Twilight Meets Monsters · 1:50am Dec 14th, 2018
Still writing away at the chapter. Nearing 9000 words and still have a good while to go. I decided to share an exert while you wait for the full chapter. This is Twilight confronting Yinyu about the Dreamwardens' methods.
"You're monsters," Twilight growled. "This is wrong in so many ways."
The Warden of Lust frowned and took a deep breath. "We keep order. Do you understand what Sunset Shimmer made when she made night ponies here? The exaggerated instincts make for very difficult to control ponies without extreme measures. Hopefully in a generation or two those instincts will lessen, and we don't have to be so firm. Giving a verbal scolding won't work with these ponies right now though; they won't respond to it, they won't respect it. They're warriors, every last one. They respect shows of force. They respect those that have the power to destroy them. They understand extremes so we give them extremes."
The Warden glared at Twilight. "It's a fucked up situation and as a result you get a fucked up solution. I'm sorry you have to see the fallout of what your aunt has done, but we have to live it. We Dreamwardens were chosen because we won't break like Luna did when she had to deal with a similar situation. We don't get those buffers we give these ponies or you. We don't get shielded from the horrors we see. A pony like you would break in our position and be yet another Nightmare Moon. Fuck you and your righteousness, you pampered sheltered alicorn. We'll be monsters because we fucking have to be. Right now the world needs monsters so you don't have to deal with an even bigger problem than you already do. So sit your righteousness ass down and shut up, because we have two-million fucked up ponies to protect from themselves."
"And what about when the world no longer needs you?" Twilight asked in a low voice. "You effectively live forever. What does the world do when monsters rule dreams well after their need has past?"
The Warden shook her head. "I don't think any of us are going to be able to stay at this job for eons. I think we'll grow tired quickly. We're a stopgap while things are being brought under control. I'd say two, maybe three hundred years tops--we hope anyway. Enough time for things to settle and for us to find replacements better suited for a kinder world. You might be under some delusion this can be fixed in a lifetime. This will take generations, but hopefully not too many."
Well, if anything that hardened Twilight's resolve that she would do everything in her power to fix the chaos that was going on due to her aunt's actions. She already had plenty of reasons to do all she could, adding having these six psychopaths decide they could give their power over to others was just another.
One does not simply stop being a monster...