me, carrying with it a part of the exact same meal that doomed me.
FLASH!
I remember the sensation of falling.
FLASH!
I remember the feeling of helplessness as I my limbs stopped responding to my will.
FLASH!
I remember the pain of betrayal as Celestia told me what she had done, a sad smile on her face as she explained it all.
“Honey?”
FLASH!
I remember the rage that overtook me as she fooled her very own guard with ease.
“Tobias, Tobias are you okay?”
FLASH!
I remember the despair that filled me as I fully came to realize how trapped I was.
“Tia, what’s wrong with him? TOBIAS!”
FLASH!
I remember wanting to die.
…I blinked and the world swam into focus. The fork that once approached me was upon the plate it came with, golden aura gone.
“Tobias?”
I looked up away from the fork and blinked in confusion, befuddled as to why Celestia, Luna and Chrysalis were staring at me with great concern.
“Uh, yeah?” I said, the words difficult to say through the tightness of my throat.
The three of them looked at each other once, a silent agreement seeming to pass through their gaze before Chrysalis looked back at me and said it for them.
“You froze up, Toby,” she said, a worried gleam shining within her eyes. “You just…stared at your fork and wouldn’t listen to us.”
“I…” I didn’t know what to say to that, I didn’t even realize that I’d froze. “I…I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to worry you it’s just…the last time I ate this meal it didn’t end too well.”
Understanding shone through the duo in front of me before I looked elsewhere. I didn’t want their pity, I wanted to…to leave, to run, to hide, to get away from-
“Sweetie,” a voice all too familiar became known all too quickly as but a light touch of air tickled my right ear. “Are you okay, if this is too much too quickly then I can take you back to our room?”
It was all whispered, but as I’d come to realize Alicorns had a pretty top notch set of ears. So when Luna’s perked up and twitched, I knew straight away that whatever her reaction was, Celestia was planning on it being in her favour.
“You don’t have to have lunch just to please us, Toby,” Luna said softly. “Chrysalis and I are more than pleased to have just seen you.”
But I’m not having lunch because I want to please you. I’m having it here because I need to speak with someone other than the one who poisoned me!
Of course I couldn’t ever say that. Luna wouldn’t believe me and even if Chrysalis did, she would likely attack Celestia and end up becoming the first executed in over four centuries.
This is so bitter sweet I'm unimaginably happy that this novel is finally getting another entry but it's so awful knowing that this is not only the last chapter of absolute power but the last thing you will ever write
I'm going to have to reread the last chapter since its been so long.
I have to say you certainly know how to write a teaser, I haven't even read the story this goes in and I now want to read the whole thing.