I Guess I'm Sticking Around For One Last Go After All. Alternate Chapter For Absolute Power! · 11:15am May 16th, 2016
The Final Chapter – Alternate Ending.
(Caught!)
09.48 AM Taurostaur (Nine Months Later)
So yeah, it wasn't particularly fun knowing that most of the world was looking for you. Still, if there was ever a place to hide then Taurostaur was it. No one cared who you were here, and with
Chrysalis's necklace nobody gave me more than a second glance. Of course I'd had to take it off every now and then to get work and food and whatnot, but the moment I put it back on it was like they forgot who I was.
It made picking up my pay difficult sometimes.
There had been nothing on Chrysalis or her children in the paper, so I took that to mean that she had yet to be found out. It was only a matter of time mind you, Chrysalis is good but Celestia plays the long game and is incredibly patient. Her mind revealed as much to me when I was trapped inside it.
I worry about the Changeling a lot, but if I'm to have any sort of life then I needed to put all my focus into having a full one. And so far I have, it's not so different from before I came to Equestria in that I support myself independently. I pay my bills, buy my own food and clothing, that sort of shit.
It isn't perfect by any means, but it's still a life I can enjoy. A good life, a full life, one without pity or sympathy. I won't deny that the week I was poisoned was horrible, traumatic even. It gave me a unique perspective on those who have no freedom, who's choices are made for them and are punished for defiance.
But still, it's over now. So if you feel sorry for me, don't.
Be happy for me, and all who are free.
…
I smiled as I finished the last line, elated that I had managed to put everything to paper with such detail, given how badly I just wanted to forget it. I didn’t believe for a second that I could ever publish this, or show it to the authorities, or even the local newspaper. No one would ever believe me, and besides it would lead Celestia right to me.
Still, that I managed to write it all down with nary a pause was enough to make me smile with confidence.
‘Knock’ ‘Knock’ ‘Knock’
The sudden though gentle knocking on my door snapped me out of my thoughts and out of my writing chair. It was strange that anyone was knocking to be perfectly honest, with Chrysalis’ necklace no one ever really seemed to bother me, let alone pop around for something.
It was this thought that stayed my hand as I reached for the handle.
What if it wasn’t some random guy knocking on my door, what if it was worse than that?
What if it was…
I took a deep, shuddering breath and peaked through the Peephole I’d had attached to my door. Through it I could see…a Donkey? What was a mule knocking on my door for?
I reached for the handle and...
That Cliffhanger was well played, Zam. Will played indeed.
I love you.
Heh, cliffhangers
you will be missed when you leave. awsome story as always.
Big Zam!